A/N: Looks like a lot of people liked this story! Yay! Sorry it took so
long, I had to get over a bit of writer's block, this new chapter is
totally cool though, I think my old reviewers and new ones I'm sure will
come will like this chapter. Enjoy!
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ChocolateEclar: Thank you! Of course, everyone knows that werewolves aren't to friendly with silver right? So why not put it in the story right? Hehehehehe...
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Insane Authors: Jem: I'm glad you think this is amazing, I mean I am an amazing author right? *smiles mock egotistically* Jewl: Oh, yeah, Artemis does the twist! Oh yeah! Dream: Thank you very much!
Dreamy-eyes: Oh, yeah! I'm cool, do you know you are one of three people to say that this werewolf idea is cool and original?
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Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl or anything else copyrighted by Eoin Colfer and Miramax or whatever that appears in this story.
One with the Moon
Chapter 2: Michelle
Artemis tossed in his bed in a vain attempt to find a comfortable spot. He wanted to sleep desperately, he needed to ignore his unnatural lust to see the full moon outside his window. Bad things happened when he looked at the moon. It was all so confusing. What could possibly be happening to him? The spoon incident... then the dead man that had been torn limb from limb... Then an idea came to Artemis. Could any of the latest happenings have anything to do with that wolf that had bitten him a few nights ago?
The wolf... the bite... a full moon... silver triggered a strange reaction when it came into contact with his skin and strange transformations occurred when he looked at the moon. It just couldn't be, it couldn't. But then again, fairies and centaurs existed so it wasn't like *they* couldn't be real. Could they?
Artemis scrambled out of his bed and crossed the room to his computer, switching it on as he took a seat in his comfortable swivel chair. Within seconds Artemis was surfing the internet in search of the answer he knew he would dread.
A minute later he was sure, it said it right there, on a website full of information on mythical creatures. It had all of his symptoms listed right there. There was no other possibility or explanation.
Artemis had become a werewolf.
Artemis started at the monitor for a moment, particularly a rather nasty picture of a creature that was half wolf and half man. He didn't look like that when he transformed, did he? Spittle dripping from snarling lips, curled back to show hideously sharp teeth. The body coated in dark gray fur stained with dirt and blood. Brutally curved claws, crusted with dried blood, mud, and other things he couldn't make out.
Artemis swallowed, hard. He didn't want this to happen to him. Why him? These things weren't supposed to happen to young multimillionaire criminal masterminds. This sort of thing happened to OTHER people, not Artemis Fowl Jr.
Artemis switched his computer off and climbed out of his swivel chair. He crossed the room to his bed and sat down. He looked up after a moment and his eyes fixed on the window. He had made Butler put up the winter curtains so the light of the moon was completely blocked out. When the sun had still been up it had been easy to defy the mysterious pull he had to the moon. But now he longed to throw back those heavy, blue curtains and stare up into the fading moon. This was the last day of the full moon and the urge was stronger than ever.
But Artemis was afraid, he didn't want to hurt people, like what had happened last time...
But the pull was too strong, he HAD to see the moon Artemis stumbled across the room through the darkness to the window. Half of him was fighting to go back to bed and the other half was fighting to pull back the curtains.
But the werewolf side won. Artemis threw the curtains back, almost ripping them from the curtain rod. He stared up into the eerily glowing orb in the sky, now completely entranced.
His body started to change in the moon light. His face elongated into a muzzle. His spine curved over, his arms reached down to the floor. Black fur sprouted out all over his body. His feet and hands transformed into giant paws.
Soon Artemis was completely transformed into a huge black wolf. Wolf-like instincts combined with an ingenious mind, not a good combination when those instincts were set on killing.
Artemis threw his head back and howled. All that was between him and the outdoors was a pane of glass. Easy.
Glass shattered around him as he rammed his way through. The shards didn't even come near to cutting his skin thanks to his heavy coat of fur.
He landed on the ground thirty-five feet below easily and leapt over the stone wall. Artemis bounded off towards the woods in search of prey.
~*~
Butler and Holly came to attention when a wolf howl sounded nearby. They both put it off as a wolf that might be nearby in the woods west of the Manor. Then came the sound of shattering glass, and from Artemis's room down the hall. They traded glances and immediately abandoned their card game.
