Chapter 25: Bad parents
(The next morning when branch woke up, it was quiet. It felt strange. He looked over at poppy who was still sound asleep. He decided to wake the kids up so poppy could get rest.)
Branch: (goes into twigs room and no surprise he was already up)
Twig: hey dadddy!
Branch: (smiles) good morning twiggy, why don't you head in the kitchen and I'll make you some breakfast
Twig: ok! Ok! (Runs out of the room)
(Branch noticed that oak wasn't up yet but he decided to let her sleep a little longer. When twig finished his breakfast he decided he should try to get her up.)
Branch: oak! Time to get up!
(No answer)
Branch: oak! Come on! (Opens the door) We're gonna-(sees that's she's not in her room and stops dead in his tracks) oak?
(He searched the kitchen, living room, and even went outside and didn't find her. He started to freak out a little and he searched her room and there he found the note. He hands shook as he read it.)
"Mommy and Daddy, I'm going out to find my happiness so my true colors will come back. Don't worry about me, twig and the twins will be better off without having a sister who is grey, I promise I'll come home once I find my happiness. I love you.
Love,
Oak"
Branch: no...no...she didn't...this isn't real! This isn't happening!
Poppy: branch?
Branch: (jumped a mile) poppy!
Poppy: what's wrong? You look concerned
Branch: poppy...I..I...it's all my fault
Poppy: (gets worried) what'd you talking about?
Branch: (hands her the note)
(When poppy reads the note, her face drops and her eyes swell up with tears.)
Poppy: what happened?! Where is she?!
Branch: I don't know...
Poppy: what happened yesterday?!
Branch: well...remember she turned grey and...I tried to comfort her by telling her I was grey for a long time too...she said she wasn't happy and I said if she wanted to be happy she would have to find it...I guess she took it literally
Poppy: YOU GUESS?! SHES GONE!
Branch: poppy calm down...the babies
Twig: mommy? Daddy? Why are you shouting?
Branch: twiggy...I need you to go to pop-pop's and Grammys, your mother and I are talking about something serious
Twig: (looks scared but does what he's told)
Poppy: what'd we gonna do?!
Branch: we're gonna have to find her
Poppy: we have to tell the village!
Branch: no way!
Poppy: branch! We need all the help finding her!
Branch: I'm not letting the village know we're bad parents
Poppy: oh wake up branch! Swallow your pride! We are bad parents! Our 6 year old just ran away!
Branch: we are not bad parents! I'll find her on my own
Poppy: no! We're telling the village! And with my pregnancy rage, I don't think you wanna argue with me about this! We need help branch!
Branch: (sighs) fine...let's go receive our bad parent awards
Poppy: will you stop that! Things happen!
Branch: ok you name a troll that's had their child run away
Poppy: don't do that
Branch: so I'm right?
Poppy: (crosses her arms) are you done?
Branch: ok! Ok! Fine we'll tell the village
(They gather up everyone and everyone freaks out about the news)
Biggie: the princess is missing?!
GD: this is bad news!
Satin: what if our kids go missing?!
Poppy: everyone calm down, no one took her...she left on her own...
(Everyone goes quiet, they don't know what to say.)
Branch: we know this looks bad but we need help to find her, we don't know where she's gone
Chenille: but who's going to go? Most of us have kids too, we can't just up and leave
Star: I'll help!
Zing: me too!
Suki: that's sweet but I want you to stay here, I don't need you to go missing
Satin: same with you zing
Star: but I wanna help! It's probably my fault she left
Poppy: it's no one's fault! But Suki and satin are right, I need all the kids to stay here, are there volunteers to go who don't have children?
(A bunch of trolls raise their hands)
Poppy: ok! We'll have to leave soon!
Biggie: poppy...don't you think you should stay too?
Poppy: what?
Satin: poppy, you're too close to your date, what if something happens?
Poppy: what if something happens to my daughter?
Branch: poppy, they're right...I want you here...where it's safe
Poppy: no branch...please don't do this
Branch: we're going to find her I promise, we'll all be safe. (Faces all the trolls) all those who are going, we need to get a move on
Poppy: please...be safe
Branch: I promise (kisses her) let's go!
(Branch and the team head out, they start walking to the forest.)
Branch: I'm coming oak
Peppy: it'll be ok poppy, branch knows what to do
Twig: mommy...will oak be ok?
Poppy: she's going to be fine twiggy, daddy will bring her home
(Oak was tired, lost, and confused. She didn't know where she was going, she had ventured off to find happiness so her colors would come back, but she realized she had made a mistake. She was lost and all alone. It was starting to get dark, she didn't know what to do. She didn't know how to make a fire or anything. The only thing she could do was sing...she sang softly and she felt like someone was watching her. When the night got dark and the scary noises started getting louder, she was afraid.)
Oak: daddy...please find me, I promise I'll never be grey again...
(There was rustling in the bushes)
Oak: go away...
(It got closer)
Oak: please..
Stranger: shhh...don't be frightened little one
Oak: who-who are you?
I'm so sorry for the very late update! But I just finished my year of college so that means I should update a lot sooner now! Sooo where did oak go? Will branch find her? And who is the stranger? Don't forget to review! And thank you all for being patient, I promise I haven't forgotten about this story!
~Ash