Title: A Christmas Incident
Author: Annie-morphs
Rating: K/PG
Genre(s): General/Romance
Summary: Holly, Root, Mulch, Foaly, and Trouble are all going to spend their Christmas week with Artemis Fowl and the Butler siblings. Who knows what will come from intertwining the People with Mud Men during the holiday?
Warning(s): There may be OCC ahead. So if you can’t stand that, you may want to avoid reading this.
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the characters in this story. I only own the plot of this story. Okay, now since all that’s out of the way, let’s get started on the story, which I hope you’ll enjoy.
Notes:This is my very first fanfiction so please be kind when you tell me what you think and how to improve. This was just an idea I got randomly and thought that it would be kind of nice to post. I hope you like it.

Chapter Summary: Trouble, Root, Foaly, Mulch, and the Butlers have a little plan for Artemis and Holly. And it’s going to be a great and embarrassing surprise for those two…

A Christmas Incident
Chapter One: Mistletoe Mishap

Ireland,
Fowl Manor

Trouble, Root, Foaly, Mulch, and the Butler siblings were all gathered in the living room. It was finally the first day of their Christmas week at the Fowl Manor and they were all very anxious to get on with their plan. They, along with Holly, had gotten permission to stay at Fowl Manor for this Christmas. And the fun was already beginning.

“Foaly, are we ready?” Root asked.

Foaly double-checked to see if he had his iris cam equipped. “Yup.” He answered with a cheerful nod.

Root nodded toward the Butler siblings. “Go get them now.”

Juliet grinned with delight. “You got it, Commander. Off to get our victims!”

Artemis’s Study

Artemis was found typing away on his keyboard when there was a knock at the door. Artemis rose his head from the computer screen.

“Come in.” Artemis called to the knocker. Butler entered. Hearing the manservant’s footsteps, Artemis turned in his swivel chair to face the giant. Artemis gave him a curious look.

Butler spoke up, “Master Artemis, will you follow me, please? Your presence is needed in the living room.”

Artemis rose a questioning eyebrow. He wondered why he was needed in the living room. Nonetheless, he rose from his chair and allowed his butler to escort him out.

Guest Room

The younger Butler sibling halted just outside the room Holly was in. The blond took a deep breath, trying to relax her grinning mouth. She wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise, now, would she? Once she was calm, she slowly glided into the room, finding a seated Holly reading a book. Feeling Juliet’s presence, Holly glanced up from her book.

“Oh. Hi, Juliet. What brings you here?” Holly asked.

Juliet tried to look innocent. “Oh, nothing.” Apparently, Juliet wasn’t succeeding at all for Holly looked completely unconvinced.

“What are you up to?” Holly demanded.

Juliet faked a dramatic sigh. “Fine, fine, fine. Come with me and you’ll find out.” Juliet walked out of the room, slowly waiting for Holly to follow. Holly got up, puzzled and suspicious, leaving her book opened and flipped on her chair. Juliet travelled down the hallway to the living room. She couldn’t control the grin exploding on her face. Luckily, Holly’s eyes couldn’t see the maniac look on the Mud Maid’s face or she would have gotten even more suspicious.

Man, this is going to be so much fun, Juliet thought.

Fowl’s Living Room

Holly, Artemis, and the Butler siblings arrived at the room at the same time, bringing Holly deeper into suspicion and Artemis into caution. Leaving his master, Butler went to stand with the other occupants of the room. Juliet pushed a reluctant Holly towards Artemis and Trouble pushed a resisting Artemis toward Holly. Then Juliet and Trouble hurried back to their friends.

Soon, the two puzzled people were standing awkwardly in the center of the room. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the spotlight was with them.

“What’s happening?” Holly demanded. The others only grinned and didn’t answer. For a few seconds, the room was silent with a few smiling and grinning faces.

