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// the storm in the teacup (Prologue) 
// Story: Artemis Fowl and the land of Equestria 
// by William Van Auger 
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(AN. first i would like to say sorry for Applejacks dialog as i have no experience writing in any kind of accent and also live in the UK so i don't have much experience with american southerners also i know some of the what she says have missing letters, i know it made it easier for me to accent it. second anything you don't understand leave in the comments all ill try to get back to you. third this is my first time writing a full story and would love any kind of feed back. NEWLY ADDED. es i know this chapter has a lot of language errors. i wrote this in the sites editor and didnt check it properly i will re write it when i have time but the other chapters are fine so please keep reading past this page)

Artemis was Tense. He had been planing this experiment for months and nothing was going to stop him now.
His parents and younger brothers had left that morning for Stockholm so his father could be awarded a Nobel prize (Something Artemis jr had arranged for months in advance) and was now free for the rest of the month. If he had calculated correctly, as he always did everything should go smoothly. He might even take the rest of the month off if everything went well tonight.

"i must say Butler, this time i have surpassed my self."
"Yes Artemis" replied the bodyguard. scratching his shaved dome "just like the last time. And the time before that"
In truth Butler was impressed by Artemis, more so that usual but he could tell he was getting nervous. Before them stood the child geniuses latest contraption,a large lighting rod attached to, like most of Artemis' Experiments, stolen Fairy Technology, In this case two huge fairy batteries. Artemis could power the whole manner with one of them for a whole year. Or something smaller for at least fifty. 

"How long till we can start?" Asked Butler
Artemis checked his watch. Accurate to nanoseconds of the atomic clock in Colorado. He could tell the time of any city on earth, and several below it.
"its still early yet" replied Artemis "besides Foaly hasn't replied to my Text yet." 
The centaurs arrogance was starting to irk the child genius more than he would let on. 
its bad enough that he spies on my when he'es not wanted but the second i need him he is not to be found.

below the surface of the earth

As a matter of fact Foaly had received the text, he wasn't about to give the mudboy the satisfaction of a response though, He needed to be taught that the Lower Elements Police where not at his beckon call. 
Foaly did wonder how he had managed to steal two plasma batteries right from under his nose.
I must get Holly to find out how he did it he thought. 
Still The People had learnt the hard way not to ignore an invitation from Artemis Fowl and Foaly was not about to make that mistake twice. If the mudboy wanted a crowd he would get one, but Foaly would only do things his way.
"Holly, you there?"
Actually Holly wasn't there, she was over a thousand miles away on the surface but that was nothing to one of Foaly's talents. 
"of course i'm here. And before you ask i'm almost there. You owe me one remember, i have too much work to do to be wasting my time at the whim of Artemis Fowl" 
"i know Holly but if what he says is true we're going to want to see this"

In another world
Twilight Sparkle was exhausted. Three sleepless nights had come and gone and her work load was getting the better of her. Once again the weather patrol had missed a downpour, and once again the residents of Ponyville where paying for it. The river was dangerously close to bursting its banks and Rarity's Boutique had flooded, If the rain didn't let up soon the rest of the town may well follow.The unicorn had even taken to trying to stop the rain with magic or at the very least find a spell that would help her sleep, it wasn't the rain so much as the flashes of lightning and the crack of thunder. Twilight would be surprised if anyone was getting a good nights sleep.
"Maybe Rainbow Dash" chuckled Twilight. "That pony could sleep through anything."
Twilight vaguely wondered if there was a connection to her friends ability to sleep through thunderstorms and the fact she was a Pegasus, there was a time when she would have done some research on the matter to sate her curiosity but not today, for now she could only hope that the rest of her friends fared better.she rested her head on her writing desk hey eyelids getting heavy, she felt like she was about to sleep for the first time in a long while.
She was not allowed to get any further than that due to the sound of her assistant coughing out a plume of green smoke, the smoke rose above the tired librarian before turning into a scroll and landing softly on her head. She was startled to find that Spike had been standing next to her attempting to clear the desk of books before the letter had arrived, her lack of concentration concerning her more that the late night post. "Sorry Twilight" said Spike "I didn't think that would happen this late." 
Twilight wasn't listening she was too busy with the letter, like most it bore the royal crest of Canterlot. 
"what would the princess be sending me that couldn't wait till morning?" yawned the Unicorn 
"Maybe she's giving you time off to rest" Answered Spike hopefully "you'v been working solidly for almost a whole week."
Unsurprisingly it did not give Twilight any time off, all it said was 

