'A faeid? You mean a fairy/human hybrid? I've heard of them but never thought that one actually existed.' Artemis stared in shock. Well he wasn't especially surprised, there was always something otherworldly about her, he was just wondering why he hadn't thought about it before. 'So does that mean that you've only acquired your intelligence because of your fairy blood?' Vanessa looked troubled, 'no, not at all. In fact I'm still a lot brighter than other fairies.' It sounded truthful but with the face she was pulling Artemis highly doubted that it was what it sounded like. 'I'm sorry,' her face now back to normal, 'I just don't like other people finding out. They look at me like I'm some sort of monster, which I guess I a-' 'no you aren't' interjected Artemis, 'you're just unique, that's all.' He reassured her. She smiled gratefully, 'Thanks Artemis.' And for some reason those word made his heart beat happily. He shook his head mentally, willing his heart to come down. 'Well then, what's Root doing here?'
Once they had returned inside the commander had explained that since Vanessa was the only faeid in existence, it was decided by the council that she was to be checked on from time to time and make sure that she was not in any trouble. In fact there had been other ones but they had all been born stillborn because their body had not been able to control the mix of human and fairy bool coursing through their veins. After Root had made sure everything was fine, although he was wary of her company with Artemis, left in a few minutes.
Artemis then turned back to Vanessa, 'So, what sort of magic can you do?' he asked, his voice full of curiosity. 'Well aren't you the inquisitive one,' she said teasingly. 'I can do everything an elf can (mesmering, healing etc.) since my mother was one, and, as you saw before, can prevent objects from moving. But that's all really; the only thing I inherited from my father is that I look like a normal human, albeit being rather small.' The fact that she was a fairy and human hybrid pretty much explained everything: why he had never heard of her, how she knew so much about him and even the endless depth of her eyes. 'Now I know I can trust you.' He smiled, 'I look forward to properly working with you.'
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Not weeks later the pair had found made an alarming discovery. Ever since it was revealed that Vanessa was a faeid, she was getting more and more interested in the work of her father. 'He was a scientist and explorer and I guess that's how he found the existence of the fairies, he never revealed them though, knowing that the consequence would most likely be a war. But one day he found a mysterious current in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the change was so small that it wasn't registered but upon closer inspection it seemed that there was something there. Not many people believed this though and just passed him off as crazy but the ones that did arranged an expedition. However, on the way there all of them died in some mysterious accident and no one ever thought anything of it. But before they went my father did some research and wrote it all down in this.' She showed Artemis a leathery notebook. 'On this page it says "The island, first mentioned by Plato in his dialogue Timaeus and Critias, was said to be in the exact position this abnormal current…" you know what this means don't you?' Artemis certainly did, an island mentioned by Plato in his dialogue Timaeus and Critias could only mean one thing. 'Your father may have discovered the location of Atlantis, the legendary island that disappeared in a day.'
A/n: What do you think? Atlantis huh, you weren't expecting that were you? I always loved the myth of Atlantis and I had some trouble thinking of a plot for this story so I thought about putting the two together. Not sure if I should continue with this though, so if you like it, make sure to take 1 minute of your life and maybe even click the follow button? Thank you!