Disclaimer- I don't own Trolls or Trollstopia in any way, size, or form. Melody Song, Mal Shredder, Stereo, Twilight Tidepool, McJagger, Buckaroo, and now finally, Sid Scales are my O.C.s and belong to me. Aggie and her family members on her mother's side, her father's side, her parents, cousins, siblings, and all other MMTs belong to I.M. Rally. I also do not own the song or the lyrics selected that I use for this chapter today. Now, let's get to it!
Poppy and Branch: You can do it solo!
Aggie and Trollex: But then you'd be all by yourself.
Stereo and Synth: (Synth: Yo!) So, it'd be more fun to share this one with someone else! (Tiny Diamond: Hit it, daddy!)
Rhythm, Blues, Quincy, Essence: Together, we will soar across the sky and beyond! (Prince D: To the great beyond!)
Holly Darling, Buckaroo, Delta Dawn: So, tune-up your voice!
Val Thundershock, Barb, and Melody Song: Stand up and sing along!
All: All different voices (Tiny Diamond: Everybody now!), our melodies ringing. We're living in harmony! Yeah, we're living in harmony! Our song is much stronger will every troll singing. We're living in harmony!
Pop! Goes the Parents
After Barb, Synth, Val, and Beat had re-entered the condo due to the events of today's epic turn of events, everyone had gathered into the living room to relax a bit and watch some TV before bed.
Currently, Poppy was bringing in the mail, saying, "Mail call"!
"Do you have to announce that every time the mail comes," Demo asked curiously.
"It makes it more fun," Poppy replied.
"What did we get, Poppy," Holly asked.
Poppy fished through the mail, saying, "Just a poster for an upcoming program, some bills, and...hey! Look! We got some letters from the Troll Kingdom," while showing a few letters that came from the Troll Kingdom, impressing the group.
"How did they know where to send the letters to," Minuet inquired curiously.
"Who cares? Who got a letter from whom," Smidge asked excitedly.
Poppy looked through the letters, pulling out one while saying, "Here's one from CJ Suki to DJ Suki."
"Alright," DJ Suki cheered while accepting the letter.
Poppy pulled out the next letter, saying, "And this one is from Thrasher to...Barbara"?
"Oh, uh, that's..me," Barb replied, blushing a bit in embarrassment that her dad wrote her full name on the envelope, accepting it from Poppy while saying, "That's from my dad. I wonder how he's doing."
Poppy then pulled out the next letter, saying, "Here's one from Stella Ringer to Buckaroo."
"Yeehaw! My maw wrote! She's probably askin' if ay'm gettin' enough ta eat," Buckaroo commented while they accepted the letter Poppy gave them.
The next letter made Poppy say, "And this is from Twilight Tidepool to Laguna Tidepool."
"Note: exciting! My mom's first letter to me," Laguna commented as she accepted the envelope Poppy gave her.
Poppy pulled out the next letter, saying, "Here's one from...my dad! To me! Awwwwww"!
"Awwwww," everyone said in awe.
Poppy placed the envelope addressed to her in her pocket before pulling out the next one, saying, "Oh, Branch! You got one from Cloud Guy"!
"I what," Branch asked in shock, looking at the letter, worried there was a prank set inside for him.
Poppy pulled out the last letter, saying, "And this last one's from Mal Shredder to Val and Melody."
"Awesome! Aunt Mal wrote to us, Melly," Val exclaimed happily.
"I hope Evie isn't driving my mom too crazy," Melody joked as she accepted the letter from Poppy.
The Trolls who got letters started to open the envelopes to read the notes inside.
Buckaroo was reading their note, chuckling while saying, "Jillian, what do y'all let your nephew do when ay ain't around ta see it"?
Melody was reading the letter and something in it made her so shocked, she shouted in fright.
"Woah, woah, Melly! What is it," Val said while looking at the letter.
"My mom, she's...dating someone new," Melody told her cousin, who was so surprised, she had to take the letter and read it herself to see the truth.
"Woah! That's definitely surprising," Val admitted, stunned.
Poppy was reading the letter she got from her dad, commenting, "Awww, everything's so far so good back in Trollstopia, and everyone misses us, and hopes we're having a fun time"!
Branch was slowly opening his envelope, pulling out the letter, and opening it to read. But, when he did, a whipped cream pie came out from the paper, splattering him in the face, making Branch groan in annoyance, commenting, "Even when away, he still finds a way to annoy me."
Laguna was reading her mom's letter, smiling while saying, "I love you too, mom. Stay safe while you're in Trollstopia."
DJ Suki was reading her niece's letter, saying, "Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about, CJ! Wiki-wiki-what"?
Barb was looking over the letter that her dad had sent her, saying while chuckling, "Dad"!
Aggie suddenly felt her phone vibrate and took it out to read, smiling, saying, "Well, looks like we're all getting letters! I just got a text from my mom! She and my dad are coming over tonight to spend the evening hanging out with us"!
Everyone cheered happily in excitement, with Synth saying, "Oh yeah! This is gonna be so a-meh-meh-meh-meh-mazing"!
"A whole evening with Aggie's parents sounds like a lot of fun! Doesn't it, Mr. Dinkles," Biggie commented as his worm mewed in agreement.
"Think they have something special planned? Or should we plan something to do with them," Prince D asked.
Aggie replied, "We don't need to plan anything special; we'll just get to spend time with them together"!
"And it's always a lot of fun to spend time with your parents; after all, family time is some of the most special time any Troll can have with close relatives in their families," Guy Diamond addressed.
"Yeah, daddy," Tiny Diamond commented while peeking his head out, blowing his airhorns excitedly before going back inside his father's hair.
"Yeah. the bond between a Troll and their parents is strong, right, mom and dad," Cooper said while looking at Quincy and Essence, who happily nodded in agreement while Cooper ran up to his parents and hugged them and his twin brother.
"Yep. Nothing beats the tight, open, honest relationship between a parent and their child," Low-Note Jones commented happily.
Aggie suddenly felt a thought go through her mind, her inquisitive look noticed by Trollex, who asked, "Hey, you ok, Aggie"?
"Oh, yeah, I'm ok. Just...," Aggie replied, feeling unsure.
"Just what, yo," Synth asked.
"Is everything ok," Biggie asked.
"Well, you see...ever since we've reunited with my parents, I've been...wanting to tell them about my psychic visions," Aggie admitted.
"Oh? How come you never told them yet, future sis-in-law," Stereo asked.
"I guess 'cause I've just grown so used to keeping it a secret from others, well, other than you guys, of course. Besides, if I do tell them, it'll just make me more different from my parents than I already am, and I just want to stay as their loving daughter," Aggie replied.
"Come on, Aggie, you're not different from your parents. You're still the same music-loving, sweet, and special girl that they raised and love with all their hearts," Trollex commented reassuringly, causing Aggie to blush with a smile.
"Plus, they were really cool with when you told them about your relationship with Trollex," Quincy added.
"And they were very happy to see you with your True Colors when they came to visit Trollstopia," Essence mentioned.
"If stuff like that, they take well to, it's only elementary that they'll also take well to the news of you having visions," Branch stated.
"Yeah. no matter what, you're always gonna be their exceptional daughter," Poppy added.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Exceptional Zed by Milo Manheim and Zombies Cast~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It's hard to feel that way when I'm panicking on the inside that my parents might not react well if I tell them about my visions," Aggie replied, still feeling unsure about telling her parents about being psychic.
Aggie: I'm kinda freaking out, and not in the best way. More like a "heart beating out my chest 'cause I'm stressed" way.
Melody: You're the most talented MMT that we've ever seen!
Minuet: You'll be fine, you're a magical music machine!
Aggie: What if you're wrong, and they don't take the news it well as you guys do?
Cooper: They're your parents, they'll understand!
Aggie: True, but what if that's not enough?
Synth: You've helped unite us together!
Gust: Y'all have the heart ov ayy Troll!
Barb: You're a leader!
Aggie: I hate to say it, but I'm nervous. How do I tell them about this? I'm tryna to be the best daughter to my mother and my father.
Aggie then started to sing, dancing around her friends, who all swayed and jammed with Aggie.
Aggie: I'm Exceptional Aggs! To all my family and friends! So, I just gotta forget the doubts and get them out of my head!
'Cause I'm Exceptional Aggs! Every day, I give it my best! So, today, I just gotta be confident, so I'll say it over again!
I'm Exceptional Aggs!
"I guess," Aggie added with an unsure shrug.
"You guess," the Snack Pack said in surprise/shock in unison, knowing very well that Aggie was way more exceptional than she thinks to be, as they watched Aggie shrug as she said the next verse.
Aggie: It's hard to live up to the hype.
Smidge: You've done more than you think!
Laguna: Thanks to you, I found my courage!
