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On the lake
Branch was rowing the boat, looking for a good spot to stop at. As he rowed the boat, He took a glance at the girl in front of him. She was hugging Mr Dinkles a lot tighter than usual. Her gaze was glued onto the sky with a scared and worried expression on her face.
"You ok?" Branch asked her. He stopped rowing, figuring they were far enough. Poppy sighed, she was thinking about what her mother had told her. She decided the test should be now. She put her hand in her hair and took out the crown.
"Here," She handed it to him. Feeling somewhat confused and shocked, Branch took the crown back.
"Poppy, I…"
"I should've given it to you in the beginning," Poppy seemed a bit upset," At least now you'll be able to complete your dream."
Branch looked down at the leaf crown in his hands, examining it to make sure it was really the crown he needed. Seeing that it was, he lifted his head back up with a smile. He was about to thank Poppy for this but she had her gaze back up in the stars with the same expression.
"Is there something wrong?" He asked in concern.
"I don't know, what if…. What if this isn't the way I dreamed it would be?"
Branch was taken back a bit by this. She was so cheery and filled with life throughout the whole trip, it would be a great shame to see her get disappointed. This is when Branch decided to cheer her up.
( Sing, Bold for action)
"All of those days,"
The singing caught Poppy off guard, she turned to him and listen.
Watching from afar,
You will be glad,
To see all your dreams,
Come into your world,
All of those years you looked out,
Never even knowing,
Can make you seem so blind,
Before he can move on, the two were able to hear bells ringing from the kingdom. The ringing seemed to be following a certain beat. Like a lullaby.
"Suddenly you see,
It's all so clear, Now standing here,
When the fog has lifted,
Everything seems different,
we saw our dreams come alive,
And finally,
we see the light,"
Poppy was starting to feel a bit embarrassed from the serenading but she had to admit, she liked it. Before Branch can say his next line, Poppy saw a group of different colored lanterns leave the kingdom and start to make there way to the lake. She slid her way to the edge of the boat, wanting to see the reflection they cast on the water as well.
"And I see your true colors,
Shining through,
I see your true colors,
And that's why I love you,"
Right after Poppy helped a baby blue lantern back into the air, she froze. Surprised, she turned back around and found a pink lantern and a blue lantern in Branchs hands. With a sweet smile, Poppy took her pink lantern and joined in.
Poppy and Branch
"So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful"
Together, they threw the lanterns into the air, and watched as they danced away and disappearing into the rainbow above them. The two trolls then took each others hands and sang.
Poppy and Branch
I see your true colors
Shining through (True colors)
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful like a rainbow
Oh, whoa, like a rainbow,"
( end )
As the rainbow lanterns shined above, the two trolls gazed at one and other, holding each other's hands. Both of them had a soft and loving smiles and gaze. Not even thinking twice, Branch released a hand from hers and slid his it across Poppys cheek. With a racing heart, and a tender smile, he leaned in, pulling her face and lips closer to his. Poppy gladly accepted, she let herself come closer. Mr Dinkles sat to the side, watching blankly at the scene in front of him. With just inches away, Poppy closed her pink eyes completely and relaxed as she continued to lean in. Branch would have done the same, if it wasn't for something ahead. He suddenly stopped and pulled away a bit. His eyes pulled away from the pink troll and looked at the forest ahead. Creek was standing at the edge of a rock with a green lantern illuminating his body and face. He was watching the couple in the lake. He was holding still like a statue standing in the forest. It was like he was waiting for something, or maybe he was waiting for someone. Realizing Branch was looking away, Poppy pulled herself back and wondered what was happening.
"Is everything ok?" Poppy turned her head to look behind her but Branch quickly pulled her face to look at him.
"No, nothing….." Branch looked back at where Creek was, but he seemed to have disappeared. Feeling nervous, Branch grabbed the oars and started to row ahead.
With the knights
"Just….. A little…..," Suki was jiggling and moving her dagger in the key hole, she was hoping to open the lock. To her satisfaction, she heard the click,"... Yes!" she whispered in excitement.
"Come on! let's go!" Guy Diamond pushed the door open and ran out with Suki behind him. They jumped from branch to branch , making their way down behind Chefs back. They jumped onto the ground and made a run for it.
"Hahaha, Yes! We did it!" Guy Diamond cheered in excitement.
"Shhh!" Suki shushed him," We can't let that bergen know we're gone.
"Oh right," Guy Diamond lowered his voice," I can be quit."
"Good, because we don't want…. OW!" a bear trap suddenly snapped onto her foot.
"What happened?!" Guy Diamond immediately kneeled down and tried to open the trap.
