Chapter 5

Artemis was still holding onto the egg once heavy cheers from the animal talent fairies died down. With all that noise it was hard not to mistake it as an indication that she was one of them now. An unknown feeling of pride overwhelmed her and she raised the egg as if to say "this is mine and forever will be mine alone". Fawn and the other animal talent fairies cheered even louder once they saw this. Queen Clarion smiled as she eventually raised a hand to silence the crowd.

"As always, I want to thank you all for coming in support of a new fairy of Pixie Hollow. Even though the case about Artemis is astonishing, and we may not ever know the truth about her birth, I want you all to treat her as you would yourselves and any new fairy that arrives. Make sure she feels welcome and give her all the support each and everyone of you can muster. Now you all have a lot of work to do for the coming season, so it's time to get back to our duties and to let the animal talent fairies help Artemis prepare for this busy time." With Queen Clarion's words been said, all the fairies began to leave the Pixie Dust Tree.

Fawn and the other fairies that helped Artemis that day, gathered around her with smiles on their faces.

"I'm so excited that you're an animal talent fairy!" Fawn exclaimed, hugging Artemis in excitement.

"Oh my gosh, I've never been so anxious while watching someone discover their talent. I for sure thought you'd be a fast flyer and secretly hoped you'd be a garden talent, but I suppose you were meant to be an animal talent all along." Rosetta said, fanning herself with her hand from the aftereffects of the events of the ceremony that took place.

Coming up to stand beside Artemis, Vidia stated "Now this was an interesting ceremony. I think Tinkerbell's got competition of whose light shone the brightest when their talent was chosen."

Tinkerbell rolled her eyes as Iridessa leaned over and whispered "That's funny coming from someone who argued with everyone for weeks about how bright her light was." Which made the tinker fairy laugh.

Vidia heard this and began arguing against this notion. The new animal talent fairy watched amusedly as all of the female fairies argued back making some clear points about how competitive Vidia could get. When she realized this was getting them nowhere, Fawn decided to change the argument by making an obvious point.

"Alright ladies, we can't argue about this now, especially since this is Artemis's big day. I need to show Artemis where her new house is, you can come only if you all save this argument for later." Fawn pointed out, moving to lead Artemis away from the crowd.

"Fine, but don't expect me to drop this so easily." Vidia begrudgingly says.

"Oh honey, we wouldn't expect anything less from you." Rosetta states, earning a chuckle from a few of the fairies.

Artemis, with the fairies behind her, followed Fawn and was led out of the tree and was surprised to see that the sun was beginning to set. Flying for the second time was a lot easier and came more naturally. They all soared right above the Pixie Dust Tree, which allowed Artemis to see the size of Pixie Hollow all together. As she flew, she saw that the lands were separated by season and Artemis was led into the heart of the lands that were in the middle of Autumn. The air became cooler and had a calming effect as soon as they were inside what Fawn said was the Fall Forest.

With how high they were, it made Artemis wonder how Fawn would be able to see her new house. Then again, her new friend had lived in Pixie Hollow far longer than she had and probably new every inch of the forest they were flying through. Eventually Fawn became excited and began flying downwards, which the others had no choice but to follow. They soon stopped in a clearing covered in red and yellow leaves and Fawn led them to a fairy house that was built in the roots of a tree. The house was made out of sticks and leaves only found in the forest, it had two round windows, a door, and a little chimney poked out in between two roots. It appeared to be small, but Artemis discovered that it was a lot larger on the inside.

Inside, there was a small fairy sized table made out of sticks and a button with two chairs to match, a chandelier made of feathers hung above the table, an empty bookshelf sat in a corner of the room with a flower pot made of an acorn sitting on the top, a little fireplace stood where the chimney was built, and a bed made for one person sat in a corner where the light coming from the windows couldn't touch with a small hole next to it that could be used as a closet. Looking at everything it then hit Artemis hard that this house was hers and she had to grip onto one of the chairs to keep her legs from giving out.

"Are you okay Artemis?" Silvermist asked.

"I'm fine, it's just a lot to take in." Was Artemis's answer as she still held onto the chair.

"Come on you guys, let's give her some space.". Fawn said, thinking that the new fairy could be alone for a bit.

Inwardly panicking over the fact of being alone, Artemis half shouted "No! Please stay, I uh-" she looked around for a good reason to keep them there for a while longer and got her answer when she saw the empty closet space. "I need help making some new clothes.".

"Well why didn't you just say so? Come on ladies, we cannot let Artemis be seen only in this thing!" Rosetta exclaimed, excited to use her fashion expertise on someone new.

The fairies got to work, grabbing the necessary stuff to make the clothes. Tops, pants, skirts, shoes, everything was made in the color of the animal talent fairies, which was mainly all brown. Artemis never had so many outfits to choose from and she was grateful to have them all because it was difficult to say what style suited her just by looking at them. While they were at it, Rosetta managed to show Artemis how to do certain hairstyles. By the time they were all done, it was late in the evening and it was time for everyone to go home.

"Alright Artemis, we got to go home. Do you think you'll be fine until I come get you in the morning?" Fawn questioned.

Even though she really didn't want to be left alone, Artemis had no choice in the matter and so she gave a nod and asked "What's going on tomorrow?".

"I'm going to start teaching you how to use your talent." Was Fawn's answer and she then took off.

Artemis watched as everyone left and soon, lay down in her new bed and drifted off to sleep.

Author's Note: Whew I'm glad I was able to come up with another chapter. I could've gotten this done during the chapter, but it was busy at my house and I was feeling too emotional to do it. Those of you who read my fanfic for the movie Treasure Planet would've seen that I was worried about finishing it because I was going to a Christian summer program for college students last summer, but ended up managing to get it done. Anyways well I found out that the founder of the program passed away and it really hit me hard as he was a really sweet man who wrote a phenomenally great book for us to go through and talk about with each other. I made some of the greatest friends there and so I'm glad to know that I'm not alone in this. But he is in a better place and I'm happy to have the chance to know him. Anyways I want to thank TinkFan4Life again for all of your reviews and I want to thank everyone else who took the time to read this story and follow it. I forgot to recommend another fanfiction in the last chapter so this time I'm recommending The Border Café by 13bookworm and it is about if Queen Clarion and Milori were humans when they first met and so far it's really good and I think if 13bookworm saw more and more praise on it, she might actually finish it. Alright thanks again and I shall do my best in getting the next chapter out soon!