EEK! Chapter 3 is here! Thank you so much for the support I've been having it really help me. So please enjoy this chapter and review. PS sorry I didn't get this out sooner, I've been really busy.
Poppy woke up, her eyelids were heavy and it felt like her muscles gave out on her a bit. That's what I get when I fight someone with magic she thought to herself.
Branch woke up and stretched, ignoring his headache and weak muscles as he looked over at Poppy. He decided to make her some breakfast since she was so tired. He quietly climbed out of bed, put on his vest and tiptoed to the kitchen, so soundless you could hear the other side of the village.
He got out some pancake ingredients, eggs and bacon. He wanted to make a breakfast his Grandma used to make for him. They were called pancake smiley's, because the pancakes were the face, the eggs were the eyes and the bacon was the mouth.
Poppy woke up a few minutes later, feeling a little bit better but had a small headache but nothing too serious. She felt a delicious scent go up her nose and she eagerly got up and went to the kitchen. She smiled when she came downstairs and saw Branch cooking for her. "Good morning handsome" she flirted.
Branch grinned when she kissed his cheek and then went to sit down. "How are you feeling?" he asked hoping, she felt better than he did.
"Not good" she groaned, rubbing her temples.
Branch frowned, while he finished up making breakfast and put the pancake smiley's in a plate. "Let me bring you this is bed babe" said Branch.
Poppy blushed at what he called her and went back upstairs into their bedroom. She snuggled up with Branch while she ate her mouth-watering, delicious meal while he read book with his arm round her side.
When Poppy finished her meal, she jumped of bed and changed into her blue dress, put her hair in a casual ponytail, brushed her teeth and dragged Branch out the door when he had just finished brushing his teeth.
Before they left, Branch took a breakfast, oatmeal bar so he wouldn't be hungry before lunchtime.
Dr Winter's pod peeled open in front of Poppy and Branch and they rushed inside. Poppy saw Brianna squirming in her crib and when she saw Poppy, she began cooing with happiness to see her. Poppy picked up Brianna and put her in her baby blanket and kissed her forehead.
Branch signed a paper with Dr Winter and the new happy family walked out of the pod. "Can I hold her?" Branch asked, holding his arms out.
"Sure" said Poppy and she gently put Brianna in Branch's arms as he admired the tiny infant. Poppy smiled, her heart was melting into sticky goo that clung to her and formed back into her heart.
Poppy and Branch went to the park, where they had the picnic before they found Brianna. They sat on the fluffy grass and Poppy leaned into Branch's side while stroking Brianna's hand.
The snack pack arrived a few minutes later and instantly rushed over to Brianna. "Can I hold her" asked Satin. "No I wanna hold her" said Smidge in her low, gruff man-like voice. "Honestly you are all acting like children" Biggie stated, putting his hand on his hip while the other held Mr Dinkles "I should hold her" he said.
Branch and Poppy laughed and rolled their eyes. "I think Jason should hold her first, since he helped us last night" said Poppy.
"But he's not here, so…" DJ Suki started until they all heard the running of feet enter the area.
Jason ran the group surrounding the new family. "I'm here, WHERE'S THE BABY!" Jason yelled playfully. "I NEED THE BABY" he continued.
"Dang it" DJ Suki murmured under her breath.
Branch laughed as he handed Brianna, carefully, into Jason's arms.
Jason took in Brianna and her tiny figure as she looked at him, her eyes wide with curiosity. She was such a beautiful sight to behold. "Okay goodbye" he joked as he pretended to get up and run away with her.
"Hey!" Branch laughed as Jason put Brianna back in his arms. Everyone laughed at the funny little stunt that Jason pulled and took turns to hold Brianna as she held a tight grasp on their fingers.
Biggie went to a small café that sold grilled cheese and bought one of each for everyone.
"Oh shoot!" hissed Branch. "I forgot Brianna's bottle" he remembered.
"Don't worry, I'll go get it" said Poppy.
