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 songs 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!


Guts, Glory, and Schemes Aplenty

The next day, the Normal Trolls were finishing up packing their things so they could be ready to take the bus back to the condo at Magikina City.

But, they weren't going back right away because there was one more stop that they were gonna make during their time here in Anticque. Something Aggie suggested earlier in the morning during breakfast.

Earlier that morning...

Everyone was sitting at a table in the resort's dining room together, eating breakfast.

Aggie was looking at her calendar on her phone when she saw what today was and smiled, saying, "Hey, guys! Today's the Harvest Moon Festival"!

"The Harvest Moon Festival? What's that, Aggie," Trollex asked curiously.

Aggie explained, "The Harvest Moon Festival is a special occasion that honors the proud farmers who have worked hard to grow so many crops to help feed all of Harmonious Land. It's celebrated with a fun little festival where special games are held that MMTs are allowed to partake in."

"Ooh! That there sounds laake my kaand ov festival," Buckaroo commented while sipping on a cup of coffee.

"Definitely sounds like it would be a blast and a half to partake in," Barb mentioned.

"What else happens at the festival," Tiny Diamond asked.

Aggie replied, "Well, not much, other than the one who leads the festival, in the end, uses a mirror to reflect on the moonlight that peeps in through the holes in the ceiling, and the light shines all over the crops."

"Ooh! Sounds like a marvelous show to see," Dante commented.

Aggie suddenly got a great idea, saying, "You know, since we're going to visit my dad's half-sister and her family today, we should also stop by the festival! It'll be a lot of fun, and it's something we can do before we go back to Magikina City! We still have time to do stuff there before the hole opens, so let's make the most of it and spend today here before we head back"!

Everyone looked at one another and smiled, thinking it was a great idea.

End of flashback...

And that opportunity came at the perfect time because a little bit after Aggie offered the idea of them and her family visiting the Harvets Moon Festival

Flashback to earlier...

Delta suddenly got a chime on her phone and looked down to see, noticing she received an email from Mayor Travor.

"Whel, ay'll be. Check it out, y'all' Mayor Travor just emailed me," Delta commented.

"He did? what's it about," Trollzart asked curiously.

Delta read the email, saying, "Howdy, y'all. How's y'all been? Ay heard y'all been stayin' in Anticque; ay hope it's been fun faw y'all. Say, maand if ay ask y'all those who are workin' ayy favor? Ay'm hosting tonaheet's Harvest Moon Festival, ayn' it'd be ayy huge relief if y'all could maybe act as my bodyguards tonaheet during the festival. Ay'll even pay y'all faw your services afterwards. Hope ta hear from ya back soon, from, Mayor Travor Eastburn."

"Bodyguards? Why would he want bodyguards at a festival," Smidge asked while eating a waffle.

"Well, sometimes, Trolls aren't always nice and sunshiney; some of them can have bad or malicious intentions, or even want to steal from rich Troll, or even hurt others intentionally," Aggie replied.

"But that's not what Trolls are; it's not normal for one to be bad or do bad things," Poppy pointed out.

"True, but the world isn't all sunshine and rainbows, remember, Poppy? Even Trolls can sometimes have a different personality that makes them act different from how a Troll usually is," Branch reminded his wife, adding, "Sometimes, even a Troll will act selfishly or do bad things."

"Precisely, and probably why Mayor Travor was asking us to be bodyguards," Essence replied.

"I say why not try it? I mean, we can protect someone, and isn't that the spirit of being a Troll," Barb pointed out.

"Plus, we'll each get paid afterwards" Riff mentioned.

"I guess...we're in," Branch soon replied, as Delta quickly started to type an email response to let the mayor know that they were in.

End of flashback...

So now, they were just getting their things together so, after their visit, they could return back to the condo, grab their luggage, and hop on the next bus back.

After they were done, Aggie and the Normal Trolls decided to walk to Aggie's relatives' house because it wasn't that far from the resort, about 10 minutes walking distance.

"Ay ken't wait ta see what your family' farm looks laake, Aggie," Buckaroo commented with a chuckle.

"I can't wait to meet your family; how come we haven't heard about your dad's half-sister before," Guy Diamond asked curiously.

Aggie replied, "Well, the truth is, my dad and his half-sister aren't very close, but they still keep in touch."

"Well, I think it'll be a pleasure to meet them, and it'll give you the perfect opportunity to get to practice your water magic since your dad's half-sister is a Magic Techno Troll," Trollex commented before he asked worryingly, "You think they'll like me"?

"Of course, they'll like you, Trollex, no need to worry," Aggie replied, kissing her boyfriend reassuringly.

"Yo! You think your dad's half-sister might want to train me too," Synth asked, mentioning, "I know I'm pretty good with my water powers already, but imagine how dope it'd be to learn some cool water tricks from a Magic Techno Troll"!

"I don't see why not," Aggie happily answered, making Synth cheer excitedly.

A little while later, the group arrived at the house where Aggie's father's half-sister and her family lived, and waiting for them was a pair of MMTs. One was a female Magic Techno Troll with green hair, orange eyes, that wore a blue blouse with yellow pants. And standing next to her was a male Magic Country Troll with red hair, yellow eyes, who was wearing farmer's gear.

Aggie ran up to her relatives, saying, "Aunt Dolly! Uncle Elliot"!

"Aggie! How are you doing, dear," Aunt Dolly replied while giving her niece a big hug.

"Hoowee! Y'all seem to be doin' pretty well, Aggie," Elliot added while patting Aggie on the back.

"Ay am, uncle Elliot," Aggie replied, saying, "My friends ayn' ay were in town ayn' we figure we'd come by ayn' visit."

"Y'all definitely came at the perfect taame; tonaheet's the Harvest Moon Festival, so y'all ken feel free ta go have some fun," Elliot commented.

Aggie then flew over to Trollex, saying, "Aunt Dolly, Uncle Elliot, I'd like you both to meet my boyfriend: King Trollex of the Normal Techno Trolls"!

Trollex gave a happy/nervous smile and waved at the pair, saying, "Nice to meet you both, Mr. and Mrs. Galido."

However, Dolly and Elliot were giving the Normal Techno Troll very disapproving looks, indicating that they did not like him right off the bat, especially after hearing the news of him and Aggie being together.

Trollex could tell that they probably weren't warming up to him right away, so he tried to lighten the mood, saying, "Uh, so, how has uh...farmwork been for you both? Handling the uh...tsunamis well? I heard those happen sometimes since your farm is near the beach."

"We lost one ov our farm hands ta one ov them ocean terrors last week," Elliot bluntly replied.

"And the waves messed up our newest set of crops yesterday, so we had to spend hours replanting everything," Dolly added, sounding a bit bitter.

Trollex nervously chuckled, saying, "Oh, seaweed! I..I am so sorry; I didn't mean for that question to bring up any bad tension."

Trollex stepped back, unsure if Aggie's relatives were going to approve of him, as Prince D whispered to the Techno king, "Maybe should've asked them something different, man."

Dolly then saw Delta, saying with a friendly smile, "And you must be Delta Dawn, the proud mayor of the Normal Country Trolls that we've been hearing about."

Delta nodded and shook hands with both Dolly and Elliot, saying, "Yep, y'all are raheet."

"Delta, huh? That's ayy faane name," Elliot commented.

"It reminds me of the sunrise over the farm in the morning when we're picking our crops," Dolly said.

Elliot grinned and flexed his right arm, saying, "Nothin' laake ayy lil hard work ta make ayy strong Troll."

"Couldn't say it bettuurr myself, Mr. Galido," Buckaroo commented while flexing her left arm.

"Ay laake y'all people; y'all got the passhun ov tendin' ta the farm sky haagh," Delta replied.

"Speakin' ov tendin' ta the farm, since our old farm hand ain't here naw mawe, we haared someone new. Y'all wanna meet him," Elliot offered.

"Sure, but...where is he," Poppy asked curiously.

Dolly gave a shrill whistle before the group suddenly heard the sound of galloping.

"What the hey is that," Clampers asked curiously.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a dust cloud in the distance that was coming close towards them.


Deep within the dust cloud, there was a silhouette of a MMT, most likely a Magic Country Troll because within the silhouette, the feet that was running was actually hooves.

The silhouette soon died down, as it was revealed to be a male Magic Country Troll that wore a black turtleneck shirt, a dark grey vest over the shirt, and over that was a light grey jacket that had black tassels and dark grey cuffs around the sleeves, white ivory pants with ripped thighs, brown cowboy boots, black fingerless gloves on his hands, a red scarf around his neck, and a large grey sun hat on top of his head.

"Yeehaw," the male Magic Country Troll called out as he leaped over a few fences as if they were nothing more than mere hurdles.

Once he approached the group, he skidded to a stop, causing some dirt to get kicked up and cover Smidge, burying her in a pile of dirt.

"Whel, howdy, y'all! What brings y'all 'round these parts," the male Magic Country Troll commented while tipping his hat.

Smidge poked her head out from the dirt pile she was buried in, as Aggie said, "Y'all mjust be the new farm hand, correct"?

"Yesiree, ayn' y'all must be the famous Mastuurr ov All Magic ay've been hearing 'bout. Ms. Agatha Galido, raheet," the male Magic Country Troll replied.

Aggie nodded, saying, "Yes, but call me Aggie aw else y'all will be seein' darkness. Who may y'all be"?

"Name's Slashuurr. Heard 'bout y'all ayn' your friends on the news, ayn' it's quite ayy feat ta meet ya guys. Anyways, back ta my quesshun, what brings y'all here ovuurr from the city," the now identified Magic Country Troll asked.

"We had climbed up Mount Yodelerest and made it to the other side, and once we got down, Aggie suggested that we come here for a vacation, and since then, we've been staying at the Phaigong Beach resort for the past few days," Poppy explained.

