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Artemis Fowl could proudly say that he was an expert at interrogating people.
It was something he had done several times before, and each time he had been successful in obtaining the information he required.
He even had an established procedure. He would start by casually mentioning all of the weapons Butler had on his person, and then he preferred to throw in a few veiled threats to keep the victim on their toes. A demonstration of Butler's strength never hurt either.
However, this time, he didn't have Butler's sheer strength to rely on as a factor of intimidation.
Also, his victim wasn't usually a random girl who appeared on his bed with his best friend.
It wasn't that Artemis wasn't confident that his efforts would bear fruit. He could be rather intimidating, if he did say so himself.
He was just wondering whether it would be 'immoral' if he used a few of his less... favorable interrogation methods on the curly-haired girl, who clearly had some some sort of connection to Nico.
He decided to proceed with the legal method for the time being.
"So," Artemis began conversationally, beginning to pace in front of the girl who was seated on the bed, "Who are you, exactly?"
"I'm Hazel.", she explained, "Nico's sister."
Artemis paused his pacing momentarily, "Nico has another sister? As far as I know, he only has one sister. Who is dead."
Hazel laughed nervously, "Dead?" she squeaked, "Who said anything about dead? No dead people here! All souls locked safely in the Underworld!"
Artemis merely raised an eyebrow.
Hazel cleared her throat awkwardly, "I mean- I'm not her."
"Obviously." Artemis scoffed, "The question is, who are you? "
"I'm Nico's half-sister." she corrected, "We only found out about each other's existence recently."
Artemis nodded slowly, sensing it was true.
"Alright then. Moving on to more pressing issues-" Artemis began, only to be rudely interrupted by Draco.
"WHERE IN MERLIN'S NAME DID YOU COME FROM?" Draco demanded.
"Uh..." Hazel paused, as though wondering how to answer, "Somewhere in America?"
Draco rolled his eyes, "That's not what I- WAIT, AMERICA?"
"Wait, was I not supposed to say that?" the girl squeaked, before clamping a hand over her mouth.
"You travelled all the way from America?" Theodore asked, his eyes wide.
"How is that possible?" Blaise asked, his eyebrows furrowed, "You can't apparate to Hogwarts, can you? I mean, I doubt you knocked at the door."
Artemis' eyes widened as his senses returned to him, making it blatantly obvious that Nico had shadow-travelled them all the way to Hogwarts. From America, apparently.
Of all the stupid things!
...He did know that there were easier ways to travel, didn't he?
"They must have used Floo powder." he said hastily, remembering that Theodore and Blaise hadn't been told about Nico's abilities yet.
"Now," he began before someone could interject, "What are you doing here?"
Hazel shuffled uncomfortably, "I need a place to stay," she admitted, "Just for a while! Nico thought it would be a good place."
Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Another thing to add to the "Nico's Bad Decisions" list.
Artemis groaned, "That's it. If Nico ever wakes up, I'm killing him."
"Wait, if?" Hazel asked, "You think he won't wake up?"
"No, I-"
"Nico's not waking up?" Draco said, alarmed.
"I didn't say-"
"What makes you say that?" asked Theodore.
"Nothing! I-"
"Does that mean you know what happened to Nico?" Blaise interrupted.
"QUIET!" Artemis yelled, massaging his forehead, "Nico will be fine, as far as I know. Now, would you please be quiet and let me think? We need to figure out what to do with Hazel."
"What to do with me?' Hazel asked, scooting away from the four boys nervously.
"Well," Artemis said, "You can't exactly stay here. We need to find somewhere safe for you to spend the night- or at least what's left of it- until we can plan our next move."
"What next move?" asked Draco, "It's pretty obvious what we've got to do. Nico brought her here for a reason, so the least we could do is keep her a secret until he wakes up."
Artemis automatically opened his mouth to object, before closing it with a snap.
"Okay then," he said, surprising himself, "Where do you think she could stay?"
Draco shrugged, "Well, Nico won't be using his bed tonight."
Artemis nodded slowly, "You know what, Draco? That actually sounds like it could work for the time being."
*******The next morning********
Artemis didn't end up getting more than two hours of sleep that morning.
To be fair, it was his own fault. Artemis had insisted that they had to grab Hazel enough food to last her all day.
"Why don't we just bring her food at meal times ?" Draco asked as they crept towards the Slytherin common room.
"Because," Artemis responded with a huff, "that's a stupid idea. We'd never have enough time. Besides, it would seem too suspicious if we kept grabbing extra food at meals."
"And we are here at 5:30 in the morning, because?"
"The Great Hall will be practically empty right now. It's the perfect time to grab food."
Artemis whipped out his wand as he led the three boys + Hazel through the dark corridors.
"Lumos" he whispered.
Hazel watched in awe, and slight fear as the wand lit up before her very eyes.
"Incredible," she whispered, "Is that your wand? Wait, of course it's your wand, it just lit up!"
The four boys gave her a strange look.
A few moments later, Hazel let out a shriek.
"That-that painting!" she stammered, "It moved!"
"So?" Draco shrugged, moving on without another thought.
Artemis froze in his tracks.
"Hazel," he asked, his stomach sinking with dread, "You said that Nico is your half-brother, right?"
"Yes...?"
"Which parent do you have in common?"
"We share the same father, why?"
Artemis could feel the gears turning in his head. Nico had inherited his strange shadow powers from his father, so if he and Hazel shared the same father... did Hazel have powers too?
"How old are you?"
Hazel crossed her arms, "I'm thirteen, if you must know. But I don't see-"
Hazel was thirteen, and had never seen a wand. Americans start learning wizardry at the same age as wizards, and she clearly had a relative who could tell her about magic, since Nico's father was the only one who could've sent him to Hogwarts.
"Hazel," Artemis asked, dreading the answer, "Tell me, are you a witch?"
"Of course I'm not!" she responded indignantly, as if acting on instinct.
Artemis groaned, banging his head on the wall.
It seemed as though Nico's idiocy knew no bounds.
Nico had brought a muggle to Hogwarts.
At least, Artemis hoped Hazel was a muggle...
A.N:
Um... Surprise?
Sorry it took so long! High School sucks.
But I have another two weeks until my next set of exams, so... a bit of down time, I guess.
I'm not too proud of this chapter, I might come back and edit it later, but... this is all I've got for now.
Hope you enjoyed it.
-Keera