Josco: -jumping up and down- YAY! I've gotten so many reviews! I'm so happy! In fact, I'm so happy I'm gonna say something to a couple of specific peoples!

IhateBeetroot- I dunno why I named her Amber…I'll work on it…

AgiVega-I'm aware I've left a lot unsaid, but like I did say in the first chapter: I have no idea where this is going… I'll work on those things too.

Everybody else- Here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Josco does not own anything related to Artemis Fowl other than a dying copy of the first one and one nice copy of each of the other two. :P Oh. She owns Amber too.

Outcasts-Chapter Three- Butterflies and Dates

Holly grinned; finally she had found him again. He had disappeared of the face of the earth and now he was back. There was no way he could leave her now. He had seen his own daughter. And he knew it was his. There was no mistaking it. Amber came running back to her mother.

"See mommy? I told you he's nice!" She grinned and tried to catch her breath. "I told ya so, I told ya so!" She stuck out her tongue.

"Excuse me Missie? Do we stick our tongues out at people?" Holly said sternly.

"No… I'm sowwy. Mommy, I'm tired. Can we go home?" Holly looked at Artemis. "Pwease?" She tilted her head and turned her body back and forth.

"Yeah honey, we can just hold on one minute. Okay?"

"OKAY! Can I go get a drink weal fast?" Her mother smiled and gave her the okay and she ran off toward the drinking fountain about ten feet away. Holly stared up at the clouds in the perfect blue sky. She looked back down and saw Artemis watching her intently. A ball bounced over towards Butler and he tossed it back to the little kids.

"How are we going to work this out?" She asked him. He got a thoughtful look in his eyes and responded a moment after.

"I still own Fowl Manor. I've been renting it out and making some good honest money off of it. The people who are renting it right now are moving out on Friday. That'd give you three days to pack all your stuff up and explain things to Amber."

"Packing will only take about half a day, we just moved in here. But explaining this all to Amber? This will be a task. But I really think she'll be happy. You see, when she first told me about you, she said she wanted you to be her daddy." Artemis smiled. "She said Root was mean and smells funny. Which, now that I think of it, he does. He smells like those awful cigars he smokes."

"She said that she wanted me to be her daddy to me too." Artemis' features took on a content expression. "Wow… its amazing how innocent children are." He looked over to Amber, who was standing perfectly still. "Why's she standing so still?" He said in a slightly quieter voice.

"Look on her arm." Artemis did, and saw a blue butterfly had alighted on it. Amber was so still and calm that he almost thought there was no way she was only six. "I've taught her how to control her energy, how to be still, how to be unseen or unnoticed."

"I've found that she's good at not being noticed. I was sitting here for probably five minutes until I noticed her reading over my shoulder. At least, I think she was reading. How well can she read?"

"In English or in Gnomish?" Holly asked as if it was an everyday question.

"She can read both?" Holly nodded. "Wow. You really have been training her haven't you? Does she have any signs of the elfish magic in her?" Holly shrugged. "No way to tell huh? Can's you just tell her what she is and ask her to try to do something?"

"Root forbids me from training her in anything related to The People. I simply taught her Gnomish and told her it was a code." Amber came running over to them.

"I'm ready to go mommy! Did you see me? Did you see the butterfly?"

"Yes, we did Amber. That was really cool. Butterflies don't come to just anyone you know. They like fairies. I guess that means you must be part fairy." Artemis said smiling at her. She gasped at the thought. Holly opened her mouth to protest, but her daughter cut her off.

"Oh… do you really think so Mister? Honest to Injun?"

"No, I don't think so. I know so." Amber latched onto him.

"Oh! Thank you!"

"Come on Amber. We've got to get home now honey. It's almost time for dinner." She nodded to Artemis. "It was nice talking to you. See you in three days."

Josco: Kinda short, I know. But I really like how this one turned out. Artemis is so devious. I'm really sorry about how short it is. :(

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