Hey! Guess what!? I have a small surprise at the end of this chapter so be sure to check it out. I know my usual schedule is to update "Life's Adventures" next and I wasn't planning on updating this so close to Halloween but I just had to type this chapter down because I was too excited not to write it.
Reby Montana - thank you and ooooohhhh believe me… Guy Diamond is the last troll who needs help after this chapter.
TAPDANCING GIRAF - Me too. Ron Funches is pretty funny. And that's an interesting thought about my stories. Thank you. I used to watch TMNT too by my cable is out now. Shame.
TheSnackPack - you're gonna feel even more bad after this.
TheLemonsAreComing - Thank thank thank you! You'll definitely like the ending to this chapter. And I honestly love the Wile E Coyote cartoons. I love slapstick comedy. It's my type of humor.
On with the show
With only 3 days left for the dance, Poppy was running around the ballroom checking everything.
"Tables check, Chairs check, decorations check, food check… omf!" she rammed into someone and fell back. The collision caused her and the other troll to fall back and drop what they had.
"Oops, sorry about that my highness," Poppy looked up to see Rudy. He was gathering all the decorations he had dropped.
"That's alright. I should've been looking where I was running," Poppy picked herself up," Sorry that…"
"Gotta hurry," Rudy just walked past her. Poppy was some what surprised at how rushed he was. She shrugged it off and continued to walk. A few steps and she felt something hard below her foot. She looked down to see a small black box. Curious, she picked it and opened it. She gasped in utter surprise before shutting the box. She looked back to find Rudy but he was gone.
"Hey Poppy," Branch walked up to her," I have a question, after the catering gets here with the…. What's wrong?"
He saw her surprised expression.
"How long have Rudy and Satin been together?" She asked with her eyes still wide as golf balls.
" I don't know. 4 to 5 months," Branch shrugged," Why?"
Poppy didn't say a word. She instead handed the box to Branch so he can see. Branch opened it to see a diamond ring inside.
"This is a proposal ring," Branch stated the obvious. Poppy gave a simple nod with her same shocked expression," Are you telling me Rudy is going to propose to Satin?"
Poppy gave another nod. Before Branch can say more, Rudy came back into the picture.
"Ah, there it is," Rudy took the box from Branch," Thanks for finding it."
With that, Rudy left two very shocked trolls behind.
"A proposal? He's going he's purpose!" Poppy whispered in great excitement and lightly jumped up and down. Branch held her down by the shoulders and tried to calm her down.
"Shh, calm down, ok?" Poppy nodded yes really quickly. She had to bite her lower lip to keep all her excitement inside,"Good. I know this is exciting and all but keep this a secret ok?"
"Ok!" Poppy relaxed her body but her enthusiasm was still gleaming in her pink eyes," I won't say a word."
With the snack pack
"HE'S WHAT!?" Poppy had told the snack pack everything that happened.
"What did I just say?" Branch did a facepalm at her actions.
"I thought you meant to keep it a secret from Rudy that we found out," Poppy told him innocently.
"Proposal!?" Suki repeated.
"Rudy!?" Cooper was in shock.
"Rudy?" Chenille complained before feeling faint. She fell back onto the ground from the news.
"Rudy is proposing?!" Guy Diamond was even more shocked than any other in the group. Well maybe not as much as Satin. The girl's jaw was wide open with her hand over her mouth and the other over her heart.
"Satin?... Satin?" Branch shook her arm but she had no response.
"This… is… great!" Satin jumped up in excitement.
"Are you ok?" Guy Diamond asked as he helped Chenille back up to her feet. The girl wobbled around still feeling dizzy.
"What happened? I blacked out?" Chenille mumbled. Before Guy Diamond can tell her anything, Satin started running out the door, dragging her sister.
"I have to find him!" Satin was already out the door.
"Satin wait!" Chenille stood up and pulled back from her conjoined sister. The force from her sister was enough to pull her back onto the ground," You can't get married! It's only been like 4 months."
"Yea, but it feels like forever," Satin sighed dreamingly.
"But what about when we were kids. We promised each other that we would have a double wedding," Chenille helped her sister back up on her feet.
"We did?... Oh we did," Satin remembered when they were just little girls. They always dreamed of having a double wedding," Well…. Now we don't have to share the spotlight on our wedding day! And it will be much less stressful."
"But…. I…" Chenille stuttered on her words for a while before sighing in defeat,"... I guess you're right."
"Yes! Thank you!" Satin gave her a big hug before dragging her down the stairs.
