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Claire had a normal day at school. (She took a break from reading texts from Darci who described nearly everything Toby and Jim did; how Jim stood up for Eli who was being bullied again by Steve and how Toby has began chanting and other people joined it and how awesome it was. She's starting to think that Darci has a crush on that chubby boy.)
But a rough week didn't let her enjoy the... day. Her little brother - Enrique, was having a bad time since he got sick... and everybody around him was having bad time as well... He kept screaming all night because something hurt him. She couldn't sleep at all. The days became so bad - that she stopped even speaking English from time to time.
Currently though, she was just chilling in the sunlight in the best place - screwers. (The "best place" thing is kinda sarcastic but it's good sides are - her parents don't know where she is and her access isn't very good.) She just sat there and felt the sunshine on her skin.
Sun was setting.
She heard then out of blue - someone calling her name.
... Or something?
She searched for the voice - how did it know her name? Where was it?
Warily she went towards the direction.
"Claire. Claire Nuñez." She heard once more seeing unusual bright blue light under the pile of rocks. Some... kind of toy? Oh people these days! Trashing everywhere! Or maybe... someone just lost a toy...
She began removing the rocks and then the voice has silenced. There was... an amulet of sorts. It was glowing a lot. She softly took it and looked around feeling watched. Then she jumped on the sound of her phone. She forgot to turn off her mobile. Her parents were reminding her she was being late for home - she excused herself with getting caught up in a stroll and hung up and runs into direction of home.
In darkness of a tube leading towards screwers shine six eyes.
Her parents left with Enrique to the doctor and Claire was home by herself. She didn't slack off - she studied hard, did her homework and eaten some meal. Her parents were strict about her grades, and she has to live up to their expectations!
She was studying when she heard suspicious noises, did she got caught up in studying again? Are her parents already home? She stood up and looked over at the clock - nope, it wasn't being that late. Actually it's been only a half hour since her parents went away.
Maybe... those are mice? Or worse?
The girl raised her brow and went out of her room to search for the noise source.
She took a broom and went to the basement. She hoped it's only going to be mice... She turned on the lights and went under the lamp and looked around.
She saw with corner of her eye a movement and she jumped. with frowned eyebrows her six sense screamed at her to turn around. Claire did so and she screamed and hit the thing with the broom.
"Not in eyes!" It screamed backing off.
Claire was breathing heavily. "Qué diablos está pasando!?" Her hands shook clutching the broom then she turned towards the stairs and she screamed once more seeing something three times bigger than the previous thing. She hit twice as hard and it made the broom break and she fell on her backside and started backing away.
The thing she hit first got up and began talking to her. She got the words it said after few moments. Something like "Master Claire" "Choosen" "Amulet of Daylight" "Sacred duty?"
The bigger one of the things- beings- monsters? The big one picked her up and she was too shocked to think and forgot her manners - but it was understable in her state.
"Orfices? What orfices?"
"Offices, offices means responsibility." The six-eyed creature looked back at Claire. "Unbeknownst to your kind, there is a secret world, a vast civilization of trolls lurking beneath your very feet, hidden from view."
"T-Trolls." The teen stuttered.
"Yes. Trolls." The big one spoke making Claire look up at him and then she took a deep breath in and out. Okay - seems like she's not going to die.
The six eyed then continued. "And it is now your charge to protect them. For you, Master Claire, are the Trollhunter."
"Trollhunter." The big one repeated.
"This honor is yours to accept. So, what say you?"
Before Claire said something she ran past the two upstairs hearing her parents come home.
"Is that a yes?"
She was sent to bed by her parents who took her panic as the over-exhaustation. When she woke up she tried calling Darci, but she didn't reach her. She considered calling Mary, but she... didn't. Mary would tell whole school and the whole school would think she's cray-cray. She shook her head and went to dress up and started morning routine. Whole weekend she couldn't reach her bestie, but as it turned out later - good for her because Darci had some hard time handling her dad being protective over her.
Claire went to school holding it all inside herself for two days - she was overjoyed to let it all out. She never realized that she took the Amulet of Daylight - as the many eyed... troll, called it.
At school she met Darci and dragged her to the side and told her everything what happened.
"Listen honey, you're stressing too much - I get it, exams and other stuff. Enrique should be getting better soon-"
"Darci, it's not that! I know what I saw!" She shuffled in her bag and then shoved the amulet to her friend. "Look at it! It's- it's magical or something- I-I don't know-!"
"Sheesh!" Darci helped Claire stand straight but the girl was having a panic attack for some reason. "You're restless girl."
When Claire woke up, it was nearly the end of the day! She needs to hand her homework to Strickler or else she'll get a bad grade! She ran out of the nurse's office and looked at the time - the teacher shall be leaving in the next few minutes! On her way she ran into a woman she never saw before - right in front of Strickler's office. She frowned slightly at Claire.
