Chapter 3: Back in Time

Fowl Manor, Dublin Eight years ago

Artemis woke up tied to a tree. He analyzed the situation, it seems like he was on Fowl Manor but why he was tied to a tree he did not know. Artemis struggled with the bonds and he broke free, dusting off the invisible dust on his suit he headed for the mansion. The last thing he could remember was his mother recovering from a life threatening disease from some mysterious reason that he just couldn't remember. Anyways he should go check on his mother there must have been an intruder on the grounds if he had been tied up. In fact the intruder must have defeated Butler if Artemis was tied to a tree. As he walked up the walkway to the mansion the door swung opened and the huge shape of Butler rushed out "Freeze." Artemis stopped " Butler what in the name of..." but he didn't get to finish his sentence because Butler had tackled him to the ground. "How did you get here?" he asked in a steely voice "Butler I live here." Butler frowned, in his conscience he was arguing that what he was doing was wrong but master Artemis had ordered him to take any intruders captive, so thats what he did. "You don't live here master Fowl does." Artemis was annoyed "Butler I am master Fowl, or Artemis Fowl II you of all people should know that." Butler picked Artemis up by the scruff of his collar and took him into the house "I'm afraid even if you do believe you are Artemis and need to go to a mental facility, I'm afraid I must detain you. You see master Artemis has asked me to bring any intruders on the ground directly to him." Artemis struggled but is was to no use against the grip of the bodyguard. Why he was being held against his own will by the will of himself,in his own house was even beyond Artemis's grasp. Butler walked up the stairs and knocked on the door to Artemis's study " Come in." said a younger voice." Butler walked in "What have we here Butler?" asked the younger boy "An intruder I found on the grounds sir it seems he managed to get in somehow." Artemis frowned "If you plan on taking me captive it means you are on the other side of the law, of course that being said I am not in a position to report you to the police. But seeing that you have somehow taken control of Butler and the manor. I have no choice to comply to your demands, but I will not obey them if mother, father, or by brothers have been hurt." the younger boy looked at Artemis with a face free of any emotion "If you were truly Artemis Fowl, which you aren't because I am you will be able to answer the questions I give you in no time flat." the younger boy looked at Artemis with a smirk on his face "Alright, first question the answer to 567 times 999 is?" "566,433." Said almost immediately after. A look of disbelief flashed across the other Artemis's face but he continued. "What would you do if say your father was lost in the arctic but you didn't have the funds to get him back?" "I would hack a bank account with a undetectable virus and dilute a little money from each big profit company, so little they could blame it on a malfunction in the system." Artemis said with a smirk "If thats true can I see a demonstration?" He asked pushing his laptop over to him. "Certainly." Butler let him go and Artemis's thin fingers began to type on the keyboard he hacked the password then went straight to the Internet and pulled up his invisible folder with all the tools he needed then he pulled up one of his many bank accounts, he masked it but as a safety precaution he put a encryption on it just in case he continued and hacked the bank until he had all the money he wanted then he closed down the programs then finally he deleted the Internet history. The other boy had been looking over his shoulder the whole time. "Hmm. I still have no choice but to detain you I'm afraid, but I will other you a room until I can investigate this matter further. But please let me ask you one more question, What is the date today?" "Thats a simple question." answered Artemis as he gave the date. "Thats date is from eight years in the future. Confirming my theory that you are me from a later date and have somehow come back in time, of course it seems you've lost some of your memory as well." Artemis thought it over he did seem to have lost his memory and the fact that this boy looked just like him at the age of twelve, probably couldn't be a coincidence. "That theory I'd probable I suppose, but until I come up with my own theory or test your theory I will stay here. Even if it is under lock and key." he glared and walked in front of Butler until he reached the other side of house and was shoved in a guess bedroom.

Ritual spot

Holly woke up under a tree by the river. It was night time but she couldn't figure out what she was doing here of all places. Suddenly she heard a whirring sound and she instinctively shielded. But it was only another faerie probably a LEP captain by the looks of the uniform. She unshielded and the faerie looked up in surprise. "Why are you up on the surface?" asked a feminine voice. Wait thought Holly a girl captain in LEP? "I really don't know, but by chance is your name Holly?" "Yes, Why?" the younger Holly asked as she took off her helmet. "Because my names Holly Short and your in grave danger right now." "From what?" she asked "I can't remember something with a mud boy. I'm afraid my memory might have been wiped by someone." "I can handle it, whatever it is." she said then Holly's younger self began to complete the ritual, but then gave a cry as a dart hit her and fell to the ground. Holly looked around but another dart came out of no where and hit her.

Fowl Manor, Dublin

It was several hours later from Artemis's ungainly arrival to this room. That the door opened and his younger self appeared. "I need your help." "With what?" Artemis asked annoyed he had been thinking of possible ways to escape from the manor before he interrupted himself. "Faeries." A girl with brown orange hair crossed his mind then disappeared again. "You cant prove that faeries exist without proof." said Artemis "Ah but I do have proof. Follow me if you please." Artemis followed himself down to the first floor and through a hallway into a room with a tinted window and a big door leading into another room. "Ive been doing research on a notion about faeries. This research has lead me to a new language called gnomish which I believe faeries use. Finally after this I found two doing a ritual, and took them captive." Its amazing thought Artemis looking at his younger selfs emotionless face, it's like talking to a statue. He made a mental note to show a little emotion when he was talking with someone other than a business associate. "Ive also learned that these magical being can hypnotize you if they get direct eye contact. So I would wear these mirrored sun glasses." said Artemis handing him the glasses. Artemis took them and put them on and they both walked into the room. Artemis gasped sitting there was the girl from his mind. " have I meet you before?" he asked slightly clutching his head at the head ache that had come on as he was trying to remember something "No I don't think so." she said slightly touching her head also. "No I think I have." said Artemis "What was the name? Oh now I remember it was Holly right?" Holly looked at the taller figure strangely "yes, how do you know my name?" He took off his glasses a pale blue eye and a hazel eye shined out from his face, suddenly everything clicked for Holly "Artemis?" she asked "yes?" the two figures answered. Artemis was thinking very hard suddenly memories of the past eight years began to slink back into his brain. He stared into space a little confused then it all snapped. He was furious at himself for kidnapping Holly again. He turned to him self and spoke calmly "Let the girls go Artemis." "No this is my discovery and I wont let you have it!" "Then I'm forced to..." "Forced to what?" said a deep voice from behind him. It was butler of course "I am forced to take off your glasses!" said Artemis improvising and he pulled the glasses away, Butler made a grab for Artemis but he dodged "Run Holly." he said as he tried to keep Butler from capturing them which ended up with Artemis pushing against Butlers chest. Holly ran out pass them but the younger Holly failed to escape Butler pushed Artemis to the ground and held him there. "What are you doing?" said the younger Artemis angrily "I wont let you hurt my friends." "Me? friends with a faerie of all the things you've said here that has got to be the most preposterous. I will make sure this doesn't happen in the future." The older Artemis thought about the future for a moment, what would this event do to the future anyways?