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The episode started, a lonely street in Arcadia as the darkness swallowed the town. However, the street hadn't stayed empty when Toby tumbled out from behind the car, panting as he ran.

"So, Toby is running?" Mary asked, raising her eyebrow as her eyes turned towards Toby. "Do we want to know why you're running?"

"Maybe a monster is coming, after all, look at what he is a part of now," Eli said, pushing his glasses back up. Shockingly, Steve had opened his mouth, speaking and what he said was absolutely different.

"Well, we will see in a little bit, maybe Goblins again and where is Jim. He is a protector right?" Some of the students had looked at Steve as he just revealed that he was a Changeling. "What? I'm not wrong."

"Since when did you actually stop making fun of them?" Mary said, her eyebrow raised.

"Some people can change Mary! I'm not saying I like them but I realized it's useless now to even say anything remotely mean!" This was weird. Mary turned in her chair, keeping her shocked and confused facial expression.

On another street, a pair of headlights coated the street in light. The camera kept changing it's view, once on Toby, then on the car, doing it over again. Yet, the man in the car had been throwing newspapers out of his car and rubbing the tired from his eyes.

"This doesn't seem as good." Eli mentioned, "he seems distracted."

The camera focused on Toby's shoes once more before it showed the young man behind the wheel, reach for the paper as he came to an intersection, Toby running right in the path of the car that wasn't stopping.

"Tobes!" Jim absently called out, worried for his friend.

Suddenly, the tires of the car squealed as the man tried to hit his brakes, seeing the young kid obviously not paying attention. Toby rolled over the hood of the car, yelling: "Holy moly!" The kid in the car gripped his steering wheel, looking afraid and waiting for Toby to stand.

"Really, all you had to say was "Holy Moly" after getting hit by a car?"

"What else am I supposed to say?!" Toby shrugged.

"I don't know maybe, scream because you got HIT BY A DAMN CAR!"

Jim whacked Toby on the arm, glaring at him, "You've could have been hurt or worse. Did you hide any injuries after that from us?" Toby just grinned.

Out of nowhere, Toby appeared his hands on the hood of the car as he made eye contact with the driver. Instead of caring about getting hit, he turned his to the side and his mouth dropped in fear. The chubby boy yelped and ran, the driver still confused until a flash of orange sped pass the windshield, lighting the hood on fire where it had last stepped.

"He got up pretty quick." All the students looked at Steve, waiting for a chubby joke because of the situation. He was quiet before but he was always muttering mean things, they didn't know he takes all this to consideration,

"What?" He asked, watching the screen. "I can be silent for a little bit." Yeah, he definitely seemed different. "I told you this, people can change," he leaned back in his chair.

"What the heck was-?" He stopped mid-question, opening his car door and inspecting his flaming hood, "Huh?" He scratched the back of his neck, literally confused about what had just happened.

"Oh great, he's running from a fire beast. Something you never want to race."

Toby continued to run, talking to himself, "Oh, what are you doing, Tobes? Only an idiot races a creature with four legs." He turned a few corners, spotting a tall wooden fence. It didn't stop him, however, he leaped onto the fence, gripping it but couldn't pull himself to the other side. "I can do this!"

As he struggled to climb up, the fence gave into his weight, tipping down and landing with a thud on the concrete. "Whoa!" He crawled, trying to get away from the flaming feline. Luckily Jim had stopped his newly formed Vespa, reaching his hand down to his best friend.

"Did you seriously tip a whole fence over?"

"Hop on!" He pulled his friend up, Toby crawling on the back with a "Go, go, go! Go, go, go!"

"Adios, fire cat," Jim stated before trying to start his Vespa but for some reason, it didn't move.

"Great, just frickin perfect."

"Of course, right when you try to save your friend and your Vespa stops." Some kid said, dropping his eyelids into a light glare.

"Hey, maybe save the jokes for when we aren't gonna die." Toby cried out as he watched the catfight through the obstacles of tipped trash cans.

"Come on!" The Vespa hummed, finally starting and nearly jerking Toby off as Jim sped off, the Fire Cat right on their tails. Toby watched as it advanced, gripping on his Trollhunter's shoulders and telling him to speed up. Jim accelerated.

"I can't believe you took that stupid rock to your science class!" Jim scolded.

"Why on Earth would you do something like that?" Claire wondered, leaning over to look at Toby.

"How am I supposed to know that it was something troll related!"

"First, it's not a rock. It's volcanic slag. And how was I supposed to know there was a flaming monster hiding in it?"

Toby scoffed, "Told you."

Blinky facepalmed, what if the kids had seen the monster living inside the rock.

"You bought a magic rock off a troll named "Mervin the Monster Dealer." What did you think would happen, Tobes?" He bent his fingers, quoting the Monster Dealer part. THey turned a corner, drifting into the alleyway where Blinky and Aaarrrgghh hid in the shadows. "Blinky, please tell me you got it!" Jim threw off his helmet and running to his trainers.

"HA! MARVIN THE MONSTER DEALER!"

"Tobes.... You should have known by who you got the rock from. A troll. Dealing Monsters."

"Of course, Master Jim. You've lured the luminaire right into our stratagem." Aaarrrgghh grabbed something off Blinky's belt.

"Stra-ta-gem?" He repeated, sniffing the random item and throwing it, not liking the scent.

"It means brilliant trap." The Fire Cat, otherwise called the Luminarie, had found them, cornering them. Toby and Jim ran in front of Aaarrrgghh, the troll protecting them while Blinky dealt with the flaming beast.

