Jim was staring at the ceiling from his bed. He and Toby had persevered through school, and now both were at their respective homes.

"Jiiiiim?" A crackly voice issued from the walkie-talkie on Jim's desk. Jim sat up and grabbed it.

"Is something wrong? Are you being attacked by monsters?"

"...Um, something loud is in the basement. I thought it was a raccoon, but on second thought… It's definitely louder than one. Maybe I can use the watch?"

"Use it. I'll be over in ten."

"Ten minutes?"

Jim smiled, even though Toby couldn't see him. "I was thinking ten seconds."

"You're late." Toby said, he crossed his arms as he glared jokingly at Jim.

"It was by three seconds!" Jim protested.

Something shattered below them.

"Right–right, go summon your magic glowy armor now." Jim said, looking uneasily at the basement door.

"Ok. Nana's asleep right now, so we should be fine. She sleeps like the dead."

Jim carefully tried not to flinch.

"For the Merlin of glory-"

"Glory of Merlin," Jim muttered.

"Oh oops. For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command!" Toby said, lifting the amulet into the air dramatically. Nothing happened. "Darn. It would be a really great time to work, y'know."

"It's reacting to your emotional state. Calm down!" Jim advised, backing away. Toby shot him a look. "It's a watch-"

"Amulet."

"-It can't react to my emotional state! Unless it's like a mood ring."

Jim raised his eyebrows incredulously. "Or magic?"

Toby looked at the glowing amulet. "Ok, point." Toby took a deep breath. "For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command!"

Gosh, he's getting it a lot faster than me. The amulet lit up as it spun. In a split second, Toby was decked out in silver-blue armor.

"This thing is neat." Toby said, looking down at himself in awe. There were no more noises coming from the basement, and Toby looked uncertainly at the door. "Shall we kill some monsters?" He continued, "Oh–wait, you need a weapon-"

"...Maybe they're friendly…?" Jim said hesitantly. As much as he didn't want to exploit his future knowledge and coddle Toby, first impressions probably wouldn't be so good if Toby decapitated Blinky.

"Whoever is stirring up a racket could also just be a wild animal-"

"That got into my house and down to my basement?"

"-Or nothing. I'm just advising you not to go swinging at the first thing you see." Jim said.

Toby looked at him suspiciously. "Are you hiding something from me?" He asked.

"No, I just don't want you to stab one of your Nana's fifty cats." Jim said, chuckling.

Toby winced. "I don't think we own that many…"

The pair strolled down towards the basement, with Jim leading despite his lack of armor.

"How are you so chill about this?" Toby hissed. Now that they were closer to the door, they started whispering instead of talking aloud.

Thought of facing down Bular, Angor Rot, Gunmar, Morgana, the Arcane Order, and a dozen other former enemies flashed through Jim's head.

"Worst case scenario, you slice it in half." Jim said. "Or something. I'll improvise."

"Can't really slice whatever's there in half if you're in front of me, Jimbo." Toby muttered, looking up at the ceiling.

Jim chuckled quietly and continued walking. There was a reason, after all, why he was in front of Tobes.

Blinkous Galadrigal rehearsed his plan to his good friend AAARRRGGHH! Once more.

"Whatever you do, try not to accidentally scare the human Trollhunter to death." He said worryingly. His trollish ears picked up the faint sounds of someone stepping down towards the basement.

Two someones.

"Agh!" Blinky panicked, pacing back and forth as AAARRRGGHH!'s eyes curiously followed him. "There are two of them. Great grumbly gruesome!"

"Uh-oh." AAARRRGGHH! Said slowly, his voice gravelly. "Bad?"

"Perhaps? I'm almost certain one of them is the new human Trollhunter." Blinky said, his pacing speeding up. "But who is the other one?"

"Just humans, not so scary…?" AAARRRGGHH! Said.

"My dear AAARRRGGHH!, humans are the most terrifying subject in Arcadia. You never know when they either scream and run away, or pull out those… guns, was it? And try to blind you permanently!" Blinky said.

"The less know, the more better." AAARRRGGHH! Agreed.

"Indeed, my friend. I am wondering if we should abort mission-" Blinky was interrupted by the door being flung wide open.

Great Gronka Morka, he'd forgotten to continue listening for footsteps!

A human with short black hair and pale skin walked through first. His back was rigidly straight and his eyes were dark. He was wearing one of those human… tracksuits and jeans. Strangely, when Blinky saw the human he was certain he'd never met before, he felt a sliver of fatherly affection and the tiniest whisper–of his voice, Blinky realized–trickled into his ears.

"Don't think. Become."

A moment later, the memory was gone, as if it had never been. Blinky shook his head, confused.

Oh dear, this isn't the Trollhunter. Who's to say the next one isn't either? Luckily, his fears were assuaged as the next human walked through.

The sword of Daylight and the armor fit perfectly as always. Though, the user was… chubby, for lack of a better word.

Blinky's thoughts were cut off when the human Trollhunter hefted his mighty sword upwards. "Jim, I told you they were monsters!" Fear was apparent on his face. He was paling so quickly he might as well have been white as chalk.

Surprisingly, The Trollhunter spun the sword expertly through the air for a second before setting it in a somewhat firm stance.

"Ack–we come in peace!" Blinky said, holding up all four arms in the universal gesture of peace.

At least, Blinky hoped it was universal, and the human Trollhunter didn't think Blinky was about to attack him.

"Peace." AAARRRGGHH! Said, holding up his two arms as he mimicked Blinky.

"Agh!" The human Trollhunter backed up as AAARRRGGHH! Made his presence known.

"Tobes, don't decapitate people who say they come in peace?" The other human, Jim, said, spreading his hands.

Strange, Blinky thought, He doesn't seem as terrified as the Trollhunter… Tobes?

"Peacecomers usually don't break into your house!" 'Tobes' said, spreading his arms as well, leaving the sword hanging in one. "This one isn't even human!"

This… is not going well… "I swear we mean you no harm!" Blinky said quickly. "We didn't even bring weapons!"

"The big one looks big enough to crush me with his pinky." Tobes said, his sword shifting to point at AAARRRGGHH!.

Deya's grace, he already has a small grasp on the amulet. I saw him get it at that canal TODAY?!

Such talent! Maybe this human wasn't completely hopeless after all.

"Pacifist." AAARRRGGHH! Said placatingly.

"We have no intent to harm you," Blinky repeated. "You," he pointed at 'Tobes', "Have been given the great honor of becoming the first human Trollhunter!" He said dramatically.

The new Trollhunter looked somewhat at ease, but tensed again when he heard 'Trollhunter'.

"We have come here to tell you," Blinky chuckled awkwardly, "And–uh–warn you about your…" How do I put it lightly? "...Impending doom…?"

Tobes paled even further.

At least he isn't unconscious-

He woodenly fell to the floor, fainting.

"Oh–oh dear."