So I was asked to post a chapter of the three published chapters of Laura's story on here since not everyone uses AO3

So have three full chapters of the Lake-Nuñez family and their newest member

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Chapter 1: Birth Of A Hero

"Master Jim hasn't called in a while." Blinky muttered as he stared at the phone that was lying in front of him on the stone table and looked to Aaarrrggh. "I do hope nothing has happened to Claire or their unborn welp."

"Scared, for them." Aaarrrggh said sadly as he laid his chin down on the table.

"Have faith old friend, Claire's a strong girl. She'll pull through." Blinky assured his friend and reached across the table to pat his shoulder. "Remember how we all were terrified for Nomura when she had her first welp?"

Aaarrrggh nodded, remembering how Draal had been pacing in the Forge and nearly fainted when he heard the news. They had all been anxious about whether or not the changeling made it through the birth, and all of that fear faded away when Nomura emerged from the birthing cave with a little pink welp in her arms, squirming and whining loudly.

"And not only that, but she's being assisted in this birth by Barbara! An excellent doctor who will bring her new grandchild into the world!" Blinky added with a smile before checking the small mobile device. "Should we send a message to them?"

"Yes." Aaarrrggh replied as his friend scooped up his phone and sent a swift text to both Jim, Toby and Strickler, who had been the one to inform them that they were all at the hospital.

[Blinky]: Any news yet on Claire?

Almost immediately a message from Toby popped up.

[Tobias]: we just got news from Dr. Lake
It's a girl!
OMG she's got such tiny hands!
And her hair looks so soft!
She looks like a mini Claire!
A photo had followed the last message to show them a tiny human infant swaddled in a pastel pink blanket with a lot dark brown hair on its head and being held by a tired looking Claire and Jim standing at her side wearing hospital scrubs and a wide smile.

"Aaarrrggh look at her! Oh and Tobias said her name is...Laura Barbara Lake! A lovely name!" Blinky exclaimed, showing his friend the photograph. The larger troll squinted to look at the screen properly.

"Tiny, very tiny." He commented and Blinky grinned.

"But not for long! In a few months she'll grow and soon be walking, running, babbling, oh perhaps we can finally start teaching her about troll lore!"

"Blinkous!" The two trolls turned to see Draal walk into the library with an anxious look on his face. "Any...any news on the Trollhunter's child?" He asked and Blinky nodded happily.

"A little girl! And she's quite close in age to your own welp!"

A few weeks earlier Nomura gave birth to a very small welp, a boy, Draal had named Agate. The little welp was so small no one was sure if he would survive to adulthood or be strong enough to defend himself when he reached that age, but Draal had been determined to prove their people wrong about his son and so far, the little welp was still alive.

"Then perhaps the Trollhunter's welp will consider being friends with mine." Draal replied with a small shrug. "I'm surprised that this happened today, didn't they say they were expecting her in two weeks?"

"Well from what master Jim's mother told me, sometimes the welps are born a bit earlier than expected." Blinky explained and held up a small white book from a nearby table. "Sometimes the females are in labor for hours at a time, and poor Claire nearly gave birth to her during their ceremony."

"Well what are we waiting for? Let us alert Trollmarket to tell them the great news! The birth of a Trollhunter's child is one to be celebrated by the whole tribe!" Draal exclaimed.

The three trolls hurried out of the library to find the citizens of Trollmarket standing outside. Blinky quickly cleared his voice and raised his voice to yell, " I have received news on the child of our Trollhunter! On this day our first human Trollhunter, Jim Lake, has become a father to a baby girl who was named Laura Barbra Lake!" Several trolls started to shout in joy before Blinky motioned for them to quiet down. "And let us also recall that several years ago today was the day that our Trollhunter defeated Gunmar! Let us celebrate these two days as one!"

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"I still can't believe it...I'm actually a dad." Jim whispered as he watched his mother place his newborn in her little bed. "Did this really happen?"

"It did happen Jim, but I can see why you're still surprised." Barbara chuckled as she adjusted the baby's position and gave a small sigh. "It remember when you were born, you were so small and frail, and you wouldn't stop crying until the nurse placed you in my arms."

"She looks like Claire, but with slightly darker hair." Jim murmured as he looked down at his daughter. "But she's got my eyes and smile."

"And let's see if she's got your knack of getting out of crazy situations." Claire added with a small laugh.

"I'm sure she has it." Jim laughed as he walked over to his wife's bed and smiled. "Can you believe we're finally parents?"

