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Home of Artemis Fowl, Dublin, Ireland, and 9:30 PM.

"Butler," Artemis asked, "What's the difference between love and attraction?" Artemis sat with his body guard and good friend; Domovoi Butler sat in the parlor of Artemis's new home. Artemis missed Fowl manor, where his ancestors had lived for centuries. But he found living in the same home as his three-year-old, twin siblings, Adam, and Ashley. This of course, was accompanied by the ever-present suspicion held by his parents since he returned from a three-year disappearance. During this time, he was actually, attempting to bring the demon island of Hybras into the twenty-first century, using the magic that he stole from his fairy friends. Though he had missed his target by three years. Of course, he couldn't tell his parents that. He had been presumed dead; he would never be truly trusted by his parents again. While Artemis was time traveling, his left eye was switched with that of Holly Short, his best friend, Holly was a P.I. in Haven, an underground fairy city. Holly short was an elf and a fairy, but "fairy" was just a general term. At one time, she had even been the only female leprechaun officer, but that was just a job, a job that she quit when a gnome name Ark Sool was hired as commander. Ark Sool was recently fired for wanting to destroy the entire demon population. Ever since they switched eyes, Artemis just could not stop thinking about her. It was only recently that that he might be attracted to her, but no, it was different. He was not concerned with her appearance at all; her character entranced Artemis. He knew Holly was a better person than he was Artemis accepted this. Though he wished it wasn't true.

"Artemis… Artemis… Artemis!" Butler knew he was lost in his own thoughts. He was used to this by now.

"Oh, sorry Butler, what did you say?"

"Well Artemis, I'm not going to ask you why you asked, but I will tell you that I am not very good with this subject," Butler did wonder though, why Artemis cared so much as to ask his advice. He had a few suspicions, and surprisingly, very few of them involved Minerva Paradizo. Minerva was more like Artemis Fowl the second than anyone he had ever met before. She was very pretty, Artemis was attracted to her, but Butler didn't think that Artemis would misinterpret attraction for love. " I guess that love often starts with attraction, but I think that love would have more to do with personality than physical beauty, though, love can start other ways, like a strong friendship or common interests."

Artemis pondered his, he first thought of Minerva, whom although was admittedly very pretty, with an intellect to rival Artemis's own, but, for some reason, Artemis did not really seem to be in love with her. It stopped there; there was nothing more to his attraction to her. He then thought of Holly Short, he thought of the first time he met her. Artemis, 12 years old at the time, captured her and held her for ransom. Artemis would never forgive himself for this. He had been foolish and unfeeling. But since then, as he grew as a person, Artemis was slowly able to gain her trust, and eventually, her friendship. Though she was very pretty, Artemis didn't really care, he valued her friendship more than any possession or any amount of money in the world, (and for Artemis, that meant a lot) of course, he could never tell Holly that. Artemis cared for who she was, as a person, much more than he ever thought was possible. Without Holly Short, Artemis would still be the evil, heartless thief who cared only for himself, though Holly always seemed to know that he was a good person deep down. Artemis thanked Butler for answering his question. He went upstairs where he sat down on his bed, still pondering when his communicator rang.

Section 8 HQ. Lower Elements 8:55 PM.

"What's going on, why did I have to come here, will SOMEONE tell me what's going ON here?" Holly Short was close to yelling she was half-furious at Foaly for calling her so late, claiming it was urgent. And half nervous, because if she had to be here, right now, it had to be important, and chances are, it had something to do with Artemis Fowl. It had been a while since she had seen him.

There she went again, thinking about him. Holly was getting annoyed. This had been happening for two years now ever since they worked together to save the demons, and Artemis saved her life, then they switched left eyes, now she kept thinking about him. The strange thing was, that they had both saved each other's lives many times, though, they had never switched eyes before. And of course, now she was mad at herself.

" Someone's just a teensy bit irritable this evening." Foaly said for right behind her. Holly jumped about a foot into the air. A difficult task being only a meter tall.

" Don't sneak up on me like that!" Holly said fiercely, Foaly cringed.

" Holly, you look like you haven't slept in a week!" Foaly observed, " Are you all right?" Foaly was genuinely worried about her; he had never seen her like this before!

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine, now please can you get to the point?" The truth was, Holly hadn't slept in longer than a week, she kept thinking about Artemis. She made a mental note to punch that child when she saw him next. Maybe she could just walk up to him, shielded and hit him. Well he was technically not a child anymore. She knew she would regret it though, he was her best friend, and she had a way of knowing exactly what he was feeling, he could generally tell what she was thinking, this she would probably never understand.

When Foaly finally answered, he looked quite scared for once, as if he really felt he wouldn't be able to fix whatever problem they were faced with. That was probably why Holly had to be there, because she was needed to go and get Artemis so they could embark on some dangerous adventure, and save the world. Though she was surprised that Foaly would actually admit to needing Artemis' help, but sure enough.

" Holly, I need you to go and get Artemis to help us, there's a crisis, and this one is really bad. I would send someone else but he's not going to like this, and you are his best friend."

" What could possibly be so awful that you actuallyadmit to needing the help of Artemis Fowl?" Holly asked skeptically.

Foaly said only two words, that was all he needed to say. " It's Sool"

"What!?" Mulch said from behind Holly. He had just arrived, along with Doodah Day. They were Holly's partners in the P.I. business. Before that, mulch was a thief, in and out of jail for 300 years; Mulch had given up his magic entering into human dwellings to steal from those who lived there. Doodah was a fish smuggling pixie who could drive any vehicle you gave him, even if Martians built it.

" So, what can we do to help?" Doodah asked excitedly.

" As hard as it is for me to say it, we cannot beat this alone, and since the mud men are in danger too, we have to ask Artemis to help us. I decided we should just gather up the entire team."

" Wait, does that include Minerva?" Holly asked, she didn't know why she didn't want it to. She really didn't have any reason to not give her a chance.

"Yes, I think so," Foaly said " Qwan and No1 also." We need all the help we can get here.

" Holly will go ahead, and you all will meet at Artemis new home tomorrow, I'll be with you in spirit, in the PA system, the security system including cameras and microphones."

Home of Artemis Fowl, Dublin Ireland, 10:09 PM.

" Hello Holly" Artemis said answering his communicator. " Is there a problem?"

" I'm coming for a visit, just thought that I might call ahead. Of course there's a problem! And you're not going to like it, this is even bad enough for Foaly to admit he needed your help." Holly almost laughed a little there, almost.

" Really, that bad?" This is serious. Artemis thought.

" That's not fair!" Foaly interjected.

" Oh, yes it is, stop whining." Holly said annoyed. Artemis noted stress in her voice.

" Holly, are you alright?" Artemis asked, worried now.

" Oh, that reminds me, I have to remember to hit you later. I'm about 10 minutes away."

Artemis cringed, "Ok, you have my permission to enter, but why do you want to hit me?"

Holly hung up.