Corona
Written on July 23rd, 2008 by Marie SvensonStory Details
- Category: General and Romance
- Author: Marie Svenson
- Word Count: 1100
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(9 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)
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Artemis Fowl frowned at the words on his computer screen. More bad news from Minerva- it seemed her boyfriend had injured himself once more and was in the hospital. Poor Minerva still suffered from hormones. Artemis did not have time for hormones. They caused him nothing but trouble.
Still he was glad Minerva had found Dirk. He was a nice gentleman, if not quite intelligent enough for Minerva. And quite frankly, he saved Artemis the trouble of dealing with both Minerva and the twins. Surprisingly enough, they had been very quiet today. Maybe he should check on them.
He turned around in his swivel chair- how Beckett adored this chair!- and was about to get up when a slight shimmer came to his attention. The kind of shimmer most people wrote of as heat or water vapor.
Artemis frowned. Holly rarely entered his house unannounced, and never entered shielding. Especially after the lovely incident in the past…
“Show yourself, fairy. You had best have a good explanation as to how and why you are here uninvited.”
Artemis heard a sigh, then the figure of Trouble Kelp shimmered into view. “Didn’t Holly tell you? They lifted the invitation hex while the two of you were gone. As to why I’m here, that’s a bit of a longer story.”
Well. That explained why his motion sickness had stopped, although it was no longer of any importance. “Please, sit down. The twins could appear at any minute.”
The commander did as he was told, and began to talk. “The LEP’s 5000th anniversary is this year, and they are throwing a ball in honor of all the fairies who have served,” he explained.
“What does that have to do with me?” Artemis asked, slightly miffed that he was wasting his time with this discussion.
“Like I said, it’s kind of hard to explain. We knew Holly wouldn’t come of her own volition, so we got Caballine to talk her into it. We told her she was going with me.”
“And?” It truth, Artemis had an idea where this was going, but he wasn’t sure he liked it and he wasn’t going to say anything about it out loud. There was no need to embarrass himself. And to admit the idea had come to mind would be admitting his hormones had more control on him then he told everyone.
“Well, Foaly thought it would be nice if you came to the ball, to surprise her. The truth of the matter is, I’m engaged. I hadn’t gotten around to telling Holly yet.” Trouble winced, then grinned, presumably thinking about the pixie that had captured his heart. Or was it an elf? They had a way of doing that- irrevocably stealing the heart of a member of some other species.
“Why?” Artemis asked.
“I just forgot, I guess. It seems rude, I know, but there was so much else to catch up on…”
Artemis rolled his eyes. “Why do you want me to come to the ball?'’
“It’s kind of an intervention,” Trouble admitted. “We can all see how much you love her. It’s about time something went right for you. I guess it’s sort of an intervention.”
Evidentally, he hadn’t gotten control over his hormones after all. But that still wasn’t a valid reason for him to show up at this ball. He’d need a good reason, if any of them thought he ws going to dance. “What makes you think Holly would want me to show up?”
And there it was. The question that had been eating away at his insides ever since Holly had left. Had she really forgiven him, or had she just been putting their differences aside for the sake of the mission? It was the kind of question he never would have voiced on purpose, but now it was out there, and Artemis sincerely hoped Trouble’s answer would shed some light on the subject.
“We really don’t know. But it seems to us that she likes you as much as you like her. She hasn’t ever hung up on your calls before, she doesn’t argue with you as much as other people, and she did disappear with you for three years…”
It wouldn’t do any good to explain that it had only felt like a few hours to them. But all Trouble’s information pertained to before his mother had gotten sick. Now Artemis and Holly barely talked. How did Holly feel now?
Artemis realized he would never find out unless he took a chance. Maybe it would be okay. He would just have to find out.
“Very well. I shall attend. But I must inform my mother first.”
Trouble smiled. “Good. Foaly will be happy.”
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Cool story! YAY for A/H STORIES!
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
That’s terriffic!!!!!! I can’t wait to see what happens next! Everybody’s in character, which is pretty rare in a romance. The only thing that I don’t really like is the fact that Holly isn’t as much as a tomboy,but that’s really minor. Update as soon as you can!
