Johanna:...So, not only is you and Kaisa are both witches, but Hilda is your familiar, Frida.
Frida: Yeah.
Everyone were now outside of the library, after spending the whole day there with nearing the end of the day. It was already dusk and the sun was going, so it was time to head back. And thankfully it was the time duck where the trolls were already coming out. But during the whole time everyone was quiet, even after Johanna had calmed down Hilda from her panic attack. Right now they were all standing outside of the library and were talking to each other about witches. Frida was telling Johanna so much about her witch in training and how Kaisa was a witch, and mentions Hilda was her familiar. When Frida was finished, she looked up at Johanna and saw her making a mixed face of worry, frustration, but also calm listening.
Hilda was just sitting on the cement block steps of the library while her mum was talking with Frida, just looking down at the ground with a face of deep depression. Hilda was turned into a troll once, now she was again and hoped it would never happen again. But why in the universe did it happen again? But then Hilda heard her mum walk up behind her and turned back to see her mum looking down at her and had her arms folded and was making a worried face.
Johanna: It's time to head home.
Hilda: Yes, Mum.
Hilda stood up and she and her mum walked down the steps and walked all the way back to the car with Hilda having the blanket under her arm. When they reached the car, Johanna and Hilda looked back to see all their friends getting into their cars and leaving, planning on heading home. But all of them had faces of depression and sadness for learning the truth today. But neither Hilda or Johanna accused them, they were sad too.
Johanna and Hilda didn't drive off just yet and watched as everyone else drove away, returning to their homes to take comfort for the next day. Johanna and Hilda then looked up to the library doors and saw Kaisa standing there and watching everyone leave one by one, before she went back inside with a sad face.
Johanna and Hilda were the only ones left and Johanna started the car, before she drove off towards home. After driving, Johanna parked the cat, the pair entered the building, and entered their apartment. When they entered in, they walked into the living room where Hilda went back into her room and placed the blanket back on the bed, before she went back into the living and hopped on the couch. Johanna saw it happen and noticed something.
Johanna: Hilda?
Hilda: Yes?
Johanna: Aren't you gonna get dressed?
Hilda: Why? Their uncomfortable.
Johanna: But Hilda, your indecent.
Hilda: I'm not naked, Mum. I'm a troll, which have gray skin and they don't show any sexual organs. So I'm free.
Hilda made a small smile and looked down, seeing the carpet floor. Johanna just looked down at her daughter and saw her face, seeing a hint of doubt in her eyes. Johanna then sat down next to her daughter and placed her hand on her shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze.
Johanna: Hilda?
Hilda: Yeah?
Johanna: I think we need to talk about something.
Hilda: What?
Johanna: It's about what Frida told us. I know you don't like this one bit. It's not your favorite, but I think we need to talk about
Hilda: Oh...
Hilda then looked down, making a face of uncomfort. Johanna saw it and made a frown of reasonable.
Johanna: Look, Hilda, I know it's really not your favorite. But I think we should talk about some of your adventures. To clear things up.
Hilda looked at her mother for a moment and looked down, thinking about all this. Was it worth it? But after looking up at her mother, she asked for this nicely so at the least Hilda could do was to tell the truth, to get this off her chestZ
Hilda: *sigh* Okay then.
Hilda and Johanna both sat on the couch and Hilda then explained everything! As in everything, everything. Hilda told her about a lot of adventures like Eternal Warriors, the truth about the bell fiasco, the kraken, the time worm, the night with the Yule Lads, and the main reason why Hilda wanted to see Frida. Hilda had finished e
Johanna: And your positive there's nothing else?
Hilda: Yes, Mum. I promise.
Johanna: I see. *sigh* Listen, I kinda honestly feel upset and frustrated.
Hilda: I understand...Personally, I'm frustrated with myself...because, I'm...scared...scared of not being enough and letting you, time after time. So I...
Johanna: Decided to hide things?
Hilda: Yeah, that's part of it...I'm...scared...scared you won't love me anymore...I love you, mum...I hope you can love me...
Hilda then placed her hands over her eyes as she began to whimper and cry with deep sadness. Hilda cried for all things, the guilt of her mistakes and fear of being not enough. Johanna looked down at her daughter and began to feel a bit bad for her. Johanna never wanted her daughter to fear that she won't love her. Johanna placed her hand Hilda's shoulder, making her look up at her mum with eyes of tears,
Johanna: Hilda, I'd never hate you. Your my daughter and I'm proud of you for who you are. You're special, a special girl with special friends.
Hilda: Yeah, special...friends...
Hilda then suddenly felt something inside her head again, the same feeling she felt way before when she remembered her mother, but it wasn't her, but her friends. Hilda began to remember Frida, David, Twig, Alfur, Kaisa, and all of her great friends on all her adventures. All of it came back to her in a flash!
