A/N:
Disclaimer: I, don't, own, any, thing. I'm sorry, but even a gerbil would know this by now! (Lawyers advance threateningly) Well it would! And I said nothing that would give you grounds to sue me! (Move into huddle and mutter, big scary guy nods at me, and they all move away.)
A/N: Okay, apparently I didn't make much sense when I wrote the last chapter. I don't know why, but there it is. Artemis IS in his house again; this is all going to be explained in this chapter. But Artemis has been transported back to his house. Surrounded by fairies, in the blink of an eye. And that is what happened. (Me flipping through pages if manuscript, "I just don't see where it went wrong...) Oh, and '' generally means thoughts. Thoughts will be treated the same way as dialogs, just with ' instead of ". ************************************************************************
As I entered the room I looked over at Artemis. He was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. He looked dejected, almost as if he had finally faced something that he had been running from for a great amount of time, and now didn't know what to do.
I softly walked over to him before carefully choosing a seat next to him. "Do you want to talk about it?" I asked him softly, slipping an arm around his shoulders.
He looked up and gave me his customary glare, looking pointedly at my arm. I hurriedly removed the offensive object, rolling my eyes in the process. He continued to ignore me after that, and I finally spoke up. IT occurred to me that I was doing that a lot lately.
"Are you going to tell me what happened, and explain to me what you explained to the fairies? With obvious editing of course." I added as he opened his mouth.
He looked at me for a second before gathering his cold outlook around him and commenced to speak. "Very well, you do deserve some form of an explanation." He told me, his voice void of any emotion.
"I agree," I replied, letting a slight amount of my irritation leak through.
Artemis graced me with a smirk before continuing. "I've already told you about how I created the dimension machine, and about how we arrived at "your" dimension." He explained slowly, normally that would offend me, but right then I needed it. "I've already explained how Foally was just flinging you into a random dimension, it is remarkable that he even got you that close. Anyway," he continued with a glare in my direction as I began to open my mouth. "The fairies HAD learned about my invention through their cameras, but not enough to have proof. Knowing how dangerous I could be they sent me to your dimension, hoping that I would send myself back and incriminate myself. They had bugged me with a device that somehow manages to work through dimensions, I won't bore you with the details, you wouldn't understand them anyway," he told, not being snide, just stating a fact.
"So, why didn't they let you go back on your own?" I asked him, my eyes wide.
He let out a sigh before answering, "If you send yourself back to your dimension you enter at the exact moment you leave, they didn't learn that until they had already sent me into your double's dimension. If someone from another dimension drags you into their dimension, then you enter at the exact moment that you were sent for." He told me, being surprisingly patient.
"Oh," I breathed my eyes wide. "So," I began, a flaw in his explanation revealing itself, "Why didn't I arrive at your house right when you sent for me?" I asked him, feeling as if the answer was of the utmost importance. I ALWAYS get that way when I'm curious about something.
Artemis looked at me for a second before replying. He seemed to be weighing unknown factors with an invisible scale. After a second he looked up at me and replied, "You did."
That one simple fact sent me careening. 'So, when he had acted all shocked, he was well aware of what was going on... But how, and why did he act the way he did? Unless he suspected the fairies already knew... Then he would try to act shocked. But if he knew they knew, why would he perform the experiment?' I mused silently, my thoughts chasing through many silent paths and dark dead ends.
"Explain," I finally said, and that was ALL I said.
Artemis looked at me, glimmerings of his amusement surfacing. I looked grimly back at him, and he sobered in appearance and truth.
"I didn't trust the fairies, they were too afraid of me still. The council was looking for an excuse to mind wipe me; I knew that if they heard about this invention they would use it as proof of my danger to their safety. I wasn't going to let them stop me from my search for knowledge, so I continued with my experiments. I didn't tell Butler, Juliet, my parents, ANYONE about my inventions, it was too dangerous." He told me all of this with a blank face. The only emotion that he showed was one of disappointment.
"I had meant to bring a fruit or some form of vegetable into my room, not an adolescent girl," he continued with a slight smile, almost as if he found it all very humorous now. I returned his smile, remembering how I had appeared in his room.
"What were the odds that you would have a girl from a world where you were a story appear in your room?" I asked with a laugh, not expecting an answer.
"One to infinity," he replied with a slight smile, a distant look to his eyes.
I gave him a grin before sobering, at the look on my face Artemis did the same. "Will the fairies mind wipe you? And I'm assuming they put you under Mesmer..." I trailed of, letting him continue if he wished.
"Yes they did, that's why I'm sure that I won't be mind wiped." He replied; I was obviously on unstable ground.
