One of the few minor characters I found myself interested in on Hilda was Trevor. Sure he did a few unethical things with his group of friends, but he still had a heart. He and his friends did invite Hilda on their fun and didn't kick her out despite her personality not really being compatible with how they have fun. I also noticed Trevor had a guilty look on her face after he hit the Raven before discarding it after looking at his group of friends. Seeing that and watching him having to deal with his friends not believing him made me feel sympathy for the poor kid. Sure things have gone better in episode 5 except for his fear of birds, but I wanted to explore the idea of him deciding to apologize instead of proving himself to his friends.
Trevor took a deep breath while holding a few flowers he pulled from his mother's garden. The day had started out reasonably well! A new girl had nervously walked up to his group of friends and introduced herself as Hilda. Despite being a troublemaker, he and and friends decided to let her in. Unfortunately, she didn't exactly do well on their activities. She was a bit too nice and it seemed like she hadn't spent time with other kids around her age before. Despite this he and the group still let her stay with them. Suddenly, things went from bad to worst when Trevor pulled out a rock and decided to throw some at the nearby birds. Hilda seemed disgusted when Trevor knocked a bird out of the sky. Trevor felt guilt when the girl had a disappointed look on her face, but a quick look at his friends made him swallow it for the moment. Suddenly, Trevor could have sworn he heard the bird talk, but Hilda denied it and ran away while denying Trevor's request to show him the bird. Trevor's friends refused to believe him when he told them that it talked.
'I know the bird talked! I know it did!' Trevor thought to himself.
After being made fun of by his friends, Trevor started to realize how horrible it was to be messed with. Trevor started feeling guilty at the things he pulled with his friends. How many people did he annoy by ding doing ditching and how much pain did he inflicted on those innocent birds and other harmless critters he targeted in the past? After sulking for quite a bit, Trevor decided to try to make things right! Trevor then remembered Hilda complimenting and cheering up that old lady by saying how nice her flowers were, causing him to realize that he could try to become a nicer person. Trevor then decided that the first step was to apologize. Regardless, if Hilda accepts it or not it will make a good starting point.
'The only problem is I don't know where she lives. My only hope is to find her out in public. Wait, she did say something about seeing the bird parade for the Raven! Perfect! After the show I can apologize. It will be hard doing it in front of a bunch of people, but it's the only opportunity I have for now! I heard girls love flowers. I hope that is true and these will help!' Trevor thought hopefully.
Trevor started walking towards the statue that the raven was first spotted upon. Trevor did recieve a few looks from people who noticed him holding a few flowers and he did managed to hear a few whispers from people thinking he going to ask a girl out.
'People need to mind their own business! I hate gossip! Well, if I am the subject at any rate,' Trevor though annoyed.
When Trevor reached the statue he was happy to find the bird he hit earlier, but it turned into mild concerned when he noticed the bird was in despair. After walking closer Trevor heard the bird speak about not finding the statue before quietly shouting a few random similar sounding names. Trevor could have sworn that he heard another voice, but he shrugged it off. He decided to focused on the bird for now!
"So, you can talk," Trevor said low enough that only the bird could hear.
The bird turned towards Trevor with a nervous look.
"Look my friends didn't believe me when I said you talked and now I am a laughing stock of the group," Trevor said in annoyance.
The bird gave Trevor an apologetic look before saying, "Sorry!"
Trevor gave the bird a sad smile before responding with, "No, I am the one who should apologize! I am sorry for knocking you out of the sky. If there is anything I can do for you, don't hesitate to ask."
"This is very touching," A mysterious voice said.
After hearing the voice Trevor looked around for the source, but couldn't find it!
"First a talking bird and now a mysterious voice! Well, today has been filled with many surprises!" Trevor mumbled.
"I accept your apology and I am looking for the statue," The bird told Trevor.
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes Trevor responded with, "You mean the statue behind us."
The bird turned around and started groaning in frustration for not noticing the statue before.
"How embarrassing! Now I just need to remember who I am and my importance here!" The bird responded.
Trevor managed to put two and two together and started feeling even more guilty. He had knocked The Great Raven out of the sky and apparently given him amnesia! He had singlehandedly almost doomed the whole town according to the legends of The Great Raven. Now he must make things right and clean up his mess.
"I think I know who you are!" Trevor said.
"Really? Who?" The bird asked.
"You must be The Great Raven!" Trevor said excitedly.
Suddenly, the bird's face lit up and he gave Trevor a grateful smile.
"Yes, I remember now!" The bird exclaimed.
"There you are! I know who you are!" a voice shouted in the distance.
Recognizing the voice Trevor turned towards the direction of the voice to find Hilda running towards them with an older woman following her.
'Must be her mother!' Trevor thought nervously.
"No worries Helga! I already figured that one out thanks to this kid here!" The Raven told Hilda while pointing at Trevor.
Hilda ignoring the fact the Raven called her the wrong name, looked at Trevor in surprise. The older woman only smiled in relief.
"What do you know! The problem is solved and there is still some time before the parade starts!" The older woman said in relief.
"You helped him? You!" Hilda managed to say.
"I decided since I caused this mess in the first place, I should be the one to clean it up!" Trevor responded.
Hilda was speechless and could only stutter in response.
Seeing his opportunity Trevor held up the flowers in front of Hilda and said, "Speaking of which! I am really sorry for what I did! After meeting you and seeing your kind hearted nature, I became inspired to try to become a better person! I hope we can start over and become friends."
Hilda took the flowers but said nothing in response. Not that she didn't want to, but because she was unable to! She was overwhelmed at the fact that this boy that she was disgusted with had decided to make up for his actions. The fact she had inspired him to become a better person made her feel happiness. She could tell he was being genuine, since he did help The Raven remember who he was.
"Hilda! You might want to answer him! Before he thinks you are rejecting his apology!" Alfur whispered in Hilda ear.
Shaking her head Hilda gave Trevor a smile before nervously responding with, "Umm... Yes, I accept your apology and... I... Well... I would like to start over."
"I don't quite know what is going on here, but I am glad to see you two make up. Now we have a parade to get to," The older woman said.
"Yes, mum! I am glad that the raven will be there and that trolberg won't suffer!" Hilda responded in excitement.
"Not exactly!" The Raven responded.
"What do you mean?" Hilda asked
"I don't really bring luck and fortune to the town! To make a long story short, I was spotted on the statue and the people just though I was a gift from the gods to them. The fortune was just a coincidence and the bad luck from the year I missed was one as well! Since then I attended just to keep the hope of the town alive." The Raven explained.
"I find the idea of it being coincidences unbelievable, but you do seem to be honest!" The older woman responded.
"At any rate I better get ready so I am not late! See you and thanks again kids for everything!" The Raven responded before taking off.
"Now that's done would you like to join us for the parade?" The older woman asked Trevor.
Trevor knew his friends wouldn't like him going to the parade, but after being made fun of they could jump in the lake for all he cared.
"Sure I would love to!" Trevor responded before following Hilda and the older woman to the parade.
'It felt great making the first important step in becoming a better person and I can't wait to continue!' Trevor thought in happiness.
Well this has been fun to write! If you all enjoyed this nice little one shot I might make a fic where Trevor joins Hilda on her adventures! Let me know!