Silver Lion
Chapter 11
After from having going through some tests, Talia walked through the streets of Trollmarket thinking about what Vendel had said about her mysterious family history. Could there really be any more out there like her or was she could she be the last of her kind? The only one who knows the answer is Vendel, but he won't tell her. Because whatever he's hiding about the Silver Lion clan must've been dark. Talia looked at her hands deep in thought on the last sentence he told her 'If Bular knew of your existence . . .you could end up becoming a prime target for his father's cause.' But what could she have that Gunmar would possibly want?
When Talia came outside, she felt and heard the vibrating sound of her phone coming from her backpack. She received a text from Jim saying that Toby has run into a changeling at his dentist's office and is in mortal danger. So, Talia quickly got onto her bike and raced toward's her friend's location. She remembered that lady at the counter with the dark aura who works there and now know's that her sight can see changelings in human skin. She sped across town through the streets, and find's the dentist's building with Arrrgh's butt hanging outside from ontop of the roof. "What the?" "Tally!" she turned and saw Jim in his armor. "I've got your text!" she said, as she got off her bike. They broke down the door, and opened behind to find not just Toby, but their troll friends, and the lady's true form laughing hysterically. "What in the world?" Jim said. Jim and Talia looked at each other complete utterly "confused. "Jimbo!" Toby laughed. "Okay this is getting weird." Talia said. "The Trollhunter! Die!" The changeling pounced. Talia punched her in the face and crashed her into the wall. She got her into a choke hold and began to interrogate her. "Alright talk! How many of you freaks are there and where can we find the bridge?!" "Ha, ha, ha, threats like that won't work on me, little girl! Soon the bridge will be complete, and Gunmar's reign will claim what is rightfully ours!" Talia glared and her eyes changed color. She stopped laughing and the expression on her face turned into fear. Talia used her other hand and pressed her head against the wall. "I'm not in the mood for game's here lady! Now talk!" The female changeling screamed in pain from the girl's brute force, she could feel her skull starting to crack. "Talia! Stop!" Jim said.
Talia released her hold on her, and let the changeling hang on the crated wall presumed unconcious. "What the heck, Tally!" he exclaimed. The changling vicously smirked and regained her strength. "I was interrogating her with a little force of torture!" Talia stated. "You call that little?! That stuff only works in movies not reality!" The changeling lunged itself onto Jim. "Jim!" she screamed. He sturggled trying to get her off, before Talia could even assist, he summon his sword in his other hand and stabbed her. The wound opened wide with a burst of blue light shook the earth, and now everyone in the room was covered in soot. Talia coughed and wiped the ash off her eye lids. "Well, there goes the changeling." she sighed. "Oh, my gosh! She's in my mouth!" Toby cried coughing out the ash. "Oh, no! I killed our only evidence of changlings in Arcadia." Jim said disappointed. "And my dental hygientist!" Toby exclaimed. "Really Toby? Your oral hygiene is all you care about?!" Talia exclaimed. "You finished the fight, Master Jim, and in self-defense, for that matter." Blinky said. "Vendel may continue to have his doubts, but we continue to have our lives. A fair bargain I'd say." "Just out of curiosity, what are you guys doing in Toby's dentist's office?" Jim asked. "I thought it was possible that danger may come to either of you should you cross paths with the wrong changeling." Blinky explained. "So, we followed Tobias as a precaution." Arrgh crashed inside, grab a pair of plastic teeth, and said. "And curious." About what?" Toby asked. "You humans have a concept that is quite foreign to us." Blinky exhaled his breath into Toby's face making him gagg by the stench of his fowl odor. "Oral hygiene." Blinky looked in the room and said. "Mm. Looks like we're officially out of laughing gas. We should depart."
Blinky, Jim, and Tally made their way out of the room, Arrrgh tried to fit through but his size was too big, so he decided to take the ceiling window. "Hey. Uh, excuse me, wait!" Toby moved passed Arrrgh. "Look at this place. Do you have some magic artifact that can clean up this place?" he asked. "Yes. I believe it's called a 'Tobias'." Blinky joked. Talia smirked hiding the expression with her hand. "But Tally just made a huge hole in the wall!" he complained.
In the museum of Arcadia, the goblins worked passing stone after stone to rebuild the bridge to free their master from the darklands. Strickler came in with the most unfortunate news of one of their comrads. "I've just confirmed the worst." he said. "Gladysgro has been slain." "Well the impure served her purpose." Bular said, with no remorse. "She had already brought us the stones from Madagascar. Her job is done." He turned and looked back to the incomplete bridge. "I'd advise you to care for those you have employ." Strickler stated. "Care? I only care to find the stones so my father can escape this wretched prison." Bular said, and clinched his stone fist in the air. "Once we have them all, I will crush this troll-pretender myself. And the every fleshthing in this horrid world will know . . ." A sudden sound was coming from the Fetch, the green electricity sparked and spat out a small black stone with trollish carvings imprinted on it covered with green static. Strickler walked up and picked up the stone and read the message. "It appears Nomura has gotten her way." Bular came up to him and looked at the message in his hand. "Another changling has been chosen." Strickler then started to laugh. "And look who it is." Bular viciously grinned upon hearing this.
Talia came home and gotten herself a shower from another hard day's work. She got on her night gown, jumped onto her hammock, put her hands behind her head, and relaxed. Although she couldn't help but wonder. If Adam, Talia's father, knew along about her family's ancient history or this gift they inherited by the spirit who passed this onto them. She looked at the picture frame with the photo of her parents, and picked it up. "Dad, when were you going to tell me?" she asked, rubbing her thumb against the glass. But unbeknownst to her, Nomura had been spying on the girl. Learning every detail and useful information she could find of what makes her so special.