A/N - Oh my gosh, I never thought that this story would be liked that much. I actually thought that everyone would hate it because I was putting my own character in it. I'm really glad you all like it that much though! I'm sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out. The first chapter was written entirely over the summer. I just didn't want to post it until January. So now I don't have as much time to write as I'd like to. With schoolwork and worrying about high school next year. But here it is!
Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl or any characters associated with him from the books. I do, however, own The Diosa's (Aurora Angel, Kimmy Sentra, Melody Tune, Alexia Toblery, and Katie Fring). I also do not own Heath Ledger, as much as I wouldn't mind!!! ^_~
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Aurora began to laugh, "Kimmy, we don't have time to shop. We've still got to intercept some invites to Mr. Fowl's party." She grabbed Kimmy's arm, and dragged her to the car.
"NOOOOOO! Not the car!!!! Please!!!!" Kimmy struggled.
Forty minutes later they arrived at the post office. Aurora parked the car, and into the post office they went...
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Everything That I Never Had - Chapter 2
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They were almost up to the entrance of the post office when Aurora had an idea. She grabbed Kimmy's arm, and pulled her into the bushes.
"What is with you?" Kimmy asked.
Aurora didn't answer. Instead she began to glow a bluish color. Her long, curly red hair became shorter, straighter, and blonde. Her chocolate brown eyes changed to an ocean blue color, and she seemed to grow about three inches.
Kimmy watched in amazement. She knew that Aurora could shape-shift, but she had never actually seen her do it. It certainly was an interesting sight. Aurora grinned at the look on Kimmy's face.
"Wicked!" Kimmy exclaimed, "Change me too!"
"Oh all right." Aurora agreed.
She grabbed Kimmy's hand, closed her eyes, and concentrated on an image. Unfortunately, that image happened to be Heath Ledger. Aurora opened her eyes when she heard Kimmy screech:
"WHY AM I HEATH LEDGER?!"
"Uh... oops. Let me try that again." Aurora said sheepishly.
This time it worked, Kimmy was four inches taller, had long wavy black hair, and black eyes. She began to giggle.
Aurora rolled her eyes, "OK, now listen. We both have to get in there, get our own invitations, and meet back right here. Got it?"
"Let's go!"
Kimmy and Aurora high-fived, and stepped out of the bushes. They walked through the sliding glass doors. Inside were seven long lines of people, and seven very busy postal workers.
"This is good," Aurora whispered. "Lots of people means less attention focused on us."
"How are we going to get back there?" Kimmy asked.
Aurora's eyes scanned the room. They stopped on the passport services door. "In there." She said, "We'll go through that door and sneak by the workers. Then we go our separate ways. Ready?"
Kimmy nodded. They walked over to the passport services door, and went in. Luck was on their side because the postal worker was too busy taking passport photos to notice. They snuck successfully into the back of the post office.
"All right, girl, see you outside." Kimmy said before she raced off.
Aurora turned and went the other way. She wandered down a long hallway, and began to open up random doors. Still, she found nothing. Aurora was just about to turn around and go the way Kimmy had, when a small door to the right caught her eye. Aurora ducked as she stepped inside. It was pitch black in there. She stepped forward, but instead of her feet touching solid ground, they touched air. Aurora fell down a long black hole.
With a thud, she landed among a pile of letters and packages. She lay there, dazed for a second, before pulling herself into a sitting position. Aurora stared into the blackness around her.
"Damn! I can't see a thin---" Before Aurora could finish, a bright light came on.
She squinted and covered her face from the sudden light. Then, she glanced at her surroundings. Letters and boxes were everywhere. Without warning, more boxes and letters rained down on Aurora's head. She began to search through the letters, hoping to find an invitation hidden amongst them. After five minutes, she was still having no luck. Suddenly, everything around her began to shake. Letters began to disappear, and Aurora figured out where she was. It was a sorting machine. The letters would fall through the slots, and the packages would stay. Then the floor of the machine would tip forward and all the packages would fall out. Aurora began to scramble around, looking for a way out.
It was then she spotted a shiny gold envelope, and it was about to fall through. Aurora lunged forward, and grabbed it just before it fell. She turned it over in her hand. On the back, in emerald green wax, was a very intricate 'F'.
'Bingo!' Aurora thought happily.
She quickly stowed the invitation in a safe pocket, then made a mad dash to find a way out. She tried in vain to crawl up the tunnel she had fallen down, but it was no use. The shaking had long since stopped, but then, Aurora noticed something else. The floor was slowly tipping forward. A few small packages disappeared over the edge, and landed on a conveyor belt about ten feet below.
