Artemis's POV
The man won't stop staring or attempting to twirl my slightly curly hair. Is there a problem?
"Dude, what do you want?!" I finally burst, as he blocks my path, so that I can't leave the Salmon stand in the market.
"'Dude?' Who even says that?" He questions, with a clear voice.
"I do! Do you have a problem with that?"
He completely ignores my question, "What is your name?"
"Depends on who is asking," is my retort.
"I am Howl. As in the owner of the moving castle. You may have heard of Howl's moving castle."
"Oh my God! Howl? Like, the Howl?!"
"Yes," he beams an almost irresistable and pearly smile. "So you have heard of me-"
"Totally!"
"Really?" he seems so happy with this information.
"No, actually. What kind of name is 'Howl'?" His grin falls and his white clad shoulders falls ever so slightly.
"It's a wizard's name! What is your name?" Howl asks me, again.
"Artemis," I mutter under my breath.
"You question the name 'Howl' when your title is Artemis?" Howl booms several pure notes of laughter.
"At least it has purpose."
"Oh, right! The goddess of hunting, correct?"
"Yes, so at least I am not names after the sound of an animal!" I argue further. His nearly shoulder length balckish-blue hair blows in the breeze and I feel my heart pinch within my chest. His peircing blue eyes seem to measure me from head to toe, sizing me up and contemplating whatever it is going on inside his crazy head.
"Come to Jenkin's!" and Howl disappears, like a flash. Odd. Well, at least I can finish grocery shopping-
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Howl
FanfictionA fanfiction of Howl's Moving Castle- that doesn't start or end with Sophie and Howl married or having children! What happens when Artemis, a normal girl, runs into Howl and Sophie? Just another girl, right? She could have been, until the accide...
