A/N: Really quickly, I hadn't even planed to write this, but while at work
one day I just wrote it. I have thought of creating my own X-men
character, and wanted both fire and ice as her power but I felt people
would be like "that is soooo over used." So I thought about it and thought
about how I would write an X-men story, and realized I had the perfect
idea.
Warning: religions and religious undertones present. The religion most present is my own, Wicca, and if you are offended by this religion or are just going to flame be because of my chosen religion, please just leave. Also, I'm setting this at PG-13 and will keep it that way until I feel it should be higher. Some adult language, (mostly swearing) and situations, also contains violence.
Disclaimer: I do not own X-men or anything related to the X-men. I do how ever own my character, Artemis, and this plot. ^_^
In Sunshine or in Shadow
Chapter 1, A rose by any other name
The wind blew across the blue-green lake that lay in front of Artemis, whipping her long brown hair around her tall form and blowing through the leaves in the old trees lining the shore. One jade green eye paired with a cerulean blue looked out across the water watching the low waves softly touch the shore. Slipping her shoes from her feet, she stepped into the cool water of the lake, letting it bathe her sore feet. Being away from the lake had harmed the girl more then her parents realized. More then they had thought possible. She stuck out her left hand and the water parted at her feet. It felt good, familiar. And she could do it with out people jumping at her, and calling her nasty names. Looking around Artemis double checked to make sure there was no one around, her parents were gone for the night and the only living beings around the secluded house were the many animals that came and went, but still it paid to be extra careful. She had found that out the hard way.
"Why did they have to send me to that horrible place?" she suddenly screamed, feeling the fury build within her. She balled her left hand into a fist and the animals near her scattered.
The wind picked up lifting her hair up and making it dance, as the waves started to rise up growing larger.
"They knew what it was like for them! WHY?" she screamed eyes full of hatred and pain she looked towards the cloud filled heavens.
Her right hand was thrust forward and the earth and sand under her feet started to move towards the darkening sky. The waves grew larger and were brushing the bottom of the girl's tall perch. One looking on would wonder why the girl hadn't fallen from the narrow piece of earth given the wind and the power of the waves crashing against her pedestal.
"They knew. . . . So why?" Artemis asked in a mere whisper, her cerulean and jade eyes loosing the hate, but not the pain, and filled with tears.
~They wanted you to know what it was like. To make your own decision about what is to come, and how you will fight.~
Her brunette head snapped up towards the sky, hair flying, and the girl thought she saw a figure in the clouds. Wiping her tear filled eyes and stained cheeks she looked harder and saw the outline of a woman who looked familiar. Suddenly it hit her, it was the Goddess she prayed to every night, the Goddess that was her name sake. The Greek Goddess Artemis.
~Dear child, Artemis, daughter of the earth and moon, you are gifted with powers most humans do not have. Your path is yours now, no longer that of your parents. They sent you to show you, not all people are like your parents, not all people so accepting. They never meant to hurt you. A war is coming, it has been coming for years, a war between people who hate your kind and call you nasty names, and the people just like you, looking to fit- in in this world. Two sides, and each side has two sides. Four sides in two.~
"What do you mean?" she asked shaking her head, the confusion evident in her voice. She slowed the wind and let it die down around her, while forcing the waves down so they were once again small waves, leisurely lapping at the sandy shore.
~Two sides, one being the people with powers and the other being the people with out. Two sides on the first side, the ones who want peace, and the ones that are willing to kill the people with out powers, to show their greatness and kill all who would make their life to horrible to take. Two sides on the second side, the ones who wish all of you and your kind dead and will do anything to do so, and the ones willing to try for peace. All sides have greatness, power and influence. But, both sides, powered and non, have infighting. You, my daughter, are on the first side, those with powers. It is your own choice where you go from there, no one can make that choice for you. Remember your upbringing and religion, do what you believe is right, and if you need to, ask for a clear path if you can't find the way. You have a wonderful power, and your "mutant" name should reflect that. Do you have one?~
Artemis thought for a moment, and then shook her head her eyes filled with sorrow for not being able to complete such an easy task as to name herself.
"I've thought about it because my parents have their names, Gemini and Raven, but I am afraid I haven't been very successful in coming up with a name for myself."
~My dear girl, don't give up, most names aren't made up, but given. Feel the pentagram around your neck representing the four elements of which you can manipulate, what is the fifth element?~
"Akasha, the spirit, the life force of all living things, the fifth element," she said with a grin.
~Very good, you will do well my dear. Now go into the world and make your own destiny.~
The figure disappeared into the fading dusk sky and the girl slowly moved the spike of earth back into the ground and felt the water fall in around her ankles. Looking towards the dying light she remembered she had vowed never to return to urban New York, but fate always had a way of changing plans. She suddenly felt very much at peace with her parents, and her future. She was going to go to New York City and, she realized, she didn't have any fear, just iron will. Plus, it wasn't every day the Goddess knocked you off your feet and opened your eyes to the very real world.
Smiling, she picked up her shoes and felt the wind kiss her cheek as she made her way into her home.
