A/N: My first foray into Artemis Fowl fanfiction. There will be spoilers for The Time Paradox later, so proceed carefully. I own none of the Artemis Fowl universe, nor do I own the name Coraline, which I credit to Neil Gaiman.
Enjoy!
The First Daughter of Recon
My name is Coraline Short, and I am the first daughter of Recon.
That is to say, I am the daughter of the first and most notorious female captain in Recon history, Captain Holly Short. You've probably seen her face on some billboard somewhere, sometimes paired with the equally famous features of Artemis Fowl. Maybe if you looked at me, you'd see the resemblance; the again, maybe you wouldn't.
My mother was very free with me and perfectly willing to let me go to a different, less high-risk occupation, but I chose this path. I entered the Academy at ten, the youngest cadet ever, gliding on the success of the outstanding IQ test my mother insisted I take. It helped, too; when Foaly looked at the test scores, his eyebrows practically flew off his head. He swallowed and promised to talk to the Academy Head the next day, and voila! I was in.
Of course, the events I should be covering in this report occurred long after that, when I was sixteen and ready to begin apprenticeship with my mother's friend Tica Sheilds, the second girl in Recon and Mother's protégé. I was all set, until one of the two most dangerous fairy maniacs in the world began trying to become Queen of the galaxy again, and in the process shot me down over a field in Ireland.
Until I met Artemis Fowl in person. Until I discovered things about my own and my mother's past that, lets face it, I really didn't want to know.
Until I was plunged into a mission to save the world from Opal's domination.
And do you know what Fowl said?
"Not again."