IMPORTANT A/N

Ok, so...if you have been reading the reviews, I have been having some issues with a certain reviewer who is personally attacking me. I don't usually take these things to heart, but this one person is different. This person is ATTACKING ME.

There is only one thing I want to say to this person: MY DOG CAN SPELL BETTER THAN YOU!

And it is a guest, so I suppose I can take it down, but for you to understand why is said that in the previous paragraph, I'm leaving it up.

So anyway, I have one more message. And this one goes out to Ru Dorogan...: TRUST ME!

Let's get on our way, shall we?

The next three days went by slowly. Juliet kept on squealing about Valentine's day, so Artemis didn't think it was best to tell her that Holly's birthday was on the same day.

Holly mostly spent those three days in her room after she woke up. She went to the tunnel door in her room and found that it was locked. She rolled her eyes and went by the window, seeing the snow fall onto the ground.

Artemis explained his plan to Butler, and he readily agreed, glad that Artemis was actually going to do this.

Then the plan went into action.

The morning of Valentine's Day, Butler went into Holly's room to find her sound asleep. He smiled a bit, but it quickly went away when he remembered his instructions.

When Butler sat on the edge of the bed, Holly was immediately awake. Her eyes were wide, and her breath hitched until she realized that it was just Butler.

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"Don't say it, Butler." She muttered, burying her head into the pillows.

"Say what?" He asked, playing his part to be surprised over what she was saying.

"Oh, yeah right. Like Artemis hasn't told you." Her voice was muffled a bit.

"Artemis hasn't told me anything Holly." He said, feeling guilty about lying.

She lifted herself from the pillows, turning over to look at the manservant. "H-he hasn't?" She asked curiously.

Butler shook his head.

"Hmpf. Maybe it is possible to trust him with a secret after all."

"Holly, what are you talking about?" He asked, eyebrow raised. "What secret?"

"Oh, nothing," Holly said with a wave of her hand. "Now, not to be rude or anything, but why are you here?"

Butler shook his head and chuckled, "I can't just come in for a normal conversation?"

"Nope. Usually there's something behind all these talks." She narrowed her eyes, "Artemis sent you, didn't he?"

"No. I just thought you might be cold today, so I brought you these." He held up Brown sweat pants and a dark green sweat shirt.

"Oh, umm thanks." Holly blushed, embarrassed she was so rude to him.

"No problem. Do you want anything to eat? You haven't eaten since-"

"Since Root was here, I know. I just don't want to run into Artemis."

Butler nodded like he understood perfectly. "I could bring it up here, if you want me too."

Holly nodded distracted. She had to admit, it was colder than it had ever been. She had been here since the week of Christmas, making it probably more than two months since she had been held here.

"Holly? Hello? Earth to Holly!" He said, waving his hand in front of her face. She blinked a few times, shocked.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine. I was just thinking."

Butler nodded, his eyebrows raised and his mouth a grim slash. He then smiled and shook his head, chuckling. "I'll be right back with breakfast."

Holly nodded, and Butler got up and exited the room. Holly stared at the clothes that he left for a minute before shrugging and putting them on.

Butler went down the stairs, turning to the kitchen to where Artemis was waiting. "Well?" The teenager asked.

Butler nodded, "She bought it."

Artemis smirked, "Good. And she doesn't suspect a thing?"

"No sir." Butler replied.

"Excellent..." He trailed off, heading to the counter where Butler had set the food he knew Holly would want before he went up to her room.

"Are you sure this is the nest idea sir?"

Artemis turned and looked at him, a vampire smirk forming on his face. "If we were to do this without this exact part of the plan, someone could get hurt by her. I can't risk that."

"Yes sir." Butler replied, turning around and going back to Holly's room with her food. He knocked to make sure she was dressed, and when she said it was ok, he entered the room.

Holly was sitting at the window, staring out it and into the falling snow.

Butler went to her and handed over the plate. She sat it next to her, and looked up at him, smiling.

"Well, I better leave you to that. You know where to find me." Butler said, smiling back.

Holly nodded silently and Butler left the room.

Artemis was waiting in the hallway, and he immediately knew something was wrong when he looked at Butler's face.

"What happened." He stated, not even bothering to put it in question form, because he knew something was off.

"She was staring out that window again. I thought you said she was over that."

Artemis walked to the left, going to his study. He motioned for Butler to follow him. When they reached it, the genius closed the door and turned to Butler.

"I didn't want Holly to overhear us. Our conversation out in the hall had enough information for her to catch on to us."

Butler nodded, and Artemis reentered their conversation about the window.

"As for your concern about Holly, tonight will remedy that."

Butler nodded, "What if you are wrong, and Holly still wants to hurt herself after everything."

Artemis gave him a skeptical look, "When have I been wrong?"

Butler chuckled, "When it comes between you and and a certain elf, anything is possible."

Artemis gave a heart-piercing glare to Butler before the manservant shook his head.

"May I go sir?" He asked.

"Of course." Artemis replied, gesturing to the door.

Night came, and all Holly did was sit by her window. She wasn't visited again after Butler left with the food, but Holly ate it anyway.

