A/N: Artemis Fowl and Butler are the creations of Eoin Colfer, he owns them, I don't..the story however is my own making, and I apologize for any Mary sueyness I may put in my story, and any moments Artemis spends out of character. After much time, I have finally made a new chapter..yay! It's shorter then the others, but I'm still kind of working on a story line..I'm afraid I might forget completely about the little master mind criminal, but I'll try not to..but if there are no mentions of him in a chapter..just give me a gentle reminder and I'll try to get back on course ^.^ Anyways enjoy :)

Chapter Three


After talking with her parents, telling them who Artemis and Butler were, and advising her parents to read the books, Shannon brought Artemis into the "conference" leaving Butler to look around the house. "This is Arty," she paused to smile, "although he prefers Artemis. He, and his butler, are in the city looking for a criminal master mind that has so far, been very elusive. Since my name came up from the contest, and me being the only person they "know" in the area..they want to bunk with us for a while, until they find the guy, and probably help them around the city and such. Also, to remain as unnoticed as possible, Artemis is going to enroll at the high school with me. I'm sure they wouldn't mind him coming to most of my classes with me..Any suggestions on where we can put them?"
Her parents look at each other, and finally her mom said, "As long as they don't mind sharing a room, they can use the guest room. But I think..Butler is it? Will have to sleep on the foam on the floor..or perhaps Artemis can.." and she smiles faintly.
Shannon smiles, "Great! I'm sure Artemis will gladly let Butler take the bed tonight.." a faint grumble is heard from Artemis. Shannon goes on, "You have enough money I presume to go on a shopping spree Arty?" she grins wolfishly, and accents the name. Rolling his eyes slightly, Artemis nods. "But first, I'm going to get you a pair of jeans and a shirt that won't draw attention.." she eyes the suit he's wearing. "But that'll be later today. Bring in Butler, and we can debrief him on what's happening..Mom, Dad, Sarah..you can get back to doing what you were doing before." She smiles, waits for them to leave, then goes with a slightly resigned Artemis to find Butler. They tell him what was going to happen, and then the two males leave to get some money (after all, Artemis doesn't just keep large amount of cash in his pocket...((at least he shouldn't..lol)) and to bring in some of their tracking equipment, including a state of the art lap top. After everything is set up, they have a light lunch, and Shannon heads off with her mom to pick up some jeans and a t-shirt for Artemis. When they get back, Artemis tries the stuff on, and comes out looking human, but rather uncomfortable. Laughing, Shannon cuts off the tags and hauls Artemis out to shop, leaving Butler to do what he wanted. While driving there, Shannon keeps looking over her shoulder at Artemis and grinning, making him dread more and more the torture that lay ahead. Their first stop was at a mall close to where Shannon lived. They went to Wallmart, looked around at the clothes, and after finding things that the guys she knew would probably wear, she got Artemis to try them on. Two pairs of jeans, a couple of shirts, a pair of zip off pants, and even some shorts. After paying for the clothes, they did a circle of the mall, stopping at such places as La Senza (a lingerie store..lol), Hallmark, and Laura Secaurds (a chocolate store) for Shannon. The time seemed to drag on and on for Artemis, and after 2 hours they got back into the car. 'Thank goodness that's over' thought Artemis, but then to his horror, they pulled up at another mall, and her mom drove away. Shannon seemed to be enjoying the trip immensely, much to the annoyance of Artemis. Several hours later, and 2 more pairs of pants and several more shirts, they arrived home, and Artemis collapsed onto the couch. "Butler, never, ever, go shopping with a teen girl. Especially one with an almost endless supply of money." Shannon, upon hearing this snickers, "Just be glad you were only with one girl..if there were three or four, you could have counted on spending another couple of hours at it!" And seeing Artemis's rather pale face she laughs, and goes to find something to snack on before supper. The rest of the day was spent lazing around, and recovering from the long shopping trip.

All the rest of the summer (which was only 8 days) was rather uneventful..although another shopping trip was done..this time more for clothes for Shannon then Artemis, but he was still dragged along. Each day Artemis kept a mental note of how many days were left, and each day his dread grew. The only thing keeping him from 'panicking' was the hunt for the criminal..although it wasn't proving very useful. He had managed to disappear from their (and everyone else's) knowledge. One thing that had proved amusing in the last couple of days, was when one of Shannon's friends had come over, and they became hyper. Although Artemis had had to retreat to the guest room to prevent from becoming prey to things they may have done. Finally it was the day before school, and not just Artemis was looking a little pale, Shannon wasn't the healthiest colour either. They both retired to bed early that night, although both stayed up much longer then the others. Finally dropping off around the same time, with the new day, and new school year awaiting them.