A/N: Thanks to all your lovely reviews, I have decided to post extra-early!
I know a few of you had questions, particularly about Elanor's mother, and
that will all be explained in time. I just like the idea of strict,
regulation-loving Root having broken the biggest rule of all, and now
having to deal with all the responsibilities of parenthood. Anyway, I hope
you like this chapter, and even if you don't, please tell me what you
think, and what I can do to improve it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. In fact, I didn't even own the entire series of books until this afternoon.
Chapter Two
LEP mind-wipe Report: Artemis Fowl and Associates:
Early this year three members of the LEP performed a selective mind wipe on the teenage genius Artemis Fowl, his manservant and bodyguard, Domovoi Butler, and Butler's younger sister, Juliet Butler. Artemis Fowl and his associates were wiped due to the unprecedented amount of trouble they have caused the People in the few years of their knowledge of us – in LEP's first encounter with the boy prodigy, he managed to separate us with half of our ransom gold - a feat which has never before, or after, been achieved. The mind-wipe was performed after the incident in which Fowl let slip knowledge of the people to a ruthless businessman and placed the future of the People in grave danger. (For a full report of this, and other Artemis Fowl incidents, see his file in the Marked Human LEP database). Every six months a fairy is sent to "visit" Artemis Fowl to ensure that his memories of the people have not been triggered. This has to be done with the utmost professionalism as any glimpse of a fairy could lead to the obsoletion* of the mind-wipe. The first "check-up" is to be performed within the week.
*
Commander Julius Root sighed as he stared blearily at the stacks of reports he still had to check and sign before the end of the day. Reluctantly, he picked up the topmost one, and sighed once again as he saw the name of his least favourite Mud-Boy at the top of the report. He was just in the process of checking it when the door to his study flew open and Captain Holly Short hurried in, gasping for breath.
"Commander!" She gasped, her face etched with worry. "It's Ellie – she – magic – too strong – badly injured - " Holly didn't have to say anything more. Julius Root was already out of the door and on his way to the hospital. *
"Dad, I'm fine." Elanor gave her father an icy glare as he fussed over her. Julius gave a doting smile.
"I can't help but be worried, darling." He murmured, oblivious to the curious glances he and his daughter were attracting from staff and patients alike. They were in the fairy hospital – though many injuries could be fixed by magic, some were too serious, particularly for a fairy as inexperienced as young Elanor Root. Ellie sighed and leaned back onto her pillows.
"I'm not sure I'm ready for this, Dad. I'm not sure I'm ready for magic." She said finally, and Root gave her an incredulous look.
"What are you saying, Ellie? You want to go back to that orphanage you were staying at?" Up until a few months ago, Elanor had been staying at an orphanage for teenage girls – after having fallen deeply in love with Elanor's mother, and revealing himself to her, Julius Root had been forced to wipe her memories of him. Then Elanor had come along, and her mother had died in a boating accident when Elanor was a toddler. Root had only learned of the existence of his daughter a few years ago, when the LEP had been doing a routine check for any magic outside of the LEP's boundaries. Since then he had done everything in his power to get his daughter back – and now she was talking of leaving him again? Ellie shook her head.
"You don't understand, do you, Dad?" She said sadly. "I don't belong here."
"You don't belong up there, either! You're a fairy, Ellie! Not a Mud- Man!" Root protested desperately, but Ellie shook her head.
"I'm neither. Dad, I'm not ready for this. I will be someday, but not just now." Root looked sadly into his daughter's eyes and knew what she said was true. He sighed heavily.
"Then what to do?" Ellie shrugged, but then her eyes lit up, and the old twinkle of mischief returned to them.
"I know – Dad, what about Artemis Fowl!" Root scowled. He hated any mention of the boy's name.
"What about him?" He asked sulkily, and Ellie shot him a reproachful look, before drawing a deep breath.
"You need to check that he's not regained any of his memories, right? Why don't you send me to the same school he's at? Then I'll be able to serve the LEP, get an education, and be with kids of my own age, all at the same time!" Root gave his daughter a long look. There were a hundred reasons why it was a bad idea. But Root defied any father to resist when their daughter gives them a look like the one Elanor was giving him – especially when that daughter is nearly twice as big as you are.
