Queen Meets King
Poppy and Branch finished their bag of Marshtatoes, the pink queen, tossing the burlap bag into the stream of lava, sizzling as it burnt up as the two cleaned off the sticks. Branch put them away, saying that while he looked forward to being in a relationship with her, it probably wasn't the best time.
"We should head back" he suggested, wanting to get back before anyone noticed they were gone as Poppy nodded, the two began their walk back to the crashing pit.
The next morning Eddy woke up in his bed, feeling soft chewing on his arm, he glanced over, seeing Ronnie out of it as he withdrew his arm, being careful when he left the bed, not to wake up Ronnie. Eddy thought about getting a second bed but they barely had the room for one, he could always drag one from the crashing pit.
The red troll made his way to the bathroom, taking a morning shower and brushing his hair into its signature style, after freshening up Eddy headed downstairs where Barb was still laying on the couch, her head on the armrest, letting out a snore as he walked past her, covered in a blanket. Eddy nudged the former Rock Queen's arm, causing her to drop an empty can that rolled on the floor. He glanced seeing she was out.
Eddy checked the minifridge, for something to eat before heading into the store part of the building, he checked the clock, realizing it was later than he thought. realizing he must have woken up earlier than usual as he turned the closed sign around, and unlocked the store door, after making a cup of coffee he was on the fence about waking Barb and Ronnie up, the truth was only one of them needed to work, as they ran the store in shifts and Ronnie had been working nonstop when Eddy was in the past.
Eddy decided he would let the co-owner rest, sipping his coffee. The sun was shining through the store window as he enjoyed his morning cup, the best solution to a hangover, that and a morning shower. A good hour later he heard movement as he turned seeing Barb, yawning, looking at the mug.
"Mind hooking me up with some of that?" She asked, her head buzzing from the beer they drank last night as he nodded, telling her the bathroom was down the hall, suggesting a shower to wake her up. Barb nodded making her way down the hall still half asleep as he checked the coffee.
"How do you take it?" Eddy asked as Barb nodded, saying she took it with creamer, heading to the bathroom as Eddy checked the pot, enough for another cup as he looked for the creamer, setting it beside the cup, not knowing how much she wanted. After a brisk shower, Barb was refreshed and sobering up, bringing her lips to the mug of liquid.
"So about last night?" Barb asked as Eddy nodded, confirming they were drunk and anything said could be taken with a grain of salt as Barb looked at him, confirming its takes more than a few beers to get her drunk, and she admitted that she let the topic slide last night she wanted to discuss it as she looked at him.
"What are you doing here?" Eddy asked seeing a figure at the door as Barb turned face to a blue troll, with an extravagant blond hairdo, furry pants, a bare chest, and denim vest coated with precious stones, a hot pink scarf, glitter-coated handband draped across his forehead, and reeking of hairspray and making the rock troll nauseous just looking at him. behind him was a greenish troll with a leather jacket, jeans a T-shirt, black Dark Green Spiky hair, and sunglasses
"King Greatmane, I should be honored, I should be" Eddy replied looking at the ruler of Volcano Rock City, who ran a comb through his hair, looking at Eddy, telling him not to make a big deal of it as he walked to the record shelf, looking through the discs.
"Crap, Crap, Tacky Crap, this guy has more leather than a BDSM convention" he replied flipping through the vinyl as Barb looked at Eddy, confirming that this guy was the ruler of the Rock Trolls.
"Pop-Rock Trolls, and yes that is Me, King Greatmane... who do I have the pleasure of speaking to," The King said, kissing Barb's hand as she quickly withdrew it in disgust as Eddy could tell Barb wanted to rip this guy a new one.
"Listen Punk I have half a mind to..." Barb threatened, balling a fist as the green Troll grabbed her hand, squeezing firmly as he began crushing her hand, Greatmane snapped his fingers as the Green Troll let go.
"Please forgive my Bodyguard, Metalhead can be a bit hands-on sometimes but he's loyal, even if his fashion sense is drab, and for you... really, hurting such a specimen. I get proving a point but unnecessary force just...bothers me. I do apologize for his unrefined behavior" Greatmane explained as Metalhead just nodded, without saying a word
"Greatmane, why are you here... you never come in here?" Eddy asked confused as the King nodded, putting his thumb and fingers together, examining his nails, looking for the words to explain his presence.
"Well as you know, we just finished construction on the fountain in the center of town, surrounded by an ensemble of rejuvenating Hot Rocks' spring, where that old volcano mouth used to be... you covered up the volcano mouth, that's a historic landmark, some of the greatest Rock Trolls of all time performed there" Barb interrupted as Greatmane shushed here.
"The boys are talking sweetie, as I was saying. I had 'Neon Fever' set to open at the new 'Hot Rocks' but they had a bit of a falling out, turns out the singer caught his girlfriend and the guitarist in the closest with their pants around their ankles, so I need someone to fill in" Greatmane explained.
"And why don't you just do it, why come here, to me?" Eddy asked confused as Greatmane just shrugged saying he thought it'd be nice to help his baby brother as Barb spat out her coffee.
"You and Greatmane are brothers?" she replied dumbfounded as the king looked at her, asking him where he found this girl as Eddy just shrugged and looked at him, asking why in world he thought Eddy would even consider doing this for him
"Best case scenario, you actually pull through, worst case you embarrass yourself publicly, It's a win/win... for me anyways" Greatmane replied, saying he understood if Eddy could not do it, it wasn't like he actually had a band or even knew how to play, making it obvious he was setting him up.
"Listen Hairspray, as a matter a fact we do have a band, and not only will we play 'Hot Rocks' we will rock you off your feet" Barb interrupted as Greatmane clapped slowly, saying she was feisty, saying his brother knew how to pick them, doing a turn, instructing Metalhead to follow as the two left the store, leaving the two rock trolls.
"Barb, what did you do?" Eddy asked, hands on his forehead, she really just volunteered them to open for Greatmane, pointing out this was obviously a humiliation set up, as Barb put her fists together, her eyes burning red with anger, saying she could not just stand there and let that pretty boy, run Rock music into the ground. her skin glowing a bright red, before returning from its greyish hue to its purple tone, her mohawk, black and fallen over-restored to its red and standing up form.
"Barb, Mirror" Eddy said confused as Barb looked at her purple arm, glancing into a mirror as she looked back to normal, the Queen was confused about how her color was fully restored, Eddy just looked at the Queen, commenting on her hair looked slightly brighter. she jumped, landing on the couch, picking up her guitar.
Barb slid her fingers down the neck, playing blistering solo, her six-string screaming as he looked in amazement, her color and music were back as he tried to figure out what sparked this change in her, asking how she felt. Barb just cracked a smile, saying she felt like beating that so-called king at his own game, as Eddy pondered. as the group entered the store.
"Fellas, it's a miracle, Poppy, and Branch, their colors just came back, we were at the Crashing pit and they just lit up," Delta Dawn said amazed as Trollzart nodded, saying it was quite the display.
"Not just them, Barb too, her colors shot back and she's shredding on her axe like nothing happened" Eddy informed, leaving the Trolls confused about what was happening and why they were getting their colors back
A/N and their colors are coming back, anyone who has seen the movie knows that a Trolls Color is tied to their emotion and Barb getting fueled to take out Greatmane and Poppy And Branch discussing their feelings sparked their changes, also Greatmane's Bodyguard, Metalhead is based off those old strong and silent, seemingly subhuman henchmen.
