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On with the story!

Back stage

"Branch! The lights won't turn on," A female bergen was pulling a lever repeatedly. Branch jumped onto the control board and looked at the lever. He looked to his left and saw some more buttons labeled lights.

"Aren't those the buttons?" Branch asked. The bergen turned her head to Branch, who was moving his head to where the light controls were.

"Oh, then what does this one do?" the bergen kept pulling the lever.

On stage

"Some….. One…. Help!" Guy Diamond was grabbing onto the the painted background that kept going up and down. He was adding glitter to the scenery but for some reason, it suddenly started to fly up and drop down" Im…. Gonna…. Fall!"

Back stage

"Stop pulling it," Branch used his hair to pull the bergens hand away.

On stage

The background finally dropped down but the ropes holding the board got loose, letting it fall forward.

"No no no no…" Guy Diamond continued to grab on for his dear life. The background then fell on top of Guy Diamond," ow."

Back stage

"Please, don't make any more mistakes," Branch jumped off the control board and made his way at another part of backstage," we're already 20 minutes late for dress rehearsal."

"Sorry, I'm in training," The girl told him.

"Training?" Branch stopped to ask her," Do even know what you're doing."

"Kinda," the bergen shrugged her shoulders,"We need Poppy."

"No we don't!" Branch told her in a firm tone," I promised Poppy everything will go as planned so she can have time with her father, and I'm keeping that promise."

"WE NEED MORE FIREFLIES!" a troll shouted back stage.

"What happen to the ones we have!?" Branch made his way to the voice.

"They flew away!" the male troll showed him a empty cage. Branch looked at the cage then at the piles of empty cages behind the troll.

"All of them?" Branch was hoping not.

"They looked cramped so I let them fly free for a while but then they started flying away," the troll explained. Branch couldn't believe it. First the smoke machines, then the lights, the tech girl doesn't know what she's doing and now the fireflies are gone. He smacked his face hard with his right hand in frustration. How does Poppy deal with these people?

Back on stage

"Who's.. . the genius…. In the tech room?!" Guy Diamond struggled to climb out from under the giant painting. He pulled his stuck body out even harder, causing him to slip out and trip. He sat himself up and shook his head until his blurry vision eventually became focused at the sight before him. Cooper was talking to Suki, who was on her caterpillar, making some music for the play. The two were eating lunch with each other. Guy Diamond became even more suspicion of this. Cooper was acting like a clown, well, more than usual. He kept looking away from the girl every time she talked" hmmmm, interesting."

"Guy Diamond!? You ok?" Biggie came on stage, helping the glittery troll up on his feet. Guy Diamond dusted himself off still keeping his gaze on the two in front," what are you looking at?"

"That," Guy Diamond pointed in front of him. Biggie looked where he was pointing. He saw Cooper blushing and struggling to talk to Suki.

"Is he ok?" Biggie asked, a bit worried for his buddy.

"Maybe," Guy Diamond rubbed his chin, thinking of why Cooper is acting so shy. Realization then smacked him in face," Ah ha!"

"What?" Biggie knew that Guy Diamond had an idea of what's going on.

( sing bold for action )

Guy Diamond walked closer to the edge of the stage, still looking at the two.

GUY DIAMOND

"There's something going on over there
I've been watching and he's obviously scared,
A nervous laugh when she talks to him,
The stuttering, the big goofy grin,"

He watched as Cooper started to nervously laugh and look down at his food.

"Gives a smile when she looks at him,
I smell the romance in the air
Making goo goo eyes over his food
He needs my help here in setting the mood"

( talk )

"Why?" Biggie asked.

"Because love is blind, everyone who says otherwise, They need to open their eyes!" Guy Diamond jumped on a rope and got pulled up.

( sing )

"He has to turn up the heat, He has to butter her up,
He has to make a move and not be afraid,
Reach for his goal, or fall in a hole,
He can't wait for a move to be made,"

Guy Diamond swung on the ropes until he did a flip and stuck the landing on a table on stage.