"It's still hard to believe." Claire replied, taking her husband's hands. "Do you think the troll's will like her?"

"Of course they will! Blinky recently sent me a very excited text!" Jim assured her as he handed his wife his phone to show her the message. "See? 'Good to hear! Please let us know when you're bringing her so we can tone down the celebrating.' Guess at this moment they're celebrating."

"And how long do these celebrations last?" Barbra asked.

"Uh...I'm not even sure. I don't know how many celebrations there were for the births of children from any Trollhunters, but I'm sure this is the first they had in centuries." Jim replies. "But I'm sure Laura's birth will be celebrated."

Just then, Laura began to cry. Jim immediately rushed over to his daughter and carefully picked her up to soothe her. "Shhhh, shhhh, it's okay Laura daddy is here. Daddy is right here." Jim murmured as his daughter's cries began to cease. "Do you wanna go with mommy? Or do you want to be with grandma?"

"Here, hand her to me." Claire chuckled as Jim passed Laura over to her. She carefully adjusted her daughter so her little head was resting on her shoulder as she rubbed Laura's little back and began to gently hum. "You wanna sing to her Jim?"

"You sure?" Jim asked in surprise as Claire handed him their daughter. "What do I sing to her?"

"Remember that one song that you changed a bit to sing to her when she was in the womb? Why not that one?" Barbra suggests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4vpD0DZjug

"Oh that one." Jim cleared his throat as Claire began to gently hum and looked down at his daughter. "Okay here we go. Dear Laura, what to say to you? You have my eyes, you have your grandmother’s name. When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart."

So far, Laura hadn't started crying like he expected her to, so Jim carefully laid her head on his shoulder with one hand supporting his back and the under placed under her legs to keep her balanced. "I’m dedicating every day to you, domestic life was never quite my style. When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart. And I thought I was so smart. You will come of age with our young nation, we’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you. If we lay a strong enough foundation, we’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you. And you’ll blow us all away. Someday, someday. Yeah, you’ll blow us all away. Someday, someday."

Claire smiled when she noticed her daughter was asleep. Jim gave a small sigh of relief as he sat himself down on a chair to rest his legs. He heard a small click and glanced over to see his mother snapping a picture of them.

“What?" Barbara asked when she noticed Jim looking at her.

"Oh it's nothing. Can you send it to Blinky?" Jim replied. "And maybe print it later?"

Barbara smiled warmly at her son. "Of course, he and the others deserve to see this sweet moment."

Chapter 2: No Blessings

"By Deya's grace! Look at her!" Blink gasped as he held up the squirming toddler in his hands. "She's such a tiny little thing!"

"Tiny, but loud." Notenrique commented as he gagged. "And you do not want to know what sort of smells I've come across when I have to do diaper duty."

It had been a month since Laura was born before Jim and Claire decided to return to the New Jersey Trollmarket. Ever since their return, numerous trolls would come up to the couple to congratulate them and coo over Laura before giving her little trinkets like a strange looking pacifier, stone blocks for her to chew on when she began teething, little stone charms to hang over her cradle for superstitious reasons and at one point a large axe ("So she can begin her training soon!" The troll who gave it to them commented happily.)

"We are so sorry for not bringing her sooner." Jim chuckled as Claire plucked Laura from Blinky's hands. "We had to wait just to be sure she didn't have any allergies and be able to board the plane."

"Well it's good to have you both back, we had to take away Merlin's staff and lock him up just to make sure he didn't try to "bless" the poor child." Blinky replied and frowned. "What sort of wizard does he think he is? He's already turned you into a troll, who knows if his "blessing" might turn the baby into one as well!"

"Oh he better not, I'll bite him if he even tries!" Notenrique growled.

"Here Aaaarrrggh, you wanna hold her?" Claire asked the Kubera troll as she walked over to him.

Aaaarrggh looked at her in surprise before extending his large hand out to her. Claire placed Laura onto his outstretched hand before he brought her close to his chest. Laura gave a tiny yawn and snuggled against his green fur. Aaaarrggh smiled and made a soft purring sound as he carefully cradled in infant human.

"Be careful, she's still very fragile." Jim warned gently before turning to his mentor. "I've been thinking that maybe Claire and I should move out of Trollmarket to avoid Merlin, like maybe live in a house close by."

"Hmm, that would be a good idea but Merlin would insist you stay and try to keep you from leaving. And we all know you need his potions to keep up your humanly appearance."