"And we all decided to come by and visit and meet you guys before we head back to the condo," Branch added.

"Plus, I need some help with some training for my water magic, if that's ok Aunt Dolly," Aggie commented.

"Sure thing, Aggie; I can definitely give you a hand with your water magic training," Dolly replied.

"In the meantime, y'all ken hang out at the Harvest Moon Festival," Elliot suggested, saying, "There's ayy bunch ov fun games, but they usually require tremendous amounts of strength, speed, and agility."

"Especially faw the Tough Games," Slasher added.

"Ooh! The Tough Games! What are those," Barb asked excitedly.

"The Tough Games is a large competition for Trolls to compete in to prove to be the roughest, toughest, strongest Troll in Harmonious Land," Dolly explained.

"Hot dang! That sounds laake fun," Holly commented.

"Think we can take part in it," Dante asked curiously, feeling interested.

"Whel, it's open ta all ta take part in, so sure, why nawht," Elliot commented.

"Wish I could say that for me because I can't play," Aggie stated while crossing her arms.

"Aggie, you know you get too carried away at that competition; the last time you partook in it, 15 MMTs had to be sent to the hospital," Dolly pointed out.

"I know, Aunt Dolly, but I only caused 9 of those 15 to be sent to the hospital, and I sent apology notes to them," Aggie retorted.

"Either way, you'll be busy with your training with your water magic, but you'll still be able to cheer on your friends who want to participate in the Tough Games," Dolly mentioned.

"Whel hot dang! Ay am definitely down ta try at those Tough Games," Holly commented in interest.

"Me too. Though, y'all are gonna be eatin' my dust easily," Buckaroo replied confidently, puffing their chest out in pride.

"Aw really? Care ta put your money where your hat is, Bucky," Holly retorted playfully, adding, "'Cause y'all are in faw ayy huge surprise when ay waand up beatin' y'all."

"In your dream, Holls," Buckaroo retorted playfully.

"Easy, both ov y'all. Ay want ta see ayy good clean game...especially once ay end up winning them Tough Games," Gust stated, tipping his hat in reply.

"With all due respect Gust, if anyone's gonna win, it's me. No Pop Troll's tougher than I am," Smidge said while flexing her arm muscle.

"I wanna play too," Cooper commented.

"Such action and mayhem," Dante commented in shock before grinning and adding in a deep voice, "Dante likey."

"Ha! You losers will be sorry once I wind up beating you all in the Tough Games; I am quite competitive," Sid commented boastfully.

"Whel, whel, seems laake we're in faw quite ayy contest. Faw those ov you wanting ta participate, may they best Troll win," Slasher mentioned, adding, "Ov course, ay'll be competing too, so y'all have some fierce competishun."

Trollex was overhearing some of his friends who looked excited to try the games, between Barb and Val cheering and getting pumped, to even Branch looking like he wanted to give it a try.

Looking back at Aggie's relatives, Trollex thought that the Tough Games would also provide him the perfect chance to impress them. Grinning, he declared, "You won't be the only Troll competing; I am too"!

"Huh," everyone said while turning their heads, facing Trollex.

"Bro, you wanna compete," Synth asked curiously.

Trollex nodded, saying, "You bet! It sounds like it's a lot of fun, and I want to take part in it too."

Elliot and Dolly both looked surprised at first...before they both broke into loud laughter, thinking Trollex was joking about actually taking part in the Tough Games.

Trollex was not amused one bit, especially when Elliot saw the serious look in the Techno king's eyes, commenting, "Wait, y'all are serious about this"?

"Yeah; I can compete, can't I? There's no rule saying that Normal Trolls can't compete in the Tough Games, is there," Trollex replied while crossing his arms.

"Well, no; as Ellito said before, it allows anyone to compete," Dolly answered.

Trollex smiled, saying, "Great! Then, there's no reason for me not to compete, and, I plan to win"!

Synth stood by his brother, saying, "You'd be great at it, yo! You got nerves of steel," and elbowed Trollex in the ribs, but the elbowing was a bit hard, making Trollex wince a bit in pain, but tried to hide it.

Elliot saw this and chuckled, saying, "Ay don't know if lil' sensitive passive Trolls laake yourself would last long in these games. It's faw the roughest, toughest Trolls 'round, ayn' they play somethin' fierce"!

Trollex retorted, "I may be passive, but don't let my standing fool you; I can be really tough when I need to. I have some fight in me, but I don't show it unless it's absolutely necessary."

Slasher then said, "Seems fitting...for a wuss."

That statement surprised everyone, while Trollex reeled in frustration, saying, "What'd you call me"?!

Slasher adjusted his hat, saying, "Ay'm just sayin', most Trolls who are passive tend ta be nothin' mawe than big wusses."

Trollex gritted his teeth in frustration, saying, "I am so not! I'll prove it"!

Slasher saw something that gave him an idea, saying "Ok then, lil' fella. Why don't ya help me wrangle that there hog"?

Trollex looked over and saw a massive pink hog lying in the mud in a giant pig pen.

Trollex scoffed, saying, "Sounds easy."

"Sound easy, Technoness, but ta subdue it, y'all gotta baand its legs so it don't go scamperin' off ayn' tearin' ya ta pieces," Slasher instructed.

Trollex still wasn't deterred, saying, "Fine with me. It'll be a piece of cake."

However, deep down, Trollex was a nervous mess: how one earth was he supposed to wrangle a hog!? It was huge and looked like it could crush his spine with a simple snort! And worst of all, if he failed, not only would he get hurt badly, but he'd look like a complete fool in front of Aggie's relatives, and he wanted to show them that he wasn't a weakling.

Pushing his nerves deep down, he puffed his chest out, approached the pig pen, leaping over it, and approached the hog quietly.

Some of the Normal Trolls gathered by the pen to watch, with Aggie looking nervous that her boyfriend was gonna get hurt. She called out, "Trollex, you don't have to do this if you don't want to."

Trollex saw how concerned Aggie looked and tried to sound reassuring, saying, "No worries, I got this"!

But he didn't see that the hog had woken up and was standing right behind him. It let out a heavy snort, exhaling through its nose, making Trollex gulp and slowly turn around, seeing the beady red eyes of the hog staring down at him. Trollex let out a nervous smile before the hog slammed into Trollex, sending him up into the air.

Trollex got tossed up, hitting a hammock that spun him around and sent him flying through the air, landing on top of a bull that mooed loudly and tried to shake Trollex off while the helpless Techno king held on for dear life.

"Woohoo! Get 'em, Trollex," Holly cheered.

"You can do it, man," Demo exclaimed while Val was recording this escapade on her phone.

"Show that big ol' cow he ain't got nothing on ya, bro," Synth shouted while Aggie watched worryingly.

"Oh my guh, that bull's getting really riled up," Smidge commented.

The bull then shook Trollex off and kicked him back towards the pig pen, where Trollex saw a chance to wrangle to hog and grinned, wrapping his hair around the hog's body before trying to pull it down to the ground. But the hog was really, really, REALLY heavy, and all it took was for it to stand and shake to spin Trollex off, making him slam into the wall of the barn and slide back to the ground, bruised and dizzy.

He then looked up and watched as Slasher leaped over the pig pen and bound the hog's legs with his hair, which was unleashed after he took his hat off and caught the hog, not letting it escape.

Trollex grimaced, holding his arm in pain, and tried to stand, but he could feel his bruises throbbing and a few cuts stinging poorly.

"Trollex! Are you ok," Aggie asked in concern as she flew over to Trollex, seeing his injuries.

Trollex tried to brush them off, saying, "I'm alright. Just a few scrapes, but nothing really ba-," before he felt some of the bones crack a bit while he stood up shakily, making him squeak, "-ad."

"I got you, your Technoness," McJagger declared while running over, pulling out his first-aid kit so he could help mend some of Trollex's wounds.

While Trollex was getting greeted, he saw Slasher give him a hat tilt, saying, "Told ya so. Y'all nevuurr even stood ayy chance, then again, how ken ya when y'all are just ayy weak fish out ov watuurr"?

While Slasher soon walked away, with Elliot praising the Magic Country Troll for an excellent case of showmanship, Aggie stood by Trollex, saying, "Hey, it'll be ok, Trollex, you'll be better in no time."

Trollex sighed, saying, "I don't think I'll ever be able to earn your relatives' respect."

Aggie hugged her boyfriend and smiled reassuringly, saying, "Don't worry, hon. They might not respect you as much now, but they will eventually. You don't need to show them that you're strong because-,"

Before she could finish speaking, her Aunt Dolly soon approached her niece, saying, "Hey, Aggie! If you want, we can head down to the beach to start with your water training. I'll meet you on the beach," and started to walk down the sandy path that led down to the beach.

Aggie groaned and rolled her eyes, knowing she had to go now to follow her aunt so she could start training to master her water magic.

Not wanting to let her boyfriend feel disappointed, she gave him a kiss on the cheek, saying, "Hey, if you still want to try to do the Tough Games, just know, I'm rooting for you, Trollex. And try not to overexert yourself, ok"?

Trollex nodded and kissed Aggie on the lips, the pair sharing a romantic kiss as Trollex smiled and said, "I promise. And I'm rooting for you too, Aggie. Show your aunt you are magical when it comes to magic."

Aggie giggled while blushing, saying, "On it," before she flew off to follow her aunt.

Synth watched Aggie following her aunt and got an idea, telling Stereo, "Yo, Stereo, let's go watch! Maybe I can ask her aunt if she can train me a bit too"!

Stereo was surprised, and intrigued, asking, "Ooh! That's a great idea, Synthesizer! You're already amazing with your water magic; imagine all the amazing skills you could learn from a Magic Techno Troll teaching you special water skills! You'd be so *imitates airhorn noises*"!

