It was a peaceful night in Bergen town. Everyone was asleep with a smile on their face and a song in their heart. But what they didn't know was that there were little creatures that were wide awake. The summer leaves on the trees were different colours of greens, so beautiful and magical, while they silently danced with the wind. Suddenly a new colour took over them and they turned into a brownish gold. So did the leaves on the bushes, flowers and pretty much any plant that had leaves on them.
Butterflies then flew around the meadows inside and outside of Bergen town, with carriages hooked onto them, their wings flapping in the silent wind. In the carriages were the smallest creatures known to anyone, the trolls. In the main carriage at the front, which was pulled by a golden butterfly, were two elderly trolls wearing regal clothing and crowns. The female troll had a turquoise hair with a few white streaks, purple skin, a green nose and green lips. The male had cyan skin, green hair and green moustache and had a purple nose.
The queen had just turned a few leaves gold with her 'Seasons wand' and looked over her shoulder to the carriage behind her and silently gasped in shock. The carriage was covered with pillows on top of a circular mattress inside the gold brass. The carriage was empty though and was carried by a white butterfly. The queen then turned to her husband, the king, and told him of her problem. "Cyan my dear" she began "Don't look know my dear husband, but our grandson is missing again."
King Cyan looked over his shoulder to the empty carriage and faced his wife with the same impression before she told him the news. "So he is Rosiepuff" he said "He might feel quite silly riding that white butterfly that you gave him."
Queen Rosiepuff gasped, this was his grandson and he was taking this like this wasn't important at all. She took one of the gold leaves to fan herself from the heat in her dress. "And why should he feel silly!" she snapped gently.
"Well it might not make the right impression on the young ladies" said Cyan calmly "He will need to find a wife soon".
Rosiepuff scoffed and started fanning her leaf again but more rapidly, like a mad-man. "But what about the impression on the court" she said, starting to calm down "Cyan my love, it is the beginning of fall and we've begun the Golding of the leaves, he should be here!"
"Oh Rosiepuff" said the king gently.
Rosiepuff smiled at her and then put her serious face on again. "And just try to talk to him about finding a wife" she hissed "He'll just brush it off and just swing from branch to branch and ride his bumblebee."
"Rosiepuff, have you forgotten what it's like to be twenty-four?" Cyan chuckled.
Rosiepuff sighed and put her hand on his shoulder "I just don't want him to have the same fate as his mother and father."
The king looked down at his feet in despair. "Me neither" said Cyan, sighing about the loss of his daughter.
"He looks just like her" said Rosiepuff, looking into the starry sky.
Cyan looked up and pointed something out. "Ah but he's got his father's hair" he reminded.
"Yes he does, and he's a beautiful child" the queen smiled "If only he'd be here."
"Rosiepuff" the king laughed. His wife might be understanding for one minute, but in the next one she could rant on about the flaws of her grandson.
Further away, a bumblebee was flying round Bergen town with the prince on its back. He had bluer cyan skin, indigo hair and ice blue eyes was having fun with his bumblebee and the bee would buzz with delight every time they would spin round a house as well. They then went up to the castle and the troll then commanded the bee to stop when he saw something in the window of the castle. "Woah easy boy" he laughed, mounted of the bee and looked through the window. He saw Poppy dancing and singing to her song with her sweet voice. "Wow, she's beautiful" said the male troll "I wonder who she is" he wondered.
The bee buzzed in a way to tell him that he didn't know either.
"Stay here boy" he told the bee "I'm gonna see who she is." The blue troll was surprised to see that the window wasn't locked when he pushed onto it. Wow, someone really should notice that he thought to himself when he walked in. He listened to Poppy's voice and fell head over heels every time she hit an impressive note. He then hid behind the page of a book she was next to which was the page of the troll from the book.
Poppy stopped singing and dancing and turned to the book. "Aw, you have to go now?" she sadly asked the troll from the book "That's a shame, you're a wonderful dancer" she continued while she twirled away from the book. "Will I ever see you again" she asked the book again.
The blue troll then cut a square of the page with a sword and appeared through it. "May I cut in?" he asked.
