So this is what it feels like to be grey...

Miserable...

Lonely...

Sad…

It wasn't fun at all, but I didn't know how to get rid of it. I had nothing to be happy about. I was stuck in a totally different universe, and I had no clue how to get back home.

I felt totally helpless.

I have been stuck here for three weeks now. I spend most of my time in my pod. Summer offered for me to stay in her pod, considering how I had my very own pod at so young, but I refused. They must've thought that I would only be staying for a little while, and the pod kinda acted like a hotel room. They thought they could figure out a solution to this, and I'd be home with a snap of their fingers.

Nope.

I was stuck here.

And I bet I was gonna be stuck here forever.

Suddenly I heard knock on the door of my pod. I ignored it.

"Hannah?" I heard Poppy say

I only grunted as I laid sideways on the couch.

"Hannah, I know you're in there."

"Go away." I snapped

"I brought someone with me. He has had an experience like yours before." Poppy said

"I don't care." I growled

"Ok, Hannah, I know you're are not a good mood right now, but I really think you need this." Poppy tried convincing me, "And plus, it took a lot of convincing to get him here, since he doesn't really like talking about turning gray."

"Uuuuggghhh." I moaned as I decided to go and open the door and get it over with.

I opened the door, and I saw Poppy, and behind her was Branch. Of course, I knew it was him who was gonna talk to me, since he as the only troll who had ever been gray for a really long period of time. They both walked in, and we sat down.

"So I am sure you remember Branch, right?" Poppy asked

"Yeah, I remember him." I said, staring at him, obviously making him nervous even more than he was before.

"Well that's good." Poppy said, "He's here to talk to you."

"Yeah, you already said that." I murmured

"Oh… well then, I um…" Poppy chuckled nervously.

"I'll take care of this Poppy." Branch said, shaking off is nervousness and looking straight back at me with a serious look on his face, which surprised me.

"Look, Hannah was it?" Branch said, and I nodded, "Well Hannah, I know how you feel. Heck, I was like how you are right now for more than twenty years." My eyebrows raised a little in surprise at that, "But you don't have to be this way. We will find way to get you back home. No matter the cost, because you know what?" Branch paused, "Nobody should be gray. But hiding away from society keeps you gray, I learned that the hard way. I rejected everybody who tried to help my be happy again." Branch twitched an ear and looked apologetically to Poppy, who smiled softly, "But then, I opened up, and shared my feelings, and that was when I was able to be happy again."

I looked down and thought about it. I hated being grey. It felt so sad. I had no happiness. I felt there was no hope. I wanted it all to be gone. I wanted to be happy again, but it felt so hard. But hey, I guess I gotta give it a shot.

"You're right." I murmured, "I'm sorry for being such a butthole to you guys."

"It's understandable." Branch said.

"Summer and Al are missing you, I think you should go to them. I think they are at the library." Poppy said.

I nodded, and then they left, and then I went to go to the library.

Soon, I got to the library, and I went inside. I went into the room where we hung out last time I was here, and I saw Summer and Al.

"Hannah! I'm so happy to see you!" Summer, exclaimed, jumping off of the lovesac she was sitting on, and coming over to give me a hug.

"Yeah, you too." I murmured, letting Summer hug me, but not hugging back. Al came over and gave me a hug too.

"You really were got us worried when you wouldn't come out of your pod." Al said

"Yeah I know, I was really being a butthole." I sighed sadly, "Sorry you guys."

"It's ok." Summer said, letting me go, "I know what you were going through was difficult"

"The question is, what got you out of your pod?" Al asked

"Poppy and Branch came over, and Branch had a talk with me." I answered simply.

"Well that's good. Al and I we just about to go to my Nana's pod to make some treats." Summer said, "Would you like to come with?"

"Sure." I said, and we walked together to Summer's Nana's pod

Once we got there, We knocked on the door, and out came an elderly looking yellow troll with light blue eyes, lilac colored hair that was put into two buns on each side of her head, and a purple dress with a stylish lilac scarf. Something about her reminded me of someone though… I just couldn't put my finger on it.

