Ok, so this story is set just after Artemis has had the mind wipe. It's sort of an alternative to the opal deception. Of course it's nowhere NEAR as good as E. Colfers own work, but I enjoy writing it anyway. So... here goes

Disclaimer - i own nothing here. not the characters or anything... Enjoy!

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Holly let out a mournful sigh as she felt the cool air, brush past her skin. She dipped her slender fingers in the gentle waves of the English Channel and felt the chill spread through her, causing tiny blue sparks to flit from her hand. She had always known that this was eventually going to happen. There was really no other alternative.

Artemis Fowl had been a threat to the people for too long. It wasn't that his motives were dangerous to the people. On the contrary he had helped the fairy race evade discovery many times. But the very fact that he knew of their existence kept placing them in jeopardy. Holly knew Artemis Fowl had changed.

He had come so far from the fairy kidnapping days and she couldn't bear to think of the mind wipe returning him to his old self, his cruel self. He and Holly had developed a relationship of sorts and, although she would rather eat dwarf excretions than admit it, she had let herself become quite emotionally attached to the boy.

She had become so accustomed to the name Fowl that the thought of it no longer factoring in her everyday LEP life made her visibly droop. Of course he annoyed her. But the constant bickering and the casually tossed insults made their relationship what it was.

Holly shut off her wings and sat down on the cliffs of Dover, dangling her legs over the edge. Her magic was running low, but her thoughts were far from retaining her shield.

She wondered what effect the mind wipe would have on her mudboy friend. She knew that Mulch, Root, Foaly and herself would no longer feature in his thoughts in any way. He would no longer spar with the notorious dwarf, or speak 'technical talk' with the centaur. He would no longer glower at the orders thrown at him by the commander. And he would no longer remember Captain Holly Short.

The small elf gazed into the sunrise, the sky an explosion of colour. She fiercely wiped a tear from her cheek, telling herself it was spray from the ocean below. Her thoughts wandered to the future of the mudboy. Would he become the cruel teenager he was before? Artemis had learned so much from his time with the people that it made Holly's heart ache to think that the last two years could go to waste.

Artemis would return to the boy he was before, carry on with his human crimes, affecting other human's lives. Although it was no longer anything to do with the people, Holly felt largely responsible for the change in Artemis and would hate to think that they had unleashed the pre-fairy version of the boy back on an unsuspecting earth.

She shook her head impatiently. Maybe it wouldn't affect him that way. Maybe the positive changes would remain even when his fairy memories had faded. Maybe all the influence would have changed his heart rather than his head and that part of him would have escaped the clutches of the fairy mind wipe. Maybe he had left some reminder of the people behind and it was only a matter of time before all the memories came flooding back. Maybe.

But Holly had been one of the fairies to check Fowl Manor herself and Foaly had done his job well. There was nothing left that could trigger residual memories. No tapes, no discs. Nothing.

And Butler. Holly Short had grown very fond of the old bodyguard. He'd had a rough time of it, all on behalf of her people. Protecting her people.

Holly suddenly became angry. She was being stupid. She was a professional and these mudmen should be far from her thoughts by now. She would return to work. She still had Foaly and Root. She would concentrate on her career.

Looking down at her hands she thought about how far she'd come in the last few months. She was still as reckless and impulsive as ever but she liked to think she was a better captain, a better person, and mostly it was because of Artemis.

Artemis Fowl.

She would have to learn to forget. She charged up her wings and sped back below ground. Back to haven and her old life, her mudman free life.

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wow, first chapter done. Hope you liked :) its short i know, i havnt got on to writing long chapters yet. So if you liked, please review. If you can think of improvements, would love to hear from you. cheers.