Hi everyone! We have now reached a very pinnacle point in the fanfic: we are this close, so close, very, very, very close- wait, what am I saying? We're already here! Yes, you've heard it here folks, we have now reached the halfway mark of season 2! And as a special treat, this is a spin on a chapter of my bestest buddy in the world I.M. Rally's season 1 chapter "Life of Aggie" and here, we are gonna see a lot of twists and turns! You're gonna see new things emerging, including the return, and now permanent addition, of Sid Scales, whom if you remember from chapter 6, is a Flexi-Troll unlike any other! And, let's just say, there's something very special about this chapter, but I'm not gonna say anything about it; you'll have to read about it to see what's gonna happen! 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 belongs to I.M. Rally. I also do not own the songs and the lyrics 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!
A Magical Turn of Events
"Ooh, you are not gonna believe what has happened! The craziest day in Troll History has just occurred right before our very eyes, and-,"
"Uh, Poppy? You are kind of overselling it. I mean-,"
"Overselling it? Branch, I'm not even close to telling them how epic this chapter is! Besides, you were there to see it all"!
"Poppy's got ayy point there, Branch."
"Look, Delta, I'm just saying that-,"
"Ha! No need to say anything, Twig"!
"Twig? Where are you getting these nicknames from, Barb"?
"Eh, I just make them up as I go. Besides, you're named Branch, wouldn't Twig be a suitable nickname"?
"Uh...-"
"Well, the main focus is that we have indeed had quite an interesting day."
"Yeah, so much has happened, it's gonna take forever to list it all."
"Maybe not forever, Q."
"Just enough so I can talk about how amazing the love of my life is."
"*blushes* Trollex, I'm not that incredible."
"Understatement, Aggs. You are the creme de la creme of Trolls! The cherry on top, the missing puzzle piece to our jigsaw, the top of-,"
"Uh. Melody, I hate to interrupt, but we are kind of getting off track here."
"Branch is right. So, without further ado, allow me to add on: so crazy day today! Where to begin? It all started like an average day, and we didn't seem to take too much notice of anything strange that was going on. Aggie was being extra helpful with a lot of the jobs we had to do, but little did we know was that there was more to this, like, a lot more! Like, a lo-,"
"Uh, Poppy? I think they get it. May I"?
"Sure, Aggie"!
"Ok. So, where should I start? Well, it is true I have been being extra helpful recently, but little did I know was that the leaders seemed to sense that something was up. and boy, were they right."
Poppy was hosting a huge breakfast for the leaders and ambassadors in honor of how much progress that Trollstopia has made since it first started. Inside the meeting house, the huge table had on a decorative table covering with plates full of so many breakfast foods such as scrambled eggs, strawberry jelly-filled pastries, waffles, toast, jam and butter, hand-squeezed juice, blueberry and chocolate chip muffins, and pancakes.
All of the leaders were currently serving themselves, putting the amount of food they wanted onto their plates before sitting down to enjoy this yummy breakfast together, enjoying the food.
Holly stuffed a pancake into her mouth while Barb added, "Popsqueak, this is by far the best breakfast I've ever had, and this beats the time I chowed down on the spiciest breakfast burrito ever to exist."
Poppy, who was picking up a muffin, commented, "Thanks, Barb. But I couldn't have done it without Branch helping me out with the cooking."
Branch couldn't help but blush a bit in embarrassment, saying, "Aw, it was nothing guys. I can be a bit of a whiz in the kitchen if I want to."
Poppy then said, "And I also couldn't have done it with Aggie lending me a hand in the kitchen. I kept running the menu by her, saying that we should keep it simply, but she insisted that I go all-out for you guys."
Dante then spoke up, saying as he looked around, "Speaking of Aggie, where is she anyways"?
Everyone looked around, wondering where their friend/the Master of All Music was since she wasn't currently in the meeting house with them.
Trollex commented, "That's odd. You know, I haven't seen her this morning either, and she usually swings by the lagoon and greets me with a kiss."
Synth added, "Yeah, yo. And I do my daily greeting, saying, "What up, my future sis-in-law," to my future sis-in-law, and then she tells me to stop calling her that. We got am mutually fun system going, yo"!
Quincy then mentioned, "You know, while we're on the topic of Aggie, has any Troll noticed that she's been extra helpful these past few days."
Delta bit into her waffle before commenting, "Now that y'all menshun it, ay have seen ta notice that Aggie's been doin' ayy lot mawe around here than usual. The othuurr day, ay was gatherin' haybales faw the polka-bulls, ayn' she went out ayn' got so many! Then, she spent THREE HOURS sortin' through it, sayin', "We need only the best faw these crittuurrs." Ay mean, ay won't lie, that was very considerate ov huurr, but ta me, in all honest retrospect, it seemed like she just did it ta keep herself busy."
Trollzart then commented, "I have noticed something of similar circumstances. A few days ago, Dante and I were tidying up our music sheets, and Aggie was helping us, and she stayed and not only organized all of our music sheets alphabetically, she then re-organized it and had it all placed in reverse alphabetical order."
Dante added, "I remember that! And even once she had done that, she spent the rest of the morning tuning our harpsichords! All 54 of them"!
Barb then mentioned, "You think that's odd? Yesterday, Aggie replaced the guitar strings on ALL of the guitars in Rock Hollow! And then, she recoated the stage with a fresh new paint of black, despite it being painted the other day."
Val added, "Not to mention she also stayed back and rewired all of the speakers, so now, they are extra loud! And while I like loud, it's too much for our ears to handle."
Essence then said, "Plus, when Aggie was in Vibe City, she spent almost the entire afternoon adding new records to the record library, and polishing the control system of the ship."
Branch then intervened, saying, "Wait, was that why the ship looked like it was flying a little wonky last week"?
Quincy nodded, saying, "Yep, Aggie insisted on polishing ALL of the controls, even if it meant accidentally pressing some of them and making the ship move.
Trollex then said while feeding Beat his muffin, "I've noticed something like what you guys have been experiencing too. a few days ago, Aggie came by and volunteered to organize the Techno Lagoon glowstick collection, and was there almost all day! And when night fell, she stayed behind to join our rave and kept partying all night, even after the rave ended and everyone went to sleep"!
Synth added, "Yeah, yo! I mean, raving is always so *imitates airhorn noises*! But even we don't rave that long."
Holly then replied, "Hot dang, y'all! Ay mean, we love helpin' us out, but it sounds laake she's bein' ayy bit too helpful, ayn' that's sayin' somethin'."
Low-Note Jones was cutting up hs pastry as he spoke up, saying, "Low-Note Jones must admit: as much as he loves having our favorite Magic Musical Troll helping around Trollstopia, Low-Note Jones must admit that something seems up about this."
Poppy then saying, "I'm sure Aggie's fine, guys. I mean, who doesn't like to be extra helpful every now and then"?
Delta then said, "Nothin'swrong with being extra helpful, but ay have ayy feelin' that Aggie's keepin' something insaade her that she don't want to talk about, ayn' is being extra helpful ta try ayn' mask it."
Barb added, "You know, I have seen that she's been a bit secretive, keeping to herself a lot more."
Dante added, "Plus, anytime some Troll mentions anything related to family, she just bites her lip and stays quiet."
Essence then said while using her fork to pick up a bit of her eggs, "Something definitely seems up, and once Aggie arrives, we;re going to ask her and she if she tells us."
Suddenly, a really tired Aggie came busting through the door, flying inside while saying, "I'm so sorry I'm late, you guys! I-I was just reorganizing my instruments and I-I guess I just closed my eyes for a second because the next thing I know, I saw I was late"! She flew to the table and found a seat next to Trollex, sitting beside her boyfriend and saying while grabbing a plate to serve herself, "So, have we started eating? I'm famished."
The Troll leaders and ambassadors all looked at each other in concern, before Poppy asked, "Um...Aggie, are you...ok"?
Aggie replied while grabbing a blueberry muffin, "Oh yeah, I'm ok. Just a little tired, but nothing some food won't fix."
Branch then asked, "Well, if you don't mind us asking...is there something on your mind that you're not telling us"?
Aggie pretended to play it cool, saying, "not that I'm aware of. Why do you ask"?
Quincy first stated, "Aggie, we really love all that you've done to help us around Trollstopia."
"Ayn' we appreciate all the help y'all have been givin' this here past week," added Delta.
"But, dear child, we can't help but sense that there might be something...more to this new wave of helpfulness," commented Trollzart.
Aggie couldn't help but sheepishly chuckle, saying, "More? What more could there be? I'm just helping out my fellow friends around Trollstopia is all. I am the Master of All Music."
Val then said while raising an eyebrow, "Yeah, but we know you're terrible at lying."
"Plus, as your boyfriend, I'm able to tell when something's wrong with you, Aggie," Trollex added while gently caressing her cheek.
Aggie reassured her friends as best she could, saying, "Guys, I promise you, there's nothing wrong, really. I just love my job so much, there's nothing to worry about."
All of the ambassadors and leaders still felt unsure that there was something Aggie wasn't saying, and they wanted to dive in deeper as to what was going on.
However, things were about to get crazy because suddenly, Gust came bursting through the door, shouting, "Your Majesties! Ay hate ta be the bearuurr ov bad news, but we gots an emergency, ayn it's bad"!
Aggie wanted to let out a cheer, thinking that this was the perfect way to get the leaders' minds off of Aggie and focused on something else, but after exclaiming "Yes," and pumping her fist up, she quickly calmed down, cleared her throat, and asked, "What's wrong? Does someone need help"?
Suddenly, Smidge peeked her head in, saying, "Yeah, pretty much EVERYONE! We're being invaded by a bunch of insects, and they're attacking Trollstopia"!
The leaders and ambassadors gasped in shock as Essence asked, "What kind of bugs are we talking about"?
Gust answered, "They're prayin' mantises"!
Branch was a bit surprised, but then chuckled, saying, "Praying mantises? Guys, we have nothing to worry about. They're quite small and harmless, Plus, they're really adorable."
Suddenly, Stereo peeked her head in, between Smidge and Gust's heads, while shouting, "These things are not tiny at all, yo! Or adorable! and that's saying something considering we think a lot of things are cute! Come and look"!
That was enough to convince Aggie, the leaders, and ambassadors to get up and come out of the meeting house to look, and boy, were they shocked to see three huge, green, hungry, aggressive praying mantises stomping all over the town, Trolls running for their lives while trying to avoid being picked up by their strong pincers, or stomped on by their large feet, as each bug roared so loudly.
Branch gulped nervously and cowered behind Poppy, who tried to comfort him, while he shouted, "Ok, I take it back, those things are not tiny at all! They're huge"!
Val asked, "Where on earth did they even come from," while grabbing her guitar, ready to use it in defense.
