Well, chapter 7 ended with a cliffie and a half didn't it. lol, I don't own anything except the plot. And we will all be having a bit more of Artemis and her pack in this chapter, so yay! Well, here is the chapter you've all been eagerly anticipating, so what are you waiting for, read it! :)

Chapter 8 - Nightmares

Jack was chained up in a dark room, he knew there was no way out, but he continued to look around, suddenly the guardians appeared, they went towards the chained boy, North held out his hand and a small full moon appeared. A bright light suddenly beamed out of the moon and hit Jack square in the chest, his back arched, he was in so much pain, he began to glow blue and his mind was altered and changed until he became good. North held out a book, "do you Jack Frost swear to become a guardian and protect the children of this world whether they believe in you or not." Jack looked up "I do" he said.

POV Switch

I run through the forest after a huge stag, my breathing was even and my heart doing the loud beating that only came with the thrill of the hunt. My black fur illuminated by the full moon, and my white eyes focused and yet, excited at the same time, my small gold earring makes little jingling noises as the two silver metal feathers hit off eachother. My pack surrounds me, Claw - the male grey wolf ran to my left side. Heather, the red she wolf with the white paws ran to my right. I flicked my ear and they ran on either side of the stag. Cuban, the dark brown male wolf with the yellow eyes, ran next to me and whimpered out a question. I nodded, he nodded to Cloud, the light she brown wolf with the lime green eyes, and they try to get behind the stag and start nipping its back legs, I saw a greyish blue wolf run past me "Blue!" I bark, she turns round and looks at me with questioning blue eyes, I flick my tail and she slows and starts running behind me. Perfect.

Cuban and Cloud successfully manage to nip the stag's back legs causing it to stumble, I seize my chance, I use my powerful back legs to kick of the ground and I land squarely on its back, I open my jaws and sink my teeth into its neck, blood squirts all over my face, but I don't care, it just fills me with more adrenaline. The stag slows, Heather and Claw grab its front legs to stop it kicking, Cuban and Cloud grab its back legs, the stag falls, I jump off its back, but my spot is quickly taken by Blue, who bites the back of the stag's neck in my place. I walk round the front of the stag, it looks at me and snorts weakly. I open my jaws and sink them into its throat. The stag gives one last call before its eyes roll back and its head slumps to the ground. Me and my pack give successful howls to the moon. The pack lies down and waits for me to take the first bite, after all, I am the leader. I walk forward and rip a piece off and swallow it, the pack all take that as the 'ok' sign and lunge to devour the stag. As I'm eating I begin to have a flashback of what Jack came to see me about...

Flashback

"What do you mean you've tried everything?" I ask, Jack hangs his head "I don't know Artemis, but I just feel like no matter how hard I try, no one EVER sees me." I tilt my head and think for a moment, "Jack, maybe you don't have to be seen to be happy" he looks up at me, I can practically see the question mark above his head, I give a slight chuckle, "what I mean is, maybe you could just make snow days and watch the kids be happy, is bringing kids joy not enough for you?" Jack looks at me sadly, "but Artemis, I just want someone to see me, ANYONE! but no one ever does" he says. I suddenly realise something "hey Jack, say if someone saw you, then you would want to spend a lot of time with them right?" Jack nods and I continue, "but what do all kids do that no one can prevent?" I ask, he thinks for a few moments before his face lights up, "They grow up" he says. His face then changes to understanding and he gives a small "oh".

I nod, "so even if they did grow up, AND kept believing in you for all that time, when they died, you would feel really upset, so either way, if someone did see you, they would either grow up and stop believing, OR, keep believing and die, so either way you'll end up really sad." I finish, I know what I said was hard for him to hear, but he needed to know. He nods, and stands up, I stand up to, he hugs me round the neck, "thanks Artemis, I needed that" he said, his voice was muffled because his face was buried in my midnight black fur, I let loose a small laugh and he lets go, "your welcome," I say, he gives me a quick smile and wave and flies away, through the trees I see him land on a telephone pole and start freezing it, I shake my head in amusement, turn around, and go to find my pack.

My pack finishes off the stag, once we have licked the bones clean and buried them. I tell my pack to go back to the den, I go off to the telephone wire that Jack froze, even if that was 2 days ago, I would still be able to smell him.

When I get there I sniff the air, I follow the trail and it leads to a small alleyway, however there are a few more scents here, I smell the ground, I smell... yetis? What the hell? I think but as I smell again, there is also a scent of rabbit, however, not a normal rabbit, this was a rabbit scent mixed strongly with magic, flowers, and spring. What could it be? The answer hits me like a ton of bricks, The Easter Bunny! I sniff the air again and realise all the scents just abruptly stop. That could only mean one thing... Jack's been taken by the guardians!

I snap my head up and my white eyes grow slightly wider, I run back to Burgress Woods, I need to tell the pack about this.

So there we go, a pretty long chapter about Artemis, but this is completely essential for the future chapters, I PROMISE, THE NEXT CHAPTERS POV GOES BACK TO THE GUARDIANS , PITCH AND JACK! Cya next time. :)