The Forces Against Our Love. |Jim X Reader|

Another 3 Years Gone..

Your POV

I was driven to Arcadia that night as promised.. Things looked really good here, just the same as when I left actually.. i was dropped off outside of Claire's door with nothing but a cloak to keep myself covered up. No one else can see me..
The old man i met earlier knocked on the door for me just in case someone else answered the door. He asked for claire and said she needed to come outside for a second alone.. I felt anxious and scared. Maybe she was scared of me too. Maybe Jim was scared of me, thats why he let them lock me up for all those years..
"Who are you?.." Claire asked and was standing in the porch light but I was still in the dark. I felt really scared to show her.. maybe she'll hate me.. maybe she'll be so scared and run away. "Do we know each other?.." She asked and took a step towards me. It really scared me. I hadnt talked to anyone but that man and Aku after all these years and I dont exactly know what to do now.
"I.. Im sorry i didn't keep in touch..." i muttered as i lowered my hood and looked at her with worry and fear.
"Y/n?.." she gasped with her hands over her mouth, "I-Is it really you?" She asked and quickly walked closer.
"Yes.." i muttered and lowered my head in fear.
"Ive missed you so much!" She cried and suddenly.. hugged me.. "Jim said they had to lock you away because the other trolls a-and he said you were still possessed and-" she cried and cried..
"I wasnt possessed by anything I think.. I did stay in a cage though.." i muttered as i gently put my hand on her back.
"I-I wanted to get you back so bad but blinky said you couldn't come out or theyd kill you!" She kept crying.
"Go inside you two.. Y/n, ill see you another time" the man i met the other day smiled before driving off.
"Please come in, i-im sorry its a mess" she cried as she led me inside. Theres people.. And a baby..
"Babe, you dont have to cry" Claire's old boyfriend from high school chuckled.. She married him.. then does that mean Toby and darcy got married too?..
As soon as I looked at their baby, it started crying. Its scared of me..
"I-Im sorry.." i stuttered as i put back up my hood and stepped back but immediately bumped into a bookshelf and almost made it fall over. Im terrified to be back. This light is scary, i feel horrifed.
"Youve grown too, huh?" Claire asked with a giggle as she fixed the shelf.
"I-I, um-.." i stuttered as i covered my face in worry. This guy doesn't seemed fazed at all by someone like me. Why?
"Lets sit down and talk. Ill go make some tea" Claire suggested smiling.
"And ill put down this cranky boy" her husband chuckled and picked up their baby before walking off.
I slowly sat down and tried not to break anything. Im terrified of being here.. i became so used to a small cage in the dark that I dont know what to do in a real home anymore.. i feel sick again.
"I should call Toby and Arrrgh over. They'd be thrilled to hear you're back but where is Jim? He didn't come too?" Claire asked happily from the kitchen.
"No.. he doesnt-.. He made me leave.." i said as i thought back to the situation. i don't know what happened, it was like I was asleep.. I just remember Jim telling me to get away from Troll market.. There were so many trolls trying to get me..
"He what?.." She asked in quiet confusion as she brought over two cups of tea. It made me nervous to drink this.. I hadnt eaten or drank anything for... for.... How long?.. Was it years?..
"Once we got to the new heart stone, they built a small metal cage and kept me there over a cliff. It was dark.. It was like I was living in the Deep back in the old troll market.." i explained as i looked down into the cup in my hards.
"What?.. I-I thought Jim meant you stayed in a room far away from the market" she stuttered and looked surprised.
"No.. I thought it was only a few months I was there, maybe a year.. But then Jim threw me out.. there were trolls behind him wishing to kill me.. He told me to leave.." i said as i thought hard about this.
"H-He threw you out?.." she looked so hurt as she said that.
"This happened maybe a couple weeks ago when I was found in the forest.. i hadnt left that cage since I was put in it at the beginning.." i muttered as my mind was clouded with the color black.
"But that's years.." she said as she pressed her hands over her mouth.
"Aku told me it had been 8 years.. ill be 25 soon.." i muttered and bit my tongue.
"Aku?.. She came back? B-But she killed merlin!" She shouted got leaned in.
"She still wants to create a new world.. I think she needs me for that, or at least this amulet.. Im only living so the world won't suffer.." i muttered as i pressed my hand over my amulet.
