In advance: Sorry but I wont be able to update for a week or so because I've got exams and its my birthday!!! YAY!
Ok now to the reviewers:
Fearsomdiety: Thanks! Everyone who reviewed said they wanted it to be H/A so it's gonna have to be now. lol
Phire Phoenix: Thanks for the url to that site. I love A/H's too! The only reason I wasn't sure whether I was gonna do one is because I've never written a romance before. But hey! I'm open to changes. ^_^ Thanks for reviewing!
Neko Mew Midorikawa: Yep I've have a lot of spare time recently so I just come on my computer whenever I'm bored and do this. Besides it gives me an excuse not to revise ^_~ lol. Thank you very much for the review!
Silver-Shadows-of-Silence: I've read a A/J too. It was a good fic but I was never really one for A/J's lol. Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
You-Know-Who5: I don't think I'm cut out for mushy things anyway. But yes it will be an A/H but I'm not gonna rush into it or anything. I'm gonna let it happen slowly. And no I wont make it end with a tragedy. There may be some tragic stuff happening in the middle of the fanfic but if everything goes according to plan then it'll end happily. Thanks for reviewing.
Disclaimer: Yet again I don't own anything to do with AF. It's all Eoin Colfer's.
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A sharp pain in the back of her head woke Holly. She kept her eyes closed but to her annoyance a groan escaped her throat. Her head was almost too much to bear and on top of that her memory was returning and she knew she had failed. It was obvious from the fact that she had probably been unconscious for hours and also because she was lying on a couch. She gritted her teeth and tried to think of a way out of the situation. She was most likely inside Fowl manor. Artemis, Butler and Juliet had all probably regained their memories and she had been knocked out from behind by someone. It was her first mission above ground since the riots and she had screwed it up. Root was going to kill her.
Another groan escaped. This time because of her Commander and not the pain. She opened one eye and saw a grinning face looking down at her. She immediately shut her eye again and muttered "Hello Mulch." Her voice came out slurred and it was hard to focus on what she was saying but she didn't care right now.
"Alright Holly?" asked the dwarf annoyingly.
"Yea sure. My head feels like a giant spinning ball being stabbed over and over again with a million daggers but yes. I'm great!" she answered sarcastically. She opened both eyes this time and saw that Mulch was looking slightly guilty behind his smile. "I take it that their memories are back then?" she asked.
"Yep, and Juliet's is being restored as we speak" came the answer. Holly grimaced.
"Great. Just great!" Holly muttered. She then closed her eyes and tried to ignore her aching head as well as Mulch. She slowly fell back asleep.
*
Mulch guiltily looked down on Holly. If he had known it was her, he wouldn't have hit her so hard, if at all. He looked around at the room he was in. In any other situation he would have thought about stealing something from this house. It was plain in everything they owned that the Fowl's were extremely wealthy and even the smallest thing of worth was enough to catch Mulch's eye. Any other dwarf would have thought of this as a heaven. But not Mulch. Not anymore anyway. As much as he hated to admit it, he had grown fond of Artemis and the Butlers. And also Holly, Foaly and even Root to a certain extent.
Just as he was getting bored the door opened and Artemis walked in. "Has she woken up yet?" he asked as soon as the door was shut behind him.
Mulch nodded. "She just woke up. She's gutted that I ruined her mission. Root's gonna be on her like a ton of bricks when he finds out. She's lucky he can't get in here without an invite or he'd probably come storming in here with his purple face steaming as soon as he heard about it." Artemis nodded and eyed Holly's sleeping face wearily.
Mulch eyed the boy. He had changed a lot. Last time they had met he had been a pale pasty boy with a face that seemed too mature for his age. Now he had grown. He had obviously been spending more time outside because his skin has lost it's ghostly whiteness and become tanned. He was taller and more muscular. It was definitely an improvement from before. His dress sense had also improved. Instead of the usual suit and tie, he was wearing jeans and a t shirt. He looked more relaxed and casual.
Mulch reached around his neck and brought something over his head. He handed it to Artemis who took it off him and looked at it for a moment before putting it around his neck. "Thank you Mulch." He said and then added "but I have to go and see to Juliet now. She just regained her memory but she didn't take it so well. She fainted." He grimaced and then glanced at Holly. "Call me when she wakes up again." he added and walked out of the room.
