OH YEAH!! I'm back and ready for more reviews. I think this one will definitally be better than the last one. It doen't realate at all to my last story. This is something different and new. Which means either more or less fluff...maybe more. I have a question but I forgot it so maybe I'll ask you all later. Anywho, ON with the story!

Koblade grabbed her by the hair and turned her to face him. She punched him in the face but, he didn't let go. Then, he slammed her back against the wall, removing his hand from her head and placing it over her throat. She was pinned against the wall. She couldn't breathe and started to get light headed. He let go and she fell to the ground gasping for breath. Slowly she lost all consiousness.

Holly flung forward in her bed, breathing hard, with beads of sweat rolling down her face. She took deep breathes and thought to herself, 'It was just a dream, nothing else.'

The phone began to ring and Holly picked it up, laying her head on the soft pillow.

"Hello?" Holly sighed into the phone.

"You have a problem," Foaly said quickly but, Holly cut him off.

"I kind of figured that."

"How?" Foaly asked a little upset that he didn't get to prove he knew something before she did.

"I kinda had a little nightmare," Holly said turning over and facing her door, "In it he tried to kill me."

"Wow," Foaly said, in a not so astonished voice, "He just got out and he is already pestering you."

"Would you mind telling me when all of this finally blew over?" Holly asked sadly. She got off her bed and opened the door. It was silent but she didn't feel like going out there alone. 'Just proves your even more of a coward.'

"I've been so... I don't know. Unsettled since I've been back," Holly said a little more depressed, "So many things have changed and I'm getting an annoying habit back."

"Wow, you have an annoying habit," Foaly said sarcastically, Holly growled and he said softly, "What you said though is deep. I wasn't expecting it. I had to make you happy somehow."

"Thanks," Holly replied blankly opening her refrigerator to get milk, afterwards grabbing a mug from a cabnet, "It's just this habit is very bad and I may accidentally kill someone, because of it."

"What's that habit?" Foaly asked happily.

"I don't know what it is really," Holly said hitting herself in the head, she shouldn't have said anything, "It's to hard to explain. There's only a couple of people who know about it and even they think I got rid of it a long time ago, along with something else."

"You really have a lot of issues," Foaly said easily, "Especially since you came back."

"Yeah, well not coming back in the right year screws with you head a bit," Holly replied uneasily, as she poured a packet of hot chocolate mix in her mug with the milk. She stirred it, "I just don't know how to talk to anyone. It's so weird because all of my friends would come up to me and say, 'Oh I missed you so much.' I just stand there cause I saw them the other day in my view."

"I know it's going to be hard for a while but, once you see everyone then it won't matter. They wont say anything cause they saw you," Foaly said optimistically, "You just have to think of it as when you came back from being kidnapped. You're going to have attention."

"Yeah," Holly said pulling the mug out of the microwave, "It's been an entire three months and I feel so out of place."

"Maybe, your just a little out of it cause of all the time you skipped through," Foaly offered, "Maybe you should take a vacation?"

"I kinda just came back from a vacation, don't you think?" Holly asked sitting on the couch and curling into a ball.

"Yeah, but you were working on your vacation," Foaly whinied, "Me and Vinyaya already discussed this an..."

"You and Vinyaya what?" Holly asked setting her mug down.

"We talked and you should take some time off," Foaly said stubbornly, "You seem like your going crazy inside that shell of yours. You need some time to talk to someone and be with friends."

"Kinda hard when they all work in the LEP," Holly growled crossing her arms.

"Well, I also said so you can talk to someone," Foaly said in an annoying know-it-all tone of his, "Who is the one person, besides me, who can help you sort through all your problems."

When Holly didn't reply, he went on, "Juliet!"

"Why her?" Holly asked not thinking clear of it yet.

"Three reasons," Foaly said excitedly, "She's a girl! She's a friend that you can open up to! Plus, she lives with two more of your friends!"

"You have a point, but..."Holly started.

"No buts... We already have the tickets and we already asked Fowl. He already asked his parents, told the Butlers, and set up a room," Foaly said fast, "It would be plain rude to say, 'No!"

Holly growled loudly and took a sip of hot chocolate, "This won't be good for me."

"Holly, your going out of your mind trying to catch up with everthing you missed," Foaly said in an honest tone, "Koblade is out of prison now which will make it even worse. You need a break from the mayhem. Fowl will also be around to help you take in the new gagets quicker. You know I'm busy and it's hard to just sit down and tell you."

