Chapter 5

Sho-dono: Hi ppl I got 1 hr of sleep last night so don't expect a whole lot of … #Yawn# creativity from me. Shiinmaru-dono do the disclaimer. I'm gonna go take a nap.

Shiinmaru-dono: Shiinmaru-dono here! Sorry that Sho-dono is a snooze fest of uniformity. #snaps whip at Sho-dono# Anyway, your votes are needed to determine the end of the fic (mind you, that's a while off; it's just good to know what direction the fic should go in.) Now, neither Sho-dono nor I own Artemis Fowl or any of its affiliates. We do own whatever characters in this fic you don't recognize. Now on with the fic!

As it turned out Teach was a very good teacher. She was actually Ms. Fanny O'Reilly, but had specifically asked everyone to call her "Teach." Artemis actually enjoyed her class; he had learned quite a bit about some of the lesser known writers whose work influenced some of the world's greatest actors, politicians, and leaders. Even he hadn't heard of some of them. Artemis was thoroughly entranced by Teach's lesson; it had been a long time since a teacher actually held his attention longer than what it would take him to force the teacher to tears.

When the bell rang Teach was in the middle of explaining one of the books that had inspired more than 4,000 people to journey through the desert to the pyramids. "Ah weel, 'e weel conteenoo this lessoon tomorrow. Be preparred!" Teach shouted as the class began to pack up and leave.

"That was a fairly decent lesson," Artemis admitted to Liam.

"See? Didn't I tell you that you would enjoy it here?" Liam teased with a toothy grin. Artemis nodded and smiled; he liked his new school so far and he liked Liam. Artemis growled as his cell phone started ringing.

He took the annoying thing out of his pocket and looked at the caller I.D. It was Holly calling. "Hello?"

"WHERE ARE YOU, YOU DAMN MUDBOY?!!!!!!!!" Holly screeched through the phone.

"Who is that?" Liam asked while staring in the general direction of the screaming phone. "And why are they calling you mudboy?"

"I'll tell you later," Artemis told Liam. "What do you want, Holly, I'm in school at the moment."

"Oh, so 'cause you're in school your energy signature is completely GONE!!!" Holly snarled angrily.

"What do you mean, Holly, and please, no yelling," Artemis brought the phone back to his ear.

Holly took a deep, calming, breath, "Alright, look your energy signature is how I was tracking you to find out where you were and about an hour ago it disappeared. Explain Fowl." Holly snarled with barely contained rage.

"Oh, well sorry to be of no help but an hour ago I was in Quantum Physics." Artemis muttered back trying to keep Liam from hearing, "and I have to go else someone may hear us."

"Hey wait a—" Artemis cut her off before she could say any more; Artemis sighed, he really did not want to talk with Holly right now. Though, what she brought up did trouble Artemis a bit; how could someone's energy signature just vanish for over an hour? Perhaps Liam had something to do with it? I've only been near him the entire time… Artemis was severely troubled by these thoughts and would have continued if not for Liam.

"Artemis! What's wrong? Your conversation was weird and I'm curious as to what it was about," Liam had his head tilted to the side; he looked much like an over curious dog. Artemis snickered at the thought of Liam being a dog.

"Curiosity killed the cat, you know," Artemis teased.

Liam sighed and groaningly replied, "Everybody forgets the rest of that saying, 'curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.'" Liam grinned. He looks like a cat that just ate the canary and got away with it. Artemis gulped audibly. "Are you going to tell me about your phone call, Moo1-Artemis?" Artemis noted the slip and wondered as to what Liam had wanted to call him. "Come on, tell me, tell me, tell me!" Liam begged.

"No," Artemis replied pointedly. He looked down at his schedule to see where the two of them were going and groaned when he saw what it was. "Physical education? Why; I thought I was exempt?"

"Here, no one is exempt; you either do it or fail," Liam shrugged nonchalantly. "Take it or fail, but make your choice quick."

Artemis sighed; he couldn't fail a class, he just couldn't. "Fine, I'll deal with it. But why do I have to take it?"

"This is public school, not private, so you have to take it." Liam stated like it was common knowledge. He was used to it, so it didn't matter to him. Artemis groaned; he hated any form of physical fitness, he was a brain not a brute. (Why do you think he had Butler?) Artemis' head snapped up when he heard Liam snicker; Artemis' eyes narrowed, "What, pray tell, is so amusing?"

Liam burst out laughing, "Today is Monday!" Artemis was confused; what was so special about Monday? "Monday is dodge-ball day!" With Liam's sudden clarification, Artemis paled; he was doomed to die today. Dodge-ball was one of the most barbaric, painful, and most humiliating sports ever conceived, and Artemis stank at it, immensely.

"Why?" was all Artemis could utter as Liam led him into the locker rooms and to where the teachers were watching to make sure the boys weren't doing anything stupid (translates to "perverted").

"Hello Mr. Davids. This is Artemis, the newbie," an annoyed grunt from Artemis told Liam that the introduction was not appreciated.

"I see. Well then we'll get ya used to the system soon enough. Now git changed both of ya," Mr. Davids said while pointing to the lockers. "Here's your locker number and combination. I expect you both in the gym in six minutes." Artemis was down right terrified; he going to be very sore after this class.

"Wait. You're blind, Liam. Why are you participating?" Artemis was thoroughly confused; why was Liam participating when he was clearly blind?

"Well remember when I hit that kid in the head earlier?" Liam asked while leading Artemis to their lockers which were conveniently right next to each other. Artemis nodded then mentally whacked himself in the head. "Well, remember when I told that damn giant how I could hit him?"

Artemis frowned, "You don't like Butler do you?"

"I get a bad vibe off him; like he doesn't like me or something…"Liam trailed off, a frown marring his face.

"That's just Butler being mistrusting of the entire world; it's his job to be like that," Artemis replied, trying to defend Butler while maintaining the new friendship he had formed.

"It's not that; I think that he generally doesn't like me. He doesn't – it's not quite fear, but close. I think he's scared that'll hurt you, Artemis," Though Liam was blind, Artemis could see the emotional storm in Liam's eyes; Artemis could tell that Liam honestly wanted Butler's approval. Liam raised a hand as if he were going to touch Artemis' cheek, but clenched his hand and walked to his locker instead.

Shiinmaru-dono: Sorry to drop off like that but I just had to end the chapter sometime. #snickers# If you have any constructive criticism, I'm all ears. #picture of a bat appears# Continue to vote on your choice ending (please note that Sho-dono and I suck at writing lemons; we may outsource. If you want to write the lemon please send me a review saying such.) #yells to background, "WAKE UP, SLAVE!!"# Shiinmaru-dono out!

Sho-dono: wah? O alright yawn well exams week has arrived I'm not gonna like it and neither is Shiinmaru-dono but o well. Sho-dono out!

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