In the Hero's Forge, Blinky was telling the three teenagers a story from the history of Trollkind.
"For centuries, the troll and human worlds stood separate and at peace, divided by bridges that acted as doorways between our two realms. But the Gumm-Gumms wanted to devour all of mankind. They were led by Gunmar the Black. The rest of Trollkind fought against him, culminating in the great Battle of Killahead Bridge, the portal to Gunmar's Darklands. After many moons, good triumphed over evil, and our great Trollhunter, Deya the Deliverer, locked Gunmar away, with the help of the first Witcher, Alvara. The two exile him to the Darklands and sealed the Killahead Bridge with the sacred amulet. After, we tore it apart, stone by stone. We left the old world in search for peace. We stowed away on a ship called the Mayflower, just a handful of us and some gnomes we'd brought along for companionship and nourishment. Finally, we arrived in a strange and exotic realm."
"New Jersey," Aaarrrgghh said.
Blinky continued, "We kept walking. Eventually, we came across a new Heartstone, and we realized we had found a new home under Arcadia."
Blinky finished, his hands pulling down the book to reveal Toby, leaning forward, deep into the story, Aaarrrgghh matching Toby's posture while Jim was asleep, another open book in his lap. Blinky groaned and quietly walked to Jim. Raelle, Toby, and Aaarrrgghh watch as Blinky slam the book shut in front of Jim's face.
Jim woke with a startle, screaming in Spanish, "¡Lo Siento, Señor Draal! ¡No me mates!"
"The training of troll history might seem like a minor duty, Master Jim, but-"
"Sorry," Jim interrupted Blinky, "I pulled an all-nighter studying for my Spanish Comprehension exam, and my brain is muy gooey. I don't know. I guess I thought if I'm facing Draal in a week, my training would be a little more... active."
Jim stands with a stretch and a yawn, Aaarrrgghh doing the same. Toby hopped over excitedly and pretended to fight Jim to make an emphasis.
"Yeah, like, when is he going to learn Troll-kwondo? Or Rock-itsu?" Toby asked. Toby snaked his arm around Jim's shoulders, pulling him down to his size.
"Before one fights, Toby D., one must understand why one fights," Blinky said, "For these precious early steps will decide whether a young Trollhunter will become a Deya the Deliverer..." He points to the statue.
"Or Unkar the Unfortunate," Aaarrrgghh said, pointing to Unkar's statue.
Jim, Raelle, and Toby share a look before Jim steps up to his trainer.
"Well, tomorrow, my Spanish exam is with Señor Uhl the Unforgiving. My main concern is for my immediate future," Jim told Blinky.
"Yeah, you have no idea how harsh he can be," Raelle added, "It's a miracle that anyone can pass."
"A-ha! But, to learn what will happen in the future, one must only look to the past. I recommend A Brief Recapitulation of Troll Lore by the venerable Bedehilde. Volume one of 47."
Blinky dropped the large book into Jim's hands. He groans as his body drops with the new heavyweight in his hand.
"That's brief?" Raelle questioned.
"Okay, but if I don't pass the exam, I'm grounded and I can't be the Trollhunter," Jim started backing out of the Forge, "Sorry, Blinky, but the amulet chose me, and now I have two lives to keep up."
With the sound of vast footsteps stomping into the Hero's Forge, a female troll named Bagdwella runs up to Blinky with panic. Her quick breaths worried Blinky further.
"Oh, no. Is it the Heartstone?" Blinky asked with worry.
"No! No!" She replied.
"Stalkling?" Aaarrrgghh asked.
"Is Bular in Trollmarket?" Jim asked.
"No! Gnome! Rogue gnome!" Bagduella cried out.
Bagdwella took the three human teens and two trolls to her shop. After arriving at her shop, the human teens and trolls inspect the area.
"First, I couldn't find my monocle, then my collection of bed coils. Now, something disappears every minute!" Bagdwella told them. As she tries to sit, quick feet sweep beneath her, stealing where she was aiming to sit. Bagdwella then fell with a thud.
