The old gang was assembled. Mulch, Holly, Nº1, and, of course, our favorite boy genius Artemis fowl.
Where? you may ask yourself. The answer to this was that they were on an island not seen by humans. It was in the middle of the Atlantic and was not easily accessible even by means of fairy technology.
Now you may be asking yourself Why? Well the answer to this is best explained by going back a few hours in the section 8 ops booth.
*7 and a half hours earlier*
Foaly sat in his specially modified swivel chair in front of Holly, N 1, Mulch, and live video feed of Artemis in his study at Fowl manor.
"I bet you're all wondering Why are we here?" Foaly started. "Please Foaly," said Artemis, "Skip the grandstanding. And as you very well know I know why we are here."
"Well I'll tell you ." continued Foaly completely ignoring Artemis. "There have been many large energy surges lately." Foaly said.
"Wait. Why are we concerned with this? What's so special about this energy?" the question came from the most unlikely source, Mulch Diggums.
Foaly rubbed his hands gleefully happy for a chance to show off his genius. "This, my friends, is not just any energy. Energy comes in many shapes and sizes. For example heat. Anyone care to guess what type of energy this is?" Foaly said.
"Magic." breathed Holly. "D'Arvit! It's magic isn't it?" she asked. "Yes, it is." said Foaly. "But it's not that that we're worried about." he told them.
"Then what is?" asked mulch finishing a bowl of curry he somehow swiped on the way in. Foaly briefly wondered how he got it without a fridge anywhere in section 8. He filed it as a mystery to solve later then went back to business.
"What worries me is the form it takes." he said. "What? What form does it take? Tell us Foaly or you're going to be eating your own horseshoes." said Holly getting a little annoyed.
Foaly thought about laughing, but then remembered what happened to that one officer. Ron was it? Poor guy had to have his shoe surgically removed.
"Ahem. Anyways the magic is so powerful and condensed it creates a spatial rent." Foaly explained. "In gnommish please." said Mulch.
Foaly sighed. "Basically it's a hole in space. Think of it as a doorway. It leads to another room just like this leads to another where." he said dumbing it down for them.
"So why are you telling us this?" asked Holly knowing there must be a side angle. Holly knew she was right on the mark as Foaly said, "I want you to go collect a sample. This is not naturally occurring, and whatever it is might be connected to Koboi."
Holly muttered a few obscenities about Opal while Nº1 raised his hand. "Yes Nº1?" asked Foaly. "How do we get the sample?" Nº1 asked.
Foaly went back into rant mode as he explained, "You will, of course first have to activate the portal. The portals are dormant and you are unable to get samples unless you turn them on. While it's on it should be a simple matter for you to siphen off a bit of your magic and get a portion of its magic. Then since magic is as unique as fingerprints we should be able to easily tell if its Kobois or not."
"But won't we get sucked into the portal if we turn it on?" asked Holly who had stopped swearing at a certain pixies name. "Ahah! I knew someone would ask that." He said triumphantly.
"The answer is no. Unlike the time spell you can't just go to anywhere. Remember how I made that door analogy? Well this door actually has two parts to it. Each part has a handle that cannot be reached by the person on the other side. Both parts have to be opened at the same time. That is unlikely because there has to be a magical source and it has to be extremely strong. That's why we're sending Nº1 because he's the only one powerful enough for this."
Holly nodded and asked, "So where are we going?" "You're not going to like this." Foaly said. "Tell me." she said. "Kalthock island." he replied.
Kalthock means death in the fairy tongue, which is appropriate considering it was filled with some of the most poisonous creatures and plants not known to humankind.
Artemis raised an eyebrow quizzically this. Holly groaned. "Kalthock? Really? Why there?" she asked. "Because this is the only one there is right now, and the next one won't happen for a few months. We can't risk it." he explained.
Holly groaned again. Why couldn't they ever go to somewhere like Paris instead of places like the Arctic and Kalthock island? "Fine. How long do we have?" she asked. "If you leave right now 8 hours." he replied.
