Daisy: Hi everyone and welcome to the third section!

Marz: 'lo Bob.

Daisy: No matter how much you like saying that my name won't be turning to Bob anytime soon.

Marz: Fine. Time for the disclaimer.

Daisy: Okay go ahead.

Marz: We don't own Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer does.

Daisy: Lucky devil.

Marz: We do own ourselves and our friends though!

Daisy: Three Cheers for marz0 my fabulous beta! Blame any mistakes on her…

Marz!Hey!

Daisy: What Marz! Oh well, on with the story!

Artemis Fowl and the Tigers Den

Chapter 8

As they arrived at the palace the snow wolves disappeared. The palace was a truly magnificent sight; one side was a blinding white colour that literally glowed in the sun, the other was darker than night itself with metallic patches. The fog and mist that swirled round the towers gave it an incredibly mystifying effect. Daisy grinned; Artemis and Holly were going to love this place. First though evening tea was required. Artemis, Holly and Sool followed Daisy and Marz through the large twin doors and into the entrance hall.

Light and darkness was blended perfectly, massive columns and arches defined the grandness of the place. Women dressed in the finest of clothes wandered around and animals prowled around completely at home. Artemis and Sool seemed to be the only men there and when Sool was swept quietly away through a small door Artemis could feel all of the eyes in the room upon him.

"Nice toy Daisy," a girl near the front of the crowd said, "I like him way better than the last one!"

"Oh ha ha Kara!" Daisy growled showing her fangs, "Keep away from him. Kill him like you did Jack and I will hurt you, badly. Everyone, thanks to Kara you all must run two laps of the palace, now GO!"

With that all of the women and animals ran, all except from three who looked in severe pain. Seeing Daisy's grin he looked to Marz in confusion.

"Poor angels! Relax, that order doesn't include you!" Marz said quickly, "Lead the way to the Library. I'll do the introductions there."

Chapter 9

A short while later the doors to the library parted. The room was taller than the entrance hall and shelves packed full of books reached right up to the beams. There were that many books that it would take more than a lifetime to read less than a tenth of them. They walked down one of the main aisles and into a large central area. A circular table with seven seats and seven steaming cups of tea were waiting for them. Daisy and Marz sat down, Artemis and Holly followed suit but the three women that they had met up with in the hall remained standing.

"Ok you three, these two fabulous people are Artemis and Holly," Daisy said, and then she turned to Holly and Artemis. "These are the other three higher queens; Hannah, Lily and Ginny."

Hannah had brown medium length brown hair and brown eyes, she was wearing a brown flowing dress. Lily had shoulder length golden brown hair and bright blue eyes, she was wearing a Golden dress. Ginny had shortish bright blond hair and blue eyes, her dress perfectly matched the colour of her hair. After the introductions had been made the three of them sat down.

"Artemis and Holly," Mars began, "You were brought to this realm by the mirror of Laneth. It was created in the early days of power when knowledge was new. According to the ancient laws from that time training must commence, power will be gained and lost during this time. This will be true until what is truly needed by their very souls is gained by the newcomers."

There was silence as Holly and Artemis processed what they had just been told and everyone drank their citrus fruits flavoured tea.

"In other words," Daisy started, "when you came here we were bound by ancient laws to train you both. Until you find what your souls require to become whole our entire realm is at risk. The Supreme Queen could be eliminated and anarchy would rule. If the Supreme Queen is destroyed the elements will seek vengeance on the realm and all those in it. No-one would survive."

"Wow, that's…big." Holly said.

"You don't know half of it, trust me." Said Ginny.

Daisy stood, "It has been a very long day for all of us. It is time to sleep. We'll show you to your room. This sleeping arrangement will only be temporary though as when you training advances it would no longer be completely safe."

Artemis and Holly followed the Queens down the corridor to their new room. The door was decorated in a gold holly leaf pattern.

"You two will stay here," Lily said. "If you need anything just think really hard about what you want. One of us will come straight away, if you're lucky we may even bring what you wanted!"

With that the Queens left chatting happily. Artemis and Holly remained standing by the door. Nervously Artemis opened the door and beckoned for Holly to enter, they were completely oblivious to the Queens having stopped half way down the corridor watching them enter.

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Holly gasped as she entered the room; it was beautiful! The walls were panelled with oak and there were gold trimmings everywhere. Everything was completely spotless and the massive four poster bed was truly magnificent. Holly sat down on it and observed the rest of the room. There was a large fireplace with a coffee table and two chairs in front of it. Another door without the golden pattern was to the left of the room as you entered. A large chest was situated at the end of the bed and a small set of draws on each side by the pillows. An incredibly large wardrobe stood by a window overlooking the courtyard where they entered the palace grounds. Then she realised…

"Crap!" She said, "I can't believe them!"

"What's wrong Holly?" Artemis asked.

Holly stood and indicated down at the bed. "This is the problem!"

Artemis blinked and said, "It's a bed."

"Yes!" Holly replied. "One bed!"

If Artemis was shocked he didn't show it, he just paused for a second or two before he spoke again.

"We're both adults Holly." Artemis stated. "But if it makes you uncomfortable I will sleep in a chair by the fire."

Holly frowned. "Actually, you are a teenager. But you don't have to sleep on a chair I guess. It's just that I roll around a lot and it could turn out a bit awkward."

"Surely it can't be that bad?" Artemis asked.

Holly blushed, "Okay but you'll find out in the morning if you wake up first."

She walked over to the wardrobe and opened it. On one side was a large selection of dresses and night dresses in almost every colour imaginable. On the other side was an incredible selection of suits and boxers. Holly removed a pale blue night dress and threw Artemis some black silk boxers.

"I presume that the door without a pattern leads to the bathroom." Artemis said. "You change in there and I'll change out here."

Holly entered the bathroom and a few minutes later came back out in her sleep-wear. She crawled into bed and was followed shortly afterwards by Artemis. Soon they were both fast asleep.

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