The Unexpected Traitor

Prologue

Hey guys! This is the second Artemis Fowl fanfiction that I wrote, hope you like it! I originally posted this on FanFiction.net and it was very popular. I hope you guys like it just as much as my FF friends do!

Disclaimer: I don't own Artemis Fowl.
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*******TUT*******

With all the genius in my head, I am to be saved by a simple high jump.

He scrambled to his feet and ran toward the edge of the gate tower. It was no more than ten feet. Difficult, but not impossible from a height.

What I wouldn't give for a set of Foaly's Hummingbird wings now, he thought.

Through the green liquid Artemis saw Holly and Butler cresting the hill, running toward the crater.

Stay back, my friends, he thought. I am coming.

And he jumped for his life. Artemis was glad that Butler was there to witness his effort, as it was almost athletic. From this height, Artemis felt as though he were flying.

There was Holly racing down the slope, outrunning Butler for once. Artemis could see by the shape of her mouth that she was shouting his name.

His hands reached the skin of the magic bubble and passed through, and Artemis felt tremendous relief.

It worked. Everything will be different now. A new world with humans and fairies living together. I could be an ambassador.

Then the spell caught him as neatly as a bug in a jar, and Artemis slid down the inside of the magical corona as though it were made of glass.

Holly rushed down the hillside, reaching toward the magical light.

"Stay back!", Artemis shouted, and his voice was slightly out of synch with his lips. "The spell will kill you."

Holly did not slow, and Artemis could see that she intended to attempt a rescue.

She does not understand, he thought.

"Butler!", he called. "Stop her."

The bodyguard reached out his massive arms and folded Holly in a bear hug. She used every escape maneuver in the manual, but there was no slipping such a grip.

"Butler, please. This is not right. It was supposed to be me."

"Wait", said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?"

All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.

Holly stopped struggling. "The magic shouldn't affect a human, Artemis. Why hasn't it released you?"

Artemis felt the magic scanning his person, looking for something. It found that something in his eye socket.

"I have a fairy eye—one of yours, remember?", said Artemis, pointing to the brown iris. "I thought my human genes could overcome that, but this is perceptive magic. Smart power."