A/N I am annoyed , mainly due to lack of reviews. It's hard work writing this story , especially since I'm trying to write a female charector who is not a mary sue while steering away from the usual and predictable Artemis/Holly story line. I think my lack of reviews revolves around the fact that this is'nt an Artemis/Holly fic.. Or what ever. .Oh and I know some people here might object to the use of the gun in this chapter. I wrote the gun in for a specific purpose. Guns are stupid and bad , and showing James stupidity while using one is supposed to warn you all how easily it is to hurt some one while using a gun.
Thank you to the following people for your reviews.
Bride of lister: Thank you , thats a really great compliment!such a pity the big walrus himself has'nt read this yet.
Alexis: Your reviews always make me happy , I like describing things.. In fact I got the " descriptive writer" result in the what sort of writer are you quiz?
Day of triffids : Thanks for reviewing , I agree Holly and Artemis is getting a bit old its just like the hey Arnold fanfiction fandom.. Gah guys hav'nt you ever heard that variety is the spice of life?
And now lets bring in the action muhahahahah.
Chapter six: In the dark of the blackest night
Deep within the bowls of the McGraney farm , something stirred.
Amongst the soil and clay , something moved. A single piece of metal rocked against the earths crust , it was a box made of Iron .The shaft Artemis's team had dug had disturbed it. The box rocked from side to side revealing three symbols written in the ancient gnomish language. If , you happened to be a member of the people the symbols would have been enough to send you running off into the sunset .They were dripping with sinister intentions. Slowly a crack revealed itself , and a wisp of smoke blew into the night air. It smelt of ancient library's and history , above everything else it smelt of death. The wisp of smoke traveled upwards billowing out of shape until it flowed out of the shaft and into the night sky. It paused , and if you squinted in just the right way it almost appeared humanoid in shape. The full moon sang to it , and the shape defined itself using the electric buzz of the peoples magic until it turned into a figure which collapsed onto the hillock . It stared up at the full moon with wonder feeling its ancient song wash over it. The sweet smell of freedom lay over the farm yard , through the woods and some where into the distant. The figure held up its hands , bony and bleached white .It then smiled feeling muscles moving in its cheeks .It had been a while.
The image was entirely in monochromatic shades of black and white. It was also gray .The image panned and moved showing two figures darting through the office desks nervously. The first figure , was a tall gangly boy with a mop of light fine hair visible even under his Manchester united hat. The second figure , was a chubby girl dressed entirely in black her short dark hair just visible under her balaclava. The girls face turned , revealing a small round face with round eyes , and a crop of acne visible on her cheek. Then her face completely froze her mouth partially open with surprise.
" Ah , now this is my favorite part. The part where two kids , not even adolescents manage to walk into the research facility that I spent over a quarter of a million dollars on security" Artemis said coldly gesturing towards the television set which was showing a security camera tape.
"To be fair , the girl did cut the lock off with a pair of scissors" his head security guard pointed out.
" I was counting on more then a cheap padlock Williams , I paid for high tech alarms , sensor pads and round the clock night watch men" Artemis said a little to kindly and Williams the head of security shifted nervously.
" We haven't got around to installing all that stuff yet , we did bring Misty in though" Williams coughed.
" Misty? What on earth is a Misty?" Artemis stated leaning back in his leather recliner.
"It's my sons rotweiler , a viscous little bugger that will bite your arm off given half the chance" Williams replied and Artemis clenched his fists. It was a remarkable show of
emotion and frustration in the young Fowl. Butlers eyes shifted momentarily , it was obvious that he was worried about his master. Usually Artemis's emotions were carefully dissected and shaped until all that was left was a cold facade. Now , it seemed as if something was crawling or jumping underneath his skin. Could it have been the onset of puberty? Butler mused. He inspected Artemis's smooth white face momentarily. There was a rather suspicious red mark on the end of his chin but it could have been a mosquito bite.
"Butler , have you discovered any more information concerning this girl" he said with a slight grimace and Butler looked up sharply.
