"Heh heh heh..." she says. "I am the queen of the kingdom of the new moon's darkness, Bandiane. Artemis Fowl... No. Brilliant Warrior of the Dreaming. Your beloved Kaguya thought you could defeat me?"
"Kaguya..." says Artemis. "Do you know her?"
"I will again be Queen of the Dreaming," says Bandiane, "and this planet belongs to the Dreaming! So who is the true ruler of this planet? It seems the time to decide has come."
"This planet belongs to the people of Earth!" Artemis says. "You have sprinkled it with your evil spirits and nightmares! Here, together with your nightmares, you will be destroyed!"
"You cannot defeat my curse," says Bandiane.
Artemis grabs his chest in pain."Why!?"
"You want to know? Cute Warrior... Heh heh."
"The mirror!" Artemis thinks. He grabs his sword and attacks.
Power shoots at the mirror holding Bandiane.
"Artemis!" calls Angeline.
The attack bounces off the mirror, and shoots back at them.
They find themselves in another world, surrounded by prisms of color.
"This..." says Beckett. "It's just like... we're inside a kaleidoscope...!"
"Damn!" thinks Angeline. "It was reflected! Are we inside Artemis's attack!?"
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"Artemis... Artemis..."
Artemis looks around.
He sees a woman kissing a baby. It was his mother.
"Artemis, my son. I'm truly glad you were born."
"Mother!?" Artemis thinks. "Is this a vision... of my birth!?"
"Now, let us celebrate. Everyone, come in!"
Artemis looks around the room, and sees a large mirror on the wall.
"Bandiane's mirror!? Why is it in Mother's room!?"
A younger Butler came into the room, with a young Juliet.
"Congratulations!"
"I've been waiting for you," says Angeline. "Butler, the new guardian of my Artemis
Butler knelt to her.
"I have been eagerly awaiting this time. I shall devote my life to protecting Artemis!"
"Soon, he will grow, and catch up to you," says Angeline. "It shall be fun. I wonder what kind of boy he'll become."
People come to Angeline, bringing gifts.
"A gift!"
"Congratulations!"
"Here's a gift!"
A dark woman, cloaked in shadow, enters the room.
"I, too, have a gift," she says.
The two Butlers run between her and the baby.
"For the biggest celebration," Bandiane says, "I was the only one not invited."
Present time, Juliet thinking as she now remembers:
"That's right..." thinks Juliet. "There was a single uninvited guest. She came trailing black shadows. That was the very inhabitant of the world of darkness!"
"Intruder!" shouts Butler. "Who are you!?"
"Well," says Bandiane. "Even I live here. But I come from the depths of the earth."
"You lie!" says Juliet. "You don't live on the earth!"
"That's right!" says Butler. "You crept into this planet in secret, to spread your darkness as an incarnation of bewitching evil!"
"I remember," thinks Artemis Sr. "It was enclosed in my memory. What happened on that horrible day. The white light of the moon wasn't yet darkened by a single cloud. There was only peace and happiness. Where they came from, and since when they had been living deep in the moon, nobody noticed. Nobody knew that the power of light was drawing in darkness."
"Uninvited guest," says Angeline. "If you are looking for peace, and want to stay, we shall welcome you. But, I shall not allow you to bring the darkness of evil to my son!"
"That's funny," says Bandiane. "You, too, were brought to this planet from far across the galaxy. Are not our origins the same? Angeline, the darkness is necessary. If you will simply take my hand... If you will accept the darkness..."
"Stranger!" shouts Butler. "Begone this instant!"
"Where there is light, there is darkness. The darkness calls to the light, and the light shall call to the darkness again!"
Bandiane begins glowing with power, then disappeared into the mirror.
"A present in celebration!" Bandiane says. "That you should receive my beautiful curse! When my curse is fulfilled, your son will die and destroy the dreaming!"
"By Bandiane's curse..." Artemis thinks. "The Dreaming was destroyed!?"
"The Dreaming's sickness is not a curse!" says Angeline. "It was destiny! You can't change destiny!"
"Yes..." thinks Myles. "However many tragedies occurred one after another, like dominos, we followed our destiny of destruction. I thought everything was wiped out and reborn, but here there is one piece left!"
"At that time," says Bandiane, "all the light was lost. But I know your have the light I seek!"
A light glowed in Artemis' chest.
"Artemis!?" Holly calls.
The light flies into Bandiane's grasp, and Artemis slumps. "Hahaha!"
Artemis begins coughing up blood.
Kagya runs to him.
"Artemis!"
She starts to hack up blood as well.
"Hahahaha!" says Bandiane. "This is not a dream! You cannot defeat my long, long curse! The Dreaming, will be destroyed now, here! Completely! I finally have it! I will use the soul of the warrior to destroy everything!"
Artemis' soul glows brightly, as Bandiane grows with its power.
"His soul is-!?" gasps Minerva.
Artemis cries out and falls back, his power gone.
"Artemis!"
"Come on, Artemis!" Butler thinks. "If you don't live, Earth and Dreaming won't be saved!"
"I have the power!" says Bandiane. "You are as good as dust! Be destroyed! Now, everything is mine! I have the unbeatable power! Only I am the true ruler!"
"No!" Artemis shouts. He grabs Kaguya's outstretched hand. "Kaguya!"
"Give me strength, Artemis!"
They hold each other and kiss deeply.
"We can't be destroyed here!" Artemis says.
"Right," says Artemis. "We can't give in to this nightmare!"
A sphere of light glows around the two.
Artemis's Soul disappears from Bandiane's hand.
Artemis regains his power as he kisses Kaguya.
"My chest is hot..." Artemis says.
Light shines from Artemis and Kaguya's chests.
"Power is being born, but... I see."
"No, this can't be!" shouts Bandiane.
"Power isn't taken," says Artemis. "It's born. And power isn't born alone. You can't use it alone! I won't lose to anyone! I will show you our power!"
The light shines in his chest as he faces Bandiane.
"Warrior of the Dreaming!?" Bandiane says. "No, damnit!"
Artemis reaches his arms to the sky, as the light shines above him.
The light spreads all around him. The others transformed into their warrior forms.
Four miniature versions of the warriors appear.
"Warrior Minerva!"
"Warrior Butler!"
"Warrior Juliet!"
"Warrior Holly!"
They are held in spheres of light, and float into the hands of the soldiers.
"Artemis!? You...!"
Four more small soldiers appear.
"Warrior Artemis Sr!"
"Warrior Angeline!"
"Warrior Beckett!"
"Warrior Myles! We are your guardians. You are the warriors of the Dreaming."
"Guardians!? The Warriors of the Dreaming!?"
"The time has come for our power to be complete," says Myle.
"Borrow power from the Dreaming," says Artemis Sr.
"Give your power to Artemis!" says Holly.
In the light above Artemis, his sword appears, and the light radiates to it.
"Look!" says Beckett. "The sword...!"
"The sign of our gathering... That we have always been searching for... The sword...!"
"Everyone!" Artemis shouts. "Give me your power!"
"Send our power to Artemis! Our power, all of it, here!" They shouted.
Artemis transformed into his Warrior form and he was shining with the same light Kaguya had.
