Here is the next chapter. Sorry this one took longer, I'm on vacation! Enjoy...

Holly woke when the first rays of light filtered through the castle windows. She glanced at Artemis and saw that he was still fast asleep. When he was sleeping, Holly noticed, his face was clear of its worry lines, and he looked like the normal teenager that he had never been.

Holly sat up and decided she would patrol the castle to see exactly what she was dealing with. She shielded and exited from the cam-foil fort. The castle was still quiet, because it was a Saturday and most kids were still in their beds.

She walked along and found one teacher walking by herself. Ha-ha… today was her lucky day. Holly buzzed into view and stared straight at the teacher. She was bespectacled and had her hair pulled back in a harsh bun.

Holly powered up her mesmer and spoke in layered tones. "Hello there. There will be a new student in your class and you will accept this as usual."

"I will accept this as usual," the teacher mumbled back.

"And you will not remember me talking to you," Holly said.

"I don't remember you…"

Holly nodded, then shielded out of view, continuing on her way down the corridor. One teacher down, about ten more to go. She kept getting lucky, and found most of the teachers wandering the corridors by themselves at some point. Something strange happened, though, when she stopped the teacher with greasy black hair.

Holly tried to mesmer him, but it was like the magic rolled right off of him. Little did she know, Snape was a learned Occlumens, so the mesmer wouldn't work on him.

"You are a different type of goblin than I have seen," said the teacher, staring at the newly visible Holly. "How did you get in here, anyway?"

Holly vamped up her mesmer, but the teacher just raised an eyebrow. "Obviously your magic doesn't work on me, little creature. Are you, by chance, a house elf that got a makeover?"

Holly panicked just slightly, and pulled out her Neutrino. She set it on the lowest setting.

"That is a funny little toy you have there," he began, but was cut off when he got zapped, and fell unconscious.

Holly hauled him behind a statue and pulled out her fairy communicator that linked straight to Artemis. Its fairy technology allowed it to work, even though most equipment went wild when in contact with all of this magic.

Artemis had been fine-tuning his plan when the ring on his finger buzzed. He twisted it and spoke into his hand. "Holly?"

"Artemis, I have a bit of an issue. Can you get over here?"

"Yes, give me one second." Artemis closed his palm on the communicator and used the tracker to locate Holly. He found her crouched behind a statue with an unconscious teacher at her feet.

"What happened?" asked Artemis, astonished.

"He wouldn't take the mesmer and asked me if I was a house elf that had gotten a makeover," said Holly, glancing at the unconscious man.

"Unfortunately, this teacher is the head of the house that I am going to be in. I will have to talk to him directly and explain my situation."

Holly looked at him like he was crazy. "Are you crazy?"

Artemis smiled his vampire smile. "No, just a genius." Holly rolled her eyes.

Snape woke up to find two people standing over him, arguing. Well, one seemed to be a teenager, and the other was the elf-girl that had shot him. He groaned when he felt a pounding headache set in, and the two stopped arguing immediately.

"Hello, I am sorry that my friend here had to shoot you," said the boy, sticking out his hand to help Snape up. Snape took the hand, and was pulled to his feet.

"My name is Artemis Fowl, and this is Holly Short," said the boy, and gestured at the female. "I am planning on being a student here, but I need at least one teacher on my side. I was hoping it would be you."

Snape glanced at Holly. "What is she?" he asked. "And how dare she shoot me, Professor Snape, a teacher."

"That would be a fairy. A type of magical creature that humans do not know about," explained Artemis. "She was trying to mesmerize you, but you seem to be immune, so she freaked out and shot you."

Snape nodded. "I am an Occlumens. I block my thoughts easily, so it must have made it impossible to hypnotize me, or whatever."

"It's actually mesmerize," began Holly, but Artemis shot her a look.

"Do you have any magic? It's impossible to teach a muggle how to use a wand correctly. They can't do it properly," said Snape. "And why do you want to go to school here so bad?"

"I have leftovers of fairy magic running in my system," explained Artemis. "This school would provide me with more entertainment and more to learn. You see, I have the highest IQ in Europe and would like something more exciting to learn."

Snape raised a disbelieving eyebrow at the boy. "Hmmm…. Sure… So, let's say that I did keep your secret. What would I gain?"

Artemis had an answer prepared, knowing that of all teachers, Snape would be the one to ask this. "I will keep your secret if you keep mine."

Snape's eyes widened. "My secret?"

"Well, I know that you are a spy for Dumbledore on the Death Eaters, and I also know that there is one student in his sixth year who would love to know about your dear love of his late mother…"

Snape looked shocked. "H-h-how did you get this information?" he asked.

"I know a guy," replied Artemis, not wanting to explain. He held out his hand for a handshake. "Do we have a deal?"

Snape looked conflicted for a second, but then took the hand of the strange boy. "You better watch your back. You don't want to be on my bad side." Snape had a dangerous glint in his eye.

"Don't worry, I can handle myself. Keep in mind, I have an invisible friend with weapons who will do my bidding," threatened Artemis.

Snape didn't look phased. "Your first class is Monday, Mr. Fowl, and we have an essay for homework that night on silent curses," said Snape, the corners of his mouth twisting in an evil grin.

Holly and Artemis made their way back to their hiding spot. Holly looked a little peeved. "Of all the teachers, why must the meanest teacher here be the one that we have to work with?" grumbled Holly. She was going to end up killing Artemis. The things he put her through…

Holly had been thinking about Artemis's plan, and noticed that it had some pretty big holes. "What about all of the kids that see that you are a new student?" she questioned. "You aren't going to spend every night in the corridor, I expect?"

Artemis nodded." I think that the students will be too interested by the fact that I am a new student to rat me out. Not only that, but if they do go to a teacher, all of them will be mesmerized," he explained. "You have gotten all of the teachers. All except the headmaster, of course, and you will find him in soon enough time."

Holly realized something. "If that Snape person was such a good Occlumens, then the headmaster is bound to be. Isn't he extremely powerful? How will I mesmer him?"

"If you can't mesmer him, just call me and I will make a deal with him also. Oh, and about the sleeping situation. I plan to be in Slytherin house. I figured I could either be in Ravenclaw, for the wise, or Slytherin for the smart and ambitious. Slytherin just seems more my type though, and Snape is the head of that house, so it will make it easier."

"Where will I sleep?" asked Holly, dreading Artemis's answer.

"You will have to mesmer all of the girls in the Slytherin dorm to except the fact that there will be a fairy sleeping in one of the beds in their dorm…"

Holly growled. "You better be happy that I filled up on magic the other day, I sure am using a bunch to mesmer all of these poor saps."

Artemis just smiled at her. "Isn't this adventure more exciting than a sure-to-be-boring surveillance job?" asked Artemis.

Holly shrugged, and then nodded, realizing that Artemis was right. Holly had always been fascinated by the wizards. They had ways of doing things that were eco-friendly and they shared a closer bond with fairies. She was extremely excited to be surveying them from this close.

She realized, with a growing feeling of certainty, that her life had been much more exciting since Artemis had entered it. She was lucky to have met him, and still was unsure about her feelings for him.

They decided that tomorrow they would work on finding the rest of the teachers and the headmaster. Holly was getting extremely hungry and was about to ask Artemis what they were going to eat, when Artemis turned to her and smiled.

"Do you want to meet a type of elf that will actually listen to humans?" he asked her.

"Uhhh…"

"Well, all we have to do is find a painting with a bowl of fruit on it and tickle the pear…"

If you haven't read the Harry Potter books, first, you have issues, second, Artemis was talking about how to get into the kitchens at Hogwarts. Please review!