It was nighttime in the Castle City Park as Poppy, Branch, Smidge and Biggie are running around in the park.
"Huh, I think I saw one." She said as she clapped her hands and there, appear some glowy insects around them. Rose and Violet passed by and were awed by the sight of the insects appearing and disappearing around them.
"The clapper bugs are back!" She announced.
The others flew in behind Poppy and joined in the fun.
"What's fun about clapper bugs?" Rose asked.
"Clapper bugs appear when you clap near them." Violet said as as she clapped and the insects appear before Rose.
"Ok, now I got it." She agreed as she joined the others, flying around and clapping her hands, making the clapper bugs appear in a minute.
"Hahaha, clapper bug! Clapper bug!" Smidge cheered as she flew around bussinglike a bee but she bumped into a tree, much to the pain of the others. Nonetheless, she got back up. "No regrets!"
"Look Mr. Dinkles." Biggie said as he clapped so hard and the clapper bugs appear brighter. "The harder you clap, the brighter they get."
"Biggie, be careful with that." Branch warned while flying.
But Biggie clapped the harder and the others shielded each other with their wings. The clapper bugs shone the brightest that an explosion was seen all over the park. An ambulance came to the park and took Biggie to the hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Moonbloom. A moth winged older female sprite with blue hair and wearing a lab coat treated Biggie and put him in a blindfold.
"Well, he's blind." She said to them when she came outside the hospital room.
This shocked everybody while Smidge fainted.
"For a few days." She added. "Also, he needs someone to watch over Mr. Dinkles while his brother is here to take care of him."
A tall, muscular atlas moth winged sprite in stylish clothes arrived. He has purple hair and a beanie on his head.
"How's my brother?" He asked them.
"He's blind for a few days because he clapped louder during the clapper bug festival." Violet answered.
"Oh my, he's so reckless like the time he flew too fast from his flying lessons." He added. "I'll take care of him while any of you should take care of Mr. Dinkles."
Poppy fluttered her wings with excitement, feeling like she would be picked to look after him but Biggie decided to have Branch look after Mr. Dinkles instead while he has his brother taking care of him.
"Wow, Biggie, I can't believe no other sprite would trust me like this before." Branch said. "Of course, I promise."
"Have you taken care of a dog, before?" Poppy asked.
It came to a flashback of Branch feeding a venus flytrap. Gary barked happily as Branch fed him. The flashback ended when Poppy snapped him out of it.
"Your plant? Branch, you're a weirdo." Poppy groaned.
"Poppy, don't take Biggie's desicion personally." Branch smirked while his wings opened up like a flower. "He thinks I'm better than you."
Despite that Poppy tries to ask him to help babysit Mr. Dinkles, Branch would refuse to have extra help but Gary started sniffing Mr. Dinkles, and immediately, the two become friends. Branch and Poppy started feeding and playing with the dog but during the playtime, Mr, Dinkles went loose all over the apartment.
"Oh no, Mr. Dinkles was gone!" Branch panicked.
"We must find him!" Poppy cried. "He is Biggie's comfort dog."
"Why?" He asked.
"When were in grade school, his brother told me that Biggie has social anxiety and he takes the dog everyday to comfort him because he reminds him of his parents." She informed him.
"Oh, what happened to them?" He asked her.
"His parents gave him Mr. Dinkles when he was a puppy." She explained. "But his parents died in a car crash and Biggie and his brother came here from U.K. to live with their grandparents. Mr. Dinkles became a part of him because he reminded him of his late parents."
"Oh, so that's why." He sighed.
"Yeah, he cannot socialize without Mr. Dinkles with him." She said.
"We cannot tell him that we lose Mr. Dinkles." He added.
"Got it!" She agreed.
The two started running around the apartment, flying from one flat to another to find Mr. Dinkles. They flew around the floor until they bumped into Rose, who was cleaning her flat.
"Hey Rosie!" Poppy said when they saw her.
"Oh, hi, I heard Mr. Dinkles is entrusted to you, Branch." Rose said.
"Yeah, about that." Branch stammered.
"We'll see ya later." Poppy bade farewell as they zipped away from her.
They continued searching through the apartment while Rose continued cleaning the house. The two flew from flat to flat until they spotted the Pomeranian in the swimming pool. Branch leaped into the pool and grabbed Mr. Dinkles just before the pool was drained of its water. They return to Branch's apartment after the incident but Branch was drenched in pool water and needs to take a bath. Poppy went back to her apartment for another day while the two take a bath and go on with their daily lives. On the next day, Branch woke up to see Mr. Dinkles missing again.
"Oh no!" He cried as he flew out of his bed and goes around his flat to look for the dog but he realized that Mr. Dinkles ended up sleeping with Gary.
"Phew, I thought he ran away again." He sighed.
In a minute, he gave the dog and the plant their food, and the two chowed down while Branch took a bath and changed his clothes. After getting himself ready, he went to work but not before he gives the dog a walk while he flies. It was a slow start but the dog start to run around with Branch flying and getting dragged. It was exhausting and maniacally pandemonium for Branch when he walked the dog around the city. When he got to Sweet Pop, he is panting and covered in sweat before Poppy, a still-blindfolded Biggie and his brother.
"How was your day with Mr. Dinkles?" Poppy asked him.
"Not good, it's so exhausting." He panted as he handed Mr. Dinkles to Biggie.
"Oh, there you are." Biggie cried. "I knew I could trust Branch to look after you."
Despite the praises, Branch felt ashamed about what happened when babysitting Mr. Dinkles and decides to apologize.
"Look, Biggie, I know you trusted me but I gotta be honest." He confessed. "I spend a whole day looking for Mr. Dinkles and lied about it."
"You lost Mr. Dinkles?" Biggie asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry." Branch apologized.
"That's alright Branch, I lose him all the time." Biggie said with a smile, reminiscing about his childhood.
"You do?" Branch and Poppy asked.
"Yeah, he's a slippery one." Biggie responded.
"Yeah, he loved playing hide and seek when we were kids." His brother added.
"But now you have to look out for that when you look after him for the next couple of days while I'm still healing." Biggie smiled.
"Biggie, it would be my honor." Branch said. "But I know someone else who would love to babysit Mr. Dinkles."
"You're right Branch." Biggie agreed. "And I know she would love to."
Poppy expected it to be her but instead, Biggie called for Smidge, who happily flew into the scene and grabbed Mr. Dinkles with her. The pixie cradled the Pomeranian with her happily as she agreed to babysit him while Biggie recovers.