~chapter 13~
The four were pushed along the path, wrists bound in rope. The forest around began to deteriorate the further they went. First the shrubs and grass disappeared, then the trees began to loose their leaves, then the ground began to get rocky and messy. The sky above was gray and cloudy. The foul stench of troll hung in the air. Ahead, the four could see a village. Huts of mud and grass stood all around. Several trolls stood on the streets staring at the four loathsomely. They were pushed along the filthy streets, toward a huge mound of rock and ground shaped into a large dwelling. They were forced inside. A path of dried blood lead up to a hideous looking troll sitting on a throne made of dung. The smell of the room was absolutely horrid. A mixture of body odor, animal feces, dried blood, rotten meat, and other unidentifiable smells filled the air. The troll on the throne, assumed king, had a gnarled wrinkled face. Brown hairy boils clung to his green face and body, large fangs protruded from its lower jaw, its fat warty lip stuck far out. It had ugly black eyes surrounded by wrinkles and a strange orange hue. Grey scraggily hair, filled with lice and maggots, covered his head. Its fat pudgy arms were covered in dirt and filth and rested on the arms of the chair. His clothing was too small and his stomach hung out covered with dirt, food stains, and drool. His short stubby legs dangled down from the chair. His feet showed broken, pointed, diseased toenails with dirt encrusted under them. A bit of drool hung off his lip, and pieces of flesh dangled off one of the fangs. He tossed aside a half eaten leg of some animal and belched loudly.
"Sire, these intruders were found in the forest." one of the trolls growled in a deep voice. The king snorted and wiped off the drool with the back of its grubby hand.
"My forest? How dare they!" the king shouted in a grungy, raspy voice.
"Yes, we immediately brought them here." the troll replied.
"Who is this strange character?" Link quietly mumbled to Fenix.
"That's King Blagdar. The most hideous troll in history. He is well respected in the troll world. You'll most likely never see a "prettier" troll." Fenix whispered back.
"Tell me, foul beasts, what were you doing in my forest?!" Blagdar demanded.
"Hah, expecting an answer, you seem to think a troll is a creature good enough to respond to." Fenix laughed. "You are a despicable, pathetic, feeble race. You are lucky the elves didn't wipe you out eons ago." Blagdar snarled and grinded his teeth.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Link hissed. "This isn't helping our situation! Maybe we can get out of this if we sweet talk the thing!" Fenix looked at him like he was stupid.
"You obviously don't know trolls." replied Fenix. "They show no mercy. They hate humans. In fact their hate for humans is only surpassed by their hate for elves. We'll be lucky if he kills us quickly.
"What should be done with them, highness?" the guard asked.
"Hmm...Throw them in the dungeon and we shall kill them later." the king replied with a wave of his hand. Eight guards came forward and bowed, dismissing the other trolls. The guards took the prisoners out of the structure and back down the road. They were held in front while a large crowd gathered around. Behind them, Blagdar waddled out of the 'castle' and onto a stage like area. The crowd quickly hushed and waited.
"My fellow trolls!" Blagdar boomed. "A few moments ago we had despicable creatures roaming our forests!" the crowd booed and hissed. The king silenced them and continued. "But worry not! For thanks to my fine leadership, we have captured the ruffians! Here the monsters stand before you!" The king gestured towards Link and co. The crowd let out a series of snarls and pelted them with rotten food and stones. The king hushed them one again. "Come forth tomorrow, citizens, or you shall miss the wonderful event planned! For tomorrow, these foul creatures shall face...DEATH!" The crowd burst into cheer and the four were pushed away from the crowd. They were led to a stone building. It was probably the only stone structure in the city. They were shoved inside. There were four cells in the room. In one of the cells lay a rotting corpse of a troll.
"Hmm...Forgot about that guy." one of the guards mumbled to themselves. The four were thrown harshly into one of the cells. The cell was only 10x10 feet. There were no beds, no chairs, only a small barred window. Strange stains covered the the walls and a dark yellow puddle sat on the floor.
"Oh....I think I'm gonna puke..." Jared mumbled.
"These trolls are absolutely disgusting. How can they live so unsanitary?" Justin said.
"Apparently it doesn't bother them...one can imagine why not many non- troll folk visit..." said Link.
