The Elders Council
"Order! Order, I say!" the wizened old fairy in the big chair said. "Order!" "We are here today to discuss the pressing matter of whether the mud men intentionally and deliberately bombed East Haven." Shouts are heard from around the council room. "Order fairies! Order" "Fairies have two options. War with the mud men, or we could lie low and wait to see if the bombing was just a fluke."
"War! War!" the group inside the council room shouted.
"Wait!" Holly shouted. "We should wait to declare war till after we know what we're up against. Size up the opponent."
"We need to get them now." A member of the council said. "Before any more bombs hit. We'll catch'em by surprise.
"Order! Shut Up!" the head elder roared. All the arguing fairies immediately backed down. "Let us debate this issue rationally. Commander Holly, you have the floor."
"Thank you your honor." Holly said. "We have restricted journeys to the surface so much that we don't know what we are up against. If mud men could send a bomb all the way down to Haven, then they have some advanced technology. We also need to lie and wait. What if this is the only time that mud men bomb us? What if they don't even realize we're here?"
"But what if they do?" The elder named Froilin stood up. "What if think we're a threat to the image that they hold supremacy over the planet. What if they think that we are some kind of animal and hunt us to extinction!"
"ENOUGH! Enough I say!" The head elder roared. "Stop all this what if non-sense!" "We can't make any assumptions until we know something about mud men. Holly, since you seem to have had the most experience with them, you say what you know."
"Well, mud men have divided themselves in to groups," Holly said, "countries, I think they call them. Each country runs itself and has its own set of laws. My guess is that the bomb was sent down by one country." Froilin again stood up.
"Then why not just attack this one country?" He questioned.
"Because, Some of the countries are friendly with one another. If we attack one country, others will come to defend it. Soon the whole world will be involved. Fairies and mud men. The mud men also outnumber us 1000 to one."
Old ex-commander Root stood up. "But if what I'm hearing is true, this one country will continue to bomb us," he said, " so if we don't do anything, we will be killed eventually. No matter how much they outnumber us we still have a chance of winning if we attack. Why not use this bomb as a reason to take back the earth that belonged to us in the first place?"
"An all-out war on mud men would destroy the earth. The humans have radioactive weapons." Holly replied "That could kill all of us if dropped in the right place, not to mention destroy the beautiful earth till it looks like the current East Haven."
The Council deliberated for a moment, then announced, "We have made our decision. LEP Recon will go up, sabotage the current bomb effort, and take out as much of these radioactive weapons as they can. Then the Fairy Army will take the mud men by surprise and destroy them COMPLETLY!"
The meeting adjourned after fairies were appointed to different tasks by the council. "Holly," the Head Elder said "You are on temporary suspension from your commandership. The council felt that since you were so against the war that you should not be allowed to command." "But, But" Holly stammered. "Holly, we are only thinking of the safety of the fairy world and it's people." The old fairy replied.
Holly, still angry about being suspended, caught up with Foaly out in the hall. "Foaly, get me a one-seater shuttle to the surface right away," she ordered. "Sure Holly. Why?" The centaur asked. "I need to visit Fowl.
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A/N The characters, Jasmine, The elders council, and froilin are my characters. please make reference to my story if you use them. All the other characters belong to Eoin Colfer.
"Order! Order, I say!" the wizened old fairy in the big chair said. "Order!" "We are here today to discuss the pressing matter of whether the mud men intentionally and deliberately bombed East Haven." Shouts are heard from around the council room. "Order fairies! Order" "Fairies have two options. War with the mud men, or we could lie low and wait to see if the bombing was just a fluke."
"War! War!" the group inside the council room shouted.
"Wait!" Holly shouted. "We should wait to declare war till after we know what we're up against. Size up the opponent."
"We need to get them now." A member of the council said. "Before any more bombs hit. We'll catch'em by surprise.
"Order! Shut Up!" the head elder roared. All the arguing fairies immediately backed down. "Let us debate this issue rationally. Commander Holly, you have the floor."
"Thank you your honor." Holly said. "We have restricted journeys to the surface so much that we don't know what we are up against. If mud men could send a bomb all the way down to Haven, then they have some advanced technology. We also need to lie and wait. What if this is the only time that mud men bomb us? What if they don't even realize we're here?"
"But what if they do?" The elder named Froilin stood up. "What if think we're a threat to the image that they hold supremacy over the planet. What if they think that we are some kind of animal and hunt us to extinction!"
"ENOUGH! Enough I say!" The head elder roared. "Stop all this what if non-sense!" "We can't make any assumptions until we know something about mud men. Holly, since you seem to have had the most experience with them, you say what you know."
"Well, mud men have divided themselves in to groups," Holly said, "countries, I think they call them. Each country runs itself and has its own set of laws. My guess is that the bomb was sent down by one country." Froilin again stood up.
"Then why not just attack this one country?" He questioned.
"Because, Some of the countries are friendly with one another. If we attack one country, others will come to defend it. Soon the whole world will be involved. Fairies and mud men. The mud men also outnumber us 1000 to one."
Old ex-commander Root stood up. "But if what I'm hearing is true, this one country will continue to bomb us," he said, " so if we don't do anything, we will be killed eventually. No matter how much they outnumber us we still have a chance of winning if we attack. Why not use this bomb as a reason to take back the earth that belonged to us in the first place?"
"An all-out war on mud men would destroy the earth. The humans have radioactive weapons." Holly replied "That could kill all of us if dropped in the right place, not to mention destroy the beautiful earth till it looks like the current East Haven."
The Council deliberated for a moment, then announced, "We have made our decision. LEP Recon will go up, sabotage the current bomb effort, and take out as much of these radioactive weapons as they can. Then the Fairy Army will take the mud men by surprise and destroy them COMPLETLY!"
The meeting adjourned after fairies were appointed to different tasks by the council. "Holly," the Head Elder said "You are on temporary suspension from your commandership. The council felt that since you were so against the war that you should not be allowed to command." "But, But" Holly stammered. "Holly, we are only thinking of the safety of the fairy world and it's people." The old fairy replied.
Holly, still angry about being suspended, caught up with Foaly out in the hall. "Foaly, get me a one-seater shuttle to the surface right away," she ordered. "Sure Holly. Why?" The centaur asked. "I need to visit Fowl.
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A/N The characters, Jasmine, The elders council, and froilin are my characters. please make reference to my story if you use them. All the other characters belong to Eoin Colfer.