It's here! Chapter 3! Thank you to all who are reading! Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it. And hope you all survive the sales. Like Black Friday.
Shapira Winters - Thanks! I can relate too. Except I'm Branch and my little sister is Poppy. We share a room and her stuff keep getting on my side. I secretly give some of her things away without her knowing…. Don't tell my sister.
TAP DANCING GIRAF - Oh I do have a lot of adventures for them to face…. And I do mean a lot. Each chapter will hold one.
Jpbake - Yea one thing I like about making original AUs is that you don't need to worry about casting a character and have it end up OOC. You can just write the part for that specific character. Thanks for the compliment!
Reby Montana - hmmmm I feel like you'll get more questions than answers in this chapter. But all answers will be revealed by the end of this story.
Well here we go! This took me 3 full days to type! But it's done! Haha
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Poppy was flat on the ground, moaning and groaning in pain. She fluttered her eyes open to see the bright sun in the clear blue sky.
"How…. How did I get outside?" Poppy mumbled. She slowly sat up and took a look at her surroundings. Her eyes lit up in surprise and shock. She gasped at the sight of the town she was in. The road that she was laying down on was colored with all the colors on the rainbow. Put together in one mosaic pattern. The buildings had a glittering glow. Gardens were overflowing with flowers and trees. Above her were exotic looking birds flying past what appeared to be trolls with wings.
"Fairies?" Poppy gapsed. She stood up on her feet to walk around as well. Above the sky, a few female trolls with glimmering wings flew down to the ground and hid their wings. They walked by a store that was completely made of candy. The pillars were peppermint holding up a chocolate roof. The walls were gram crackers smeared with frosting. In great awe, Poppy walked up to the place and took a closer look. The sign above were hard candy letters spelling out " GingerBread Store!"
"Interested in a free sample?" Poppy heard a voice below her. She looked down to see a troll shaped gingerbread man. He held up a tray of s'mores.
"Thank you," Poppy gladly accepted and continued to explore. Everywhere she looked, there was a surprise. A glass house, towers over 40 feet high decorated with healthy bright plants. Even the transportation was different. Carriages with little colorful bugs pulling them. Flying carpets raced passed her, tiny little mice like bugs scurried across her feet," What is this place?"
Poppy smiled in bright glee.
"Welcome to the Fairytale Kingdom!" She heard a voice from a store. She looked to see a magic mirror on a window display talking," Where all your favourite fairytales live in one big happy family, ruled by no other than our mighty King Midas!"
The mirror showed a picture of a gold glitter troll with thick gloves on," He brought this place together. A place where everyone is happy and no Forbidden Tales."
"What's a Forbidden Tale?" Poppy asked out loud.
"A Forbidden Tale is a character from a story that was thrown away or a deleted character from a story," The mirror explained," You see, when an author comes up with an idea, it doesn't always work out, so they throw it away. Beware and keep your eyes open for the Forbidden Tales. They are dangerously filled with envy and will do anything to get a story."
Poppy then fell back in surprise when an arrow was shot by her head and landed on a nearby target.
"Apologies my lady," she heard auto tune voice say. She looked ahead to see a glittering gray troll with his hair tucked under a green hat. He wore a green shirt and pants with a bag of arrows hanging on his back. He walked up to Poppy and took back his arrow," I did not see you there."
"Oh, no I'm sorry. I should've been looking where I was going," Poppy apologized," I was just so enchanted by this place."
"Really?" the troll asked with a hint of worry," You haven't seen this place before?"
"No," Poppy shook her head no," But it sure is magical!"
"Yes, that it is…" The troll paused for moment to think,"... Which story are you from?"
"Story?" Poppy repeated in confusion," what does that mean?"
"Oh boy…" the troll seemed to have worry dumped on him. He straighten up and smiled,"... Are you a part of any story at all? Like Cinderella? The little Mermaid?... From a princess to a peasant?"