"It's wonderful to see you, youngins!" Nana happily welcomed us in a british accent, "I was just setting out the ingredients we needed to make chocolates for you!"

Hmmm, her voice sounded very familiar… And Summer calls her Grandma Nana? This is all starting to remind me of someone… WAIT, DID SHE SAY WE WERE GONNA MAKE CHOCOLATES! THIS LADY IS LIKE THE TROLL VERSION OF MY NANA! WHAT THE WHA!

"Thanks Nana!" Summer trilled happily, "Shall we start?"

"Oh yes! Come in! Let's make those chocolates!" Nana opened the door wider to let us in

Heh, I guess I kinda won't be without family. This person is like the reincarnation of my nana. Then Nana looked to me,

"And what may your name be dear?" Nana asked me.

"Hannah." I answered

"What a lovely name. Ha, and what a coincidence! I had tried to convince Summer's parents to name her Hannah, but no, they had to go with Summer." Nana let out a little chuckle, "Not that Summer is a bad name, it's just I had hoped to have a part in naming my first grandchild. At least there's another one on the way."

Wait, Summer's mom is expecting? Well, now that I think of it, I haven't ever met Summer's family.

"OOOOOHHHH! I'm so excited!" Summer exclaimed, "Being an only child is BOOOOORING!"

"Your mother and father are coming over soon. They said it's been to long since we all did something together." Nana said.

"Oh! This is gonna be F.U.N!" Summer trilled.

We all went into the kitchen. A few minutes later, Summer's parents came. Summer's dad was yellow with blue hair, and Summer's mom was red with orange hair. I could see where Summer's features came from.

"MOM! DAD!" Summer exclaimed happily, running over to them, "It's been tooooo long since I've seen you both."

"Haha! It's nice to see too, cupcake!" Summer's dad chuckled

"How's it been going with you in your pod?" Summer's mom asked

"Oh, it's just wonderful!" Summer exclaimed, "But it gets kinda lonely without you guys around, at least I got Al to keep me company!"

I sighed sadly. Summer's parents seem awesome. I wish I had mine here with me. I wonder what my family would look like as trolls. Then I looked to Summer's mom. Nana said there was a little one on the way, then why doesn't Summer's mom look… well y'know… pregnant?

"How's the podling doing?" Nana asked Summer's parents as she walked over.

"It's doing well." Summer's dad informed her

"We think that it will open in about a month or so." Summer's mom said

"Oooohhhh! I'M SO EXCITED!" Summer exclaimed, "I've always wanted a sibling!"

Wait, podling? Sibling? In a month? Did little trolls come from pods? WHAT THE WHA?

"Who's this young lady here?" Summer's mom asked, looking to me

"Her name is Hannah." Summer answered, "She's a friend of mine and Al's

"Oh, well it's nice to meet you Hannah, my name is Phoenix!" Summer's mom greeted me

"And my name is Sky. If you don't mind me asking, why are you grey?" Summer's dad asked,

Phoenix lightly whacked him upside the head and whispered, "Shush! You could be hitting a sensitive topic!"

"Well sorry, it's just that there hasn't been a grey troll in years, and I was just curious." Sky whispered back

"It's fine, but I'd rather not say why I turned grey…" I murmured, not wanting to have to explain the whole thing.

"That's just fine sweetie." Phoenix said

"Well, anyway, let's make those chocolates!" Summer said, trying to get off the topic

And so, we went into to the kitchen. Everybody helped with something, Summer and Al were chopping up some stuff, Phoenix and Sky were in charge of mixing the different ingredients for each batch of chocolates together, and then I was in charge of melting the chocolate on the stove. Everybody else were talking to each other and laughing at each other's jokes while they worked, but I just stay silent, and work quietly on my job. That is, until I started humming a tune that had stuck in my head for the whole time we were working. Summer noticed, and she looked over to me.

