The Unexpected Traitor

Epilogue

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An LEPRetrieval team was sent in to take Kelp, Frond, and all other involved fairies to Howler's Peak for life, and they all lived happily ever after:

Foaly flung the hospital room door open, expecting to find his wife laying there in the bed with machines surrounding her, showing that she was barely holding on and would pass any second or something like that. Instead, he found his wife laying there in the bed with machines surrounding her, showing that she was perfectly healthy and in stable condition. Caballine smiled when he came in and beckoned him over with one arm. The other arm was holding a balled-up blanket. Wait, that blanket just moved...

"Look" Caballine whispered to her husband. He peered closer at the little bundle. A tiny head poked out. Foaly gasped. "I thought she wasn't due for another two weeks?"

"She wasn't. Little Marli just couldn't wait that long to see the world."

"Marli?" Foaly asked.

Caballine looked at him, the look on her face daring him to argue. "Yes, Marli. You can name the next one."

"Next one? Is there gonna be a next one?"

Caballine rolled her eyes. "Oh, please. That's what they all say. Then, poof, you're back in the hospital, holding the next one. Here, hold her." The blonde centaur pushed the centaur filly into Foaly's hands. He took her and looked at her. She had Caballine's tan skin and muddy brown eyes, and she had inherited his chestnut brown coat. Foaly smiled. My home gets attacked by a crazed elf who was once my best friend's boyfriend. On the same day, my wife decides to give birth, risking the lives of her and the child. Best day ever.

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One month later

"Artemis, come here! Look at your genius daughter!"

Artemis walked from where he was sitting on the couch to where Holly was sitting on the rug with Jessica, one of the twins. The other, Juniper, had been asleep on his lap, but woke up when her father stood and started blabbing to herself as she wiggled her way over to the rest of her family.

Jessica was proudly sitting up in front of a perfectly symmetrical block tower. Her big hazel eyes and raven black hair contrasted with her milky white skin. Juniper had icy blue eyes like her father, and had inherited her mother's auburn hair and coffee-colored skin. She was also considerably smaller than her twin, and her ears were a bit pointier.

"Wow, Jessi." Artemis praised as he looked at the pyramid-shaped tower. He was genuinely impressed. The tower was six blocks high. The bottom layer of blocks was red, the next was orange, etc, etc, ending with purple on top. They were perfectly stacked, not crooked at all.

Holly beamed at her. "It's amazing. She's only one month old."

The boy and the elf turned their gaze to Juniper. She was two feet from the couch, dragging herself forward with her tiny arms. Artemis smiled. "You've got to give her credit for persistence."

The other twins, Artemis' brothers, came running into the living room, Myles chasing after his brother, who was carrying a vial of dangerously fizzing red stuff. "Give it back, simple-toon!"

Jessi clapped and squealed in delight. "Thimp-too!"

Holly hugged her daughter and kissed her on the forehead. "Awww, Arty, she said her first word! Then again, her first word was an insult, but we'll worry about that later." Artemis looked back at Juniper. She had moved about two inches. Artemis sighed and picked her up, bringing her to where Holly and Jessi were and sitting her down in his lap. "Don't worry, Juni, we love you too." He told her. She pulled on his ear in reply.

Three years later

Holly arrived at Fowl Manor as Artemis finished feeding the twins. She rang the doorbell to signal she was there, then let herself in.

"Look, girls. Mommy's here."

The twins and Holly and Artemis' relationship... thing... were totally unknown to the People, save Foaly and Mulch. Holly hadn't taken a day off for forty years, and was using her leave time to come to the surface every other Saturday to visit her boyfriend and kids. The rest of the People thought she was visiting family in Atlantis.

She had visited last Saturday.

But today was special.

Today was her and Artemis' third anniversary. Juliet would be left with the girls, and Artemis would take her somewhere. She didn't know where he planned to go, but she hoped it was the beach or something and not some nerdy place that only he and Foaly would find interesting.

Sure enough, it was some nerdy place. But not a nerdy place that only he and Foaly found interesting. Artemis took his girlfriend to Universal in Orlando, Florida.

They both had fun. Holly insisted on going on every ride there, and by the end of the day, Artemis was ready to throw up. But that's not important.

What is important is what happened at sundown. The couple had gone to Downtown Universal to eat, and after having as romantic a dinner as one can have while surrounded by lunatics in gigantic costumes getting drunk, they headed out on the bridge to watch the sunset.

After a few moments of silent bliss, Artemis cleared his throat. Holly turned her head to look at him.

"Holly," he started, "the last three years have been the best years of my life, and...and...Oh, screw long, mushy speeches!" He got down on one knee and reached in his pocket, pulling out a dark green velvet box. He looked her in the eyes and said 'Holly Short, it's been hard, and it will only get harder, but will you make me the happiest man alive and marry me?" He opened the box to reveal a small golden band with three tiny green gems on top.

Holly gasped. D'Arvit, if I say yes, I leave Haven forever. If I say no, I miss my one chance to be happy. If I say yes, I leave behind everything I've ever known and move to the surface and become an outcast among my own people and become the luckiest elf alive. If I say no, I am the stupidest elf ever and need to go to a crazy asylum ASAP.

And so, instead of a sarcastic comment or something to that degree, she simply said "Yes!" and kissed that Mud Boy 'till his lips hurt.

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