A/N:

Cynthia: Okay, a lot of you caught my Doctor Who references. And to clear up any misunderstandings, this will not be a crossover. I have recently gotten addicted to Doctor Who and Sherlock. I just like putting references of things I love into my writing. Okay, here are the references. Martha and Rose were companions to the Tenth Doctor (my personal favorite). Clara was a companion to the Eleventh Doctor and current companion to the Twelfth Doctor. (I love Peter Capaldi as the new doctor.) And when Clara mentions that she has a friend who wants to be ginger is a reference to the Eleventh Doctor, as the Twelfth Doctor hasn't expressed the want to be ginger. Oh, by the way, there's a Sherlock reference. Tell us in the reviews what you think it is. Okay, I talked WAY too long.

XD Well I'll leave it at that since I really don't have anything to say. Comment, suggest, compliment, critique, love, hate, review and enjoy! :) J&Cynthia

Holly walked out of the electronics store only six minutes after she entered. In her hand, she carried a bag. She looked down at it and said out loud, "I can't believe they had something that perfect for Artemis... I wonder who else has to get him something..."

That person was Foaly.

Foaly was, at the time, walking out of a bookstore. He also had a bag in his hand. He laughed and said, "Well, that's one down... Juliet will love this. Now for Artemis's present... But what do you get a billionaire who has pretty much everything?" Then he chuckled evilly, and grew a little blush on his cheeks.

"If it comes down to it... I could always put a bow on Holly the night before and put her in a box..." He was grinning maniacally, and people started to stare because 1, he was grinning like he was going to take over the world, and 2... he was a centaur.

"Nah, I won't do that... Something... a little more... subtle..." He looked around and noticed the people staring at him in astonishment.

"Oh, get a life!" Foaly snapped. "Have you never seen a costume before? No? Well, to clear things up, I'm a Narnia fanatic. So, leave 'lone."

That seemed to stop the staring and gaping.

"Now, subtle. Subtle," said Foaly, thoughtfully. "Aha! Perfect!"

Meanwhile with Butler...

"Now, you're positive Lilac will like this?" Butler asked.

"Of course!" Clara said. "When have women ever misled?"

"Welll-"

"Don't answer!" she said, smiling. "Just go, and good luck."

"Good luck? Oh, yes, with the gift," Butler said.

"Not just that," Clara said mysteriously, eyes twinkling and disappeared back into the shop.

"What did she mean? Could she have-? No! Impossible," Butler said to himself. "Well! Time to start on Foaly."

Butler sighed. "If Lilac wasn't hard, Foaly certainly will be... what do you get a centaur? Our computers aren't nearly as advanced as the LEP's... Artemis should've drawn him. He'd know..."

Meanwhile, Artemis was thinking the same thing. Or, something very similar, at least...

"Now what do I get Butler?" he asked himself while walking on the second floor of the mall. Lilac was next to him. "Let's see... what does he even like?" He thought for a moment, and then sighed. In his head, he thought, I need to get to know him more; right now, I kinda feel like he's just my bodyguard. But he's a friend, too...

Lilac suggested, "Well, everyone likes reading, right? You can just get him a book..."

Artemis nodded and lifted his head up. "Yeah, you're right. Thank you."

Lilac smiled sweetly. "No problem. But..."

Artemis turned his head back to her. "But what?"

She giggled. "I mean, it's not a problem to me, but you're not exactly supposed to state your Secret Santa out loud."

Artemis hissed through his teeth, and ran angrily into the bookstore in front of them. Lilac laughed and chased after him playfully. Little did they know, Butler was entering the opposite side of it at the exact same time...

Artemis was strolling along the rows, looking for book(s) suitable for his bodyguard.

"Hmmmm." Artemis tapped his chin. "So many choices."

With Butler...

"Gah! Why do you have to be so difficult? I swear, Foaly, I will-" Butler stopped his rant when he noticed a medium height man staring at him.

"Sorry," Butler said. "Trying to find a present for someone, very difficult."