Barb shouted back, "Who cares?! These beasts are causing chaos"!
Poppy then declared, "We have to do something to get these bugs out of here! Does anyone have any knowledge about praying mantises"?!
Suddenly, the praying mantises turned around and saw the leaders, moving their mandibles hungrily. That prompted the leaders to charge towards the bugs, hoping that they could lead the praying mantises away from Trollstopia, while Aggie and the ambassadors stayed back to make sure that they could keep the other Trolls around them safe.
While the leaders kept moving around quickly, dodging the pincers that reached out to grab them, Laguna pulled out a book about praying mantises, saying, "According to this book, it says that praying mantises are very intelligent and sneaky insects. They are flexible, agile, can move in a quiet, stealthy manner, and can move their pincers so fast, a single swipe can kill their prey in an instant."
Delta and Barb, on cue, had to dodge a pincer swipe that was aimed at them, while Barb shouted, "You think"?!
McJagger looked at the book, adding, "And it also says that they are insects who often prefer to be alone, but will sometimes join up with other fellow mantises when on an intense hunt."
Trollex used his floating ability to dodge an incoming mantis while he shouted, "Yeah, I think we can see that considering there are literally 3 of them trying to catch us right now!
Laguna then said while pointing out something in the book, "I believe that they may be striking at us because to us, we are similar, in size, to their usual prey: bugs."
Poppy could not help but feel offended shouting, "but we're not delicious to them at all"!
Trollzart then declared, "True, but we are smaller than they are, so that must be making them mistake us for the bugs they usually eat."
Suddenly, Trollzart and Trollex both saw one mantis aiming its pincers at them and the two had to quickly fly/float in separate directions to dodge. However, the praying mantis was relentless and kept swiping at them until finally, Trollzart and Trollex were both cornered and caught in between its pincers and unable to escape.
Another praying mantis roared loudly and tried to swipe at Poppy and Branch, who both were dodging as fast as they could. After jumping up from another swipe Branch first started to say, "Poppy, hold it off as long as you can! I'm going to run to my bunker and-," but before he could even finish, the mantis had grabbed him.
Poppy shouted her husband's name as she then, uncharacteristically, got really angered, shouting at the mantis, "Get your pincers off my husband," and charged at the bug in anger, hitting it back with her hair. However, Poppy ended up getting caught by the same mantis, who used his other pincer to grab her before the Pop queen could recover.
However, the mantis did not seem to notice Barb right above it, as Barb climbed up a tree and was hanging right above the mantis, swinging her feet before dropping down, landing on its head. Barb then pulled on the mantis's antennas, shouting, "See how this feel, bug," while trying to disorientate it, seeing if she could get Poppy and Branch free. The mantis, however, did not seem to faze and ended up swinging its pincer that was holding Poppy and slammed Barb, making her fall and crash into a rock on the ground, hitting the back of the Rock Queen's head, and making her succumb to falling unconscious.
Delta, Essence, and Quincy tried to run toward Barb to help treat her, but the last mantis that was still stomping around saw them coming and quickly stomped its foot on the ground. The impact was so hard, it made the ground shake and trapped the last three leaders right under it, unable to move.
All of the Trolls gasped in shock and fright, seeing their leaders caught and trapped by the praying mantises, unsure of what they could do to help them. Aggie was the most worried for the leaders, especially seeing her boyfriend in trouble, and at that moment...something seemed to snap inside of her.
Suddenly, Aggie stepped forward, flying up to the praying mantises, and angrily shouted, "Hey you bugs! Let go of my friends right now"! However, the bugs seemed to dismiss what the Magic Musical Troll was saying and prepped to eat the leaders, opening and closing their mandibles. All of the Trolls trembled in fright as the leaders shouted, scared about being eaten. Seeing this, Aggie got really angry, and then, suddenly...the atmosphere began to develop a funny feeling.
Clouds as dark as night began to develop in the sky, covering the sun, to which this sight startled and scared off Cloud Guy. The wind even began to pick up, as Demo asked nervously, "W-What's going on" as Dante shouted, "I don't know," and was about to faint. But then, Buckaroo saw something and declared, "Y'all maheet wanna hold up on the faintin', Dante! Look, y'all"!
Aggie closed her eyes as she heard the wind howl behind her, the breeze making her hair tousle and wave around a bit, as she clenched her fists and said while gradually getting louder to express her anger, "I...told you...to get...Away...From...MY...FRIENDS"!
When Aggie exclaimed that last word in her exclamation, she stomped her hoof on the ground, even harder than when the third mantis did earlier, and it made the ground shake a lot harder, making a crack emerge on the ground that caused the mantises to wobble and almost fall. The impact also made the ambassadors, delegates, and associates shake around and fall onto the ground, with Val shouting, "Dang, what's going with Aggie," while Rhythm shouted, "It's like she's gone mega-bo-bonkers angry about the mantises attacking the leaders"!
Suddenly, Melody saw something that made her gasp and shout, "Guys...LOOK"!
The rest of the Trolls all felt a disturbance in the air and came out of where they were hiding to see what was going on, and boy, were they surprised at what they saw. Aggie's colorful rainbow eyes seemed to flicker, turning each color one at a time (the main music colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, pink) at lightning-fast speed, and she suddenly levitated from the ground, as six elements of nature suddenly appeared, circling around her. Her hands still remained balled up in tight fists as she was enveloped by fauna, air, light, fire, earth, and even water, and no one knew how this was happening, or why, but they were all too speechless to even question it.
Aggie first turned to face the mantis that had Trollzart and Trollex, waving her Classical hand, which sent a very, very strong wind breeze at Trollzart, strong enough to push the Classicla leader out of the pry of the mantis's left pincer. Aggie then flicked her Techno tail, as it summoned a body of water that she controlled to hit the other pincer, freeing her very shocked boyfriend from the other pincer.
Aggie then faced the mantis that had Delta, Quincy, and Essence trapped, and kicked her Funk leg up, which created bright balls of lights that shined so bright, it hit the second mantis right in the eye, blinding it and making it roar in pain, giving the Funk leaders a chance to run away from th mantis and get to safety. Then, Aggie kicked up her hoof and it made a huge Earth structure suddenly pop up from the ground, raising Delta up and away from the mantis, before another one emerged and hit the praying mantis, knocking it down. Delta was definitely surprised about what was happening but used the momentum of what was happening as a way to get down and to safety, rolling back onto her hooves and carefully climbing down.
Aggie then saw that Barb was still unconscious, and the last mantis that had Poppy and Branch was getting near her, so, she then waved her Rock hand, which created a huge fire wall that picked up Barb and brought her over, much to Barb's confusion, as she saw this happening when she was starting to wake up from being out cold.
And finally, Aggie stared down the last mantis and used her mind to summon two large Venus fly trap-like flowers that "ate" Poppy and Branch from its pincers and spat the Pop leaders out, as Branch commented, "Wow, who knew a flower that's usually meant to eat us would save us"?
With the leaders all safe, a still very angered Aggie faced ll three mantises and sent a stronger wave of all six elements that she unleashed earlier at them, overpowering the insects, who took heavy amounts of damage, before finally deciding that the Trolls were not worth eating, running away to protect themselves.
All of the Trolls saw this happening and came out of hiding, cheering in the success that no one got hurt or killed from the mantis attack and that things were gonna return to normal...or so they thought. Aggie was still in control of this brand new power she had and didn't know how to make it stop yet, which started to reign in a lot of chaos. The wind howled and blew a lot faster and stronger, the former balls of lights that she had created began to shine a lot brighter, the fire began to spread around Pop Village really fast, the water began to overflow and flood the ground, the trees around the Trolls began to sprout flowers, which was nice at first...until the flowers became "Troll-eating" flowers that tried to snap and eat the Trolls, and huge, ginormous land structures kept popping up from the ground.
In all of the chaos, all of the Trolls ran and/or held onto something for their lives and tried to find some sort of protection. The wind was making it hard for the Classicsl Trolls to stay in the air, prompting many of them to either hold onto the nearby tree branches or structures nearby do what Dante was declaring, "Form a Classical chain," where the Classical Trolls held hands with each other while one Troll was holding onto a branch. On the ground, other Trolls were hiding from the plants that were aiming to try and eat them. Poppy and Branch were both protecting each other and using their hair to keep the plants away from them.
Near the fire, Trolls were running to get away from it, as Melody was trying to find a spot to avoid getting hurt by the fire when she heard a scream and ran to see who needed help. Melody saw who it was and gasped in fright when she saw her own mother and her little sister caught in a circle of fire, making Melody shout, "MOM! EVIE"! Mal heard her eldest daughter's shouts, replying back, "Don't worry sweetie, we're gonna be ok"! Melody was scared that the fire was gonna hurt her mom and little sister, and wanted to help save them, but when she saw the big, burning flames, they reminded her of the same flames that hurt her father when she was young, at the concert that claimed his life. Melody felt her heart rate accelerate and she became too scared to move, only being able to whimper in fear for her mom and sister while feeling utterly helpless, unable to do anything to help.
Meanwhile, other Trolls were trying to escape the water that was flooding the area, as McJagger saw a huge wave of water that tried to sweep him away, dragging him underwater before he could shout for help. He struggled to swim for his life, but luckily, Laguna saw her boyfriend in trouble and dove into the water, grabbing McJagger before using her hair to hold onto a nearby branch so they couldn't get washed away.
Meanwhile, with the Earth structures that kept popping up, Trolls either got caught on it or were holding onto the edge of the rising structures to avoid getting hurt. Holly was trying to gallop away from the Earth structures, but one caught Holly from under her feet, as Gust saw this and tried to gallop after her, to make sure that she wouldn't get hurt, while other Trolls were shielding their eyes from the bright lights. suddenly, one strong gust of wind blew through and it swept up the leaders, almost blowing them away, if not for them holding onto one large tree branch as tight as they could so they wouldn't be sent far away.
The chaos was getting too much, and no one knew how to help Aggie control this new power surge. So, Trollex decided to go for broke, and shouted as he held on for dear life, "AGGGIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE"!
To his luck, and everyone's fortune, the sound of Trollex's voice was the miracle that snapped Aggie out of what was going on, her eyes settling down and no longer flickering rapidly. Her new power and all of the accidental magic that occurred seemed to disappear and become undone very quickly. The wind died down, the fire, balls of light, and water disappeared, and the Earth structures and plants all submerged back into the ground below. Since the wind had died down, the leaders fell down towards the ground below, but the flowers that were harmless broke their fall, so they could have a safer landing, while Aggie fell back to the ground, laying there for a minute. Aggie then sat up, rubbing her head to try and soothe the pain she experienced, while also trying to comprehend what had just happened. She didn't know how on Earth she was able to do all of that magic, nor what it was that caused it to occur in the way that it did, but there was one thing she did know: whatever the reason was, or however the cause occurred, it definitely took a lot of energy and power to release all of those elements together at the same time.
