To Thaw a Hero's Heart

Chapter Two: Cursed

Chapter Two: Cursed

In a valley near the mountains, a huddled group of rocks stood still, just like everything else around them. But the peace didn't last, as the rocks started to move and form what appeared to be trolls. One rolled out of a small cave and formed; he looked older than the rest, his face was mixed with fear and worry.

"I sense the great power of the ancients," he said as the other trolls circled around him.

"What are we going to do about this, Grand Pabbie?" a female troll asked.

"We must go and investigate the reason for its arrival," the one called Grand Pabbie said. He then pointed to a female troll next to him.

"Bulda, you round a group of trolls willing to come with me," he ordered. The one called Bulda nodded in affirmation before doing her task.

At least a dozen trolls volunteered to go with Grand Pabbie and waited at the mouth of the valley exit. The older troll looked at the large group, determination evident in their eyes. This would be the first time leaving the valley of the living rocks in so many years and Grand Pabbie was worried about how much had changed in the outside world and how it would affect the other trolls. He finally made up his mind and left the valley with the group following close behind him. It would've taken hours to get to their destination if it weren't for the fact they knew every shortcut that hadn't changed over the years. They finally reached the coast and quickly searched for the ancient power they felt.

"G-Grand Pabbie, I-I think I found it!" one troll yelled at the far left of the rocky beach. All the other trolls immediately took action on getting toward their friend. Once upon their arrival they beheld the sight of a large being half of him still in the water while the other was on land. His breathing was labored and appeared to be unconscious.

"I-is it him, the one you sensed?" Bulda asked as Grand Pabbie approached the titian and put a hand on the side of his jaw.

"Yes, this was the one I sensed," Grand Pabbie said as he examined the large titian. His wounds weren't easy to miss by anyone's eyes.

"I fear he's gravely wounded; if we don't do anything soon he'll die," Grand Pabbie said with sorrow in his voice. He then looked at the injured titian that lay before him.

"But we will not give up on him. Come, trolls, if we could get him down to human size we might be able to save him," Grand Pabbie said, getting ready, as the other trolls followed suit. Together they spoke in their ancient language and a blue light-like aura covered the massive titian. He was starting to shrink down as the trolls continued to chant their spell upon him.

Once he was human size the trolls quickly sprang into action on healing him. His multiple stab wounds quickly became scars since the trolls were already tired after shrinking the massive being, they couldn't completely heal him. The titian's breathing became normal and it appeared as if he was asleep. Grand Pabbie approached it and chanted a few words and the titian changed. Now laying before the trolls was a young man with dark brown hair on his head. A slight scar came across his left eye. He was well-built but not too bulky, his skin was slightly pale as if he hadn't seen the sun in days.

"Grand Pabbie! Why did you turn him into a human?!" Bulda exclaimed, shock evident in her voice.

"The world must never know of his existence; if they found out the world would quickly turn into chaos. That's why I did this to him, for his safety. But he still has his animal-like traits and senses that would still be useful for him," Grand Pabbie explained as he stopped at the edge of the forest and turned to the man on the ground.

"You need time to heal and this was the only way I could protect you and everyone else from hurting each other. I see in your mind all the things you've done and been through; it's time for you to rest, Great One, and hopefully, one day, we'll see each other again in person," Grand Pabbie said as he and the other trolls disappeared into the forest.

The next morning, everything again was at peace and quiet until there on the rocky beach the titian awoke and slowly got up with difficulty. He didn't know about the changes to his body yet, but he did realize the surrounding were larger than the night of his arrival. He slowly reached the water hoping to leave the area now that he was well rested. Once he reached the water he caught a glimpse of what he hoped was still a dream. In the water's reflection he saw a human staring back at him. He growled in annoyance and went to take a swing at the reflection. but noticed the reflection did the same thing. He quickly looked at his right hand and noticed a terrifying reveal. He's now a human being, the ones that tried to kill him many times in the past, his worst enemy. In seer rage he emanated the loudest roar he could muster to the heavens. Birds flew out of the trees in fright of the new sound in the area. The forest quickly became silent as he finished venting his anger.

"H-how did this happen?" he thought. He quickly looked around trying to find the one responsible. A footprint caught his attention and he quickly observed them. There were many tracks in the sand. He figured it must've been more than one responsible and knew he couldn't find them all. He decided head in the forest to get a good view-point on where he was since he was trapped in this human form, but he needed to fully heal and needed a place to rest till then. He decided to go left and vowed as he walked.

"I promise if I ever find them I'll force them to break this curse and destroy them for this nightmare," he thought as he continued toward his chosen path. He soon came across a trail and to his surprise an animal moving a wheeled like contraption. He knew little about the humans even though he'd eavesdrop between two continents he assumed it was what they call a wagon. He silently waited in the bushes until the wagon was in front of him. He lunged forward and knocked it over with ease. The man who was on the wagon started to scream in panic. In annoyance he slammed his fist on the wagon breaking the door in the process and silencing the man.

"T-take anything you want, even the cloths if you need them, just don't kill me," the man pleaded.

"Clothes? What the hell is he talking about?!" The titan thought as he looked down on himself. He was standing in front of this man naked in his human form.

"Damn, curse this human form," he thought in annoyance and quickly looked for some cloths. He found a brown case on the ground and opened it to find what he was looking for. He took what appeared to be the under garment and the one that goes on top of it. He tried multiple times to put them on and finally got it right. He then turned to the man and walked toward him.

"P-please don't hurt me," the man cried. The titan knelt down to his level and pointed the direction the man was heading.

"Y-You want to know what is at the end of this trail?" he asked the titian.

He gave a nod in response and pointed in the direction again.

"Arendelle, Norway," he said and the titian got back up and went into that direction in hopes of finding a place to heal.