The Curse Of The Forest

Chapter 5: An unexpected turn..

[Jacki's P.O.V]

The voices got louder and louder until they reached to a halt outside the door. 'Ka lax miana furdak'. Said one of the two voices with a high tone. 'It's okay, the wind probably blew the door open, our baby is fine.' replied the other voice with a much deeper tone. I presumed they were the mother and father of the baby, but to me it didn't really matter, all I knew was that I wanted to escape from here. Did I even come to the right place, what were these creatures? Trolls? My instincts told me to run away, but there was nowhere to run!

The two Trolls walked in and I could just about peer around the edge of the door. The creatures in front of me were...so unreal! Was I dreaming or in some kind of film set? The creatures were soft brown in colour and spotty all over, almost hideous but not so quite. I wondered where they came from or if anyone one else knew about them. Just then I sneezed, almost purposefully but my legs were scorching in pain and I couldn't stand still much longer. 'Mia kua ran? Said the father Troll. Having no idea what he meant, all I could do was stumble forward as my legs gave way. My foot cracking as my leg hit the ground. As I lifted my head to see their reaction, they were staring at me in shock, their eyelids grey just like their baby. Their royal blue eyes just like the sea, glared into mine.

'I'm sorry' I mumbled, 'I was trying to find my friend, she's lost'. The Father Troll opened his mouth flashing some of his pearly sharp teeth and looked at the Mother Troll then he spoke something I couldn't understand. Then he turned to me and said 'so... you speak English? Why are you in my baby's room?' His deep voice bellowed through the tunnel.

'I...I didn't know whose room it was... I just fell through the tunnel and found this room' I replied, now feeling a bit shaken. 'I wasn't trying to do anything else...' the words ran quickly out my mouth. The Father Troll stepped forward and scratched his huge head with his bear like claws. Then the Mother Troll said 'Who is your friend? Is she human too, you're not supposed to be here.' So she could speak English, 'Her name is Miley and I don't know where she is or how to find her, I was searching in the forest then I fell down this tunnel.' I stood up now, 'Please help me, what are you anyway?' I didn't mean to be rude but I needed to know so that they could help me, I had wasted enough time as it is. The Father Troll spoke 'We are Trolls, I am Tazga and my wife is 'Dieara'. My daughter is asleep and her name is 'Vinulea'. Humans like you are not meant to be down here, if any of the Crown find out you will be slayed' His eyes glared at me.

'Who is the Crown?' I questioned, now curious.

'The royal King and Queen and their folk, they will destroy any human they see here and as you probably already know, us Trolls don't like humans.'

'Then why are you being kind to me?' I asked, not knowing what to say.

'We don't hurt anyone, and since you don't know the system here we will not tell anyone of your presence' Tazga replied, he muttered something to Dieara his wife and then they went to the cot and lifted their baby together.

The baby Vinulea stretched and opened her eyes, they put her on the floor and she stood up. 'Wa mana gar' she said looking at her parents. 'It's okay she is our friend' they told Vinulea and they pushed her slowly towards me. I didn't know what to do, the baby was... I don't think cute is the right word but her eyes were smiling and her voice was adorable.