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Chapter 6

"I'm just saying, Trollkin isn't a real name," Finland continued as they pulled into Norway's driveway and Denmark opened the door for the Norwegian.

"A human name won't work well because he's not human and a troll name won't work because none of you would be able to say it," Norway replied matter-of-factly as he carried Trollkin out of the car and towards his house. To Norway's surprise, everything about the house looked alright, only to then have to listen to Denmark explain that he had been taking care of the house while Norway was gone.

As the group walked up to the door, they continued to talk and loiter until Norway noticed a glance from one of his neighbors. The neighbor was an older woman who never really got used to having the nation for a neighbor but refused to move. Instead she simply learned to look at everything the nations did as suspicious; and bringing home some green thing wrapped in a blanket was certainly suspicious. Not wanting to deal with the nosy neighbor, Norway hurried inside and placed the child on the couch; the others cooing at the sight of the child looking over the surroundings and smiling.

"So can everyone see him or is it something weird like with the troll?" Iceland asked as he watched Trollkin knaw on the corner of a pillow.

"You can see me correct? And the only reason you cannot see the others like Troll is because they know to hide from those who do not understand magic. Therefore, why should you not be able to see him?" Norway answered by asking. No one felt like arguing with the questions, so instead they continued to stare at the strange child until it called out for food. To this Norway obediently picked up the child and began to carry him to the kitchen.

"Oh, um, if your going to look for food for the lil' guy then I guess you're out of luck. Since no one was really staying here all of the food in the fridge kind of expired," Denmark comments, explaining the obvious.

"I figured. That will be alright for now, but since you threw it away you can go out and restock my refrigerator for me," Norway replied, only to then watch as Denmark sighed and got ready to go back outside to the store. Several minutes later, he left with a list quickly written by Norway as the others continued to talk about the child; Denmark pouting the entire time at the feeling of being kicked out of the conversation.

"It's going to be tricky taking care of the little guy," Finland commented bluntly as the group walked back to the living room to sit.

"He has not been any worse than any of the others I've raised," Norway said assuredly.

"Ya, but we at least looked normal. You saw that look your neighbor gave you two, and it's only going to get worse as the kid gets bigger. I mean, he may look cute now but he's still a monster," Iceland remarked.

Norway paused slightly at this, only to then place the child on the floor and say, "That may be true, but all of us has been called at one time or another a monster. But I do know what you mean; it's going to be hard on him if too much attention is given to him because he's a freak, and it'll be almost impossible to do anything if only we know about him or leave him here."

"It's also not really fair to him to keep him locked up all the time," Finland continued watching as the child tried to wiggle around the area curiously.

"It is a bit tiring to have to deal with the neighbors. Perhaps this could count as a good enough time as any to move outside of the city," Norway mused, poking Trollkin slightly in the side with his foot and causing the child to roll over and giggle.

"Just don't t'll D'nmark," Sweden commented, causing the others to nod in agreement. They all knew that as soon as Denmark heard of the idea he would want to be a part of every single part afterwards.

That'll help with the neighbors, but what about when you're at work? I mean, you can't really leave him alone and I can't think of getting a normal babysitter as a good idea," Iceland continued, "Look, I know you're not going to like this idea but maybe it would be best to just give the kid to that troll and wash your hands of the whole thing."

The room chilled considerably after Iceland said this, followed by Iceland slowly inching away from his brother who glared at him out of both anger and disappointment. At last Norway answered, "Iceland, if you are simply worried about being replaced by Trollkin, you don't need to worry. However, if I give him up like you think I should then the child may not live all that long. Troll fathers are usually not good with children and he may accidently hurt Trollkin without meaning to. And no matter what he is still my child."

"So then what are you going to do?" Finland asked.

"As far as babysitting Trollkin goes, Iceland seems to have forgotten that there are others like us who could watch him while we go to meetings and such," Norway answered casually only to then change the conversation to something else. Soon after this, Denmark returned with the food and the group had a pleasant meal there to talk about everything they missed and planning for the future.

The next day, the other Nordics returned and decided to help Norway get the house comfortable for the child and redo one of the guest rooms into a nursery for the child. Shortly after the busy day, night came and Iceland, Finland, and Sweden decided to return to their own homes; promising to see Norway and Trollkin soon. Denmark decided to stay with, however, and began to enjoy the cozy quietness. He then saw something big and green appear in front of him as he sat in the living room; Troll.

Like usual, Troll had been watching the Nordics talk with Norway and dote over his son. He was happy to know that the child was going to be taken care of, it was his job as the father after all, and he saw nothing wrong with allowing the others to help him with that. But he also wanted to make sure that he and they understood eachother; especially Denmark since it looked as if the Dane was going to be a major part in Norway's life again. Therefore, Troll saw nothing wrong with trying to talk with the Dane.

Troll and Denmark stared at eachother for several moments, and Denmark paled slightly as he noticed that the troll was glaring at him. Denmark tried to back farther away from the troll through the plush chair as the troll pointed a long finger at him. Troll then began to move the finger between a picture of Norway and the Dane, followed by the same motion between himself and the picture.

"W-what the hell do you want now? If you're here to hurt Norway again then-," Denmark began only to be stifled by the Troll gripping his head with one large hand to quiet him while the grabbed the picture. Once he was certain that Denmark would stay quiet, Troll quickly and crudely scratched into the picture the words "Protect them" before tossing the picture at Denmark. Again, Troll glared at Denmark's confused face and pointed his finger threateningly at him then up to the Troll's lips before he disappeared as soon as he appeared.

"Is everything alright? You almost woke up Trollkin," Norway asked as he entered the room.

"Ah, ya, I think," Denmark answered as he hid the picture behind his back. Norway frowned at this and mumbled out a remark about Denmark's stupidity, only to then return to what he was doing beforehand.

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