Poppy turned around and gasped. She had never seen another being her size before and became quite intimated when she saw the sharp object. She ran over to tea pot next to her and hid in it.
"No wait!" said the blue troll "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you" he apologised. He then put away his sword and went over to the tea pot. "There, no more sword, can you come out now please" he asked kindly. He climbed on top of the tea pot and saw that the lid was half open. He saw Poppy in it sitting down and she stood up when she saw him. He smiled at her, showing that he was no threat and she had nothing to worry about.
Poppy then climbed out of the spout of the tea pot and the blue stranger when over to her.
"Who are you?" he asked and Poppy turned away slightly with shyness. "Well say something" said the blue troll gently.
Poppy then looked over at her book and gasped with realisation. "You're one of them!" she said, pointing to the book.
"I beg your pardon?" the blue troll asked. Shouldn't she know that there were other trolls out there?
"Sorry" Poppy smiled "For my whole life I thought I was the only one my kind in the whole world!"
"Oh" said the blue troll "That makes sense."
Barnabas then woke up, mumbling from all of the talking between and the new stranger. He saw the blue troll and growled.
The blue troll then turned around, saw the crocodile and took out his sword.
Poppy then stood in front of the blue troll and shook her hands and head at Barnabas. "Barnabas no, he's a friend look" she turned to the blue troll and curtsied. "Hello nice to meet you sir, my name is Poppylina but you can call me Poppy for short" said Poppy and tried to think of more things to say "Uh thank you for coming to visit."
"Oh n-no problem" the blue troll caught on "The pleasure is all mine Poppy."
Barnabas then smiled and lay down on the chest, returning to the dream world.
Poppy and the blue troll exchanged glances and sighed with relief. "Few that was close" said Poppy.
"Poppylina" said the blue troll and repeated the name his head over and over again "That's a beautiful name."
"Thank you" said Poppy "But call me Poppy please".
"Of course milady" said the blue troll "I'm Branch".
Poppy smiled "Branch?" she tried to stifle a laugh and then broke out a giggle "That's a funny name" she then gasped and quickly tried to cover up what she said "I mean it's wonderful."
"Thanks and don't worry about it" said Branch warmly.
Poppy stared at her feet for a bit and looked up at Branch again "So tell me about the troll village" she asked "Is there a troll prince?"
"Yes there is" said Branch, smirking.
Poppy stared into space, thinking about what the prince of troll might be like. "He must be really handsome" she said, dreamily.
"Oh he is" said Branch, hiding the fact that he was talking about himself.
"Strong and brave" Poppy continued.
"No troll is like him" said Branch, taking Poppy's hand.
Poppy whipped round and blushed so hard that she nearly turned into an apple. "I would love to meet him one day" she said, shyly.
"I'll tell him that" said Branch, not realising that his lips were getting closer to Poppy's.
"T-thank you" said Poppy, her heart racing and her palms were getting sweaty. She never felt this way before, she didn't know whether to panic or just go with the flow. Somehow though she liked this feeling. She felt comfortable with this troll and she didn't want to let go of his hand.
"You're very welcome" said Branch. Their faces were so close, her eyes were so wonderful, her hands were so soft and her pink hair looked so silky. Their lips nearly met until the sound of a worried buzz made Poppy jump and pulled her hand away.
"Gah what was that!" she gasped, looking around to see where the buzzing noise came from.
"Oh sorry" said Branch "That's Buzzbee my bumble he doesn't like being left in one place for two long and he starts to panic" Branch explained.
"Then why didn't you say so!" Poppy giggled and pulled Branch outside, onto the window ledge. "Wow" Poppy breathed "He's beautiful."
"Do you wanna go for a spin?" Branch asked "It would be a good opportunity to get to know each other better" he shyly rubbed his arm.
"Are you serious!" said Poppy "Of course" and she pulled Branch over to Buzzbee and they both mounted onto him.
They took off slowly to make it easy for Buzzbee before he would go faster. "Hold on tight" said Branch and he and Poppy both yelled in excitement when Buzzbee went a lot faster. They went down to the surface of a river and Branch began to sing.