"You told them all that you told me and more, didn't you?" I asked softly. He didn't reply, in fact, he chose to ignore I that I had spoken to him. "Well, if it helps any, I forgive you for dragging me here, lying to me, and getting me into so many impossible circumstances. In fact, I wouldn't have had it happen any other way." I told him sincerely, I think he believed me.
I rose to leave but he called me back, "Wait, I need you to get Butler, Juliet...and my Parents. They are in the south wing, the third door to the left." Artemis reached into his pocket and withdrew a remote control with red and blue buttons. "Press the blue button, they will all be asleep and that will awaken them. After they are awake, please send them to the lounge," he asked softly, not scared, just calm.
"All right, I'll be in my room if you need me," I told him with a reassuring smile.
I headed to the south-wing and walked up to the right door, then I slowly opened it. Inside of it Juliet, Butler, and his Parents were all sleeping. I walked as far away from Butler as I could, then realized I was near Juliet. I looked around, figured if I was near the Fowls Butler might think I was dangerous in the moments of sudden consciousness. I didn't want to deal with an angry Butler, male or female, so I went outside the door, leaving it open though.
I took a breath and pressed the blue button, the Butlers were the first to revive. After a few seconds Butler woke up, he took one look at the Fowls and Juliet and began to look for who did it. He spotted me, and somehow didn't recognize me; he roared and lunged at me. I let out a terrified scream, not realizing what I was doing. Quick as a snap I closed the door, and held the doorknob shut.
I heard panting on the other side and a sudden stop. I spoke up; I wasn't going to stand there all day. "Butler, it's me Cerinthia, when I open the door, please don't kill me." There was silence on the other side, "Butler, I'm not opening the door until you promise not to hurt me," I continued nervously, debating whether or not to run.
I heard laughter on the other side, and bristled angrily. "I won't kill you Cerinthia, I promise," Butler replied, laughing.
I opened the door hesitantly and peeked around the framed. Butler was looking at me with a sheepish grin.
"Please tell me that you didn't recognize me when you lunged," I told him sharply.
"I didn't, don't worry," he replied with a hidden smile.
I heard laughter from Juliet then, she was awake. "You should have seen your face," Juliet told me, a grin about to split her face in two.
"Well, you would have ran too if a hippo in the form of a man ran at you!" I yelled back at her.
Butler didn't look too pleased with that reply, but he hid it well. That was when the Fowls woke up, Butler and Juliet immediately attended to them. Mr. and Mrs. Fowl were soon brushing them off and insisting they were fine.
Butler suddenly looked up at me, "Where's Artemis, is he hurt, what happened," he began in a rush.
"He's fine," I told him soothingly, "He is in the lounge, and would like to speak to all of you. I think it's important," I added gently.
Butler gave me a nod and he and Juliet immediately began to help the Fowls up and they were soon cleared out of there. I let loose a sigh, the weight of the day settling over me. As I dragged myself into my room I contemplated the fact that I could go home now. But I had two homes, how could I give one up? In the end the thought was too painful and I shoved it too the back of my mind.
As I reached my room I went beeline to the bathroom. The water was soon steaming from the spout and the bath quickly filling. A few scents later and the room smelled of vanilla, orange, and a lovely herb I couldn't name. I sank beneath the bubbles and just let my thoughts float with the tide of my dreams. The warm water and pleasant smells assuaging my fears. ************************************************************************
A/N: Reviewage! And thank you for being so patient with me, I don't deserve it. Should be one chapter more! So many reviews! Alright, the last chapter was SUPPOSED to happen that way. They were supposed to suddenly appear, that was on purpose. I probably shouldn't have done it in two chapters though. I am sorry. Lesson learned and filed away for futur use. The next chapter is my last, so I won't update until it is good, and I have as many reviews as possible. I would like to say thank you and hello to as many of you as I can! Oh, and Eliza Star, you DIDN'T review! I expect better next time! Though my updating skills hardly put me in the position to pout. I just want to give you a special note before this is over.
Uncared for(): Is this long? Um, 4.4 days...wow, every day for most updates and a month for the last four. Look at what that will do too your average... It is a little sad, but it's nice to know, I hope I wont forget that little fun fact. Are you REALLY uncared for? That would be so sad. If not, why did you choose that screen name? Oh, and every chapter isn't brilliant, remmember the first one...
Grub Kelp: Are you a guy? Just curious, there are so few guys on this sight. You actually read all seven more! WOW! You have too much time on your hands...
