Chapter 5
Hi guys hope you're doing well, here is another chapter. Sorry that the previous two where so short, they are technically supposed to be one chapter but I broke them up. This one will h be longer, enjoy :)
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As the Sun is setting on the horizon the clouds glimmer a shine white in the sky, with a few majestic birds flying in a beautiful unison V shape. Suddenly a black shadow appears in the shape of a sinister skull as the birds quickly try to escape this structure.
Inside a black-greenish portal opens up out the floor.
"And where have you been?" a floating figure with ice coming off it, asks as the metallic warrior rises out of the portal.
"I had a very interesting run in with a boy"
"Oh? And what was so interesting about that encounter?"
"Excalibur claims he is another worthy of wielding it."
"Oh, that is interesting, but I take it you killed him and proved the sword wrong?"
"No"
"What?"
"The child was more of a warrior than I expected"
"Child?"
"Yes, and he was not only faster than any normal human but even faster than any creature I had fought before"
"Then we must eliminate this threat immediately! We can't have anyone standing in our way"
"It will be difficult to kill him now"
"Why? We can just show up and kill him without it affecting the plans"
"He is with the trolls, and the other boy was the trollhunter"
"A human trollhunter?"
"Yes, this might prove to be a waste if we move against them now"
"Arthur is right, Skrael" another voice echoed, as another figure stepped forward with a deer skull on its face. "If we are to chase a single boy down, we will reveal ourselves and it will jeopardize the plans. We stay on course till we find Nari then we get the seals then we do what our master has tasked us to do"
"Master? We haven't heard from Master in forever. All we know is that he want us to use the seals, but why?"
"We do not question our Master, he will reveal himself when the time is right. Until then we stick to the task. Understood?"
"Yes"
"Yes"
"As for you, Arthur. I would like you to keep an eye on the humans you mentioned, but do not engage"
"Yes" just then a portal opened again and the knight slowly phased through it.
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Back at Trollmarket
"What the heck was that?" Draal asked the Blinky as everyone tried to catch their breathe
"We… Don't know… either" Blinky got some words out
"And the fleshbags?" Draal questioned pointing at Jim and Toby, who was not in his armor anymore
"We can talk about this after we get down to the market"
They walk towards the bottom, as they reached the bottom Toby was stunned by the beauty but the residents were all freaked out and confused by the two humans.
Jim just smiled and waved as Toby was too astonished to notice. Till Draal stopped them, "Ok, that's enough site seeing. Why are we not skinning these humans for trespassing into our city?!" Draal questioned while lowering his face to Jim and Toby. Toby was scared but Jim just stared at him with a strong look, almost getting angry again, but he restrained himself this time.
"I forgot what a jerk you were" Jim mumbled under his breath as he pulled away from Draal's face
"What was that fleshbag?" Draal tried to hit Jim but Jim dodged without even looking his direction
Arrrgh noticed that it might turn into a blood bath so he stepped in-between them, but he did notice that Jim had moved a bit 'inhumanly' fast "Stop it!" he yelled while his eyes glowed green before turning normal. Draal backed off but stared at Jim with rage
Blinky had also noticed Jim's movement and he and Arrrgh shared a look of confusion of what they had just saw
"So is any of you going to tell me why these fleshbags are here?"
"Well… you see this human," Blinky gestured towards Toby, "He is the new… Ugh how do I put this? Well, he is the new trollhunter"
"Ok so you're telling me, that his flesh bag is the new trollhunter?"
"I know it sounds weird, Draal, but it's the truth. Show him Tobias"
"For the power of…"
"It's 'glory' master not 'power'"
"Oh yeah, thanks. For the glory of merlin, daylight is mine to command!"
A blue light shone around Toby as he was in cased in armor in the blink of an eye.
"BUSIGAL!" Draal tried to storm Toby, but Jim and Arrrgh stepped between them. "Out of my way Arrrgh, and you too flesh bag. What do you hope to do to me, fleshling?" Draal taunted as he lower his face closer to Jim's
"Enough!" a voice echoed through the halls as a clinking of a stick approached the masses. "What is the meaning of this, Blinkus?"
"Vendal!? Uh, this is the trollhunter you sent me to go get"
"A human? And not a fit one at that, it might seem"
"HEY!" Toby shouted
"Look Vendal, the amulet has chosen this boy to be our protector and we must honor the amulets choice"
Vendal looked at Toby with a close examination look on his face. "Ok"
Jim and Blinky looked happy for a moment, "But first we must honor tradition and let the Soothscryer, to truly see if the amulet choice justly"
"Ok bring on this smooth crier"
"It's a Soothscryer master Tobias and it contains the souls of all the previous trollhunters"
"Cool, so I'm visiting a graveyard of souls. Not creepy at all" Toby smiles sheepishly as he follows the rest to the training grounds
"Welcome to the Forge, where heroes are made and courage is earned"
"Woooow" Toby looked on with excitement, but as Jim looked on he remembered all the time he and the others spend their time on those grounds.
"This way trollhunter"
"Ok, but quick question, what's down there?"
