NOT GONNA LIE! I forgot it was Christmas…. I mean I remembered it was Christmas in the morning but for some reason my mind wandered off somewhere and I forgot. Once I remembered I decided to upload this quickly. Any way! For those who are reading "6 Wishes" I decided that after that story I'm going to choose what parody to do next! Sorry you don't get to vote but I wanted to make a choice for once so yea. A more detail discrimination is after the story. Oh and I originally wasn't going to add Coopers family into this but let's just say I made a bet with my little sister to put in a certain song. And to win this bet I need Coopers family!

Ps; This author note is what I had before. This was supposed to be updated on Christmas but for some reason there was a glitch and couldn't update. Thanks Jpbake for telling me when the glitch was gone.

Jpbake - Thanks! I always saw Guy Diamond as the type of guy who likes brave and helping others. And Branch has no clue where Poppy is.
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Reby Montana - I'm sure he would rescue her if only he knew she was there.

TAPDANCING GIRAF - Don't worry, I'll only show up like 4 times in total in this story. I don't want the focus to be on me because this is about the trolls. I just wanted to add a narrator 4th wall break because that mainly happens in a lot of fairytale parodies. For example; " Into the Woods" the Fairytale characters and narrator break the fourth wall by dragging the narrator into the story and killing him.

TTDICELEBRITY14 - Uh….. Yea about that…. I'm glad you liked it because that song wasn't supposed to be there…. I wrote it to tell the backstory of Creek but when I decided to do the back story in this chapter, I was going to delete the song because there was no need to repeat it. I also didn't like the way it came out so that was another reason, but I guess I forgot to delete the song before uploading the chapter…. Again I'm glad you liked it cause I didn't. Thanks!

On with the story

In the kingdom, Branch looked around trying to find a hint of where his future bride could be.
"Excuse me…" Branch tried to catch the attention of some princesses passing by but they were too caught up on gossip to notice the gray troll. He then saw a Plate and a spoon run pass by,"... Have any of you…."
No luck. They just zoomed pass him. This was getting stressful for the troll. His fiancee is gone and he can't find a single clue of where she could be.
"Will someone please tell me where I can get some help!" Branch shouted hoping to get someone's attention.
"Sheesh, no need to yell young lad," An old lady in a shoe rubbed her ears from his yelling. She was watering her garden when he shouted for help," go to King Midas if it's help you want."
"King Midas?" Branch repeated to himself. The old lady pointed behind him where the gold castle was," Oh… thank you ma'am."
Branch politely thanked her and ran off to the castle.

