If you think I wrote this... well, I see what the problem is.
x) Insulting the readers... way to go on my part.
ENJOY. Please? x)
"There! There, play that again!"
"You're sick, you know that?" The centaur groaned.
"Uh-huh, play it again." The centaur turned his head as Holly's death played over the screen, looking instead at the cold blue eyes concentrating on the gruesome spectacle.
"How can you watch that?"
"She's alive," her voice was quieter now.
"Yes, but-"
"She's alive." The girl snapped and then turned to look Foaly in the eyes. "I need your help to save-" She stopped and took a deep breath. "Him."
"How?"
"Damnit Centaur!"
"Calm down! They might hear you."
"I'm invisible! Mud men are far too proud to admit they hear voices," the brunette retorted.
"What happened to not taking any chances?"
"What the hell do you think this entire project is?" She snapped.
"Alright. You're getting closer."
"No really? I think I can see a castle from less than a mile away!" She spat into the mic.
"Har har, I don't need to help you!"
"And I don't need to keep myself a secret but for your sake!" A static sigh came through her ear piece and she half smiled. "Alright, I'm landing. How do I get in?"
"I'm transferring a map of the place to your helmet now." The tapping of keys rang through Anastasia's ears for a moment.
"Got 'em."
"Well you should have! I-"
"MOVING ON-"
"Ok, Lady Etiquette-"
"Pony-"
"I'm going to ignore that. Ok now, through the doors unless you'd like to explain to the guards-"
"I'm in." Anastasia smirked as she shifted right through the door. "And solidified again," she added quietly to herself.
"And on your own now, my dear. Or do you want me to stay on the line incase you hear something?"
"Bye!... for a sec," she grumbled and tore off her helmet. Instantly it vanished from her hands, and a headset was in place. She quietly crept through the halls of the gigantic mansion.
"You're not invisible," the centaur hissed into her ear.
"I KNOW!" Instantly she covered her mouth. She heard footsteps and turned through the nearest hallway. She pushed on a sapphire earring and the map of Fowl Estate (no, not Manor) crept into view.
"So why is he here?" She wondered aloud.
"His cousin is supposedly getting married, so his mommy dragged him here- kicking and screaming no doubt."
"A little mastermind kicking and screaming? Yeah. I can see that. Ok, so any idea where the little brat would be hiding?"
"It's an expression, Wise ass. And as for the little brat? Something tells me you're not prepared-"
"I know, Foaly, I know! Now tell me, where would he be?"
"See the beeping red dot on your map?"
"The one that just appeared? Right. I'm not an idiot Foaly, I know it wasn't there before," she panted as she skid down the corridor. She was close to completing her mission now, she knew, and adrenaline rushed through every ounce of her body. She was close to the door now, when suddenly it flung open before her. A pale individual emerged, apparently shocked to see her.
"Artemis Fowl?" She asked.
"How did she get in here?" A guard came speeding down from behind her. Anastasia let out a groan and dodged him, right into a man the size of a mountain. She stepped back right into another guard and closed her eyes.
"Um, is there a problem, gentleman?" She offered innocently.
"The girls are not supposed to be over here," The smaller of the three bodyguards announced importantly. She rolled her eyes. Great. One of those rent-a-cop guys with a huge amount of self importance.
Look Barney Fife..."Um- I- well see, no!" She said desperately as two guards took her arms by either side. "No! You don't understand- I have some business with- that kid!" She bit her lip as the biggest of the three looked at the pale boy.
"I didn't," he said flatly, and then he watched her kick and scream down the hallway. She was dragged for a few minutes, despite her protests, and finally gave up on it all together. After what seemed like forever, she found herself in a room facing a rather handsome boy.
"How did you sneak in here?"
"Pardon?" She mumbled boredly.
"Young lady, don't take that tone with me. Who sent you here?"
"Well aren't we arrogant!- young lady. I'll have you know, you don't look much older than I-"
"Who sent you here?"
"It was of my own free will."
"Clearly you're not intelligent enough for that to be the case-"
"Excuse me? I'll have you know I practically skipped past your moron guards-"
"I'll ask you one last time. Who sent you here?'
"You're trying my patience, Master Fowl. You're wasting my time, as it is the other Fowl boy I have an interest in. Now, if you'd excuse-"
"You will not skip by my guards as you claim to have done again," Eric Fowl hissed. She groaned as he turned to the guards and continued, "I expect you'll use as much force as needed to find out why she's here."
"You bast-"
"I'd watch it if I were you." A guard said cruelly.
