Disclaimer: I do not on the Artemis Fowl or Harry Potter series. They belong to J.K.R. and Eion Colfer, I'm just dabbling a bit.
Artemis stopped what he was doing-finger painting on the floor with the twins-and got to his feet when Butler entered the room saying,
"Artemis, there's someone here to see you about the letter you received this morning."
Artemis looked around for something to wipe the paint from his hands. Butler handed him a towel, fighting back a grin. His young charge was changing. Artemis handed the towel back to him, then followed him to the entrance hall. As soon as he opened the door he froze, there was an eccentrically dressed woman and four children about Artemis' age, three boys and a girl. Artemis studied them closely, one of the boys was rather shabby-looking, but had a huge grin on his face as he interacted with the others, one of them had jet-black hair and wearing spectacles, the third boy had shoulder length black hair and had a jaded look about him. The girl had long, blonde hair and a broad smile on her face, and, despite their teasing, she seemed to be the only one who was truly at ease.
The girl, the bespectacled boy, and the shabby-looking boy were playing keep away with the third boy, who was trying to get what looked like a stick out of the air as the other three threw it back and forth between themselves. They stopped their antics and the boy got his stick back when they caught sight of Artemis. The girl smiled warmly, then snapped her fingers in the old woman's face to get her attention. She seemed to have been staring at Butler in shock, which was understandable, of course. She snapped out of her trance and gave the girl a sheepish look before clearing her throat and asking,
"You are Artemis Fowl?"
Artemis inclined his head,
"I am, and this is my bodyguard, Butler. What are your names?" the question was directed at the woman, but the girl answered,
"She's Professor McGonagall, I'm Jessica Hawkins and these three," she said with a flourish of her hand, "are James Potter," the bespectacled boy, "Remus Lupin," the shabby boy, "and Sirius Black, who thinks all jokes concerning his name are hilarious." She finished, she spoke with a slight accent that he couldn't quite place, it was definately American, he just couldn't tell which part. McGonagall cleared her throat again impatiently. Jessica smiled apologetically,
"Sorry, Professor."
McGonagall gave her a look of fond exasperation,
"It's fine, I suppose, but you must let me explain, Miss Hawkins."
Jessica grinned,
"Yes, Professor." She went to stand quietly beside the boys, who were trying to snicker silently. McGonagall turned her attention back to Artemis,
"You're fifteen years of age?"
Artemis nodded again, then turned slightly and muttered to Butler,
"I need you to do something with the twins while I lead our guests to the drawing room."
Butler nodded and left to put Myles and Beckett down for a nap. Sirius chose that moment to finally say something,
"Twins? What twins?"
Artemis smiled his vampire smile,
"My younger brothers, Myles and Beckett. Now, if you'd please follow me…" he trailed off and left the room. McGonagall and the others followed him to the drawing room, which was now, thankfully, twin –free. Artemis gestured for them to sit and the four teenagers took the couch, leaving Artemis and McGonagall to take the two chairs. Artemis looked at McGonagall expectantly and she began to explain,
"I'm assuming you got your letter." A brief pause and another nod, "Mr. Fowl, you see, yours is a very unique case, usually wizards start developing magic at the age of seven are excepted into Hogwarts at eleven, no one has ever developed magic this late. Do you have any idea what might have caused this?"
Artemis smiled again and shook his head,
"No, Professor, I do not. All I know is that it started approximately five months ago."
"I see…. Well, Mr. Fowl, you have two options, you can go in as a first year at the beginning of the school year, or, these four can tutor you and bring you up to scratch and you can go in as a fifth year with the rest of the children your age."
"The second option is preferable."
Sirius interrupted,
"Could you please talk like a normal person?"
"Sirius!" Jessica admonished. He gave her an innocent look,
"What? I'm just saying… does he have to talk like my parents?"
She rolled her eyes,
"I hear no pureblood mania, Padfoot."
Artemis arched a questioning brow,
"Pureblood?"
Jessica gave him a lopsided grin,
"Yeah, I'll explain during your History of Magic lessons. I'll be teaching you that and Care of Magical Creatures. Remus'll be teaching you Arithmacy and Charms. Sirius'll take care of defense against the Dark Arts and Astronomy, and James'll tackle Transfiguration and Potions. Professor, I think it would be best just to Sort him here, then say he's been abroad for the past four years. Artemis, what do you think?"
"Sorting?"
She smiled again,
"Yeah, there are four Houses at Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. I'll just give you the short description for now. We'll go more in-depth during your lessons. Or you could just read Hogwarts: A History. Gryffindor is the 'brave and true', Ravenclaw is for the brainiacs, Hufflepuff is the 'just and loyal', and the Slytherins have gone and made a bad reputation for themselves by producing more Dark wizards than any other House. To be Sorted all you have to do is put on the Hat and wait until it tells you what house you should be in. Do you want to do it here, or wait until you get to Hogwarts?"
"Here would be preferable."
Jessica looked at McGonagall expectantly and she sighed,
"Very well, Mr. Fowl," She pulled a tattered old hat out of her robes and handed it to him, "put this on."
Artemis took the hat wearily and glanced at Jess, who nodded encouraging nod. Reluctantly, he put the hat on his head. His eyes widened as the Hat began to speak in his head,
Well, well, this is difficult. You're very intelligent, also brave. Fiercely loyal…. My, my, you are going to be hard to place. Had you put me on when you were eleven, I would have placed you in Slytherin, but now… no, that won't do. You wouldn't fit in Hufflepuff, you like to cheat too much… hmm… what to do, what to do…. Well I suppose… better be….
"GRYFFINDOR!"
The last word that surely would wake the twins from their nap. Artemis winced and Jessica chuckled gently,
"Don't worry, I put a charm on the room to keep anyone outside the room from hearing anything." She cocked her head to one side and studied him for a moment, then said, "Artemis, would you rather get your school things today, or would you rather wait until tomorrow? The sooner you get them the sooner we can begin your lessons."
" Today would be more prudent. Where are you from?" Artemis asked unexpectedly. Jessica stared at him in shock for a moment, then laughed and said,
"Alabama. We moved here because mom thought it was a good idea," she rolled her eyes, as if this were absolutely ridiculous, "meet me at the Leaky Cauldron in an hour. It's in London and you have to go to Charring Cross Road. You'll be the only one able to see it, so don't bring any muggles."
"Muggles?"
"Non-magic folk. I'll explain more in your lessons."
"Very well, I shall meet you there. Is there anything further to discuss?"
McGonagall and the five wizards got to their feet,
"No, I'll be seeing you and Miss Hawkins in an hour then." Artemis nodded again and showed them out shutting the door behind them. He pulled out his fairy communicator and said in a low voice,
"I hope you got all of that, Foaly."
Below ground, the centaur chuckled,
"We got it, Artemis."
A/N: PleaseR&R. This is my first fanfic and I want to know what I need to fix. I know the writing is a bit stiff, but I'm hoping to fix that next chapter. Please don't sue me if it's horrible.