"Hmm...it appears that if we can't find a way out of here, we might be done for." Fenix mumbled. He glanced around the room, checking for loose stones, seeing if the bars on the window were loose, checking all parts in the floor (even the puddle, which the others found disgusting and wrong in so many ways.) No way of escape was found.
"Maybe if Link uses his essence to break the walls or something." Justin suggested. Link tried it and shot a blast of water at the stone walls. They didn't even faulter but everyone got nice and wet from the water splashing off.
"So what are we supposed to do?" Jared asked irritably.
"Well, I'm afraid there isn't much we can do..." said Fenix. "Perhaps if we knew what our way of death was, we could plan a way for escape...We're going to have to wait until the morning and see what happens."
"We're going to have to actually sleep in here?!" Justin asked in disgust looking around the room. Fenix nodded.
"Well at least we know the trolls aren't working for Gondar." Link said.
"Oh yeah, I mean, at least we get to die slowly by smelly ugly trolls than die by a quick blast of energy by Gondar. Geez...this day keeps getting better..." Jared grumbled, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. His face suddenly dropped as he leaned forward a bit, a sticky residue clinging to the back of his tunic and making slight smacking sounds as it peeled off the wall. He groaned in disgust and threw his arms down angrily.
"Trolls suck!" he shouted. The rest of the day was spent in silence, Jared made tally marks with a rock, Fenix stared out the window, Justin sat against a wall staring into space, and Link fiddled with the essence. The sunlight dissapeared from the window and soon a few stars were seen through the cloudy sky. Not trusting the ground, the four decided to lean up against the wall to sleep. It took a while but eventually everyone was fast asleep.
"Hey, wake up!" the guard banged on the cell door. It was morning and the pink sky could be seen through the barred window. Link yawned and rubbed his eyes, standing up and stretching. Justin and Fenix did the same. Jared woke and found himself lying on his side in the water, half his face submerged. The worse thing was he slept with his mouth open and some of the water had flowed into his mouth. Jared sat up quickly and spit out the sour liquid. He groaned, not having the energy to throw a fit. Jared spit once more and stood up. Eight guards went inside the cell and tied them up.
"Heh heh." one of the guards laughed sinisterly. "Time to go."
~end~
The four were pushed along the path, wrists bound in rope. The forest around began to deteriorate the further they went. First the shrubs and grass disappeared, then the trees began to loose their leaves, then the ground began to get rocky and messy. The sky above was gray and cloudy. The foul stench of troll hung in the air. Ahead, the four could see a village. Huts of mud and grass stood all around. Several trolls stood on the streets staring at the four loathsomely. They were pushed along the filthy streets, toward a huge mound of rock and ground shaped into a large dwelling. They were forced inside. A path of dried blood lead up to a hideous looking troll sitting on a throne made of dung. The smell of the room was absolutely horrid. A mixture of body odor, animal feces, dried blood, rotten meat, and other unidentifiable smells filled the air. The troll on the throne, assumed king, had a gnarled wrinkled face. Brown hairy boils clung to his green face and body, large fangs protruded from its lower jaw, its fat warty lip stuck far out. It had ugly black eyes surrounded by wrinkles and a strange orange hue. Grey scraggily hair, filled with lice and maggots, covered his head. Its fat pudgy arms were covered in dirt and filth and rested on the arms of the chair. His clothing was too small and his stomach hung out covered with dirt, food stains, and drool. His short stubby legs dangled down from the chair. His feet showed broken, pointed, diseased toenails with dirt encrusted under them. A bit of drool hung off his lip, and pieces of flesh dangled off one of the fangs. He tossed aside a half eaten leg of some animal and belched loudly.
"Sire, these intruders were found in the forest." one of the trolls growled in a deep voice. The king snorted and wiped off the drool with the back of its grubby hand.
"My forest? How dare they!" the king shouted in a grungy, raspy voice.
"Yes, we immediately brought them here." the troll replied.
"Who is this strange character?" Link quietly mumbled to Fenix.
"That's King Blagdar. The most hideous troll in history. He is well respected in the troll world. You'll most likely never see a "prettier" troll." Fenix whispered back.
"Tell me, foul beasts, what were you doing in my forest?!" Blagdar demanded.
