Chapter 2
Artemis winced in pain as the first needle pierced the skin of his left arm. This, one of twenty shots was the first part of becoming a fairy. The shots would disperse nanites into his system which would target the pituitary gland to make it easier for his body to accept the magic, use it and restore it if he ran out.
"Having fun yet Artemis?" Foaly teased.
"Not a good time Foaly," Holly said. "I will take you out of this room if you cannot stop prodding him." Then she walked over to him and took his hand. "It'll all be okay, Arty. I promise."
"I am fine, Holly. Now I am one step closer to—Ow! That one hurt!" he said, his eyes tearing up in an automatic reflex.
"Aww, is little Arty gonna cry?" Foaly laughed.
"Foaly…" Holly said her hand going down to her Neutrino. Foaly decided that it was a good idea to leave the room before Holly decided to use it on him.
Twenty shots later, they were able to move on the next part. It would involve using the Transformer to alter Artemis's DNA so that it was the same as an elf. First it would sedate him and then change the DNA cell by cell.
"Artemis," Foaly said, reappearing to operate the Transformer, "This is going to sedate you, so please do not fight it."
"Okay" Artemis said. Holly walked over to him and took his hand. "I will keep hold of your hand the entire time, okay?" "Got it." He said sleepily. Ten seconds later, he was asleep. An hour later, the machine was done, but Artemis was still asleep. Foaly, No. 1, who had arrived to do the final step, and Holly talked while they waited for Artemis to wake up.
"So," Foaly said.
"So what?" Holly asked.
"What's the next step, No. 1?" Foaly asked him.
"Well, I'm supposed to change his outsides so he looks like an elf more quickly," No. 1 replied.
"That makes sense," Holly said "The longer it takes, the worse for Artemis, right?"
"Exactly! If we do it the long way it will be much worse on Artemis because shrinking hurts. A lot."
"Holly, you are one lucky girl. Artemis is willing to go through all this because he doesn't want you to be shunned or treated badly in any way at all," Foaly said. "You don't even know how much he has to love you to do this."
"I know, I wish that we didn't have to do this. Maybe now we can truly be together," Holly replied, looking at Artemis.
"Together is such a nice word," No. 1 said. "It can describe some of the best qualities in humans and fairies alike." The little demon was currently sitting cross-legged while balancing on his tail, which he said was a position of power for him.
Suddenly, Artemis sat up and looked around. "What did I miss?" he said.
"Nothing, love," Holly replied. Then Holly leaned over and kissed him. "It didn't kill you!"
"Of course not, Holly. I was in no real danger at all."
"So how do you feel Artemis?"'
"Like I was punched by a bull troll." Then he looked at Holly. "I guess we're both elves now." In response, she punched him in the arm, and then kissed him again, laughing slightly.
"Artemis, There is one more step," No. 1 says. "I must change your physical appearance to that of a elf's so you do not have to go through the transformation the long and painful way.
"Got it," he replied, his face tight.
"You may feel like you are getting stretched and squeezed at the same time. If it hurts too much, just tell me and we'll give you another sedative."
"Okay." Holly grabbed his hand, saying "We'll do this together, okay Arty?"
"Okay."
5 hours later, Artemis stood with Holly and stretched. He noticed that now Holly was just a bit shorter than him. He reached up and touched his ears.
"My God!" he exclaimed. But before he could do much more than that, Holly spun him around and kissed him again. He grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to him. Overjoyed that they could finally, truly be together, they gripped each other tighter and explored each other's mouths for the first time while sparks flew. Literally.
"Ahem," Foaly coughed and then said "Come on guys everyone wants to see the new Arty!"
"Foaly, you are not allowed to call me that. Artemis growled, then, turning, he linked arms with Holly and walked out of the room.
