S.R. - 'SGHEIE' - Chap. 01.

Disclaimer: I don't own Spider Riders, the show, the characters, etc.; they are owned by FUNimation Entertainment. I do, however, own a couple of characters.

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"Sometimes Getting A Happy Ending Isn't So Easy."
Chap. 01. --
"Mysteries of the Past."

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"Was that a cool battle, or what?" a young, spikey red-colored hairred, emerald green-colored eyed boy; stood up on the 10-foot tall, dark-blue, white, & yellow-colored spider that he was riding on. This boy was Hunter Steele, & the giant spider he was riding was Battle Spider Shadow.

"Don't get cocky, Hunter?! You may be getting stronger, but so are the Invectids!" a blonde-hairred, blue-colored eyed girl, who was known as Corona; riding on top of a giant, bright-pink, white, & pale aquamarine-colored spider (Venus) said to him.

"Corona's right, Huntner!" said Igneous; a young, blue-colored hairred, brown-colored eyed, man; that rode on top of a giant, light-brown, dark-brown, tan-colored spider known as Flame.

BOOM!

"What was that?" was the words that came from Shadow's mouth.

"Come on?! Let's check it out?!" Hunter replied. They both ran to where the strange sound came from, with Corona, Igneous, & their spider not far behind them. What they found was a girl. Her clothes were covered in dirt, but it appeared that she was wearing a light-brown shirt & a white tunic.

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She was young, in fact, she'd looked to be somewhere around the Spider Riders' age. She was fairly shaped, had lovely, pure-white skin, & lush, green-colored hair; of course, the color of her eyes was unknown, because they were closed, on account of the fact that she was asleep.

The strangest thing was that she was sleeping on top of a sliver & white battle spider whose body & markings matched Shadow's in shape & size; as well as the fact that she had a Manacle on her wrist.

"Who's this?" Hunter asked.

"I don't know, Hunter?! I've never seen her before?!"

"Come on, you guys?! Let's take her back to the castle?!"

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An couple of hours later.....

"Where am I?" the girl asked as she then opened her ruby quartz-colored eyes, woke up, & then looked around at her new surroundings. She then saw the battle spider. "Lucifer?! Lucifer, wake up?!"

"What's going on, Artemis?!"

"I don't know, but we're going to find out?!"

"We?!"

"Uh-huh!"

"I'm not going to like this?!"

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"Who's there?" Igneous yelled down the hallway. "Come on, Igneous?! You're starting to scare yourself?! There's nobody here but yourself! As the outworlders say: 'Get a grip'?!"

"Hyah-ha!" Artemis cried as she came out of nowhere, & tried to attack Igneous, but failed, as Igneous dodged her with ease.

"You?! You're awake?! Who are you?" he said as he then realized who she was, sorta of.

"I was hoping you could tell the same thing about you?!"

"Oh! Yeah, right?! Igneous, captain of the Arachna military, at your service, melady?!"

"O.K., Igneous?! My name is Artemis." they introduced each other.

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"HEY, IGNEOUS?! WHERE ARE YOU?"

"Hunter?!"

"I FOUND HIM, HUNTER?!" a young girl yelled out as she appeared in the hallway. "Oh, hi, Igneous?! Who's that?"

"Sparkle, this is Artemis!" he said to the little red-head. "Artemis, this is Princess Sparkle!"

"Nice to meet you, your highness?!"

"How do you do?"

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"HELP?! HELP?! GET THIS THING OFF OF ME?!?!"

"Who was that?"

"Lucifer, my battle spider. He's not what you'd.....fearless?!"

"COME BACK HERE, HANDSOME?!?!"

"Was that Venus!?"

"Venus?!"

"An friend of ours?! Anyway, only way to find out?!"

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"Hold him, Venus?!"

"Yes, Corona?!"

"Please let me go?!"

"But Igneous?! How we know that he's not a threat?!"

"Lucifer?! An threat?! Yeah, right?! He's way too timid for that."

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"Really?!"

"You bet?!"

"Oh! By the way, my name's Corona!"

"Nice to meet you, Corona?! My name's Artemis!"

"Nice to meet you, Artemis?!" both girls were giggling their heads off.

"Hey, Corona?! Hey, Igneous?! What the heck's going?" Hunter walked as he saw that their guest had woken up. "You're wake?! How are you feeling? O.K.?!"

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"I'm fine, I guess?!"

"My name's Hunter Steele!"

"I'm Artemis!"

"So, where are you from?"

"I don't know?! I can't remember much of anything from my past, you see?!"

"Oh! I'm sorry?!"

"That's O.K.?!"

"It's late, let's get some rest?! We can show Artemis around the palace & let everyone meet her, O.K.?!"

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Meanwhile, in the upper world.....

"C'mon, Ivan?! That shine thing ain't going nowhere!" a young girl of 16, said to a young boy of 15. "If I'm right, you can go much faster than how fast you're going right now?!"

"Jasmine Steele?! That's only when I'm scared!"

"IVAN?!?! I thought I told you my name's Jazz?!"

"Sorry?!" Ivan huffed & puffed. "So, what's makes you think that Hunter'd go this 'shine of the inner world'!?"

"Well, when my grandpa was alive, he talked a lot about the 'inner world', but my little brother, Hunter, believed him. With Grandpa Digger gone & dead, I'm pretty sure, knowing my brother, & the fact that he's as stubborn as can be, would try & prove that it's real. & while researching, I found info on the shine we're headed to, & I cross-reference to 'Digger Steele', & found out that he's been there & wrote about it in a journal. My brother's probably found that thing & gone to the shine!" she took a moment's rest. "It took me quite some time to the directions to the place without Grandpa's journal?!"

"O.K.?! O.K.?! But, why'd you have to bring me along!?"

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"Well, 'cause all of my family has to stay behind, in case my brother comes back home, & I don't have any friends besides you, I cerntainly don't have a boyfriend..."

"Will you give a break with that 'boyfriend' thing!?"

"Anyway...so, you're my only choice?!"

"Oh, all right?!"

"Well, this is it?!"

"O.K.?! Remind me again?! What are we doing!?"

"Simple...go in, find my brother, get him to home, get him out, get ou ourselves, go back the way we came, got it?!"

"O.K., I got it!"

"Good?!" Jazz said as they went into the temple. 'Don't worry, Hunter?! We'll find you!'

"Uh, Jazz?!" Ivan poked her shoulder. "There's a spider on you?!"

"Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!" she screamed. "I HATE SPIDERS?!?!"

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Disclaimer: Sami-SDGForce here!! Gotcha u w/ a cliffhanger, heh?! Don't worry; u'll all find out what happens next soon. See ya later!!