Chapter 1:

He recounted the times of the past as she lay in his cold, bloody arms, in a god-forsaken cold tunnel with dimly lit, low ceiling lights, filled with dead goblins and starting to decompose beasts.

He recounted the times when she smiled so fondly, the times when it didn't matter if she was at the brink of death, the recently times when she was wearing the designer cocktail dress he bought for her, the recently times when he nearly fell for the pranks she set up, especially the double 2 in 1 prank where he got smacked in the face with a blueberry pie as he stepped into his study and also drenched in water when the water bucket fell from the top of the door, the recently times when she taught him how to use his magic well and only during emergencies.

This was an emergency, but he was magic drained from protecting them both from the horde of beasts that they accidentally disturbed. She couldn't heal herself either, she was down on magic ever since she reached his balcony and startled him as he walked in.
It was an accident. They travelled back down underground to take a nice, romantic walk in the beautiful pink, purple, blue and gold forest when they accidentally, Accidentally stepped onto unknown beast territory. Then they got chased around the forest before stumbling into a tunnel and fending off a few goblins before one of them got a lucky shot and hit Holly square in the chest. And as she bled, Artemis went mad, massacring left and right, coating the floor with red.

Now they were on the floor, and him whispering soft memories to her, keeping her awake and reminding her about the good times they had. Holly grinned the biggest grin she could muster, when Artemis was going through the humiliating memories of when he was fighting in a snowball fight just a few weeks ago. It was an unfair match, though three on three, it was the best versus the losers. Instantly after the count of three, the losers- Artemis, Myles and Beckett, were already white all over. The bests-Holly, Butler and Juliett were left snickering away at the straight win.
"Arty."
"What is it?" He made a concern face. you shouldn't be talking now. He thought. My dear.
"If I die, what will you do?" She asks. Looking directly at him with her mismatched eyes, watching his lips turn into an almost visible frown.
"I'd rather not think about it." He said. Eyes flickering to the nearby entrance of the tunnel, looking out for the familiar red and blue lights, but sees none.

"Arty." His eyes flew to her instantly, and for some reason, he held her even more closer and tighter.
"What is it?"
"Can you see the stars up there?" She asks. Artemis looks up. But all he saw was the dark ceiling of the dimly lit tunnel. She's hallucinating. He thought.
"Where are they? Are they beautiful?" She ignores his question.
"Can you see the beautiful flowers around us? They have such pretty colours." She said. But all Artemis saw were the dull dark walls of the dimly lit tunnel.
"Sadly I don't." He said. "Can you elaborate further?" Holly grinned softly, she shook her head slightly, then said:
"No, I could not. The angelic scene before me is too wonderful to describe." Artemis nodded grimly and whispered a small "I understand,"
An all too familiar sound rang out in a distance and his head jerked to look out of the nearby entrance to the tunnel. Some red and blue lights were visible if one were to squint really hard.

"They're coming." He whispered to her softly, not wanting to break her trance in the fantasy world. Holly slowly closes her eyes. Artemis stiffened as she did so.
"Arty." She said. With her eyes closed.
"What is it?" Said his voice which was barely a whimper. His eyes were starting to water.
"Do you know that I love you?" She asks.
"Yes, yes I do. You said that many times now." He replied as he nodded. Streaks of salty water trailed down his cheek.
"I did?" She asks herself. "I supposingly did."
Artemis nodded. Salty droplets stained her blood stained white cocktail dress. His raspy breath then became hiccups.
"Arty." She said.
"What is it?" He tried to say.
"Do you love me too?" She asks. He hugged her tighter and brought her closer. He then wiped his tear stained face with his hand, then nuzzled into her neck.
"Yes, of course I do." He mumbled.
The sirens became a tad louder and the red and blue lights were slowly becoming obvious.