*
A/N: The word obseletion was made up. The computer didn't like it, anyway. Anyway, obsolete, obsoletion. You get the gist.
Please tell me what you think – next chapter will have a bit more background on Elanor's past, and about her mother and the romance between her and Commander Root. I promise.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. In fact, I didn't even own the entire series of books until this afternoon.
Chapter Two
LEP mind-wipe Report: Artemis Fowl and Associates:
Early this year three members of the LEP performed a selective mind wipe on the teenage genius Artemis Fowl, his manservant and bodyguard, Domovoi Butler, and Butler's younger sister, Juliet Butler. Artemis Fowl and his associates were wiped due to the unprecedented amount of trouble they have caused the People in the few years of their knowledge of us – in LEP's first encounter with the boy prodigy, he managed to separate us with half of our ransom gold - a feat which has never before, or after, been achieved. The mind-wipe was performed after the incident in which Fowl let slip knowledge of the people to a ruthless businessman and placed the future of the People in grave danger. (For a full report of this, and other Artemis Fowl incidents, see his file in the Marked Human LEP database). Every six months a fairy is sent to "visit" Artemis Fowl to ensure that his memories of the people have not been triggered. This has to be done with the utmost professionalism as any glimpse of a fairy could lead to the obsoletion* of the mind-wipe. The first "check-up" is to be performed within the week.
*
Commander Julius Root sighed as he stared blearily at the stacks of reports he still had to check and sign before the end of the day. Reluctantly, he picked up the topmost one, and sighed once again as he saw the name of his least favourite Mud-Boy at the top of the report. He was just in the process of checking it when the door to his study flew open and Captain Holly Short hurried in, gasping for breath.
"Commander!" She gasped, her face etched with worry. "It's Ellie – she – magic – too strong – badly injured - " Holly didn't have to say anything more. Julius Root was already out of the door and on his way to the hospital. *
"Dad, I'm fine." Elanor gave her father an icy glare as he fussed over her. Julius gave a doting smile.
"I can't help but be worried, darling." He murmured, oblivious to the curious glances he and his daughter were attracting from staff and patients alike. They were in the fairy hospital – though many injuries could be fixed by magic, some were too serious, particularly for a fairy as inexperienced as young Elanor Root. Ellie sighed and leaned back onto her pillows.
"I'm not sure I'm ready for this, Dad. I'm not sure I'm ready for magic." She said finally, and Root gave her an incredulous look.
"What are you saying, Ellie? You want to go back to that orphanage you were staying at?" Up until a few months ago, Elanor had been staying at an orphanage for teenage girls – after having fallen deeply in love with Elanor's mother, and revealing himself to her, Julius Root had been forced to wipe her memories of him. Then Elanor had come along, and her mother had died in a boating accident when Elanor was a toddler. Root had only learned of the existence of his daughter a few years ago, when the LEP had been doing a routine check for any magic outside of the LEP's boundaries. Since then he had done everything in his power to get his daughter back – and now she was talking of leaving him again? Ellie shook her head.
"You don't understand, do you, Dad?" She said sadly. "I don't belong here."
"You don't belong up there, either! You're a fairy, Ellie! Not a Mud- Man!" Root protested desperately, but Ellie shook her head.
"I'm neither. Dad, I'm not ready for this. I will be someday, but not just now." Root looked sadly into his daughter's eyes and knew what she said was true. He sighed heavily.
"Then what to do?" Ellie shrugged, but then her eyes lit up, and the old twinkle of mischief returned to them.
"I know – Dad, what about Artemis Fowl!" Root scowled. He hated any mention of the boy's name.
"What about him?" He asked sulkily, and Ellie shot him a reproachful look, before drawing a deep breath.
"You need to check that he's not regained any of his memories, right? Why don't you send me to the same school he's at? Then I'll be able to serve the LEP, get an education, and be with kids of my own age, all at the same time!" Root gave his daughter a long look. There were a hundred reasons why it was a bad idea. But Root defied any father to resist when their daughter gives them a look like the one Elanor was giving him – especially when that daughter is nearly twice as big as you are.
*
A/N: The word obseletion was made up. The computer didn't like it, anyway. Anyway, obsolete, obsoletion. You get the gist.
Please tell me what you think – next chapter will have a bit more background on Elanor's past, and about her mother and the romance between her and Commander Root. I promise.