Wow, your reactions for the last chapter was STRONG. Lots of cussing. These next few chapters will take a lighter approach as our hero's finally reach Eden.

It wasn't easy finding another vehicle the right size for a troll to drive. Considering that the vast majority of trolls lived in Eden now finding one for them to drive would be difficult to say to the least. Eventually though they stumbled upon a now abandoned car lot that had both bergen and troll sized vehicles. Taking the one in the best condition, which happened to be a old 2018 Dodge Ram Pickup. Poppy and Branch was able to make their way to Eden again. With the sun coming up and Poppy driving the truck past the Idaho state line, they were hopeful that they could reach Eden by the end of the day.

Relaxing a little bit, Branch took his journal out of his hair and made another entry.

Branches Journal, August 31st, 2049 7:10 Am

Two days ago I lost my Grandmother, the only family member I had left. I'll admit it's hard for me to find the motivation to continue to Eden but I know that my Grandma would want me to continue.

When my Grandmother took me in after my mom died all I wanted was to be alone. I would spend a lot of days locked up in my room crying because all I wanted was my mom back. My Grandma would do everything she could to try to make me feel more accepting living with her, she would take me to the park, take me to a movie and even sing to me, but all they would do would cheer me up for a short period of time and then I would fall back into a state of depression. For the years before I found happiness through music was probably some of the hardest moments for my Grandma because I never treated her with the appreciation she deserved. All she wanted to do for me since she took me in was make me happy again. All she has ever wanted in my life was for me to be happy. And all I did to show appreciation was treat her like garbage. I wish I had a chance to do everything over, to show her for real how much I appreciated everything she sacrificed for me. Sadly though I know I can't, and I never will. Grandma, I love you, and I am so sorry for how I treated you.

As Branch was writing he eventually found himself giving in to sleep. Branch had not gotten any sleep since they buried Rosiepuff and was exhausted. Closing his journal Branch laid back in his chair and closed his eyes, soon drifting off to sleep. As Branch slept he saw his Grandmother, standing on a cloud dressed in all white. Her body was glowing from head to toe and when she turned to see Branch her face lifted in a smile.

"You just can't stop thinking of me can you?"

"How can I? You were all I had ever since I was ten. I can never let go of you."

"Oh sure you can" Rosiepuff laughed "After a few years in Eden you will forget all about me."

"How? How can I ever be happy in Eden knowing you never made it. The only reason I agreed to go was for you."

"Oh Branch, you don't need me to be happy. Happiness is closer to you then you think. You just need to discover it for yourself."

"How can I?"

"Well for starters letting people in your life again. You can start with Poppy. I know you two have sort of had a rocky relationship since you met but she only means well. And even though you won't admit it to yourself, I know you care for her. The way you rushed to save her from Chef, you were a one troll army."

"I was just doing what I had to. What any person with a soul would do."

"Or maybe you did it for another reason as well." Branch gave his grandma a confused look and Rosiepuff laughed.

"Branch your really going to play dumb with your dead Grandma? I could tell ever since I caught you staring at Poppy while she was getting dress. You feel something for Poppy even if you don't want to admit it to yourself I know differently.

"Even if that is true which it isn't, there is no way it could work out between us."

"Oh? You have certainly spent a lot of time together these past few days. You certainly have formed a bond since starting this trip and have gotten to know quite a lot about each other."

"Okay what this this have to do with me being happy in Eden without you?"

"The point is that you still have someone who cares about you and wants to help you. You just got to let her. Don't push everyone away like you did when I first took you in. You have grown so much in so many ways, don't fall backwards again. Be happy Branch, you deserve happiness."

"I don't know if I can." Branch started to cry.

"Be happy..."

"BRANCH!"

Branch's eyes instantly shot open when he heard Poppy call out his name and he shot upwards in his seat.

"We're here." Branch looked out his window and he noticed they were up in the mountains and driving up to a set of gates. Written on a sign on the front gate in black lettering read "Eden"

"We made it." Branch gasped. Despite being located up in the mountains Eden looked very much like a actual was houses, businesses, a school for the children, and many different types of plantations and animals. Many trolls gathered near the entrance when the truck pulled up, after all there was no supply run scheduled for another month and they were curious as to who was pulling up. Needless to say when Poppy stepped out of the truck everyone gasped.

"Poppy?"

"Surprised to see me?"

"Oh my god Poppy!" The twins was the first to run up and hug Poppy, followed shortly by Biggie, Suki , Cooper, Smidge and Guy Diamond.

"We all thought you were dead!" Satin replied

"How did you survive?" Chenille added

"How did you get here?" Cooper asked

"Guys calm down." Poppy replied breaking the hug. "I can explain all of these things here in shortly. The trolls turned to see Branch stepping out of the truck. He tried to avoid all the commotion going on but Poppy pulled him over to the pack to introduce him to her friends. "Guys this is Branch, he is part of the reason I made it here."