G. D

"He has to,"

BIGGIE

"has to"

G. D
"has to,"

BIGGIE

"has to"

BIGGIE AND G. D
"has to, has to, yeah"

Guy Diamond and Biggie started to jump around, from prop to prop.

G. D
"He has to make a move!
He has to make a move!"

BIGGIE

"He has to make a move
He has to make a move!"

G. D AND BIGGIE
"He has to make a move
He has to make a move, yeah"

The boys saw Cooper leave the D.J girl and headed to the stage. Guy Diamond ran to him with Biggie and they both pulled the troll backstage.

G. D

"You know I saw what just happened right now,"

Guy Diamond smiled at Cooper. He started to speak in a deep voice.

"But don't be ashamed, It's natural and very common,
I am right behind you buddy but you have got to tell her now,
What you are feeling deep down, you may not get another chance
So just go on now, just open up…."

( talk and scratch music )

" Yo man, You're creeping me out," Cooper felt uncomfortable with Guy Diamond talking like that.
" Just ask her out!" Guy Diamond pushed him back out.

( talk )

Cooper was now even more nervous, knowing that his two friends knew about his crush. He looked back at them, seeing them with their hands moving around, signaling for him to go on. He continued to walk to Suki.

"Oh he's going to do it!" Biggie cheered, holding Mr Dinkles tighter in excitement. Cooper slowly made it back to Suki.

"Back already?" She asked.

"I can't take this!" Guy Diamond almost squealed like a little girl.

"I…. Wanted to know…" Cooper struggled to get out.

"Uh huh!" Guy Diamond and Biggie excitedly waited.

"If…..um….. You can help me backstage," Cooper changed his question.

"Are you serious?!" Guy Diamond stomped his foot in frustration.

( sing )

Guy Diamond walked back on stage with Biggie. They watched as Suki followed Cooper backstage.

GUY DIAMOND

"He! Has to! make a move, He has to tell her here!
He has to believe he can and give it a try
The scene is set like a fairy tale!
With a sunset and a beautiful girl"

Biggie looked behind them

BIGGIE

"There is no sunset,"

Guy Diamond pulled down a background painting of a sunset with his hair. He then jumped on the top of the giant painting and sang.

GUY DIAMOND

"So he has to, has to
Has to, has to
Has to, has to, yeah!
"He has to make a move, he has to!"

Biggie started pulling ropes, making the stage light up and released the sparkles.

BIGGIE
"He has to make a move, he has to!

G. D AND BIGGIE

"He has to make a move, he has to!
He has to make a move
He has to make a move,"

GUY DIAMOND

"He has to use the sunset!
What a beautiful sunset, baby?"

BIGGIE

"It's fake!"

Guy Diamond kicked some red paint on Biggie.

GUY DIAMOND

"You got to imagine! Ok!"

Guy Diamond jumped off the painting, swung on the lights and landed on a table again.

"He has to give it a shot! Take aim in the night!
"Grab his fear by the horns and win the fight!"

Guy Diamond jumped off and slid on the stage by his knees.

"And get that girl! YEA!"

( end singing )

"GUY DIAMOND!" Branches voice boomed across the stage. All the lights got shut off and no more glitter was falling. An angry Branch, marched his way across the stage to where Guy Diamond was, still holding his pose. Branch stopped beside him, tapping his foot and crossing his arms.

"May I help you?" Guy Diamond asked still not moving from his pose.

"You just destroyed some of the lights and ropes by swinging on them, wasted a bunch of glitter, made the table legs loose, and destroyed one background!" Branch listed all the things he just did in 2 minutes. Guy Diamond finally moved from his pose and looked behind him at the background that fell before he sanged.

"That background one wasn't my fault!" Guy Diamond pointed out as he pointed his finger at it. Branch was trying his best to hold in his anger. He already had enough problems and he didn't want to deal with more.

