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'Have you made a move on her, yet?'
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I sigh as I message Mary back for the millionth time that day, reassuring her that Claire and I will be at the battle of the bands tonight. In reality, I have no idea if we will actually be there.
I do feel quite bad, but I keep reminding myself that saving the world is more important than a music competition.
I focus back in when Blinky starts to talk after finally finishing his model of Arcadia (what a waste of time this was).
"I've taken the liberty of constructing a rudimentary model of Arcadia" Blinky starts to explain to everyone in the room (besides Jim, who's currently upstairs). "If we focus our defensive efforts here, then when the Gumm-Gumms attack-"
Blinky cuts himself off when he catches the slight mutter of disagreement that leaves Merlin's lips. Those two have been at each others throats this whole time, and it's only gotten worse from the pressure of our situation.
"Do you have something to say?" Blinky asks mockingly.
"This is a waste of time" Merlin exclaims, knocking all of Blinkys model to the ground.
What a waste of the last twenty minutes.
"You broke the museum! You Philistine!" Blinky cries out as he drops to his knee to attempt to salvage his destroyed model.
I share an annoyed look with Claire and Toby. These two are getting on my last nerves. All they've been doing is fighting and not properly trying to come up with a solution.
"Our focus is not Arcadia, it is Trollmarket" Merlin snarls at Blinky as he walks around the table.
I scoff loudly at that, which gains his attention.
"Something you want to say, dear?" Merlin asks, although it sounds much ruder than every other time he's talked to me.
"Yes, actually" I say with a fake smile. "What about all the innocent people in Arcadia? If we don't focus on them, they'll be killed!"
"That's not very important right now" Merlin says with a roll of his eyes.
"Of course, people dying isn't important at all" I scoff sarcastically.
"If we destroy Morgana, we stop the Eternal night. The Trollhunter and I must venture into Troll market" Merlin exclaims in frustration.
"What about all those people that could be hurt or killed in the process?" I ask, my moral compass going insane (its Jim's fault).
"My dear, the world will end if we don't destroy Morgana, that will end up killing a lot more people" Merlin explains to me. "You can't save anyone in a situation like this"
"Defeating Morgana is pointless if everyone in Arcadia is dead!" Blinky finally snaps, slamming his fists down on the table at the same time another huge tremor in the ground shakes the house. "Oh, I don't know my own strength"
"Don't flatter yourself Blinky" I say to the troll, very annoyed and tense from all of this.
"That was the third tremor today" Strickler sighs.
"At this rate, I fear the Eternal night will be upon us within the hour" Merlin says in thought as he strokes his beard.
"But the battle of the bands is on" Claire mentions, making me raise an eyebrow at her.
"Claire, I don't think a music competition is very important right now" I say to the girl confused, while she just scoffs at me.
"No, I mean the square will be packed" Claire says causing Toby to gasp.
"Everyone in Arcadia is there!" Toby exclaims before pausing and smirking. "Anyone who's cool, at least."
"So I'm assuming your not going to be there" I mutter, gaining a stink eye from Toby.
Wow, I've been insulting everyone today. Maybe I need to tone it down.
"On the bright side, with everyone clustered, we now know where the Gumm-Gumms will strike first" Merlin shrugs.
"How is that the bright side?" Claire asks confused.
"Trollmarket will be deserted. Morgana will be unprotected" Merlin explains, but the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs gains everyone's attention.
I look over to see Jim finally coming down from his room. I've been wanting to check on him, but I thought giving him some space would help.
"Gunmar and Angor Rot are my fight" Jim says as he makes his way to the table we're all surrounding. "First, we'll do what we can to clear Arcadia Square. So no one gets hurt."
I catch Jim's eyes and give the boy a small smile. He'll always want to save everyone, and I love that about him.
"Actually, uh, Master Jim. There is no we until the night falls" Blinky softly explains as Jim's face falls at the realisation. "In your current form, the sunlight will burn you as much as any of us trolls"
"Maybe Merlin can whip up some SPF one million?" Toby asks as we all look to the old wizard.
"Uh..." He mumbles, confused on what Toby's even asking.
"We'll go with the children, and put a stop to this battle of the bands" Nomura assures Merlin, now in her human form.
"Then am I to fight Morgana alone?" Merlin asks in shock as he looks around to everyone in the room.
"I'll go. Keep safe" Aaarrrgghh grunts.
"Thank you, oh, very, very, big one" Merlin says with a half smile.
"Moment of truth is upon us all" Blinky starts to say. "But with fortitude and bravery, we can end the threat posed by Morgana, Gunmar and Angor Rot for all time!"
"Oh, yeah!" Toby exclaims, pumping his fists in the air as he continues to yell the yeah—pausing as he realises no one else is cheering. "It kinda felt like we were all gonna do that"
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I stand next to Strickler as we watch Jim and Barbara say goodbye. Barbara still had to work, and I fear they will need more staff at the hospital today, more than ever.
"Please, sweetie, be safe" Barbara tells Jim with her hands on his shoulders, gazing up at her son with a fond smile before bringing him into a hug.
"I will, don't worry" Jim say softly to his mum, closing his eyes in content.
I look over to Strickler who's watching the interaction with a small smile, although his eyes seem more particularly trained on a certain red head.
I subtly nudge the man with a small smirk, causing him to look over to me confused before he sees my face—in which he scoffs at me and looks away.
"Have you made a move on her, yet?" I ask jokingly, although in all honesty, I'm not joking.
"This is highly inappropriate given our world ending situation" Strickler mutters to me in a monotone voice.
"Eh, better now than never right?" I whisper to the man as he scoffs at me again before listening back in to the conversation between Jim and Barbara.
He's so smitten.