At the gold castle

Branch walked across the bridge and made his way towards the gate.
"Hualt! Who goes there?!" Two nights stopped him from entering.
"I need to see the king. I want to ask for help," Branch told them.
"The king won't be seeing anyone without an appointment," One knight told him.
"Look, I had quite a strange day today. My fiance and I got sucked into this fairytale book of hers and now she's lost and I can't find her anywhere."
"Fairytale book?" A voice came from behind Branch. He looked back to see a gold colored glitter troll with gleaming blue eyes. The troll wore a kingly outfit topped with a gold crown over his head.
"Yea, I…" Branch was about to explain but the king held up his hand signaling to be quiet.
"Your not from around here are you?" He asked.
"Well no, Poppy and I are actually from… well… the real world?" Branch had no idea how to explain to the king about the incident.
"Real world? Is that what you call it?" The king chuckled. He signaled for the knights to let them in and led Branch into the castle," In this land we call the real world the readers world."
"Why that?" Branch asked.
"Because us trolls get to tell our stories to the trolls who'll read them! And from the sounds of it, your princess and you have somehow found a way into our world," King Midas summarized.
"Yes and now I can't find her. I need some help" Branch tried to get his question through to him.
"Of course you do. We can't have two lovers away from each other and lost now can we!" King Midas led him into a hallway full of portraits of the royal family. One of them was of him. Gold hair, gold eyes, and gold skin," I'll be more than glad to help you!"
"Really?!" Branch sounded happy but it was soon overthrown by confusion," why so fast?"
"Well readers like you don't belong here. You see, this land is only for those who have a story to tell. For the ones who have their story written in ink on paper. I can't have someone like you wondering around, no sir," King Midas seemed like a very nice troll to Branch. They walked into a throne room where the king ran into a nearby closet and started digging through it, tossing some things out in the progress," Now if you want me to find this princess of yours, I'm gonna need a few things."
"Why?" Branch asked him.
"You see I can't just tell you where she is when I don't know where she is. With these items I will be able to use a little magic to see where she is. Kinda like a fortune teller and his crystal ball," King Midas explained to him," Also, I'll need some special items so I can find a way to send you two back to the real world. Haha!" The king laughed when he said that. Branch felt some strange feelings towards this king. He was so happy. Too happy in his opinion.
"I'm not sure how to explain it so well. Just trust me!"
The king came out with a hand full of junk. He ran up to his throne and dropped everything. He dug in some more still looking for the thing he needed.
"Ok so what do i have to do?" asked Branch annoyed by the kings stupidity.
"If you want your friend back, you'll have to bring me these," The King grabbed a small scroll, a compass and threw it to him along with a map. Branch caught them and opened the scroll.
"A gold gear from an abandoned clock tower in the magic forest, an Amethyst Crystal from the dark lands, and a coin from a long lost sunken ship in the Underwater Kingdom?" Branch looked up at the king in confusion.
"Yes, now bring me all 3 items and I'll do my magic to find your princess," The king cheered. Branch closed the scroll and sighed.
"Fine, anything to find Poppy,"Branch claimed as he turned around and started to leave.
"Wait sir knight!" the king called out.
Branch stopped on his tracks and responded," Yes your highness," He said not even turning around to face him.
"Beware..."The king warned," Beware of the dangerous creatures known as the... Forbidden tales."
"Forbidden tales?"Branch repeated in curiosity as he turned to face the king.
"Yes… the Forbidden tales. They are horrible creatures," he began to explain," They were created for their own story but were later tossed aside."
"What do you mean tossed aside?" Branch asked.
"You know... Thrown away, put on the shelf, forgotten, deleted characters from stories or even characters from a story that was never made and shared in public." The king shivered in fear at the thought,"They are filled with jealousy and anger. Longing for a story of their own. Once they even tried to take over the fairy tale kingdom!"
"They sound dangerous," Branch comment. The king nodded his head yes.
"So be careful, for you may encounter these dangerous and wanted criminals," The king said in a cold voice as he slowly sat down," Well… good luck and have a wonderful journey hahahaha," The hyper king waved goodbye. Branch stayed and stared for a while before turning back around and leave the room. Branch walked across the halls that had the portraits.
He looked around the hall and watched all the portraits of the family. All had at least one gold thing to them. Gold colored hair, skin, eyes, clothes, but there was one portrait that stood out. A painting of a purple troll with neon hair. He looked as if he was just 15 when the painting was done. Branch stopped walking and studied the painting. Why did he look so different than the other portraits. Carved in a gold plaque were the words, Creek Brand. Even his name was different. All the other names had the last name gold but he had Brand.
"Something interesting?" King Midas suddenly showed up behind him. Branch let out a yelp of fright. After he straightened himself up, Branch spoke up.
"Who's he?" Branch pointed at the portrait.
"Ah, Creek. He use to be such a nice troll," The king gave a bright smile when he looked up at the painting.
"Use to be?"
"Yea… You see when he was just a kid, he wondered into this kingdom all alone. He had nothing but the cloths on his back and his magical talent. Seeing how gifted he was with his magic and seeing that he was a Forbidden Tale, I took him into the castle. To be the son I never had and an older brother to my dear daughter…." King Midas bright smile soon fell into a frown. He let out a sad sigh,"... Sadly I was too blind to see that I wasn't treating him the way he should've been. I focused more on my daughter and on all the fairytale creatures that I couldn't see how bad Creek had it. How everyone isolated him for his dark magic and for him being a Forbidden Tale…." King Midas suddenly stopped his story. Branch stood there for a while waiting to see if he was going to finish.
"Then?" Branch urged him to continue.
"... He… became very angry. He hated who he was and grew jealous of all the fairytale characters. He wanted his own story, his own purpose. So he tried to take over the Fairy Tale Kingdom by challenging me," King Midas took in a deep breath. He was clearly trying to relax himself to tell the rest of the story," I had no choice but to destroy him… take him off the throne for my… and everyone's else's own good… That's why Forbidden Tales are too dangerous to be around. Their jealousy can drive them to do unimaginable things and I can't risk another danger to my Kingdom."
"Oh…" Branch was starting to understand the king. Before he can leave on his quest, the king said one more thing.
"Have a safe travel, and please… if you see any Forbidden Tales, try to act natural and don't mention a single thing about me,"
"Will do," Branch confirmed with a nod. He walked out of the halls and out the castle. King Midas glanced up at the portrait of Creeks with a smile. He turned around and walked back into his throne.
"Your highness," The Shiref called for his attention," Why did you agree so fast to help him?"
"He's not from this world, meaning he's a lot more powerful than you and I put together. He knows these stories better than anyone," The king explained.
"So?" The sheriff didn't understand.
"So, he has a better chance at retrieving these items than any other character in this world," King Midas gave him a side glance with a smirk forming on his lips.

