Wow, this seems to be the last chapter! I'm sad to see this one closing, but I am glad that I finished it finally. Thank you to all of my readers, especially the ones who took the time to review... enjoy!

Artemis looked around him at the destruction that had come upon the castle. People were sitting around talking to one another with the tones of people who were tired and happy, and they were. Voldemort had just disintegrated by the hand of Harry Potter, and the Death Eaters had fled. The world had been saved from the wrath of Tom Marvolo Riddle, and now people were resting from the battle.

When Harry had first killed Voldemort there had been a great celebration. People had run out to congratulate him, surrounding the Boy Who Lived, cheering, jumping, and hugging him. It was a magical moment, and the sheer joy coming from the place could have powered a muggle power station.

Artemis had stood off to the side, watching the celebration with a small smile on his face. Lupin and Tonks went up to Harry, both congratulating him. Fred and George were laughing loudly and making faces at one another near the edge of the crowd. Artemis felt joy at his accomplishment; he had succeeded with no repercussions thus far. The people he had saved were living and celebrating with everybody else.

Holly stood next to Artemis, her shoulder brushing his arm. "You did a good thing, Artemis," she said softly.

"I am just glad that it worked the way I planned it to. So many things could have gone wrong," he responded.

"You know, Artemis," Holly began. "When you had told me you were coming here to tamper with things I thought you were going to do something dastardly."

"Dastardly? Really, Holly?" Artemis said, faking a hurt voice.

Holly just chuckled. "You amaze me all the time," she said, her voice quieting again. They continued to watch the wizards in silence.

Artemis looked up at the castle and saw something that he wasn't positive was really there. Snape was standing in the astronomy tower watching just like Artemis was, keeping out of sight. He caught his eye and Snape nodded. Black smoke, and then he was gone.

Artemis knew that this chapter had closed. He would go back to Ireland and resume his normal life, maybe with a little more knowledge than when he had left it, but that was how it always worked, wasn't it? Maybe he would be safer from danger now that he knew his own magic. Maybe, but probably not. Fairies were immune to human magic, so any murderous pixies that wanted to kill him would continue their plans without caring that Artemis had new magic.

He sighed and walked inside the castle with the others as they decided to go in, Holly right beside him. So much had happened that nobody was paying any attention to Holly. They had suffered so much trauma that one little elf that happened to look a little different wasn't any matter to them.

"I guess this is the end," Holly said a little sadly.

"Yes, but only to this little adventure. I'm sure there will be more," Artemis responded. Of course there would be more.

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Snape looked over the celebration from a place that somebody would have to look hard to spot him. There was a large decision ahead of him. He could show people that he was still alive, and of course he would be painted in a hero's light because of his actions. That was not something that seemed appealing to him. He had not acted like a hero. He had merely protected the youth of the person he loved. It had not been for the boy at all.

Snape decided he was not ready to face any of the people who knew him. It would be awkward talking to Potter after exposing himself and all of his memories to the boy. What would they say to one another? They had gone through life hating each other, and that would not be turned around easily. No, best to keep to the shadows and stay in hiding.

The Fowl boy spotted him in the tower and caught his eye. Snape nodded to him, not knowing what to think of the boy. He had saved his life, and somehow he knew everything that was going to happen. He knew that Snape was in love with Lily Potter, and the boy had magic that had healed the horrible snake bites. Fowl was an interesting character.

Severus Snape sighed and disapparated, knowing in his heart that he would probably never see Hogwarts again. It was a bittersweet moment. Of course, Snape's life had been full of those, more bitter and horrid than sweet, but at least he was living. And he owed that fact to Artemis Fowl II. Somehow he would repay the boy, but for now he just wanted get away from the place that had held him ensnared for so long. He was finally completely free of all burdens and promises. Nobody was his master, and nobody was giving him directions. There were no plots to kill anybody to pretend allegiance to somebody else. No more triple-agent business. It was kind of nice. A very large chapter was closing, and Snape had no idea what came next.

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