"One of your solicitors Jacob Robert's was at the McGraney estate earlier this after noon , he managed to discover that the girl was a Mr. John Mcgraney's daughter" Butler stated and Artemis frowned.
" Any thing else?" He asked and Butler slowly raised his eye brows. It was obvious that something was definitely wrong with young Artemis. Normally he would have searched for Amy McGraney on the Internet himself. Artemis loved a computer related challenge.
"Her name is Amy McGraney , she's thirteen and seven months and attends the local high school" Butler stated. Artemis raised an eye brow and Butler cleared his throat.
" Not much can be told by her schools permeate record , the girl in question happens to be failing English but she gets high marks in science. It's been recorded that she was a member of her schools choir and badminton team" Butler finished.
"Miss McGraney sounds like a complete bore , but she must be dealt with immediately" Artemis said uncomfortably stroking his chin. He had already formed an opinion in his head of Amy McGraney , she was one of those many " stupid" people that tended to populate the planet. Artemis reasoned that such a person could quite easily be dealt with .It was then that the head of his research team , a doctor Julia Peters grove entered Artemis's office.
"Finally , some good news" Artemis sighed and the doctor handed him the manilla folder containing the field research. Artemis opened the folder and pulled out a series of loose paper.
"This report doesn't look very professional doctor" he stated coldly. His eyes fell apon the words , the report appeared to be in the quick energetic handwriting of some one who had just begun to craft their own style.
"The lion king is just like Shakespeare's Hamlet , in both things the stories about a prince who has to get revenge on their evil uncle after their uncle kills their dad. In both things , the two princes , Hamlet and Simba see the ghost of their dead father , the ghost in Hamlet was scary , the ghost in the lion king was lame" Artemis read and slowly he raised an eye brow.
"Despite the fact this happens to be a real jewel of an English essay , it has very little to do with our research" Artemis said dryly dropping the essay onto his expensive Italian desk.
" Perhaps our little visitors decided to leave you a gift Artemis" Butler suggested and Artemis frowned.
"Perhaps you are right , we need that research Butler.. I believe its time we make life very difficult for the Mcgraney's" Artemis smirked.
Amy stared at the sleek gun , the universe paused and took a breath.
"If you promises not to shoot me I'll give you five pounds" Amy whispered. James stared at the gun as if he suddenly realized he was holding it.
" Ten" he bargained.
"Done!" Amy said and James slowly lowered the gun.
"For another fiver , I wont tell dad you've been out here" James added and Amy bit her lip.
" I only have twelve pounds and fifty pence on me!" She cried.
" Next weeks allowance then" he snarled.
" That's not fair , you have a job that pays you ten times that amount daily!" Amy cried.
" I want to buy this girl some of that flower crap you lasses seem to love so much" he said shifting with embarrassment.
" Oh my god! You have a girlfriend!" Amy cried.
" I do not!" James screamed causing Seamus to wake up with shock.
"Are we dead yet?" He asked dreamily.
" No , but Seamus you'll have to give James five pound so he wont shoot us" Amy whispered.
" Your brothers mugging us?" He asked.
" It looks like it" Amy whispered.
"Why?" He asked.
" he has a girlfriend"
" I DO NOT!" James screamed throwing the gun onto the grass. It immediately fired narrowly missing an ant hill.
" Oh shite!" James cried his eyes growing wide with shock.
" dad wasn't supposed to know I had his hunting gun , his going to kill me!" James whispered. A single light in the farm house flickered on.
" Hide!" James cried pushing the two children away. The three of them found them selves running towards the out house where they all crammed themselves inside slamming the door behind them. Amy sat on the toilet seat , Seamus on the floor and James leant against the door.
Amy closed her eyes dramatically , it had been a long night.
Slowly , painfully Amy opened her eyes shaking her short brown hair away .For the second time in one night a gun was aimed at her fore head.
"Primitive mud man tool" a voice growled .
"Its my brothers" Amy managed to whisper , her assailant merely frowned and continued to point the gun at Amy's skull.
" You the McGraney kid?" he asked and Amy nodded.
