Chapter 5 is up! Though it may seem boring. Did I take long to update? If I did, I am very sorry... Won't be updating for a while, my exams are coming. Okay, all my replies to all my reviewers. Mine, I say, MINE!!! (Bares teeth)

Very, very long-winded replies to sighing reviewers:

Hiei's pet money: Thanks for reviewing!!! Yeah, I know it's not normal for Artemis to whistle. It's not right, either. But I was typing really fast so I guess I didn't really take notice of what ridiculous things I was writing. Also, Holly actually tried to look for Opal before giving up. Who wouldn't give up??? You can get out of the strait jacket now (mental hospital people help you get out of the strait jacket). You understand, don't you? Send my regards to the dead ant. Tell him I am truly sorry to have killed him. What colour's his grave? Here's a flower (passes over a flower) to give him.

Snuffles208: Thanks so much for reviewing two times in a row! Is it really THAT great? I don't think so...

yourfan: Thank you for reviewing! Continue to review!

sabouki: Answer to your first question: Huh? What deal??? (Looks blankly into space, scratching head) Answer to 2nd question: I don't know. Probably because she looks completely idiotic from the view of passing fairies below. And because Chix was bothering her when she was in a bad mood (bad mood because of the stupid assignment she was given). Answer to 3rd question: Cool question. I don't know either! Did I actually make him look stupid? Oh, sorry then, Mulch. (Looks around for Mulch, can't find anything and stares back at the computer screen). But isn't he supposed to be stupid? Answer to 4th question: I thought I made Foaly sarcastic enough??? He was a bit sarcastic, but only a bit. Your questions have been fulfilled! Thank you soooo much for reviewing!

RaptorK: Thank you soooo much for reviewing. But WHY are there Chinese words? SOOO irritating.

Did I miss out anyone? If not, thank you once again for reviewing!!!

Waited long? Okay, here's the chapter.

P.S: Artemis the little girl genius is here! (Artemis Fowl pouts (okay, he'll never do that, but whatever.) and glares at Artemis Fole, saying, "How dare a dimwitted little girl like you steal my name! Humph! And half of my surname, too! I hate you, stupid little Fole girl!!!)

Chapter 5: The Plan

Artemis Fole couldn't sleep. Well, that was no surprise. Deprived from her daily taekwando training, all she did nowadays was sit and stare at the computer, going through endless sites on the Internet. Well, she always did that, but now it was going a bit overboard. Practically seven hours sitting on her seat in front of the computer! She sighed and jumped down from her bed, practicing a few moves. A few wooden boards were smashed in the process.

"ARTEMIS! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?" a voice roared from somewhere below.

Oops. Her mother had woken up.

"Nothing!" she lied hopefully.

"I'M COMING TO SEE YOU RIGHT NOW, YOUNG LADY!!!" yelled Artemis's mother and Artemis could hear the sound of the lift moving up to her bedroom.

She sighed again and retreated to her bed, proceeding to punching her pillow.

Her mother entered.

"Oh, God, what are you doing?"

"Punching my pillow, Mother."

"But, for WHAT?"

"Nothing. It's for fun," Artemis replied happily. Artemis Fole's mother, Annabelle Fole, sighed as she sat down on the edge of Artemis's bed. Sometimes, she thought her daughter was suffering from something (maybe a disorder?). She was so intelligent, yet so stubborn and bold. Wait. Why had she listened to her when she was using the computer? It wasn't like her to be so obliging.

"Artemis, darling, what were you doing during the afternoon on the computer?" she asked softly. Artemis froze for a second in her punching; cringed as she heard the word Artemis (it reminded her of the Fowl boy) and then continued punching her pillow harder than ever. A few feathers flew out and there was a big tear in the pillowcase.

"Nothing, Mother, honestly," she replied. "I was just trying to reset the computer, you know, because it had some virus thingy and I had to get rid of it, and some of my encrypted files had been cancelled in the process, and so I had to try to get them back, which is why I took so long on the computer." (A/N: She's such a good liar, isn't she?)

