All characters are owned by George Macdonald except whatever OC's that I manage to come up with, purely fan made and inspired after reading all the great PatG fanfics
Now on this night, the very one that little Sun Princess, Irene, spent looking up at the stars, there was someone else staring towards the heavens, analyzing them for some truth. He leaned upon the rock face, grabbing stones every now and then throwing them in the air, watching them tumble down the mountain side. He breathed in air, a shot of oxygen straight to his lunges made the bright fluorescent hair on his head stand on end. It was a beautiful night, bats chirped at one another as they fought over the fireflies bellow, wolves bayed at the engorged moon as they congregated at the base of the mountain, running round and playing with one another.
The figure breathed in again, the wind circling round the mountain filled his chest and he blinked in surprise at the coldness it offered.
With long, green fingers outstretched, he grabbed for another rock and palmed it for a short while before throwing it over the edge of the cliff watching as it came crashing down against the mountain, dislodging some other rocks as it tumbled off the face.
He sighed, bored from the repetitious action and leaned up to gaze at the stars, feeling smaller than he had ever felt in his life.
Stars...they sit up there and look down upon us, I'm a Royal Prince and I look down upon everyone.
The individual smiled as he thought of the many subjects he had put in their proper place, all the strong brave ones that were sent shivering like children with a mere glare of his piercing yellow eyes.
How strong he looked compared to his minor subjects, his bestial nature could send armies running from his path, and he was only a young Prince, imagine what he could do when he was older.
They all feared him, feared him like the devil himself but there was something missing from it all, he felt giddy, light headed with the thought of punishment, but fear, real fear, was nothing to him.
They were all afraid.
Every single, last one.
But he wanted more.
When it came to what he wanted though, he had no idea.
Perhaps he had to find his own...
There was a crumble of rocks that had not been caused by him this time disturbed his train of thought.
He looked down from the heavens, a growl distorting his face as the shouting grew louder and the more rocks that were sent tumbling off the cliff.
A bright light swung back and forth as the voices continued.
It was a couple of sun boys, eager and enjoying their run as they scaled the sides of the mountain like mountain goats. They headed to the openings in the mountain, mines that had been created by the people of the mountain.
On occasion a sun person would wander down into the mines and find themselves hopelessly lost...
"Curdie," cried the little boy as he chased after the dark haired scamp trotting down the mountain mines with aloof calmness "Curdie, wait for me!" he tripped and stumbled onto the rocky ground. The thud as he fell echoed not to mention he thunderous crash when the lantern that he had been carrying tumbled to the ground after him. The slightly older boy, Curdie, turned around to roll his eyes at the younger friend of his.
"It's going to get dark and scary, you better turn back now if you don't want to go through with it, Duncan." The little boy held up the broken latern, "and now we have no light."
The smaller boys face turned red like a cherry tomato and he shook his head. "I'm not scared of any old cob, but... maybe we should go back, you know, to get a new light."
Since the miners always came in contact with goblins and the goblin pets had developed a sort of war between them, very few people from the castle believed the miner stories of strange beings living in the tunnels of the mountain but all the miners knew that these creatures lived down there.
A derogatory term for the goblin creatures that had developed somehow was 'cob' however the Goblins also had a long list of insults for the miners.
Now despite what the two young individuals thought, there was one person they did not suspect who was also listening in on their conversation. Curdie helped Dawson up from the ground and they exchanged friendly glances as Curdie smiled daringly.
"Let's get going, who knows what Goblin's you startled with your hollering and your falling all over the place."
"I wasn't falling all over the place." Mumbled Dawson sarcastically.
They began down the tunnel once more followed closely by a shadowy presence, he had no intentions of being seen by the two boys.
"What the hell?" growled the annoyed shadow who had been peacefully enjoying the silent of night until the two broke his silent with their boisterous laughter.
The two boys heard the hushed growl and turned around quickly, "What was that," whimpered the smaller.
Curdie just sat back on his heals and crossed his arms in an unamused fashion. "Come out here Goblin," he barked the order with the tone of a general.
Who did this Sun Boy think he was? Well it didn't really matter what this Sun creature wanted, he wasn't about to bow down to anyone's order's. He was the Goblin Prince after all, this Sun Boy will see what happens if he comes into the dark and tries to defeat the prince of Goblins in his own element.
"Why don't you come and get me," snarled the gravelly dark voice, sparking fear in both boys but causing Dawson to jump back behind his accomplice while Curdie stood like a frozen statue, arms crossed over his boyish, puffed-out chest.
The shadowy presence bowed away from the individuals sticking to the night he craved, but Curdie was not so lenient to let this one creature get away from him.
"Oh, no you don't," smiled Curdie and he struck some flint that he had been keeping safe in his trousers for such an occasion. Curdie reeled around, grabbing a stick that he had seen lying in the dark cave earlier. Lighting the branch afire, Curdie threw it to the corner where the shadow lurked and watched it fall just short of the individual's feat, revealing a clawed, one toed foot, before it hurriedly vanished into the shadows covering the corner.
"Come on Goblin, we got you trapped." Roared Curdie, victorious in his latest catch. He had never had the chance to see a Goblin person before, usually he only came in contact with their pets.
