"So... Do we even have a PLAN to save everyone from the Bergens?" asked Branch.
"I told you," Poppy replied. "To rescue everyone and make it home safely."
"Okay. That's not a plan, that's a wish list." Branch told her.
"Oh! I suppose you have a plan?" Poppy replied.
"This should be good." Vincent smirked.
"Yep!" Branch smirked back before showing what he had planned. "First... We get to the edge of Bergen Town without being spotted.
Then, we get inside by sneaking through the old escape tunnels, which will then lead us to the trolls tree. Right before we get caught, and suffer the miserable death of the hands of a horrible, bloodthirsty Bergen!" he then stopped as he saw that Poppy was a bit distracted. "Hold on a second. Are you scrap-booking my plan?"
"Sure looks like it." replied Zofia.
"Uh-huh, yeah. Almost... Done!" Poppy smiled as she was doing just that before bringing out the scrapbook with a Poppy and Branch scrapbook version, along with the Snack Pack. The words open up and it says "We Did It!" with glitter splatting on Branch's face.
"There will be no more scrap-booking." Branch told her firmly before pushing his nose as glitter then came out.
"Yeah, it IS kind of bothersome." LJ agreed.
They then continued on their journey on the way to Bergen Town. Poppy then started to hum which of course annoyed Branch.
"Do you have to sing?" Branch glared.
"I always sing when I'm in a good mood." Poppy smiled.
"Do you have to be in a good mood?" Branch replied.
"Why wouldn't I be? By this time tomorrow, I'll be with all my friends!" Poppy beamed. "Ohh, I wonder what they're all doing right now?"
"Probably being digested." Branch scoffed.
"I sure hope not..." sighed Amethyst.
"They're alive, Branch. I know it!" Poppy piped up.
"You don't know anything, Poppy," Branch huffed. "I can't wait to see the look on your face when you realize the world isn't all cupcakes and rainbows. 'Cuz it isn't. Bad things happen and there's nothing you can do about it."
"He does have a point," Kimberly replied. "You are a bit naïve sometimes..."
"Hey, I know it's not all cupcakes and rainbows, but, I'd rather go through life thinking that it mostly is instead of being like Branch," Poppy defended before looking at the gloomy troll. "You don't sing, you don't dance, so gray all the time! What happened to yo-"
"Shh!" Branch shushed her, covering her mouth with his finger.
"...A Bergen?" Poppy asked nervously.
"Maybe." Branch replied before walking off.
"No, he just wanted you to be quiet." Dib replied.
"Ugh." Poppy groaned in annoyance.
Dib shrugged. "I saw an opportunity and I went for it."
That night, everyone was camping out to get some sleep after a long journey so far. Poppy is in her leaf sack, and Branch has a blanket and a mattress. Poppy looks at the picture of Creek. She sighs, and puts the picture on the side. She expands the pictures of Satin and Chenille, Fuzzbert and Smidge. She expands the pictures of Guy Diamond, Biggie and DJ Suki on top. Then, expands the tall picture of Cooper.
"Looks like a nice group of friends." Akito commented.
"A real tight-knit pack of pals." Junior added.
"They are..." Poppy sighed about her best friends. "So special. Good night, Cooper. Good night, Smidge. Good night Fuzzbert. Good night, Satin. Good night, Chenille. Good night, Biggie. Good night, DJ. Good night, Guy Diamond. Good night, Creek. Boop!"
"And good night, Poppy!" Branch glared as he turned at her.
And so the group went to sleep. Poppy looked at her hug time bracelet and was about to hug Branch.
"Don't even think about it." Branch told her.
Poppy then backed off, shutting off her bracelet. Gaz smirked as she dozed off.
"Stars shining bright above you~..." Poppy then started to sing.
"Really? Seriously?" Branch complained. "More singing?"
"Yes, seriously," Poppy smiled. "Singing helps me relax. Maybe you ought to try it."
"I don't sing, and I don't relax," Branch glared at her before turning back around. "This is the way I am, and I like it! And I also like a little SILENCE!"