"I am a princess!" Poppy chimed," Princess Poppy of the Rainbow Kingdom. Where all trolls and bergens live happily!"
"I see. Never heard of such a place but it sounds nice," The troll held out his hand for a shake. Poppy gladly took it with a smile," I'm Guy Diamond by the way. Or you may know me as my more famous name, Robin Hood!"
"Robin Hood!?" Poppy squealed," I absolutely love your story!"
"Thanks, always nice to meet a fan, now I think it's time I took you away from this place before anyone sees you," Guy Diamond held the girl's hand and started taking her away.
"Away? But this place is amazing! Fairies! Talking candy! Princesses!" Poppy then took in a big gasp of delight," I'm inside my fairytale book!"
"Your what?" Guy Diamond repeated. Suddenly there was a big crash in a nearby store.
"Get her!" A store manager shouted. A girl covered with a dark cloth ran out the door and made a run for it. The manager ran out and pointed at her," She's a Forbidden!"
"Oh no," Guy Diamond sighed. He pushed Poppy aside and behind a bush," Stay hidden."
"Wait!" Poppy was about to say something.
"I'll be back for you, don't worry," Guy Diamond assured her. He ran off after the girl who was running away. Poppy jumped out of hiding only to be pushed back in when a bunch of soldiers came running by. Poppy came back to her feet and followed them. She wanted to see what was going on. Across the streets, the mysterious troll was running at full speed in attempts to escape.
"Get back here!" Guy Diamond shouted at her. The girl passed by some stores. She grabbed a shelf of fruit and tipped it over to slow down the trolls. Guy Diamond swiftly jumped over it while the rest tripped and fell. Poppy carefully stepped over everything and continued to follow. The girl kept running and took a sharp turn in the middle of the streets causing carriages to crash. The carriages created a wall that Guy Diamond couldn't get through. He looked around frantically before he started climbing up onto some houses. He went from roof to roof trying catch up to the troll. Poppy was having trouble getting through. She decided she couldn't and took another way. The girl in the cloth was close to a giant castle. She stopped on the edge of a bridge that led to the castle. Below the bridge was a 50 feet drop with a wild river splashing around violently. She looked back behind her to see that no one was following anymore. She smiled and was about to run off. Until an arrow shot down on her cloth and pinned it to the ground slowly her down. The girl gasped and turned around to see what happened. She had no time to react when Guy Diamond tackled her to the ground.
"Let go!" the girl shouted.
"Where do you think your going!?" Guy Dimond pinned her down to the ground and pulled off her hood to reveal a blue troll. Guy Diamond let his guard down when he saw who it was," Again? Really Chenille?"
The girl rolled over so she was the one pinning him.
"You really thought I stay put?" Chenille said in anger. Guy Diamond did the same move and pinned her to the ground.
"After the 20th time of putting you back, Yes! I thought you received the message already!" The girl then slipped her legs beneath him and kicked him off her. She got up and was about to cross the bridge. Guy Diamond grabbed onto her cloth and pulled her back.
"Just let me go!" Chenille shouted. She slipped out of her cloth and tried to run.
"No! I can't let you do this to yourself!" Guy Diamond grabbed onto her and pulled her back," You don't understand!"
"No, you don't understand!" Chenille hit him with her elbow but he took the pain. Poppy finally made it to where Guy Diamond was. She hid behind a tree and watch as the two fought,"I can do this!"
"No you can't," Guy Diamond reached for something in his pocket. It seemed to be a tube full of pink dust. He opened it and sprinkled it over the struggling girl. Poppy watched in amazement as the dust started calming the girl down. Chenilles eyes started getting heavy, her body was going limp and soon fell asleep in his arms. Guy Diamond sighed in relief. He put the bottle back in his pocket and carried her away somewhere. Poppy got out of hiding and looked at the cloth Chenille dropped. She picked it up and took a look at it. On the inside it seemed to have a clock like design to it. The tag even had a picture of a clock on it.
