Artemis awoke from her rest that night. "Good morning, Artemis. Sleep well?" Phosphora asked. "Yeah, Phosphora. You?" Artemis responded. "Well enough. You were a little bit of a handful. Cute, though," Phosphora responded. Artemis gasped. "I'm sorry for imposing on you…" she said. "This is me… not caring at all. Newborn as you may be, I already have extreme care for you," she said. Artemis smiled, and rushed down to see the goddesses.

Viridi smiled as she saw Artemis rushing up to her. "Hello, Artemis. Please, sit with me," she told her angel. Artemis sat, perched at the end of her chair. She nervously swallowed her breakfast, unaware of Viridi's plans for the day… which bothered her.

Truthfully, Viridi was in the dark as well.

Her plan was to rush to the Underworld as quickly as possible, and see if they could rescue Pit before too long. However, Palutena insisted that they get as ready as possible… and there was the fact that there was still things that had to be done before they entered the Underworld. As much as Viridi detested the wait, she could see Palutena's logic.

Consequently, Viridi had sent Artemis to the Oceanfloor Palace. "So, Viridi… I see you want Artemis sent in here!" Poseidon bellowed as soon as Artemis spotted the ocean. "Of course, Barnacle Boy. I believe you have a little slug in your depths!" Viridi barked at him. "Insolent girl. Growing up a couple of years doesn't excuse you from childish insolence," Poseidon told her point blank. "True, but remember. Grass beats water!" Viridi pointed out. "Grr… Alright. But don't blame me if Artemis kicks the bucket down here!" Poseidon said. "Uh… Viridi? That was… out of character…" Palutena pointed out. "I forgot to enlist Poseidon's help before we started this chapter!" Viridi growled.

Artemis flew straight into the Oceanfloor Palace. "Right, what is my objective?" she asked. "Viridi, why don't you lecture your angel before you deploy her?" Palutena asked. "Because the players need to know as well!" she responded. Palutena shrugged, and decided to tell Artemis. "Sorry about her, she's stressed out. A lot. If you manage to traverse the Oceanfloor Palace, you'll find Thanatos, reborn again," she said. Artemis sighed. "Looks like a long day for me," she sighed.

She made it very deep into the Palace before being spotted. The alert was a weird, upbeat, retro music track. She turned around just in time to see that she had attracted the attention of a Reaper. "I didn't know Thanatos had these employed," Viridi mentioned. "That's because I'm the god of death, my Tsundere child!" Thanatos responded. "Uh, Viridi? Now isn't the time to bicker with an overweight glow-worm," Artemis stated so innocently you wouldn't expect it to be an insult. "Oh, my, what a tragic statement. Good bye, mortal fools!" Thanatos stated. Artemis cowered against the wall as the Reaper raised its scythe…

…way past the point it should have turned to execute a killing stroke. It fell over backwards, and Dark Pit dusted off his hands. "You must be the new angel. My name is Dark Pit, but some people call me Pittoo for some stupid reason," he said, straight to the point. He extended his hand to the fallen lady. Artemis took his hand, and got up, only for her hair to fall out of her face. "H-h-h-h-hi…" Artemis stuttered. Dark Pit took in her dishevelled appearance. "Don't worry, new angel. I'll help you out!" he told her confidently. "By the way, Pittoo, her name is Artemis," Palutena told him. "Nice name," Dark Pit told her. Artemis blushed, and nearly collapsed again.

Dark Pit tried to escort her to Thanatos, but Artemis had some slight issues following. "Urgh! Artemis, Dark Pit is trying to help you!" Viridi pointed out at one terrifying moment when a Reaper nearly saw her. "S-s-s-sorry… my bad…" she whispered, horrified at the thought of holding back Dark Pit. "That's alright, Artemis. The Underworld is ruthless, and it takes a lot of courage to stand up to them… courage Pit possessed in only average amounts. It's a lot to ask someone who's existed for twenty-four hours… now to stand up to them with such force," Dark Pit explained in perhaps too much detail. "Pit is not at all cowardly!" Viridi pointed out in a storm. "Looks like someone is in denial…" Palutena told her. "N-n-n-never! Pit has more courage than anyone I know!" Viridi said. Dark Pit rolled his eyes. "All right, Artemis. Do you mind going alone to fight Thanatos? I have business to attend to elsewhere before I retire…" he said, flying off. Artemis watched him go wistfully, before focusing and pushing through to Thanatos.

"Hello, there, dear angel. All holed up with a little… rrrrromance?" Thanatos questioned. Artemis raised an eyebrow, and then proceeded to direct her orbitars at him. "Listen well, Thanatos. You won't be leaving this room without the help of Hades' life restoring power!" Artemis boasted… wait, she boasted that? Never mind, the boss theme is starting.

"Thanatos will attack by transforming into one of five different forms. Find an appropriate strategy to defeat the forms as he shows them," Palutena told her. "So get your mind off Dark Pit while you're doing this!" Viridi followed up. "What's the big deal. First Thanatos, now you. What is it with my relationship with Dark Pit? He unnerves the acorns out of me…" Artemis claimed. Palutena took a thoughtful second, but it was a second too long. "Oh, don't you know, Artemis? Why, you are really incorruptibly pure, aren't you. Well, you are in love with that clone of Pit's I overlooked," Hades whispered excitedly. Artemis still missed the slight on her and Dark Pit, but noticed the secondary intent. "I will not let you take Dark Pit away from me!" Artemis vehemently exclaimed. "Why? It's not like you saving Pit is a foregone conclusion…" Hades pointed out. "HADES!" Viridi cried out vehemently. "At least try to keep it a secret!" Palutena followed. "I dunno. I'm pretty curious as to how I'll achieve it…" Artemis thought. "ARTEMIS!" Viridi exclaimed, and she focused. "VICTORY!" she cried out. "Wait, go back. I liked that other conversation," she said.

I'm just fickle when Artemis is around, aren't I? I think she's grown her own personality... and I think she might have inherited obliviousness from Phineas... and the crush from Isabella... she's in trouble.

If people are curious as to the origin of her orbitars, that is also somethin I should mention. My goal is 9 chapters, discounting the prologue and possible epilogue, one for each weapon. I know which she is using, but I won't say... partially because I lied about knowing which club she'll use, and partially because one of the weapons is a spoiler. Gathered, people who know Uprising should know which weapon I'm referring to, and claim it's not a spoiler, but I'll try to keep it a secret.

And yes, Dark Pit could possibly be a deus ex machina, but I had plans to implement him. I just thought now was as convenient as ever. The Dark Pit and Artemis relationship is all spontaneous, though.

I am phineas81707, servant of the goddess of dawn!