Hannababara(): Yeah, I don't know where it got confusing, honestly. Well, maybe when I do my once over it will make sense. Who knows.
Anthony1234: No, it's my fault. Your computer is just fine. He just suddenly appeared in his house surrounded by fairies. Sorry. How they got to Artemis' house was HOPEFULLy explained.
Jessica: You like this chapter? Everyone else is confused. I'm sorry it took so long to update. What does, non-fuax-pau mean? You're right, I didn't start with a plot. But the next one has a plot, DUH DUH DUH! So that means it should be EXCELENT! I hope this plot is complitcated enough for yah! I updated I updated already! I REALLY am sorry!
Selena(): You didn't miss anything, that was a writers stupidity momment. Sorry.
Mad Sam(): I'm sorry it is on a cliffhanger, but Idealy this would all be one gaint chapter. I couldn't pull it off, too much writers block, so you see the results. I hope your question was explained.
CleopatraK: I've updated! You must feel SO happy now! (yeah right) You loved the chapter? AND you understood it? WOW! You are the secodn out of all of the reviewers who did.
Chickyho: I can't stop the cliffhangers! By all rights the last few chapters should be one GAINT chapter. I couldn't pull it offf, so here is the result. Sorry! Janie was supposed to be obvious, and Thia feels like Artemis is a brother. Sorry, but my first fic CAN'T be a mary-sue.
Angelgirl10: I did NOT skip the going back! She was instintaniously brought back! Geesh! (sheepish grin) sorry, I'm just sick off every one telling me that. It WAS a good chapter? Oh thank God! Oh, and I haven't seen the new Peter Pan movie. (tear runs down cheek) Did it keep to the story? Boy do I hope so!
"A true story is like a doughnut. It never ends, but seems to loop around and repeat the same misadventures and joys over and over. Since there is no true end, this makes it seem like it has a hole in the center. Thus it is a doughnut."
Idea from Wyrm, I think. Refreased by me!
Spike TV: All right all ready! I realize last chapter was confusign! Geesh! All of you reviews are on my back about it! I'm sorry! (sheepish smile) Sorry, only two people so far HAVEN'T mentioned the fact that they were confused. I know it is constructive critisism, and I often take flames as constructive also. Thank you for your concern also. It was supposed to be sudden, but maybe doing it in two chapters wasn't all that smart. Sorry.
Disclaimer: I, don't, own, any, thing. I'm sorry, but even a gerbil would know this by now! (Lawyers advance threateningly) Well it would! And I said nothing that would give you grounds to sue me! (Move into huddle and mutter, big scary guy nods at me, and they all move away.)
A/N: Okay, apparently I didn't make much sense when I wrote the last chapter. I don't know why, but there it is. Artemis IS in his house again; this is all going to be explained in this chapter. But Artemis has been transported back to his house. Surrounded by fairies, in the blink of an eye. And that is what happened. (Me flipping through pages if manuscript, "I just don't see where it went wrong...) Oh, and '' generally means thoughts. Thoughts will be treated the same way as dialogs, just with ' instead of ". ************************************************************************
As I entered the room I looked over at Artemis. He was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. He looked dejected, almost as if he had finally faced something that he had been running from for a great amount of time, and now didn't know what to do.
I softly walked over to him before carefully choosing a seat next to him. "Do you want to talk about it?" I asked him softly, slipping an arm around his shoulders.
He looked up and gave me his customary glare, looking pointedly at my arm. I hurriedly removed the offensive object, rolling my eyes in the process. He continued to ignore me after that, and I finally spoke up. IT occurred to me that I was doing that a lot lately.
"Are you going to tell me what happened, and explain to me what you explained to the fairies? With obvious editing of course." I added as he opened his mouth.
He looked at me for a second before gathering his cold outlook around him and commenced to speak. "Very well, you do deserve some form of an explanation." He told me, his voice void of any emotion.
"I agree," I replied, letting a slight amount of my irritation leak through.
Artemis graced me with a smirk before continuing. "I've already told you about how I created the dimension machine, and about how we arrived at "your" dimension." He explained slowly, normally that would offend me, but right then I needed it. "I've already explained how Foally was just flinging you into a random dimension, it is remarkable that he even got you that close. Anyway," he continued with a glare in my direction as I began to open my mouth. "The fairies HAD learned about my invention through their cameras, but not enough to have proof. Knowing how dangerous I could be they sent me to your dimension, hoping that I would send myself back and incriminate myself. They had bugged me with a device that somehow manages to work through dimensions, I won't bore you with the details, you wouldn't understand them anyway," he told, not being snide, just stating a fact.
