Chapter 12

A painful shriek followed by a loud "Ow!" caused many birds and various other animals in the area to scatter in fright. It was now Artemis's third attempt of fixing the hawk's broken wing. Even though the large bird allowed her to do this, it would lunge at her every time it felt pain, which would mess up the process the animal fairy had to go through in order to heal it.

"Alright big guy, I know it hurts, but I can't fix it if you keep on pulling away or trying to bite me. So if you can just stay still then I can quickly get this done and then it'll be over." Artemis states as she fought the urge to give up.

Whether the hawk understood what she said or was just tired from the ordeal, it seemed to stay still despite the pain Artemis was inflicting as she proceeded to fix the wing. After about ten minutes of this, the wing was bandaged and was made secure to the birds side in order to prevent it from dragging on the ground. Upon feeling the stiffness on its right side, the hawk looked at the fairies handiwork and then up at the sky with a look of longing.

Feeling sorry for the large bird, Artemis began to reach out to stroke its feathers, but before she could do so, it took off through the underbrush. With a sigh, Artemis then noticed how high the sun was and realized how late to work she was. As fast as she could handle, she took off in search of Fawn who was probably worried about her. By the time it took her to find Fawn, it was already noon and the sun was shining over Summer's Glade.

"There you are! I've been looking all over for you!" Fawn exclaimed as soon as she saw the heavy breathing animal fairy.

Taking deep breaths to calm her nerves and to catch her breath, Artemis only half lied as she explained "I'm sorry, I woke up early this morning due to hearing the cries of an animal. Turns out it was a bird with a broken wing and being as I was the only one awake this morning, I couldn't wait for Elixa to wake up so I had to fix the wing on my own."

"Geez, was it tough to remember everything Elixa taught you?" Fawn asked, noticing the state of Artemis, which would've given Rosetta a heart attack if she saw it.

"Not really, after the busy day I had yesterday, I could probably mend broken bones in my sleep." Was the younger animal fairies answer.

The two fairies chuckled at this and went off to finish their jobs for the day. Even though Artemis was very late, Fawn managed to help her find a task that wouldn't take too long to complete. This involved teaching baby chameleons to blend in with their surroundings. The little lizards seemed to have a lot of fun with this and one gave Artemis a 'kiss' of appreciation. When the chameleons were brought back to their parents, the two fairies managed to have enough time to sit and chat before they had to head home.

"So how did yesterday go?" Fawn asked, sitting a separate mushroom from her friend.

"It was good, just very busy. I did learn a lot from Elixa, who was a good teacher, and..." Artemis began to answer and then wanted to slap herself as all at once, she remembered her discovery and couldn't believe how she could forget about it.

Noticing the shock in her friends face, Fawn couldn't help questioning it. "What is it?"

"Yesterday I went to get some water for Elixa and my wings out of nowhere began to glow." Was the animal fairies answer.

"Glow!?"

"Yes, glow."

"But that means-"

"I know, it means I've had a sibling here in Pixie Hollow this whole time and didn't even know it."

Dumbfounded, Fawn then couldn't help but question this. "But how is that possible, everyone was at your talent ceremony and your wings didn't glow then?"

Artemis agreed with her, it seemed everyone was at her talent ceremony and even though she was too busy finding her talent, Fawn had watched her through it all and never brought up the wing glowing. Obviously the possible sibling was going to be someone she hadn't met yet, which makes it much more difficult as she had yet to meet other fairies outside her close circle of friends, co-talent workers, and Dash and his group of 'friends'.

Turning to her friend with a look of confusion, Artemis then watched as a mixture of emotions appeared on Fawn's face. Then a split second later, the other animal fairy was pulling on Artemis's arm.

"Come on we have to talk to Tink!" Fawn exclaimed, leaving Artemis no room to argue.

Author's Note: Hey guys I'm back with another chapter. I'm sorry for the long delays between each chapter, but to be honest, I'm really not being hit with any inspiration not just for this story but for my others as well. I know what I want to happen with each story of mine, but every time I go to sit down and actually write, I just end up staring at my computer screen with no words written. If it wasn't for you my lovely reviewers and for my sisters, I probably would've just quit writing Fanfiction for a long while. However, I know how much my sisters and my awesome reviewer TinkFan4Live really like this story and so I'm not giving up on it. I hope you all will bear with me as I hope to finish it at some point this year, it just might take me a long while to do it. I'm trying to find new ways to build inspiration and I think it'd be pretty cool to hear what you guys do when you write your own stories. Thanks again for supporting Legend of the Hawk Riders and for the awesome reviews, I really hope you like this chapter!