A/N-Sorry for the wait again to my few readers. Its hard trying to write stories! I'm just not creative enough! But I'm doing it anyways just because! So, here's my next chapter and I hope it comes out ok. Well, at least for you. And to new readers...if there's any...please don't hate me because I suck at writing! And to everyone...PLEASE LEAVE ME A REVIEW! I really really want them. Don't care if they are good or bad. They still make my day! De ja vu! Haven't I said that before? Weird :) Anyways, I'll let you read the chapter now. Have fun!

Princess of the Wolves

Chapter 3-Fallen Angel

Artemis could hardly believe her eyes. She didn't know what to think. "And I thought I was weird." thought Artemis. As she pondered to herself about this mysterious situation, one of the men started calling out to her. "Miss...Miss..."

Artemis shook herself out of her bewildered state of mind and was about to say something when the man with the yellow shirt said, "So, who are you anyways. Where did you come from?"

"Um...well, my name is Artemis and actually I came from..." Artemis started saying then realizing that the few wolves that she had just seen, she had recognized three of them altogether. "Wait, arent you all from the city north of the mountains? I could of sworn that I have seen you there."

"Yeah! Remember me from the alley! That was me!" the young boy said enthusiastically while pointing to himself.

"We fled the city in search of paradise. Well, and the flower maiden too." said the man in the yellow shirt.

"Are you guys coming or what!" yelled the man with the whitish hair from far ahead of them.

"We should go. Whether or not someone can speak to us while we're in our true form, we still need to keep going to find Cheza." said the man with shaggy dark hair.

"Aw, but Kiba...can't she come? She could help us out!" begged the young boy.

"It's alright. It's none of my business. We'll just turn around and leave. Sorry for troubling you all." Artemis said as she motioned Lina to turn around. "Have a safe trip to paradise."

"Ohh. Good bye Artemis. Safe trip to you too!" said the young boy.

Neither Artemis nor the arabs said a word until they reached the end of the tracks where they first began. They travelled for another week in the cold cruel weather. Not until the last two days that the weather started clearing up and they reached massive cliffs where they began to feel the pangs of hunger and thirst.

"I hear water." said Sue. "Just beyond these cliffs!"

"Alright, one little...high, rocky, very high cliff to get around. Not that bad...WE CAN DO THIS!" exclaimed Artemis. "Just a little climb thats all it is! Now lets get the show on the road and get a drinkin'." So they did their bests getting up those cliffs. They recieved some painful reminders, but its well worth it when you're thirtsy and water is nearby.

When they got to the top of the cliff, they gazed at the sky while catching their breaths.

"Looks like a very large bird is crashing down." said Lina.

They all looked up and the bird was nearing the lake that lie ahead of them. As the bird came down closer, it really wasn't a bird at all, but appeared to look human. The group ran down the God-thank-you-for-not-letting-us-go-down-another-rocky-side-of-the-cliff, short slope and into the forrest towards the lake.

Once they got out of the forrest and into a clearing, they rushed into the water and immediately started searching for the fallen human.

I hope they didn't fall onto the sharp rocks!" said Sue.

On top of a large rock in the water, sat a young girl hanging her feet over the edge. She had short lavendar hair and was wearing a light blue-grey one piece suit. Artemis spotted her and was about to rush to her aid when all of a sudden, the young girl stood up. She seemed to be looking at something towards the forest. Artemis turned around to see the men from the tracks to the city in the ocean. The man with the dark shaggy hair started walking up to the young girl. The youngest boy then spoke, "Hey! I didn't expect to see you again!"

Artemis just stood there. She didn't expect to see them either. She was a little confused too. "Yeah well, we ride slow unlike you wolves who run fast ya know," she said with a small fake chuckle to hide how she really felt about seeing them. She turned back to the young girl and saw the white wolf with her. The young girl was stroking his head and then she dropped down to hug him. Artemis then turned back to the other three men, or wolves, and went walking out of the lake. Her horses were following her lead.

"So why are you here?" the man with the yellow shirt asked politely.

"I saw her falling from the sky and climbed up this damned cliff to see if she was going to be ok." Artemis replied with a smile. "I guess she is."

