Chapter 4: To find a cure
As Poppy blacked out Branch stared down at her horrified by what she said.
"Creek? I thought he was dead, looks like Poppy's nightmare was true" he thought
Branch placed one hand on Poppy's forehead, she was burning up with fever, he knew he had to get Poppy to a doctor right away.
"Hang in there Poppy...please" he whisperd.
Then Branch picked her u bridal style and ran to see Dr Plum. On the way Poppy was coughing hard and makeing noises, it was making Branch worried.
"Shhh its okay i'm here" he said gently.
Then Branch reached Dr Plums pod, he knocked on the door loudly. Dr Plum opened the door and saw Poppy in Branch's arms.
"My goodness, what happened?" he asked concernd.
"Poppy was attacked by Creek and now she has a fever and is coughing like crazy" said Branch.
"Lets get her inside quickly" Dr Plum said orderly.
They went inside, Branch gently placed Poppy on the bed and Dr Plum checked her over. First he listened to her heartbeat it was very soft and slow, then he opened her eyelids to look in her eyes for some stange reason they were gray, finally he checked her temperture she had a very high fever just like Branch said. Then Dr Plum came out the room with a serious look on his face.
Branch got out of his chair and ran up to him.
"Is Poppy alright?" he asked with worry.
"Branch i'm afraid I have bad news" Dr Plum said with a frown.
Branch was really worried now.
"I'm afraid Poppy has been infected by Black Bloom pollen" he said sadly.
Branch was confused.
"What's the Black Bloom?" he asked.
Dr Plum fetched a book from off the shelf and opened it to a page with a picture of a black flower.
"The Black Bloom is a poisonus flower, if somone breathes in it's pollen they can get very sick if it's not treated they'll die in a few days" he said.
Branch froze up at the thought of Poppy diying in so little time, after what happened the other night holding her hand as she slept he didn't want to loose her.
"Is there a cure?" he asked all at once.
Dr Plum knew Branch cared for Poppy a lot so he brought himself to tell him.
"There is a cure, but it's on the other side of the forest" he explained.
Branch stood up from his chair and had a confident look on his face.
"I don't care how far it is, just tell me what and where it is and i'll find it" he said strongly.
Dr Plum put a hand on his shoulder.
"The cure is silver water, it comes from a spring deep in the ground, one sip of that water would help Poppy, but you need to hurry" he said.
"I'll find it, I won't stop untill I do" Branch said with confidence.
(Later that night)
Branch was preparing to leave he knew he would need a bottle to carry the silver water in so he fetched one of the shelf. He was about to leave when something shiny caught his eye, it was the charm Poppy made for him, it had a diamond heart on a silver chain. Branch picked up the charm and placed it in his vest pocket. He left his pod to go to Dr Plums pod so he could say goodbye to Poppy. He went inside and saw Poppy in bed, she was breathing heavily and her fever was getting worse. Branch sat on the bed and leaned over her.
"It's ok Poppy, I promise i'll come back with the cure to make you feel better but you have to wait for me I can't imagine a world without you in it" he whisperd.
He placed a kiss on her forehead and headed off to find the silver water but what he didn't know was that someone was going to try and stop him from getting to the spring.