"I am sorry-" Claire begun apologizing to the woman, but then trailed off as the Strickler stood in the doorway.
"One more thing Nomura- Oh, hello ms. Claire, I heard you've felt quite ill and passed out-"
"I am alright, going home right now but my essay is still-" She spoke quickly and began looking inside her bag - where those damned papers went to?!
"You need to relax. Your grades are exellent and one day of taking it easier won't do harm. Go home." The teacher put his hand on her shoulder andn calmed her down then showed her to leave.
When the black-haired girl left, Nomura spoke up.
"Did you saw that?" She narrowed her green eyes.
"What?"
"...never mind. What was your buisness?" The female swears she saw Amulet of Daylight in that girl's bag. She'll make sure later.
The girl was on the attic and hummed as she watched the amulet. Suddenly like a watch it started spinning and the words - that she thought were only decorations - turned into various languages before they stopped on the Spanish. She began moving the amulet reading the sentence outloud.
"...por la gloria de Merlín, luz ven a mi..." She whispered softly and then a blue light began shining, before she knew it she was floating in the air and then armor appeared around her. It all then flew towards her and rounded her body - it was far too big for her though! She then saw it shrink and fit her body. Then, the blue light shined in her hand and a huge sword appeared it. It shrunk too. Into thin but nice sword.
Smiling to herself she began swinging it around then - by accident - it cut through a wooden furniture.
She yelped and heard her parents yelling to her about what the hell is she doing up there. In Spanish.
She then relaxed accepting her fate and for once in her life she had luck and the armor along with weapon disappeared and the amulet teleported from her chest to her hand.
Somehow passing through her parents she managed to get to Darci, who was currently without parents at home and it was good - she could show her the magical armor!
If she does, she will believe her!
"You'll will get knocked off your feet when you see this!"
"Is it Enrique?" Darci raised her eyebrow knowing what kind of proud sister Claire is. Claire flustered and denied it, but everybody knew that she loves her brother crazy.
"No! It's this thing!"
"This amulet of light again?"
"Yeah! Okay, now focus.... Para la gloria de Merlín, la luz del día es mía para mandar!" She chanted but nothing happened. She frowned and focused onto it. "¿Por qué no está funcionando?" she cursed to herself and then repeated the chant again this time getting her armor on.
"Oh. My. Gosh!"
"I know right?! So cool!" Claire grinned to her friend as she inspected it.
"You think I can try it on as well?"
"Sure! You just need to wait for the language chant to adjust I suppose. Then focus-" She was cut off by Darci screaming and hiding behind her. Claire looked at the door she was pointing and saw that troll. "Oh... I told you about these guys..."
"I am calling my dad!" She yelped and then with shaking hands began to search for her phone meanwhile the trolls gotten inside. "Or rather the animal control! Or both!"
"Master Claire! I knew it was a matter of time before the amulet called to us."
"Called to you?"
"Actually, no, we've been spying on you."
"Spy on you!" The big one repeated grinning before he got distracted by trying to fit through the door.
"Well... keeping a close eye on you..." the smaller one spoke looking away. Then the room shook as the big one went through the door.
"Door small."
Claire smiled slightly, for someone his size? Of course! She then went up to Darci and reminded her that she thinks they don't mean harm.
"You told your friend about us?"
"Is there a problem with that?"
"Master Claire, we trollls have gone to great lengths to keep our existance secret from your kind, lest there be panic." The troll said while his big friend took interest in Darci which was purely shaken by the discovery - like Claire has been before. "Like that." The teen walked to her friend and got her off the table that the big one put her on.
"There, there, Darci. It's okay."
"We're going to die! Do you see that!?" Claire had patted Darci's back before she calmed down has passed few moments though.
"This is Darci Scott..."
"Hardly. Your friend is the Trollhunter. Her noble obligation is protective."
"Like protecting? What? Wait like a superhero?"
"Wait a minute- who do I protect?"
"Us." The troll pointed to himself (himself? she guesses that they're males)
"And mankind. From bad trolls. As well as goblins, guresomes and the occasional rouge gnome." Darci took a closer look at the two as they talked to Claire - so Eli was right and yesterday he saw trolls! The many eyed troll kept talking about responsibility and how human has never been a hunter before.
Then they heard a car coming. Darci chased them into basement.
Darci went to deal with her dad while Claire asked the many-eyed troll for his name and the other's troll name as well. Then gotten to know the fact she will be a trollhunter until she dies. Her succsessor - Kanjigar the Courageous was slain in battle with Bular. Okay, she's getting terrified... but not like she can do anything about it...