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Artemis's PoV
*A Couple Months Later*
Artemis Fowl the second was sitting at his desk after a rather busy morning. His parents had forced him to hang out with Myles and Beckett, though he didn't mind much, he had more pressing things that needed his attention. Upon Haven's request, Artemis was working on a computer system that used satellites to investigate weird magical signals around the world that might be fairies on the loose. Artemis accepted if only for more information and because he was getting bored. Staying home with his family was great of course, but he was getting tired of the uneventfulness of his life now. He was just putting his finishing touches on the machine this afternoon, and hopefully, it would work.
Over the last few months, a lot of events went on. He, of course, had to explain to his family how it was possible for him to die and then come back to life. They were overjoyed when they found out, but they were angry at him as well. That was understandable because he had died. He had gotten closer to his father these last few months as well. They had more talks that were about nothing important. Artemis was happy that he was getting closer to his family than he was before. This was different because he would not have thought that it would have been possible for him to be how he is now. He gave credit to his fairy friends, especially Holly, that had changed him for the better.
The best thing had to have been when the Council of Haven found out that he was alive again. They were furious, but they didn't tell them exactly how he was alive. The chrysalis was not exactly a legal process. Foaly and Holly could have gotten in trouble, so they decided to leave out those details. Might as well let them wonder how he accomplished this. Over time they calmed down, and they took the fact that he had saved Haven against Opal into account. They decided to overlook this mystery this time.
Artemis was putting the final piece onto the machine when he had an incoming call on his communicator. He started the machine as he answered the call.
"Hello," he said as the machine loaded a map of the world from his satellite.
"Hey mud boy," Foaly said. "Any luck on the magic scanner 2000?"
"Really Foaly," Artemis questioned. "Isn't that name a bit… predictable?"
"Who cares about the name," Foaly protested. "All that matters is if it works."
"True," Artemis admitted. "I just finished it this afternoon. Now to see if it works…"
As soon as he said, this the screen lit up with information. Over the world, there were many little bits of colorful lights that stood out against the background. At different shuttle entrances, Artemis could see multiple dots that represented different fairies.
"Well, what do you see?" Foaly asked.
Artemis described a few places where there seemed to be a lot of magic coming from. As he searched the world, he saw a strange sight that caused him to stop talking in surprise.
"What is it mud boy," Foaly asked with a touch of concern.
"Nothing," Artemis replied thinking fast. "My eyes were playing tricks on me."
He finished describing all areas except for that particular area.
"Thanks, mud boy," Foaly said. "This will help us a lot."
"No problem," Artemis said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have some matters to attend to."
As they ended the call, Artemis pulled up the machine's screen again. He looked at the area that made him stop earlier and saw a huge population of dots. There can't be that many fairies gone rogue. There were so many dots that it seemed like the whole area was glowing. The brightest lights were coming from a place where there are no people what so ever. Artemis scrunched his eyebrows in confusion. How could there be that many lights when nothing was there. Could the fairies possibly be hiding something from him? With this thought, Artemis was determined to figure out this problem out.
Artemis spent the next few minutes zooming in on that particular area. As he zoomed in, the lights dimmed to the point where he could barely see them. When he fully zoomed in on that spot, all he could see was rolling hills. Could they possibly have a shield like contraption to hide themselves? It was possible he decided. Artemis then used a lens that could see through shields in the satellite that he saw that place from. When he finished installing that piece, he reloaded the screen holding his breath.
When the screen loaded back up, he saw an amazing sight. A huge castle loomed on the horizon. The castle was nearly destroyed, which was sad because Artemis could see what it was like before. As Artemis was gawking at the castle's artistry, a beam of light brought his attention to the courtyard. There were two groups of people from first glance. With black cloaked and evil looking people on one side. Their leader seemed to be locked in a staring contest with a younger kid. The kid appeared to be around 17 years old. He was backed up by more people of all ages. According to the evidence present, they were the good guys that people were always rooting for in a fight.
Both of the leaders raised an object (was that a stick?) and beams of light shot out of the ends. The beams seemed to lock together, battling each other to see who was strongest. This confirmed Artemis's suspicions. These had to be wizards. That would explain their magical signals. As soon as Artemis came to this conclusion, he saw the beams break off, and the boy fell to his knees. The other man smiled cruelly and raised his wand.
Artemis knew what was going to happen, but there was nothing he could to do to stop it. It seemed to happen in slow motion. A green light shot out of his wand and hit the boy. Even from that distance, Artemis could see the life drain out of his eyes as soon as the beam hit him. The boy slumped to the ground dead. Both sides started screaming. One in despair and the other in triumph. Artemis didn't know how his satellites picked up the slight murmur from the leader, but it did and what he said shook Artemis to his core.
"You're next Haven."
As soon as he heard this, the screen went blank with the overload of magic. He had to warn the fairies! Artemis immediately dialed Foaly's communicator.
"Foaly, we have a problem."
