A/N: Hi, I'm back! Sorry for the delay! I got in big trouble and my internet privileges were taken away. Then when I was allowed back on the internet I didn't have time. I don't have time to check my reviews either so I won't have any replies, but I promise I will have replies to the reviewers of both the first and second chapters in the next chapter! Anyways, here is the next installment, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any Artemis Fowl characters. But wouldn't it be cool if I did?

One with the Moon

Chapter 1: The First Transformation

Artemis was still awake when Holly walked in bearing a tray of steaming hot oatmeal with a glass of cold milk and an egg omelet like he had asked. Artemis was thoroughly annoyed, Butler and Holly had insisted that he stay in bed even though they had already concluded that he didn't have a concussion or something like that. Because his parents and Juliet were out on vacation he didn't have to put up with his parents pouring over him too. But that gave Holly the opportunity to stay too, apparently, she was on vacation and happened to be on her way to the Manor to see how he was doing with his father back.

"Morning! How are you feeling?" Holly chirped placing the tray on his lap. "Did you sleep well?"

"No."

Holly frowned, "You didn't sleep at all did you?"

Artemis shook his head reaching for the silver spoon that had been placed on the napkin on the right side of the bowl of oatmeal. The moment his fingers touched it a jolt of pain spread up his arm. He yelped rearing back like the spoon had burned him.

"What's wrong?!" Holly said, grabbing the tray before it fell to the floor. But some oatmeal and the egg omelet still flopped down to the wooden flooring and the milk glass shattered on the floor with the silverware clattering amongst the pieces.

Artemis tried to move his throbbing hand he had touched the spoon with, but he found it rather difficult.

"What's wrong?" Holly repeated.

"Uh... I don't know. It's just... when I touched the spoon it... hurt."

Holly furrowed her brow, "I'll go get Butler."

She left the room stepping over the mess carefully so as not to cut her feet on the broken glass.

Artemis sat back in bed. The pain in his hand was starting to die down but it still hurt a lot. He was confused, first there had been the wolf incident then there was this. What was happening to him? It was like the wolf hadn't even been there. Then maybe... was he going insane? Maybe that was it, all of this was a figment of his imagination. The wolf hadn't really been there, the spoon incident hadn't really happened. None of it was real. That was it, none of it was real.

"Artemis?"

Artemis jolted up to a sitting position, he had been too deep in thought to notice Butler had entered the room.

"Artemis? Are you alright? Holly told me what happened." He bent to pick up the silver spoon.

"He just freaked out when he touched the spoon, it was weird." Holly said stepping over the glass.

Butler frowned twirling the spoon between his fingers. "Tell me what happened, Artemis."

Artemis frowned at his hand that wouldn't stop throbbing even though he had already come to the conclusion that it hadn't really been hurt. "When I touched the spoon it... burned. It still hurts but not as bad."

Butler frowned puzzling at the silver spoon. "Here, try touching it now." Butler held out the spoon to Artemis.

Artemis reached out with his left hand since his right was currently immobile. Just when the tip of one finger touched the silver another jolt of pain shot up his arm. He yelped jerking backward off the bed, Artemis landed on the floor with a thump. Great, now he had TWO arms that were numb.

Butler dropped the spoon startled and he and Holly ran to his side. "Artemis? What's wrong? What's wrong with the spoon?"

Holly pressed her fingers against his skin and whispered 'heal.' A warmth spread through Artemis and he relaxed as the pain in his hands and arms disappeared. Artemis thanked Holly.

"Artemis, what happened?" Butler said helping him up.

"Er... I don't know... It's just... the spoon... I don't know..." Artemis said uncertainly rubbing his hands remembering the burning pain.

Holly bit her lip, "What could have happened? I mean, what could be making him act like this?"

"I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with what happened last night?"

Both Butler and Holly frowned at him.

"Maybe we should just keep him away from the silverware for a while."

Great, now they were talking like he wasn't even there, Artemis hated it when people did that.

~*~

Artemis crossed his arms and sat back in his soft feather bed, all day Butler and Holly had done nothing but nurse him like he was a baby and he was really sick of it all now. He had finally managed to get them out of his room so he could have some peace and quiet. Only now it would be even harder to sneak out since both Butler and Holly would be on the watch.

He got up from bed, crossed the room to the window, and pulled the curtains apart. Soft light from the moon above in the star speckled sky poured into the dark room. Light from a full moon. Artemis looked up at the moon, in a trance. His eyes widened as his body started to change. First black fur started to grow all over him, his face became disfigured and contorted as a muzzle formed. His spine curled over, his arms and legs shortened and reached down to the floor. A tail sprouted from the base of his back and his ears became wolf-like. His senses became stronger. Soon not Artemis was standing there before the window, but a huge black wolf.

