A/N: The song is called ’Seasons Of Love’ from the musical ‘Rent’. This takes place during The Lost Colony, and I am not an A/H shipper, but I thought it worked better this way. So…ya. 

525,600 minutes,

525,000 moments so dear,

525,600 minutes,

How do you measure, measure a year,

It had been three years since Artemis had kidnapped Holly. And a year since they became friends. Unknown to their friends, it had been only a little while since they fell in love. Which is startling seeing as they first met when Artemis kidnapped her. Not the best way to meet someone. Though it is said that people fall madly in love during dangerous situations, so maybe not as startling as one would think.

In daylights, in sunsets,

In midnights, in cups of coffee,

In inches, in miles

In laughter and strife,

But they couldn’t think about that in their current perdicament. For at this time, if you could even call it a time, they were on the island of Hybras with time chaotically flowing around them. If something wasn’t done with the time spell, the time tunnel would collapse and demons scattered across time and space. Not a pretty picture. So as Holly fought off demons, Qwan and N˚1 were working with incantations, and Artemis working to understand how time was jumping forewards and backwards.

In, 525,600 minutes,

How do you measure a year in the life,

How about, love,

How about, love,

Holly and Artemis knew that they might not make it out of Limbo alive, but didn’t care. If they could save the lives of the demons and protect the People from being discovered, they were happy. Even if it meant they may never spend days together on dates, watch the sunset with each other, or see their friends ever again. It would be worth it, they repeated it over and over in their heads, and believed it, to a degree.

How about, love,

Measure in love,

Seasons of, love,

Seasons of, love,

They had been secretly dating for one season. One summer to be more precise, a season of love, a season in which many relationships start and end. But not this one. It had defied the rules and was still standing strong. It was only a matter of time though. Only a matter of time. For life can easily be just as cruel as it is kind.

525,600 minutes,

525,000 journeys to plan,

525,600 minutes,

How do you measure the life of a woman or a man,

Even though they hadn’t been dating very long, they made plans for the future. Thinking of ways to try to get married despite the fact that they shouldn’t be together. Artemis is human, Holly an elf. As the saying goes: a bird may love a fish, but where would they build a home together. That didn’t stop them though, if anything it made them all the more determined to find a solution to their problem.

In truths that she learned,

Or in times that he cried,

In bridges he burned,

Or the way that she died,

Fate had a different plan for their future, one in which they couldn’t be together. For it was then as Artemis was dragging the bomb into place, that Leon Abbot plunged his sword into Holly. Using her last breathe, she asked Artemis to help her, but there wasn’t anything he could do to help her. So he continued his count of the time flowing around them, and tried not to lose his composure.

It’s time now, to sing out,

Though the story never ends,

Let’s celebrate,

Remember a year in the life of friends,

After killing Qwan and N˚1 Leon Abbot came towards Artemis to gloat. Unaware of the pain that he had caused Artemis, and unaware of what the boy genius was going to do next. As time flung itself backwards, Artemis fired a single shot from Holly’s neutrino, aimed at the past Leon Abbot. As always, Artemis’ calculations didn’t fail him, the shot hit it’s mark and knocked Abbot unconcius. It also brought to life, those who the demon had killed.

Remember the, love,

(Oh you got to you got to remember the love)

Remember the, love,

(You know that love is a gift from up above)

Even though Holly didn’t remember death, she found out when the group was traveling through the time tunnel. When they emerged they looked at each other, only to see that they had switched an eye during the time they were in the tunnel. The only sign of what had happened to the lovers in Hybras.

Remember the, love,

(Share love, Give love, Spread love)

Measure in love,

Measure, measure your life in love,

Seasons of love,

Seasons of love,

(Measure your life, Measure your life in love)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iTeDl_Wug

Some other stories by Lydia Tall:

• My Updates!
• They Pushed Her
• When Things Fall Apart
• The ReSurface
• Technological Curse