Hello everyone, I feel really bad about not updating this recently, I've been kinda lazy and have been brainstorming some ideas on how to finish this, and then make a sequel to this story. That and I've recently been obsessed with a bunch of different animes… and then it just goes all down hill from there… I was actually meaning to update November 5th (my birthday) but I ran out of time so I'm posting today instead November 6th, well anyways, enough of my rambling! Enjoy the story! Oh and some language inappropriate for young children may be used by a certain girl who got kidnapped…-cough, cough- justa warning.

As I awoke, I found myself lying on the seat of a car. I blinked a couple of times and sat up, only to find Artemis staring at me from across, well, the limousine. I felt a mix of emotions flood over me all at once when I looked back at the Irish boy. I scooted over to him, and neither of us said a word. We sat there in silence until Artemis finally spoke up.

"I'm quite glad they didn't harm you to badly…"

"They broke my bloody arms!" I exclaimed, turning to face him angrily.

"No they didn't, you only had minor cuts and scrapes… a few scars but nothing some of your magic couldn't fix…" Artemis stated coolly in a know-it-all tone.

"B-but how can that be? I ran out of magic while in there… there would have been no way for me to heal myself…" I trailed off; Holly had said something to me about having more magic than any of the fairies in this age, but I really didn't listen to what she said exactly.

"Laura," Artemis stated, a slight annoyance hidden in his voice. "I asked you a question."

"What? Sorry, I didn't hear you…" I responded.

"I asked you, why didn't you listen to Holly about having extra magic?" Artemis asked. Could he read my thoughts?

"No I can't read your thoughts, your talking to yourself, not thinking…" Artemis sighed.

"Oh, sorry…" I stated, trying to avoid his questioning. "Do you happen to have a crossword puzzle?" Artemis gave me a weird look, but nodded. He pulled out one from my bag, and I instantly frowned.

"Where did you get my bag?" I asked him. He raised a brow and smiled at my distress.

"Were going back to Fowl Manor," He started. "So we brought your things, but first we have to stop in Nice for a night."

Something about him always makes me forget what I was going to do. I frowned at him and raised my hand up.

I rubbed my cheek as Laura started cussing me out in multiple languages. I sighed, I knew she would do this sometime, but I guessed it would have been later. And the slap was really unnecessary.

"Y-you fecking bastard, why didn't you help me when I was being hurt by-by that lunatic!" She was saying, flailing her arms all over the place.

I rubbed my temples and just let her vent, but when she suddenly became quiet I looked over at her. She was shaking, shiny drops falling onto her pale skin. I put a hand on her shoulder and she let out a small whimper.

"I'm sorry…" I started, trying to come up with something. She looked over at me, her eyes puffy and red; she smiled slightly and leaned up to kiss my cheek when I moved my head slightly and our lips met. I can't tell you the exact emotion that I felt, but it felt like an overflow of something… kind of like a spark that shot through my body. I felt my ears and face grow hot, and she broke of, a sudden shade of red filling her face.

"I won't be able to forgive you for a long time…" She said quietly, looking at her hands. "But, maybe we can become friends once more…"

I let the words sink in, 'But maybe we can become friends once more.' It suddenly dawned on me that I was missing a big picture of this girl; she was a fairy of course, but the girl… I knew her before our meeting…

I looked to her and her smile had faded, but she still held my gaze. "How old were we in that picture…?"

"Seventeen, I think… it could have been sixteen as well…" she responded.

"I thought as much…" I sighed, shaking my head. "Well, we will be in Nice in half an hours time, why don't you keep yourself occupied with your crossword puzzle…"

She nodded and started on it; I watched her fill in the answers for the first one in the booklet and then flip the page to the next. I guess she is useful to the LEP for that reason. I rubbed my temples, now we just have to catch Corrine.

Hello there! Well, I hope you liked this! If you want to know more about the picture and everything else about them knowing each other please refer to the one-shot that I posted on the subject! Its called "Stand in the Rain" it's kinda a songfic, but just without any of the lyrics. But I thought it was a good idea so I did it, anyways, I hope you enjoy it, and sorry this took so long to post!