Gaz grunted in response, and they went back to sleep. The others then tried to sleep until they heard more noise.
"Oh, come on!" Akito and Estelle glared.
"Hello, darkness, my old friend~" Poppy soon sang as she played a ukulele. "I've come to talk with you again~"
"Hello." A spider said as it soon appeared next to Branch before being flicked off.
"Because, the visions of me creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that was planted in my brain, still remains~," Poppy continued to sing. "Within the sound of silence~"
LJ grumbled something unintelligible.
"May I?" Branch asked Poppy as he walked by.
Poppy smiled, handing her instrument over to him. Branch forced a smile back before tossing the ukulele in the fireplace before going to go back to bed with the others.
"Finally! Some peace and quiet!" LJ exclaimed. "Good Night!"
Eventually, everyone else drifted to sleep as the Trollz tried to soothe Amethyst as she thought about her grandmother.
And soon, the next day came.
"So, one of these tunnels leads to The Trolls Tree." Poppy said.
"That's right." Branch told her.
"There's so many of them," Poppy replied as they went through a tunnel. "I wonder which one?"
"Well, we haven't got much time to figure it out." Jenny replied.
"Nope." Branch agreed.
"Choose a hole wisely," A voice told them. "Because one to Bergen Town... And lead the others to certain death!"
"Okay, who said that?" Ruby rolled her eyes.
"It was... Me!" The voice said before we see a cloud grow eyes, a mouth, arms, and legs. Hey guys, how's it going? Welcome to the root tunnels. Uh, I just wanted to warn you, one of these tunnels leads to the Troll Tree... And the others to certain death!"
"Yeah. We just heard you." Gaz replied.
"Are you a walking and talking cloud?" Estelle asked.
"Yeah!" The cloud smiled. "You must be new around here."
"Pretty much." Akito replied.
"Grandma..." Amethyst frowned.
"Oh, please calm down, Amethyst," Topaz soothed. "I promise that it'll be alright."
"Yeah," replied Sapphire. "We're gonna get them back, and everything is gonna be okay."
Amethyst rubbed her eyes. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just really emotional."
"It'll be fine, we promise." Gaz tried to help soothe the troll girl.
"Heck yeah." LJ agreed. "We're gonna kick some Bergen butt and save everyone!"
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to get like this." Amethyst said.
"Aww... Group hug... Hugs for Amethyst!" Sapphire suggested.
The Trollz soon hugged their poor friend in need to help soothe her as she missed her grandmother very much right now. Onyx looked over before shrugging and decided to join in the hug since they were friends after all.
"When in Rome, I guess..." LJ shrugged.
The others soon hugged Amethyst until she settled down.
"Okay... I'm done crying now..." Amethyst said. "Let's get those other trolls and our Ancients back."
"That's the spirit!" Ruby approved.
"YEAH!" The group cheered.
Amethyst soon smiled to all of them as she continued onward for their journey.
"Anyway... Cloud Guy, can you help us out here?" Akito asked.
"Yeah, can you tell us where the right tunnel is?" Poppy added.
"You bet!" Cloud Guy replied.
"Great!" Poppy smiled.
"No, that's okay," Branch said, trying to turn Poppy and the others away. "We're fine, thanks!"
"Branch, he's trying to help us." Poppy told the gray troll.
"I don't like the looks of him," Branch replied. "I mean, who wears socks with no shoes?"
"British tourists?" asked LJ.
"Uh... Well... Okay then." Branch shrugged.
"He seems to know what he's talking about." Poppy told him.
"Okay, fine," Branch rolled his eyes before facing the cloud. "Which way do we go?"
"First, you have to give me a high-five," The cloud replied. "Then I'll tell you."
"What?" Branch complained.
"Oh, I love high-fives. I'll do it." Poppy beamed.
"Oh, I know you'll do it, but will he?" The cloud smirked as he held out his hand for Branch. "All right, dumpy diapers, up high!"
Branch sighed as he begrudgingly raised his hand for a high-five.
"Too slow." The cloud smirked, moving his hand.
"TOO SLOW?!" Branch glared from that.
The cloud soon snickered from him.
"Classic." Poppy smirked to herself.
"No, no. All right," The cloud then said before making a fist for Branch. "I'm gonna let you slide with a fist bump."
Branch tried to do that, but then the cloud guy started pulling his arm all around.
"This is so not funny." Onyx narrowed her eyes.
"It's kinda funny." Amethyst giggled, covering her mouth a little.
"Okay, okay, okay," The cloud chuckled before holding out his arms to Branch. "Now I'm thinking we hug."
Branch angrily took a twig, and snapped it in half. The cloud soon turned black while having rain fall from him as that seemed to startle him before running as Branch soon chased after him.
"That's right. You better run, Cloud!" Branch glared as he chased after the cloud as he soon led them into a tunnel. "I'm gonna tear your little cloud arms off your cloud body, and high-five your face with them! Get back here!"
LJ and Onyx got a good chuckle out of that. The others soon followed after the tunnel.
"I have a feeling this might be where we need to go." Akito told the others.
"Well, all ashore who's going ashore." shrugged LJ as he and the others piled into the tunnel.
"At least we didn't have to dig in the tunnel," Chrissy said before looking at her hands. "I just had a manicure."
"Yeah, I guess that's a plus." LJ shrugged.
"Ta-da! We're here!" The cloud told them as he brought them out of the tunnel. "You guys are a lot of fun. You know, I gotta go. Got some cloud stuff to take care of. Catch you on the way back? Unless... You DIE! Die... Die... Die... Die..." he then mysteriously left after dropping them off.
"The Troll Tree." Poppy whispered from their new whereabouts.
"Bergen Town." Branch added.
"Let's GO! Into the belly of the metaphorical beast!" Zofia exclaimed.
They soon began to walk off together straight into Bergen Town which looked quite miserable and ugly up close filled with ugly and miserable people who spread misfortune upon one another.
"Yeesh... Sesame Street, this ain't." LJ remarked.
"Ugh, I just hope my hair doesn't frizz up around here." Ruby groaned.
"Me neither." Chrissy added.
"Wait... Your necklace must be going wild around here, Chrissy." LJ whispered.
"You think so?" Chrissy replied to him.
"Well, yeah; I heard that Sirens once gained power from negative energy," whispered LJ. "And Bergen Town is just swimming with it!"
"Huh... I suppose that's true..." Chrissy said before taking out her necklace as it seemed to be glowing rapidly.
"Then you've probably got lots of power right now..." LJ wondered, before getting an idea. "Waitaminute... I just got a brilliant idea of how we can avoid the Bergens!"
"It has to do with my necklace, right?" Chrissy guessed.
"Basically," replied LJ. "You could use your magical singing to get some of the Bergen to argue with each other, thus clearing a path for us to sneak through town!"
"Hmm... I guess I could try it." Chrissy replied.
"Channel your inner Adagio, Aria, and Sonata," Estelle advised. "...Never thought I'd say that with a positive reaction."
Chrissy nodded as she soon took a deep breath and began to sing which annoyed Branch.
LJ whispered. "Relax, it's all part of my plan. Just keep your ears covered, and don't think negative."
"Easier said than done about not thinking negative." Branch complained as he covered his ears anyway.
Some of the Bergens heard the music and instantly began arguing with one another.
"I'm not sure if much has changed, but good work, Chrissy." Kimberly said.
"Oh, that singing is beautiful though," Poppy said. "In a creepy kind of way."
"It's pretty awesome, too!" LJ added.
"Come on, let's go save our friends." Poppy told the others.
"Okay." The others agreed as they continued on.
They soon walked off and they saw a giant castle in view which meant that they had to go that way.
Inside the castle was a bit of a fat and lazy prince at his throne while a handmaiden who was around his age was seen cleaning up, though she looked a little depressed to be cleaning up.