"What are you waiting for? Throw it!" Jim cried.

"Right, get that beast out of there before he toasts anyone."

"Like a marshmallow." Toby jokes.

"Um, Master Jim, you said this was a luminaire when that is obviously an infernal hellheeti." Jim and Toby found the nearest items and began to throw them at the Hellheeti but the cat avoided all of them. As Toby continued to throw, he backed into Aaarrrgghh.

"Should I punch it?" Aaarrrgghh asked, his body lighting in a green tint.

"At least he is getting comfortable with himself."

"Yeah, let him unleash the fury!" Toby yelled.

"Yeah, let's not do that please."

"Not yet, Aaarrrgghh." Blinky orders as Jim stood beside him and threw more cans.

"It came from a rock! How many four-legged flaming creatures come out of rocks?"

"As a matter of fact, 11. Thirteen, if you consider-" Aaarrrgghh had cut Blinky off, jumping in front of them, getting more outraged.

Jim groaned, they should have at least listened to Blinky more.

"Can I punch it?"

"Yes!" Toby and Jim cried the conversation was a mess. Aaarrrgghh leaped off the ground, his fist colliding with the Hellheeti, splitting them in three pieces, the beast smaller but increased in numbers. The troll hadn't heard Blinky screaming not to do it.

"Fantastic. Everything is going according to plan," Blinky said dryly. "This is why you listen Master Jim!"

"Hey! It wasn't even me! Toby brought the rock to class," Toby just chuckled.

The three landed in the dumpster, Aaarrrgghh breathing heavily. When Blinky let out a gasp and catching Jim's attention, the now three Fire Cats had crawled out, surrounding them.

"I was going to add, make sure you do not feed the fire by attacking it!"

"Why didn't you just say that then," Mary said with a smirk, causing Blinky to sigh as she looked at him.

"Thank you," he said sarcastically. "I never would have thought of that."

"Oops." Aaarrrgghh simply added. As they cut closer to the Trollhunters, two climbed the walls while the third one attacked from the ground.

"See even Aaarrrgghh took the blame for it."

"Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh." Toby repeated, backing up.

Jim watched them, backing up as well, "If we don't want to feed the fire, how do we put it out?"

"You have sour sap, dew dredge, Lumpkin oil-" Blinky named off but Jim cut him off, obviously not having time to hear all the possibilities.

"What about water?"

"I like how that is the last thing mentioned when it's probably the easiest to get."

"That's the obvious one. Where would we get enough of that?" Toby had taken a picture while Jim and Blinky communicated, zooming in on a hydrant behind them.

"The first time that the picture was helpful."

"There he goes again, taking a photo."

"Gotta remember the cool stuff."

"A hellheeti hydrant!" Jim spotted what Toby meant and called out to his large friend.

"Aaarrrgghh?"

He held out his thick hand, "On it." Jim stepped onto the rock hand and Aaarrrgghh tossed him high into the air, Jim flipping until he was near the hydrant and straightening himself in the air. His arm raised, holding the amulet, forming his armor and his outstretched hand had created the sword. It was epic.

"Damn, look at Jim go."

He landed behind the Fire Hydrant, slicing it with his sword as the Hellheeties had leaped towards him. Jim smiled in success as the water shot from the concrete. When the cats had spotted their weakness, they stopped moving, giving Jim enough time to slash the harsh blast of water, killing two in the process.

They sizzled into nothing as the last one still tried to attack, jumping over the blast of water but Jim was prepared. He shoved his sword in the geyser, water rocketing off the shiny blade and taking out the last one, nothing but smoke remained.

"How did the last one think that would work, like seriously."

His friends watched from behind, Toby jumping with a laugh before he and Aaarrrgghh fist-bumped.

"Boom, boom."

"Adios, fire cats." Toby quoted. Jim walked to his friends, his armor evaporating into nothing.

"Hey, that's my line." Jim joked, nudging his friend who had chuckled in response.

"Well done, Master Jim. Another victory for our Trollhunter."

"Trollhunters." Come on, guys, it's a team effort." They headed to the street, Jim eying his damage. "Uh, guys, the fire hydrant-" Aaarrrgghh stuck it in the ground, upside down but it stopped pouring water. "Close enough." Jim and Toby hopped onto the Vespa. "It's getting close to dawn. You guys better get back to Trollmarket."

"Aaarrrgghh you are amazing."

The team left the scene. Once no one was on screen, a cat had knocked something down, meowing as a lone trash can rolled right towards the hydrant, releasing the water once again.

"So much for trying to fix the problems."

"Me trying to solve my life issues, think I got somewhere but nope."

The theme song of the show had started but was once again skipped.

The soft sizzle of the pan was the first thing you heard before the view of an omelet being tossed around by the one and only James Lake Jr. He smiled, flipping it a distance away from the pan and catching it while spotting his mom, "Morning, Mom."

"He's back in the kitchen," Eli commented as a student just licked their lips.

"You have to promise on making me food," they said, making Jim chuckle and simply nod his head.

"Hi." She said bluntly, not even looking at him. The Trollhunter looked at her, hurt in his eyes. He slid it on a plate and turned to her.

"Ouch."

"Made your favorite breakfast." He watched as she poured a bowl of cereal, not even putting milk in it.

"Sorry, kiddo. In a rush." She walked away, not a smile, not even one hint that she was at least the slightest happy. Rejected, Jim set the omelet on the counter, his fist balling as he broke inside.

