Miraculous Hunters Rewritten: Book 1

Chapter 30: Wherefore Art Thou, Trollhunter Part 3

It didn't take long for Jim to get back home after leaving Heartstone Trollmarket, but unfortunately for him, the same rang true for the amulet. The relic laid on the base of the lamp on the boy's desk as Jim entered his room with a defeated face... at least until his bluebell eyes had landed on the item he had tried so hard to get rid of. The amulet glowed like a heartbeat as Jim balled his fists with a groan, before he tossed it into the trash. As soon as he did, he laid down on his bed, and just turned on his right side, slipping an arm beneath his head, only to come face to face with the glowing amulet as it laid beside him.

"Oh, shut up." Jim said to the relic, eyebrows falling in anger, before he tossed the amulet into the trash again, piling books and other pieces of garbage he found around his room on top of the bin. After stacking the pile, Jim sat beside the can with an exhale, yet when his eyes opened, they grew as he found the amulet once in front of him. Jim slapped his forehead in exasperation, and fell backward into the trash can, books falling on his defeated position.

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Jim then decided to head down to the living room, hoping to get his mind off of the seemingly possessed amulet by watching a movie in the living room. But as he sat on his couch, popcorn rapidly falling into his mouth as the screen lit up the room while the movie played, he failed to notice he had grabbed the amulet... until he bit down onto it, causing a groan to leave his lips.

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As the hour grew late, Jim went up to the bathroom to get ready for bed. The boy quickly scrubbed his teeth clean, before spitting and pulling open the mirror cabinet to put his toothbrush away. But he was once more greeted by the haunting presence of the amulet as it sat on the top shelf of the cabinet, causing him to scream and slam the door shut, his face fixed with a disturbed look.

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Having enough of the amulet's weirdness, Jim decided to get rid of the relic in a more... direct way. The boy's train of thought led to him standing outside with a bat in one hand and the amulet in the other as he tossed it into the air a few times. After getting his hand warmed up, Jim let the amulet land in his palm, ready to smack it away.

"Buona notte (Good night)." the Trollhunter taunted the amulet, before with one more toss, the amulet went up into the air and smacked against the bat, sending the magical device flying away from Jim.

"Home run." Jim chuckled to himself as he headed to the back door. All of a sudden, the amulet flew right back at him, bouncing off Jim's head. When he turned around to find out what had hit him, he looked at the area of ground where his bat kept hidden, and moved it out of the way to find the amulet laying at his feet.

"Really?" Jim exclaimed, not believing that the amulet was so intent on staying with him.

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(Time skip)

A few hours had passed since Jim's failed attempt to get rid of the amulet, and the boy was sitting in his desk chair, ready for his nightly call with Marinette. While he waited, he glanced at the amulet as it sat on the desk, feeling disdain towards the relic as it pulsed blue light.

"Why won't you leave me alone?!" Jim asked the amulet tiredly before his computer lit up, showing him that Marinette was calling him. Wanting to have his attention pulled away from the amulet haunting him, he answered his sister's call, allowing her to appear on the screen.