"Arty?" She asks. He dug deeper into her neck.
"Hmmmm?" was all that came out.
"I see a blinding light. Do you?" She asks. Artemis looks up at her face. Her eyes were open, looking at something far away. He faced the direction she was looking at.
"Its beautiful. A warm yellow light. It's so beautiful." She said. But he saw noth- He saw it. It was just as beautiful as she said it was. A warm, golden blinding light. Then he turn his head to look at his surroundings. The dark walls of the dimly lit tunnel faded away into nothingness and out came the beautiful scenery she said she saw. It had wonderful flowers everywhere. Flowers of all colours, blue, yellow, pink, purple, gold, there were many more. The sky was filled with stars, white dots appearing everywhere in the dark blue hue.
"Do you see it Arty?" She asks again. Artemis broke off from the magnificent scenery and looked down at her. A small grin was plastered onto his face.
"Yes. Yes I do. It is wonderful, nothing like I've ever seen before." He replied. And it was then he realized how he could see the magnificent scenery. There was a 3-inch hole in his chest, a hole similar to Holly's. His jaw slacked a bit. The hand not used to support Holly flew to the hole. He examined it. There was no pain, there was no pang, no sting. He felt nothing. Since when? He asked himself.
"Arty."
His attention flickered back to Holly instantaneously.
"What is it?" He asked, still in shock. Holly looked at him with sleepy eyes. Trying to keep herself awake.
"If I die, will you die with me?" She asks. Artemis's mouth opened, then closed. His arm went back to bring her closer. He close his eyes and dug into her neck once more.
"Yes, yes I will." He mumbled. The sirens were becoming louder and louder, the red and blue lights got brighter and closer. But his senses were failing bit by bit. He started to fully see the magnificent scenery that Holly was seeing. He started to hear stillness and occasional breezes that ruffled through his hair . Then the golden blinding light started to get brighter, and brighter, closer and closer, until it surrounded them both, encasing them in beautiful golden.
He started to feel lethargic. His eyelids were heavy and started to close when he heard voices. But it felt like it was in a distance.
"Arty."
He was jolt back into reality by the voice of his beloved.
"What is it?" He asked lethargically.

"Are you sleepy?" Holly asked. sounding tired too. Artemis tiredly nodded.
"Yes, yes I am." He replied. Holly grinned. And for some reason, he did too.

The bright golden hue surrounded them. And for once, he felt that he was really, really at peace. Not the kind of peace he felt every time when he and holly kissed. It was the really, really nice and quiet peacefulness, the kind of peacefulness he had never, ever felt before.

"Good night." She said.

"Good night." He replied.

Trouble and his team set foot into the gruesome tunnel. It was filled dead goblins and unknown beasts.

The female officers covered their mouths and was beyond shock at the scene before them.

The men of the team cursed and swore. They navigated around the dead horde, and as they wandered deeper into the tunnel, the lesser the unknown beasts became.
But at one point. They saw the odds among the disgusting and rotten.
One of the LEP officers screamed. It was unidentifiable, but nobody cared. Trouble fell to his knees immediately upon sight of them.

What lay before them, lying against the dark walls of the dimly lit tunnel, was his long term unrequited lover and her own beloved and wonderful boyfriend. Side by side, eyes closed, and a thin, small, nearly unseenable, grin.

At the sight of their used to be one of LEP officers, now promoted to one of the best and high ranked job in the whole underground world, a superior of the great council, the officers ran to the great superior at once. Tending or rather searching for a pulse, any pulse, no matter weak, healthy or nearly disappearing pulse, they had to find one. Trouble, to his dismay, had to find a pulse from a human. Not just any human, but the used to be criminal mastermind, the first human to be granted permission to not have his mind wiped, the one human who succeeded in asking a fierce female superior for their hand in marriage, the ex-infamous criminal who goes by the name of Artemis Fowl.

Trouble poked in many areas for the human's pulse he know. The neck, the thumb, and the other areas but, like as the other LEP officers did on Holly, they couldn't find a pulse. And they both were stone cold. Too.
No. He thought. No way. No D'arviting way!

It hit him quicker than the others. It dawned upon him that his unrequited lover was no more. He panicked, then chilled, then smashed his fist into the wall. Followed by falling to his knees again then let out an anguish scream. How loud it was, how it echoed, the creatures outside the tunnel scampered further away upon hearing the loud sound.
While he was suffering internally and mentally, the woman who never returned his unrequited love was living the life she yearned for.
A life of peacefulness, love, with a family of her own, and with the man she loved most,
well, to sum all of that up, she was living the life of dreams.

While he rotted away into nothingness.

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