A/N: In here, you will find a series of drabbles and one-shots focusing on various characters and situations. Any and all pairings can and might be used, but heed ye warning: Persephone is an A/H shipper. This doesn't mean there will be bad Minerva characterization in here, though.

Disclaimer: Persephone Spring owns Paul Jenkins. Erasmus owns Adagia. Eoin Colfer owns the rest.

From Heaven to Earth

At the beginning of the new year, Artemis found himself returned to St. Bartelby's. The elder Artemis and Angeline knew that their eldest son had no need for the academic instruction provided by the school, but that he definitely required much more social interaction with others of his own age. Also, Artemis I wanted his oldest to finish his last few credits there so he could be the latest to embrace the Fowl tradition of graduating from the institution.

One afternoon, with no intention of fraternizing with his peers, Artemis II was in the library, perusing a copy of Adagia. The louts at the next table, though, were making this hard to do, guffawing loudly and exchanging inappropriate stories about various girls at the near all-girls' school, St. Marina's. The loudest and most inappropriate of these boys, Paul Jenkins, happened to be one of the rudest students at St. Bartelby's, and also was one of the few stupid enough to ever talk (or look at, for that matter) to Artemis Fowl.

Artemis narrowed his eyes and continued to block out the words of the miscreants, until a phrase out of Paul's mouth caused his head to jerk up reflexively.

"… yea, and Holly was there too. What a hot…" Paul bragged, causing his companions to look at him with slightly worshipful faces. Unfortunately for Artemis, Paul's eye caught his.

"What, Fowl, you got a girl named Holly, too?" Paul laughed, his friends turning around to leer and chortle at Artemis.

Scowling again, Artemis turned his attention to Adagia. However, before he could begin reading again, a silvery, unbidden thought slipped quietly through his mind.

If only.

A/N: A little shameless and lame, I'm aware…