Butler and Holly rushed down the hall and threw open the Artemis's bedroom door. Holly gasped, 'Not again... Please not again...'
Artemis was not in bed, he wasn't even in the Manor. The curtains that Artemis had made Butler put up earlier that day swayed in the light breeze coming from the broken window behind them. Butler and Holly looked out the window hoping not to see a body in satin green PJs on the ground below.
Fortunately, there was no body, unfortunately, Artemis was no where in sight.
Holly looked up towards the woods as a sudden impulse caught her, she noticed a large black wolf disappearing into the trees. She frowned, wolves shouldn't be allowed that close to the Manor. But she didn't mention it to Butler, whom was preoccupied with frantically searching high and low for Artemis.
~*~
He bounded through the woods silently, all four paws padding the ground silently in rhythm with his heartbeat. His instincts had completely over come Artemis, right now he smelled fresh meat, and he was compelled to find the source of the aroma.
Artemis came to a halt in the shadows on the side of the small clearing. There is was, the fresh meat he had smelled, venison. But there was another in the clearing, a she-wolf. Apparently that deer was her kill. Artemis squinted at her, that wolf looked... familiar.
Then he remembered, a few nights ago in the woods... that was the wolf that had bitten him! Artemis stepped out of the shadows, the she-wolf looked up, and for the second time in as many days their eyes met, blue against brown.
After a moment the she-wolf moved to the side, welcoming him to share her meal.
~*~
Artemis woke with a start, he could remember what he had found the last time he had woken up on a bed of pine needles and he hoped it hadn't happened again.
But this time it wasn't nearly as gory. Across the clearing was a half eaten deer carcass. At least its insides weren't strewn around the clearing like what had happened to the man...
Artemis gulped blocking out that memory. He stood up and brushed himself off as best he could. His clothes were in rags and blood and dirt covered his hands and face. That was the second pair of PJs in two days, mother would be furious when she would hear about it.
Then he remembered all that had happened last night, that she- wolf... Michelle, her name was Michelle, but he didn't know how he knew that exactly, just a thing that had come to him the first time he had seen her last night, probably a werewolf thing. Where was Michelle, he had fallen asleep right after she had... then he saw writing in the dirt, he kneeled down to read it.
It read: 'Beware of Silver'.
He frowned at it, of course he knew that silver could hurt him, he had learned it the hard way. He looked around the small clearing for any sign of where Michelle had gone, there was one.
Her scent, he could SMELL where she had gone, humans weren't supposed to be able to do that... She had gone north. Oh well, no time to track her down now, he had to get home. He turned around and started to walk in a generally eastward direction.
~*~
Holly and Butler were monitoring the cameras in the security room. The police were of no use because they wouldn't go out and search for Artemis- no matter how much money Butler tried to bribe them with- unless he had been gone for twenty-four hours. So after quite a bit of debate they had come to a compromise that it would be best to wait at the Manor to see if Artemis would come back in the morning just like yesterday.
Holly and Butler watched the monitors like cats, hoping that Artemis would come back soon. Butler saw him first, he came in the western wing, even filthier than the last time. Butler and Holly rushed downstairs to greet Artemis.
Butler reached him first, since his legs were longer, this time instead of shaking Artemis he gently led him to a comfy couch and let him sit down. Holly came up behind Butler and ordered him to bring a warm, wet cloth, a blanket, and then to run a bath, just like yesterday. Butler didn't fight this time and soon had supplied Holly with the warm cloth, and blanket, and had disappeared to go start a bath.
Holly frowned at Artemis, while wrapped the blanket around Artemis's shoulders. "Artemis, I hope this doesn't become a regular occurrence."
Artemis stared at her silently, as if debating something.
Holly began to wash away the dirt that she could with the cloth. "So are you going to tell me what happened? Why are you doing this?"
Artemis was silent.
"Artemis? Are you going to answer me?"
Artemis looked away, as if ashamed of something.
She sighed, "Artemis, it's okay. I'm sure whatever you are going through will pass over eventually." She smiled reassuringly.
All Artemis did was sigh and look even sadder than before.
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A/N: That is the end of this chapter! I know you all probably think the 'Beware of Silver' thing is like really dumb, right? Well it has a deeper meaning, you'll see. Can't tell you, it will give away the whole story. *Evil grin* You just watch, you'll find out! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Replies to Reviewers:
ChocolateEclar: Thank you! Of course, everyone knows that werewolves aren't to friendly with silver right? So why not put it in the story right? Hehehehehe...