An hour after she ate, her stomach started to hurt, after a while it went away, only to be replaced by a headache.

She looked back at the bowl, could there be meat in oatmeal? Did Butler put egg or wine in it? Holly shook her head, he wouldn't do that to her, he knew better.

Holly got up, ready to go and see if Butler or even- Frond forbid -Artemis could do something. But she suddenly felt dizzy. So dizzy and woozy that instead of going to the door, she went back to bed. The last thing Holly saw before slipping into unconsciousness was the Sun setting from her window.

When Holly came to, she wasn't in her bedroom. At least she didn't think she was, She couldn't see a thing from a blindfold being tightly tied over her eyes. She tried to take it off, but couldn't move her hands from behind her back.

She struggled, her breathing becoming faster as she did so. She could feel that she was lying on something hard, but she couldn't see anything still. Then she heard a voice in front of her, so close she could feel the breath on her face.

"Hello Holly." An icy voice told her.

"Artemis? Wh-what's going on?"

"What do you think is going on?"

Holly's words came out short and gasped as she replied, "You're not going to torture me again, are you?

She felt hands on her arms as he pulled her up, making her sit up. Then she felt lips by her ear, "You'll see."

Then her blindfold shifted, leaving her eyes to hang around her neck. Holly gasped.

The sight was magnificent, Artemis was sitting beside her and there were snow topped hedges on both sides of them as they sat on a bench facing the horizon.

"Happy Birthday." Artemis said.

"Wow." Holly breathed. She breathed in the cold afternoon air. She managed to stand up with her hand tied behind her back and took a few steps through the snow before turning to Artemis.

"Why did you drug me?" She said, anger rising as she realized the fact it was him who knocked her out in the first place.

Artemis sighed, and gestured to the scene around them, "This was suppose to be a surprise. I didn't think you would let me blindfold you without you breaking something...or someone."

"Well what ever you did, you made me sick Artemis."

The genius looked down, "I apologize for that. It was my own concoction. The poison is Suppose to leave no traces except make you drowsy, making the victim unconscious for a maximum of ten minutes."

Holly shook her head in disgust.

"It might have made you sick because I haven't tested it on any fairies lately." He paused, "Either way...I feel as though I should make it up to you."

He walked up to her so he was standing behind Holly, and again, so close that she could feel his warm breath on her neck.

Then she heard a click. A very familiar click. The pocket knife he always carried with him. She gasped and tried to move away from him, but he grabbed her arm.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked, pulling her back to him.

Holly laughed bitterly, her eyes widened with fear. "So this was your plan all along? To give me what I want most and then kill me? That's low, even for you."

Holly looked back to see a confused look set upon Artemis's face. "What? No! Of course I'm not going to kill you! You didn't even do anything! No! I was just going to untie you." He cut the ropes on her hands. "See?"

Holly turned around to face him, rubbing her wrists. She was surprised that Artemis actually trusted her to not run away. But in truth, Butler was on top of Fowl manor with a sniper gun filled with knockout darts trained on them."Oh, ummm...thanks."

"Yes." He said, laying a hand in her shoulder. "You're freezing Holly!" He said, taking his hand back and unbuttoning his jacket. "

He scoffed, "I guess I wasn't thinking, not bringing a coat out for you. Why didn't you tell me?" He held out the jacket.

Holly eyed it skeptically, shaking her head.

"Holly, you are going to freeze." Artemis chided. She just shrugged and looked around.

Artemis sighed and draped it around her her shoulders nonetheless. She depose for a,second unsure if she should take it off or not, but decided not to due to the fact that the sweat shirt and pants weren't enough to keep the cold air out. "Are you sure? It's freezing out here."

Artemis just shrugged. "I'm Irish."

Holly let her hardened composure slip and felt a small smile form across her face. They both went back to the branch and sat there for a while, looking out into the sunset. But soon, the sun disappeared, and The night returned. The couple just sat there, not saying anything. That was until Artemis broke the silence.

"Happy Birthday." He said, for the second time that day.

"Happy Valentine's Day." Holly said sarcastically.

That was when Holly felt her hand wrapped in something warm. "Yes, Yes it is." She looked down to see him holding her hand and back up to see Artemis looking at her.

She gazed into his eyes, and only saw happiness She looked into his smile and only saw warmth. She looked into his soul and only saw hope.

"I think I'm too young to feel this way Holly, but I do. And I know that I'm too young to do what I'm about to do, but I'm going to do it."

Holly just sat there and stared at him as he bent his head down slowly, his face getting closer and closer to hers. The elf's brain told her that this,was wrong, that he was too young and that she was too old. But her heart told her otherwise.

They were only millimeters apart, their breaths beginning to get faster and faster as they knew what was approaching and then Artemis knew he had to close that gap. He closed his eyes and-

"What in Fronds name do you think you are doing mud boy?!" He heard a shout come from in front of them.

Artemis sighed as he pulled away from Holly, looking up to see a very red faced and angry little man.

So, anyway...hope you liked it! And I know it's alot to ask, but 650? I have my Halloween special out and I only have half of it done...I HATE DUE DATES!