an/: This takes place by the time Harry Potter is grown up, just a few days before the epilogue of Deathly Hallows takes place (of course my story is an AU) and after The Atlantis Complex in Artemis Fowl
I know, the beginning is short, and a bit slow, but it gets better so just bear with me for now, okay?
Anyway, enjoy!
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Artemis Fowl stepped into Captain Short's office. "Holly-"
"What do you want, Artemis? Can't you see that I'm kind busy here?" she motioned to the large pile of papers piled on top of her desk. Time travel, Opal hunting, the Atlantis Complex, Holly was more behind on work than ever. Plus, it was morning, some people are morning people, unfortunately, and Holly wasn't one of them.
"Nice too see you, too," Artemis replied with a smirk. "Anyway, there's something I think you should be aware of." Holly said nothing so he continued. "Do you recall me saying that I was putting a stop to my criminal activities?" she nodded. "Yes…well, that's not working out for me so well."
Holly rolled her eyes. "Why am I not surprised," she muttered. The elf turned to Artemis. "Is that all you came down here to tell me?"
"No, there's something I need to tell you and Foaly. You know where he is?"
He's counting his words again, Holly realized. This was not a good sign. "He on the treadmill in the back room," Artemis opened his mouth to speak, but Holly cut him off. "He's trying to 'get into shape' so that he can jog at the same pace as his wife," she shuddered, "I wouldn't go in there if I were you. It is a horrifying sight."
Then, as if right on cue, Foaly stepped into the room. A sweat towel hung around his neck and he was whistling to himself. The centaur stopped when he realized that he wasn't alone.
There was an awkward moment of silence.
Artemis cleared his throat. "Er...hello, Foaly, your family is doing well, I presume?"
"What do you want, mudboy?" he asked suspiciously.
Artemis sighed. "I have decided that instead of stopping my criminal activities completely, I shall just keep them down to a minimum. And of course I am still working on The Project. The only difference will be that this time the costs will be funded by stolen money instead of my own. So I am going to build a new ice cube. And I've been doing research on what exactly are the major contributions to global warming. However, my results were unexpected. It appears that at least ninety percent of what is causing global warming is coming from an unidentified power source. Somehow it is actually consuming the ozone layer itself, literally! Over the past few months or so I have been carefully observing this 'mystery substance'. I have discovered there isn't a single location for it. Meaning, that it can be found scattered in several places almost everywhere in the world. But it is not evenly distributed; some of these places are more powerful than others. The closest one of these powerful places is in England and on the English/Scottish border. I have already investigated and there is a place in London, a pub, to be precise; few people seem to notice it, and those who come in, never come out. I figured that there must be some sort of secret passage that's hidden in there, leading to this power place." Two hundred and thirty words, thought Artemis, two hundred and thirty divided by forty-six is five. Perfect.
"So what's the plan?" Holly asked, "We go to England and look for some giant mysterious power source?"
"Well, yes and no, you see, it's not that simple…"
Foaly rolled his eyes. "Oh, this should be interesting!"
Artemis smiled his classic vampire-like smile. "Yes; yes it will be."
Please review! I have a really good idea planned out for this, but I want to know what you guys think.
