Artemis Fowl: The Girl of Power

Chapter Five: The Parents

"Elizabeth."

I opened my eyes to see the face of none other than Artemis. "What?"

His eyes widened in fear and he took a step back, almost tripping over a chair.

"What?" I repeated. I reached up to rub my eyes, I felt they were hot, "Oops..." My eyes had turned red, they do that when I'm really angry or sad, the fire builds in them and they become red. Now I knew why Artemis was fearful of me. "Hey, Artemis, it's fine. What ya doing in here anyway?"

Artemis was still moving for the door. He was mouthing something, I'm pretty sure he was counting.

"Artemis don't make me do something."

He ran for the door, which slammed closed on his face.

I got up and walked to stand behind him "Artemis calm down, I won't hurt you."

"What are you, Liz?"

I grinned a playful, jokey way "I'm a fairy."

"D'arvit," he breathed.

"What?"

He relaxed somewhat. "I thought you meant that at first."

I stared blankly at him. "Why would you think that?"

"My family will be home soon, they'll want to meet you." Artemis opened the door and quickly walked down the hall before I could stop him.

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Artemis ran down the stairs two at a time, his family was waiting for him. Angeline was standing there smiling and waiting for a hug. Artemis hugged his Mother and Father then his younger brothers.

After they finished talking about the trip and Artemis was shown all the photos and his brothers were sent to bed, Artemis bought up Elizabeth.

"Father, Mother, we need to talk."

Artemis Senor and Angeline looked at each other worried.

"What about Arty?" asked his mother.

Artemis sighed, they were sitting in one of the many living rooms, "Yesterday Juliet came by for a visit, she bought someone with her, a girl about the same age as me. Butler believes she is the long lost Elizabeth."

"Elizabeth isn't lost, she was deformed and died as a baby. We buried her," said Artemis Senor.

"Your father's right," said Angeline, "she's dead. I wish she was alive, but she's not. Also, I have told you to call me mum, not "mother", mum."

Artemis flinched, life had become quite confusing since the cloning. Without his memories, Artemis had become as he was at age twelve, a selfish boy who cared about nothing, but himself and gold. Then to make matters worse Orion came back

Orion enjoyed taking over, as long as no one realized it was him, he had been practicing to talk like Artemis just for this reason.

"Of course Mum, would you like me to go get her for you to meet? Then you can decide if she is Elizabeth or not?"

Angeline blinked that was easy, "Yes, why don't you go get her."

Orion headed off to fetch her.

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I was sitting in my room when Artemis bust threw the door. He had this goofy grin on his face and I started giggling.

"What is so funny my lady?"

"What?" What's going on with Artemis? "Artemis do you feel OK?"

"Artemis is fine." He frowned. "I mean, I am fine. My parents would like to talk to you, follow me."

I felt something wasn't right, but I followed. I was led into a living room, there were two people in the room talking.

"Mum, Dad, this is Elizabeth."

Artemis Senor was slightly shocked at being called "Dad", he and Angeline stood and greets were said.

As soon as I saw them from the front I knew it was the couple from my dream, no mistake.

"Is it possible that I could be your daughter who you thought was dead?" I said this slowly and carefully.

"I guess it's possible, isn't it Timmy?"

"Yes, completely possible," breathed Artemis Senor.