"Y/n.." she muttered and teared up, "Were you not allowed to come up from that dark? Why do you want to keep living just for the world?" She asked the same question that man did at area 51.
"I came up.. i think.. 3 times.. And i don't want to keep living." I admitted as i hesitantly sipped this tea.. its still horrible.. "I-Id rather kill myself then endure anymore pain but i can't go until you guys are gone.." i stuttered from the gross taste of that drink as I set it down.
"O-Oh! I'm sorry, I forgot about your tastebuds!" She exclaimed and was still in tears from before.
"Its okay.." i shook my head with a soft smile.
"I might be able to help with that" claires husband said as he walked back to us. "My name is Douxie by the way, not sure if you remember that" he chuckled as i thought back to high school.
"I remember.." i smiled and nodded, "Battle of the bands and that last rave at school.." i said with a short laugh.
"That was too much fun.. But it makes me wonder what happened to Jim.. Did he really kick you out?.." Claire asked as my mind suddenly traveled to that night, the party.. Jim and i shared so many memories there but he must not remember anymore..
"I woke up already outside of the door.. He just told me to go before the others came.. Then the door shut.." i muttered as i thought back. He smiled though.. why was he smiling? Was he glad I left?..
"He mustve been trying to save you then. All those years being trapped in a cage, id want to throw you out too" Douxie chuckled and waved his hand over my drink.. Whatd he do?..
"He was merlins apprentice before he passed. Merlin trusted him with a lot of secrets but you'll probably find this to be the best" claire told me as i picked up my drink. Why does it not surprise me that hes a wizard too?..
I hesitantly took a sip from my cup to discover that it tasted like how I used to remember it.. sweet tea, the same as its always been.
"How did you do that?.." i asked and suddenly felt my appetite increase. I hadnt consumed anything for so long and i didn't need to really, but now I feel hungry and in pain.
"A little bit of magic. Ill even teach you" he smiled and was acting so kind.
"Magic? Can trolls do that?.." I asked and pointed to myself in shock.
"Anyone can as long as you believe. Silly but true" he told me as he sipped his own cup. I looked back down at mine before drinking the rest.
"Y/n, you said you only came out three times from that cage-" Claire began.
"No, I was still in it. I just was on the cliff in the light" i clearifed as I looked at my empty cup.
"Then how did you get food?.." she asked with a worried tone of voice.
"I-.. i-I don't really think I did.. I cant remember the last time I ate.. maybe it was years ago.." i muttered in thought.
"Years?!" She shouted in surprise. "Where was Jim?!" She screamed and stood up.
"I-I dont know.." i stuttered as i looked up to her in a panic. Why am i getting scared when she raises her voice? What has that place done to me?
"Trolls can go without eating but youre only half.. Didn't you get sick?.." Douxie asked and looked genuinely concerned.
"I think the only reason they pulled me up was because i might have gotten sick.." i muttered as i lowered my head.
"And you still haven't eaten?!" Claire whisper shouted.
"N-No" i stuttered and looked at her nervously.
"Aku must be the only reason you're alive then.." Douxie said in thought. "You must only remember a few months because you were only conscious for that time.. Aku most likely possessed you just to keep you alive while you were in that prison." He told me. That makes sense then.. "Dear, go make something for her. Ill fix it after" he asked clarie.
"Im already on it! Im calling toby too!" She shouted and ran off to the kitchen with her phone.
"Did Jim want me there?.." I asked him and looked in his eyes feeling.. Sad.. And scared.. "Was he scared of me too?.. Is that why he never came to see me?.." i asked and felt a lump in my throat. Ive felt so empty for so long.. Now im just depressed..
"I dont know.. Maybe he did and it was Aku keeping you from really seeing him.. Or maybe he moved on with the trolls.." Douxie answered and had his head lowered.
"Theres no way! Jim loved you even after he found out you're the Moon Hunter! You went through everything together!" Claire shouted from the kitchen while she pulled pots and pans and was on the phone too.
"But.. He wasnt there.. he told me to go.. was he protecting me or did he want to get rid of me?.." I asked as my hands began to shake in my lap.
