Spellbound
Chapter 2
Testing the Boundaries
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Father finds this rather amusing... I hate him for ordering me around all of the time! Butler is also no better. The two of them have been treating me like a slave since I've told them.
But anyway, I decided to test the lengths this spell held. "Hey Butler?" I asked. We were currently sitting in my bedroom playing cards, there was nothing left to do and Butler ordered me to play with him.
"Yeah?" he replied looking up at me. "What is it?"
"Um, do you think perhaps if you ordered me to become something supernatural I would become it?"
"Maybe... I'm not an expert in obedience spells Artemis."
"Well maybe we should test this out. What say you?" I looked hopeful. If you think about it, if this spell worked like that, I could be whatever I pleased.
"I suppose so. What supernatural being would you like to be?"
"I dunno just pick one!"
"Erm, ok. Artemis, turn into a vampire."
I immediately doubled over in pain. I soon passed out. When I woke up I felt different. I looked in the mirror. My reflection was kind of faded but I could still see myself. I was taller, my hair was a bit longer, and my K-9 teeth were sort of protruding out of my mouth...odd.
I looked at Butler. "I'm hungry." I said, he looked frightened.
"Artemis, turn into a wizard." Butler said. I passed out again.
When I woke up again I thankfully didn't want to bite Butler. But I suppose I had magic. "Isn't this odd? I can become things that I never was." I said.
"Yeah it is isn't it?" Butler agreed.
I think this is one of the most interesting things that has ever happened to me. "So, what do we do now?" I asked Butler.
"I don't know... Do you want to stay a wizard?"
"I think so." It was settled then. I am now a wizard, this is really amazing.
The next morning there was a knock at the door. "Artemis get that will you?" Father yelled.
I sighed and got up and opened the door. There was a boy about my age standing there He had black hair and bright green eyes. "Hi, Artemis Fowl right?" he said.
"Yes, come in." I said politely. The boy stepped in.
Once we were settled in the living room the boy spoke again. "You're probably wondering what I'm doing in your house."
"Sort of, yes."
"Well, my name is Harry Potter and I'm from this school of wizardry and you have just been selected to be in that school."
"You're joking... right?" I asked in disbelief.
"No. The school usually teaches according to age level but, you'll learn basics before you move up to Fifth Year. Fifth Year is also O.W.L year but I'm not sure if you are going to be taking them. It's fun, really. And most of the teachers are really nice."
All I could do is nod. He continued. "Would you like to come to the school?" he said.
"Yes, I suppose. Where is it?" I said finally.
"In England. But don't worry, there are ways to get you there in seconds when the time comes."
"I'll go, but won't I need supplies of some sort?" I asked.
"Yes. That's what we're doing today. We're going to go up to Diagon Alley today to get everything you need. A parent or guardian may come with you if you wish."
I had completely forgotten about my father and his wishes for me. "Let me go and ask my father." I said. Harry nodded and I stood up.
I walked into Father's study. He was in there, still clad in his pajamas, reading a voluminous book. His hair was all askew and in his face, but he read as if nothing was there. "Dad?" I said. He looked up.
"Oh hello Artemis. Take a seat." I picked up a chair. "Oh I'm sorry, I meant sit on the chair." I put the chair down and sat on it. "Well, you take things quite literally don't you?"
I flushed. "It's not as if I can help it Father." I murmured. I really don't think he gets it. I'm not following his orders because I wanted to, I did it because I had to. "Well anyway, you know how Butler sort of made me a wizard?"
"Yes, I am aware of that. What of it?"
"Well, I sort of got accepted to this school in England for it. It's a boarding school but it sounds really interesting. Can I go?"
"Sure, why not?" Father is so great. I am so glad he let me go.
We proceeded to Diagon Alley that day. It was an interesting feeling realizing that I have never seen any of this before, everything amazed me.
We first went to Gringotts Bank, which was run by goblins. Harry was asking one whom I believe was called Griphook to open up a new vault for me. "This way, Artemis, you can hold a lot of you money here. We'll, of course need to transfer it to wizard money but from what I've heard you are pretty rich huh?" Harry said.
I nodded. "So," I began, "I can get wizard money from muggle money, and I can store my Muggle money as wizard money?"
Harry thought for a moment. "Yeah, I think so."
