Why Me?

Butler's POV

Artemis's temperature gradually increased. But something extremely odd has happened. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it. Artemis was asleep, of course, but his eyes were tearing. Tears fell down his face as though he was crying normally. I had never heard of such a thing as someone crying while they are asleep. I am sure that he was still asleep. I can't believe what is happening. But seeing is believing, right?

Artemis's POV (still...)

That was the last straw. I wouldn't do anything for father anymore. I had lost every inch of hope that I had held in my grasp. I would never ever have the hope that father would ever change. I would always be someone of no importance to him, someone who is just like all the others. I would never be a diamond in the ruff...

Just as Artemis turned away to leave, someone...or something came out of nowhere. Artemis only got a glimpse of it, but for a boy genius, a glimpse was enough to make an almost perfect picture. He saw a very small almost person like creature. It had nut-brown skin and had auburn hair. It was a girl, or so Artemis thought. It swept a little past him and spoke in a wonderful voice but it sounded a little like a boy's voice.

"Hey, Artemis. I don't even know why I'm supposed to be in your dream but, yes, I'm here. You might not know me yet but sooner or later, we'll meet in the most unlikely way you'll think of. Well... I'm sure you might have thought of it. I don't even know why I knew that because I don't even know how we're both going to meet. Anyways, I want you to look back to the wonderful times you'd had with your dad. Few? I don't know. I know I had some. You need to remember. Remember when you got hospitalized? You just need to remember the good times. There's still hope. You just need to believe."

Artemis looked at her/him, a stunned look on his face. I had never met this person before and yet, it seems to know me very well, Artemis thought. To Artemis's dismay, the person turned to leave.

"Wait, who and what are you?" Artemis asked demandingly.

"Let's just say I'm your fairy god friend. That's stupid, I know. You mudmen. You always think you're the only one who owns this planet. But don't worry, we'll soon meet." It walked away from him, murmuring something about "Root... Foaly...Fairies..."And in a blink of Artemis's eye, it was gone.

Artemis sat again, pondering upon whom it was that just spoke to him. She seemed to be a friend of mine, Artemis thought, for she seemed to have known a lot about me. She even knew when I got hospitalized! And she knew my name. She seemed kind of freaky though. Who would believe about fairy god friends! Fairy godmothers are already a hysterical stupidity but what about fairy god friends! I'm not sure whether fairies are not true though but she said something about mudmen not being the only one's who own this planet. What are mudmen anyway? Maybe that's another word for humans. There are other things living on Earth? Of course, I had theorized about this but I had not had any proof. But the one about... Artemis's thoughts were distracted when a new set of memories flashed before him. They had differences from the first group. BIG differences.

Butler's POV

Snore...snore...Snore...

Artemis's POV

Flashback

St. Bartleby's School for Young Gentlemen

Sniff... I have never felt worse in my life. Actually, I had never had sicknesses before and I think this is the first. I am sure that I am sick but I just don't want to tell anybody. Now, how about my plan? I think it's perfect that it can be executed after this stupid class. I can't believe I'm still going to this pathetic school. I shouldn't even be in school. When would they ever know that someone with an analytical mind such as mine doesn't need to go to something as a school? I even know more than these ridiculous so-called teachers, but no matter. I'm only still going to this school because mother said so and that I can plan my... projects here without mother and father knowing. I better get to my classroom.

While on the way to his classroom, Artemis saw his ex-best friend, Apollo. Artemis used to help Apollo out in lessons he can't understand. Apollo was, basically, a jock. He is a member of the basketball and soccer team. He had always helped Artemis out in Physical activities and Artemis had always helped him in, well, everything not connected to Physical Education. But during these past few months, Artemis had not uttered even a single syllable to him. He had often wondered what happened to Artemis. Once though, he thought Artemis was being maltreated by his HUGE Butler and had forced him not to tell anybody about what was being done to him. But Artemis was not even bruised in the slightest way. In fact, he had spent all of his time on the library. Often, Apollo caught Artemis typing faster than he had ever seen on a computer. Once, he heard Artemis talking to someone on his phone, saying something about something being ready by tomorrow. He had also met his parents but had often wondered what his father's job was. Where did he get all that money? He had wanted to ask Artemis about these but had not had the chance.

Apollo's POV

There he is. I've been looking for him. Wonder why he's not talking to me? But boy, does he look awful. He's much paler than his pale self and his eyes and nose are a little red. You can definitely say that he's sick. Better bring him to the clinic.

Just as Apollo was about to talk to Artemis, Artemis collapsed unto him.

Whoa! What happened to Artemis? Knew he was sick. Lucky I was here in time to catch him before he fell. Better get him to the clinic, maybe the nurse can help him. I wish he's okay though. Even if he's not talking to me anymore, he'll always be my friend and I always care for my friends.