hello! i'm trying to finish this up because well when i get my new computer then i can work on between series 4 and then series 4. so here ya go. don't get confused. it is confusing a bit. =D i got a bit of a mini-flame review and you know i don't care flame me cause if you read all the way to 46, hell i must have done something right, and as much as i would love to argue with on why i think in my opinion she is not a 'mary-sue' it would be a waste of my time (and not to mention i can't since it was not a fanfic account name) cause you win some and you loose some. well, that is all. oh and sry for the mess in the last chapter. this ones neater.


Artemis watched the sun go down, and the night descended on her. Artemis laid on the roof of a tower with Arthur. The stars were bright tonight, and Artemis did not want to sleep. She could not sleep. When the sun rose, Arthur and Artemis would be summoned as well as Merlin, Ava, and Jack. Amice was off the hook. They didn't even know she was alive. Arthur held her hand in his. He was silent. He did not blame her. He would not blame her.

The sun peaked over the forest and hit Camelot. Artemis was not happy to see the sun. She wished it would have stayed dark forever, but the world would not stop moving for her.

"Arthur," she whispered.

"I know," he replied. The world around the turned and spun. It was a swirl of a hundred colors. Soon, they solidified. In front of them sat the Electus. Merlin and Ava were sitting in the stands with hundreds of other Servants who were spectators.

"Ambrosine of the Blue," Erus said standing. "You have been charge with the violating the Law of Drust. How do you plead?"

"I refuse to answer that," Artemis told her. "That law shouldn't even exist!"

"That's not an option!" Erus yelled at her. "Now do you plead guilty or innocent?"

"Neither," Artemis hissed.

"Ambrosine! Not answer condemns you as guilty!"

"Stop this!" Arthur yelled. He stepped forward.

"Arthur, stop. This is not your fight," Artemis said. "It is mine."

"No. It isn't. This fight has been mine from the start," he said. He turned his attention to Electus. "I invoke the Right of Justitia." There was a huge wave of whispers over the crowd.

"What?" Artemis said stunned staring at Arthur. "Arthur… Arthur… take it back!"

"Arthur Pendragon!" Erus called over the crowd. "You have called upon the Right of Justitia! You will enter three trials! If you fail, you will be burned from the Earth for eternity! Do you take up this task!"

"I do."

"Arthur! Don't!" Artemis yelled.

"So it starts. The first trial will be tomorrow. Until then, you and those summoned here will be kept prisoner," she said. She nodded. Four guards pulled Arthur and Artemis forward. They were thrown into separate rooms.


Artemis did not sleep. For the second night in a row, she stayed awake. She paced her room thinking of a way for Arthur to be convinced to forget about the Right of Justitia.

The morning came. Ajax entered her room.

"Let me speak to him," she said before he could say anything. Ajax nodded. He lead her to Arthur's room. He was inside with Merlin. He had his sword strapped to his side thinking he may need it. Ajax signaled for Merlin to come with him leaving Arthur and Artemis.

"Arthur," she said. "Come here. Sit down." He did as he told her. He knew what was coming. She looked down at him. "Don't do this."

"I have to," Arthur said.

"No, you don't. Erus has nothing against you. I can change it. I can be killed for violating the Law of Drust, but if you fail in the trials not only will you have had to suffer through them, but you'll have your soul consumed. I cannot change that."

"I don't care. You think I would let you take my place anyway. By invoking the Right of Justitia, the Servants can no longer charge the Law of Drust against you. We could be."

"Arthur," Artemis said shaking her head.

"Don't you want that?"

"Of course I do, Arthur!"

"Then what's the problem!"

"You don't understand!" Artemis yelled. She got on her knees in front of him as he sat at the edge of the bed. She looked at him in a haunting way. "All Servants go through the trials that you are about to. The trials are not some mundane thing, Arthur. They leave people as nothing more than ghosts. I still have nightmares about the trials. I will not see you turned into a ghost over me!" Arthur stood.

"I'm doing this Artemis. You cannot convince me otherwise."

"Arthur… Arthur, don't do this. I… I am not worth it… I… I am a sorceress," she replied crying. He stared at her. There was no lie in her eyes. He stared a little longer. He was conflicting in his brain, but he's long known that it no longer matter.

"I don't care. I love you, Artemis. I would do this even if you are a sorceress. To be honest, I suspected anyways." He went to leave, but Artemis clung to him.

"Arthur, God please! I'm begging you don't do this!" Artemis begged. She was on her knees begging him to listen to her. She held the edge of his shirt in her clenched fists.