"Okay. I'll be at the hospital" Barbara says as she pulls away from the hug with a soft smile. "I've got a bad feeling it's gonna be a busy night"
Barbara then looks over to me with a soft smile.
"Be careful Y/n, I mean it" Barbara says sternly, but a playful smile present on her face.
"I always am" I smile as Barbara opens her arms wide for me.
I chuckle and quickly walk over, hugging the woman tightly with a content smile.
"Please look after him, and yourself" Barbara whispers to me as I nod into her shoulder.
"I've been looking after this dork ever since I met him" I say to the woman as she chuckles and pulls away from the hug.
"And you've done a great job, especially seeing as Jim practically looks for danger" Barbara says playfully, giving Jim a stern look as he smiles at the two of us fondly.
Barbara then starts to make her way out of the house as we all follow behind her. We stop at the door, the sun shining onto Barbara as she looks back one last time before continuing to walk away.
Jim watches her go sadly, holding out a hand towards her before grunting in pain as it hits the sunlight.
I gasp and grab his hand, pulling it away from the sun before carefully inspecting his hand.
"Careful" I scold as I rub my thumb over his hand, looking to Jim who stares at me sadly.
"Sorry" He mutters, looking to our conjoined hands in a bittersweet way.
"Jim, it's going to be okay" Strickler says to him, laying a comforting hand on his shoulder.
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Toby, Claire and I get armoured up quickly in Jim's room. Claire's was a bright metallic purple, Toby's was a light bronze and mine was a dark/light F/c. Claire grabs out her staff and spins it around her as Toby pulls out his warhammer and holds it in front of him, while I hold my glowing F/c hands infront of me.
We all smile at Jim as he sits on the bed. This was our first time properly suited up in our new armour, and damn did we look cool with it on.
"Wow, cool" Jim smiles excitedly as he stands up from the bed.
The four of us finally looked like proper trollhunters.
And of course Toby ruined it when his stomach started to grumble loudly.
"Oh, damn it!" Toby curses as he shoves his warhammer into Jim's hand. "Can you hold this for a second? I have to go pee"
I don't know why his stomach was grumbling if he needed to pee, but I'd rather not know.
We all watch him run out of the room with blank faces before grimacing as we hear the loud clanks and grunts echo through the house as his armour hits the walls over and over.
I grimace as I hear a particularly loud thud and a faint curse leaving the boys mouth.
"Claire! Help!" Toby yells loudly before more thuds echo through the house, giving me the idea that Toby somehow managed to fall down the stairs.
"Idiot" Claire grumbles before she runs out of the room to go help Toby, leaving me with Jim.
I slowly turn to Jim with a smile as he looks to me confused.
"So...how do you like my armour?" I ask excitedly as I do a small spin to show it off.
Jim smiles in amusement.
"It looks great, I like the headpiece as well" Jim says, tapping the metal piece on my head with his finger (claw?).
"Yeah, Merlin said that Amora had a headpiece like this" I chuckle before we go quiet.
I watch Jim closely as the boy looks at me. He looks sadder, and it hurts knowing I can't do anything to help him.
"Jim, how are you?" I ask softly, catching the boy off guard as he looks to me confused.
"How am I? What do you mean?" He chuckles, an uncomfortable look on his face.
"Come on, Jim. It's me, talk to me" I say softly as I raise a hand to cup his cheek.
Jim sighs softly—leaning into my hand and closing his eyes.
"I don't know. Everything feels so wrong and confusing. I'm not sure of anything anymore...except you" Jim mutters, a hesitant look on his face as his eyes meet mine.
I smile softly at the boy.
"Awww, your cute" I say playfully as he rolls his eyes at me. "But I'm serious when I say that everyone is here for you, Jim. We always have and always will be. You don't have to do any of this by yourself"
"I know...but I don't want any more people I care about to get hurt" Jim mutters sadly.
"I get it, it's not a weakness to care about people, no matter what Merlin tells you" I tell him as he nods.
"Sometimes I feel like your the only one who properly listens" Jim sighs softly, placing his hand over my own.
"I've been told I'm a great listener" I shrug as Jim narrows his eyes at me playfully.
"By who? Your stuffed animals?" Jim asks teasingly as I gasp in horror at him.
"Hey, I told you that in confidence! Don't use it against me" I say as I playfully point a finger at him causing the boy to laugh, a genuine smile on his face.
Suddenly Claire comes back in the room, a grimace on her face as she fixes her helmet.
"Alright, Toby made it to the bathroom" Claire grumbles with her arms crossed. "Y/n, you almost ready? Battle of the bands starts soon"
"Yeah, I'll be there in a second" I tell her as she nods and leaves the room again, leaving me with Jim once again.
I slowly turn back to Jim and point a stern finger at him.
"You be careful, got it?" I say to him as he nods his head in amusement.
"Yes m'am" Jim salutes mockingly as I roll my eyes. "You be careful as well"
"Always am" I smirk as he now rolls his eyes at me.
"We both know that's not true" Jim grumbles as I chuckle.
I lean up on my tippy toes and wrap my arms around Jim's neck, bringing him into a soft kiss before I pull away with a smile.
"Goodluck, Trollhunter" I mumble, pecking his lips once more before walking out of the room to catch up with Toby and Claire, not seeing Jim's fond look as he watches me leave.
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Authors note:
Ew fluff, disgusting. Jim and Y/n disgust me.
Anywhoooo, we are on the second last episode AHHHHHHHH
Gods I've been writing this story for, like, over a year I think. So weird how I'm almost finished now.
Still have like four or five chapters to go because they're long episodes, and then I also have wizards, and then prob the movie as well, so Jim and Y/n are def not over yet HAHA
QUESTION:
What songs do you think match Y/n and Jim? Or match Y/n? Or match Jim? Or match anyone???
Make sure to comment and vote! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!