OK. If you have not read Artemis Fowl: The Unexpected Traitor, STOP READING RIGHT HERE. This is TUT's sequel. Now, GO READ TUT!

If you have read TUT, thankyouthankyouthankyou for favoriting, following, and reviewing it and making it the awesome story it is today! And…I know you all came here for the story, not to hear me rant, so…Here it is! The Last Unicorn! Very, very, very early! But I couldn't wait any longer to post it! Plus, I'm starting school on Thursday, so you will be seeing even less of me than you usually do. :,(

But…first I would like to thank jayjthebigmouth for helping me with the wedding. I am only a teenager, so planning an entire wedding alone was a little stressful, but jayj helped me through it. Still, I apologize if some of the details are a tad bit off. I've never even been to a wedding before, so there's probably some stuff in there that's wrong. Just don't flame me for it, okay?

I would also like to say that I need a beta because of school starting and all. I was asking around and NO ONE ANSWERED ME! I need someone who is a spelling/grammar Nazi just in case and who is good at finding "just the right word", because that's something I'm terrible at. If you're good at that yourself or you know someone who is please please PLEASE tell me! Thanks! :-)

Wow. I think this is the longest A/N in the history of ever. Anyway…I present to you…The Last Unicorn!

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Artemis and Holly did not want a big wedding. They wanted a small, simple wedding, with just their friends and family. That's what they said to Juliet when they asked her to plan the wedding.

Juliet didn't listen.

Instead of a small, simple wedding, they got a gigantic wedding with a guest list that stretched from here to the Moon.

But that'll come later.

Instead, we'll focus on how exactly Juliet wrote a guest list that stretched from here to the Moon without revealing the existence of the People. Luckily, the groom-to-be was a genius, and Holly's engagement ring also doubled as a little gadget thing that, with the help of a little magic, made her the height of an average adult woman. So, that fixes the height problem. But there were other bumps in the road of life that was Artemis' and Holly's future.

Like age.

Luckily, one of Holly's best friends was N°1, the most powerful warlock in the history of ever. He just so happened to know of a spell that could make Artemis' lifespan the same as the average fairy's. He also knew of one that could make Holly's lifespan the same as the average human's. There was a lot of… debate… over which spell to use.

"I'll do it, N°1. Do the spell on me."

"No, Holly. You would live to be a fraction of what you would if you didn't. Let me do it."

"Artemis, if you do it, you will lose your mother and father, Butler, Juliet, and your brothers while you're still young. I won't lose anyone. Besides, I've already lived eighty-nine years, a few centuries cut off my lifespan won't matter as long as I don't have to lose you soon. Wait." She turned to N°1. "The average human lives around seventy-five years. Will the spell kill me if I do it?"

N°1 shook his head. "You are in your early twenties in human years, so you should live about as long as Artemis."

"See? I'm doing it." The look on her face dared him to argue. He took the dare.

"Holly, please, let me do it."

"Just because we're getting married soon doesn't mean I can't punch you."

He sighed. "Okay. If you're sure."

She smiled, happy that she won. "Okay, N°1. I'm ready."

Red sparks shot out of the little imp's hands, and the sparks encased Holly until she thought she was drowning in the magic. Just when she thought she was going to die, the magic let her go and she fell to the floor. Artemis attempted to catch her and instead fell with her.

"Are you okay?" He asked his bride-to-be, helping her up.

"Yeah. Did it work? I don't feel any different."

"Oh, it worked." N°1 answered. "If it didn't, you'd be having severe headaches and stomach cramps. Be glad I am as skilled as they say I am."

Holly nodded. "Thanks, N°1."

As N°1 turned to leave, Artemis remembered something. "Wait, N°1." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and a silver band. "Here."

N°1 took the items from him. "Um…thanks?" He read the card, which was an invitation to their wedding. He held the bracelet out and looked at it. "I don't mean to cause offense, but you are not the type to give gifts just because, Artemis."

Artemis and Holly shared a knowing glance. "Put on the bracelet."

The demon warlock slipped on the band, and his shape began to change. His horns were sucked into his head, his ears shrank, his height doubled, his skin turned from gray to tan, and the magical runes along his forehead and arms changed to look like tattoos. His red eyes changed to blue, and his head sprouted straight, sandy blonde hair that stopped when it reached his ears. He turned and looked in the mirror. "Wow. How…how did you do it?"

Artemis smiled. Only Holly and Butler knew about his magic, and he intended to keep it that way. "Let's just say I am a very smart man, N°1."

