A/N: Hey, here's chapter two. THANK YOU for the reviews. I feel loved. I've written a Peter Pan story (two chapters) and no one has reviewed that one. Its not a romance, and its an effort to stay as close to the book as possible. If any of you feel so inclined, please look at that story. Its called 'A Not So Human Faye.'

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Finally the car rolled to a stop, Adia looked out the window. An edging of awe began to hit her as she looked at the house and its grounds, then her bladder let out a cry. –Oh my GOD I HAVE TO GO PEE!- she thought desperately. With great effort the young girl kept from squirming or doing the pee dance, but she was fairly certain that if she didn't find a bathroom soon; she'd start crying.

Artemis stared out at the house, desperately avoiding Adia. His eye brows knit together in dignified exasperation, he wanted to just go inside and abandon this hindrance that had been miss-named Adia.

Finally the car stopped, and Butler got out, opening the door for Artemis. His young charge scowled at him profusely as soon as they came in view of each other. Butler remained stoic, though deep down he smiled. It was true that Artemis was more social, and had a few friends; but social situations still didn't come natural to the teenager.

Adia climbed out on her own, and watched two servants take her bags inside. She was of half a mind to follow them; maybe her bags would lead her to a bathroom. She had some soap and bath stuff in there (yes she brought bath toys) and maybe they would go seek out their natural habitat. Well, she could only hope, yes, she would follow her bath stuff.

Suddenly a woman and man came walking out of the house. The woman had a grace about her that Adia couldn't help but admire. She swept towards the car, a benign smile on her face, as she lightly held onto her husbands arm. Her husband on the other hand, stood straight and tall. He had a firm jaw line, and a strong step (though he limped a little). He looked resolutely down to Adia, and then she caught the twinkle in his eye, and the smile that tripped lightly about his lips.

She relaxed, and her bladder problem momentarily forgotten, gave them an honest and full smile. Her eyes crinkled up into little slits with her grin, laughter hidden in the bit of her eye that you could see. She glanced down, as if to hide some mirth, then looked back up at them; giving them a gentler and more dignified smile.

Angeline glided over with a sort of ethereal grace, her long dress flowing behind her. "My dear, it's so wonderful to see you," she said, lightly touching Adia's arm with her piano fingers.

Adia gave her a small smile, somewhat taken aback by this woman's boldness. She was not a touching sort of person, she had her personal bubble, and no one stood within its boundaries. –Well, at least she didn't hug me,- Adia thought with honest relief

The woman returned the smile, glad that she had set the young girl at ease. Then the man smiled amiably at her, "Welcome to Fowl Manor," he lightly steered Angeline back a bit, giving Adia room to breath. This earned him her eternal gratitude, he glanced at Artemis, "Artemis, why don't you show her, her room; then around enough of the manor that she won't get lost?" he asked, quite clearly saying 'NOW!'

Artemis gave him a scowl from behind Adia's back, "I'd love to…father," he said with some slight hesitation. Then he walked up so he was within Adia's eye sight, "This way," he said cordially.

She smiled slightly and followed, -NO! He can't be the one to show me around. I CAN'T say I need to take a bathroom break! Can you imagine the look he'd give me? OH MY GOD, no, no, no, no, PLEASE NO!-

Artemis watched her, mildly surprised at how she managed to keep from gawking at the manor. It was rather large, and she was merely middle class. Some 'gawking' would be expected; he'd have to watch her.

She briefly registered the shear splendor of what surrounded her –Oh look at that fountain, it's so beautiful! And it sounds so beautiful with the…I HAVE TO PEEEEEEEE!- You get the idea.

She followed Artemis through a HUGE front doors, and was directly faced with a lovely sweeping staircase. She couldn't help it, she gasped in amazement; her bladder momentarily forgotten.

At this Artemis smirked, even the rich were awed by the Grand Staircase. The girl stared at it, her mouth hanging slightly open in her surprise. Then she squirmed slightly, and all awe was gone. A sort of blank detachment came across her face. Artemis' smirk faded, what was wrong with her?

Adia gave Artemis a small smile, -Bathroom, Bathroom, BATHROOOOOOOMMMMMM!- Raging through her mind. He led her down a long hallway, showing her rooms and side hallways that didn't interest her one bit. Right then he could have told her that one hallway would lead her to world peace, and she wouldn't care. Now if he said that one would lead her to a bathroom, that was another matter.

FINALLY they reached her room. Adia KNEW he took the long rout, she just KNEW it! -Okay, so maybe he was supposed to show me around the house, but that's no excuse for actually doing it! He's a bloody genius for God's sake, why hasn't he figured out that I have to PEEEEE and just lead me to my room?-

"And this is your room," Artemis said smoothly, mildly amused when her saw her face light up.

Room means bathroom, it is a mansion after all. Oh I LOVE MY ROOM!- she thought, just a bit of her joy showing.

Just then a servant came barreling down the hall and skidded to a stop right in front of Artemis. The poor man looked horrified, "Sir," he said; addressing the indignant Artemis. "Your computers are beeping, and you told me to get you if they started to do that," the man told the self proclaimed Evil Mastermind. Well alright, so perhaps Artemis was no longer evil, but he still found a great deal of entertainment in frightening poor individuals.

Artemis got a disturbing smile on his face, and to his great amusement, saw Adia shy ever so slightly away. "Good," he purred, "I'll be back in a moment, please, make yourself at home." With that he swept away down the hallway, with a sort of well controlled excitement; or so it seemed to Adia.

She suddenly bolted into her room. She looked around, -Bed,- and opened a door, -Closet,- then ran to the other side of the room and opened another door, -BATHROOM!- Now, I believe we all know what happened when she found the bathroom. So I'll just leave it.

