Like Father, Like Daughter
Written on September 23rd, 2007 by artyfowl3Story Details
(17 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5)
Loading ...I wasn’t supposed to post this until February 8th, but I know how you all are eager to hear more about fairies so I’m posting it a few days early. Lucky you!! Yay!!
February 8th, 2033
Alright, alright. I know how eager you nosy diary readers are about hearing more about my dad’s fairies. I’m such a bad, bad little girl. That’s right, I was eavesdropping on my parents again.
I learned a bit more of this problem of theirs. It turns out there’s this lady down underground (where the fairies live, FYI) who is making all these problems for this organization called LEP or something. She’s the niece or daughter or some relation like that of this crazy pixie called Opal Ko…Ki…Kib…whatever. She sprung some accomplices out of prison and they’re wreaking havoc up here. Well, not here exactly. They’re in America. I think that’s what they said. Or it could be South America. Well, where ever it is, it’s somewhere west of here. That fairy that dad kidnapped a while ago said that this guy named Foley or something needs an extra genius to sort out this problem. The fairy lady said he could do it on his laptop from Fowl Manor, but he would have to be on for the majority of the day because this was ‘a matter of life and death’. She said the existence of the people could be at stake and that this pixie was even worse than her mom or aunt or whatever.
I really wish I could talk to someone like Joseph about this. I feel so…secretive. I’ve never really kept all that many huge secrets like this one from anyone before. It gives you a kind of feeling of pride that you know something so huge that a whole species could collapse if you spoke of it to anyone.
But it’s kind of scary to me too. I’m afraid my tongue might slip and everybody’s going to know about this and the fairies will be locked up in zoos and labs and treated as animals by human beings.
In other words: I needed someone to talk to.
So today I asked my mom to tell me more about fairies. She sat me down in the living room and told me about ‘the People’. She said there are eight families of fairies. Imagine my surprise when I learned that demons were among those eight families! I was skeptical at first, but after finding out about fairies, I learned to believe more, instead of asking questions. Of course, it’s still good to ask questions, but…well…you know.
I also learned more about my family’s history with the fairies. Mom said no one but her, dad, Uncle Domovoi, and me know about them. She said Aunt Juliet used to, but the fairies ‘mind wiped’ her. She said they also mind wiped dad and Uncle Domovoi, but they sort of…rediscovered them. We sort of wandered away from the subject of fairies and mom told me Aunt Juliet used to be a wrestler. She showed me some of her old videos of her matches and that was pretty cool. I guess I sort of take after Aunt Juliet in some ways. Like the beating-up-boys way.
I asked why mom and dad hired bodyguards for me and she said it was because there was this pixie running around who…had ways of finding out who knew what and who lived where and all those personal things. She said it was dangerous enough being my dad’s daughter, but even more dangerous once I found out about the People. She said that pixie was trying to eliminate every mud man who had ever seen or made contact with the fairies. My dad was probably number one on her list. I asked mom why this pixie was doing these things. She was silent at first, but then she said that it was because she had a problem with her mind and she was evil and cruel and, well, she didn’t use this word, but it was what she meant: totally demented and insane.
I thought about it a little and asked her if maybe, just maybe, this pixie wasn’t as insane and mentally unbalanced as everyone thought she was, and maybe she thought she was doing something helpful to the People. Maybe this pixie wasn’t as evil as everyone thought she was and all she needed was to be pointed in the right direction.
Mom was silent some more and she sat next to me and stroked my hair as if I was three years old again. To tell the truth, I kind of missed when me and mom and dad would just sit in the living room playing Monopoly or Candyland or Pictionary and just have some fun together as a family. We used to do that. Even dad would join in. Grams and Gramps and Uncle Myles and Uncle Beckett and their families would all come over for dinner and we would all play Twister or BS or Clue and we would all have fun and finish the evening off with a movie. But once I turned thirteen, my parents just assumed I had grown up and didn’t need them anymore. My grandparents and uncles would stop coming and we would stop playing games and having fun and having popcorn fights after the movie. Now my mom was sitting next to me, stroking my hair like when I was a toddler and I missed those times even more.
She nodded her head slowly. She said, “Yes, honey. We thought of that. But, well, the LEP doesn’t like to think that way.” She said the LEP likes to treat every criminal like they’re evil, cruel monsters. “That’s just the way things like LEP and the government and the police like to deal with things.”
