This is my first attempt at an Artemis Fowl Fanfic. I've read some really
good ones lately and I want to send my commendations to child-prodigy. I
have read two of your fics and have enjoyed both of them. I am half way
through Eternity Code and I read the back page. Upon realising that Artemis
wasn't going to end up with Holly, I decided to deactivate the mind wipe.
How? You ask. Read and find out!
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Artemis Fowl. Any new characters are mine. Any songs used are not.
Yes. The world has remembered the name of Artemis Fowl. His criminal escapades have reached everybody's ears except his Parents'.
Extract from the Journal of Artemis Fowl, Disk 1, Encrypted.
I have been sent to St Bartleby's School for Young Gentlemen. I find it most unpleasant with minimal facilities. The other boys here have no hope of overcoming my far superior intellect and I am much despised because of this. Thankfully, Butler is recovering slowly and will soon be able to return to his duties. All in good time too, for I am about to put my most brilliant plan yet into action. I am constructing a super computer that will interpret any dream. Theoretically anyway. It still needs some fine- tuning. The reason? Why, profit of course! With my father in his current state of mind, it is my duty to carry on in his place. But there is another reason for this computer. I myself have been having the strangest dreams.
I dream of a girl with long dark hair, flying on computerised wings. A centaur, hunched over a computer. A red-faced man, chewing on a cigar. It's strange I know, but I seems familiar, yet I have never seen these People before. I know not, why I spell people with a capital, it just seems fitting does it not?
POLICE PLAZA
Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit was brooding again. Her sister watched her closely as they wandered through Police Plaza. Holly had been like this ever since the mind wipe of Artemis Fowl, two years ago.
Holly led her sister towards the Operations Booth. She needed a chat with Foaly. He wasn't hard to find, sitting in front of a computer muttering to himself, "What's wrong with this stupid thing?"
"Everything okay Foaly?" Captain Short asked her friend.
The Centaur trotted over to her. "No! Everything is not okay!" he fumed. "I'm not getting any data from Retrieval one! They went out to break up a riot outside the Spud Emporium!"
Holly winced. "Yikes! That can't be good. Have you figured out the problem?" Foaly grimaced. "No, not yet. But I will. Now, is there anything I can do for you Holly? To what do I owe this pleasure?"
"I need a favour," Holly said. "My sister is a budding techie. She's brilliant with computers and such. I've only ever seen two better. You, and Opal Koboi. " Foaly winced. He didn't like Opal Koboi. "Are you sure she's this good? I can't afford to waste time teaching her."
As if in answer, the troublesome computer beeped. Holly grinned and pointed over Foaly's shoulder. "Does that answer your question?" she asked innocently. Sure enough, the young elf was sitting at the computer, data and pictures from Retrieval one darting over the screen. "Your hard drive was full," She explained to the shell-shocked centaur. "I created a new file to put the data in and there you have it!" she smiled cheekily at Holly, who gave her a thumbs up.
Foaly trotted over. "Unbelievable. Why didn't I think of that?" he said. "What's your name girl?" he asked the dark haired elf.
"Ebony, sir." She replied meekly.
Foaly nodded. "Ebony. " he replied. He looked over at Holly. "I'll take her on." He told her. Holly smiled. "Thanks Foaly! This means a lot to me." She said. Foaly nodded absently. "Ebony, can you click the icon in the bottom left hand corner please." Foaly asked his new apprentice. "Yep. Sure can." Ebony said cheerily. But her face fell when she saw someone who had put Holly through so much anguish.
Artemis Fowl.
Ebony looked over at her sister. Holly had paled visibly and her eyes glittered with tears. "Thanks again Foaly." She whispered and fled the room. Foaly and Ebony watched her leave. Confused, Foaly looked at Ebony and said; "What was that?" The elf sighed, "She's in love with him. She won't admit it. In fact, I don't think she even realises it herself, but she is."
Foaly stared in disbelief, but then his face turned thoughtful. "It makes sense I suppose. After the mind wipe..." he said, and then trailed off. He explained his thoughts to Ebony.
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"Will you miss him, Holly?" Foaly asked suddenly.
Holly was caught off-guard by the question.
"Miss who?" she said, though she already knew. "The Fowl boy, of course. If everything goes according to plan, we'll be wiped from his mind. No more wild plots or seat-of-the-pants adventures. It'll be a quiet life." Holly made to avoid Foaly's gaze, although the helmet cam was point-of-view and he could not see her.
"No," she said. "I will not miss him."
But her eyes told the real story.
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"I couldn't see her, but I could hear the quiver in her voice. I changed the camera angle without her knowing, just briefly. She was crying." Foaly said sadly. Ebony nodded, her sister was sweet, sensitive and even a little insecure under the LEP uniform that showed her strength.
"Later, at the mind wipe, she flicked her helmet down and left for Tara. A contact of mine said she was sobbing when she landed. And I know she was crying when she left." The centaur finished.
"She hasn't been the same since either." Ebony said softly. "Even mama's noticed the difference, and she's about as oblivious as you can get." Ebony still lived at home and Holly came to visit on weekends. Their mother still thought the world was all sunshine and daisies.
