Kai had barely lead them into the inner most chamber when Chen was already demanding they be brought over to him.

"I'm so glad you could make it." He said dryly. Once Artemis realized Chen was going to monologue, she quickly tuned him out. She gazed around the room, hoping to find something interesting when suddenly there was a painful tugging sensation in her chest.

It was if all the energy she had was gone. Artemis fell to one knee, gasping for, trying to search for her patron, but could not find her. Then she felt somebody rummage through her person, and quickly pull out a piece of parchment.

No.

They could not get that. They would not win.

Artemis gathered her strength and stood up, trying to shake her self free of the guard. But she could only watch as the room was flooded with white light.

A second later, the man who had been holding her back, had scales and a tail. She froze. This was bad. No, this was worse than bad, this was horrible. Not only had they turned into snake people, but they had specifically been turned into Anacondrai, the worst type of snake person.

Artemis began struggling to get out of her captor's grasp. She wanted to get very far away and then set the island on fire so she would never have to see these abominations again. Sadly, said abomination was now strong enough to keep her arm in an iron like grip.

Memories of serpentine began to flood her mind, memories of a broken foot, a broken arm, broken ribs, smothering heat, and a knife to her neck.

Just as she was about to have a complete mental breakdown, a large shudder vibrated across the room. Some kind of drill burst through the wall and with it came the Elemental Masters all wearing prison uniforms and looked ready to start a riot. Two seconds later, after the new serpentine regathered their wits, the forces collided.

Artemis, still struggling to get free, watched as Lloyd incapacitated his captor then punched the daylights out of hers. He then dragged her along the battlefield, probably trying to get her somewhere safe when he was suddenly jumped (can serpentine jump?) by a guard. Once Lloyd let go of her hand, Artemis was on auto pilot.

She unconsciously dodged attacks, only wanting to stay away from scales. Attacking was not a priority, evasion was. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Cole beating the absolute shit out of one guy. In the other direction she could see Jay smashing serpentine heads in with the help of Zane.

Even with all the Elemental masters fighting, even with some of the snakes who had defected from Chen, there still weren't enough people to be a challenge for this army.

Just as this thought passed through her head, a crash resounded throughout the room. Everyone froze as the Elemental Masters all glowed with power for a moment. The tide had changed.

When Artemis felt her powers return she immediately created a dome of night around herself while simultaneously curling into a ball. The dome forced away the serpentine that had surrounded her, but they didn't give up easily as they just began to try and smash their way through.

While everyone else couldn't see into the dome, she could see through it on her side. As she took a second to recollect herself, Artemis took this chance to check on her friends.

Kai was fine, Cole's okay. Jay accounted for. Zane doing his work. Nya taking down baddies left and right. Garmadon was fighting Chen, and Lloyd was about to be stabbed in the back.

Wait, what.

She checked again and saw that she was right. Lloyd was so preoccupied with one foe, that he didn't notice the other sneaking up behind him.

Artemis had to do something. But what could she do? With serpentine all around her there was nothing she could do. Somewhere from the back of her head a tiny voice said Ask for help. So that's what she did.

Artemis reached down inside herself, past her soul and the constellations of her friends, right to where the inky black void resided, and she could go no further. In that inky black she could make out the faint outline of double doors. She pried them open with all her strength and shoved an arm through the gap, reaching for something that wasn't there.

Suddenly a had took hers, and Artemis was filled with divine energy. Silver flowed through her veins, the power of the wolf was hers to summon. But what if it wasn't enough to save him?

"Please, help me." She pleaded. The grip on her hand tightened and all she saw was white.

Lloyd was punching some serpentine in the face when a wave of power washed through the room and nocked everyone off their feet. The dome that had been protecting Artemis now engulfed the entire chamber. Then she rose from the ground, her arms, mouth, and eyes wide open, like she had been possessed. Stars swirled around her body and carefully made their way around the room, making it seem like they were all in space.

She closed her eyes and suddenly her hair got longer, and it changed from chocolate brown to midnight sky and swayed in an invisible breeze. Waves of ancient power washed off her. When her eyes reopened there was no hint of Artemis in them as they shone with omnipotent power.