"There she is!" she heard someone shout. Poppy felt some soldiers take away the cloth and pull her arms back.
"Wait! I'm not who you want?!" Poppy struggled to get free.
"Who are you?!" the sheriff asked," and what's your story?"
"Princess Poppy of the Rainbow Kingdom," She answered," And I…. Don't exactly have a story."
"I see. Your a Forbidden Tale! Take her to the castle!" The sheriff ordered," she can go to jail with the others!"
"No! You can't just take me away!" Poppy cried out.
"I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham! I can do anything I want!" Was the last thing he told her before taking her away into the castle.
In the forest
"Ow… my head," Branch mumbled in pain as he got up from the floor. He rubbed his head and looked around. Where was he? There was nothing to be seen for miles away. Just trees, leaves, and bushes. What happened, how did he get here, but most of all, where was Poppy?
"Poppy!?" Branch remembered. He looked around the place trying to find her," Poppy where are you?!"
He shouted. He checked behind every tree that was near by, behind every rock and bush. But no sign of the princess. His heart was racing, his temperature was rising, he….
"Sheesh! Will you shut up!" Branch told to no one particular. He groaned in frustration and turned to someone" are you gonna say everything I do out loud all day?!"
He was clearly angry with…. Wait….
"Me?" a purple glitter troll looked up from a book she was writing in. She was sitting under a tree next to Branch.
"Yes, you," Branch pointed at her," Who are you?"
"Umm…. riverajocabed1… but my friends call me Joe," she answered.
"Ok then Joe! What are you doing in the middle of the forest?" Branch asked.
"Writting?... Wait! You can see me?" Joe was shocked at the news.
"Of course I can, you're right there," Branch was annoyed by her. The girl stood still as a statue when realization started to fill her up. She went back to writing in her book quickly.
"That is when realization struck the narrator! The book must have some kind of ability to let the narrator be seen by the characters in these stories!"
"Narrator?" Branch interrupted her," You mean you're telling this story?"
"Not just telling but writing," the narrator giggled in excitement.
"So you knew Poppy and I were going to get sucked into that book of hers," Branch asked.
"Yes,"
"You know what's gonna happen next,"
"Yep!"
"Even the ending to this?" Branch started getting his hopes up.
"Yes sir!"
"Then you can tell me where Poppy is and how to get out of here!"
"No,"
"No?" Branches hopes were crushed.
"No. Where's the fun in just telling you the answers?" Joe denied him the information. Branch groaned in annoyance. He paced back and forth thinking of what to do.
"Can you at least tell me where Poppy is?" Branch asked her.
"Hmmm…. I don't know. Seems too easy, if only you looked closer," Joe went back to writing in her book.
"What is that suppose to mean?" Branch was starting to feel anger build up.
"Look closer! Seriously, all you did was look around this small area. I didn't put you too far from the Fairytale Kingdom," Joe told him while still writing. Branch stood there wondering for a while. Not too far from the Fairytale Kingdom? He turned to a large bush that was bigger than him. He pulled the leaves away and looked at what was on the other side of it. There it was. A kingdom full of color and glitter!
"That's where Poppy must be!" Branch thought out loud. He started running down the hill and towards the town,"Thanks for the hint!"
He told the narrator before disappearing into the distance. The narrator smiled when she saw him leave. She looked back into her book and wrote down, yes it's important to know that they can see me.
In the kingdom
"Where are you taking me?!" Poppy struggled as the soldiers took her across a garden. She kept struggling but something in the garden caught her attention. They passed by a gold statue of a troll. This troll was clearly a frighten by something and seemed to be running. Poppy turned to her other side to see a gold statue of a screaming mother with little children crying and hugging onto her dress. As they kept walking, Poppy spied a statue of a basket that held a sleeping baby troll. The garden was full of depressing gold statues. Many of them were either screaming, crying or surprised. Some of them looked like royalty, some were presents and some were even giants like bergens. Each one had a horrified expression carved into their face. Poppy kept her gaze at the statues that she didn't notice some were smashed into pieces on the ground. Poppy felt a shiver down her spine from the eerie sight.