" Holly mentioned you , but that donkey boy Fouly couldn't find much except for a few school reports" he continued. Her assailants voice sounded very odd , like an out of tune radio it was also very familiar. A drift of clouds which had been obscuring the moonlight drifted away and the blue white light filled the outhouse. She saw the face of a man , a handsome man. However , it was pointed , and his ears were extremely wrong. Long blonde hair had been tied loosely behind one shoulder and a single scar ran down his cheek. His eyes glittered dangerously , they were eyes that lived on skating along the brink of death.
"You like the scar? Got it while fighting goblins in the haven around a month ago" he growled stroking his cheek.
" It looks wicked painful" Amy whispered fearfully.
"Of course it was , but I kept the scar in order to remind me to always be on the prowl and to always be alerted towards danger" he said leaning against the toilet door.
" Oh , that's nice" Amy said politely.
" You don't know much do you mud girl?" He growled.
" I know that I'm being attacked by a very strange man with a funny voice" she said meekly.
" I'm not a mud man , I'm one of the people" he growled.
" what's that supposed to mean?" Amy asked.
" Do I have to spell it out to you mud girl , I've got pointy ears ! I'm a ..fairy" he managed to state turning his face away with shame.
" Grandmother always said you were real but I thought she was insane mainly because she talks to herself and leaves saucers of milk out" Amy babbled and the Leprechaun agent stared at her.
"Are mud girls always this noisy?" He asked impatiently.
" Oh yes" Amy replied.
"D' arvit! Now listen little mud girl I'm here in order to give you a message.. Keep Artemis Fowl away from Tara" he growled.
' How the heck am I supposed to do that?" Amy asked. The fairy cocked his head to one side as if listening to a voice no one else could hear.
" Fouly I'm not going to say that!" He growled and Amy jumped back with fright.
" Why not? She's a mud girl for d'arvits sake! Some how I doubt she could use womanly persuasion on Artemis Fowl" he hissed turning away from Amy.
" Excuse me , are you suffering from a bought of schizophrenia?" Amy asked. She wasn't quite sure what schizophrenia was ..all she knew was that it was a term often thrown around when describing crazy people.
"Schizo what?" He asked turning towards her.
"I was asking you if you've gone crazy" she asked , she was suddenly very much aware that some one was asleep on her lap. She look down , and saw both James and Seamus's heads.
"I put them asleep , they'll wake up refreshed tomorrow morning" he stated and Amy nodded. She was feeling very strange and dream like , some how the situation seemed to make perfect sense.
"I asked you a question " she repeated.
" Why would you think I've gone crazy?" He asked.
" You were talking to yourself" Amy pointed out.
" No I wasn't , I was talking to Fouly!" He cried.
" Is Fouly an imaginary friend?" She asked.
" No his a centaur" said the Lep officer. Amy's eyes fell on the uniforms name tag , however instead of letters all she could see were pictograms.
"Oh a centaur well that explains everything" Amy said rolling her eyes.
" Don't patronize me mud girl!" He snarled he reached towards his side and thrusted what appeared to be a toy gun in Amy's face.
"You seem to be a bit trigger happy Mr.." Amy began.
" The names Trouble , Trouble Kelp and what do you mean by trigger happy?" He snarled.
"Well you tend to fly off the handle for no particular reason.. Tell me do you often go psycho?" She asked hesitantly.
"Are you often this annoying" he shot back.
Lower the toy gun and I'll tell you" Amy whispered , reluctantly he lowered the gun.
" I've just always liked a small spot of violence you know.. It makes me feel like a big man" he replied and Amy nodded sympathetically.
"I prefer to yell at people when I need to boost my self confidence" Amy replied , suddenly trouble growled and raised the gun.
" Your trying to distract me from my mission girlie and that aint going to happen. I'm here to tell you to keep Artemis Fowl away. .we want you to do whatever necessary and believe me if you succeed well reward you" he growled and Amy bit her lip.
"Whose we?" She asked hesitantly.
" The people , the fairies Artemis has already screwed us over twice his not going to do it again" Trouble replied and Amy nodded.