McJagger: And got me and my boo to start datin'!
Aggie: I've had some pretty bad failures.
Demo: You've had many greater successes!
Delta: As the Country Troll Mayor, ay approve ov that message.
Aggie: Am I really that great?
All (leaders sans Aggie): In case you forgot, you've impacted the Troll Kingdom!
Sid: Whether we like it or not.
R&B: You're smart!
Dante: You work hard!
Guy Diamond: You outshine all the rest!
Biggie: The best thing your parents want you to be is your true self at best!
Aggie gave what Biggie said some thought, replying, "That is true."
"Yeah, and they love your true self, whether you're psychic or not," Trollzart commented.
"So even if you tell them about your visions, as long as you're staying true to who you are, that's all they could ever want from you," DJ Suki mentioned.
Aggie let her thoughts be processed as she continued to sing and dance, with her friends joining in on the dancing and singing with her.
Aggie: I hate to say it, but I'm nervous (Prince D: No need to feel nervous!). How do I tell them about this (Prince D: You can tell them!)? I'm tryna to be the best daughter (Prince D: You're the best one!) to my mother and my father (Prince D: And they love ya!).
I'm Exceptional Aggs (All (Normal Trolls: Uh-huh!)! To all my family and friends (All (Normal Trolls: That's right!)! So, I just gotta forget the doubts and get them out of my head (All (Normal Trolls: Oh, yeah!)!
'Cause I'm Exceptional Aggs (All (Normal Trolls: Uh-huh!)! Every day, I give it my best (All (Normal Trolls: That's right!)! So, today, I just gotta be confident, so I'll say it over again (All (Normal Trolls: Oh, yeah!)!
I'm Exceptional Aggs!
Tiny hopped onto Aggie's Classical hand and sang a verse.
Tiny: Aggie's brave and kind! She lights up our town!
Clampers hugged Aggie's orange hoof and leg, looking up at Aggie, making Aggie smile and hug both Trollings.
Clampers: She's the kaand ov Troll y'all would want ta have around!
As Tiny and Clampers returned to Guy Diamond and Delta, Trollex then took Aggie by both hands and spun her around, making Aggie blush as he sang to her.
Trollex: We believe in you; you're exceptional! And we know you can do this (Aggie: I can do this!)!
You can do this (Aggie: I can do this!)!
All sans Aggie: You can do this!
Aggie: I'm Exceptional Aggs (All (Normal Trolls: Uh-huh!)! To all my family and friends (All (Normal Trolls: That's right!)! So, I just gotta forget the doubts and get them out of my head (All (Normal Trolls: Oh, yeah!)!
'Cause I'm Exceptional Aggs (All (Normal Trolls: Uh-huh!)! Every day, I give it my best (Trollex: I believe in you!) (All (Normal Trolls: That's right!)! So, today, I just gotta be confident, so I'll say it over again (All (Normal Trolls: Oh, yeah!)!
I'm Exceptional Aggs!
Aggie felt a bit better, saying, "Yeah," before adding, "But for now, I think it'll be best if I just keep it to myself. At least until I find the right time to tell them. For now, let's get ready for when my parents arrive."
"What time are they coming anyway," Blues asked.
On cue, the condo doors opened, with Aggie's parents coming inside through the doors, saying, "Hello, everyone"!
"About now," Rhythm replied, with everyone surprised/impressed at the same time.
"Mom! Dad," Aggie exclaimed happily as she ran up to her parents and hugged them.
"Hi, sweetheart, how are you and your friends doing," Bernadette asked while tousling her daughter's hair.
"You all enjoying yourself," Galileo added while patting Aggie on the back.
"You bet we are," Aggie answered happily.
"Galileo! My main man," Barb said while greeting the male Magic Rock Troll.
"Queen Barb, s'up," Galileo replied, fist-bumping with Barb.
"Ah, Ms. Bernadette, a pleasure to see you again," Trollzart said while flying over and bowing at the female Magic Classical Troll.
"Same here, Conductor Trollzart," Bernadette replied while bowing at Trollzart.
"We're all having such a fun time here in Harmonious Land, Mr. and Ms. Galido," Smidge commented happily
"Yeah, we're feeling so *imitates airhorn noises*," Synth exclaimed.
"It's a lot of fun here, just laake Trollstopia, but mawe magical ayn' just as excaatin'," Holly mentioned.
Bernadette smiled, saying, "Well, soon, a lot more Magic Musical Trolls will be coming to stay in Trollstopia and add many more friendships and harmony all over."
"Speaking of harmony, Aggie, how's the harmony between you and my son-in-law," Galileo asked Aggie.
Aggie blushed in embarrassment, shouting, "Da-ad," while covering her face.
Trollex came forward, saying, "Aggie and I are doing really well, Mr. Galido. She amazes me every day," and kissed his girlfriend on the cheek, causing Aggie to lower her hands and look up at Trollex, smiling while her blush only grew.
"So, who is ready to have some fun tonight, Trolls," Galileo announced, making everyone cheer happily.
"What are we gonna be doing," DJ Suki asked.
"Maybe rock out," Barb asked while doing an air guitar solo.
"Or have ayy cookout," Buckaroo suggested.
"We could play volleyball outside before it gets dark," Synth commented.
"I know the perfect thing we can do tonight," Galileo announced, saying, "When I was a kid we did movie nights, and it was the Trolly Grail of family fun"!
"Oh yeah! I love watching movies," Melody exclaimed excitedly.
"That's perfect," Trollex added.
"A movie night sounds like the perfect way to enjoy our evening," Trollzart added.
"I'd watch ayy movie," Buckaroo commented.
"I'd watch a horror movie," Barb replied.
"No way! No horror movies! They're way too scary," Stereo said while shaking a bit in fright.
"Plus, I don't want my son to have any nightmares," Guy Diamond mentioned, with Tiny peeking his head out, saying, "Yeah! I'm still a fragile and easily scareable child, man."
"No, it should be a fun family movie," Quincy suggested.
"I'd watch a fun family horror movie," Demo commented with a smile, fist-bumping Barb.
"Ok, that is accurate, but absolutely no horror movies," Essence stated.
"I know! Let's channel flip through the TV and see if there's any good movies on right now," Poppy suggested while picking up the remote and turning the TV on.
"I'll make some popcorn," Aggie said as she flew over to the kitchen to make a huge bowl of popcorn.
"I'll help you out, sweetie," Bernadette said while following her daughter into the kitchen.
"Well, as long as it's no sappy cheesy romance, I'm in," Sid commented while lying on his beanbag.
While everyone was getting settled to find a good movie to watch, Aggie and her mom were using the microwave to pop a big bag of popcorn to fill a bowl for everyone to share.
"Nothing beats the taste of lightly salted popcorn when watching a movie," Bernadette commented while getting the salt to sprinkle onto the popcorn once it was done being popped.
Aggie was pressing the buttons on the microwave so it could start popping the first bag of popcorn as she said, "Yeah, and it's a lot of fun when watching movies with close friends."
While waiting for the popcorn to pop, Aggie thought that it was the perfect chance to tell her mom about her visions, saying, "Say, um...mom, there's something I want to tell you-,"
But before she could finish her statement, Bernadette interrupted her, saying, "You know, sweetie, Noel, Agnes, and I have a lot in common with each other, the same thing with Galileo sharing things in common with Brittney and Devin, but I think that there's something very special between you and your father and I because we also happen to share a lot of very special things in common together."
"Yeah, and it's really sweet to share something special together. And speaking of that-," Aggie tried to say again but got interrupted once more by Bernadette.
"This is why your father and I were very excited to get to spend the evening with you and your friends, because we'd get to share a special moment together as a family," Bernadette commented before asking, "So, what was it you wanted to say"?
Aggie couldn't help but feel a bit nervous about wanting to tell her parents about her visions because seeing how happy her mom looked and knowing how happy her dad would be if he was in the room currently, about getting to have a lot in common with their daughter. She felt worried that if she told them about her psychic visions, she wouldn't be able to have any common ground or any similar connections with her parents at all. So, deciding to drop it, she heard the microwave DING and opened it, picking up the now fully popped popcorn bag while saying, "Uh...think everyone found a movie yet? I sure can't wait to watch it with you guys."
"Same here, sweetie. Let's put the salt on the popcorn and bring it out to the others," Bernadette commented with a smile while Aggie also smiled, but nervously.
Back in the main lobby, everyone was sitting around in the couch seats, chairs, and beanbags to watch a movie as Poppy was flipping through the channels.
"No," Branch said as one channel had a car race going on.
"Not that," Val commented as the next channel had a Troll dressed in a spider-themed mask and suit, shooting webs from some web shooters in his suit as he swung around from building to building.
On the next channel Poppy had selected, the TV said, "You're watching HBS, the loudest channel on TV."
