My Best Friend The Werewolf

Bonding Rituals

They get a few cautious looks as they pass through but nobody says anything and they finally make it down to Blinky's Library.

"Young Masters, Shouldn't you be at your school. I believe it is still within schooling hours" Blinky says upon seeing them, placing the books he was reading down on the table.

"Eh, we're skipping. We need you to do something for us. If you can" Steve explains.

"Sure what can I help you with?"

"We need a way to make these strong enough to hold Steve when he transforms," Eli says holding up the padlocks, Steve setting the reel of chain on the table.

"I don't know about the strength of a Varulv but I'll see what we can do." Blinky murmurs looking over one of the padlocks.

Aaarrrgghh appears then, blinking sleepily and yawning.

"What's going on?" He asks looking between the three of them.

"We need to make this strong enough to handle a Varulv. There should be a book around here somewhere about strengthening potions. We need to find the right one or we could kill Steve"

"Well that's fun," Steve says sarcastically.

They spend the next hour going through books. Steve doing the best he can but both him and Aaarrrgghh give up and sit beside one another out of the way.

"You going to bond with your life partner?" Eli hears Aaarrrgghh murmurs, glancing over at Eli. Well as best as Aaarrrgghh can murmur. Which is to say not at all. Good try though.

"Hopefully one day...How do Trolls uh...bond?" Steve says looking confused as he meshes his hands together.

Eli tries not to show he heard even as he grins like a maniac into the book he was currently deciphering. There really should be another form of translation that wasn't Jim's amulet.

"Runes," Aaarrrgghh says before he lights up like a Christmas tree. But not the angry green, instead it was a quiet, muted blue. One the back of his right hand sat intricately carved runes...no it was more names. Blinkous and Aarghaumont weaved together beautifully.

Blue light comes from Blinky as well and he holds up his top left hand. The same symbols carved there as well.

"That's your names right?" Eli asks. Both Blinky and Aaarrrgghh nodding.

"Awesome," Steve says poking the back of Aaarrrgghh's hand.

"Why. How do you humans bond?" Blinky asks as the glowing fades. His many eyes returning to the three books he has in his hands.

"Well uh, it involves a ceremony with a priest normally and vows. Promises for each other. Then we have rings, we wear them as you wear your bonding runes. Then we have a giant party afterwards with our family" Eli explains putting his own book back. Finding nothing and moving onto the next one.

Blink really needed to organise this place before he actually got lost.

"That sounds rather the same but Vendel would take place of your "priest". The whole of Trollmarket is normally in attendance and us to give vows to each other. Before clasping hands and places our others onto the Heartstone where it bonds us. Actually, Master Jim, Claire and Tobias were at our Bonding Ceremony. The first humans to ever witness such a thing. The Trollhunter has to be there to give his blessing you see or else your bond will be cursed"

"That's amazing. Jim was so lucky to see something like that."

"But what if you like, bond with the wrong person. Is there a way to reverse it?" Steve asks.