The next morning Claire rolled out of bed and started getting ready for school, intending to confront the boy in her class who she thinks may have the Eclipse amulet. Making her way downstairs, Claire entered the kitchen and grabbed some cereals for breakfast. munching down the corn flakes as quickly as possible, Claire then grabbed her bag and keys before making her way out the house, locking the door behind her.

Having made her way to school in record time, Claire hoped to catch her classmate before he entered the building, but the bell rang, and he was either late or already in school. Entering her first class, Claire began a long day of school: started by a double period of Maths, followed by a break, then on to History and English. Which was then followed by lunch, Spanish and finally Geography.

Maths was boring, and the guy she was looking for was not in her class, so she had nothing to take her mind off boring algebra; just going through tedious equations one after the other. Then came break which was equally uneventful; as she could not find him anywhere. But Claire was persistent and kept circling the school's grounds hunting for him.

"Claire? girl what are you doing? this is the third time we've circled the school," Darcy asked, confusion written all over her face

"I'm looking for someone"

"who?"

"I don't remember his name, but you know the kid that's in our History and Spanish class and likes to wear a blue jacket a lot."

"oh, don't tell him that you don't remember his name, he will be devastated!"

"why?" Claire asked, now with the confused face.

"omg! how have you not noticed? he's got the biggest crush on you, all he does is stare at you, you're telling me you haven't noticed?!"

"no, and that's a little weird," replied Claire, trying to recall seeing him ever stare at her.

"well looks like I'm not finding him at break; bells going to go in a minute, best get back to class.

Arriving at the classroom as the bell rang, Claire took her seat near the door, so she could spot when he entered.

Claire waited through the whole of history trying to get in one word, and just as she decided she would intercept him now, the class had finished. The teacher asked for Jim to stay behind, leaving Claire to either be late to her next lesson or try again later. Choosing the latter of her options Claire made her way to her next lesson; English, with determination to find Jim at lunch.

Lunch came around and passed with no Jim. Beginning to get frustrated in the lack of ability to get hold of one guy, Claire stormed into her next class and sat down at her desk with a huff. Finally noticing her surroundings, Claire noticed the boy she was searching for all day was sitting in the seat opposite her. writing down a quick note on a piece of paper, Claire tossed it at Jim; gaining his attention. Glancing over in her direction, Jim gave Claire a confused look, before she gestured for him to open it. As he did so Claire resumed trying to pay attention to class, finally thinking she had managed her task and would be having a conversation later; at a time where if she was right, and he did have the amulet, Blinky could introduce himself.

Jim P.O.V:

Arriving in class, Jim took his seat and waited for the lesson to begin. Suddenly a scrunched-up paper ball hit him on the side of the head and then landed on his desk. Looking up in the direction it came from, Jim's mind went into shutdown. He saw who it was, only to realize that she was gesturing for him to open the paper ball.

Grabbing the piece of paper, Jim frantically opened it, curious to what it could say; only to read: "we need to talk, meet me outside the museum at 8 o'clock." It was a short note, and yet one that held a lot of mystery; this lit Jim's mind ablaze with thoughts: some good, some bad. In the end he decided he really didn't want to know about the negatives; the opportunity to find out why she was concerned lay right in front of him; he just needed to meet her to know more.

Finishing school, Jim rushed out of the building, hopped on his bike and shot off back home, completely forgetting about his best friend Toby. His mind was still in turmoil over what Claire could want. After all, she didn't appear to notice him before. Arriving at home, Jim entered his house and began trying to distract himself doing mindless chores, trying to relieve the anxiety he had over what was to come.

8 o'clock came slowly, but when it finally arrived he couldn't have been happier, or more nervous. His mum was still at work, so he locked the door as he left. Grabbing his bike Jim climbed on and began to pedal, making his way towards the museum. At some points he was going fast in excitement and at other times he slowed down, becoming nervous, which luckily didn't affect his time too much.

Noticing Claire near the entrance Jim lost his composure and decided to hide just out of sight. He was trying to work up the courage to approach her when he was interrupted by a huge roar. Looking up he noticed a giant stone-looking monster: with horns and fiery orange eyes that shone in the darkness, barrelling towards Claire with one word: "Trollhunter!"