The Tv then started to blare loudly, "COMING UP ON RIZZTROLLI AND ALLISON," and the impact of the loud volume caused a sudden shockwave that pushed everyone in their seats back, making Sid fall off his beanbag and even pushed Tiny out of his father's hair, the little glitter Troll holding onto the ends of it.
"Ahhhh! Son of a Troll," Riff exclaimed while trying to hold onto his hat, which helplessly got blown away, as did Cooper's hat and Galileo's hat too.
Everyone was trying to hold on tightly to whatever or whoever they could grip onto in order to avoid getting blown away.
Since she was smaller, Smidge couldn't hold on as tightly as she wanted to and was blown back, pinned up against the wall.
"JANE, THE AUTOPSY SHOWS THAT OUR VICTIM EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATIC BLOW TO THE HEAD AS A RESULT OF A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A BLUNT OBJECT," a female voice on the TV explained.
"Yo, it hurts," Stereo exclaimed while covering her ears.
"I can feel my ears bleedin', y'all," Holly cried out, covering her ears while her head hurt from the loud blaring of the TV.
"SO, YOU'RE SAYING SOME NUT JOB DECIDED TO PLAY BASEBALL AND USE THE POOR GUY'S HEAD AS A BALL," another female voice asked.
McJagger weakly placed his paw on Laguna's shoulder, saying tiredly as if this was their final moment together, "I love you, boo."
"I love you too, McJagger," Laguna replied while holding her boyfriend's hand.
"WE GOT A 49ER SHOOTING HAPPENING! ALL UNITS OUT AT THE FRONT AND DEPLOY THE BOMB SQUAD," a male voice shouted on the TV.
Minuet gripped the edge of the couch helplessly to try and hold on while Clampers was helplessly blown back into her aunt's hair.
"Everything is going dark," Satin exclaimed while close to falling onto her sister's lap, much to Chenille's chagrin.
"See you all on the other side," Dante commented while feeling himself close to fainting.
Poppy quickly got a hold of the remote again and shut the TV off, saying, "There, that should take care of that."
"Well, great. Now, I can add hearing loss to my list of unrelated Harmonious Land injuries," Val added while trying to unclog her ears.
"What," Blues shouted, intentionally, trying to recover her own sense of hearing.
Aggie soon came back into the living room with the popcorn, saying, "Were you guys able to find anything on the TV to watch"?
"Yeah; how to lose your sense of hearing in 30 seconds," rhythm replied jokingly, making everyone laugh.
"Mental note: have the volume on 0 when watching HBS," DJ Suki added on, causing everyone to laugh harder.
"Come on, guys. We don't need TV channels or streaming services like Trollflix or Glamazon to have a movie night," Galileo explained, adding, "When I was a kid, we always had an old-school movie night where we rented one from Blockbuster. Some of my best childhood memories were when I went to rent a video with my dad. He and I loved to spend time together, but the one place where we got to bond the most was MovieBuster. He'd let me pick out any snack I wanted while he grabbed our fifth-choice movie because we got there too late to get the good ones. But that was part of it because it wasn't about the movie, it was about the night you spent together."
"Awwwwwwww," everyone said in awe.
"I think renting a movie's a great idea," Branch replied.
"Yeah, it'd be fun to go pick out a movie we can watch together," Minuet added.
"Then, it's settled; The Galidos and the Normal Trolls are making it a MovieBuster night," Bernadette declared.
"We can take the spaceship to MovieBuster is that's ok with you," Essence suggested.
"Perfect! Just don't have anyone crashing it into any restaurants on the way there," Galileo added, giving a side look to Aggie, who realized her dad was playfully teasing her again, saying, "Da-ad! That was a few days ago! Am I never gonna live that down"?
Galileo chuckled and said, "Sorry, sweetie, I couldn't help it."
Cooper then whispered to Prince D, "When we get there, I'll give you 20 Trollars to say, "I've heard TWT is good."
"Got it. Wait, what's TWT," Prince D asked.
Cooper whispered it into Prince D's ear, making the Funk/Hip-Hop Troll chuckle, saying, "Now that's a good movie."
A while later, everyone was in the Funk spaceship heading towards the location where, according to Galileo's direction, was where the MovieBuster store was.
Essence and Quincy were driving the ship while Bernadette and Galileo were sitting up in the front, giving the Funk leaders directions to the store.
Soon, they arrived at an empty lot, where there was nothing but little plants growing in the cracks on the sidewalk.
"Huh. This used to be the MovieBuster," Galileo commented in confusion, adding in slight disappointment, "Oh, man, it's gone."
"Didn't MovieBuster go out of business like 10 years ago," Low-Note Jones asked curiously?
"How do you know that, Low-Note Jones," Smidge inquired to the Funk ambassador.
"Low-Note Jones read about it in a magazine article he picked up a few days ago," Low-Note replied with a chuckle, adding, "Oh, what a world."
"Can't we just go to another movie store then," Rhythm asked?
"Well, MovieBuster is Galileo's favorite video store, and usually, when he sets his mind to something, he's determined about it," Bernadette replied.
"There's probably still one open somewhere around here," Quincy commented.
"I'll Google it on my phone," Galileo commented while pulling out his phone and pressing the home button to turn it on. He then had to press a few buttons, saying, "Eh, I got to type in my code 'cause my phone's still got the old internet version. I have to get an upgrade on it when I can."
Once his phone was unlocked, he accessed his GPS app and typed in "MovieBuster" into the search engine to see if there was one still around in Harmonious Land. Luckily, he got a DING, showing that there was a MovieBuster store still open, saying happily, "Oh, good. See? There is one still open."
"Yay! now, we'll still be able to go and rent a movie," Poppy cheered.
Galileo pressed the MovieBuster that the GPS app provided, as a voice from his phone announced, "Drive north for a quarter of a mile, then turn left onto Highway 20. Continue straight for 300 miles."
"What," everyone said in confusion.
"300 miles to get to a MovieBuster," Synth asked.
"Oh, yeah. The last Blockbuster in existence is in Bend, OreGong. Did I not say that," Galileo replied.
"Uh, no, you didn't, dad," Aggie commented in shock.
"That's a long ride to just go rent a movie," Trollex commented.
"Strap in, everybody, looks like we're all going on a road trip," Galileo declared, adding sheepishly, "Well, technically, it's not a road trip because we're in the air in a spaceship, not in a car on the road."
"Galileo, this is crazy. We can't drive 300 miles just to rent a movie," Bernadette addressed.
"Wouldn't we be technically flying there since we're in a spaceship," Cooper commented, chuckling.
"Bernadette, I know it's crazy, but we want to have a fun movie night with our daughter and her friends. Don't get mad just because we're following through with tradition," Galileo told his wife.
"But we didn't even bring anything with us. If I had known we were going on a road trip to rent a movie, I would've packed us a suitcase," Bernadette commented.
"Oh, that's not a problem, Mr. and Mrs. Galido, we have everything a Troll needs here in our ship. Clothing, extra food, bedrooms, you name it," Essence answered.
"It's true, we Funk Trolls do like to be prepared for anything and everything," McJagger added.
"Don't we have a say in all this, dad," Aggie asked her father?
"Yeah, we don't want to drive all the way to OreGong," Barb added.
"It does sound like this might be a tedious trip," Dante mentioned.
"Aw, it's gonna be fun, guys. You're gonna get to see a lot more of Harmonious Land," Galileo pointed out.
"That is true, and honestly, it would be fun to see what OreGong is like," Branch commented.
"Plus, I love a good road trip," Melody added.
"Ayn' it'll let us get ta make ayy special memory togethuurr," Gust proposed.
That seemed enough to convince everyone to agree to join in on the road trip to MovieBuster.
Bernadette soon gave in, saying with a smile, "Ok, ok. Looks like we're on the road, everyone."
Quincy and Essence turned the ship around and started to drive it down the road, following the direction the GPS showed as the group was on their way to OreGong.
While in her seat, Aggie suddenly felt a vision coming.
In her mind, she saw herself and her father, inside a video store, looking at something off-screen, both appearing to be very scared.
When her vision ended, Aggie whispered to herself, "Oh golly, I hope this trip goes well. Something tells me it's not gonna be as simple as we anticipate it to be."
3 hours into their trip, everyone was starting to feel hungry, so the Funk leaders parked the spaceship in the parking lot of a nearby 24 hours diner so they could all get out and stretch their legs a bit and grab some food to eat.
"One of the perks of a long road trip is stopping for a meal and meeting the friendly folks who make up the heart and soul of our homeland," Galileo addressed.
"Meeting some new faces is always a fun thing to do," Biggie commented.
"As long as we get some food to eat, I don't care. My stomach feels ready to digest itself," Sid addressed, holding his stomach, which rumbled loudly.