"Ah, yes. Gnome," Blinky stated, holding out his arm to help her, but she declined and stood up.
"Oh, dirty little pests. Up to last week, the glue traps were working fine," Bagdwella held up a skeleton of a troll before she could react, the skeleton disappeared, along with other belongings. She looks at Jim, "Fix it, Trollhunter!"
"Uh, yeah, I'm really sorry about that," He said, "See, you need a gnome-catcher, and I'm, well, the Trollhunter, so-"
"Oh, no, Master Jim," Blinky interrupted, "The Trollhunter cannot refuse the call. And what better a call for you to train with than a pint-sized quarry?"
Everyone's heads turned to a line of socks, and the soft tune of a guitar caught their attention. The gnome, wearing a red hat, sings and laughs as he strings his guitar.
"He's trying to distract us! Hold tight to your valuables," Blinky warned.
Toby did not heed his warning, and instead, he ran up beside the gnome claps to the beat.
"Why?" Toby asked, "He can't be that bad."
The gnome runs past Toby and steals his belt.
"Oh, no! My belt!" He exclaimed. Toby reaches into his pocket and takes out a small candy as he smiles, "At least he didn't take my Nougat Nummy."
The gnome runs back and takes the candy right from Toby's hand.
Toby gasps, "We need to catch that gnome."
The five tried to catch the gnome, but he was too quick. Each of them barely grabbed him, chaos erupting in the small area. The gnome laughs as it runs past them.
"Over there!" Toby yelled, pointing to the gnome as he quickly ran across a hanging line.
"Oh! Over there!" Jim yelled, pointing to the gnome running across the ground.
"No! Over here!" Blinky yelled, pointing with two of his four hands at the gnome running on the shelves.
"No! He's over here!" Raelle yelled as she pointed to the running past their feet.
"Right here," Aaarrrgghh pointed to the gnome standing on his head between his horns before he waved and disappeared.
Jim jumped to catch the gnome but failed. The gnome appears on a laundry basket with clothes in it. Blinky puts his hands atop the clothing, trapping the gnome. He pulls out the clothing to find a hole in the basket made by the gnome. The gnome stands on the ground and smiles at them through the little exit. Blinky groans as the gnome laugh at them. The little pest hopped around, jumping off the skin of the trolls, and stealing another item.
"Oh, my beautiful saw!" Bagdwella cried, "Catch him!"
Jim chases after the troll and dives again to the ground, catching the creature while Blinky and Toby jump onto Jim. The gnome quickly twists and turns out of Jim's grip. Jim slid on the floor, falling under Aaarrrgghh's raised foot. Jim looked up at Aaarrrgghh with a groan.
"Pacifist," Aaarrrgghh shurgged.
The gnome ran past Jim, causing him to feel his pockets and panic as he did not feel the amulet.
"Oh, no. Where's the amulet?" Jim asked.
The gnome laughs, the amulet clutched in his fingers before running behind a large closet.
"Oh, no!" Blinky cried.
Aaarrrgghh pushes the large container to reveal a hole, green lights shining within. The gnome's laugh echoes through the hole.
"Hole," Aaarrrgghh stated.
"Yes, it appears the plot quite literally deepens," Blinky said.
Toby, Jim, Raelle, and Blinky look into the depth of the hole. Jim reaches his hands in, hoping the amulet will return to him.
"Come back, come back," Jim turns to Blinky and asks, "Shouldn't the amulet be coming back to me, right about now?"
"Dolefully, that rule only applies if you've rejected it. When thieved, it's another story. If you had read A Brief Recapitulation, you would have known that," He told Jim.
"Some Trollhunter you are," Bagdwella sighed, "Jim the Baby-Handed!"
Toby stood next to Bagdwella as he sneakily shoved food into his mouth before Bagdwella took the box of food away from him.
"Look, lady. You came to us for help. We could have said no, but decided to help you. So be grateful," Raelle, glaring, told the female troll.
"Master Jim, press on. This is not the moniker you want," Blinky advised.