"Stop arguing Artemis! It's going to happen whether you want it to or not!"

"There must be another way! Please!" Tears fell from her eyes.

"There is no other way! You know this as well as I! It must be done! I have to do this!" Arthur ripped her hands from her and turned away leaving her in the dark room. Artemis let the tears slip down her eyes. This stupid boy was tearing her apart.

"Artemis," a voice said through the dark. Merlin stood there. "Come on," he said helping her up. They walked together to the stadium. He comforted his sister. Arthur stood in front of one of three archways. A bronze gateway, a silver gateway, and the gold gateway. He stood in front of the bronze gateway.

"Arthur Pendragon!" Erus said. "You have invoked the Right of Justitia. You will enter the bronze gateway. If you do not come back, you fail. If you walked through the doorway and simply go through it without any struggle, you fail for you were not worthy of the gateway. You cannot quit partly through. Do you understand these rules?"

"Yes."

"You may enter." Arthur stepped through the barrier, and out he went.


He was still in the stadium. He had failed. The first gateway, and he failed. He couldn't even get through the first for Artemis. He looked at Artemis. She looked on in horror.

"Arthur Pendragon, you have failed. Guards, arrest him." Arthur was grabbed by the guards. He was taken to a prison cell instead of the room he was brought to before the trial.

"Arthur," Artemis whispered stepping in front of the door to the jail.

"Artemis," Arthur breathed standing. They stared at each other through the bars. "I… I'm-"

"Don't say your sorry. I don't want to hear it. Arthur… I will try my hardest to get you out of here. I promise."

"I know," he told her. She kissed him.

"I love you," she told him.

"I love you too."

"I'm sorry I got you into this."

"I'm happy I got into this if it meant dying for you." Artemis nodded. She put on a brave face. A door slammed and footsteps of a guard could be heard.

"I must leave," she said. "Have hope." Arthur nodded, and she left.

The next day he was taken from the cell and taken in front of the Electus. Erus stood there in front of everyone. Arthur was going to die. Artemis had failed.

"Arthur Pendragon, by the laws of the Servants of the World, your soul will be burned from existence."

"Arthur! Arthur!" Artemis screamed. She was fighting against the guards, but Artemis was being restrained. He was lit on fire by black fire. Pain spread through him, his blood was being boiled from the inside out. His organs felt like one by one they were exploding. Every nerve fiber was burning. He couldn't help but let out a scream of pain. Darkness consumed him, and he died.


Arthur collapsed on his knees on the other side of the bronze archway.

"Arthur Pendragon," Erus's voice said through his haze. He could still feel the pain running through his body. "You have passed the first trial. The next trial begins tomorrow."

Artemis jumped out of the stands and ran to him. He was clinging to his heart and his person just to come to the conclusion that he was alive.

"Arthur," Artemis whispered. She pulled him up. The guards went to help Arthur. "I've got it," Artemis said supporting Arthur. She helped him back to his room and into bed. She pulled a goblet from a near by shelf as well as a book. She flipped the book open, and put water in the goblet. She stared at the goblet and then the book. She attempted a spell. Nothing. Again. Nothing. Once more. Her eyes flashed gold, and the goblet's water turned blue. She walked to Arthur. He looked at her. His eyes were quite blank.

"Drink this," she said tilting the goblet gently. He drank it greedily. Artemis sat at the side of his bed next to him. His head fell back to the pillow. He slept exhausted.

Artemis didn't move from his side. It was possible that he may not be able to try and achieve the second trial. He slept late into the day. The trial from the Servants point of view only lasted a few minutes.

A knock on the door made her jump. Merlin stood in the doorway.

"Come in," she told him. He walked farther in.

"Is he okay?" Merlin asked looking down at him.

"I don't know."

"What happened to him?"

"He went through the first trial. In every trial, you die at the end of it."

"Did he know that?"

"I don't know. I don't even know how he knew about the Right of Justitia. I tried to get him revoke it, but he wouldn't. He refused."

"Artemis, he has to live."

"I know. I'm trying."

"Take care of him," Merlin said.

"Of course." Merlin left the room. Artemis sat at Arthur's side.


It wasn't until well into the night that Arthur awoke. He muttered slightly. His eyes scrunched up. Artemis, who had not slept in the least, stared hoping he would awake. His eyes opened. He stared up at Artemis.

He said nothing. He cupped her face sitting up before kissing her.

"Is this Avalon?" he asked her. She shook her head and took his hands in hers.

"You are alive."