They walked inside the diner, as Galileo addressed to a female Magic Techno Troll who was working at the front table, "Hello, we've traveled all the way from Magikina City."
Upon uttering those words, the group was greeted to the sight of almost every MMT that was currently in the restaurant turning their heads around and looking at them with disapproving glares.
"Uh...I don't think they're very happy to see us," Chenille commented worryingly.
"Okay, then," Bernadette commented before she whispered to the Magic Techno Troll, "We'll do 55 pancakes to go."
After they had gotten their food, carrying all the pancakes in the plastic containers that Trollex, Delta, Galileo, and Bernadette carried in plastic bags, they all exited the diner and walked outside, heading back to the spaceship.
But, while they were walking, they saw a lot more MMTs had gathered outside and were watching them leave, squawking like birds.
"Why are they squawking like that," Prince D whisper-asked Aggie nervously.
"I don't know, I guess they're just doing it for no reason," Aggie whisper-answered back, feeling nervous seeing all the other MMTs.
Laguna was shakily writing about it in her notepad, but eyeing how all the MMTs kept squawking like birds while looking disapprovingly at them, the sight was making her feel incredibly nervous.
McJagger saw how worried Laguna looked, he wrapped his arm around her protectively, which helped her feel a bit reassured.
The squawking continued as the Normal Trolls, Aggie, and her parents re-entered the ship, with the Funk leader driving it back onto the road they were on as they continued their trip to OreGong.
An hour later, while still on the road, Aggie was trying to check where they were on her phone, but she wasn't getting any phone service, making herself comment, "I'm not getting any service. Where are we"?
"Looks like we're surrounded by...trees, and...more trees...and...that's practically about it," Synth commented.
"Not to worry, guys, we can figure it out by which radio stations come in," Quincy suggested while turning a nob on his dashboard that turned on the ship's radio.
The radio produced a bit of static before a speaker spoke, saying, "You're listening to P-O-T-S FM radio. All pots all the time. Is the caller there"?
The sound of pots being banged together played in the background before the spokesman answered, "Ha, ha, I couldn't agree more."
Trollex chuckled, saying, "Man, working at a radio station sounds like it could be pretty fun."
"Sounds like we're somewhere between AusTrollia and Anticque," Bernadette answered, based on the station they were hearing.
"You can tell where we are just by what's on the radio," DJ Suki asked.
"Yep. Sometimes, when you lack a map or a compass, a radio is your source of direction," Galileo answered happily.
"Well, we got to almost be there, right," Demo asked while yawning.
"A few more hours," Galileo replied while looking at the GPS, adding, "Trust me, it'll all be worth it once we walk into that store. Plus, I'll be able to finally return this copy of Mister Hound," before pulling out a copy of a VCR cassette with the cover having an image of a Dog Critter wearing a black tuxedo suit, glasses over his face, and carrying a briefcase.
"You remembered to rewind that, right," Bernadette asked Galileo.
Galileo's eyes widened in shock when he realized that...he had forgotten to rewind the movie.
Aggie knew that the look her dad meant as she said, "Uh oh, here we go again."
That resulted in, shown by a funny map montage, him having the Funk leaders turn around and quickly return back to the condo, much to everyone's sudden shock, and quickly rewinded the movie before they continued back onto the road. A paper cutout image of the Funk ship was shown following backward on a red path, which was the road they were on, and was placed over a drawing of the condo before it started to go back down the red road again on the map of Harmonious Land.
Hours later, at around near the first strike of morning light, they were still out on the road, and it was very dark outside, meaning that up on the surface, it was still nighttime, but the sun was slowly beginning to rise and produce a tiny amount of light. The only sources of light around them came from the spaceship's headlight system, and the tiny amounts of light that were seeping through the holes in the ceiling. .
Inside, the Funk leaders were exhausted but doing their best to stay awake while they drove the ship.
Galileo and Bernadette were also feeling exhausted but doing their best to stay awake, just in case Quincy and Essence needed help with directions.
Everyone else was so tired they gave up trying to stay awake and were either close to falling asleep or already asleep.
Aggie was slumped over, laying on Trollex's lap, sleeping soundly, while Trollex was asleep in his seat, his arm dropped protectively over his sleeping girlfriend.
Clampers was nestled in her aunt's hair, sleeping soundly.
Gust was sitting up in his chair, struggling to keep himself awake, while Holly, who was sitting next to him, was sleeping, but Gust let her borrow his hat so the lights around them wouldn't disturb her from her slumber.
Melody was lying on her side in her seat while hugging Grenda, her Snuggle Toy, snoring softly.
Val, Demo, and Riff were lying in different positions in their chairs, snoring loudly, with small bits of drool coming from the sides of their mouths.
McJagger was trying to stay awake by reading a book, but was already asleep, shutting his eyes and succumbing to his exhaustion, his book still in his paws, while letting Laguna lay on his side as she was sleeping, draping her jacket over herself like a blanket.
Poppy and Branch were holding hands in hand while they watched the sights pass around them through their windows.
Stereo was about to fall asleep when she saw Synth, who seemed to be wide-eyed and awake, but was breathing as if he was...snoring. she tapped him gently on the shoulder, whispering, "Synthesizer"?
Synth seemed to snap back into it, blinking while shaking his head and asking while yawning, "Are we there yet, yo"?
"Were you asleep? You looked like you were awake," Stereo inquired curiously.
"Oh, I sleep with my eyes open. It's...deeply unsettling," Synth admitted sheepishly before he saw how tired Stereo looked, asking, "You sleepy, yo"?
Stereo tiredly nodded as Synth let Stereo lay on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, holding his sleepy lover close to him, as he returned to sleeping with his eyes open again.
Sid was sitting upside down in his chair, snoring loudly.
Bernadette bluntly commented, seeing how tired everyone looked, "You know what I'm thinking, Galileo? Instead of going to MovieBuster, we have Essence and Quincy drive this ship right into the first pond we see. It'll be a quicker death than this trip."
"The GPS says we're almost there, hon. We just have to hold on a little longer; I promise it'll all be worth it," Galileo replied.
"We're very sorry if this long trip is tiring you both, your Funk majesties," Galileo apologized to Essence and Quincy.
"Hey, no worries. This isn't the first time e and I had to rive for a long time period," Quincy replied with a chuckle.
"Plus, this trip, while long, is a fun way for all of us to be spending time together," Essence added.
A small bump in the road stirred Aggie awake as she yawned, asking, "How much farther," while rubbing her eyes.
"Hey, sweetie. Your father says that we're almost there," Bernadette replied softly.
Aggie then saw Essence and Quincy turn their heads and gestured her to take this opportunity to talk to her parents again.
Aggie nodded in reply as she flew up to her parents, saying, "Mom, dad, I want to tell you guys something, I..know this is probably bad timing, but, I need to get this off my chest to you both."
"Of course, Aggie, you can tell us anything you want," Bernadette replied with a smile.
"Yeah, what's up? What's on your mind"?
Aggie started to say, "Well, you see-" before she saw something in the front window that made her gasp in surprise and shout while pointing, "Guys, look"!
Her shout was enough to stir everyone awake with startled shouts, with Buckaroo groggily shouting, "Ain't asleep," while their hat, which was earlier on their head, tipped over to cover their eyes while they rested, fell onto the floor.
"What's happening," Prince D asked while yawning.
"Are we there yet," Tiny asked while peeking his head out of his father's hair.
Everyone looked out the window and saw that they were all approaching a large store with a bright green neon sign that said "MovieBuster" that was in the middle of a parking lot, and had a tall sign next to it that also had the same "MovieBuster" neon green letters in its sign.
"Ah," everyone said in awe.
"Oh my guh, it's real," Smidge exclaimed happily.
"Amaza-bo-bonkers," R&B commented in unison.
"It's so," Synth exclaimed happily before he and Stereo mimiced airhorn noises together in unison.
Essence and Quincy flew the ship over to the parking lot and parked it in a spot right in front of the store.
Once they were parked, everyone ran out happily, with Bernadette saying, "We made it"!
"Let's go find us a movie," Poppy exclaimed as everyone ran over to the front doors of the store.
Guy Diamond lagged a bit, saying, "Well, I suppose I should be responsible and release all the sparkly glitter farts."
He opened the door and allowed a few small, silvery glittery clouds that were making his signature squeaky glitter toot sounds, who had kitty cat faces, float out and come safely to the ground.
Guy Diamond then said in a sad tone of voice, "You're free now. Go."
The clouds of glitter gas started to frolic away, disappearing into the woods, but one stayed behind and looked back at Guy Diamond, wanting a bit of reassurance from him before it left.
Guy Diamond felt some tears building up as he let out a nod, saying, "I said go"!
