Chapter 49

The revenge attack against the Brown Lion clan was just as brutal as the attack on the Wolves. Artemis and Prince Thomas dug a huge ditch and set it up as a trap for the two rhinos. After falling into it the Rhinos were stuck many feet underground with no way out. Now with the Rhinos out of the way it was much easier to rip through the opposing Clan. Artemis, her mates and all of the fighters fought with extreme strength and skill, Queen Indigo was so busy celebrating her victory that she hadn't noticed Artemis escaped earlier and she was not prepared for her to come back with a small army of expert fighters. When Artemis came through the entrance to the gathering area Queen Indigo was gathering with her brothers and friends, the Lion Queen gasped and dropped her cup of wine. "The Lion Queen busy drinking while pregnant with the next litter of royal cubs" Artemis said Slowly walking up to Queen Indigo. Artemis sported her two piece and her staph and a Crown fit for a Wolf Queen courtesy of her Wolf King Daniel her expert craftsman. Queen Indigo seemed as if she were really too surprised. "You were not expecting me to stand in front of you so soon were you my Queen?" Artemis asked her handing Jenny her staph. Artemis bent down and picked up Queen Indigo's cup and poured herself a cup of wine. "We didn't get a chance to properly meet before. I am Artemis. Queen of the White Wolf Kingdom. Princess of the Black Wolf Kingdom. First Great Niece to your mate the Lion King" Artemis said smoothly before taking a full swig of the wine. "You truly are formidable your highness" Queen Indigo finally said. "I try not to brag but my reputation speaks for its self. You can also go outside and see for yourself" Artemis said before finishing the wine. "Seeing you here right in front of me after what I've done is enough proof, I dare not push my luck any further" Queen Indigo said slowly getting down to her knees to bow in front of Artemis. "Get up. I won't torture you with formalities while you are due to give birth to my royal cousins" Artemis said to her without looking at her. "Speaking of which… where is my Great Uncle?" Artemis asked Queen Indigo switching into a threatening tone. "Your Highness…" Queen Indigo said hesitantly. "We are all anxious to know where the Lion King is my Queen" Artemis said to her standing back up and pouring another cup of wine.

"Help your pregnant Queen into her chair. It's not healthy for her to kneel for too long" Artemis said looking over at the Lion Queens brothers. The male lions quickly scrambled and helped their sister up. "Since I don't want to fight you I will have to take you prisoner. If you cooperate and give me my Royal Uncle then I will keep you alive after you give birth." Artemis offered. "Your Highness. The Lion King is… locked away in a dungeon. We keep him heavily medicated so he will be useless in fighting us." Said one of Queen Indigo's brothers. "Were you going to keep my Uncle hidden until after you put one of your son's on his throne?" Artemis directly asked the Lion Queen. "I have failed your Highness. I had big aspirations and could not fulfill them. Please have mercy on my son's." The Lion Queen begged Artemis putting her hands on her stomach. "I told you. I have no intentions on harming the young Prince's. You will give birth to them safely. You and my uncle are now prisoners of my White Wolf Kingdom. I will send my uncle to my grandfather the Black Wolf King, to recover and then after you give Birth to the Princes I will leave them here with their older brothers and you will be sent to me. As for the throne…. The First Lion Prince, my older cousin Prince Jim and his mate will take the throne as King and Queen of the Lion Kingdom." Artemis said. "Your highness!" Queen Indigo gasped clenching her stomach tighter. "Thank you for your mercy your highness!" One of Queen Indigo's brothers said bowing to her. "This isn't kindness. Not only is she stripped of her self proclaimed title of Lion Queen, Ms. Indigo's entire clan will be takes in as prisoners and branded as slaves to the Lion Kingdom. You are to follow rules and serve the King and Queen well or else your clan will be exterminated." Artemis said in a dark tone. Artemis was not playing games with this Brown Lion Clan. And she barely showed mercy. An enslaved beast is as good as an abandoned pet in the human world. They might as well be considered lower than humans here in the Beastworld.

