Rod hailed a taxi numbly and they all climbed inside.

Everyone sat silently not daring to ask the question that everyone wanted to ask but no one wanted to say.

They walked inside, each heading to their separate rooms.

Artemis sat down on his bed and pulled out his hand-held palm-pilot.

Suddenly his door burst open with a very suspicious Danny standing in the doorway, "All-right, Artemis. Mom and Dad may be turning a blind eye toward all this but I want to know what all that back at the Oscar Mansion. You're going to tell me everything."

The look on her face and the tone of her voice left no room for negotiation.

He took a deep breath and started at the beginning when he had first met Holly Short, leaving out certain parts, of course.

When he had finished 1 hour later, she was staring at him disbelievingly, "So the midget at the mansion was a dwarf? That explains a lot.Fairies exist?"

Artemis nodded beginning to wonder if it was such a good idea to have told Danny all this.

Her eyes grew very round, "Artemis.Have you told anyone else about this, other than Butler I mean?"

"No."

She looked at him doubtfully and said, "Are you sure that these things really happened? Are you sure that you don't need to see a psychiatrist?"

He smiled inwardly, he should have known that she would react this way.

'This is almost better. If I can get her to believe that it is all in my head then the most she will do is tell her parents to send me to a shrink.'

So he turned his head, not meeting her eyes, and said waveringly, "I think so."

She frowned and said, "Artemis! Don't you lie to me! Look me in the eyes when you talk to me. And don't try to pull that 'maybe-if-I-look-unsure- she-won't-believe-me' act. You were telling the truth. Don't underestimate me! And don't worry about it, I won't tell anyone."

'Dang it! I should tried to unsure while I was telling my story. Why did I even tell her?'