Disclaimer: I forgot to put it again but this is not mine...


» = Nadine's POV: « = Artemis' POV:

»When we finished eating breakfast, dad approach me.

« I approach her as soon as we're done.

« "Dianne, I think we should go now." dad said.

» "Yeah, we should." Hell yeah we should because half a day will be needed to cover up a whole tour in the Manor.

« Hmm. She seems eager to leave the dinner hall, I'm only giving her a tour, not a move to talk to her alone. I can feel Juliet and Butler's eyes behind me.

» Then we left Juliet and Butler behind. Dad seemed so occupied, I wondered why? We first take the first floor. He showed me the living area, the lobby where you can meet the guest, then he showed me our, the Fowl coat of arms. I smiled at it. I was proud of it. After that he didn't show me the other rooms, though I already know what's inside of it. Looks like he only showed me the important part of the house.

« She seemed interested on what I showed her, especially in the Fowl coat of arms, she smiled when she saw it and there was a pride in there. Maybe she feels that our coat of arms is a symbol of Fowl Empire's pride.

» The second floor was about the guests room the music room, training room, library. First, we go to music room, I already know that dad was playing all those instruments in there and his favorite is piano but still, to act is to feel it. I asked.

"You play all of these?" I asked him pretending I was shocked to the instruments I saw.

« "Yes. Though I played piano the most." I said confidently.

» "Can you play some now?"

« "I'm still taking you to a tour maybe one of these days." I want to, too bad tour is more important now.

» "Can I also use this room?"

« I was startled at the thought, she can't remember some important details in her past but now she can play instruments. That is odd.

"You know how to play these?"

» "Yes. Guitar and piano only." Truth = 2, Lies = still counting.

« "Okay, as long as you don't destroy it." Since you are staying here might as well do what you like.

» "Of course I won't destroy it." I laughed a little.

« She laughed, she's cute. Oh, what am I thinking?!

» After that, we head straight to the training room, I found a ball of basketball and a sudden thought strike me.

"Could we play basketball?" I asked although I know he won't agree.

« "I'm sorry but we have something to do and also I do not play basketball." Oh, please...

» "Please! Just one try. I'll let you have an advantage." I plead! C'mon dad! Agree!

« "Okay, just one. After that no more!" Her persuading power is... I can't even measure. How did she make me agree?

» Yes! That's what I'm talking about! That's how I roll. Gotta get the ball.

"Okay, here's your ball."

« She passed me the ball; I can still feel her strength in the ball's impact on my hand.

» "All you have to do is shoot the ball here in the basket above me, but don't let me snatch it to you."

« She smiled like she knew she can get the ball, well, that's kind of degrading. Game! I'll show you.

+ Then they started to play. Nadine guarded the court and Artemis was approaching her. As Artemis now close to her, he dribbled the ball alternate on his hands, making Nadine only concentrate on the ball, but it didn't work, when Artemis move on her left, she easily touch and get the ball. Now, Nadine dribbled it and get to the 3 points line and shoot. To Artemis surprise, not only because Nadine easily snatched the ball from him, she also made the ball shoot at the basket.

» "Nice game!" I knew I'm going to win. Dad is not that athletic of a person.

« "You're great." Just who really is this girl?

» "Well, Nad... Dianne = 1, Artemis = 0!" Wooh... I nearly slipped out my real name.

« "Arty." What? Wait a second...

» "What?" Did he say his nickname?

« "You can call me Arty." Somehow I really don't mind her calling me Arty. Well, I also don't mind Holly calling me Arty. I really want Holly to call me Arty.

» "But I can't, isn't that what someone close to you call you, we're not that close." I know he will hurt by this but this is the best.

« I was kind of hurt. Why can't she?

"Well, I consider you my close friend." I want to tell her about Holly but I can't risk the existence of the People for something like this.

» "I'm sorry but, I prefer to call you Artemis. I still want to respect you by not calling you in your nickname." I need to do this. I really want to call you Arty dad but I won't, I want the permission of my dad, not my dad's version in the past. There may be a reason why I don't know my dad's nickname is Arty.

« "If that's what you want." Well, I just let her do what she wants.

+ After that they went to Library, again Nadine knows what kind of library they have, enormous library but she needs to act.

» "Wooh... Is this for real?! Looks like a national library for me. Don't tell me you read all of these cause that's just freaking insane."

« "Then I must be freaking insane now." I smiled at her with pride.

» Funny, now I need to look disgustingly shocked.

"How old are you again?" Well, I need to be convincingly shocked. This is hard.

« "19." Looks like it's too much for her to handle.

» I'm 18 now and I only read half of this library. Reading is not really my interest.

"Wooh... Looks like I involve myself in an over-bookworm and nerd genius here. You write novels?" As if I don't know. Violet Tsirblou, Dr. Demencha... Few of his pseudonyms...

« "Yeah..." Nerd genius, ha...

» "It didn't cross on my mind that a nerd genius like you will write novels."

« "Perhaps it is now."

» , « We laugh a little.

» After that, we are now in the third floor. The bedrooms and the office.

"This house is so big, where are your family?" Well, I didn't see Grandma Angie and Grandpa Timmy, Uncle Beckett and Uncle Myles are also gone.

« "They are on vacation."

» Uncle Beckett and Myles seem like to travel, a lot.

"Where are we heading next?"

« "The garden." I smiled at her.

» After a few walks to get out on the Manor and we are now in the garden, fresh air, just like in the future... Warm breeze of air, the sunlight touch my skin, I can't really say I'm in the past, and then I looks at my side... I saw dad, a teenager though he's now a legal age adult, still it's funny.

« We got out of the Manor she's beside me. I took a glance at her when we got out, she tilt her head up, sighed and smile. Then we got here at the garden. Again, I took a glance at her; the air blows between her hair, the sunlight touch her skin making it white and a little pale just like mine. She looked at me suddenly and I feel startled then she smiled at me, I think she notice what I feel when she look at me. Then she suddenly lies down.

» "Don't stare at me like that. Why don't you try too."

« "I... I don't..." I don't want to, that is silly.

» "What?! You don't want to because tour in the Fowl Manor is important or you don't want to because the thought of you lying down in the garden is silly? Either of the two, your choice is still, you don't want to... C'mon! Why don't you try to relax! Just be a normal teenager for once..."

Then I grab his hands exert a force for making him to lie down.

« I was shocked that she saw through my thoughts, we only know each other for like hours, I train myself not to let others analyze and don't let them psycho me, then she grab me, I feel her force it feels like Holly grabbed me, then I fell down. 'Just be a normal teenager...' Holly said that to me once.

» "Now, try to inhale and exhale, and then relax. Whatever you're thinking right now, set aside them." I want him to do this. Who knows when Opal and Spiro strikes, we cannot relax then when they started moving.

« I follow what she said, hmm... This feels good.

"Why are you so eager to make me relax?"

» "I only care to the ones who helped me." Then I looked at him. "You remind me of someone I know."

« My mind race at what she says... She remembered someone now? I looked at her.

"Who?"

» I looked at him to say who.

"Dad."


A/N: To my first reviewer, Kevin... I will consider it but if you have any ideas to add into it just PM me... XD