Chapter 12 – Heads Will Roll
Chapter Notes: In which something evil’s lurking in the dark…
Chris could feel adrenaline coursing through his body. The urge toward ‘fight or flight’ was strong, but neither one of those was much of an option at the moment, since he and Darren were still trapped within the rope net. He could feel Darren trembling slightly, and squeezed his friend’s hand in a way that he hoped seemed reassuring rather than desperate.
“Let’s get a better look at these gifts you’ve brought us,” King Sebastian said, a lascivious smirk stretching from one of his pointy goblin ears to the other as he gazed down at his prisoners.
Chris and Darren tensed as Azimio whipped out a long obsidian blade and sliced through the ropes securing the top of the net.
“Oh, yeah. They’ll do nicely,” King Sebastian leered.
“Bring out the other prisoners!” King Karofsky boomed with his deep troll voice. “Let the wild rumpus start!”
Jacob Ben Israel struck a great stone gong. The sound reverberated throughout the cavern as trolls and goblins with stone spears shoved a rag-tag bunch of human prisoners toward the center of the room. The goblins began to chant:
Off with your head
D-dance-dance-dance 'til you're dead
O-off-off-off with your head
D-dance-dance-dance 'til you're dead
O-off-off-off with your head
The trolls chimed in with:
It's close to midnight
And something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
(Heads will roll, heads will roll chanted the goblins.)
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight
As the trolls and goblins sang, they lurched about in a grotesque dance, prodding the human captives with their spears to force them to join in.
Off with your head
D-dance-dance-dance 'til you're dead
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The Land of Stories: Gleefully Ever After
FanfictionChris Colfer, bestselling author of The Land of Stories, finds himself (along with Darren Criss, who is unwittingly responsible for this perplexing state of affairs) transported into the world of his imagination…with a few Gleeful differences.
