NOBLE SACRIFICE

As we walked our way to the mountain we found a bridge that went over nothing but the snow covered ground itself, so we decided to take the bridge thinking maybe the snow around there was deep. As we got there a small animal jumped from underneath and landed right in front of us and identified itself as Trollz. 

    "Youz shallz notz passz"

    "Look I know you want to pro... excuse me what? Like it wasn't good enough you look like that but now you talk like...how was that last word even possible?"

    " Come on Logan, we don't have time to converse with the beast, we have to answer it's riddles if we want to pass"

    " It has riddles, (shouts in frustration for a while) okay, hit me with them riddles"

    " Iz amz bigz, strongz andz veryz veryz tallz... "

    " Okay this is never going to work, let's just go around the bridge"

    " Logan?"

    " What?"

    " It's not done with it's riddles yet, what if we can solve this?"

    " No, the you can solve it? I'm going around this thing, you can stay here with your Trollz and everything"

    " But..... "

   " Can't you see? The dam creature talks in z's for crying out loud, look we can't solve the riddle let's just go around the bridge"

    " But Logan.... "

    " But nothing! And my name's not Logan so stop calling me that, and also just stop,stop,stop with your made-up names, stop with your made-up stories and stop with your made believe fairy tail adventure. You know what? Fine you stay here and solve the riddle I'm going home! (Turns around and angryily stomps away)"

    " But Logan?"

    " My name is not LOGAN! (He stops and turns around as he wipes his entire face to reveal a smile) (talks with his teeth locked together) come on Elmore what are we waiting for ? Let's solve the riddles and get pass this bridge"

    " Logan are you okay? "

    " I've never been better Elmore, now what's that riddle"

    "Iz amz bigz strongz andz veryz veryz tallz whatz amz iz"

    " Well would you look at that there was nothing more to the riddle, I mean it makes more sense now that it's got a what am I at the end of it, come on Elmore, we're going around this thing"

    " But what if the snow is too deep, wouldn't we fall?"

    " Not around the bridge, I meant the little gargoyle"

    " You mean Trollz?"

    " Yeah sure whatever, as long as we're going around it, I can't believe I never thought of this before, it's so small"

    " Iz saidz youz shallz notz passz, unlessz youz answerz myz riddlez"

    " The riddlez dumb now get out of our way Smurf"

Logan shifts the Trollz aside and drags Elmore along with him, but as they were about to get of the bridge they hear sobbing.

    "Don't you dear turn around Elmore"

    "But it's crying"

    " We don't care! We don't care about if it crying or happy or angry or anything, do we care? no we don't care about it's emotional, we don't care?"

    " No you don't care, I do"

    " You're the one who brought us out here, you're the one who said my name was Logan, you're the one who needed to get me somewhere that is apparently supposed to be home, well guess what? You're still the same dang fool who's compromising the mission"

    " Look Logan, it's just that... "

    "It's just that what? The only thing I'm looking at is that why don't you what us to get on with this, I believe you and what do I get in return? Complains, I get complains and we only got like 3 more days before it's Christmas"

    " Actually, it's 2 more days"

    " 2 more days before it's Christmas, and if we don't get there soon I'm never gonna get home, and don't you dare act like you didn't see me do air quotes around that home part"

I looked at Logan and took what he said to consideration and decided he was right, has I was about to move forward I saw Logan wipe his face again.

    "Come on Elmore, let's go answer that riddle cause now that I think of it, I do loves me them riddles"

Logan walks back to the Trollz and squats down.

    "Okay Trollz..."

    "Youz shallz passz"

    " I would like to ask for an hi..... wait excuse me what? "

    " Thez answerz toz thez riddlez isz Trollz, soz nowz youz canz passz"

    " Well News flash dingdong, we said Trollz back there like a million times, why didn't you let us (with a mocking voice) passz then?"

    " Iz didn'tz heard that's"

    "........ I'm gonna  toss that thing in the river"

    " Come on Logan, you solved the riddle we can pass now, come on let's go"

    " You're right, we'll toss it over the bridge"

    " Logan, forget about that we've got to go"

    " (Being dragged away) but it tricked us Elmore, it tricked us, it knew we said the answer but it didn't let us pass, did it?  And then it started crying, it cried, it cried Elmore, it cried"

They crossed the bridge and headed out for another journey though they wasted a lot of time at the Trollz bridge and Elmore kept on wondering what was wrong with Logan and his strange mood swings. They kept on walking along the thick white snow has Elmore tell's Logan about the stories he told him, but all to no avail he remembers nothing but instead has an entire life story of him born in the north pole.

The only hope that Elmore pleads for is that he can get his friend back home and he would remember everything again.

As Elmore and Logan battle with the layers of white ahead of them, Angel and Richie (the only person that believed her story) are trying to get Logan back from reading comic books to looking at historical pictures, from dancing underneath the moon to performing seance, from leaning on electric fences to opening soda bottles, from get a's to,I believe you get the point, so in conclusion they are trying all they can.