"It's fine. I had a row with a machine at a store once," said the man. "Name's J-"

At that moment they heard a crash.

"Uh, better go check that out. Possibly a colleague of mine," said the man, and jogged away.

Butler watched him go, and then looked back at the bookshelf he was facing. He sighed. "He already knows everything... I guess I'll just get him a fiction book like War and Peace or Crime and Punishment, or something like that."

Then he turned to walk away to the fiction section. But when he got to the end of the row of shelves, he saw Artemis close by, a section away. Butler gulped, and stopped in his tracks.

"Artemis...?" he whispered, to himself.

The boy didn't hear him, and then Lilac stepped into view.

"Artemis, you need to hurry. I need to go shopping, too," said Lilac.

Artemis put down the book he was looking at and turned to look at her. "Did it not occur to you that you can look around as well? You do not have to stay with me."

"You're so...cold, Artemis," Butler muttered, watching them.

"Fine. Be haughty, if you want," Lilac said, and starting looking around the shop.

Artemis simply sighed and looked back at the row of books again.

All of sudden, Artemis turned his head and looked at the stack of books Butler was hiding behind. His ice cold blue eyes boring through it, as if he knew Butler was there. Butler took that as his cue to leave that area.

He saw one of the books he had thought of, Crime and Punishment, on the shelf he was hiding behind. Quickly he picked it up, and walked the other way. But then he heard a voice call him back.

"Butler!" said Artemis.

With a guilty expression and attitude, Butler came out of hiding and saw Artemis smirking at him. Butler laughed innocently.

"Oh, hello, Artemis," he said.

Artemis chuckled. "Hiding, were you?"

"Huh? Me? No..."

He nodded towards the book. "What's that?"

Butler held it up to look at it. "Oh, this? It's, it's a book."

Artemis nodded. "Good, Butler. And this is me not amused. Now, what book is it? If you must be so specific ."

Butler looked down at the book. "Umm. Crime and Punishment?"

"Are you sure?" Artemis said.

Butler nodded. "Positive."

"Really?" Artemis arched his right eyebrow. "You don't sound sure."

"Of course I'm sure," said Butler.

Artemis pursued his lips. "If you say so, old friend." And he turned to leave.

"Wait!" Butler called. "Don't you want to know who this is for?"

"I already do," Artemis said, as he walked away.

Butler stared after him, and he saw a slight smirk rising up on Artemis's lips. When his principal had gone out of sight, he looked down at the book, then back up, and he turned around to face the other direction. The cash registers were that way, and he walked away to pay for the book.

Meanwhile, Artemis was going to find Lilac. He saw her in the teen fiction section, and she was reading the back of a book. She looked sucked into it, like nothing else was going on around her.

After a few seconds of observing this, Artemis silently paced over to her side, and tried to look over her shoulder. He thought that she would notice him, or that she had already noticed him.

"What're you reading?" he asked suddenly.

Lilac squeaked, and jumped at least a few feet in the air. She almost dropped the book, too. She landed away from Artemis, and her face was almost as red as her hair.

"S-Sorry..." she gasped. "You just... frightened me..."

Artemis chuckled. Not necessarily a mean chuckle, but an amused one. This was very odd for him; usually the two times when he would ever chuckle, or give out the slightest laugh were when he was announcing one of his brilliant plans or traps, or someone had fallen into one of his brilliant plans or traps. But this time it was about startling a girl while reading a book. A huge change.

Lilac started to calm down, and laughed a tiny bit as well. She was still red, though, and holding the book close to her.

"What's the book?" Artemis asked. "Anything good for the people you drew?"

"No," she said, "I just saw it... and it looked interesting to me..." She smiled. "The name is City of Bones."

"Of course," Artemis said. "Are you still looking for gifts, or are we ready to leave?"

"I suppose so," Lilac said reluctantly. Then she noticed two things that would be perfect for her Secret Santa draws.

Her lips curled into a smile as she said, "I think I found something."