"Despair and death" Vendal said with a smile on his face
"This place keeps getting cooler, don't you say Jim?"
Jim was too busy reminiscing on the old times, until he snapped out of it when Toby tapped him on the shoulder, "Huh? Yes… Yes it is Tobes"
"What's wrong Jim, you seemed a bit off since we got here? Did the knight hit you on the head or something?"
"No… Nothing is wrong with me"
"Good, since we're on the topic, what was with that knight?'
"Yes master Jim it looked like it was after you"
"No Blinky it must have been after the trollhunter, not me" Jim tried to act innocent and clueless.
"That was also my initial thought but as soon as you diverted from us it went straight for you. And the same happened outside at the bridge."
"Come on Blinky, why would a dark knight be chasing a normal kid. And the reason it followed me is because I purposefully led it away from Toby so he could escape, and as for the bridge, it attacked me because I called him very nasty names and it angered him" Jim defended and smiled sheepishly till Blinky nodded and kept on walking.
Jim sigh and followed as they approached the center of the forge.
"Here we go" Vendal pushed a button on the wall and a big stone structure came from underneath the ground
"So what am I supposed to do now?" Toby asked as he looked up as the structure that was taller than he was
"Put your hand in the opening?"
"Uh, sorry? I don't think I heard you? You want me to put my hand in there? You must be crazy"
Vendal looked at Toby with a smile "If you truly are the chosen one, then the Soothscryer will reveal it"
"Don't worry Master Tobias, I assure you it is completely save"
Toby looked at Blinky skeptically but soon stared to walk towards the mouth shaped hole with Jim closely following to help.
"Toby?"
"Yeah, Jim?"
"Before I lift you, can you remove the armor please?"
"Oh, sorry, I'm just too used to it for some reason"
Toby deactivated the suit and got on Jim's back. He inserted his hand while looking away from the mouth. A few awkward seconds pasted "Uh, is something supposed to hap…" Just then the mouth shut and Toby started to scream but suddenly went silent, Jim got worried and looked up and saw Toby was in a sort of Trans, as he started to float in mid air.
"Well that didn't happen to me before?" Jim whispered under his breathe
"What's going on with him?"
"He is now talking to the great mighty trollhunters beyond this realm"
"Yes Blinkus is correct, he is it the realm of trollhunters. I guess the amulet as chosen true" Vendal started to walk away
"Wait why are you walking away?" Jim asked
"It could take him hours to conclude his business with his predecessors, when that happens I will return"
"Oh ok"
"So Master Jim, do either you or Toby know any fighting skills?"
"Uh, no we never learned any"
"Oh I see, while we wait could you tell us more about Master Tobias if you won't mind"
Blinky asked as he and Arrrgh looked at each other with puzzled faces for some reason.
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In the Soothscryer
As Toby slowly opened his eyes he could start to see only darkness, but soon blue light started to appear and he could see the stone walls lined with troll faces craved into them. "Woooow"
As Toby was admiring the space he was in, he could hear a voice "Trollhunter!" The voice was so deep that it shook the space he was in. Toby looked around for the voice as he didn't see anyone near him.
"Who's there? Just a heads up, I don't like being jump scared!"
"We are the previous trollhunters and this is the Soothscryer. The space where all the previous trollhunters reside after dead" A blue speck of light started to move in front of Toby
"Oh, cute" just then the speck turned into a hologram like projection of Kanjigar; the trollhunter before Toby. "Ahhhhh! What the heck man, I told you I don't like jump scares!"
"You have to be ready for everything in this calling, so I suggest you start learning to not be afraid of 'jump scares'. You will have to lead the next generation of trolls and humans into the next era. That is a sacred responsibility of the trollhunter. But we didn't bring you in here to tell you your duties that is for your trainer to do. We brought you here because we sensed something unusual off of you that we cannot explain"
"Unusual? You must be talking about the fact that I'm a human or not fit enough. Trust me, I got a lot of feedback on that outside from the others, so you don't…"
"NO! That is not the reason, although I do have my protests against letting a human take the mantel of trollhunter"
"If it's not about that then what is it about?"
"We sensed an energy radiating off of you that could be something dangerous, but having you here we might have mistaken you for it"
"Kanjigar, it could be coming off of the other fleshling?" another voice stated
"Jim? No you are wrong there is nothing dangerous about Jimbo, I can testify for that. Heck he has never even been in a fight, well he almost was in one the other day, but…"
"Enough!" the other voice yelled "You fleshlings talk a lot"
"I will invite, this other fleshling in and we will question him as well"
"Wait, are you serious? Jimbo doesn't have anything dangerous with him"
"We will decide that after we talk to him"
As they said that the space started to dim again till there were only darkness again
And Toby could fell him body slowly fading away
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Back at the forge
The other were listening to Jim as he was talking about what type of person Toby really was. As he explained he found himself reminiscing in the memories of the previous timeline where and Toby adventured together and how a great support Toby was for him.
Just then the Soothscryer started to make a grinding noise, like some gears were turning in it. The others started to walk towards it when Toby suddenly regained consciousness and started to fall to the ground, but luckily Arrrgh was fast enough to catch Toby before he fell.