" What do you want me to do?" She asked fearfully her eyes still on the gun.
" Your going to fall asleep right now , while my centaur friend plays with your subconscious" Trouble growled his voice laced with the deadly mesmer. As Amy's eyes began to shut , something stopped the mesmer from continuing. The privies door had slammed open causing trouble to topple over .Like an avenging angel Amy's grandmother stood overt the fairy clutching onto her umbrella her shawl soaring in the wind.
" Oh no you don't you daft bugger!" She shrieked whacking Trouble on the head with the umbrella.
" Lassie grab his gun!" Granny McGraney barked and Amy grabbed the toy pistol fearfully.
" Ay.. Your not ..noot supposed to doooo that!" Trouble said woozy tottering from side to side. WHACK. Went the sound of Granny Mcgraney's umbrella as it smashed against troubles skull once again.
"Need to cover the buggers eyes!" Granny cried ripping her shawl off. She tied it around the struggling elf before whacking him in the side again.
" Now bugger off Nancy boy!" She growled kicking the fairy out of the toilet.
"Granny! How did you.." Amy began feeling extremely shocked.
" Your father rang me this afternoon pet , I came as soon as I could and when I saw that little bugger creep into the privy I knew you were in trouble" her Grandmother spat as they watched Trouble disappear replaced by nothing more then a heat shimmer.
"Granny he was a fairy wasn't he?" Amy asked hesitantly and her grandmother nodded.
"Aye he was lass , we better get you safe and inside.. Something fowl happens to be afoot" he grandmother whispered completely ignoring the fact she had made a rather bad pun.
"Granny , what the heck is going on?" Amy cried with expiration. Granny McGraney gazed at Amy thoughtfully and slowly ruffled her hair.
"For now , its best you go to bed pet.. Tomorrow I'll explain things as best as I can" she said soothingly.
The creature watched the four mud men walk towards the farm house and disappear inside. It lay amongst the grass its body still weak , and its mind still plagued with half forgotten memories. It trembled slightly and gazed up at the full moon thoughtfully.
"Thank you queen Aine , thank you for my life" he whispered in a voice that sounded like a marble being tossed down a drain. The moons song paused , as if trying to remember then it smiled down at him for ever remaining silent.
Thank you to the following people for your reviews.
Bride of lister: Thank you , thats a really great compliment!such a pity the big walrus himself has'nt read this yet.
Alexis: Your reviews always make me happy , I like describing things.. In fact I got the " descriptive writer" result in the what sort of writer are you quiz?
Day of triffids : Thanks for reviewing , I agree Holly and Artemis is getting a bit old its just like the hey Arnold fanfiction fandom.. Gah guys hav'nt you ever heard that variety is the spice of life?
And now lets bring in the action muhahahahah.
Chapter six: In the dark of the blackest night
Deep within the bowls of the McGraney farm , something stirred.
Amongst the soil and clay , something moved. A single piece of metal rocked against the earths crust , it was a box made of Iron .The shaft Artemis's team had dug had disturbed it. The box rocked from side to side revealing three symbols written in the ancient gnomish language. If , you happened to be a member of the people the symbols would have been enough to send you running off into the sunset .They were dripping with sinister intentions. Slowly a crack revealed itself , and a wisp of smoke blew into the night air. It smelt of ancient library's and history , above everything else it smelt of death. The wisp of smoke traveled upwards billowing out of shape until it flowed out of the shaft and into the night sky. It paused , and if you squinted in just the right way it almost appeared humanoid in shape. The full moon sang to it , and the shape defined itself using the electric buzz of the peoples magic until it turned into a figure which collapsed onto the hillock . It stared up at the full moon with wonder feeling its ancient song wash over it. The sweet smell of freedom lay over the farm yard , through the woods and some where into the distant. The figure held up its hands , bony and bleached white .It then smiled feeling muscles moving in its cheeks .It had been a while.
