A/N: Ok, I was at school discussing Artemis Fowl wit ha friend who said
she was going to explode if she didn't read more about him. I told her,
jokingly, I would write her another book to show my devotion as a friend
and keep her from exploding. However, she took it very literally, and we
now have a bet on. If I finish my version of the third Artemis Fowl before
Eoin Colfer publishes his, I win. If I don't finish and or if Eoin Colfer
publishes first, I lose. So as long as I'm writing this, I might as well
post it.
This is a sort of a prologue, so it's short. I also haven't decided on a title, so it will probably change. Just to warn you.
How dumb did they think she was?
They sent Opal to Howler's Peak, and though it should have been a punishment, there was nothing she would have liked better. The prison was built to contain goblins, not pixies. It would be a simple matter climb into the ventilation ducts to escape. The ducts were small enough to keep goblins from escaping, but not pixies. No doubt it would take her some time of exploring to find a way that would lead her out, but Opal could wait. It would be cramped, but you had to be willing to put up with some pain to get what you wanted.
Opal knew how to make the most of her resources. Normally there wouldn't have been many of them in a maximum security prison, but in Howler's Peak, there were goblins. And as she had knew well, goblins were the easiest creatures on the planet to manipulate. As deranged as he had been, she had learned a thing or two from Cudgeon. Opal hadn't even been in her cell for an hour before she worked out a plan.
It would be easy enough to convince the goblins that she had no knowledge of Cudgeon's betrayal of them, and tell them how she was a victim of his treachery as well as them. She would ask the goblins in neighboring cells to dispose of the food when she left, and after she had sorted out her affairs with fake id and such, she would promise to let them out of prison. And she actually would let them out - in the hectic riot that would follow, it would take them longer to realize she was missing.
There was only one thing that would have made her plan better. If only Briar Cudgeon could have survived... It would have brought peace back to her if she could have wrung his neck until he died of strangulation. Or maybe to have pretended to forgive him, slip a fatal laxative in his coffee, and reveal in his last moments that she had betrayed him as he had her. But he was already dead, so she would have to find someone else to vent her feelings on. The four who had broken into Koboi labs seemed like good choices, although it would be hard to get at the Mud Men. And if it was the last thing she did, she would get revenge Foaly, the infuriating, idiot centaur. But she would save him for last, so he would have the honor of seeing the others die.
For a while, she wondered if she was being a bit harsh. But the little pixie was filled with hatred and her need for vengeance was overwhelming. Her remorseful thoughts were quickly dispelled as she discovered the lonely, loathsome life of imprisonment. Only the thought of retribution kept her going in the dark, cold cell filled with gibbering goblins.
So she explored the air ducts thoroughly, and carefully bided her time...
This is a sort of a prologue, so it's short. I also haven't decided on a title, so it will probably change. Just to warn you.
How dumb did they think she was?
They sent Opal to Howler's Peak, and though it should have been a punishment, there was nothing she would have liked better. The prison was built to contain goblins, not pixies. It would be a simple matter climb into the ventilation ducts to escape. The ducts were small enough to keep goblins from escaping, but not pixies. No doubt it would take her some time of exploring to find a way that would lead her out, but Opal could wait. It would be cramped, but you had to be willing to put up with some pain to get what you wanted.
Opal knew how to make the most of her resources. Normally there wouldn't have been many of them in a maximum security prison, but in Howler's Peak, there were goblins. And as she had knew well, goblins were the easiest creatures on the planet to manipulate. As deranged as he had been, she had learned a thing or two from Cudgeon. Opal hadn't even been in her cell for an hour before she worked out a plan.
It would be easy enough to convince the goblins that she had no knowledge of Cudgeon's betrayal of them, and tell them how she was a victim of his treachery as well as them. She would ask the goblins in neighboring cells to dispose of the food when she left, and after she had sorted out her affairs with fake id and such, she would promise to let them out of prison. And she actually would let them out - in the hectic riot that would follow, it would take them longer to realize she was missing.
There was only one thing that would have made her plan better. If only Briar Cudgeon could have survived... It would have brought peace back to her if she could have wrung his neck until he died of strangulation. Or maybe to have pretended to forgive him, slip a fatal laxative in his coffee, and reveal in his last moments that she had betrayed him as he had her. But he was already dead, so she would have to find someone else to vent her feelings on. The four who had broken into Koboi labs seemed like good choices, although it would be hard to get at the Mud Men. And if it was the last thing she did, she would get revenge Foaly, the infuriating, idiot centaur. But she would save him for last, so he would have the honor of seeing the others die.
For a while, she wondered if she was being a bit harsh. But the little pixie was filled with hatred and her need for vengeance was overwhelming. Her remorseful thoughts were quickly dispelled as she discovered the lonely, loathsome life of imprisonment. Only the thought of retribution kept her going in the dark, cold cell filled with gibbering goblins.
So she explored the air ducts thoroughly, and carefully bided her time...