"I am Selene. The first Primordial, Goddess of the night, creator of earth and ice." It was definitely Artemis's voice she was speaking with, but it echoed unnaturally like there was someone else speaking through her. "The gods created you in our likeness, and you have defiled that gift. Repent, and you shall be spared. Continue to rebel…" The stars around them began to take shape into wolves. The biggest stood behind the Artemis puppet, growling menacingly at the crowd. "And you shall pay with your lives."

Almost everyone in the chamber bowed to the goddess. Each fearing the wrath of the first primordial. Out of all the gods, Selene's wrath was what mortals feared most. But as Lloyd got to his knees, he heard a scuffle behind him.

Just as Lloyd turned his head, Chen sunk a dagger into his father's gut.

"If I go, you go." The snake whispered just loud enough that Lloyd could hear.

At that moment, the starlight beasts were set loose, found those with impure bodies and desires, and stripped them of their souls. The screams of the dying drowning out Lloyds call to Garmadon.

Artemis regained consciousness just as her body hit the floor.

Her head felt like it had been expanded then shrunk in a mater of seconds. Her limbs felt heavy, her eyes hurt, and there was an unfamiliar weight on her back. She sat up unsteadily and noticed two things. First, Aria Johnson was by her side asking if she was okay. The second was that her hair had grown almost a foot in length.

"I'm fine Aria." She mumbled when the actress restated her question.

That's when she heard Lloyd.

He wasn't talking to her or yelling at her. No, it was much worse. He was crying.

Artemis swiveled her head around searching for him. She spotted him surrounded by the ninja and huddled over a body. Garmadons body. She quickly got up and raced towards him on unsteady legs. The group let her pass through, hoping she would be able to comfort him.

She knelt next to Lloyd and brought him in for a tight hug, but he pushed her away.

"Lloyd?'

He glared at her with cold eyes, "You did this."

"What?" She hoped with all her heart that she had misheard.

"You did this." His voice rose from a seething whisper to a malicious shout. "YOU DID THIS! IT'S YOUR FAULT HE'S GONE! YOU RUIN EVERYTHING! YOU DON'T EVEN BELONG IN THIS WORLD, SO JUST LEAVE AND RUIN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE!" Lloyds face was read with fury, eyes now alight with unbridled rage.

Her eyes burning with unshed tear, Artemis tried to reason with him. "You don't mean that."

Lloyd turned back to the body, head hanging in defeat. "Just leave."

That statement, though barely above a whisper, caused something inside Artemis so crack.

Before the tears could start, Artemis calmly got up, turned away from the grieving man, and walked out of the chamber. She wandered the halls aimlessly, no destination, just going.

He was right. She did ruin everything for others. She had been the cause of her parents' divorce, been the stain in her mother's new relationship, and a burden to others. She was the source of all that was wrong in the world.

She was right. Artemis was worthless. Nothing good ever came out of her existence, she was just an attention hog that wanted all the spotlight. She had no capacity to understand that others had needs, she only thought of herself.

She was right. Artemis was a waste of space. Using up all the oxygen that could be meant for far greater people than herself and would never be anything but garbage.

She was rude. She was mean. She was stupid, selfish, annoying, a bitch, a whore, and just fucking worthless.

Finally, her legs gave out from beneath her and she crashed to the floor.

It was almost as if a bomb had gone off in that second. One moment all the decorations were pristine and orderly, and just as her knees hit the floor a wave of force shattered everything within ten feet of her. From the shallow crater in the floor, Artemis sat crying for an indefinite amount of time. After a few moments her powers began reacting to her emotions and shadows began rising from the floor, each depicting another nightmare from her past.

So, how are you guys? I hope you all had a wonderful day, I certainly did. Not for the reasons you think though, believe me it killed me to write this chapter because i never thought i would get here. Also it just hurts.

I have good new and bad news. I'm going home on August first which means I will be reunited with my drawing tablet and can bestow up you all more sketches on my deviantart. Bad news is that I'm going on a hiatus for a while. I'm not sure when I will return, but I swear that I will. If I'm not back in like six months you have permission to pm me and yell abou how you want me to update. Hopefully it wont come to that :)

Anyway, I would love to hear your thoughts on this chpater and I'm so sorry if I hurt you D: