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The Camping Trip

Chapter 6

"Dammit!" growled Holly, marching back to where Artemis stood, "They've scurried off!"

"Understandably" replied Artemis, matter-of-factly "They knew what would of happened if they had stayed.I must say, Holly, that you are quite frightening when you are angry." Holly smirked and said "The great Artemis Fowl? Frightened? Of me?" Artemis gave her a disparaging look and plopped down in the snow outside the tent, Holly beside him.

After a few moments of comfortable silence, "Sorry," said Holly, looking down at her finger, which was tracing patterns in the snow. Artemis looked at her questioningly and said softly "For what?"

Holly glanced up at him and quickly looked back down again, her auburn hair glinting in the sunlight. "The kiss" she replied just as quietly. "Now, because of me, you will be taunted by that dwarf and centaur for the next century" She sighed "I really am sorry, Arty. I was just so happy that you were alive…." She trailed off, keeping her eyes down.

Artemis felt his breath catch in his throat, and he stared at Holly, taking in every detail of her appearance. She was chewing her lip nervously, her eyes downcast, and her finger still drawing in the snow. She was waiting for his answer.

Very slowly, Artemis's hand reached up, under Holly's chin, and turned her head to face him. He looked into her mismatched eyes, and said softly, sincerity ringing in his every word, "Holly, I wouldn't have it any other way."

They stayed like that for a moment, gazing at each other, and Holly opened her mouth to ask Artemis what he meant by that. But before she could get the words out, she and the human both heard something. Something loud and terrible. A roar. The kind of roar that a bear makes when it is about to end the life of a small innocent animal. And as the sound echoed around the mountain, Holly and Artemis, without even glancing up, both knew two things.

One. This was no bear.

Two. There did not seem to be any small innocent animals around…..apart from a certain elfand human, sitting in the snow (although they could not be described as innocent).

Holly's head snapped around and she gazed, horrified, at the animal that stood, it's serrated tusks gleaming, just close enough to see, yet nowhere near far enough away, as it was already starting to lope forward, surprisingly fast for an animal it's size.

"Troll!"

The only thing to do was run.

They had no time to climb inside the tent to fetch weapons, no time to thank their lucky stars that Foaly and Mulch were hiding some where (hopefully) far away. Holly grabbed Artemis's hand and started sprinting in the opposite direction.

They both knew how fast trolls could run. "I have analyzed our situation, and concluded that our only chance of survival is to find some kind of subterranean or crevice small enough that the troll's large body mass cannot get through" panted Artemis, who was trying to keep up with Holly as she dragged him through the snow. Typical Artemis Fowl thought the elf Chased by a troll and still he sprouts gibberish.

"So in other words," said Holly "We need a cave" "Precisely" said Artemis "And preferably soon, as the troll seems to be gaining on us, though it is suspicious that it hasn't caught up already, according to Foaly's research and my experience, they are usually much faster than this…"

Holly was about to yell at him for lecturing her when they had a bloodthirsty troll on their tails, when she saw a dark crack in the mountain, showing up clearly against the snow. "Artemis!" she panted "Cave!"

She glanced behind them, and immediately doubled her speed, dragging along the human behind her. The troll had almost reached them. As she saw the cave come steadily closer, Holly saw that the entrance might just fit her and Artemis through.

She reached the cave and tumbled through the entrance, before turning back to where Artemis was, stuck in the doorway, slightly too big for the cave entrance to let him through. And the troll was only a few metres away.

Holly grabbed Artemis's arm and pulled. The ice and snow coating the rock around the doorway gave a little. She pulled again. The ice cracked. The troll was almost upon them when Holly gave one last yank, and Artemis fell into the cave.

The last thing that Holly saw was the snow and ice around the doorway of the cave falling, and more snow, an avalanche from above, pelting down and sealing the entrance completely. That was the last thing she saw. Then something hard hit Holly's head and everything went black.

A/N: Woo! Thanks guys! Hope you liked this chapter! And thank you also to The Weird Shipper, who gave me the idea for the troll. Keep reviewing and I'll keep updating!

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