"We'll only know if he says it himself. Dont stress out over this, maybe you could move on too. You could find someone new" Douxie suggested and sounded so positive about it but i-i don't want to find someone new. I still love Jim, I thought I was only there for a few months but even while I was in my own consciousness.. I only saw him once.. I was brought into light only 3 times.. but i only saw Jim once.. i dont even remember what he said to me.. Did he even talk? Was he too scared? If I was human again, would he care for me again?.. Would I ruin the world to be with Jim?.. My heart says yes but I just can't do it..
"Toby is on his way. He'll probably be here with arrrgh in a few minutes" Claire said while she was busy in the kitchen.
"Do you need any help cooking?.. Its been a while but i could try?.." I asked with a smile and stood up from the couch.
"Nuh uh, this is my special meal for you and you'll be able to taste every delicious bite" she told me confidently. Shes making a Mexican dish from what I can see. Shes probably a really good cook now too..
"I cant believe we grew up.. I saw myself in the mirror today for the first time since we were 16.." i said as i slowly walked around her home. It looks exactly the same as before it burned down.. This is amazing..
"I was just looking at a picture of us the other day and the video at that rave" she giggled as i looked at these amazing pregnancy pictures.
"That was an awesome party.. Too bad all of that is over.." I muttered as i looked at her wedding photos. She was gorgeous.. I couldnt be there for her..
"Hey, we dont need Jim to throw another party. Besides, everyone else grew up too! Maybe we can all go clubbing!" She shouted happily to me as my face scrunched up in confusion.
"Dear, you do realize she still feels like she's 16 in some ways" Douxie chuckled as Claire turned around to me in confusion.
"You used your magic again, didnt you?" She asked him with a little glare.
"Y/n only has a few months of memories since she was locked up in the new heartstone.. Theyre all just black but had that little glow of your amulet.. Im sorry you had to endure that pain alone.." He said as he looked back to me apologeticly. He can see my memories?..
"I survived.." i muttered and looked back to the pictures.
"It looks like you visited area 51 though, no wonder you were able to find claire again" he said with a smile.
"Oh! That man was the colonel then! Of course, now i remember" Claire laughed and was hard at work cooking still.
"He said aliens came and now one of them is dating someone from school?.." I said in confusion as I walked down these small hallways. Im a giant compared to when I was 16.. I really grew up..
"Aja and Krel from planet something in outter space. They were our ages, 16 or 17, and they were king and queen siblings. Their parents were killed so they fled to earth for safety. Then Aja fell for Steve.." Claire rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Steve?" I asked with sudden enthusiasm and loud tone of voice, "of course only an alien would fall for the school bully!" I laughed and felt so good now. Thats crazy news to hear. I can't believe so many things happened while I was gone.
"I know, then the bad aliens invaded so we took them down. It was really cool actually and we talked to Jim once about it.. We were in a tough spot but it looked like he was in trouble too and had to end the call quickly.." She said as she thought back to the events.
"You didnt have any way of communicating with the outside world.. You didnt have a phone and couldnt write letters.." Douxie said as he looked down and stared really hard. Is he using magic to see my memories again?..
"What did you do while you were in that cage?.." Claire asked and looked suddenly sad.
"I-..." i began as i really thought hard.. what did I do?.. "I.. I think i just waited.." i muttered. The only thing i had on my mind was when Jim would pull me up and id get to see him again.. But he never did till I woke up outside.. He was in front of me behind the door telling me to go.. was he smiling or was he crying?.. was it both?..
"I know but did you have something to do while you waited?.." claire continued.
"No.." Douxie answered for me. "Her cage was empty and she hung over a deep dark abyss.. You were always scared itd make you fall deeper.." He said as my eyes widened a bit.
"Y/n.. I-Im so sorry.." Claire said as tears dripped from her eyes and onto her shirt. She wasn't looking at me, she was still cooking but crying too..
"I cant see your memories of Aku, theyre blocked off somehow.." Douxie said and scrunched his eyes a little harder.
"Its fine.. Nothing happened.. She only told me stuff I didn't listen to.. she said she'd be back in a while again.." i said as Douxie stood up and walked to me.
"May i take you hand? It'll only be for a second" he asked kindly. I looked over to clarie in confusion but she nodded her head yes.. So i held out my hand that was bigger than his whole head and he held onto it with both of his hands. He shut his eyes and was very quiet. Then after a while he let go and opened his eyes looking pained. "Just as i thought.." He muttered and looked worried and sad.