N°1 slipped the band off, turning back to his demon self. "Thanks. Well, I have to go. It was nice seeing you, and I'm glad I could help you."

"Bye." The elf and the human chorused. N°1 snapped his fingers, and disappeared with a crack.

The rest of the young couple's fairy friends received similar gifts. Foaly got a copper ring, Caballine got a golden charm bracelet, Qwan got a silver ring, Mulch got a golden chain necklace, and the foals each got little silver chains to put their Books on. The chains came with charms, and the charms held the magic.

But that's not important now.

What's important now is what you've all been waiting for:

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Six months after the proposal

"Oww! Juliet, I swear, stick me with one more pin and I'll stick my foot up your ass!"

"Maybe if you would stop moving, I would stop sticking you! It's like trying to dress a damn worm!"

"Juliet, that pin is too big! You might want to get a smaller one. Ow! Watch it!"

Minerva was holding the pincushion (and occasionally getting stabbed) while Juliet was currently trying to put Holly in her wedding dress. Of course, the dress had needed a few adjustments, and the maids apparently forgot to make those adjustments, so Juliet had to pin up the dress so Holly wouldn't trip over it. Holly wasn't having it.

So, for the next fifteen minutes, the only thing you could here inside Juliet's bedroom was the bride screaming very unladylike curses and Juliet groaning and trying to get the dress on the elf.

As Juliet finally finished with the dress, there was a knock at the door. "What's the password?" Juliet yelled. "Dandelion ducks don't deal with dead dragons that deal decks of dirty door-shaped dogs." "Come in." The door opened, and a woman slipped in and quickly closed it. She had tan skin and muddy brown eyes, and bright blonde hair. She was wearing a forest green dress made of silk. It had one strap over her left shoulder, and cut off in the front at the knees, going to the back in a triangular shape and stopping at the heels. It had a black faux leather belt hanging loosely around the waist. She had forest green eye-shadow and red lipstick, and she was wearing sandals with light brown soles and forest green straps. In her blonde hair was a forest green hairband with little white fabric flowers glued to it. On her right wrist was a golden charm bracelet with two charms on it: a centaur, and an acorn. She smiled at the other women. Juliet was trying to force Holly into heels, and Holly was stubbornly refusing and threatening to punch her. "Need some help, Juliet?"

Juliet groaned. "Yes, please, Caballine. Before long, I'll be headed to the emergency room with a broken face."

Holly looked slightly offended. "I would not send you to the emergency room!" On my wedding day, she added in her mind.

Minerva chuckled at the exchange and slipped out to change. (Holy frond, that rhymes)

"Holly," Caballine sighed, "please, please, please, wear the heels."

Holly looked down at her friend's feet. "Why? You're not wearing heels."

"They would look good on you."

"No one can even see my feet. The dress is long enough to cover them."

"If you wear the heels, Juliet can take the pins out and you will be able to move more freely in that dress."

Holly sighed. "Okay. You got me. I'll wear the damn heels. On one condition."

"Yes?" The other girls asked unanimously.

"We all go out for ice cream once this is over."

Caballine furrowed her brow. "I thought there'll be ice cream at the reception."

Juliet face-palmed. "Nope. I knew I was forgetting something."

"Okay," Caballine cut in, eager to move on. "Holly, we will get you all the ice cream you can eat when this is over. Now, get into those heels, and Juliet, hurry up and take the pins out while I do her hair. Don't worry, you can do her makeup." She added, seeing the look on Juliet's face.

Twenty minutes later, the bride was breathtakingly beautiful.

Her dress was, well, gorgeous. The bodice was held up by a thin strap on each of her shoulders, and it was striped with sparkling diamonds. The skirt was made of layers of thin fabric, and the top layer was cut in pieces and fluffed out so it looked like it was covered in feathers. She didn't admit it, but she actually liked the heels. They were two-inch-high peep-toes. There was a part in the back for her heel to slide into, and there was a part on the top of her foot, not the rest of her foot was bare except for the bottom of the shoe. The part above her foot was comfortably snug and had a diamond flower on it. Her hair was arranged into a loose flower bun in the back. She also had a shoulder length veil on. She had on gold eye-shadow and black mascara, red lipstick, and the tiniest hint of blush.

Holly loved the outfit. The sweetheart neckline looked stunning on her, and the snow-white feathery skirt contrasted with her nut-brown skin. The peep-toe heels were tall enough so Juliet could take out every single pin she had put in. The flower bun Caballine had twisted her auburn hair into just covered the pointed tips of her ears, and the makeup emphasized her features and her large hazel eyes.

It was perfect.

