Holly's predicament
Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl. And I never will
Artemis woke up in a sweat. He was sitting up in his bed breathing heavily. It was the same nightmare that was haunting him every night since he came home with Butler after saving Hybras.
/Artemis pov/
I shuddered. I was covered in cold sweat. My brain was still replaying the images from my dream.
The blade being lifted into the air…..
The blade going straight through her….
Abbot pulling it out of her…..
Her falling to the ground…….
Her gasping and withering in pain……..
Her looking for me as she died……..
Feeling her slip away……….
"Holly…….."
My voice sounded empty in my large room.
I never told Butler what happened while I was down there. He'd be furious for a start…… and I didn't need to remember what nearly happened to her.
/End Artemis pov/
Sighing Artemis threw the covers off him and walked over to his desk sat down and booted up his computer.
It had now been almost ten months since he had come home. Needless to say his parents were thrilled, although thank to the magic he still possessed they had forgotten everything about what Butler had told them. Artemis was still getting used to the twins, who had a knack of disturbing him whenever he was doing something important. Butler apparently found it very amusing.
Minerva stayed with them every school holiday. She and Artemis had become good friends. However there was nothing more there. Now that he thought about it she was due to arrive this morning and stay for two weeks
Sighing yet again Artemis turned on his internet and checked his messages, ready to start a new day.
Unknown to him something very serious was happening below ground.
Below ground Holly Short was in Foaly's lab where he was trying to explain something to Mulch.
Holly herself was talking calmly to Commander Vinyáya. Ever since she had got back the two had become quite close friends. Holly still worked in the same PI firm with Mulch and with Doodah Day.
She had come in today when Foaly asked her to because he needed help with something. Apparently that something was about how to propose to his girlfriend: Caballine.
In due honesty Foaly was a genius with anything but girls.
Vinyáya was currently asking Holly a very awkward question. Ever since her return, about three weeks later she stopped answering Artemis's calls and e-mails. And apparently he wouldn't stop trying to reach her. According to Foaly the boy sent him an e-mail every day asking how everybody was doing, how she was doing.
Vinyáya was asking her why Holly wouldn't talk to him, the problem was that Holly didn't know either.
All she knew was that everytime she saw her face she was reminded of Artemis. The blue eye that was once his but now hers, reminded her to much of the mud boy.
She basically shrugged at Vinyáya before turning to watch Foaly and Mulch who were arguing.
They were still arguing when she felt a tingle pass through her body. A few minutes later it happened again, but this time only stronger.
She was aware of the glass she was holding falling from her hand and hitting the floor. She was aware of her body falling forwards into somebody arms.
She was aware of voices around her shouting. She couldn't understand a thing. With that everything went black.
Back in the lab, Foaly and the others had just laid Holly down on a hover bed. They stood back scared, and worried for her. Her body started to thrash around violently. They her body started to glow. Her body itself started to change. She grew taller, her build changed into the style of a humans. Her skin became pale, her ears changed into a pair of human ears, her hair grew, her face became clear and her hair grew down to her waist.
When the light disappeared; Foaly and everybody else in the lab was staring at a human version of Holly.
Foaly wasted no time in hooking her up to various machines. He also contacted number one, Qweffor and Qwan. They all rushed over straight away.
They were sitting down at the table all together.
Foaly started to speak:
"According to my tests she is now in a human body which is apparently one of an eighteen year old girl. However she still has magic within her, what's more her magic power has tripled. How this happened I have no idea."
Qwan frowned as he remembered something.
"Didn't she switch something with that mud boy?"
"Who Artemis? Well yes the pair of them switched one of their eyes." Answered Foaly.
"There's your answer. She switched some of herself with a human and the genetic code of a human is stronger so her body has changed to match that code. Actually now that I think about it it's slightly shocking that this hasn't happened sooner."
Vinyáya spoke up: "She can't stay here; she's in to much danger."
"Who's in danger?" asked a light voice. They all turned to look at the bed. Holly was sitting up in the bed with the covers wrapped around her body.
"Umm Holly something's happened….." said Foaly.
"What do you mean Foaly?" asked Holly
"Um Holly whatever you do don't look in a mirror." Said Mulch.
"Why not?" asked Holly as she made her way over to the long mirror that was in the lab.
"I don't see what's the matter Mulch, I mean…" Holly stopped talking as she saw herself in the mirror:
"I'm human………." Was all Holly said before she fainted.
After they had got her back on the bed, Vinyáya looked at Foaly before she said what was on everyone's mind:
"We need to phone Fowl."
Foaly nodded before picking up the nearest phone and hitting speed dial.
Above ground in Fowl Manor, Artemis was currently in the middle of a very hard chess game against Minerva.
When the phone rang Butler answered it. Butler listened to what was being said over the phone before nodding his head. The body guard turned towards Artemis:
"Artemis there is an urgent phone call for you."
"Butler it can wait until I finish this game. It can't be all that important." Came Artemis's answer. "Check Minerva."
"Artemis this is very important, you really should take this call." Insisted Butler.
Butler was sure that something had happened with Holly although Artemis refused to talk about it. He had caught Artemis a million times looking intently at the golden disk from Holly that he wore around his neck, and he never took it off.
"Butler what it so important? And who exactly is on the phone?" asked Artemis getting slightly annoyed.
"It's Foaly on the phone." Answered Butler. Butler noticed that the boy's eyes lit up slightly.