"AWWWWWWW NO!"

Barbara sighed, she never meant to hurt her son like that. Luckily, now she knew the truth and she understood his antics, she'd wish he would tell her in the show but with her luck, he probably never would.

"She passed up your famous egg white manchego omelet?" Out on the street, Jim pedaled straight while Toby had done circles around him, gasping at the shocking sentence he had just spoken.

"Egg white manchego omelet. Man just hearing that I can already see myself getting fat off of it."

"Yep."

"I mean, it's been like a month, and she's still not talking to you about the whole hospital thing?"

"Hold on, a month?!"

"Not a word," Jim mentioned, not looking at his best friend.

"Brutal. You know a woman is beyond angry when she starts dishing out the silent treatment."

"That's like one of the worst things a woman can do to you."

"No, it's kicking you in the nards or insulting you with it."

"I don't know how to fix this unless I tell her the truth. But if I do, they'll send me to the crazy house."

"Then you had to go and make things worse by promising Claire you were gonna save her brother."

"He's trapped in the Darklands. I can't just leave him there, Tobes."

"So are the other babies, which by the way, no one knows about and she is pretty lucky that she does know so she can still have her real brother while others had to love a fake child for who knows how long."

"You know who else is in the Darklands? Gunmar."

Jim huffed. "Don't remind me."

At school, while Jim locked up his bike and got himself prepared, Toby wiggled his eyebrows at passing ladies before looking to the side only to say, "Oh, no. Dillweed, five o'clock."

"Toby, I'm actually surprise you try to hit on so many women, I can see Steve do it but not you. I do like the confidence though." Darci commented.

Steve and his two friends stepped up to them, the blonde boy making an L with his fingers, "Lake, Jumbo." He pounded his fist on Toby's helmet.

As they passed by, Jim made the smart ass comment: "They fixed your tooth. Now, all they gotta do is fix your face." Toby smiled.

"Jim!" Barbara pinched the bridge of her nose, trying not to laugh but it made her snort.

"Damn, he just smiled too."

"What a little shit." Steve was blushing harshly at the comment Jim had made to him on the show while others laughed, nearly falling out of their chair.

"Jim, bro, that is harsh." The Trollhunter ducked into his blanket.

"What did you just say? When I get you alone, payback's coming. Pooh!" Steve cackled as Jim and Toby shared a look. The bell rang and they headed off.

In the classroom, Jim had thrown his book on his desk, the object landing perfectly but when Toby had attempted it, the book slid off his desk and right onto the floor.

"Ugh." He exclaimed and picked up his book before sitting down. Jim's ears caught Mary and Daric's conversation.

"I heard he was run out of town by the mob."

"I heard he got a mail-order bride and moved to North Korea," Darci said.

"What kind of rumors go around your school!?"

"As if." Mary turned to Jim, calling him out, "Where do you think Mr. Strickler went, Jimmy-Jam? You should know. You were his fave."

"Jimmy-Jam?"

"Who, me?" A paper had hit a kid in the forehead. "Oh, uh I don't know. He probably just needed a vacation."

Toby leaned to Jim, "You really think Strickler might come back?"

"After what went down, he'd be a fool to ever show his face again." He opened his book as Claire scooted into the shot, facing Jim and making sure she was close to him as possible.

"Just a little further, come on, get those lips together!" Mary yelled as the two blushed.

Claire looked at Jim with a smile, "we never finished what we started when I asked you to the dance." Jim's face burned more, looking at her.

"O-oh." He said shyly as Claire leaned closer, the two quickly sealing their lips together for a moment before pulling away. "I could get used to that." He mumbled as she smiled.

The same kid getting hit by paper but this time he was napping. (Sorry I just love seeing things fly randomly and you can't see who threw it. For some reason, I find that funny.)

"So when are we saving my brother?"

"Claire, we can't just waltz into the Darklands."

"MMMMH, your promise! But true, true."

Toby pushed his way in, "We just saved the trolls by keeping Killahead Bridge closed. Imagine what they'll do to us if they find out we want to open it." Jim made a small gesture and a tiny smile, hoping she understood the risk.

A piece of paper had hit Toby in the face as he folded his arms.

"Guys, this is my brother and NotEnrique's driving me nuts. You know how many times I have to change him? He knows how to use the toilet. He chooses the diaper."

"I get it. We'll get him back. We just can't risk releasing Gunmar." Jim added.

"Admit it, you're going back on your word."

"No they are being cautious with the plan, you're lucky they are doing anything at all."

"I'm not," Jim argued.

"You are." She turned and Jim turned his gaze away.

"I am not."

The bell rang before Claire pitched in, "Are."

"Okay, if it makes you feel any better, Blinky said we can bring you." She quickly turned around, excited.

"Someone make a meme out of that." They tried recreating the quick turn of the head that Claire had done.

"When your dealer is down the road after he said he was dry on the supply but managed to get some."

"TOO FAR!"

"To Trollmarket? Seriously? When? Are we going now?"

"After school. But try not to let the whole world know."

"Too late for that."

Coach Lawrence walked in, ending everyone's conversations. "All right, butts in seats. You too, Nunez. Since Strickler's a no-show, I'm subbin' in. We got some book-learnin' to do."

Mary turned and grinned at her friends, mocking her, "You spend so much time with Lake, you're practically swimming in him." In the background, a ball of paper was thrown at Eli and he glared.

Jim glared lightly, "there it is, the Lake jokes. I get it." Claire stifled a laugh as Mary simply smiled.