A few months after they had arrived in New Jersey and found the Heartstone, Merlin had created Jim a special potions that would allow him to turn human for several hours at a time. Jim hardly used the potions since Merlin told him the ingredients in them were rare and difficult to find, he only used them on certain occasions.

"I've been trying to save them up, but I feel like Merlin is just telling me the ingredients are rare just so I won't use them all the time. Newt stomachs, drool from some kind of creature that we can easily find, grinded gnome bones, a lot of them can be easily found!"

"Yes but we need strong magic to make it work. I know Claire knows quite a lot of magic, but I believe there is a certain spell needed and a certain time when you have to make it. And I'm sure Merlin has not taught her that."

Just then, they heard Laura crying loudly. Claire quickly rushed over to pluck her child from Aaaarrrggh and attempt to soothe her. Jim was wondering what had made her cry when Aaaarrrggh started growling at a figure in the doorway of the forge.

"I see you're finally back." Merlin said as he walking in. "And I see you and the Fair Claire brought your offspring back to her rightful home."

"Who let you out?" Notenrique snarled, leaping onto his sister's shoulder. "Take one step towards my niece or-"

"Crush!" Aaaarrrggh growled, making a fist with one hand and punched the open palm of his free hand.

"Leave the child alone Merlin, you've already hurt her parents enough." Blinky said sternly, stepping protectively in front of Claire as Jim walked over to stand at her side. "She does not need any blessings from you after what you've done to her father!"

Merlin frowned. "Did you really think I was going to turn her into a baby troll? Goodness no!" The wizard laughed. "If I had to bless her with anything, it would be with anything her parents wished she would have!"

"She doesn't need a blessing." A familiar voice growled. Jim nearly gave a cry of relief when he saw Draal and Nomura enter the Forge with their welps in their arms.

Nomura approached the wizard, anger buring in her bright green eyes and poked him in the chest with one long nail. "Leave the child alone, or I'll snap that walking stick of yours in half and feed you to those reptiles we caught in the caves."

Merlin narrowed his eyes and for a moment, Jim thought he was going to blast the changeling when Draal growled threateningly.

"Very well, it seems I am not needed. But Trollhunter, I will have to examine your daughter soon to make sure she doesn't start turning into a troll and accidentally kills herself by going into the sunlight." And with that, Merlin walked out of the forge, leaving the group alone.

Claire let out a sigh of relief as a he hugged Laura tightly to her chest. "Oh god, I thought he was going to hurt her."

"If he tried, Draal and Aaaarrrggh would have smashed him into a pancake." Notenrique assured her. "On the bright side, the old wizard is terrified of Draal. After all, the big blue boy nearly crushed him when he found out what he did to Jim."

"Best keep Laura out of Trollmarket for a while." Blinky muttered. "Master Jim could stay down here and visit Claire and the baby at night when they find a home on the surface."

"Let's hope that at least works." Draal grumbled as he shifted one of the welps to his other arm.  "And speaking of welps, I think it's about time my son got to meet the Trollhunter's new offspring."

Chapter 3: First Words

“Come on Laura, say ‘dada’ or ‘mama’, please?” Jim begged as he kneeled in front of his eight-month-old daughter as she gnawed on one of the rubber toys she owned for teething. Laura stopped her gnawing to hold out her toy to her father, a little rubber pink and purple shark that was covered in her drool. Jim gave a small laugh before gently pushing the toy back to her. “No Laura, I can't chew on that. Daddy has big teeth, see?”

Laura let out a gurgle as she tried to reach up to touch her father's tusks before Jim lifted his head up a bit higher, not wanting her to accidentally cut her little fingers. She let out a little protested cry before Jim picked up her blanket that was folded next to him and draped it over his head and horns. He heard Laura stop crying and he gave a little snort.

“Oh no! Where did daddy go?” Jim asked in false panic. “Where's daddy Laura? Where's daddy?” Jim could hear his daughter start to shuffle towards him and held still as her tiny fingers wrapped around the bottom of the blanket and he quickly tossed the blanket off. “Boo!” Laura gave a loud squeal as she toppled backwards onto the pillow she was laying on earlier before she started laughing loudly.

“You found daddy! Yay Laura!” Jim cheered as he leaned forward to sit his daughter up properly. “You found the Trollhunter!”

“Still trying to get her to talk?” Jim heard Claire ask from the doorway of the living room.

“Yeah, but she's having none of it.” The Trollhunter replied as their daughter reached up for her mother.

“Give her time Jim, she's still just a baby.” Claire chuckled as she bent down to pick up the toddler and placed a kiss on her forehead. “She'll talk when she's ready, right Laura?”

