A Trollhunter turned King

Focused

"one question still remains." Blinky said grabbing the attention of the group. "how will you hide this from the other humans?" he asked Jim. said teen blinked then realized his old mentor was right. how would he hide this from everyone. "i have noticed your troll-like features come and go at random, but perhaps you could control it, in theory." Blinky had a point. His troll parts went away once he had calmed down, or mostly away. It would honestly be easy to hide it from everyone at school. With a hood, a mask and gloves, it would hide him. But his mother was another story. She would know something was wrong the moment she saw him. Then an idea hit him.

"I think I have an idea." Jim said. Him and Toby were sitting on the floor, but Jim got up. Relaxing every muscle in his body and closing his eyes, taking deep breaths. If he was like a changeling now, then he should take a changeling's advice.

A while ago, Jim had asked both Strickler and Nomura how changelings shifted from one form to another. Strickler's answer was better than Nomura's as she just walked away from him after he asked. To focus on one form or the other depending on the situation and they would just change. Putting that idea to the test.

Jim focused on his human side. Memories of all their adventures came to mind, all the fun they had. The amulet started to pulsate, but not in a bad way. The glow being seen from the others through Jim's shirt. The teal glow surrounded the teen, blinding the group as they watched. Once they were able to see again, they found a very human looking Jim, once again too small for the tunic. Jim opened his eyes and examined himself. With a smile he looked up, grabbing the loose fabric and laughing with his friend a little. Him and Toby always thought it was funny when one of them was wearing something too big for them.

A pressure built in his chest, not hurtful but uncomfortable. Jim massaged the muscle to try and get rid of the unfamiliar feeling.

" You ok, Jimbo? How do you feel?" Toby asked, noticing Jim's action. The slim teen put his hand down and looked at his friend. Thinking for a second before he spoke.

"Human, . . Short." He said as his face fell a little. Toby laughed at him. Jim could feel the bandages slightly loose around his torso but not falling off.

"Well I would say this training session has been a tremendous success. However, young Jim, it seems you are in need of another shirt yet again." Blinky said with a small laugh. The rest of the group laughed at the joke. "You two, go home and get some rest. We will find out what is happening to you yet." He added, placing a hand on both boys shoulders. Once again escorting them home. Just before they got to their street, Toby decided to joke around with them.

"Well let's hope you don't troll out in school tomorrow. Have fun trying to explain that one to the teachers" Toby said. Jim laughed knowing damn well that would be a nightmare.

The trolls delivered the boys to Toby's house as Jim asked to stay the night with him. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence, Toby even had some of Jim's clothes at his place and vice versa with Jim. Both boys switched out their clothes for pj's and Jim set up the makeshift bed that he was going to sleep on. They talked for a while before falling asleep.

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Getting to school was easy, once there it was harder to stay calm. Steve had picked Jim and Toby for his victims today and showed it as soon as the two boys entered the school yard. Jim tried to ignore the blond, but that only enraged him more. Jim had grown used to ignoring people that hated him for no reason so it wasn't hard for him to try to walk away from the situation before it got out of hand.

Jim didn't really care if someone insulted him personally but the moment you come for his loved ones was when you would get your teeth knocked out. Jim began to walk away with Toby in tow.