Prologue

Artemis Fowl meets someone he'd never expect to meet in a way he'd never expect to be in.
Caroline Eddelstein is trying to feel again, something she hasn't done since her rape at thirteen.
Domovoi Butler is glad that his charge has finally met a girl that isn't one of the People or a criminal mastermind.
Minerva Paradizo meets a girl that intrigues her, and is happy to have a female friend.
Holly Short is worried about the new girl in her friends' lives.
Foaly the Centaur is shocked beyond belief.

This is the story about the girl that changed everyone's lives, and her quest to feel again.

Three years, two months, two days since the rape. Three years, two months, six days since the kidnapping. Three years, one month, seven days since Wyatt's death.

Except Wyatt had never really died, no, his memory had been haunting her for the last three years.

Caroline sat on the edge of her seat, knuckles white against the black leather of the chair. Her memories haunted her particularly in areas of the event, whenever she had a moment to herself, whenever the room got too quiet. The lounge seemed as if it had been put on mute, but if she concentrated on the silence, she could make out the murmur of conversation and the clacking of typing. She closed her eyes and focused on the talking, but all she could hear was just the lilt and tone of two male voices. Once was annoyed, and the other completely calm, even slightly irritated.

Caroline almost jumped as her flight was announced through the overhead speakers. A stewardess made her way towards Caroline with a plastic smile. The girl ignored the woman and gathered her things, or rather, backpack. She almost hit the woman when she touched her on the shoulder to lead the way to the aircraft. Almost.

The truth behind Caroline's jumpiness was that three years ago, Caroline and her older brother Wyatt were kidnapped right before boarding a flight to Ireland; a flight exactly like the one she was about to board. The ghost of a feeling coiled in her belly, it was the familiar sensation of fear. She was mildly surprised to be feeling the fear at all, but she was also half-expecting it. As she handed her boarding pass to the pretty woman at the gate, Caroline noticed the masked surprise that flickered through her eyes. Apparently the woman hadn't expected a girl wearing jeans and a slightly large male button down shirt to be in first class. If the woman had looked closer, she would've seen designer clothes and discreet jewelry. The male's shirt was Wyatt's who had been 15 when the incident occurred. She felt that it would be appropriate to have at least a small part of him come on the trip with her.

Caroline was being taken care of extra carefully, as all of the staff of the plane were aware of what had happened to her. Her parents had made sure of it. She was the first one on the plane, and was in the middle, as to not be conspicuous. Caroline closed her eyes as the plane started to fill up. It wasn't long before she heard a familiar voice. It was the annoyed one from the lounge.

"Butler, I can't believe that Father took the Learjet and the twins to Indonesia before conferring with me." The older voice sighed and Caroline suspected that the man had rolled his eyes.

"Artemis, this is the fourth time we've gone over this, I'll ensure that it won't happen again." Both voices were Irish; the second was at least two decades older than the first. "I'm sorry Artemis, since this was a last second arrangement, we'll be split up, unless someone moves." She heard the first voice give a world-weary sigh. The voices stopped in front of her seat.

"Excuse me, miss? Could you please switch seats with my friend Butler here?"

At the word 'miss' Caroline cracked her eyes, a second later, when she realized that she was being addressed, she opened her eyes and turned to the source. Her eyes swept Artemis Fowl II and his manservant before dead eyes met a pair of equally dead eyes. A slight moment of shock passed through them both as they realized that their eyes were looking into nothingness. The moment was shattered by Shelly, the blond stewardess. "Excuse me, sirs? Miss Edderstein cannot be moved, it is a safety precaution."

The boy's manservant nodded, and both men caught her mumble, "Shows how much the Eddersteins value money after their daughter's been kidnapped and raped once."

Edited 6.25.08

I'm rating it T for now, but I'm pretty sure I'm bumping it up to M when the subject of Caroline's rape comes up.
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