"Wait Branch?" Suki asked

"As in the lead singer from the band NSANE?" The twins added at the same time

"Oh so you guys have heard of me?"

"Heard of you?..." Suki laughed

"We are big fans!" The twins said simultaneously again. "We have all your CD's we sing your songs in the shower, we were even going to get matching tattoos of your face on our butts but our dad said no."

"Okay I did not need to know that last part." Branch replied a little grossed out.

"Poppy?" Suddenly Peppy, walked up after one of the trolls ran off to tell him about Poppy's return. Peppy was carrying Winter in his arms. "Is that really you?"

"Mommy!" Winter jumped out of Peppy's arms at the sight of Poppy's return and ran to hug his mother.

"Oh my baby I missed you so bad!" Poppy cried, grabbing Winter in a deep tearful hug and kissing him on his face, forehead and hair. "I thought of you every single day while I was gone."

"I thought you wasn't coming back mommy."

"Nah, who told you I wasn't coming back?"

"Daddy."

"He did, did he?" Poppy growled.

"Poppy?" Suddenly Creek, the troll Poppy wanted to see the least walked up to the group. "Your alive?"

"Yeah no thanks to you." Poppy replied walking up to Creek and punching him so hard in the nose Creek fell backwards. Creek grabbed him nose and noticed blood was dripping onto his fingers.

"I had that coming"

"You deserve more than that but your lucky because our kid is watching."

"Look I'm sorry..."

"Sorry? You left me alone outnumbered by bergens and you think sorry is going to cut it? No sorry doesn't cut it. I can't believe your the father of my child!"

Creek threw up his hands and walked away, he could tell Poppy was angry with him. Not that he could really blame her. He did leave her to die. However, even though he would never admit it to anybody, Creek still believed he made the right call that day. He had everybody's life to think about as well and she was taking to long to get to the truck. True she got pinned down but in his opinion she should have stayed together. He knew nobody agreed with his decision and he had taken hell from everybody, but he made his decision and he stood by it.

Tears fell from both Poppy and Peppy's eyes as they embraced in a hug. "I feared I would never see you again my daughter."

"I'm back daddy, and I am never going to be gone that long again." Poppy then pulled Branch over to meet him, who at the time seemed to have his hands full with a very hyper three year old. "Daddy this is Branch, he is the whole reason I made it back. He saved my life earlier. I owe everything to him.

"Thank you." Peppy said giving Branch a hug. "For bringing my daughter home safe."

"Just doing what I had to Sir."

"Sir? No you call me Peppy." Peppy then recognized Branch's face for the first time. "Hey didn't I see you one time on TV? At a sporting event?"

"Oh yes, the halftime show of the Superbowl one time."

"Now I recognize you. I didn't like your music."

"So I heard. Well hopefully we can put this difference aside and still be friends. And hopefully you will still let me stay here."

"Of course. No troll left behind. Cooper will you show our new resident his new home?"

"Will do Peppy." Cooper replied pulling some bags out of the back of the truck.

"Cooper those our my bags." Poppy called out

"Oops." Cooper laughed setting those down and grabbing some more bags. Before Cooper could show Branch were he was going to live though Satin and Chenille ran up to Poppy excited.

"Oh Poppy you have got to see this we actually have a successful one.

"A successful what?"

"De extinction," Chenille explained "We have a baby tiger?"

"What!" Poppy gasped before running to grab Branch "Branch you got to see this."

"Wait for me!" Cooper hollered out running after the four trolls, still holding Branch's bags in his teeth.

The twins led the group to the lab were a mother leopard lay with four baby tiger cubs. Both Poppy and Branch gasped when they saw them.

"I see it but I still don't believe it." Branch gasped "That's impossible these animals...

"Were extinct yes. Another act of Cruelty do to Chef's violent nature." Poppy replied, bending down and picking one of the cubs up. "But we brought them back. We can reverse the sins that man and bergens have done."

"Okay, I'll admit, I'm impressed."

"Not bad for a mad scientist huh?" Poppy replied reminding Branch of what he called her sisters.

"He called us that?" Chenille tilted her head

"I take it back." Branch said throwing his hands up in defense. "I was wrong. This is actually pretty amazing." Branch bent down next to Poppy and stared at the cubs as they curled next to the mother leopard. "They're beautiful. Branch didn't know why, but as he stared at those baby tiger cubs. A animal that were bombed to extinction when Chef dropped nukes in Asia, he couldn't help but think there was still hope for the trolls. If They could bring a animal back from extinction, then maybe, just maybe. There was a future for the trolls.

Cooper led Branch to his home fifty minutes later. It wasn't very big, but it would be just him living in it. It was a small two bedroom house with one bathroom a living room and a small kitchen. It wasn't much, but it would do. As Branch started unpacking, a small smile formed on his lips, he dropped what he was doing walked to his front porch, looked up in the sky and smiled as tears of joy fell from his face.

"I did it Grandma, I made it to Eden. I did it for you."