(Hello everyone and welcome to my re-writing of The Call! This story was initially inspired by the song "The Call" By Regina Spector and it serves as the theme for us! I started this story years ago and the writing was atrocious to say the least….anyways I hope this new reboot is good enough for you guys! Thanks for reading!)
Ch. 1 Calling
Waves crashed onto the shore, pounding against the cliffs that ran along the border of sea and land, forever dividing the two.
Amidst the clashing thunder and pouring rain a figure sat above the ocean, hovering above the crests of the waves. Aiming the figure shot a bright blue bolt, tearing through the flesh of a large white shark below. Lowering the weapon one could see his face, grey skin and fins. Not your typical young male, unless you wound up on Alternia that is.
And it is on Alternia that our play is staged, a play that would soon breach the galaxy and worlds beyond.
From below the water Feferi drug the shark lusus away, to feed her own guardian for the night. Eridan watched as she swam off with a casual wave and a grit of his teeth. When was he going to tell her how he felt? What a mighty troll he was, running and hiding.
He was already pale with the young she troll, why not go red? "Pathetic." He thought, but was interrupted by a bright white streak shooting across the sky, his lusus rearing and almost dumping him into the sea.
Looking towards the shore he saw smoke rising from the ground, too thick to see what had made the impact. "Noww wwhat?" He asked urging his lusus forward.
Arriving at the scene he couldn't quite place what he was seeing. There on the ground was a star ship and itt looked familiar to him, as it should have. The realization of what lay before him almost made him loose his breath.
Feferi, who had seen the impact from the ocean soon arrived below him, swimming along the base of the cliff and towards a nearby shore. "W)(at do you think it is?" She asked, and he could only shrug as a response.
What happened next would change the fate of Alternia and all who call it home. From the smoke a figure rose, taller than either of the two teens. At this point Feferi had already joined her comrade and she too was numb at the site.
The figure was an adult troll.
"DOO NOOT FRET CHILDREN OOF ALTERNIA, I COOME WITH OORDERS FROM THE COONDESCE HERSELF DIRECTED TOO HER SISTER." He sneered at the last note, but never the less and kneeled before Feferi and Eridan.
The two had taken several paces back, distancing themselves from their perceived natural danger. "W)(at in Davy Jone's locker does she want?" Feferi asked fear evident in her voice. "She's sending someone else to do her killing for her?" She questioned in her mind.
Eridan readied his harpoon, a bit faster on the upkeep, "The condesce wwould wwant to kill Fef herself. Not to mention her lusus wwould destroy all that they kneww if she did. So wwhy?" His thoughts trailed off.
"WE ARE AT WAR." The older troll growled, "THE PLANET WE ARE INTENDING TOO COONQUER IS PROOVING QUITE DIFFICULT, THE INHABITANTS ARE WEAK, BUT FOOR THE FIRST TIME O0UR HISTOORY WE NEED OOUR VICTIMS ALIVE."
" wwhat does that have to do wwith us, wwhy can't you just fuckin' kill the all?" Eridan spat back.
The adult shook his head, "ALAS WE CANOOT, THE PLANET HAS A RESOOURCE WE DESPERATLEY NEED. IT IS LOOCATED UNDER THEIR PLANET, IN THEIR MINES. UNFOORUTUNANTLY THE MINIRALE IN QUESTIOON RADIATES VERY BRIGHTLY AND SEARS THE SKIN OOF TROOLLS, EVEN THOOSE OOF JADE BLOOOD."
"SOO IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TOO LET THEM LIVE AND IN RETURN WE SHALL ALLOOW THEM TO LIVE OON AS OOUR SLAVES, TOO MINE FOR US."
"W)(at in cods name does t) (ave to do )(ith us?" Feferi asked, seeming to find her voice once again.
Refusing to meet her eye he nodded. "YOOU HAVE OORDERS TOO ACT AS GAURDS TOO PRISOONERS WE HAVE TAKEN. THE ALIENS HAVE FLED UNDER GROOUND AND HAVE MADE IT DIFFUCLT FOOR US TOO FIGHT. THE DECISIOON WAS MADE AFTER A GROOUP OOF THESE ALIEN CHILDREN WHERE CAPTURED, OONE OOF WHICH IS ROOYALTY."
"THE SAFEST PLACE TOO HOOUSE THEM IS HERE OON ALTERNIA AS THE WAR SHIPS ARE TO DANGEROOUS WITH ADULT TROOLLS FOOR THESE CHILDREN TO BE AROUND."
"So wwe get to play the role of jailors until you can ransom them for your owwn gain?" The older troll looked as if he could kill Eridan but held his place. As for Feferi she was more confused by the prospect of trolls using tactics instead of their usual smash and destroy.
Eridan was about to speak up again when she held out her hand. "w)(en will t)(ey be sent )(ere?"
"TWOO WEEKS FROOM TOODAY WE ARE TOO BRING THE PRISOONERS TOO THIS EXACT LOOCATIOON, BY THEN YOOU ARE TOO HAVE YOOUR OONLINE COOMPATRIATES ASSEMBLE WITH YOOU AND THEY ARE TOO SERVE AS GAURDS AS WELL. YOOU TWOO ALOONECAN NOOT HOOPE TO SUBDUE THEM"
The two at this point just nodded. Eridan had lost his thrall and Feferi was still at a loss, even if she did act like she was in charge. If her moiral had kept up he might have died, sometimes relationships were hard.
The adult troll didn't bother with farewells. He simply turned on his heels and left. Feferi sank to the ground, Eridan simply put his hand on her shoulder. She was simply to confused, what should she do.
It felt to her as if time had frozen, in so many years, centuries, never has an adult troll stepped back onto Alternia's soil.
"W)(atever it is they have, she wants it reel bad." She muttered as the wind carried away her words. Something was coming, something that had been with this planet for a long time, just waiting to come back. She could feel it, like a pulse in her veins her own planet seemed to talk to her.
And without her full knowledge her single nod, her single agreement promised the second coming, the revolution began.
Rise again my sufferer, rise again.