"I just don't know what to do." Ebony whispered.
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Butler heard the sound of fingers flickering over a keyboard and smiled to himself. Would the boy ever rest? This newest venture of his would make millions if it ever got out, like the young master intended it to. Artemis was obsessed with making money for the Fowl dynasty. The boy had gone into work mode while he was home for the holidays. He was "making the most of the facilities." The bodyguard entered the room and closed the door softly behind him. 'Not softly enough evidently, I must be losing my touch.' He mused when Artemis's voice sounded in his ears. "Ah, Butler. May I ask what you are doing up at this hour of the night, old friend?"
Butler chuckled. "I could ask you the same thing, Master Artemis." He replied.
The teenager sighed. "It's my dreams, Butler. Every night it's the same thing. The girl, the centaur, the red-faced man. All familiar, yet strangers to me. Butler frowned. "Déjà vu maybe?" he asked tentatively. Artemis shook his head. "No, not déjà vu. I feel like...like something's happened in my life in the past two years...something involving the people in my dreams...something I've forgotten."
His eyes felt heavy as he started the Dream Interpreter program. He was almost asleep on his feet; these dreams kept him awake a lot.
With a sigh, Butler helped Artemis to hook himself to the D.I, and then made sure he went to bed. "I can't see the point in all this." he muttered to himself, gesturing to the cords that ran to Artemis's temples.
"These will take my brainwaves and my sleep patterns and translate them... theoretically anyway." He explained.
Butler nodded sagely. "Bed." He ordered.
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Holly left the Operations Booth as quickly as her legs could carry her. She stopped suddenly as a question sounded in her head; "Why?"
"Why what?" Holly asked the voice.
"Why are you running from the obvious?"
"I'm not! What's obvious?"
"You miss him." This was getting annoying.
"Miss who?" Déjà vu? Maybe.
"Artemis." Yep. Definitely.
"No I don't." instant denial, start an argument. Always works. Gets rid of annoying little voices.
"Yes you do."
"No I don't"
"Do so!"
"Do not!"
"Do so!"
"Do not!"
"Do so!" Okay...so maybe it doesn't work.
"FINE!" Holly cracked, "Maybe a little.
"Liar" the voice said, starting to sound uncannily like Foaly. "Only slightly." Holly told the voice sternly.
"That's not what everyone else thinks. Just ask Ebony." This voice was really asking for it.
"Ebony exaggerates. End of discussion." Holly snapped, cutting the little voice out of her head.
So what if she missed Artemis Fowl a little. The went through a lot together, they had been almost friends. This was normal...
Wasn't it?
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A little short, I know, but I really wanted to get this posted. Please don't flame me but please Review it. Oh and by the way...I've been having a name change crisis and have switched a lot lately but my user name is now Golden Darkness.
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Artemis Fowl. Any new characters are mine. Any songs used are not.
Yes. The world has remembered the name of Artemis Fowl. His criminal escapades have reached everybody's ears except his Parents'.
Extract from the Journal of Artemis Fowl, Disk 1, Encrypted.
I have been sent to St Bartleby's School for Young Gentlemen. I find it most unpleasant with minimal facilities. The other boys here have no hope of overcoming my far superior intellect and I am much despised because of this. Thankfully, Butler is recovering slowly and will soon be able to return to his duties. All in good time too, for I am about to put my most brilliant plan yet into action. I am constructing a super computer that will interpret any dream. Theoretically anyway. It still needs some fine- tuning. The reason? Why, profit of course! With my father in his current state of mind, it is my duty to carry on in his place. But there is another reason for this computer. I myself have been having the strangest dreams.
I dream of a girl with long dark hair, flying on computerised wings. A centaur, hunched over a computer. A red-faced man, chewing on a cigar. It's strange I know, but I seems familiar, yet I have never seen these People before. I know not, why I spell people with a capital, it just seems fitting does it not?
POLICE PLAZA
Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon unit was brooding again. Her sister watched her closely as they wandered through Police Plaza. Holly had been like this ever since the mind wipe of Artemis Fowl, two years ago.
Holly led her sister towards the Operations Booth. She needed a chat with Foaly. He wasn't hard to find, sitting in front of a computer muttering to himself, "What's wrong with this stupid thing?"
"Everything okay Foaly?" Captain Short asked her friend.
The Centaur trotted over to her. "No! Everything is not okay!" he fumed. "I'm not getting any data from Retrieval one! They went out to break up a riot outside the Spud Emporium!"
Holly winced. "Yikes! That can't be good. Have you figured out the problem?" Foaly grimaced. "No, not yet. But I will. Now, is there anything I can do for you Holly? To what do I owe this pleasure?"
"I need a favour," Holly said. "My sister is a budding techie. She's brilliant with computers and such. I've only ever seen two better. You, and Opal Koboi. " Foaly winced. He didn't like Opal Koboi. "Are you sure she's this good? I can't afford to waste time teaching her."
As if in answer, the troublesome computer beeped. Holly grinned and pointed over Foaly's shoulder. "Does that answer your question?" she asked innocently. Sure enough, the young elf was sitting at the computer, data and pictures from Retrieval one darting over the screen. "Your hard drive was full," She explained to the shell-shocked centaur. "I created a new file to put the data in and there you have it!" she smiled cheekily at Holly, who gave her a thumbs up.