"Wow… your king must be a fan of gold… sad looking statues," She comment. They then came to a door that led them underground where a bunch of prison cells were. Inside, there were many trolls and bergens behind bars. All on their knees begging for food and water. They pulled Poppy into a room where trolls and bergens were working. They were all mining and gathering crystals.
"Here!" A soldier threw her a pick axe," Start digging!"
"But what are we…"
"Now!" He slammed the door in the middle of Poppy's question. Still incredibly confused, Poppy turned and walked to the mines. Everyone was pulling out gens of many colors. They would drop them into a cart and once it was full they would grab a bag full and place it on a machine that turned it into some type of dust. Poppy followed a green hairball troll to the machine. He put in some red gems that converted into red dust pouring into a bottle.
"Ooo, pretty," Poppy looked at it in awe. She picked up the bottle and was about to open it.
"I wouldn't open that if I were you," she heard a deep scratchy voice behind her. When she turned she saw no one there," down here."
Poppy looked down and saw a tiny yellow troll with sky blue hair.
"Why hello there, I'm…"
"Do you know how dangerous that bottle of fairy dust is?" The tiny troll pointed at the bottle in her hand.
"Fairy dust?" Poppy looked at it.
"Yes. If it's used irresponsibly it will cause damages," the troll took it out of her hands and put it in a cart.
"How do you know about fairy dust?" Poppy asked the little troll.
"I was a fairy godmother in training," The girl answered.
"Was?"
"I was locked away here after being caught helping Fuzzbert and Satin escape the kingdom," she walked up to the girl and shook her hand," The names Smidge."
"Poppy,"she shook her hand," and I am completely lost on what's going on. I've never been here before."
"Didn't your parents ever tell you to stay away from the Fairytale Kingdom?" Smidge asked.
"No,"
"Then you have sucky parents," Smidge grabbed a bottle of red and yellow dust," You see, every troll you see in here are lost souls who never got a chance to tell their story."
"A Forbidden Tale," Poppy remembered what the mirror said," I remember a mirror saying that you were dangerous and filled with envy."
The mining cave was suddenly filled with burst of laughter.
" Dangerous huh?" a light pink female troll walked pass her," What else were you told?"
"That you would do anything for a story," Poppy told her. The troll suddenly froze at her sentence.
"That… that part is accurate," the pink troll sighed. She put her working supplies down and turned to her," Honey, we Forbidden Tales may want a story to tell of our own but we're not as dangerous as the fairytale characters say we are."
"Really Satin? What about that Creek guy?" Smidge reminded her," He was no good."
"Who's Creek? Why are you all trapped here? Why…"
"Let me tell you tale," Smidge grabbed a bottle of red and gold dust," This kingdom didn't always hate us. In fact we were loved and called the Small Tales instead of the Forbidden Tales. We lived in peace with the other fairy tale characters."
"What happened?"
"Creek is what happened," Satin answered.
( sing, bold for action )
Smidge
"Hey!
Give us a listen,
you princess of cheer!
Or maybe those of you,
who are willing to hear,
I'll tell you a story that gives us a tear,
Of our own forgotten little lost souls,"
Her singing caught the attention of others. Smidge grabbed Poppy's dress and spun her around as everyone sang.
Everyone
"Why why?
we're all thrown away,
With no story to tell,
No one hears or stays,
And we might try and hide,
And we might try and pray,
But we all get forgotten at the end of the day,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…"
Smidge opened the bottle of gold fairy dust first and spread it around the air.
"Yeah yeah yeah"
With the dust, she created a small model of a kingdom with fairy tale charters and forbidden characters in it.
Smidge
"Well, our home was united and known for miles around!
