Artemis Fowl climbed out of the plane. His best friend, Holly Short, was waiting for him. "Welcome to America, Arty," she announced. Artemis rolled his eyes. Here he was, in blasted New York City, all because of a stupid dare.
Four days ago at Fowl Manor...
"Alright, Artemis," Holly said, sitting criss-cross on the couch. "Now that you will play the game, I'm going to go first." Artemis Fowl didn't argue. He was too busy silently fuming on the inside. He had been tricked (Could you believe it? Artemis Fowl, tricked!) into playing Truth or Dare, the most childish game second only to Hopscotch. I mean, he was a genius for Frond's sake! He wished to take no part in it, but knew better than go against Holly's orders. "Truth or dare, Arty?"
Artemis thought about the consiquences of both choices. Dare, Holly could make him suffer if she wanted to. Truth, Holly could ask anything she wanted. That was worse than dare, no doubt. Artemis hesitated before answering. "Dare," he finally said. There was five minutes of dead silence. A slow smile crept over the elf's face. "I dare you to come with me to the U.S., New York to be exact for five months time. We will go to a normal public school so you, my friend, can learn to be a normal eighteen year-old. And, because of a raise from my dear commander Trouble Kelp, I will be able to buy the tickets." Artemis, who knew better to object at the moment because of Holly's 'convincing personality', had no choice but to follow Holly's final orders of the day.
"Go pack your gadgets, mud boy. This is going to be a long trip."
Present time at the airport.
Thanks to a new invention of Foaly's that made Holly look the height of the average mud woman, no one in the large airport bothered to even look at Holly. Artemis had felt strange to see his best friend almost as tall as him. She had gone into detail about the plan for the trip while they headed for the place they were going to stay for the next couple months. Although, there was one detail she had forgotten. A detail that would seen become yet another major part of Artemis's life.