Synth chuckled while blushing, before asking, "You'd think our future sis-in-law's aunt would want to teach me"?

"It's worth asking if you give it a shot," Stereo suggested.

Synth smiled, kissing Stereo on the cheek, before saying, "Good idea, Stereo"!

With his mind set, Synth said to Trollex and the other Normal Trolls, "Yo, guys! Stereo and I are gonna head down to the beach and watch Aggie train"!

"Sounds like a good idea, Synth. We'll join you," Biggie said, with DJ Suki, Guy Diamond and his son Tiny nodding in agreement.

"Count us in too," Rhythm commented, with Blues, McJagger, Low-Note Jones, and Laguna nodding in agreement as well.

"We want to go watch too," Blues added.

"It'll give us the perfect chance to see a Magic Techno Troll using water magic," Laguna stated while pulling out her notepad, adding, "And we'll be able to collect som data on it from viewing Aggie's training session."

"And what a sight it'll be to see Master Aggie mastering a new skill, baby," Low-Note Jones mentioned.

"I'll join you guys too," Poppy commented happily before saying to the other Normal Trolls, "If you want to participate in the games and/or watch them, you're more than welcome to do so"!

The Trolls who wanted to participate and/or watch all smiled and nodded in agreement as Poppy led the group who were gonna watch Aggie's training session down the sandy path to the beach.


While watching his brothers and the Normal Trolls who wanted to go watch Aggie train head over to the beach, Trollex grimaced as he held his arm, thinking about how he could possibly do well in the Tough Games so that he could show Aggie's relatives that he's not a weak Troll.

Suddenly, he heard someone saying, "Psst."

He turned his head and saw Sid, who was leaning up against a fence pole, nodding his head and gesturing him to come over.

Trollex walked over, asking, "What do you want, Sid"?

Sid replied, "Listen, your Technoness, I know you're still reeling from getting pounded by that bull, although I will admit it was funny to watch, especially when it tossed you off like-,"

When he saw Trollex giving him an annoyed/deadpanned look, Sid cleared his throat, saying, "Sorry. The point is, what I'm trying to say is..I'm getting a strange feeling about that Slasher guy."

"What do you mean "strange," Trollex asked while raising his unibrow.

Sid explained, "There's just something about him that feels...off. No Troll can ever be that charming or approachable; he's obviously putting that on as a facade to hide that he's hiding something. I mean, look at he just said to you; how are you not insulted"?

"Oh no, I am, but I don't think he's hiding anything," Trollex answered back.

"Then, maybe that pig had hit you too hard in the head to see, sorry, that was uncalled for. But look, all I just want to say is be careful of that guy, Trollex," Sid warned the Techno king, adding, "Something's off about him, and I don't like it."

Trollex then asked, "Why are you even telling me this? Since when are you concerned about the safety of others"?

Sid groaned, saying, "I'm concerned because if anything happens to you, think of how your girlfriend's gonna react. You don't want her to go haywire freaking out about you if something bad were to happen, right"?

"That's...true," Trollex admitted.

"See? Just...keep an eye out on Slasher," Sid stated before he walked away, leaving the Techno king by himself and in thought.


A while later, down at the Anticque plaza, the Harvest Moon Festival was in full swing, and the Tough Games were about to begin.

Everyone was at the starting line, warming up and stretching out so they were at their top physique for the games, including the Normal Trolls that were competing too, while the rest of their friends were watching and rooting for them in the bleachers.

Melody and Prince D were doing some jumping jacks, Smidge, Dante, and Holly were stretching their arms out, Val, Barb, Cooper, and Branch were doing lunges, Gust and Delta were jogging in place, and Trollex was...trying not to panic.

He saw Slasher a few Trolls down from the starting line and grimaced, remembering Sid's warning from earlier. He did some practice air punches, and focused on doing well, getting ready to show that tough guy, and Aggie's relatives, that he was tough as well. He took a deep breath in and out and said to himself, "Ok, let's do this."

On the stage, a small distance from where the games were happening, Mayor Travor was standing on stage, announcing to the crowd surrounding the stage, "Howdy, y'all! Ayn' welcome ta the annual Harvest Moon Festival! Ay'm proud ta kick things off ayn' lead this here celebrashun in honor of all ov those who's worked hard ta help grow all the good eatin' crops that we feast on, as well as ever'one in Harmonious Land. Ayn' ay feel proud ta watch all ov ya who are partakin' in the games ta show us all ever'thing ya got in your athletic skills! Good luck ta y'all, ayn' may the best Troll win," before summoning an Eart structure and kicked it, making it explode into pieces to signal the start of the festival.

All the competitors lined up, ready to begin the first event: the mud pit race, where the competitors had to run three laps around a large field doused in mud.

A referee was standing by the starting line, saying, "On your mark! Get set! Go," and shot a laser light up at the ceiling so everyone could see that it was race time!

All of the Trolls competing started to run as fast as they could, trying to get the lead right away. Trollex, however, was unluckily tripped over and stepped on all the competitors, left lying in the mud.

The poor Techno king struggled to get back up, wiping some of the mud off his face, and ran as fast as he could, trying to catch up.

Everyone was running as fast as they could, getting splattered in mud while they passed their fellow competitors. At the front, tying for first place was Delta and Slasher, who were neck and neck. By the end of the third lap, Delta wound up winning the race by a hoof, with Slasher coming in close second, and Trollex was the last Troll, trading his way cross the line, and last place.

At the next game, which was an obstacle course, the competitors had to cross an obstacle course. Slasher was scaling a giant wall, but Barb easily leaped over him, and passed him, as slahser was close behind the Rock queen. Trollex tried to scramble his way over the wall, and slipped down the other side, falling into a watery puddle, where a ground shark attacked him helplessly before Trollex scrambled away.

The game following that, there was a lassoing match, where competitors had to tie up someone of their choice. Buckaroo was smart and used both her braids to lasso two Magic Pop Trolls up tight, impressing the crowd with her lassoing skills. Sid cheered for Buckaroo in the audience, saying, "You the lasso queen"!

Branch had gotten himself helplessly tied up by Slasher, who smiled and winked at a group of female MMTs.

Trollex was staring down a bulky Magic Rock Troll, who had a rope in his hands, and looked ready to tie the nervous Techno king tight.

At the next event, there was an electronic bull-riding contest, and currently, Delta was crushing it with ease, holding on tight to the machine cow while Trollex got helplessly thrown off it again.

The next game was a tug of war, where two teams tried to pull the rope towards their side. The two teams currently pulling was a team of Magic Funk Trolls vs the team of Delta, Slasher, and Trollex. they pulled with all their might, until the rope snapped in half, and the force of it made Trollex fall into the mud pool below them, where the same ground shark from earlier attacked him again.

Right after that game was the next one: a barrel race, where the competitors had to weave through a maze of barrels and make it to the other side first. Slasher was in the lead, bu the other competitors were not that far behind. Some of them collided into the barrels and fell down, while others felt a little lost, unsure where to go. Trollex tried to weave through the barrels he passed, but then, he tripped and fell into one, running on top of it as he rolled across the field, bumping into a fence and falling over it, landing head-first ina gopher hole.

The last game of the Tough Games was a wrestling match, where you had to try and pin or submit a Troll in order to win. Slasher and Delta were currently wrestling one another, and Slasher seemed to have the upper hand, but Delta was able to turn thing around and use her strength to pin the Magic Country Troll on his back. As for Trollex, he got hopelessly piled on by a bunch of Trolls who tried to pin him, and after they got off, Trollex thought that it was over...until the ground shark that attacked him earlier climbed onto the top of a fence post and leaped down, set to elbow-drop him.

Trollex panicked, shouting, "Holy crab-," before the shark squished him.

"Ooh," the audience said, cringing from the hard landing.

"Ouch, he's gonna feel that in the morning," McJagger commented, seeing how hurt Trollex was from all the bumps and brusies the Techno king had.

"Poor Trollex; he must be feeling both physically and mentally worn out," Trollzart commented in concern.

Sid was taking notice about Slasher's behavior, seeing how "dominating" the Magic Country Troll appeared to be, making him ask himself quietly, "Ok, you. What are you up to"?


Down by the beach, Dolly was showing Aggie how to do a few tricks with water magic and taught her how to manipulate the water to do tight turns and spins.

Her friends that came to watch were sitting on the side of the shore and watched the training session. Synth, however, was currently standing and preparing to walk over and ask Aunt Dolly if he could join in on the training.

"I'm gonna do it, yo. I'm gonna do it," Synth said to himself, feeling prepped to ask, while Stereo was currently massaging his shoulders, saying, "You got this, Synthesizer. Just relax and ask like normal, and I'm sure our future sis-in-law's aunt will happily train you."

Synth smiled, saying, "Thanks, Stereo. Ok, here I go."

"Synth, remind me again why you want to ask Aggie's aunt Dolly if she can train you as well considering you already have water powers," Laguna inquired.

Synth explained, "Because I want to see what kind of skills the Magic Techno Trolls have that I can't do yet, and try to learn them, and improve my skills."

"Good luck, Synth," Biggie commented.

"You'll knock it out of the park," DJ Suki added.

While the others cheered him on for support, Synth started to walk up to where Aggie and Dolly were training.

At the moment, Dolly was showing her niece how to manipulate the water into tight shapes and centering it to strike forward. Aggie was copying her aunt's motions, trying to manipulate the water in the same manner.

Then, Synth came up to them, saying, "Uh, excuse me"?

Dolly stopped her water manipulation, letting the water drop back into the ocean, before turning around and facing the Techno prince/ambassador, asking, "What can I do for you"?

