A Trollhunter turned King

Gnomes and Changelings

"Do you think they've been switched yet?!" Jim matched her panic. Chompsky chartered in just as much shock as them and said something that roughly translated to 'how could you forget'.

"What's wrong? I thought Enrique was your brother." Toby said, just as confused but concerned as the others.

"He is but in the original timeline, he was swapped with a changeling. Not-Enrique is just as much family as Enrique, though." Claire explained, still frantic, trying to recall if her little brother was still her little brother. "He hasn't been acting weird, but then again, I didn't notice last time either." Claire told Jim as she pulled at her hair on the verge of tears.

"Hey, we'll figure it out." Jim reassured as he pulled her into a hug. He was still just as panicked as her, but he had to be the support right now. Claire wrapped her arms around Jim's middle and she buried her head into his chest. "Text Douxie." he told Toby, trying to stay as calm as possible. "Tell him about Chompsky and that we have a new problem." he said looking up at the teen.

"Let's go." ARRRGGH! Rumbled, knowing what was happening. Claire was in distress and his instincts were telling him to get his mate somewhere safe. The troll led everyone out and left the couple alone. Claire noticed them leave and finally realized what was going on.

"Jim, I'm ok." she said, hugging him tighter. Jim, however, continued to stay tense, it seemed he was fighting an internal war.

"I know. I know you're ok. But what if they're not." Jim said with a bit of a growl at the end. Claire pulled back from him with a teary smile.

"And that right there is why I love you." Claire said as she cupped Jim's face with her hand. Jim relaxed to her touch, he sighed and closed his eyes with a small smile as a purr came from his throat. Claire wiped her eyes from the water and pulled away completely to go after the others, making Jim follow.

"If he hasn't been switched yet, then we need to find that menace before he tears something up." Jim said, now in the forge.

"Menace or not, you love him too." Claire said with a laugh. "But he is a menace. Wasn't it him that trashed my house?" she asked, thinking back to the time Jim 'babysat'.

"Yes. and he's a part of the pack, of course I want him to be safe. Even if he could care less about us right now." Jim said as he thought about it a little more.

"What about Mr. Strickler? You said he was a good guy in the future and you damn near took his head off about a month ago." Toby pointed out. Jim cringed at the memory.

"I try to avoid fighting him, if I can. But sometimes he's a little stubborn." Jim said, scratching the back of his neck. 

"I'm going to go find out. I'm done waiting." Claire said while pulling out her staff. Jim and Toby offered to go with her and they all left through a portal. Claire once again chose a spot under trees to protect Jim, but he transformed right after coming through the portal.

"hey, maybe we can use that to sway this guy onto our side." Toby said gesturing to Jim. "you could say you're a changeling and to join our side." he explained as they walked from the tree line to Claire's front door.

"he's a little more stubborn than that, but maybe." Jim commented, seeing his friend's point of view. Claire unlocked the door and peaked inside to look for any signs of her parents.

"they're not home yet." She sighed and opened the door all the way for the boys. Toby looked around at the interior like any would when entering a new house. of course, Jim didn't as he had already seen it a dozen times.

"straight upstairs?" Jim questioned with a laugh as they watched Claire go right to the staircase and go up. they followed as Toby pulled out a gaggletag and showed it to Jim. "keep that hidden until we need it." Jim whispered to him, the stout teen nodded and put the item back in his bag.