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When Artemis reopened his eyes, it was dark. The only light in the room came from a pair of violet eyes. The teenager's first reaction was terror, but then he realized that they were Jenna's eyes.

"Jenna?" Artemis whispered.

Shh, she projected into his head, Don't talk out loud.

Alright, he agreed silently.

How are you?

I don't know. I feel fine.

No intolerable fire?

No, why?

I just wanted to make sure I got all the venom out of your system. And by the way, I'm really sorry for biting you.

Hey, you're a newborn vampire, self-control gift or not.

True.

What time is it?

3 am. Go back to sleep.

I'm not tired anymore.

Jenna made eye contact with Artemis. "Go back to sleep" she said, her voice loaded with magic.

I thought you couldn't mesmerize people.

I can't. That wasn't the mesmer. It was my own version of it.

And then Artemis faded into uncontiousness.

Holly came to visit them the next day. Vanessa, Jenni, and Coral could walk and run and dance already. When they got in, Artemis was still asleep.

"Poor guy. I feel so bad," Jenna said to Holly, "I know he doesn't blame me, but still."

"If it helps, I got it so that you and him will be released today."

"Holly, you're the best! Thank you!"

Holly's thoughts changed from happy to upset, but she kept it off her face, "Your welcome. Nessie, Jenni, Corri! Come see Aunty Annabeth!" The three toddler-sized baby Fairy-Elf-elves abandoned their flying tag game and swooped down to land on Jenna's bed.

"Hi, Aunty Annabeth!" Coral Skystar said.

"How's it going, guys?"

"Great!"

"Excellent!"

"Amazing!" They chorused.

"That's awesome," Jenna/Annabeth said, "What amazing things did you wow your mom with this morning?"

"Dancing!"

"Painting!"

"Magic! See, we can conjure pictures!" Coral Skystar created a perfect portrait of Jenna.

"Great job, but can you do this?" Jenna said teasingly. She snapped her fingers and waved her hand. She made a hen out of magic and had it strut around the room. Holly laughed truly in her sister's company for the first time since she had got the life-changing news as the hen pecked at her boot.

"That's nice, Holly." Jenna said sincerely.

"What is?"

"I've never heard you laugh before. And we've know each other for a fair amount of months."

"It's hard not to enjoy your presence," Holly admitted.

"Who's presence?" asked a groggy voice.

"Jenna's" Holly answered before even looking up to see who had talked. Then she realized that there was someone else in the room with them. Holly raised her head and was relieved to see that it was only Artemis, back from the land of dreams.

"How did you sleep?" Jenna asked.

"Great. Magic sleep is way better than the regular version."

"Magic sleep? What's that? Jenna? Did you mesmerize him? I thought you couldn't do that."

"I actually can't. That was just my own version. It's a bit less effective than the mesmer, but it still works."

"Amazing."

"What's so amazing?"

"Regular fairies actually have a skill that they do better than you."

"But I can still counteract the mesmer from a mesmerized state. In other words, I can get out of the mesmer because I still have full control over my brain. So there's not even a point to trying to mesmerize me. It just doesn't work."

"I guess no one can beat you."

"That's not exactly true. You could. You got your considerable power from Father. You just haven't attempted to because you didn't know how close we actually are. Although it scares me, and probably you also, the twins got their magic from their mother, who in turn got it from her father."

"You're right. It does scare me. And what's worse is that neither of us, nor Carlisle, have even found a trace of Father. Foaly can't find him either. It's as if he didn't even exist. But he had to. Carlisle spent twenty-three years with him, and just under 300 years later, I spent sixty years with him. And then you were born. That proves he exists."

"Of course. But how could someone just drop off the face of the planet? He has to be pretty good at hiding to go unnoticed for this long."

"I have a theory." Artemis piped up.

"Of course. Artemis Fowl always has a theory," Holly groaned. Coral came and landed on her lap, Jenni on Jenna's, and Vanessa on Artemis'.

"Okay, Arty. Lay it on us."

"Well, you managed to go under the radar for quite a few years. Your mom didn't find you."

"That's because of my Fairy-Elf blood mix. It made it impossible for anyone except the most skilled, gifted, and lucky tracker to find me."

"But what if that applied to your father also...?"

"Ah, I see what your getting at. You mean that Father could have cast a spell and that is what is keeping us from finding him?"

"Yes. Do you have power within your arsenal to lift spells?"

"Yes, but only really simple ones."

"But what if you and Holly tried together?"

"You know, Artemis, that just might work. Holly, shall we try?"

"How?"

"Access your magic. Try and will it towards me. I'll do the rest."

Holly clinked her neck, which was her way of calling her magic at the same time that Jenna snapped her fingers. The triplets, perfectly understanding the situation, fired up their magic and passed it on to Jenna. It was a spectacular sight for Artemis, who was outside the magic dome that formed.