At a unknown town in the woods

A pink llama troll was pulling a wagon of goods across a small town. He was dropping everything off one by one at other trolls houses. He walked by a well where a pink sparkling troll was having trouble pulling up a bucket of water.
"Need some help Sushi?" Cooper pulled onto the rope and pulled out the bucket.
"Thanks Cooper," The 12 year old girl carried the bucket of water and walked with her cousin," You done with all your deliveries yet?"
"Yep. All I need to do now is gather some troll berries from the forest," Cooper revealed.
"Oh… be careful out there. Being a Forbidden Tale isn't easy," Sushi sounded worried when he said that.
"Please, when have I ever come close to being caught when I go out to gather food for the town?" Cooper laughed it off.
"Yea but not just any town. This is our hiding spot. Where all Forbidden Tales can stay safe and away from the Fairy tale characters," Sushi and Cooper made it to a big house that held a big family of trolls.
"All I'm asking for is a clean house that can stay clean for at least 10 minutes!" A female llama troll stormed out of the house filled with screaming children. She had purple curly hair with a dark yellow coat of fur. She had a trash bag in her mouth and carried it out to the trash bin. She let herself fall on the fence and groaned in exhaustion," Lord above give me strength."
"Hey mom," Cooper parked the cart and greeted her.
"Cooper, are you done with your chores yet honey? I can really use some help right now," His mom almost sounded like she was about to beg.
"Unfortunately no. Still have to gather some berries," Cooper explained. Everyone jumped in fright when they heard a scream come from the inside of the house followed by a loud crash. A two legged troll ran out of the house and slammed the door shut behind him. He had light blue skin and hair.
"Jazmin dearest! We need a new kitchen!" The male troll called out to her.
"Not again Samuel," Cooper's mom was frustrated.
"The triplets got into the oven again dad?" Cooper chuckled. The troll called Samuel let himself slide down the door, too tired to even stand.
"They got their sticky hands on the vacuum cleaner. They ran over your uncle Macs neck again," His dad jumped when he felt a strong thump against the door.
"Back! Back you demons!" a old looking llama troll slammed the door open smashing Cooper's dad in the process. He pushed a few llama trolls to rainbow troll children back into the house while he helped another llama troll out. This one had a big cast over his neck that only allowed him to look up. The cast seemed like it was about to crack and break.
"Grandpa Grump! I'm seeing stars!" Uncle Mac shouted in a panic.
"Shut your trap. Your head is always looking up! Now let's go get that cast fix!" Grandpa Grump started to push him to the streets. As he past by he glanced over at Cooper," I'm gonna guess you finally came to help out in the house?"
"Still got to collect berries," Cooper repeated to his grandpa.
"Well don't take long. Your ma set up a date for you tonight!" Grandpa Grump revealed.
"Dad!" Jazmin hushed him when he said that.
"Really mom?" Cooper sounded upset at the news.
"Cooper I…."
"You know how I feel about this whole dating stuff. You already forced me into 5 dates in the past 2 weeks!" Cooper interrupted her. He hooked the wagon back on and started to leave," And they all ended in a disaster!"
"Cooper wait!" Jazmin followed her son.
"Told you Cooper was getting tired of his family playing matchmaker," Sushi told everyone.
"Ah he's just shy, hehe Ow!" Uncle Mac laughed but stopped when he felt his neck crack. He tried to mumble out his last sentence," He'll get use to it."
"My poor son can't get a break," Samuel came into the talk," Maybe we should just stop interfering and let him find his own happily ever after."
"Ha! You Rainbow Trolls really are small minded," Grandpa Grump said in a loud and demanding tone," The kid is already 22! I know he may be a fixer upper, but he still needs to gain some back bone! Gain the confidence he needs to talk to girls! He needs his families help more than ever!"