"I know," Holly sighed finishing her cup, "I just don't know how I can survive a couple of days with Fowl."

"Two weeks actually," Foaly said, "Well, get packing and see you tomorrow at the shuttle port."

Holly's mouth opened and closed, "That was mean."

Holly stepped into the field and stood there for a minute. She took a deep breath and started walking. After a few minutes she reached a road and started walking down it in the direction towards Artemis's house. She plugged in some head phones and turned her heavy metal music up loud. She was mouthing the words and wasn't paying attention to anything but the sky and road in front of her.

Artemis and Buter were driving to pick up Holly when they spotted her walking down the road. She had head phones on and seemed to be bobbing her head to the music.

Artemis, who was driving, slowed the car to a steady pace. He watched her for a moment and smiled at how carefree she seemed to be. Then he smirked and pushed the horn. That did it, she jumped about a foot in the air.

Holly jumped, ripping the plugs from her ears and turning around, 'Who does he think he is?'

The car pulled up to Holly and she tensed, then they rolled down the window. She punched him in the shoulder through the open window, "YOUR SUCH A JERK!"

"I couldn't help it," Artemis laughed stopping the car, "You were in lala land and I didn't want to be the one to have to give you phyciatric help from it."

She crossed her arms and pouted, "This VACATION, is supposed to be stress free. I was until you interupted."

"You WERE going to be walking for four miles if we hadn't of come to pick you up," Artemis replied sarcastically with some laughter still in his voice, "Unless you want to walk and we'll just wait at the house for you."

Holly sighed, "I guess I'll get in the car."

Artemis laughed as she got in the backseat, "And why are you driving?"

"Because I can," Artemis said, looking in the rearview mirror at her. She smiled and he went on, "Dom told me no, because I should be in the back were no one can see me to shoot me but, I convinced him when I said, 'Would you rather me learn on my own and get in a wreck.' That changed his mind."

"You've certainly changed since the last time I saw you," Holly said looking at him curiously, "I mean, even more from last time."

"Well, I have a brother and sister now," Artemis replied happily, smiling back at her with confidence, to much confidence, "They are only three years old. They really like me even though they just met me as their brother."

"Alright Artemis save the child act for you siblings and parents," Domovoi whispered and Artemis laughed.

"So, it's an act for your parents?" Holly frowned.

"Kind of," Artemis replied shugging his shoulders sadly, "I mean sometimes I act childish with Analay and Austin because their so little and it just sort of happens. I act less mature around kids in my school cause my parents really wanted me to make friends. So, for them I am and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Once I gave them a chance, they seem nice."

"So your turning into a real person?" Holly asked curiously.

"No," Artemis replied blankly. He turned into their driveway and parked in the garage, "I like what Foaly has done with your ears and height."

"Yeah, it will come in handy so I can go shopping with Julz," Holly laughed getting out of the car.

"So, that's why you have such a small bag because, you don't have any clothes?" Artemis half asked, half said outloud.

They walked into the house as Holly answered, "Yeah, Foaly had these specially made and I still have my special powers."

Artemis laughed but stopped and covered his ears. Butler did the same as Juliet came running down the stairs screaming at the top of her lungs. She got to the bottom and hugged Holly, who surprisingly, didn't, cover her ears.

"I missed you so much!" Juliet squealed, "This is so awesome! Me and you are going to go shopping, have wrestling matches, and watch hot guys go by on mopeds at a boutique!"

Artemis's parents followed but the younger Fowl children entered the room at a hurried pace. Holly smiled at Juliet, "Not so much shopping, a lot more wrestling, and NO BOY WATCHING!"

"Well suck the fun out of everything,"Juliet scowled and then smiled, "but we don't need the guys."

"I missed you so much Julz," Holly said hugging her again.

"I missed you too, Holz," Juliet replied as they let go.

"I think I just went deaf in one ear," Artemis commented, tugging at his ear to prove his point.

His parents stood next to then as Butler retorted, "I think I just went deaf in both."

His parents laughed and his mother replied, "You must be Ms. Short."

"It's a pleasure to meet the both of you, Mr. and Mrs. Fowl." Holly replied shaking their hands calmly. She bent down a little, "And it's nice to meet the two of you too."

The two children giggled and hid behind their parents legs, whispering to one another, "There a little shy."

Holly smiled and nodded as Artemis went on, "I'll show you were your room is, Holly."

She followed him up the stairs and to a room, "Mine is right next door so if you need, ANYTHING, let me know."

"Thanks Artemis," Holly said softly, "I mean it."