"Don't get so flooded with emotion." Jim sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, these puns are floating my boat." Claire began to laugh, causing others to do it as well. Jim simply hid in his blanket.

"Oh, we are sorry Jim. Water you going to do about this?"

"Stop," Jim said simply, his face going red. Happy, Claire gently kissed his burning cheek.

"We're just friends. End of story." Claire mentioned, the camera facing her as Coach walked to the door and stretched.

"Not anymore!"

"We are still friends," Jim and Claire said in unison, the two looking at each other with a blush.

"Not after you two just sucked lips, and I do recall hearing about Claire asking Jimmy to the dance."

Jim smiled and shrugged, "they aren't wrong." She playfully hit him.

"Seriously, stop stalling and just get together!"

"Okay, people, who can tell me what happened in the year 1989? No, seriously, I don't remember. It was a crazy year." A piece of paper was thrown at him, "Really, Palchuk?"

The camera went dark before the new image was the bridge, cars driving over it. Jim, Toby, ad Claire stood beneath it, staring at the sealed entrance of Trollmarket. Claire gripping the key to the hidden world.

"You ready?" Jim asked.

"Yep, just Lake a fish out of water."

"Oh my god, that's terrible."

"If anything, I think this is flowing quite nicely." Jim groaned.

"It is, but I think Jim is getting tide of Lake puns."

"Ah man, I fish we could continue."

"DAMN IT!"

"If this helps me get my brother back, yeah, I'm ready."

"Just remember, saving Enrique is our little secret. If any of them were to find out-"

"Don't worry, lips are sealed."

"They were by Jim's not that long ago," a kid whispered in the back.

"Stopppp."

Toby headed over to the concrete, holding a rock and scraping against the stone wall, "Now, you're gonna want to start drawing a semi-circle." He looked over to Claire who had already done it. "Oh! You have it. Okay, never mind."

"I'm a quick learner." She smiled.

The palm of her hand pressed inside the semi-circle, the concrete breaking beneath her touch and a glowing blue had filled the cracks. Soon, it broke away, the split pieces disappearing and the entrance opening.

She gasped and her hand drug against the smooth wall, "Wow!" Toby and Jim followed her, the wall rebuilding itself as if nothing ever happened. She headed towards the ledge of the tall cliff, the staircase appearing from within the wall. "The crystal staircase. This is more than I...I-I never would have-" She ran down the steps, too excited.

"That would have been bad if she tripped," Darci mentioned.

"Oh!" Toby exclaimed, chasing her. "Hold up a sec! We need a few ground rules here, okay? The locals are not friendly to outsiders. The first time we came here, Jim almost got killed." She just kept going. "You think she heard any of that?"

"Not a word," Jim added, hopping after her. Claire continued to run but as an orange glow had colored her face, she had stopped, the scenery breathtaking.

Jim smiled at Claire, "Calm down." He mumbled with a tiny grin as she chuckled and gently shoved him.

Her eyes traced over the scene before her, Jim and Toby finally catching up. "It's... It's beautiful."

"Welcome to Heartstone Trollmarket." Jim introduced, her hand quickly finding his and causing the boy to still.

"OOOOOHHHHH THINGS ARE GETTING GOOD!"

"This place is beyond!" She drug him down the stairs. "It's beyond, beyond!" He let her hand go as she continued, stopping father down the steps and throwing out her arms. "I want to live down here. Can I live down here?"

"Mm, yeah, no, I don't think so. I don't think that's a good id-" She took off. As she ran through the market, trolls had gasped, watching her rampage through the market. Not caring what the trolls were doing, she inspected every little shop, shocking nearby trolls.

"And there she goes again."

She headed in a different direction, backing up and right into a large stone body who ended up to be Aaarrrgghh.

She backed up, "You're... You're-"

"Aaarrrgghh."

"Well, if it isn't the fair Claire. We've been expecting you." Aaarrrgghh's large hand gently tapped her head.

"I'll die from that."

"Blinkous Galadrigal." He bowed for her, "Jim told me you helped him face Draal and slay Bular. And that Vespa! Best birthday ever." She lifted some of his arms as Jim and Toby had finally found her... again. "Your wisdom must rival that of the Venerable Bedehilde."

Blinky grinned, he felt like he was famous for a moment.

Blinky gasped, "You've read A Brief Recapitulation of Troll Lore?"

"Volumes 1 through 47. It took me a while to decipher the symbols. But once I got past the Fifth Declension, I started to get the hang of it." Jim was shocked at first before smiling.

"Wow, in such a short time she had done all that. She must have been really excited."

Blinky grabbed her and spun with her excitedly, "She read the book. She read the book!" He set her down and she went to explore more.

"She's a flower," Aaarrrgghh stated. The scene changed, from Aaarrrgghh, Jim, and Toby, it had gone to Claire exploring the narrow pathway of Trollmarket.

Claire smiled, she had already taken a liking to Aaarrrgghh, he was so nice compared to his vast size.

"Bagdwella's Fine Gifts! Is that where Toby adopted the gnome? What's a Rotgut's? Is it food? Oh, is that the Troll Pub?" She quickly turned, her new friends chasing after her. Blinky and Aaarrrgghh shared a look as she was getting a little too crazy with this new experience.

"Yeah, no offense Claire but you might need to calm down," Jim said with a smile, looking at her.

"Come on, this is a great experience."

"There goes the market." A random troll called out.