"Oh, Barnabas..." He sighed to his alligator. "You're my only friend in this whole miserable world."
The alligator seemed to roll his eyes to that.
"Dad was right," The young Bergen sighed before banging his head over and over on his throne in dismay. "I'll never ever, never ever, never be happy."
"Never say never!" said another voice.
The Bergen prince soon looked up and all around. The Bergen who invaded the trolls earlier soon came out from a plant in a mysterious fashion. The guards glared, pointing spears at her and the alligator growled protectively.
"Chad... Todd..." The Bergen nodded to the guards, stepping onto the Bergen maid's vacuum cleaner as she approached the throne.
"Chef, where did you come from?" asked King Gristle. "Have you been standing behind that plant this whole time?"
"If only, sire," replied Chef. "No. I've been out in the wilderness, thinking of nothing but how I let you down. If only there was some way I could make you feel better."
"Well, fat chance!" replied Gristle. "The only way I'll ever be happy is by eating a Troll... And that ain't gonna happen, thanks to you."
"Ah, but it just might," Chef smirked as she soon opened her bag to show Poppy's Snack Pack friends along with the Ancients of the Trollz. "Thanks to me."
"You found the Trolls." Gristle gasped, reaching out as they sang like an angelic choir.
Chef soon slapped his hand away.
"So this means I might actually get to be happy!" Gristle then said out of excitement.
"That's right." replied Chef. "Of course, everyone else in Bergen Town will still be miserable...but that's not your concern."
"I AM their king, so maybe it kinda is." said Gristle.
"What exactly are you proposing?" asked Chef. "Bringing back Trollstice? For everyone?"
Gristle thought...until it dawned on him. "Yes! That's exactly what I'm proposing." he replied.
"Great idea, sire. Absolutely brilliant," replied Chef. "Aren't you smart?"
"I guess I am..." smiled Gristle.
"This is not good." Zirconia sighed to herself.
"And I, your loyal Chef, will be right behind you," Chef smiled, sitting in the throne before mumbling something. "Holding a knife."
"What's that?" Gristle looked to her.
"Holding a knife, a spoon, a ladle," Chef replied with an innocent smile, bringing out a spoon. "I'm your chef, after all!"
"Yeah, you sure are!" Gristle smiled back to her.
"Okay... Now this is REALLY not good," replied Obsidian.
"I'm back!" Chef exclaimed before looking at the handmaiden Bergen. "You, scullery maid, what's your name?"
"Uh, Bridget." the handmaiden replied.
"Congratulations, Idget. You work for me now," said Chef. "So you take those dishes downstairs and you start scrubbing."
"Yes, Chef! Thank you, Chef!" Bridget replied, grabbing the dishes as she ran downstairs.
Chef soon opened up her bag to throw the trolls into a cage in the kitchen. Once they were inside, she closed the door and put a lock on it.
"Shh. Don't cry, Mr. Dinkles. Shh!" Biggie told his little friend. "Guys, Mr. Dinkles is really freaking out!"
"Whoa, whoa! Everyone, we must all remain calm." explained Creek.
"I must get back to my darling Amethyst..." Mrs. van der Troll replied. "The poor dear must be worried sick."
"If I know that group, they're probably heading here at this moment to save us." replied Spinell.
"Whoa, whoa! Everyone, we must all remain calm." Creek said before he brought out a comb to comb his blue-green hair.
"That's right," Chef grinned darkly to them. "A calm Troll is a tasty Troll. And you are a key ingredient in my recipe for success," she then brought out a cookbook to them. "You see, he who controls the Trolls controls the Kingdom. And I am that 'he'!"
"You're a dude?" Cooper asked out of confusion.
Chef soon snarled at him which startled him. "By this time tomorrow, I'll be queen..." She then smirked. "And all of Bergen Town will get exactly what they deserve: True happiness!"
Lightning flashed as she let out a wicked laugh. It looked hopeless for trolls everywhere as Chef had big plans for all of them.