"It's one of those traps that Branch put out," Suki tried to pull away, put it was no use, the bear trap had a strong grip on her. Guy Diamond desperately tried to open the trap but the thing wouldn't budge.
"Where are they!?" Chef's voice boomed across the forest. Suki knew that it wasn't long until she found them.
"Go," Suki pushed Guy Diamond away.
"What?" Guy Diamond didn't understand.
"You need to warn Cooper, complete the mission and we have to save that girl the bergen is after, She obviously wants that troll for a selfish reason," Suki told him. Guy Diamond slowly shook his head.
"No, I can't," Guy Diamond shook his head faster. He was about to help her again but Suki pushed him with more force this time.
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you to go and get help!" Suki made sure to keep a firm tone.
" but then you…."
"That's an order!" Suki was getting serious about this. Even though he was frightened to leave her alone, He knew he would be no use here. He had to go.
"Ok," Guy Diamond nodded yes before running off and leaving Suki by herself.
Back with Poppy and Branch
Branch rowed the boat onto land. He jumped out of the boat and looked ahead of him. Nothing but a foggy path and a in coming storm.
"I'll be back," Branch turned to Poppy and told her. Poppy started to get worried and scared.
"Ok," She forced a smile on herself. She watched him leave and disappear into the fog.
"Mew?" Mr Dinkles turned to his owner.
"No, I'm sure he'll return," Poppy was being hopeful. Branch walked around the fog, moving his head in every direction. He couldn't find the knight, and the thick fog covering his sight didn't help either.
"Looking for someone mate?" Creeks voice startled the troll. Branch looked up and found Creek on a rock, sitting in a meditation pose.
"Yea, um…." Branch took out the crown from his black hair. Be held it up so the knight can see it,"... Here."
Creek looked at the leaf crown for a moment before sliding off the rock. He grabbed the crown and examined it. After seeing that it was the real crown, the purple troll looked suspiciously at Branch.
"I don't need it anymore," Branch confessed to him," It has no value to me now."
" I didn't come for the crown mate," the treacherous troll threw the crown aside, indicting he didn't want it," I came for her."
Suddenly feeling shocked, Branches eyes widened in fear. Creek continued to stare at the thieving troll with a deadly glare before speaking again.
"Hand her over Branch," Creek demanded.
Back with Poppy
The anxious girl was tapping her foot and shakily held Mr Dinkles in her arms as she waited for Branch. She worriedly looked at the foggy path, hoping to see a sign of Branch. She felt her heart slow down the moment she noticed a shadowy figure coming her way.
"Wow," Poppy sighed in relief and looked down at Mr Dinkles," For a moment there, I thought he ran off with the crown and left me."
Poppy looked back at the shadowy figure, but this time she was able to see more features. He was purple with neon hair. This was definitely not Branch. Creek stopped walking and looked at the troll with a serious face.
"He did," Creek motioned his hand towards the lake. On the lake was a dark black figure in the shape of Branch. He had the crown in his hands and was moving away in a boat.
"Branch?" Poppy whispered in disbelief. She could feel her heart cracking and fall apart. She ran into the shallow part of the lake and cried out to him," Branch! Come back!"
"He's not coming back Poppy," Creek walked up behind her. Poppy fearfully turned around.
"How you know my name?" Poppy was coming close to tears.
"Your mother has sent me to look after you," Creek took Poppys hand into his," She's worried about you."
"She is?" Poppy had tears forming in her eyes. Creek slowly nodded yes to the poor girl. Poppy couldn't help it anymore. She shut her eyes tight, realising her tears. She silently sobbed while she held Mr Dinkles tighter.
"Mew," Mr Dinkles wanted to comfort his friend. Creek wrapped an arm around Poppy and started to take her away.
"Come, Your mother is waiting," Creek whispered. He couldn't lie to himself, he wasn't proud of what he was doing, but he had to do what he had to do. The two trolls walked across the sandy beach and into the forest. There, Poppy found Chef waiting on a rock.
"Mom!" Poppy ran up to her.
"Poppy," Chef held her hand out, letting the tiny troll climb onto her palm. Poppy wrapped her arms around Chef's thumb, crying even louder than before. Chef brought the troll closer to her and petted her hair," There there Poppy, Let it out."
"You were right mother," Poppy sobbed," I should've listened to you."
"We all make mistakes, the important thing is that you're safe," Chef told her. She reached her other hand to Creek and lifted him up, placing him on her shoulder," Let's go home."
Poppy nodded yes. Her cheeks were shining with wet lines from her tears. The bergen stood up and started to make her way back to the tower. As she walked, she took a step next to an empty bear trap.
With Branch
Branch was knocked out with the crown tied to his hand. The boat he was on, had made it's way to a group of troll guards. One troll noticed the boat and Branch.