Inside Troll Pub, Vendel sat at a lone table, sipping his drink as happy music played with the scene. He turned as he heard clapping noise, only to find a new human standing behind him. Startled, he spits out his drink while Aaarrrgghh and Blinky ran through the entrance. Blinky gasped when he saw them.

"Oh great, she found Vendel, I don't even know him and I know how this is going to go."

Two smaller trolls passed by with drinks and the two trolls quickly chugged it while Claire looked up at Vendel who was shocked.

"They are so afraid, they need a drink." Kids started to laugh.

"You're Vendel, aren't you? Claire Nunez. I am so humbled you've accepted me, the first human female in Trollmarket?" She had held out her hand for him to shake as her other hands were pressed against her chest.

"No!" He yelled but she wasn't frightened, "I accepted a human Trollhunter and allowed the pudgy one to stay for moral support." Toby looked down at himself, "But this? A third? It's an infestation!"

"Well, he's a little harsh isn't he," Darci stated as Eli nodded.

"I am not harsh! I just speak what I am thinking and I see no problem with that." Vendel cried out, smiling as he thought of how many people were kind of frightened to mess with him.

Vendel, I, um I can ex-" Jim started by Claire had begun to speak in a language that shocked everyone. Troll. Vendel smiled.

"Holy sh**"

"Anyone else wants to know what she said or is it just me?"

"She speaks Troll. And Trollmarket is honored to have you as well. Oh, Blinkous! If only the amulet had chosen such a learned and delightful fleshbag."

Jim glared, "still nor fair."

"Hey!" Jim said with a bit hurt. He saluted Claire which she had done back with a chuckle before Vendel left.

"You speak Troll?" Toby exclaimed.

"Yes. NotEnrique's been tutoring me."

"That was awesome, Claire." Jim and her high fived, the two smiling as they did so, "Vendel loves you and he hates everyone!"

"Again, I don't hate everybody, I just don't find the need to be nice to people."

"Mr. Blinky, Trollmarket is amazing and there are so many cool things. But if it's okay, there's one thing I have to see." She blinked and so did Blinky, each of his numerous eyes blinking at once.

"Is that why he is called Blinky!?"

The team stepped up to a revolving door, Claire watching it with her heart slowly breaking. Aaarrrgghh stepped up, placing his hand on the sensor and the carvings were filled with a golden color. The gears above the door began to spin as the door dropped into the floor, followed by the next one, then the next.

"That is a lot of doors for one room."

Aaarrrgghh walked in, a stoic face as Claire looked at Jim's awaiting hand, grabbing it before turning her attention back to the tunnel. Jim was shocked before looking at her with a smile.

"I can rest in peace now."

Blinky, who had caught sight of it, pieced everything together before smiling. They all followed Aaarrrgghh into the tunnel, a single spotlight falling onto the pieces of the bridge.

"Blinky! We welcome you to the Jlaire club!"

"I'm sorry the what club?" Jim wondered as Claire chuckled.

"Jlaire club, Jim x Claire. Soon Blinky can become part of TUS."

"What is TUS, if I may ask," Blinky stroked his chin.

"The Ultimate Shipper."

"The bridge," Aaarrrgghh said as Jim and Claire let go of each other so she could step forward, dropping down to the Eye Stone.

"More specific what used to be Killahead Bridge. Every piece accounted for, even the Eye Stone. Hopefully, this will give the girl some closure." Blinky added. "She does understand why we cannot allow the bridge to open?" She touched the stone.

Claire sighed, her parents doing the same thing. Of course, they understood but that didn't mean it wouldn't be painful.

"Well, you said it yourself, we'd be fools to open the bridge and risk letting Gunmar out," Toby said, nudging his friend who watched Claire with sadness. "Right, Jim?"

"Awww, look at how he looked at her, he is heartbroken too!"

"Oh, of course. We'd be crazy to do that." He said.

Back to Claire, she began to talk, "Hey, buddy, it's your sis. Don't you start thinking I've forgotten about you? We're gonna get you back. I promise. See you soon, little chicharron." She gently kissed the stone and wiped her eyes before standing and walking back to her friends, "Thank you for giving me that." She put a hand on Jim's shoulder.

"Don't kiss the stone, ew."

"Young Tobias, would you be so kind as to give Miss Claire the rest of the tour? I need to share a word with our Trollhunter." They left as Jim looked at Blinky.

Above a stream of lava, walking on a thin path of rocks, Aaarrrgghh, Toby, and Claire headed to the Hero's Forge.

"Prepare yourself for the Sacred Grounds, where Trollhunters are broken and remade into warriors. The Hero's Forge!" His voice echoed as the camera panned out to view the whole set.

"All this for one Trollhunter?"

"I mean, yeah, I'm pretty special," Jim joked as she grinned.

"Define special."

"I mean, I train here, too, when we need to up our game, get ripped, maximize our squat cores. You know, hero stuff."

Her eyes went past Toby trying to flex, finding Draal. "Whoa! Is that Draal? Kanjigar's son?"

"Really Toby?"

Toby followed her, "In the flesh- stone. Stone flesh."

"What's that statue he's making?"

"I do not make statues." He said a bit too harshly, "This is my father."

"Took a while to track down all his remains." Draal had walked off, "Hate to be there when we have to rebuild Jim, right? What a mess. Well, I just grossed myself out."

"Congratulations, you just grossed all of us out."

"You fight in an arena surrounded by the remains of dead Trollhunters? That is the most heroic thing I've ever seen. Can we turn it on?"

