Here's Chapter 18! Yay! I'll be able to write lots in the coming days because I have to get surgery on my mouth on Wednesday the 28th. Wah! Trying to keep from having a heart attack. Reviews make scared people happy...hint hint.

Butler was pacing the room, thinking.

"Do any of your fairy friends know you're here? Could you call them in?"

Holly didn't glance up from Artemis's face. "They won't get here in time," she muttered, closing Artemis's eyes so his face didn't wear such a shocked, pained expression. "Butler, what have I done?"

"You've killed him is what," Butler said, struggling to keep his composure.

He stopped pacing and just stood with his back to Holly and Artemis. There was nothing he could do. He felt so helpless. Holly didn't have enough magic to complete the healing…he should have never let her in the Manor in the first place. It was all her fault.

Then a small voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Is Daddy dead?"

Butler whirled around to see Finn standing in what remained of the door, looking curiously at Artemis. "And who's that girl?" he asked, pointing at Holly.

Holly spared a second to glance at Finn. The boy looked scared, his blue eyes wide. Then a thought penetrated her head. He had magic! Why didn't she think of it before? Just hopefully he had enough…

She set Artemis's head down on the carpet again. "Finn?" she said before Butler could answer him.

"Who are you?" Finn asked. "What did you do to my daddy? Did you hurt him?" The accusation in the boy's eyes hurt Holly, but she knew that if she was in his place, she wouldn't think or say anything different.

"My name is Holly," she said quietly, through tears. "I-I'm a fairy."

Finn gasped. "You're the fairy that Daddy kidnapped. Why are you here? Daddy said that the fairies didn't want to see him anymore."

Holly blinked. Why had Artemis said that? It didn't matter right now.

"Finn, I need you to do me a favor."

Finn narrowed his eyes and looked at Butler. He nodded once. Finn stepped gingerly around the splintered door and over to Holly.

"What?"

"Do you remember the blue sparks that healed your cuts?"

Finn nodded. "Yes."

"Well, I need you to call those blue sparks back," Holly told him, making sure he understood. "Your Daddy is hurt and you can fix him with your blue sparks. Otherwise, he's going to go from here and never come back." Her voice cracked on the last few words. She knew that Artemis would most probably die before her, but not this way, not because of her and what she had said. She desperately hoped that Finn had enough magic…

Finn nodded. He closed his eyes and concentrated on bringing back the blue sparks to fix his daddy. He felt them well up inside him, ready to burst out. He took a deep breath, then, without even thinking about it, whispered, "Heal."

The sparks wreathed around his fingers and flowed down to Artemis's body like a stream of light, absorbing into the skin at his neck, stitching together bone.

Holly held a bated breath. It had to work. There was nothing for her if there wasn't Artemis. She could believe she had even said that stuff and she wanted desperately for him to forgive her. Artemis must have felt this way when he had lied to her all those years ago. Maybe she had been wrong to be so mad at him…

Artemis's body suddenly arched, the magic having done its work. All his joints moved, making sure that everything was in proper working order. After his brain had run a systems check, his body relaxed. His breathing deepened again and when Holly put a hand on his chest, his heart beat was strong. Finn's magic had done its work.

The boy still sat beside his father, but he stared at his hands before looking up at Holly. "It's all gone."

She shook her head, her voice giddy with relief. "Not permanently." She pushed some hair out of Artemis's face.

"Artemis, can you hear me?"

Artemis groaned, bringing one hand to his head before opening his eyes slightly. "What happened?"

Holly laughed, an overwhelming joy filling her. He was alright! He'd been healed again, by their son no less. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she hugged Artemis.

"I take it all back Artemis. I didn't mean it. I would never do that to you." She pulled back so she could see his face.

Artemis winced. "Hang on. Could someone go get me some aspirin?"

Butler nodded and left the room to get his charge some painkiller.

Then Artemis noticed Finn. He looked from him to Holly and back. "Ok Holly, now you really need to explain to me what happened." He pushed himself into a sitting position after Holly released him.