Annabelle looked blankly at her daughter. What was she talking about? Some weird technology thing, she grumbled to herself. That child is smarter than me, even. She smiled weakly at her daughter.

"Yes, dear. I understand. Arty, go out in the sun a bit more. You're so white!" she complained. Artemis cringed.

"Mother, don't call me Arty," she groaned. "And don't start on about my hair and my eyes and-" But it was too late. Annabelle Fole had started on about her daughter's jet-black hair and her eyes, which had lines of red running across the white.

"Oh, don't be like that, Arty. Your hair is so very black, you know. Does black and blue go nicely together? I do think they do. Do you comb your hair, darling? Your hair is sticking out in all directions! Poor you, look at your sore eyes! Don't you agree black and bright blue go nicely together?" babbled Annabelle, waving her hands as she spoke.

Artemis thought about the picture of Fowl she had seen on the Net. Black hair. Blue eyes. Rich genius who apparently obtained approximately a few tons gold as easily as if it dropped from the sky.

"No," she said loudly. "Black and blue together looks horrible." She added under her breath, "Especially if it's like Fowl's."

Annabelle Fole looked horrified.

"Oh, Arty, you can't possibly say that!" she cried, wringing her hands.

"Mother, I seriously need some sleep, so would you mind leaving?" she said politely and a bit exasperatedly. Her mother sighed, defeated. She ruffled her daughter's hair and left.

Artemis slumped back against her torn pillow, now extremely fluffy. How she wished gold and riches would fall from the sky! But, no. She had to get her hands on the gold, like how Fowl had done. How did he do it, anyway? She decided it was time to go for a nighttime walk.

She changed into a shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans, pulling a thick purple sweater over her shirt and zipping it up to her neck. She strapped on a watch and tied her long thick black hair into a ponytail (she had to comb it for quite a while for when she tied her hair, the hair all popped out at the back).

As she put down the comb, she spotted her pair of sunglasses, glinting in the moonlight, as if trying to say, Come on, Arty girl, put me on! You'll need me, honest. Artemis reached out for it and for no reason whatsoever, she stuffed it into her jeans pocket with part of it sticking out.

Pulling on a pair of white socks and sneakers, she opened the window. The nighttime air engulfed the enclosed air-conditioned room air. She breathed deeply. She wasn't going to walk for fun (like she usually did), she was going out for some reason, but she wasn't clear what. Probably to look for fairies, but even that seemed ridiculous in her mind. Well, she was five; nobody would make fun of her believing in fairies.

She inserted a hairpin into the lock of the window grille and after twisting it around for a while, she slid the window grille open. She tied the rope onto a bar of the window grille and just to make sure she did not fall, she tied another knot on the leg of her bed and on the other window grille. Then, she tied one last knot on the open window grille. She tugged tentatively at the rope. It did not come undone. She tugged so hard on the rope she fell over. The rope remained as firm as ever.

Okay, Artemis, she thought. You can do this, just a small walk through the forest and back. She tiptoed and peered over the windowsill. The huge shadow of the forest loomed across the grounds of her mansion. She sighed and holding the long rope in her hands, she climbed over the windowsill and dangled outside (A/N: So dangerous, right?). She placed her feet on the wall of her mansion and slowly climbed downwards. The path to freedom.

The Earth's Core (third time)

Opal giggled as she let gold fall through her fingers. A good two tons of gold. Not exactly two tons anymore, but roughly two tons. Some had been used to bribe goblins into her evil scheme; most of it will have to be paid to the goblins afterward, but she would still be rich.

The hostage fund gold gleamed in the light and heat of the burning core of the Earth. Opal adjusted her helmet, reflecting the light of the burning core away from her eyes. She chuckled evilly as she thought of how she had stolen the gold. Shut down all security systems, sneak into the heavily guarded (but at that time, it was not guarded at all) and grab as much gold as possible. Sneak out, turn on security, and run away. So simple. To shut down Foaly's systems that is.

