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Gwendolyn: Yes this is Humor (actually read the story this time) and YES we already knew that there are about a million fanfic cross overs. Note sarcasm in the summary.
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Chap 5: More Guests
"Oi' Harry!" said Ron, Harry's best friend.
"Ron! Hermione! You're early, it's only- oh, five thirty. Right, well it's great to see you. How's the burrow Ron? Has Percy rejoined the family yet? Oh, this is Holly. She's a House elf."
Hermione's face took on a look of great sympathy, "I hope that the Fowls are paying you a decent wage."
"Not nearly decent enough..." Mumbled Holly under her breath.
"You're a house elf?" Asked Ron, eyeing up the short figure.
"No I am not!" snarled Holly. "I'm an LEPrecon officer, the name's Holly Short. I don't work for anybody but myself...and Root most of the time...and Artemis Fowl on occasion. But I am NOT a stupid House elf like that Dobby that Harry's always going on about!"
Ron took a step back from the now fuming elf.
"Ok, fine." Holly turned her attention to Harry.
"Potter, are we gonna do this thing or not!?"
"Do what?" Hermione looked worried, for good reason, Harry was often doing stupid things and this was to be no exception.
"Rob the bank," Harry shrugged.
"Harry! You can't!" Hermione exclaimed. Even Ron looked bewildered.
"Yeah I can, its for revenge, I reckon I ought to do it, you know, just to get Ron his Firebolt and all."
"Revenge you say?" Ron said, "Well, if its for revenge." Holly could tell that this Ron character was warming up to the idea.
"But why?" Hermione asked, "Why do you need revenge?"
"Voldemort Killed my mum and dad!!!" Harry yelled.
Hermione and Ron both held blank expressions. "er.." Ron spoke up, "We knew that."
"No, I mean, We found Voldemort's credit card by the pool!" Harry said, "and we're going to rob his account!"
"Harry!" Hermione said "This is really serious, I mean, Voldemorts here! Doesn't that mean anything to you? This Fowl character could have teamed up with Voldemort, honestly, WHY DID YOU LET YOURSELF GET KIDNAPPED?"
Harry shrugged, it had seemed like a grand idea at the time. "I dunno," He muttered guiltily, "But hey! Holly's gonna use her mesmer thingy and we're going to snap Voldemort's 'filthy little neck'." Harry imitated something like wringing out a rag.
"Oh Harry," Hermione rolled her eyes, "Don't you think its been tried before, I mean, that would make defeating the dark lord easy, and what makes you think that Voldemort would really have a credit card account? Its probably a hoax."
"It looks real to me," Ron said, snatching the credit card from Holly's hands and studying it. "Of course, I've never seen one before, so I wouldn't really know. But it does say Tom Marvolo Riddle."
Outside there was the slamming of a car door and than the voice of Butler talking to Artemis. "Whoa," Ron said, "That big guy just dropped us off, how do you suppose he does everything so fast?"
"Voldemort!" Harry said.
"Oh Harry," Hermione crossed her arms, "That's your answer for everything!"
Artemis strode in and looked importantly at all of them. Ron burst into a fit of laughter which Harry desperately fought not to join. Artemis did appear some what comical being far shorter than Ron and yet wearing an Armani suit. "Hello," Artemis nodded, not in the least amused, "Hmm, you must be Ronald Weasley," Ron grimaced, Harry had the distinct feeling that his best friend did not appreciate being called Ronald. "and you," Artemis continued, looking at Hermione "are Miss Hermione Granger, pleased to make your acquaintance."
"Ok Fowl," Holly interrupted, "Their safe, see? They haven't been spotted and-"
"Oh ARTY!!!!" Rang the voice of Angeline Fowl, she and Artemis senior were both running down the hall. "Oh look darling!" She exclaimed as she neared them, "More guests!" She rounded both Ron and Hermione into a big hug, "Oh we're so happy that Artemis has friends!"
"Mum," Artemis said in an embarrassed tone, "Don't do that!"
"Er.." Hermione struggled out of Mrs. Fowl's grasp, "You're Artemis's parents?"
Artemis senior shot a stern look at his son. "Arty," He said, "You should have told us that we were having more guests,"
Artemis jr. looked at the floor.