Synth took a deep breath before saying, "Ms. Aunt Dolly, would it be alright if I joined you in the training"?

Aggie thought that it was a great idea, saying, "Good idea, Synth"!

However, Dolly quickly interrupted, saying, "Hold up there, eager beaver. How can you train with water magic when you don't even have any? Ha," and laughed hysterically, saying, "The idea of a Normal Techno Troll with water magic? Just thinking of it sounds practically impossible"!

"Actually, Synth does have water magic, ma'am," Rhythm pointed out.

"In fact, some of us had mysteriously developed magic abilities, and we've had them for about two days now," Blues added.

"Show her, Synthesizer," Stereo suggested to her lover, who blushed as he raised his hand up and caused a water geyser to erupt from the ground, surprising the female Magic Techno Troll.

After Synth made the water geyser drop back down into the ground, Dolly commented, "I will say this, you do appear to have some very impressive skills."

Synth smiled and said while scratching the back of his neck, "Thanks, yo, I appreciate the compliment. So, can I be able to join in the training sesh"?

Dolly gave it some thought before she crossed her arms and answered, "No."

"What," the Normal Trolls exclaimed in shock.

"Huh," Synth replied, confused and slightly disappointed, asking, "But why, yo"?

"Yeah, how come Synth can't train with me, Aunt Dolly," Aggie asked her aunt.

Dolly replied, "It's because your friend, Aggie, is a Normal Techno Troll."

"What does what I am have to do with you not training me," Synth asked, placing his hands on his hip while raising his unibrow.

Dolly turned around and faced the Techno ambassador, saying, "It involves that because it's been the tradition that Magic Techno Trolls should train other Magic Techno Trolls, and this goes not only for us but for all Magic Musical Trolls here in Harmonious Land, that they train other Magic Musical Trolls within our tribe, not Trolls outside of our tribe, like your tribe: the Normal Trolls. An MMT training a Normal Troll with magic has never been done in such an awfully long time, back hundreds of years ago."

"But Dolly, if it hasn't been done, why not take a chance to start now," Poppy suggested.

"Yeah, Synth's really eager to learn some new water magic skills, baby," Low-Note Jones commented.

"It could help him grow exponentially, and he could use these skills to help protect others as a prince," Guy Diamond added.

Dolly sighed in frustration, stating, "Look, I'm sorry, but it can't be done. I don't care if he was President back where you Normal Trolls are from, but I can't teach him anything."

Aggie saw how sad Synth looked and spoke up, asking her aunt, "Aunt Dolly, can't you make an exception for one of my friends? It seems unfair that you can't train him."

"Life isn't fair, sometimes, Aggie. Not everyone can get what they want, so if your friend wants to learn more about his water magic, he can figure it out on his own," dolly replied, adding, "My decision is final. now, let us resume practicing."

Aggie frowned in response, feeling bad for her boyfriend's brother, but as much as she wanted to defend Synth and try to convince her aunt to change her mind, she couldn't argue against her.

"That's Trollist," Stereo complained, feeling bad for her lover.

Synth was feeling really disappointed and wanted to turn around and go sit by the others, starting to sadly walk back to them, but then...something in his chest was stirring.

Synth looked down at his hands before looking back up at seeing Aggie trying to manipulate water again, and he grew...determined. He marched back over, saying, "Hey"!

When that didn't trigger a response from the Magic Techno Troll, Synth shouted, a little louder this time, "I said, "Hey"!

"Are you always this stubborn? I already told you I can't train you; why can't you understand that? Do i have to repeat myself again," Dolly replied, glaring at Synth and turning around to face him again.

Synth wasn't deterred this time, as he commented, "I understand that, yo, but how am I gonna learn more about what my skills are if I don't know any others? If you don't want to train me, I can accept that, but since you're used to only teaching other Magic Techno Trolls, and you seem so good at it, why don't you show me what you can do"?

Dolly raised an eyebrow, asking, "What are you talking about"?

Synth puffed out his chest and shouted, "I challenge you to a water duel, yo! Put your teachings to the test against me"!

Aggie and the Normal Trolls watching gasped in surprise and shock; not once had they ever thought Synth would ever show his more aggressive side. He looked dead serious, and it was no joke!

Dolly didn't seem to take Synth's proclamation seriously as she laughed, replying with, "You're kidding me, right? Like I would ever want to teach you like that. Go find someone else to train you because I'm too busy training my niece to train someone who is non-magical."

As Dolly turned around to continue to help train Aggie, Synth gritted his teeth and tightened his fists. He wasn't just disappointed anymore...he felt frustrated...agitated...angry.

Suddenly, he shouted, "Fine! You want to play that game, yo? Play this," and summoned a geyser with one of his hands, bringing it forward as it shot towards dolly and hit her on the back softly, but hard enough to get Dolly's attention again.

Aggie covered her mouth in surprise when she saw what Synth did, as Dolly turned and saw Synth staring down at her, and he did not appear to be backing down one bit.

Dolly exhaled through her nose before saying with a smirk, "Ha, that's nothing. you really want to learn from me? Here's your first lesson," before she summoned two streams of water, making them rise from the sea, and shot her arms forward, making the two streams come together and combine into one big blast of water, knocking Synth off his feet and onto the ground.

Dolly saw the Techno ambassador on the ground and stated, "Leave this to the professionals," and was about to resume training her niece...when she felt a geyser erupt from underneath her, making Dolly rise up into the air.

Dolly quickly controlled the geyser and slid her way down, but was in for a surprise to see that the geyser had come from Synth, who was easily back up on his feet again, saying, "Nice try, but I've taken much bigger hits from rocks than a blast of water like that, yo"!

"You're annoyingly persistent, you know that? If you really want to learn, watch closely and carefully," Dolly proclaimed before she quickly raised another stream of water up and made it surround her and Synth, capturing them in what looked like a large ring with no way out.

Aggie quickly jumped back to avoid the blast of the water ring while everyone watched in intrigue, wondering what was gonna happen next.

Synth looked at the ring, feeling a little worried, but the worries disappeared and were replaced by determination. He was ready to show Aggie's aunt Dolly that he could learn any water magic skill that she knew, and that meant winning this fight.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I'm Still Standing by Elton John (Taron Egerton version)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Synth bounced off the ring and used his hands to control the water surrounding the ring and disperse it, breaking it apart. He stared down Dolly, set to make another strike.

He sent a water geyser towards Dolly, who broke it apart with her hand and controlled the water, sending arrow-like droplets towards the Techno prince, who quickly jumped to the side to dodge them.

Synth: You could never know what it's like! Your blood, like winter, freezes just like ice!

He got control of the water droplets and combined them into a large splash of water that he sent towards Dolly, who made a wave of water rise, which protected her, acting like a wall.

Synth: And there's a cold, lonely light that shines from you! You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use!

Synth started to charge at Dolly, forming water around his hands, which he unleashed like whips, trying to strike at her, with Dolly manipulating her water wall to block each strike.

Dolly then made the wall crash down and splash Synth, sending him a few feet back.

Synth: And did you think this fool could never win?

Synth shook the water off, showing he was confidently standing on the beach.

Synth: Well, look at me, I'm coming back again!

He then bent down and slammed his hands on the wet patch of sand, making pillars of water rise from it and launch up high before bending them to fire at Dolly, who controlled the water pillars and tried to send them back at Synth.

Synth: I got strength and courage in a simple way! And if you need to know while I'm still standing, you just fade away!

Synth directed the water so it would surround him, almost similar to the ring from earlier.

Synth: Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?

When Dolly tried to send another water blast towards him, Synth used the water he was controlling to intercept it, creating a mist that laid out on the beach.

Synth: Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid!

Using the mist, Synth then somersaulted, rolling on the beach, and got back onto his fins while controlling the water droplets in the mist and making a cyclone appear above him out of it.

Synth: I'm still standing after all this time! Fighting for my friends and for my life without doubt in my mind!

He tried to launch the cyclone, as Dolly countered it by summoning a wave that doused the cyclone, putting it out.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

She then made two water pillars appear from behind Synth that pushed him onto the ground, but Synth toughed through them.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

All of the Normal Trolls were cheering Synth on, as Synth took a minute to look back and see his friends supporting him.

Synth: Once, I never could hope to win! But now, I'm standing strong, feeling like me again!

He then tried to form a wave of water that he rode over to Dolly so he could exchange water whip blows. Dolly quickly formed water whips, and the pair kept exchanging blows one after another.

Synth: The words you said had failed to cut me down, and if this fight was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now!

Synth then combined two of his water whips into one, making it like a lasso wrapped around Dolly's waist, and he tried to pull her down.

Synth: Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?

Dolly quickly used the momentum to drag Synth down with her, landing safely on her feet, while Synth was the one who ended up crashing, but he saved himself at the last minute by making a geyser appear from under him, giving him a soft landing.

Synth: Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid!

Synth then used the geyser he was on to make multiple water discs launch from its top, firing them at Dolly, who easily broke them apart by moving her hands but had to narrowly dodge one that almost hit her in the face.

Synth: I'm still standing after all this time! Fighting for my friends and for my life without doubt in my mind!

He tried to send another water blast at Dolly, who got a hold of it and sent it back to Synth at full power, hitting him dead on, but Synth got back onto his feet quickly.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

The Techno prince then surrounded Dolly with a circle of geysers that appeared around her, getting them to pour down onto the Magic Techno Troll, who protected herself by moving the water out of the way and breaking it apart.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Dolly and Synth were both growing exhausted and were taking a minute to catch their breaths.

"I will say this: you may be stubborn, Synth, but I must commend that you do appear to have impressive water magic skills," Dolly commented.

Synth didn't let his guard down as he replied, "Thanks, but I'm guessing you still won't teach me"?

"Finally, you're catching on," Dolly replied, getting ready to make another move.

Synth got ready to defend as he made the next move: summoning large blasts of water from the wet sand around them, firing them at Dolly, who made a water pillar rise from underneath her to avoid the blast.

Synth: Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did?

She made a path of pillars that carried her toward the Techno prince, while Synth tried to meet her head on with a wave that he surfed on, trying to knock her down with blasts of water.

Synth: Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid!

Dolly dodged them and struck Synth off the wave, also knocking his neon blue hairband off when she struck him, as Synth used his hair to flip back up and onto his feet.

Synth: I'm still standing after all this time!

Tired, Synth looked up and saw Dolly coming at him on a large pillar path crusade, set to deal another blow.

Synth: Fighting for my friends and for my life without doubt in my mind!

Determined not to go down so easily, Synth brought his hands up and used every ounce of strength to hold the water back, the force of it shaking Dolly off it as she landed feet-first on the ground.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

He brushed the water aside, causing a huge splash, with some of the water splashing onto Aggie and the Normal Trolls that were watching.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Dolly quickly summoned a huge tower of water from the ocean, manipulated the water in the air, causing it to become sharp needle-like daggers, and sent them down to trap Synth.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Synth quickly tried to act fast before the daggers could catch him and tried to block with one last geyser that he could create, both water magic skills intercepting and creating a large mist cloud, making it hard for anyone to see who had gotten hit.

Synth: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!


Meanwhile, the festival was still going strong, as the Magic Classical Troll, who was standing on the stage as the announcer, was about to declare the winner.

The announcer was on the stage, declaring, "Well, this is a surprising first, everyone! For the first time in Tough Games history, we have a tie for the first place! Our winners this year: Slasher, and the mayor of the Normal Country Trolls: Delta Dawn"!

The audience cheered as Slasher and Delta Dawn walked onto the stage, and each were given a medal for winning first place.

The Normal Trolls, including those who had competed, were sitting on the bleachers, watching Delta accept first place, and they were comforting Trollex, who was sitting on the bleachers with them, getting wrapped in bandages by McJagger, and was holding an ice pack over his left cheek, wincing in pain.

"Hey, don't feel too bad, man. You did a great job out there," Prince D commented reassuringly.

"Yeah; I bet Aggie would be very proud of your performance out there on the field," Melody added.

Trollex sighed sadly, saying, "I appreciate it you guys, but let's face it: I was a wimp out there, and basically made a fool of myself. Maybe Aggie's relatives and Slasher was right; maybe I am weak."

"Don't say that, Trollex. You may not have done as well as you wanted to, but you still gave it everything you got," Essence stated.

"Yeah, you gave your best, and you poured your heart out into trying all the activities in the games! that takes tremendous strength," Minuet added.

Trollex didn't seem to be listening, as he was watching how a lot of MMTs were praising Slasher, who was the only competitor standing on the sage at the moment, as Delta was walking off and went to go join the other Normal Trolls.

While some of them went to congratulate Delta, the others were still trying to make Trollex feel better, as Demo said, "Look, dude, you may not have won, but just because that slasher guy's got some braun doesn't mean he can do things you do a lot better."

Trollex gave that statement some thought, saying, "Hey...y-yeah, you're right. Sure, he may have the "physical" advantage over me, but I'm better at him at a lot of other things. Like singing."

"Yeah, you've got a terrific singing voice, one that always makes Aggie blush," McJagger stated with a chuckle, causing Trollex to blush a bit while laughing.

"Ain't naw one ken evuurr beat that kaand ov voice," Gust added, tilting his hat.

Just then, the Normal Trolls heard something that sounded like...singing? They turned their heads and saw that Slasher was performing a song on stage, strumming his guitar and singing to the audience, and he sounded...amazing!

"ARE YOU FISH-FLAPPING KIDDING ME," Trolex exclaimed in sheer frustration and anger, slumping down into his seat.

"Wow, he sounds really good," Val commented, surprised.

"Oh my guh, he's like the package: charms, athletics, music," Smidge mentioned.

Trollex groaned sadly, feeling really down. No matter what he tried, he just couldn't be able to compete against Slasher; the freaking guy was better than him in every single way! How?! But he couldn't even begin to think on how as he was too overwhelmed with disappointment.

The others saw how upset Trollex looked, as Beat suggested, "Hey, buddy, why don't we head back to the house so you can rest and get cleaned up before Aggie comes back from her training"?

Trollex didn't say anything in response, as he gave a quiet nod in reply. Beat snuggled himself under Trollex's chin to help him feel better, which did work slightly, as Trollex did feel a bit better.

But before the group could leave, Sid saw something that made him suspicious: he watched as Slasher concluded his performance and walked off the stage, but seemed to eye the mayor of Harmonious Land a bit before taking his leave.

Sid narrowed his eyes, wanting to see what that Magic Country Troll was up to. To avoid making it seem like he was gonna follow him, Sid told the others, "I'm gonna go...get a hotdog; be right back," and left the bleachers.

He secretly followed after the Magic Country Troll, seeing where he was going, hiding behind anything that seemed big enough to cover his tracks.

Suddenly, while hiding behind a stack of hay, he noticed slasher picking up his phone and answering a call, saying quietly into it, "Hello? Howdy, ma'am. Yes, yes, it's all going according ta plan."

"Plan? What plan," Sid whispered to himself, listening as closely as he could.

Slasher was speaking on the phone, saying, "Naw worries, naw one suspects ayy thing. One shot, ayn' he'll be gone in naw taame. Mayor Travor won't know what hit him. Whel, he'll tell it's ayy bullet cause ay'm shootin' it, but he won't know it came from me. He'll be dead in just ayy few, ma'am. Just gonna get my gun set up. Yes, understood," before hanging up the phone, smirking evilly.

Sid gritted his teeth, growling under his breath, saying quietly, "I knew that Troll was sneaky"!

He looked ready to murder that back-stabbing Magic Country Troll; no one was gonna harm anyone, especially a fellow leader, under his watch. He didn't know why he suddenly felt so protective about the safety of a Troll who didn't even know that they were in danger, but he knew that anyone in danger, no matter who or what they were, needs to be saved from the looming threat.

With a plan in mind, Sid said to himself, "I got to let Aggie and the Normal Troll leaders know about this"!

But before he could even run, he felt a shadow loom over him while Slasher's voice spoke, "So, how much did you hear"?

Sid gulped nervously and looked behind him, seeing Slasher peering down at him, as the disguised Flexi-Troll first tried to play it cool, saying, "What? What do mean? I didn't hear anything...," before he angrily commented, "Other than the fact that you're a two-faced murdering Trollstard"!

Slasher grinned maliciously at him, saying, "Hey, it's nothing against ya, but it's just business, ya hear"?

"Business? Oh yeah, totally, profiting from the death of a leader, that's just sick," Sid bluntly spat out, adding, "And I've seen a lot of sick things in my life."

"Including yourself," Slasher said, jabbing hurtfully at Sid.

Sid bared his teeth and growled angrily before lunging at Slasher, trying to ambush him, but Slasher saw it coming and used his horse tail to grab Sid and swing him around, slamming him into a nearby rock.

The rock broke on contact as Sid's battered body fell through it, but Sid was a tough fighter and got back up, leaping up to try and lunge at Slasher again.

Slasher was cunning and kicked Sid in the jaw, dazing him and even knocking out a tooth, which Sid spat out before charging at Slasher again.

The two engaged in a scuffle, in which Slasher was able to easily overpower the disguised Flexi-Troll, and either slammed him into the ground or dealt a hard blow to his head, gut, or back.

In a matter of minutes, Sid was covered in bleeding cuts, bruises, and scrapes and was almost out of energy, while Slasher looked like he hadn't even broken a sweat. Sid snarled, saying, "Ok, Mr. Cowboy, you want to play"?

"I'll play," Sid declared in a scary deep voice, using his speed to try and outwit the Magic Country Troll.

Slasher tried to track Sid's movements, but Sid was quick and used his agility to leap off from hay bales and even a well, getting an angle to charge at him.

Sid was able to deal a punch to Slasher's head and a kick to his right knee before attempting another lunge, where Slasher used his Earth magic to summon an Earth structure that hit Sid hard in the stomach and sent him helplessly flying.

"Weak vermin," Slasher commented before he walked away, heading to the house.

Sid's injured body soared through the air and fell down fast, breaking through the roof of an old shed, and crashing through it, landing hard on the ground. He groaned in pain, saying, "Got to...warn...the others...before...," but he was in too much pain that he fell over and collapsed, losing unconsciousness.

About a few minutes later, the Normal Trolls at the Harvest Moon Festival were getting ready to head back to Aggie's relatives house. However, Buckaroo noticed that Sid was missing, and wanted to go see where he went.

They looked around the place, trying to see where he could've gone, before they spotted something that gave off an ominous vibe: a shed with a broken roof.

They walked over to it and looked inside, calling out, "Sid? Y'all here"?

They went in deeper to look, before there was a peculiar scent that whaffed their nose: the smell of blood...Troll blood.

Buckaroo looked around before coming across a sight that made them gasp in horror: Sid's unconscious and battered body lying on the floor.


Out on the beach, within the mist, Aggie and the Normal Trolls anticipated what would be the result of that sudden showdown; who would be standing? Who won? Who lost?

Once the mist had gone away, Dolly was seen standing, breathing heavily, while Synth...was trapped under a barrage of water daggers that had him stuck, unable to move or break out.

Everyone was stunned, especially Stereo, who looked fearful for her husband's well-being.

Synth struggled to get out while Dolly was walking away, saying, "Looks like I won, and this fight is over."

Synth, however, didn't want to stop fighting as he struggled to get out, saying, "Wait, I'm not done yet! Let me out of this thing! Come back"!