"I better go with them. Poor Chenille is going to be exhausted when Satin finds him," Guy Diamond made up an excuse to follow them. He went down the stairs and followed the twins. In reality, He wanted to know more about Rudy and what he does when Satin isn't around.
"I better go with them," Poppy followed. She turned back around and looked at her boyfriend.
"Take care of things while I'm gone?" Poppy asked.
"You got it!" Branch gave her a positive smile.
"Promise nothing will go wrong this time?" Poppy warned him.
"Cross my heart," Branch crossed his heart.
"Thank you!"
Back in the castle
She walked around the castle carrying all the fabric to Bridget who was sitting at a table making bows and dresses for bergans and trolls. Well kinda for trolls.
"Hey Smidge," Bridget looked over at the tiny troll who just made it to the table,"Is this ok for a troll?"
Smidge looked at her sparkling pink... something. It was crumbled up and a complete mess.
"Uhhhhhhh..." Was all Smidge can say.
"It's a bow," Bridget explained.
"Oh..." Smidge looked at the pink fabric again," I don't see it."
Bridget sighed in disappointment.
"I know, It's way to hard to make troll size clothing. I wish the fashionista didn't leave so early this morning. The party is this friday," Bridget looked down at Smidge again," Where are they anyways?"
Smidge shrugged. She still had her mind on what Rudy said. She has tried but there was no way of her to get rid of those words. Was she really not worth of the same sweet love that her friends have? She sighed and looked around the castle. At the open back door, she spotted a cute purple and green hair troll feeding the ducks in the the pond. Smidge smiled and jumped off the table and ran outside. It's time to see if it's true that she can't get attention.
"Smidge?" Bridget looked over at where she was going. Smidge stopped running and stood a few feet away from the troll. She excitedly jumped before calming down and slowly walked over to him. She cleared her throat hoping to catch his attention. The troll threw more bread at the ducks in the pond. Smidge grunted and coughed but nothing happened. She sighed and decided to walk past the troll. Nothing. He didn't even glance at her. Smidge stomped a foot in frustration. She walked in front of him again but accidentally stepped into the water.
"Oh my god!" She screamed before splashing into the water. She swam back up but her dress was pulling her down a bit. She splashed around trying to stay afloat.
"Oh my," The male troll helped her out of the pond," You ok?"
"Y... yea..." Smidge coughed out. She pounded onto her chest and shook her head. She looked up at the troll and gave him a adorable smile, "Thanks for rescuing me."
Smidge tried to sound cute as she batted her eyes. The troll smiled back and nodded.
"Not a problem," He checked his watch to see the time. He picked up his bag of bread and looked over at Smidge,"If you don't mind I have a date to attend to."
With that the troll left with a wide eye Smidge behind him. She smacked her forehead and slid it down her face.
"Of course," Smidge threw herself back.
With Biggie
The big troll was taking pictures of the ball room. He was planning on publishing it on the newspaper. As he snapped a few photos, he spotted Suki playing with her turntables. He smiled at the sight and decided to walk up to her
"Smile!" Biggie told her before snapping a photo. She giggled and smiled for the picture," Thanks. This will do nice for the article."
"What's it about?" Suki asked him.
"The trolls and bergens who are working to make the dance perfect," Biggie answered.
"Sweet, hey have you read the story about the indecent at the theater?" Suki asked him.
"Yea… sorry about that," Biggie nervously laughed as he checked the photos he took. Suki looked at him in a bewildered way. Why would he be sorry? Suki was about to ask him but Biggie talked again," I told Guy Diamond it was a bad idea to ruin your…"
"Mew!" Mr Dinkles interrupted him. Biggie looked away from his camera and down at the worm. His eyes then widen in realization and slapped his hand over his mouth.
"Ruin what?" Suki repeated. She looked at him with narrow eyes and sounded suspicious. Biggie removed his hand and smiled.
"Nothing too important. Hope you and Cooper didn't get hurt during the fire," he tried to cover up.
"How you know we were in the theater?" Suki asked with the same time. Biggie stayed silent for a long while.
"I… just assumed… since you both like movies…. And stuff..."
"Hmm…. How you know it was a fire?" Suki asked again. Once again, Biggie had nothing to say.
"Because…. They found a match where they keep the films," Biggie covered up the best he could. Suki wasn't buying it. She raised an eyebrow at him as she asked yet another question.
"And you know this how?"
That was it! Biggie had nothing else to say.
30 minutes later
"... So that's… why most of… your dates went wrong…." Biggie blew his nose into a tissue. He was crying and telling Suki everything that happened," That's all I… know… honestly."