Claire P.O.V:

Having told Blinky the plan and made him wait under the bridge for Claire to bring Jim, Claire made her way back to the museum; arriving just before 8. 5 minutes went by, then 10 and just as she was beginning to wonder if Jim was going to show up, a loud roar and heavy footsteps gained her attention. Turning to face the oncoming threat, Claire realized who it was: Bular; a brute of a troll that was midnight black from head to toe, eyes ablaze with fury and two swords sheathed on his back.

"Trollhunter!" Bular roared with fury, unsheathing his swords and chucking himself in Claire's direction.

"for the glory of merlin, daylight is mine to command!" screamed Claire, desperately praying the armour protected her in time.

with a flash of blue and white light, the armour formed around Claire's body just in time to absorb most of the impact from Bular's charge, but not enough to stop her from being slammed into the wall. Summoning the sword of daylight, Claire threw everything she had at Bular, swords clashing time after time, parrying blow for blow, but with Claire's limited training she was eventually overwhelmed. A blow from one of Bular's swords struck her chest plate, causing a shockwave of energy that threw Claire to the floor, leaving her defenceless against the monster.

"and now you die, Trollhunter," Bular growled, ready to give the final blow.

Jim P.O.V:

Seeing everything from a distance, Jim summoned his Armour with a flash of deep red and charged, armour pulsing in time with his rapidly beating heart. Noticing Claire get struck and thrown off her feet unearthed a deep rage within Jim, causing his armour to hum with energy that started to cackle across his Armour; giving him the energy to run faster.

"and now you die troll hunter,"

Hearing these words and seeing the sword hurtle down towards Claire with terrifying speed, Jim dived forward into a roll, landing in a braced crouch just in front of Claire. His sword appeared out of nowhere into his hand and blocked Bular's mighty blow, causing a shower of sparks and a blast wave of energy to throw them both backward. Regaining his footing, Jim grabbed Claire, helping her get up.

"you okay? we've got to go!" Jim shouted, fear coursing through his veins.

Stumbling, Claire managed to find her footing with some help from Jim. Starting to run, Jim and Claire looked back to see Bular get up slowly. Fleeing as fast as their Armour clad bodies could carry them and ignoring the heavy footsteps that were now following them, footsteps driven by an uncontrolled vengeance.

"where do we go?!" shouted Jim.

"just follow me!" replied Claire, gaining speed.

Following Claire, they arrived at the bridge, Bular only meters behind and gaining ground by the second.

"Jim! distract him, I'll get us to safety," shouted Claire diving off the bridge and on to the floor below.

Turning around, Jim braced himself and met Bular head on once again, swords clashing in a chaotic dance of death.

"It's been a long time since anyone seen that amulet boy! I can't wait to peel it off your corpse." snarled Bular, attacking with more force and ferocity.

Finally, Jim was disarmed by his superior foe and was kicked off the bridge, he hit the floor with an almighty crash that managed to crack the concrete floor. Jim groaned as he tried to get up and out the way, but was rescued by Claire, who had finally gotten the attention of Blinky and Arrrgh. Pulling Jim back into cover, Blinky opened the entrance to troll market. Bular landed with a grunt, fist smashing into the floor where Jim was moments ago, and with a bellowing roar he charged again.

As Jim and Claire braced themselves for another round of getting there ass handed to them, they were suddenly yanked from behind just before Bular could get them, leaving a ceiling doorway behind and no way for Bular to get to them.

Clambering back up off the ground, Claire suddenly jumps Jim, giving him a quick hug before backing off with a small blush on her face for her actions.

"wh-what was that for?" Jim stammered, blushing as red as a tomato

"you know, for saving my life back at the museum" Claire replied, trying to keep a straight face and not laugh at Jim's bright red features.

"Oh, no problem, I'm pretty sure you saved me back there from being crushed."

But just before Claire could reply, Blinky interrupted.

"master Jim, good to finally meet you, I'm Blinky, this Arrrgh and you obviously met Claire."

"Hey now, someone really needs to explain what's going on!" Jim shouted, the fear and adrenaline finally wearing off as reality came crashing in, leaving him stuck in a confusing world.

A big thanks to Puffin 777 for beta reading my work and fixing my mistakes.