"No, you do not want to turn that thing on. HELL TO THE NO!"

"Maybe now's not the best time."

From the scene of Claire and Toby running off the screen, to Jim and Blinky repairing the old Vespa.

"The drive belt's slipping. Pass me the wrench." Jim gave him what he asked for.

Jim and Barbara smiled, glad that Blinky had kept his promise. Jim had never built anything with any male figure and just seeing himself helping Blinky build his Vespa was an amazing feeling.

"Hey, you're right."

"So, you brought Claire to Trollmarket. You really like this girl. No secrets between you two. Screwdriver?" He held out his hand and Jim quickly fetched it for him.

Claire blushed, hiding her face.

"I thought you liked her too, Blink. Everyone else did."

"Ah! She's lovely. I can see why you'd go to the ends of the Earth for her. Or say, the Darklands? Sometimes, the heart leads you down paths you should not cross."

"Uh..." Jim said. Claire just smiled. However, she felt the need to tease him.

"Well yeah, you should do things for your girlfriend."

Jim sputtered, "w-what."

"How did you?"

"Figure it out? Your devotion to this girl is as obvious as a glow-worm to a huldre fish."

"I have no idea what he just said but I do understand what he means."

"Blinky, it's her brother. I made her a promise. I-"

"But you know the danger. If you went in alone, you'd be killed. Which is why we will answer every call." Jim was slightly irritated, not hearing the last part until he technically repeated it.

"You said I have to answer every call. Now - Wait, did you just say "we"?"

They all perked up.

"Aaarrrgghh and I discussed it. We knew you were going in, with or without our approval. But if Claire's brother is important to you, then he's important to us. For folly or for fraught, we are a team." The shared a heartwarming hug until they heard a panic cry coming from the side tunnel.

"Thanks Blink."

Bagdwella ran in, out of breath and quickly catching their attention.

"Spit it out, Bagdwella," Blinky said, clearly not amused.

"Ha, did you see how Blinky looked when he said that."

"Tiny rectangle head in the way far corner."

"Your friends are about to be turned into patae!" Blinky and Jim had quickly raced to the arena, watching as the platforms moved widely, the deadly axes swinging.

Jim looked around for his friends, the first one he had found was none other than Claire how laid on the thick side of the platform.

"Claire!" She lifted her head.

"I'm fine for now. Help him!"

"I swear, I didn't touch anything!" Toby said. While Jim watched his friends desperately, Draal had tried to turn it off but his arm couldn't be registered.

"So how could it turn on then?"

"The controls! This blasted arm!"

Blinky pointed to the way top, the Soothscyer sitting there, waiting with an open mouth. "There's a manual kill switch inside the Soothscryer! Go, Master Jim!" Jim donned his armor, running to a swinging axe. He easily jumped onto it, then landing on the rising and falling platforms.

"Go, go, go, go, GOOOOO!"

Toby was being raised as Jim ran at him, the platform stopping harshly and causing him to bounce off, only to hang over the edge. "Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!" Jim gasped as Toby heard a familiar clink, an axe falling from its hold and swinging right to Toby.

Everyone gasped and went rigid.

"Oh-Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!" The axe was getting too close for comfort, but before it could pierce the chubby boy, Jim had pulled him back up. "Thanks, Jimbo. You make it look so easy."

They all let out a breath of relief that they didn't know they were holding.

The platform that Claire was on, began to turn to cause her to climb up it and hang off the edge as well, "Okay, I can use your help now."

"Aaarrrgghh!" Jim called and pushing Toby off the ramp, the boy screaming but landing in Aaarrrgghh's arms like a baby.

"Baby Toby!"

"Gotcha." As soon as Toby was safe, Jim headed to the very large metal belts and climbed up them, right to the Soothscryer.

"Spider Pig! Spider Pig! Does whatever a spider pig does! Can he swing from a web? No, he can't. He's a pig. Lookout! He is the spider pig!"

"I'm coming! Just hold on!"

"Turn it off!" She began to slip. Fortunately, Jim had made it to his destination, stabbing the stone with his sword and using it as a stool to reach the mouth of the carved Troll head. He looked at the teeth that rotated viciously and without thinking, shoved his hands inside.

"That doesn't look comfortable at all."

The gears below Claire were grinding as she had lost her grip on one hand. Jim kept working with the Soothscyer, shoving himself almost inside. Claire gasped as her hand was about to slip while up above, Jim's eyes grew as the teeth had stilled and the machine died.

"HE DID IT!"

Claire's grip finally faltered, plummeting to the painful death, however, Jim had shut it off in time, the platforms straightening out and stopping her sliding. The gears stopped turning and the axes stopped swinging. Once the arena went back to its normal position, the gang ran to Claire and helped her stand.

"Good job Jimmy!"

"Is this normal?" She asked.

"Nothing's normal around here. Get used to it, sister." Above, the six eyes of the Soothscyer began to glow, the blinding light catching everyone's attention.

"Why does the Soothscyer remind me of Blinky...." Eli mentioned.

"Yeah, it looks just like him, what in the name of Deya's grace is goin' on?!"

"Uh-" Jim said with a bit of fear, the gang below him gasping as the light grew brighter.

"It's calling to him, at last," Blinky said, proud of the moment. The light was too bright, causing Claire and them to shield their eyes, a ringing noise occurring as well. Jim went eye wide before screaming as he was sucked inside the machine. The light and ringing dying down.

"Calling to him?"

