A/N: I don't own Artemis Fowl, or any other Eoin Colfer characters. I do, however, hope that I own myself, and everybody else are original characters.

Artemis Fowl the Second: Yes, actually this is a (slightly) true story, I did win the contest.. The first time I posted this I had yet to get the prize...but now I finally have it (I got it in like January...It was supposed to be around August when it arrived!!) But anyways, the story will continue as if it's still before school :)

Chapter 1


Briing!Briing!
"AAARGGH!! Stupid alarm clock!!" With that, Shannon sat up, took the clock, and threw it out the open window, into the next door neighbours backyard. She tried getting out of bed, but the covers were wrapped around her legs, and with a thunk, she landed on her butt, on the floor. She mumbled something about the stupid bed sheets, before pulling herself up. After checking her calendar to see what day it was (August 20th), she went out to the living room, to see if anyone was awake yet, and found that her sister was up, and on the computer.
"Hey!! It's my computer time!"
Her sister growled, and sank further into her chair, obviously not getting off.
"Sarah!! I want the computer!! Besides, you'll have like three hours while I'm at the soccer thing!"
"But there's peoples on!" Sarah replied, trying to persuade Shannon to let her stay on.
"Humph.. well they can wait can't they?"
It was Sarah's turn to grumble, and she did so, loudly. After a little more persuasion she let Shannon on. Shannon then checked her e-mail and followed with the usual morning routine, until about 11:30.
Her mom called from the kitchen "Shannon... you should start getting ready for soccer. Emily is going to be here in 45 minutes!"
Shannon jumped out of the chair, called to her sister that she could have the computer, and rushed to get ready. When Emily arrived, they talked for a few minutes, then her mom drove them to the camp. When they got back, Shannon came inside, and did two things. First, she strode up to Sarah, and did a cheshire cat smile at her.
"Hello! I want back on again...."
"Yeah, justa minute.."
Second, she went outside, checked the mailbox, and when finding nothing in it, asked her mom, and then her dad if there was any mail. After finding there was none, she went on the computer.

Later that day, the doorbell rang. Her dad answered the door, and "I have a package for Shannon Johnson,"floated into the room. After signing the release forms, she was handed a karge box, that for its size was really light. She put it on the table, and spent the next 5 minutes trying to open the box. After several attempts had failed, she went into the kitchen to get a knife. After getting a small cut on her thumb, she got the box open, and gazed into it for a peek, before hauling the items out one at a time. The contents of the it, proved to be two white t-shirts with the Artemis Fowl logo on the front, and "Stay back human, you don't know what your dealing with!" written on the back; a signed hard cover addition of The Arctic incident, and a paper back edition of the first book, and a leather sleeved jacket, with the Artemis Fowl logo on the front. After everything was out, she looked over everything again.
"Heh! That's cool..they finally came!"she then proceeded to try on on one of her t-shirts, and the jacket (which smelled very much like brand new leather), and began immediately to read the first book. When the door bell rang again about a half hour later, she kept on reading, barely even realizing someone was there. When Sarah called to her, with a look of disdain on her face, she was rather shocked. She hadn't heard anyone that sounded like someone she knew, infact it sounded like a male voice. She reluctantly got up from the couch, found a bookmark and stuck it in the book, then went to the door, and peeked out. There standing, gazing out at the park across the street, was a boy that looked about her own age. Behind him, was an incredibly tall menecing man, glaring down at her, daring her to do anything unusual. Shannon looked from one to the other, then stepped out farther.
"Ummm...hello... I'm Shannon....you wanted to talk to me?"
The boy turned around, then looked at her, almost like he was measuring her intelligence and character. She shivered under the cold gaze, trying not to show she was afraid. Sneering slightly, his gaze hardened.
"I, am Artemis Fowl, and this," he swept his arm around to have it point at the man, "is Butler, my body guard."