The image was entirely in monochromatic shades of black and white. It was also gray .The image panned and moved showing two figures darting through the office desks nervously. The first figure , was a tall gangly boy with a mop of light fine hair visible even under his Manchester united hat. The second figure , was a chubby girl dressed entirely in black her short dark hair just visible under her balaclava. The girls face turned , revealing a small round face with round eyes , and a crop of acne visible on her cheek. Then her face completely froze her mouth partially open with surprise.
" Ah , now this is my favorite part. The part where two kids , not even adolescents manage to walk into the research facility that I spent over a quarter of a million dollars on security" Artemis said coldly gesturing towards the television set which was showing a security camera tape.
"To be fair , the girl did cut the lock off with a pair of scissors" his head security guard pointed out.
" I was counting on more then a cheap padlock Williams , I paid for high tech alarms , sensor pads and round the clock night watch men" Artemis said a little to kindly and Williams the head of security shifted nervously.
" We haven't got around to installing all that stuff yet , we did bring Misty in though" Williams coughed.
" Misty? What on earth is a Misty?" Artemis stated leaning back in his leather recliner.
"It's my sons rotweiler , a viscous little bugger that will bite your arm off given half the chance" Williams replied and Artemis clenched his fists. It was a remarkable show of
emotion and frustration in the young Fowl. Butlers eyes shifted momentarily , it was obvious that he was worried about his master. Usually Artemis's emotions were carefully dissected and shaped until all that was left was a cold facade. Now , it seemed as if something was crawling or jumping underneath his skin. Could it have been the onset of puberty? Butler mused. He inspected Artemis's smooth white face momentarily. There was a rather suspicious red mark on the end of his chin but it could have been a mosquito bite.
"Butler , have you discovered any more information concerning this girl" he said with a slight grimace and Butler looked up sharply.
"One of your solicitors Jacob Robert's was at the McGraney estate earlier this after noon , he managed to discover that the girl was a Mr. John Mcgraney's daughter" Butler stated and Artemis frowned.
" Any thing else?" He asked and Butler slowly raised his eye brows. It was obvious that something was definitely wrong with young Artemis. Normally he would have searched for Amy McGraney on the Internet himself. Artemis loved a computer related challenge.
"Her name is Amy McGraney , she's thirteen and seven months and attends the local high school" Butler stated. Artemis raised an eye brow and Butler cleared his throat.
" Not much can be told by her schools permeate record , the girl in question happens to be failing English but she gets high marks in science. It's been recorded that she was a member of her schools choir and badminton team" Butler finished.
"Miss McGraney sounds like a complete bore , but she must be dealt with immediately" Artemis said uncomfortably stroking his chin. He had already formed an opinion in his head of Amy McGraney , she was one of those many " stupid" people that tended to populate the planet. Artemis reasoned that such a person could quite easily be dealt with .It was then that the head of his research team , a doctor Julia Peters grove entered Artemis's office.
"Finally , some good news" Artemis sighed and the doctor handed him the manilla folder containing the field research. Artemis opened the folder and pulled out a series of loose paper.
"This report doesn't look very professional doctor" he stated coldly. His eyes fell apon the words , the report appeared to be in the quick energetic handwriting of some one who had just begun to craft their own style.
"The lion king is just like Shakespeare's Hamlet , in both things the stories about a prince who has to get revenge on their evil uncle after their uncle kills their dad. In both things , the two princes , Hamlet and Simba see the ghost of their dead father , the ghost in Hamlet was scary , the ghost in the lion king was lame" Artemis read and slowly he raised an eye brow.
"Despite the fact this happens to be a real jewel of an English essay , it has very little to do with our research" Artemis said dryly dropping the essay onto his expensive Italian desk.
" Perhaps our little visitors decided to leave you a gift Artemis" Butler suggested and Artemis frowned.
"Perhaps you are right , we need that research Butler.. I believe its time we make life very difficult for the Mcgraney's" Artemis smirked.
Amy stared at the sleek gun , the universe paused and took a breath.
"If you promises not to shoot me I'll give you five pounds" Amy whispered. James stared at the gun as if he suddenly realized he was holding it.