After we left Gringotts, we proceeded to Madam Malkain's Dress Robes For All Occasions. I concluded that wizards wore robes all of the time after seeing everybody so I guess to fit in, I would need some too.
"Alright dear, on the step stool if you will." the woman said to me. I stepped up. She started to measure me.
"Harry dear, do you need new robes too?" she asked Harry.
"No, I'm okay- hey Draco." Harry said a little breathlessly, turning his attention away.
The boy who he was referring to was very tall and blonde. His eyes were very silver and bright. His black tipped blonde hair was pulled into a long ponytail. He smiled when he saw Harry.
"Hey Harry." the boy replied. He walked over to him. Harry kissed him. "I missed you." Eugh... I had no idea Harry was gay but I guess I'll deal with it...eugh...
"I missed you too Dray. Where's your first year?" Harry asked. I have no idea what he meant by this but Draco seemed to.
"I have to pick him up in a bit, I'm just getting my shopping done now so I don't have to later."
"Oh, I should have done that. Oh, Artemis, this is Draco Malfoy, and Dray, this is Artemis Fowl."
Draco smiled at me. I smiled back.. I could've sworn he had checked me out but none-the-less Draco looked up at Butler and said, "Who's the big guy?"
"Artemis's body guard. I believe his name is Butler am I correct?" Harry said, looking up at Butler.
Butler nodded and held out his hand to Draco. "Pleasure to meet you." Draco said as he shook Butler's hand. He turned back to Harry. "I have to pick up my 'child', if you see my dad tell him we'll meet at the ice-cream parlour, you're welcome to come as well, and Artemis and Butler."
"We'll definitely be there. In about an hour do you think?"
"Yeah. Love you Harry. Bye Artemis and Butler." Draco said. He kissed Harry again and walked out.
"He seems nice." I said to Harry. He nodded, looking a bit spaced out.
"He's pretty cool once you get to know him"
"Well if you're dating him, I guess he's okay."
"He's totally okay. You like ice cream right?"
I scrunched up my nose a little. "Not exactly but I guess I can try it."
Harry laughed. "Okay. Do you like ice cream Butler?"
Butler nodded. "I love ice cream." he said.
Ice cream. Such an odd name but so suitable. But couldn't they call it something else? Perhaps, "Cream that is iced?" No, that is even more stupid than ice cream. None-the-less, whatever it was called it is very good.
Harry, Butler, and I were sitting with Draco, his first year, and his father enjoying ice cream. It was odd. Whenever I'm in a restaurant setting I'm usually doing a business of some sort; it was nice to finally be able to relax in a public place.
"How do you like your ice cream Alan?" Draco asked his first year.
Alan looked up at him with an excited look. "I love it! I think ice cream tastes better here than in the Muggle World." he exclaimed.
Draco laughed. "I think it's just your eagerness kicking in Alan." He then looked over at me. "So Artemis, this is your first ice cream, am I correct?"
I looked down at my now melting vanilla ice cream. "Yes, actually. It's very good." I replied.
"That's good. Did you enjoy your shopping?"
"I guess so. I don't like the whole robes thing." I supplied.
Draco laughed and nodded and got into a conversation with his Father.
I looked over at Harry. Even though he held Draco's hand firmly he was staring at a boy with a very troubled expression on his face. I couldn't tell if it was hate, anguish, or a mixture of both in his eyes but he didn't look well.
The boy he was looking at was very tall. He had flaming red hair that went past his very blue eyes, and he had a load of freckles. If the myth was true that freckles were angel kisses then angels must really love this boy. He didn't look too harmful and I couldn't see why Harry was so troubled over him. Maybe he was his ex or something...EUGH!(A/N: okay, im not anti gay but arty is ok? Ok.)
The boy was walking past the table when Harry decided to speak. "Hey Ron." he said almost pleadingly. The boy ignored him and sat at the table behind us. "Ron, you can't ignore me forever. It wasn't my fault."
The boy snorted and continued to ignore him. Fellow readers, I have to admit: I was curious. "What wasn't your fault?" I asked Harry.
Harry looked at me wearily. "Nothing. It's not important." he said a little gruffly.
"I'm sure it is."
"It's nothing. Just drop it okay?"