With everything settled, the Trolls made sure that everyone was ok, including Aggie, as Melody, after making sure her mom and little sister were alright, ran to Aggie, saying, "Sweet guitar picks, Aggie! How did you do all of that"?!
Low-Note Jones and Synth helped Aggie up while Smidge asked, "Are you ok, Aggie"?
Laguna added, "That was unlike anything I've ever seen before,"!
Dante added, "Precisely! How on earth did that even happen"?
Everyone was asking Aggie a lot of questions in regard to what had happened, but before they could continue, soon, the leaders came forward, wanting to know what had happened as well, with Poppy asking, "Aggie, what happened," while Trollex added as he held Aggie's Classical hand, "How dids you do what you just did earlier"?
Aggie, still feeling overwhelmed by the release of this new power, looked at her hands while replying, I...i-i don't know, I-i don't even know how it happened, o-or why! I just saw that you all were in danger, and I just got so angry, it then just burst out like that"!
Buckaroo mentioned, "It's almost laake when y'all saw them leaduurrs in danguurr, it just...seemed ta happen," as Aggie nodded, shouting, "Yes, exactly"!
R and B both looked at each other curiously, as Rhythm said while they both came up to Aggie, Maybe we should bring you to the lab, Aggie, and run a few test on you," while blues added,"So we can see what's going on inside of you and find out what might've caused that power burst to occur."
Aggie felt a bit unsure, saying, "Guys, I'm fine, I don't think I needed to get tested or anything."
Essence then said, "Still, R and B should still at least look you over, just to make sure," as all of the leaders, ambassadors, delegates, and associates, followed the Funk Twins and Aggie to the lab in Vibe Town.
Meanwhile, way beyond Trollstopia and the Troll Kingdom, at the Flexi-Troll kingdom, inside the throne room, the dark unidentifiable figure, who is presumed to be the king, was watching something through what looked like a clear crystal pearl. On the pearl played the footage of when Aggie's magic kept creating chaos after she had defeated the praying mantises.
His smile could be seen in the darkness, along with his big red eyes, as he said, "Finally...took ya long enough, ya pathetic mongrel, to unleash your magic! But don't get too comfortable with it yet, because it'll soon be all mine"! The figure cackled loudly before saying as he stepped into the light, "Soon, all will fear and bow down to me: King Gungager of the Flexi-Trolls"!
Under the light, the king's appearance was shown as he was taller than the other Flexi-Trolls in the kingdom, and unlike the others, he was the only Flexi-Troll that had silver skin, with a black two-legged horse half. He also had claws instead of regular hands and was also the only Flexi-Troll with a flimsy, but functioning, Techno tail riddled with holes, and red block designs on the ends of the fins, messy upper-back length, long dark red Funk dreadlocks, a red glittery Techno heart, golden glitter on his arms, a dark grey pop nose, long Rock ears, and a mouth full of jagged dagger-like teeth. In his right hand was what looked like a wooden staff with a pearl-white egg inside the container, and a purple gem on top of it.
King Gungager cackled again before addressing his head guard, who was sid's drill sergeant, saying, "Sergeant, bring me Sid"!
The sergeant saluted the king, saying, "Yes, sir," and flew out of the throne room and went to find Sid, while the king went back to watching the video again on his crystal pearl, saying, "You are gonna make a perfect storage unit for all of my goodies, Trollstopia." Suddenly, he heard someone walk in and turned around, spotting Sid, who grumbled while saying sarcastically, "You wished to see me, benevolent overlord"?
The king approached Sid, saying, "Ah yes. Sid...it is time at last"!
Sid groaned, saying, "Don't tell me I have to go scraping the tar off from under your throne again, do I? Last time, it took me three hours just to-," before he flinched when the king shouted, "Silence"!
King Gungager then cleared his throat, saying, "Listen, you pathetic nymph, I meant, it's time for you to fulfill an important mission for me."
Sid couldn't help but be a bit curious, asking, "A mission? What mission"?
King Gungager explained, "Well, as you know, for the past while, I've been keeping a close eye on that MMT who's been living with the Trolls. Watching her ever since she got her True Colors after aiding the leaders in the whooping of the sorry behinds of those pathetic Siren Trolls."
sid then chimed in, saying, "MMT? Oh, you mean that girl you always call the "colorful, happy, naive, dumb ogre" whose name is Aggie, right?
King Gungager nodded, saying, "Precisely. I've been watching and waiting to see if something was gonna happen, and today, it finally happened! Her magic finally activated."
Sid couldn't help but gasp in shock at the sound of magic, saying, "Magic?! As in real-life, strong, elemental magic?! Like in the stories"?!
King Gungager nodded, saying, "Yes, all of that and more! And the bets part about it is that dumb Troll can't seem to control it, making all of that power fit and ripe for the taking! But, there's a problem: we cannot simply just ambush the Trolls and take that pathetic MMT's magic just like that. Those Trolls happen to be quite tricky to understand, and considering the way they were able to beat the Siren Trolls, I fear that they might possess something even more that could beat us, if they have the chance to. So, I have been thinking up of a new plan, my greatest plan yet. And it first starts with you, Sid."
Sid then said, "What could you want with me for this plan? I thought you said I'm a pathetic hunter and a bad fighter," before grumbling under his breath, "Which is not true considering I'm a better fighter than half the tribe."
King Gungager replied, "It's true, you are a weak maggot, you dumb moron, but remember: I've picked you as my Chosen One because I've noticed that ever since you hatched in my tribe, you were born differently, unlike the rest of the Flexi-Trolls. However, it is perhaps that difference that could give us an opening to finding our way into attacking Trollstopia and getting Aggie's new magic. I'm assigning you to be my scout."
Sid was taken aback, shouting, "What?! A scout?! I have no interest in being a scout"! King Gungager cackled, saying, "Like it or not, you're my scout, Sid! your job is to find this Trollstopia garbage place, and spy on those Trolls and especially that MMT, and gather as much info about them as you can that I can use against them to defeat them. Weakenesses, fears, anything of importance, especially towards Aggie. Once you've gathered as much information as you can, come back to the kingdom, and report to me all of your findings."
Sid scoffed, saying, "Give me one good reason why I should listen to these orders, your majesty, because I have no intention to doing them, unless there is a good reason for it."
King Gungager scoffed before saying, "Well, if you fail at this, I kill you, simple as that. Good enough for you"?
Before Sid could reply, King Gungager interrupted him by saying, "Well, it's good enough for me. Now, beat it! Set off for finding Trollstopia, and don't come back until you've got all the information on your spying as you can"!
Sid groaned and left the throne room, walking out of the castle while talking to himself, saying, without anyone else hearing him, "Scouting for him...scouting for him... I'd rather eat a slug covered in slime than do that crud! Always being told to do this, do that, do the lowest work that scum like me is assigned to do! I don't even know why I'm the Chosen One, just because I wasn't born the same way everyone else was! You know what? I've had it! I've had enough of following him! I've had enough of being treated like scum! Those Trolls are so lucky to be living fruitful lives, especially Aggie! Why does she get to be surrounded by people who don't treat her poorly?! Get to live in warm homes?! Be treated like a celebrity?! I want that! I want to live like she is! I no longer want to just be restricted to living within these borders! I don't want to keep living in this confused state of mind! I'll go to Trollstopia and spy on them, and spy on Aggie, but not for the king! I want to write my own destiny"! Sid then left the kingdom, reaching the kingdom borders, as he took a deep breath, and looked back at the castle, the kingdom, and the other Flexi-Trolls that lived there still, and then...he took off. running as fast as he could, running and feeling so free. The feel of the wind hitting his face, the expansive space around him, and the further he got away from his kingdom, the more he felt determined to complete his new mission: to spy on the Trolls and Aggie, but now, to learn about them more and maybe, just maybe, if he learned their ways, he could figure out how to get everyone to like him, rather than despise him, and maybe, just maybe, find something worth doing with his life. He still felt unsure of if he wanted to do bad like the rest of his tribe, or do something else with his life. Just what more could be out there for him? Finding Trollstopia was gonna be the first step to answering that question, and the best way was to just run free as fast as he could.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Run by One Republic~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sid: When I was a young Troll living in the kingdom, I just wanted to run, run, run, run, run! Staring out the window, plagued by boredom, my king said, "Listen, Chosen One! You're gonna grow up and conquer all! Obey thy ruler, heed thy call! Partake in all of the malicious fun, and let your bad side run, run, run, run, run"!
Yeah, run, run run! Run, run, run!
Now that I'm off on an important quest, I can let my spirit finally run free! No longer tied down by royal standards, and pounded by dark hypocrisy! Though I can't help but think, this might go wrong, but I'll just see as I go along! So, now, it's time to have some fun! I'mma just run, run, run, run, run!
They tell you that the sky might fall! They'll say that you might lose it all! So I'll run until I hit that wall! Yeah, I learned my lesson, count my blessings, look to the rising sun and run, run, run!
Yeah, one day well the sky might fall! Yеah, one day I could lose it all! So I'll run until I hit that wall! If I learnеd one lesson, count your blessings, look to the rising sun and run, run, run!
Run, run, run!
I have been feeling oh so different, since the day that I emerged. Possessing this complex feeling inside me that I've tried to submerge. It's hard to fit in where you don't belong, so with this mission, nothing can go wrong! Aggie, watch out, because here I come! Girl, run, run, run, run, run!
They tell you that the sky might fall! They'll say that you might lose it all! So I'll run until I hit that wall! Yeah, I learned my lesson, count my blessings, look to the rising sun and run, run, run!
Yeah, one day well the sky might fall! Yеah, one day I could lose it all! So I'll run until I hit that wall! If I learnеd one lesson, count your blessings, look to the rising sun and run, run, run!
Run, run, run! Yeah, run, run, run!
Yeah, I learned my lesson, count my blessings, look to the rising sun! Yeah, I learned my lesson, count my blessings, look to the rising sun! Yeah, if I learned one lesson, count your blessings, look to the rising sun, yeah, run, run, run!
At the Vibe Town laboratory, all of the Trolls that followed R and B inside were watching in anticipation while Aggie was sitting in a giant chair that had a bunch of different suction-cup electrodes connected to each part of her body: her Classical arm and Rock arm, her Funk leg and Country hoof, and even her Techno tailfin.
While Blues was connecting one last suction-cup electrode to Aggie's forehead, Trollex, feeling a bit worried about his girlfriend, asked, "So, how does this test work? And is this safe"?
Rhythm replied, "First off, not to worry your Techno majesty, it is 100% safe. And second, you see that machine," while pointing to a large machine where wires were connected to the electrodes.