"Foaly? What does he want?" asked Artemis, his game of chess forgotten.
"Artemis it's not good news, at least I think…. It's about Holly." Warned Butler.
This made Artemis stand up and run across to Butler, snatching the phone out of his hand. Butler noticed that Artemis had become all pale. Now Butler knew that something had happened with Holly while he was gone during those three years. What that was he had no idea but he was going to find out.
"Foaly?" asked Artemis.
"Fowl….. Something's happened to Holly. Could you meet us at the entrance to the shuttle port please?" asked Foaly
"What's happened to her?" yelled Artemis
"Well you need to see this yourself…. I can't explain this over the phone." Answered Foaly.
"I will be there in an hour." Said Artemis, before tossing the phone back to Butler and disappearing upstairs.
Artemis and Butler were sitting in a land rover in a desolate field next to a broken down hut.
The hut was the entrance to the shuttle port.
Artemis was nervous. He was tapping his fingers continuously. Butler was staring to worry even more. Firstly he was worried about what had happened to Holly, who was a good friend of his now, he was slightly puzzled why Foaly had asked him to bring some human clothes for an 18 year old girl, but he guessed that he must have a reason. He was also worried about Artemis's reaction to whatever this would be.
The body guard's thoughts were interrupted by Artemis who had flung his car door open and was running towards the hut.
Looking up he saw Mulch, Doodah Day, commander Vinyáya and Foaly coming out of the hut. Foaly was pushing a trolley with a covered body on it. Butler's breath caught in his throat as he too flung the cars doors open and ran over to the group.
Artemis was standing next to the trolley, staring down at it. Butler put a hand on his shoulder, before turning to Foaly.
However before he could speak, Artemis spoke.
"Where's Holly?"
Foaly took a deep breath.
"Artemis, she is alive and well, it just that an after effect of her journey to and back from Hybras took effect."
"What was that?" asked Artemis.
"Well apparently when she switched one of her eyes with you, the human genes of your eyes mixed with her elfin ones. This caused a reaction in which the human genes apparently were dominant. This caused her body to change. She has still got all her powers, in fact they are three times as strong as before, which is quite amazing if you ask me."
Artemis interrupted Foaly in his tirade:
"Get to the point, please"
"Holly is no longer safe underground with us. That's why we need to find her a home above ground. We also need you to look after her while we get this all sorted out below ground."
"Why is she no longer safe?" asked Butler.
"Well as you know she has a lot of enemies. And before she could blend in but now she's too much of a target."
"How come?" asked Artemis
"Well look for yourself." Said Foaly.
Foaly reached over and gently pulled the sheet off the body's torso.
Artemis eyes widened, and he whispered out loud "Holly?"
"She's turned into a human, or at least her body has."
Artemis put his hand on her cheek, but quickly pulled it back as Holly started to stir.
Slowly she opened her eyes for a second before they closed again, only to reopen quickly as she realised who was hovering over her.
"Artemis? Butler?"
"Yes, it's us Holly." said Artemis.
"Right I see what these were for then." Said Butler as he picked up the bag of clothes he had brought.
Ten minutes later, Holly re-emerged from the hut with commander Vinyáya, fully dressed.
Artemis looked up from his handheld computer, and froze. She was stunning.
Holly was dressed simply in a pair of blue form fitting jeans, a pair of converses and a long sleeved top. Her hair was down and it hung down her back in long waves.
Butler noticed him staring. Making a mental note to annoy the boy about it later he nudged him slightly to stop him staring at Holly.
After a hurried goodbye from the others, Butler, Artemis and Holly were in the land rover on their way back to the manor.
The entire ride was made in silence. Once back at the manor, after they had got Holly settled, Artemis promptly shut himself in his office.
Butler left Holly with Minerva while he trudged upstairs to drag Artemis out of hiding and downstairs.
He knocked on the study's door.
"Artemis it's Butler, let me in."
The door buzzed and opened to let him in.
Artemis was sitting at his desk, doing nothing.
"Artemis I've been told to bring you downstairs to have fun."
A smirk made its way onto the boy's face. "Let me guess Minerva?"
"Correct, but before that, you are not leaving this room until you tell me what happened between you and Holly during your absence. Everything Artemis"
Artemis looked at Butlers face and took a deep breath and proceeded to tell his story.
Two long hours later, Butler was sitting back in shock. Holly had died and Artemis had saved her. He had also seen her die. Artemis also admitted that he was having nightmares almost every night about her death.
He also let slip that she was refusing to talk to him.
"Butler, I was so scared, more scared than I've ever been, when I saw Foaly come out of that hut with that trolley. I though she was dead. That thought made me freeze. It hurt so much. I thought I had lost her, and it felt horrible, almost as if I had lost part of myself. This feeling is so puzzling, I can't understand it."
Butler had to laugh at Artemis's predicament. It was ironic. Artemis was a boy genius with everything but emotions.
Butler stood and pulled Artemis to his feet.
"You're in love with her. It's that simple Artemis. Now let's go Minerva is going to be furious that I let you get away from her for so long."
Artemis didn't even hear Butler after the first part.
'I'm in love with Holly…..' was the only thought that was running through his mind.
A/N: right well here's the first chapter of my story. I don't know if it is good enough to continue so please let me know in your reviews. If I get enough requests to continue this story then I will. Anyways thank you for reading.