Biggie was able to get out between sobs. Suki on the other hand was completely speechless.
"A bet…. That's why he asked me out…. So Guy Diamond can do his deliveries for the whole spring!?" Suki held onto her head trying to process everything," So he never wanted to date me?! He just needed a way to get away from his work?!"
Suki looked back at Biggie. The poor blue troll was crying his eyes out. He couldn't even talk anymore. Suki looked away in great disappointment and stared down at her turntables.
"I was played with…" Suki felt some tears form against her eyes,"... how could he?"
She shut her eyes tight, grabbed her records and left in a rush.
"Ok… food check… ta.. Oomph!" Branch was knocked down by Suki. The two trolls fell back, letting the records fall and break.
"Uge! Branch!" Suki angrily said. Branch sat up to see all the shattered pieces.
"Opps, sorry Suki. I…" Branch tried to help but Suki pushed him aside and left.
"Just leave it, sorry doesn't fix anything," Suki simply left. Branch looked back at his friend. Her head was down followed by her slumped shoulders.
"What happened?" Branch asked himself. Biggie then passed by Branch crying," Biggie?"
"Sorry Branch, I think… I should take a… break…" Biggie left. Branch was starting to get confused of what was happening.
"What about the dance? You can't just leave," Biggie didn't reply. He just walked out the doors and left.
Back with the twins
Satin was skipping her way across the forest with her sister right behind her…. Kinda.
"Satin… why now?" Chenille was tripping and falling from her sister pulling her so much.
"This is the most exciting news I ever received, why not now!?" Satin cheered. Her voice squeaked with excitement. Behind them, Guy Diamond had his arms crossed and a serious look. He wasn't sure about this. It's only been 4 months, Rudy is rude, inconsiderate, demanding and who was the girl he saw him with?
"You ok?" Poppy noticed how mad Guy Diamond looked.
"Yeah… fine… why wouldn't I be?" Guy Diamond responded angrily.
"Your voice says otherwise," Poppy stated. Guy Diamond sighed in defeat.
"I just don't like Rudy. He seems very….. Rude,"
"He is kinda mean at times, but Satin loves him and we should support her," Poppy said.
"Yea but…. Is Rudy really right for her. He doesn't even treat Chenille right,"
"We'll see," Poppy ended. The two sped walked even faster to catch up to Satin. When they pushed some bushes aside, they found the twins staring out from behind a bush.
"Something wrong?" Poppy asked. She saw that they both had shocked expressions. Satin seemed to have tears on the edge of her eyes. Poppy looked at the way the girls were looking at.
Just ahead, they saw Rudey hugging a female troll. The girl couldn't take her eyes off of the diamond ring Rudy gave to her.
"W... what?"Satin whispered to herself in disbelief. As she watch her boyfriend hug the girl he just proposed to, her heart split in two. She was breathing heaving trying to catch some air but it hurt too much. She felt a few tears run down her cheeks and her hands tightening harder onto each other. Chenille couldn't believe her eyes either. She just witness her own sister's boyfriend propose to another girl. She looked over to her sister and saw her hurt expression. She was holding onto her hands so tight that she couldn't believe her hands weren't bleeding at this point.
"Satin?" Chenille whispered. Right when she was about to place her hand on her sister's shoulder, Satin threw her head into her hands and let out a loud cry. She ran into the bushes dragging her sister off her feet. Satin threw her back onto a tree and let herself fall onto the ground with a cry of pain. She dug herself into her knees and sobbed.
"Satin, Satin everything is going to be ok," Chenille held her sister closer to her. Satin placed her head on Chenilles shoulder and held onto her. Chenille rubbed her back trying to calm her down,"I'm here for you Satin don't worry."
Chenille felt her heart break as well seeing her sister so upset. Chenille felt helpless. Her sisters heart has been shattered and she couldn't do anything about it. Chenille felt tears forming in her eyes. She shut her eyes and let her tears fall. Chenille hugged her sister tighter and Satin did the same. Guy Diamond watched his two friends cry and hug. He was upset at the fact that Rudy not only made Satin cry but Chenille as well. Rudy always pushed Chenille aside during his dates with Satin. Treating her like a third wheel and sometimes like their personal servant. Poor Chenille, she couldn't escape thanks to her conjoined hair but she took all the pain for Satin. But now Rudy broke Satins heart and made Chenille suffer all for nothing. Guy Diamond marched his way towards the troll.
