Chapter 1

There was nothing, nothing at all, except darkness. Then, she felt cold and warmth all at once. Opening her eyes, she looked around and was met with the cold stare of someone who looked similar to her, except the person was ginormous and male.

"Hello my pet, time for you to help me rule the world." The person said.

Flashes of memories came all at once until she woke up in cold sweat. She woke up in a bed with a leaf for a blanket and the room looked to be made of dirt. Again the fairy met the eyes of someone, except this time it was multiple people who were similar to her by size. She immediately put her hands up in a defensive gesture and began trying out her voice she hadn't used in a long while.

"Stay back... I don't know if you can understand me, but if I were you, I'd keep away from me." The fairy said slowly, her throat felt dry and came out kind of hoarse.

One of them came towards her slowly. The person was female and her presence had a calming effect. She had long black hair that flowed almost down to her feet, her light brown eyes stared into the fairy's own dark green, and she wore a blue dress that looked to be made of leaves.

"Easy there," She said slowly, trying to keep the fairy as calm as possible. "Don't worry, you're safe now."

The fairy had lied about where was safe for a long time, but for once, she actually felt it. She let the person lower her shaking hands and fiddle with her hair. It was... comforting.

"My name is Silvermist," The person began, then turned towards her friends to indicate that it was okay for them to get closer. "These are my friends, we found you in the ocean and brought you here. Can you tell us what happened to you?" She asked as the fairy began to stare at the other people in the room.

Again the memories returned. Memories of a cage, of a man laughing or yelling at her, then the escape and the short lived freedom as a storm approached. The fairy felt like she could tell them, but they were strangers and trust was foreign thing that she didn't quite understand. Suddenly, she began coughing and it didn't stop. She heard someone leaving quickly and when the coughing passed, she saw that another person arrived. This person was female too, but older, and a lot thicker than everyone else.

Immediately, before she could do anything about it, the fairy's personal space was invaded as the brown haired and brown eyed person began looking her all over. The person had strange tools that she used on the fairy to... for some reason... check her heart beat. Then a stick was shoved close to the fairy's throat and kept her mouth open wide. After a bit of examining, it was finally over.

"She looks to be in order, her throats just dry from drinking too much sea water." The examiner clarified to everyone, then she turned to the fairy and handed her an acorn filled with water. "With a bit of rest, you'll be good as new. May I ask what your name is so I can put it into the records?"

The fairy couldn't answer as she was too busy drinking the cold water. She felt as if she hadn't anything to drink in days and it was a good feeling to have it. When she was done, she wiped her mouth and handed the acorn back to the examiner. Once it was gone, she was asked them same question, and this time she actually couldn't answer it. There was no way she could answer it, even if she wanted to, as the only thing she had ever been called was 'Fairy'. When she first heard it, she thought it was her name. Then as time went by, she began to realize that it was simply what she was, nothing more.

So since she didn't have a name, she thought to make one up. She wanted it to not only be a good name, but a name that made her feel important. She looked through her memories of things called books left on a wooden table. A lot of them had been left open and she slowly began to learn the words. Then she remembered this one book, made of leather, with strange stories about beings called God's and on the page was a name of a God she often imagined in her dreams. Artemis, that was the name.

"My name is Artemis... I'm a fairy." Artemis said, the name sounded sweet coming out of her mouth.

"Yes, yes, I'm quite aware of that as you're wings and ears most certainly gave that away." The examiner said, waving away the fact that Artemis was a fairy like it was something she heard all the time. "I'm Clara, I'm a healing talent fairy, and I've been taking care of you the moment you were brought here."

Wings and ears? A healing talent fairy? Questions bubbled up in Artemis's mind, like if the person was actually a fairy or not. Then she looked up and saw the slight pointed ears that were covered by Clara's hair. Artemis felt her own and felt that they were indeed pointed like Clara's, who was too busy writing on a leaf to notice. She looked up even further and saw wings growing out of her back. Finally, she looked at everyone else who all had their own pointed ears and delicate wings that were similar and yet so different. Fairies, Artemis was finally surrounded by her own kind and not by the people who called themselves 'humans' or 'pirates'.

A knock was heard and a female fairies head poked through the leaf that was used as a door.

"Excuse me Clara, but I've just received word that the new fairy is to be taken to the Pixie Dust Tree." The fairy said, confusing everyone.

"Now? But she still needs rest!" Clara exclaimed.

"Clara she needs to go, Queen Clarion's orders." Was the fairies response and for some reason, Artemis began to feel warmth like a summer's sun flow through her.

Author's Note: I'm only updating to see if this will boost more interest. Thank you TinkFan4Life for your review of my rough draft which I'm using as my prologue now. Hope you all liked this!