*Back in the present*
Mulch groaned. "Remind me why am I here again?" he asked. "Because the portal might be underground. Besides if Koboi does try something it would be reassuring to have you with us." said Holly.
"Alright. Everyone stand back I'm going to activate the portal now." said N 1
(Herp Derp)
Twilight was in front of the library with all of her friends in back of her creating a ragid semi-circle. "Alright we're all here sugarcube so could yall tell us what's so dang important?" asked Applejack.
"Yes darling, what is it ou want to show us?" Rarity asked. "I am going to show you my transmogrification spell." Twilight told them proudly. "Your what?" asked Rainbow Dash.
Twilight sighed. "Basically it's a spell that lets me transform one thing into another thing." she explained. "But darling didn't you already show us this when we were going to the gala last year?" asked a confused Rarity.
"Glad you asked Rarity. That was a little different. I just messed with the structure some, and it only lasted for so long. This one changes its very molecules, and is permanent unless changed back manually. This is a very advanced spell and so it takes a lot of magic." she explained.
She then took an apple from her saddle bag and placed it in front of her. "Notice this apple is an apple." she said. Rainbow just snorted and rolled her eyes.
"I will now turn it into a cupcake. Stand back girls." she told them. The did as advised and took a step back. Te first part in itself was not complicated. She gathered up magic and started forming the spell. When the spell was ready she started to send a continual stream of magic towards the apple.
As soon as she did this though she could tell something was wrong. Very wrong. Instead of going into the apple her magic was being siphoned off by some strange force.
Suddenly there was what looked like an explosion of light and they were all knocked their hooves. They skidded to a stop 5 feet away. Twilight stayed down for a few seconds wondering what went wrong.
When she decided to get up it caused pain to coarse through her body. She let out a grunt of pain and pushed herself up into a sitting position.
When she opened her eyes she got the shock of her life. Lying there in the grass were 4 strange creatures the likes of which ponykind had never seen before.
(If I win I'm a prodigy. If I loose then I'm crazy. That is the way history is written. - Artemis Fowl)
As Nº1 prepared to feed his magic into the rent he felt a slight tug telling him it was there. He let the magic build up for a moment longer and then let it go. As he fed his magic into it he felt something very very wrong.
It didn't feel like a closed door. It felt like an open door A very open door. Before he was able to cut off the flow of his magic or shout out a warning something weird happened.
Everything started getting distorted and spiraled towards one centered point. The universe itself was twisting and turning. It was like reality was imploding in on itself.
That was not so far from the truth actually. Suddenly all four of them got sucked into it. The inside of it was alot like the time tunnel where he could feel everyone elses minds
Artemis realized an opportunity when he saw one. He carefully, as to not alert Holly to what he was doing, went into her mind and took a few sparks of magic. he then quickly retreated back to his own mind.
This all happened very quickly because the trip itself didn't take but 30 seconds. As they materialized some magic that didn't get back to Holly and Nº1 ignited causing an explosion of sorts.
The next thing Artemis could feel was the ground. He stayed for a minute tempted to just rest there instead of facing what this new place had in store for him.
He got up and immediately regretted it because he got a blinding headache. Slowly he opened his eyes letting light flood in. What he saw next made his eyes widen in surprise.
There standing in front of them were equines. Not your average everyday boring run-of-the-mill equines, but candy colored, supposed to be extinct, unicorns and pegasi. There were also normal equines too while they retained the cartoonlike colors.
"Holly." he whispered while shaking her. "Mmm. Five more minutes." she replied groggily. "Holly wake up. This is important." he said shaking her a little harder.
The urgency in his voice made Holly shoot upright ready for action and fully awake. "What is it?" she asked him. "I don't think we're on Earth anymore." he said.]
Explanation: Rob is another section 8 field agent. He kept asking Holly out and she kept saying no, but he wouldn't leave her alone. She got mad. Real mad. So she made him eat his own shoe. But Holly wouldn't do that to Foaly. Would she?