"Did he just get eaten?"

When everyone looked where Jim was last standing, Toby called out for his missing friend.

"Jim? Jim? Jim?"

"No Jim," Aaarrrgghh stated.

"What do you mean, "No Jim"?" Claire asked, reaching her hand up for him, "There was definitely a Jim."

"Look who is getting worriedddddd!"

Blinky's hands closed together as he couldn't help but smile, "He has been summoned."

"And Blinky is the only one excited..."

Inside the Soothscryer, Jim was on his knee, covering his ears as he was surrounded by a darker and longer version of Hero's Forge. The Soothscryer fell into the floor, and a small trap door covering it. Above him, it seemed like a bunch of constellations around him. "Hello? Toby? Blinky?"

Toby and Claire gasped, that's what it looked like.

A bunch of harsh comments echoed towards Jim, the voices had been in blue orbs and hitting him.

"He's useless."

"Ouch."

"Unwelcome."

"A mistake has been made."

"Leave this place." Jim had tried slicing at them, watching them and trying to ignore the comments.

"Why are they hating on him!? Yeah, a mistake has been made by letting all those dumb trolls become the Trollhunter! Clearly, Jim had gotten father than all the "high and mighty ones", that is very irritating."

"Wow, calm down Toby."

"Who are you? Where am I?"

The voices returned, "He is but a child."

"A human, no less!" Behind him, the spirit of Kanjigar had formed, pulling out his sword and charging at Jim.

"Wasn't exactly my choice but fine, whatever."

"Are you worthy?" Kanjigar asked, his sword falling down at Jim but the boy had easily blocked it. Kanjigar, the past Trollhunter turned into a blue orb, flying at Jim and trying to take him down. He reformed behind Jim, the new Trollhunter charging at him and slicing through him.

"If they called me just to see if I'm worthy...then.."

"Master Jim, they are they to give you guidance. You may have defeated Bular but there are still problems at hand."

The form of Kanjigar disappeared and floated around him until he reappeared behind Jim once again (I'm getting really impatient with this scene). Jim tried to attack once more but Kanjigar had stopped him, and disarming Jim. The boy tried to reach for his sword but Kanjigar had caught it and pointed it at him.

"But only a Trollhunter can wield Daylight." Jim pointed out.

"We are Trollhunters!" Jim looked at Draal's statue.

"Past." Toby corrected, he had a small but growing hatred for these so-called Trollhunters.

"You're Kanjigar. The voice from my amulet, that was you!"

"Your amulet?" One of them had whispered.

"Our amulet."

"Technically, it is his amulet now because he is the Trollhunter who is actually alive and fighting the evil."

"We are the Council of Elder Trollhunters." The voices spoke. Jim's sword reappeared in his hand.

"Oh, man! Now, I'm dead! That stupid Soothscryer killed me in the Forge."

"That is the only thing he thinks of when being told that." The kids facepalmed.

"You are not dead. You are still in the Forge, in a way. This is the Void. A place between worlds for the Trollhunter to receive counsel from those who came before." Jim looked around, the place was beautiful, "We've been waiting and watching. Growing restless until you've proven yourself."

"The arena going haywire, that was you? Wait, you've been watching me?"

"There are no secrets here." His hands evaporated, creating a large cloudy screen, "We've seen all. Your triumphs and your deceptions." A clip of when Jim killed Bular appeared.

"Okay, they said they were waiting until he proved himself. Look, he slayed Bular, something the other Trollhunters obviously couldn't do. I don't understand how Kanjigar got so much praise when he died from Bular. Jim went farther than any other and the council treats him like complete doo-doo! Yet, look Kanjigar got all these songs written about him but he really didn't end the battle to keep the bridge closed. Yet, he wants to tell Jim that he failed and the others want to call Jim useless all because he is human. That doesn't make any sense! They are going against Jim because he isn't a troll."

Everyone was silent, looking at Barbara who was breathing heavily after speaking that long rant. "Sorry, nobody tells my baby boy off."

"Mommmm..." Jim groaned.

Another clip was Jim talking to Claire, "I get it. We'll get him back. We just can't risk releasing Gunmar."

"We know what you plan to do, young Trollhunter. You court danger and death."

"We have to go." Jim turned to look at him.

"We? A Trollhunter works alone. If you bring those you care for into the Darklands, you all will be swallowed by it. To be a Trollhunter is to make sacrifices." He gestured to a clip where Kanjigar left his sadden son. "I had to distance myself from my son to keep him safe. Something you have failed to do!" He showed the scene of Draal laying on the floor as Jim ran to him, reaching his hand out shyly.

"Two more things, yes, if you work alone, no one else gets hurt, physically. Jim has a whole team because they want to make sure he comes back in one piece! Also, if anything, what Kanjigar did to Draal, his son, he ended up hurting his son worse by pushing him away so rudely. Draal's arm wasn't Jim's fault, just like Kanjigar said, you need to make sacrifices to protect the ones you love and so he did. Either Kanjigar actually gets some common sense, or he keeps his mouth shut."

Draal simply looked at the floor, he understood now about his father's intentions but Barbara was right, there was no need to push him away as he did, he thought his father hated him. He would rather hear "I love you" instead of being pushed away than finding out that his father was slain.

Jim looked at the ground, a bit heartbroken, "Look, I'm not perfect. I know. But maybe my friends are the reason I'm the only one here still breathing?"

"Blasphemy!"

"He mocks us!"

"Leave this place!"

"A mistake has been made."