Artemis took her staph from Jenny and turnt to leave. She left Fake Queen and her brothers all crying together in shock and despair. As she was leaving Artemis ran into Yozar. "Spread my decree. Capture and enslave all members of the Brown Lion Clan. Place a dozen guards around Indigo And a doctor for when she gives birth. Search this entire place for a dungeon and bring out the Lion King." Artemis demanded. Yozar nodded and stepped closer to Artemis. "That person you were looking for is in your tent awaiting your arrival." Yozar told her in secrecy. Artemis let out a deep sigh and nodded back. When she hurriedly turned to leave Jenny began to follow her back to the camp. She was super excited to have gotten a piece of action this time, she even got to fight alongside her mate too. "Ah'Xhi that felt amazing! Im so thrilled!" Jenny said breathlessly. "So now everyone is just going to go ahead and call me that without my approval?" Artemis asked her. "Oh come on. Its normal to call you affectionately like that." Jenny giggled tugging on Artemis' arm. "I am going to see what my daughter is up to. She has come all the way here to the Lion Kingdom to be next to her mother and fathers" Artemis said shaking her head. "Ape's are very intelligent creatures. Im sure the Princess didn't mean harm and made an honest mistake. Go easy on her please" Jenny pleaded. "Of course I will. I know she doesn't know how to control her powers just yet. This must have been the first time she has ever done something like this and she could even be scared out of her mind." Artemis said. Jenny nodded and hooked her arm into Artemis' so they could walk arm and arm. "I trust your judgment completely. Im also surprised you gave the Brown Lion Clan mercy by keeping them alive and making them slaves. Very merciful." Jenny said. "I have to make these types of decisions carefully. There are other clans and Kingdoms in this Beastworld. Im already famous enough. I don't need people taking precautions against me." Artemis told Jenny. "You are right!" Jenny said enlightened. "Did you see how Indigo launched that attack when we first arrived? She knew being trampled would be my weakness." Artemis said. "You mean she did that…?" "She copied the Silver Wolf Tribe when they took me from the flower garden." Artemis said nodding her head. "That is cruel and petty for someone to do that." Jenny said shaking her head.

Soon enough Artemis made it back to her camp and slowly walked inside. She spotted Princess Thea sitting on the floor and she was not alone. "What is going on!" Artemis said calmly. "Mother!" Said First Wolf Prince Christopher. "It's not what it looks like!" Him and Princess Thea said at the same time. Artemis raised an eyebrow and had to keep back a smirk. Her children were smart. She wondered how they would talk themselves out of getting in trouble. "Prince Christopher left first and then when we were checking on the Eagle Baby Princess Thea teleported all of us out of the castle!" Prince George yelled out getting on his knees I front of his mother. "George I can't believe you! I said it was an accident!" Princess Thea immediately cried out with real tears going down her face. "Mother, little brother was right. I left first. I was too rash and didn't keep watch over my younger siblings!" Prince Christopher said getting down on his knees as well. Artemis finally smirked as she let out a deep sigh. "Get up you two! Now that I see you I am haply you made it to me safely." Artemis told them. "Give me the baby. Ive missed her so much!" Jenny said going over and reaching for the Eagle Princess. Princess Emersyn was still a small chunky little baby. She was a normal looking baby at that. Her wings had not shown up yet and neither has any feathers but she was still beautiful to Artemis. "All of this excitement is going to send our little Eagle Princess into maturity soon and I will miss her being a baby!" Jenny exclaimed holding the Princess close to her. "Why did you leave my Prince. The battle is already over for now?" Artemis asked Prince Christopher. "Mother, I felt something. I felt you were hurt and I became full of fear." Prince Christopher said still on the floor. "I am okay now my son. I'm sorry that I scared you so much. I forget how grown you are now so of course you were able to feel me through our strong connection." Artemis said caressing his face. She pulled him up holding his hands and then embraced him into a tight hug. "Mother will always be okay no matter what happens. I was not born to be so fragile." Artemis said showing him there was no scratch on her body. "I'm glad your okay mother!" Said Princess Thea running over to hug Artemis.