Spectra16: Thank you!
surrealallstar: Thanx!
Insane Authors: Jem: I'm glad you think this is amazing, I mean I am an amazing author right? *smiles mock egotistically* Jewl: Oh, yeah, Artemis does the twist! Oh yeah! Dream: Thank you very much!
Dreamy-eyes: Oh, yeah! I'm cool, do you know you are one of three people to say that this werewolf idea is cool and original?
Thundermage: Thank you!
Slycat: Thanx!
That is the last of them! Thank you all for reviewing! Please, please, please review some more! I do so love reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl or anything else copyrighted by Eoin Colfer and Miramax or whatever that appears in this story.
One with the Moon
Chapter 2: Michelle
Artemis tossed in his bed in a vain attempt to find a comfortable spot. He wanted to sleep desperately, he needed to ignore his unnatural lust to see the full moon outside his window. Bad things happened when he looked at the moon. It was all so confusing. What could possibly be happening to him? The spoon incident... then the dead man that had been torn limb from limb... Then an idea came to Artemis. Could any of the latest happenings have anything to do with that wolf that had bitten him a few nights ago?
The wolf... the bite... a full moon... silver triggered a strange reaction when it came into contact with his skin and strange transformations occurred when he looked at the moon. It just couldn't be, it couldn't. But then again, fairies and centaurs existed so it wasn't like *they* couldn't be real. Could they?
Artemis scrambled out of his bed and crossed the room to his computer, switching it on as he took a seat in his comfortable swivel chair. Within seconds Artemis was surfing the internet in search of the answer he knew he would dread.
A minute later he was sure, it said it right there, on a website full of information on mythical creatures. It had all of his symptoms listed right there. There was no other possibility or explanation.
Artemis had become a werewolf.
Artemis started at the monitor for a moment, particularly a rather nasty picture of a creature that was half wolf and half man. He didn't look like that when he transformed, did he? Spittle dripping from snarling lips, curled back to show hideously sharp teeth. The body coated in dark gray fur stained with dirt and blood. Brutally curved claws, crusted with dried blood, mud, and other things he couldn't make out.
Artemis swallowed, hard. He didn't want this to happen to him. Why him? These things weren't supposed to happen to young multimillionaire criminal masterminds. This sort of thing happened to OTHER people, not Artemis Fowl Jr.
Artemis switched his computer off and climbed out of his swivel chair. He crossed the room to his bed and sat down. He looked up after a moment and his eyes fixed on the window. He had made Butler put up the winter curtains so the light of the moon was completely blocked out. When the sun had still been up it had been easy to defy the mysterious pull he had to the moon. But now he longed to throw back those heavy, blue curtains and stare up into the fading moon. This was the last day of the full moon and the urge was stronger than ever.
But Artemis was afraid, he didn't want to hurt people, like what had happened last time...
But the pull was too strong, he HAD to see the moon Artemis stumbled across the room through the darkness to the window. Half of him was fighting to go back to bed and the other half was fighting to pull back the curtains.
But the werewolf side won. Artemis threw the curtains back, almost ripping them from the curtain rod. He stared up into the eerily glowing orb in the sky, now completely entranced.
His body started to change in the moon light. His face elongated into a muzzle. His spine curved over, his arms reached down to the floor. Black fur sprouted out all over his body. His feet and hands transformed into giant paws.
Soon Artemis was completely transformed into a huge black wolf. Wolf-like instincts combined with an ingenious mind, not a good combination when those instincts were set on killing.
Artemis threw his head back and howled. All that was between him and the outdoors was a pane of glass. Easy.
Glass shattered around him as he rammed his way through. The shards didn't even come near to cutting his skin thanks to his heavy coat of fur.
He landed on the ground thirty-five feet below easily and leapt over the stone wall. Artemis bounded off towards the woods in search of prey.
~*~
Butler and Holly came to attention when a wolf howl sounded nearby. They both put it off as a wolf that might be nearby in the woods west of the Manor. Then came the sound of shattering glass, and from Artemis's room down the hall. They traded glances and immediately abandoned their card game.