Blues then added, "This little machine here is able to study the subject's neurological balance and response stimuli in the brain and/or body so that it can determine what can be causing that power to we saw to occur with Aggie."
Aggie was feeling hesitant about the test, scared about how the experiment was gonna work, as Rhythm then told Aggie, "Now, all you have to do is just be as still as possible, girl, and then the results will be printed out shortly."
As the MMT sat still in the machine, which ran with ease, lights blinking and the engine emitting electricity as the data was being collected. Soon, after a few minutes, by a little printing slot, the results were printed out on a sheet of paper, which Rhythm grabbed so she and Blues could read it, and what they read was really surprising, making both Funk Trolls shout in unison, "OH! Wow to the wow"!
Aggie was pulling off the suction cups on her, remaining sitting in the chair, while Poppy asked, "What is it, R and B," while Holly asked, "What does it say," before Stereo asked, "Is Aggie gonna be ok"?
Rhythm then declared, "Oh, she's more than ok, guys," while Blues added, "The results here say that Aggie had just unlocked and unleashed her newly-found magic"!
Everyone gasped in awe/shock and quickly started to comment and chat in excitement and happiness for Aggie.
"My best friend has magic now," exclaimed Melody, who gently wrapped her arm around Aggie, pulling her into a side hug.
"Oh my guh, this is incredible," shouted Smidge, who jumped around, while Biggie said, "Wow, magic? That does sound incredible," while his pet worm, MR. Dinkles, said, "Mew."
"Woohoo! Way ta go, Aggie," cheered Holly.
"Remarkable," added Dante, while Synth said, "Haha, that is so *imitates airhorn noises*"!
"Wow, Aggie, you're so lucky," commented Trollex, which made the MMT blush.
Suddenly, Riff raised his hand, asking, "Uh, question: what do you mean she has magic"?
Blues explained while looking at her notepad, where she and Rhythm had jotted some research, "Well, Riff, according to the research we collected, investigating the Magic Musical Trolls section at the Pop Tribe library," while Rhythm added, "The Magic Musical Trolls usually release the new magic that they've developed after gaining their True Colors once a Magic Musical Troll picks their music."
That made everyone say, "Ooh," in amazement, before Buckaroo commented, "Uh, hold up, y'all. Unless ay'm mistaken, we've known Aggie since we first came ta Trollstopia, ayn' she's been huurr colorful self as long as we've remembuurred."
Delta then replied, "Actually, Buckaroo, while most ov y'all have first seen Aggie all colorful-laake, the leaders ayn' ay have known Aggie since she first came ta us when she was grey ayn' hadn't picked huurr music yet."
Prince D then commented, "It's true, the leaders, Poppy's friends, and my brother and I have known Aggie back when she was first deciding on her music."
Demo then said, "Oh yeah, but even after we met Aggie after she got her True Colors, we haven't seen her unleash any forms of magic until now. So why now has Aggie released her magic"?
Rhythm answered, "Well, according to the results, it says here to Aggie didn't unleash her magic at first because it was delayed."
Minuet questioned, "Delayed? As in, it didn't emerge at first right after she had gotten her True Colors."
R and B nodded, with Blues saying, "Yep. Normally, as the research says, only when a Magic Musical Troll picks one music that'll be their music for life is when their magic is shown. But Aggie is so far the first Magic Musical Troll that we know to earn her True Colors with all kinds of music, so there aren't any written records about what kind of powers a Troll like Aggie would demonstrate."
Hearing that made Aggie reflect for a moment as she frowned while saying, "I guess that explains it; I was probably was so busy trying to discover my own magic, I didn't think that i had it in me all along when I first got my True Colors, and I didn't think to let it out in that moment, and just kept keeping it stored within me."
Essence walked over to Aggie, placing her paw on her shoulder for comfort while saying, "Don't blame yourself, Aggie. We didn't know about this either," while Quincy added, "It's a new learning experience for all of us."
Barb added, "Plus, look on the bright side: you looked totally cool when you beat those praying mantises like that"!
McJagger then asked, "So, now, why is that Aggie's magic was released in the way that it happened? Do we have any answers for that"?
Blues declared, "Yes-to-the-yes we do," while Rhythm explained, "The results here also show that the power of Aggie's magic depends on how strong her emotions are. The stronger Aggie feels towards something, the stronger the magic."
Rhythm then added, "What we think must've happened was that when we saw Aggie so angry from seeing the leaders in danger of being eaten by the praying mantises, it caused her to let loose with her magic."
Aggie then remembered how angry she felt from watching the praying mantises catch her friends and sheepishly blushed in embarrassment, saying, "At least that helps to explain why my magic was out of control."
Suddenly, Aggie had a thought about another curious topic she's been wanting answers to, asking, "Hey, just asking, since we now know a little more about my newly-developed magic...what about my visions? Did you find out anything about them"?
That was when Laguna stepped forward, saying while rhythm gave her another sheet of paper, "Actually, we have the results of that as well, Aggie. r and b and i have wanted to share them with yu earlier, but the praying mantis attack sort of distracted us from the topic. According to the results, it says that your psychic visions appear to have come from a genetic trait."
That term confused some of the Trolls, as Cooper asked, "what does "genetic" mean? Is that the same as fantastic"?
Low-Noite Jones explained, "Actually Cooper, "genetic" is another way of saying that Aggie's visions were passed down from someone in her family."
That made everyone confused as Rhythm explained, "Based on the results we've collected on Aggie, and the research we've done, these psychic visions don't appear to be a common power that the Magic Musicl Trolls normally have, which means that somehow, somewya, Aggie has inherited this ability from someone in her family," while Blues added, "More specifically, someone who must have, or have had, psychic visions as well."
This was brand new information for Aggie, who tried to think of who in her family could, or could've had, psychic visions just like her, as Branch asked, "Any ideas, Aggie"?
Aggie replied, "Not that I could think of from the top of my head. I mean, if there is, or was, someone in the family that has, or had psychic visions, my mom and dad would've told me about it."
Melody then mentioned, "Ooh, what if it's a secret relative you don't know of? ooh! Or what if it is your parents"?!
Aggie chuckled a bit before answering, "Mel, if my parents were psychic, I think I would've known already about it already."
Poppy then said, "Well, we can think about that later. right now, we got a very important task at hand: to help Aggie control her new magic"!
That was when Barb added, "Yeah! Only one question: how are we gonna do that"?
Trollzart added, "Barb raises a good point, especially since we are not Magic Musical Trolls, like Aggie, and we don't possess magic like she does."
Synth wanted to say something but decided to keep it to himself, for now, waiting for a better time to say it.
Delta then said, "Whel, since Aggie's powers are based on huurr emotions, we just got ta help hurr keep her emotions in check."
Aggie smiled, saying, "Yeah, I'm sure that won't be too hard. It'llbe a snap," and snapped her fingers, which accidentally prompted the lights to start flickering very rapidly, close to exploding, much to the Trolls' shock. Aggie saw this and breathed in and out to stay calm, which made the lights return to normal, as she sheepishly smiled and said while rubbing the back of her head nervously, "Sorry."
Low-Note Jones reassured Aggie, saying, "It's all good, baby. no harm done."
Prince D then commented, "Man, I know that it's still a lot to handle, but you know, it's also pretty cool to see too"!
Aggie then said, "I'll get them down soon...hopefully. you know, back in my homeland, Harmonious Land, when a Magic Musical Troll picks their music of choice and earns their corresponding True Colors, they then start their training right away to master and tame their new magical skills, even before the magic itself is shown." As Aggie continued explaining, she then started to flashback to a fun memory that she had involving her family helping to train her cousins and nephew when they got their True colors after they picked their music, and suddenly felt...really sad. Aggie could feel something building up in her throat, wanting her to let the sadness out, and felt the urge to cry, but used all the strength she had to keep her tears in because she didn't want to show her friends that she was sad.
Before anyone could say something, suddenly, they all heard something shaking, as Dante questioned, "Uh, pray tell, what is taking that ruckus"?
They turned around and saw that not too far away from them, there was what looked like a huge container of water, and the container was shaking and rattling a bit before it started to overflow, spilling all over the floor of the lab in a giant wave. The Trolls saw this and screamed as the wave got a hold of them and washed them away, or at least tossed them around the lab, while Aggie still remained in the chair, not noticing what was going on since she was secretly feeling sad.
Trollex exclaimed, "AH! Aggie," while Buckaroo added, "Help," as Minuet added, "Some Troll stop this rising water quickly"!
Aggie saw what was happening and realized her sadness was making the water flow and move around, so, she tried her best to calm down and be happy, which worked, for as she began to feel better, the water began to shrink and disappear, only leaving little puddles on the floor. the Trolls luckily were returned to their feet, standing upright on the floor again.
Val sighed in relief, saying, "That was close," while Stereo shouted, "That was fun! Can we do it again"?
That answer made everyone in the room shout, "NO," while Stereo sheepishly grinned.
Trollex, seeing the remaining water, looked up at Aggie and asked, "Hey, Aggie, are you feeling ok"?
When Aggie saw everyone in the room looking at her in a worried state, she realized that her sadness was showing, and did her best to mask it, saying in response, "Uh...y-yeah, I'm ok." Deciding to try and keep it to herself more, she soon said, "Um...I..I'm gonna go to my pod and take a nap. That while "unleashing my new magic and losing control of it temporarily" bit really wore me out, and i could use a little rest to feel better."
Blues nodded while pushing a button that activated a wormhole so Aggie could head outside, but as she left, the Trolls couldn't help but feel very worried about Aggie. they could tell that something was very, very wrong.
Once the leaders and ambassadors returned to the meeting house, they brought up their earlier discussion about Aggie.
Meanwhile, outside, the delegates and associates were trying to listen in, as some of the Trolls were trying to see/listen through an open window.
Prince D had Smidge on his back as the little yellow Pop Troll was trying to peek through the window, while Minuet was hovering by her, trying to hear, as Gust asked, "Y'all see aw hear anythin'"?
Minuet replied, "Nothing yet, I'm afraid," while Smidge added, "Yeah, so far, they're just talking about how to help Aggie control her magic."
Demo then said, "Ok, truth time, guys: is it just me, or do I get the feeling thee's more to this"?
That made the group look at the rock delegate, who explained, "What i mean is, I think that it's more than just helping Aggie gain control of her new magic. There's something else."
Buckaroo added, "Ay gott a agree with y'all: Aggie's my partnuurr in mystery solvin' ayn' ay always know when there's somethin' up, especially if it's with my partnuurr."
Rhythm then said, "What do you think it could be, guys? I hope it's not terri-ba-bad."