Branch
Let me be your wings
Let me be your only love
Let me take you far beyond the stars
Buzzbee leaned over on his side a bit so Poppy could see the water. Branch held her side while she skimmed her pink, soft hands across the water that was reflecting and sparkling from the moon. Buzzbee put them on a lily pad, where Branch and Poppy could dance with the moon as their spotlight.
Branch
Let me be your wings
Let me lift you high above
Everything we're dreaming of will soon be ours
Buzzbee then took the lovesick trolls over to a swan to ride on. The gaze that the two troll had with one another never left and their heart kept beating faster. Branch nearly jumped when he felt Poppy's arms go around him and hugged him tight. Branch's shocked face faded into a smiled and he kept on singing.
Branch
Anything that you desire
Anything at all
Every day I'll take you higher
And I'll never let you fall
They both then mounted onto Buzzbee again and they landed on a huge pumpkin and danced on its hard surface.
Branch
Let me be your wings
Leave behind the world you know
For another world of wondrous things
They jumped off the pumpkin and Buzzbee caught them and he circled round the pumpkin. They then flew away with Branch keeping Poppy close to him.
We'll see the universe
And dance on Saturn's rings
Fly with me and I will be your wings
They then flew above a troll child with her mother and they saw Branch and Poppy, singing and hugging. "She's gonna marry the troll prince, isn't she mama?" the child asked.
"Well, perhaps love" said the mother troll, while she and her daughter looked at the happy duo.
Branch and Poppy then stood on Buzzbee's back and carefully danced.
Branch
Anything that you desire
Anything at all
Poppy
Anything at all
When Branch heard Poppy sing, he was so happy and filled with so much joy that he never knew before. He took her in his arms and held her high.
Branch
Every day I'll take you higher
And I'll never let you fall
Branch then accidently dropped Poppy, he commanded Buzzbee to go after her and Branch caught her in his arms, bridal-style, while she fell with a casual look and an adorable smile.
Poppy
You will be my wings
Branch
Let me be your wings
Poppy
You will be my only love
Branch
Get ready for another world of wondrous things
Poppy
Wondrous things are sure to happen
Branch
We'll see the universe
And dance on Saturn's rings
They then landed on a Boat where two toads were looking at Poppy and listened to her beautiful voice. One toad was a female with a sleeveless shirt that looked like a small dress and wore black tights with blue high heels. She had, long, light pink hair and large pink lips. The other toad was a male and wore a pink hat and what looked like a pink circus suit. He was rather large and had a thin moustache. They both listened to Poppy's beautiful voice, but the male troll admired her hot pink hair, light pink skin and violet eyes. He was in serious love with her and didn't change how he felt about her.
Branch
Heaven isn't too far
Poppy
Heaven is where you are
She turned to the male toad, who was shocked that she spoke to him. Poppy sang this line to tell him that he'll find true love. But the toad thought about her.
Branch and Poppy
Stay with me and
Let me be your (Let you be my) wings
Branch and Poppy mounted Buzzbee again and Branch held Poppy high to the sky while she let her arms go limp and felt the wind against them.
Meanwhile, the two toads from the boat stood there with great big smiles. "Oh my goodness" said the female toad in a Spanish accent "Her voice is fantastica."
"Mama I love her" said the male toad with a dreamy, far-off look in eyes.
Branch took Poppy back to her castle and spun her round in his arms once Buzzbee touched the ledge from the window. "Oh Poppy" said Branch, still spinning her round and finally put her down. "Something happened to me tonight, something I don't want to forget" said Branch.
"Me neither" said Poppy "Do not forget me."
Branch then took off a ring off his finger and slid it onto Poppy's "Forget you not" he said. "I'll never forget you, never."
"Never, never" Poppy repeated.
Then Branch heard an elderly voice in the distance calling his name. "Branch!"
"Oh Grandma" Branch scoffed and then realisation stuck him "Wha… Grandma?!"
Branch then took Poppy into her room and Buzzbee tried to squeeze in too. "Branch, who are those trolls?" Poppy asked.