All of a sudden Jenna yelled, "I got it! I need more power! Vanessa, Jenni, Coral, more! Holly, you too!"

The dome continued for about five more minutes. The five girls levitated, and Coral came very close to Artemis' head. He only just got out of the way before the young elf slammed into him. Jenna's head slammed against the low fairy ceiling.

"Holly! Jenni!" Jenna screamed again, and the dome pulsed just once more.

The female elves of different species came back down to the ground. Holly was panting, but that was understandable because she had given birth not a week before. Also, she wasn't used to using so much magic at once. Normally, she had to keep it a secret that she was stronger than an elven warlock, and she had only used the amount that a normal fairy had.

Nessie, Jenni, and Corri had resumed their flying tag game. The spell hadn't seemed to affect them too much. Jenna shot Holly with a bolt of energy, and in a flash she was back to normal.

All of a sudden, Jenna's phone rang. She picked it up, and was curiously surprised to find that it was Carlisle on the line.

"Hey, hold on, Coral's attacking me. I'll put you on speaker." she

said. Jenna pressed a button and placed the phone on a table.

Holly snatched Coral out of the air and scolded her lightly. She began to tickle her daughter.

"Excellent news, girls...and Artemis. We have found Father. He currently lives in a small town called Tisdale, in Saskatchewan. He has fourteen-year-old twins named Alianna and Neal. That's five of us now. Five lives he's ruined. There's probably more."

Foaly had started talking in Holly's headset. She placed it on the table by Jenna's cell phone.

"I guess you guys heard about Alianna and Neal. Well, get ready to have your mind blown. Again. Between the time that your father sired you, Carlisle, and the time he sired you, Holly, he sired three other fairy children. This is very surprising. Very very very very very-"

"Foaly, get to the point," Holly snapped.

"Okay, okay. The children are Commander Trouble Kelp, Corporal Grub Kelp, and Sky Peterson. You know who the Kelps are, and Miss Sky Peterson is currently working for section 8 as a spyfairy. I met her when I worked for section 8. She is very kind and a wonderful person. Just like all of you. I guess it runs in your family."

"Both of you, get dressed." Holly commanded.

"What?"

"We're going to go find Trouble, Grub, and Sky and tell them the truth. Then we're going to go and save Alianna and Neal."

Jenna and Artemis pulled the curtains around their beds and got dressed. When they remerged, a doctor came in and escorted them to the front desk. It took only a few minutes to check out, and then they were into Holly's shuttle.

"So, where to first?"

"We'll start with the Kelps. It will be easier to start with someone we-or I-know. They're both working, so we'll go down to Police Plaza." Holly answered.

Police Plaza was about ten blocks away from the hospital. They took only five minutes to reach the building.

Holly flashed her badge to get them all into the building. They took an elevator to the fifth floor, where Commander Kelp held his office. They reached the door, and Holly knocked.

"Come in" a voice called. They opened the door. Commander Kelp said, "How are you, Holly? These must be Nessie, Jenni, and Corri. Artemis, good to see you. And you are?" He asked Jenna.

"Jenna Greenleaf, your half-sister. I'm also Holly's half-sister. We have found your father, and he is also our father." Blunt as ever.

"Huh?"

Holly stepped in, "I've told you about Father, haven't I? Well, he is the same person who abandoned you and Grub. And he has been doing that for at least four hundred years. First Carlisle, who I told you about, then you and Grub, then a section 8 spyfairy agent named Sky Peterson, then me, Jenna, and next a set of twins that he currently lives with named Alianna and Neal."

"One fairy ruined all of our lives?"

"As hard as it to believe, yes."

"We have to find Grub. Or wait, I'll just summon him," he grabbed a mic stand and growled, "Corporal Kelp, get in here."

Grub arrived exactly two minutes later, looking a bit nervous, "Hey Holly, you look great. What is this about?"

Commander Kelp repeated what Holly had just told him.

"What? How did this happen?"

"That was my reaction exactly." Jenna said.

Grub looked up at her, realizing for the first time that he had a half-sister who was at least half a century younger than him, and almost twice as tall, "We have to get to Sky now. Before he destroys Alianna and Neal." he said.

"Of course. Let's go." They made there way to section 8 headquarters.

The first person they saw was Wing Commander Vinyaya. Holly waved to her and she came over.

"Hey Captain Short, how are you?"

"Amazing. Have you seen Sky Peterson?"

"Yes. She's over in her cubical. Why?" she looked at the grouping, "I see you brought your Recon Commander. And a couple of humans."

Holly repeated the story.

"Well, I'll cancel her mission for the rest of today. This may be a bit more important."

"Thank you."