A Trollhunter turned King

holy shi-

(A/N, heads up, long chapter and you guys might want some tissues for this one.)

" what in the world are you talking about, fair Claire?" Blinky questioned, throwing his top pair of hands in the air with a confused gesture. his bottom arms still on Jim's back to keep him in a seated position. Jim looked away from Claire's gaze as his hands clung to his horns to try and keep himself calm, but to no avail. 

"yeah right Nuñez. Jim's not from the future." Toby said with a dismissive hand gesture, rolling his eyes. "and even if he were, he would have told me." he added confidently, giving the girl a slight glare. Jim curled more into himself, but the movement was only noticed by the other trolls as their concern grew. 

"you're not supposed to know." Jim whispered. his voice was quiet but with how close everyone was to him, they all heard his words.

"Jimbo, what are you saying?" Toby asked as all attention was back on the teen. Jim didn't answer,  only looking away with a gilt ridden expression. that look was all Toby needed to see, his anger rising. "what are you saying, Jim?" he asked again, his voice, thicker, angry. Jim's ears flattened again, the red head rarely ever called him by anything other than the nickname he had made for the slim teen. with a shaky breath, Jim spoke.

"you weren't supposed to know. you shouldn't know. this was my burden to carry. mine alone." Jim said, his voice rising towards the end of his statement. gathering himself, albeit a small amount, he stood up and started slowly pacing. just trying to get his mind off of everything. 

"if such a thing were true, why would you have to bear this alone?" Blinky questioned with a calm voice, noticing the tension in the room. Toby stood slightly after Jim did, clenching his fist.

"why would you keep something like that from us? from me?" Toby asked, putting a hand to his chest to further explain who he was talking about. Jim never looked up from the ground as he never stopped pacing. 

"i was trying to protect you." Jim stifled a growl as the words came out. he knew he shouldn't be mad at Toby. after all, he was lying to the short teen. 

"protect me?" Toby interrogated, his voice rising as the conversation quickly became an argument. "I'm the trollhunter. i have Bular, and changelings, and GUNMAR after my head already. if you really are from the future, then you know how to beat all those guys and you thought it would be better to KEEP THAT FROM US! how is that protecting me?" Blinky, ARRRGGH! and Claire could only watch the conflict as they had no knowledge of how to calm either of them currently. "what are you protecting me from?!"

"SOMETHING FAR WORSE THAN GUNMAR!!!" Jim shouted, finally snapping as he turned to face them. his eyes lit up the same teal from before. within milliseconds, the room was engulfed in the light as their surroundings changed. Jim was the first to notice where they were. his eyes widened in fear as he backed into his father figure, trying to get away.

the group stood shocked as Blinky instinctively grabbed the upset teen in his arms, already feeling the boy on the verge of a panic attack. Claire was the second to recognize the scene. the same horrifying scene of Arcadia going up in flames. rocks and debris littered the roads. buildings torn to the ground and smashed cars were everywhere. Claire realized that this was far more detailed than the vision she shared with Jim moments before. needless to say, everyone was disturbed by what they saw.

the sound of Jim's sobs snapped everyone out of their own thoughts, but looking at the teen in question, he only looked scared. no tears, not crying, just looking off into the distance as he tried to get further away from the noise. ARRRGGH! grabbed a hold of Jim as they all moved to the source of the sound, which did not please Jim.