Cooper then joked, "Maybe she forgot to eat breakfast! I know I'm always in a sour mood until I've had my morning cupcake."
Tiny then said, "I feel ya there, Cooper."
Smidge then seemed to see something, making her say, "Guys, shhh! The leaders and ambassadors saying something important"!
That got the group to quickly come towards the window to see/hear as they listened in on the conversation inside.
Quincy was stating, "Here's what I'm thinking: I think what Aggie needs more of, than just rest, is to learn how to have control of her emotions. that's what's triggerng her magic to run wild without control at the moment."
Val added, "Definitely got to agree with you there. No wonder her powers are a bit unstable."
Synth then commented, "But the only question now is why is her magic unstable? Aggie seems to be ok...right"?
Trollex then spoke up, saying, "I have a feeling she's hiding something from us, and whatever it is, that must be what's cauisng her emotions to be wary."
Trollzart then commented, "you must be right, Trollex. But what do you think she could be hiding"?
Poppy then commented, "Well, we know she's been extra helpful around Trollstopia recently, that she's been a bit secretive, and has been acting sort of funny when someone talks about anything "family" related. Even earlier, when she was explaining how her tribe starts training with their magic after picking their music and gaining their True Colors and how her family-," before something clicked in Poppy's mind.
The Pop Queen seemed to put two and two together before saying, "That's it! that's why Aggie's been acting off lately; i think she might be feeling homesick"!
Outside, the delegates and associates gasped as Stereo commented, "Oh, so that's why Aggie hasn't been herself recently."
Melody then mentioned, "Poor Aggie, she must miss her family so much."
Gust added, "Nawht just hurr kinfolk, ay think she misses huurr home too."
Laguna then added, "Note: I think that you are right, Gust. But if she is homesick, why hasn't she shown it or told us about it"?
DJ Suki thought about it before answering, "Maybe she's trying to be tough, emotionally, so she can show us that she still loves it here. I remember one time, my niece CJ was staying at my pod for a week while her parents were out of town, and around the third day, i noticed she was feeling a little homesick. but she kept trying to be tough and kept smiling because she didn't want to seem like she wasn't having fun."
Biggie then asked, "Do you think that must be how Aggie is feeling"?
Smidge then said, "Maybe. Let's see what the leaders say."
Back in the meeting house, Holly commented, "Awww, poor sugarcube," while Synth confusingly added, "Homesick? But Aggie hasn't been looking homesick."
Delta then snapped her fingers, saying, "Unless...she must be haadin' how she feels, bottlin' huurr emotiuons deep insaade."
Low-Note Jones then clarified, "Almost like the time r and b were feeling homesick."
Poppy nodded, saying, "Exactly, Low-Note"!
Trollzart then said, "but isn't bottling your emotions a bad thing, if i presume," as Quincy added, "Yes, because it's not healthy to keep your negative feelings inside. It's a lot better to let them out so others can see how you're feeling and offer to help."
Essence then added to Quincy's statement, saying, "Couldn't agree with you more, Q. So, we need to help Aggie be able to freely express her homesickness ."
Branch then commented, "That's gonna be easier said than done, guys, because if Aggie's hiding how she feels from us, she isn't going to be able to openly admit them to us like that."
Dante added, "Branch raises a fair point, for i think if we try to talk to her about it, she'll only keep denying it for as long as she has to unless we drop the topic."
Holly then added, "At least we ken now get why she's been extra helpful around the town recently, because the taame she spends with us, in our homes around the kingdoms, they remaand huurr of the different music themes ayn' how all ov us togethuurr remaands huurr ov her tribe in her homeland."
Beat then said, "Almost, since we don't like them, but yeah, holly is right."
Val then asked, "Well, does anyone have any idea on how we can get Aggie to open up her bottled feelings at us"?
Branch then said, "Hmmmmm, man, i don't really know. We know that she can't keep putting on this charade any longer, but how else are we gonna get her to open up? I can't think of anything."
Barb, who had been silent for most of the discussion, had an idea in mind, but she didn't know how the other leaders, ambassador,s and especially Trollex was gonna take it. So, she then took a deep breath, and commented, "I think I might know of something."
Everyone turned their heads to face Barb, with Poppy saying, "If you have an idea, feel free to share it, Barb."
Trollex rolled his eyes, asking, "Do we have to"?
Delta replied, "Calm down, y'all. Let's at least listen."
Barb then said, "Ok. I'm going to suggest an idea, and I need you all to promise that you'll hear me out on it before you pipe in with any comments or remarks whatsoever. Ok"?
Everyone looked at one another before nodding in agreement, with Dante saying, "What do you have in mind, Barb"?
Barb then explained, "Ok. so, as we have been talking, we want to help Aggie show her emotions to us because bottling them up inside is not a healthy thing for Trolls, because it can mentally and physically wear you down, right"?
Synth commented, "True, yo," while Essence added, "That is correct."
Barb then added, "And normally, we would go and talk to them to try and get them to pry open, metaphorically, and emotionally, to us, right"?
Low-Note answered, "You got that right, baby," while Val questioned, "Yeah, but didn't we mention that Aggie doesn't want to talk to us about it"?
Barb answered, "Exactly, but not only that, that doesn't really solve our problem now, does it"?
That part made everyone confused, with Trollzart asking, "I believe it would...right," while Poppy answered, "Yeah, wouldn't talking it out help Aggie feel better"?
Barb answered, "Both yes and no, because, see, we would still be facing the problem of her having these bottled up emotions inside fo her. It's like a liter of soda, see? the more you shake it, the more fizz and gases will be built up inside. The same way with Aggie, the more she keeps her emotions inside, the more they're gonna keep building up before she pops. you get what I mean"?
Delta then replied, "Ay think so, but if talkin' ta huurr won't fix the problem, how else are we gonna get Aggie ta feel bettuurr"?
Barb then took a deep breath in and out, saying, "Well, like with the soda, we would need to deflate a little air and fizz inside of it so the liquid can pour out. So, in relation to this metaphor, I think, we can get Aggie to "deflate" a bit if we can...well..." before quickly saying so fast, "makehercry"!
No one seemed to understand what Barb was saying, with Branch asking, "What did you say"?
Barb groaned, saying, "I said, we should try to...make her cry."
That prompted everyone, especially Trollex, to shout out loud, "WHAT," while outside, the overhearing delegates and associates shouted, "WHA-," before Melody quickly covered everyone's mouths, including her own, with her hair, so the leaders and ambassadors couldn't overhear them.
Trollex was ready to blow his top off, shouting, "NO way, Barb! W-Why would you even suggest this idea?! That's just sick"!
Barb placed her hands on her hip, saying, "Hey, listen, you promised to hear me out before commenting, and besides, don't you want to help your girlfriend"?
Trollex exclaimed, "Yes but not like this, Barb! Why would you even suggest making her cry"?!
Barb explained, "Look, let me explain: first off, wow, man, I figured you'd be angry about it, but you're even more heated than I am. Second, look, I knew you'd have this reaction, but think about it like this: we all don't like to make ourselves cry sometimes, but it's a part of life, and when we cry, it helps us to release our emotions in a healthy manner. so, what I'm saying is that all we need to do is just gently, and slowly, without hurting or harming her, make Aggie cry and unleash her tears in a genuine, easy manner. Whether she cries happy tears, sad tears, angry tears, or whatever, so long as we don't hurt Aggie, getting her to cry will help her release her emotions so she doesn't keep them bottled up."
Trollex, however, was still against the idea, shouting, "No way, man! There's no way none of that is gonna be happening, Barb! We are not gonna make Aggie cry"!
Barb then argued back, "Well, how else do you expect us to help Aggie? I don't see any other way around it, and besides, the longer we keep arguing about it, the longer we waste time that we could be spending helping Aggie! so, we should at least give it a try, i mean, what's the harm in it"?
Trollex retorted, "Uh, my girlfriend's feelings"?!
Barb then commented, "Geesh, calm down, fish boy. Not like anyone is gonna get physically hurt with this."
Trollex couldn't help but scoff and retort, "Yeah right, says the same Troll that tried to unite the whole kingdom as one nation under Rock music."
All of the leaders and ambassadors gasped in shock when they heard Trollex's comment, as Synth shouted, "Bro, that was just cold," while Val exclaimed, "what the heck"?!
Outside, all of the delegates and associates watched with worry, with Prince D saying, "Uh oh," while Demo added, "This is not gonna end well," while buckaroo declared, "Y'all think"?!
All eyes were on Barb, who did her best to remain patient through it all, but the second Trollex brought up her past mistake, she just lost it, grabbing her guitar and standing on the table, shouting while pointing her guitar at Trollex, "Oh, you're so dead, Trollex! you're gonna really get it"!
Trollex saw the guitar and realized what he said was really bad, making him grow hesitant, saying, "Hey, easy, Barb, put it down. I-I don't want any trouble."
Barb just cautiously waved her guitar over Trollex, saying, "We won't have any trouble to worry about if you help us make Aggie cry then"!
Trollex, however, despite not wanting to get hurt, also did not want to make his girlfriend cry, as he shouted, "Never gonna do it! Not happening"!
Barb then raised her guitar, shouting, "Your loss," while Trollex gestured to her, saying, "Go right ahead."
Barb scoffed, saying, "I will," as Trollex replied, "Then do it"!
"I'm gonna do it"!
"I bet you won't"!
"Oh yeah, I will"!
The delegates and associates watched from the window, as McJagger whimpered, saying, "Why do things have to get so violent," as Melody replied, "I'm just surprised Trollex is lasting this long. Usually, when Barb threatened to hit you with her guitar, it's a death sentence! Not literally, but you do get a painful bop to the head."
Meanwhile, Barb and Trollex were still at a stand off, trying to get each other to break, as Barb then shouted, "Watch me"!
"I'm waiting"!
"I'm gonna do it"!
"Then, do it"!
"I WILL! I'LL SMASH YOUR HEAD OFF"!
That was the last straw, and before anyone could say anything, the door busted down, and the delegates and associates came falling into the meeting house, groaning in pain from being squished.
This surprised the leaders and ambassadors, as they approached the group, with Essence saying, "What are you all doing here," while Delta raised an eyebrow while asking, "Have y'all been eavesdroppin' on us"?
The delegates and associates all grew nervous, saying simultaneous, "Uh...," before Cooper just smiled and said, "Yep, we've been listening in the whole time outside the window."
That caused the group to facepalm while Stereo said, "Cooper, you weren't supposed to say that," as Cooper replied, "I can't help it, I'm a chatterbox Trol for life," and giggled.
Minuet then started to say, "We apologize for eavesdropping, but we had good intentions. We are just as worried about Aggie as you all are."
Gust added while removing his hat, "True, ayn' we also overheard y'all discussin' about your plan ta try ayn' make Aggie cry ta help huurr unleash all of her bottled up feelings."