He smiled at her and she kissed him on the cheek. He blushed slightly and hurridly left the room. Moments later the door flung open only to reveal an eager Juliet.

"Want to go shopping now!" She exclaimed jumping up and down.

Juliet giggled as they walked into the house, but Holly was scowling and her hands were white while holding her bags, "That was the craziest thing ever!"

Artemis was sitting in the lounge and heard them come in. Holly seemed upset and replied, "Would you just shut up!"

"Oh, my gosh Artemis, the funniest thing happened today. Me and Holly went on the carosel in the mall and there's this tea cup thing that you can make it spin faster with this wheel thing. Anyways, we did that and Holly got so dizzy that she tripped and fell on her face. Well, this guy helped her up and she was like, 'Thanks,'" Juliet said fast taking a breath and giggiling, "Then he smiled at her and said, 'If you ever need someone to catch you falling, Angel, you can call me.' And Holly just looked at the guy and he gave her his number. Then he walked over to his girlfriend and walked away."

"And this is funny how?" Artemis asked looking at Holly who bit her lip.

"We went out into the parking lot later and he was carrying his girlfriend in his arms. So Holly went up to him and said, 'Looks like you caught another angel like me right.' Then she handed his number back to HIS GIRLFRIEND. She was so mad, she slapped him across the face," Juliet said stopping in a fit of giggles.

Artemis rolled his eyes and Holly asked, "How do you put up with her? I mean it's not like that guy didn't have it coming. Cheating on his girlfriend like that."

Artemis smiled at her and replied, "Just because no other guys will ask you out, doesn't mean you should take it out on him."

Holly's mouth dropped and then she retorted, "Be glad your parents are coming or else it would have been three."

Artemis looked confused as she grabbed Juilet and they went up the stairs. His mother came up to him, "Dinner is at six, okay hunny?"

Artemis nodded and his mother asked, "Are you going to tell them or should I?"

"I think I'll be shot if I go up there," Artemis replied sarcastically turning around and walking back into the lounge.

Holly put her clothes away in drawers and went down stairs for dinner. It seemed so weird to her because she hadn't a family meal were everyone sat down for a long time. She didn't have many relatives to go see or talk to so it was hard to be family like. Foaly said that she could make up any story she wanted to about herself. She could even tell them she was a cop.

She was walking past the lounge when a pair of hands pulled her inside. She was just about to punch whoever it was when Artemis said, "What are you going to tell my parents?"

"I don't know I haven't gotten to that yet," Holly replied shaking her head in disbelief, "Can you read my thoughts?"

"No," Artemis said removing his hands from her arms, "Why?"

"Cause I was just thinking about it," Holly muttered sittin down in a chair, "What have you been doing in her all this time?"

"I was researching something," Artemis replied easily, not making eye contact. Something must have been up, "We still have ten minutes, so we can cover the basic questions my parents will ask you. I know you might come up with some things off the top of your head but, I want to at least know some things you'll say in case they ask me something later."

"Okay," Holly said rubbing her head, confused, "What are some questions your parents will ask?"

"How are you? How long have you and Artemis known eachother? What are you going to college to be? What college are you going to? How many siblings, parents, friends, and so on and so forth," Artemis said leaning back in his chair laying his hands on his lap.

Holly sighed and replied, "We've known each other for six years, I'm majoring in engineering but I would love to stay a cop like my father, I'm going to go to Purdue in America, I'm from America, I have no siblings, My dad died in his services as a cop and my mom was in the crossfire."

"I don't think you should say that to my parents," Artemis said looking up sadly at Holly who seemed to not look him in the eye, "How is it you can just say something like that and be so calm and carfree."

"I can't," Holly said, looking up with tears brimming her eyes but she looked away quickly, "It's hard."

Artemis bit his lip and stood up. He walked over to Holly's chair and knelt down, "You don't have to hide it from me. I may have called you weak from it before but not know. It's pathetic not to let someone know you care."

Holly looked at him and a tear fell down her cheek, "I don't have to talk about it right?"

"No," Artemis replied wiping her tear away, "You don't have to say anything."

They stood up and Holly wiped her eyes before they went into the hallway, "So are your parents really talkative?"

"My mom is always, no matter what you do and my dad would be if you talked about specific things," Artemis sighed rubbing his forehead, "I accidently came across one of his topics and we ended up having a discussion for an hour and a half. Most of the time he just repeated himself."

Holly laughed as they walked into the dining room, "It's a parent thing."

