I felt a need to update this story some how since I just started getting back into Fanfiction yesterday; 3 years! I'm so embarrassed that it's this short but I thought something is always better then nothing. I know the first chapter is riddled with spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes and just plain mistakes and I'll definately get down to fixing that eventually.


His mother had finally been able to pull herself together enough to tell him that his father was out right now consulting some lawyers on his will and that she would immediately contact him to tell of Artemis's arrival. She insisted she make him something for him to eat and as she hurried him down the stairs by his shoulders saying how happy she was to have him back he saw his siblings leaning against the guard rails of the banister with the same calculating looks.

He was forced to tear his eyes away as they rounded the corner into the kitchen and he was told by his mother to sit at the dining table.

It was grand table meant for parties, not that any parties had been held in the time he had been here, and was way too big for one person. He sat in the quiet thinking over all the things he had to do now that he had returned when he heard shuffling behind him. Artemis turned to see the twins looking up at him the door way and wondered secretly if they were part ninja. He'd have to tell Butler not to oil the doors so well.

"So, your really are brother?"

"Where have you been the last couple years?"

"Why's mother or father never mentioned of you to us."

"Give us your full name, age, school, social security, and any background information."

Artemis looked at both of them and sighed.

"I can tell you these things for certain. I am your brother by blood and my full name is Artemis Fowl, I am 15 years old as of now, I haven't gone to school in a long time, my social security is none of your business and not required knowledge for you, and I'm quite an accomplished chess player. I cannot tell you where I have been and neither can our parents because they did not know either."

"He seems to be holding out on us." The little girl whispered none too quietly to her brother.

"Yes, I think we have a new challenge on our hands with this one."

They exchanged twin smirks and then quickly put on friendly smiles for Artemis.

'Snakes both of them,' he thought grimly.

That's when his mother walked back in looking thrilled at the sight of her children getting along so well.

"Oh Loki, Eris, sit down next to Artemis and we'll all have a family lunch."

They both nodded their heads and sat on either side of Artemis making him feel surrounded.

His mother carried in a bowl of freshly cut fruit and a freshly roasted chicken that looked suspiciously like it had been heated up in a microwave.

"Can you believe I learned to cook while you were gone? Oh, I know I'm not very good but I've been having Juliet teach me and I'm getting better."

As he bit into the rubbery chicken he grimaced and then smiled at his mother because she looked so happy. Though all through the lunch he felt the constant darting of eyes from his little siblings as they eyed him up and down, judging his every reaction.

He'd have to be super careful around these two; whenever Holly contacted him he'd have to be sure the room he was in hadn't been bugged.

These two were carbon copies of him self at that age and he knew he was facing his biggest challenge. A fight against him self times two.