Hilda: *Gasp!* I remember!
Johanna: What?
Hilda: My friends! I remember! I remember all of them!
Johanna: Really! Oh my goodness!
Johanna smiled with tears of joy in her eyes and wrapped her arms around Hilda, hugging her close. Hilda had new memories restored. Wonderful.
Frida and her mum and dad arrived at home and walked inside while shutting the door behind them to prevent sunlight casting through. As they entered, they walked into the living and Anton closed the blinds to prevent more sunlight. When they were done, they walked to the couch and sat down, making depressed faces that things will never return to normal. Frida just looked up at her mum and dad, who locked back at her with the same sad faces she was making. The family just looked at the brown coffee table with
Frida: So...
Eli: I know, Frida. This really is unnerving.
Frida: Well, we can find a counter spell and-
Anton: Well, that's not possible. The librarian said there was no other way to break the curse.
Eli: So your stuck like this for the rest of your life, sweetheart.
Frida just looked down at the coffee table and whimpered in sadness. This wasn't fair.
Frida: Mum? Dad?
Eli: Yes?
Frida: You don't hate me, right?
Anton: What?...No. Frida why would you ask that?!
Frida: Because I failed!
Eli: Wha-
Frida: I failed!
Frida felt her eyes scrunch up and tears overflowing her eyes, before she began to sob her heart out. Frida just cried as she held her hands against her cheeks, feeling the salty tears go down her cheek. Eli and Anton saw it and immediately wrapped their arms around Frida as she cried, hugging her close.
Eli: Sweetheart, what makes you think that you failed?
Frida: All of this! I couldn't be the daughter you wanted by doing witchcraft! And I was wrapping up in so much shenanigans that I got myself turned into a troll! I'm now a freak, AND NOT YOUR DAUGHTER!
Anton: Frida, no...
Eli: Shh, Shh-Shh.
Eli placed her index finger against Frida's lips as she cried and she was able to quiet down and looked at her mother and father with sad eyes.
Eli: Frida, your still our daughter and you didn't fail at anything.
Frida: Your just saying that to make me feel better!
Anton: Well, yeah, because it's true!
Frida: But, but, but-
Eli: Frida, more then anything, me and your father should apologize.
Frida: But...Wait? What?
Frida just looked up at her mother and father and saw them making faces of guilt and shame.
Anton: We're sorry, Frida. We never wanted you to feel like you didn't add up to our expectations. Your our daughter and we want you to live your life with pride.
Frida: Really?
Eli: Of course! We love you no matter what, even if you decided to become a witch. Your our witch then.
Frida:...But, what will I do now?
Eli: We'll figure it out. So don't worry.
Frida just looked up at her parents on both sides, before she slipped up against her mother's side, closing her eyes with peace. Anton placed his hand on Frida's head and Eli, rubbed her arm, clenching it tightly.
David, Andy, and Erika have entered their home and closed the door behind. Thankfully their house didn't have much windows on the first floor, but the second floor needed some work. But later, right now they'll stay on the first floor. David just walked across the hallway and went for the stairs, but his parents noticed.
Erika: Where are you going?
David: My room.
Andy: Really? Don't wanna talk about this?
David: Really?
Erika: Yeah. Please...
David looked back at his mum and dad and saw them looking at him with worried looks. It was understandable. David then walked into the living room with them and sat down on the couch. Silence filled the room with everyone looking at the ground, making anxious faces as Andy and Erika looked at their son sheepishly as he looked down at the floor with a gloomy face.
Andy: So, how are you feeling?
David: How I'm feeling?! I've been turned into a troll! How do you think I'm feeling!?
Andy: Okay, okay, okay. I'm sorry.
David: *sigh* Me too. Mum? Dad? Do you think I'm now scary.
Erika: No, David! Your our son, so you're not scary!
David: But I am! Im a troll! Something I'm scared of, so in a way I'm scared of myself! I could hurt anyone!
Andy: David, just because you're a troll, doesn't make you a monster!
Erika: Yeah! Remember back when the trolls came to the city, during the mountain king's attack?
David: *Sniffle* Yeah...you were anxious about the trolls, but you weren't later.
Erika: And I'm still not, baby.
David: But what am I gonna do?! There's no way to change me back.
Andy: Son, don't be let down. We'll get through this! We have everyone else whose been turned like you, so you don't need to feel so sad.
David: *sniffle* I guess.
Erika: See. Your our brave son, with special people. Don't forget that.
David didn't say a word, and instead looked at his parents, seeing confidence on their faces. Maybe they were right.
David: Okay. Thanks mum and dad.