I said, “Well, maybe they should just put themselves in the ‘criminal’s’ shoes and ask themselves if there really is a good reason for them to be locking the criminals up in cages with strait jackets like wild animals without thinking if the ‘criminal’ is just a normal person who just sees things differently and is willing to break the law just to make a positive difference in the lives of the next generation and generations to come.”
From the look on mom’s face, I think she was pretty surprised that what I said actually made good sense for once. Usually, all I said was “whatever” and “sure” and “I dunno” like a normal teenager. But what I said made sense and was actually pretty intelligent…at least for me.
All she could do was nod and hug me and bite her lip. And we both hoped dad would do the right thing about this.
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:52 am
very very very good ! keep going please this is totally awsome and i love the way artemis daughter is called the same thing as him! good job!
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:58 am
that is soooooooooo good. origonal. new. fresh. YAY♣♦◘♣
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Oh, I really like this, I think you’ve got a really great idea for a character, I think. Constructive criticism: This would be a great first chapter to a story, but I don’t think it’s that great as a story in itself. I’m not sure how to describe it, but it doesn’t seem… self-contained.
September 23rd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
ok, thanks! so i should write a little more? sure, no problem. Thank you for telling me!:)
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:31 pm
the only adult kids can trust is Santa Claus but how can we trust him if we never met him.(1st comment dance for Vinyaya)oooooh she forgot!!!! I love it!! I read a little then I couldnt stop reading.my friend got a little mad because we were IMing and I didnt answer her;)=D
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:27 pm
lol, that was really good!! i love the relaxed air of the story, and thats exactly how i talk!! artemis fowl III is obviously a girl, right =lol=. that sounded really stupid.
but i do agree with MMK, you should realy write more!!!
September 24th, 2007 at 3:52 am
1crazyhollyfan:thats how me and everyone at my school talks.but with more pizzaz.a strange pizzaz though.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I’m really glad you continued!
I still love her as a character, this should be really great.
September 27th, 2007 at 4:23 am
nvm,nobody I know speak valley girl exept this one girl.but she speaks it for fun.I am soo glad you added and I’d really like this story continued.and I bet a lot of other kids want it continued too!!!!!
September 28th, 2007 at 2:29 am
Nananananananana Batman!!
Ok now that that is out of my system II am here to warn you that m brothers hairy but is going to squash the earth if you don’t keep writing!!
Oh ya and if you add something like Almonds raining from the sky you can categorize this in FUNNY!!
September 30th, 2007 at 6:21 am
eek! write more! i beg of u! i dont want to get a hairy but to squash me!!!!!!hee hee
October 16th, 2007 at 1:04 am
come on add more!
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am
mwa mwa mwa mwa u added more….YAY wonderful
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:33 pm
I just read chapter three. It’s still very good.
I can’t wait for her to figure out her father’s right (that will happen, right? Nevermind, don’t tell me).
October 26th, 2007 at 3:07 am
That was hilarious!!!! Can’t *giggle* stop *snort* LAUGHING! Very awesome.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:16 am
OMG Artemis’s daughter is starting to freak me out! PLEASE! WHY is she so EVIL?
October 27th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
This rocks!! does she find out about the fairies though? plz let her, it would make her feel better!!
;) xoxox
October 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
no offense but this story doesn’t really have a point.
More action would make it better!
October 30th, 2007 at 5:59 am
don’t worry! i’m just building up to it!
November 1st, 2007 at 2:30 am
Ok sounds good!
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:54 am
l.o.v.e it
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:58 pm
love it! wow its awesome!
November 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
wow,this is totally cool!!!!!!!
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
ditto!
November 4th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
this may be a bit off subject..i dunno…..BUT I LUV THE WORD DITTO!
November 4th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
lol , thank god u updated keep it up!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:06 am
yay u updated…..new bodyguards hmmmmmmm great idea
November 8th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
ooo the toothfiary!!!!!!!!!
I really needed a quarter are you shure she’s coming???????lol this is good!!!!!
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:45 pm
wow. i just read ch.8! i really like your ideas! write more soon!
November 25th, 2007 at 1:55 am
Wow, it’s pretty original! I’m not quite sure if I like who Artemis III is, but we’ll see. Generally, when people are like her, they don’t care that much about social status anymore. I think that whole rant gets kind of old. It is quite addictive, though. keep it up!!
