I do not own Artemis Fowl, nor do I own any of the characters (though I wish I did) ha! Now you can't sue me ;D

Chapter one

Lower Elements:

"So what your trying to tell me is that the money from the register just fell into your pocket?" The goblin across from me nodded quickly, licking his eyeballs nervously. I had to resist the urge to roll my eyes, and instead settled for throwing some cuffs on him. You could deal with goblins for years and still be amazed at their stupidity. I shoved him into the back of the LEP cruiser and began the drive down to police plaza with a thousand other things on my mind. Yup, just another mind numbingly boring day. Again. A mail icon appeared in my visor, accompanied by the usual 'bleep' for attention. The message itself came from an A. Fowl. There's one of the thousand now. I thought with a half smile. I still had a lot of thinking to do about Artemis, and if truth be told, I had a kinda soft spot for the mudboy. A phantom tingle ran across my lips when I thought of our adventure back in time and I blushed furiously. It wouldn't work out between us anyway, besides, how do I know if I can trust him? Safer to just be friends and avoid a big mess. I snapped out of my reverie when I noticed the colour of the email; yellow. Business, not social anyway. Despite the slight pang of disappointment I also felt curiosity. I opened the email.

Holly,

I need you to come up to the surface as soon as possible. I may have stumbled across something of great importance to the fairy people but I cannot explain in full right now.

Artemis.

"It better be 'of great importance' if he expects me to get a lift to the surface at such short notice." I muttered irritably, sighing as I arrived at police plaza. I stepped out of the cruiser and was tapped on the back. I turned around to find a junior officer looking back at me. "Ca-Captain Short, can I help you with anything?" he said, clearly wanting to score some brownie points with the higher ups, but having no idea how to go about it. I shrugged.

"Is there any chance you could throw that stupid goblin in the lock up for me?" I gestured to the cruiser behind me and the young sprite nodded and headed over there. Hey, if it was something he wanted to do then who was I to stop him? I continued on my way into the plaza, this time only making it about 10 metres before being interrupted once more. "Holly! About time!" Foaly exclaimed, steering me into his lab. Foaly's lab was just like any other kind of lab; glaringly white with various cords and leads strewn across the floor. "What's all this about Foaly? I don't have time to play with your toys today." The centaur tried to feign hurt but apparently was in too good of a mood to keep this up for long. "I shall ignore your cruel and hurtful words and instead introduce you to these." He clopped across the lab to a large case.

"Look Foaly, I really need to be somewhere so- oh my god! Are those what I think they are?!" I gasped in amazement as Foaly held up a pair of wings. No, not just a pair, the pair. "The 4000 series" the centaur said proudly, a huge grin on his face. "But if your not interested then I could always find another officer to trial this on the surface…"Shrugging he turned to put them back.

"No one likes a smartass Foaly." I said, crossing my arms. The smartass in question turned around with a grin, handing me the wings. "Holly we've been over this; centaurs are not half man, half ass. Though I will accept the 'smart' compliment." That's Foaly for ya; the centaur with the bulletproof ego. I thought to myself, shaking my head. Then I remembered what I was actually supposed to be doing. "So if I trial these it's a free trip to the surface?" I asked, holding up the wings. Foaly looked suspicious. "Ofcourse, but why so eager suddenly? Are you seeing someone Fowl?" He chuckled at his own joke and I rolled my eyes. He pretended to wipe a tear from his eye. "Not only am I a technical genius but also a comedy genius." Again I shook my head at the centaur.

"I would love to stay and chat but I gotta fly" I said, turning to leave. Foaly pouted slightly but nodded. "If you need any help from down here, which if you're meeting who I think you are then I'm positive you will, then I'm with you through the live feed from your helmet. Oh and also," he winked, "give Arty a big 'ol hug for me will ya?" I blushed and stormed out, the sound of his hysterical laughter floating into the corridor. What a moron. I thought irritably, making my way to the shuttle port.

