A/N- I know I still have to finish The Mind's Eye, but I got another inspiration. And once I get an inspiration I have to go with it or my head'll explode, and that's too messy to clean up. So I have to write this story. My version of the fourth book The Opal Deception, since I'm sooooo sick of waiting for it.
Disclaimer- I own only what is mine.
PROLOGUE
Butler has recently returned from Limerick bringing disturbing news. His contact was under the misconception that it was Butler who ordered the lenses that were placed in our eyes. This cannot be!
Butler examined the receipts and said it is either a) his signature or b) a highly skilled forgery. Option 'a' is entirely impossible. If Butler had ordered the lenses I would know. So therefore we are in the middle of a well-thought out conspiracy. Our opposition must be quite skilled to have fooled our Limerick contact and to have covered his tracks so cleverly. They may prove to be formidable opponents.
This is not all that causes me distress. My father has taken a rather surprising change of character. He is not the harsh and solitary man I knew from my childhood. I have to be honest; this change would not bother me except for the fact that he has given up on the Fowl Empire. My father wishes for me to stop all of my criminal doings. I will not stop completely. If he should become a sap and start squandering our money away to charities, our vast fortune could be severly reduced. Aurum est Potestas has completely left his mind. Now he talks of becoming a hero. What is the point of being a hero? People worship you for a few days, maybe a week, but then you're old news. No one cares about some middle-aged man who thinks that saving others can replace a life of crime. The Fowls have always been criminals. I will continue to be a criminal, even if my father will not.
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A/N- Yeah, I know it's short. Most of my prologues are. Don't know why, that's just the way I write.