Branch kissed Poppy's cheek and helped her up from the ground. "See you in a bit" said Branch and then heard the sound of Brianna's whimpers, coming from his arms "You might wanna hurry".
Poppy ran back to the tree, went to the kitchen and retrieved Brianna's bottle. When Poppy put one foot outside, her father appeared in front of her.
"Poppy why didn't you tell me I was a grandfather?" he asked.
Poppy jumped, nearly dropping the bottle and cleared her throat "Sorry I didn't tell you any sooner Daddy, but things were quite rushed when we found Brianna in the first place".
"I see" he realised "Can I meet her" he asked.
Poppy smiled and took his hand "Of course" she said and led him back to the snack pack. When she got back she saw Jason work on some kind of invention. Brianna was definitely into the machine since she was carefully held by Branch and she sometimes lightly batted the small mechanic.
"Oh Poppy she's gorgeous" said Peppy proudly. Branch carefully put Brianna in Peppy's arms and he marvelled over the small new-born. "You have no idea how proud I am right now, I don't even care that she's human, I love her so much".
Brianna then reached her arms out for her mother and Poppy gratefully accepted her into her arms.
Poppy put the tip of the bottle into Brianna's mouth and she gulped down the milk with great speed.
"Now Poppy it's time to be serious" said Peppy "What happened last night?" he asked.
Poppy gulped. She knew her father was one of the biggest worriers in the world. Nevertheless, she took a deep breath and began to tell him everything. "You see dad" she began "A long time ago there was two sisters and one of them turned evil and was a magical immortal. The other sister told her husband to go raise her family and he did. Centuries went by and Brianna was born and it's Brianna's destiny to defeat Madison and that's why Madison came to troll town to kill her." Poppy gasped, needing the air.
Peppy just looked at her, amazed at all the words that she said.
"And Madison's the sister of Minerva" Poppy added.
"I see" said Peppy "In that case, there's something I need to tell you to". He rubbed his temples and spoke again "Me and some other trolls will be looking for the place that caused that grey wind yesterday".
Poppy gasped "But Daddy, aren't you a little old?" Poppy asked with worry.
Peppy laughed and held his daughter's hand "My age won't stop me, I've still got a mighty punch left in me".
This was true. Peppy was the strongest elderly trolls to have ever lived in the village. Poppy smiled at her beloved father and gasped when a branch grew from a tree appeared behind Jason.
"What?" Jason asked "Have I got something in my teeth?"
Poppy didn't say anything but point over his shoulder, her mouth open in pure amazement. Jason turned around and shrieked when he saw the branch.
"Help us somebody please! We're going to die! Madison is back!" Jason screamed and yelled a few other things while he had his panic attack.
Poppy then saw Brianna in Branch's arms, her little fingers wiggling with white, magical sensation flowing through her fingers. "Branch look" she whispered into Branch's ear, pointing at Brianna.
Branch then turned his head away from the branch and looked at Poppy, then to Brianna. When he saw that she was the one performing the magic on the branch, he tried to stifle his laughter that was building up inside of him. "Dude" he said to Jason, deciding it would be fair to tell him. No matter how funny it was.
Jason stopped screaming and felt embarrassed when Branch pointed to Brianna's fingers. "Oh, I knew that, I was just joking" said Jason in a fake, cool voice. He looked at the branch next to him and pushed it away. "So anyways" said Jason, desperate to change the subject after that embarrassing moment "If you're wondering where I'm staying while I'm here, well I'll be staying with Satin and Chenille."
Satin squealed with delight and fell onto the ground, while her blue sister rolled her eyes at her twin and mouthed "Help me" to the others.
Everyone laughed at what happened, until Poppy looked around but couldn't see Biggie anywhere. "Wait" said Poppy "Where's Biggie?"
Everyone shrugged and turned their heads in different directions. "Hey guys!" said a bubbly voice. Everyone sighed in relief when they saw their chubby friend running towards them with a book in his hands.
"I just went to the book shop to pick up a book for the little one" said Biggie and showed them the small book he held in his hands.
