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Holly woke up in Artemis's arms. For a while she just stayed there, feeling his warm embrace. She was too scared to move, to try to see that her arms had regained circulation. She didn't want to wake up the sleeping form of Artemis next to her. Then she realized something:

She felt safe.

Safe in her enemy's arms.

No, not enemy. Not anymore. She was safe with him, he didn't want to hurt her anymore.

She looked at him, he looked so peaceful, not something she would really ever describe him as.

She felt a pang of guilt hit her. This boy had lost everything. His mother, his father all at once. It wasn't fair. He didn't deserve this.

Then she realized. The lemur he stole when he was younger...it must have been to help his mother and father.

Oh, she was terrible.

She felt so much guilt, sadness, and sympathy for the young boy that she felt as though she were to cry, to weep out of existence.

Suddenly he stirred, opening his eyes. There were a few moments of silence before he realized he was still holding her.

"Oh, I'm sorry Holly." He said, starting to unwrap himself from her.

"No don't." She quickly said, shivering from the sudden coldness hitting her. "Please don't Artemis."

He heard the quivering in her voice and decided that she was still upset. He held her again, whispering comforts in her ear, but they only made her cry worse.

Soon, she was beyond comprehension, to the point where Artemis couldn't understand what she was saying and trembling so much Artemis thought she was having a stroke at first.

But she wasn't. She was just upset, upset at herself. The past few days had been terrible for her. What with the suicide attempt, and being so terrible to the main person that knew she was alive.

"Holly, if you don't stop, I am going to have to assume the worst and that you are going to become suicidal again. Thus tying your arms back up."

Holly shuddered involuntary, there was the cold voice, warning her once again. Artemis confused her so much. But then again, he had a right to be cold in the hottest pit of hell.

Holly pulled away from Artemis, wiping away her tears with sore arms. She looked over at her window, then at Artemis. Her eyes pleading.

Artemis sat up on the bed, knowing what Holly wanted. He sighed, and nodded. "Go ahead."

Holly's face lit up silently as she went to her window. She sat down and stared through it like the first time he let her sit there.

Artemis got up, going to sit down next to her. They were quiet for a while, both of them just looking out the window.

Artemis had looked out this window for the past 12 years. He had loved looking through it because it had so much scenery from around the manor. But now, he realized that that beautiful scenery had always been incomplete. Sitting beside Holly, it felt complete, he felt whole.

Artemis stood up, shaking his head. It was spinning with emotion. She was so much older than he in elf years.

But in human years, it would only take about a decade to catch up with her.

Impossible, he couldn't like her! She was his prisoner! His hostage!

No...his guest.

His friend.

His could-be lover.

Artemis felt like a mess, he was only 12 years old! He should be starting puberty years from now! He shook the feelings away, pushing them down.

He composed himself, daring his mind not to stare at her face like a fool.

"Holly, you do realize that you can not, and will not, go in the training room. I'm sorry, but I think that after what happened we can not risk that anymore."

Holly snapped back to reality. "Oh, yes." She nodded, smiling with a hint of sadness. But it was mostly out of understanding. "I get it. I'm fine Artemis. But if you want to make sure, I suppose I can wait a while until you reach the conclusion that I am not suicidal anymore."

"Well then. I suppose you and your...uh, window," Holly smiled at that, "have some catching up to do, so I will be back later."

Artemis was about to turn and leave, but Holly stood up, taking one more glance at the window before turning to him.

"Actually, may I go and talk to Butler?"

Artemis sighed of relief, the window phase was over finally. "Of course Holly, you are a guest. Like I have said, no going near Windows or main doors outside of this room."

Holly nodded, and she left the room, going to talk to Butler. She went a different way from Artemis, and was about to go down the staircase when she got an idea.

She looked around, making sure Artemis wasn't secretly watching her. She snuck to the stairs that went up, she took the first step, flinching when it creaked. She quietly went up the rest of the steps, occasionally looking over her shoulder to make sure that Artemis wasn't there.

She opened the attic door, one thought going through her head:

'I can help her, I can heal her.'

She inched over to the bed, where a sleeping Mrs. Fowl was. She put her hands up, ready to let her magic take its course, when a hand came from behind her and grabbed her hand. The other going around her mouth.

She looked up to see Artemis looking her. She was scared, the last time she was up here she was tortured to the brink of death.

But Artemis's eyes were soft, her knelt down so he was next to Holly and so he could whisper in her ear.

"Don't Holly." He said, "I can't..." He trailed off, sadness folding over him.

She didn't say anything, the couldn't. Not with his hand over her mouth. Suddenly Mrs. Fowl woke up, and that hand on her mouth disappeared. It placed itself on her shoulder, pushing her in back of him so the older woman wouldn't see her.

"Mother?" Artemis asked tentatively.

Mrs. Fowl's eyes were sharp and awake all of a sudden. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Artemis choked on her words, but composed himself quickly, "Its Artemis mother, your son."

"I don't have a son. Now if you would please leave, my husband should be back soon and he is a very important person."

"Please, mother. Don't do this." Artemis pleaded her to remember, pushing Holly to the door.

"Get out!" She screamed. She grabbed a vase on the bedside table, throwing it in his direction. Artemis put his arm up, and the glass vase broke on that, shattering to a thousand pieces. Some flew against his skin and cut him, blood running down his arm.

Holly was frozen in place, she couldn't believe what was happening. She didn't know what to do until Artemis pushed her, more than lightly, towards the door.

"Go!" He cried. Mrs. Fowl already picking up another object to throw at "The Stranger."

Holly and Artemis exited the room, breathing heavily. Holly was so scared and confused she was on the brink of crying again.

They went down the stairs and sat at the bottom step, just sitting there. It was Holly that spoke first.

"Why..." She started shakily, "Why wouldn't you let me heal her?"

Artemis shook his head, "it's not that I don't want her to heal. I am just afraid of the consequences. What if it doesn't work, or that she would not approve of my actions for the last few years."

"And why you have an elf in the house." Holly added, calming down.

Artemis chuckled and nodded, "Yes that too."

Holly glanced back at the door upstairs. "It's gotten really bad Artemis." She put her hands up and started to heal Artemis's bleeding arm.

Artemis closed his eyes, "I know. Most of the time, she believes I'm me, but sometimes she believes I am stranger, or my grandfather."

"Grandfather?" She asked, bewildered. She threw Artemis a look.

"Yes, apparently I have a 12 year old grandfather." Artemis joked.

Holly laughed, but then realized something, "That was actually a joke. From Artemis Fowl the second." The elf smirked, "Who are you and what have you done to the real Artemis?"

Artemis chuckled, "He's in the basement. Despite what you think, I'm not inhumane Holly."

"You just pretend you are." Holly concluded.

Artemis changed the subject. "So," he said, standing up. "You still want to go talk to Butler?"

Holly nodded, taking the boy's outstretched hand. He led her to the kitchen and left, letting the elf talk to him by herself.

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