Okay, I know my chapters are considerable short, but as I mentioned before, this is the first fanfic. I ever wrote, so the few beginning chapters will be short, but the length will get longer as the story progresses.

I was surrounded by a bright orange mess. It burned something terrible. I was in a hot mess of orange, nothing else mattered. I needed to get out, but the only exit was through the flames. I was being burned and my mind was clouded with smoke. Why am I fighting this? Why can't I just lay down and give up? Uh oh. That was the smoke talking. If I didn't get out of here soon, I would die, possibly in my own mind. I could feel my heart slowly dieing down, my lungs slowly stopping the up and down motion of breathing. Blackness edged my eyes. I need to get out. I need to leave. I need to...

I woke up sweating and screaming.

"I need to get out! I need to leave!" I was screaming this. Amanda rushed through the doorway, followed by Juliet, Artemis, Butler and my new aunt and uncle. I slowly stopped screaming but my heart still pounded, my mind was was crowded with smoke.

"Are you OK Christina?" Juliet asked scared.

"Ya. Just a nightmare." At this Artemis looked especially pissed.

"Goodbye." He huffed and stalked away. Butler just shrugged and followed him.

"Phew." Uncle Artemis said and left. Aunt Angeline walked over and sat on the edge of my bed. Amanda followed suit and across from Aunt. Juliet shrugged and left. I groaned and got out from beneath the covers. I sat crossed legged at the head of my bed.

"What's Artemis's problem?" I inquired then yawned. "He looked pissed."

"He was talking to his friend I think."

"He has friends?!" Amanda asked amazed.

"Amanda!" Aunt Angeline laughed.

"One actually. She's not exactly normal."

"Ohh... so it's a girl friend?" I raised an eyebrow. Aunt Angeline laughed again. Amanda just rolled her eyes. She wasn't exactly romantic.

"Not like that. No, their way too different to get together." I was confused. Artemis wasn't normal and she wasn't normal, so what was so different about the two? My confusion must have shown, because Aunt Angeline laughed even harder.

"Can we change the topic?" Amanda asked which made Aunt Angeline and myself look at each other and burst out laughing again. Amanda rolled her eyes again and stood up.

"I'll be at breakfast." She left. Aunt Angeline and I stood up. I felt goofy next to her in my pajama short and graphic tee while she was wearing a fancy nightgown.

"Let's go." She said and we left, laughing.

I learned an important message that morning. I finally understood my parent's last moments.

Later that day, after I changed into a peach v-neck and dark wash ultra skinny jeans, I sat on my bed with my laptop and sighed, terribly bored. That's when I remembered Aunt Angeline's words from earlier. Their way too different to get together. I looked up and sighed. How was I going to find out the truth? If it was something big, like vampires or fairies, then he would never tell me the truth. I put my laptop to the side and decided to jump on my king sized bed. So I did. And my head banged against the ceiling. And a secret door flew up into the air ducts.

I reached into the air duct and pulled myself in. I could fit if I crunched up enough. I saw a secret folder and reached in it. It had a few top of the line spy cameras, a detailed map of the air ducts and a few letters. One of them read as follows:

To Whom It May Concern,

Welcome to the air ducts! Use this package as the ultimate guide to the air ducts and spying. I included a few spy cameras I invented myself, a few letters of my older brothers both unsuccessful and successful journeys, and a detailed map. I solely used these and invented these to spy on my brother, Artemis Fowl and I hope you use these for similar reasons.

Sincerely, Illiana Fowl.

Illiana Fowl. My mother's name. Artemis Fowl. That must be my uncle. I quickly found Artemis Fowl the Second's study and bedroom and set off to find the truth about this friend who's a girl. ;)

Alright, that's it. This chapter is the longest so far, at 703 words. And remember while reviewing that I wrote this a few months ago when I first began writing, so until chapter 8, they will be around 600-700 words. Alright, bye!