Minerva’s Life
Written on April 7th, 2007 by minervagirl100Story Details
- Status : Complete
- Category: General
- Author: minervagirl100
- Word Count: 2221
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Chapter One - Minerva (Over the Three Years Artemis Was Gone In Hybras)
It was dawn. The glowing sun was just emerging over the horizon. The world was bathed in a beautiful, crimson light that was bright as a snow-child’s cheeks. The early morning light shone through the window in Minerva Paradizo’s bedroom.
Minerva herself had been up and going long before morning. At about five a.m, she’d woken up, and had contended herself with some light reading. But now Minerva was becoming rather restless, so she abandoned her book and switched on her computer. She called up her e-mail account and clicked on “Compose”. Time to check in with good old Butler.
“Butler,
How are things going at your end? Personally, I am fine. Do you like the book that I put you up to reading? It just happens to be one of my favorites. It’s classical fiction, but it’s catchy. I’ll drop by soon to pick it up once you are done with it. Trust me, you will like it. How is Mrs. Fowl? I can’t wait until the twins are born. I hope they will resemble Artemis, in both intelligence and demeanor. I really hope Artemis and the rest of them survived. I truly do regret ever trying to exploit the demons. If I hadn’t, Artemis and his friends’ lives wouldn’t be in danger right now. There are times when I even doubt myself when I think he is still alive. No matter, I will continue hoping. Write back soon.
Minerva”
Minerva pressed “Send”, and gave a sigh of fatigue and worry. It’d been almost five months since Artemis and his fairy friends had made that deadly leap out of one of the highest floors on Taipei 101 in Taiwan. All she’d managed to see was that elf, Holly Short’s, wings fail and they’d tumbled straight down, presumably to their deaths. Minerva had been a wreck for the next few days, and when she’d finally regained her composure, she was even less of a genius and even more of a regular twelve year old. Her IQ’d lowered a few points from nervousness and regret. But Minerva will get over it. She always did. Sigh. Minerva got up, changed, and went downstairs.
“Ah, cherie, having a rough morning?” Mr. Paradizo asked, putting down his coffee cup. He was very fond of his little genius daughter.
“No, Papa, I am fine. Really.” Minerva brushed aside her father’s concern. But she knew that there were lilac crescents under her eyes. The girl poured herself a cup of tea, and buttered a slice of toast as carefreely as she possibly could, hoping to distract her father.
“No, cherie, you are not fine.” Gaspard Paradizo reached across the table and rested his hand on his daughter’s. Minerva looked away. Her father always seemed as if he could read her mind. Gaspard spoke again, his brow furrowed. “Minerva, darling, is something troubling you?”
Minerva gave what she thought was an exasperated sigh. “Papa, seriously, I’m okay! Stop worrying about me so much. It’s just . . . that Artemis Fowl. I’m afraid he’s dead.” She bit her lip. “And it’s all because of me.”
“You’re becoming quite fond of that boy, aren’t you?” Mr. Paradizo smiled. “But wasn’t it only a few months since he interrupted your demon project? You seem to have dismissed that pretty quickly.” He twirled one of Minerva’s golden curls around his index finger.
Minerva blushed inevitably. So her “fondness” for Artemis Fowl hadn’t gone unnoticed. She’d only told Butler that she liked Artemis, and she’d only hinted it vaguely. It must’ve appeared obvious. Oh well. Not that she’d had much privacy these days. Not when her father kept urging her to continue with her demon project just when Minerva had decided to abandon it permanently. This had resulted in uneasy nights of argument and tension between the two of them. Minerva, being rather stubborn, decided to stand her ground.
“Sweetheart, I thought you were tres angry at him for disrupting your project. Apparently it doesn’t seem so.” Gaspard tried to act neutral, but a small smile of amusement made its way onto his lips. “You know, I was going to let you start dating at age sixteen, since you were so consumed in your work and didn’t like anyone in particular. But maybe I’ll make it thirteen. You seem to be onto something, Minerva, cherie, and I don’t think it’s your studies of demons or anything else like that.”
“Papa!” Minerva exclaimed indignantly, but could feel her cheeks burn even more. Her dad knew. It was no secret anymore. Minerva herself had been denying it for some time now, but she couldn’t hide it any longer. Might as well face it. “I’m going to go for a walk, Papa. I’ll . . . be back. Later. I need to cleanse my mind.”
