I do not own the Artemis fowl characters so lets not get the lawyers involved please.
Artemis bid goodnight to Rees and Duncan and left closing the door behind him, he could still hear them sniggering half way up the stairs. "I don't like them Butler" he said when he reached his bedroom door. "You never know Artemis they might turn out to be nicer than you expected," said Butler.
Artemis snorted, "I doubt it" he muttered, he nodded to Butler and went to bed.
Little did he know just how much he would have to put up with that weekend!
Artemis woke up; looking at the clock on the wall he saw it was 4 am he was just wondering why he had woken up so early when he heard a noise coming from down stairs. Burglars? He keep trying on trying to sleep for another 10 minutes before he decided it was no use. He put on some clothes and started to make his way to the ground floor where Butler's room was. He crept down the stairs still listening out for the noises; he was half way across the entrance hall when he heard a voice coming from the landing of the first floor. "Hey Artemis catch". Artemis looked up in time to see one of his mother's vases flying towards him; it broke on his head with a SMASH!
Butler had been sleeping when he heard tiny footsteps coming down the entrance hall staircase. He had been taught how to be a light sleeper at the academy, he also keep his clothes on at night incase of an emergency. He slowly got out of his bed but practically ran to the door when he heard a smash from outside. When he opened the door he saw Artemis turning around to look at him, his eyes were slightly hazed and rocking on his feet. Butler noticed that there was glass at the boy's feet. He also saw Duncan on the landing his arms over the railings although he had just dropped something. On closer inspection of the glass he realized that it was the remains of Mrs. Fowls vase. He looked back at Artemis and said four words "did it hit you?"
Artemis heard a door behind him open it was Butler he looked around for a second and then said to Artemis "did it hit you?" Artemis managed a small nod before every thing went blank and he hit the floor with a thud.
He opened his eyes, his head was aching and he seemed to be laying on the couch in the living room. Everything was a blur and he could see a figure moving around by the door.
His head was cold and when he looked up it was to see Butler's concerned eyes looking down at him. "Artemis your awake, keep your head still whilst I put this bandage on".
Artemis did what he was told and waited until Butler was finished putting the bandage on before asking him a question. "What happened?" he whispered.
"Your cousin here dropped a vase on your head, I have had a word with him but he insists it was an accident" he was looking at the door and Artemis realized that the blurred figure was Duncan. "I'm sorry cuss it was an accident," Duncan muttered.
Artemis could now hear Butler growling slightly by his ear. "Butler it hurts" said Artemis to distract Butler from his obvious anger (albeit what he said was true).
"I'm sorry Artemis it will do for a while, just keep your head still and don't think much" he said with a soothing smile. W hen Butler looked around it was to realize that Duncan had fled the room.