Author Note: This will be quite a dark story. But it will be quite short; 5-6 chapters if it plays out like i think. Anyway... ENJOY!
PS: There will be a few references, see if you can spot them all.
Artemis was walking in the lesser used parts of Fowl Manor; the north end of the garden. Before his mother dropped into depression it had been a carefully mown lawn, with a large pond surrounded by a small array of trees. Whilst it had certainly fallen into a verdant jungle, it was still a nice place to go if you wanted to be alone; or alone with someone.
As he crossed over the bridge that stretched over the short side of the body of water; he began to stare up at the stars and the moon; virtually lost in them. The moonlight gave everything almost a fictional view; the irony that he was meeting a fairy was not lost upon him. As busy as he may have been, staring into the endless void, he still noticed a heat shimmer in he corner of this eye; this illicited a smirk from him; that grew into a warm, rarely seen smile.
"Hello Holls" he said glancing in the direction of the shimmer which was now next to him. For his trouble he got a punch on the arm.
As she unshielded her face held a look of annoyance, probably to do with the fact that he always seemed to know when she was around.
"I don't even know how you know that I'm there," whilst she said this she possessed an unmistakable pout; which was only accented by her cherubic lips. Her pout dropped and she smiled,
"Oh Arty I've missed you so much!" With this she practically jumped into his arms, hugging his neck and then placed a single very tender kiss on his lips. This however was not enough for the pair; Artemis stroked her face and turned her face to his before giving her a full on kiss on the lips that lasted minutes; but seemed to last eternity; just the way they liked it. Once the kiss broke they remained in the embrace, and Artemis whispered in her overly sensitive ear making her shiver,
"I love you,"
They spent the evening as they had every night since they first admitted their feeling for each other; locked in an embrace not willing to let a single second they have together go to waste. They both knew that they would be in serious trouble should their romance be discovered; Foaly knew, but besides that not a single soul knew they were deeply in love. Lying on a blanket they talked about everything and nothing revelling in each others company, given they have such little time together.
Sadly the time passed far too quickly for their liking; and before too long it was time for their heart felt goodbye that was so upsetting. As Holly turned to leave; Artemis knew she did it reluctantly but also that it was necessary. Once she was out of sight; he just stood with a look of joy and sorrow on his face. After a few minutes of utter silence he walked back to the manor to carry on with his life until the next time oasis he would have with the woman he loved.
If Artemis had an idea of who had been watching their tryst, he would have taken Butler and gone into a safe house in a non-extradition country; it would be the only way he would have avoided the man in the dark room watching the satellite feed over Fowl Manor. The smartly dressed man smirked and mouthed 'got you.' Then he reached for his mobile and typed in a number. Once the person the other end answered he said,
"The word is Now."