Just then, the sight of Synth's hairband on the beach was noticed by Dolly, as she bent down and picked it up, looking at it before saying, "My family's hairband? What's it doing back here"?

Synth saw what Dolly was holding, saying, "Yo, that's my hairband! Give it back"!

Dolly then approached Synth, asking him. "Where did you get this hairband"?

Synth replied while struggling to get out, "I've had it since I was young, yo. It's been in my family for as long as I remember."

Dolly then commented, "That's impossible: this hairband belonged to my mother's family. It was made by one of my distant great-grandmothers, and it was supposed to be a betrothal hairband, made for the love of her life: Georgius."

While Dolly was in thought, the water daggers seemed to melt away, which allowed Synth to be free, as Synth, hearing the name, commented while the other Nomal Trolls, and Aggie gathered around him, "Wait...Georgius? He was one of my distant great-grandfathers, yo."

Suddenly, a realization hit Synth, as he then asked, "My ancestor was supposed to marry yours"?

Everyone gasped in shock again upon hearing this.

"Woah, woah, woah, this is confusing for my tiny brain to comprehend," Tiny Diamond commented, scratching his head in confusion.

"Let's try to piece this together," Poppy suggested.

"So, Dolly's a Magic Techno Troll, a Magic Musical Troll, which from that, we can guess all her other ancestors were MMTs, right," Rhythm pointed out.

"And Synth and Trollex are Normal Techno Trolls, as were the rest of their ancestors," Blues added, with Synth nodding in agreement.

"If Dolly's ancestor was supposed to marry a Troll named Georgius, and Georgius happens to be Synth and Trollex's ancestor, wouldn't that mean...," Guy Diamond stated.

"Trollex and Synth's ancestor must've been a Magic Musical Troll! A Magic Techno Troll," Laguna theorized.

Synth seemed to place it all together and, out of shock, commented, "Oh"! before it transferred to a confused, "Meh"?

"But wait, how did Georgius end up living with the Normal Techno Trolls anyway," Aggie asked curiously.

"And what did Dolly mean that Synthesizer's hairband is a betrothal hairband," Stereo inquired.

Dolly began to explain the story, saying, "See, back then, as part of my family's tradition, my ancestor made special hairbands that we called "Marriage bands." They would symbolize the marriage between the two Trolls, and the married Trolls would wear that instead of wearing rings. Xenia, the name of my ancestor, made this one here for your ancestor, Georgius, when they were engaged."

"They were engaged," Biggie asked, surprised.

Dolly nodded, saying, "Yes. Xenia loved him with all her heart, and she thought that they were gonna live a long, happy life together."

"But he didn't love her, huh? Their engagement wasn't out of true love between two Trolls, it was all arranged, right," Synth guessed, earning another nod from the female Magic Techno Troll.

Synth, piecing it together, added, "Grandpa Georgius didn't wna to let the crazy customs of your family run how he wanted to live his life, which prompted him to run away, where he wound up meeting the Normal Techno Trolls, and meet my other ancestor: Sedna, whom married him."

"That certainly does seem to explain things now," DJ Suki mentioned.

Realization now seemed to hit Dolly, who realized that what she was thinking of in regards to training magic was wrong. It was unfair to stick by the rule of Magic Techno Trolls training other Magic Techno Trolls because it was;t fair to the other Trolls, even the Normal Trolls with magic, and instead of including him in the training, she purposely tried to exclude him, and that wasn't friendly or harmonious at all.

Dolly then sighed sadly, facing Synth while saying, "Synth, I am so sorry for the way I have acted towards you. You were right; I was not being fair in not teaching you some of the skills i know in water magic. We may be from different tribes, but we can still b the same, especially in water skills; I hope you can forgive me," and gave Synth back his hairband.

Synth smiled and replied after placing his hairband back on, "Aww, no worries, yo; no hard feelings. I ain't one to hold grudges."

Dolly chuckled before saying, "You know if you're still want a chance to learn some water magic skills, I can teach you if you're up for it."

Synth gasped happily and nodded in reply, saying while giving a small bow in respect, "Thank you, ma'am. I'd love to learn from you."

All the other Normal Trolls cheered happily for Synth.

Aggie smiled, saying, "We're gonna be classmates, Synth"!

Synth chuckled, saying, "Oh yeah! This is gonna be so a-meh-meh-meh-meh-mazing"!

Suddenly, they all heard someone shout in fright/horror, prompting everyone to turn their heads and see who had screamed.

Galloping towards them was a terrified Buckaroo, and she was carrying Sid's unconscious body onto the beach, saying, "Y'all we need ta get help! Sid's hurt badly"!

Everyone gasped in disbelief, with Poppy asking, "What happened to him"?!

"A-Ay don't know! Ay found him lyin' unconscious in an old shed laake this! the othuurrs went back ta the house ta try ayn' make ayy place faw him ta rest ayn' recovuurr, but he's hurt bad," Buckaroo answered worryingly.

As the others gathered around to see what happened, Rhythm pointed out, "Whatever happened to him, looks like he didn't voluntarily do this to himself."

"Someone's tried to beat him up," Blues mentioned.

"Ay'm gonna personally murduurr whoever the hay has hurt him," Buckaroo angrily commented.

"Calm down; for now, bring him back to the house so he can get healed," Dolly suggested as the Normal Trolls started to head back to the farm.

While on the way back, Aggie was starting to get worried about the others, especially Trollex. If whoever it was had hurt Sid this badly, who knows what they can do to the others?! And what if Trollex gets hurt by the mystery ambusher too?! She decided to fly up ahead and get to the farm first, letting the others know that she was going to "check on everyone at the festival first," before flying back to her relatives' farm as fast as she could.


Back on the farm, the group of Normal Trolls that had gone to the Harvest Moon Festival had returned and saw that Buckaroo and Sid hadn't arrived with them. They figured the pair might've gone off to do something and would be back soon.

Trollex was currently inside the house, going upstairs to rest after the long day when something caught the corner of his eye: one of the bedrooms...had an eerie glow under the door.

Trollex was curious to know what was causing the glow as he laid on the floor and tried to look under the crack of the door, but he couldn't see clearly because the crack was too small.

Luckily, the door was unlocked, so he was able to turn the doorknob and open the door to walk inside and see what it was that was glowing. As it turned out, there was a little briefcase on the bed that it was resting on, and it was open. Trollex peered his head to look and gasped when he saw what was inside.

It was a shiny, decorated shotgun, and it looked very, very, very powerful. Trollex gently touched the side of it, saying in shock, "Oh my Troll; is this...this is...a genuine diamond-edge firepower precision rifle?! But..I-I thought a weapon like this was just a myth! This thing is strong enough to kill any Troll, even leaders! How...who...what kind of Troll would have a weapon like this?!

He felt scared to touch it, as he was worried he'd accidentally set it off. but at the same time, she was trying to see where it had come from. Then, he saw that inside the case was a piece of paper folded inside.

He picked up the paper and unfolded it, reading what was inside it and what it was made Trollex's jaw drop: it was a plan of a building layout and some measurements of one of the windows to the stage at the Harvest Moon Festival. And not only that, but there were montras on how to angle the gun just right to shoot someone, and on the label of the stage was Mayor Travor's name in red. This was no ordinary paper plan; this was a murder plan!

Trollex was shocked, saying, "Someone here is planning to murder Mayor Travor! But...but..who"?!

"Somethin' wrong, your Technoness," a familiar voice asked, making Trollex jump out of his skin, quickly hiding the paper in his hair before turning around and saw Slasher standing there.

Trollex gulped, asking, "Slasher! W-What are you doing here?! I-Is this...y-yours"?

Slasher chuckled in a frightening manner, saying, "Whel, whel, looks laake two dogs have sniffed me out."

Trollex gasped, realizing that the gun, and murder plan, belonged to Slasher, making him say, "You?! This is yours?! But why?! Also, two "dogs"?

Slasher chuckled, closing the door behind him, saying, "Your orange Pop friend shouldn't have been listenin' ta me, same way ya shouldn't have come snoopin' in here."

Based on that alone, Trollex pieced that Sid must've figured out Slasher's intentions, which meant he was right about the Magic Country Troll having bad intentions, especially now after finding out about slasher's plan to murder Mayor Travor.

Trollex saw Slasher eerily approaching him as he nervously gulped, saying, "Whel, while I highly disapprove of your plan and am very concerned about your possession of a very dangerous weapon, I'm also thankful that my instant dislike of you was the appropriate reaction. And I'm also thankful that Sid encouraged me to be cautious of you and your behavior or else this would've caught me bu surprise."

Slasher sneered menacingly before saying, "Then, tell me this, lil' fish, does this catch you by surprise"?

Trollex didn't know what Slasher meant until he felt something wrap around his neck and throw him onto the ground. Trollex tried to untie what was on his neck, which was revealed to be Slasher's horse tail, but it was bound tight, and it didn't help that slasher now attempted to pin Trollex and use his hands to strangle him.

Trollex fought back as best he could, but Slasher was really strong, and the Magic Country Troll made it really hard for him to push him off that easily.

Trollex was struggling to breathe, gasping for air, and quickly looking for a way to break free before he passed out. Then, he saw something that seemed like the perfect chance to escape: he used his hair to shake a table that knocked a vase down that hit Slasher's head, breaking on impact. It was strong enough to make Slasher let go of Trollex, causing the Techno king to sit back and wrestle the Magic Country Troll.

They wrestled each other back and forth, exchanging blows. Trollex was punching left and right, dealing hits to Slasher, a lot of them fueled by anger and frustration from all the times today that Slasher had shown him up.

Outside, Aggie's group had returned to the house, and they found out about what happened to Sid and were currently tending to his injuries.