DJ Suki then piped in, saying, "Which led to us almost seeing Barb and Trollex exchanging fists," before pointing to Barb and Trollex, who were both glaring at each other.
Essence quickly stepped, separating them while saying as Val held back Barb while Synth was beside his brother, "Ok, you two, that's enough! Let's calm down and talk this out like civil Trolls."
Trollzart added, "Essence is right, arguing and fighting is not going to get us anywhere closer to solving this problem than where we are now."
Melody then commented while she crossed her arms, "I don't blame Trollex for hating the idea, I too think it's a bad idea. I don't want to make my best friend cry"!
Satin added, "Neither do we," while Chenille mentioned, "Imagine the tear stains ruining her beautiful dress"!
Buckaroo dug her hoof into the floor while saying, "Ay'll quit doin' rodeos ayn' close my detective business befawe ay even think ov makin' my mystery solvin' partnuurr cry!
Poppy then said, "Look, guys, I know this idea is upsetting, but try to think about how it could help, Aggie. If we get her to cry, she can admit to us that she's feeling homesick, and we can help her feel better."
Smidge then said, "Sorry, Poppy, but as much as we do want to help, we can't just make someone cry. It goes against our friendly nature."
Low-Note Jones then commented, "Babies, the idea breaks our hearts as much as it does with yours, but this is the only way we can help Aggie cope with her homesickness. R, B, didn't you both end up allowing yourselves to cry when you felt homesick"?
Rhythm stated, "Yes, that is true," while Blues added, "But it was our own choice to cry about it, no one forced us to do it."
Synth then added, "'Guna, what about you? Haven't you also cried to cope with your sad feelings, too"?
Laguna replied: "Note: Yes, but similar to R and B's scenario, I chose to cry when I was sad, no one forced me to."
Stereo then added, "We're Aggie's friends, we can't make her cry! I'll feel so guilty for my future sis-in-law breaking down into tears"!
Trollex smirked and said to Barb, "Told you that your idea was bad," as Barb rolled her eyes in response.
Branch then spoke up, saying, "Guys, I know you all don't like this plan, but, I have to agree with Barb. I don't want to make Aggie cry anymore than you do, but she's our friend, our teacher, our master. We have to help her, and even if you can't bring yourself to do it, do it for Aggie. How many times has she been there for us? A lot! So now, it's time for us to help her. What do you say, are you guys in"?
Despite the fact that neither Troll liked the idea of making Aggie cry, the leaders were right: this was the only way to help Aggie cope with her homesickness and unleash her emotions. And they all wanted to help her, no matter what.
Finally surrendering, Trollex sighed, saying, "Ok, fine. As much as I hate the thought of doing this, I do want to help my girlfriend so, I'm in too, but I'm gonna not like it."
Prince D then stepped forward, saying, "And we will help out too," while Guy said, "We don't like the idea, but we can't bear to let Aggie suffer any longer from these sad feelings."
Tiny peeked out from his father's white hair and commented, "Yeah, we want to help her. So, how are we gonna do this"?
Everyone began to ponder on a plan of a way to, without hurting Aggie, get her to cry.
Later on, after a short nap that helped her to feel well-rested, Aggie decided to venture outside and take a peaceful stroll through the town. As she walked, a trail of small flowers followed her, since her magic was still not in full control yet.
Meanwhile, the ambassadors were hiding behind a bush, as Dante whispered to them, "Ok, Trolls. If I am correct, then our plan will be a surefire way to get Aggie to cry."
Synth chuckled and said, "Yeah, yo! Nothing gets the water works flowing than seeing a basket of puppies," while pointing to a basket Holly was holding that had cute Cuddlepuppies sitting it it, which whined so cutely.
Holly smiled, saying while looking at them, "Awww, aren't they so adorable"?
Val was resisting the urge to happy cry, saying, "Yeah, they're sort of cool," and quickly turned her head away to hide her blush of embarrassment.
Low-Note Jones peeked his head up and saw Aggie coming nearby, saying, "She's coming. Into positions, Trolls. Holly, you're up."
Holly nodded and got up, walking over to Aggie while saying, "Howdy, gerl"!
Aggie saw the basket of puppies and replied, "Hi Holly! Awwww, what's with the cute puppy delivery"?
Holly replied, "Whel, the othuurr ambassadors ayn' ay thought that it'd be naace ta delivuurr some ov these cuties ta some Trolls. Aren't they adorable"?
All of the ambassadors chimed in, looking at the puppies in awe while saying as their eyes glistened, "Awwwww"!
Dante replied, "They are so precious"!
Synth then said softly while pointing to a small Cuddlepuppy, "And look! That one's the runt of the litter, yo! He's the baby of the babies"!
Val added, "That is so cute, I could care less if anyone sees me like this"!
Low-Note Jones then went in for the final blow: removing his glasses and wiping away a stray happy tear, commenting while placing his glasses back on, "Sure does bring tears to your eyes, doesn't it"?
Aggie looked at the puppies cutely, saying, "They really are so adorable"!
The ambassadors waited to see if Aggie was gonna shed any tears...but it did not seem to work, as Aggie simply petted the puppies before flying away, causing the ambassadors to sigh in defeat.
Dante commented, "It appears we are gonna have to attempt something stronger."
Val then said, "Not to worry, we already got a plan B, and Melly is on standby with her camera"!
Meanwhile, Aggie was heading towards the main square, as Melody saw her coming through her periscope, saying, "Operation: Heartfelt Photo is a go"! She pulled out her camera and placed it in her hair before coming out from behind a mushroom building, saying, Hey, Aggs! How's my best friend doing"?
Aggie replied, "I'm doing ok, Mel. Definitely feeling better after resting."
Melody smiled while saying, "Well, you definitely deserved to rest after totally kicking those praying mantises' butts with your new magic"!
Aggie blushed a bit while saying, "Awww, I'm sure it wasn't that big a deal. I just wanted to help my friends in need is all."
Melody then said, "Don't sell yourself short, Aggs! What you did was literally the coolest thing I have ever seen! Hey, you know what this moment calls for"? Melody pulled the camera out of her hair and pointed it at her and Aggie, saying, "Nothing says, "I just did the coolest thing ever" better than a complimentary selfie"!
Trollex then came forward, saying, "Hey, can I join in too"?
Melody nodded, saying, "Of course, Trollex! Stand right next to your girlfriend, the best spot in the photo"!
Trollex stood right next to Aggie, making her blush, as he kissed her on the cheek.
Suddenly, Gust, Holly, and Buckaroo came trotting in, with Gust commenting, "Hold it raheet there, partnuurr; we want ta join in on the photo too"!
Cooper came running in, with the Snack Pack following him, while Cooper shouted, "Us too"!
Val then came in, sliding on her knees and shouting, "Val Thundershock is here and wants to join in on this picture thing"!
McJagger came walking in, with Laguna, Rhythm, and Blues, while he said, "We want to take part too"!
In a matter of seconds, all of the Trolls that Aggie had grown close friendships with, including the leaders, all joined up, squeezing into the group so everyone could fit in the frame of the camera.
Aggie was confused about what was happening, commenting, "Wow, you all wanted to be part of this picture"?
Poppy then shouted, "Everyone, say cheese"!
"Cheese"!
Melody took the photo as the picture soon came out of the camera, which Melody picked up so everyone could see how it turned out.
Everyone looked at the photo in awe, with Tiny commenting, "I am adorable"!
Minuet commented, "Isn't it sweet, seeing everyone together like this"?
Synth added, "That's what I call a beautiful, happy photo-up right there, yo"!
Holly added, "Yeah, all ov us together, smaalin'."
Biggie added while saying emotionally, "It's like we're all one big family."
The Trolls thought that this would work in getting Aggie to cry. However, Aggie only seemed to smile when she was looking at the picture, saying, "Yeah, it's really beautiful. Thanks guys for the picture," before she left again, making the group groan in frustration.
Val stomped her foot, saying, "Dang, that Troll is really tough, it's like nothing can make her cry"!
Delta then saying, "We ken't give up, y'all. Ay'm sure we ken think ov somethin'."
Trollex thought of something quickly, saying, "Holly, I need you and your guitar, and Riff, how are you on bongos"?
Riff shrugged and replied, "Uh, I don't know, pretty good? Or something"?
Trollex clapped his hands together, saying, "Close enough"!
Sometime after the photo session, Aggie got an invite to meet up with Trollex at the lagoon. She approached the lake, saying, "Trollex, are you here"?
Trollex soon was seen riding a geyser, sitting, when suddenly, music in the background played. Aggie couldn't help but question where the music was coming from, while behind some trees behind the lake, Holly was strumming her acoustic guitar while Riff was playing bongo drums, providing music to accompany Trollex, who sang to Aggie.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Count On Me By Bruno Mars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trollex: Oh-oh!
If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea, I'll sail the world to find you! If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see, I'll be the light to guide you!
We'll find out what we're made of when we are called to help our friends in need!
You can count on me like one, two, three! I'll be there! And I know when I need it, I can count on you like four, three, two! And you'll be there! 'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh, yeah! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah!
If you tossin' and you're turnin' and you just can't fall asleep, I'll sing a song beside you! And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me, every day I will remind you, oh!
We'll find out what we're made of when we are called to help our friends in need!
You can count on me like one, two, three! I'll be there! And I know when I need it, I can count on you like four, three, two! And you'll be there! 'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh, yeah! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah!
You'll always have my shoulder when you cry! I'll never let go, never say goodbye!
You know...
You can count on me like one, two, three! I'll be there! And I know when I need it, I can count on you like four, three, two! And you'll be there! 'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh, yeah! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh!
You can count on me 'cause I can count on you!
Aggie felt really touched by the song, saying, "Wow, Trollex, that was really beautiful. I loved it so much."
Trollex beamed happily while waiting to see if Aggie was gonna cry...but once more, it didn't happen, as Aggie kissed him on the lips before saying, "I got to run, sweetie, but thanks again for the song," and flew away, but Trollex did spot that when Aggie left, some flowers blossomed on a nearby tree, and a small little geyser of water, that did not come from the little geyser spring he had settled below the water earlier for his song, springing up in the water before it disappeared.
After Aggie had left, Holly and Riff came out, looking disappointed, as Holly commented, "Dang, y'all, now what do we do"?!
Trollex replied, "I don't know, but we should meet up with th rest of the leaders, ambassadors, delegates, and associates, and let them know what happened."
After reuniting with everyone, the Trolls gathered back to talk about the issue more that they were still stuck with.
DJ Suki asked, "What else can we do, guys,"?
Low-Note Jones commented, "This quandry seems to be proving much harder than it is."