"What is it?.." Claire asked and had her eyes on us.
"Aku took her soul like Morgana did with angorot.. Shes been without it since before she traveled away.." He said. Suddenly I felt sick and scared. If my soul is gone, how am I alive? How do I feel these feelings and sickness on the inside but I cant feel anyone's touch? "Youre dying without it because you're half human.. Thats why your skin has began to darken.." He explained to me. Thats why its changing?.. My human self is rotting away? What happens once its gone? Will I parish?
"H-How do I get it back?.." I stuttered out of fear and took a step back.
"She has to do it.. Shes the only one who can give it back to you" Douxie said with a lowered head.
"She took it when our houses burned down.. Thats when I stopped feeling everything.." i said with a sigh as i looked to the back door. Theres someone coming but I think its just Toby and Arrrgh..
"That was the last time i saw you.." Claire muttered as she wiped her tears.
"Y/n!!" Toby screamed and banged open the door. Arrrgh was behind him too. Toby looks so grown up and he lost a lot of weight. I guess being on a life long diet actually worked out. "Y-Youre really here! Jimbo called and said he finally got you out of there a-and-" he stuttered and was tearing up. Jim wanted me out..
"You sure grew up.. That diet really worked for you, Toby" i said with a small smile. He sucked up his tears before running to my side and hugging me.
"You grew up too! You're so much taller and larger and why is your hair so long?!" He shouted and was absolutely panicking just like the old toby always did.
"I wondered the same thing" i said smiling and hugged him back.
"And your skin! Its not pure white anymore! Its kind of like a cow actually" he said as he took a step back and looked at me.
"A cow?.." i asked with a little glare.
"Its not a good thing, Toby! Shes dying!" Claire shouted and totally shocked arrrgh and Toby.
"Dying?.." Arrrgh asked as he slowly walked around to me.
"Its good to see you again arrrgh.." i smiled at him.
"Worried! I missed you!" He shouted and suddenly hugged me. His language is just the same, he still doesnt say full sentences but i understand.
"I missed you too.." i said as he let me go. I couldnt feel him touch me at all..
"What do you mean shes dying?" Toby asked and looked around in worry.
"Aku took her soul. If she wasn't half human than she'd be fine but.." Douxie trailed off with a sigh.
"Its doesnt really matter.. Im only alive now to keep this world going.." i said as i looked down at my hands. The dark color hasn't grown that much. Theres little spots beginning to turn grey but they're very big and there's not much but it is noticeable on one half of my face.
"But we just got you back! Don't you want to live a little before that?!" Toby shouted to me.
"Live?.. What would i do?.." i asked as i looked to him in confusion. Trolls don't live like humans. All they do is eat and live in their homes doing nothing. Humans go out into the world and explore.. I cant.
"We could eat" Claire smiled, "or we could kick Jim's butt for not coming with you." She suddenly glared.
"Maybe let's not, we don't want all of troll kind coming after us" Douxie chuckled and helped set up plates.
"Did you make troll food? Why does it smell so good?" Toby asked and watched the food.
"Because it's food for everyone" Claire sighed.
"But with a little magic" douxie said and waved his hand over it. Why does it sound like a bunch of bull but it actually works?.. Everyone began to sit at the table but I would break the chair if I tried to sit down..
"Y/n, come sit! I cant wait for you to try it!" Claire shouted and pulled out a chair for me.
"Wouldnt i.. Break it?.." i asked as i looked at the small wooden chair.
"Never know till you try!" Toby said with a mouth full.
"Uh.." i hummed before getting a slap on the back by arrrgh.
"Light weight" he told me. I hesitantly took a seat and to my surprise it actually didn't break. I wonder how much I weigh..
"Go on, even arrrgh likes it" douxie told me and pointed back to arrrgh who was eating the same thing too.
I picked up the small fork feeling a bit weird. Im not human, why am i sitting at a table like one? Maybe I wont actually die by the time my skin color changes to black, maybe ill just be full troll..
I had one bite of this and immediately felt relieved. I felt.. Human. I can eat like a human too if I'm taught whatever magic douxie did.. Thatd be amazing..
"Have you visited your mom yet?" Toby asked and made me choke on my food.
"N-No, I dont think I will either" i coughed out.