"What happened in there master Tobias?"
"Yeah what happened Tobes, weren't that supposed to take a few hours?"
"Ugh" Toby sighed and held his head as he slowly got to his feet. "Apparently they didn't want to talk to me"
"Then who did they want to see, Master Tobias?"
Toby got up and start to point at Jim, still holding his head, trying to get a feel of his surroundings
"Me?" Jim asked surprised
"Yeah, apparently you gave off a weird energy. Something dangerous"
"Dangerous?" everyone exclaimed
Blinky and Arrrgh darted their eyes between each other and Jim, while Jim still tried to figure out what it could have been and if his cover was blown. Should he just tell them all the truth now? His heart was racing but he soon decided to walk to the Soothscryer to go find out what they were talking about.
Arrrgh helped Jim up to the opening, and Jim stared at it. He then turned his eyes to Toby who gave him a thumbs up, and who also seemed to have regained full control of himself now.
"Here goes nothing" Jim inserted his hand and he also started to glow and levitate
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Back in the Soothscryer
Jim opened his eyes and he was met with a familiar site he remembered all too well.
"Hello?!" his voice echoed as the blue specks just floated around. Jim knew that they were the predecessors but he had to act as if he didn't. "Anyone there?!"
"Jim!" a voice echoed as one of the blue specks stood still in front of Jim
"Yes? My friend said you were looking for me? Something about dangerous energy from me?"
"Yes, we did call you here for that" the blue speck then turned into Kanjigar
"Wooow! That's so cool!" Jim acted as it was the first time he saw something like that happen
"We sensed a sinister energy coming from you, or someone else in the room"
"I can expl…"
"But… we don't sense it anymore. It could be some energy that you picked up from your encounter with that dark knight"
"Did Tobes tell you about the knight?"
"No, we could sense the situation through the amulet"
"That's so cool!" while Jim acted excite again he thought that that could probably help them in the future somehow
"Yes, but seeing as there is nothing emitting from anyone anymore, you may go now"
"Ok see you"
The light fade and Jim disappeared
"Did you feel that?" one of the voices asked Kanjigar
"Yes. It might not be the energy we sensed from before but it was something… familiar"
"Yes!" a female voice echoed as a very bright blue speck came floating down
"Deya?! We have not seen you appear in the Soothscryer since the third hunter came to be!" another voice exclaimed curiously "Why are you here?"
"Because of that energy you all just now sensed. He does not possess the amulet of Merlin but that boy has a strong connection to us. Even more so that the current hunter"
"Yes that is peculiar" Kanjigar added
"We must keep an eye on that boy" Deya suggested
"Agreed. Something about that boy is beyond us"
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Back at the Forge
Jim woke up from Arrrgh's arms and saw that not only was it Blinky, Toby and Arrrgh but Vendal as well who was looking on to him.
"Astonishing" Vendal exclaimed, "Not only do we have a human trollhunter for the first time in history but in the same day was another being, who isn't the trollhunter invited into the Soothscryer"
"Is that a big deal?" Jim asked
"Never has anyone other than the trollhunters been invited in. It is hollowed grounds we dare not to trespass"
"And it is disrespectful to our traditions!" Draal came in shouting loudly
"Yes it is, but he was invited in"
"I don't care, Blinky. How can two fleshbags be invited and not us?"
"Look Draal I know you must be upset because you didn't get to see your father and they did"
"Wait his father was a trollhunter?" Toby asked shocked
"Yes he was the one before you master Tobias, but we'll talk about that later"
"Oh this just got a lot more awkward" Toby said while slowly creeping behind Arrrgh, trying to hide from Draal
"Hey!" Draal turned and lowered down to Toby, as he was hiding behind Arrrgh "I challenge you fleshbag"
"What?!"
"You heard me"
"You can't do that Draal" Blinky protested
"I can and I did"
"No! I'm not fighting you! I barely know how to fight!"
"I agree" Vendal said as everyone was surprised
"Oh thank heavens Vendal, now that that is sorted, I would like…"
"I think you misunderstood, Blinkus. I said I agree… with Draal"
"What?! Are you really going to let Tobias fight Draal without any formal training?"
"What! He's right. I never fought anyone before in my life. And definitely not anyone as big as him before"
"I would like to see his mettle"
"My Metal? You mean the metal of my teeth?"
"No, he means your mettle. M-E-T-T-L-E. It means how far your willing to go even if thing get hard."
"Well it sounds like I don't have a choice"
"We will settle this on the battleground next week, so you can train so you won't die so quickly"
"That's not terrifying at all"
Jim was thinking to himself how this was very different from how things went for him. He first had to fight Draal and lose and then Steve and then he had to challenge Draal and then win. But Toby was the one being challenged and in the first day of arriving at that. He really was in a different timeline because things were so different to what happened to him in his timeline. What more could be different for him now and who else were experiencing changes?
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Hi Guys hope you liked the chapter. Thanks for the reviews, they really made my day when I read them. I would like some constructive criticism if possible, thank you again.
PS: I will try to make my releases more consistent :)