"So, why didn't they let you go back on your own?" I asked him, my eyes wide.
He let out a sigh before answering, "If you send yourself back to your dimension you enter at the exact moment you leave, they didn't learn that until they had already sent me into your double's dimension. If someone from another dimension drags you into their dimension, then you enter at the exact moment that you were sent for." He told me, being surprisingly patient.
"Oh," I breathed my eyes wide. "So," I began, a flaw in his explanation revealing itself, "Why didn't I arrive at your house right when you sent for me?" I asked him, feeling as if the answer was of the utmost importance. I ALWAYS get that way when I'm curious about something.
Artemis looked at me for a second before replying. He seemed to be weighing unknown factors with an invisible scale. After a second he looked up at me and replied, "You did."
That one simple fact sent me careening. 'So, when he had acted all shocked, he was well aware of what was going on... But how, and why did he act the way he did? Unless he suspected the fairies already knew... Then he would try to act shocked. But if he knew they knew, why would he perform the experiment?' I mused silently, my thoughts chasing through many silent paths and dark dead ends.
"Explain," I finally said, and that was ALL I said.
Artemis looked at me, glimmerings of his amusement surfacing. I looked grimly back at him, and he sobered in appearance and truth.
"I didn't trust the fairies, they were too afraid of me still. The council was looking for an excuse to mind wipe me; I knew that if they heard about this invention they would use it as proof of my danger to their safety. I wasn't going to let them stop me from my search for knowledge, so I continued with my experiments. I didn't tell Butler, Juliet, my parents, ANYONE about my inventions, it was too dangerous." He told me all of this with a blank face. The only emotion that he showed was one of disappointment.
"I had meant to bring a fruit or some form of vegetable into my room, not an adolescent girl," he continued with a slight smile, almost as if he found it all very humorous now. I returned his smile, remembering how I had appeared in his room.
"What were the odds that you would have a girl from a world where you were a story appear in your room?" I asked with a laugh, not expecting an answer.
"One to infinity," he replied with a slight smile, a distant look to his eyes.
I gave him a grin before sobering, at the look on my face Artemis did the same. "Will the fairies mind wipe you? And I'm assuming they put you under Mesmer..." I trailed of, letting him continue if he wished.
"Yes they did, that's why I'm sure that I won't be mind wiped." He replied; I was obviously on unstable ground.
"You told them all that you told me and more, didn't you?" I asked softly. He didn't reply, in fact, he chose to ignore I that I had spoken to him. "Well, if it helps any, I forgive you for dragging me here, lying to me, and getting me into so many impossible circumstances. In fact, I wouldn't have had it happen any other way." I told him sincerely, I think he believed me.
I rose to leave but he called me back, "Wait, I need you to get Butler, Juliet...and my Parents. They are in the south wing, the third door to the left." Artemis reached into his pocket and withdrew a remote control with red and blue buttons. "Press the blue button, they will all be asleep and that will awaken them. After they are awake, please send them to the lounge," he asked softly, not scared, just calm.
"All right, I'll be in my room if you need me," I told him with a reassuring smile.
I headed to the south-wing and walked up to the right door, then I slowly opened it. Inside of it Juliet, Butler, and his Parents were all sleeping. I walked as far away from Butler as I could, then realized I was near Juliet. I looked around, figured if I was near the Fowls Butler might think I was dangerous in the moments of sudden consciousness. I didn't want to deal with an angry Butler, male or female, so I went outside the door, leaving it open though.
I took a breath and pressed the blue button, the Butlers were the first to revive. After a few seconds Butler woke up, he took one look at the Fowls and Juliet and began to look for who did it. He spotted me, and somehow didn't recognize me; he roared and lunged at me. I let out a terrified scream, not realizing what I was doing. Quick as a snap I closed the door, and held the doorknob shut.
I heard panting on the other side and a sudden stop. I spoke up; I wasn't going to stand there all day. "Butler, it's me Cerinthia, when I open the door, please don't kill me." There was silence on the other side, "Butler, I'm not opening the door until you promise not to hurt me," I continued nervously, debating whether or not to run.
I heard laughter on the other side, and bristled angrily. "I won't kill you Cerinthia, I promise," Butler replied, laughing.
I opened the door hesitantly and peeked around the framed. Butler was looking at me with a sheepish grin.
"Please tell me that you didn't recognize me when you lunged," I told him sharply.
"I didn't, don't worry," he replied with a hidden smile.
I heard laughter from Juliet then, she was awake. "You should have seen your face," Juliet told me, a grin about to split her face in two.