Suddenly, an ugly hand shot down the metal box where the gold was contained and brought up a few pieces of gold in a grimy palm. Opal looked up. It was a goblin, of course.

"LET – GO – OF – MY – GOLD!!!" she cried shrilly as the pieces of gold were shaken from the goblin's hand. The goblin licked his eyeballs, staring at Opal, terrified.

"I wasn't stealing nuthin', Boss! Me Dunky is innocent!" protested the goblin. Opal rolled her eyes.

"As if. And so what were you doing with my gold, huh, Dunky?"

"Nuthin'! Was just examinin' it! What's wrong with that, huh, Boss? It isn't your gold anyway," said the goblin defensively. Opal kicked the goblin.

"You're SO fired!" she screamed. "Now, all the rest of you gather here and I will tell you my plan."

The goblins gathered around their boss eagerly, the retrenched goblin sucking his thumb and licking his eyeballs stupidly.

"Now, listen up. This is the plan. First, we fly up to the Mud Land..."

"How, Boss?"

"I made an illegal chute with Briar Cudgeon secretly," snapped Opal. "So I would very much appreciate it if you would just SHUT UP and listen."

The goblins obeyed, eyeing the huge pile of gold in the metal box.

"We land on the surface, in these woods, right next to a mansion called the Fole Mansion..."

"Shouldn't it be Fowl Manor, Boss?"

"SHUT UP!!! That Mud Boy is not involved! It's just a huge mansion called Fole Mansion and I have no idea what that is! So LISTEN!!!" screamed Opal angrily. Why were these dull-witted goblins interrupting her plan? Might as well get rid of all of them, give each of them a kick in the behind and send them howling back to Howler's Peak. She decided to explain simply.

"Anyway, we stop there, and I shall shield the shuttle using a special shield, so it would be shielded..."

"What's up with all the 'shield's, Boss? Makin' us goblins dizzy, ya know."

"Whatever. Anyway, we will then shield and look for an area where Mud People usually gather. We need to look for the exact place, which is why we have to go above the surface to look. Then, we fly back to Howler's Peak, grab more materials as you stupid goblins will probably batter the shuttle to bits, and then back we come here. Got it?" Opal paused, looking around at her goblins.

"But, Boss, won't the LEP find us? When we fly in full view to Howler's Peak?"

"No, I made the shuttle undetectable. I bet Foaly's tearing his hair out as he can't find a single bit of me on his so-called special radar," said Opal happily.

"Boss, why must we even go to that 'Irerland'? Can't you look for a crowded place in your radar thingy?" complained the goblin. "Can't we just stay here?"

"BECAUSE, I don't HAVE a radar!!! And it's Ireland, not 'Irerland'."

"You have one in the shuttle."

"That's only for seeing if those LEPrecon and LEPretrieval teams are looking for us, you dimwit!"

"Boss, are you stupider than us goblins? Make another one!"

"I don't have enough materials! Or the required ones! Do you think I'm dumb, goblin?"

"No, Boss," said the goblin sullenly.

"Now, everybody get into the shuttle! We go now!"

The goblins piled into the shuttle, a few of them armed with some ancient Softnoses Opal had managed to nick from B'wa Kell. They even had those really old batteries powered in them!

"Boss, you mean, we go up there, look for a crowded place, then come down again? What kind of plan is THAT?"

"It's a plan, goblin. It's a plan."

A/N: This chapter is more boring than the others, but tomorrow's my Chinese exam and I'm supposed to be studying... But the next chapter is when ::drums roll:: Won't tell!!! You've probably guessed what's going to happen next already. Please review!!! I love reviews!!! You see that tiny little button over there called 'Go'? Just click it. It'll do good things to me. Thank you!