Artemis Fowl was lounging out in the backyard, laptop unfolded in his lap, typing away. But, instead of the usual plotting or great psychological work, he was actually conversing with someone. A young man who went by the name of 'greeneyedbolt' was a refreshing change from the stuffy, frustrating people he usually conversed with.
Suddenly, there was a call from...unknown. Artemis blinked. "Hello?"
"Is this Artemis Fowl II?"
"Yes. May I ask who's speaking?" 'And how you are blocking who is calling me?' he thought.
"My name is Hermione Granger. Are you interested in working as a lawyer? We need a neutral party for this is a high profile case and we need someone who is good at manipulating every angle."
Artemis blinked. "Is there something about me that screams 'lawyer'?"
"Well, you did reason with those...little people to keep your memory and listen to you in the end, did you not?"
Artemis' eyes narrowed. Now things were getting weird. "Where do you want to meet up to discuss your...proposition? I'm going to assume you can't tell me about this over the phone."
"Correct. Like your friends, we are hidden. We know of each other, but we don't meet."
Artemis thought things over. He was sure this was going to be a trap. But, he couldn't resist the possibility of a challenge. "Would you and your...associates like to come over to Fowl Manor to meet, or meet somewhere else? At the manor, we wouldn't need to deal with security."
There was a pause and some murmuring from the other end of the line. "That would be fine. Can we meet Saturday?"
"As in, two days from now?"
"Yes. We have a short deadline."
"That's fine. 1:00 PM Dublin time. Please don't be late." And Artemis hung up.
Sighing, Artemis looked at the screen. Greeneyedbolt had left a question mark since Artemis hadn't answered yet.
hiddengenius: Sorry. Someone named Hermione Granger just called.
greeneyedbolt: -pause- Did you just say Hermione Granger? Is it for a case?
hiddengenius: ...I will take it you know a little about this case.
greeneyedbolt: -snickers- You could say I know a little. Didn't think they would work this fast...
hiddengenius: -sighs- What do you know?
greeneyedbolt: I know many things. What do you want to know?
hiddengenius: What would you happen to know about Ms. Granger and her case? And the hidden...information she couldn't tell me over the phone?
greeneyedbolt: When are you meeting her?
hiddengenius: When are you going to answer my question?
greeneyedbolt: -snorts- If you don't figure out when you meet 'Mi, you might want to get a new job, or a new screen name, Mr. Fowl.
hiddengenius: What?!
greeneyedbolt: Send me a message after you meet with them. I have something that will help you if you take the case. I promise the other four people with her won't do anything to you. Bye!
-greeneyedbolt has now logged off-
S C E N E B R E A K
It wasn't often Artemis felt confused. The last person to even partially outsmart him was Minerva, and even then he eventually came out on top. As of now, he didn't have to worry about Minerva since they were friends.
His six year old brother and sister, Diana and Daniel, sometimes confused him with their childish antics he was sure he never pulled off as a kid.
But, his new 'friend' he made about four months ago intrigued him. Who was he and what did he know?
Artemis took out his cell phone. He wanted to make a call to his fairy friend, Holly Short.
S C E N E B R E A K
Holly Short was a somewhat busy fairy. Actually, things had slowed down considerably since the demons came back to this dimension. So, when her phone rang and she saw it show Artemis was calling, she was intrigued.
"Hello, Arty. What's up? Anymore disastrous plots dealing with us fairy folk? More saving the world?" she asked jokingly.
"Well, if there are any plots, I'm not aware of them. No, I have a question to ask since everyone down there is all knowing about the surface dwellers."
"Shoot."
"Are there any other races out in the world that remain hidden from the general populace?"
Holly was silent for a moment, surprised. "Why would you ask that?"
"Because I was contacted by a woman who wanted me to act as a lawyer for a high profile case. And, they knew about you guys down there. And knew about my escaping the mind wipe..."
"Wait. Stop. Repeat that."
"They knew about my evading the mind wipe eight years ago."
Holly was frozen. "This...could be a problem. They shouldn't know that much about our activities underground. We have a leak somewhere. I'll have to tell Foaly and the Council..."
Artemis was puzzled. "Why shouldn't they? Besides the obvious being a surface dweller?"
"There are two different types of magic wielders We both have our limits. The fairies can't transform objects or cause extreme changes with our magic. That's why we are constantly upgrading our technology. The others are able to destroy much easier then we can. The others also can't heal well and most have to channel their magic through staffs, though I hear nowadays they use wands. This is where the Mud People get their idea of witches and wizards."
"Hm...why do you stay separate?" Before Holly could answer, Artemis answered for himself. "Ah, they must have done something against all of you."
"Yes. As you know from stealing The Book, we fair folk do not reproduce as often as other races. The other magic people reproduce more like Mud People because they are closely related to them. Some Mud People are born with magic and are called 'Muggleborns.'
"At one point, both magics and people who didn't have magic lived together in peace. Until Morgana la Fey noticed the major differences between the two of us were. She ambushed a small group of fairies and bound the elves to wizards and witches who were with her to be slaves.
"The council made an alliance to free the elves and help the withes and wizards defeat her but when we defeated la Fey, the Minister decided they liked the elves' work and refused to release them and their magics so we have refused to have anything to do with them ever since."
Artemis was startled. "Well, that's a lot to take in." He felt even more guilt about what happened nearly ten years ago, but ignored it. There was nothing he could do now. "Now, don' try to tell me that you haven't been keeping track of these witches and wizards for the past centuries."
Holly smugly smirked, showing she had spent too much time with the genius. "Of course. Now, you are to be a lawyer? This must be from the last war. I'll call Foaly and have him tell you. I'm not caught up on current events there. I'm still trying to regain what was lost from before we came back four years ago. I've been cleaning up stuff from around the time Julius was still around, even though it has been years. Stool didn't help and everyone was trying to rush around preparing for our landing to do anything."
"Good luck with that. Say 'hello' to Mulch for me."