Spell Bound

Chapter 1

The Obedience Spell

A/N: Whoot! My first cross-over! It's been in my mind forever! Please no flames on this unless it's constructed and helpful got it? Oh and my friends who know the plot, don't say anything please?

Artemis's POV

It was sunny outside. Butler made me come out. "I hate this Butler and you know it!" I yelled. Ever since I was five years old I hated coming outside. My father had changed me inside out. And until I was seven years old I hadn't grown an inch- you get the picture right?

Well now my father is better, unlike me. Believe or not, he wants to change me again. I'll never be better, even if Butler tried.

"At least I'm letting you take your laptop outside." Butler replied. Indeed, I had my laptop with me. I needed to construct a few things. You see, ever since I could remember, I wanted to prove the existence of fairies. I know what you're thinking- Why would a fifteen year old boy believe in fairies?

Well, the way I see it, humans are completely flawed. Why wouldn't you believe? Humans, like myself, like to believe that they are the dominant species of the world. They're afraid of something being more intelligent and dominant. Not me. I'm not afraid to believe.

Just like those two girls who lived by Cottingley Beck- Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths. They took pictures of fairies. They had everyone believing again- and then they claimed it a hoax. Stupid girls. Didn't even make money off of it. But I know one thing- fairies have gold.

And as the saying goes- Aurum est Potentas- it's Latin. Father taught it to me. It means Gold is Power. It's true isn't it. Only the rich are powerful are they not? But their rich partially because they bull-shitted their way to power and kissed everyone's asses- but not my family. We used to have a- a um- special kind of way to make money. Crime.

Well anyway- I opened up my laptop and it said I had mail. "That's strange." I muttered to myself.

"What's strange Artemis?" Butler asked.

I looked up to him. "I have mail."

"Weren't you planning a meeting with William Sham?"

"Yes but I didn't invite him yet." I looked at the sender's name. "The pen name is peculiar."

"What is it?"

I looked at it again. "DirtLoverGas713."

Butler laughed. "It's probably junk mail, read it anyway."

I opened the letter. It read

'Hey Arty!

You probably don't remember me but you got me out of a tight spot. I'm finally free! Anyway, my name is Mulch Diggums, ring a bell? It should. I'm a fairy-dwarf and I used to be your best friend!

Anyway, let me explain everything that has happened since you were twelve (A/N: Or is it thirteen?)

You kidnapped a fairy of the LEP(Lower Elements Police) recon. Her name was Holly Short. You knew that she needed to complete the ritual by burying an acorn in the dirt so you put her in a concrete room. So some of the LEP came- including Julius Root- who always calls me 'convict' and Foaly, the techie centaur. You got gold, and you let Holly go. Oh yeah and they brought your mother back to sanity.

The next year you asked us for help in rescuing your father in the Arctic. The Russian Mayfia had him and we all almost died, but we saved him and Holly lost her finger.

And this year you set up a meeting with Jon Spiro, and tried to bait him with something called a C-Cube. He liked it, you wouldn't give it to him, and Butler almost died. Using your smarts, you used a freezer for cryogenics, and begged Holly to save him. She did, but Butler aged. Then we got into this big fight with Jon Spiro because he had the C-Cube, he captured you, we saved you, and then you, your bodyguard, and Juliet, were all mindwiped. And here we are! I'll be up to see you.'

I blinked a few times. It all made sense now! It all clicked! My memories seemed to just flood back into me! I looked up at Butler, he had a dazed look on his face. "Butler, I-I had no idea!" I said.

Butler looked down at me, picked me up and hugged me. "What was that for?" I asked quite embarrassed.

"For changing." he replied. I smiled.

"Okay, Mulch is coming up I guess. We'll have to make him a sandwich." And here I was, joking again.

Butler and I walked into the house determined to get to Juliet. We walked into Mother and Father's room. Father was sitting in there reading a book. "Father." I said. He looked up from his book.