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
That’s terriffic!!!!!! I can’t wait to see what happens next! Everybody’s in character, which is pretty rare in a romance. The only thing that I don’t really like is the fact that Holly isn’t as much of a tomboy,but that’s really minor. Update as soon as you can!
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Opps! I forgot! *first comment dance* I think that you should continue!
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I agree with EvilOpal…Update as soon as you can! It’s really good!
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Muahahahah!! Our Arty, all grown up and attending a ball… I had a half mind of commiting seppuku when I thought this was gonna be a H/T fic.
LUV it so far!
July 24th, 2008 at 3:02 am
OMG i love it. continue b4 i kill you jk lol. well, not about the continueing part. so come on already!!!!!! i am waiting,
July 24th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I wanna see what happens next! Please update.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Ooh! I love this story. Everyone is in character, which, as Evil Opal said, is rare for a romance story! I am so excited to see what happens! And I’m not sure what the title means yet. Please update soon!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
It’s really good, but I REALLY don’t agree with the shipping.
Holly is 80+, and artemis is (technically) 15!
Even though fairy years are different from human ones, there’s still the huge age gap.
It’s obvious that Holly likes trouble, and vice-versa.
Besides, Minerva wouldn’t stand for anyone with a lower IQ than her; she thinks they are dull or just plain stupid. Same with Arty.
That’s just my opinion. If you’re really a commited H/A, then keep going with it the way you want.
On the positive, the writing is really good. You have enough description, the characters are in character, and you have a good plot going.
Good Luck Writing!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Cute.
You should try and add something original in there too. There’s a lot of “ball” stories.
Your writing is smooth, so it’s way better than most.
computerzandbks4ever: Please don’t criticize a story based on its ship. It specifies against it in the rules.
I know that ship debating is fun, but you can do that on the forum.
We do it ALL of the time over there. XD
Thanks,
BlackOpal
July 25th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I love this story!!! Good job!!! 5 stars!
I saw one thing, though…..
“It’s kind of an intervention,” Trouble admitted. “We can all see how much you love her. It’s about time something went right for you. I guess it’s sort of an intervention.”
Sorry. Call me nitpicky, I just thought that it might be a mistake because you said it twice and…
yeah.
sorry, just pointing it out!
Love,
Mitsuki
July 25th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Good. I was going to point out the same mistake that Mitsuki did. The first chapter was the best.
A scene from the story:
“Come on,” insisted Caballine. “It’ll be fun. After all, the LEP’s 5000th anniversary ball only comes, well, every 5000 years.”
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No, it doesn’t come once every 5000 years. It only happens once. 5000 years later, it would be the 10000th Anniversary Ball.
July 26th, 2008 at 1:26 am
That was … breathtaking. please continue.or… or…lol. You get the point.
*Note to self* (I should try something like this. hmm :/)
July 26th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Waah…
Can you write more straight away??? please??? please??? And more pleases??? Nobody is OOC at all! Great, so… get on your com NOW!!! And don’t blame me if I come and find you if you don’t write more. I know it’s confusing, but the main idea is that you had better write more quickly or I’ll be ANGRY…
This is so cute!!! Yeah!!! I want to steal this story and post it as mine!!!!
HUGS AND KISSES,
Helen
July 30th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
This is on Fanfiction.net, too. Do you have an account there?
Please update! I really want to read more.
August 3rd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
This story is awesome please finish it. I’ll be sitting on pins and needles until you do.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I love this story! As most people said, the characters are in character. Please write more!
August 7th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Great Story!!! I love the idea of Foaly and Caballine setting up Holly to go to a Ball! Please update really soon!!!
August 13th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
UPDATE!!!! Please this is really good! Keep typing
November 27th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
NONONONONONONO!!!!! Artemis and Minerva are meant for eachother!!!! Holly is a sologirl!!!!!!! WAhhhh!!! You wrote really well, by the way. Not many of the stories on this sight have proper grammar and word choice and stuff.