"What else can I do?" Jim asked, "I can't fit in that hole."
"Hmm, currently," Blinky smiled.
"Bad idea," Aaarrrgghh said.
"No Trollhunter has ever lost his amulet. We'll need time to procure the Furgolator."
Jim looked at Blinky with a confused look, "Uh, the Furgolator?"
"Uh, don't you worry about anything, Master Jim. Tend to your studies. We'll watch over the hole. Tomorrow, you'll return refreshed to deal with this, uh..." Blinky chuckled, "little problem."
In Spanish class the next day, Señor Uhl stood in front of the chalkboard with his back facing the class, his chalk scratching against the chalkboard. Mary stood in front of the class as she read aloud her presentation.
"Little did anyone know, Maria was juggling two hombres. Manolo was muy guapo, but Joaquin had muchos musculos," Mary said.
Raelle had given her presentation before Mary and was able to pass. Jim sat at his desk, reading the troll book while covering it with his Spanish, acting as if he was studying for class. Steve glanced at him with a grin and began to write. He chuckled, catching Jim and Raelle's attention as he held up two stick figure drawings crying with x eyes and a cast. Every time he spoke, he whistled.
"You broke my tooth. I'm going to break each of your lives. When I'm through with you, you're going to wish you were dead," Steve whispered to them.
Jim looked away as Steve crumpled the paper in his fist and threw it at Jim. He rolled his eyes and continued to ignore Steve. Raelle glared at Steve before she made a drawing of him exaggerating his broken tooth. She crumbled it and threw the ball at Steve, hitting the back of his head.
Steve picked up the paper ball off the ground and uncrumpled it. His eyes narrow in anger, and he looks around the classroom to find out who threw it.
"And poor Maria had a pedoso heart," Mary said. Suddenly, Uhl's chalk stopped, the screech scaring Mary as Uhl spoke in his Austrian accent.
"What kind of heart did Maria have, Miss Wang?" He asked.
"Uh, a heavy heart," She answered, "Pe-do-so." Or is it-"
"I would hope Maria wouldn't have a pedoso heart," Señor Uhl said as he walked around his desk and stood beside her, "Because that would mean "gassy." Did Maria have a gassy heart, Miss Wang?"
"Of course not, Señor Uhl!" Mary replied as tears started to form.
"Uh-buh-bum! You were trying to say "pesado." "A heavy heart," Señor turns around to pick up the tissue box he had on his desk before turning back to Mary, "And it is with a heavy heart, Miss Wang, to tell you you have not shown the slightest comprehension of the basic Spanish. If you can't even finish the exam, I have no choice but to fail you."
Señor Uhl handed her a tissue, which Mary took and ran from the classroom, crying. The bell rang as the students left the room, Señor Uhl's eyes catching Jim's slim figure.
"Mr. Lake, I look forward to your presentation tomorrow," He said.
"Yeah," Jim chuckled nervously, "I'm ready."
After leaving the classroom, Jim walked across the courtyard to Clarie, who was at her locker. Toby and Raelle stayed back, but they could tell that Clarie was not happy with Jim. No doubt over the fight Jim and Raelle had with Steve and the play. As she left, Toby and Raelle showed up to Jim as he sighed. Jim glanced at Toby and Raelle before they headed off.
That night, the three teens were in Trollmarket. Blinky and Aaarrrgghh took them to a room and showed them a large, oval object covered in a large cloth, the many horns sticking out from the blanket.
"Remember when I told you all Trollhunters must start small?" Blinky asked Jim before he pulled the blanket off, revealing a gold machine, ancient carvings designed the metal as the light caught the golden Furgolator, making it look better appealing to the eye.
"Full disclosure, I'm a little worried how I let you talk me into this," Jim said.
Blinky smiled and pushed a button, gears turning as smoke was pushed through the tubes. The pipes whistled as the doors opened, more smoke fogging the room.
"Still bad idea," Aaarrrgghh stated.
Jim stepped inside the machine and began looking around.