"Why not? She's missed you more than us, y'know?" Claire said, "and she was mad when you ran away with Jim. She was even more mad when she found out they locked you up.." she continued.
"Im not the same Y/n anymore.. Im just a shell now.." i told them as i looked at the plate in front of me.
"Youre not a shell, youre just missing apart of you. Trust me, i know" douxie said but it didn't really help. I am different. Im quieter, I've lost all spirit and im scared and confused. Some part of me is dying, i dont know if its my human side or if ill die all together.. Im dying.. I cant let mom see me again.. Shes better off thinking I'm rotting away in a cage till death..
"She got married to take the pain away from losing you.. Shes been looking for the new troll market for years just to get you out of whatever prison they put you in.. We would have too if we knew what it was really like.." Claire said as everything became painfully quiet.
"Thats okay.. I dont have a purpose in life anyway.. Ive already done what I could so now ill just.. roam.." i muttered.
"What? But Aku is still out there! She killed merlin!" Toby shouted and slapped his hands on the table. The sudden noise scared me for some reason.
"Im living so Aku can't do anything. She needs my amulet. I cant kill her either, she took my soul remember?.." I said as i continued to eat what I could. I guess after being starved for years really does something to you.
"Yeah but there has to be something else you want to do in life.." Claire said and tried to help toby out.
"Like what?.. Start a family like you?" I asked coldly, "Im a troll, I cant be in daylight and on top of that, how am i supposed to take off my armor to reproduce?" I asked and felt a bit embarrassed about it. "I dont even know how trolls do that.." i sighed and leaned back in the chair.
"They don't becausethey're born from magic.. But youre half human still" Douxie said with hope.
"Yeah but not even I know whats under my armor. I dont even have 5 fingers anymore, who knows what else changed.." i sighed..
"Yeah but you still have a chest so you could breastfeed" Claire giggled and poked my chest.
"Again, I cant take off the armor. If I could than I would have." I said and went back to eating.
"Youd have to break the amulet to do that.." Douxie said in thought.
"And kill myself along with it? If i knew what would happen to this world after I died and broke the amulet then I'd considered it greatly." I told him and balled my fist in my lap.
"Suicide?..." Arrrgh muttered and looked up at me with a hurt expression.
"If itd save everyone and get me out of here faster than I would.." i confessed. Honestly, dying now would be nice. No more worries, no more darkness, no fears.. I could be at peace with myself after all these years..
"Y/n, what were your dreams when we were little?.." Claire asked as silence fell over the room.
"My dreams?.. I dont know.. I was just living day to day till I got this amulet and everything changed. I liked being with you guys while it lasted.." i said as i looked at my now empty plate.
"You dont like being with us anymore?.." Toby asked quietly.
"Of course i do, its just different.. I cant live as a human. I cant do what we used to.. Besides.. You two mustve went to college already.. And you have a family.. I cant do that stuff.." i said as i let out a soft breath.
"What if we got Jim back?.." Toby asked and sounded a little hopeful.
"What is Jim gonna do?.. I havent talked to him for 8 years either.." I muttered.
"But you still love him." Douxie shouted out. My chest tightened and my eyes widened at those words. How could I love him? He locked me up for years.. But he was the one to get me out.. But he never came for me.. He didnt care about me..
"No." I said as i stood up from my chair.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Claire asked as the others stood.
"I dont know.." I answered as i walked through her house to the front door.
"B-But you cant go yet! We just got you back!" Toby shouted and tugged my arm but wasn't strong enough.
"Dont leave.." Arrrgh said as everyone followed me.
"Itd be better if I never came back. I hope life treats you all well.." i said as i covered up with that cloak that old man gave me.
"No! Please dont go, you could stay here!" Claire begged.
"Im sorry.. Goodbye.." I said before walking out the door and leaving them.
"No!" Arrrgh shouted and charged after me. Before he grabbed me, I took his hand and flipped him on his back with a loud thud.
"I have to go, arrrgh.." i said as i let his arm go.
"Dont go! Stay! Family!" He begged which didnt make me feel any better.
"Im sorry.." i whispered feeling tears rise. Family.. I just want to protect them but if I'm around again, they'll only get hurt.. I cant do that to them..