Synth then added, "Yeah, yo, it's like Aggie won't cry no matter what we do"!
Trollzart then said, "Do not lose your faith, Trolls, I'm sure there's an idea that can work."
Poppy was thinking as hard as she could and couldn't help but turn her head and notice Tiny chilling with his father, and got an idea, saying, "That's it"!
Branch, wondering what Poppy came up with, asked, "What's it"?
Poppy explained, "Well since we know Aggie's feeling homesick, and from what we saw, when she was talking to us about her family, she was close to crying in front of us, we just need to do something family-orientated, and that'll get her to open up and cry. Like...a party! A party that reminds Aggie of everything about her home and her family"!
This plan seemed like a great idea, with Dante saying, "Marveloud plan, Poppy," while Buckaroo added, "Hoo-wee, that's bound ta work"!
Trollex added, "Great idea Poppy! However, how are we gonna be able to do that if we don't know a lot of her homeland, her tribe, or her family"?
Melody then remembered something, saying, "Maybe not, but I've seen a photo album at Aggie's pod! We can use that and base the party on information we can gather from there"!
Val commented, "Good idea, Melly! But...how are we gonna get that photo album"?
How they were gonna get was soon placed into action as the Trolls quickly snuck over to Aggie's pod. Inside, Aggie was tidying up the place by organizing her bedroom but didn't notice that she had left her backpack, which was open, by the window. On top of a tree branch, Poppy quickly secured her hair onto it, before asking "Are you guys sure about this? I hate having to take the book from her backpack just so we can use it."
Val answered, "It's the only way, Popsqueak Besides, if we just ask her, she's gonna know something's up, so, we got to be inconspicuous about it. Got it"?
Poppy nodded and prepared to slowly lower herself towards the window and saw, luckily, that Aggie's back was turned, so she wouldn't see what was about to happen. Poppy got herself as close as she could to the backpack as possible, and reached in, pulling out the photo album while whispering, "Got it"! Then, Poppy saw that Aggie was gonna turn around, and quickly pulled herself back up, just in time, so Aggie, luckily, didn't notice her. All Aggie saw was just her backpack and the window, and nothing more.
Meanwhile, Poppy lifted herself up onto the tree branch, saying while showing off the photo album, "I got it," as she and Val ran down to join the other Trolls.
Back on the ground, once reunited with everyone, Poppy opened up the photo album so that they could see the photos inside, saying, "Awwww," from how adorable Aggie looked as a little girl.
The first photo they saw was of what looked like a party going on where a 5-year-old Aggie, who was still gray, had her white hair, and her hair was black, was sitting at a table with a cake in front of her.
Holly commented, "Aggie looks so cute," while Minuet added, "Her younger years pictures are quite amusing to look at."
Biggie then pointed out, "Look, that cake in the picture must be her favorite flavor", as he pointed to the picture before it revealed, on the next page, a photo of the same party, with Young Aggie opening her mouth as wide as the whole cake so she could eat it, making everyone laugh as Smidge commented, "Yep, it's her favorite all right," while Melody added, "Wow, and I thought I had an appetite for sweets."
Poppy then flipped the page to see what else was there, as Dante pointed to a photo of 7-year-old Aggie, sitting with her aunts, while saying, "Look! Those fellow Magic Musical Trolls must be Aggie's aunts"!
Everyone took notice of what articles of clothing the aunts wore and how much love they were showing for their niece, with the next photo they saw being of her aunts gently pinching Aggie's cheeks, like Trollzart did sometimes, as Essence commented, "Looks like they love to show their love for Aggie," while Val commented, "A little too much if you ask me. I'd have a hard time resisting so many cheek pinches."
Stereo flipped to the next page that they saw as Delta saw a photo of the same 7-year-old Aggie, wearing what looked like casual farming clothing, including a straw hat on her head, and was busy using a rake to dig up the dirt on the ground, making her comment, "Awwwww, this one's got lil' Aggie workin' on ayy farm! Ain't that adorable," as Buckaroo chuckled, commenting, "Guess she ayn' ay both have some farmin' experience on us."
The next photo they saw was of Aggie when she was now younger, about three years old, at a pool, where she was learning how to swim with the help of her dad, and another MMT that looked like her older half-sister, who was a Magic Funk Troll.
Trollex was looking at the picture. commenting, "So that's how Aggie became such a good swimmer," while Synth commented, "Yeah, young Aggie! Flutter kick like no tomorrow"!
Barb then commented, "With all of these photos and more, we can definitely make a party out of this"!
Poppy nodded, closing the book, saying, "Yep! We'll base everything we can from the photo album, and get some of the other Trolls and villagers to help. Quincy, can you send a message to the Bounty Hunters"?
Quincy nodded, saying, "You got it, Queen Poppy."
Poppy then said, "Now, let's work together and make a party for Aggie"!
Everyone cheered and started to work together to make a party based on any information they could get from the photo album.
At Satin and Chenille's pod, Satin and Chenille were working on some of the casual fashion that they saw in the photo album, with Satin commenting, "No disrespect, but Aggie's family has very simple fashion," while Chenille added, "Yeah, their clothes don't look at all like the ones we are used to wearing."
Both Pop Trolls were currently measuring out Holly, who was modeling for them, as the Country ambassador commented, "Come on, ya two, ay know it's different from what ya usually make, but this is faw Aggie, remember"?
Meanwhile, Melody came out, trying on a costume that was currently unseen, asking, "Well, what do you think? I feel like this fits me nicely."
Holl nodded and gave her two thumbs up, saying, "Perfect, Mel! Or should I say, puurrrrr-fect"!
Outside, the Snack Pack were working on the decorations, blowing up balloons and putting up streamers along a huge table that was currently being placed with a nice tabletop.
At Country Corral, Delta and the Countr Trolls were working on cooking up the food, with Holly and Buckaroo working on the cake, with Poppy lending a helping hand.
At Rock Hollow, the Rock Trolls and the Funk Trolls were working together with Trollex to make copies of the photos to turn into one huge photo collage.
Once the Bounty hunters arrived, Branch gave them instructions and they worked together to help build huge diorama models of some of the attractions that were in the pictures that Aggie had visited back in Harmonious Land.
The Classical Trolls and Techno Trolls worked together to hang up lights to make the party festive.
Onde everything was set an hour later, near sunset, Poppy declared, "Ok, I think we're ready, guys. All we now need is to get Aggie."
Beat smiled, saying, "Leave that to me," as he floated over to Aggie's pod to get her. Inside, Aggie was getting set to rest up for the night when she heard the doorbell ring, and flew down the steps to see who was at the door. She opened it and was greeted by the floating amoeba-like beat drop button, who said, "Aggie! You got to come outside, there's something important we want to show you"!
Aggie, confused, asked, "What is it," as Beat giggled, saying, "It's a surprise"!
Not one to pass up a surprise, Aggie decided to give it a chance and followed Beat outside and led Aggie to the party site, just in time for everyone to jump out and shout in unison, "SURPRISE"!
To say Aggie was shocked was an understatement; she was very very surprised, commenting, "Wow oh wow, you guys! Golly, what is all this?! You guys planned this party for me"? Branch answered, "Yeah. See, we didn't tell you about it earlier, but we kind of thought that you might be feeling a little bit homesick after living in the Troll Kingdom with us for a while, and we wanted to do something that might help you feel better."
Poppy then stepped forward, adding, "So, we made this party for you so that way, you could feel like you're back home in Harmonious Land right here in Trollstopia"!
Dante then flew forward, saying, "To begin the party tour, the dining table that displays your favorite dishes: a large baked turkey, quite the "carnivorous" dish if you ask me, broccoli with oyster sauce, and your favorite kind of cake: Cookies N' Cream"!
Aggie looked at the dishes of food on the table, feeling her stomach rumble in excitement from seeing all of her favorite foods presented in front of her.
Then, Gust came forward, wearing casual farm clothing, including a straw hat on his head that replaced the normal hat he wore, saying, "Next, with the help ov Satin ayn' Chenille, some ov us got to dress up as your close relatives," before Holly stood beside him, also wearing casual clothing, along with some of the Classical and Pop Trolls who also wore the same kind of casual clothing that they were.
Val then wrapped her arm around Aggie, saying, "And we also got something else to remind you of home. Melly"!
Melody then came out, jumping out of a bush, walking on four feet while dressed up to look like an orange cat, saying, "Meow! Tada! I dressed up as your pet cat, Orange"!
She approached Aggie and pretended to purr, gently rubbing herself against Aggie's legs to sell the cat act, as Aggie giggled, saying while patting Melody on the head, "Awwwww, Orange loved to purr like that when I was around."
Aggie then looked up at the dioramas, as Hickory explained, "Over here are the giant versions of the attractions back in your homeland that you visited often. The beach, a snowy peak, the field of colorful rainbow-colored flowers."
Trollex then led Aggie to a giant bulletin board where the collage was made, saying, "And right here, we made a giant photo collage to help you see how much you love your family, the Magic Musical Trolls that love you so much, and care about you, in the home land that you were born and raised in by your family."
Aggie couldn't help but look at these photos before something seemed familiar about them, to her, which prompted her to ask, "Ummmm...just out of curiosity, did you guys by chance copy these pictures from the photos in my photo album"?
Everyone nervously replied, "Uhhhhhh...," before Synth chuckled, saying, "Let's move on over here," and, with Wani, led Aggie to the table.
She brought Aggie to a spot on the table, while Riff explained, "And right here, in this spot, is where you sit with your family, and how you eat your meals with them, and we are gonna be right here to accompany you while you enjoy the food."
Aggie sat down in the seat as R and B picked up the giant cookies n' cream cake, placing it right in front of Aggie, while Aggie was still so surprised about everything the Trolls did for her, making Aggie comment, "Wow, guys, you didn't need to do all of this for me."
Holly commented, "We didn't, but we wanted ta," while Barb added, "Anything for our special friend."
Aggie knew that she had been feeling deep feelings of homesickness over the past few days, and figured that her friends had figured it out and were doing this to help her so that she wouldn't feel homesick anymore. In deep gratitude, Aggie then stated, "Thank you so much, you guys. All of this, really helps me feel like I'm back home, with my family. This means...so much to me 'cause, well...it reminds me of...being back home in Harmonious Land. and...deep down...I really do miss being home with my family a lot...and I...," but the more she stared at everything around her, including the cake, the more she began to reminisce on flashbacks of being with her family back home.
The memories she had of all the times she spent with her family, they just made the wave of homesickness she felt a lot stronger, and then suddenly, she just couldn't hold it in any longer and broke down into a loud, uncontrollable sob, leaning forward and dunking her head into the cake while she cried, as if it was a pillow.