“Blinky thought it'd be funny if she started babbling in Troll.”

“Now that'd be hilarious.”

Laura gurgled as she grabbed a strand of her mother's hair that had was loose and gave it a little tug, earning a chuckle from her father and immediately grabbed his finger.

“I'm still in shock that she hadn't turned blue yet.” Jim mumbled as his daughter held onto his pinkie finger with both hands and started to gnaw on it. “Or grew tusks or horns or fur.”

“Well even if she does, we're still going to love her.” Claire replied as Jim nuzzled Laura’s cheek, earning a little giggle as she released his finger and grabbed his nose.

“Oww.” Jim muttered through a plug nose.

“Does this little half troll want to visit her favorite troll relatives?” Claire cooed. Laura’s little blue eyes widened and she started squealing excitedly. “Yes she does! “Yes she does want to see Blinky, Aaaarrrggh, and Notenrique! And maybe if she's lucky she can see a certain blue welp!”

“Look at her getting all excited about seeing some trolls who just live next door.” Jim chuckled as he went to grab Laura’s baby bag. “But she has every right to since they've been pretty busy, especially Aaaarrrggh since he's back in Arcadia with Toby.”

“Well let's hope Blinky isn't too busy to see his favorite student.” Claire joked.

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“Well I always try to spare some time to see my ever so curious student!” Blinky laughed while he bounced Laura in his arms as she squealed and giggled. “You should see her when I'm reading to her, she actually pays attention!”

“Well let's hope that she'll apply that same kind of attention when she goes to human school.” Jim chuckled and frowned a bit. “Blinky, has she started talking around you?”

“Hmm? No, I'm afraid not Master Jim. If by speaking, you mean babbling, she does that a lot.”

“He really wants to know if Laura started talking.” Claire explained. “We speak both English, Spanish and Troll around her, but she hasn't said anything yet. This is sort of the age where babies start saying their first words or even walking.”

"She hasn't, though I've seen her babbling rapidly around the gnomes.” Blinky answered as he waved one of his free hands in front Laura as she tried grabbing them.

“Ah...ah…” The three adults eyes widened in shock as Laura kept uttering “Ah…”

“What's she saying?” Blinky asked as he held up the toddler.

“Blinky, I think she's trying to say her first word!” Jim exclaimed.

Blinky gave a loud gasp and held up Laura. “You can do it Laura! You can say it! Say what you need to say!”

Laura opened her little mouth before closing it and opening it again. “Ah...aaahh!”

“She just...screamed.” Blinky muttered, disappointment lacing his voice. “Oh well…”

“Aahh! Aahh!” Laura screeched, waving her little arms as she tried reaching for her mother.

“Maybe she's trying to say ‘Agate’?” Claire suggested as she took her child from Blinky.

“Maybe,” Jim murmured and lowered himself to be level with his daughter. “Are you trying to say your best friend in the whole world's name?”

“Aaah! Aaaaah!” Laura yelled, waving her arms, her little blue eyes staring right past her father. Jim glanced back to see what she was looking at and his eyes widened in realization at what she was saying.

“Guys, she...she's calling to him!” Jim exclaimed as Aaaarrrggh came into the library.

“Aaaaah! Aaaah!” Laura shrieked happily as the Kubera troll walked over to the group and gave her a large smile.

“Hi.” He greeted as Laura reached out for him.

“Aaaarrrggh! You've arrived just in time!” Blinky exclaimed happily. “Laura had just said her first word and it was your name!”

“Really?” Aaaarrrggh asked in surprise as Claire handed him Laura to hold in his palm.

“Aaaah! Aaaaah!” Laura yelled happily and Aaaarrrggh smiled.

“Isn't it adorable?” Blinky whispered as Aaaarrrggh sat down on the floor of the library while cradling Laura to his chest the way he used to when she was younger. “Who would have thought her first word was an attempt to say Aaaarrrggh’s name?”

“No one did, but I'm still happy that her first word was of someone she knew and loved very much.” Jim whispered back as he wrapped an arm around Claire’s waist.

“Yeah, I actually caught Jim whispering ‘crispy’ to her very loudly a few times. At least her first word wasn't that.” Claire added while looking up at her husband with a frown on her lips.

“Oh come on, she just liked it when I whispered it to her because she'd laugh at the faces I made while saying it!” Jim protested.

“It's a cursed word!”

“Laura doesn't think so.”

“Laura isn't even a year old! She still thinks Notenrique is a cat!”

“...good point…"