Sorry this took a while. Here the woodman can see the elves. While it isn't completely clear if he can there are hints that he can. Who would play poker with someone without being able to see them?
The woodman finished drinking his dirt tea and decided to take a short hike before another round of poker. Before he left his house the woodman grabbed an axe.
'Might as well get some wood for Hilda and her mother. I give them wood and she has the nerve to act like a jerk. At least Hilda appreciates it. Not that I care,' The woodman thought.
The woodman entered the forest and spotted a few elves exploring the area.
"Soon those humans will be gone," One elf exclaimed in excitement.
"I know! I thought that pesky woodman was trouble. At least he decided to sign the forms," The other responded.
The woodman shook his head. The only reason he signed those forms was because he didn't like the idea of being unable to see anyone he was playing against in poker. That gives them the ability to run off without offering payment. The fact that he couldn't harm them without doing so along with not seeing them is completely unfair!
The woodman reached a few trees that were perfect for cutting down.
'Knowing Hilda she isn't leaving without a fight.' The woodman thought.
Hilda was sitting peacefully on a log with Twig by her side. Hilda was watching a few Woffs fly across the sky.
'Another reason to stay! I doubt I would be able to do this in Trolberg!' Hilda thought.
Hilda took a deep breath before getting up from the log.
"Come on Twig we better get back to mum. We can go out again later and draw a few things," Hilda told her deerfox.
Twig gave a cheerful bark in return and followed Hilda back home.
Johanna was sitting peacefully on the couch and was looking through some old pictures of when she lived in Trolberg. Johanna pulled out a picture of herself when she was about Hilda's age. Her brown hair was about as long as Hilda's and she was wearing the standard sparrow scout uniform. Her slash was filled with plenty of badges.
'If we do move Hilda should fit right in as a sparrow scout,' Johanna thought.
Johanna then picked up a picture of herself at the age of 16 holding hands with a 16 year old boy with bright blue hair.
'Why did you have to leave? Why leave me alone to raise Hilda? Why leave before your own daughter could get to know you? You were my first love and first love usually doesn't last! During the day of our wedding I was impressed to see it wasn't the case with us! Now I just don't know!' Johanna thought in anger.
Johanna resisted the urge to rip the picture and gently placed it down.
'It was your idea to move here! You had an unusual love for nature and the various supernatural creatures that exists. Hilda got that from you and as much as I love her I just can't relate to that like you could,'
"Mum i'm back," Hilda announced before entering the cottage.
"Welcome back Hilda," Johanna greeted.
"What are you doing mum?" Hilda asked.
Johanna took a deep breath, "Just looking through some old pictures of my life in Trolberg."
Hilda walked to her mother and took a look at the various pictures. She smiled seeing the pictures of her mother when she was about her age.
'She really seemed to have loved it in Trolberg. She gave that life up to live here? Why?' Hilda thought confused.
Hilda gasped when she spotted the photo of a teenage Johanna holding hands with a teenage boy that had the same hair color as her.
'Is that dad? He and mum look so happy together. What happened?'
Johanna picked up the photo of her holding hands with Hilda's father and took a deep breath.
"Hilda, I never told you about your father," Johanna admitted.
Hilda couldn't think of anything to say in response so she simply nodded. Johanna took a deep breath.
"Sorry! It's really painful. I have been dreading this day for years," Johanna said sadly.
Johanna placed the photo down and took another deep breath, "He was a lot like you! Always curious about the world and the various creatures around. He would always dragged me into trouble, but somehow we always managed to ghat out of them. I thought we would end up being the perfect family, until he left!"
"Why?" Hilda asked.
"I wish I knew! I swear if I see him again I don't know if I would hug or strangle him to death!" Johanna answered.
Hilda sighed and took a seat on the couch. Learning about her father wasn't the great experience she wished it would be. Hilda couldn't help but wonder why he left.
'Is he a deadbeat that took advantage of mum or is there a good reason he left? If the latter what reason could he have to leave mum and I alone for years?' Hilda thought.
Alfur was sitting in his house trying to ponder a few things. The little girl doesn't seem evil. Alfur was willing to bet if she knew about the elves she would stop going through their homes. Should he reveal himself to her? He will surely become ostracized for an action. Alfur shook his head and tried to clear his thoughts. He has a difficult choice to make and he doesn't know if he would be able to!
Hilda checked her clock and saw it was pretty late in the evening. Her hair was currently in a short ponytail and she decided to skip on her evening hike. She couldn't get the idea of her father out of her mind. She had hoped that he would be a great person. It appears he was, but the idea he left her and her mother and haven't returned in years is just plain terrible. Hilda sighed in frustration before hearing a knock on the door. Hilda walked to the door and opened it to find the woodman standing there with firewood in his hands.
"You actually knocked?" Hilda asked.
"Just let me in it's cold out here," The woodman bluntly said before entering.
"Hilda who was at the door?" Johanna asked.
"Just the woodman," Hilda answered.
"He actually knocked?" Johanna asked.
"If you are going to act like that maybe I will continue not to!" The woodman said before pulling out a book.
Johanna gave the woodman a glare, that he ignored before sitting on the couch.
"Why are you here?" Johanna asked.
The woodman got up, "I might know things about the little people,"
"You do?" Hilda asked.
"Yep. I hear them talking about running you two out of the wilderness," The woodman answered.
"Do you know who they are?" Hilda asked.
The woodman walked to the door and opened it, "If you guys end up leaving I am going to miss your fire," The woodman left the house.
Hilda rushed to the doorway, "Hey! You didn't answer my question!"
"Just ignore him. He might have just been joking around," Johanna told Hilda.
Hilda frowned before closing the door, "I don't know mum. He might have been serious this time."
Later that night 626 has finally crashed landed into the wilderness. 626 managed to get out of the wreck without any injuries. 626 took a deep breath as he took in the environment. 626 frowned as he realized he wasn't in a huge city. On the brightside he doesn't seem to be anywhere near water. 626 grabbed a blaster and decided to explore and maybe even destroy something. After a few minutes of walking he was greeted to the sight of a sleeping deerfox. 626 smiled as he aimed his blaster ready to kill something, but before he could fire was trampled by a troll. 626 managed to get up and got ready to fire again only to get trampled by more and more trolls. 626 lost consciousness after the tenth troll.
A short chapter but I am really having writer's block and I didn't want you leave you all hanging for much longer. The next chapter should be more interesting. As you can already tell I am going to have things be completely different to Canon! Hope you enjoy!