For Curdie, dealing with the Goblin's had been a personal vendetta after his mother had been clawed badly by one of their cats.
Right on the cheek.
Curdie touched his own hand to his cheek.
She had cried, late at night, when she thought no one could hear her.
It went on for weeks.
She had protected him that night. A Goblin pet had come into their home, it had straddled the crib he was sleeping in, when he was just three years of age. It might have killed him, it probably would have if his mother had not seen it and rushed after it, defending her son with her own bear hands and against the fierce, bacteria-infested claws of the goblin pet.
Curdie tightened his fist and roared out again, feeling his eyes narrow and his face burn when confronting this new enemy. It was his job to rid the world of these creatures.
For his mother.
"Get out here, Coward."
The Goblin's eyes opened with this last insult, a pair of piercing golden light's in the eternal darkness of the cave corner.
No one ever called him a coward for he was far from that. He would show this Sun-Boy who would be cowering.
"If you're thure, Thun-Boy." Lisped the shadow, Dawson had to cover his mouth to stop himself from laughing and Cudrie's mouth split into a confident grin.
"Thun-Boy," mocked Curdie with a fake lisp. "What kinda' Goblin are you? Can't even-" Curdie might have finished but was stopped when he saw the individual slowly come out of the darkness.
First the light only exposed the foot as the Goblin slowly shoved his foot out into the light of the burning fire and then the rest of his body came relatively quickly.
He was a tall Goblin, thin but muscular arms, similar description for the legs, a teal loin cloth covering his backside and front hanging down to his calves, a long cape draped over his shoulder with pink lining on the inside and black on the outside. At the end of each long gangly arm, the Goblin held to large hands, three fingers on each and one thumb. Each of these digits ended in long, razor sharp claw.
To a human, he was the most ugly creature, but to all the Goblin people of whom he ruled over with domination and fear, he was the most handsome of all.
The Goblin's ears stuck straight up into the air, his vibrant pink hair flowing between them like fire, his face was identified by an upturned nose, ovular golden-yellow eyes, a set of teeth which consisted of two molars on both sides, a set of lips which slightly alluded to his birth name and greenish-light-brown skin.
"I am Prince Froglip, Thun Boy." Snarled the tall menacing figure as it loomed over the two boys, "And you're going to regret meeting me after tonight."
"I already do," spat Curdie as he raised his fists and readied to punch out wildly.
Now to describe Curdie, he was not so much smaller than his opponent, in fact he was relatively strong for a boy of eight or ten. Dark brown hair covered his head and in an unruly fashion it would flop to either side when he turned but was kept out of his eyes by a blue head band. Curdie had brown eyes, the colour of chocolate. They always managed to melt his mother's heart whenever she looked at him.
Curdie was also strong, he had shorter, less gangly arms than Froglip though he wasn't stronger since humans in general weren't use to the harsh conditions in the mines that all the goblins had to endure.
Prince Froglip was at least twelve, almost in his young adult hood and had a full foot advantage over Curdie.
A ghostly humming flowed through the air and the three individuals about to get themselves involved in a fight that wouldn't end well for either side looked up in fright.
"It's a ghost!" cried Dawson as he dragged Curdie out of the cave.
Curdie had time enough to turn around and point an accusing finger at the Goblin Prince who sneered in return. "I'll get you Goblin, mark my words, I'll get you."
"I'll be waiting Thun-Boy." Froglip smiled for a second but was reminded by the threat and turned to face the sound.
It was white, piercing white and glowed brightly, long white hair poured around, shaping a body covered in a pale gown and a white face, a small face visible on the translucent skin and grey eyes peered out from the darkness.
Froglip shirked back in fear and ran down the tunnel, flailing his arms in the air wildly.
"MMMOOOOTTTHHHHHAAAAAAA!" he howled out; he went down the tunnel, screaming his head off.
The white dazzling figure shook her head and smiled sympathetically.
Carol: I did? Yay, ^_^ I hope it didn't turn you off the character's entirely, Froglip is a little creepy but I find he's even worse in the book XP
There are some fanfics that have Curdie as the bad guy or he's a coward but I've always thought that Curdie was brave and smart, so without giving too much more away I'll just say I like the character and leave you with that.
Froglip is mostly going to be based off what he was like in the movie instead of the book because I really couldn't get a good sense of the character in the book {plus to me the Prince in the book was just too creepy XP} There's going to be some things that are different about him too but I'd like to think that he only showed one side of himself in the movie so I'm going to explore the rest of his personality. As for appearance, imagine him to be what you will, personally I think of him differently than the way he is in the movie just because I imagine him a little less...er... 'slobbery' when he's older and his features aren't as exaggerated as they are in the movie.
And I have no idea why but when I thought of the beast from Beauty and the beast when he slowly exposed himself, gah, I'll have to draw a picture... tho I can't really give the original beauty and the beast scene justice.
And, I have to add, before this author's note get's too long, that I have made another Princess and the Goblin Clip, I may not write this scene but I do like it still and I hope you guy's do too, P.S. make sure you know which disney character's are playing the Princess and the Goblin character's so you don't get confused cus it could be a little confusing.