"Guy Diamond?" Poppy watched her friend leave. She saw where he was heading and decided to follow along.
"Hey!"Guy Diamond called out to Rudy. Rudy broke the hug and looked over at Guy Diamond. He started to panic slightly.
"Guy Diamond," He walked up to him acting as if nothing is going on,"Haven't seen you in a couple of weeks, How's it going?"
"Don't act innocent you butter snicker, how dare you cheat on Satin like that!" Guy Diamond cried out causing Rudy to panic and stutter.
"I… i... Don't know what you're talking ... Butter snicker?"Rudy just realized what he said.
"I learned it from a friend,"Guy Diamond explained," I think. I'm not sure where I heard it from."
"Maybe from a book?" Rudy tried to move the conversation away from what was happening.
"Maybe… wait… you're not getting off the hook just yet!" Guy Diamond shook himself back to reality," You messed with the wrong group of friends! No one! And I do mean no one breaks a friend's heart and gets away with it."
"Look, I can't help it that I'm gifted, but I would really appreciate if you didn't tell this to anyone," Rudy tried to explain," I still don't know how I'm going to end it with Satin."
"End it?! Satins crying over there because of you!" Guy Diamond motioned to the bushes where a faint crying was heard.
"Oh… well that saved me time," Rudy shrugged and smiled. He turned around and walked back to the girl.
"Why you little….." Guy Diamond grabbed a pebble and threw it. Rudy ducked down to help the girl up making the pebble bounce off a tree and hit Guy Diamond. He stumbled back and fell,"... Ow… whoever is writing my story down has to stop hurting me."
He rubbed his head where the rock hit him.
"Oh and Guy Diamond!" Rudy called to him. Guy Diamond looked at him with a glare," Tell Satin if she can return my belongings."
"Gggrrrr…." Guy Diamond picked up the rock again and was about to throw it.
"Easy Guy Diamond, easy," Poppy held him back by his arms.
"Lemme at him! I can take him!" The glitter troll struggled in the queen's hands. He kicked and punched the air," Come at me!"
"Guy Diamond! Relax!" Poppy held him by the shoulders and shook him," Just let it go."
"Ok… ok… I'm relaxed… I'm relaxed," Guy Diamond took a deep breath.
"Good," Poppy turned him around and started to walk away. In a second, Guy Diamond turned back around and launched the rock with all his force," Oh come on!"
"Ow!" it hit Rudy on the head.
"Score!" Guy Diamond did a small victory dance. Poppy turned him back around and pulled him away.
"Honestly your majesty, How could you have friends like him?" Rudy rubbed the back of his head. Poppy stopped in her tracks and froze in a walking position.
"What do you mean by that?!" She asked without looking at him.
"He's way too… Noisy and happy…"
"So are all my other friends," Poppy turned full front to look at him.
"Even that grumpy one who ruined the play?"
"Branch didn't ruin it!... He just had trouble…" Poppy's voice trialed off at the end.
"Uh huh… sure…" Rudy laughed and started to walk away leaving a irritated Poppy behind. Her jaw dropped from how rude he was. Even when he's talking to the queen he's a jerk. Poppys eyes trailed away from the mean troll to Guy Diamond. He was holding out a larger rock to her with a smile on his face.
"You know you want to," Guy Diamond said in a sing song tone. Poppy looked at him for a moment then back at the rock. She snached it and swung it towrds Rudy.
"Ow! That one hurt more!" Poppy grabbed onto Guy Diamond arm and ran off before Rudy can say anything else.
Back at the castle
Cooper just came back from deliveries. He went in with a wagon full of decorations. He looked around the busy place, looking where to leave everything. At the side of the room, Suki was glueing her records back together.
"Hey Suki," Cooper walked up to her. Suki didn't even look up. She continued to glue her records together," Do you know where I should place all these decorations?"
Suki didn't respond. She turned herself around so her back would face him.
"You ok?" Cooper was confused on the sudden silent treatment. Suki looked back at him with a angry look and glare before looking back at her records," Hey, sorry I'm late. I had a lot of deliveries today."
"I'm sure you did," Suki mumbled in anger. Cooper felt uncomfortable about the way she was talking. He swung back and forth trying to think of what to say.
"So… what happened to your records?"
"Nothing," Suki answered rather quickly and annoyed.
"Oh… is something wrong?" Cooper kept trying to figure out why she is suddenly moody.
"Can you leave me alone!?" Suki grabbed her records and walked away.
"Suki wait," Cooper followed her," Did something happen when I was gone?"
