My phone buzzed and I jerked awake. I looked at the text and saw that it was from Toby. I heard a low grumble and someone wrapped their arms around me. I looked and saw that it was Draal and I gave a small smile before gently untangling myself from him. All around us were my papers that I had been grading for school and lessons plans. Draal thinks that I've been working myself too hard. Last night, he tried to help me by organizing my papers, which honestly isn't his strong suit, but I very much appreciated the effort that he put into it. We must've stayed up so late that we fell asleep next to one another. Maybe he's right because this was the sixth time in the past two weeks that I've practically stayed up all night.
I struggled to entangle myself, but the effort just ended up just waking up Draal. Draal groaned and said, "Is it morning already?"
"Yeah. I've got to get ready. Toby wants me to meet him in Troll market with Claire and Blinky." I said.
"I'll come with you." Draal said. I nodded. I went upstairs and got ready then came back down. Draal and I walked over towards Troll market. It's been two weeks since Jim entered the Darklands alone. Why did he have to go alone? Ever since he left, Claire, Toby, and I have been trying to cover for his disappearance. Toby has been covering for him at home, Claire has been covering his duties at Troll market, and I've been handling his homework assignments since I knew how to copy his handwriting the best.
Apart from that, I've been working more hours for my job, training more with Draal, and with whatever spare time I've got left, I usually go to Blinky's library and help him to try and come up with a plan to save Jim. Because of this, I haven't seen Claire and Toby much nor have I spoken much with Elizabeth and Patrick. Mom is trying to encourage me to take a break, but I couldn't. There's just so much that I need to do. I may have failed Jim when Jim went into the Darklands alone, but I'm not going to fail him to get him out of there.
Apparently, I have the ability to turn the tides of battle, but I can only do it once until my armor is gone. I can't summon it again until the next battle. Draal has been telling me to only use this power during the bigger wars that way I don't exhaust myself. The smaller tasks will help me prepare and will let me be able to hold the armor longer during major battles. Also, he has been teaching me that Wielder has two choices during a battle: I can help aid the battle of others or I can aid my own battle. The reason why I was able to do both during the battle with Angor Rot was due to it being my first time. That was why it was so overwhelming when my armor disappeared.
I know that Draal has been worried about me since Jim had disappeared. He's been sticking to my side and I knew that it was because he wanted to let me know that I wasn't alone and he was there when I needed to talk. I don't know how I could've done this without Draal because when I lost hope, he reminded me that the amulet had yet to choose another and that Jim was still alive.
Draal and I parted ways when we got to Troll market. Draal had matters to attend to and I was going to meet up with the others. Once I reached Blinky's library, I heard Toby shout, "Hey! What the heck? Who turned my war hammer into a back scratchier?"
"After witnessing you troubles handling it, I sought to stabilize it's unpredictability and make it, as you say..." Blinky clicked a button and the war hammer appear and Blinky finished, "Fun size."
"Whaaaat? Pocket hammer. Fun-size. Awesome-size! Fun-size. Awesome-size! Fun-size. Awesome size!" Toby exclaimed while turning the war hammer into the pocket size and having it reappear.
I chuckled and said, "I'm glad to see your having fun."
"Monica!" Claire exclaimed. She ran over towards me and gave me hug along with the others.
"It's so good to see you guys. It's been too long." I said. Before we had time to say more, a horn blew in the distance.
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Trollhunters: Never Alone
FanfictionWhen Jim's older sister, Monica Lake, comes back from college, she is surprised to hear from her mother that Jim hasn't been himself lately. That he's been getting into trouble. When she discovers why, she receives the adventure of a lifetime.