Then she remembered. "Oh, Frond, where are the girls? Caballine, weren't you with them?"

Caballine smiled as Juliet slipped out to change. "The girls are fine, Holly. They are with Angeline. She insisted on helping them get dressed." Holly sighed in relief. "When will they be done?" Caballine looked at the clock on the wall. "They should be done any minute now." As if on cue, the door burst open, and two three-year-old girls burst into the room. They flung themselves at Holly, and she fell back onto the bed. "Girls, get off of me! You'll wrinkle your dresses." Caballine looked around as the twins peeled themselves off of their mother. "Juni, where's Marli?" The little girl looked out the door. "She's back dare." Sure enough, a brown-haired girl was carefully walking down the hall, looking down at her feet. Her face was scrunched up as if she was consentrating hard. Caballine rushed down the hall and scooped up her daughter. "Marli, what's wrong?" Marli looked up at her mother with big brown eyes. "I dunno, Mum. It's jus so hard ta walk wif on'y two feet! It's wike wearnin ta walk all over again!" Caballine rolled her eyes. Toddlers are so dramatic. She carried Marli into the room and set her down carefully by her friends. "Jessi, Juni" Holly told her daughters, "I need you guys to help Marli walk. She's not used to being a human with two legs. You need to help her learn so she can walk down the aisle and throw flower petals." Juni tapped her on the leg. "Mommy, will Jessi and me get to walk down the aisle and throw flower petals, too?" "Jessi and I." Her sister corrected. Holly smiled, marveling at his much young Jessi was already acting like her father. She looked so much like him, too. Juniper, on the other hand, was the spitting image of Holly . "Yes, Juniper, you and Jessi will get to walk down the aisle and throw flower petals, too. Now, Marli, go practice walking in the hallway. You two, help her." The girls held hands, a Fowl twin on each side of Marli, and walked down the hall, back and forth. Each girl was wearing a silk forest green dress that went down to the knees, with a black faux leather belt like Caballine's. Their sandals also matched Caballine's. Marli was wearing her necklace that Artemis gave her, with two charms. One was her copy of the Book, the other was a small unicorn. Her little brother, Axel's, was similar, but his charm was a dragon.

After about half an hour, Juliet, wearing the groom's wedding band on her thumb, Minerva, and Angeline came in, wearing outfits that matched Caballine's, to announce that the guests had started to arrive.

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"Butler, my hair won't stay down! This gel is useless!"

Butler sighed and stood up to help his charge with his hair. "Artemis, that's not hair gel. That's hand soap."

Artemis read the label on the bottle he had been pouring out over his head. Sure enough, it said "Softsoap Watermelon Paradise". Artemis groaned.

"Hey, look on the bright side, Mud Boy. Now your hair smells like watermelons instead of sweat." Mulch chuckled as he straightened his navy blue tie. Artemis scowled. "I'm going to go take another shower." He muttered and hurried to the bathroom.

Foaly ambled in, walking a little wobbly due to the fact that he had two less legs than he normally did. Butler helped him over to the dresser, where he put on his tie (same color as Mulch's) and tried to tame the brown, curly, wild locks that were his hair. He was unsuccessful, and settled with running a brush through it and leaving it. Mulch snorted at his effort before he pointed out that the dwarf's own hair was much worse. Mulch simply turned away and tucked his necklace into his tux.

Artemis hadn't exactly told the rest what N°1 and Qwan looked like as humans, so when a tan blonde young man and a middle-aged black-haired man with a few gray hairs and green eyes entered the room, Butler almost killed them. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" The young man shouted, closing the door. "Butler, it's me. N°1. And this is Qwan."

Butler narrowed his eyes at the two. "Prove it."

"Hmm." The human demon paused in thought. "Oh, okay! The reason Artemis has six toes on one foot is because Foaly was playing online chess while the feet were growing and he accidentally knocked one of his ARClights into the chrysalis. It melded with the clone and grew to be an eleventh toe."

Butler turned to Foaly, a surprised and amused look on his face. "Foaly, is this true?" The centaur-turned-human grimaced and nodded. It was that moment that Artemis decided to step out of the bathroom. He glared at Foaly. "So, the reason my foot still hurts occasionally where the eleventh toe used to be is that there's part of an electronic dragonfly embedded in my foot?" Foaly nodded. Artemis shook his head and returned to fixing his hair, making sure that he was using actual gel this time.