Poppy took the book from his hands and read the title. "Oh this was my favourite story when I was little" she said.
"What book is it?" Branch asked.
Poppy stared at him with her mouth open "You're telling me that you never read 'Thumbelina'" she gasped.
"No, is it good" Branch asked again. Brianna started wriggling in Branch's arms, getting a bit fussy. "Maybe you should start reading it to her, I think she might want a story" Said Branch, rocking the small new-born in his arms.
Poppy sat beside Branch and opened the colourful book. "Once upon time there was a woman who wished for a child to call her own…" Poppy began.
Brianna stopped fussing and took interest in the words she heard.
Branch also enjoyed the story as well and closed his eyes, while still holding onto Brianna; he listened to the beautiful story.
When they weren't looking, Jason took out his phone from his survival kit and took a picture but forgot that he had the flash on. Poppy, Branch and the rest of the snack pack looked at him with strange looks on their faces. "Sorry" Jason apologised "I just wanted a picture of you three because you looked so cute."
"What is that you're holding?" Poppy asked, dropping the book and went over to Jason.
"Oh it's just a phone" he said, putting it on the ground so everyone could see it.
"And it made some kind of light?" said Branch, holding a calm Brianna in his arms while looking at the flat mechanic.
"Oh that's just the camera" said Jason, and he pressed the home button and swiped left "Oh look away please, I need to put in my password." Everyone looked away while Jason put in some numbers and smiled when his screen changed and showed some flat boxes. "You can look now." Everyone looked in wonder at the strange machine.
"What even is the purpose of this thing?" Biggie asked.
Jason gasped and fell onto the ground, still gasping like Biggie did something unforgivable. He then sat back up again with a shocked look on his face "You poor soul" he murmured. Jason then showed everyone all the apps he had on his phone, while everyone gawked at him in surprise. After Jason showed his phone to everyone, Poppy started to read to Brianna again. A group of school children then walked into the area with a ball and started to play football. They immediately stopped playing as soon as they saw little Brianna in her father's arms.
They ran up to Branch a series of 'awes' came from their mouths. Brianna might not be a troll but she was certainly adorable. "Can I hold her?" asked a troll boy. Branch remembered him from yesterday. He threw the Frisbee at him by accident and had bet him at football. "Of course you can" Branch smiled, he stood up and gently put Brianna in the child's arms. The boy ran the back of his hand down Brianna's sleeping face. Her eyes opened up and her eyes were darting all over the place. She began breathing heavily until Branch came into view and she calmed right down. "She really is a daddy's girl" Branch smiled and put out his finger to Brianna and she gently grabbed, her small eyes focusing on her blue-skinned father.
Poppy then walked up to Branch and he gently grabbed her side and pulled her towards him. "You've made me the proudest troll alive Poppy" said Branch.
"Well I guess that's because I'm that awesome" Poppy teased, resulting with Branch gently pressing his lips on her neck. They both then looked down at the tiny new-born. Branch then couldn't hold it in anymore and began to sing.
Branch
How does a moment last forever?
How can a story never die?
It is love we must hold onto
Never easy, but we try
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to Branch. They loved hearing his voice flowing through the village, especially when Poppy would join in with him.
Branch
Sometimes our happiness is captured
Somehow our time and place stand still
Love lives on inside our hearts
And always will
He gently took Poppy's hand and she took herself off the ground and started to dance with Branch in a slow waltz.
Branch
Minutes turn to hours
Days to years, then gone
But when all else has been forgotten
Still our song lives on
Poppy smiled at him and sang the next part for him, her voice then turned into a voice of millions of angels.
Poppy
Maybe some moments weren't so perfect
Maybe some memories not so sweet
But we have to know some bad times
For our lives are incomplete
Then when the shadows overtake us
Just when we feel all hope is gone
We'll hear our song, and know once more
Our love lives on
Branch then tightened his grip on Poppy's hands and they spun round slowly. He then kept one of his hands in Poppy's and put the other round her waist. Poppy did the same put her other hand on Branch's shoulder. Memories then flooded back to five months ago when Branch visited Poppy's dreams and they both shared a special dance.