" Ten" he bargained.
"Done!" Amy said and James slowly lowered the gun.
"For another fiver , I wont tell dad you've been out here" James added and Amy bit her lip.
" I only have twelve pounds and fifty pence on me!" She cried.
" Next weeks allowance then" he snarled.
" That's not fair , you have a job that pays you ten times that amount daily!" Amy cried.
" I want to buy this girl some of that flower crap you lasses seem to love so much" he said shifting with embarrassment.
" Oh my god! You have a girlfriend!" Amy cried.
" I do not!" James screamed causing Seamus to wake up with shock.
"Are we dead yet?" He asked dreamily.
" No , but Seamus you'll have to give James five pound so he wont shoot us" Amy whispered.
" Your brothers mugging us?" He asked.
" It looks like it" Amy whispered.
"Why?" He asked.
" he has a girlfriend"
" I DO NOT!" James screamed throwing the gun onto the grass. It immediately fired narrowly missing an ant hill.
" Oh shite!" James cried his eyes growing wide with shock.
" dad wasn't supposed to know I had his hunting gun , his going to kill me!" James whispered. A single light in the farm house flickered on.
" Hide!" James cried pushing the two children away. The three of them found them selves running towards the out house where they all crammed themselves inside slamming the door behind them. Amy sat on the toilet seat , Seamus on the floor and James leant against the door.
Amy closed her eyes dramatically , it had been a long night.
Slowly , painfully Amy opened her eyes shaking her short brown hair away .For the second time in one night a gun was aimed at her fore head.
"Primitive mud man tool" a voice growled .
"Its my brothers" Amy managed to whisper , her assailant merely frowned and continued to point the gun at Amy's skull.
" You the McGraney kid?" he asked and Amy nodded.
" Holly mentioned you , but that donkey boy Fouly couldn't find much except for a few school reports" he continued. Her assailants voice sounded very odd , like an out of tune radio it was also very familiar. A drift of clouds which had been obscuring the moonlight drifted away and the blue white light filled the outhouse. She saw the face of a man , a handsome man. However , it was pointed , and his ears were extremely wrong. Long blonde hair had been tied loosely behind one shoulder and a single scar ran down his cheek. His eyes glittered dangerously , they were eyes that lived on skating along the brink of death.
"You like the scar? Got it while fighting goblins in the haven around a month ago" he growled stroking his cheek.
" It looks wicked painful" Amy whispered fearfully.
"Of course it was , but I kept the scar in order to remind me to always be on the prowl and to always be alerted towards danger" he said leaning against the toilet door.
" Oh , that's nice" Amy said politely.
" You don't know much do you mud girl?" He growled.
" I know that I'm being attacked by a very strange man with a funny voice" she said meekly.
" I'm not a mud man , I'm one of the people" he growled.
" what's that supposed to mean?" Amy asked.
" Do I have to spell it out to you mud girl , I've got pointy ears ! I'm a ..fairy" he managed to state turning his face away with shame.
" Grandmother always said you were real but I thought she was insane mainly because she talks to herself and leaves saucers of milk out" Amy babbled and the Leprechaun agent stared at her.
"Are mud girls always this noisy?" He asked impatiently.
" Oh yes" Amy replied.
"D' arvit! Now listen little mud girl I'm here in order to give you a message.. Keep Artemis Fowl away from Tara" he growled.
' How the heck am I supposed to do that?" Amy asked. The fairy cocked his head to one side as if listening to a voice no one else could hear.
" Fouly I'm not going to say that!" He growled and Amy jumped back with fright.
" Why not? She's a mud girl for d'arvits sake! Some how I doubt she could use womanly persuasion on Artemis Fowl" he hissed turning away from Amy.
" Excuse me , are you suffering from a bought of schizophrenia?" Amy asked. She wasn't quite sure what schizophrenia was ..all she knew was that it was a term often thrown around when describing crazy people.
"Schizo what?" He asked turning towards her.
"I was asking you if you've gone crazy" she asked , she was suddenly very much aware that some one was asleep on her lap. She look down , and saw both James and Seamus's heads.