"Oh shit!" Aurora scrambled around for something to hold on to. She latched onto the edge of the tunnel she had fallen from. The floor had completely tipped by now. Aurora's feet dangled in the air. She tried desperately to hold on, but her hands were starting to become moist. Her left hand lost its grip, and while she was trying to get it back up, her right hand slipped. She began to fall, but then she stopped.
Aurora looked up and saw a hand reaching out of the tunnel. It had latched onto her wrist, and was pulling her up. Then another had reached out of the darkness and grabbed her other wrist. The hands pulled her up the tunnel. Aurora tried to see who it was, but the darkness engulfed her, and she couldn't see a thing. After the person pulled her out of immediate danger, she was thrown out into the hallway. Aurora looked around for her rescuer, but not a single person could be seen. She hesitated for a moment, taking one last look, before sprinting off to where she was supposed to meet Kimmy. Aurora reached the meeting spot to find Kimmy already there. She was pacing around.
"I'm here..." She said in between gasps for air.
"It's about time!" Kimmy yelled, "I have been waiting here for 45 minutes!!!"
"Waaa Waaa Waaa!" Aurora mocked. "C'mon lets go, I'm sick of being here."
With that, Aurora and Kimmy got in their car and drove off. Little did they know that two amused eyes had been watching from the shadows.
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Once they were back to the hotel, and back to their normal appearances, they raced up to their "house" to read the invites.
Aurora tore hers open. Outloud she read:
"Dear Miss Arugoen,
You are cordially invited to attend a party
at the home of Mr. Artemis Fowl on August
24th at 7:30pm, sharp. Formal dress is
required. Please bring this invitation with
you, and present it at the door.
Sincerely,
Mr. A. Fowl"
"So now what do we do?" Kimmy asked.
"Well, we have two days until this party. So until then we can relax and do whatever." Aurora said as she flopped onto the couch. "Man! I am beat!"
"I know," Kimmy agreed. "That jet lag is starting to kick in."
Aurora didn't say anything.
"Aurora?" Kimmy asked.
She leaned over the couch to look at Aurora. She was sleeping. Kimmy grinned, and pulled a blanket up over Aurora. Then she wandered into her own room.
At 4 'o' clock in the morning, Aurora began to toss and turn. Maybe the couch wasn't a comfortable place, or maybe it was the terrible nightmare that was filling her sleep.
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It was dark. Everything was so dark. Aurora opened her eyes slowly. She felt very groggy, and a small pain in her neck was bothering her. She blinked several times, but still saw only darkness. Aurora tried to get up, but found that her hands and feet were bound tightly to the chair she was sitting in. Aurora struggled until the ropes cut into her wrists and ankles. She let a small cry escape her lips, despite her effort to keep it in. Footsteps could be heard approaching where Aurora was.
"Ah, so my little captive is awake." An eerie voice said.
"Who are you?" Aurora asked. She narrowed her eyes trying to see the person who stood only a foot away. However, she had no such luck.
"You don't need to know." Now the voice was next to her ear. "You are quite beautiful. I can see how he would fall for you." Her captor brushed a curly lock of red hair out of her face. Aurora could feel their breath grazing across her skin.
She gulped, "he'll come for me. You won't be able to keep me here for long."
"That's what I'm hoping." Her captor replied evilly.
A sudden realization dawned on Aurora. "You don't want me. I'm just a decoy to lure the person you really want."
"You got it sweetheart."
"But how can you be sure he'll come? Just because I said he will doesn't mean---" Aurora began, but was cut off.
"Oh, he'll come. I know he will." At the questioning look in Aurora's eyes he continued, "you see, I have been watching you two for some time."
"What are you going to do to him? You're not going to hurt him... are you?" Aurora was starting to worry.
"Oh, no! I'm kidnapping you because I have been trying for ages to get him to come and have tea with me!" Her captor said with biting sarcasm. "Honestly! If you are America's best..."
"You're just holding me for ransom... right?" Aurora asked.
"Actually, no. Although the idea of ransom does sound appealing. I would much rather kill him than get ransom money." Her captor replied with cold malice.
"Oh really?" Her captor leaned in close to her ear and whispered, "how are you going to stop me?" Then he laughed. A cold, mocking laugh.
"No! NO!!"
Aurora sat straight up. A cold sweat had broken out on her forehead, She blinked a few times, and looked around.
'It was just a dream,' she thought with relief.
Aurora hopped off the couch and walked into the kitchen for a very cold glass of milk. She slammed the fridge door shut, and leaned against it. With a deep sigh Aurora slid down the fridge to the cold floor. "This is all getting way to stressful."