“All right, Minerva. I’ll see you later, then.” Mr. Paradizo chuckled. Minerva quickly stepped into the hallway, and pulled on her jacket. It would be cold outside, as it was autumn already. Time passed by on swift wings. Maybe she could talk to her father about letting her out of school for a week or two so she could go visit Fowl Manor.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Guys, I wrote this. I really hope you like it. I’m not even done with the first chapter yet, but I’ll keep writing.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
This story is AMAZINGLY written. For an AF fanfiction this is a work of art. And it is also nice to see a non-Minerva basher occasionally. XD Keep writing, I can’t wait for the rest of this chapter/next chapter. I really just want to rave and make a pointless review, but I always try to put constructive criticism in as well. I can’t think of any, except maybe try to put whole chapters up at once.
I can’t really tell what category to put this in so I’ll stick it in General for now.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Sorry. I accidentally hit publish cuz I didn’t know that it was to put it on the site.
April 7th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
It’s no problem really, just meant that I got to read it early!
April 8th, 2007 at 8:07 am
NICE STORY
April 8th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Nice plotline and stuff! I was planning on writing one about Minerva’s emotions as well as Arty was off in Hybras! Seems you beat me to it…oh well, I’ll still write one, but it’s gonna be more on the angsty side…
Nice of you to stick in French words too, I always try and do that with Minerva…
April 8th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Thanx.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Welcome. Now update!
April 28th, 2007 at 2:17 am
I’M DYING TO READ THE REST,
NO,REALLY, I’M DYING TO READ THE RES………
*DROPPED TO THE FLOOR DUE TO DEPRIVATION OF NEW CHAPTERS OF THIS STORY*
I KNOW THAT ISN’T POSSIBLE, BUT THATS HOW I FEEL,UM…..OH, YES, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, UMMMMMMMMMM………, OH YEAH, YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE A BETA, I THINK I SAW A FEW MISTAKES, WELL, I DON’T HAVE VERY GOOD MEMMORY, KEEP WRITING, LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 4th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Chapter 4,5,6,7,8,9?
Where are the rest?
(Anyway, they’re fantastic.)
May 6th, 2007 at 2:12 am
Um, I think this story is supposed to be three chapters long, Foaly and Artemis Fowl the Genius. Sorry! But if you want more, read the sequel: Artemis/Minerva.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:59 am
hi all..
this is an amazing story..
even though it not meant to be more than three pages could u try and add some more?
mabye a confession from minerva or stuff like that…….really i just luve the story.
peace out ppls.
August 11th, 2007 at 5:45 am
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October 21st, 2007 at 1:34 am
WOW! I JUST LOVED THIS,,,… IT WAS AMAZING, YOUR AN EXELLENT WRITER! KEEP IT UP! PPPPLLLLZZZZZZZ I AMM DYING TO HEAR MORE… I GUESS ILL HAVE TO READ THE SEQUEL… WOW YOUR SUCH A GREAT WRITER! I LUV THE WRK! ….. UHH AND ABOUT CONTSRTUCTIVE CRITSM…..I’LL PASS… U DID SUCH A GREAT JOB! WHAT CAN I SAY?
October 21st, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Wow! Awesome story! I
October 21st, 2007 at 3:43 pm
I love it!
October 28th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Thanks, everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t been on in a while, I was super busy. But now I’ll try to catch up!
November 14th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I thought that was written like Eoin Colfer. It was amazing:)
January 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
OH MY GOSH!THIS IS GREAT!GREAT WORK!I’M LOVIN’IT!WRITE A SEQUEL TO THE SEQUEL!MAKE IT A TRILOGY!NO-A SAGA!WRITE!WRITE!WRITE!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:40 pm
there is a sequal…….
November 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Okay, I found two overall things that bothered me:
1) Minnie’s dad, in TLC, basically was trying to make her stop the whole demon thing period.
2) SHE ALREADY FINISHED SCHOOL!!!! It stated that she was done with grade school! Although, it DID mention her taking some class under an assumed name, so you win thins time….
I wonder, you know how demons could be predicted to turn up a certain time and place? I wonder, if Minerva had tried to pinpoint anything from Hybras, I wonder if the island’s return would have shown up?
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:43 am
By-the-by, I’m sure Editors are aware of this, but “Stephen King” is actually me.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 am
Well, I am, at least.