"Wait a minute. So, how does me going into this thing help me get a gnome out of a hole?" Jim asked before the doors slowly closed, trapping him inside.
"If a gnome won't come out, the Trollhunter must go in," Blinky said.
"Wait, what?"
"Don't worry," He chuckled, "We often use the Furgolator to compress minerals. And now for the anthracite!"
Blinky took the rock from Toby's hands and put it in the little hole meant for it on the side of the machine.
"Hey!" Toby cried.
"But you've done this a few times on flesh and bone, right? Right?" Jim asked.
"Not exactly. But I'm not concerned," Blinky said as smoke started to fill the inside, and they could no longer see Jim through the window.
"Well, that's because you are not the one trapped in this thing."
"Nothing to worry about, Master Jim," Blinky assured him, "We work best under pressure."
Jim had his arm covering his mouth as he waved, hoping to clear the air. He let out raspy coughs as the machine started to shake and creaked.
"I can't see anything! Why is there so much smoke?" Jim asked, coughing from the smoke.
The machine let out farting noises and shook more rapidly. It creaks and rumbles. Toby and Raelle rush to the machine to help Jim by trying to pry the doors open with their fingers.
"Come on," Toby gasped, "You guys gotta get him out of there!"
Blinky ran to help Toby and Raelle, now panicked. The three tried, but they were not strong enough to open the doors.
"Don't just stand there, Aaarrrgghh!" Blinky exclaimed.
With the help of Aaarrrgghh, he pulled the doors apart, letting the smoke out as Jim coughed while he stepped out.
"Looks like it didn't work. Hope you have a plan B," Jim said before looking up at his sister and friends. He screamed and jumped back as they were now giants compared to him.
"On the contrary," Blinky began.
"He's like an action figure," Toby gasped with a smile.
Blinky reached down before standing up with Jim sitting in his hand. He laughs, "The Furgolator functioned perfectly!"
"You've shrunk Jim," Raelle said.
They returned to Bagduella's shop and saw her waiting for them. Blinky was carrying Jim to the shop. Jim was holding a pin that Raelle had given him to use as a shield. Blinky placed Jim in front of the hole the gnome had run into. Jim sighed and turned to face them.
"Real subtle. 'We've got to start small. Deal with the little problem.' This is a huge problem! I can't be shrunk! I have exams to take! I have sinks to reach!" Jim ranted, really not liking the idea of being very small.
"Jim, I'm sure that Blinky would not have put you in the machine if he didn't know if you would return to normal or not," Raelle said, trying to calm her brother before looking at Blinky, "Right, Blinky?"
Blinky did not answer Raelle and instead says to her brother, "You have a gnome to catch. Now, onward, Master Jim, and fetch your destiny!"
Toby walked to a little trap that had been set up and grabbed the pencil that held up the wooden box. As he was about to walk away, he grabbed the Nougat and quickly plopped it in his mouth before heading to his best friend, holding the pencil out for him.
"Mmm... Your sword, my liege," Toby said.
Jim, with a frown, poked Toby with the pencil. Toby let out of yelp from the small amount of pain and surprise caused by the pencil. Jim turned and stepped up but fell backward with a groan. He stood up one more time and started to walk deep into the hole.
"Oh, one last thing to know when dealing with a gnome, Master Jim, and this is of dire importance: Do not touch its hat," Blinky yelled out to Jim.
"Of course," Jim responded, "It's right there in A Brief Recapitulation."
"You remember!" He said with a joy-filled voice.
"Of course not! Nothing in this world makes sense!"
Toby, Blinky, Bagdwella, Raelle, and Aaarrrgghh waited by the hole for any sign of Jim. Soon, they heard a fight. They couldn't see the battle, but they listened closely. The heard glass shattered as a groan from Jim also blended with the noise.
"That doesn't sound favorable," Blinky said.
A few moments passed, and the fight was over. They waited impatiently as the noise had stopped and hoped to see Jim appear.
"Why hasn't he come out?" Toby asked.