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Kimmy had quite a surprise the next morning as she shuffled into the kitchen. "Aurora?!"
Aurora's head snapped up, "huh? What?"
"Why were you asleep on the kitchen floor?" Kimmy asked with an amused smile.
"Oh," Aurora looked around, fully realizing where she was, "I don't know!" She grinned sheepishly.
She stood up and several cracks from various joints could be heard. Aurora trotted out of the kitchen, and flopped, face first, onto the sofa.
"Aurora!" Kimmy called from the kitchen.
"What?" Came Aurora's muffled reply. No answer came from Kimmy. "WHAT?!" Aurora yelled, sitting up.
"GET UP!" A voice from above her shouted.
Aurora looked up just in time to see Kimmy dump something all over her. That something, unfortunately, happened to be ice water. She sat there for a second, stunned, while the cold liquid drenched her.
Then the rage kicked in, "KIMMY!!!! YOU BETTER RUN!"
Kimmy sprinted off, Aurora grabbed a pillow in each hand and followed in hot pursuit.
A huge pillow fight ensued. When the madness finally ended, their hotel room was a wreck.
Kimmy looked around and grinned, "whoops."
"Oh well! The maid will clean it up!" Aurora said brightly. She jumped onto the couch to check out Ireland's TV programs, while Kimmy began to straighten up their room a bit.
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By 7 'o' clock that night, Kimmy had done quite a good job of getting everything back in place. She entered the living room to find Aurora still sitting on the couch, with a bowl of popcorn, and eyes glued to the TV screen.
"NO! Thomas! Don't leave her!!! Can't you see she loves you?" Aurora shouted at the TV.
Kimmy looked at the TV. It seemed as though this guy was about to break up with his girlfriend.
"I'm sorry, Gina." The guy began. "But I'm leaving you."
"NOOOOOOOO!" The girl burst into tears.
Aurora fell off the sofa. Once she recovered, she began to throw anything within reach at the TV and shouted a few choice obscenities.
Kimmy looked up, "why me, God? Why me?" She mumbled as she walked over to the TV, and pulled the plug out of the socket.
Aurora stared blankly at the TV for a moment, then she stood up and yawned.
"Are you tired?" Kimmy asked.
"Hell no!" Aurora exclaimed with a sudden enthusiasm. A fire lit up in her eyes, "hey, Kimmy... I've got an idea."
Kimmy faked a scared look.
"Let's go clubbing!!!"
"Oh, God! Aurora! We'd never pass off as being 18!" Kimmy said
"Ah, see, but there you're wrong. See, if I change your face to look a little older, and increase my height a bit, then we can pass." Aurora said.
Kimmy crossed her arms, "they will still want to see some ID."
"Ah Kimmy, always being the realist." Aurora said, "They never ask hot girls for ID. Get dressed!"
An hour later Aurora and Kimmy were cruising around downtown Dublin. Aurora was wearing a black tube top with sparkly blue leopard skin pants. Kimmy had on a sparkly purple shirt, and a skin tight black leather skirt. Aurora's red hair was pulled up into a curly mass, while Kimmy's hair had been curled, and flowed down her back. They drove for about twenty minutes until they reached a hoppin night called: The End of the Rainbow. Aurora parked, and they go in line to get in. They stood there for about fifteen minutes until they got to the entrance. The bouncer was a burly man who looked to be around 25. He looked them over slowly and hungrily.
Aurora wondered if he would ever stop looking at them like a cat would look at a mouse he was getting ready to pounce on. Apparently, Kimmy thought the same by the way she squirmed. After one last look, he stepped aside and they entered. The music was so loud that the floor was shaking. They made their way to the dance floor. An hour later Aurora was feeling thirsty so she left the dance floor and perched herself on a barstool.
"Bartender!" Aurora called.
A man appeared from behind the counter, "what can I get ye, miss?"
"Virgin vodka." (A/N - OK! It was 1 in the morning when I wrote this scene. When I write that late at night, I'm usually running on automatic! I don't even know if there is such a thing as a virgin vodka. Although I highly doubt it... but there is now so get over it!!!)
The bartender looked at her a little strangely before saying, "Uh... yea.... sure." Then he disappeared.
A tall blonde girl took the seat next to Aurora. "Hey sexy." She said.
Aurora looked around, quite bewildered. "Are you talking to me?"
"I don't see any other sexy redheads sitting at this bar." She replied, leaning towards Aurora.
