A New Journey Awaits

Chapter 17

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've had a ton going on. Also a few things you could do to make reading my and others people's stories better: put on comfy clothes or PJ's, relax your shoulders, get blankets and pillows and stuff them into a corner of your house, apartment, hotel, or where ever you are, and make a little personal nest. Also grab food and a beverage. Anyways, here you go. Enjoy!

Jim's pov
    ~3 hours later~
    We lost Dictatious, but gained AAARRRGGHH!!! A large celebration was held that night. Everyone was there, everyone but me. I was in Blinky's library, reading the book Evna was in. AAARRRGGHH!!! had called her 'Girl of Death', I wanted to know what that was about. I made myself comfortable in a corner. After about an hour, my mom called.
"Hey, honey. I'm staying late, for work."
"Fine by me." I say.
"You're at Trollmarket, aren't you?"
"Yep."
"You're never home anymore. It's like you're still in the Dustlands."
"Darklands, Mom."
"Right, well, are you coming home or are you just going to stay away forever?" This caught me off gaurd.
"You're never home, Mom. You can't really play that card." I say.
"I'll be home at 11:00. I want you home by then, ok?"
"I'll do my best."
"Jim," she said, strictly. In the background someone was calling her.
"You have to go, bye." I hung up. I don't feel like going home. I kept flipping through the book. I came to the page with Evna's face. It listed many names, and reasons for them.
•Stalklette- raised by Stalklings
•Girl of Death- killed many of Gunmars changelings
•Nerfy- many times spotted with toy Nerf Gun
•Blade- carries many knifes in her black bag
•Phantom/Ghosty- she haunts your dreams, you think you see her when she's not really there
•Gamel- makes fights with her enemies into a game
Wow, she must have been a completely different person then. I think to myself, this sounds nothing like Evna. Then I saw a picture of her and another person, no... Changeling. She was with a Changeling who looked remarkably like a human. I took a picture of it on my phone. I closed the book and sighed. Then I opened up the book again, and took a picture of the whole page. Then I put the book back on the shelf and joined everyone else to celebrate. I sat with Tobes, Blinky, Claire, and AAARRRGGHH!!! It felt nice to be with all of my friends again. After about an hour, I ended up talking about my time in the Darklands. It brought back terrible memories. I finished the story, just as terrified as I was when I was there. Trolls started to leave, Tobes walked up to me.
"You coming?" He asked.
"No, I don't want to go home. Mom's mad again." I say in distress.
"Come on, you can crash at my place." He said. I smiled. Me, Tobes, and Claire left. When me and Toby got to his house, well fell asleep. I'm pretty sure he fell asleep on the stairs, but I don't think I even made it to the stairs.
     The next morning, we walked to school. We saw Claire's car pass us. She waved out the window. Then we saw into Evna. She was with another person though, they looked pretty close.
     "Who do you think that is?" I asked Toby.
     "I don't know. Should we go over?"
     "Nah, she's got a new friend, and knowing us... we'd probably ruin it." Tobes nodded and we carried on. Through the whole day me and Tobes didn't see the other girl once.
After school I went up to Evna. I brought Tobes with me. He did see the other girl too. And he was dying to know. I mean what harm could com from bringing Toby?
"Hey, Evna." Toby greeted.
"Sup guys?" She greeted. I spoke up, my curiosity was killing me.
"Ey, we were walking to school this morning, and we saw you with someone else. Not trying to pry or seem rude in anyway, but who was that? We've never seen her before."
"Oh, just a friend. I've known her for a while. A while being ever since I went to the Darklands."
"Woah, woah, woah. You went to the Darklands? When?" Toby asks. "I told you, didn't I?" She asked.
"No, you told me." I said.
"Oooohh, uh, I went there when I was younger to try to save my father's life as well as mine, because Gunmar had this thing against us and wanted us dead. So I went to the Darklands and the girl, who is actually a changeling, brought me to Gunmar. I was able to talk him out of killing me, but I was less fortunate when trying top save my father. The changeling girl was able to escape with me. Her name is Desta. And that nerf gun war with Blinky I have going on, I told you Jim but I don't think I told you, Toby, so me and Blinky have a Nerf war going on, and AAARRRGGHH!!! and Blinky were on a team and me and Desta are on a team. But now that I've got Desta back, oo boy will this get interesting." She said grinning. "Oh, don't tell anyone. Me and Desta are gonna get them when they least expect it. Ok?"
"Alright." Toby agreed. I agreed again. Then Desta came walking up.
"Hey, Des, these are my friends. Toby, and Jim. The Trollhunter." She said. "Guys, this is Desta." "Hi." She said kindly. "Do they know about the... thing." She asked Evna.
"The nerf thing? Yes. The changeling thing? Yes. The 'my whole history with the Darklands and Gunmar' thing? YES. When you say 'thing' you need to be a little more specific." Evna scolded playfully. "Hey you guys should come over to my den." She said. "We could go get Claire! And pizza!" We all agreed. We got Claire and all paid for the pizza together. The we all headed over towards her den, just as the sun was setting. On our way there, we ran into Blinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! They ended up joining us.

What goes on in the den will be in the next chapter, which I will try to get to you guys by Monday.