When Creek the wizard came into town,"
A model of a little boy came into the kingdom. He walked around looking lost and practicing magic.
"He was very talented, but had no story to tell,
So our king Midas,
Took him in, taught him well,"
Smidge made that image disappear and created one where Creek was grown up.
"But Creek grew up,
Heart darker than night,
So our king had a plan to set him right"
She erased the image and started to make a life size models of the town with the gold dust.
Everyone
"Why why?
Creek betrayed,
Started a war,
So we ran away,
And we might try and hide,
And we might try and pray,
But we all get forgotten at the end of the day,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…"
Smidge started to do some scat as she kept creating big buildings made of fairy dust. Some of the other trolls grabbed Poppy and put in with the dancing crowd.
"... Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah!""
With a clap of her hands, she turned off all the lights with the gems and fairy dust the only thing to illuminate the place. She opened the bottle of red fairy dust and created an image of Creek with it and used the gold color to make an image of King Midas. She pushed Poppy back and started to make a light show of red and gold. She controlled the two figures and recreated the battle. The red dust, representing Creek, shot around destroying a majority of the gold color. The gold figure of Midas fought back. With his gloves off, he touched everything that was red and turn it into gold. As the two figures battled, the magic that they threw around hit the buildings causing them to tumble down.
"Whoa!" Poppy jumped to the side when a building fell next to her exploding into sparkling dust when collided with the floor.
"Just wait, it gets worse," Smidge pointed up. Poppy looked up and screamed when she saw a whole building fall on top of them. Luckily it's just fairy dust and went through them. As the battle kept going Smidge continued the story.
"So they conjured up a battle that shook the earth!
The sky blood red!
Awake in bed,
no one was in peace,
Worrie increase,
Creek wanted power and our gold,
Very insecure so I am told,
Hated the small tales, hated himself!"
Smidge turned everything gold and fixed the kingdom with a wave of her hand.
"Then one day we got the wondrous news!
King Midas had defeated that awful Creep!
We were amused!
Happy as can be!"
Slowly, all the gold color started to melt into a dark red. The workers stopped dancing and turned to a frighten Poppy.
Every one
"And then?"
They all said in unison.
Smidge
"We came in…."
Every one
"And then?"
Smidge
"... The king!
What did he say?!"
The dark red color was still crawling it's way down the buildings.
Everyone
"And then?"
Smidge
"Our little hearts beat so loud!"
Poppy backed up in fear when the red had consumed the entire room.
Everyone
"And then?
Smidge
"And then baby…. everything… went dark,"
Smidges low voice echoed when the red started to dim down.
"Now called Forbidden, hated with no trust,
We were taken and hearts were bust!
And he had made a vow, crossed his heart
That Forbiddens shall work or be gold!"
She stomped her foot making everything disappear and light up the torches again. Everyone went back to working again.
"Always working for someone's else's mistake!
No escape from this hell like hole,
Who will save us for goodness sake?!
And that's the story of our lost souls!"
Smidge belted out while everyone worked and sang the backup vocals. Some of the trolls kept twirling the princess around to the rhythm of the beat.
"Why why?
we're all thrown away,
With no story to tell,
No one hears or stays,
And we might try and hide,
And we might try and pray,
But we all get forgotten at the end of the day,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…"
Poppy tripped and fell in a pile of gems from all the force dancing.
"... Yeah yeah yeah!"
( end )
Everyone made a finishing pose and gestured towards Poppy who was struggling to get out of the pile.
"A simple summary like Creek was a Forbidden Tale who was raised by the king, but when he used his magic against him, the king lost trust in all Forbidden Tales…. Would have been nice!" Poppy said the last sentence in exhaustion.
A more detailed version of Creeks back story will come in the next chapter when Branch meets the king. Hope to see you all their! The song is a parody of " Remains of the Day" from Corpse Bride. It's mainly out of memory because I have limited internet right now and don't want to spend it all on Youtube. So it might be off beat at some parts… sorry.