Holly slapped his face when he didn't reply. It didn't help much. Artemis seemed to be having such a hard time comprehending what had just happened that he had retreated to a far place inside himself. He awoke a few minutes later after having a piece of chocolate stuffed down his throat. He choked and in spite of himself, swallowed the waxy chocolate indignantly.

"Artemis!!!" Cried a voice. "Artemis, what happened? What did that Potter do to you? First I heard the alarm go off when he opened the door and so I pulled over and he was stuffing chocolate in your mouth..." It was Butler, Artemis's manservant who had previously been a very good body guard. The best of the best.

"Oh, nothing Butler," Said Artemis. "Just the heat I guess. Couldn't think for a second." He was still sitting upright and he saw that Harry potter seemed to feel threatened for he had his wand out and was pointing it at Butler.

"Heat?" Asked Holly, rolling her eyes. "It's about 30 degrees Fahrenheit in here. I'd say he had a mind block for a second there."

Artemis ignored Holly's accusations and studied Harry for a second.

"Don't come any nearer." Harry said. "I know who you work for! You work for Voldemort!"

Artemis flinched at the name.

"What! Scared of your master's name are you?"

"No, it's just that you spit on me when you said it. Go on, are you frightened Mr. Potter?"

"You wish!"

"Wish!" Artemis snorted, "I don't wish. I do. Wishing never got anybody anywhere-"

"It appears that he just wished the door open," Holly said unhelpfully.

"Holly!" Artemis snapped, "I was just explaining to little Harry Potter the importance of doing things the old fashioned way."

It was Butler who snorted next, "and you call an eternity code 'old fashioned'?"

"Well," Harry huffed, "Somebody better tell me what's going on now or I'll...I'll"

"explode?" Holly asked hopefully.

"Fair point," Artemis nodded, "Alright Potter, I can see that we must let you in on a secret."

Harry's heart leapt for joy, oh boy, secrets! "We could exchange a few," He smiled, "I have loads, like Neville's parents being retarded in St. Mungos, or how my life must either include or end in murder or how Sirius Black was innocent or-"

"I hardly care," Artemis had returned to his lofty, mature voice.

"I must tell you though, that nothing in this kidnapping includes Voldemort, and it might also be helpful for you to know that I'm not a wizard, though I believe your Hermione Granger would have figured that out the moment she met me."

"Yeah.." Harry shrugged, and then shouted "MY TURN!" and so Harry spilled out all of his information about himself and everything he knew about wizards and about how the prime minister knew about wizards and so on and so forth until Artemis was quite convinced that he was dealing with an insane person.

"Mr.Potter!" Said Holly, after many attempts to slow the boy down. "We have bigger fish to fry, although what you've told Artemis may determine the fate of the Wizarding world. Now please, just shut up!"

Harry shut his mouth immediately and turned his attention to Holly.

"Excuse me, but I was just about to tell you about Gringotts the Wizarding bank!"

"But-" Artemis stopped Holly before she could say anything more.

"Go on Mr. Potter, what about this wizarding bank? How accesable is it?" Artemis was very interested when it came to money. If he could find out enough about a bank or a corporation, then he would also find a way to make it go bankrupt. It wasn't that he needed money, after all, his was the richest family in Ireland, but Gold. Gold was what he really wanted. He'd already robbed the people of theirs, or most of it at least. If he could find a way to make Harry blab about it (which was easy enough) then he could find a way to rob it.

"Oh, you can't get in there without powerful dark magic. Only a very few have ever done that. The goblins keep it locked up."

Said Harry, still searching for some way out. Butler had begun to drive a while ago after hearing only two of Harry's secrets.

"What about computers. Surely they keep their records on a computer."

Harry shook his head. "Electricity doesn't really work in magical areas. The magic is too powerful."

Artemis almost went into one of his trances again, but instead said "Perfectly understandable. It only makes sense that the magical energy currents would interrupt the electrical currents." But it didn't really make sense in his head.

"Yeah," Harry continued, "Well, I mean, I wouldn't know, but I suspect you're right, you having that highest I.Q. in Europe thingy,I bet Hermione knows, hey! You want to hear another secret?"

