Nice job, it's interesting.

Great ending! :D! Thanks for the explanation, Angelina Morton!

:D! Great ending, and thanks for the explanation, Angelina Morton!

Hi, nice job! And, Clara Weasley, it is what my brother says for good job, so yeah.

Exactly! Why do people portray Ron as a jerk when he's not? I like the way you've kept them in character! Also, Angelina Morton, why did you say Qwerty?

I think this is brilliant because it is unique. Carry on! QWERTY

I hate how much bad press and mischaracterisation Ron gets in other stories, so I'm glad to hear you're giving him a fair portrayal!

Hope Dumbledore and Ginny (two other victims of this heinous trend) get the same fair shot, I guess I'll wait and see on that one...

Artemis is definitely nicer and more social in this story than in the first book, but it' s definitely still fun seeing how he handles things at Hogwarts

Goblin revolutions...

Artemïs's parents were seriously too busy.. And thank you this great opening!

Could you tell me which King of Serpents book is next in this series? Also I TOTALLY understand your school troubles. You might see me reviewing, asking which book is next sometimes. ;-)

Wow. I like what you did. (With the bird and the relation).

Professor Snape's reaction after finding out about the entire fiasco was mixed in a rather amusing way.

He had been quite angry that the two boys had run off so recklessly. "Mr. Fowl and Mr. Malfoy, I truly expected better from you than to behave like hotheaded Gryffindors."

(He didn't know why Artemis had done so in the first place...nor did he know that behind this was probably one of the most successful Slytherins of all...)

He had also been less than pleased after hearing how they barreled through the protections so easily. "I knew we should have tightened security around that thing more," he muttered. "Not that I would have expected any less from you, Mr. Fowl. Just don't make it a habit in the future."

Of course, he was quite unsurprised when he found out that Quirrell was the perpetrator. "I knew that he was up to no good."

However, Professor Snape had also been rather humored when he heard Artemis' opinion about the potions-riddle challenge. "Did you like it? I'm glad someone actually appreciated it."

"It was good poetry," Artemis shrugged, his opinions, for once, completely truthful.

"Minerva had the nerve to look down upon it. I spent thirty minutes of my precious time writing that. The purpose was to have something Quirrell wouldn't expect. I was hoping that his logic skills were as feeble as his teaching – he'd need a second head to solve it."

Oh, the irony.

The Potions Master had been so very horrified (though his face did not show it – Professor Snape had an extraordinary ability of hiding his thoughts. Artemis would have to take lessons from him) when he learned that Quirrell indeed had had a second head.

Upon discovering that it was Voldemort's face, he was speechless.

And he was extremely smug when Slytherin won the House cup, yet again.
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And so the first adventure ends for dear Artemis. But he gains some friends I think.

Huge and ornately framed, Artemis observed it. Why was the mirror in here, anyway? What was so special about it that it was the last protection?

Engraved across the top were the words, "Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi."

Artemis smiled. Reversing the letters and reading backwards, like one would do in a mirror, and rearranging the spacing between the words, he found that the phrase was, "I show not your face but your heart's desire." How subtle. What would he see?

He looked into the mirror out of curiosity. Would it be endless gold or power? It was not until now that he realized…he already had gold and power. What did he want?

And his father appeared behind him, placing a hand on his shoulder, and said, "I am proud of you."

And his mother was close by, smiling, but accepting of who he was, not once trying to change him to become a nicer, more sociable kid.

Artemis gasped and turned around, only to see no one there.

"I show not your face but your heart's desire."

Scowling, Artemis cursed the mirror to a fiery death and followed Professor Dumbledore out of the third-floor corridor.

That mirror was backwards in more ways than one

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Well, it seems Artemis got his Stone, but also a lesson about what he really wants from the mirror.

Yikes! No! No, not advKadavr!

Well, Snape managed to impress Artemis with his challenge I was too.