*
Artemis walked slowly towards the kitchen where Juliet and Butler were. He lifted the pendant from around his neck and looked down at it, remembering the night Holly had given it to him. She had flipped a coin in the air and shot a hole through the middle and he had caught it. She had told him to keep it to remind him and when he queried it she had answered-
To remind you that deep beneath the layers of deviousness, there is a spark of decency.
Perhaps you can blow on that spark occasionally.
Thinking back now to after the mind-wipe, he knew he had very rarely followed her advice. Even though he had had his mind wiped and forgotten the conversation, it was the right thing to do and he hadn't done it. He had ignored both Holly and his father's advice to stop his illegal plans.
As he walked to the kitchen, he vowed to himself that he would stop right now. There would be no more criminal acts from him from now on.
*
Trouble Kelp landed in the drive outside Fowl Manor. Next to him landed Officer Narela, a new recruit. She had jet black wavy hair that had a tendency to hang forward framing her round face. She had green eyes and a thin figure. "C'mon" he said to her, and walked up to the front door. He knocked twice and stood back, fingering the handle of his pistol. He remembered the last two times he had been here. They had not been pleasant experiences. After a couple of minutes the door was opened by a dwarf.
"Hello Trouble. What are you doing here?" Mulch asked.
"Root said to expect to find you here. Where is Holly?" he demanded.
"Inside. I dunno if your allowed in though."
Trouble nodded and Narela stepped forward. "Why don't you go and ask Fowl then?" she asked irritably. Mulch nodded and shut the door in their faces. "Sorry but he was getting on my nerves," she added.
Trouble nodded. She was new and young and still had a lot to learn but she was quick on her feet and very handy in battles. She was also clever and had been trained well. He turned his back to her and faced the door patiently.
Suddenly something grabbed him in a tight grip from behind and a pistol was shoved hard against his temple.
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Dum dum duuuuuuuuuum. Sorry that was another cliffhanger. I cant help it! lol. So now your stuck with that for a couple of weeks but you never know, I might get in a post before then. By the way sorry for using the lines in italics from the arctic incident. Hope you liked it and thanks for your help on the A/H thing! Everyone who reviewed wanted it to be A/H so my mind is made up. By the way, if you have any idea'd about where this story could be going then please tell me in your reviews because at the minute I'm not exactly sure where this is going and can you also tell me what you think about the lengths of the chapters. Should they be longer, shorter or are they okay like this? Thanks and R&R please!
Ok now to the reviewers:
Fearsomdiety: Thanks! Everyone who reviewed said they wanted it to be H/A so it's gonna have to be now. lol
Phire Phoenix: Thanks for the url to that site. I love A/H's too! The only reason I wasn't sure whether I was gonna do one is because I've never written a romance before. But hey! I'm open to changes. ^_^ Thanks for reviewing!
Neko Mew Midorikawa: Yep I've have a lot of spare time recently so I just come on my computer whenever I'm bored and do this. Besides it gives me an excuse not to revise ^_~ lol. Thank you very much for the review!
Silver-Shadows-of-Silence: I've read a A/J too. It was a good fic but I was never really one for A/J's lol. Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
You-Know-Who5: I don't think I'm cut out for mushy things anyway. But yes it will be an A/H but I'm not gonna rush into it or anything. I'm gonna let it happen slowly. And no I wont make it end with a tragedy. There may be some tragic stuff happening in the middle of the fanfic but if everything goes according to plan then it'll end happily. Thanks for reviewing.
Disclaimer: Yet again I don't own anything to do with AF. It's all Eoin Colfer's.
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A sharp pain in the back of her head woke Holly. She kept her eyes closed but to her annoyance a groan escaped her throat. Her head was almost too much to bear and on top of that her memory was returning and she knew she had failed. It was obvious from the fact that she had probably been unconscious for hours and also because she was lying on a couch. She gritted her teeth and tried to think of a way out of the situation. She was most likely inside Fowl manor. Artemis, Butler and Juliet had all probably regained their memories and she had been knocked out from behind by someone. It was her first mission above ground since the riots and she had screwed it up. Root was going to kill her.
Another groan escaped. This time because of her Commander and not the pain. She opened one eye and saw a grinning face looking down at her. She immediately shut her eye again and muttered "Hello Mulch." Her voice came out slurred and it was hard to focus on what she was saying but she didn't care right now.
"Alright Holly?" asked the dwarf annoyingly.
"Yea sure. My head feels like a giant spinning ball being stabbed over and over again with a million daggers but yes. I'm great!" she answered sarcastically. She opened both eyes this time and saw that Mulch was looking slightly guilty behind his smile. "I take it that their memories are back then?" she asked.