"LET ME GO!" Screams echoed down the hall. Artemis Fowl looked up from his laptop rather alarmed. What was Eric doing to this poor girl? "LET ME GO!" The girl screamed again, clearly more angry than afraid. He heard a loud slam and then another. Possessed by the childish curiosity of why she'd wanted to speak to him in the first place and the human nature of not being able to hear another tortured, he raced after the thuds. Much to his surprise, he found both the girl and a guard on the ground.
"He- he hit me!" The girl snapped at him, as if expecting him to do something about it.
"You shouldn't have struck first!" The standing guard retorted.
"I shouldn't have-" exasperated, she threw her hands in the air and then retorted, "WELL THEN YOU TWO SHOULD UNHAND ME NEXT TIME!" Then she frowned at her words and looked thoughtful for a second before standing up again. Immediately the standing guard pushed her down again. She stood up and kicked the guard that had yet to get off the floor. She was pushed down yet again, just as Eric re-entered the room.
"Come for a show, Cousin?" Eric asked, giving Artemis a strange look.
"And Foal-" She stopped and stood again. Immediately the guard on the ground was at his feet, then he and the other guard were on the ground, bowing to Eric. She raised an eyebrow, suppressing a laugh. Artemis gave a slight nod at his cousin, but she didn't move an inch. Eric looked at her expectantly, but instead she jumped over one of the guards and raced for the door. Eric shoved her backward and she stared at him for a moment before getting up and knocking him into the wall.
"Don't touch me!" She growled. The bodyguards were up again, one helping Eric up and another pinning her next to the spot Eric had been.
"Don't lay a hand on him."
"I didn't," she spat. "I just knocked him into the-"
"You bitch, you whore, you- you-" He paused for a moment, trying to think of something else.
"You always were the idiot cousin, weren't you?" And then the look Eric gave her confused Artemis beyond what he thought possible. For a moment, he seemed to recognize her, then his eyes narrowed and he smiled in a way Anastasia knew to distrust.
"Kill her," he said. Anastasia looked at him incredulously. The bodyguards stared after him, at loss for what to do. She took this moment to attempt an escape again, but was flung into the wall. Each escaped attempt was rewarded with a sharper and sharper pain, but with each blow she became more persistent to get up, until finally she shook as she stood up. The nearest bodyguard tried to swing once more, but she moved, diving under his arm and then falling closely behind where he stood. Artemis had been gaping in the doorway all along, and though he had seen worse gore, he didn't feel like watching a murder again- though he had undone said death with time. He raced towards her and grabbed her arm. Her eyes were colder than normal, her face a pale stain against the carpet. She was prepared to wrench herself from his grasp at first, but then allowed him to help her up and stood leaning against a wall as soon as she was on two feet. Much to both of their surprises, they found themselves racing for the door. She turned to him anxiously.
"Do you know what you're doing?"
"No," he said flatly, as they raced for the door. She grabbed his hand and jerked him forward and Artemis found himself sitting at his laptop in his cousin's guest room. The girl was sitting on the floor, her legs slightly bent at the knees, leaning against the bed for support. She held her hand to her pounding heart and took a deep breath. It was then Artemis noticed she looked untouched with the exception of a scratch or two on her face. She looked up at him after she caught her breath.
"Thank you," she let out. He nodded at her.
"Who are you?"
"I need you to help me save Julius."
"What?" He blurted out. A knock at the door kept her from answering.
"And now, Artemis Fowl, I will take my leave. For now," she said dramatically as she shot him a slight smirk, slipping out of his window.
"We're not on the first floor!" He called after her, but she wasn't there anymore. There hadn't even been a thud.
"I'm aware of that, Artemis," Butler said, raising a brow as he entered the room. "Just checking on y-"
"No- The girl that tried to sneak in here?" Butlers eyebrows raised a fraction more.
"What?"
"The one that-" He looked at the screen of his computer, which was as far into his work as he'd been... an hour ago. He looked in the right hand corner and found that the clock had been adjusted an hour back. He frowned. "What time is it?" Butler merely re-confirmed his theories- She had never been here. The girl was not human, though clearly too big to be a fairy. Or she wasn't working alone. But if not human... what... was... she?
THIS was the reason I made this account. I had the plot for this one all planned out, and I like it... just not the way I've started it. Actually I almost never like my writing. BUT... Enjoy. Sorry, for those of you who are reading the Lily and James plot that I'm not updating much. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE. And I'm digging myself a huge hole. I'm tempted to just make it a oneshot again and leave the rest as a kind of "well... if you WANT to know what happened... then... there". I have a better L/J plot anyway, but it can't fit in that one cuz I screwed it up too much- ANYWAY... Hope you like this.
Sorry for not updating. Our soccer team is playing state this weekend so we've been practicing like crazy and between that and homework (which has only gotten worse)... ugh. But yeah... excuses, excuses, enjoy!