Remembrance

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 A/N: Be mad at me please. I very much deserve chastisement for, not only my late update, but for the fact the I promised an update, and never did it. As excuses go, I have none that can justify my laziness and or writers block.

 Dedicated to all the people who commented telling me to get off my lazy arse and write. Thank you.

 Enjoy (:

  “This Opal Koboi character is quite the narcissist.”

 Holly snickered at Artemis’s impeccable comment. He smiled shyly. It was the first time she had laughed from her heart in the six months he had been gone. They had sat there against the headboard of his king bed, and discussed the deranged pixie for an hour, as if they were talking business over afternoon tea. And then, he finally came the so obviously conclusion that Opal was nothing more than a spoiled, self-involved cowpog.

 “Oh no,” she said, regaining her breath. “She’s so much more than that. She’s a…a…” She trailed off, shuffling through her vocabulary and trying to find a word degrading and insulting enough for Koboi.

 “A bitch?” Artemis offered innocently. Holly stared, eyes wide with shock and surprise. The only thought in her mind was: Did that just come out of his mouth?

 She burst out laughing again and the Irish teen couldn’t help but grin. He had only muttered the word under his breath during times of frustration and annoyance. Not once had he ever spoken it aloud, especially to a lady. However, he sensed that Captain Short didn’t care about his rude comment, whether it be the carefree persona or the more obvious laughter.

 “What? She is just that with the way you have described her to me. Frankly, I feel very dishonored to have ever been in her company.”

 Holly calmed down eventually and wiped her eyes. “I cannot believe you, of all people, said that.” She giggled quietly. Soon, she was able to look the boy in the eye again. She smiled at him and took a moment to appreciate his bright blue irises. “So Mud Boy, any bells ringing in that special brain of yours?”

 Artemis’s playfulness suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a lost expression. For a moment, he had to process exactly what he was feeling and what he did remember. Some were there and others were not. “Well, I feel them, the memories. I know that they are missing, but after hearing you relay the events of our adventures, I feel the void filling. But there is a gap. I feel it may be just a small little thing that was left out.” He sighed. “I’m not sure. Maybe with time it will start to feel more complete. This has never happened before, correct? I am the first?”

 The elf nodded. Foaly had told her that tiny, miniscule details would not be very important, such as the color of the floor, or the exact painting on the wall at that moment. He said that with time, Artemis should be able to remember those things on his own. All she had to worry about were the major events and details such as locations, missions, and the people with them.

 Maybe there was a small detail that was important to him, she thought.

 Or you wasted thirteen hours of your life, another side of her complained. On the inside, she groaned.

 On the outside, she exhaled and crawled across until she was directly in front of the teen. She decided to question him. “Do you think there is a specific event that isn’t complete?”

 He thought for a moment. “I feel the gap is somewhere between saving the demons and before getting the um...what did you call it? The Atlantis Complex?”

 “So possibly when we traveled back in time?” She inferred. Artemis nodded.

 What could she have left out? She spoke of his mother becoming deathly ill with a fairy disease and that the only cure was the brain fluid of the silky sifaka lemur, which he had killed. She even mentioned the parts about going into the time stream in their underwear and allowing her to speak to her Commander one last time. 

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