"They're the king and queen of the trolls and the only living relatives I have left, my grandparents" said Branch, finally squeezing Buzzbee out through the window in panic. "Can I see you tomorrow?" he asked "To meet them?"
"Wait" Poppy finally realised, what she should have noticed when Branch first came through that window, before they even kissed, before she had the best evening of her life. "You're grandparents are the king and queen" She yelled in a whispering fashion "Then you must be…tomorrow?" she said remembering Branch's question.
"Yes tomorrow" Branch blushed, so much that nearly all his blood went to his cheeks "Yes I'm the prince."
"Woah" said Poppy, trying to steady her breathing. Branch was the prince! Branch was someone that she nearly touched lips with! Branch was the….!
"Will you meet my grandparents?" Branch asked, interrupting her panicking thought.
"Branch!" Rosiepuff yelled again.
"Oh" Branch moaned silently under his breath to his grandma, who was still yelling his name. Branch got more worried, for if Poppy did say yes he wanted to introduce his grandparents tomorrow. "Please say you will."
"I...I…I" Poppy stammered. She never felt this way before and was the only person she felt this way about. Whenever he takes her hand her heart becomes all gooey like melted chocolate and whenever they danced or sing together, her heart starts to beat as fast as Buzzbee's wings. She then made her decision. "I will."
"You will" said Branch, his smile getting bigger by the second.
Poppy smiled with him, her panic disappearing and her happiness filling her bit by bit. "I will" she took his hands and hugged him "I will Prince Branch yes!" she cried happily as she hugged him
"Branch!" Rosiepuff yelled again. "Branch!" yelled Cyan but calmer than Rosiepuff's impatient yells.
"I gotta go" said Branch and headed to the opening of the window, feeling sad that he left her warm gaze.
Poppy looked out the window to see the other trolls and felt really excited. "Will they like me?" she wondered to Branch.
"Shh get down!" Branch chuckled, feeling that fuzzy feeling when he held her hand "Yes they'll love you especially my grandmother but let me talk with then first, tonight, and I'll see you again in the morning" Branch suggested.
Poppy felt excited. For once in her life she took a path that would lead down to an amazing fate. "Then you can meet my parents!" said Poppy.
"That's an amazing idea" said Branch happily. He was always known to love organising and was organising with someone that set a flame in his heart. That's what his grandfather Cyan said to him when Branch's mother met his father. "But please wait here until tomorrow" said Branch.
"And then we'll live happily ever after" said Poppy dreamily.
"For as long as our hearts content" Branch finished for her. He leaned in closer to her, his heart beating faster than it was before, he nearly felt shaky.
Poppy leaned in as well and felt a gentle squeeze on her hands from Branch. She didn't want to miss a kiss this time, even when they missed an opportunity and this perfect evening. But there lips nearly touched when he heard Cyan's yell
"Branch!" Cyan yelled again.
"Oh" Branch groaned, getting up and headed for the window opening. "Goodbye" he politely said to Poppy, his heart slightly near breaking from leaving Poppy.
Poppy rushed after him, hoping to wave him goodbye before he left. Luckily he just mounted Buzzbee and saw Poppy come out and didn't take off. "You won't forget to come back, will you" Poppy asked.
"Don't worry Poppy" said Branch lovingly "I'll always be there whenever you need me."
Just as they leaned in to touch lips again, Buzzbee tore off into the sky with Branch frantically waving his arm at Poppy, before Buzzbee was nothing but a small dot.
Poppy waved back, her heart being put back together after melting. She had done something she had only read in stories, fall in love. "Oh Branch" she smiled warmly. She went back inside and closed her window, forgetting to lock it, and tucked herself into bed. Later on that night though, while Barnabas and Poppy were sound asleep. The window opened and in leapt a toad in a pink cloak.
Well here is your worst nightmare, a cliff-hanger! *does evil laugh*. Please do not kill the people who might have blown holes in your ship on the way out. Nevertheless I really hope you enjoyed this chapter and the amount of Broppy in it eek! Anyway see you next time. Peace out.