They waited, quickly losing hope, and their worry grew. Soon, they spot a figure approaching from the hole, and their eyes are glued. The defeated gnome appeared, Jim behind with the sword pointed and the hat on his head. They all clapped their hands in applause for Jim.
"You summoned the armor and caught the gnome! Well played, Master Jim!" Blinky cheered.
"Thank you, thank you. I don't want to forget the little people," Jim tapped the gnome to keep moving and hopped down with the gnome.
"Expedient and good-humored," Blinky remarked.
"Way to go, Jim!" Raelle congratulated her brother.
"Oh, my hero!" Bagdwella swooned, appreciating what Jim had done for her.
Jim threw the pointy hat to the ground, the gnome jumping to it, but he got caught in a bag by Toby.
"And what about this shrinking stuff? When does it wear off?" Jim asked his trainer.
"Don't worry," Blinky replied, "Sleep it off. By morning, you'll be as good as new. And how you have earned it! Jim the Gnome Slayer!"
Toby sat by the struggling gnome as he strummed the tiny guitar and quickly grabbed the bag as it moved away.
"He was so young. There was so much music left in him," Toby said with remorse.
"This is going to be rough," Raelle said, knowing what is going to happen next.
Blinky picks Jim up and places him on a crate before pointing out, "All that is left is for you to take care of it."
"Wait, what? Take care of it?" Jim asked, unsure of what Blinky meant.
Aaarrrgghh jumped into the conversation and says, "Rule number two."
"Always finish the fight," Blinky reminded Jim.
"And by finish?" Jim wondered, not comfortable with what Blinky said.
"Deaden. End. Le coup de grace," He responded.
While Aaarrrgghh slid his finger against his throat, Jim's eyes swelled in realization.
After leaving Trollmarket, the three went to Toby's house. In Toby's room, Jim sat on the pillow while Toby sat on the other side, and Raelle sat next to her brother on the other pillow. The gnome was still in the bag and was on the bed.
"Who are we kidding? I can't kill this thing. I nearly had dinner with it. Neither of us are killers," Jim exclaimed, perched on the pillow while they watched the bag.
"I am," Toby said shyly.
"You are?" Jim and Raelle questioned, looking at their friend in shock.
Toby sat the amulet down as the bag moved frantically over the bed.
"Detective Snuggles. Nana warned me not to leave my chocolate lying around. But it was just after Easter, and I had pulled in a big haul. I never thought that the cat would find my stash. But he did. And by the time I found him, it was too late," He told them.
"Death by chocolate. There are worse ways to go," Jim consoled his friend.
"At least, he died happily," Raelle added.
"That wasn't the worst of it. I never had the heart to tell Nana, so, to cover up the murder, I used to eat his cat food just to make it look like he was still around," Toby admitted before covering his face and sobbing, "And I liked it."
Jim and Raelle raised their eyebrows as Toby sobbed before sharing a look.
"Don't beat yourself up, Tobes," Jim yawned before curling onto the pillow, "We both had a big day, and now's not the time to deal with this. We'll figure this out tomorrow when things are back to normal."
"But, no, you can't, Jim. You have your exam to worry about," Toby said.
"Goodnight, Tobes," Jim sighed, "There's no way I'm going to make you..."
Toby grabbed the gnome and headed to the desk, "Go to bed, Tiny Jim. See you tomorrow, Raelle."
"See ya, Toby," Raelle said before leaving his room.
Raelle left Toby's house and walked across the street with her bike. She noticed her mom's car was in the driveway and knew what to say to explain her brother's absence before entering the house.
"Hey, mom. I'm home!" Raelle closed, closing the door behind her and hanging her backpack on the stair post.
"Hi, honey," Barbara greeted her daughter, walking out of the kitchen, "Where's Jim?"
"He's spending the night at Toby's," She replied, "They're going to work on Jim's presentation for Spanish class tomorrow. And after what happened today, I think Jim will need the practice."
"Why? What happened?" Barbara inquired.
"Mary said the wrong word, and Señor Uhl failed her. She ran out of the classroom, crying," Raelle informed her, "Señor Uhl is so unforgiving and harsh."