"You should know, your the one trying to get out of doing deliveries," Suki huffed still not looking at him.
"What are you talking about? What did I do?" Suki stayed silent at this question," Suki I can't read your mind. Won't you tell me?"
"I'm fine," Suki nearly snapped.
"But I…"
"If you're so curious then why don't you ask Biggie or Guy Diamond? You three are the ones who formed the bet in the first place!" Suki nearly yelled at him. She turned back around and stormed across the castle. Near the entrance, Branch was checking the list.
"Wait! You know about the bet? How?" Cooper's voice caught his attention. Branch looked away from the list and up at the couple.
"It doesn't matter!" Suki marched out the doors," Leave me alone will you!"
"Suki wait!" Cooper watched her walk down the stairs. He stayed in thought about what just happened.
"Biggie!" Cooper stomped a foot when he figured out who told her.
"Everything alright?" Branch asked.
"I'm gonna have to miss today's work. I have something or someone I need to find," Cooper almost seemed angry. That was a shocker to Branch. He walked out and watched the lama troll leave as well.
"Great, we lost The twins, Guy Diamond, Biggie, Suki, and now Cooper. Who else is left to work?!" Branch asked to no one in particular.
"I'm going to take the day off!" Smidge came out crying," In fact... don't expect me at the dance."
Branch watched with wide eyes. He couldn't believe it! Everything was going so fine until Poppy left.
"I need a break as well," Branch groaned and walked back in the castle. He saw that the only ones left were him and Bridget who seemed to be having her own fashion problems. He groaned at the thought of all the work he had to do alone.
At the troll tree
"Suki? Suki come on! I know you're in there. I can hear you crying!"
"Cooper? What are you doing here?" Poppy came up to him. Her ears then caught the sounds of crying," Is that Suki?"
"Yea," Cooper sighed disappointedly.
"What happened?"
"It's kinda complicated…" Cooper said. Poppy crossed her arms indicating she'll listen. Cooper took a deep breath in and prepared to tell her"... Long story short, she's mad cause I asked her out to win a bet… kinda…"
Cooper nervously laughed. Poppy stayed looking at him with wide eyes. Cooper took a step back and tried to avoid eye contact. He wasn't sure what she was about to say. Without warning, Cooper felt Poppy smack his head with her hair.
"You did what!?" Poppy screamed in anger," How could you!?"
" There's more to the story, I just need to explain to her what really happened," Cooper pleaded. A loud cry was then heard below the branches
"What's that?" Cooper looked down and looked around. Guy Diamond, Satin and Chenille showed up from a distance. Chenille was soothing the poor girl as they walked slowly to Suki's pod.
"Satin isn't having a good day today so I was taking her to her pod," Poppy explained," but sounds like Suki could use some company."
When the twins came up, Poppy opened the pod for them and let them in.
"And by the way…" Poppy looked out the window," If you're here? And Suki's here, who's helping Branch?"
"I…. Don't really know…" Cooper thought back. The place was nearly empty when he left.
"Branch is all by himself!" Poppy was about to jump out the window. She froze and looked back inside," Guy Diamond! Take care of the girls for me!"
She jumped out and hurried her way to the castle. Cooper sighed in defeated. He looked down and walked away from Suki's pod.
"Please let me explain myself Suki, "He whispered to himself.
At Sukies pod
"Who wants tea?" Guy Diamond came out of the kitchen with a plate of tea. He placed it next to Suki who was silently crying and had her back turned to everyone. Satin was in bed with a cover over her and wailed out loudly. The girls were stuffing their faces with chocolates that Poppy got them before getting to the troll tree.
"Thank you G. D," Suki whispered. She ate a chocolate before taking a red cup and sipped it. She immediately spit the tea back in and quickly placed it back onto the table as she fanned her mouth," Hot hot!"
"Sorry," Guy Diamond apologised, "Should've let it cool down first."
"At... least you didn't burn our hearts like you know who," Satin took her cup making sure she didn't grab the one Suki just spat in.
"I feel like the most miserable troll in the world," Suki comment before throwing herself into her pillow.
"You just got played with by a close friend, Try being cheated on!" Satin cried out.
"Awe come on you two," Chenille wanted to console them," I'm sure there are others who are just as upset."
"Like who?!" Satin challenged. The pedal then opened and Smidge came in with tears running down her cheeks.
"I give up!" She yelled," I will never find love!"
She hopped into bed with the other girls.
"No matter what I change, No matter what i do! I can't do it!" Smidge grabbed the pillow Suki had and threw it on her face shouting in frustration.
