The snack pack and the two Bergens woke up at the smell of bacon cooking (BACON!) and looked over and saw Branch cooking but he had a sad face.
Cooper looked at his friend and turned to DJ with a concerned face, she shrugged and Cooper spoke up 'Branch what happened' he asked
Branch looked at them and said 'last night Poppy told me that Creek is forcing her to marry him'
The snack pack, king Gristle and Bridget gasped 'oh my gad' said Smidge.
'But….' Branch added making the snack pack and Bergens eye at him in wonder.
'What? What else happened?' Cooper asked
Branch smirked and then said 'we kissed!'
Before he knew everyone was jumping around singing celebrate over and over again
Branch smiled and then frowned again as he remembered Creek. 'Remember Creek is forcing Poppy to marry him'
That was when everyone frowned again until out of the blue Mr Dinkles spoke up 'we can't give up now when we're already half way there, we can't give up, not on us, and not on Poppy'
Everyone stared at Mr Dinkles in utter shock 'he's right we have to win, for Poppy!' Branch shouted
'For Poppy!' everyone shouted back and they grabbed their bacon and crammed it into their mouths
After they finished they continued to walk and started to sing
Branch
The world spit me out and I was spinning around
Lost in a free fall
Forever going down, and breakin' through the ground
When I thought I reached the end, I start to fall again
DJ and Guy Diamond
But I was taught
To never surrender
When it's hard to get up
Gonna fight till I can stand and say
Everyone
Oh, you can turn me down, you can throw me now
The harder out, the harder I come back around
You can break my heart but you can't scratch my name
I can take the hit 'cause I'm a boomerang
Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang
Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang
Bridget and Gristle
Now I'm 10 feet tall, all my problems feel so small
Nothing in my way to make me change
No ceiling to my sky, just open space to fly
Every time I'm feeling down, I turn it back around
Biggie and Cooper
But I was taught
To never surrender
When it's hard to get up
Gonna fight till I can stand and say
Oh, you can turn me down, you can throw me now
The harder out, the harder I come back around
You can break my heart but you can't scratch my name
I can take the hit 'cause I'm a boomerang
Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang
Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang
Branch
Even though I'm flying high
The sky can change one day
I can hit some turbulence, but who I am is never gonna change
'Cause I'm a boomerang
'Cause I'm a boomerang
'Cause I'm a boomerang
Everyone
Oh, you can turn me down, you can throw me now
The harder out, the harder I come back around
You can break my heart but you can't scratch my name
I can take the hit 'cause I'm a boomerang
Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang
Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang
Branch smiled, he remembered Poppy saying that singing helped her relax, and boy she was right. Branch kept walking but he didn't get rid of the grin that was on his face.
Creek's Palace
Poppy woke up with a billion though going through her head, some good and some bad. Branch kissed me last night she thought with a shy, soft smile on her face. She then felt the ring on her finger and sighed.
Creek walked around the palace with a grin on his face, soon it would be the best day of his life and no one, not even Branch, was gonna ruin it. He walked out to the garden where the bergens were setting up the wedding and one of them ran up to him.
'Sir!' he said, shaking the ground as ran to Creek
Creek shot an annoyed look once the ground had stopped shaking. 'What have it said about running in my palace ground' he snarled.
'Sorry sir but one of us has seen someone a few miles out here' the Bergen said.
Creek's face fell 'is it them?' he asked
The Bergen tilted his head in confusion 'what do you mean?' the Bergen asked.
Creek's blood began to boil 'THE SNACK PACK!' he shouted, shaking the whole palace that Poppy had to hold onto the window ledge in her room to stop her from falling over.
The Bergen quivered in fear and spoke quietly 'it's not them because its Bergen sized'
Creek sighed in relief 'oh thank goodness, I don't know what I would do If they came back for Poppy' he said. Creek eyes then went wide 'is it the chef?' he asked
'Oh no its not' the Bergen blurted out
Creek then let out a large sigh 'thank goodness, I already have to deal with one drama queen' he said while thinking lovingly of Poppy.
'The thing that we saw was no troll or Bergen' the Bergen carried on 'we think it might be a human'.
