Poppy was amazed by Branch's colors and just how brightly they seemed to shine. "Wow!" she gasped "Branch your true colors are wonderful."
Branch looked down at his arms and saw his bright teal blue color shining as bright as can be, a smile spread across his face as he felt the happiness grow even more inside him. He had confessed his love for her and she said she loved him back. All his pain and sadness that he had felt all these years just seemed to melt away with those simple words.
"I see you finally got your colors back, mate." Creek spoke up as he walked over towards the two trolls.
"Isn't great!" Poppy said cheerfully and taking Branch's hand into hers.
Creek put on a fake smile "I'm so happy for you," the purple troll lied "I mean you can finally fit in around here."
"Creek!" Poppy hissed feeling the tension starting to build around the two male trolls.
"All I'm saying is that he won't be the talk of the village anymore," Creek nonchalantly replied, "You know, the misfit troll."
Poppy glared at Creek, it was like he was trying to use his words to make Branch feel bad again. "Creek what's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing," he lied "It's just that Branch hasn't been a normal troll in a long time, if any time. I'm just worried that he is going to hurt your feelings."
"Well you don't have to worry about that Creek," Branch said taking a couple steps forward while still holding Poppy's hand "I would never do anything to Poppy."
The two boys glared each other in silence for a long while before Creek cleared his throat "Well perhaps I am just over reacting then. Congrats on your colors Branch."
"Thanks," Branch replied slowly still staring at the purple troll. Branch was not falling for any of Creek's fake congratulations.
"See you at the party tonight," Creek said giving Branch a quick head nod and walking away. As much as the purple troll hated leaving Poppy behind he knew it was the best thing to do for the time being. Tonight, he was going to win her back and she would get over her fake crush on the troll who saved her. Creek was going to have to come up with the perfect plan to distract her long enough to show her that it was not love she felt for Branch.
Meanwhile…..
Boulder could not get over how easily he was defeated, his plan had seemed fool proof yet Branch just waltzed in and proved him wrong.
"That grey freak is going to pay for this!" he hissed completely unaware that said troll had regained his colors. "He is going to pay for everything he has done to me."
"BOULDER!" the three bullies shouted when they found their leader friend "Are you alright?"
"I've been better," the orange troll replied getting up from where he had been sitting and replaying the events of what had happened in his head.
"Boy, are we sure glad we found you," Canyon said patting his friend on the back.
"Are you really?" Boulder asked glaring at him "Because if you had not fallen asleep then things would have played out a lot different."
"I know," Canyon sighed "I'm sorry."
Boulder's glare softened "No matter," he said "Now is the time to finish what we started. Branch is weak and can be easily defeated."
"But Branch is a tricky troll," Strom pointed out.
"And smart," Blaze added.
Boulder rolled his eyes "I will get my revenge, even if it's the last thing I do. Are you with me?"
The three trolls all exchanged side glances before smiling and nodding "We're with you, boss."
"Boss?" Boulder questioned "Hmm, I kind of like the sound of that."
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"Is it true?" Satin asked as she and her twin sister Chenille came rushing over to Poppy as she neared her Pod
"That you and Branch confessed your love for one another?" Chenille finished.
Poppy blushed "Well sort of."
"What do you mean 'sort of'?" they asked together.
"Well he said he loved me and I said it back," Poppy explained.
"That's huge!" They exclaimed.
"I know right!" Poppy replied happily "And that's not all, Branch got his colors back!"
"What? No way!"
"Um, yes way!" Poppy exclaimed again this time shaking with such joy.
The twins smiles suddenly started to fade "What about Creek?"
"What about him?" Poppy asked
"You said you liked him," Chenille pointed out as her sister nodded.
"What I feel for Branch is different," Poppy explained "it's hard to explain but whenever I'm with him it just feels right."
"Oh girl, we understand," Satin said smiling from ear to ear "You got it bad for Branch."
Poppy felt her face heat right up "Well, I wouldn't exactly say that I have it bad for Branch."
The two sisters exchanged smirks "Sure!" they said in Univision. "Now what do you say we get you ready for the big celebration tonight?"
"Makeover?" Poppy asked all excited
"Makeover!" the twins repeated
With the makeover being said Poppy was ready to drop whatever she had planned on doing to go get prettied up for the celebration to honor the special troll in her life.
Branch loved the feeling of happiness he had not felt in a long time but it was going to have to take some getting used to it again. He knew too much of a good thing could be bad and it could all back fire on him. What would happen if he lost his colors again? Would he be able to regain them again? However, this was not a risk he was willing to take, he wanted to feel the happiness he felt inside and not have to worry about ever losing it again. A big part of him still could not believe that Poppy told him that she loved him back. It was like a dream that he did not want to wake from, he felt a sharp pain go down his side and noticed that his wound had started to ooze again. Branch quickly rushed off home to redress the wound and make sure it was healing the way it should be.
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Just outside of the village Creek sat alone as he tried to come up with the perfect plan to get Poppy back.
"Why the long face?" a voice asked from behind.
Creek turned fast to see Boulder and his three friends standing there with their arms folded across their chests. "What are you trolls doing back here?" he asked quickly getting to his feet and facing the group of bullies.
Boulder smirked "Probably the same reason you look so upset."
Creek glared at the orange troll "You trolls kidnapped Poppy."
"True," Boulder nodded "but we never intended to harm her, someone else..yes. If you help us then we will help you."
"You have no idea what I want," Creek answered.
"Power," Boulder replied, "and having the most powerful troll by your side."
Creek continued to glare at the four trolls "Say I do help you, how are you going to help me?"
"I have my ways," Boulder replied smoothly "you won't regret it."
Boulder then began to sing…
You'll develop so much faster It feels so good to be bad Branch doesn't know it, but he's gonna be in my power! There's a loathsomeness about you It feels so good to be bad
Now you're working with a master
Who will help you cultivate your darker side
You'll discover wicked ways you've never known before
And you'll find that when you're really rotten to the core
So delicious to be a despicable cad
It's just so thrilling and so fulfilling
To give somebody the worst time they've ever had
It feels so good to be bad….
And he's gonna wish that he was never born!
I promise you that by the end of the night!
You'll have Poppy's Heart!
That attracts me to you as a protégé
And when you've learned every creepy crummy thing I know
You'll taste the joy that comes when you're the lowest of the low….
So delightful to be a deplorable cad
It's so appealing to have the feeling
That what you're doing gets trouble brewing
And drives everybody mad…..
Boulder held out his hand towards the purple troll..
You've got my guarantee
It feels so good to be bad…
Creek looked at Boulder's stretched out hand and without thinking twice he took it into his hand gave it a big shake. "You got a deal." He said firmly.
Boulder smiled slightly "Perfect," he hissed before motioning for Creek to come into the gang huddle…"Here's what we're going to do…." He started to say before whispering the rest…
Sorry it took so long to update this story but here is the next chapter! Only a couple more chapters left in this story and then I start working on my next project 'Branch's Song'. Thank you for reading my story and reviewing that has really meant a lot to me.