"No. I failed, Artemis. I failed you." She shook her head.

"No, Arthur. You didn't. You passed the first trial."

"I wish I did," Arthur said. He looked incredibly upset. Artemis shook her head. She put her hand to his cheek.

"Arthur, listen to me. Those archways lead into other worlds. Worlds like this one, but they are different. The choices there different from here. In the first world, all those who enter, enter a place that you fail right off the bat. Then, you die, and are thrown back to your real world."

"This is real." Artemis punched him in the arm.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"Pain doesn't exist in Avalon," she told him. "If we were there why would you have felt that?"

"I'm alive."

"Yes. Arthur, you still have two more trials… stop now. Please."

"No."

"Arthur! The first trial nearly destroyed you, and it's the easiest."

"I don't care."

"Arthur," she breathed.

"Artemis, I'm finishing this."

"I will not convince you otherwise, will I?"

"No," he said. Artemis nodded.

"Are you still tired?"

"No," he told her, "but you look incredibly tired."

"I'm fine. Just worried about you."

"Get some sleep." She shook her head.

"I don't want to leave you," she told him.

"Then stay, but sleep." Artemis nodded. She laid down. Arthur put his arms around her. She fell asleep very quickly.


She awoke in a daze. Arthur was strapping his sword on again.

"The second trial will seem longer to you than the first. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"Yes." She set her head back on the pillow.

"What man would live and die three times for the woman he loves?" she questioned stretching. She stood and went to him kissing him. There was a knock on the door. The guards lead them to the stadium again. Arthur stood in front of the silver gateway.

"Arthur Pendragon!" Erus said. "You have invoked the Right of Justitia. You will enter the silver gateway. If you do not come back, you fail. If you walked through the doorway and simply go through it without any struggle, you fail for you were not worthy of the gateway. You cannot quit partly through. Do you understand these rules?"

"Yes."

"You may enter." Arthur stepped forward. He went in and out like before.


He was still in the stadium.

"Arthur Pendragon," Erus started but an explosion rocked the ground. The servants prepared to fight. The dust settled and from it came the Masters of the World. The blood and the slaughter started. Artemis grabbed Arthur from behind, and they as well as Ava, Jack, and Merlin ran.

"Artemis!" Ava yelled, but her voice was cut short. Ava was hit.

"NO!" Artemis shouted. She caught Ava's body. She was shot in the heart. Artemis touched the blood coming out of her body. "Ava," she whimpered. She stood and was ready join the fight, but Arthur stopped her.

"It is a loosing battle." She stared before picking up Ava's body. They fled.

Artemis watched as Ava's body went up in flames. Everett tried to put on a brave face, but it was to no avail. Artemis cried. Arthur tried to comfort her, but she didn't want it.

"What are doing?" Arthur asked as Artemis packed her bags in Camelot the next day.

"I can't stay here, Arthur. I need time to think," Artemis whispered. "I'm leaving Camelot."

"No," he whispered.

"I will return. I promise."

"I don't know."

"Rhian, Jack, Amice?"

"They will be coming with me. Rhian will be going with Amice to the Masters of the World faking allegiance. Jack and Amice will return to the Servants."

"That's it then?"

"Yes," Artemis said. "I will be back." She kissed him gently.

20 years passed. Artemis became a shadow in the back of Prince, now King Arthur's mind. He did not marry. He did not have an heir. Merlin stood at his side. Through it all, who would have thought the idiot would become his advisor.

"Sire," Merlin said. "Someone seeks an audience with you."

"Who?" he asked.

"You better see for yourself," he replied.

"Let them in," Arthur said. A shadow entered. Downed in all black, Artemis walked forward. She bowed to Arthur. Her eyes were cold. "Artemis," Arthur breathed. He signaled the guards to leave them.

"It's Ambrosine, my lord," she said coolly.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked stepping down from his throne to her level. She hadn't aged a day. A cruel smile crept upon her face.

"I have thrown myself in darkness, my lord," she replied. "Master Ambrose knew you would see me. He knew you would send the guards out, and now Arthur Pendragon, you will die by my hand."

"Artemis, don't. Stop this."

"It's too late for that. Vaki ierlt!" Arthur was thrown against the wall. He couldn't move. He tried to get up, but Artemis kicked him down. She took Arthur's sword from the sheath at her waist. "Goodbye, Arthur Pendragon," she said pulling the sword back and plunging it into his heart. He died.