So I left.. i turned my back on them again to protect them.. i traveled by foot back to my old house. Mine burned down along with Jim's but here they are again.. The lights are on and through the window I can see my mother on the couch being held by a man i didnt know.. Im glad she moved on.. In the other house was Barbra with strickler. I knew they'd be together.
I stayed in the woods near my house watching mom. She got older too.. I watched her take a call. I assumed it was from Claire and toby by her reaction. She immediately ran outside screaming my name. Her husband looked around too. I wonder if he knows what I really am though.. i wonder what mom would say when she sees me grown up.. I was a horrible daughter for leaving her in her hardest hours.. she made the inside and outside of the house look exactly the same though.. except that porch.. its so new.. It reminds me of our old porch where Jim and i kissed for the first time days before the school play.. when we first realized we were old enemies.. times have changed though.. Jim moved on. He only needed me to take care of Aku. We were stupid to fall in love.. But we aren't anymore.. its been 8 long years without each other.. Im a fool for still thinking about him so often..
I watched mom and her husband drive off somewhere so I followed from a distance. She went to claires house where they talked a lot. Mom cried a lot too.. i could hear what they were saying if I really listened from a far. If I were any closer then arrrgh would sense me. They told her about what I had gone through and where I've traveled over these years. Mom was heart breken and hated Jim for everything that happened to me. The others tried to stand up for him but mom couldn't listen. They ended up waking the baby. I watched that little boy through the window sleep before he was woken up.. He almost looks like Enrique..
I left shortly after that to find hiding. I went to the old heartstone.. It was still destroyed and dark but in the center of everything.. there was one little glow of the old orange I had once seen.. The stone was growing back.. Over the next few days I had began to salvage what I had found. There were lights powered by batteries and even an old cellphone. It mustve been one of the trolls before they moved out.. I learned after powering that phone that it had been more than a few days. It had actually been 2 months that passed me by. Time works so weird for me now.. I havent eaten anything since leaving Claires place and I didnt feel hungry. It made me wonder if I was being possessed every so often or if I really just dont have a sense of time anymore.. I guess the dark does that to you.. 
I began to rebuild troll market like how i remembered it. There was rubble everywhere but i had all the time in the world to move it. The place was being lit up by the tiny heart stone that had grew twice its size in the span of a year. By that next year, Troll Market was rebuilt. The forge didn't have that same magic anymore though and it didn't work either because the heart stone wasn't strong enough yet. I was 25 by then and had continued to be alone.. the phone I had was powered by something I created with batteries and other junk I found. Time kept moving on from then as well. A whole other year had past making that two years that I had been in the old heart stone. The stone was still growing but couldn't power anything more than a few lights and my phone. I had never come up from the market.. I hadnt seen real sunlight for 10 years nows. Im 26, almost 27..
I created a home for myself over those 2 years. I made a bed and blankets and pillows out of what I could find. I drew pictures on the old rocks with my rocky fingers. I drew the story of how everything happened like a cave woman. I started from when I received my amulet and wrote my story..
Then 3 years passed by.. The heart stone kept growing more powerful and was now as big as me. It was quite beautiful and I always sat by it.. This stone was the only warmth I could feel besides Aku.. I was so comfy with the stone, it felt like apart of me.. Over those years, not only did the stone grow, but so did the dark spots on my skin.. There was always that constant pain that prevented me from feeling anything else but with these dark spots, all i felt was.. Nothing. Absolutely nothing at all. It was really relaxing..
Three and a half years into living in troll market.. Someone had finally found me. I hid in the greatest spot there was and wouldn't let anyone see me. The people who entered were just kids.. teenagers like i once was. They were excited to see what I had recreated. They loved it and took pictures of everything they could. Then they found where I had created my home right next to the heartstone.. They thought it was scarey that someone was here, they thought it was a bunch of homeless people hiding.. Then they found my drawings and changed their minds. They all wondered what it meant.. They thought it was so cool.. They took pictures of my drawings and my home before leaving without touching a thing and promised to come back.
I waited for them to come back the next week. They were only a group of 4 like me and my friends once were. They saw the drawing of all four of my friends and thought it was talking about them. It was really cute how they tried to connect this to their lives. How they could be magic aliens or monsters. They left something for me on the way out.. They called out to whomever might be here and said this was mine to keep and it'd let me know i was safe with them..