Aurora could smell cheap beer on her breath, "sorry, sister. But I don't swing from your branch."
"Sure you do..." The girl trailed off, putting her hand on Aurora's thigh.
Aurora looked down at her hand, "I'm giving you five seconds to get your hand off me, and move your skinny ass across the room. Away from me."
"You don't really mean that." The girl said as her hand stayed put.
POW.
Aurora's fist connected with the hooker's jaw. The hooker fell off her bar stool, and landed on the floor with a thud. A few people stopped dancing to stare. Aurora stood up to walk away, but her feet were swept out from under her. The hooker was back with a vengeance. Aurora sprang to her feet and landed a few punches. It was an all out cat fight now. A large crowd began to gather.
Kimmy watched the scene with vague interest. "Look, Aurora," she began as she spun around. "There's a fight..." She trailed off. Aurora had gone off to get a drink without Kimmy knowing. "Uh oh... either Aurora is at the bathroom, or she's in the fight. I'm choosing the latter." Kimmy raced off towards the crowd. It was hard to see over everyone. Kimmy jumped, and caught a glimpse of fiery red hair. "Aurora!" Kimmy yelled. She pushed her way through the crowd, and latched onto Aurora's arm to hold her back. She dragged her out of the fight, through the crowd, and into the bathroom.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Kimmy yelled. "Attacking someone without a reason!"
Aurora whirled around, a black bruise clearly forming around her right eye. "I had a damn good reason for attacking her! She was hitting on me! And she wouldn't leave me alone even after I warned her!"
"Whatever, you still got a black eye out of it." Kimmy said disapprovingly.
"Yea, well she got worse!" Aurora stated. "C'mon, lets get out of here before the police arrive."
Aurora and Kimmy exited using the back door of the club. They were almost to their care when the bounce of the club appeared. "You two get back here! You have to pay for the stuff you broke!!!" They exchanged glances before jumping into the car and speeding away.
Kimmy glared at Aurora. "Next time I want to go clubbing. I am stealing this car, and coming by myself!"
It was around 5 'o' clock in the morning when they got back to their hotel room. The moment Aurora's head hit the pillow, she was out like a light.
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It was 4:30 in the afternoon when Aurora dragged herself out of bed. "Owwwww. My eyes hurts."
She made her way blindly to the bathroom. Aurora gasped when she saw her reflection. Her right eye was swollen slightly, not to mention a lovely shade of purple. She put her hand over her eye, and used her power to heal it as best she could. It wasn't swollen anymore, or near as purple as it had been. But it still looked a bit discolored. Aurora washed her face and headed out to the kitchen for "breakfast." Kimmy sat at the table reading a newspaper with a mudmask on her face. She said nothing as Aurora sat down, and poured herself a bowl of cereal.
After Aurora finished her lucky charms, she got into the shower. Two hours later she was ready to go, so was Kimmy. Aurora had on her dark blue, spaghetti strap gown. It was simple yet elegant, and a bit low cut. Kimmy had on a black tube top with a long black skirt.
"Are we going to change our appearances?" Kimmy asked.
"Of course! We can't always look the same. Then someone might catch on." Aurora replied.
She turned herself into a medium sized brunette with purple eyes, and Kimmy into a tall redhead with blue eyes. They drove off into the outskirts of Dublin, looking for their destination. It took them a while, but they found it. Large iron gates welcomed them. A man who looked about seven feet tall checked their invitations, and let them in. Once the car was parked it was smooth sailing. Most of the guests seemed to be refined prep school teenagers. Aurora and Kimmy split up. They didn't hang around each other, or talk to many other people. Their job there was simply to watch what was going on.
Aurora did dance a few dances with various guys who had asked her. Then she escaped to the bathroom. On her way there she heard giggling coming from a room to her left. She peeked her head in slightly and saw Artemis and some girl necking. She quickly turned away, and despite the disgusted look on her face, she felt an odd feeling in the pit of her stomach. She shook it off as too much excitement in the past few days. When she returned to the party, she noticed that Artemis had done so too. As she mingled through the crowd, she could feel eyes watching her. Aurora's eyes scanned the room, and locked with Artemis's. He was staring at her from the other side of the room. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, but Aurora couldn't see any farther into him than his face. Maybe they were just to far away, or maybe it was the way he was looking at her. But the intense look in his eyes made Aurora shudder and want to look away.