"The crown!" He cried out. The voices of the guards started to wake up Branch. He groaned in pain as he slowly moved his head up.
"Where am I?" He looked around him. He then remembered," Poppy! Poppy?! Poppy!"
The guards pulled him up and took the crown away from him. Branch fought back as much as he can.
"Hold still!" One guard told him as they started to pull him away.
"Poppy!? Where are you!?" Branch cried out for her. His screams made it to Coopers ears. Coopers ears raised up at the sound of Branches voice. He stood up and ran to where he heard his voice. He found him struggling in the arms of the guards. He was obviously upset and mad for a reason. During his struggle, his eyes met with Coopers. Cooper looked at him in shock and confusion. He shook his head in a way that Branch could tell that he was asking what just happened. A guard slapped the back of his head, breaking his eye contact with Cooper. Cooper watched as the guards took the troll away. He stood there trying to put the pieces of what was happening. Feeling like he might need help, Cooper started to run after him but something eles caught his attention.
"HELP! AH! SOME TROLL HELP!" Coopers focus was then interrupted by an auto tuned voice. Cooper recognised this voice. He looked behind him at the village, looking for his coworker. He followed his screaming voice until he spotted the shiny troll running in circles and screaming at random trolls," AHHH.. NEED… HELP... IN DANGER... BERGEN….. KIDNAP…... SHE'S…. DANGER!"
Guy Diamond was scaring off kids and adults. No one wanted to hear what he was saying, or more like hear him screaming gibberish.
"... LISTEN… SOMEONE….. PLEASE…. HAS ANYONE SEEN….COOPER!" Guy Diamond finally found the lama troll. He sprinted his way towards the knight and tackled him to the ground," THANK THE TROLL LORD I FOUND YOU!"
"Guy Diamond what happened?" Cooper pushed the glitter troll off him. Guy Diamond was breathing in and out so heavy that he could barely get a single word out.
"…. BEAR… .. BERGEN… CAGE….. CREEK…. COURAGE… ORDER….."
"Whoa whoa whoa, take in deep breaths," Cooper tried to calm the panicking troll down. Guy Diamond took a few deep breaths but he was still breathing too heavy to talk," Ok, can you at least act out what happened?"
Guy Diamond nodded yes. He pushed himself away from Cooper and held up three fingers.
"Three words," Cooper guessed. Guy Diamond smiled and held up a finger, meaning the first word. He them made hand gestures that meant big and tall," Uh….. Big?"
Guy Diamond gave him a thumbs up and held up two fingers, indicating he was moving onto the next word. He started making funny faces and placed fingers against his teeth as if they were fangs.
"... Funny?" Cooper didn't know what to say. Guy Diamond shook his head no and continued to make weird faces,"... Weird? Ugly? Monster?"
Guy Diamond jumped up and down in the word monster. He rotated his hands meaning he wanted him to go on.
"Um… I…. Don't know," Cooper gave up. Guy Diamond smacked his head.
"S…. SUKI HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A BERGEN!" Guy Diamond shouted at the top of his lungs.
"What!?" Cooper asked in shock.
"A bergen has her!" Guy Diamond repeated.
"That's horrible! We have to save her! Where's Creek!?" Cooper was about to run off.
"Creek is responsible for her kidnapping!" Guy Diamond revealed. Cooper stopped running and stood still in even more shock.
"What?" he turned around. Guy Diamond nodded yes as he continued.
"He sold us out, to save himself," Guy Diamond explained the event to him
" He sold you out!?" Cooper repeated with a mix if shock and anger," That's agaisnt everything we ever learned at training!"
" I know! Suki and I were able to escape but she got recaptured by some kind of bergen mother who was trying to take her troll daughter back…." Guy Diamond sounded unsure at the last part.
"A bergen mother with a troll daughter?" Cooper repeated in confusion. Guy Diamond shrugged his shoulders," That must've been some easy labor."
"It's the same girl we were after yesterday too," Guy Diamond revealed more information.
"Poppy," Cooper instantly figured out who he was talking about.
"Suki thinks the bergen wants the troll for some reason," Guy Diamond told him.
"What reason?"
"Why else would a bergen want a troll?" Guy Diamond hinted. It didn't take too long until Cooper figured out his answer. Bergens torture, kill and eat trolls, so not only is Suki in danger but Poppy might be as well.
"I know what to do," Cooper ran off again," Follow me!"
Guy Diamond ran behind him.
Finish! Credit to anyone who saw what I did with the song. I just couldn't decide on what song to use. The song has the rhythm to "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper. Next chapter might be the final chapter. After the final chapter, I'll be adding another chapter with deleted scenes and I'm also thinking on adding another chapter, all about the wedding day. See you next time.
