A/N Hi everybody! This is my first of what I hope to be many FanFics. This Fic will have some Artemis/Holly in it, but other then that, I hope it will be like most other Artemis Fowl Fics (Only no Minerva Paradizo!!!)

Chapter 1

Why?

Fowl Manor, Four Years After The Spiro Needle

Artemis Fowl II was bored. It was a relatively new concept for him. There had always been inferior minds to toy with. Banks that needed to be…. "liberated" of their wealthy deposits. And at one time there had been………. a girl. Blast damn, why couldn't he remember her? She was just waiting on the fringes of his mind, waiting, almost wanting, to be remembered. Apparently, his mind wasn't cooperating with her wishes. Why? Why was she in his mind's eye? Who is she? Why wasn't she there with him……?

Haven City, Apartment Complex G

Captain Holly Short of the LEP was feeling…... lonely. She's been beginning to feel this emotion very often lately. Her life as a LEPrecon jock was starting to seem….empty, almost. "Trouble has gone away to Atlantis, along with his brother, Grub. Julius has retired, after more then 400 years of service.", thinks the disgruntled Fariy. She still couldn't even believe it! Every morning, she would walk into that building, and expected to be yelled at for being late (again). But then she would remember that the Lower Elements Police had a new commander now. A low-life, lazy, soon-to-have-worn-out-my-last-nerve Pixie named Gin G. Rale. The only thing she had to worry about from him was a yawn in the face and the smell of liquor overwhelming her. It just wasn't the same without ole BeetRoot being there.

She heaves a mighty sigh. She thought about aboveground, where the sun shined, birds chirped, and Artemis –

"Artemis? Why am I suddenly thinking about that wretch of a Mud-Boy?"

"Face the truth, you emotional elf, you miss him. You're sorry you couldn't stop his mind-wipe, and now you're trying to convince yourself you never liked him."

"I never liked that ungrateful little brat!"

"Then why did you help him in the Arctic? And, later, with his C Cube crisis?"

"Because The C Cube concerned all of The People, and he would have turned on us if we didn't help rescue his father!"

"Why are you making excuses to yourself? Deep down, in that tiny thing you call your heart, you know the truth. Even after all the stress, and all the hurt he's caused you, you would give anything to see him again, to be near him again."

"No I wouldn't! Get out of my head!"

Holly decided that if didn't come to terms with her feelings involving the Fowl boy soon, they would either make her life a living hell or drive her insane. Neither choice was a good one. So she did the one thing that she could to relax: She took a nice, hot bath.

Fowl Manor, the room of a confused genius

Artemis was trying so hard to put his mind off this girl – he'd either remember her or he wouldn't – when Butler knocked on his door.

"You may enter." Artemis said with every bit of confidence an 18 year old genius should have.

"Artemis, your mother would like to see you in her room. She looks very…..worried about something." said Butler.

"Ah, thank you for telling me, old friend." Artemis replied.

Artemis turns off his PowerBook and turns to leave, but is stopped when Butler lightly grabs his shoulder.

"Artemis, is something wrong? You seem so.......... sad just a minute ago." Butler asked, sounding like the expierenced wise man that he was.

Artemis feels, once again, the loss he's filled with. The loss of memories, the loss of a world, the loss of a…….. friend.

"I'm fine Butler. I was just thinking about what Mother wants to speak to me about. Isn't that reason enough to look sad?"

Butler does not reply, he only looks at Artemis like a sad parent, who knows his "son" is lying to him.

"Well, I'll go and see what is so important that Mother wants to disturb my…..thoughts."

"Ok, Artemis. But, if you ever want to tell me what's really wrong……"

Artemis tries not to run out of the room, to escape from the bodyguard and his questions.

And then he thought once more ……….. of her.

A/N So whatcha think? I think it's a pretty good start, if I do say so myself . As I said, this is my first FanFic so reviews (flames or not) would be very appreciated. =D