The wolf didn't hesitate to jump out the window and bound away into the night.

~*~

Holly opened the door to Artemis's room as quietly as she could. All she was going to do was check up on him to make sure he was alright.

But there was no one there. His bed was empty, the adjoining bathroom was empty, and she even checked the closet. Artemis was gone, the only thing that gave any clue of where he could have went was the open window the curtains swayed slightly in the wind.

She pulled out the walkie talkie Butler had given her incase she got lost in the Manor. She fiddled with it almost in a panic to turn it on. She finally found the button and the walkie talkie crackled to life. "Hello? Butler? Are you there?"

"Yes, Holly?"

"Um, we have a problem. Artemis is gone."

"What?!"

~*~

Artemis groaned, there was sun in his eyes. And his bed felt odd, it felt hard and prickly, not soft like it should. When he opened his eyes he realized exactly why his bed didn't feel right. Artemis wasn't even lying in his own bed, he was lying instead on a bed of pine needles and pine cones beneath a canopy of pine trees.

He sat up trying to rub the sleep from his eyes. Artemis tried to remember how he had gotten there. He could recall seeing the full moon through his window then everything became jumbled and unclear. The memory of running through the woods, then hearing a scream flashed in his head. He could remember someone screaming but he couldn't remember who. No wait, he could remember a person, running. Running from something, running from him. A man had been running away from him, but why? He groaned again, his head hurt. Artemis stood up where was he anyway?

He looked at his surroundings and gasped at what he saw. Blood and body parts were strewn all over the clearing. It was obvious this had been the setting of a slaughter. Who, or what could be so cruel? Then he saw the head, only half attached to the half eaten torso of the man, it looked like some creature had ripped out the man's throat and half his neck with it. But what startled Artemis most was the face. It was the face of the man that had been running in his memories. Suddenly he could remember attacking him, ripping out his throat and pulling off his limbs one by one. Eating away at him, but he hadn't been a human then, he had been... something else. Something with sharp teeth and keen senses. But what?

Artemis staggered backward out of the clearing. He was terrified of what his memories told him, terrified of what was happening to him. Even though he wasn't quite sure what that was. Finally he turned and broke into a flat out run in the direction he hoped was the Manor.

~*~

Butler and Holly were at Fowl Manor. They had finally decided after quite a bit of debating to stay there just incase Artemis came back. Butler had already called the police dozens of times in a vain attempt to get them to look for Artemis, but of course he had to be missing for twenty-four hours at the least for them to start a search party.

Holly heard the front doors open and slam against the walls.

"Butler! Butler! Holly!"

Butler and Holly ran towards the voice of a hysteric Artemis.

They found him in the front hall. He looked terrible, his once clean satin blue PJ's now resembled dirty rags. There was blood on his face and hands but there was no cut that said it was his own.

Butler grabbed his shoulders and shook Artemis to get him to stop panicking. "Artemis? What happened to you? Where have you been? Artemis!"

"Butler, stop! You could hurt him, be gentle." Holly said prying Artemis out of his grip and leading him to a nice soft cushy chair in the next room. Once he was sitting down she let her powers spread through his body. But nothing happened, she frowned at the blood. "Butler, go get a wet cloth and a blanket. Then go run the bath."

"No, I want to see if he's okay first."

Holly looked at him furiously, "Butler, if you want him to be okay you will do what I say, when I say it!" Since Butler didn't want to deal with an infuriated female fairy at the moment decided to comply to her commands.

Holly turned to Artemis whom was shivering and staring off into a void. "Artemis? Could you tell me what happened?"

Artemis turned to face her but said nothing.

"Artemis?"

He just stared at her, as if afraid to talk.

"Is he okay?" Butler entered the room with a blanket and wet cloth just like Holly had told him to.

"He won't talk." Holly held out her hand in which Butler placed the cloth and blanket. She wrapped the blanket around Artemis's shoulders and applied the cloth to his face to remove the blood. She looked up at Butler who was just standing there idly. "Well? What are you just standing there for? I told you to run a bath!"

Butler tried to argue, "But, Artemis("

"No, buts!"

Butler nodded and left the room to start a nice, hot bath for Artemis.

Holly turned back to Artemis, "It's okay, Artemis. It's okay now..." She whispered trying to calm him.

~*~

Okay, I'll have to stop here because my fingers hurt and I'm a bit short on time. Sorry, I've been, like, super-ultra busy so I don't have much time on my hands. Even though we had a snow day on Friday. I have way too many stories to write at the same time. If you check on my other stories you will see that I have about five or six other stories with only about one or two chapters, I don't have a single finished story. Hope you liked it! And please don't forget to review!