"I put them asleep , they'll wake up refreshed tomorrow morning" he stated and Amy nodded. She was feeling very strange and dream like , some how the situation seemed to make perfect sense.
"I asked you a question " she repeated.
" Why would you think I've gone crazy?" He asked.
" You were talking to yourself" Amy pointed out.
" No I wasn't , I was talking to Fouly!" He cried.
" Is Fouly an imaginary friend?" She asked.
" No his a centaur" said the Lep officer. Amy's eyes fell on the uniforms name tag , however instead of letters all she could see were pictograms.
"Oh a centaur well that explains everything" Amy said rolling her eyes.
" Don't patronize me mud girl!" He snarled he reached towards his side and thrusted what appeared to be a toy gun in Amy's face.
"You seem to be a bit trigger happy Mr.." Amy began.
" The names Trouble , Trouble Kelp and what do you mean by trigger happy?" He snarled.
"Well you tend to fly off the handle for no particular reason.. Tell me do you often go psycho?" She asked hesitantly.
"Are you often this annoying" he shot back.
Lower the toy gun and I'll tell you" Amy whispered , reluctantly he lowered the gun.
" I've just always liked a small spot of violence you know.. It makes me feel like a big man" he replied and Amy nodded sympathetically.
"I prefer to yell at people when I need to boost my self confidence" Amy replied , suddenly trouble growled and raised the gun.
" Your trying to distract me from my mission girlie and that aint going to happen. I'm here to tell you to keep Artemis Fowl away. .we want you to do whatever necessary and believe me if you succeed well reward you" he growled and Amy bit her lip.
"Whose we?" She asked hesitantly.
" The people , the fairies Artemis has already screwed us over twice his not going to do it again" Trouble replied and Amy nodded.
" What do you want me to do?" She asked fearfully her eyes still on the gun.
" Your going to fall asleep right now , while my centaur friend plays with your subconscious" Trouble growled his voice laced with the deadly mesmer. As Amy's eyes began to shut , something stopped the mesmer from continuing. The privies door had slammed open causing trouble to topple over .Like an avenging angel Amy's grandmother stood overt the fairy clutching onto her umbrella her shawl soaring in the wind.
" Oh no you don't you daft bugger!" She shrieked whacking Trouble on the head with the umbrella.
" Lassie grab his gun!" Granny McGraney barked and Amy grabbed the toy pistol fearfully.
" Ay.. Your not ..noot supposed to doooo that!" Trouble said woozy tottering from side to side. WHACK. Went the sound of Granny Mcgraney's umbrella as it smashed against troubles skull once again.
"Need to cover the buggers eyes!" Granny cried ripping her shawl off. She tied it around the struggling elf before whacking him in the side again.
" Now bugger off Nancy boy!" She growled kicking the fairy out of the toilet.
"Granny! How did you.." Amy began feeling extremely shocked.
" Your father rang me this afternoon pet , I came as soon as I could and when I saw that little bugger creep into the privy I knew you were in trouble" her Grandmother spat as they watched Trouble disappear replaced by nothing more then a heat shimmer.
"Granny he was a fairy wasn't he?" Amy asked hesitantly and her grandmother nodded.
"Aye he was lass , we better get you safe and inside.. Something fowl happens to be afoot" he grandmother whispered completely ignoring the fact she had made a rather bad pun.
"Granny , what the heck is going on?" Amy cried with expiration. Granny McGraney gazed at Amy thoughtfully and slowly ruffled her hair.
"For now , its best you go to bed pet.. Tomorrow I'll explain things as best as I can" she said soothingly.
The creature watched the four mud men walk towards the farm house and disappear inside. It lay amongst the grass its body still weak , and its mind still plagued with half forgotten memories. It trembled slightly and gazed up at the full moon thoughtfully.
"Thank you queen Aine , thank you for my life" he whispered in a voice that sounded like a marble being tossed down a drain. The moons song paused , as if trying to remember then it smiled down at him for ever remaining silent.