Where it all started

2005

"Uncle Tony! Uncle Tony!" Six year old Artemis Crock screamed in excitement, while jumping up and down.

"What is it?" He asks while not looking up from a file he was observing.

"I did it! I made something look!" She urged and Tony turned his head around and snatched the item from her hands immediately.

"What is it?" He questioned excitedly.

"Press the button!" The young girl screamed in exhilaration. Tony then pressed the button and to his surprise confetti shot out of the box and the tune to happy birthday played. His eyes widened in realization for a moment and then a smile played on his lips.

"Thanks Missy." He patted her head. "I'm busy right now, but how about you go to the park and we'll celebrate tonight." He suggested and the future archer nodded enthusiastically.

The young girl then walked (more like ran) out the room and asked Kenneth, her own personal butler, to take her to the park.

Once she arrived she immediately went towards the swings where another girl who, was maybe a year or two older than her, sat.

"Hi." The blonde smiled.

"Hi." The other girl beamed back.

"I'm Artemis."

"Jubilation."

"Joy?" Artemis questions.

"What?"

"You're name means happiness or joyful." She points out.

"Oh! Yeah it does. I'm surprised you knew that." Jubilation grinned from ear to ear. "Most people make fun of me because of it."

"It's unique unlike them obviously." Artemis snorted.

"Yeah I guess you're right. So you're named after the goddess right?"

"Yup. Are you from around here?" Artemis questioned the older girl.

"I live in Beverly Hills with my mom and dad. What about you?"

"I live around here with my uncle."

The two girls kept talking to each other and gave each other their numbers. For the first time since her dad disappeared. Artemis was truly happy.

2006

Artemis and Jubilation kept in touch. They called each other every day and visited each other frequently. Artemis also began to distance herself from Tony. From a young age she could tell that he wasn't ready for the responsibility to take care of a child yet. He was always busy and when he wasn't he would be always be with some girl. Artemis craved for his attention, but in her mind work was more important. She knew her mom was in jail, her dad left to who knows where, and her sister ran away, but she still had hope for her family. She wanted them to be all together again.

Artemis knew that if she ran away she could take care of herself. She was smart. She was more than smart, she was intellectual. She could memorize anything she read and she probably knew how to create a nuclear bomb (though she wouldn't attempt it.). She was so intelligent that it scared her. She knew far more things that she should. Artemis also knew that if things continued that she may not live a very long life. Her brain wouldn't be able to handle all of the information it was gaining at a rapid speed and it eventually shut down, much like a computer.

The blonde also knew that what she couldn't do was exactly normal to most people's standers. She was in fact a mutant and mutants weren't appreciated by society as a whole. She wanted to tell Tony about her ability, but she was scared of how he may react She didn't want to ruin her and Tony's barely existent relationship.

2008

It has been a year and a half since Artemis and Jubilation ceased contact. Of course Artemis was upset, but quickly got over it when she made a new friend, who was always able to sneak in somehow. Her name was Valarie. She looked a lot like Jade, but her hair was in a bob cut.

Artemis met her when she caught the girl trying to steal from her. They immediately struck a friendship and it did help that the other girl was extremely intelligent like Artemis. Artemis started to question if the other girl had the same mutant ability as her, but quickly dismissed the thought.

It wasn't long after she met the girl when she got a visit from Charles Xavier. Pepper stayed with her since Tony was in a meeting. Charles explained that she was a mutant, but Artemis quickly stopped the conversation when she saw Valarie walk in. She started yell at the girl about her not staying in the room where no one could find her. Artemis was terrified that her only friend wouldn't be able to visit anymore.

Pepper started freaking out asking who she was talking too and Charles hurriedly accessed Artemis's mind. He then saw that Artemis did in fact see a person, but informed her that the girl was not real and only she could get her to go away. As soon as Artemis realized that; she made the girl leave her mind and the blonde begun to weep silently for the loss of her only friend.

2009

Tony started to talk and hangout with Artemis more often after Pepper explained the events of the past year. Guilt was eating him up that she felt so lonely that a second mutant ability kicked in. He was also upset at the fact that when she discovered her first ability, she didn't tell him.

Artemis was grateful that she finally had Tony in her life, but she felt that it wasn't enough. She wanted friends or at least a friend. Someone who she didn't make up. Someone like Jubilation. She wasn't well liked by kids her age because of her 'know it all' attitude. She came off as rude and stuck up, but it wasn't like she meant to. So for the past year she had been working on a device that could send her somewhere new and send her back with just a push of a button. Of course she didn't know where it would take her, but that made it all the more better.

Finally it was the day that she could use it. May 2nd 2009. The day she circled on her kitten calendar. A smile graced her lips as her finger connected to the button and a white light emerged around her.

Artemis woke up when she felt like she was being shoved. Her eyes blinked open to be greeted by green eyes. She quickly scampered into an upright position. "Hello." She offered the black haired man a smile. He furrowed his eyebrows before responding.

"You're a mortal."

"Yeah…what are you?" The blonde questioned without hesitation.

"Asgardian." He replied sharply. "How did a mere mortal like you get here without aid from Heimdall?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"I could simply report you to Odin for infringing. Maybe they'll feed you to the snakes for execution." The black haired male offered with a mischievous grin. Artemis let out a gulp before nodding.

"I-I made a machine that would bring me somewhere random. I didn't know it would bring me to another world! Honest!"

"Calm down child. You're telling me that a mortal, child none the less, simply built something that let you travel to another world undetected." The green eyed man observed the young girl suspiciously.

"Mhm. I'm Artemis by the way. The girl introduced.

"I am Loki, future king of Asgard."

The two began conversing with each other. Loki practically forced the young girl to promise to make him a machine that would take him to any location he wished to go.

2010

"Dad?" Artemis woke up startled to see the man who deemed her worthless years ago.

"Hey baby girl." He grabbed her into a hug.

"How did you get in?" The young girl demanded, "Why are you here."

"I'm here to bring you back to where you belong."

"But Tony-"

"He was just here to watch over you." Lawrence Crock growled.

"I don't wanna leave." Artemis crossed her arms and shot him the best glare she could muster up.

The last thing Artemis saw was her father's hand before it connected with her face.

"Too bad you don't get a choice baby girl."