In Branch's flat, Branch was setting tea for himself to cozy up while reading a novel about the Mexican revolution until he heard a knock on his door.
"Didn't see that coming, Bernardo." He said to himself as he flew to his front door to answer it. When he opened the door, he saw an invitation.
"Hey, what's that?" Branch wondered as he picked the invitation.
He opened the invitation until Cooper, Smidge and Poppy surprised him.
"Surprise!" They cheered as they made noise behind him.
"You're invited to a noisemaker party!" Poppy squealed.
"Sounds fantastic, I'll be there, but...is this happening today?" He was confused.
"Why, what's wrong?" Poppy asked.
"I made plans with a sprite whom I met online, MrGlittercakes113." Branch said.
"Wait, isn't that the sprite whom you have plans with when we invited you to the bongos party?" Poppy asked.
"Or the time I try to recruit you to the vegan food fight?" Smidge added.
"Why don't you invite him to the party?" Rose asked. She said, appearing behind them.
"Sure, I'll tell him online." Branch answered. "I haven't got his phone number but he always reply by wingmail."
"So, when will he come?" Poppy asked him.
"I'm here!" A voice boomed. A male sprite flew up to him. He has blonde hair and a moustache with freckled fair skin. He has purple wings with pink and yellow details, wears a British outfit, composed of a jacket, a bow tie, dress shirt with a glittery tuxedo, checkered pants, brown leather shoes, a top hat, and a monocle. He carries an umbrella with him.
"Who is that guy?" Rose asked.
"This is Mr. Glittercakes." Branch introduced him to them.
"Branch, old bean, terribly sorry I'm late." He said in a Scottish accent.
"Oh, of course." The blue haired sprite babbled.
"Hold it there, Branch." He smiled as he shook hands with him before getting to know Poppy and the others. "And you must be Branch's friends, I have heard so much about you."
"Oh, yeah." Rose, nodded.
"Will you come to the noisemaker party with Branch?" Smidge asked him.
"Sure, we'll be there." The strange sprite agreed.
Rose noticed what is going on and reflected on something she had been through so she thought of talking to Branch. In the noisemaker party, Branch was standing by the wall, waiting for Mr. Glittercakes to come in the party. Rose sighed and walked right up to him.
"Hey Branch, still waiting for him?" Rose asked him.
"Yeah, he's not here yet." He responded. "Oh, he's here."
"Hi Branch." A blonde sprite flew to them. He has the same purple wings but he wears a blue hoodie, brown pants, and pinkish sneakers.
"Oh, who are you?" Branch asked him.
"I'm Thistle." The sprite answered. "And you must be Branch."
"Hi." Branch sighed as the two shook hands.
"You sprites know each other?" Rose asked him.
"I'm also a sprite who helps him get out of anything." Thistle said. "Like Branch here."
"Yeah, he was there on the day Mr. Glittercakes was born." Branch added.
"Right, see ya, you two." Rose said as she went on to join the party. But in truth, she smelled something fishy about it.
The next day, Branch continued to make excuses for alone time, with the help of Thistle, posing as Mr. Glittercakes. Every time he would say that he has some hangout with Mr. Glittercakes, Rose spied on them and try to find out why he's acting strange until Thistle knocked on Branch's door.
"Branch, you gotta help me!" Thistle cried.
"Thistle, what are you doing in my flat?" Branch asked as he opened the door.
"Its my friends, Harper, and Bella Brightly, they invite me to another shopping spree." He sobbed.
"Well, tell them you're busy." Branch sighed.
"I did, and they wanna make me meet my friend, Dr. Fluffybutter!" He answered as he took out a wand from his pocket and created a holographic illusion disguise on Branch.
Little did they know, Rose is watching their every move, while using an illusion of a flowerpot as a disguise.
"Great, more excuses." She growled. "I'll just have to follow them myself."
She watched Thistle introduce Dr. Fluffybutter to his friends and hang out with them on a shopping spree while donning disguises as illusions. Branch and Thistle continued to help the other sprites make excuses, disguising themselves as other madeup friends with Rose following their trail. The next day, Celine Starburst, a cloudless sulphuric butterfly winged sprite flew to them.
"Guys, you gotta help me." She gasped. "I gave my friends an excuse and called my bluff. I need Sheila Fizzylips and her friend, Cool Ted!"
Timpani, a pixie with flower petal-shaped wings ran up to them and asked them to pose as Baron Von Pumpernickel and Lord Pickletree, who will show up and pretend to ask for her hand in marriage. Rose heard every word they said while donning an illusion disguise.
"What, so he's not the only one who's making excuses." Rose whispered as she sneaked in the flat. They showed Branch the excuse schedule chart and they try to put on disguises on him for them to make excuses. As the other sprites flooded in have Branch make their excuses, Rose exposed herself and yelled.
"AHAH! I knew it!" Rose cried.
"Rose!" Branch gasped.
"You are all making excuses just to get some alone time, aren't you?!" Rose asked with a sly look on her face.
"Yes, Rose." Branch confessed. "But all this is not worth it."
"Well, what other option is there?" Timpani asked.
"Yeah, Branch, are you suggesting we tell our friends that we rather stay home?" Thistle asked.
"Yes, they are our friends, we should trust them and they'll understand." Branch responded.
All the sprites cheered for Branch, who got confused about what is happening, and Poppy came out from the crowd as she and Smidge flew to him, Thistle, Rose.
"You're right Branch." Poppy nodded. "You should trust us."
"You set this all up?" Branch asked her.
"Indeed I did, but I let Rose do the busting to help her learn how to make realistic illusions, she was sloppy with them." Poppy answered.
"Yeah, it was hard at first until I got the hang of it." Rose agreed.
"We knew you're making excuses for a while, Branch." Smidge added.
"But Thistle..." Branch stammered.
"I'm an actor in the Castle City Theatre, my real name is Dennis McCall, with my dad being Scottish." He said, bow revealing his real name before revealing his real accent, which is Spanish. "This is my real accent, which I got from my el abuelo."
"Whoa, your mom is Spanish?" Branch asked.
"My abuelo is from Guatemala but my mom is American by citizenship." Dennis smirked but when he saw Rose, they did a hi-five. "Hola, Rosa!"
"Wait, you two know each other?" Branch gasped.
"Yeah." Rose responded. "He taught me how to cast illusions properly and he's pretty good with a lot of accents. I think this set up is too elaborate, Poppy should've talked to you."
"Fair point." Poppy agreed with her.