A/N: OMG can it beee, its Halloween week people. You know what that means, a 7 chapter Halloween story. A chapter will be uploaded everyday leading up to Halloween, I'm so excited. I will be switching from Artemis' POV to narrator's POV and btw a lot of OC's coming up and definitely some slash, what can I say, I love gay Artemis. Also some drinking, don't like don't read. And I don't own anything except the plot and my OC's. Sorry for any OCCness. And if you don't know what an Aztec party is, it's basically a party held for someone to lose their virginity, and there are games to decide who gets to take away said virginity. Without further ado, enjoy!
The Invitation
Arty's POV
I stared at the golden envelope on my desk. My friends Amanda and Brianna were hosting a party in my honor two days from now. They had named it Artemis' Halloween Aztec party. I had been confused since the moment they gave it to me. I despised feeling this way. What did Halloween have to do with the Aztec empire? At first I thought that people attending would have to wear Aztec attire. However when I had asked my friends what they were going to wear, the costumes they had come up with had no correlation to the ancient empire. And to top it all off, whenever someone heard the name of the party they would look at me weirdly, smirking at me or winking at me.
xFLASHBACKx
I was standing at my locker, switching my books for the second half of the day when I spotted my two friends Amanda and Brianna walking towards me. Amanda Taylor was a tall Latina girl with straight black hair and brown eyes. Brianna Collins was a blond girl with blue/green eyes. They were both very popular, social, and outgoing. How we ended up friends, I'm still wondering.
"Hey Artemis, come on, we're gonna be late for lunch" said Brianna.
Without a word I walked alongside them and got in the lunch line. By the time we had sat down at our table all of our other friends were all there. Mave Hannon a very intelligent girl, though not as intelligent as myself, Ethan Cormack a gay rugby player, and Quinn Frost the student council president, also gay.
"Guys!" Amanda said looking extremely excited "this week I will be hosting a Halloween Aztec party for Artemis"
I almost choked on my food. Apparently I wasn't the only one. Quinn coughed as he looked at Amanda with large eyes. Ethan looked at me then back at Amanda "I'm in".
"What about you Quinn?"
"What? Oh…yeah I'll be there"
I sat there speechless as the group started talking about costumes. This went on before I was able to blurt out the question "What does the Aztec empire have to do with anything?"
They all looked at me strangely before cracking up in laughter. Ethan patted me on the back "don't worry, Artemis, you'll find out"
xFLASHBACK ENDx
I sighed and leaned back in my chair. I had come to the conclusion that the word 'Aztec' when used in the context of a party had a different meaning, but what? And why was a Halloween party being held in his honor in the first place? Suddenly someone barged in and I quickly tried to hide the invitation, but Juliet snatched the envelope from my hand before I had the chance. Butler walked in after his sister, scolding her for her manners.
"It's quite alright Butler, I was planning on taking this to you two anyway. What do you think?"
Juliet opened the envelope and the Butler siblings examined the card. They looked at each other with raised eyebrows.
"Can either of you tell me what the word Aztec means in that context?" they had obviously recognized the word.
"Well it means that-" Juliet started to say before her brother cut her off.
"It probably has something to do with the Aztec empire I'd assume", he said before shooting his sister a look that said 'shut up, I'll handle this'. A look of shock appeared on Juliet's face before disappearing just as quickly. I looked at Butler questioningly for a few seconds. I knew he had just held back information. I knew he knew that I knew he had just help back information. And yet he was standing there, waiting for me to say something.
"No, Butler, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Aztec empire. If you know what this means I'd very much appreciate it if you'd tell me what you know"
"I'm sorry, Master Fowl, but I don't recall ever using the word for anything other than history class"
And just like that I was no longer confused, but angry. How dare he hide something from me? How dare they all hide the purpose of this party from me? I was tired of not knowing what was going on.
"Well! In that case I will be in my room. Let me know if anything jogs your memory"
Then I stormed off, fuming.
Narrator's POV
As soon as Artemis was out of earshot Juliet punched her brother in the arm softly. "Butler, what the hell? You're just going to let him go to an Aztec party?"
"Oh come on, Jules, he's 19! And besides, Amanda already told me about it and she gave me a list of the people who will be attending. I did background checks on all of them and they all turned up clean. Everyone who will be there is also perfectly healthy as per their medical records. And besides, it's his Aztec party!"
Juliet sighed. "You know if people are attending that party it's for one reason and one reason only"
"Yeah, for a chance to sleep with Artemis, but I'll be calling his every hour or so anyway to make sure he's okay"
"Well I just hope it goes well", Juliet said as she plopped onto the couch. Butler sat down next to her. "Me too, Jules, me too"