The little glitter cloud nodded and froliced away to catch up with the others, leaving Guy Diamond alone outside, sobbing quietly to himself, as his son peeked out again and gave Guy Diamond a tissue, saying, "There, there, daddy. It was hard, but it had to be done."
Once Guy Diamond had recovered, he quickly caught up with the others.
Together, they all walked inside, pushing the doors open, and were amazed by what was inside.
The store had many shelves full of movies and TV shows in cassettes ready to be picked out and rented by the other MMT customers around them. There was a section for movies that were just released, a section for movies that were timeless classics, and behind the register counter was a wall full of all different kinds of snacks to buy.
"Here it is, guys. This is where kids would come every Friday night and pick out some of the best films to watch with their families," Galileo announced.
"This is incredible," Trollex commented in awe.
"Look at all of these stellar movies," Trollzart said while looking at one of the shelves that had a row of romantic movies.
McJagger saw one movie on a shelf titled "Action movies" that made him excited, saying, "No way! They have the Fast and the Funkiest," while picking up a casette pack with a cover where a male Magic Funk Troll who was bald and wore leather clothing, and he was sitting on the hood of a red convertible, adding, "This is my favorite movie"!
"Dad, who's Christian SlaTroll," Aggie asked her dad while looking at a cutout board stand of a male Magic Pop Troll with short red wavy hair, blue eyes, and wore a teal T-shirt with a light teal button set, a black leather jacket over it, and blue jeans with grey sneakers on his feet.
Galileo walked up to her daughter and said while placing a hand on her shoulder, "Some actors never made it out of MovieBuster, Aggie."
"There's so many choices, y'all. Which movie should we pick," Delta asked while looking at a different shelf.
Melody found a movie under "Romance flicks" and was looking at the cover, reading "After"? She looked inside the cover to see more details before quickly closing it, commenting in shock, "Woah! That is way too much to show a teenager"!
"Ooh! How about "The Fun-Time Children Movie," Biggie said while picking up a cassette with a cover that had a bunch of MMT children playing games together and having fun.
"That's a dumb baby movie," Sid commented, looking disinterested while crossing his arms, adding sarcastically, "Who would watch that"?
"Didn't you watch that movie like 5 times back at the condo," Smidge asked.
"I know! I can't help it," Sid admitted out of guilt, relieved to be telling the truth about his secret liking of the movie, revealing, "There's just something about seeing those little kids all playing together that just gets to me"!
"Why don't you all go wait in the ship while I pick out a movie for us to watch," Galileo suggested.
"Good idea, hon. We'll wait for you in the ship," Bernadette replied.
"I'll stay with you, dad. I can help you find a movie we'll all watch together," aggie suggested while sticking by her father's side.
"Splendid idea, Aggie," Galileo answered with a chuckle while tousling her daughter's rainbow-colored hair.
While Bernadette and the Normal Trolls all went back outside and waited in the spaceship, Galileo and Aggie both looked through the shelves together for the perfect movie. it wasn't easy, but they soon found a choice that Aggie thought everyone was gonna like: Lucas, a movie about two sea monsters named Lucas and AlberTroll (who have the ability to look like grey MMTs when they are on land and dry), who meet up on land, become friends, befriend a Magic Techno Troll named Jewelia, and together, through some rocky ups and downs, they all become close friends, win a triathlon race, defeat a mean bully ( A Magic Classical Troll named Picolo), and become known as the Underdogs.
Once they picked out the movie, Galileo brought it to the front counter to pay as the MMT working there, who was a male Magic K-Pop Troll with wavy blue hair, yellow eyes, and wore a dark purple polo shirt with green flaps, scanned the movie, saying, "Lucas, fun movie"!
"Yeah, it's friendship, so it's Trolls getting to overcome adversity together as a team," Aggie commented happily.
As the Magic K-Pop Troll started to ring up the movie, he noticed something and commented, "Hmm, it looks like you have a late fee for Mister Hound."
Aggie facepalmed and looked up at her dad, saying, "Dad, how long did you keep that movie with you"?
"Sorry, you know I sometimes tend to forget," Galileo answered sheepishly towards his daughter before saying to the Magic K-Pop Troll, "But, no problem. How much is it, fella," while pulling out his little side-pocket bag where he kept coins, and started to take a few coins out.
The Magic K-Pop Troll looked on the computer and answered, "$32,419."
At the sound of the price, Galileo and Aggie's eyes both widened in shock, with Galileo quickly putting the coins back in his bag nervously.
"Yikes. that's even more expensive than how much Essence and Quincy had to pay for the damages to Uncle Vic's restaurant," Aggie whispered anxiously to Galileo, asking her father, "What are we gonna do"?!
"Don't worry, sweetie, let me handle this," Galileo whispered back to her before he took a deep breath in and out, saying to the Magic K-Pop Troll, "Look, uh, we traveled a really long way to get here, and I kind of promised my daughter and her friends a movie night."
"Oh. Then the plot just got interesting," the Magic K-Pop Troll replied, asking them, "Where are you on your journey? About the end of act two? I read a lot of screenplay books."
"There's got to be some way we can work this out. Can't we just do half now and half later," Aggie asked.
"Sorry, but we're pretty strict about our late fees; we kind of blew up our whole company for 'em. So, no money, no rental," the Magic K-Pop Troll answered.
Aggie seemed to look disappointed, which Galileo noticed, and it only made him more determined to try and settle this situation; no Troll was gonna prevent her daughter and her friends from having a fun movie night, even if it was now daylight!
He stated to the Magic K-pop Troll, "Uh, $32,000, you say? I don't have that on my person."
"What person? It's only just us and him," Aggie whispered to her father.
"I don't know, I just panicked and said the first thing that came to mind. Did it work," Galileo whispered back anxiously.
Aggie and Galileo got their answer ina very threatening way: when the Magic K-pop Troll raised his hands up and summoned colorful crystals around him, all pointed directly at the pair.
Aggie gasped and, out of fear for her life and her father's life, she exclaimed, "Oh golly, I knew this was gonna happen"!
"What do you mean you knew this was gonna happen," Galileo asked, half out of fear for his life and half in confusion by his daughter's statement.
Back on the spaceship, everyone was in their seats, happily listening to the radio, which was playing a song called "Sweet Caroline" by NeTroll Diamond.
NeTroll Diamond: Hands!
Touching hands!
Reaching out!
Touching me!
Touching you!
"Ah, here it comes," Quincy commented happily.
"All together now," Essence declared.
Bernadette, while she wasn't gonna sing, since this song wasn't Classical music, was anticipating to hear how all the Normal Trolls were gonna sing this together.
But, the moment got interrupted when Galileo and Aggie frantically entered the ship, with Galileo saying while slamming his hand on the radio button to turn it off, "Drive, Quincy and Essence, drive"!
Everyone on the ship was deeply upset that they had to miss getting to sing the best part of the song, as Quincy and Essence both started to drive the ship out of the parking lot and onto the road again.
Galileo and Aggie both felt a bit sheepish seeing all the upset looks everyone had, knowing that they had made a pretty bad mistake in stopping the song.
"Nothing worse than a case of NeTroll Diamond blues marbles," Barb commented bluntly.
"Sorry, guys, but we really had to get out of the store quickly," Aggie commented apologetically.
"What happened? Was there a line," Branch asked?
"No. The counter Troll has a very bad grudge when it comes to late fees," Galileo answered.
"I told you you should've returned Mister Hound sooner," Bernadette addressed Galileo.
"Hey, is it my fault the movie was buried in my backpack for 11 years, and I didn't know about it," Galileo asked.
"Kind of answered your own question there, Mr. Galido," Blues commented.
Galileo then remembered something and asked Aggie, "So, wait, back to my question, Aggie. What did you mean you knew that that guy was gonna react the way he did"?
"Wait, hon, what are you talking about," Bernadette asked.
"Back in the store, when Mr. "Screen book reader" was about to angrily unleash at us, she shouted that she knew this was gonna happen," Galileo answered, retelling the events of earlier.
"Wait, how could she know that," Bernadette asked curiously.
"That's what I'm asking her here," Galileo replied, making both of her parents look at Aggie, who felt a bit nervous seeing her parents looking at her.
"Wait, Aggie, ya knew this was gonna happen," Gust asked.
"You saw this was gonna happen and didn't say anything," Satin commented.
"Sorry, guys. but my parents didn't know yet, and I didn't know how to tell you guys without-," Aggie started to explain before Bernadette interrupted her.
"Wait, your parents didn't know what exactly," Bernadette inquired, raising an eyebrow curiously.
"Can someone please explain what's going on," Galileo asked, now feeling more confused than ever?