Twilight Sparkle (urgent)

A situation has emerged, you have thirty minutes to gather your friends and meet me at the town hall, all will be explained then.

Your teacher Princess Celestia

Twilight didn't even stop to get a coat. If the Princess was being that direct there was a good reason. she only hoped that whatever the problem was the power of the elements of harmony would be enough to stop it.


Outside Ponyville the Apple family where working to try and bring in as much of the harvest as possible.
More than half the orchard had been lost in the bad weather, they needed to work quickly or they wouldn't have enough to make it through the winter.
The rain cut the air like a knife and the wind had become an unstoppable force, the barn doors that had been left open to speed their progress where dangerously close to being torn off the hinges.
Fortunately the Apple family had an unstoppable force of their own.
"Common Big Mac. Y'all most got it."
The Red stallion dug his hind legs into the mud and pushed against the gale, defying the will of nature its self.
With an almighty groan the doors finally relented and stood closed,  the colt sighed deeply and let the cold rain wash the sweat from his brow, at his shoulder eldest sister was offering him a flask of water which he drank from deeply.
"Don ya leave none." she complained as he returned the drained container. "wouldn wan ya t go thirsty." 
The two began running back to the safety of the farm house.
"I hope the others a fairrin alright, this wind jus ain't natural."
"Eeyep."
"maybe ah better go an--"
"AAAPPLEJAAACK."
The sound of her name made the orange mare turn sharply nearly loosing her footing on the muddy ground.
Running towards them from the path into town were three ponies she knew well.
"What in the name of all things cinnamn swirl are yall doing here. In case ya havn noticed thers a right mess out here."
"sorry AJ, we don't have time to explain you need to come with us" spluttered the violet unicorn, her face hardly visible behind a mop of purple hair.
Applejack became all business as soon as she heard the urgency in her friends voice.
"Whats happened Twilight?"
"She just said there wasn't time to explain" said a ruffled mass of cyan feathers that could only be Rainbow Dash
"We'll explain on the way." promised Twilight
Pinkie Pie didn't seem to understand what was happening or simply didn't care, She was just staring up at the sky with a slightly disappointed expression.
"its never chocolate milk." she sighed as they trotted down the path to Fluttershy's cottage.


The group arrived at the town center with a few minuets to spare so twilight tried to answer as many questions as possible before the princess arrived, she explained about the letter marked urgent had been sent in the middle of the night and that it said to meet them there, other than that she didn't have anything else to say.
"I'm sure the princess wouldn't trouble us if it wasn't an emergency." said Rarity "but she has only sent one summons to us before, we must assume that the elements of harmony are involved."
"That's what i thought," agreed Twilight "but something tells me that there's more to it than that. Rarity's right, other than the Discord incident Princess Celestia has never marked a letter urgent or even requested our assistance with anything."
"Looks like we'll be getting our answers." said Dash. the others followed her gaze and saw two Chariots gliding through the storm, one gold the other jet black.
The chariots landed a few feet away form them and allowed two hooded figures disembarked before retaking the sky.
The two figures moved quickly toward the group, rain falling off the hooded cloaks in sheets.
Twilight, as well as the rest of the group, knew who they must be and took a knee as the figures dropped their hoods, reveling the twin crowns of Canterlot.


It had been a while since Princess Luna had made a public appearance and she was still unsure how to proceed, she felt reassured buy her sisters warm look as they lowered their hoods to address the small crowed.
"it is good to see you again my students." said Celestia. "you must forgive my abruptness, but we have had much to do and little time."