The forest
The snack pack were walking and laughing at jokes, especially Branch who didn't like jokes that much. 'And I said that's not an ape, that's your mother' Biggie joked making everyone roar with laughter, especially Branch. Branch wiped away the tears from laughing so much, he was glad he was happy again, because it made sense why to laugh at something funny like Biggie's joke.
DJ snorted with laughter and said 'Biggie your jokes are getting dangerous, because I nearly died of laughing' and caused more laughing.
Branch's ear then twitched, as he heard rustling in the bushes. 'Guys be quiet for a second, I hear something' he said to the snack pack and the two Bergens with turning to them.
The Gristle, Bridget and the snack pack quickly shut their mouths as they let Branch deal with the beast in the bushes.
Then a boy who was about Bergen-sized who looked like he was 13 years old with a plain white shirt, blue jeans, grey-blue eyes, light brown hair jumped out with a crossbow in his hands.
The trolls and bergens screamed and started to run in different directions. The Bergen like creature then picked up Branch by the waist and held him up at the creature's grey eyes.
'Woah what are you doing!' he shouted
The creature's brows furrowed with annoyance 'what do you mean! Your little friend took a poison that I had and it's really dangerous!' he yelled at him which made Branch ears ring
The snack pack started kicking at his feet and Gristle started shaking his legs since he was bigger than the trolls
The creature kicked them away, making them fall over 'listen, I don't hurt your friend that I'm holding I just wanna know where that little freak is' he said.
Branch looked at him in confusion 'how are we supposed to know where this 'friend' of ours is' he asked
The creature rolled his eyes and replied 'because he was one of you, a troll'
Branch's eyes went wide, was it who he thought it was 'what did he look like' he asked
The creature then started to explain 'well you already know but it was a purple troll, with neon hair, yellow pants and an English accent that sounded like Russel Brand'
Branch started to get excited, he was so close to finding Poppy and he realized that he was still in the clutches of this…thing.
'I know who you're talking about, his name is Creek and he not a friend of ours, he kidnapped our friend' he explained.
'His girlfriend' Cooper snickered and Branch's cheeks went a darker shade of blue
The creature then looked embarrassed and put Branch down 'oh my gosh I am so sorry, this poison that this troll has is very dangerous' he rushed out.
Branch chuckled and smiled 'it's fine but what are you?' he asked
The creature looked shocked and started to explain 'well you see I'm a human, I'm a prince, I'm 13 and my name is Jason'
'Nice to meet you Jason' Bridget said politely and shook his hand 'I'm Bridget and that is my fiancé King Gristle' she continued.
Branch then walked up to Jacob 'listen kid why do you need this poison back?'
'This poison is dangerous, it can kill anyone and it has an unknown cure' he explained.
Satin and Chenille shot a worried glance at each other and turned to Branch 'Branch! What if Creek stole this poison just in case you find Poppy!' they yelled in fear.
'It makes sense' Guy Diamond said 'Creek really hated you back in the day because Poppy a certain affection for you and just in case you find her and his plan turns rock bottom, he might use it in you'
Everyone gasped and turned to Branch who had a worried look on his face
'I won't let that happen' Jason said which made everyone turn to him 'I'm gonna join you, we're trying to find him anyway so why not'
Branch looked at him with a kind grin 'he's right, welcome to the group kid' and he shook his finger and they set off on their adventure again with a new friend.
Creek's Palace
Poppy walked around her room feeling bored. There wasn't anything to do except read, watch her plasma screen TV, dance and sing. Just then the door unlocked and Creek stood there.
Poppy gulped and backed away and Creek saw her fear 'I'm not here to hurt you' he spoke with kindness and concern in his voice and Poppy came forward a little bit.
Creek then started to talk 'I think it's about time I earn your trust' he started 'you can explore the palace and gardens but don't go in the north wing'
Poppy tilted hr head in confusion 'why' she asked
'There's Business I'm attending to in there' he snapped making Poppy jump 'I'm sorry' he said 'You can explore'
Poppy went out and walked around the palace. She couldn't lie to herself, it was beautiful! She then came across the north wing and curiosity grew. She really wanted to go in, just in and out as quick as possible she thought to herself and came across a room with a 'do not enter' sign. She opened the door and saw a small stool with a bottle on top of it. She read the bottle and it said 'The Sleeping Death'. She jumped as an angry face looked at her, it was Creek.