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A/N: to all Holly fans, I promise there will be more Holly in the next chapter, okay?

Chapter 5: Something like a party

Fowl Manor, Dublin, Ireland

Artemis sat in the guest room, waiting for the visitors to come. When the doorbell rang, he sat up straight. He heard his father open the door.

"Ah, Jamison," Artemis heard his father say, "I havent seen you for quite a while now. How are you?"

"I'm fine.You know my children and my wife, so no further introduction is needed. I have much to tell you. After all, it has been seven years. . ."

Artemis Junior watched as his father and a familiar man went towards the study. Artemis hadnt seen this man since he was seven (which is a long time, considering that this is his 14th birthday). Artemis watched as his mother walked towards the door. "Hello, Veronica. Come in, come in--"

"Angeline, You really ought to get a maid," said a tall, slender woman as she walked in. Four children walked behind her, not looking into anyones eyes. She prodded her son and said, "Go, now, and say Hello to the boy like a proper gentleman."

Angeline smiled. "Artemis, this is Jacob Hound. He'll be going to Saint Bartlebys this year, so you might as well get to know him."

Artemis forced a smile, for the sake of his mother. "Hello, Jacob."

Angelines smile disappeared. "Jacob, why wont you look at Artemis?"

The boy sighed and looked Artemis right in the eyes. Artemis heard Mrs. Hound say, "Oh, no, you shouldn't have said that." And it wasn't long before Artemis found out why. The boy had ghostly green eyes that probably could have glown in the dark. Artemis tried to look away, but some sort of force prevented him from doing so. Artemis felt a vein pulse in his temple as all his memories disappeared, He couldn't even remember his own name-

Then he heard a voice. He assumed it was Jacobs voice. Now, Fowl, relax and this won't hurt.I'll say a word, and you will tell me the first word that comes to your head. Ready?

Artemis couldn't nod, but he couldn't speak. So he simply thought, ready.

Good. Artemis realized that Jacob wasn't saying anything, he was just thinking it and somehow, Artemis was hearing it. Let's begin. Fairies.

LEP. Artemis didn't know where that word came from, he just said it.

Captain.

Holly Short.

Commander.

Root.

Centuar.

Foaly.

Dwarf.

Mulch Diggums.

Goblins.

B' wa Kell.

One quick question. Were you mindwiped?

Yes. Artemis wondered if this was some type of hypnotism.

Okay, then when this is all over, you will forget that it ever happened. Got it?

Yes.

Good. The boy blinked, and Artemis was back in the guest room.

Artemis looked at the boy in front of him. He was smiling. Artemis couldn't remember why, but the glint the boys green eyes made Artemis feel that he had something to do with it. He looked at his mother. She was looking at him funny.

Obviously satisfied, the boy brushed past Artemis and sat on the couch. Artemiss mother inturrupted the awkward silence that followed. "Erm. . . Artemis, this is Rebecca." Rebecca smiled and shook his hand. She looked him in the eyes, and Artemis didn't even try to look away from the honey-colored eyes that were almost. . . golden. Her long, coal black hair was familiar, but Artemis couldn't remember where hed seen it.

She didn't hypnotize him the way Jacob had(Though she could if she wanted to), but she did say one thing inside his mind: I want my 2000 dollars back. She then walked towards her brother. Artemis, though curious about Rebecca, turned toward the girl that seemed to be about ten years old. "Hello, Um.--?"

"Samantha."

"Yea." This girls eyes were a normal violet. Nothing freaky happened, and nothing whatsoever was unusual about her. She lacked her older siblings coal black curly hair. Her hair was a wavy brown, with the occasional streak of blond.

He turned towards a five-year-old girl. "Hello, Artemis. My name is Anastasia." Her eyes were a pale blue, unlike Artemis's. They were simaliar to the color of a frozen pond.Her hair was a mixture of black and brown, with a few curls at the ends. Artemis looked down at the hand he was shaking. The young girls fingernails were a mettalic steel color. Why would a five year old have painted fingernails? He felt wires and a button in the palm of her hand. He pressed the button. Steel claws shot out of her nails. She glared at Artemis with her pale eyes and pressed the button again, and the claws retracted.

Artemis looked at his mother. She looked dumbfounded. Obviously she didn't want these children to make friends with her little Arty.

"H-how about you all go downstairs?" Mrs. Hound said, embarrassed by her childrens behavior. She knew they were like this, but Angeline didn't need any more reasons to hate Veronica.

"Yes." Said Angeline. "Maybe you could play chess. Do you like chess?" Jacob, Rebecca, and Anastasia nodded, but Samantha frowned. "Well, that's a majority. Go, now."

Artemis played Jacob three times. First, it was Jacob who was stalemated by Artemis(for those who don't know much about chess, that's a type of draw), and then it was Artemis who was stalemated by Jacob. Then it was a draw from insufficient material.

Rebecca and Anastasia were about to leave the room, when Artemis decided to put the chess board away. "You know, Anastasia, those claws are impressive. Who made them?"

Anastasia raised her eyebrows. "Jacob did. Why do you ask?"

"No reason. So Jacob, youre an inventor?"

Jacob felt suspicious. "Yes, I happen to be one." He replied coldly. Might as well scare the boy off his back.

"So, if I asked for a little help on an invention-"

"No."

"Fine. Be that way. Rebecca, how did you know that I took the money?"

She sighed. "I know how to count, that's how. 2000 pounds were added to your account the same day 2000 pounds were taken from ours."

"So you're a hacker?"

"You are one nosy boy, Fowl."

"So you're a hacker?" He repeated.

"Why do you care?"

Before this could turn into a fight, Veronica Hound came in and told them that they were to go upstairs to the dining room.

The fathers came to the dining room silently. They had obviously been having a very serious conversation. Both fathers were in a bad mood, and when Artemis Fowl Senior and Jamison Hound were angry and in the same room together, a fight was likely to break out. It had been known to happen since their first fight in seventh grade. But they had already had good, loud tantrums in the study and didn't have any more breath to do it again.

There was cake, but no one really ate from it. Angeline and Veronica were both on a diet, the children hated desserts (besides Samantha), and the men barely ate anything at all. Butler, who had overslept, came downstairs (with a bit of trouble) and ate with the families.

Before the Hounds left, their parents forced them to give Artemis at least a card. With much hesitation, they threw their cards in Artemis's direction and walked out the door.

I FORGOT TO WRITE ABOUT SAMPSON!! Oh well. This is my longest chapter.

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