"So, do you think that its a coincidence that we keep meeting eachother?" asked the young boy.

"I don't know, maybe." said Artemis. "By the way, I never got all of you names. You know mine, but I don't know any of yours."

"Well, I'm Toboe!." said the young boy. "And that's Hige. (Points to the man in the yellow shirt.) That's Tsume. (Points to the man with the whitish hair, who seems to be emitting vibes of "I'm mister bad-ass so keep away.") And over there, he's Kiba. (Points to the white wolf.)"

"Well its nice to meet you all. But, I guess we should be on our way. I don't want to interrupt anything." said Artemis as she motioned her horses to her side.

"Where are you going to anyways?" asked Toboe.

"I don't know actually. We're just drifting around, trying to find a place where we can just...live I guess." Artemis said as she looked down at the ground. She really didn't know where to go. She was just going. She and her horses just decided to leave one day and never go back. They didn't plan on their destination. Anywhere but there seemed good at the time.

Lina and Sue were now at her side so Artemis hopped onto Lina and started off when Toboe suddenly called out to her. "Hey! I have an idea! Why don't you come along with us? We're going to paradise! I bet that that would be a great place to live!"

"No, I couldn't do that. I would be a nuisance to you all. And my horses wouldn't be too thrilled with the idea of journeying with wolves." Artemis replied.

"You're darn right there missy." said Lina.

"Well, we don't want you going with us anyway," sneered Tsume with his back turned to everyone. "We'd be eating you and your horses for dinner."

"Alright mister tough man!" said Artemis as she got back down off of Lina. She arched her eyebrow and stood her ground. "You want to say that to my face! I've had enough with the rude comments, with anyone talking down to me. I am so tired of it. That's why I ran away. I will not be controlled by rude, insolent, and disrepectful men like you. So if you want to say something to me, look at me and say it. Don't turn your back to anyone when you want to say something, because all that does for you is make you look like you're afraid of telling that person how you feel. It makes you look foolish. So. Do you have something to say to me, or do you not have the guts to?" Artemis crossed her arms. She could not believe what just came out of her. But she definetly knew that she had a lot more in her.

Tsume turned around. He stood at his spot for a moment, both hands on his hips, just looking at her, then he shifted his eyes around to see the reactions of the others. "Feh, I could care less of what you think." he said.

"Coward." Artemis said barely enough for anyone to hear her. But she knew he could and she wanted his reaction.

"The only coward around here is you! You can't even travel along with a couple of wolves. Now that's what I call cowardice." said Tsume angrily.

"Its not that I can't, I'm just looking out for my horses! I don't want the likes of you eating them! They're all I got and the only friends I'd ever had. I'd rather them be eaten by dogs then by wolves like you!" Artemis yelled.

It pushed Tsume to the limits an he ran towards her to rip her apart. But Toboe and Hige ran in front of him and tried to hold him back. Even Lina and Sue were a little upset. At least they knew that she would never let anything like that happen to them and that she only said it out of anger. Artemis had so much anger and despair pent up inside of her that she started to lose control of her words. Artemis was also an animal lover. So she could never hurt one, whether or not they were mean or nice. Whether or not they had the power to look human or not. She cold never hurt one...at least physically. Or maybe its just this one time that she would try to hurt the wolf emotionally. Just this one time.

A/N-So that's that chapter. I hope it was ok for you all. I got really mean again. I wanted to put in so much more anger. Then I thought, "No, this character should not explode all the way yet. I want her to get into more arguments. Its fun." So there you have it. More arguments to come. I guess I have a lot of anger and despair within myself as well. To at least write with that kind of feeling. It kinda feels good to get that kind of stuff off my chest ya know. I feel a little relieved. I think I have to change the genre...dont worry, the romance wont go away, I just figured that theres going to be more drama in it then action/adventure. What was I thinking? Anyways, pleae look forward to the next chapter! AND DAMMIT...LEAVE ME A REVIEW! just kidding...I'll say it nicely now, please leave me a lovely review. I would sincerely appreciate it. Good Day!