As it is, she was putting her meager amount of clothing into the dresser when Artemis returned. She had just decided that she REALLY wished she had brought some fancy clothes. That way she wouldn't feel so…well common next to Artemis. –Then again I'd probably feel stupid no matter WHAT besides him,- she mused; a small almost amused smile lingering on her face.

Artemis walked down the hall, rather pleased. He had been waiting for a response from Mr. Vandegelder for a long time. Artemis stopped and noticed that Adia had left her door open, he couldn't help but feel somewhat disgusted. He knocked on the door frame, getting Adia's attention.

She turned and looked up at him, momentarily forgetting how much he hated her; and gave him a bright smile. Artemis cocked an eyebrow, mildly surprised at her greeting; no one was ever happy to see him. Well, except his mother, but her smile was combated by 'Arty dear.'

She stood and walked over to him, her smile fading and dieing at his smirk. He just looked at her for a few moments, staring her down. She matched his gaze, but soon started to fidget. Poor Adia had no idea what she had done, she'd only been friendly to him. Okay so she thought he was a twit, a bias she had picked up from horror stories; but STILL!

"I apologize for my tardiness miss Adia," Artemis said politely, if as frigidly as the ice age.

She looked at him, quite clearly feeling out of her liege, "No need, it allowed me to start settling in," she said brightly. –And to find a bathroom. Oh thank GOD for that bathroom!-

Artemis stared at her for a moment, mildly surprised at this girl. Most just tried to avoid him at this point, yet this Adia was honestly trying to be nice. Alright, she was being nice. It seemed that the colder he got, the warmer she became. He nodded and led her down the hallway.

Say something Artemis, you're a genius, you should have SOMETHING intelligent to say!- he mentally screamed. He didn't know what to say to an adolescent, how would a genius speak to an ape? Though he supposed it wasn't Adia's fault that like all adolescents she was an ignorant and aggravating child.

Adia looked around at the various paintings on the walls, oblivious to the silence. One caught her eye, and she stopped; fascinated. It was of a young pixy like girl, almost innocent; who was staring right out at Adia. The painted 'pixy's' large blue eyes caught Adia's; transfixing her.

Artemis paused and looked back, watching as Adia stared up at the picture. Her eyebrows knit slightly together as she stared up at the painting, studying the painted child's face as if it could tell her something. –It's almost like they know each other,- the small fanciful part of Artemis mussed; though he knew Adia just liked the painting.

A small smile graced Adia's face, -She seems almost sad,- she mused; a sort of wonder in her eyes. –Somewhat haunted, almost like her innocence is actually a wariness.- Her smile faded to a good humored smirk as she shook her head at her whimsy. –I always do have a habit of putting parts of myself in paintings,- she thought, a soft laugh escaping almost like a sigh.

She turned to Artemis, giving him an amused smile as she noticed that he was staring at her. People did that a lot, it was probably because she was (and I quote) 'weird.' Her clothing tended to be flamboyant, and she always seemed so open and cheerful. Her easy smile tended to attract attention, though Adia just thought everyone got this much attention. Yes, she could be oblivious. Her selective naivety upset her just as much as it upset her friends; more so in fact.

He just smiled cautiously in return, caught off guard by the gentleness of her gaze. Then he shook it off, and led her around the rest of the manor. She stopped at a few more paintings, having her silent little conferences; as Artemis' childish side insisted on calling them. He supposed that in letting himself believe in fairies, he had doomed himself to always protecting that little part of him that loved fancy. Well, as long as he continued to gain friends like Holly from it; it was all right. –I'm getting soft,- he chastened half heartedly, more amused then annoyed.

They walked down to his old playroom, his mother had insisted that he show it to Adia. Adia's eyes widened in delight, a trampoline sat in a corner, huge brick sized leggos were stored in ceiling high shelves and drawers. Various other play things lay lying around, such as some small wooden train tracks and other construction toys.

She clapped her hands in delight; she'd never been able to get rid of that rather aggravating habit. "You could build castles out of all those leggos!" she exclaimed, running over to inspect them.

A small smile twitched in the corner of Artemis' mouth. "I know, I did," he informed her dryly, an undercurrent of pleasure ran through his words.

Adia picked up on it and turned to him happily, "Really?" she asked hopefully.

He couldn't contain a small chuckle, "Yes, they were rather impressive for a child of my age."

"Oh, lets make some castles with them now!" she offered gleefully, pulling out and inspecting the bright colored pieces.

Artemis looked at her in mild distaste, "Wouldn't you prefer to view the remainder of the manor?"

"No," she said simply, "Oh come on Artemis, imagine what we could make…" she enticed, giving him a charming little smile.

He arched that perfectly manicured eyebrow at her, not at all enticed.

She looked up at him with big round eyes, "Please? You liked it once, whose to say you wouldn't like it again?"

He stepped back, "There would be no point to that enterprise," he informed her coldly.

"Fun. Seeing what you can do."

He winced inwardly, what was it that adolescents found so difficult about using proper grammar? "That's hardly a reason."

She looked up at him, disgust hitting her for a moment. "Artemis, sometimes you have to run not to go somewhere. But just to see how far you can go, for eventually you know you're going to have to stop." She looked down and fiddled with a leggo, "move while you can," she advised in a small, wistful tone.

Artemis stared at her for a moment, then he cleared his throat and walked over to her. "Very well, but only for a small period of time," he conceded, not quite sure why he had given in.

Instantly she turned a bright smile on him, as if she hadn't just spoken as if the world was ending. "So, what are we going to make? You're the smart one here," she unnecessarily informed him.