Well????? Please review, I really plan to write more, I just needed to get this out to sort of explain some stuff I guess. So Yay? Nay? Suggestions?? Ja Ne for now! Pyro-Hi
Warning: religions and religious undertones present. The religion most present is my own, Wicca, and if you are offended by this religion or are just going to flame be because of my chosen religion, please just leave. Also, I'm setting this at PG-13 and will keep it that way until I feel it should be higher. Some adult language, (mostly swearing) and situations, also contains violence.
Disclaimer: I do not own X-men or anything related to the X-men. I do how ever own my character, Artemis, and this plot. ^_^
In Sunshine or in Shadow
Chapter 1, A rose by any other name
The wind blew across the blue-green lake that lay in front of Artemis, whipping her long brown hair around her tall form and blowing through the leaves in the old trees lining the shore. One jade green eye paired with a cerulean blue looked out across the water watching the low waves softly touch the shore. Slipping her shoes from her feet, she stepped into the cool water of the lake, letting it bathe her sore feet. Being away from the lake had harmed the girl more then her parents realized. More then they had thought possible. She stuck out her left hand and the water parted at her feet. It felt good, familiar. And she could do it with out people jumping at her, and calling her nasty names. Looking around Artemis double checked to make sure there was no one around, her parents were gone for the night and the only living beings around the secluded house were the many animals that came and went, but still it paid to be extra careful. She had found that out the hard way.
"Why did they have to send me to that horrible place?" she suddenly screamed, feeling the fury build within her. She balled her left hand into a fist and the animals near her scattered.
The wind picked up lifting her hair up and making it dance, as the waves started to rise up growing larger.
"They knew what it was like for them! WHY?" she screamed eyes full of hatred and pain she looked towards the cloud filled heavens.
Her right hand was thrust forward and the earth and sand under her feet started to move towards the darkening sky. The waves grew larger and were brushing the bottom of the girl's tall perch. One looking on would wonder why the girl hadn't fallen from the narrow piece of earth given the wind and the power of the waves crashing against her pedestal.
"They knew. . . . So why?" Artemis asked in a mere whisper, her cerulean and jade eyes loosing the hate, but not the pain, and filled with tears.
~They wanted you to know what it was like. To make your own decision about what is to come, and how you will fight.~
Her brunette head snapped up towards the sky, hair flying, and the girl thought she saw a figure in the clouds. Wiping her tear filled eyes and stained cheeks she looked harder and saw the outline of a woman who looked familiar. Suddenly it hit her, it was the Goddess she prayed to every night, the Goddess that was her name sake. The Greek Goddess Artemis.
~Dear child, Artemis, daughter of the earth and moon, you are gifted with powers most humans do not have. Your path is yours now, no longer that of your parents. They sent you to show you, not all people are like your parents, not all people so accepting. They never meant to hurt you. A war is coming, it has been coming for years, a war between people who hate your kind and call you nasty names, and the people just like you, looking to fit- in in this world. Two sides, and each side has two sides. Four sides in two.~
"What do you mean?" she asked shaking her head, the confusion evident in her voice. She slowed the wind and let it die down around her, while forcing the waves down so they were once again small waves, leisurely lapping at the sandy shore.
~Two sides, one being the people with powers and the other being the people with out. Two sides on the first side, the ones who want peace, and the ones that are willing to kill the people with out powers, to show their greatness and kill all who would make their life to horrible to take. Two sides on the second side, the ones who wish all of you and your kind dead and will do anything to do so, and the ones willing to try for peace. All sides have greatness, power and influence. But, both sides, powered and non, have infighting. You, my daughter, are on the first side, those with powers. It is your own choice where you go from there, no one can make that choice for you. Remember your upbringing and religion, do what you believe is right, and if you need to, ask for a clear path if you can't find the way. You have a wonderful power, and your "mutant" name should reflect that. Do you have one?~
Artemis thought for a moment, and then shook her head her eyes filled with sorrow for not being able to complete such an easy task as to name herself.
"I've thought about it because my parents have their names, Gemini and Raven, but I am afraid I haven't been very successful in coming up with a name for myself."
~My dear girl, don't give up, most names aren't made up, but given. Feel the pentagram around your neck representing the four elements of which you can manipulate, what is the fifth element?~
"Akasha, the spirit, the life force of all living things, the fifth element," she said with a grin.
~Very good, you will do well my dear. Now go into the world and make your own destiny.~
The figure disappeared into the fading dusk sky and the girl slowly moved the spike of earth back into the ground and felt the water fall in around her ankles. Looking towards the dying light she remembered she had vowed never to return to urban New York, but fate always had a way of changing plans. She suddenly felt very much at peace with her parents, and her future. She was going to go to New York City and, she realized, she didn't have any fear, just iron will. Plus, it wasn't every day the Goddess knocked you off your feet and opened your eyes to the very real world.
Smiling, she picked up her shoes and felt the wind kiss her cheek as she made her way into her home.
Well????? Please review, I really plan to write more, I just needed to get this out to sort of explain some stuff I guess. So Yay? Nay? Suggestions?? Ja Ne for now! Pyro-Hi