Artemis Fowl and the Dagger Disaster
By hollyarty01
Disclaimer: I do not own the Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer does. And this is an Arty/Holly fanfic so no negative comments if you're and Arty/Minerva shipper. I'm an Arty/Holly shipper so that's why I'm writing about them. Also a little OOC but that's how I write...
Chapter 1: The Meeting
Artemis stood beside the door, waiting for his long-time friend Holly Short. Holly wasn't an ordinary best friend for a 20 year old boy, she was in her 90's and she wasn't even human, she was a fairy, or more accurately, an elf. Artemis had arranged a formal meeting because he was nervous about showing his feelings. Artemis had been noticing that when he was with Holly, he was different. From that, he realized that when they were separated, he felt sorrowful and lonely. He loved her, but he didn't know how to express his feelings.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, "Who is it?"
"Who do you think mud boy?" came a muffled response. Artemis felt his heart jump when he heard the reply.
"Come in!" he answered, sounding a little too excited. As the door opened, it appeared as if nobody was there, but Artemis knew Holly was shielding, "The coast is clear, you can unshield now," said Artemis.
"Hey Arty, I haven't seen you in a while!" came Holly's voice as she shimmered into view.
"It's a pleasure to see you too, Captain Short." Artemis replied. Holly held out her arms and Artemis hugged her.
"How have you been?" asked Holly.
"I'm fine," said Artemis, "how about you?"
"I'm fine, thanks." Holly said as she looked around the room. She picked up a picture frame, glanced at it and put it down. "Artemis, I have to tell you something," Artemis nodded, "I just found out that I'm up for the promotion to major again."
Artemis beamed, "Congratulations Holly! I'm sure you will receive the promotion this time!" Artemis's smile dissipated when Holly looked to her feet as she was reminded of what happened the first time she was supposed to become a major, "Oh, I am terribly sorry Holly, I didn't realize that bringing that up would upset you." Artemis stepped towards her and squeezed her hand, "It's not your fault that the commander passed away. There was no way you could have saved him. Even after thinking for several hours, I couldn't even think of anything that could have saved him."
Holly looked up at him, blinking tears from her eyes, "You did? You actually couldn't think of anything?"
Artemis looked at her and gave a reassuring smile, "I racked my brain trying to think of something that could have been done, but everything I thought of would have resulted in death, either of you or Commander Root, and I know if you had died it would have been a lot worse."
"Sometimes I think it would have been better if it had been me that died that day," Holly said.
Artemis looked at her, appalled, "How could you say that Holly? I wouldn't have been able to go on without you."
"Really Arty?" Holly looked at him with wide eyes.
Artemis tried to fight his true emotions and said, "Yes Holly, you are my best friend and without you I would be lonely and lost."
"Thanks Arty, but I think we should get to the meeting now," said Holly.
"Oh yes, the meeting," Artemis rose and led Holly up to his room.
Please R&R! Thanks for reading =) next chapter coming as soon as I can write it!