She was just about to turn away when a little voice in her head piped up, 'don't you dare look away! That's what he wants you to do! He's trying to stare you down. You're a Diosa, and Diosa's don't back down!' The little voice continued to rant. Aurora had an idea. She had spotted a huge pyramid of wine glasses about ten feet behind Artemis. She concentrated her mind on pulling a glass out of the bottom of the pyramid. It worked. The glasses crashed to the floor. Shattering into thousands of pieces. This distracted Artemis long enough to look away. He spun around to see what had happened.
Aurora grinned, 'I won!' She thought triumphantly.
She was just about to turn and walk away when Artemis did something very unexpected. He turned around and smirked at her. The look of intensity in his eyes before was now doubled.
'Uh oh! He knows!' Aurora became panic stricken. She practically ran to find Kimmy. She spotted her chatting with a group of guys.
Aurora thought quick, "Andrea!" She called, rushing over to Kimmy. "Reginald is looking for you!" She grabbed Kimmy's arm, and dragged her over to a secluded corner. "We have to get out of here. Don't ask questions. Let's just go." Aurora said.
They left the mansion, and reached their car. They got in and drove for about five minutes. Then Aurora pulled over to the side of the road.
"Why are we stopping?" Kimmy asked.
"I have to get changed into my sneak suit. Then I'm walking back to the mansion." Aurora said.
"How come I didn't know about this?!" Kimmy exclaimed.
"Because father told me not to tell you until absolutely necessary. Now get out of the car so I can change." Aurora demanded.
Kimmy got out of the car and waited impatiently until Aurora got out too. She was wearing a one piece black "cat suit." It had longs sleeves and a 'v' neck. Aurora slipped on her black leather gloves, and her black lace-up boots.
"I don't have one of those." Kimmy stated.
"That's because you're not coming with me." Aurora replied back.
"Why not?" Kimmy was getting annoyed.
"Because father said it should be just me."
"How am I going to get home?" Kimmy asked.
"You'll drive."
"WHAT?! I can't drive! I don't know how!!!" Kimmy yelled.
"You don't have to know how. I programmed the car to drive on automatic back to the hotel. Just look like you're driving, wear your seatbelt, and you should be fine." Aurora said.
"How are you going to get back?" Kimmy asked.
"I'm going to walk to town and catch a cab."
"Oh.. ok." Kimmy said.
"See you later!" Aurora said as she walked off in the direction they had come.
"Yea, see ya." Kimmy said. She got into the car, and drove off. She didn't know why, but she had this strange feeling that she wouldn't see Aurora for a long time.
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Aurora ran through the night, under the moon. Her curly, red hair streamed out behind her. Her transformation from the party had long since worn off, and she looked like herself again. She reached the mansion at 12:30am. She snuck through the bushes to get a look at the driveway. Not a car in sight. Aurora noticed a window down near the ground.
'Must be a basement window,' she thought.
She crouched down and touched the window with one gloved hand. It moved slightly, and Aurora pushed it open all the way. She carefully climbed in.
'Hmmmmm...' Aurora thought as she looked around.
She was in the basement, just as she had thought. She spotted a staircase near the far wall. Aurora stepped over all kinds of junk on her way to the stairs. Once there, she climbed swiftly up the stairs. She came out in a dark hallway. She went to the left to see what that way had in store for her. This pattern continued for some time. Dodging various obstacles and climbing up stairs.
'Damn... this house must have six stories.' Aurora thought as she climbed up another staircase. The hallway after this staircase was different. It wasn't pitch black like the rest of the hallways. An eerie glow was coming from a room up ahead. Aurora snuck down the long hallway with much grace. She didn't make any sound. No one would be able to tell she was there. Aurora slowly peeked her head around the wall. Inside the room were at least fifteen computers. All of them were running. She was about to walk in when, suddenly, an arm wrapped around her waist and another clamped her mouth shut.
Thinking fast, Aurora bit into the hand that covered her mouth. Artemis let go, and let out a howl of pain. Aurora seized this moment and took off running. Artemis took off after her in hot pursuit. His hand was bleeding from where Aurora had bit into it, but that was the least of his worries. He needed to catch her. He had an idea. They rounded a corner and Artemis lunged at Aurora. Hoping to grab her by her waist, and tackle her to the floor. But he missed her waist, and grabbed her ankle instead. This caused Aurora to lose her balance. She desperately reached out to grab onto the table near the wall. A large glass vase on the table fell onto Aurora. It shattered into pieces. Artemis covered his head with his arms to protect it from the flying glass. Aurora lost her grip on the table, and tumbled down the stairs.
Artemis lifted his head up. There was a blood trail running down the stairs, and at the bottom of the blood trail Aurora lay. Her body was twisted in a way that no human's body should be...
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To be continued!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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