With Cooper

"I don't need my families help," Cooper told his mom as he continued to walk across the town.
"You know we just want what's best for you. Your whole family wants to see you live your happy ending," Jazmin tried to tell him.
"I understand but…. Can't you all just let me find it on my own? I mean I'm still young and besides, Forbidden Tales like me don't find happy endings as easy as the Fairy Tales," Cooper came to a stop when they arrived at a cave," Some never find it…. Maybe I won't either."
" Don't say that…." Jazmin tried to assure her son before he left,"... I'm sure you'll find a nice girl to share a happy ending with."
"Perhaps… but for now I have you and the family to think of," Cooper gave his mother a hug before setting off into the cave," and if I do find a girl, I want her to see me as a her hero and not just some other guy in her life."
"Please be careful!" Jazmin was concerned for him when he entered the cave.
"I will!" Cooper assured her.
"And be back before sundown!" Jazmin added in.
"Ok!"
"And don't talk to strangers!" Jazmin couldn't stop worrying.
"This isn't Little Red Riding Hood!" Cooper laughed.
He pulled onto the cart across the small cave where there was nothing but rocks. In the middle of it was a river which he followed out of the cave. At the other end of the cave was a wide waterfall. Cooper crossed a red line that was painted onto the rocky ground. He took a turn out of the cave and walked behind the waterfall and continued straight into the forest.

With Poppy

The pink troll was inside a prison cell with Smidge. Next to them was another cell that held Satin who was staring out the window. Next to Satin was Fuzzbert and his kazoo. He played a sad and depressing tone.
"Hey!" A knight came by and smacked the bars to the cell Fuzzbert was in," No music!"
When the knight went away, Fuzzbert rudely blew his kazoo at him. When the hard work was over, Poppy and the others were put in a tower in the castle.
"What are you thinking?" Smidge noticed that Poppy was writing on the floor.
"I need to figure out a plan to get out of here!" Poppy sounded frustrated.
"There is no way out of here," Satin tried to tell her," We're like 50 feet off the ground and the garden is guarded by a electric fence."
"If I learned anything from Branch is that being prepared for anything will get you past any trouble," Poppy didn't move her eyes away from the drawing she was making on the floor.
"Well this Branch guy clearly doesn't know how this world works. It's either King Midas's way or no way," Satin still kept her gaze out the window.
"There has to be some way out of here," Poppy thought out loud. She looked around the place as if looking for a way out. She saw that there was a knight at the end of the hallway that held his keys on his belt," Hmmmm…. I got it."
Poppy signaled for everyone to huddle up.
"Who here is sneaky?" Fuzzbert jumped up and down in excitement," Perfect, now here's what I need you all to do…."
Poppy whispered the rest in a low volume so no one heard her.

With Cooper

The llama troll was gathering some troll berries and putting them into the cart. Once he felt there was enough, Cooper prepared to leave. When he started his way he saw a few knights on some fireflies passing by ahead. Cooper gasped and hid behind some bushes. When he saw that they were getting closer to the bush he was in, Cooper back up a bit hoping that he can get away from them fast enough. When he went back he pushed his cart back as well.
"WHOA!" Cooper screamed when he felt the cart slip down a hill with him still attached to it. The knights turned their attention towards where the scream was and spotted Cooper being dragged down the hill.
"Over there!" A knight said. He and the other 3 knights went down hill and chased after Cooper.
"Oh boy oh boy!" Cooper clumsily got into his cart and watched as the knights chased him down. They loaded their bows with arrows and started aiming at him," Hey! I'm just an innocent guy!"
Cooper ducked down into his cart trying to avoid the arrows that flew across his head.

