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Artemis Fowl: The Devil

Chapter 1

Death Valley. Temperatures soaring up into the hundreds. This was no place for a twelve year old boy, but there he was, sitting in the cool shade of his giant tent.

A man was next to him, digging yet another hole, as he has been doing the past week.

"Artemis, you must give up your search. Why would this quartz be in Death Valley?"

This man was exceptionally large. He was thick with rippling muscles. His shaved head glinted in the sunlight with beads of sweat.

"Butler, I hardly think I need to explain. This serum I am concocting will be useless without the quartz. Once again, our fate is connected with the People. They buried the quartz yards below Death Valley's surface long ago. To them, Death Valley is just a place where fairies can come breathe fresh air, since they would be mistaken for hallucinations. This quartz has magical healing properties to the fairies. It can heal one's bones immediately and restore a mentally ill patient back to sanity. It was treasured immensely back in the old days. Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for us, they forgot where they buried the quartz. That's where we come in."

Butler grunted. Even though he may not look it, he was incredibly smart. A year attending Harvard can do that to a person.

The vast desert stretched in front of them, threatening to swallow the pair up as the sun sank lower.

Underground, Supreme Court of Elves

"Holly Short, you are hereby suspended from any LEP activities for 6 weeks. You must surrender your badge and your Neutrino 2000."

BANG! The gavel sounded on the podium. Holly hung her head. She knew that arguing with the Supreme Court of the Elves meant jail (with the dwarves and trolls!) but she found it so unfair.

I just recently got caught by a human. Okay, so I did protect Butler from that troll, against captain's orders, and yes, I did unknowingly tell those humans all my secrets, but the point that I did recover half of the ransom gold should've made it up. Holly thought.

Holly took off her badge and gun, and placed it on the podium. As she left the dark courtroom, she inadvertently thought of Mulch Diggums. The People had pronounced him dead, after the accident in the tunnels. However, right after the incident at Fowl Manor, Foaly had informed Holly his theory that Mulch is still alive. Holly's blood burned in her veins. That fugitive is still running wild!

Outside, all the civilians and LEP officers alike pointed their elfish fingers and snorted at her. Holly felt tears coming out of her eyes, but she thought: What would Mother say that I can be provoked by mere civilians? Holly looked into the crowd. She wanted to just raise her third finger and yell "d'Arvit!" into the crowd, but doing so would mean she was affected by the jeers. So Holly did the only thing she could think of- walk away, ignoring it all.

There had to be a way to redeem herself in the eyes of her kind. In fact, now that she thought about it, there was a fugitive running around…

Mulch Diggums was on the run. Not from the People, of course. Heck, if it were the People, Mulch would have just dug straight into the ground. No, Mulch is running from the owner of the donut store he had just robbed.

"Come back here, you thief! Those are my donuts!"

Mulch rolled his eyes. Will the humans ever learn that donuts are just FREAKING DONUTS? Mulch shoved all the donuts in his mouth. He ran into a dark alleyway and hid behind a trash can.

"Hiding from someone?" a cold voice sounded in his ears. Mulch jumped a foot into the air.

"AHHH! Get your filthy police hands off me!" Mulch shouted indignantly.

"You're coming with me, Diggums," Holly snarled. "So get your hands behind your back, and for goodness sakes, spit out those donuts."

Author's Note: For those of you who were wondering how Holly got above ground that fast without her LEP badge, Holly has recieved a holiday visa a couple of years ago. She used it to travel above ground where she found Mulch Diggums (thanks for reminding me, Legacy23!). Have fun reading on! :)


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