Butler and Holly rushed down the hall and threw open the Artemis's bedroom door. Holly gasped, 'Not again... Please not again...'
Artemis was not in bed, he wasn't even in the Manor. The curtains that Artemis had made Butler put up earlier that day swayed in the light breeze coming from the broken window behind them. Butler and Holly looked out the window hoping not to see a body in satin green PJs on the ground below.
Fortunately, there was no body, unfortunately, Artemis was no where in sight.
Holly looked up towards the woods as a sudden impulse caught her, she noticed a large black wolf disappearing into the trees. She frowned, wolves shouldn't be allowed that close to the Manor. But she didn't mention it to Butler, whom was preoccupied with frantically searching high and low for Artemis.
~*~
He bounded through the woods silently, all four paws padding the ground silently in rhythm with his heartbeat. His instincts had completely over come Artemis, right now he smelled fresh meat, and he was compelled to find the source of the aroma.
Artemis came to a halt in the shadows on the side of the small clearing. There is was, the fresh meat he had smelled, venison. But there was another in the clearing, a she-wolf. Apparently that deer was her kill. Artemis squinted at her, that wolf looked... familiar.
Then he remembered, a few nights ago in the woods... that was the wolf that had bitten him! Artemis stepped out of the shadows, the she-wolf looked up, and for the second time in as many days their eyes met, blue against brown.
After a moment the she-wolf moved to the side, welcoming him to share her meal.
~*~
Artemis woke with a start, he could remember what he had found the last time he had woken up on a bed of pine needles and he hoped it hadn't happened again.
But this time it wasn't nearly as gory. Across the clearing was a half eaten deer carcass. At least its insides weren't strewn around the clearing like what had happened to the man...
Artemis gulped blocking out that memory. He stood up and brushed himself off as best he could. His clothes were in rags and blood and dirt covered his hands and face. That was the second pair of PJs in two days, mother would be furious when she would hear about it.
Then he remembered all that had happened last night, that she- wolf... Michelle, her name was Michelle, but he didn't know how he knew that exactly, just a thing that had come to him the first time he had seen her last night, probably a werewolf thing. Where was Michelle, he had fallen asleep right after she had... then he saw writing in the dirt, he kneeled down to read it.
It read: 'Beware of Silver'.
He frowned at it, of course he knew that silver could hurt him, he had learned it the hard way. He looked around the small clearing for any sign of where Michelle had gone, there was one.
Her scent, he could SMELL where she had gone, humans weren't supposed to be able to do that... She had gone north. Oh well, no time to track her down now, he had to get home. He turned around and started to walk in a generally eastward direction.
~*~
Holly and Butler were monitoring the cameras in the security room. The police were of no use because they wouldn't go out and search for Artemis- no matter how much money Butler tried to bribe them with- unless he had been gone for twenty-four hours. So after quite a bit of debate they had come to a compromise that it would be best to wait at the Manor to see if Artemis would come back in the morning just like yesterday.
Holly and Butler watched the monitors like cats, hoping that Artemis would come back soon. Butler saw him first, he came in the western wing, even filthier than the last time. Butler and Holly rushed downstairs to greet Artemis.
Butler reached him first, since his legs were longer, this time instead of shaking Artemis he gently led him to a comfy couch and let him sit down. Holly came up behind Butler and ordered him to bring a warm, wet cloth, a blanket, and then to run a bath, just like yesterday. Butler didn't fight this time and soon had supplied Holly with the warm cloth, and blanket, and had disappeared to go start a bath.
Holly frowned at Artemis, while wrapped the blanket around Artemis's shoulders. "Artemis, I hope this doesn't become a regular occurrence."
Artemis stared at her silently, as if debating something.
Holly began to wash away the dirt that she could with the cloth. "So are you going to tell me what happened? Why are you doing this?"
Artemis was silent.
"Artemis? Are you going to answer me?"
Artemis looked away, as if ashamed of something.
She sighed, "Artemis, it's okay. I'm sure whatever you are going through will pass over eventually." She smiled reassuringly.
All Artemis did was sigh and look even sadder than before.
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A/N: That is the end of this chapter! I know you all probably think the 'Beware of Silver' thing is like really dumb, right? Well it has a deeper meaning, you'll see. Can't tell you, it will give away the whole story. *Evil grin* You just watch, you'll find out! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!