Holly started to jump around the lounge happily, with Juilet. Holly fell onto the couch. (I'm using the American term for some of you who make fun of me cause I didn't know the difference between couch and sofa.)

Juilet turned on the radio to some fast talking guy about a car sale. She immediatly changed it to some interesting enough pop music. Holly got back up again and they both moved to the beat. They were having so much fun they didn't notice Artemis come in behind them.

Holly turned and got her foot stuck in the rug. She fell face first into the floor bringing a table down with her. Juliet fell to the floor in tears and Artemis laughed from the doorway. She looked up at him, getting on her knees and blowing a strand of hair from her eyes.

"So, what did we learn today?" Artemis asked trying to stop himself from laughing.

Holly raised her hand and he nodded, "Don't give Holly tea."

He laughed and came inside. He took a couple of books and left . Juliet and Holly heard him laugh until he got up the stairs.

"HE KNOWS HOW TO LAUGH!" Holly exclaimed sarcastically.

Juliet laughed again and replied, "Yep, you should have heard him chuckle for the first time. His parents were so proud."

Holly laughed and changed the station. It came to a station with some person yelling with heavy metal music in the background, "I LOVE THIS SONG! It's 'Tears don't fall,' by Bullets for my Valentine."

"You listen to this crap?" Juliet asked surprised.

"I love it are you kidding me," Holly exclaimed happily, "Anytime I'm in a bad mood I listen to it and for some reason it sooths me."

"That's kind of strange," Juliet said, "Or as Artemis would say. The angry words are what you would want to act out as, so listening to it would make it like you were saying it or something smart like that."

"It sounded pretty dumb to me," Holly laughed.

"Hey!" Juliet said angrily, throwing a pillow at Holly, "At least I'm not the one that gets tea hyper."

"Hey! There is a lot of sugar in tea!" Holly said and then thought, "Yeah! There's a lot of sugar in tea!"

"Only because you put it there," Juliet replied getting off the floor and sitting on the chair.

"Well you never gave me a limit and tea taste like crap without a lot of sugar," Holly said pouting and getting onto the couch.

"So if you know what tea taste like then you must have been this hyper before?" Juliet asked.

Holly snorted, "Yeah! It happened to be at a kareoke party. I don't sing in front of people but that was probably the only time I have."

"At first I was like, 'no', but then I was like, 'if you shut up I will,'" Holly said and Juliet laughed.

"Don't you hate it when people do that? They just keep going at it till you give in," Juliet replied.

"Yeah," Holly sighed, "Like Chix Verbal. He is going to ask me out until I kill him cause no matter what I am going to say no every time."

Juliet laughed and asked, "But why not say yes for once?"

"Because then he'll never leave me alone!" Holly exclaimed angrily, "He'll be like, 'Oh yeah me and Holly hit it off really good last night,' Wink wink."

Juilet laughed and Holly crossed her arms, "It isn't funny!"

"Yes, it is!"

"No, it isn't!"

"No one can get as excited and angry at the same time as you can," Juliet laughed.

"Yeah, your right," Holly retorted. She giggled and stood up, "I'm going to go to bed. Okay?"

"Alright," Juliet replied turning off the radio, "We can hang out some in the morning before I go to the gym. I have a match coming up."

Holly went upstairs and changed into her pajama's. She didn't feel like sleeping yet cause she was wide awake so she decided to read instead. She had gotten all of the Harry Potter series from Foaly and was on the Order of the Pheonix book. After reading about half of a chapter she laid the book down.

It was 7:30 and she was getting to bored of sitting down so she turned on some Jazzy music. She did a Jazz dance to the beat. She practiced some new moves she had just learned that were difficult. After a couple of tries she acomplished an extremely hard one, that led up to an even harder partner move.

After that a hip-hop song came on with a beat 5 times faster than her slow jazz. She did spins, jumps, groundwork, kicks, and just about anything else she could come up with. Afterwords she turned it off and took a shower.

'I should've waited to put on my pajama's until after I danced,' she thought to herself, 'Though it is easier to be flexible in pajama's then in jeans.'

After Holly got out of the shower she put on new pajama's and pulled her hair back in a ponytail. When she looked at the clock it was 8:30. She sighed and got in bed. After a few minutes she fell into a fitful sleep.

Okay. I hope you all like. I posted this kinda late and I hope you love it. More action to come. And I want lots of reviews. or flames as long as I have something to read when I get on the computer tomorrow.

Thanks lotz,

crazygirliecaptain.