Disclaimer: Artemis Fowl and original characters of the series belong to Eoin Colfer but the this fan-fiction's plot and non-related original AF characters belong to me.

Before Your Reading Commences: It should be obvious by now that the Brill Bros. contribute quite a lot to DES and that is because I like them a lot, I always have and anyways, they need more love. -hugs Merv and Scant- Anyways, pixie Opal Koboi needs her minions. -nods head- Oh, and once again, I am grateful for the lovely reviews that have been passed to me. -throws confetti in the air- Well, whenever I submit a new chapter, that means that I am giving my thanks to my readers. -smiles- Anyways, happy reading! -stops rambling-

Lil' Project

Belfast, Ireland

Belfast is the largest urban area in Northern Ireland and these days, the city is undergoing a period of calmness and growth but this was not always the case during The Troubles; a time when Belfast suffered from disruption, conflict, and destruction. In Irish, Belfast is called Béal Feirste which means "Mouth of the river" and Belfast also happens to be the seat of Government in Northern Ireland.

Months back in Belfast, well more technically, Cavehill, a basaltic hill overlooking the city, Rose Fern which is of course, as you well know, is truly the pixie Opal Koboi of eight years ago is currently returning to a specifically modified air craft of sorts after completing the Ritual, which restored her former magic...her basic magic anyways. Fairies who are capable of magic can heal, shield, mesmer and can perform a few other things and since present Opal Koboi is a female human, she is not magical anymore and so she is not much use aside from her wits and intelligence and if you think about it…she is similar to her rival Foaly the centaur now since he too is non-magical and really only gets by through his wits and intelligence, oh the irony.

Rose steps into the air craft which happens to be her temporal home at the moment and she also has to share it with Opal and the Brill Bros. since they all need each other in one way or another for some time. The craft had to be modified to serve the four as a home/lab and as a home/lab big enough for a female human.

Once inside of the craft, Rose sees Opal practically strangling one of her pixie accomplices, Merv. While Rose was away, completing the Ritual, her brilliant mind filled with thoughts concerning her present self and she became really frightened because of how she has become and sure, she knew why she became this way but still…having to turn herself into a human to obtain the sweet tasting revenge, how outraging. Also, Rose is aghast of how awful her present self looks these days, she really is not that much of a looker as her past self is but her present self tries and she supposes that she should give her props for trying at least.

"There are always other alternatives which can assist you with getting what you want." Rose had said while marching back to the air craft, referring to the human thing and the losing beauty thing.

Now, back to Opal physically assaulting Merv.

"Mistress Koboi, please stop!" Rose cries while hurrying over to the human and fairy, her brow furrowed and her blue eyes full of horror.

Opal who had been wringing her hands around Merv's neck thrusts him aside violently and he stumbles towards the other Opal.

"He was staring at me! Do you know what happens when people stare directly at me?!"

"No?" Rose asks gently.

"It is bad for my skin! Only you Fern have the honor to look at me because I trust you but that idiotic pixie and his equally idiotic brother, they cannot stare at me!"

Rose glares at Merv, whom also had his hair dyed platinum blond and eyes fixed with blue contacts and the same can be said for his brother Scant, and slaps the back of his head and the black sunglasses that he had recently fashioned atop his skull drop down to his nose and cover up his eyes.

"There Mistress Koboi, now he cannot possibly stare at your lavish skin while his eyes are covered by sunglasses!" Rose exclaims cheerfully while Merv swears under his breath and massages the back of his fragile head, pixies have sensitive skulls.

Opal crosses her arms. "I appreciate the way you handle things and alright, fine, he better keep those sunglasses on or I will shove them down his little throat."

Of course, it is not true that Merv while wearing sunglasses will stop him from looking at Opal and her skin but Rose took advantage of her subtle insanity by lying to her. Someone needs to be fully in control with a healthy and intelligent mind and that someone is Opal Koboi of eight years ago.

"Aw, c'mon toots, can you be less ruff on me once in awhile?" Merv complains to Rose, wincing.

Rose breaths heavily through her nostrils. "You have nothing to worry about Mistress Koboi and as for you Mervall, not a chance, you and your brother need discipline and speaking of your brother, where is he?"

Merv stops rubbing at his head and pushes up his slumping shades at the ridge of his nose. "Scant, he took our lil' project to Tara and underground to Haven."

Rose's eyes widen and her lips twitch. "He what?! Why?! You could have done it!" She starts pacing around, running her hands through her platinum tresses.

"Babe, chillax, you and Mistress Koboi here don't give my bro Scant enough cred. You two have nothing to freak about, all you have to do to get Scant to do something is threaten the dolt," Merv explains calmly, sitting down on a love sofa.

Both Opals glare at Mervall. "There's enough Merv to go around if that's what you broads are thinking."

Rose holds back Opal before she is able to beat Merv to a pulp. "Please Mistress Koboi, he is right, I've threatened Descant many times before and he has never failed me so trust me on this one, you do trust me, don't you?"

"Of course I do Fern, aside from myself, you're the only one I trust but mark my words, there is something about these two brothers…they seem familiar to me and once all of this ends, I will find out who they are." Opal replies in a shaky tone and frees herself from Fern and stalks outside, needing some fresh air.

Both pixies watch as human Opal withdraws from the craft and then Rose turns to Merv and kicks one of his legs, yeah Opal can be pretty temper-tantrum-like when she is in a foul mood and she lets her anger flow through and onto people around her, usually the Brill Bros. and others with lesser intelligence.

"Ouch! Hey, can't you be a lil' nicer to me Mistress Koboi?" Merv whines, rubbing at his most likely bruising leg.

Opal of eight years ago clenches her hands into fists at her sides. "First Mervall, no, I cannot, not when you are forcing me to walk on pins and needles with your stupidity when the other me is around and secondly, I've told you before, more than twice, that you must call me Rose or Fern or something to that extent while we're working on this project of ours so the future me or present me or whatever will not become suspicious. Time is a fragile being." she explains surprisingly calmly.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, fine Rosie, no need to get your ears in a knot but damn, the future you is scary. She is one hardcore broad, well, you are one hardcore broad I mean." Merv replies and he lies down on the love sofa and crosses his feet at the ankles and places his arms behind his head as a pillowing device for it.

Rose glowers at Merv for awhile and rolls her eyes. "My ears will not be the only thing knotted if you don't watch what you say and what you do, the same goes for your brother."

With that being said, Rose wanders over to the lab section of the air craft and shuts the door behind her and Merv drifts off to sleep.