The Multiverse
There is an unspoken rule to the multiverse, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and sometimes the smallest actions and choices can make the greatest differences, a road untraveled, a friendship formed or broken, the life or death or another, everything down to the types of sprinkles decorating the frosted surface of a cupcake can have different effects.
"My name is Chronos, the documenter of the Multiverse and I've peered into these alternate worlds, some identical, spare or two small details, some drastically changed," a voice said belonging to a blue troll with yellow hair, he wore a white trench coat and held a cane with a sphere decorating the top.
Chronos sighed as he enjoyed talking to himself, as a titan it was his duty to observe alternate worlds and document the changes and reactions and if necessary get involved. Chronos walked to a table with an array of colored spheres, flicking his wrist.
"Let's start our journey here, World: 2016, when most people think about the Trolls this is the Universe that comes to mind, I'm not going to bother you with the backstory, you know it. Let's see how they are doing" Chronos said to himself.
The Troll pressed on the head of his cane, opening a Blue and yellow swirling vortex as he walked through the portal, heading to his destination to do research on the ongoings of the multiverse.
Troll Village was a happy place filled with the happiest creature, The Trolls, The Rainbow Trolls, or Pop Trolls as they were formally known. led by their Queen the Sunny and Friendly Poppy, advised by her friends named Branch and Smidge who helped with her scheduling. The cheerful queen asked what her schedule was as Branch looked at his clipboard.
"Well first Harper asked you to check on her portrait, then you agreed to try Sky's new gelatin flavor, your weekly look through Biggie's photo album, and you're meeting with the other leaders for this years Harmonyfest" Branch explained handing her a schedule as Chronos stood of one of the tree branches filling out his notes, saying things seemed to be going well.
Poppy stopped by Harper's to see the portrait, which the artist was eager to show. Harper said she felt that Poppy's good side was caught well as she looked at it flattered at the painting. Harper offered them something to drink. Poppy smiled as Harper poured each of them a glass of lemonade, wiping her arm across her forehead, leaving a trail of green paint as the group shared a laugh with Harper
The group spent a good hour with Harper as she finished her painting. Poppy Thanked Harper for the Lemonade leaving with her two friends as Branch looked over his notebook
"Okay next is Sky" Smidge informed as the trio went to Sky's building, which was Troll Village's center for party favors, decorations, baked goods, if you could name it odds are that Sky made it or knew who did. Due to Poppy's title as the Queen, she was a high priority client and went straight up to Sky's tasting room, waving to the Trolls who crossed their path.
The three made their way to the tasting room where Sky was talking with his employees, reminding them if they put too much confetti in their Party Cannons, they wouldn't fire properly, telling them Jamming the cannon could make it defective and was a safety concern as the employee nodded walking off.
"Oh, Queen Poppy, Good to see you could make it, I knew were both busy so I'll keep things brief, the fellas in R&D have been working on a new flavor and would like some outside input," Sky said, handing each of the three a small cup of gelatin and a spoon to taste the dish. Poppy ran her spoon thru the mixture, tasting the sample as her friends followed suit. Poppy held up the spoon, poking the mixture with her finger, saying it was certainly wiggly and jiggly as she and the other placed it in their mouth.
"The fruit it's made of is rare and was brought to us by the Funk Trolls, so if it passes, it'll be a seasonal release" Sky explained as they let the mixture set in the mouth.
"A bit tart, tastes juicy, I give it a Smiley Face" Poppy decided as Branch and Smidge nodded. Sky thanked them for coming to his building as they got up and left the building. After a brisk walk, they headed to Biggie's pod where the jolly Troll was boiling tea, pouring each of them a cup as he presented a photo album on the table where they all sat.
Branch rested his head on his shoulder, not really interested in this duty but coming with to support his friends. Biggie opened the album as Poppy and Smidge were admiring the pictures of Biggie's Worm, Mr. Dinkles dressed in various costumes.
"Aww, the little sailor's hat looks so cute on him" Smidge admired the picture as Branch just sat there not saying anything, he looked up, asking if they could flip the page. the faster they got through the book meant the faster they were done with Poppy's royal duties for the day, meaning they could play.
"And here are some of him in his firefighter outfit, I'm trying to consider which of them to have framed, what do you think Poppy, A or B? Biggie asked, valuing her opinion as Poppy thought it over, both photos looked similar and this needed a careful decision.
"A, Mr. Dinkles looks a bit too spunky in B, despite B having better lighting" Poppy decided as Biggie looked at the photos, nodding as they continued looking at pictures of Biggie's worm, Branch tapping his fingers, eventually the book closed as Poppy and Smidge thanked him for sharing the pictures. Branch looked at the schedule saying they had some time before the other leaders showed up.
"Smidge gets a setup crew and a welcoming party for the other leaders, Branch how many are we expecting," Poppy asked as he looked at his clipboard, For the Rock Trolls we have, Barb, Riff, Carol, and Thrash, for the Funk Trolls we have Quincy, Essence and Prince D, Dawn and her niece from the Country Trolls, Trollzart and Trollex are coming alone as their people are busy with you and me representing the Pop Trolls, in total that's 13 seats" Branch counted as Poppy looked at him, Smidge walking off to get a welcoming party assembled.
"So the Trolls are having their first Harmonyfest, worth noting but nothing seems out of ordinary here," Chronos said jotting down in his book, running his pen along with the book as he felt a gust of air behind him as he turned seeing a bird nesting on the tree.
"Oh, I'm minding my own business, slowly walking away," Chronos said holding up his cane, reaching for the sphere on the top glowing as the bird leaned in, clasping the cane in his mouth. Chronos ordered the creature to let go of his cane, which he used to navigate the multiverse, it was an invaluable artifact and the creature was thinking it was a berry on a stick.
Chronos wrestled with the bird since they were fighting over the cane he could not use, Chronos pulled away as the bird let go, Chronos calling out in victory as he noticed his foot placement., saying that was most certainly not good as the Troll fell out of the Tree.
"This would hurt really bad," Chronos said diving as he reached for his pocket watch, pressing the button as time froze around him. Chronos was dangling in the air as he balanced himself on the ground, pressing the button, time starting up again.
"4 seconds, barely a skip," Chronos said, putting his watch away, walking as his foot nudged a tripwire, sending him flying into a trap, a rope tangling around his ankle as he dropped his cane, book, and watch, clattering on the ground. without his Cane to switch universes, his book which had the events of the universe written out, and his watch to stop time he was as helpless as a usual troll.
"I heard it coming from over here," The voice of Branch said as Poppy followed him. Chronos paused in fear, in all the years he spent spying on the Trolls he had never been caught, on the few close encounters he had either switched or altered time but his devices were on the ground out of reach.
"This is very bad," Chronos told himself dangling there as the Pop Queen and her Friend approached the dangling Troll, who looked at the two.
"Um, Hi," Chronos said, playing friendly, giving them no reason to antagonize him, which was met with Branch patting him down for weapons.
A/N Hope you like my new story which will mess with the idea of a Multiverse and alternate realities which was briefly done in 'The Beat Goes On'. I hope you like and comment, I look forward to working on this new story and welcome feedback