"Tea?" Guy Diamond offered Smidge. She stopped screaming and took the pillow off.
"Thanks,"Smidge took the red cup of tea and sipped it. She tasted it for a while before commenting,"Taste like chocolate."
At the castle
"Ok… steady... Steady…" Branch was on a stack of items to reach the curtains. He was trying to hang one side of a streamer that was holding up a crystal in the middle. He tied it around a nail before letting it go," Perfect!"
Branch climbed his way down the pile of chairs and tables. The streamer above then started to slip off the nail.
"No no no no no…." Branch hopped back up and caught the streamer. He then felt the other side of the streamer start to slip. Not wanting to break the crystal is had, Branch swung his hair and held into the other side of the streamer. The pile he stood on then started to tremble and become loose.
"Oh no," Branch held onto the streamer tighter. The pile came tumbling down causing Branch to swing off. He hovered in the air as he tried not to let go of the streamers. He watched ahead at the pile rolling away. Tables smashed into other tables. Balls bounced across the room and knocked down a majority of the decorations, the records that Suki just glued back together fell off the table and smashed again into smaller pieces and finally to top this all off, a chair knocked down a small statue that knocked down a bigger statue that knocked down and even bigger statue. At the end, the biggest statue fell onto the table Bridget was on.
"Ah! What happened?!" Bridget looked around.
Branches face showed nothing but great distress and shock. The place has become a complete wreck.
"Can't I get a break?!" Branch mumbled and hung his head low.
"BRANCH!" A girl voice echoed across the room. Branches head shot back up to see Poppies horrified expression. Her hands were over her mouth and her eyes were wider than ever.
"Poppy?! Your back!" Branch stated the obvious. The streamer he was hanging from soon ripped and dropped the male troll in a pile of rubble.
Outside, Poppy was storming down the stairs. She was on the edge of tears and had anger boiling more than ever.
"Poppy, I can explain!" Branch came down after her.
"It doesn't matter anymore!" Poppy moaned in sadness and distress, "The place is a wreck, Satin and Suki are upset, and the dance is in two days after today!"
"We'll fix it," Branch caught up to her. He grabbed onto her shoulders and turned her so she can face him. He placed his hand under her chin so he can see her face," I promise."
"You already promised that you take care of things. One hour later, the whole place looks like a hurricane hit it!" Poppy pulled away from him and continued," What am I going to do? So much things to finish, so little time to finish them."
Poppy let herself fall on the step. She looked up at the sunset and started to cry. She hugged her knees and hid her face.
"I should've just taken the time to do it myself," She sobbed.
"But that's way too much work for you," Branch sat next to her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into a hug.
"I know…. It wasn't your fault our friends had to leave," Poppy whispered between sobs. She laid her head on his shoulder and continued to talk," Things are going so wrong today. First Smidge isn't herself, Guy Diamond went crazy in the basement, Satin was cheated on, Cooper and Suki aren't talking to each other, the place broke down at the last minute, what else could go wrong?"
Branch was lost in words at this point. There was really nothing to say. His queen was stressing herself with making this event perfect. He planted a kiss on her head and helped her up on her feet.
"I'll get up early tomorrow to clean it up," He told her as he went down the stairs.
"No… I need to do it too," Poppy wiped away her tears," It's my job."
"What you need is a good night rest. When we make it to your pod you're going straight to sleep and aren't waking up until late morning," Branch told her.
Poppy's pod
The queen was cuddled up in her bed hugging fast asleep. Branch pulled the covers over her and smoothed it out. He leaned in and planted a good night kiss on her cheek before turning the lamp off. He took a look at the clock on her night stand. 8: 13 pm. He left the pod and shut the pedal close. He made his way down the tree and to his home. Hours past by the peaceful night. Poppy was in deep sleep and the ticking on the clock filled in the silence of the dark room. The hands on the clock indicated that it was now 10: 30 pm.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
The red clock beside her started ringing.
"Mmm… a few more minutes," Poppy hit the button to stop it.
…. Ring! Ring! Ring!
"Stop…" Poppy silenced it again. This time, the clock finally stayed silent for 30 seconds.
RING! RING! RING!
The clock shook violently and sounded louder.
"Grrr… why won't you…" Poppy sat up and swung her blankets away. She slapped her hand where the clock should've been," Huh?"
Instead of hitting the clock, her hand fell flat in the desk. She looked around the room in confusion, looking for her clock. Just in front of her bed stood the clock, shaking harder and ringing louder than ever.