"What's that song you're humming?" She asked

"Huh?" I snapped my head, caught off guard by the question

"You're humming, what song is it?" She asked again

"Oh, uhh, it's a song named Don't Worry Be Happy." I answered

"I like the sound of it. Could you maybe sing it for us?" Summer asked

"I-Uhhh," I stuttered

I did know how to sing, and I loved doing it. I had gotten my singing voice from my mother. She used to sing for weddings and things like that. But I'm not as good as her. I don't sing the type of music she sing, I focus more on pop songs, because they fit with my voice more. But if I could name the one thing I am scared of the most, it was singing in front of people. I got terrified to the point where my leg would start shaking like a chihuahua. Before I knew it, Summer's whole family looked to me, having heard the conversation between us, their eyes encouraging my to sing.

"Oh, I don't know, I'm not that good of a singer…" I murmured

"Well then what was that good singing voice I heard behind humming then?" Nana asked,

"Well, I um…" I began to get nervous, "I have stage fright…"

"Well, I don't see any stage here," Summer said, "And you don't have to be nervous around us, we're your friends!"

"Well…" I hesitated, "Ok…"

"Yeah!" Summer and the others said excitedly, then they quieted down, looking to me.

I already felt my legs turning to slush, but I shook my head in attempt to shake the fear away, and I took a deep breath, and I sang.

"Here's a little song I wrote

You might want to sing it note for note

Don't worry, be happy

In every life we have some trouble

But when you worry you make it double

Don't worry, be happy

Don't worry, be happy now"

All the sudden weird looking glow bug thingies came flying to me, helping me sing the next part. What. The. Holy. Crapidoodles…

"Don't worry

(bugs: Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) be happy

(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) don't worry, be happy

(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) don't worry

(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) be happy

(Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh) don't worry, be happy"

When I started singing the second verse, everybody else joined in. Even know they didn't know the words, they sang with me in perfect harmony. Sky taking bass, Phoenix and Nana singing Alto, and Summer taking Soprano. Al surprisingly had a nice high singing voice with a lot of range, but I didn't know what to call it.

"Ain't got no place to lay your head

Somebody came and took your bed

Don't worry, be happy

The landlord say your rent is late

He may have to litigate

Don't worry, be happy

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Be Happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Here I give you my phone number

When you worry call me, I make you happy

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Be happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style

Ain't got no gal to make you smile

But don't worry, be happy

'Cause when you worry your face will frown

And that will bring everybody down

So don't worry, be happy

Don't worry, be happy now

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Be happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Don't worry, be happy

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Be happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Don't worry, be happy

Now there, is this song I wrote

I hope you learned it note for note

Like good little children

Don't worry, be happy

Listen to what I say

In your life expect some trouble

When you worry you make it double

Don't worry, be happy, be happy now

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Be happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Don't worry, be happy

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Be happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Don't worry, be happy"

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry, don't worry, don't do it, be happy)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

(Put a smile on your face, don't bring everybody down)

Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(Don't worry)

Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh

(It will soon pass, whatever it is)

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Don't worry, be happy

Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh"

And then I sang the last part

"I'm not worried, I'm happy" I finished smiling from ear to ear, and everybody started clapping and whistling

Wait. Suddenly more trolls are here… did they see that whole thing? I suddenly got really nervous and my legs started to slightly shake, and I smiled sheepishly.

"Hannah, you're blue again!" Summer exclaimed happily

Wait what? I looked down at myself. I was colorful! Well, what do you know, Branch was right. All I needed to do was to get out of my pod.

"I'm so happy for you!" Summer exclaimed, hugging me, ending up with everybody coming around in a group hug.

"I'm so glad you guys are my friends." I said.

"I'm glad that you're glad that we're your friends!" Summer giggled

"We're just glad you're happy." Al said

"Thanks you guys…" I said

"No problem." Summer said before she let go

"Now let's get to making those chocolate!" I said excitedly, finally with the happiness that I have been needing for three weeks now.