Thirty minutes later, everyone was in matching tuxedos with matching navy blue ties (navy blue was the color Artemis had agreed to, since Amazon didn't sell medium electric blue ties). Foaly left for Juliet's room and Butler slipped the bride's wedding ring onto his pinkie finger just as Artemis Sr. had come in with Myles and Beckett, each wearing an outfit matching theirs, to announce that the guests had started to arrive.

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The time had come. The guests were seated neatly and quickly, thanks to Myles and Beckett, the nine-year-old ushers. The pastor who would be marrying them, Brother Eric Jonssan, stood in his place, as did the male part of the wedding party. They were in the backyard of Fowl Manor. A red carpet was rolled out onto the grass, stretching from the back door to under the arch of flowers over the nervous groom. On either side of the carpet, white lawn chairs were arranged in rows. These chairs were filled with the Fowl family and friends, the Paradizo family, and numerous business associates of Artemis Sr's. Juliet had hired a pianist from the local church to play "Canon in D" by Pachelbel.

Angeline signaled to the pianist to start playing, and the music started.

Wow, Artemis thought. That song is prettier than I remember.

He smiled as his daughters and his goddaughter as they skipped down the aisle, throwing rose petals everywhere. They got to the front, then went off to sit by Angeline and Artemis Sr. Next came the bridesmaids, Caballine and Minerva, then Juliet, and finally the audience stood up as the bride came into view, arms locked with Foaly, who had agreed to give her away in the place of her father as her closest male friend whom she wasn't marrying.

As his bride stepped out of the back door onto the red carpet, Artemis found he couldn't breathe. He had never even seen Holly in a dress; this just…well…it was undescribable. He saw her and so many things went through his mind. What if I don't remember my vows? What if she runs away? Hell, what if she says no? Artemis had been watching one of Juliet's old CDs, Celebrity Weddings. But when she saw him and beamed at him, all the worry melted out of his heart and was replaced by love. Love for his daughters, love for his wife, love for the people who made this possible and the people who didnt hate them for what they were about to do. He had never del this much love before, and it put him in a much greater mood.

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"Are you ready, Holly?"

Holly sighed. "As ready as I'll ever be, Foaly."

She linked her arm through his and thy started slowly down the aisle. Holly caught sight of Artemis and smiled. Damn, he's hot.

Juniper waved enthusiastically at her and she waved back as the pianist finished the song and she reached the front of the aisle. Foaly hugged her and sat down in his place by his daughter and son. She took her place in front of Artemis and held his hands. Her whole life flashed before her eyes, and she began to doubt her decision. Frond, I don't know if I'm ready. Am I willing to give up my whole life for a man? She looked into his icy blue and warm hazel eyes for an answer. She found it. Not just any man. She reminded herself. Artemis. The man that I love and want to be with forever. Yes, I'm ready. I just hope he feels the same.

"We are gathered here today to witness the joining of Holly Short and Artemis Fowl. May God bless their souls and lead them through a happy life here on Earth."

Holly bit her lip as Artemis started his vows. "Holly, the day we first met, if someone had come and told me that, thirteen years later, I would be marrying you, I would've told them to call their lawyer because I would have sued them for trespassing. But not now. You have changed me, Holly Short, and I am forever grateful. I am ready to accept you, with all your flaws, as my wife."

"Artemis, all my life I have been looking for the perfect guy. Someone with big muscles and awesome dance moves, someone who has amazing eyes and is a great poet. Someone who would never keep me bored and who would always cheer me up. I realize now that there is no such thing as the perfect guy, but you come very close. Artemis Fowl, you have made me realize that I have been looking in all the wrong places. I was looking at the skin, and not at the heart. I am ready to accept you, with all of your flaws, as my husband."

Brother Eric then said his part. "Artemis Fowl, do you take this woman as your wife, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, through rich and poor, thick and thin, until death do you part?"

"I do."

"And do you, Holly Short, take this man as your husband, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, through rich and poor, thick and thin, until death do you part?"

"I do."

"Then I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Artemis leaned down to kiss his wife, and Juliet signaled to Foaly, who pulled a lever on the ground. Fireworks went off behind Artemis and Holly. They pulled away to watch the show.

"Wow. Fireworks." Holly said. "I can't wait to see what she plans for my birthday party."

At the edge of the woods, a centaur watched it all. "Holly Short." She mused."Married a Mud Man. That's good. If that's who she loves, good for her. It's nice to know that there are other hybrids around. Yes, this is perfect. Strong magic, she'll find her way here with no problems. I hope."

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Wow. Almost 4,000 words. I think this is the longest prologue in the history of ever. Anyway, I'm gone a answer reviews down here instead of up there and see how that works out. Review!