Aggie sighed and started to explain things, saying, "Look, mom, dad, I can explain. See-,"
Suddenly, there was a loud CRASH, and the ship seemed to shake a bit, making everyone inside wobble, as Low-Note Jones commented, "Oh no, that did not sound good."
"What was that," Legsley asked nervously.
Galileo peeked his head out and gasped when he saw the same Magic K-Pop Troll, who was sitting in the passenger side of a purple caterpillar van that a male Magic Pop Troll was driving while trying to aim his crystals at the ship, trying to shoot it down.
"We got company," Galileo exclaimed nervously when he saw who it was.
"Seriously? Are those guys that obsessed with getting some money for a stupid late fee," Val asked while seeing the two MMTs chasing them.
"Q, just pull over. We can talk to them and figure this out," Essence told the Funk king.
"No, a high-speed chase is preferred over small talk with an employee," Quincy retorted, stepping on the gas pedal to make the ship go faster.
"Since when," Beat exclaimed while snuggling in Trollex's arms, with Trollex trying to comfort his little buddy.
A stray crystal flew through one of the windows, breaking through, and almost nabbing Quincy's paws and the steering wheel, making everyone shout in fright.
"I know this is a bad time to say this, but I hear TWT is good," Prince D commented.
"Way too late for that, man," Cooper commented in reply.
Quincy and Essence both did their best to drive the ship side to side to avoid getting hit by the crystals, but a few nabbed at their windshield, breaking holes through them.
"We're gonna die," Dante exclaimed fearfully.
"No one's dying today! I can lose these guys," Galileo announced, saying while turning around and reaching his hand over to Poppy, saying, "Poppy, pour me out a handful of those Gummy Fruits."
"How's eating candy gonna help us," Poppy asked while giving Galileo some of the Gummy Fruits she had.
Galileo held them in his hands and picked one up, saying, "The juices in the Gummy Fruit are slippery as they are sticky. They're not for eating, they're for hucking and blinding."
He tossed the Gummy Fruits out of the spaceship window, and the candies flew onto the windshield of the caterpillar van, blinding it and causing the two MMTs to scream in panic while their van swerved left and right frantically but still remained on the road.
"It's working, yo," Synth commented, seeing that it worked.
"But not enough, we need more ammo," Bernadette declared, saying, "Luckily, they aren't the only MMTs around with magic"!
Bernadette stuck her head out the window, stared down the van, and raised her hand up, causing a sudden wind breeze to blow toward the van, picking it up, and encasing it in a windy tornado, making the two employees inside shout ina panic while they spun around helplessly and were whisked away.
"Now that's what I call "gone with the wind," Minuet commented, impressed.
"Way to go, mom and dad," Aggie cheered.
"It worked; we lost them," Laguna addressed.
"Yes! No one ruins a family and friends fun day. Who wants a turnaround high five," Galileo commented while raising his hand up.
"I do," Tiny commented as he leaped up and high five Galileo.
"Me too," Cooper commented while raising his paw up.
"Here you go, son," Quincy said with a chuckle, turning around and offering a high-five to Cooper.
But then, Essence saw they were about to crash, shouting, "Quincy, watch the road"!
He quickly turned around and saw that they were about to collide with a tall pine tree.
Everyone screamed as the ship crashed into the tree and fell, tumbling down on the ground, down a long cliff. Fortunately, and unfortunately, they crashed into a large boulder that stopped the ship from rolling but crashed completely.
Everyone inside was bruised and beaten, with a few cuts, scrapes, and tears in their clothing, but were ok.
"Is everyone okay," Aggie asked weakly.
"I'm good," DJ Suki said while giving a weak thumbs-up.
"Same, y'all," Buckaroo commented while holding their hip.
"I swallowed my retainer, but I'll do a little retrieval later," Stereo commented while coughing, her comment making Sid, R&B, Val, Cooper, and Dante say, "Ewwwww," in unison.
"Wait, since when do you have a retainer," Beat asked curiously.
"We can question dental hygiene later. Right now, we need to get back into the air and onto the road before those two MMTs catch up to us," Bernadette addressed.
"Couldn't agree more. Q, can you start the engine again," Essence asked Quincy,
Quincy pressed the button to try and get the engine going, but the ship could only sputter weakly before the engine gave out.
"Oh no! The engine isn't working," Legsley exclaimed fearfully.
"Well, if I'm gonna die here, at least I hope my body will be buried with dignity," Sid commented in a monotone voice while lying down, his arms draped over his chest as he closed his eyes.
"Get up, ya kooky dope," Buckaroo commented while using one of her braids to pick Sid up by his foot and toss him onto his back, making the disguised Flexi-Troll grunt in pain a bit as he landed on her back in a sitting position.
"Well, at least we're all safe and alive. Not like things can get any worse, right," Poppy commented, trying to sound optimistic.
Suddenly, one large crystal broke through the back window of the ship, and an Earth structure tore through the floor of the ship, causing everyone to gasp and turn around, seeing that the two MMT employees were still chasing after them.
"Really, Popsqueak? You HAD to say that," Val commented bluntly while shooting a "Really" look at the Pop queen.
"Poppy, ay love ya gerl, but ay ken't even raheet now! Ay just..ken't," Holly added, also giving a "Why did you HAVE to say that" look at her.
Poppy facepalmed as a result, with Aggie saying, "Guys, this isn't helping"!
"Aggie's right; they're still after us! We've gotta run," Trollex shouted.
Everyone scrambled out of the broken ship, leaving it behind, and they ran for their lives, trying to dodge the crystals being fired at them.
They ran through the woods as fast as they could before they saw that they were about to approach a ledge and skidded to a stop, seeing that they were trapped, and unless they wanted to jump because it was a LOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG way down, there was nowhere else to go.
They turned around and saw the 2 MMT employees facing them, cornering them in a tight spot, set to use their magic abilities towards them, with the Magic Country Troll saying, "Give up; we got y'all. It's ovuurr."
"Well, actually, it's not," the Magic K-Pop Troll then stated out of the blue, adding, "I think this might be the "all is lost" moment."
"What," the Magic Country Troll asked in confusion.
The Magic K-Pop Troll explained, saying, "You know, it seems over because there's an insurmountable obstacle in their way, but instead of giving up, they double down."
Galileo looked down at the ledge, before saying, "Guys, we got to jump"!
"See," the Magic K-Pop Troll commented off-screen.
"The fall will kill us," Bernadette addressed frantically.
"Wait, can't you and the other Classical Trolls fly? You guys can carry us down," Biggie suggested.
However, there was one little predicament: when Galileo had tossed the Gummy Fruits earlier and the juices splattered, some of the juices got onto the wings of the Classical Trolls and Bernadette, so their wings were glued together.
"We can't! Our wings are stuck together like glue," Trollzart cried out as he, Dante, and Minuet struggled to unstick their wings.
"Look, I know it's crazy, but I've seen RamTroll jump from higher! I think if we jump, it'll cut to that scene," Galileo replied.
"Dad, that's crazy," Aggie exclaimed.
"Wait, Aggie, use your telekinesis! You're the only one who can still fly, and you can use your telekinesis to carry us all down safely," Melody suggested.
"Good idea, Mel," Aggie said happily before she groaned in pain and held her head, saying, "If only I didn't have a throbbing headache. It hurts so much, I can't focus my mind to use my telekinesis."
"I'll give you a Trollyenol when we get back, sweetie," Bernadette told her daughter reassuringly.
"Uh, I'm pretty sure the only way we're gonna be going back is in BODYBAGS if we don't do something," Sid shouted frantically.
Galileo then looked at McJagger and asked him, "Listen, do you trust me"?
"Uh, statistically speaking, of course-," McJagger started to say.
"Perfect," Galileo interrupted, picking up the red Funk Troll while saying, "You like doing experiments? Let's experiment that the jumping idea can work"!
"Wait, what," McJagger commented in shock before he was tossed up and fell down the long drop, and to everyone's surprise, the scene from the RamTroll movie ended up actually playing as McJagger fell down the branches.
"Oh, what the heck," Barb shouted as soon, one by one, everyone ended up jumping for it and filling down the long drop, going through the trees, just like in the RamTroll movie, heading towards the ground.
One by one, almost everyone landed on the ground face first, in pain, but alive.
When they all struggled to get to their feet, Galileo commented happily, "I told you."
"I know. Galileo Galido, PhD. Persistent, haywired dope," Bernadette commented bluntly.
"Wow, she really had that locked and loaded," Aggie comments to herself, surprised by the sudden burn her mom just dished.
"But hey, at least it worked. We escaped, and we're all alive. not one of us is dead," Galileo commented.
Low-Note Jones then looked around and noticed that someone was missing, commenting, "Wait...where's McJ"?
That was when everyone saw that McJagger, making Stereo comment, "Oh no, yo! He ain't here"!
"Where's my boyfriend," Laguna commented worryingly while looking around.