November 25th, 2007 at 2:11 am
i loved that u continued! keep it up!!!
November 25th, 2007 at 2:26 am
you you lied !!! she didn’t come and I still need a quarter!!! great story glad to see it contuned but that God comment was offenceve everyone belives in something!!! please keep going only don’t lie!!! stupid toothfairy!!
November 25th, 2007 at 3:22 am
yes most definatly! I agree with Carino Artemis 3 is um a little bit no, A LOT rude and well kind of now this is just my point of view a little bit on the gangster side. she scares me! *goes to hide under kitchen table* If u could soften her up a wee bit that would be wounderful!
p.s. I can’t hold it in any longer! I WAS ON TV!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAA!
November 25th, 2007 at 3:35 am
you were on t.v ??? coooll!! which cannel? where? tell meee!!!
November 25th, 2007 at 4:41 am
idk what channel it is on your TV but it was 34 on mine. That is the school public channel and I got to sing a solo for the school board!
November 25th, 2007 at 7:54 am
you were on tv? cool. please continue soon!
November 25th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
yeah.. in austrialia! idt we have that.. ah welll……… plz continue this story soon@
December 6th, 2007 at 6:49 am
I just read chapters 7 - 14. Very good still.
Though I’m starting to wish for more fairy-related plot. Not just the romance, though that’s nice too (just be careful not to overdo it)
December 6th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
nice , I totally like it! plz continue ,
December 7th, 2007 at 12:10 am
kool update!
December 8th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
MMK, you don’t have to be worried about me overdoing the romance. i’m not a romantic type of person. there’ll only be a little and there WILL be more fairy related stuff soon. thanks for reviewing!
December 8th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Yes! More fairies! I really like it! continue!
December 20th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
December 31st, 2007 at 8:52 am
please continue! this is fabulose…(if thats how u spell the word)
January 27th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
r u going to upd8 this any more?
February 6th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Nice update, but I must say, I’m getting impatient to actually see fairies… assuming we get to. Artemis III’s school life is nice and everything, but it doesn’t interest me as much.
February 6th, 2008 at 5:15 am
u’ll see it! it’s coming up in the…next chapter or so? she learns a lot more about fairies. it doesn’t seem to have a point yet. i think i kind of got carried away with her normal life. oops.
February 6th, 2008 at 6:31 am
i like the school life parts. most good stories dont rush into it quickly so yea. luv the update!
February 10th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Yeah, I’m not too impatient without the fairies. But please continue! I love the story!
February 15th, 2008 at 7:52 am
luv the update,….HAHAHAHA she got locked in a boot.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:21 am
omg.. wow.. well keep updating , I was kind of like “What the—–” when she got drunk and evrythig.. but w/e , upd8 soon lol!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:51 am
ohhh a coma,..great idea
March 6th, 2008 at 4:07 am
I like her getting drunk! Serve her right for thinking Opal is just a poor innocent fairy. ~shake fist~
March 9th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
LOL I like it!
March 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Yay! Love it still! Get her out of there! Yay! Update soon!
March 11th, 2008 at 12:50 am
yay update!!!!!
March 19th, 2008 at 5:50 am
lol like the update
March 19th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Dun dun dunnnnnnnn. Love it! Write more!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:12 am
lol if i was jo i would be like…o..m…g…..TURTLES!! just to make the moment random. luv the update plz continue.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
hm…that’s an idea…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Good to see you’re updating again! I’m glad the plot moved (not to rush you, of course- it’s your story, do what YOU like). It’s very interesting, I like your plot.
Though I’m guessing Artemis was mesmerized in the cell? If not then he was very OOC, completely giving up right away like that. Holly was OOC, too. Your original characters are great, but you have to be careful to keep the old ones in character. That’s my major piece of constuctive criticism.
Great job, though!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:19 am
thanks! i’ll try to make them a bit more in character. as i keep saying, i LOVE constructive criticism.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:32 am
I like it! Yeah! cool character, but some constuctive critisism would be: you need to start a new paragraph everytime someone else starts speaking, like:
“Hi Joe,” Bob said.
“Hi Bob, we’re all going to get killed by aliens!” replied Joe.
You get the picture, but other then that it’s good.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
That was AWSOME!!!!! UPDATE PLEASE!!!!!