"Clean…. This…. Up!" Branch growled through his teeth. He turned back around, walking back to backstage. The glitter troll looked around at the stage, seeing the mess he indeed just made. He didn't even realize that he broke some tables by jumping on them, or maybe that was Biggie. Who ever it was, he was the one who started to sing and dance. Guy Diamond sighed in exhaustion, just thinking about all the cleaning he had to do. Only to make things worse, the background of the sunset fell forward, behind him, as as well. Guy Diamond rolled his eyes and head, catching his head on his right hand.

At a restaurant

Poppy and Peppy were waiting in line, inside the indian restaurant they planned to eat at.

"Sorry for being late again dad," Poppy apologized for the fifth time.

"It's alright Poppy," Peppy patted his daughter's back to comfort her," You had a busy day. Helping with the farm, making deliveries with Copper, preparing for the play and on top of it all, you had to do story time for the kids again."

"Story time!?" Poppy suddenly tensed up in shock. Her eyes went wide and her mouth was quivering. She had to do story time with the kids at King Gristles castle for an hour, and she still hadn't shown up for it!

"Poppy? You ok dear," Peppy worried about his daughter. She stood still like a statue, not blinking or even breathing in air," Poppy speak to me!"

Peppy shook the pink troll. Poppy snapped out of her shock before pulling out her planner. She flipped it to todays date and read it.

"Story time is tomorrow, isn't it?" Poppy read her planner.

"You changed it to today at the afternoon because you had to investigate on the bergens complaints about their homes being… Haunted," Peppy put quotes over the word haunted. For a week, the bergens have been seeing shadows and things were being knocked down and moved.

"That's right!" Poppy stuffed her planner back into her hair," Can we have dinner tonight? I need to go to King Gristles castle for story time."

"Of course you do," Peppy sighed. His daughter has been busy for weeks now, all this planning for the Valentines play, dance and light show, has really gotten to her," But don't you have a date with Branch tonight?"

"I canceled that so we could spend more time together, well….. Branch canceled it," Poppy admitted. She was still disappointed she had to leave Branch tonight.

"Then you have my permission to leave," Peppy let her go. Poppy sighed in relief. She wrapped her arms around her father, giving him an embrace.

"Thanks for understanding dad," Poppy let go and started to make her way to the exist," meet you back here tonight at seven ok?!"

"Ok Poppy!" Peppy waved goodbye to his little princess. Poppy ran out, chasing and shouting at a cab that just passed by. Peppy walked out of line, existing as well," My Poppy is growing up so fast."

He sounded sad, of course he would. Poppy has been spending less time with him, ever since they moved into bergen town, became queen and started dating Branch. His time with Poppy was extremely rare.

At the Garden theater

"BRANCH! THE LIGHTNING EFFECTS WON'T WORK!" The tech bergen cried out from the room.

"I'LL BE THERE IN AWHILE!" Branch cried out. He was busy with the two leading stars of the play.

" Don't you think I'm a better choice for Cupid!?" A girl troll wasn't happy with being cast as Anti Cupid.

"Look girls, I wasn't the one who casted you ok, ask Fuzzbert," Branch has been dealing these girls for at least 10 minutes.

"Fuzzbert told us to see the assistant, which is Poppy but since Poppy put you in charge, you have to deal with this girl!" The girl playing Cupid told him.

"Excuse me!" The girl playing Anti Cupid turned to the other girl," He has to deal with us! Not just me!"

"You're the one who wants to play Cupid so badly!"

"BRANCH WHAT DOES THIS BUTTON DO!?" the tech girl pulled a lever that made the sprinklers of the garden start to water the garden. The trolls and bergens who were decorating the garden started screaming and running away.

"TURN IT OFF!" Branch ran to the tech room.

"Hey, we're not done with you!" The girl playing Anti Cupid shouted angrily at Branch.

"Turn off the sprinklers!" Branch came barging into the room.

"I don't know how!" the tech girl was pushing and pulling random things.