The spoon I was holding clattered to the floor. Everyone at the table looked between Harry and myself. Harry looked ready to cry and I looked very confused. Why wasn't Harry willing to tell me what was wrong?
"Okay." I said gently. I decided that I should change the subject. "Um, Harry. Father said you can stay over night if you want."
"Actually, I needed to talk about that with you. I need to tutor you so you get up to par for school. So is it alright if I stay a little longer than a night?" he said, happy to be out of the frame of thought he was in before.
I nodded. "I'm sure my father wouldn't mind. He loves guests; lives for them actually. He'd be happy to have you, honestly."
Harry smiled. "Thank you. We can start your tutoring tomorrow then." He looked at Butler and asked, "Are you finished with your ice cream?" Butler nodded. He looked at me. "And you?" I nodded as well. "Alright, we have to go then. Draco you understand right?"
Draco glanced at Ron and nodded a little. "Bye Harry." he said.
"Cya Dray. Bye Mr. Malfoy. Come on guys." Harry got up and walked out, so did we.
As we were walking out two other red heads stopped Harry. "Harry! How are you?" one of them said.
"It's been ages!" the other one added.
"Hey Fred, George. I'm fine... Well, as fine as I could be. You know..." Harry replied.
The two nodded. "We're sorry about Ron. Hermione's death took a blow to his heart, you know how he gets." the supposed Fred said. Harry nodded with his eyes cast down. "We know it hit you pretty hard too, but you cope with things better than Ron."
"I don't know why he needs to put the blame on someone every time something bad happens. It wasn't even my choice that she and the others went with me last month. It was a raid and I knew Voldemort was there so I went to finish the prophecy, everyone came with me though..."
"We know. But Ron's been like this with horrible things ever since our brother's death awhile ago." George said. I looked confused. What was going on? What the hell were they talking about.
Harry looked at me and sort of realized I was there. "I'm sorry Artemis." he said. "I got wrapped up in something. Um, Fred, George, this is Artemis, Artemis, Fred and George."
The two looked at me. "Hi." they both said simultaneously.
"Hello. I'm sorry if I intruded." I said, feeling like I shouldn't be there.
"You were just standing it's okay."
I nodded and stopped listening after Harry said, "But all of your brothers are alive... Who died?"
Later on that night I was helping Harry get his things into the guest bedroom. "I can't tell you how grateful I am that you let me stay. I didn't want to go to that hotel."
"It's nothing. We're happy to have you here." I replied easily.
"And I'm happy to not be in a smelly hotel." Harry hopped into his bed.
It sort of got quiet after that. A few minutes later I decided to break the silence. "So... You're gay?" Nice going Artemis...
Harry thankfully didn't seem offended by this. "No, I'm bisexual actually. I'm usually not too open about it but I haven't seen Draco all summer. Sorry if I freaked you out."
Okay, at this point, "freaked out" was the understatement of the year... FREAKED OUT? on the inside I was having a full blown spas attack. But do you know what I said? "No, it didn't freak me out." I'm such a liar.
"Oh come on, you looked bothered."
"No, I wasn't."
Harry laughed. "Tell the truth."
"Okay, I was a little freaked out because I've never met a bisexual before. But it's okay now." I hate that damn spell! Curse it! Curse it all! Now Harry probably hates me.
Harry just laughed again thankfully. "It's okay. I get that... You should have seen Hermione..." His face fell a little. "You two would have gotten along great. It's a pity..."
"May I ask what happened?" I knew it wasn't my place but I was very curious.
"I guess so." Harry answered softly. "Um, well... I'm like some celebrity here because I need to defeat this evil guy because of a prophecy and one night, the evil man went on a raid with his followers and was killing people. I wanted to end the prophecy so I left a note and was out the door.
"I was in battle and the next thing I knew my friends were battling with myself and the Order. One thing led to another and the dark side started to outnumber the light side.
"When the Order got it under control and the dark side left I realized that my best friend, among many others, had fallen." A tear rolled down Harry's cheek. "It was the worst day of my life."
I felt guilty for making him relive it. "I'm sorry I asked." I murmured.
Harry wiped the tear away and smiled a little. "It's okay... You were curious. I would be too.
I nodded a little, unsure of what to say. "Um, I'm going to bed."
"Alright. Night, Artemis." He turned on his side.
"Goodnight, Harry."
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