Chapter 0:

PLOT

ARTEMYS



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When the heiress crosses the threshold, 

the guardian will awaken.

The amulet will open,

 and the balance will never be the same again.

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- Moonridge  2023 -

(Note: Many things and names are purely a product of my imagination, such as the locations, the school, and the places described)

Zoe, a typical 16-year-old girl from London who has lost her mother, moves with her father to Moonridge, a small town surrounded by nature.

A move like any other, a new home, a new school. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Yet, from the very first day of school, something starts to feel “off.” A seemingly trivial incident leads Zoe to discover a secret passage, hidden beyond the boundaries of the visible. In the school’s basement, she finds an ancient amulet, guarded by a statue that, upon contact with Zoe’s power, comes to life in the form of a cat with eyes too aware to belong to a mere animal. That cat, Arthur, is nothing less than a human, the victim of a spell.

Through him, Zoe discovers the truth: she is the heir to the power of Artemys, a powerful witch of the past who sealed her powers within an amulet to live in the human world. The amulet also holds the Book of Spells, a source of ancient and dangerous magic. Her arrival is no coincidence: the school’s headmistress, herself a witch, sensed that the heir would awaken the magic.

But Artemys’s story is not the only one influencing the present. In the past, her sister Selene, a witch with dark powers, attempted to challenge the balance between the worlds, unleashing chaos. Many wizards crossed the portal between the magical world and the human world; some became trapped between the two, while others, such as Corbin and Principal Brown, took the amulets, preparing to pass on their powers to the new chosen ones.

Now the past is knocking on Zoe’s door once again: with the return of magic, the balance between the human and magical worlds is beginning to crack. Dark forces are stirring in the shadows, and many seek to seize the book... And the girl’s powers. Amid mysteries, friendships, betrayals, and age-old secrets, Zoe must discover who she truly is and whether she will be able to protect what has been entrusted to her.



ARTEMYS

ARTEMYS