Trevor and his mother Karen have already returned home after spending an entire day at the library. They entered the house after Karen parked the car and Karen closed the door behind her. The mother and son then walked into the living room and Trevor sat on the couch, while her mother went all around the house and began to close all the blinds and curtains. When Karen was done, she walked to the couch and plumbed down, looking up at the ceiling with a stressed out face, pinching the verge of her nose.
Karen: Ugh. I can't believe this...my son is a troll and there's no solution to it! Nothing!
Trevor: I know! How could this have happened?!
Karen: Well...At least your dad isn't here to me see this.
Trevor: What do you mean?
Karen: Oh, well, he would freak out and probably never let you out of the house again.
Trevor: Was he like that?
Karen: Yeah, before he left us of course.
Karen just looked down at the coffee table with narrowed eyes like she was mad about something. Trevor looked up at her mother and saw her making a face of irritation. Karen has told Trevor about his father before, Carter, and he and Karen split up over disagreements. Karen seemed to be upset by it since, feeling like her husband was kind of a jerk. Trevor then looked down at his troll hands, seeing the grey skin on them, and feeling a bit gloomy. Trevor was now a troll and there's way he'll
Trevor: So...what will we do?
Karen: What do you mean?
Trevor: About this! I'm now a troll, there's no way to change me back, and no one will except me now!
Karen: *sigh* Right. But I really don't know what to do...
Trevor: Well...I'll never be accepted by anyone.
Karen: Trevor?
Trevor: It's true! From look at who I am, and everyone will call me things like freak, monster, and beast! I'm now a troll, the creature that the wall keeps out of our city...I...I...I'M A MONSTER!
Trevor immediately felt his vision begin to blur as he began to cry and sob his lungs out. Trevor buried his face into his hands as he cried and wailed for all that's happening, turning into a troll, and learning that he'll never change back. Karen just looked at her son and
Karen: Oh, baby...I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Trevor: But what good will this come?!
Karen: I don't know...But we can still keep you inside the wall and not let the safety patrol take you away...We can
Trevor: *Sniffle* Thanks mum.
Trevor then suddenly wrapped his arms around his mother and began to sob into his mother's front, keeping his head shifted to be sure he wasn't poking his mother with his troll nose. Karen just wrapped her arms around Trevor and kissed his head as he cried in his mother's embrace, feeling a tear run down her cheek. The mother and son hugged each other in the living with the curtains shut to avoid any sunlight. If they hold on, things will be okay.
Jaden and Kelly were sitting in the back seats of the car as Marion drove down the road. They were just looking out the window and were thinking about what happened today, knowing they'd be stuck as trolls forever. They were just looking out the backseat windows on opposite windows and seeing cars drive by and people and some people with their pets on the sidewalks. But after driving, they had reached home. Marion drove the car against the sidewalk and parked the car along the curb, before she and Kelly and Jaden climbed out, not being affected by the sun. As Kelly and Marion walked up to their front door, Jaden looked at her home that stood across the road and down the street. Jaden's parents weren't really home that much, so really they didn't bother to care. Jaden then turned to Marion with a face of saddness.
Jaden: Excuse me? Mrs Marrits?
Marion: Yes?
Jaden: I...I was wondering I could stay here for a while. Not like for the night, but for a while.
Marion: Of course, Jaden. Come inside.
Marion smiled generously and offered Jaden inside her home. Jaden walked inside and took off her shoes by the front door, along with Kelly and Marion, and they entered the house.
Kelly: I think I'm gonna head to my room.
Jaden: Me too.
Marion: Okay, girls. I'll be down here if you need anything.
Jaden and Kelly both nodded as they walked down the hallway and turned to the right, and walked up the stairs to the second floor. Walking down the hallway, they reached the end and Kelly opened the door leading into her room. Kelly's room was fairly picked up, mostly by her mom. Marion has been stepping up since...well, since Kelly's father left her and Marion. Kelly shut the door and Jaden and Kelly walked up to the bed before plopping themselves on it. For a moment they didn't say anything, and just looked at the black screen of Kelly's tv, not saying a word before someone finally broke the silence.
Kelly: So, what now?
Jaden: What?
Kelly: We're stuck as trolls, can't be Marra, and when the other girls find out they'll be upset. What should we do?
Jaden: Why are you asking me?
Kelly: What?
Jaden: I don't what to do. I'd thought you'd know.
Kelly: How would I know?! I'm just confused and unsure as you are!
Jaden: Okay, okay! Jeez!
Jaden and Kelly then turned back to the television dark screen.
Kelly: Jaden? Do you think that the others will turn us down?
Jaden: What? No! They're our friends and we're the leaders of the group, there's no way.
Kelly: I hope. When are you heading back to your parents?