"Yikes," Barbara said, "Well since your brother is staying at Toby's for the night, I'm going to order us a pizza."
"Cool."
Barbara walked back into the kitchen and pulled out a drawer before taking out a pizza menu they had gotten in the mail. She called and placed an order for a pepperoni pizza. When the pizza arrived, the mother and daughter sat at the table and talked about their day as they ate.
The next day, Raelle woke up and got out of bed before picking up the walkie-talkie on her desk.
"Hey, Toby. You there?" She asked. Raelle looked at the walkie-talkie, waiting for him to respond.
"Right here," Toby replied, "What's up?"
"How's Jim?"
"Still asleep and still small."
"Oh, no. What are we doing to do?" Raelle wondered.
"I don't know, but Jim is not going to be happy about this," Toby said.
Raelle took a deep breath before saying, "Alright, wait for Jim to wake up and come up with something. If you are not at school before Señor Uhl calls on Jim for his presentation, I'll make up a lie."
"Got it. Over and out."
Raelle puts the walkie-talkie back on the desk and lies down with her arms spread out on the bed. She stares at the ceiling silently.
"What are we going to do?" Raelle wondered, "And how am I going to explain to mom why Jim is only a few inches tall?"
Raelle quickly went through her morning route and quickly made her lunch before going into the garage and grabbing her bike. Raelle stared at Toby's house, hoping that their problem could be solved quickly, before riding her bike to school.
Raelle nervously sat in Señor Uhl's class. She kept glancing at her watch and hoping that Toby, a fully grown Jim, or both will walk through that door.
Señor Uhl looked at his watch before looking at Raelle and asked, "Miss Lake, where is your brother?"
"Uh, he is running a little late, Señor Uhl," Raelle answered, "But-"
"How disappointing but not entirely unexpected," He interrupted, "Moving on."
Toby burst into the room, set the computer on the stool in front of the class, and opened it.
"No problemo! Jim's here, virtually," Toby said as he turned the laptop on, and Jim appeared on the screen.
"¡Hola!" Jim greeted before apologizing, "Sorry, I couldn't be en escuela, Señor Uhl, but I'm sick en casa. Which is fitting, since I'm doing my comprehension presentación on Ponce de Leon, who muerto-ed from a great illness."
"Hey!" Steve shouted from his desk, "Muerto-ed" is not a word!"
"Nope. I'm curious to see where this is going. Continue, Mr. Lake," Señor Uhl said.
"Ponce de Leon," Jim continued, "One of the most famoso Spanish conquistadores is best associated with the Fuente de la Juventud, the Fountain of Youth."
Nana walked into Toby's room and began to vacuum, and the entire class could hear the vacuum in the background. Everyone looks at the computer with confusion.
"What is that horrible noise?" Señor Uhl asked.
"Uh, construccion. Uh, remodeling," Jim explained, "A minor intrusion. Un Minuto, Señor Uhl."
The phone smashed against Jim's face as Nana pushed the shoe with the vacuum. Jim watched as Nana picked up the little kennel, the gnome popping up to the door with a growl toward Jim.
"What are you doing in here, Mr. Meow Meow?" Nana asked, thinking the gnome is one of her cats due to her poor eyesight, even with the glasses.
"Mr. Lake, are you there?" Señor Uhl asked, "We don't have all the time."
"No, no no need to fight at home. Ponce de Leon joined Columbus in the New New What in the world?" Jim exclaimed as he helplessly watched Nana pick up the crate, placing it on the bed before unlocking the door.
"Did Toby lock you up? Do you need some fresh air? Don't get into too much trouble. I wouldn't want you to interrupt Nana's true-crime show," Nana said as she grabbed the vacuum and left the room, slamming the door shut.
Jim looked at the crate and saw that the gnome was no longer in it, causing him to scream.
"Hello? You seem distracted. Are you okay?" Señor Uhl asked Jim.
