A/N: Thank you to Captain Holly Short 16 for being a steady reviewer! It really made my day. And thank you to all my other reviewers! I'm glad you like the story. (On fanfic)

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Artemis Fowl.

Lower Elements

Holly woke up trying to recall the dream she had last night. She knew something bad had happened but every time she seemed on the brink of remembering, she'd forget. Still, the one thing that she could remember about it wasn't good. She could remember feeling uneasy and upset.

Holly pushed the thought away and jumped out of bed. Well, actually she rolled out of bed onto the floor. Holly was not a morning person.

After she had her quick nettle smoothie, Holly quickly made her way to work.

"Good morning Commander." Holly greeted Commander Kelp.

"Hello, Holly. How was the assignment? Anything new going on with Fowl?"

Holly tried to hide her huge grin. What was she supposed to tell him? Yes, Trouble. Fowl has a new girlfriend. Me!

Instead she simply said, "Nothing new sir."

"Good. Bye, Captain Short."

"Bye."

Holly made her way down to Ops booth. She wondered if Foaly already knew. He probably did.

"Holly! How was your trip to Fowl's house? Did you enjoy it?... I think you did" Foaly said with no small amount of smugness.

"Yes. It was nice to catch up with Artemis and Butler."

"Sureeee. You only caught up with them. Nothing of any sort of romance."

"Foaly! How do you even know?"

"Duh. I'm Foaly. I know everything…." And I most certainly know a watered down version of this is going on horse sense…

"Sure. That's why you can't keep Arty from hacking your computers, how Opal trapped you in your own Ops booth, and how the siege failed. Would you like me to continue?"

"Holly! That's no fair! You know… Uh! Anyway… You called him Arty."

"Sooo?"

"Sooo Holly loves her Arty Bear. She loves to snuggle and give it little kisses and all sorts of stuff…"

"Foaly." Holly gave him her best do-you-want-to-be-punched? look. It worked. Then again, when does it not?

"And Foaly? Do not post this on your site. Don't tell everyone. I'll be watching." And with that, Holly left.

Recon elves… So dramatic. Hey! She said don't tell everyone. That means I can tell some people… Who to tell. Who to tell. So many options. So little time to embarrass Holly. Thought Foaly.

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While Foaly was plotting, Holly went to work. She filled out countless e-forms and so many boring things. No surface jobs were even needed. Needless to say, it was a slow day at LEP.

Holly was walking down a corrider when she heard him. "Captain Short! Please get in my office," said Trouble.

"Hello, Trouble" Holly said once she entered the room.

"Holly, is it true?"

"Is what true?" Holly said even though she knew what he was talking about.

"That you are dating the mudman. Is it true?"

"Yes, Commandar." D'arvit! Foaly! I told him not to tell!

"Holly, you know the council won't like this. Why must you continue to jeperdize your career! Can't you ever do something by the rules?" Trouble moaned.

Honestly, it's hard to go by the rules when you don't even know what they are… Holly thought.

"Commander, with all due respect, the council can't intrude on my private life and there is no law or anything in the book about this."

"Not yet, Holly. But soon I except there will be. The council has the power to make laws and they do use it a lot."

"Then I guess I may have a difficult time, but I'm not one to give in. And I won't."

"Alright, Holly, I just hope you know what you are getting yourself into. Bye."

"Bye Trouble."

A/N: Hi. Sorry, this is kinda short too. I'm having a bit of a writers block. I want to make it romance but I don't want it too be just like all the other ones. You know, Council tries to stop them, or trouble tries to stop, or Opal comes and kidnaps Holly and anything cliché. I think I might focus on my blog as Foaly, it is http:/horsesensenotsosecretdotblogspotdotcom . Yes the dots are . but it wont let me write it. So check it out if you want. It is going to be full of funny Haven gossip. I will continue to write this story but maybe updates might be slower.