"Well, you would have ran too if a hippo in the form of a man ran at you!" I yelled back at her.
Butler didn't look too pleased with that reply, but he hid it well. That was when the Fowls woke up, Butler and Juliet immediately attended to them. Mr. and Mrs. Fowl were soon brushing them off and insisting they were fine.
Butler suddenly looked up at me, "Where's Artemis, is he hurt, what happened," he began in a rush.
"He's fine," I told him soothingly, "He is in the lounge, and would like to speak to all of you. I think it's important," I added gently.
Butler gave me a nod and he and Juliet immediately began to help the Fowls up and they were soon cleared out of there. I let loose a sigh, the weight of the day settling over me. As I dragged myself into my room I contemplated the fact that I could go home now. But I had two homes, how could I give one up? In the end the thought was too painful and I shoved it too the back of my mind.
As I reached my room I went beeline to the bathroom. The water was soon steaming from the spout and the bath quickly filling. A few scents later and the room smelled of vanilla, orange, and a lovely herb I couldn't name. I sank beneath the bubbles and just let my thoughts float with the tide of my dreams. The warm water and pleasant smells assuaging my fears. ************************************************************************
A/N: Reviewage! And thank you for being so patient with me, I don't deserve it. Should be one chapter more! So many reviews! Alright, the last chapter was SUPPOSED to happen that way. They were supposed to suddenly appear, that was on purpose. I probably shouldn't have done it in two chapters though. I am sorry. Lesson learned and filed away for futur use. The next chapter is my last, so I won't update until it is good, and I have as many reviews as possible. I would like to say thank you and hello to as many of you as I can! Oh, and Eliza Star, you DIDN'T review! I expect better next time! Though my updating skills hardly put me in the position to pout. I just want to give you a special note before this is over.
Uncared for(): Is this long? Um, 4.4 days...wow, every day for most updates and a month for the last four. Look at what that will do too your average... It is a little sad, but it's nice to know, I hope I wont forget that little fun fact. Are you REALLY uncared for? That would be so sad. If not, why did you choose that screen name? Oh, and every chapter isn't brilliant, remmember the first one...
Grub Kelp: Are you a guy? Just curious, there are so few guys on this sight. You actually read all seven more! WOW! You have too much time on your hands...
Hannababara(): Yeah, I don't know where it got confusing, honestly. Well, maybe when I do my once over it will make sense. Who knows.
Anthony1234: No, it's my fault. Your computer is just fine. He just suddenly appeared in his house surrounded by fairies. Sorry. How they got to Artemis' house was HOPEFULLy explained.
Jessica: You like this chapter? Everyone else is confused. I'm sorry it took so long to update. What does, non-fuax-pau mean? You're right, I didn't start with a plot. But the next one has a plot, DUH DUH DUH! So that means it should be EXCELENT! I hope this plot is complitcated enough for yah! I updated I updated already! I REALLY am sorry!
Selena(): You didn't miss anything, that was a writers stupidity momment. Sorry.
Mad Sam(): I'm sorry it is on a cliffhanger, but Idealy this would all be one gaint chapter. I couldn't pull it off, too much writers block, so you see the results. I hope your question was explained.
CleopatraK: I've updated! You must feel SO happy now! (yeah right) You loved the chapter? AND you understood it? WOW! You are the secodn out of all of the reviewers who did.
Chickyho: I can't stop the cliffhangers! By all rights the last few chapters should be one GAINT chapter. I couldn't pull it offf, so here is the result. Sorry! Janie was supposed to be obvious, and Thia feels like Artemis is a brother. Sorry, but my first fic CAN'T be a mary-sue.
Angelgirl10: I did NOT skip the going back! She was instintaniously brought back! Geesh! (sheepish grin) sorry, I'm just sick off every one telling me that. It WAS a good chapter? Oh thank God! Oh, and I haven't seen the new Peter Pan movie. (tear runs down cheek) Did it keep to the story? Boy do I hope so!
"A true story is like a doughnut. It never ends, but seems to loop around and repeat the same misadventures and joys over and over. Since there is no true end, this makes it seem like it has a hole in the center. Thus it is a doughnut."
Idea from Wyrm, I think. Refreased by me!
Spike TV: All right all ready! I realize last chapter was confusign! Geesh! All of you reviews are on my back about it! I'm sorry! (sheepish smile) Sorry, only two people so far HAVEN'T mentioned the fact that they were confused. I know it is constructive critisism, and I often take flames as constructive also. Thank you for your concern also. It was supposed to be sudden, but maybe doing it in two chapters wasn't all that smart. Sorry.