Wow, sorry it has been so long. I kinda had some bad writers block and I was writing other things... well, here you go.

"Mother, I must be leaving shorty or I shall miss the train," Artemis complained to his mother, who was clinging onto him. She had wanted to see him off to the train station, wanting to make sure that he was actually boarding a train to go to a boarding school. His father had stayed home to watch the twins.

"Arty, I will miss you," she said softly to the boy. "Why must you always leave and go away for long periods of time?"

"Mother, this is a very prestigious school and it will be good for my education," he said simply. He checked his watch. It was almost eleven and the train left at eleven sharp. "Really, mother, I must be going."

Angeline Fowl gave him one last kiss on the forehead and allowed him to leave. He walked away and was lost in the crowds of people.

Artemis Fowl was very excited for this year at Hogwarts, and was confident that it would go well. Holly had been cleared for a return to the wizarding school with him. He found the correct wall and pushed his trolley through to platform 9 ¾, marveling at the crowds of wizarding families bidding farewell to their children.

Butler stood next to him, just wanting to make sure that he did get on the train okay. Angeline did not need to know that Artemis was getting involved with more magic that she didn't know about, so they had made sure to say goodbye to her before entering the platform.

He glanced at his watch, wondering where Holly could possibly be. He had told her to meet him by the entrance to the platform at ten to eleven to make sure that they got on the train on time.

"Hey, Mud Boy." Artemis turned to find Holly unshielding behind him.

"Hello, Holly. It has been awhile," Artemis greeted and leaned down so that she could hug him. She then hugged Butler who had leaned down. Artemis glanced around. "I would shield again. These people may be used to seeing magical beings, but you look different from what they are used to."

Holly nodded and fizzed out of view. "Let's go get on the train," she said, her voice oddly disembodied.

Artemis bid farewell to Butler, who warned him yet again to stay out of unnecessary trouble. They climbed onto the train, dragging large trunks behind them and found the last empty compartment. Now that they were on the train with only Hogwarts students Holly could unshield. It was only the first years that they would have to worry about, and they would probably just accept it as another odd thing about Hogwarts.

The train started moving, and Artemis felt those familiar electric sparks down his spine that meant an adventure was starting. A whole summer without much adventure had been kind of hard to live through despite being with his family, but now here he was, on the brim of another year of excitement.

They were about halfway to Hogwarts when the train suddenly screeched to a halt. Holly stood up and peeked out of the compartment. Students were also curiously peeking out, but when they saw who had just boarded the train they all quickly sat back down. There were two Death Eaters on the train.

Artemis knew that they were probably here searching for Harry Potter, but Harry was not going to Hogwarts this year. They were on the train for about ten minutes when Artemis looked out the window to see that they were dissapparating and the train started moving again.

The last Harry Potter book did not center on Hogwarts during the beginning, so most of the events that would be happening would be unknown. Artemis was a little nervous about this, but was determined to wait it out. He wanted to be there during the Battle of Hogwarts and be able to mess with the story line and watch the events unfold as Voldemort was defeated.

Artemis knew that this year was going to be interesting. The Death Eaters would be running Hogwarts, and Severus Snape would be headmaster. Students would be tortured and classes would get darker and more Dark Art centered. Artemis was glad that he had Holly with him to help, as her being immune to human magic would really be beneficial.

He also thought about how it was nice to be able to talk to Holly again. He had missed her more than ever this summer and had been looking forward to seeing her. He knew that this was unhealthy, because she would always live in a place where he would not be able to see her, but he couldn't help but be glad that she was going to be with him the whole entire school year.

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Artemis was surprised how much had changed since last year at Hogwarts. Everything was much drearier, people were more depressed, and the magical excitement that usually surrounded the school was now just fear and dread. The teachers were scared out of their wits at misbehaving lest they got in trouble with the Carrows as were the students.

Students were being beat up by the Carrows constantly, but Artemis couldn't help but notice that nobody had died from some of these techniques that really should have killed somebody. Artemis figured it had something to do with the rules that Snape had set out, and the constant eye that he had over the students. Artemis was the only person that knew that Snape was trying to protect the students.

Artemis barely ever saw Snape in the halls. He only ever came out for feasts when he was supposed to be seen, and never ever caught Artemis's eye. Artemis suspected that it was on purpose that he did this. Artemis noticed how scared and pale everyone looked. Even Snape looked paler and more rough than usual.

"Artemis, this really sucks, you know?" Holly said one evening as they walked back to the Slytherin common room. "Did you know that this school year was going to be like this?"

Artemis sighed. "Yes, I knew that it was going to be like this. The Dark Lord has taken it over and the wizarding war is approaching."

"Is that what you wanted to change? The war?" Holly asked.

"Sort of," Artemis responded, shrugging his shoulders.

"Ugh, Artemis, you better tell me soon or I may just leave one day. This place is giving me the creeps."

Artemis sighed. "I can't tell you yet. I am still mulling over exactly where we need to be and when we need to do it," he said, trying not to give anything away.

Holly huffed and they went their separate ways into the boys and girls dormitories, not wanting to sit in the bleary common room with the slightly depressed students.

Artemis lay on his back on his bed with the curtains drawn, thinking about how crazy things would get once the war started and how careful they would have to be. He had the last Harry Potter book clutched protectively to his chest and thought seriously about whether or not what he was planning to do was worth it. He decided that saving a few lives was very important.

Sorry if this chapter was more of a filler chapter.. I need to fill up some time before the really fun stuff starts to happen...