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We earned a teddy bear! Woo! Thanks, to all who have been reviewing. You're all awesome and I love you guys to death. (:

Regards, Noodle

Of course, Artemis was curious over the fact dear Stephanie was so blue. He decided to search through her room, to perhaps find her diary. But Stephanie had hid it well, and so, Artemis knew nothing of the diary's presence and of its secrets.

Stephanie was, but of course, relaxing in the garden. Her thoughts strayed to the boy-man she hardly knew, and all the possibilities of perhaps knowing him.

"Stephanie!"

"Wha?"

"It's time you met, Ben, my other cousin."

Stephanie was to shocked for words. Her mouth opened as she gazed at Artemis as if he had killed her mommy. But, that was krill. (You know, the things whales eat.)

"Obviously, you are overwhelmed by the fact that you are to meet another cousin."

"Yeah, let's go with that."

Stephanie slowly stood, and backed away. "I'm feeling, terrified and utterly sick. Be back soon." She turned to find a miniature Artemis. Only, he was BEN!

Stephanie ran and hid behind Artemis breathing deeply.

"Stay back, and no one gets hurt!" Stephanie shrieked shrilly, holding out Artemis' hand as a weapon.

"…What are you doing?"

"None of your beeswax, that's what."

Stephanie jumped at the kid, and whispered menacingly, "Why do you haunt my dreams?"

"What, I dunno, why are you asking?" the child retracted.

"Why can't you leave me alone? What do you want from me?"

"I don't even know you, lady!"

Stephanie quickly ran off, only to meet Ben, the older Ben. Stephanie had had it. She began screaming and ran for her room. "I'll be safe there." She whispered to herself.

Meanwhile…

"Why is she afraid of a five year old?"

"Can I have ice cream?" Ben asked.

"No." Artemis replied.

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"NO!"

"Fine."

"Thank you."

"Please."

"Your just like Shawn." Artemis muttered.

"PLEASE! I'll give you five dollars and thirteen cents."

"Okay." And young Ben received his well earned ice cream.

"I'm okay, I'm not crazy, life is good, don't worry about me," Stephanie said in a hysterical tone.

"Then why did you freak out when I introduced you to my cousin, Ben?" Artemis sounded nosy, which he was being at the moment.

"Um. Reasons."

"What reasons?" Artemis asked, folding his arms in impatience.

"I was… on… a sugar high! I told you not to give me cereal this morning." She waved a finger at him.

"Alright, whatever you say." That was a good enough answer for the genius. He left Stephanie in her room.

Later that day…

The crew (Butler, Stephanie, Artemis and Juliet. Of course Shawn isn't very important.) was walkin' down the pier singin' do op do op do op do op. (Well, not really, but we thought it would be fun.)

Each person had a large bag full of Juliet's junk. She was the only one who was shopping. Everyone else was her slave. Well, except Artemis. He's a lazy bum, you could say.

Stephanie was at the end of the line, at the edge of the pier, carrying the second heaviest bag and was panting. "Why must I carry this one?"

"I refuse to carry anything, that's why." Artemis gave her a smarmy look.

"Just as Stephanie was about to retort, an old man pushed her into the water inadvertently!" Butler exclaimed.

And at that very moment, Stephanie was inadvertently pushed into the water by an old man!

Because she was panicking, Stephanie held onto the heavy bag which dragged her under the water. She had no idea how to swim with human legs and was utterly hopeless. Her gills would be useful at the moment but, alas, she had none, and was starting to run out of air.

Stephanie, after gathering her thoughts when she realized she was lowering below the water's surface, let go of the bag of junk and started concentrating on resurfacing. She tried to doggy paddle back up and failed so horribly she felt like making fun of herself. She began to slowly lose consciousness because of the lack of air. Her lungs couldn't hold the carbon dioxide any longer, and she let go of her breath. Her reflexes, or instinct, or…something caused her to cough and water entered her lungs. She completely blacked out.

"Umm… Where is Stephanie?" Butler looked around.

"Where do you think? You're the one that foretold her future!"

"My stuff!" Shrieked Juliet.

The end. (:

Will Stephanie survive, is she happy? I don't know find out in chapter 11.

We aren't that mean. Please continue reading.

Butler quickly dove into the water and after a few sad moments of suspense, Butler came up, carrying Stephanie over his shoulder. He gently set her down.

"And then Artemis used his extensive knowledge to perform the Heimlich on Stephanie."

"No."

"Artemis, I foretold it, now it shall be done!" Butler clapped his hands.

Artemis sighed and grabbed Stephanie around the abdomen and applied an upward pressure. 8tephanie puked up water, just water.

"Eugh. Water, how I love it." Stephanie said sardonically.

"As do I." Artemis replied, wiping his hands on his shirt.

"And we all left for Burgeloo burgers for lunch, for Butler was hungry," Butler predicted again.

Stephanie gave him a weird look. "What?"

"I have said it, so now it shall be done!" Butler clapped his hands twice.

"Are you okay?" Juliet asked. She worried for her brother's health.

"No." Butler replied.

And so, the crew went to Burgeloo burgers and Stephanie growled to the world. A few hours and sneezes later, the quad arrived to the Fowl Manor. Everyone settled into their nightly activities, as Stephanie wrote in her journal.

4/18/06,

I am a dribbling snot faucet. An old man that just happened to be coming past and "accidentally" pushed me over the pier and into the water, thus my nose has been running ever since. Artemis saved me, although he didn't want to. Maybe it was because of Butler's predictions, that was freaky. He kept telling of future events. Then again, he made us do whatever he said, for it was what he foretold and it had to be done.

I met mini-Ben today, who was Artemis' cousin. I went completely out of my mind (Who wouldn't?). What if mini-Ben is my stalker? He didn't act like he knew me, though. At all. I think I scared him severely. So many questions to be answered that I obviously can't answer! AUGH!

And I must figure out how to foil Butlers horrid attempt to be a psychic.

Hi peoples. We are sorry we suck. YOU ALL GET OATMEAL BATHS! Unless you're allergic. Then you get an applesauce bath. And cookies. We wish we had written more, but we haven't. Yes, we feel terrified that you will stop reviewing. Yes. We do deserve to be hit. We are sorry. We weep. At least, I do. Good-bye.

Happy day, Frogerita

You know what I think? I think that fewer people are reviewing because they stop after the first chapter. Yes, it may look a bit stupid. But guess what? The rest of the story isn't. I thought Lord of the Flies might've been stupid at first, but it wasn't. I like it; it's one of my favorite books, etc. So don't judge a book by its first few pages, m'kayyy?

Regards, Noodle