Arthur collapsed onto the floor of the stadium on the other side of the archway from Artemis's view 15 minutes later. "Arthur Pendragon," Erus said. He could still feel the sword still piercing his heart both literally and mentally. "You have passed the second trial. The next trial begins tomorrow." Artemis ran down to him. She helped him up. He could walk more than before, and like before she had him drink enchanted water. He slept.

"Artemis," he muttered in his sleep several hours later. "Artemis… don't," he muttered. She watch him curious. "Artemis, no!" he shouted springing up.

"It's okay, Arthur," Artemis whispered pulling his head into her lap. She ran her fingers through his hair. "It's okay."

"You killed me," he muttered.

"The second trial is betrayal of a loved one," she whispered. "It's okay. You're alive."

"You were a Master of the World," he breathed.

"Arthur. I am not nor will I ever be in this lifetime." He nodded. "And I would never hurt you," she assured him. His eyes were flickering shut.

"Artemis," he muttered.

"Yes?"

"Stay again."

"Anything for you, Arthur," she told him. She slid down into bed, and like before he wrapped his arms around her, and she slept.


"One more trial," Artemis said the next morning. This time, they were both up and in bed together.

"Yes."

"It is the most testing, Arthur. You will have to live a full lifetime. To me, it may only be a few short minutes, but to you it's an actual lifetime. I ask once more, are you sure?"

"Yes."

"I knew you would say that," Artemis said. She pulled him to her and kissed him. There was a knock on the door. The guards waited for them. Arthur entered without his sword this time. He knew he wouldn't need it.

"Arthur Pendragon!" Erus said. "You have invoked the Right of Justitia. You will enter the gold gateway. If you do not come back, you fail. If you walked through the doorway and simply go through it without any struggle, you fail for you were not worthy of the gateway. You cannot quit partly through. Do you understand these rules?"

"Yes."

"You may enter." Arthur stepped forward. He went in and out like before.

"Arthur Pendragon, you have failed. Guards, arrest him." Arthur was grabbed by the guards. He was taken to a prison cell instead of the room he was brought to before the trial.

"Arthur," Artemis whispered stepping in front of the door to the jail. This was all so familiar. It was like the first gate. What was happening?

"Artemis," Arthur breathed standing. They stared at each other through the bars. "I… I'm-"

"Don't say your sorry. I don't want to hear it. Arthur… I will try my hardest to get you out of here. I promise."

"I know," he told her. She kissed him.

"I love you," she told him.

"I love you too."

"I'm sorry I got you into this."

"I'm happy I got into this if it meant dying for you." Artemis nodded. She put on a brave face. A door slammed and footsteps of a guard could be heard.

"I must leave," she said. "Have hope." Arthur nodded, and she left.

The next day he was taken from the cell and taken in front of the Electus. Erus stood there in front of everyone. Arthur was going to die.

"Arthur Pendragon! Amborsine of the Blue has invoked the Right of Sasit! She will take your place instead!"

"What?" Arthur questioned. Artemis was brought forward, and he was held back by guards. "Artemis?" he questioned. Erus held up a hand. Artemis was engulfed by black flames. Her screams of pain echoed through his head. He struggled with the guards, but it was too late. He watched as Artemis died.

40 years passed. Merlin had blamed him for his sisters death and abandoned him as well as all others who were close to her. He pushed people away, but still for her memory, he was a good and just king, but even fair kings can be alone.

He laid on his deathbed waiting for sister death to take him, waiting to reunite with Artemis. No one but the physician was in the room. No one would see him as he died of disease. Pain rocked his body, but it was nothing compare to how he felt the day he had watched her died. If this was trial, it mattered little. The pain was real. He succumbed to disease. His eyes shut, and no one was there for the old King as he passed.


Arthur came through the golden arch. Once more, he collapsed.

"Arthur Pendragon," Erus said. "You have passed the final trial. By the laws of the Servants of the World, you and Ambrosine are released from the Law of Drust." Artemis threw her arms around his neck. He kissed her hungrily. She kissed him back. "Well done," Erus said standing. Artemis could see from the look in her eyes. This wasn't over until she was died or wanted to die. "Guards! Arrest Ambrosine for treason!"

"What?" Arthur muttered.

"What! You can't-" She was grabbed by the guards.

"But I can." Artemis pulled away from the guards and looked at Erus fiercely.

"Elizabeth! I challenge your rule!" There was a wave of whispers among the Servants at Artemis had done.

"You wish to fight me?" she questioned.

"Yes."

"Very well, but this time Cassandra will not stop me from killing you. Tomorrow at dawn, we fight."