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Jim said before continuing the presentation, "Uh, he sailed las Carreras across the Oceano-" His voice trailed off as he stood and looked around the dollhouse, glancing at the roof.
"Mr. Lake? I don't follow."
Jim lowered his gaze to find the gnome standing on the couch. gnome roars before he tackles Jim in front of the camera. Everyone's head followed as the camera fell.
"¡Arriba! Oh, what joy this new world was! ¡Que Bueno!" Jim cried out.
"You're out of frame, Mr. Lake. I am confused," Señor Uhl said.
"Just some technical difficulty! No problemo," Toby turned the computer and imitated beeping noises, "Tiny Jim, are you all right?"
"Do I look all right?"
Jim struggled as the gnome held tight onto him. Jim slams the gnome against the wall, faltering the gnome's grip before tossing him across the dollhouse room. The gnome quickly balanced himself and went after Jim again, but he took the t.v and hit the gnome. Jim ran back to the phone and lifted it as Toby turned the computer back to the audience.
"And that'll be all for my presentación," Jim said.
"Actually, by my count, you are three words short, Mr. Lake. If you can't finish the exam, I'll have to fail you," Señor Uhl told him.
"Uh, in that case, there were Muchos problemas in the Nuevo Mundo, the New World!"
The gnome attacked once again, pulling Jim from view. The two wrestled, coming back in front of the camera, Toby covering up the image of the gnome.
"Um... Like vermin who you can't seem to get rid of. Ratas. I've got you now, Gnome!" Jim headed off the camera and tied up the gnome with a sock and shoestring before running back to the camera, "But, in the end, they were taken care of. And that is it for my presentación. I hope this wasn't too much trouble, Señor Uhl. Hasta luego."
Eli cheered, "Spectacular!"
"Very, very informative, Mr. Lake. C-plus," Señor Uhl said.
Suddenly, Jim's body started to become unproportioned, and Señor Uhl was worried at the sight of it.
"Fine. B-minus."
"Jim? Jim, what's wrong?" Raelle asked as she ran up to the computer, becoming concerned for her brother.
"It's happening!" Jim cried out.
"What's happening?" Toby asked.
"It's happen-"
As Jim was about to repeat what he said, Toby caught on and quickly high-fived Jim's large hand before he closes the computer.
"High five! Internet connections, am I right? Gotta go. Bye!" Toby said.
Toby and Raelle rushed out of the class and peddled as fast as they can to Toby's house.
At the house, Toby and Raelle walk through the door to find a regular size, Jim.
"Jim! You're big again!" Toby exclaimed.
"Are you alright?" Raelle asked.
"I think my spleen switched sides, but everything's better now," Jim said, rubbing his side.
"I'm sorry I failed you, Jim," Toby apologized, "I should have done it when I had the chance."
Jim waved Toby and Raelle to look in the dollhouse to find the gnome talking to the toy doll.
"I thought he was attacking me, but all he wanted was a home. Look! He's even found a friend," Jim said.
The gnome strung a tune on his guitar as he sang to the doll.
"He has the mind of a vermin but the soul of an artist," Toby sighed.
"It's kinda cute," Raelle commented.
"Blinky said we needed to "take care of him," but what if we, like, take care of him?" Jim suggested, "I know it's not exactly the second rule to Trollhunting, but for this one, maybe we do it in our own way, without the murdering."
The gnome beats the little toy tv, hoping for it to work.
"We can keep him?" Toby asked with excitement, "Jim, I already have a name. Gnome Chompsky."
"Chompsky. I like it," Jim responded.
"Yeah, it has a nice ring to it," Raelle agreed, "He does look like a Chompsky."
Chompsky slid closer to the girl doll. He yawns and stretches his arms out before putting the closest arm around the doll.
"Pretty good for a first mission. Two crises averted. It's not like you get to rehearse these things," Jim gasped in realization, "Oh, no! Rehearsal!"
Jim rushed out of the room and down the stairs. Raelle and Toby watched Jim peddle away from the house at a fast speed from the room's window. The two knew that he was going to be in trouble with Miss Janeth.