(A/N: Hello! This is my first fanfiction that I have decided to publish, though not the first one I've ever written. This one is set oh, about three months after TLG.

Enjoy!)

Artemis Fowl was three months old.

Well, his body, at any rate. Three months eariler, he had been resurrected following his death at the hands of Opal Koboi. His brain was still trying to get used to this new form, and was having trouble with the hormones it was pumping out.

His body had been created in a cloning device known as the 'Chrysalis', and Foaly had overclocked it to create a fully formed clone in six months, as opposed to two years. Artemis' soul had inhabited the body, but had lost his memories in the process. Three months later, he still had yet to remember.

He had been reintroduced to his family, who the Fairies had been forced to reveal themselves to, because one's son and big brother coming back to life is simply too big of an event to be mesmered away.

Holly especially seemed to want Artemis to regain his memories, and even though Artemis himself (at the moment) was no smarter than the average straight-A High School student, he knew that there was something else there besides a desire. He knew that something had to fuel that desire, and Artemis suspected love.

Enough rambling.

Artemis Fowl was sitting at his desk, reading over his journals and documents for the trillionth time. Specifically, his Last Will and Testament.

The last will and testament of Artemis Fowl the second, being the final wishes of Artemis Fowl in the event of his death at the hands of the pixie Opal Koboi. Should he survive for forty-eight hours after the date of writing, this will becomes null and void and shall have no legal weight in any court, Human or Fairy...

Artemis' eyes always teared up when he read this part, for some reason:

To my friend Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police, I leave the thirty-seven solid gold bars that were the price of her release when I kidnapped her all those years ago...

It was at this moment that Holly herself flew into Artemis' bedroom window, tears threatening to burst from her own eyes. When he noticed her fly in through the light of dusk filtering through the curtains, he quickly wiped his eyes and jumped up from his chair.

"Holly?" he asked. "What are you doing here? You're not supposed to come back until three days from now."

Holly did not answer, instead running across the room and collapsing into Artemis' arms, where now the tears flowed unchecked.

"What's wrong, Holly?" Artemis asked.

"It's - It's Trouble," Holly sobbed into his shoulder.

Artemis suddenly became worried. What had become of the Commander? Was he hurt? Was something wrong? Artemis still did not remember him, but Holly had told him what Trouble was like.

Turns out, Artemis was mistaken. Trouble was not hurt, but there was something terribly wrong with him.

"What about Trouble? What happened?"

"He - he... gods, Artemis, he assaulted me."

Artemis frowned, then held Holly at arms length, inspecting her for any sort of damage, like ripped clothes. He knew that Holly's magic would have already fixed any physical damage Trouble had inflicted on her.

Holly realized what Artemis was doing and shook her head, putting a hand over his. "Not... that kind of assault, Artemis. The other kind."

When Artemis heard this, his face lost whatever color it had, then flushed red with anger. Most unlike Artemis Fowl, but then again, he had never had his best friend sexually assaulted.

"Where is he now?"

Holly dug herself deeper into Artemis' chest. "He's on his way here. He followed me."

Artemis stroked Holly's hair for a moment to calm her down, then stood, stone-faced. Holly still clung to him, so she was lifted as well. He let her off on his bed, then opened his desk drawer and pulled out a Neutrino 2000, one of the ones from the original siege on Fowl Manor. Holly looked at it incredulously.

"You can..." her unspoken question was answered by Artemis' smirk.

"I've learned some things in the several months we've been apart." He paused. "And also realized some very important things too."

Holly was about to ask what Artemis had realized when they both heard a shout outside, and Trouble Kelp flew through Artemis' open window. He seemed not to notice Artemis pointing the Neutrino at him as he ran across the room to Holly.

"Holly, I'm sorry," he said, grabbing Holly's hand. Trouble may have been trying to sound sincere, but Artemis and Holly could both tell that he was lying from the undertone in his voice and the lack of sincerity in his eyes. "I don't know what came over me. I-"

The reason Trouble abruptly stopped talking was because Holly had pulled her hand from his grip and slapped him across the face with all the strength she could muster (which was a lot), and an instant later, a Neutrino bolt fired by Artemis hit him square in the back.

"Bitch," growled Artemis. "I don't like liars, or molesters. And from what just saw and what Holly told me, you fall neatly into both categories."

