Disclaimer: Artemis Fowl and original characters of the series belong to Eoin Colfer but the this fan-fiction's plot and non-related original AF characters belong to me.

Before Your Reading Commences: I am only able to upload chapters quickly for DES because I have a lot of chapters typed up already and a lot as in fifteen chapters right now. -nods- Anyways, since I do not wish to overwhelm you all, I will try to have about two chapters submitted a day...depending on how fast you all read that is. Oh, I hope Poppy is to your liking even though she is kind of Mary Sue-ish but I am trying my best to correct her...which is proving to not be the easiest task in the world but I'll do what I can for her.

Bad Blood

Downtown Haven, Spud's Spud Emporium

LEP field helmet stowed beneath an arm, Captain Holly Short strolls into Spud's Spud Emporium with heavy steps and a weary expression on her pretty face. What is the elfin captain's reason for being in such a glum state of existence at this point in time? Two words; Poppy Loblolly, the lieutenant that Holly got paired up with as a field-mission buddy all thanks to Commander Kelp.

She knows once she locates the adolescent elf that she will scold her for abandoning her to enjoy her break with more comfortable company.

Holly spots her buddy sitting in a bench sit near a window in the fast-food joint but she is devoid of any fast-food because Spud's Spud Emporium's burgers, fries, and shakes leave something to be desired.

Poppy was expecting her superior's arrival since both elves were issued wrist locators that inform each individual of their buddy's exact location (an invention of Foaly's) and that is how Holly knew where to find the lieutenant.

"That was a very immature move Captain," Poppy snaps while Holly sits on the opposite side of her at the rectangular-shaped table. She obviously meant about Holly having left her to have some fun.

Holly merely sighs, trying to allow Artemis's words about giving Poppy the benefit of the doubt to be drilled into her mind.

"I am surprised you did not abandon your wrist locator as well, I know where you were, at Fowl Manor. Are you trying to have your acorns ripped straight off from your lapel Captain?"

"D'arvit, who is she to talk about acorns? She barely has any as it is and what is her grudge against Artemis and his family? What's with the bad blood? They are on good terms with the People these days." Holly thinks to herself, trying to keep her calm composure while being bested by some teenager.

"Are you even listening to me Captain Short?" Lieutenant Loblolly asks in a strained voice, her golden honey eyes flashing with annoyance. Yes, golden honey eyes and that one physical appearance trait of Poppy is not the only one that is nontraditional among elves; she also has tawny brown hair which had to be cut short and cropped for her career in the LEP and an olive skin tone.

"If this is about me having had abandoned you Lieutenant Loblolly, I only left you on our break. Surely we do not have to be stitched at the side while on break, Commander Kelp never mentioned that we had to be." Holly replies gently, not wishing to have any conflict with her buddy today.

"Neither did he say that we couldn't be Captain, I do not wish to be harsh with you whenever you step out of line but I just want us to be the best that we can be and the only way for us to be that way is to follow the Commander's orders perfectly." Poppy explains and Holly cannot help but to believe her because of her sincere tone and the pleading look in her eyes.

Holly might be over thinking things but at times like these, when Poppy's personality does a flip, she sometimes believes that the golden-eyed elf has well…two personalities; one personality being selfless and sweet and the other one being a controlling perfectionist.

If only Holly were over thinking matters, if Poppy's dual personality was only a figment of her imagination then the life of her friends and her own life would not be in danger, a danger slowly working its way up as life continues at an average way for Holly and her loved ones, for now anyways.