Suddenly, Trollex heard a shrill whistle and looked up, gasping and saying, "Guys, over here"!
The rest of the group came over and looked up, where they saw McJagger laying belly-first on a tree branch, gripping on for dear life.
"McJagger! There y'all are," Gust commented.
"Are you ok," Rhythm asked.
"Are you hurt," Blues inquired.
"No, I'm not hurt, but can you guys help me get down?! I'm scared, and if anything else goes wrong today, I'm literally am gonna-," McJagger started to reply out of fear and frustration, an emotion he RARELY felt.
"Snap," Cooper asked, interrupting McJagger.
"Yes, I am going to snap! And I hate having to snap, but I just fell about 100ft from-," McJagger frantically replied.
"No! Snap," Cooper shouted while pointing at something.
McJagger was confused, asking, "Huh," while raising his eyebrow curiously. He then heard something bending and turned his head, spotting the branch he was gripping onto...was about to break, making him gulp nervously and say, "Oh, snap," before the branch broke, and he fell down.
The red Funk Troll screamed while he fell before landing chest first and face first on the ground.
"Ooh," everyone said while cringing in concern/shock from McJagger's fall.
"Gnarly," Riff commented in concern.
"That's gonna hurt later on," Guy Diamond commented worryingly.
"Someone get him an ice pack," Beat mentioned fearfully.
McJagger dizzily got up to his feet, with Prince D and Laguna helping the Funk Troll stay upright.
"Ok, now that we're all safe on the ground, let's try to think of our next game plan. We can't stay here with those two still pursuing us," Aggie addressed.
"This is crazy! Those guys are trying to kill us because of a late movie," Demo commented.
Melody chuckled, saying with a sly smile, "You sure it wasn't for almost shoplifting those films with your spikes earlier"?
"You know I can't control what my spikes do, Popcorn," Demo retorted back while pointing to his spiky hair.
"Guys, calm down. Arguin' is nawht gonna get us an'where with this," Delta addressed.
"We should just call the police," DJ Suki suggested.
"Good idea, except we have 4 police officers here already and even THEY are being hunted down," Barb addressed while gesturing to the Country Trolls.
"Ay won't lie, whaale ayy painful truth, Barb does make ayy good point," Holly commented in reply.
"Don't worry. We can hike back to the spaceship and call for help from the road," Quincy suggested.
"Q's right; we're gonna get through this, guys," Essence added.
"As long as we stick together, we can get through anything," Bernadette commented.
"Yeah, so let's get to hiking," Galileo addressed before he got an idea, saying, "Now, before we head off, I'm gonna divvy out our rations. I'll start with this pack of Twinkle-Splosions," before pulling out a pack of candy called Twinkle-Splosions.
He opened it and started to divide it out among the group, saying, "There's pink for Branch," while giving Branch a pink Twinkle-Splosion, which was a hexagon-shaped gummy candy with taffy inside.
"Orange for Buckaroo," while giving an orange Twinkle-Spolision to the detective.
"Red for me," while putting a red Twinkle-Splosion in his pocket.
"Yellow for Dante," while giving a yellow Twinkle-Splosion to Dante.
"Blue for Stereo," while giving a blue Twinkle-Splosion to Stereo.
"Red for me," while putting another red Twinkle-Splosion in his pocket.
"You keep giving yourself all the reds," Chenille commented at the male Magic Rock Troll.
"It's just completely random; I'm just going in order. I can't help where I'm standing," Galileo commented, obviously denying it, before he continued, saying, "Okay, where was I? Purple for Low-Note jones," while giving a purple Twinkle-Splosion to Low-Note Jones.
"Red for me," while putting another red Twinkle-Splosion in his pocket.
"You did it again, dad," Aggie addressed.
Galileo groaned tiredly and then stated, "Okay, y-you know, I tried being fair, but now I'm just gonna lick all the reds."
He then, ceremoniously licked all the red Twinkle-Splosions he had, causing everyone to cringe in disgust, before he added, "Now they have to be mine."
"not gonna lie, his method for claiming candy is disgusting, but admirable," Sid muttered under his breath, a bit impressed.
Galileo then pulled out the next tube of candy in a jar, saying, "Next food... Dots. Green for Trollex," and gave a green dot candy to Trollex.
"Orange for Holly," and gave an orange dot candy to Holly
"Red for me," he exclaimed quickly while trying to hide the red dot candy quickly in his pocket to make it seem like he didn't give himself another red candy.
A while later, everyone tried tiredly to hike to the spaceship, but they had no sense of direction.
"I think we're lost," Trollzart commented out of exhaustion.
"We're gonna die out here." Clampers exclaimed tiredly while walking beside her aunt.
"Guys, we can't give up now," Poppy commented, trying to sound optimistic, but the exhaustion in her voice made it very clear Poppy was close to wanting to give up.
"We can, and I shall! I'm gonna close my eyes and go to my happy place, thinking about what I would be doing right now in this very situation," Cooper stated tiredly and sat down, closing his eyes and letting his imagination run wild. Whatever was going on in his mind seemed to work, as he giggle, saying, "Oh, Cooper, you sly dog"!
Suddenly, Trollex seemed to see something in the distance, saying, "Wait, guys, look. I think I see a cabin"!
Everyone, except Cooper, went over to look and saw that down the hill they were climbing, a little wooden cabin was nearby, and it seemed like the perfect place to rest.
"It is a cabin! We're saved," Dante exclaimed happily.
"Cooper, why not show them your trick? Yeah, you can because you've got the talent, and I got the charm," Cooper commented to himself, still locked in his imagination.
"Cooper! There's a cabin! Come on," Prince d said while running up to his brother, with Cooper giggling and joining up with Prince D.
The group all snuck down to the cabin and slowly opened the door to see what was inside.
The inside of the cabin was pretty generic: a simple green couch, some bookshelves full of books, a stone-built fireplace, and on a table nearby was some fruit and bread in bowls.
Smidge, Melody, Buckaroo, Minuet, rhythm, and Synth grinned happily and ran to the table, grabbing some of the food and eating it while sharing the rest of it with the others.
Bernadette saw that there was a small antenna TV with an old VCR machine on top, with Bernadette said while she looked at her phone, "Look, I'm getting some signal here! We can..."
"Watch Lucas on that VCR," Galileo chimed in while pointing to the TV's VCR.
"What? No! We need to call for help, dad," Aggie commented while approaching both her parents.
"Wait, there's one more thing we need first," Bernadette pointed out before facing her daughter, addressing, "And that's for you to tell us what's been going on."
Galileo commented, "Yeah, you've been acting strange all day, and all this "you saw this coming" shenanigan is just making it all the more confusing."
"What's really going on, Aggie," Bernadette asked.
Aggie looked to her friends, who all gathered around behind Aggie and nodded as she faced her parents and took a deep breath in and out, saying, "Ok. See...the truth is...I was right when I said I saw what happened coming because...I'm psychic. I have visions, mom and dad."
"Wait, Aggie, is this true," Bernadette asked, shocked/surprised to hear this.
"Psychic? Like you're able to have visions? Like your grandfathers are," Galileo asked in surprise.
"Yes," Aggie replied while her friends walked over and stood by Aggie, "And it's not something you can have me change or get rid of because it's a part of me. A part of me I love and cherish a lot, even through the times it feels like a curse. Because while it may make me different from you guys, it's what makes me...me. It's what makes me feel closer to my family, like my grandpa Bautista. It's one of those things that makes me...exceptional, just like my friends."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Exceptional Zed Reprise by Milo Manheim~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Piano music played in the background as Aggie began to sing to her parents.
Aggie: I know that I may be different. Who that's exceptional isn't? I have a talent that can change things. It's not a curse, it's amazing.
I'm Exceptional Aggs, and so are my family and friends. We're artists, athletes, and activists who always give it our best.
I don't need to pretend, 'cause here, I won't ever fit in, and I don't let it bug me in spite of that. I take pride in that instead.
I'm exceptional.
When Aggie finished her song, she looked up at her parents, who were both stunned to hear Aggie tell them this.
Galileo made the first move, approaching Aggie, and once he was close enough, he first said in what sounded like a stern voice, "Aggie...," before he smiled and pulled his daughter into a hug, saying, "We're so proud of you."
All of the Normal Trolls were surprised by this reaction, especially Aggie, who became even more surprised when she saw her mom soon join in with the hug, adding, "You always find a way to impress us every time we see you."
"Wait," Aggie commented while stepping back from the hug, asking, "You guys...aren't mad at me? Or upset that I'm different from you"?
"Of course not, Aggie. Why would we ever be upset at you for being who you are," Galileo commented?
"You're our daughter, and we love you for who you are. No matter if you're psychic or not, you're exceptional to us in every way, because you are you, your special unique self," Bernadette added.