"No!" said Holly and Artemis together.

"Harry, do you know that there is a war going on between the Wizards and the People?" asked Holly, but she already doubted that he did.

"You mean muggles and wizards?" asked the boy, now giving them his full attention.

"No," replied Holly. "I mean between the People and Wizards."

"And who are 'the people'?" asked Harry, sarcastically.

"The People," said Artemis "are also magical, although they work with electricity as well. They are a highly advanced race of people and they are at war with the Wizards like yourself." Artemis sat back, and successfully hid his smugness with having been able to explain the people better than Holly herself.

"Hmph!" Said Holly under her breath.

Harry sat for a moment, thinking about what was going on.

"Artemis, does this war have anything to do with...me?" Harry thought that this wasn't a completely absurd idea, but Artemis and Holly both burst out laughing.

"You mud boy!?!" asked Holly. "I don't see why YOU would have anything to do with it."

Harry's face grew red. "What did you call me?!?"

"Mud-boy." Said Holly slowly, making sure he understood.

"I am not a mud blood! You take it back!" he withdrew his wand and pointed it at the LEP officer. But in one swift movement, Holly had twisted it out of his hands.

"I didn't call you a 'mud blood'." She said, holding the wand away from Harry. "Fowl, this boy has already caused us enough trouble, I say that we do a basic mind wipe and send him back to his aunt and uncle's house." Artemis thought for a moment, Yes, Potter was proving to be rather difficult, but also entertaining.

"Holly, it's a bit late for changing our minds now. We're already home." Artemis leaned down and muttered a code, and punched a few numbers. The door slid open and they all stepped outside.

Harry gasped. Fowl manner was at least three times as big as Hogwarts! "Holy Shi-"

Artemis gave a sharp hiss at the language, "Must you be so loud? And must you use such profanity? My parents are home today and you are to be my British exchange student I- Hold on I just thought of something, Butler!"

Butler came rushing over, "What?"

"How did we get from England all the way to Ireland in twenty minutes with out having to get out to board a plane or boat?"

Butler shrugged and looked at Holly who shrugged and looked at Harry who looked at a caterpillar getting eaten by a large group of ants on the pavement. When Harry looked up he took advantage of the shocked stillness and grabbed his wand from Holly's hand. "Want to hear another secret?" He asked.

Artemis was about to tell Potter to shut up (in a more dignified manner of course) When he heard a loud cough from the door of the house. There stood Artemis's parents. His mother Angeline Fowl gave a shriek and rushed over to Harry. "So this is our exchange student! DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?" She asked Harry in big gushy words.

"I am English." Harry said, taking a step or two away from Mrs. Fowl. "I COME FROM ENGLAND!" He said in an equally undermining tone.

"Good," Angeline smiled, "Well that makes things easy....I- OH MY GOSH WHAT IS THAT?" She pointed a finger at Holly Short and gaped.

"Er...now now Mother," Artemis said, "Its not nice to gawk at short people, you remember...Juliette."

Angeline gave a glance at Butler, then at Holly, then at Butler again. "Uh..Oh yes, I remember now, some how I remembered Juliette being taller, and with out the silly outfit."

Holly struggled not to blast Angeline's head off and smiled a bit manically.

"So," Angeline clapped her hands together and smiled at Harry again, "What is this dear fellow's name?"

Harry felt a bit awkward, everybody in the wizarding community would take one look at the scar on his forehead and immediately say "You're Harry Potter!" but in the muggle world he was a less than average guy, most muggles were not aware that he had nearly defeated the Dark Lord Voldemort as a baby.

"Er...Harry Potter." Harry answered, for some odd reason he felt some how insulted that Angeline had not yet noticed his scar. He did indeed have a very interesting scar, maybe his bangs were in the way, he brushed his hair out of his face but it appeared that Mrs. Fowl did not care.

"Now Arty," A man very similar looking to Artemis Fowl patted Artemis on the back, "I had no idea you were bringing an exchange student, how...Exciting."

But by the tone in his voice Harry doubted very much that the man was 'excited'.