Author's Note: This is my first story. It is set just after Holly gets home from Hybras in AF: TLC. The first chapter is from Trouble's point of view and right now the second chapter is from Holly's point of view. And really crappy title I know, I just haven't thought of anything else. I really don't know what I am doing, so just go along with it please. I am open to any kind of reviews and always open to pointers. And I don't own Trouble, Holly, Foaly or Mulch.
Slowly, yes very slowly, he was losing his mind. You would think that since he was the Commander of the LEP, that he of all people should have his mind. The truth of the matter though was that he was only losing part of his mind. Somehow after 3 years, and countless explanations, he just couldn't grasp the fact that one of his oldest friends had been swept off to someplace else. And that is what was making him lose his mind.
Not only was Trouble losing his mind but he was also losing part of his heart. You see Holly had become more to Trouble than just a friend. He didn't know if he loved her, but it was certainly more than just a crush or a little puppy love. For the past 3 years his heart had been breaking into tiny pieces but he still had hope on his side, that she will come back, to the world, to the LEP, and most important back to him. Each time there was a chance of Holly coming back, Trouble would jump at it, only to be disappointed with nothing but heart ache, and he didn't know how much more his heart could take. Sure he was a good looking elf, and he could get just about any female elf he wanted but he knew that no one could fill that void that Holly left.
But today, today was different, Trouble thought. Foaly had left some time ago because he believed that today would be the day that Holly, and that mud boy, would come back. Of course Foaly said each time he thought they would be returning and each time he returned back to Haven with no extra passengers.
But even Trouble felt that today was going to be different. He had even asked Foaly if he could come with him to the surface but Foaly used some excuse that there wouldn't be enough room for his equipment and everyone else who had been working on this mission for the past 3 years. Trouble had accepted this terrible excuse and went to his office to work on paper work to try and keep his mind off of things that could be happening on the surface.
Foaly had been giving him hourly updates, until about an hour ago. And that began to worry Trouble because it would be sunrise soon above ground. Trouble couldn't even imagine what would happen if they were to come back during the day and all the mud men could see. That situation had the potential to be bigger than Holly's Hamburg incident. He was about to go and grab something to eat when his communicator rang.
"Hello?" Trouble answered, hoping that it would be Foaly with some sort of an update.
"Hey Commander it's Foaly."
"Any news for me Foaly?"
"Ah, yeah, about that Commander," Foaly started.
Foaly was being vague and Trouble hated that, and Foaly knew it too, he just liked to push Trouble's buttons.
"Get to the point Foaly."
"Well, in that case Commander, I guess I should tell you that they made it back today."
Trouble let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He was so relieved, finally after nearly three years, she had come back. It was unbelievable. His heart had already started to feel better. And his mind was, well it was still processing what happened, but it did understand that Holly was back.
"That's great news. Great to hear Foaly. Now let's bring them home for real. I'll be waiting for you guys to get back at the shuttle port."
"Got that Commander. Already ahead of you. We just dropped off Artemis and we're headed back to the shuttle port. We should be back soon," And with that Foaly hung up.
Trouble was so happy, he couldn't believe it, that his friend was coming home right now. He forgot about his hunger and knew he should get to the shuttle dock so he could see them himself. He knew he would be really early if he went now, so he tried to focus on the paper work that he couldn't focus on all day. And again he couldn't focus on that paper work right now. So he tried to think of what to do.
He knew that he should call over to the PI office that Holly had started with Mulch before she left. Trouble knew that Mulch would be so excited about the news that Holly was back. But then again it was night in Haven. Mulch wouldn't be at the PI office right now, he would be home sleeping. Trouble knew that Holly didn't have any family; at least that he knew of, she really didn't talk about family. The people who cared about her most already knew that she was back.
He really didn't care about that mud boy Fowl. He knew that his family didn't know about the people and that just having Artemis return to them after 3 years of him being missing, would be hard, so there was no point of putting his nose where it didn't belong.
He knew that having a shower would probably be the best thing for him right now. The hot water would calm him and help him think more clearly. Yeah, he thought, that's what I need right now. And so he went to the locker room to take a shower. After a nice long, hot shower, Trouble got out and knew that he should start making his way down to the shuttle ports.
On his way down to the shuttle ports, Trouble ran into just the guy he was looking for.
"Hey, Mulch. You got time?"
"Oh hi there Trouble, and that depends," Mulch replied.
"Well, Hollys back!"
"What! Since when?"
"Today. I am going over to the shuttle port right now to see her. Do you want to come?"
"Yeah," answered Mulch, "that would be great!"
Trouble was right, Mulch was excited. Mulch couldn't believe what he was hearing. Holly was back and she was on her way back down to Haven right now.
Author's Note: I would love to hear from you guys. Just tell me what you think about it so far and if there is anything that you think is wrong or should have been done better. Thanks!