So I picked it up. It was just a little stuffed bear, like one youd win at a fair but it meant a lot to me. I put it on the shelf I had that was still empty. I had all blinkys old books in his hidden library still. I decided that maybe I could talk with them so i began to explain this story. Over the pictures I explained each event but I only explained one at a time. The first one started with, "An amulet changed my destiny, mind, and body" and that was it.
They came back a week later and were shocked to see there was something new written. They were scared and thought I was watching them so they looked around for me but of course couldn't find me. They talked to me again though. There was a boy, their leader, who reminded me of Jim in some ways. He talked to me like a friend and wasn't scared of this story.
"We want to listen and understand what these pictures mean! We'll come back every night at 9 o'clock for a new piece of the story!" The boy shouted and looked around.
"O-Or you could come out and talk to us too!" One of the two girls shouted and looked scared.
"U-Unless you're a scarey monster because we've already had aliens and i think that was enough for me!" The other boy who was shorter shouted and was scared as well.
"But she speaks our language! She must be nice and look, it looks like she's human too!" The second, more breaver girl shouted to me. I smiled as i looked at the bunch argue about wheather they wanted to meet me or not.
"Whoever you are, we just want to listen.. Theres history in this town kept secret from this generation for some reason but ever since we were little, our parents threatened us that trolls would eat us in our sleep.. If trolls do exist and that's what you are, we still want to meet you and lsiten.." The leader boy told me and was looking in my direction but couldn't see me. Hes very convincing but I want to see them more..
His other friends complained that if i was a troll then id eat them or maybe id follow them home every night now. Thatd probably scare me if i were in their shoes too. I am a scary monster afterall..
After they left I wrote the next part. "The Moon Hunter forced to kill the Troll Hunter." The picture was me against Jim with our swords against each other and our amulets glowing in the dark. Those kids came back at 9 exactly as promised. They raced to the wall i had drew on and were so excited to see what i wrote. They took pictures again like usual and tried to connect this to the next pictures.
"But look, a heart.." The blonde girl said as she lightly touched the stone.
"Love?.." the shorter boy with brown hair asked in wonder as they all gathered around.
"What does that mean?.." The girl with black hair asked and looked to the leader boy who also had black hair.
"Maybe they fell in love.. Maybe they couldn't fight against each other because of their love so they joined sides.." the boy answered in thought as he looked down to the other pictures.
"Who is writting all this though?.." The blonde girl asked and looked a little scared.
"Do you think its her?.. The Moon Hunter?.." The brown hair boy asked nervously and looked around to find me.
"You think someone that important would write to a couple of teenagers?" The black haired girl asked which led me to letting out a giggle they couldn't hear.
"I dont know, maybe shes here alone and likes having us around?..." The brown haired boy asked with a shrug while the black haired girl sighed.
"Whoever it is, think we should tell them our names?" The lead boy asked with a smile.
"Yeah, why not be put on a hit list after this story ends" the black hair girl asked sarcastically.
"Alright well, my name is Roslin" the blonde began and looked around.
"Im Connor, please dont eat me!.." the short scared boy said and looked around next.
"Im Belle" the black haird girl said smiling.
"And Im peter. I hope one day we'll meet face to face" the lead boy said with such a happy smile. "We wont set up any cameras if youre ever skeptical about that but maybe we can start leaving you items. It looks like you've moved the bear we brought." Peter said as they all walked over to my shelf. "This place is so cold but this rock is warm and it even glows.." Peter spoke as he touched the heartstone.
"Dude! Dont touch that thing, maybe the person writting this thinks its special!" Connor shouted and moved peter away.
"Youre just scared of meeting this person" peter teased.
"But what if its a troll?.." Roslin asked with worry.
"Trolls are cool too and it hasn't eaten us yet! Its even telling us a story every night!" Belle shouted happily.
"Guys, this has to be our secret. No showing anyone else these pictures, this place can't be found by anyone else.." peter told them seriously.
"Yeah, itd suck if they tore down all those empty homes" conner said as he pointed to the empty troll market.
"What if they're invisible?!" Roslin shouted in a panic. These kids are really nice to watch. It makes me feel young again listening to their conversations. I was just like them so long ago..
"Uh oh.. i have to get home.." Belle sighed and signaled for everyone to leave.
This started a month long story time with these kids. After 3 and a half years from leaving Claire and Toby, I can finally listen to someone again.