"How did…" Poppy got out of bed and picked up her clock. She hit the button again and silenced it. She placed it back on her desk and picked up her blankets.
RING! RING! RING! RING!
"What is it now?!" Poppy looked back at her desk. Again, the clock had mysteriously moved. The ringing sounded like it was outside. Wanting to know what is happening, Poppy looked out her window and tilted her head from confusion. There it was. The same clock was shaking and ringing at a nearby branch. Poppy opened her pod and stepped out. She steadily walked on the branch and kneeled down to her clock. She picked it up and pushed the button again. Only this time it didn't stop ringing. Poppy tried again and added more pressure on it. Nothing. It kept ringing louder than ever," What's wrong with you?!"
Poppy shook the thing. She then felt the branch beneath her shake a bit. A crashing sound was heard above her and with every moment it got louder and louder. She looked up to see a branch falling towards her.
"Aahhh!" Poppy dropped her clock and was about to run. The branch collided with the one she was on. The shake made her lose her balance and fall. She fell straight down towards the ground and it seemed like she was about to crash. The branch broke into the ground creating a hole making Poppy fall straight into it. The hole on the ground closed itself up again and became sturdy as ever. Inside, the steep fall slowly positioned itself into a big slide.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Poppy slid across the slope and moved side to side. It became such a ride that she couldn't even tell which way was up or down. At the end, Poppy was thrown out from a cave and landed in the middle of what seemed like the woods. The young queen picked herself up and dusted herself off.
"That was some ride," She comment while she looked at her surroundings. Nothing but a bunch of leaves and trees," Hello!?"
She called out to anyone. The only thing to be heard was her echo saying hello back. She looked around trying to find any sign of someone. She walked carefully and turned to every direction.
"Cooper?! Suki?!... Biggie!?" Her ear twitched from a small sound behind her. She slowly looked behind her but saw nothing besides deep darkness behind the bushes," Branch?"
She could feel her heart thumping out of her chest. The pink troll slowly made her way across the eerie silence. She walked closer to the bush were a faint breathing can be heard. In the dark spot of the bush, two glowing blood red lights appeared. Poppy gasped and backed away. Smoke like texture crawled out between the leaves and twigs like a snake on the floor and spiders in the air. Before she knew it, the smoky figure lunged straight at the queen!
Troll tree
Suki gasped in terror when she woke up. She sat up on her bed and looked out the window. The milky white moon was still high in the sky with the stars decorating around it. She held her beating heart and thought about the dream she just had.
"What a nightmare," Suki swallowed her fear. She looked around her pod to sooth her racing heart. Satin and Chenille were cuddled next to each other on her bed. Smidge was on the floor with a pillow and blanket. Guy Diamond was passed out on the table with cups of tea spilled all over. Above him was the clock. 12 o'clock. Suki took a breath in and laid back down in her bed. She cuddled against her pillow and started falling asleep. She then felt a shadow cover up the moonlight from her window. She cracked open her eye to see a black little bird sitting at the window.
"Shoo…. Go on…" Suki waved her hand at it. The little bird gave a tweet and hopped,"... Shoo… leave…"
She sat back up and tried to scare it away. The black bird let out a soft tweet again and flew off. Suki watched it fly up the troll tree. The little bird then landed on the window of Poppy's pod. The bird looked back down at the DJ girl and tweeted. Suki only laid back in her bed. She got comfortable and let her eyes drift to sleep. She then felt a very unsettling feeling creep up her spine. A feeling that made her heart started racing and her stomach started having butterflies. She sat back up and looked out her window. Inside Poppy's pod, the lights were flickering like a torch. Inside she noticed a shadow moving around the pod. Feeling like something was horribly wrong, Suki got up on her feet and left the pod. She climbed up to Poppy's pod and knocked.
"Poppy? You in there?" Suki called out for her. No answer. Still feeling worried, Suki opened the pod and entered," Poppy?"
She looked at the inside of the pod. The pink blankets from Poppy's bed spilled off of her white mattress. The clock was once again put back in it's right spot.
"Poppy where are you?!" Suki walked around her friends room," This isn't funny. Come on out."
Suki kept searching the room. Soon enough, her eyes landed on the clock on the nightstand. Beneath it was a piece of paper. Suki moved the clock aside and unfolded the paper. The paper seemed to be a map of some sort. A map of a different part of the forest. Suki arched a brow as she looked at this. The light from the lamp revealed some writing behind the paper. Suki turned it over and read what was on it. Her purple eyes slowly moved across the paper, reading every word carefully. Her eyes started to widen in worry.
