1. The Changeling Baby


    Date: 1/1/2016, Categories: Supernatural, Author: TamLin, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories

    you seem human. It should have worn off on its own, and when it didn't…" She trailed off. "What finally did the trick?" William said. "Nissa," said the troll mother. "Her kiss broke the spell. It was the one thing you never had: affection." "Who is she?" "One of us,” the troll mother said. “Someone who agreed to look after you." William's hand dashed tears away from his eyes. "Why did you do it?" he said. "Why the switch? Why leave me? What’s the point?" "It's part of the magic," said the troll father. "The fairy child is a charm that makes the human parents forget that they ever had a baby. To make it easier on them.” “And when the spell is done, the fairy child comes back home,” the troll mother said. "Except I didn't," William said. "What about the…the real baby?" "We raised him as one of us, of course," said the troll father. "He's eager to finally meet his brother." "And this one?" He gestured to his mother's belly. "Will you take it, too?" "No," said the troll mother. "No. We'll leave them alone now." "They did raise you, after all, as best as they knew how," said the troll father. William swallowed hard. "Okay then," he said. And he turned to look at his real parents. They hugged him tight. "Are you ready?" said the troll mother. William nodded. "Then let’s go home.”
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