Artemis woke the next morning excited for the day ahead; it was his first day in Haven without there being a crisis. He would also be able to see what it was like being an elf.

Right now, all his senses felt heightened and he couldn't imagine what the traffic in some cities on the surface was like for the fairies. It must be murder!

"Morning Arty," said Holly as she leaned against the doorframe. "How did you sleep?"

"Great, best I've had in ages," he responded with a smile as he got out of bed. Last night, they had settled in and some elven clothes had been delivered to Holly's apartment.

"Good to hear it," she smiled back, "Now get dressed, I've got a surprise for you."

"Holly," Artemis started, "you know I don't like surprises."

She kissed him, which totally shattered his argument, and said, "Too bad," as she walked out of the room and down the hall, so that he could change.

An hour later, Artemis, Holly and Butler were at LEP headquarters. The two Mud Men were anxiously awaiting Holly's surprise for them.

"Holly, when do we get the surprise?" Artemis knew he sounded like a little child, but deep down he knew it was much more fun to annoy his girlfriend.

"Artemis, shut up. You just asked me that five minutes ago," Holly had to admit she was getting impatient at Arty's antics. She loved him, put that didn't mean she still couldn't punch him, and she told him so.

That shut him up.

Very soon afterward, Foaly showed up, "Hello Mud Boy," He nodded to Artemis, "Butler, and "another nod," And Holly." Holly was the one who got a hug.

"I am half tempted to kill you PonyBoy," Holly glared at Foaly, "Do you know how annoying he was?" She motioned at Artemis who grinned evilly.

"Now, now Holly." The centaur replied, carefully weighing what he was going to say next, "These things take time."

"Shut up."

"Okay, let's go then."

The group took a transport to the main square where the entire Council, LEP, and a majority of the fairy population was assembled.

Commander Trouble Kelp took the podium, noting the astonished look of wonder and confusion on Artemis's face, "Hello everyone. As most of you know I'm LEP Commander Trouble Kelp, and today we are going to award Misters Artemis Fowl and Domovoi Butler the highest award a fairy can receive: The Golden Acorn for service to the People." He paused and took a breath, "Many years ago I met Artemis after he had kidnapped Captain Holly Short. Back then he was twelve years old and had managed to trick us. He had helped us throughout the years to save our race from discovery, and has even given back our gold. Today is the day we honor both him and his bodyguard."

Trouble left the podium and walked over to the humans, Wing Commander Vinyaya was waiting with two small golden acorns resting on her palms. Trouble reached out and took one. He walked over to Butler, who was an elf in form, but still very tall. Kelp had to activate his wings to place the acorn on Butler's chest. Then he walked over to Artemis with another acorn, "Thank you Arty."

He placed the acorn on Artemis's chest and the crowd broke out in applause.

Holly, Trouble, Foaly, Butler, and Artemis all went back to LEP HQ to celebrate. Artemis said, "I don't deserve this, not after what I've done."

"Believe me, Artemis," said Trouble, "you do."

"Not only was this a ceremony," said Foaly, "it was a setup as well." When everyone but Trouble turned to look at him, he continued, "Well, you see we widely publicized the ceremony, but didn't allow Holly to find out about it until this morning and she didn't even know what the true plan was."

"What true plan Foaly?" asked a newly agitated Holly.

"Well," said Trouble, "you see, we figured that Opal would want to ruin Artemis's moment of triumph, so we knew that she'd come to the ceremony. Foaly invented a bio-scanner that allows us to enter a sample of her DNA and it will continuously scan the area for the person whose DNA was entered."

"Then," continued Foaly, "It picked up on a shielded Opal and we managed to catch her."

"Well done Foaly," even Artemis was impressed.

After many congratulations and a continued celebration of the award, Arty, Holly, and Butler went back to Holly's apartment tired and in need of sleep.

Artemis fell asleep with a smile on his face; Opal had been caught and he could relax with the ones he loved.

END

A/N It's a short story, but I think it ended rather nicely, yes? Please review. I'm open to someone doing a sequel, but I don't think I will.

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