Credits

A/N: Okay, so this chapter is pretty much raw exposition and explanation. It's not narratively relevant, but I want to put it in, so there. Think of it as my acknowledgments. Yeah, actually, let's go with that.

Acknowledgments

I would first want to address the origin of this story. Pretty much everyone reading this is pretty aware of Ezqueza's story, Levi Af, which I really loved. In fact, I loved it so much that when I found out that it had been five months since the a chapter had been posted, I freaked out. A story as good as this should not be abandoned like that. I was in shock; almost unable to comprehend the fact it wasn't even done.

Then I got thinking. Yeah, big shock there. The story wasn't terrifically long, just shy of over 4500, and two chapters in total. If I just had the guts, and the daring, I could pull off a spectacular comeback. Same band, new manager, if you catch my drift. So I copied the first two chapters, and started typing.

About four weeks later, I finally worked up the nerve to leave a digital fingerprint and create a fanfiction page. Two days later, I had the first three chapters up, and had started working on chapter five.

Then the unthinkable happened. I read Goliath. And it changed everything.

OMG ARTEMIS SHARP AND ARTEMIS FOWL HAVE THE SAME FIRST NAME AND IM WRITING A CROSSOVER FANFICTION ABOUT ARTEMIS FOWL AND ARTEMIS SHARP'S DAUGHTER. HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD r#$$!%#%^%#&^%$#^%$&#*^&(#^u.

So after devouring the book in the least literal sense, I started to wonder how I could integrate this into my story. And so the characters of Jules and Verne were born.

I originally intended them to be named, respectively, Gats (stag spelled backwards) and Topaz, for mythological and geological reasons, but decided against it. So instead, I took the name of my favorite Sci-Fi author, Jules Verne, and gave them their names.

And note to Miss Jett Wolfe 98. I did not intend for the names to be similar to Julius Root and Raine Vinyaya. They are, terribly, dead. But really good deduction, silver star.

Later on, I tossed Bovril in so as to have mister Hohenberg to figure the bit of Deryn being a girl. Then, after that, I had another lightning strike idea. Deryn could hide out as a boy on the Leviathan. So what if she was a boy? The actual catalyst for this was Ezzy's Dreamsstory, a smut story involving a male Deryn. Dylan was a cool name, so I tossed him in.

And so the cast of canon and original characters had been assembled. Now all I needed to do was try and figure out why they were there and put that in the narrative.

Bios

Jules was a repentant Artemis. When he received his memories again, he tried to reconcile who he was with the cynical, smart-aleck his memories deemed him to be. As such, he became a sort of saint, almost to the point of annoyance, always apologizing for the smallest transgressions. He was still smart, but less inclined to take the easy road if it interfered with his moral compass.

Verne is actually Topaz/Opal Koboi. After the incident in the dimensional tunnel, she ended up split off from her parent personality, and landed in a different universe. There, she too began to reconcile her past with who she was. However, after meeting Jules, she realized that she didn't need to completely reset herself to become a better person. Additionally, castaway syndrome interfered, and she formed a romantic bond with Jules, even though he was still technically married to Margaret Sharp.

Dylan was my favorite to write. He was originally created as the perfect foil for Deryn. Completely male, without the pyro-phobia or the daddy complex, he was free to live the life that Deryn couldn't have. However, after being exposed to the real world, he decided to put aside living Deryn's life for simply living. He isn't exactly hedonistic, but rather would want to experience everything, painful or pleasurable, that the world had to offer. He also developed a severe hatred of Deryn, as he also embodied what she disassociated with herself, such as her fear of fire, to the point of literally being fire. He's more than a metaphor of Deryn's negative traits, but less of a real person.

Learning experience

Writing for the Artemis universe was much less enjoyable then the Leviathan universe. I don't think I managed to write it as well as the other. But live and learn, as my mother would say.

Speaking of learning, I think I've pinned down why most crossovers are cheesy. Every single one tries to start like the connection between universes are either A) established and everyone knows one another, or B) it simply establishes them without pretext or character reaction. In this story, Deryn practically thought that she was going insane when she was in the tunnel, with this being accredited to Ezqueza.

It really ticks me off how they never establish everything, its mostly in medias res.

Future stories

I really don't have anything planned for more stories in the Leviathan universe anywhere in the near future. But I do have an Artemis Fowl one-shot that I need to write. So you can look forward to that.

And my next long story will be particularly interesting. How many people have ever heard of Code Lyoko?

Thanks

My Acknowledgements are baked and ready. Let's try some!

To Ezqueza, for writing such a kick ass story that you made me want to write the rest.

To Stopthattimerave, for being my faithful beta through and through, even when forces beyond our control intervened.

To all my reviewers, for taking the time to hit that little blue button and compose a few words on my piece.

To all the writers that wrote such great stories that I just had to add in some elements of theirs.

To Jett Wolfe 98, for being my first sub, my first review, and for really caring for my story.

And to both Eion Colfer and Scott Westerfeld, for the absolute coolest series I have ever read. And if you want to make Artemis Fowl/Sharp Canon, Pleaseeeeeeeeee.

And to me, because I am cool.

Suggestions

Just stories to take you time off while I write my next one;

The Dead, the Broken and the Living; If you can stomach the return of evil Arty, and just a hint of Opal self-slash, this story will suck you in. It's both emotionally charged and draining at the same time, something that few stories can really claim. 9/10.

Half the perfect world; Another tear jerker, this story comes off with the idea to toss Artemis and co. into a completely different scenario. They have to come up with a whole new collection of identities. While it was a little to fluffy for my taste at sometimes, it never failed to suck me in. 8/10

Artemis Fowl and the Book of Ages; A slightly more traditional tale, Artemis and Holly are thrust into an alternate dimension where humans and fairies are at war. This is rooted in some real facts and is pretty clever. There were times when I genuinely wondered if this person was really Eion Colfer. 10/10

What happens next? Goliath; You really have to hand it to miss Sarasponda, her writing is good. It's a great of alternate historical drama, and it involves Deryn and Alek sleeping together (not sexually anyway), and Alek still not realizing that she is a female. For shear quality, 9/10

Strawberry fields forever; In this tale, Holly's mother, Coral short, meets Alek and Deryn. It's short and ever so slightly fluffy, but really really good. 8/10

How'd you know? Shameless self-promote much? Yeah, but it's pretty good, I think. And it is totally original, with the whole crew taking bets. 8/10

Last words

I write for the sake of writing. I love the slow creep of thought onto paper, the quiet roar of the masses as I create new material and release it. I just do.

Cliff

And two more things, just before I really wrap this up. Yes, everyone on the Leviathan now knows that Deryn is a girl. And yes, Anna-Beth will appear in my next story. You're welcome.

Thanks for all the fish.

I mean reviews. Good night everybody.