"Didn't they teach you how to use this!?" Branch jumped on the control board.

"My teacher was too busy to show me!" The tech girl told him.

"Why!?"

"She went on a date!"

"You have a bad teacher!" Branch told the girl. What kind of teacher would leave a tech girl in training at a professional job?

"I know! That's what I keep telling her!" the girl said. Branch rolled his eyes and looked at the control board.

"Why on earth is the sprinkling system attach to this anyways!?" Branch wondered.

On stage.

"The water is ruining the speakers!" DJ Suki was trying to move all the cables away from the sprinklers reach.

"You're telling me!?" Cooper was pulling a blanket over the lunch table," The food is all soggy now!"

"Turn it off!" Guy Diamond cried out to the tech room.

"We're trying!" Branch yelled. Finally, Branch found the right lever to pull. The sprinklers went back down, making the rain of water stop. The crew sighed in relief. There was then another explosion backstage, scaring everyone.

"What happened?!" Biggie got scared and held onto Mr Dinkles tight.

"The speakers caught on fire!" Suki ran off stage.

"Oh come on!" Branch smacked his head repeatedly," the things I do for Poppy!"

King Gristles castle

"Where is the queen?" a little bergen girl asked. Poppy was 20 minutes late for story time.

"I'm here!" Poppy came into the room running like her life was coming to an end," Don't worry, I'm here! Just in time!"

"Actually you're twenty minutes late!" a troll girl raised her hand.

"Yes, that I am, but I'm here now and ready to tell you all a story!" Poppy cheered. She jumped to the middle of the circle carpet and sat down, surrounded by children," So, who brought a book today?"

"You did," a bergen boy pointed at her.

"Me?!" Poppy pointed to herself and asked. All the children nodded yes.

"You said you were bringing a story for us today," a bergen girl said.

"Oh, I did?" Poppy pulled out her planner again and checked," Yikes, I did, well…. Um."

Poppy looked up at all the children surrounding her. She had completely forgotten that she was suppose to bring a book. She had to think something, and fast. Then she remembered.

"Have you children heard about the Legend of Valentine's Day?" Poppy asked the kids. The children mumbled in interest and shook their heads no," Here I go then… Once Upon a time, there were two princesses. The youngest was named Femi and the oldest was Edna. The two were as close as sisters can be…"

At a castle in the forest

A pink troll and a older yellow troll were making a fort in the garden. They couldn't be any older that 6 to 8.

They were inseparable as kids.

"Edna look!" The pink troll pointed. The yellow troll, Edna, looked where she pointed and saw a white swan on the lake," It's so beautiful!"

"It is, you know, Swans represent true love because they mate for life," Edna told her sister.

"Awe! I love love!" Femi sighed in happiness.

"Me too," Edna smiled sweetly at her sister.

"Do you ever dream of finding a prince who'll love you back forever?" Femi asked her older sister.

"Ew no, Your love is the only love I need, why do I want some spoiled princes love," Edna playfully put her disgusted face on making Femi laugh. Femi jumped on top of her sister and gave her a tight hug.

"I love you Edna!" Femi told her.

"I love you too," Edna held her sister.

"Promise me you'll always love me," Femi snuggled with her sister even more.

"I promise I'll never stop loving you, Femi," Edna gave a kiss to her younger sister's head.

"And I promise I'll always love you," Femi hugged her tighter.

Yep, these two did everything together. They went to movies, cooked, played, cleaned and most of all, give out gifts to the whole kingdom on Valentine's Day. Every year, the girls would mail chocolates, cards, candy and whatever they can think of. But with time comes change, and with change comes problems.

There was a knock on the door and a full grown Edna answered it. A charming young man was standing outside with a bouquet of 13 roses.

"Happy 7th anniversary honey," The troll hugged Edna.

"Thank you sweety," Edna hugged the green troll back. She took notice of the roses," For me?"

