Alright- I made this a whole chapter because it might be a bit difficult to explain appropriately.
After I read the first two Artemis Fowl books, I started getting all those crazy ideas like WHAT IF!??! And I added a romantic character to the story- a character, for lack of better name/judgment, I gave my own name. I just thought I'd tell you that so if you ever did find out what my real name is, you wouldn't think I was totally obsessed...or insane. So I added a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, eccentric American prodigy in the mix. There were two fanfics behind that idea- both of which will never again be revealed to human eyes. Maybe if I improve on it I'll throw it in another time- that might help this story line. But as it were....
I tried to keep everyone in character, so don't freak out over the "romance" bit just yet.
So here's the deal: Kayla Brown ( - an easy cliché, I'll admit) discovers Artemis's call for faerie related help on his mission. An experienced Faerie Oracle, this is Kayla's chance to break away and test her skill. She speaks with Artemis and he decides she could prove a valuable asset to the operation, and welcomes her to the team. Kayla is in no way reluctant to join the criminal mastermind; her family had been recently killed in a car "accident" and all she had left was her father- the two didn't get along, to say the least. Kayla is strong in her opinions and ideals, and while her morals may have been a bit sloshed, she's still a loyal and worth-while companion.
In Ireland there's quite a bit of excess drama that no one had counted on- illness, secret betrayal, and, alas, romance towards the end. But the end changed quite a few times until I could manage to have it agree somewhat with the book. In my version, the LEP mind-wipes Kayla and drags her back home to America to end the dynamic duo of crime. But, just enough evidence slipped through for Kayla to recollect much of what happened, albeit detachedly. When she finally does remember, she, Artemis, and Butler are taken back underground to sort things out. It gets violent, mysterious UFO's (not like space ships, of course) and troll attacks, but in the end the Mud Men reach the surface virtually unharmed. But in the cave concealing the E1 Tara chute, a gargantuan icicle falls and punctures Kayla's stomach. Holly and Root struggle to heal her, and just when they think they've saved her life- her pulse goes dead.
However, Artemis is nearly certain that she's not completely gone. He arranged many services, specifically designed to allow her time to awaken and return to Fowl Manor before anything serious happened with their new project, the C Cube. But as we all know, things with the C Cube were unexpected enough. Kayla walks in just as the group are to be mind-wiped, but refusing to lose her own memories, Kayla is sent back with her father, who believed her to be dead after two year of being "abducted." The LEP mind-wiped as many Mud Men as needed until all was well again, and Kayla was monitored, as was Artemis, for the next three months.
Her life went spiraling down a steep slope from that day onward. Horrible incidents too horrid to repeat, moments that should never have happened to anyone, people too innocent to have lost....The hard years wore down on her, and though she had become bitter and dangerous, the convenience of being a talented actress still worked on her side, still worked to cover up the fact that everything always went wrong and she hated it....
But finally, at age 15 (almost 16) and after a traumatizing ordeal in the forest (something about a flesh eating virus, like Cabin Fever lol; I'm such a loser) Kayla's father informs her that they're required to move once again, a career-based action that happened more often than Kayla would have preferred. However, this move turns out to be just the break she'd been praying for- back to Ireland. In a house in the suburbs of Dublin and not far from the sea- or Fowl Manor for that matter- Kayla starts this new journey with Artemis, Holly, and Foaly.
I'll be honest- it's not so much adventure as it is romance, and it's really another of my heart-ache romantic tragedy bits that I just can't seem to resist writing about. I'll try to throw in some big adventure stuff...sorry guys. Oh and...I don't know if Dublin is actually anywhere near the water, it just makes my story that much more convenient, lol. Anyway....
How strong is the bond of Artemis's intelligence to his dignity stretched over time? He dramatically changes in his awkward teenage phase, the sudden and desperate need to fit in suddenly hording his psyche after years of being held back by his parents. Uncertain and impressionable, Artemis's transformation from normal to Punk concerns his parents more than his infatuation with the tough and dark(er) Kayla. While they are determined to break him back into the typical wealthy-child disposition, Artemis and Kayla are both determined to keep him away from it. Trying to develop a good personality that late in life becomes less difficult with Kayla around- until his memories suddenly come flooding back to him.
Proving that truth is sometimes more harmful than helpful....
I realize this will suck-ass- sorry about that. But this is my first REAL attempt at doing any real fanfics- I mean actually writing it down and not just thinking it up. So I apologize if it's sometimes hard to follow coming straight from my head to the keyboard. Please R&R so I know how badly I'm doing lol...
Let me start first :p....
