go, go updating. i feel really good updateing 4 chapters in one day!!!!!!

are you proud of me???

btw, sorry i keep forgetting........I DO NOT OWN ARTEMIS FOWL, or anything to do with it you may find in this story.

(wish i did though, and i do in my dreams, yay. lol)

Holly woke the next day and couldn't believe she had actually fallen asleep again. She looked at the time on her communicator which read 7.30am. She got up and went for a shower. After an hour she came out thinking she was ready for whatever this day had in store for her. She made herself a nettle smoothie and ate one of the chocolate cookies Ivy had left in the biscuit tin. She went into her living room wondering what and where to go next. She decided she would go to the PI office in the hope that it hadn't been destroyed by doodah-day and mulch. She walked down the silent street. Though there was no-one else around, she sensed that someone was watching her and it made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up on end.

Ivy woke at 8am. She lay in her bed looking up at the water stained ceiling and sighed. She decided to she had better get up since it was only 2 hours till Chix would arrive if he was on time. She had a shower and while she was waiting for her hair to dry she picked out what she was going to wear. She was going to wear a little blue top with straps but realised that it showed some of her scars so instead she opted for white jeans and a light pink top. She was just brushing through her hair with difficulty, because she still had bruises on her head from the previous days attack, when there was knock at the door. She opened the door to see Chix standing there in a shirt and jeans.

"hi Ivy ready to go"

"hi, just a minute while I put my hair up."

"fine"

Ivy ran to the mirror and slipped a white ribbon into her long hair. Chix looked at her in wonder at how pretty she looked. She saw him staring and quickly looked in the mirror again thinking something was wrong.

"do I look ok" looking once again in the mirror wondering if she'd overdone it with the makeup.

"you look great" smiled Chix. "should we go?"

"yep let me just get my keys."

Ivy picked up her handbag and walked out of her door, locking it behind her.

"so where are we going?" asked Ivy as they walked down the stairs.

"just a little place around the corner, it's called the shrub."

"oh my I love that place." exclaimed Ivy

"that's good, have you every had breakfast there?" inquired Chix.

"erm a long time ago."

"well recently…"

They continued to make small talk the rest of the way.

When they arrived at the café they sat at a table near the window in comfy leather chairs. They looked at the breakfast menu and both chose chocolate croissants since Chix had recommended them. They talked about the LEP, family and many more things. Before they knew it, it was 11.55 which meant Chix had to go. Ivy decided she may as well go to police plaza with Chix and see if Holly was around.

Holly had made it to the P.I. office without meeting anyone so she shrugged off the feeling as being the cold. Haven temperature had been lowered due to a problem with some of the heaters which had to be turned off so they could be fixed. It was very odd since the heaters weren't together and all had the same problems, but it wasn't a huge problem just meant people had to wear

extra clothes and as you walked down the street you could feel odd waves of sudden heat.

Holly stopped at the door and looked up at the huge sign which was splaid out across the building 'PERSONAL INVESTIGATORS here to help'then just underneath was 'Holly Short (former LEP officer), Mulch Diggums and Doodah-day'

On the door there was another sign. 'we are sorry to inform you that Holly Short is not available to help in investigations though we are still open for business and hope to see our fellow employee back very soon.'

Holly sighed, she had been away for so long though to her had only been since yesterday. She put her hand slowly forward and then pushed the door open. When she came in she saw that nothing had changed. The radio was blaring out 'fairy fm' in the back room and there were 3 desks one of which was holly's. She walked over to her desk and saw that everything was just as she had left it when she had been called on a mission by section 8. Her pen was still lying out on top of the report of the missing gold that she had been covering. Holly suddenly felt worried, where was everyone and why had nothing moved. They must have needed this report.

Holly decided to go into the back rooms which made up the staff room and kitchen. She open the door quietly as if she wasn't meant to be there. What she saw made her smile. Doodah-day was playing games on the computer, Mulch was tucking into what seemed to resemble a mountain of food and the radio was blaring out Holly's favourite song. Suddenly mulch shouted at Doodah-day and Holly realise they didn't know she was there.

"hey Doodah don't you miss Hol's awful singing to this song." laughed Mulch

"what do you mean awful" called Holly. She almost fell over with laughter and how high Mulch jumped and Doodah-day falling off his chair in fright.

"HOLLY" they both yelled and almost pushed her over as they charged to hug her.

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