"And all we could ever want from you is to just be yourself, through and through, with everything you do," Galileo mentioned.
"And it doesn't matter if you're different from us because as long as you're happy with what you do or what abilities or talents you have, then it's more than enough for your father and I to be happy for you, too," Bernadette stated.
"Awwww, mom! Dad," Aggie said happily before she hugged her parents again.
"Awwwwww," all the Normal Trolls said in unison.
Suddenly, Aggie seemed curious to ask something, saying, "Wait, dad? When you were reacting, why did you say "Grandfathers? As in plural"?
Galileo and Bernadette looked at one another and smiled, with Bernadette saying, "Well, we thought you might've known of this already but.."
"He's not the only one; your grandfather Eugenio also has psychic visions too," Galileo added happily.
Everyone was surprised to hear of this, as Holly exclaimed, "Whel, hot dang! That there explains why y'aal have visshuns out ov the rest of y'all's relatives, Aggs! The psychic genes were passed ta ya from both your grandpappies"!
"Wow to the wow," R&B said in unison.
"That's so rocking," Demo exclaimed.
Aggie couldn't help but be stunned by this as she drank in all the new information, saying, "Wow! How come you guys never told me this"?
"Well, how come YOU never told us about your psychic visions in the first place," Galileo asked with a smirk.
Aggie blushed sheepishly from her father's joke, saying, "Well, it was never the right time, and then once it felt right, it just became kind of normal for me to keep it a secret."
"That part had always made us wonder, you know, with your grandfathers and everything. I always felt like the psychic visions would've gone to me or your aunt Dolly or aunt Felicia," Galileo admitted.
"I always wondered if it had been passed to me or my brothers or sisters," Bernadette confessed.
"I mean, the vision gene itself had skipped an entire-," Galileo started to say, before he and Bernadette saw the confused looks on Aggie and her friends' faces.
"Maybe not the time," Bernadette mentioned sheepishly before Galileo added, "Anyways, now that we got all that out in the open, let's finally all relax and unwind with our movie night."
"But it's daytime," Branch pointed out while pointing to the daylight outside.
"Who cares? It's nighttime somewhere. I know that this hasn't been the easiest night and morning, guys, but it'll all be worth it once I put this tape in," Galileo said, trying to lighten up the mood.
"I'll put it in, dad," Aggie said as she picked up the tape and opened it to place it into the VCR before she saw that the tape inside wasn't the tape for Lucas; it was a tape for RizzTrolli and Allison, season 5.
"And it's RizzTrolli and Allison, season five. Classic MovieBuster blunder," Galileo commented with a chuckle, with everyone laughing with him.
Suddenly, the door to the cabin was kicked down by none other than the two MMt employees from MovieBuster, who had the Normal Trolls, Aggie, and her parents cornered.
Cooper, not seeing the clearly obvious threat at first, picked up the tape and said while approaching them, "Oh, good. You crazy monkeys put the wrong movie in here. Is it possible to get a refund on this"?
"Everybody outsaade now," the Magic Country Troll ordered.
"I can't believe this; all were trying to do was have a nice movie night together, and you guys keep ruining it," Tiny Diamond commented in an upset tone of voice.
"Wow, this is very similar to a screenplay I wrote-," the Magic K-Pop Troll started to say.
"Ugh, enough with the screen plays! There's more to life than just movies, you know," Val commented while interrupting him.
"Note: word of advice, perhaps you might find a more enriching cultural aspect to things if you pick up ana actual book and read every once in a while," Laguna commented.
Galileo and Bernadette turned around and faced the Normal Trolls and Aggie, with Galileo saying, "I'm sorry, everyone. We just wanted to do something special with you guys. That one thing you'd remember doing while here on your stay in Harmonious Land to reflect on for the rest of your lives, but we failed."
"Another failure in a long string of failures," Bernadette added sadly.
"Are you kidding, Dad," Aggie started to say, adding excitedly, "This has been the most exciting day ever"!
"It has," both parents asked in unison.
"Yeah! We left the condo last night ago to rent a movie, and now we're in the middle of the woods in OreGong and might get murdered by MovieBuster Trolls! Like, what is this," Smidge commented excitedly.
"Yeah, we never know what each day down here is gonna bring us," Synth added happily.
"It's usually random or dramatic, and sometimes a bit wild and crazy, but it's also really awesome," Barb added.
"Yeah! Remembuurr when we first came ta Aggie's school ayn' wound up blowin' ayy hole in the wall durin' ayy Rock off 'gainst Scarlet ayn' hurr bandmates," Buckaroo stated.
"Or when Trollex helped Barb and a few others pull off that necklace heist? Or broke Aggie out of prison? Or got drunk? A lot of crazy antics you've done, your Technoness," Sid pointed out, making Trollex roll his eyes, but laugh, as the crazy thing she had done were now quite funny to think about.
"Ooh! How about Valentine's Day when Buckaroo came out about being non-binary," Minuet addressed, adding, "Such a memorable moment"!
"We got to participate in a battle of the bands contest and showed off our girl group's talent to all of Harmonious Land," Laguna added happily.
"Getting to meet both of Aggie's maternal and paternal relatives was quite the memory too," Low-Note Jones added.
"And hunting faw jobs? That was ayy day we'll all remembuurr, especially faw some ov us who got done sick in the end," Gust commented.
"Hey! You can only eat so many Gummy Fruits before you get a tummy ache," Poppy replied with a chuckle.
"What about when I got too drunk and had that sugar overdose, and you guys came to help cheer me up at the hospital? I'm always gonna keep that memory close to me," Melody added in.
"Oh! And the spaceship driving lessons? The crash into the restaurant drove crazy," Quincy added, her little joke making everyone, including Aggie's parents laugh.
"You see, Mom and Dad, we don't need a movie night for us to make a memory while in Harmonious Land. Every day is like a movie night together, especially when I'm doing things with my closest friends," Aggie told her parents.
Bernadette and Galileo smiled happily, saying, "Well, I guess Mom knew what she was doing when she insisted we both got to spend time with you guys together."
"And I wouldn't ask for anything better because as long as we are together, anything can be fun," Bernadette added happily.
All the Normal Trolls, Aggie, and her parents gathered together for a group hug.
The Magic K-Pop Troll then interrupted the moment, saying while crystals were around him, ready to strike, "Super sweet moment, guys. I'm gonna assume this was all a callback to something in act one. Time to go outside now."
Everyone gulped nervously as they all walked outside and laid knees first on the ground, anticipating the worst of what was to come.
Galileo tried to get the two to spare their lives, saying, "Guys, please, I'm the one with the late fees! Don't hurt my family or my daughters' friends! I'll do anything"!
"Well, I have this screenplay, it-it's an epic sci-fi, and it's mostly stage directions where they...," the Magic K-Pop Troll started to say while showing a pack of papers.
"Just kill us," Galileo exclaimed, as he and everyone else was relieved that, if they were gonna die, at least it was;t gonna be while hearing about another screenplay.
They all closed their eyes and braced for impact, gasping and hugging one another close to them as the Magic K-Pop Troll prepped his crystals while the Magic Country Troll was ready to launch his Earth structures.
Suddenly, a huge gust of wind surrounded them, tossing around leaves and bits of paper, making the Magic Country troll comment, "What the hey"?!
In the sky, a swarm of black, robotic Glamazon drones flew through the air, lowering towards them, as two of them rammed into the two employee MMTs and knocked them out.
Then, a drone came and picked up each Normal Troll, Aggie, and even her parents one by one, One drone struggled to carry Biggie since he was...big, so a few drones had to work together to carry him.
Aggie saw what brand the drones came from, saying, "Glamazon drones? You saved us"!
"Once again, a streaming service annihilates a MovieBuster. Wa-boosh," Low-Note Jones commented.
"How did they even know we were here," Guy Diamond asked curiously.
One of the robotic drones heard the question and replied, "Based on your recent purchases, viewing habits and stored data, we determined that you were being chased through the wilderness by the last two MovieBuster employees on Earth."
"Wow, scary," Riff replied.
"I owe you an apology, Glamazon. You're a pretty amazing service, after all," Galileo said kindly to the drone that was carrying him.
"Yes, I agree," the drone replied while adding, "Ham should not be placed inside of a hotdog."
"I-I didn't... I didn't say that," Galileo commented in confusion.
"Well, they sure can play dumb when they want to," Bernadette pointed out, adding, "but I am happy that we survived this crazy trip."
"How long do you think it'll take them to carry us back to the condo," Trollzart asked.
The drone carrying him heard Trollzart's question and replied, "Playing "Sweet Caroline" by NeTroll Diamond."
The song started to play in the background while the drones continued their long trip carrying everyone back to the condo safe and sound.