Artemis Fowl: Lost Souls
Chapter 1
America, Washington State
Snow and ice flew around the buildings of the little town and the usual green trees were covered in white. A lone figure trudged through the snow, the black of his suit made a striking contrast to the snow all around him. He wore no coat but trudged on until he reached a snow covered hotel and walked inside. Artemis shook in the lobby of the small hotel but he walked past the desk and to a small room he had been staying at. Artemis sat down in a chair and booted up his laptop, he pulled up his e-mail and went through the various messages. Finally he found what he wanted a e-mail from his client, he read the message carefully.
To: Artemis Fowl II,
I'm am glad that you have arrived safely to the town of Forks. I would like to meet you at the diner on the corner of the street that your hotel is located. I will meet you to discuss are business proposal tomorrow at 8:00 pm.
-B-
Artemis pulled up a map of Forks and located the diner, he had been looking forward to sealing this deal it would bring him into quite a large sum of cash. He closed the laptop and put in on the desk, his faerie communicator vibrated indicating that he had a call coming through. He answered "Hello?" he said "Hey Artemis, it's Holly I just wanted to called to see how you were doing." Holly said, Artemis smiled "I'm doing preferably well, and your self?" he asked. Holly sighed "I'm doing okay sorta of, right now I'm hanging out in England." she said. Artemis had been worried about Holly ever since their last big adventure when he was seventeen and Opal Koboi had tried to take over the world with her past self. When Holly came back to LEP she had to practically beg for a job. "Have you had a chance to see Big Ben?" he inquired "How I could I not Artemis you can see it from most of the city." said Holly. But it is truly magnificent indeed even if you already have seen it he thought "How your family doing?" she asked curiously "Well Myles and Beckett are doing exceptionally well in school as is expected, and I believe my parents are somewhere in the Caribbean. Julia I believe is still wrestling." he said "And Butler?" Holly asked. Artemis took a sharp intake of air "Butler is dead." he said quietly "I'm sorry Artemis, what happened?" she asked. There was silence the Artemis continued "Butler was killed by a grenade explosion." "I'm really sorry Artemis." said Holly truthfully "I know he was one of your greatest friends." "Yes, he was." said Artemis absentmindedly. Holly could tell he was distracted "Bye Artemis I need to go." she said, "Bye." he said and the communicator clicked off. Artemis changed into some silk pajamas and lay down on the bed, he quickly fell into a troubled sleep.
He woke up the next morning and got dressed in one of his suits that he had packed from his house. Artemis walked out of the hotel and on to the street the blizzard had left a white layer of frost over everything, Forks wasn't his exact choice of a perfect meeting place but it would have to suffice. He bought a newspaper and walked into a coffee shop and sat down. Artemis read through the paper, apparently though he wouldn't have guessed Forks had lots of things going on. Like a string of recent murders, giant animal attacks, and a ongoing football team. He sipped his coffee, left a tip on the counter and left. He walked down the street, several girls were walking in a group and giggling. One walked up to him and started flirting "Hey your new in town, did you move here or are you just visiting?" she asked, obviously thought Artemis this town didn't have much visitors "I'm just visiting." he replied dryly. The last thing he needed was a bunch of girls flocking over him, he pushed past them and walked on. He walked by a high school there was teens running around a track outside, a pale faced boy with blond hair stared at him as if he was going to come up and say something to him. But a smaller equally pale faced girl with brown hair held him back. Interesting he thought there were four other students that looked like them staring at him. Artemis returned their stare his mismatched eyes glimmered mischievously, he could tell something was different about these students from the rest of the people in the town. He smiled he would look into this later, one of them frowned and spoke softly to a brown haired girl clinging to his side.
Artemis walked into a library and sat down; he had found something interesting to do for the moment at least. He put his computer on a desk and quickly hacked into the school directory and pulled up a list of the students. He read through the years, names, and pictures and quickly found the six students. Artemis heard footsteps behind him so he quickly closed the laptop, a hand gripped his shoulder "Your new in town aren't you?" someone asked. Artemis turned around the six students stood behind him they had faces that even put an angel to shame, "Yes, I am." said Artemis "and may I ask your names?" he said coyly. The brown haired girl with a spiky sort of hair style stepped up "I'm Alice and this is my family Bella, Rosalie, Jasper, Emmet, and Edward." she said gesturing toward each of her family members. Artemis stood up "A pleasure to make your acquaintance, and you may call me Artemis." he said. Artemis was calm "So what are you in town for?" asked Edward casually "I'm in town for a business trip." he said carefully "Shouldn't you still be in school though?" asked Emmet "I graduated at a very young age, and I could ask the same question of you." he said carefully. Artemis had already revealed plenty more than he had wanted to and he wasn't planning on revealing anymore. The group shifted nervously "Yes, I suppose your right." said Emmet feigning interest "So I suppose we should get going now." he finished, they left quickly after that but they had already given Artemis more than enough to finish his research.
Later Artemis stood in front of a mirror in the bathroom he straightened his suit the looked at his watch; it read 7:45 . He should probably start for the diner he thought absentmindedly, he quickly walked out of his room and out on to the street. He walked past a row of empty shops and turned through a small passage that leaned off the side of the street. Artemis walked through the shadows surprisingly it was already quite dark at this time. He walked on "Artemis, I'm so glad to finally get a chance to meet you." said a voice from behind him, he quickly turned around a tall broad shouldered man with a pale face and murky brown eyes stood there. He took several steps forward "In fact I've been expecting you, but I'm getting ahead of my self. First of all my name is Ben a.k.a -B- , and I'm a vampire just to let you know. The first time I saw you in Dublin your blood sang to me and I've been following you ever since. Artemis took a step backward he was in trouble either this was a actual vampire or he was dealing with a lunatic, either way they were both the kind of people he didn't want to meet in a dark alleyway. Very quickly in a blur of motion the vampire was on him his hands grasped Artemis's shoulders his mouth close to Artemis neck. He bit down and Artemis screamed in pain, the vampire drank his blood he was starting to get dizzy from the loss of blood. Black dots danced across his vision, her heard snarls and growls and he fell to the pavement.
*Author Note*
First chapter is finished. For now this story has a little twilight in it but by the third chapter it should be pretty much gone. Reviews and burns welcome. Disclaimer: I will never own any of the fan fics I write so yeah.