"Who else is the star of my life?" The troll handed her the roses. Edna smelled the sweet scent and sighed in a loving way," shall we?"

The green troll signaled the future queen to join him.

"Let me just put these in my room. Come on in," Edna welcomed her lover into the castle. She walked up the stairs to her room, running into a 20 year old Femi," Femi, How's my precious little sister?"

"Good, Who was at the door?" Femi asked.

"Abigor , he came to take me on date night tonight, remember?" Edna told her.

"Oh yea," Femi smiled kindly at Edna. Edna walked away to her room across the hall. Femi watched her take a turn, and the moment she could no longer see her sister, she sprinted down the stairs to where the boy was.

"Femi," Abigor was over joyed to see the pink troll.

"Abigor! " Femi ran into his arms and gave him a loving embrace.

"Hows my love doing?" Abigor asked the princess.

Wait! Hold on a minute!

Back to reality

"I thought that Abigor guy was in love with Edna?" A little troll boy interrupted the story.

"The sad news is that Edna is the future queen, meaning who she marries will be king, and Abigor was in love with Femi," Poppy explained.

"So, Abigor is only with Edna cause Edna is going to be queen?" a bergen girl asked in shock.

"Sad but true," Poppy nodded yes," Every family has it's secrets. Let's continue."

Back to the story

"When are you going to tell Edna the truth about us?" Femi asked the boy.

"Honey, you know I can't," Abigor planted a kiss on Femis head," We have to wait after Edna and I are married."

"Abigor, you know I don't need to become queen for me to be happy," Femi told him.

"But you deserve it, no one on earth will be a better queen than you," In reality, Abigor was the one who wanted to be king, Femi was just a bonus for him.

"But how do you plan to make Edna step down from the throne?" Before Abigor can answer his love, he heard Edna's steps coming down stairs. He pushed Femi away from him and straighten himself up.

"Ready my sweet?" He asked the yellow troll.

"Yes," Edna hooked her arm around his and left the castle. Femi stayed at the doors, watching her loved ones leave together. She knew what she was doing could hurt Edna very badly, but Femi loved Abigor more than she has ever loved for anyone else in her life. She had to find a way to tell Edna. A way that she won't have to see her older sister suffer.

The wedding day

It was a sunny and gorgeous winter morning. Edna was wearing her white gown, along with a purple veil, shielding her face and back. She sat on her yellow sheets that laid on her bed, brushing her hair with her black hair brush. She was very excited. Her love for her finance was strong and pure. She couldn't imagine herself without him.

"Princess Edna?!" A maid was knocking on her door.

"Come in!" the yellow troll told her. The maid came in with a red envelope.

"This came for you," She gave the letter to Edna. Edna took the letter and opened it. She saw it was from her sister. Most of the time, Edna would be smiling in joy and filled with enthusiasm when her sister sends her something, but this time, it was different. Edna couldn't believe what she was reading. There was more as well, pictures and cards.

At the wedding venue

The clouds began to close in on the sunrays. The wind started to pick up and cover the guest with it's frozen feeling.

"Why isn't Edna here yet?!" Abigor was getting tired of waiting. Femi stayed quiet, sitting in her yellow dress. She knew after what she told her sister, she wouldn't show up. For hours, the wedding was placed on hold until a boom of thunder released the rain. Everyone evacuated back home, leaving the venue. Femi ran back to her castle with Abigor behind her.

"What happened to your sister!?" Abigor was obviously upset. He ripped off his black rose from his tux and threw it away. Femi didn't say anything to him, she instead ran up the stairs and searched for her sister.

"Edna!?" Femi opened the door to her sister's room, but it was empty and a mess. Things were thrown to the ground and mirrors were broken," Ednad!?"

Femi ran into the room and desperately searched for her sister, but all she found was a red letter with love letters scattered all over it. Femi picked them up, recognizing them as the letters that Abigor wrote to Femi. The pictures were her and Abigor together on date nights. Femi knew it, Edna was gone, but where did she go. Femi didn't want this. She wanted to let Edna down as gently as she can. A way for Femi not to see Edna suffer, but it was too late. Edna had left, and Femi started to feel the guilt build on top of her chest.

