***flashback***

“Arty? Arty? Where are you?” asked Artemis’s mother.

“Right here! I’m right here!” exclaimed a three-year-old Artemis.

“Oh Arty,” sobbed his mother as she bent down to hug him.

“What’s wrong?” asked Artemis. “Why are you crying?”

“That does not matter now. Arty, do you promise me you will never go to Japan?”

“Why?”

“Just promise me Arty. Just promise me.”

“I promise.”

***end of flashback***

Artemis rubbed his temples. Why did it have to be him? Why was it, that he had to solve everything? Why did it have to be him?

Holly looked at Artemis from the front. “What is wrong? What happened?” she asked him.

“It does not concern you.”

Holly set the jet on auto-pilot and sat beside Artemis. Butler looked at the pair curiously.

“Tell me. I can’t have the mud-boy distracted now. This is a life or death situation.”

Artemis looked at Holly. “Do you honestly wish to know?” She nodded. “Very well.” He looked at his fingers as he spoke.

“Years ago, I made a promise to my mother. I promised her I would never go to Japan.”

“So that is why you’re worried. Why? Why can’t you go?”

“She never told me.”

“So what did she say?”

“I never told Mother. I couldn’t tell. She would have forbidden me to go.”

“Couldn’t you just use the mesmer?”

Artemis looked at Holly. For a second, he thought she knew he still had magic.

“Oh, wait. I forgot. You lost your magic.”

Artemis turned his head and and the jet was silent. Butler had the sudden urge to make noise. A simple cough or a sneeze. Yet, he kept silent.

Holly was the one to break the silence. “So, what will you do if your mother found out?”

Artemis’s head fell. “I have no idea Holly. I have no idea.”

Holly looked at Artemis sympathetically. She turned and went back to control the jet.

“So, why did you decide to come?”

Artemis looked up. “I wanted to help. I can’t let someone else discover that fairies exist.”

Holly didn’t say anything.

Butler gave a small cough and said,” So we are going to Japan?”

“Yes old friend. We are.”

Some other stories by HS9:

• Two Simple Updates
• ~ I Miss You ~
• Things Are Different Now (A Sequel to A.F.G.K.)
• Artemis Meets the Suite Life
• Hannah Montana Meets Artemis Fowl the Second

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