"I gotta find Branch," Suki ran out of the pod dropping the paper in the progress. Written in red ink, the paper had one sentence.
I got the one who was born to lead.
Surprise time
November 4th is almost here and for me that's when Trolls came out. As a celebration, I'm creating a new story. It goes with my fairy tale parodies so when I'm done with 6 wishes I'll be able to publish it. It'll be called " A Forbidden Tale" and next to "Life's Adventures" it's one of the deepest, darkest and most personal stories I'll ever write. I have everything figured out and I just can't wait to share it with all of you. Soooooo I decided to share a sneak peek!
First, what is this story about?
Summery
( Branch and Poppy are childhood friends who are engaged and search nothing but a purpose in their life. While Poppy spends her time in fairytale books, Branch lives in reality, that is until they get trapped in a fairytale book. On this adventure they'll meet many well known characters from their favorite stories and even meet the forbidden tales. Characters who were created for their own stories but later tossed aside and never got to tell their story. No story equals no purpose. ) So this is pretty much about what happens to the deleted characters from stories and finding your purposes.
Sneak peek
"GET THEM!" some troll knights on fireflies sped across the thick forest. The moon and stars were their only source of light in the dark forest. Just ahead them were too trolls running away and dodging every arrow and every stone they launched at them. As if the arrows weren't bad enough, the stones they threw were glowing gold. With every stone that was thrown, it would explode into dust. One knight took out a sling shot and aimed the glittering stone at one of the running trolls. He let go of it sending it flying through the air leaving a track of gold glitter behind. One running troll saw it come and pulled the other out of the way. The stone hit a flower bush creating a blast of glitter. The leaves and flowers started to turn into gold. The gold crawled over more and more of the bush until the whole plant was consumed with solid gold.
The two figures took a sharp turn which the knights missed. They made a messy u turn and and tried to follow the getaways. They all halted in a clear spot and looked around. Nothing but leaves and branches everywhere.
"We lost them! Again!" A knight shouted in frustration.
"We can't catch all of them, let's go men!" the leader ordered. All the knights turned their fireflies around and drove off. Between two trees was a gray rock that slowly melted away it's dull completion. The dull gray color now turned into a bright baby pink that faded into lavander then a sky blue. Two little troll twins no older than 10, nervously popped out from behind a bush. The blue twin turned her heads to the left. Nothing but a dark rocky path. The pink twin looked to her right, Just piles of leaves and rows of bushes.
The twin girls smiled and giggled. They happily skipped out of the bush.
They went away as fast as they could before the knights came back.
"We did it!" The little pink twin cheered.
"Yes! Just one more night and we're…"
"Ahhh!" The pink twin was launched into the air by a net," A trap!"
"Satin! Are you ok!?" The blue twin looked up at her sister. Their hair stretched out far enough for the blue one to stay on the floor. Satin struggled in the net causing the bell on it to start ringing. Chenille pulled from the bottom trying to get her sister out but that only made the ringing louder.
"Over here, someone is in the trap!" a knight's voice was heard. The twins panicked even more and tried to pull harder.
"Chenille this won't work! You have to go!" Satin cried out to her.
"I can't leave you!" Chenille told her as she kept pulling.
"you have to!" Satin pleaded.
"No I mean I literally can't leave you! we're connected!" Chenille pulled harder," either way I would never leave you!"
The knights were coming in closer and closer to the point where they were only seconds away. As the twins kept pulling onto the net, they felt a sudden tug on their hair.
"Whoa!" Chenille fell back into some bushes. The 10 year old twin shook her head and looked at her hair. It was cut! "B… I… how…"
She looked out of the bush and saw the knights arrive.
"We got one!" A knight shined his flashlight at Satin. The knights untied the roped and placed her chains.
"Oh no," Chenille was about to jump out to help but a some grabbed her arm and pulled her back," Let me go! Mmmm…"
She felt a hand go over her mouth to silence her. Another wrapped itself around her waist trying to keep her in place. She watched helplessly as the knights took away her sister. Once they were out of sight, the mysterious stranger let her go. She jumped out of the bush and looked around. She was gone. Her sister that she was born with, grew up with, and trusted was taken away. The blue troll buried her face in her hands and fell to her knees. The mystery troll emerged from the bush and looked down at the crying girl. Even with a mask on, you can see he was only 12 years old. Only his white hair and blue eyes were visible. A arrow in one hand and his hat in the other
"How could you?" Chenille sobbed," I thought we were friends."
"A Forbidden Tale" coming this November!