Angel of the Moon

Chapter 1

Inhale. Aim. Exhale. Release. Bullseye. That was the rhythm I went through during practice...every single day. Today I had officially been abandoned for 7 years. Now it sounds bad but it really isn't. I had everything I needed, bows and arrows, knives and I taught myself hand to hand combat. As my feet hit the ground my huge wings came down right with it, making the leaves and twigs dance into the air. I tucked my wings in behind my back and walked over to my little hut. I set my bow and arrows along the wall with the rest of my weapons. I walked into my somewhat restroom and grabbed the bottle full of water. I unwrapped my bandage around my leg and poured water on it, making it sting but I was used to it by now. I rewrapped with a clean bandage and grabbed my throwing knives on the wall. I turned to the empty space I cleared for knife throwing and thought to myself as I through the knives. My name is Artemis. Thud. My birthday is November 12th. Thud. I am 19 years old today. Thud. The face of the men that attacked me the other day popped into my head as I took the knives out of the throwing wall, all hitting the human I had drawn on the wall. All of them were tall and ripped. They had full body armor on for what reason I had no idea. They just straight up attacked me with an arrow flying into my leg. Thankfully I had my dagger with me, no I didn't kill them but I did make them injured enough to go back to wherever they came from.

As another knife hit the wall I heard wing beats. I grabbed my bows and arrows and my knives and walked to the opening in front of my little house. I couldn't see them so i wasn't surprised at first. I listened good and hard and turned with my bow loaded and aimed at his throat. He held up his hands quickly showing he wasn't trying to hurt me but I knew better. He had light green eyes, black spiked hair but it looked natural, and tannish skin. He looked just like the men that came yesterday only he was with another man in a chariot being pulled by two winged horses. He laid down his sword and I followed his every move the the tip of my arrow. He smiled a perfect white teeth, genuine, kind smile and said, "Hi, my name is Blaze. That's Flare over there." He pointed to the guy behind him and I looked over then darted my eyes back to Blaze making sure he didn't move. "Your name is?" he continued. I hesitated, "What do you want from me?" He looked taken aback at my stern question. "Uh...we wanted to see who you were and um, you attacked three of our men yesterday. We wanted to take you back to King Solar, he is requesting you." I lowered my bow slowly keeping a watchful eye to make sure he didn't attack. I put the arrow back in its pouch and put the bow to my side. "Artemis" I said, "My name is Artemis"

After 10 minutes I had all the stuff I needed or wanted to bring with me considering I would probably never see this place again. Blaze talked while I packed and told me that King Solar was married to Queen Shimmer and they both ruled over the Light Kingdom. He explained that war had been raging between the Light and the Dark Kingdoms, only because neither kingdoms never admitted defeat. He also told me that the people who had attacked me the other day were scouts for the army of the Light and he was one of the highest ranked soldiers. He told me what the Kingdom was like, apparently it was held up above the clouds and everyone is energized by sunlight. He also said that the sunsets and sunrises ate the most beautiful sight seen. "So, how long have you been here?" He asked putting the last thing into the chariot. "Since I was 12, I'm 19 now." I respnded. "Wait, so you haven't seen actual people in 7 years?" "Oh my gosh I have wings I've seen people before while I was flying around." "Well yeah I didn't think about that, sorry" He blushed. "Hey" I put my had on his shoulder and he looked at me, "Its not easy making a conversation with someone who has lived alone for 7 years but at least your trying." I winked at him and he smiled. "Hey lovebirds! Lets get going!" Flare yelled from the front of the chariot. We both blushed and we all took off flying.

Blaze and I were flying wing by wing touching wings every few seconds. As we flew we also talked. We flew behind Flare as he guided the horses. Out of nowhere a arrow lit with black fire exploded against the chariot and my stuff started falling. I dove after the box full of my most important stuff and put it back in the chariot. I was looking for Blaze and I saw him with a shield blocking all the arrows, but he only had a sword so he couldn't fight back. I told Flare to leave and get into the clouds for cover. Then I flew down to Blaze, "What are you doing? Get into the clouds!" "I'm not leaving you defenseless!" I said aiming my arrow to the archer sitting in the tree. I aim for his hand and hit my target. "Wow, your good with that bow." Blaze said after I hit two other archers. But I noticed too late there was one that flew up behind us and shot me in the wing making me hit my head on the shield, get knocked out and fall to a ground like a dead stick.