While Dolly and Elliot were tending to some of the farm deliveries that still needed to be done and had to leave to make the deliveries, Aggie was with her friends, looking for where Trollex was, wanting to see if he was ok. She flew around, calling for Trollex's name, saying, "Trollex! Trollex, where are you"?

Suddenly, the sound of a loud crash from inside the house made Aggie look up, wondering what was going on inside. Then, the sound of Trollex's voice shouting, "Stay down, you sick Trollstard," was more than enough to convince Aggie that he was inside, making her run into the house to protect her boyfriend.

Back in the house, Trollex and Slasher were still fighting, exchanging punches back and forth.

One punch to the jaw made Slasher stagger to a knee, and Trollex saw an opportunity to try and escape as he ran to the bedroom door, but slasher ws hot on his tailfins.

Trollex could only grab the doorknob and jiggle it before Slasher got a hold of him and covered Trollex's mouth, pressing hard to try and suffocate him and keep the Techno king quiet.

This time, in an inescapable position, Trollex could only flail helplessly, unable to break the strong hold of Slasher.

Feeling weakened, Trollex could feel the last bit of air he had start to run out as Slasher cackled, saying, "Y'all are just pathetic."

Just then, an angry female voice that Trollex recognized shouted, "STAY THE TROLL AWAY FROM MY BOYFRIEND"!

Before Slasher could even see who it was, a chair slammed into the back of his head, causing Slasher to stagger and shout in pain, letting Trollex go, dropping him on the floor.

Trollex weakly brought his head up and saw that the Troll who shouted was none other than Aggie, but she looked absolutely furious! To Trollex, this was the angriest he had ever seen his girlfriend, and while it was scary, he couldn't help but admire how brave Aggie was for coming to his aid like this.

Aggie lunged at Slasher, trying to strangle him from behind and keep him away from Trollex so he couldn't hurt anyone else. Slasher tried to fight her off and wound up tossing Aggie into the wall, knocking her out cold.

Trollex could only helplessly crawl to his beloved girlfriend, belly-dragging his way up to her, and quietly crying out, "Aggie..." before he blacked out.

The last thing Trollex saw before he blacked out was Slasher grunting in pain as he grabbed him and Aggie by their hair out of the room, as Slasher dragged them out of the house without being seen.

When Trollex woke up again, he saw that he and Aggie were in someplace dark, and their legs were together with rope. When he got a better look, the area appeared to be some sort of basement.

However, that wasn't his main concern, as his main concern was checking on Aggie, who was lying next to him, and didn;t move a muscle.

"Aggie," Trollex shouted as he sat up and moved her over towards him, seeing Aggie slowly starting to wake up.

She opened her eyes and saw Trollex smiling in relief, saying softly at first, "Trollex, thank goodness you;re ok."

"I'm just relieved to see that you're ok too," Trollex replied, hugging Aggie close to him, the pair sharing a romantic kiss.

However, their moment got interrupted when they saw their situation, with Trollex saying, "Aggie, I'm so sorry I got us into this mess! I really didn't mean-,"

Aggie tried to cheer him up, saying, "Hey, don't feel bad, Trollex. You were only trying to protect us from what Slasher was doing, whatever he is planning to do. You were looking out for us, and that's the bravest thing I've ever seen you do."

Trollex felt touched, saying, "Thanks, Aggie," before saying sadly, "But I just made things worse for us. I tried to stop him, but I'm just not strong enough."

Aggie placed her hand on his cheek and said, "Trollex, if there's one thing I know about you, it's that you're really strong! Yeah, you may not have a lot of physical strength, but you're strong in so many other ways. You've got a big heart, you're a natural with playing Techno music, you're super sweet, you're brave, and you're not afraid to stand up for what you believe in. If that's not true strength, then I don't know what is."

Trollex smiled and kissed Aggie on the lips, saying, "Thanks, Aggie. I didn't know how much I needed to hear that."

"Hey, you're always looking out for me, Trollex. Consider it now my way of looking out for you," Aggie replied.

Trollex then got a great idea, and decided to try and use his new water magic, forming a small blast of water in his hands before firing it at the ropes on their legs, cutting him and Aggie free. Then, he sent a strong blast of water that broke through the basement door, busting them free.

Free and out of the basement, Trollex and Aggie devised a plan to stop Slasher without risking any of their friend's health.

"Ok, I'm gonna go tell the leaders, and we're gonna go stop Slasher before he gets a chance to shoot Mayor Travor," Trollex instructed.

"And I'll bring the others into the house so they can stay safe while you guys take down Slasher," Aggie added.

"Got it. Call me if anything comes up," Trollex told his girlfriend.

"Same for you, and Trollex...be careful, please," Aggie pleaded.

Trollex nodded and hugged his girlfriend, saying, "I will, I promise."

The pair split up and began to put their plan into motion.

Aggie approached the Normal Troll ambassadors, delegates and associates, gesturing them to follow her into the house, explaining to them what was going on, and offering a free bedroom so Sid could rest and recover from his injury.

Trollex approached the leaders, waiting for Aggie to lead the others to the basement, before saying to them, "Guys, we need to talk; we got a big problem."


At the festival, Mayor Travor Eastburn was proceeding with the closing ceremony for the Harvest Moon Festival by placing a mirror on the stage and stomping his hoof, making an Earth structure rise that picked it up and reflected the bits of moonlight that shined through the holes in the ceiling, and the light got reflected onto all the crops in Harmonious Land.

The audience watched in awe, thinking the sight looked amazing.

Meanwhile, in a building not too far away from where the stage was, Slasher was getting his gun prepped, ready to fire. He knelt down on one knee and looked into the precision lens, eyeing carefully on his target.

He eyed on where Mayor Travor was standing and grinned, getting prepped to fire his gun.

However, he got interrupted when the sound of a familiar click from behind him. He turned his head and saw Delta staring him down with a fierce glare, holding a gun in her own hands (Mayor Travor offered her the gun for their bodyguard protection services), Trollzart had his baton ready, Essence and Quincy were both holding electronic remotes like R&B's and were ready to use them to fire something, Barb had her guitar out and ready to smash someone with it, and Poppy and Branch were both loading hairball dukens in their hairs, ready to fire.

"Havin' fun, Slashuurr," Delta commented with an icy glare.

"Your Majesties! What are-," Slasher asked, surprised to see them there.

"It doesn't matter how we found out, but we're not gonna let you hurt Mayor Travor, or any other innocent MMT," Branch declared.

"Yeah! How can you even consider hurting an innocent life," Poppy asked, feeling very angry.

Slasher tried to play it cool, saying, "What are y'all talking about? I was just...uh...fixin' this here thing."

"You think we're that stupid that we're gonna fall for that? Admit it: you just got caught," Barb retorted angrily.

Knowing that he got caught, Slasher decided to try and use this to his advantage, saying, "Awww, whel now y'all seem ta be disappointed in me."

"Well, we can't just stand idly by and watch you do whatever you want," Quincy stated.

Slasher then said, "It's quaate ayy shame actually; ay was real fond ov y'all. But, now that y'all know what ay'm up ta, ay'm afraid ay ken't just let y'all off easily faw faandin' out."

"Like how you let me off," Trollex's voice ringed in, surprising Slasher, especially when he saw Trollex pointing the gun he had earlier right at the Magic Country Troll with a fierce glare.

"Thought you had forgotten about me, punk? Well, you thought wrong," Trollex shouted angrily, adding, "And you're gonna pay dearly for hurting my precious Aggie"!

Slasher then grinned maliciously as he pulled out something he had behind him: a dagger, which he held with his horse tail, and waved it at the Troll leaders, set to stab someone with it.

"Oh, you punk," Barb shouted as she swung her guitar and blocked the dagger swipe, pushing him back.

Slasher tried to swing a punch at the Rock Queen, but Quincy blocked the punch with his front paw and kicked him with his back legs, pushing Slasher back. Trollzart used his new wind magic to pick up Slasher and slam him into the wall, while Poppy and Branch dunked him with two hairball dukens.

Slasher grunted in pain but didn't even have enough time to react as he saw that he was surrounded, especially when Trollex and Delta had the guns pointed right at him.

Slasher wasn't scared though, as he tried to fire a shot at them, saying, "Ya know, it's kaand ov embarrassing ta see ayy bunch of useless Normal Trolls who are tryin' so hard ta earn the respect ov the othuurr MMTs, only ta be utterly disappointed when ya see that they ain't gonna easily forgive ya kaand faw what your ancestors did, especially faw the Pop Trolls. Ayn' tryin' ta rely on ayy weak, simple, pathetik-,"

Before he could finish, Trollex shot a warning shot with the gun at the wall right near where he was standing, saying, "Nice try, but we're not scared of you. Face it, you lost, Slasher."

Slasher grunted in anger, saying, "Vermin," before he looked around for a chance to get out of this.

Spotting an opening, he took his hat off and shoved Trollex to the ground before running past the leaders, saying, "Maybe y'all would catch me next taame...leaders," before leaping out of the window and escaping.

The Normal Troll leaders tried to chase after him, with Delta pointing her gun at him, but Slasher was already long gone. They didn;t see where he went or where he was hiding, but one thing was for certain: Slasher wasn't here anymore, and it was most likely not gonna be the last time they see him.

"Dangity doodily, he got away," Delta exclaimed in frustration.

"At least he's gone for now," Trollex said while dropping the gun, adding, "Hopefully, we never see him again."

"I doubt that, but at least we helped save Mayor Travor and protected him from Slasher's onslaught," Poppy replied.

"And we helped save anyone else that might've gotten in slasher's path," Barb mentioned.

"Come on, guys, let's head back and make sure the others are ok," Quincy advised before the leaders started to leave the building and head back to the house to check on their friends.