"Now I need to inform the maid to put two more plates on the table!" He said in a suddenly joking tone. "Come in, come in!" He said to Harry's friends, "Are you from England too? Wow, I hope you're having a grand summer..." and so Artemis's parents talked on and on while leading Harry's friends around the house. Artemis grumbled under his breath, he was flushing deep red, which took great effort for such a pale boy. How was it that he, child mastermind and elusive criminal was, at this moment, having his hostages getting a tour of his mansion by his parents? Even he, with the highest IQ in Europe was having a hard time comprehending it. When the group had toured at least one fourth of the house, they decided to go down to dinner.
"Wha- No!" Artemis shouted looking at the far end of the table. They had just entered the north dining hall, and at the end of the very VERY long table, was Butler's sister, Juliet. Angeline looked from Juliet to Holly and back at Juliet.
"More...friends Artemis?" She asked. Artemis slapped a hand over his eyes and slouched down into a chair.
"er..." said Holly. "This is erm...my twin sister Juliet."
More confused glances, then Angeline smiled. "How wonderful!' and she clapped her hands together. Artemis was thankful that Juliet did not object through dinner. Afterwards Artemis led Harry, Hermione, Ron, Holly, Juliet, and Butler to the library to discuss what was going on.
"Juliet, I'm very sorry for the inconvenience but my parents saw Holly when we first arrived and I had to give them some explanation."
Juliet however was looking thoroughly confused.
"Holly? Wait, who's Holly? I mean the name sounds familiar but..."
Artemis suddenly smiled. Of course! Juliet hadn't had her mind un-wiped yet.
"Here Juliet. Look at this." The two walked over to a computer and Artemis put in a small disc. "You've had your mind wiped clear of a few memories. This disc should give you total recall." Then he left Juliet to look at the disc, although she did look somewhat skeptical. After a minute or so she sat down next to Artemis.
"Oh, I get it." She said.
"Yes..." said Artemis. "Thought you might, now you see how important it is that Holly keep your identity."
"This is some kind of Joke, isn't it Artemis." She laughed. "Faeries...elves? I'm not that stupid."
"Er..."
"And you wanted me to believe that this little girl over here was a full grown pixie or something." She said.
"I am NoT a pixie! Juliet, I'm Holly! Here." Holly put on her helmet and wings and floated in midair. Then she took the camoflauge foil and disappeared beneath it.
"Nice trick." Said Juliet. "You nearly got me too, but Artemis, just because you're a child genius doesn't mean that you can do this to people."
"What? Juliet! You've got to believe me! You saw the disc!" Artemis said, "Holly is really a faerie! There really is magic! Go on and show her, Harry!" Artemis commanded but Harry didn't move.
"I can't," He said, "Its against school rules."
"You had no trouble with it in my Limo!" Artemis huffed.
"What?" Hermione asked, "You performed magic?" Her voice was getting high pitched and anxious, "Out-"She was hyper ventilating, "of-" She was turning blue, "school grounds?" She finished and fell unconscious to the floor.
"What'd you do that for, Harry?" Ron said, he knelt down by Hermione and shook her until her eyes opened.
"I advise you not to do that, Mr. Weasley," Artemis said, "Butler will take her to her room. In the mean time Juliet, you really must take our word for it, Butler believes me, don't you, Butler?"
Butler nodded uneasily, "Er...yeah, kinda, I guess."
"What do you mean 'I guess'?"
"I mean that Juliet kind of has a point, it wouldn't take hardly anything for you to come up with a few images and make them into an LEPrecon officer."
"Just why would I do that? Here, could an image hit you?" He nodded at Holly who scowled and slapped Butler's leg.
"Holy shi-"Butler exclaimed, Artemis made a hissing noise.
"Not so loud."
"Its real!" Butler said to Juliet, "and that hurt!" He added to Holly.
Artemis huffed, "You can't tell me that you don't remember any of it? We had tons of adventures, lots and lots of them, Butler! You nearly died! Come on, and Juliet! You helped a lot with saving
Everybody, even..." His voice trailed off.
"Even what mudboy?" Asked Holly, she knew that Artemis found it hard to say that he needed help, so she cut in.
"Juliet, look at me. In the eyes, come on."
Juliet did so and Holly layered her voice with the mesmer.
"Could I do this if it wasn't magic?" she asked Juliet. Juliet simply nodded.
"What? Juliet, could I perform the mesmer if I was not an LEP elf?" She added more of the mesmer.
"Well, hypnotists do it all the time, big deal."
"Arrggghh!" said Holly, clenching her teeth. "Something's interfering with the mesmer."
POP!
Suddenly two red headed boys appeared next to Ron.