It felt so good to finally be back on the surface again, almost indescribable. I took a deep breath, filling my lungs with the cool night air and taking a moment to just relax. Then it was down to business. I increased the wing's speed, marvelling at the smoothness at which they accelerated, and made a beeline for Fowl Manor. I frowned as my mind ticked over. Artemis must have stumbled across something big for him to need me to come straight up to the surface, but what? And how do the People tie into this? There are too many questions and not enough answers! I sighed, and was surprised to find I had a slight queasiness in my stomach. Butterflies. That's right; this is the first time meeting Artemis face to face after he lied to me. I still didn't know how I felt about that. After he had deceived me into travelling back in time to help save his mother I was upset to say the least, and I still didn't know if I would be able to trust him again. Then there was that other thing… My mind flashed back to that moment. Those seconds of sheer panic when I thought I'd lost him, followed by such a strong sense of relief that I had kissed him. Kissed Artemis! My lips tingled once more when I thought of that moment our lips had met. Those damn hormones… I silently grumbled to myself, feeling a blush coming on. I'd been doing that a lot lately. A large white manor came into my vision. "Bingo." I muttered, steadily heading down. From this height I could see a light on; Artemis's study, with said mudboy pacing inside. I landed perfectly on the windowsill and gave the window a sharp tap. Artemis spun around and, recognizing the familiar shimmer that was me, unlatched the window. Landing in the centre of the room I turned around and unshielded. Artemis smiled. "It's good to see you again Holly." I took in the sight of him; once short, pasty white and scrawny, Artemis had changed over the years. Though still pasty white, he was taller, with broader shoulders and what appeared to be the faintest trace of stubble. And for some reason that threw me. I pushed those thoughts aside and grinned. "As pale as ever I see." Artemis merely chuckled, and it was then that I noticed the black bags under his eyes and how tired he seemed. Whatever this is, Artemis is losing sleep over it. As if he could read my thoughts, Artemis's features sobered and his smile faded. "I take it you have a multitude of questions, but please allow me to explain." He said, flicking a strand of raven hair from his face. I nodded curtly and he continued. "I believe I have uncovered an ancient secret of the People, so secret that over the centuries the truth was almost lost. Only through extensive research was this possible." He held up an old leather bound book, one that seemed to be remarkably similar to the fairy bible except that the old tattered cover was silver instead of gold. "The discovery of this." He stated dramatically, pausing to gauge my reaction. "You made me come up here as fast as I could for a book?" Surprise passed across his features, followed by mild amusement. "No, not the book but what lies within the book." The smugness on his face made me want to hit him. "So what is inside it then?" the smugness turned to sheepishness. "Well the truth is…I'm not entirely sure." I swear I nearly hit him right then and there. "So you got me to come up here just to tell me that you don't actually know anything?" Artemis held up his hands in defence.

" Well I wouldn't say I know nothing, rather that I have several theories." He said, sounding vaguely indignant. "That's why I needed your help." I thought that over for a moment, all the while Artemis watched me, his mismatched eyes taking in my expression. I shrugged. "I don't know how I could help you but I'll give it a shot." Relief crossed Artemis's features for a second, so quickly I wondered if it had been there at all. Crossing the distance between us he handed me the leather bound book. As he passed it to me our hands brushed lightly and my eyes flicked up to meet his. Hazel-blue meeting hazel-blue. In almost the same moment we both dropped our gazes and he handed me the book. Eager to escape the awkward silence that was sure to follow, I began to flick through the pages. Shock was the first thing that registered. "This…this can't be…" I breathed. My mind kicked into overload. How is this possible?! Artemis shook my shoulder lightly. "Holly what is it?" His voice was laced with anxiety. I swallowed before speaking. "Do you realize that this writing," I gestured to the pages, "is ancient gnomish?" Artemis nodded. "I thought as much. What interests me however is not the language so much as this page in particular;" he took the book and flicked through to a page. Covered in the golden font of ancient gnomish, this page seemed to stand out from the rest due to the strange and almost frightening illustrations. "This is a list of the fairy family; the trolls, dwarves and so on, however from what I can gather, there are actually another two species mentioned." I examined the page once more, and with a shock realized he was right. Now I knew what they were I could recognise the images as various members of the fairy family. There was an illustration for each species, but just as Artemis had said, there were two that I didn't recognise. One looked to be around the size of a demon, but had massive jaws and seemed almost wolf-like. The other was more humanoid but with what appeared to be inch long fangs and claws. I shuddered. "There's just no way… They'd be extinct by now though wouldn't they? I mean, if we've never heard of them…" I took in Artemis's expression and the truth dawned on me. "Are you trying to tell me that an extra two species of fairy exist?" I asked incredulous. Artemis nodded. "That is exactly what I'm trying to tell you. Furthermore I believe that these two species did not flee belowground, but have survived the centuries alongside humans."

Authors note: So...what did you think? Lol my first arty fowl fic ^^ if you liked it please review- i've already finished chapter two but i just wanna see if theres an interest first.