"Yeah, like you guys being part of the council."

"Barbara, it is okay," Blinky said.

Out in the actual Hero's Forge, Claire and Toby were watching the platform where the Soothscryer sunk into.

"What do you mean, he's in the Void? The Void sounds like a very empty word. A bad word." Claire said angrily.

"Aww, she's worried!"

"Yeah. And are these happy ghosts we're talking about here, or soul-sucking poltergeists?"

Toby grumbled, "I think the second options fit them well."

"They will not suck his soul. They will merely peer into it. He is now under the spiritual guidance of Master Trollhunters." Draal had stood beside them as well.

"Ghost guidance counselors? Jim gets all the cool stuff." Toby said with a hint of jealousy.

"I'm not jealous anymore, they are so mean! Why do they have to be so mean!"

Blue poured from the cracks in the floor, causing Toby and Claire to back up, Jim's body appearing from the blue smoke, his fists balled as he groaned. Finally free from the void, Jim fell to the ground, his butt landing on the ground.

His friends ran to him, "Hey! You're back from the other side, dude!" Toby said happily.

"Heh, back from the other side."

"You know what the void reminds me of? This: Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down. With Will from Stranger things.

"Wow! So trolls and ghosts exist. What's next? A Midsummer Night's Dream? Fairies?" Jim held his head as Blinky nicely scoffed.

"Fairies? Preposterous! Fairies lost the war to the pixies centuries ago." Blinky exclaimed before looking at Jim, "What did they say?"

"They said they won't stop us." Jim started.

"What would my father stop you from?" Draal asked.

"From going into the Darklands. But if we're going in, they said the only way we're getting out alive is if we kill Gunmar. And with Strickler gone, maybe we have a chance." The scene changed from Jim who had hope, to the woods, the sun coating the woods in soft warmth.

"Speak of the damn devil," Mary said, frowning.

A Goblin leaped from a bush, moving sharply on his many toes, or fingers, who can tell. Otto and Strickler following the Goblin, "How much further, Otto?"

"Should be just up ahead, Mein Freund. The old tomes were cryptic on his whereabouts." He mentioned, the Goblin scurrying to a clearing as the two Changelings stopped, looking at the scene before them. A large building made of stone was right in front of them, interesting patterns over the entryway.

"Who's whereabouts?"

Inside, Otto carried a torch, leading the way, walking straight to a pile of rubble where two hands laid beneath it, a staff sticking from the seem to be deathbed. Strickler opened a small booklet, searching the room for something in particular.

"What the heck is that under the rocks!"

While Otto tried to wake Angor without getting close by throwing a rock, Strickler walked off, finding what he was looking for. Otto whimpered in the background but Strickler was too occupied, grabbing an ancient ring and slipping it on his finger.

Blinky gasped, "Oh no!"

"That's how Angor came back?!"

"The Inferna Copula," Otto said with passion, the gem on the ring glowing nicely as Strickler chuckled, pulling a lever and releasing the chains that bound the hands and angles of Angor Rot.

"Great, great, great, great, great, GREAT!"

"Is, uh Is he alive?" Strickler wondered, the two shielding themselves from anything that was going to suddenly happen.

"Don't look at me," Otto mentioned, the two glancing down at the Goblin before one of them kicked him in the rear with their shoe. He looked at the two Changelings like they were crazy but Strickler had waved him on.

The Golbin stopped by Angor's rock bed, looking at the two as they shared a look. The sudden hand snatched the Goblin while he was distracted, startling Strickler and Otto. Angor Rot rose, the rocks sliding off him. He looked terrifying.

Everyone jumped back into their chairs, "UGH! WHAT IS THAT THING!?" Jim just watched, curious.

His hoarse voice sent chills down their back, "Who has awakened me?" Otto pointed to Strickler who watched with worry.

"He needs some water!"

"I have, Angor Rot," Walt said, the killer troll still holding the Goblin.

"You know my name. A shame I will never know yours." His grip on the Goblin got tighter, the green creature's eyes bulging and his head growing in size. It's guts spattering on Strickler and Otto as their faces were coated in fear. Otto backing up with a simple, "Oh."

"Wow this Otto go is probably afraid of his own damn shadow."

Angor turned from them, grinning as he pulled off the chains and grabbed the staff from the pile of bones and lifting it into the air. Blue burst from the staff before he turned quickly and charged at Strickler. He raised his staff, ready to knock Strickler out cold.

"I like Angor now."

As the former teacher shielded his head, the ring had forced the staff from moving any further. Angor Rot tried to fight the force as he noticed what Strickler wore.

"Crap!"

"My ring, my flesh." Realizing Angor couldn't hurt him, his courage gathered and he held up the ring, his fingers clenching into his palm.

"So he was afraid earlier and now knowing that he won't die, he decides to play the tough guy." Mary rolled her eyes.

"Yield to me! For I wear the Inferna Copula." Angor snarled and gave up, standing straight. "You have killed thousands. You are chaos incarnate. And you are mine." His eyes went from normal to Changeling as he cackled evilly.

And with that, the episode ended.

"NEXT PLEASE!"

READ THIS!

I've been getting messages about our updating schedules for this book and I'd like to put in a little insight.

The reason why it takes so long to update this book is that of two things.

1. We are all 17 and 18 years old so sadly we have jobs and on top of that school so its a bit hard

2. We hand write all the scripts which takes forever and we get bored of it XD

Hope that clears some things up and now I finally get to say,

Wonderland OUT!