"Yep, and Juliet's is being restored as we speak" came the answer. Holly grimaced.
"Great. Just great!" Holly muttered. She then closed her eyes and tried to ignore her aching head as well as Mulch. She slowly fell back asleep.
*
Mulch guiltily looked down on Holly. If he had known it was her, he wouldn't have hit her so hard, if at all. He looked around at the room he was in. In any other situation he would have thought about stealing something from this house. It was plain in everything they owned that the Fowl's were extremely wealthy and even the smallest thing of worth was enough to catch Mulch's eye. Any other dwarf would have thought of this as a heaven. But not Mulch. Not anymore anyway. As much as he hated to admit it, he had grown fond of Artemis and the Butlers. And also Holly, Foaly and even Root to a certain extent.
Just as he was getting bored the door opened and Artemis walked in. "Has she woken up yet?" he asked as soon as the door was shut behind him.
Mulch nodded. "She just woke up. She's gutted that I ruined her mission. Root's gonna be on her like a ton of bricks when he finds out. She's lucky he can't get in here without an invite or he'd probably come storming in here with his purple face steaming as soon as he heard about it." Artemis nodded and eyed Holly's sleeping face wearily.
Mulch eyed the boy. He had changed a lot. Last time they had met he had been a pale pasty boy with a face that seemed too mature for his age. Now he had grown. He had obviously been spending more time outside because his skin has lost it's ghostly whiteness and become tanned. He was taller and more muscular. It was definitely an improvement from before. His dress sense had also improved. Instead of the usual suit and tie, he was wearing jeans and a t shirt. He looked more relaxed and casual.
Mulch reached around his neck and brought something over his head. He handed it to Artemis who took it off him and looked at it for a moment before putting it around his neck. "Thank you Mulch." He said and then added "but I have to go and see to Juliet now. She just regained her memory but she didn't take it so well. She fainted." He grimaced and then glanced at Holly. "Call me when she wakes up again." he added and walked out of the room.
*
Artemis walked slowly towards the kitchen where Juliet and Butler were. He lifted the pendant from around his neck and looked down at it, remembering the night Holly had given it to him. She had flipped a coin in the air and shot a hole through the middle and he had caught it. She had told him to keep it to remind him and when he queried it she had answered-
To remind you that deep beneath the layers of deviousness, there is a spark of decency.
Perhaps you can blow on that spark occasionally.
Thinking back now to after the mind-wipe, he knew he had very rarely followed her advice. Even though he had had his mind wiped and forgotten the conversation, it was the right thing to do and he hadn't done it. He had ignored both Holly and his father's advice to stop his illegal plans.
As he walked to the kitchen, he vowed to himself that he would stop right now. There would be no more criminal acts from him from now on.
*
Trouble Kelp landed in the drive outside Fowl Manor. Next to him landed Officer Narela, a new recruit. She had jet black wavy hair that had a tendency to hang forward framing her round face. She had green eyes and a thin figure. "C'mon" he said to her, and walked up to the front door. He knocked twice and stood back, fingering the handle of his pistol. He remembered the last two times he had been here. They had not been pleasant experiences. After a couple of minutes the door was opened by a dwarf.
"Hello Trouble. What are you doing here?" Mulch asked.
"Root said to expect to find you here. Where is Holly?" he demanded.
"Inside. I dunno if your allowed in though."
Trouble nodded and Narela stepped forward. "Why don't you go and ask Fowl then?" she asked irritably. Mulch nodded and shut the door in their faces. "Sorry but he was getting on my nerves," she added.
Trouble nodded. She was new and young and still had a lot to learn but she was quick on her feet and very handy in battles. She was also clever and had been trained well. He turned his back to her and faced the door patiently.
Suddenly something grabbed him in a tight grip from behind and a pistol was shoved hard against his temple.
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Dum dum duuuuuuuuuum. Sorry that was another cliffhanger. I cant help it! lol. So now your stuck with that for a couple of weeks but you never know, I might get in a post before then. By the way sorry for using the lines in italics from the arctic incident. Hope you liked it and thanks for your help on the A/H thing! Everyone who reviewed wanted it to be A/H so my mind is made up. By the way, if you have any idea'd about where this story could be going then please tell me in your reviews because at the minute I'm not exactly sure where this is going and can you also tell me what you think about the lengths of the chapters. Should they be longer, shorter or are they okay like this? Thanks and R&R please!
