AUTHOR'S NOTES
Hello. This is my first fanfiction (ever), and I thank you for taking the time to read it. It certainly was fun to write.
A little bit of background information. When I finished The Last Guardian two years ago, I felt...incomplete. In terms of the overall story, The Last Guardian was, in fact, an excellent ending to a spectacular series. However, there was one thing left unresolved: the Artemis/Holly romance.
Now some may say that me saying the romance was unresolved makes me a shipper (and, by definition, it does). But hear me out; from The Arctic Incident onwards, we saw Artemis as a teenage boy struggling with hormones - something that anyone can identify with. This was strengthened in The Lost Colony, where Artemis himself recognizes the ill-timed infatuations that strike him from time to time. However, it was in The Time Paradox, when Holly kissed Artemis, that the romantic side of the series became truly interesting.
In The Atlantis Complex, the romance was revisited in a somewhat unusual light, where Orion played the part of Artemis without guilt. Orion's carefree attitude and constant declarations of love to Holly indicated a very strong affection from Artemis, and as we know teenage Holly did have feelings for him.
Unfortunately, The Last Guardian left these tensions unresolved, apart from a single paragraph ("Artemis looked at Holly then and felt a tremendous affection for her. He wished that he could loop the past ten seconds and study it at a less stressful time so he could properly appreciate how fierce and beautiful his best friend was. Holly never seemed so vital as when she was balancing on the fine line between life and death. Her eyes shone and her wit was sharp. Whereas others would fall apart or withdraw, Holly attacked the situation with a vigor that made her glow. She is truly magical, thought Artemis. Perhaps her qualities are more obvious to me now that I have decided to sacrifice myself."). Even so, this could be interpreted as simply someone admiring a very close friend.
But I digress. The point of this story was to resolve the romantic tensions between Artemis and Holly. I never found what happened in between them to be truly satisfying, so I wrote my own story to fill in the blanks. Set between the seventh and eighth books, there are references from all over the Artemis Fowl canon, including one or two things that happen in The Last Guardian. I created a few characters to fit my needs, but they are mainly one-offs that hold little influence in the overall story.
To do this, I had the entirety of the Artemis Fowl series on my laptop. My intention was to copy Eoin Colfer's style to make the story feel integrated, and I personally believe I have it nailed to a 70-80% accuracy. I've even copied the formatting from the seventh and eighth books, but does not allow it. If you would like to see the story in its original format, let me know.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Artemis Fowl, its plot, or its characters in any way. They are the work of Eoin Colfer. I only own this story, this story's plot, and a handful of characters based on the world created by Eoin Colfer.
Also, I know the guidelines say not to include author notes, but I didn't want to include them in the actual story text, lest it interrupt the flow. If the admins want me to remove this, I will, but for now it will stay where it is.
September 6 update:
So it has been a week since I finished Dull Moments (which still needs a better title). I didn't really want to leave it quite yet, so I decided to read it again.
Am I glad I did.
In my rush to get this story off of my chest and into cyberspace (combined with my natural lackadaisical nature and the fact that it was midnight when I finished it), I completely forgot to revise and edit the story. As I write this, I have just finished going through Chapter 1, changing a few words and fixing a minor problem where ate some of my text. I've also decided to include notes for each individual chapter, just explaining my word choice or pointing out allusions that you may or may not have noticed. In any case, thank you once again for reading, and I look forward to writing more about Artemis Fowl.
September 24 update:
Wow, I started work on this a month ago?
I sent my original draft to a friend to read, and she returned it saying there were a few typos. That really disturbed me, because I like to leave my projects as perfectly done as possible. The fact that I made some typos meant I had to come back and look for them. As I write this, though, I haven't found them yet.
And here's why.
I realized that some parts of the story are a little unrefined and rough around the edges. I've been spending the last five, ten minutes rewriting some parts of chapter 1 (nothing major; just a line there, a phrase there), trying to make it flow better. Eventually I'll get to the other chapters, but that'll be after I finish my school project.
Anyway, if you're new to my work (I'm new to my work; I only started writing like this a month ago), please check out my other pieces. As of right now there is only one other major piece (in progress) and one short story (a little cheesy). But, whatever. FanFiction's slogan is "Unleash your imagination", and I plan on doing just that.