Fowl Manor
Amethyst Fowl walked into the room dabbing her still bloody nose with a tissue. Her bodyguard stood behind her. Butler's nephew also known as Butler to Amethyst held her surprisingly heavy school bag as the seven year old girl walked through the doors of the manor.
"Are you sure your father will not be worried?" Frank Butler asked his voice filled with concern.
"Positive, he doesn't even know I exist. The only one he notices is Artemis. Artemis this, Artemis that, why can't you be more like your brother Artemis?" Amethyst grumbled. "Father can't even notice that I'm like him and Willy is like mum, I mean mother. I just hope mother doesn't mind about this bruise on my arm and this nose of mine."
"Emmy, who did you get into a fight with this time?" Athena asked walking into the room. Expression of concern was hardly on her face. Her daughter was trained, so did she care? Nope, not a bit. She was concerned however that she would have to sit through another boring lecture from Artemis or another parent-teacher meeting. She shuddered at the thought of sitting through meetings, she can't even keep a straight face in one of those boring business meetings. She shuddered once again at the memory of falling asleep in the meeting room both in the office and at Amethyst's school.
"One word, Bruiser," the small girl answered taking off the scrunchie that held her black hair in a ponytail.
"So, did you win and did you remember your, ahem, lessons?" Athena asked, her purple eyes glimmering.
Amethyst loved her mother for this sort of understanding. Her rose coloured lips turned into a smile, "Of course I did."
"Great, compared to your injuries how much did he get?" Athena asked.
"Madam, I believe Master Fowl would not be pleased to hear that you have been encouraging your daughter into such activities." It was not exactly a good thing to defy an employer but they were told to treat Mrs. Fowl as a friend and a friend they were. Athena loved that treatment as a normal but it had it's disadvantages.
Amethyst rolled her eyes; sometimes Butler was so overly protective. "Fine Butler. I will cease these activities."
Her mother who was carrying a pile of files, also rolled her eyes and walked towards the study. Amethyst had a feeling that her mother was going to go on one of her hacking sprees again. Smiling, she moved to join her mother to see what she was going to do this time. Last time they brainstormed and caused a meltdown at a company. It was an illegal website which was finally closed down due to a tiny thing called AtAm.
"Miss Fowl," Domovoi Butler began. "Master Fowl wants to see you in his study."
"Thanks Butler," Amethyst smiled. It was kind of confusing to call her Butler, Butler and her father's Butler, Butler. Weird. Still, at the moment she preferred to be spending time with her mother compared to her father.
She walked towards the study quickly and upon her entrance, she saw her father's bodyguards standing behind him. It was not a surprise to her that her father had bodyguards unlike any normal father. But then again her father was a billionaire who she knew was a professional in the criminal world.
"Amethyst," Artemis began, "It has come to my knowledge that you have been fighting in school. Not to mention the fact that you spent thirty thousand dollars on a trip to the shopping complex. This is the type of behaviour I would expect from Juliet, not my own daughter."
"Juliet, if you remember, is already married," Amethyst replied her cold blue eyes glaring at her father, "To Uncle Andrew. You should have said that this behaviour would have been expected from Eve her daughter."
"I do not know Eve, I know Juliet, thus the example," Artemis replied.
"If you got out of the office more often and actually spent time with me and mum maybe you would know more," Amethyst said her temper flaring up.
"I see you inherited your mother's temper," Artemis mused over steepled fingers.
"You would have known earlier if you didn't hate me so much," Amethyst retorted slumping in the Victorian chair and folding her arms, her face still showing signs of anger.
"Hate you?" Artemis chuckled, "I do not hate you. I've just been busy."
Amethyst snorted. "Hah, busy on every day of the week. I know you wanted another boy to carry down the Fowl name and manage your business. You've ignored me since I was three. When I was one and two you were forced to spend time with me. The only thing you ever talk to me about is the stock market. You even ignore mother. If I was her I would have divorced you years ago."
"Well you are not her and I do love your mother very much whether you believe the fact or not," Artemis said with an amused tone in his voice.
"I believe that Aunt Juliet loved Uncle Andrew. I believe that grandpa loves grandma. I don't believe that you even love mum. I even think you married her just because she is the first to challenge you and actually beat you," Amethyst said her voice rising. "I even believe that mother loves me more than you do."
"That was not the topic I called you in for," Artemis said.
"Who cares?" Amethyst shouted, "I'm outtie." She slammed the door behind her as she left.
"Isn't it too early for her to go through this stage of rebellion," Artemis asked the still smirking Juliet.
"Hello. You don't even remember I have a kid," Juliet said, "And you do ignore her too much."
Artemis put a shocked expression on his face, "I do not ignore my own daughter."
His other bodyguard Holmes Butler, who was also acknowledged as Butler leaned forward, "As much as I hate to agree with my cousin. She's right."
"Uh-huh, I know you wished for a son," Juliet said.
"Plus, Amethyst is smart. She received a hundred on a test in only a few minutes," Holmes added.
"It's the genes," Artemis said in an impressed manner. Then he rolled his eyes, "I do not ignore my daughter and I never wished for a son." Receiving a smirk from Juliet, "Fine," he admitted, "I was a tad disappointed when I found out she was a girl. But at that time I did have a son."
"A tad?" Juliet repeated. She ignored his earlier sentence. "Hah, you were more than a tad upset. You freaked."
"That's putting it mildly Juliet," Holmes smiled.
"That's enough from the both of you," Artemis remarked, "I have to get back to work now. I spent ten valuable minutes on Amethyst. Call the chauffer I have work to do on the limo."
"And you say you don't ignore your daughter."
"I really don't," Artemis snapped.
Juliet and Holmes rolled their eyes. Exchanging glances they said, "As if."
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