Jaden: Well, later. But they don't care really. Just always busy with their work all the time...workaholics...
Kelly: Well, until then, you can stay here.
Jaden: Thanks.
Kelly: Here, I'll put on something.
Jaden: Thanks.
Kelly then hopped off the bed and went to her television, picking out a movie, hoping it would pass the time. Kelly found one called Mean Girls, then decided to put it on. Kelly and Jaden just sat on the bed and watched the movie, while Marion couldn't help but peek in and smiled at the sight of her daughter trying to cope.
Kaisa was down in the secret room of the library and was sitting down in the recliner chair, looking up at the ceiling with a sad face. A lot was on her mind, Kaisa was thinking about what's gonna happen. How Tildy will take this? How all the other witches down in the tower will take this? And how will the guest come in the library and see the librarian has became a troll. But no, Kaisa should just wait until tomorrow, for she needed some rest.
Alva, the raven leader, had just arrived home and entered her house, closing the door behind her and walking into the living room. Raven leader then sat down on the sofa and just let out a sigh of unpleasantness. Alva knew life was filled with unexpected surprises, but this was the worst kind. Getting turned into a troll with no way of turning back, this was the worst. It will also be the worst to know that whence parents see that raven leader of the sparrow scouts has become a troll! But no...maybe they'll understand.
Sarah had entered her house and closed the door behind, looking at the floor and sighed in a gloomy manner. Sarah Bluewell, the girl with blonde puffy hair at school, has become a troll and will never change back. Everyone will hate her, but it wasn't the kids at school or the adults around town, but it was her older siblings. Kelly and Luke, or Bagsy for a nickname. They were Trevor's friends and they have picked on her for a while now, but this will be a worst thing. Sarah just walked down the front hallway until...
Bagsy and Kelly: SARAH!?
Sarah then immediately turned to her right and saw her brother and sister standing in the doorway of the living, looking at their younger sister with terrified faces, like they seen a monster. Sarah just froze as a still statue and gulped nervously.
Sarah: Uh, hello.
Kelly: You're a troll!
Sarah: Uh, yeah, funny you should ask, I got cursed by a wizard named Balthazar.
Bagsy: And he turned you into a freak?!
Sarah's heart began to crack from that. Bagsy looked terrified to see his sister at this rate, so this wasn't a trick.
Sarah: No, but...
Bagsy: But nothing! You've become so ugly!
Sarah: Bagsy-
Bagsy: You heard me! Monster! Monster! Monster! Monster! Monster!
Sarah just looked at her siblings and just watched Bagsy as he just chanted the words of judgemental hurt. Then Sarah turned to her sister, hoping for some compromise, but instead there was hesitation in her eyes and she blurted out the words of her brother.
Kelly: Uh, yeah! Monster! Monster! Monster!
Bagsy and Kelly: Monster! Monster! Monster! Monster! Monster! Monster! Monster!
Sarah just looked both at her brother and sister as they began to chant hurtful words at her, for her new appearances. Sarah just hunched her shoulders up against her face and tears flooded her eyes, before Sarah couldn't take the hurting words and rushed down the hallway, up the stairs, and running towards her room. Sarah entered and slammed the door behind her, jumping on the bed and curled up into a ball of grief. Sarah then began to cry as hard as she could, crying for all the hurtful things that her brother and sister just said. But no, they weren't wrong, but right. Sarah had become a freak. Her siblings know, but what about her mother and father? But suddenly Sarah heard her door open and turned back to see Bagsy and Kelly standing in the doorway with guilty faces. Behind them were Sarah's mother and father, folding their arms and looking down at their son and daughter with stern faces.
Sarah: Mum? Dad?
Sarah's Mother: Hi, baby.
Sarah's Father: Now, Luke! Kelly!
Bagsy: Erh...I'm sorry, I called you a monster. It wasn't true.
Kelly: I'm sorry, too. It was wrong and I'm so sorry.
Sarah's Father: Good. Now go to your rooms and think about what you said.
Bagsy and Kelly just lowered their heads and nodded, before walking to their rooms at a steady pace. Then the parents looked back at their daughter as she laid in bed with so much pain before they both walked in and towards the bed, sitting down and rubbed her back as she cried.
Sarah's Mother: We're so sorry this happened to you, hon.
Sarah's Father: Don't worry, we heard of the situation. So you don't have to be scared. No matter what, you're still our beautiful baby.
Sarah just choked on her sobs at that and looked up at her parents, who were giving her smiles of comfort. Sarah just crawled on her knees and snuggled up on her mother's lap as she cried while her father was rubbing her as she cried. Hopefully this is a start to know that Sarah wasn't a freak.
To Be Continued In:
Life Among Them