Welcome to the Future

"Okay, let's take a breather for a quick refresher course. My name is Eddy, recently me and my friends Twiggy and Jesse led a charge on the ruler of our world, and an evil creature named Deyo. We stormed his stronghold for a final showdown, in which Jesse lost his life. Deyo managed to escape into the past, me and Twiggy on his tail. While in the past, we met many Trolls but the key players here are Poppy, the overly friendly leader of the Pop Tribe and her friend Branch, a paranoid survivalist, and Lastly Barb, the badass leader of the Rock Tribe.

Barb made a plan to obtain all six strings of music and unite all the trolls, naturally I joined her to keep things on track. Turns out Deyo was after the strings as well, our last struggle was in Lonesome Flats where I personally cut his head off... so we won right, got all six strings and a big concert at Volcano Rock and you know how it ends. Not Quite, turns out Deyo was just a host for an evil being and it just happened to get in me. At Volcano Rock he stabbed Barb and stole the Axe of Rock and all six strings, throwing them into the future he ruled...caught up...good because now I'm eating a knuckle sandwich"

"You Bastard" Barb yelled decking Eddy in the face earning a look of surprise for the other trolls who winced as Eddy rubbed his mouth, looking at her, understanding why she'd hit him, last time she saw him he stole her guitar and stabbed her.

"Barb I was possessed, It took everything I had to just stab you and not kill you" Eddy deflected, admitting he was glad she was still alive. Trollzart looked at them, saying that while a reunion was nice he had no desire to stay in the future as the others nodded.

"He stabbed me in the back, Literally" Barb replied running her fingers through the hole in her shirt as he told her that going through the portal would fix her wound as she just rolled her eyes, still sore at him. Eddy took the time to fill them in one what they missed since he last saw them

"Look, we should focus on getting you back to the past, that's a top priority" Eddy decided sitting on the couch, still rubbing the spot where he got hit as Branch looked at him, asking what to do about Deyo, the Dark One or whatever he was calling himself now.

"There's nothing we can do, he has all six strings and he's much more powerful, he doesn't even need a host body anymore" Eddy explained which surprised everyone, thinking he would just give up. Dawn looked at him, asking if he really thinks they should really just sit on their thumbs and do nothing, not into the idea as Eddy told them going after the entity would be a suicide mission.

"The best thing we can do is get you back to the past, you don't belong in this time period and maybe you'd be of more value back there" Eddy suggested as Barb looked at him, asking if he was really just suggesting they give up and go home. Eddy explained that their tribes were leaderless and would be easy pickings.

"There's really nothing we can do... He won?" Trollex asked, with a look of sadness the trolls shared, Eddy looked over at the player, the record skipping as he looked at them, wishing there was something they could do as Eddy sighed.

"I have an idea, but it's highly unlikely and even if it could work, you all probably would not be down for it" Eddy admitted as the trolls looked at him, he explained that since he got back he spent the first couple weeks trying to come up with a plan but nothing seemed to stick.

"Well, the hardest part would be going back to the past, present... your time. we would need another portal and I doubt the Dark One would just throw one out there for you to jump through" Eddy told the group as they realized the idea seemed pretty unlikely.

"Then if you can get back to the past you'd have to do something you would probably be unwilling to" Eddy led on as he took a deep breath before mentioning the second part of his plan to them.

"Once getting back in your time period I need you to destroy the six strings before Deyo has a chance to get them" Eddy explained as the trolls jumped back at the IDEA of destroying their strings, it would mean destroying their music and that was a high price to pay.

"Is there any other way?" Poppy asked in a pleading sense, unable to imagine a life without music as Eddy sighed knowing it would be a huge sacrifice if it even worked and understanding if they could not go through with it.

"It's only in theory, there is no guarantee it would even work" Eddy explained as Ronnie shuffled through the records on the rack as he looked up, saying it would be best if they first looked for alternate solutions before destroying all music as the trolls agreed that destroying the strings should be reserved as a last resort

"On That we agree" Barb added as Branch looked at her, claiming that she didn't get a say because she tried to turn everyone into Rock Trolls as the other leaders nodded, making a mental note that Barb could not be trusted.

"And you helped her" Dawn called out, pointing at Eddy as he put his hands up, asking for a chance to explain why he helped her as the trolls looked at him. Eddy did not want it to turn out this way but explained the reason he helped Barb was to make sure everything in the past stayed on track.

"Originally Barb set out to do her World Tour, she gathered all six strings and almost succeeded I just did not want to mess up the timeline so I just was making sure things stayed on track" Eddy explained as Branch looked at him, rolling his eyes, saying he still didn't trust the Rock Trolls, which the others agreed on.

"If it's any consolation, peace between the six tribes did come out of it" Eddy comforted as Poppy looked at him, saying that pointing fingers would not save their current situation as Eddy nodded.

"Look, let's all deal with the situation on hand, then you can get back to hating Barb, and me as well," Eddy said as the door to the record store opened as Eddy and Ronnie looked at the troll entering, rushing the group in the back room.

"What's going on?" Prince D. asked hiding in the hallway with the others as Ronnie looked at them, asking the group to stay hidden as they just heard the conversation heading from the store. a Troll with lime green skin wearing a neon blue jumpsuit, shoulder pads, and a headband walked to the record shelf flipping through the records.

"May I help you with anything?" Eddy said, leaving the hallway, closing the door behind him as Ronnie was eating his sub, the troll just said he was browsing the new releases holding up one of the records as he looked at Eddy.

"You mind if I give it a test listen," he asked as Eddy shrugged guiding the Pop-Rock Troll to the record player, placing the black disk on the player dropping the needle as the song started playing it was softer than the usual Rock song, after spending time in the past hearing real Rock music this watered down more popular version left a sour taste in his stomach.

"So, Sir will you be taking the record," Eddy asked, pushing a button stopping the music as he lifted the record, placing it back into the sleeve and handing it to the customer as he nodded, following Eddy to the counter where he proceeded to ring up the record, handing it the hybrid.

"That will be 200 coins," Eddy said as the green troll pulled out a red velvet pouch, picking out a few coins and counting them before he handed the small stack to Eddy, leaving with his purchase. Eddy just sighed.

"You poor soul," he said to the open room as he looked at the door, telling the group they could come out as Ronnie put up the 'closed' sign and locking the door before turning to the visitors and telling them they could come out as they did so.

"What was what?" Barb asked to comment on her distaste for the music they played as Eddy walked to the shelf Looking at the album.

"Gimmie Ya Luv by Whyte N' Blak" Eddy read from the sleeve as Barb just looked away, saying the album art looked awful as Eddy nodded, acknowledging the rock of this era sucked and lacked any punch, it was mostly soft ballads and sleaze track with sexual innuendo.

"Deyo actually likes this crap?" Barb asked as Eddy rolled his eyes, saying that the Dark One would never come here, he hates the vibrant colors and that Volcano Rock was Greatmane's domain, Dark One just collected tribute

A/N and the sequel is out, taking place in the future and they get the see the aftermath of the Dark One succeeding, now the group has to figure out their next move