Trouble groaned from the floor. "That wasn't fair... That was foul play. Fowl play." he gave a dark chuckle at his own joke, then lost consciousness as Artemis wordlessly put another charge in the commander.

"That's what you get for assaulting Holly." he said, his face devoid of expression and his voice dangerously calm.

Holly stood by, awestruck at this new display of pure... un-Artemis-ness. She momentarily worried that he would act the same toward her before she realized that she was his friend (though she hoped that would change), and would never dream of it.

Artemis asked what to do with the Commander, and Holly was struck with a brilliant idea, which when she voiced to Artemis, made him smirk like a little kid who found a way to cheat his parents.

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Five minutes later, Commander Kelp's unconscious body was perched on the windowsill, his wings ready to make an autopilot flight back to Tara. All that Holly needed to do now was to instruct the wings to start their course. This was by far the hardest part, because Holly would have to be wearing the helmet to give it instructions, then she would have to take it off and put it on Commander Kelp in the three-second delay before the wings started.

"Ready?" Artemis asked. He was holding Trouble's legs, just in case the program went awry and started before Holly could get the helmet onto Trouble's head.

Holly gave Artemis a thumbs-up, then said, "Computer. Begin course," into the helmet mic.

Trouble's wings began to hum, and Holly swiftly removed the helmet and jammed it onto the commander's head. One second later, Trouble disappeared as the wings flew him towards Tara. Artemis and Holly took a few moments to laugh at the commander's retreating form.

As soon as the laughter subsided, Holly finally took a good look at Artemis. He had grown his hair out, and his piercing blue eyes were more intense than she remembered. She unconsciously smiled when she saw that he was visibly stronger than when they had last seen each other. Artemis saw this smile and unconsciously copied it.

"What are you smiling about, Captain?"

Holly's smile turned into a smirk. "First of all, it's not 'Captain' anymore, it's 'Major'."

"Congratulations!" Artemis grinned. "What's the second part?"

Holly blushed marginally, but it was enough for Artemis to notice. "I noticed that... you've grown since we last met."

Artemis couldn't keep the smug grin off his face. "I have, haven't I? This... apparently cloned body is something else."

Holly rolled her eyes. "Stop it, Mud Boy."

Holly's mood became much more serious when she suddenly remembered what Artemis had said before Trouble so rudely interrupted. Artemis, again, unconsciously copied this mood.

"You said something earlier," she said. "About how you've 'realized some very important things'. What 'things' did you realize?" Holly had her hopes, but didn't dare voice them, in case Artemis didn't say what she thought he was going to.

Artemis sat on his bed with Holly and looked her dead in the eye. His piercing blue eyes seemed to bore holes straight into her soul.

"I realized, Holly, that I..." He paused, and Holly's heart rate sped up. "I love you."

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Holly merely sat there, stunned. Had those words really come out of Artemis' mouth? Or had that been her own fantasies talking?

"What?" she asked.

"I love you, Holly." Artemis repeated. "Even though I don't remember you at all, I know that there is something about you that's just... right."

As soon as the words left Artemis' mouth the second time, Holly knew for a fact that this was no fantasy. Artemis really did love her. She collapsed into Artemis' arms.

"I love you too, Arty." she said into his shoulder, then drew her head back and kissed him deeply.

What happened next was a surprise for both of them. After a few seconds of passionate kissing, Artemis suddenly jerked in his chair, yelping once in pain. He clamped a hand over his head.

"What - AH!"

Artemis fell out of his chair and whacked his head on the floor. Thoughts and memories flashed through his mind. The ones featuring Holly were the most prominent:

Stay back, Human. You don't know what you're dealing with.

You have no idea what you've done. Bringing the worlds together like this could mean disaster for us all.

Deep beneath the layers of deviousness, you have a spark of decency. Perhaps you should blow on that spark occasionally.

We did it again, Mud Boy. We saved the world, or at least stopped two worlds colliding.

I remember. You saved me.

You know something, Fowl? You did a good thing here. For it's own sake. Not one penny of profit.

Trouble? Landing a crippled aircraft is just a normal Tuesday morning for us, Mud Boy.

Yes. We are your friends.

(A/N: Artemis remembers!

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