Back with Branch

The gray troll was just entering the forest and was already having trouble with finding his destinations. He looked closely at the map and tried to figure out where he was suppose to go. When he saw that the dark lands was South, he checked the compass that the king gave him thinking it would tell him where to go.
"What the?" Branch tilted his head in confusion when he saw the arrow spin towards the north then flip towards south. The arrow seemed to have a mind of it's own considering it couldn't hold still for even a second," Must be broken."
Branch stuffed it into his hair and checked the map again.
"Ok, let's see," Branch turned the map in every way he can think of but no matter what, nothing made sense," Uge, doesn't this king know how to make a proper map! Let alone give me a working compass!"
Angry and frustrated, Branch threw the map on the floor and sat down in disappointment.
"Oh Poppy, how could I lose you like this?" He looked up at the bright sun hiding behind the thin layer of leaves," Please, oh please! Can someone send me a sign! A hint! Just send me help!"
"Look out below!" He heard a deep voice shout at him. Branch looked up at the hill it was coming from but had zero time to react. Coopers cart rammed into him and took him with it.
"What's going on!?" Branch climbed onto the runaway cart.
"Hold on tight!" Cooper helped the troll onto the cart," It's going to be a bumpy ride!"
"Who are you!?" Branch panicked.
"I'm Cooper! What about you!?"
"Um… Branch!"
"Welcome aboard Branch! Now uh… Be sure to dodge the arrows!" Cooper told him casually.
"What!?"
"Don't lose them!" Branch heard a knight cry out. He turned in time to see an arrow shoot right by his head.
"Whoa! What did you do?!" Branch ducked down with Cooper.
"Ah they're just mad cause I'm a Forbidden Tale!" Cooper revealed to Branches shock.
"Your a Forbidden Tale!?"
"Yea! And you?"
"Uh…. I'm from the…"
"Hold that thought!" Cooper got back up and grabbed a slingshot from the bag he had," How's your aim?!"
"Good I guess?" Branch was still unsteady about how fast things were happening.
"Shoot them!" Cooper handed him a bag of berries.
"Shoot?! But I…" Branch yelped in surprise when an arrow shot into his hair. He shook it off and looked up. The knights spread out so each one can be on both sides of the cart and one behind them.
"Shoot already!" Cooper grabbed a bag of berries and launched it towards a knight. The bag smacked the knight on the head causing his to lose some balance. Branch took this as an opportunity and launched some berries towards the knight causing him to finally fall off the firefly. Branch felt a smile from when he saw this. He turned around to the other knight to his left and prepared to aim. He shot some berries onto the front of his helmet blinding him. The knight tried to wipe off the juice but eventually slammed into a nearby tree.
"Haha nice!" Cooper complimented the trolls aiming. They then felt something bump onto the cart. The knight behind them was ramming the poor firefly against the cart.
"Surrender now or else I'll…" Cooper didn't give the knight a chance to finish when he placed a sack over the knight. The knight screams were muffled under the sack. He took out his sword and started to blindly swing it around in random directions. Branch clenched his fist and punched the knight off the firefly.
"Whoa, you got moves," Cooper was impressed by his strength.
"Thanks," Branch proudly sat back down next to Cooper. The two trolls happiness was short lived when they saw an upcoming cliff just seconds away.
"Oh no," Was the last thing Cooper can say. The cart flew straight off the edge and into the air before the boys can even think about jumping off…..

So that's that! What's Poppy plan to break out?! And are Cooper and Branch ok!?
And for that next parody, I decided to choose one for myself. I'm doing the very first musical I ever saw on stage and like many know, my first everything is always special! So what is this parody!? Here's some hints.
1. The title is "Hair Up!"
2. It's about Segregation.
3. It takes place in the 60s
4. It's a Broadway Musical
5. Instead of " Can't Stop the Feeling" it's " Can't Stop the Beat"
Can you figure it out?
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!