Artemis woke to a sharp pain in his arm – actually, he hurt all over – that was just were the pain was the worst. He groaned as his eyes flew open, fluttering a few times until his eyes adjusted. He was alone in his room and for some reason he had a blurry, vague, spot in his memory. He seemed to recall white blurs? Holly? A plain? and –

The Ocean? What? - Oh no. It must be getting worse...

Artemis sat up shaking his head to clear it. He had been suffering from some sort of physiological episode – he knew it. Just what? The last thing he could clearly remember was reading up about it in his room after putting his brothers to bed, he hadn't been feeling –no– thinking right for a few days. Now what was this, he was losing his memory too?

"No! No! No!"He shouted in frustration shaking his head violently. Suddenly, there were loud footsteps coming towards his door. A look of surprise came over Artemis' face. Wasn't he, besides his brothers, home alone? No wait his parents had come home, right? Yes that was it. He saw the door open. He'd just tell his father he had had a nightmare, for that was who he presumed it was.

"Sorry f- Butler?"Artemis couldn't hide the quizzical look that crossed his face. Inside he was boiling with frustration. A head poked out from behind his bodyguard's legs. "Holly?"

What! He was screaming in his head.

Holly opened her mouth a few times as if trying to say something then gave up too stare at him with mistrust.

"What's going on? Is something abnormal happening? I had not realized that ether of you had entered the house."It crossed Artemis' mind at the look of shock and outrage on Holly's face, that that may have not been the best thing for him to have said. After all Artemis wasn't sure how much memory loss he had suffered, maybe they had been here for a while.

Then it occurred to Artemis that sun was shining through the window and he was in bed. Not only that but he was fully clothed and sitting atop his blankets.

A wave of uncharacteristic exhaustion and fatigue swept through Artemis a moment. His eyes slipped half way shut and his head tilted forward slightly before he quickly snapped it up blinking.

"I'm sorry; I seem to have had a short laps in memory. Have you been here long?" Artemis did not want to openly ask them how long they'd been there, but he had no other choice – He had no idea what was going on.

"A short laps in mem-" Holly managed to splutter, before getting cut off by Butler.

"Artemis, you don't remember anything?" He looked at Artemis quite curiously; actually he looked as if he wasn't sure to be worried or relived. Artemis was beyond the stage of acting; his normally cool emotionless mask went out the window. His head ached, his arm hurt, his chest hurt, and he felt a dull fuzz stopping him from dissecting the situation logically and he was confused. At this point even he would admit it.

"What?" He gasped. "I-I don't understand. What is going on?" Holly's expression changed immediately at the confused look on her friends normally carefully guarded features. Tears weld up in her eyes as she dashed around Butler and enveloped Artemis in a tight hug that knocked his breath out. If Artemis had been able to, he would have squeaked in shock and pain. As it was, only the utter display of these feeling written so uncharacteristically on his face saved him. Butler took pity and tapped Holly on the shoulder. As soon as she let go Artemis closed his eyes and collapsed back. Confounded as Artemis undoubtedly was, he could not make sense of any of this.

"What's going on?" He moaned.

"Artemis! Are you ok? Are you sure you don't remember anything?"Her questions were coming too quick for Artemis. She turned to Butler. "If this doesn't work what'll we do? Is this normal, we need to ask Foaly if he's acting normal."

Ask Foaly if I'm acting normal? Artemis thought with a start.

"Someone please tell me what's happening?"Artemis begged - to no avail I might add because it was at that moment that he blacked out.

Again Artemis awoke, this time to find Foaly leaning over him. He jumped back, startled, hitting his head on the bed post in the process.

"Ow!" He exclaimed, glaring at Foaly. "What in god's name is going on here?" He felt better now – just enough to demand an explanation.

"What's that last thing you remember?" Asked Foaly unperturbed. Artemis' glare increased.

"Certainly not you being here." He remarked scathingly.

"Just answer the question. Please."

"Holly." He said.

"What?" Holly happened to also be in the room.

"That's the last thing I remember. You and Butler."

"Yes you would remember that." Foaly said, thinking. Artemis was still burning with frustration.

"Nobody has expla-" He began, only to get cut off.

"And before that?"Foaly continued his interrogation.

"What?" Said Artemis.

"Before Holly and Butler found you awake, what happened before that?"

"I assume I was asleep."His voice was guarded.

"For Frond's sake, at least we know he's being his usual righteous self." Holly said crossing here arms. Indeed, righteous indignation would be a good way to describe the look on Artemis' face at that point. "When you were awake Artemis."

"I put my brothers to bed last night." That did it, the rooms reaction was all Artemis need to know that he had ether said something very odd, or something they did not want to hear. "All right!" He clipped. "What is going on? Am I to sit here in utter ignorance? Or are you going to tell me why I have just woken up in a hose I thought I had to myself to find you interrogating me in my own bedroom?" To Artemis further bewilderment Foaly exclaimed,

"It worked! The MudBoy's not crazy anymore!"