Poppy and Branch
How does a moment last forever?
How does our happiness endure?
Through the darkest of our troubles
Love is beauty, love is pure
Love pays no mind to desolation
It flows like a river through the soul
Protects, perceives and perseveres
And makes us whole
Minutes turn to hours
Days to years, then gone
But when all else has been forgotten
Still our song lives on
How does a moment last forever?
When our song lives on
The children then handed Brianna back to her parents and Poppy took her gently in her arms. "It's time for mommy to spend time with you little one" said Poppy and she booped Brianna's nose, making Brianna's blink a few times in confusion.
Hours went by and the sky started to turn pink and a few stars started to show their beauty. Branch and Poppy said their goodbyes to their friends and went back to the royal tree. Poppy and Branch had finished their dinner and gave Brianna her bottle, while Branch read her a story. After Brianna finished her bottle, Poppy changed her into a light pink onesie with a dark pink heart on it. Branch put a pacifier in Brianna's mouth and placed her in her crib in both Poppy and Branch's room. Poppy changed into pink, dotted pyjamas and Branch changed into some shorts and was shirtless. They climbed into their bed and fell asleep. They had barely reached the dream world, until sounds of crying woke them up and saw Brianna in her crib, wriggling and tears falling down her face.
"I've got it" Poppy said, groggily. She rubbed her eyes, yawned and took Brianna and smelt a foul stench from her diaper. Poppy groaned and quickly took Brianna to the changing table they set up. Poppy undressed Brianna and held her nose when she opened her diaper. "I guess someone made a large stinky" she teased and quickly changed her diaper. After changing Brianna into a nice clean diaper, Poppy gently put her back into her back into her crib and went back into bed.
Barely an hour passed when Brianna's crying filled the room. "My turn" said Branch and he walked over Brianna's crib and picked her up. "Poppy did you change her diaper last time?" he asked.
"Yes" Poppy murmured into her pillow.
"Thanks" said Branch and he went to the kitchen to make Brianna a bottle. After he finished making it, he put the tip of it into Brianna's mouth and she started to drink it, slowly but surely. After she finished drinking it, Branch decided to put her pacifier in her mouth to help her sleep and put her back into her crib, while she drifted off to sleep. Branch then climbed back into bed and held Poppy close to him. Two hours later, Brianna started crying again and Poppy went over to her and put Brianna onto the changing table.
Poppy opened her diaper and sighed in relief when she saw it wasn't a big one this time "Thank goodness" said Poppy and quickly changed her diaper and put Brianna back into her crib. Poppy barely reached her bed when Brianna started crying again. Poppy picked her up, sat on the edge of her bed and started to rock Brianna, hoping she would get some rest. After Brianna settled down, Poppy went over to her crib and put her back down. After she put her down though, Brianna started crying again. Poppy picked her up again and started to rock her again; hoping that the new-born's eyelids would close. Branch went over to Poppy and guided her to the edge of the bed, where they both sat down together. "Why won't she just fall asleep" Poppy moaned.
Branch shrugged and held Brianna's small hand. His tired brain brainstormed as hard as it could, until he finally came up with an idea. He scooped Brianna into his arms and climbed into bed with her.
"Branch what are you-" Poppy started, but stopped when Brianna was finally quiet.
"She was just lonely" said Branch and patted Poppy's side of the bed.
Poppy smiled and climbed into the soft comforter and the three of them finally drifted off to sleep.
In a cave
Somewhere deep in the forest, Madison woke up inside the darkest cave she could find. She frowned at what that stupid teenager did to her and started a make a vow. "I will kill that child, no matter what consequences will come to me; the world will bow before me."
Wow, that was dark. I am so sorry about the delay, I've been really busy and I promise I will get the next chapter up but while you wait, you can check out my 'Poppylina' story while I write these other chapters. Anyway peace out!