disclaimer: I don't own anything from fable.
Maxiey was a hobbe.
Maxiey did not choose to be a hobbe. Maxiey did not want to be a hobbe. Maxiey did not want to be a hobbe because hobbes, in his opinion anyway, were no good for anything except looking ugly and assaulting the occasional trader. Hobbes had no purpose in life. Maxiey wanted a purpose in life.
Maxiey the hobbe kept this secret desire of his to himself, however. Maxiey was born and bred in the Hobbe Cave at the end of Greatwood and had never been anywhere else. Maxiey would wander the caves of his home with his hobbe friends, guarding the loot they had stolen from wandering traders. Maxiey's parents were very proud.
Today, Maxiey found a small boy trying to steal some gold. As any good hobbe would do, Maxiey turned the human over to the hands of Trixie the Pixie.
Trixie the Pixie was the boss of all the hobbes. Although she was smaller than the hobbes and semi-transparent-looking in the darkness, she was very powerful. At least the hobbes thought so. She also had a creepy giggle.
"Excellent. We will sacrifice this innocent," Trixie the Pixie said.
"I don't want to die!" The boy screamed in a high-pitched voice, wetting his pants.
It was then that Maxiey discovered he could understand humans.
Maxiey would have liked to stay and perhaps further expand his knowledge, but his fellow hobbes required help subduing another human thief. This one was armed.
Maxiey did not see what the problem was though; since the bandit was so weak one or two hobbes could have taken him instead of five. But hobbes were never good at counting.
And so it was Maxiey and company's duty to keep guard over the prisoner. Maxiey was eager to learn more human speak, but was disappointed when he found out the bandit was only capable of yelling one phrase over and over again.
The day was almost getting boring when yet another human entered. This was a special day. Maxiey had never seen so many live humans in his hobbe life, let alone all in one day.
All of Maxiey's friends rushed forwards but the human had lots of armour and big weapons. After seeing his friends being reduced to glowing green orbs so quickly, Maxiey tried to run away, emptying his little hobbe bowels as he went. Despite his short stubby legs, Maxiey escaped the fate of his friends.
Maxiey exited the chamber and followed the powerful human and the escaped prisoner at a distance. They went deeper into the cave and almost everyone froze as the human fighter opened two chests of gold. Then they finally reached the Focus Chamber.
Maxiey watched, spellbound as the warrior defeated Trixie the Pixie, unintimidated by the creepy giggle. The human rescued the boy and Maxiey was careful to stay out of the way as the trio exited the Hobbe Cave alive.
After the whole affair, all the hobbes debated what to do without Trixie the Pixie. The debate went nowhere since the hobbes kept getting off-topic. Along with two chests' worth of gold, the thieves had also stolen a Will Master's Elixir that no one knew how to use anyway and Frediey's head. Frediey missed his head.
Such a display of power got Maxiey thinking. Maxiey decided he would leave the caves and live amongst humans. And so, Maxiey the hobbe left with nothing more than a can do attitude and a hobo pack full of raw meat. No one noticed him go; they were all too busy discussing whether or not the focus rock looked like Trixie the Pixie if you looked at it sideways and squinted with your left eye.
Maxiey had never been outside the Hobbe Cave in his life. The bright sunlight all but blinded him and the forest around him was very colourful, nothing like the caves of home. The world was alien to little Maxiey, but it was also enticing.
Maxiey was ready to start his life as a human. There was just one problem.