Holly caught on first. It was Christmas week. She slowly looked up, afraid of what she’ll see. When she saw what she say, she paled visibly. She asked, already knowing the answer, “Please tell me that’s not what I think it is.”

Trouble grinned wildly. “Yup.”

Artemis started wondering what they were discussing so he risked a glance up. As soon as he did, he blushed bright red and was too embarrassed to say anything at all. His face was as red as the berries that hung above. His words were caught in his throat, not willing to escape even though he wanted them to. It can’t be acceptable for a genius to be seen this way!

“That’s right, Mud Boy. It’s a mistletoe.” Foaly taunted. “And you know as well as I do what will happen next.”

Holly clenched her fists and growled. “Don’t push it, Pony-Boy. I am so going to kill you guys! Whose idea was this anyway?”

All fingers pointed accusingly at Juliet who beamed proudly.

Holly’s jaw dropped. “Juliet? How could you?”

Juliet reasoned defensively, “Hey, it’s Christmas right? Somebody’s got to have some fun around here. We can’t just leave you sitting around and reading a book to wear your eyes out, now can me? And Artemis! He’s just on the computer having no fun at all. So why not?”

Holly groaned and murmured, “Reading a book does not wear my eyes out.”

“Whatever.” Juliet waved a dismissive arm to Holly. The captain frowned.

Even old Root was enjoying himself at the moment. “Go on, Captain Short. Do your thing.”

Holly wasn’t in the mood to respect her authorities. “You mean shove my fist into your faces?” She got her fist ready. The observers saw this and answered by backing away.

Holly let out a long, fuming sigh and muttered, “Let’s just get this over with.” She closed one eye, keeping the other open to see Artemis’s reaction. The closer she got, the redder Artemis turned. And when her lips finally landed on his cheek for just a second, Artemis turned redder than the berries. That is, if that’s possible.

Holly flushed and faced the gang. “Happy now?”

“Sort of...” Mulch replied vaguely.

“What do you mean, ‘sort of’?” Holly demanded.

“Well, we’ll only be satisfied if Arty there does it back to you.” Mulch gave off a molar filled grin.

“Why you...!” Holly threw a deadly glare then spun back to face the still-blushing genius. “Get this over with,” she hissed.

Trouble thought of something and smiled mischievously. “Oh, and if you want us to stop bothering you, you’ll have to do it on the lips.”

“WHAT?!” Holly outraged.

“You heard me.” Captain Kelp said, already feeling satisfied. Juliet gave him a low high five behind their backs.

“Ugh!” Holly groaned. Through clenched teeth, she said, “Just. Get. This. Over. With.”

Holly and Artemis hesitated, then they leaned closer together and quickly pecked each other on the lips. As soon as that was over, the two unfortunate beings hurriedly deserted the room. One still red from embarrassment and the other red from anger.

The only people left in the room were six snickering maniacs.

Operations Booth,
Police Plaza

The next morning, Foaly whistled happily as he strolled over to his computer. He had already watched what he had recorded yesterday over twenty times. This part of the plan was even more devious than the first part. And it was being put to action right now.

He waited impatiently for the video to load onto his computer then he began typing and clicking. Before he knew it, everybody in the building was watching the event that had happened just so recently in the manor.

The occupants of the building laughed, ‘aww’ed, and cooed at the video footage.

Holly’s eyes bulged in horror when she saw what Foaly had done. Eyeing the repeated feature of Fowl and herself leaning closer and connecting at the lips, every ounce of horror grew greater. He didn’t. He couldn’t! Oh, he is so going to get it!

Holly marched off towards Foaly’s Booth, enduring the horrible ridicule on the way. By the time she was at the opening of the Booth, her face was as red as Root’s was. Maybe a little redder...

Author’s Note: I’ve decided to sort of rewrite the first chapter since this part was done like...1 or 2 years before. I’m not sure if anything really improved/changed but it’s still the general idea of the former one. Hope you liked it, and please review and tell me what you think! Constructive criticism is also welcomed!