Trollex and Roxie's Story

Chapter 2: Trollex

When I was a young troll, I was so happy about every little thing and I was always so energetic and playful. What was not to like about life? I had two of the most loving parents in the sea and I was a prince. My grandmother only had one child, so when she passed away, my mom became queen. Then two years later, she married my dad, so my dad became king. After four years of their marriage, they had me. My life was just great, I have so much fun with my parents. 

On my fifteenth birthday, my parents came to my room and knocked on the door. "Knock, knock. Is my guppy in here?" My mom, Queen Dell, asked. 

"Come in!" I yelled, turning my head from the window to the door. The door opened and my mom swam inside with my dad swimming in behind her. 

"Hey, there's my little man." My dad, King Link, said as he picked me up and spun me in circles. I smiled gill to gill, giggling and laughing. 

"Do you guys remember what today is?" My dad set me down. 

"Hmmm, let me see. I think it's Tuesday." My dad said, smirking at me. I shook my head, still smiling.

"Oh, it's the twenty-ninth of July." My mom said, but she ruined it by laughing. 

My dad laughed. "Of course we remember what today is, how old do you think we are? Not remembering today, Ha!" My dad said, being on the verge of tear from laughter. He and my mom pulled me into a hug. "Happy birthday son." My mom squeezing me tighter. 

Every year, my parent throw a party and write a song every year. My dad sings while my mom works the DJ set, but my mom joins in at times. The other trolls and I dance, my parents sing, and we all have a great time. 

"Hey son, there is something that we need to tell you." My dad said as he ended the hug and put and arm around his wife as she rested my head on his shoulder. 

"What? Did I do something?" I asked in a panicked kind of way.

"No, no, we just wanted to let you know something." My mom said. "You are starting to get to the age that I was when my parents allowed me to start writing and playing my songs. Your dad and I have talked and think you are at the right age when you can start doing that." She explained. 

"So how about the three of use write a song together to sing at your party?" My dad suggested. I was over the moon excited. I have never written a song before, but my parents were really good at it, and I am not the only one that thinks that, the whole reef loves my mom and dad's songs. I squealed in excitement and spun in circles. 

"Really?" I asked, still super excited. "Really, really?"

"Really, really." My dad said. 

"Eeeee, when can we start?" I asked.

"Whenever you want." My mom said. She smiled happily. I could tell she was happy of how excited I was.

"Can we start now?" I asked. My dad looked at my mom with a smile. "I don't see why not?" She said. 

"Yay!" I shouted and swam almost as high as the ceiling. I swam really quickly over to my desk. I got out pens, pencils, and paper and motioned my parents to come over. They looked at each other, smiled, and shrugged. They both swim over and sat on both sides of me.

The three of us wrote for an hour about, then my mom spoke. "Why don't we get up and go for a swim or something? You now, take a break."

"Why can't we keep writing?" I asked. 

"Well, writing songs comes from experiences, and you don't have as many experiences to grow from. But may be going on an adventure will." I looked at the two desperate faces, then the paper, then back at them. I smiled and said okay. Dad, Mom, and I swim to the door quickly.