Back at the house, Aggie and the other Normal Trolls were anxiously waiting outside, hoping the leaders would be ok. Dolly and Elliot had returned earlier, and Aggie told them what had happened, and they were worried for the leaders' well-being and hoped that they'd be ok.

Suddenly, Holly saw someone coming, shouting, "Y'all, here they come"!

They saw the leaders coming towards them, with Smidge saying, "They're safe"!

Aggie quickly flew up to Trollex and hugged him tight, saying, "Trollex! Thank heavens you're ok"! Trollex smiled and shared a romantic kiss with his girlfriend.

"Boss! Y'all are ok," Gust declared as he, Buckaroo, and Holly galloped to Delta, happy to see the mayor was safe.

"I'm back, y'all," Barb shouted while skidding on her knees, with Val, Riff, Demo, and Melody cheering around Barb.

"Mom! Dad! You're ok," Cooper cheered as he and Prince D ran up to Quincy and Essence, hugging their parents.

"Maestro! you're unharmed," Dante cheered as he and Minuet bowed at Trollzart, relieved to see Trollzart was alright.

"Did you guys stop Slasher," Synth asked.

"Poppy! Branch," the Snack Pack cheered happily, hugging Poppy and Branch.

"Is he gone," Legsley asked.

"He disappeared before we could really stop him, but hopefully, we don't see him here again," Essence answered.

"He tried to shoot at Mayor Travor, but we stopped him just in time," Trollex answered.

"yo, we were so scared for you guys," Stereo commented.

"I'm just glad that you guys didn't get hurt," McJagger added.

"The most important thing is that we protected him, and we saved his life. And we protected anyone else who might've gotten hurt," Branch stated.

"Speaking ov hurt, how's Sid? He gettin' any bettuurr," Delta asked.

"He's still out cold, but McJagger bandaged him up and said that he should wake up in about two hours," Melody answered back.

"In the meantime, while he's recovering, let's all get our stuff together so we can get on the next bus and ride it back to the condo," Aggie explained.

Everyone all nodded their heads in agreement and proceeded to enter the house to grab their luggage that they had packed earlier.


Two hours later, inside the house, Sid soon slowly came back into it, opening his eyes weakly, with his vision blurry at first.

Slowly, his vision became clear, and he saw that he was resting in a bedroom, and was covered in bandages.

"W-Wha...what? Where am I," Sid muttered in pain, wincing when he felt how bad his wounds stung.

when his vision got better, the first thing he saw was Buckaroo looking down at him, sighing in relief while they said, "Oh, y'all are awake"!

Sid struggled to sit up, asking, "What happened? Where's everyone else"?

"Ever'one's getting their things togethuurr ayn' packin' up the bus so we ken head home," Buckaroo replied, adding, "Ayn' ay was waiting faw y'all ta wake up so we ken head down togethuurr. We were so worried 'bout y'all."

"You guys were...worried about me," Sid asked curiously.

"Heck yeah! We were waiting ta see if y'all were ok aw nawht. When ay found ya in the shed all busted up ayn' hurt, ay was scared somethin' bad had happened ayn' ay brought ya insaade ayn' we tended ta your injuries," Buckaroo answered, asking in concern, "Are y'all ok"?

Sid felt one of the bandages on his arms, saying, "Aside from being banged up, I'm ok."

"Glad ta hear," the detective replied, smiling, before she then slapped Sid across the face and shouted, "How the heck did y'all get banged up laake this?! Don't y'all know an'thing 'bout bein' careful"?!

Sid was a bit startled, saying, "Woah, woah, it's not my fault! Ok, it's sort of my fault, but it's mostly because of Slasher. I overheard him talking about something bad, and I wanted to warn you guys, but he cornered me, and I had to fight him."

"Y'all HAD ta faheet him?! Aw did y'all WANT ta faheet him," Buckaroo asked sternly.

Sid bit his lower lip, knowing that they had hit a good point there, while they continued on with, "My Troll, y'all are just so confusing ayn' reckless! Y'all think faheetin' your way out ov things is the solushun, but violence ain't evuurr the answuurr ta anythin'! Ayn' on top ov that, y'all almost got done killed by this psychopath! Do y'all have an' idea how worried we were that y'all weren't gonna make it?! How do y'all think we were gonna feel if y'all didn't recovuurr?! How do ya think AY would feel"?

Sid replied, "Look, I'm sorry, ok? I could've walked away from it, but that murdering psycho wanted to kill Mayor Travor, and I just couldn't let him do that. I don't know why, and if what I chose to do was reckless, which I'll admit, it was, I'm sorry, but if you were in my place, you'd do the same. After all, I just wanted to look out for someone; I didn't want one of the MMTs' leaders to get hurt, ok"?

"Ay get y'all wanted ta protect his laafe, ayn' that, ay totally understand, but y'all just don't go recklessly chargin' at weapon-wielding Trolls laake that! Be lucky he didn't go shootin' y'all aw else who knows what would've happened," Buckaroo addressed sternly.

Sid answered, "I get it, but look, I just wanted to try and help, ok? I was worried, the same way you guys worry about me. But why are you making such a big deal about this? I mean, no offense, but you're taking this so strongly, yet I bet you would've done the same thing if we had-,"

Suddenly, to Sid's surprise, Buckaroo had leaned forward, and they kissed him on the lips. He had no time to even fight back or say anything about it, but when they stepped back in shock, realizing what they just did, Sid broke the awkward silence, saying, "Woah."

Buckaroo nervously fiddled their thumbs, saying, "Uh...uh...w-w-we should get downstairs now, if y'all feel ok ta walkin'"?

Sid nervously stammered back, "Uh, y-y-yeah, yeah, I-I feel ok to walking, l-let's head down."

The two started to walk downstairs together and out of the house, where they joined the others up on the bus, not speaking a word to one another about what had just happened.


Outside the house, the Normal Trolls were packing up a bus that was waiting for them at the bus stop, putting all of their luggage on it so they could ride the bus back to Magikina City. After Aggie said goodbye to her relatives, she and her friends boarded the bus and took their seats before the bus started to leave, rolling down the road.

With everyone safe and in their seats, they were on their way back to the condo, excitement still chattering from how epic and memorable their vacation in Anitcque was.

"Wow, that was certainly quite the vacation," Biggie commented while looking out the window.

"Yeah, ayn' ay think we're comin' back with ayy lot mawe than just memories," Holly added while she leaned her head on Gust's shoulder.

"Yeah, I mean, during our time in antique, we got to see new places," Prince D stated.

"Meet new friends," Poppy added.

"We got ta witness some ov us getting new magic," Delta commented.

"And discovering about you leaders now having visions," Minuet stated.

"finding out more about our family, yo," Synth commented while high-fiving Trollex, who was sitting in the seat in front of him.

"Almost had a near-death experience with a secret MMT murderer," Trollex added.

"Yeah, this was definitely one of the most memorable vacations to Anticque I've ever had, and it's really special because i got to share this experience with all of you guys," Aggie, who was sitting next to Trollex, said, making her friends smile.

"Honestly, I can't imagine how we can make this ride back to the condo more perfect after all the craziness we went through today," Biggie mentioned.

"I know the perfect answer to that," Barb said.

"What? Smashing guitars so we drain ourselves of any energy to crawl out alive," Dante replied jokingly.

Barb chuckled before saying, "No, but something more fun."

She then stood on her knees while on her seat, saying, "So first, all you ladies and girls in the bus, I want you guys to start drumming your laps slowly, like this," and tapped a small beat on her seat.

All of the female Trolls on the bus started to mimic the beat Barb made, patting their laps as instructed.

"Yes, just like that! Keep it up," Barb commented, before saying, "And now, for you gentlemen and boys, when the ladies pause, I want you to clap like this," and clapped every time there was a pause between the pat sounds.

All of the male Trolls on the bus started to clap accordingly, and soon, everyone on the bus was making a beat together.

"Hey, I'm digging this beat," Melody commented.

"Yeah, this is super dope, yo," Synth added.

Barb nodded her head while saying, "Yeah, that's perfect! Now, keep doing that, guys, and listen to this"!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We Will Rock You by Queen (Drake and Josh version)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Barb: Buddy, you're a Troll, sing a big note! Playing in the street, gonna be a big Troll someday! You got mud on your face, you big disgrace, kicking your can all over the place, singin'!

All: We will, we will rock you!

Demo: Hey! Sing it!

All: We will, we will rock you!

"Aggie, take it," Barb shouted while pointing at Aggie, who stood up and started to clap while singing the next verse.

Aggie: Buddy, you're a young Troll, hard Troll! Shouting in the street, "Gonna take on the world someday"!

Trollex followed right after her, sidestepping with his girlfriend while he sang. He didn't like that the song sounded like rock, but everyone was having some fun, and even he had to admit, it was pretty fun singing while they were on the way back, making a road trip fun.

Trollex: You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place!

All: We will, we will rock you!

Delta: Hey! Sing it!

All: We will, we will rock you!

"Hey, Funk Trolls, you go next," Val commented while pointing to the Funk Trolls, who all happily chimed in.

McJagger: Buddy, you're an old Troll!

Rhythm: Poor Troll!

Blues: Pleading with your eyes!

Prince D: Gonna make you some peace someday!

Low-Note Jones: You got mud on your face!

Cooper: You big disgrace!

Quincy and Essence: Somebody better put you back into your place!

Val: Hey!

All: We will, we will rock you!

Sid: Hey! Sing it!

All: We will, we will rock you!

Minuet: Uh-huh!

Poppy: Everybody!

All: We will, we will rock you! We will, we will rock you!


The Trolls happily sung and clapped together during the whole bus ride back to the condo.