"Hah, expecting an answer, you seem to think a troll is a creature good enough to respond to." Fenix laughed. "You are a despicable, pathetic, feeble race. You are lucky the elves didn't wipe you out eons ago." Blagdar snarled and grinded his teeth.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Link hissed. "This isn't helping our situation! Maybe we can get out of this if we sweet talk the thing!" Fenix looked at him like he was stupid.
"You obviously don't know trolls." replied Fenix. "They show no mercy. They hate humans. In fact their hate for humans is only surpassed by their hate for elves. We'll be lucky if he kills us quickly.
"What should be done with them, highness?" the guard asked.
"Hmm...Throw them in the dungeon and we shall kill them later." the king replied with a wave of his hand. Eight guards came forward and bowed, dismissing the other trolls. The guards took the prisoners out of the structure and back down the road. They were held in front while a large crowd gathered around. Behind them, Blagdar waddled out of the 'castle' and onto a stage like area. The crowd quickly hushed and waited.
"My fellow trolls!" Blagdar boomed. "A few moments ago we had despicable creatures roaming our forests!" the crowd booed and hissed. The king silenced them and continued. "But worry not! For thanks to my fine leadership, we have captured the ruffians! Here the monsters stand before you!" The king gestured towards Link and co. The crowd let out a series of snarls and pelted them with rotten food and stones. The king hushed them one again. "Come forth tomorrow, citizens, or you shall miss the wonderful event planned! For tomorrow, these foul creatures shall face...DEATH!" The crowd burst into cheer and the four were pushed away from the crowd. They were led to a stone building. It was probably the only stone structure in the city. They were shoved inside. There were four cells in the room. In one of the cells lay a rotting corpse of a troll.
"Hmm...Forgot about that guy." one of the guards mumbled to themselves. The four were thrown harshly into one of the cells. The cell was only 10x10 feet. There were no beds, no chairs, only a small barred window. Strange stains covered the the walls and a dark yellow puddle sat on the floor.
"Oh....I think I'm gonna puke..." Jared mumbled.
"These trolls are absolutely disgusting. How can they live so unsanitary?" Justin said.
"Apparently it doesn't bother them...one can imagine why not many non- troll folk visit..." said Link.
"Hmm...it appears that if we can't find a way out of here, we might be done for." Fenix mumbled. He glanced around the room, checking for loose stones, seeing if the bars on the window were loose, checking all parts in the floor (even the puddle, which the others found disgusting and wrong in so many ways.) No way of escape was found.
"Maybe if Link uses his essence to break the walls or something." Justin suggested. Link tried it and shot a blast of water at the stone walls. They didn't even faulter but everyone got nice and wet from the water splashing off.
"So what are we supposed to do?" Jared asked irritably.
"Well, I'm afraid there isn't much we can do..." said Fenix. "Perhaps if we knew what our way of death was, we could plan a way for escape...We're going to have to wait until the morning and see what happens."
"We're going to have to actually sleep in here?!" Justin asked in disgust looking around the room. Fenix nodded.
"Well at least we know the trolls aren't working for Gondar." Link said.
"Oh yeah, I mean, at least we get to die slowly by smelly ugly trolls than die by a quick blast of energy by Gondar. Geez...this day keeps getting better..." Jared grumbled, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. His face suddenly dropped as he leaned forward a bit, a sticky residue clinging to the back of his tunic and making slight smacking sounds as it peeled off the wall. He groaned in disgust and threw his arms down angrily.
"Trolls suck!" he shouted. The rest of the day was spent in silence, Jared made tally marks with a rock, Fenix stared out the window, Justin sat against a wall staring into space, and Link fiddled with the essence. The sunlight dissapeared from the window and soon a few stars were seen through the cloudy sky. Not trusting the ground, the four decided to lean up against the wall to sleep. It took a while but eventually everyone was fast asleep.
"Hey, wake up!" the guard banged on the cell door. It was morning and the pink sky could be seen through the barred window. Link yawned and rubbed his eyes, standing up and stretching. Justin and Fenix did the same. Jared woke and found himself lying on his side in the water, half his face submerged. The worse thing was he slept with his mouth open and some of the water had flowed into his mouth. Jared sat up quickly and spit out the sour liquid. He groaned, not having the energy to throw a fit. Jared spit once more and stood up. Eight guards went inside the cell and tied them up.
"Heh heh." one of the guards laughed sinisterly. "Time to go."
~end~