A/N: ...This is probably a shorter chapter then the last one 'cause I wanted to put it in before school starts again and before I drown in a tidal wave of homework.

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Chapter 3: Meeting of Old Friends

Fowl Manor

Artemis eyed the disk in his hand sceptically and then glanced at the strange individual on his sofa eating a large pickle, brussel sprout, salami, mushroom, cheese and mustard sandwich, complete with large amounts of ketchup which 'splurted' out over sofa's leather cover. Artemis winced at the thought of what his mother would say when she got back from her trip.

The small being on the couch sighed as he saw the boy hadn't inserted the disk in his laptop. "Just put the disk in the drive for goodness sake!"

"Are you positive that the disk doesn't contain any kind of virus?" Artemis asked for the fifth time. He had already established that the creature wasn't exactly human but then again maybe he was just dwarf sized and disfigured.

He wasn't quite sure why he was allowing himself to be lured into following the stranger's requests. But there was something about him that reminded Artemis of someone he couldn't put his finger on.

"Fine! If you won't, I will!" The stranger grabbed the golden disk from Artemis's hand with ease and slid it into the laptop.

"No!" cried Artemis. "All my files and my new software are–"

'Upload Complete' flashed on the screen. The creature reached the mouse to enter the loaded files but Artemis stopped him.

"I think you've done quite enough damage already," he said coldly. "If there's anyone looking through those files, it'll be me."

The strange being rolled his eyes and stuffed the rest of his sandwich in his mouth.

Meanwhile, Artemis had just entered one of the various files. He read quickly through the document, his eyes widening with each sentence. Suddenly he closed off the file. Everything came back like wave of memories.

Fairies, LEP, Ritual, The Book, Tara, Foaly, Root, Holly and– he glanced at the stranger on his couch and said drily, "I'm pleased to see you well, Mulch Diggums."

Mulch grinned at him from the sofa. "You too, Fowl."

Somewhere in Ireland

Holly sighed happily. The scenery and fresh air was restoring her energy. She hadn't been out to fly in ages. This is so much better then a day in the office, she thought blissfully.

The new wings manufactured by Foaly were really first-class. The manoeuvrability and speed were really something. They beat the DoubleDex series in both aspects and were compactable as she had found out earlier.

Skimming the water of the Channel, Holly saw the dolphins jump up to greet her again. This time there were two new born babies who stuck close to their mothers. Her happy thoughts vanished when she thought of what Root would say when she got back to Police Plaza. She shrugged off the guilt and swooped across the low countryside.

Even if she hadn't been shielded, which she was, Holly doubted that any Mud People would care to glance up into the sky now that it was covered in a in a blanket of green-grey smoke from the new factory nearby. She frowned. How was it possible that Mud Men could cause more damage to the environment then they already had was beyond her. Captain Short sped away quickly to avoid inhaling the pollution.

As she sped forwards, the unmistakable figure of Fowl Manor loomed ahead and Holly felt a pang of remembrance of the adventures she had had with the residents in it. Suddenly she just had to check in on Artemis. She hovered near a window and peered inside.

Fowl Manor

Two people were bent over a laptop, talking together. Holly recognised Artemis at once, his dark hair and pale complexion gave it away. Even though he didn't look as pale as he did a year ago. The second individual was familiar. Holly looked down and saw he had a bum flap. Mulch?

So this is what he's been keeping low to do for at least a year. That meant that Artemis's memory had been restored! Holly was quickly on the radio to Foaly .

"Foaly, Mulch had just triggered a total recall on Fowl," she yelled, panic in her voice.

There was a shot of static but the centaur's voice didn't come.

"Foaly, are you there? Hello, Foaly?"

The static crackled through her ears sending cold waves down her back. Something had happened.

She was too busy to notice that Artemis had opened the windows and detected the slight haze. "Hello, Captain Short."

Holly jumped and turned around to be face-to-face with Artemis's vampire grin. Seeing who it was, she unshielded.

"So you remember me, Mud Boy."

So there's the 3rd chappie. I'll try to put in the 4th as soon as possible. For now...Bye! =)