Back to reality

"Poor Femi, she never wanted to hurt Edna but she couldn't help the way she felt for Abigor," The children were all focus on every word that Poppy said," Edna stayed hidden from her kingdom for years! Meaning Femi took the position of Queen with Abigore by her side. On Edna's twenty fifth birthday, she looked up at the moon and wished out loud, and I quote, May the world feel what I feel! The betrayal I had to face and the burning pain I'm suffering!"

The room filled with gasps of horror.

"That's a mean wish," A little boy troll comment. Poppy nodded her head yes before continuing. She stood up so she can walk around a bit.

"How ever! On Femis twenty third birthday, she wished to the stars that she wanted to spread love to the world. May they feel what I feel, what I use to feel, love!"

"Awe!" the room cooed.

"So, Because Femi forgave and died happily with her heart filled with love, she became what we now know as Cupid! But! When Edna died with all that hate in her heart, her spirit became a prisoner of hate! She became the opposite of Cupid,"

"Anti Cupid?!" A boy bergen raised his hand.

"Correct," Poppy pointed over at the boy," Cupid now lives in the land of Love, while Anti Cupid lives in the Pit of Heartbreak, and every year, the two spirits are free to roam the earth at the start of February and go back home to their worlds on February fifteenth."

"What do they do?!" A little troll girl eagerly waited for an answer.

"Cupid of course, spreads love while Anti Cupid spreads hate," Poppy sat next to that little girl.

"But February is in three days!" A little bergen boy brought into the conversation.

"A reason we must keep loving the trolls and bergens around us, Anti Cupid feeds off of hate and takes advantage of the weak hearted," Poppy explained.

"Is there any way to stop Anti Cupid?" the little troll girl next to her asked.

"Yes, for thousands of years, the Land of Love have been waiting for a prophecy to be full filled," Poppy started to explain," One day, a team of heroes who are strong enough to defeat the leader of hate, will come into the Land of Love on a beast they've tamed and defeat all the hate in the Pit of Hate!"

"Who are the heros?" a bergen boy asked. Poppy shrugged her shoulders.

"We don't know, but they do have a description of what they are like, One hero has experienced dark days and knows pain, One hero was born to lead, One hero brings music, One unique hero, brings happiness and sweets to children, One hero, no one sees, One who shines like the stars, Two who have an inseparable bond, One who has a delicate heart, And finally, one whose strength is a gift," Poppy explained.

"Wow," the children were very impressed with the myth.

"Is this story true?" another bergen boy asked.

"No one knows, no one has ever seen Cupid or Anti Cupid, but sometimes, seeing isn't believing because the realest things in the universe, are the things you can't see," Poppy quoted Fuzzberts play. The kids clapped in joy and cheered.

"Amazing story Queen Poppy!" A troll boy shouted

"Thank you," Poppy took a bow.

"Excuse me," Bridget came into the room," some parents have arrived to pick up their kids."

The children all got up and ran out the door cheering. Bridget pressed her back against the door, getting out of the childrens way.

"The kids had a good time?" Bridget asked the queen.

"Yep, and hopefully learned a little something as well," Poppy smiled.

End of chapter! Wow this one took me time. I was originally going to tell the Valentine's story in a play but this worked better. The song I used this time has the rhythm to " Make a Move" in Shrek the Musical. And I also like to say something. Have you guys been keeping an eye out for symbolism. I've studied symbolism before and decided to add that in a story. Let me give you an example. In this chapter, Edna was wearing a purple veil, the color purple has many meanings and one meaning is transformation, and that is what happened to her. She changed for the worse. Just wanted to give you a heads up. I'll mostly use colors, flowers, or numbers and seasons. Hope you enjoyed and see you next time.