Chapter 3: Artemis the Horse
"Ready, Artemis?" Diana said enthusiastically,
"Yes, I suppose I am ready. After all, I am Artemis Fowl." he said smugly.
"Ofcourse you are..." she said sarcastically "Anyway, when you babysit- you ask them what they want. You just don't do what you want. You ask if they want to do it. Got that?"
"But what if they want to bungee jump of the tallest building, or go travel to a "magical fairy land"?"
"Well, if they want to travel to some fairy land- call Holly." she said obviously " For other requests, follow step two, ponder whether it is right or wrong. Don't say 'yes' right away."
"I understand." he said proudly.
"Try that out right now. There's Myles and Beckett, by the... pieces of your fairy journal on the floor."
Artemis saw the pages of his beloved fairy journal on the floor. He looked at Diana his look saying 'You've got to be kidding me.', but her expression only read: 'Just do it!' He walked over to the terror twins.
"Myles, Beckett. Since you have already broke Mothers flower vase and shredded my fairy journals-"
"We also broke daddy's computer!" Beckett said proudly.
"You did what?" Artemis looked angry this time. He calmed down and looked at Diana, she nodded with approval and he continued, "Since you did those bad acts, what else would you to like to do?"
Myles and Beckett nodded at each other and said in unison, "We wanna ride on Arty's back!"
Artemis was about to say no, when Diana interrupted.
"Ofcource you can do that! He's okay with that! Right, Artemis?"
Artemis looked at her eyes wide open and said, "Diana, can I talk to you in the kitchen?"
Diana nodded and they both met up in the kitchen...
"Diana, I am Artemis Fowl, millionaire, criminal mastermind and genius. I am not Artemis the Horse. So I refuse to do what those twins are saying."
Diana looked at him with a look of evil.
"I will not fall for that one. Artemis Fowl, survived a bio bomb of the fairies, time travel and demons. I can surely survive your "Diana look".
He looked at Diana for a few more seconds and realized that Diana looked good even if she was trying to scare him...
After 5 minutes with Diana in the kitchen, Artemis was now giving Myles and Beckett a horseback ride. He thought to himself...
'I have to control my puberty.'