Author's note/warnings:
-The main pairing is Blinky X Arrrgh.
-Cannon death/Main character death.
-Brief hints about troll anatomy.
-I have three different places I could end the story, and I have yet to decide on where. I might break it up into multiple stories.
-May or may not include Mpreg, though the notion will be hinted at.
-Possible triggers.
-Wrote this on my phone.
Disclaimer: I do not own Trollhunters nor any of the characters from that show.
Past (part 1)
The fleeing troll, no matter how strong he may be, was no match for the adversary tailing close behind. The dry desert earth beneath cracked and shifted under the efforts of his growing desperation.
One did not steal extra rations... especially the general's rations.
As honest as a gum-gum's intentions could be, he didn't realize just who the rations belonged too. Just some lucky troll, he thought, who didn't deserve them.
In a futile attempt to dissuade the general's punishment, he had left the cover of the trees in favor of the open wasteland that held no shelter for their kind once the sun came up. Hoped the larger troll would leave him to the mercy of daylight.
Of course not.
The general lunged forward, hand catching one of the underling's curved horns and yanking down. Said underling's momentum pulled his own feet out from under himself. The poor thief now sprawled on his back, barely holding up against the fists baring down with lethal force, had but a moment to react.
A swift kick to the general's face gives the underling a chance to crawl away. However, the moment the troll is back on his feet, he's stuck and his body flung into a nearby ravine.
Upon landing he lost a leg, his appendage crumbling to rock shards and dust.
With luck his pursuer would leave him to nature's own devices.
That string of hope was gone the moment the ground beside him shattered under the general's weight.
The struggle ended seconds after.
The gum-gum General huffed as the rage drained to a minimum, his eyes loosing their glow along with the markings engraved into his arms. His prey now a pile of stone lay stranded at the bottom of this empty ravine.
Arrrgh let himself slump against an earthen wall. The chase and rage had proven tiring. The troll had yet to grow comfortable to his little rage fits that had earned him his position as general. The feeling actually tended to disturb the gum-gum. He found it best to just let his impulses work themselves out instead of resisting. The quicker they were settled, the better.
Stealing rations wasn't technically an instant death sentence, but this was an unique case.
Arrrgh preferred stale clothes over the taste of flesh. Most of Gunmar's generals hoarded animal and human flesh, yet not him.
For that underling to steal from his personal stash of rations meant he'd be left with meat as his next meal.
"Oh my." A nearly inaudible voice murmured.
The large troll's ears perked as he sniffed the air for the voice's owner.
Whoever it was must have realized he'd been caught and stumbled away in fear.
The previous events may have been tiring, but Arrrgh was far from his limit. The gum-gum followed the noises and was able to efficiently stop the newcomer in his tracks, blocking the stranger's escape route.
The small troll faltered, raising four placating hands up in submission.
"I didn't mean to pry! Please, I know little of your reasons for killing the other. It's none of my concern! I won't tell a soul!"
The newcomer was quick of speech and obviously a very learned-type troll judging by his speech alone. A strange quality rarely found amongst Gunmar's followers.
Arrrgh's eyes flickered as he raised up to his full height. He should just kill him.
The general's posturing threw the small troll into a panic, his arms waving wildly.
"I'm good on my word! Besides, just look at me. I'm hardly a threat!"
Despite himself, the larger troll relaxed.
The newcomer was interesting enough. It did not require a genius to notice the troll's two rare physical traits. Four arms were highly uncommon as well as having three sets of eyes, making six eyes in total.
The stout troll continued to babble as he was further inspected.
He was a dull blue shade and shorter than most trolls Arrrgh knew. However, his voice was deep, an exception to the voice-to-size stereotype.
The gum-gum sighed.
The stranger hardly resembled either faction of the war. Probably just a neutral.
While it was a well known fact that Gunmar appreciated neutrals about as much as he appreciated humans, Arrrgh didn't mind them at all. Their lifestyle almost appealed to the large troll...
But only with the gum-gums could he properly vent his rage.
Arrrgh then peered up. It was getting bright out and this ravine wouldn't provide sufficient shelter from the sun for too long. He then glanced about realising he didn't quite recall from which direction he'd come from either. By the time he could climb back up, he wouldn't be able to reach the cover of the forest before daylight bathed the entire wasteland.
His best bet was to find a big enough nook in the ravine walls, so he began his search.
The smaller troll fell silent when the general simply walked past without even a glance.
Curious, the blue troll followed behind him.
Arrrgh was so absorbed in his quest for shelter that he paid no heed to the stranger.
It wasn't long before he found what he was looking for, even though it would be a tight fit. The green haired troll then proceeded to wedge himself into place, only pausing when the smaller troll cleared his throat.
"There's a bigger one just up ahead... I dare say it's big enough to be classified as a cave even."
Arrrgh raised a questioning browridge at which the other looked away.
"I-I've been stuck down here for some time..."
The blue troll then shuffled away nervously to said cave, and after a moment of contemplation, the gum-gum followed.
The general was quite surprised by it's size and made himself comfortable across from the fidgety troll.
There they sat in a mutual silence. The smaller of the two opened one of the bags fixed to the sides of his belt and revealed a couple of...
Arrrgh huffed in frustration. The objects were somewhat familiar, yet he had trouble recalling their name.
"What are those?" He spoke for the first time to the stranger.
Half expecting the other to flinch, Arrrgh was surprised by the smaller troll's sudden comfort with the situation. His entire body was relaxed and eyes unwavering from the objects' fine material.
"They are called books." He smiled fondly, "Great sources of knowledge and history and documentations."
He then straightened abruptly.
"Do you not read books, Mr...?"
It took a few moments of drawn out silence before the general understood.
"Arrrgh."
"Argh? A very interesting name indeed. You may call me Blinky." A set of eyes strayed up to meet the larger troll's gaze, "So, Argh. How would you spell that exactly?"
Arrrgh shook his head in displeasure of how quickly his name rolled off Blinky's tongue. It reminded him too much of his birth name.
"Not Argh. Arrrgh." He insisted.
"So two- no... maybe three r's then?"
The gum-gum's frown deepened, his confusion evident across his features.
The books were returned to their pouches as the blue troll stood up, a sense of determination in his eyes.
"I apologize. If you didn't know what a book was I shouldn't have assumed you to have done much reading or writing." He said genuinely sorry, "You can't spell, can you?"
Blinky then produced a large charcoal rock in which he offered to the other.
Once Arrrgh accepted it, the smaller troll took out a second charcoal piece and crouched low to the floor.
"While I am aware not everyone shares my interests, I firmly believe that everyone should at least know how to write their name." He said, beginning to scribble out small symbols on the dry dirt, "How.. about... this?"
Blinky seemed proud of his work though Arrrgh simply tilted his head, eyes studying the trollish calligraphy.
He'd seen the more intellectual generals write before as they scrawled down important lists far too long for anyone to remember.
While curious as to how they understood and knew how to arrange those symbols, it seemed far too complicated to even consider learning.
"Looks fine." Arrrgh replied, "How to remember it?"
A soft sigh.
"Well... I guess I should have started off by showing you the trollish alphabet-"
AN: I wrote this only because this is the first tiny fandom I have ever joined and i can hardly find friendship fics on Arrrgh and Blinky, let alone fics where they are paired together.