"What is this?" Prince Thomas said storming into the tent. He was followed by Danny and Bowen as they each felt their children here in the Lion Kingdom. "Calm down or you'll scare them some more." Artemis said calmly. "Although Prince Christopher did leave the castle first to come and rescue me, Princess Thea is coming into her powers and she accidentally teleported to him bringing along Prince George and the Eagle cubs as well. All three of them." Artemis explained. Bowen ran over to check on Princess Emersyn and then he looked into the small nest that was quickly made for the Eagle Prince's he sighed in relief that they were unharmed. Prince Thomas got down onto the ground to inspect Prince George and Princess Thea. "Prince Christopher…" Danny said shaking his head. "Somehow I still must punish you for bringing your mate and younger siblings into the Lion Kingdom territory." Danny said with a strict tone. "You are grounded. Here in the lion Kingdom until I say you can leave." Danny said to his oldest son. "Father!" Prince Christopher said loosing all the strength left in his body and falling to the ground on his behind. "That's pretty harsh Danny." Jenny said in a sorry tone. Artemis looked at Jenny and shook her head telling her not to get in the middle of it. "As the oldest and Heir you are supposed to be in charge of your siblings whenever I am not around. First you left the rest of your siblings back inside of the White Wolf Kingdom. Then you brought the two youngest Ape cubs and all three of the Eagle cubs into the Lion Kingdom. I am punishing you because I am scared for your safety and well being." Danny said as he took a step towards the Prince. "For the sake of your mate, I wont make you two take the strenuous journey back to the White Wolf Kingdom. Instead it would be more beneficial for you to stay and help your Royal cousin ascend the Lion Kingdom throne." Danny said to the Prince. "Prince Christopher nodded his head but he was still looking down at the ground. "I know royal father means well. I understand how what I did seemed like a good idea at first but I made mother and father worry during their big fight. I will learn from this mistake and do better in the future." Prince Christopher said rubbing his hands together.

"Your father chose a good punishment for you my Prince" Yozar said entering the tent. "I have learned that on your way here you encountered danger but you fought valiantly and won. Then you also made some new acquaintances. A group of Rouge Humans with Talent." Yozar said to everyone. "Interesting." Artemis said. "The Prince has also brought along a dozen fighters to escort him along the way." Yozar said shrugging his shoulders. "See, the Prince was not too rash when leaving the Kingdom." Jenny said trying to lighten the moment. Artemis gave her a look that yelled out annoyed but Jenny only shrugged her shoulders. "Royal Aunt Wende caught me leaving. She sent me along with some more provisions and these men. We got half way there and that is when The Young Princess showed up." Prince Christopher explained. "I made sure to send one of my fighters back to send a message to Royal Aunt that I have them with me and will definitely be taking them to our parents even if I get in trouble myself." The Prince Continued. "I understand you a little but more now my son. But your father has made a decision. I think that in turn the punishment will indeed be a great lesson for you. You must watch your cousin closely. Like yourself he was once an heir and now that his father is being forced to step down from the throne the Heir is now the new ruler." Artemis said. "Also, finding those humans seems to be a blessing for you and the Lion Kingdom." Yozar said happily. "You seem excited witch doctor." King Maximus said entering the tent with the new Lion King. Once inside King Maximus spotted the children and spotted Prince Christopher on the floor. "Why is my Royal Great Grandson kneeling on the ground?" King Maximus asked. "He has just received punishment from his father. He is ordered to stay here and help the Lion King ascend the throne." Artemis told King Maximus. "Its all over now son. Get up and thank your Royal father for going easy on you." King Maximus told Prince Christopher. The Prince bowed his head and thanked his father then he bowed and thanked King Maximus.

"I will serve the King well Mother and Father. Don't worry. I will no longer be a disappointment." Prince Christopher said getting off of the ground. "Go and find something to eat and then get settled into your own tent." Artemis said dismissing the children. As they were leaving Artemis turned a serious face to King Maximus. "Grandfather, were you able to find the Lion King?" Artemis asked him anxiously. "Yes. He is indeed in bad shape. It is good that you were here to take care of this matter. For the time being, the Lion Kingdom is headed in the right direction." King Maximus said to her. "It was not easy on my mind, the no Kingdom should have to do this. For the time being, yes we have dealt with this problem but whats next? Blackfinger is still out there plotting and doing evil deeds." Artemis said. Artemis looked and sounded disappointed, "I've left my oldest son here as back up for the Lion King but what if Blackfinger was not done here?" Artemis asked the King. King Maximus let out a deep sigh and put his big hand on Artemis shoulder. "Ah'Xhi my Queen. That is the struggles of being a ruler, maintaining peace and prosperity. Don't you worry. As long as we all stick together us three Kingdoms can defeat anything standing in our way of peace and prosperity." He said to her.