"Yes Arty?" he replied, using my old nickname. I smiled slightly.

"Have you seen Juliet? It's important That I speak to her."

"Um yes actually, she went into the kitchen."

"Thanks dad." I said and hugged him. My father was startled.

"Arty!" he said quite appalled.

I laughed. "Yes Father?"

"What happened!"

"Let's just say someone helped me find my better half. Love you dad." And I walked out leaving my dad to ponder.

Just as Father said, Juliet was in the kitchen eating an apple. I cleared my throat. She looked up. "Hello Arty, Dom, what's up?" she asked.

"Um, how do we do this Artemis?" Butler said, looking at me.

"Key words Butler, key words." I replied.

"What are you all talking about?" Juliet asked in amusement.

"Do you remember Holly Short of the LEPrecon?" I asked.

"Oh that silly little fairy that liked wrestling? Of course! How could I forget Holly?" she exclaimed. Then she gasped. "Oh god, I did forget Holly didn't I? Oh well, I remember her now, now she can send me those wrestling tapes and-"

"No!" Butler and I cried at the same time.

"Oh but why?"

"Because she can't know, none of the LEP can know, only Mulch." I said.

"Well if Mulch knows they're bound to find out Arty."

"Well right now they don't know, so let's keep it that way."

"Fine."

A little bit later in the day Mulch came by.

Mulch was looking quite human when he showed up, I was very surprised. "It's something called a cloaking charm and it's brilliant!" he exclaimed.

We discussed a few things and he was on his way, happily munching on a sandwich.

A few weeks later I was out getting groceries for Father. We were on vacation in England and I volunteered to go out with the pounds we had for food.

Something caught my eye in the store. It was a book that I have been wanting to get because it was on psychology. I only had enough money for the groceries since I wasn't really planning on getting anything else. I looked at my shopping cart, then at the book. I decided that I could get the groceries later because I needed that book.

So I moved the cart to a corner and grabbed the book and bought it. I was home free. I would just tell dad that I got the book I wanted and I was going to go out for the groceries then, he'd understand. But as I was walking back to the condominium my luck ran out.

"Excuse me," a man said, "weren't you supposed to be buying groceries for your Father?"

I looked at the man. His hair was long and black and his eyes were blue. His poise was very graceful, I felt very inferior at that moment, I didn't even find it odd that he knew I was disobeying orders. "Yes," I told him, "I was going to go back to my hotel to get more money."

The man clucked his tongue. "Disobedience is not tolerable young man, we can't have this can we?"

"I-I guess not." I said, wishing Butler was with me.

"Don't worry young- uh..."

"Artemis Fowl."

"Artemis Fowl, I can fix your disobedience."

"How?" I said bewildered.

The man then set his index and middle fingers on my right shoulder. "Artemis Fowl, I give you the Gift of Obedience."

Then I felt something surge through me. It felt very weird like a sort of tingling sensation. The man smiled at me and then said, "Now go and return that book and get those groceries your Father wanted."

My legs then started to move on their own! Right back to the store where I proceeded to get my money back from the book and got my Father the groceries, then my feet carried me back to the hotel and right up to my father, then I stopped.

"Dad?" I said.

"Yeah bud?" he said, taking the groceries.

"I think something is wrong with me." Then I proceeded to tell him about what happened.

My dad started to laugh. "Oh Artemis, you tell me the funniest stories." he said.

I moaned. "Why don't you believe me? Magic is- is real dad! I have some sort of obedience spell on me!"

"Oh Artemis, hold your tongue." And I did. "Artemis cut it out." I went and got the scissors. "Um, okay, don't cut it out." I put down the scissors. "Let go of your tongue." So I did. "Wow, you really do have an obedience spell on you, don't you?"

"Yes Father." I said in dismay.

"So I can tell you to do anything, and you'll have to do it?"

"Yes dad."

"Then be a dear and go get Butler because he needs to hear this!"

And that's how all of this started.

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