Foaly trotted over. "Unbelievable. Why didn't I think of that?" he said. "What's your name girl?" he asked the dark haired elf.
"Ebony, sir." She replied meekly.
Foaly nodded. "Ebony. " he replied. He looked over at Holly. "I'll take her on." He told her. Holly smiled. "Thanks Foaly! This means a lot to me." She said. Foaly nodded absently. "Ebony, can you click the icon in the bottom left hand corner please." Foaly asked his new apprentice. "Yep. Sure can." Ebony said cheerily. But her face fell when she saw someone who had put Holly through so much anguish.
Artemis Fowl.
Ebony looked over at her sister. Holly had paled visibly and her eyes glittered with tears. "Thanks again Foaly." She whispered and fled the room. Foaly and Ebony watched her leave. Confused, Foaly looked at Ebony and said; "What was that?" The elf sighed, "She's in love with him. She won't admit it. In fact, I don't think she even realises it herself, but she is."
Foaly stared in disbelief, but then his face turned thoughtful. "It makes sense I suppose. After the mind wipe..." he said, and then trailed off. He explained his thoughts to Ebony.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Will you miss him, Holly?" Foaly asked suddenly.
Holly was caught off-guard by the question.
"Miss who?" she said, though she already knew. "The Fowl boy, of course. If everything goes according to plan, we'll be wiped from his mind. No more wild plots or seat-of-the-pants adventures. It'll be a quiet life." Holly made to avoid Foaly's gaze, although the helmet cam was point-of-view and he could not see her.
"No," she said. "I will not miss him."
But her eyes told the real story.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I couldn't see her, but I could hear the quiver in her voice. I changed the camera angle without her knowing, just briefly. She was crying." Foaly said sadly. Ebony nodded, her sister was sweet, sensitive and even a little insecure under the LEP uniform that showed her strength.
"Later, at the mind wipe, she flicked her helmet down and left for Tara. A contact of mine said she was sobbing when she landed. And I know she was crying when she left." The centaur finished.
"She hasn't been the same since either." Ebony said softly. "Even mama's noticed the difference, and she's about as oblivious as you can get." Ebony still lived at home and Holly came to visit on weekends. Their mother still thought the world was all sunshine and daisies.
"I just don't know what to do." Ebony whispered.
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Butler heard the sound of fingers flickering over a keyboard and smiled to himself. Would the boy ever rest? This newest venture of his would make millions if it ever got out, like the young master intended it to. Artemis was obsessed with making money for the Fowl dynasty. The boy had gone into work mode while he was home for the holidays. He was "making the most of the facilities." The bodyguard entered the room and closed the door softly behind him. 'Not softly enough evidently, I must be losing my touch.' He mused when Artemis's voice sounded in his ears. "Ah, Butler. May I ask what you are doing up at this hour of the night, old friend?"
Butler chuckled. "I could ask you the same thing, Master Artemis." He replied.
The teenager sighed. "It's my dreams, Butler. Every night it's the same thing. The girl, the centaur, the red-faced man. All familiar, yet strangers to me. Butler frowned. "Déjà vu maybe?" he asked tentatively. Artemis shook his head. "No, not déjà vu. I feel like...like something's happened in my life in the past two years...something involving the people in my dreams...something I've forgotten."
His eyes felt heavy as he started the Dream Interpreter program. He was almost asleep on his feet; these dreams kept him awake a lot.
With a sigh, Butler helped Artemis to hook himself to the D.I, and then made sure he went to bed. "I can't see the point in all this." he muttered to himself, gesturing to the cords that ran to Artemis's temples.
"These will take my brainwaves and my sleep patterns and translate them... theoretically anyway." He explained.
Butler nodded sagely. "Bed." He ordered.
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Holly left the Operations Booth as quickly as her legs could carry her. She stopped suddenly as a question sounded in her head; "Why?"
"Why what?" Holly asked the voice.
"Why are you running from the obvious?"
"I'm not! What's obvious?"
"You miss him." This was getting annoying.
"Miss who?" Déjà vu? Maybe.
"Artemis." Yep. Definitely.
"No I don't." instant denial, start an argument. Always works. Gets rid of annoying little voices.
"Yes you do."
"No I don't"
"Do so!"
"Do not!"
"Do so!"
"Do not!"
"Do so!" Okay...so maybe it doesn't work.
"FINE!" Holly cracked, "Maybe a little.
"Liar" the voice said, starting to sound uncannily like Foaly. "Only slightly." Holly told the voice sternly.
"That's not what everyone else thinks. Just ask Ebony." This voice was really asking for it.
"Ebony exaggerates. End of discussion." Holly snapped, cutting the little voice out of her head.
So what if she missed Artemis Fowl a little. The went through a lot together, they had been almost friends. This was normal...
Wasn't it?
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A little short, I know, but I really wanted to get this posted. Please don't flame me but please Review it. Oh and by the way...I've been having a name change crisis and have switched a lot lately but my user name is now Golden Darkness.