All of the Trolls watched while feeling bad for seeing Aggie crying, even Barb, who at first, was happy that they had succeeded in making her cry, but when she saw Aggie sobbing her heart out, she just felt guilty, saying, "Ok. Now, I feel bad. Maybe we might've taken things a little bit too far."
No one wanted to let Aggie suffer from crying any longer, as Trollex gently patted Aggie's back, saying, "Awww, there there, Aggie. It'll be ok. Why don't we get you back home to your pod"?
Aggie nodded and climbed onto Essence's back while holding onto the plate that had the cake, while the other Trolls got up and followed Aggie, while trying to help her feel better.
Despite her friends' best efforts, Aggie just couldn't stop crying or feel better, her sadness overwhelming as she just grabbed a handful of the cookies n' cream cake and stuffing it into her mouth.
McJagger commented, "Man, this is the first time I've seen Aggie so distraught like this," while Holly gave Aggie a hug to help her, saying, "There, there, sugarcube, ever'thing's gonna be okay."
Smidge commented, "Yeah, I'm sure you'll get to see your family soon, Aggie."
Stereo commented, "Yeah, and til' then, we can do things that you like to do with your family back home, like-," before Demo commented, "Stereo, we appreciate it, but right now, read the room."
Aggie sniffled while saying, "It's ok, guys. I really appreciate you guys trying to help me feel better. I admit that it's been hard feeling so homesick. I mean, I never planned to be away from my family for this long. It's been so long since I left home, and originally, I planned on returning home after I had gotten my True Colors after the events of the Battle of the Bands. But when I was spending time with you guys, I just...I don't know, I felt so happy, that I just chose to stay with you guys longer. But, the more months that passed while I stayed here, the more homesick I felt from being away from my tribe and my family. I missed out on so much in the almost past year while being away from my home: my family's birthdays, any wedding anniversaries my relatives have had, I don't even know if there's anyone I know who laid an egg yet or not. And worst of all, I got a letter from my aunts yesterday, and they told me my cat, Orange, had passed away yesterday."
Hearing that news, everyone gasped sadly while Melody, who lowered the hood of her cat costume, commented, "Oh no! So, when I was dressed like Orange, did it-," as Aggie nodded, saying, "It reminded me of my pet...who's now gone."
Trollex gave his girlfriend a warm hug, saying, "Aggie, I'm so sorry about your loss. I bet Orange was a really nice cat to you."
Maggie nodded, saying, "He was...but I guess his time just came...and I wasn't even there to say goodbye."
Aggie then got up from Essence's back, saying, "Thank you, guys, for trying to help me feel better. I better head up to my pod. See you guys tomorrow"? She then flew up into her pod, while her friends sadly watched, feeling concerned for Aggie.
The following day, despite their best efforts to try and continue their usual business/activities, none of the Trolls could really focus because they felt so bad about trying to "break" Aggie and getting her to cry.
Then, the strangest thing happened: Aggie appeared to them and she was...oddly cheery. It was as if she never felt homesick or sad about the ness of her cat's death, to begin with. Aggie just resumed doing as many fun activities as she could with her friends, smiling like she was excited about something. While they still remained concerned for Aggie, the Trolls did their best to keep an eye on her because this behavior was very new to them.
It wasn't until a little while later on that things took a turn for crazy when the leaders saw Aggie was using a chainsaw to carve blocks of wood, as the ambassadors, delegates, and associates watched.
Confused, and worried, Synth commented, "Hold up, is it just me, or has Aggie taken a turn for the strangest in behavior, yo"?
Val replied, "Either that, or "wood carving" is a secret stage of coping with grief that I did not know about," as gust answered, "if it is, it is the weirdest stage ay've hear ov."
Trollex approached Aggie and tried to shout her name to call her, but the noise was too loud for her to hear him. That was when Trollex came towards her and tapped Aggie on the shoulder, prompting her to turn around. When the Trolls saw Aggie turn, with the chainsaw pointing towards them, they all screamed and ducked, with Cooper shouting, "I'm too young to die, while McJagger added, "Woah, that's a safety hazard there," while Dante fainted on the floor, not even prompting to do his signature fainting sigh.
Quincy was the first to speak up, asking, "Aggie, what are you doing," while Barb added, as a playful remark, "Aside from making it so noisy"?
Aggie replied, "Oh, you know, just some normal gratitude woodcarving to show how much Trollstopisa means to me."
Rhythm declared, "Well, if it's a way to show gratitude," while Blues added, "That's a weird way of showing it"!
Poppy then asked, "Aggie, are you sure you're feeling ok? We know yesterday was pretty hard for you."
Essence added, "If you're still feeling sad about feeling homesick, it's ok to embrace that feeling. We're all here to talk to you if you're feeling like that."
LAguna added, "We know that you're still feeling upset, but it's better to talk about how you're feeling instead of keeping it inside."
Aggie looked at her friends while putting down the chainsaw, saying at first, "I'm ok, guys, really. N-Nothing's wrong, I already know I've missed so much that's happened back at home, my family, my cat, who I didn't even get to say goodbye to before he...passed away...and...," but no matter what, Aggie even had to admit it to herself: she still felt really sad. She missed her home so much, she missed her family so much, she missed all the fun events back home so much, and she even missed her cat so much, and wished she got the chance to give him a proper farewell.
Unable to hold it in any longer, Aggie sniffled, letting some tears, as Essence pulled Aggie into a hug, letting the MMT cry into her dress while Trollex soothingly rubbed her back, as Minuet commented, "Oh, poor Aggie."
Prince D commented, "It's gonna be ok, Aggie, we're here for you, through and through."
Suddenly, the Trolls felt a rumbling and the ground shaking, prompting everyone to stand still to avoid falling and getting hurt, as Riff asked, "Uh, what's happening"?!
Out of the blue, a giant plant emerged straight from the ground, which lifted up some of the Pop Trolls around them up into the air, and from the giant plant, a bunch of flowers bloomed, and began to spread all over the village, picking up and lifting any nearby Troll that was around them.
Everyone gasped in shock, with Poppy exclaiming, "Aggie! Your magic is running wild again! They still depends on your emotions"!
Aggie saw what was going on, shouting, "Oh no! I'm so sorry, you guys! My mind was wandering and thinking about how much I was missing my family and my home, I lost focus"!
Trollzart commented, "It'll be ok, Aggie; just focus on regaining control," while Synth shouted, "Yeah, yo! Regain control"!
Aggie nodded and tried to refocus on things returning to normal and her emotions settling down, so her magic could return to normal. However, it didn't work, and things only took a turn for the worse when some of the Trolls that were running away to safety suddenly became enveloped in a glow of magic and were then levitated from the ground. The levitation magic even had a hold on the leaders, ambassadors, delegates, and associates, and were levitated from the ground uncontrollably, as they screamed in fright.
They tried to gain some control and return to the ground. Delta and Holly pulled out some lassos and swung them around, tying them around rocks so that they would not float away too far. Buckaroo swung her braids around as double lassos, wrapping them around a nearby stump so she too would not float away too far either. Val unleashed her pigtails and tied them around a tree before using a free hand to hold onto her cousin, with Melody holding onto Val's arm tightly, shouting in fear.
The plans continued to grow uncontrollably, before one plant grew right from Branch's bunker, making Branch shout, "NO! My bunker"!
Suddenly, Delta saw something occurring nearby, and looked with a pair of binoculars, before shouting, "Oh naw! Country Corral's bein' destroyed by ayy string ov risin' Earth structures"! By Country Corral, dozens of Earth structures were quickly rising from the ground and destroying everything in its path, making the Country Trolls quickly gallop away.
Trollex then looked through a telescope, seeing that the water in Techno Lagoon was overflowing, flooding right through the forest and land around them, with helpless Techno Trolls trying to swim to safety, making Trollex shout, "Oh no, Techno Lagoon's overflowing"!
Dante was gripping tightly on a tree branch when he saw something that made him gasp and shout, "Maestro, look! Up there"!
Trollzart looked up and saw that the wind had picked up and blew so strongly, it blew Classical Crest right off the tree, as Trollzart declared, "Oh no! The strong breeze have made Classical Crest get swept away by the wind currents"!
Val then saw something by the Hollow, as Rock Trolls were running for their lives, while the Hollow was enveloped in flames, as Barb also saw this and shouted, "Oh, this is bad; Rock hollow is now literally on fire"!
Suddenly, everyone looked up and saw the bright lights and glow inside the Vibe Town spaceship, with Quincy saying, "The lights are going off inside Vibe Town and destroying everything in its way"! When they saw the hovering ship fly by, the brighter lights caused the trees to be ignited by fire, and trails of soot to grow on the ground.
Aggie suddenly found herself becoming enveloped in her levitating magic, as she watched all of Trollstopia suffer from the damages of her magic running out of control.
Everyone couldn't help but shout, "Aggie, regain control," while Buckaroo shouted, "If there was ayy bettuurr taame ta have that there new magic powuuurrs in control, it's now"!
Aggie kept trying, shouting, "I'm trying, guys, but nothing's working"!
Despite being in the air, Blues was checking something through her Funk tablet, and what she saw made her gasp, shouting, "Oh no, this is terri-ba-bad"!
Val shouted, "You're telling us?! We're watching all of Trollstopia being almost destroyed right now"!
Blues then said, "No, something worse is coming! Your Majesties, look"!
As Blues showed the leaders what was on the tablet, it displayed a monitor that had a huge map of the entire Troll kingdom, and it was currently displaying a warning that there was something going on. By Techno Reef, the ocean waters rose and became a tsunami, flooding the lands as it poured on with such great power, dragging along a bunch of Techno Trolls with it. By Symphonyville, the strong wind suddenly spun around and turned into a mighty tornado that sucked up every Classical Troll that was in its path while ransacking through the place. In Lonesome Flats, the ground below the feet of the Country Trolls began to form a wave-like motion that, like an ocean wave, dragged along any country Troll that was in its path with it. by Volcano Rock city, the mighty proud volcano erupted and spat out a huge outpour of magma and lava that enveloped the rock trolls and dragged them along with the pouring lava. And Vibe City began to shine a lot brighter, but while the funk Trolls inside were unaffected, outside, the lights were burning everything in its path as it flew towards Trollstopia.
And the wave of magic did not just stop there, for it reached the area where the Bounty hunters resided as well. In the snowy hinterlands, a large mountain covered in a blanket of thick snow suddenly rumbled, sparking a mighty avalanche to fall downhill and not stop rolling, even on the flatlands downhill. And following the path of snow were sharp crystals that floated in the air, red rose petals that traveled in the breeze beside it, and a thick cloud of colorful fog that followed.
This entire manipulation wave of magic was moving really fast, and unfortunately, it was heading straight for the Trolls in Trollstopia.
Meanwhile, Sid trudged through the dry, mountainous fields that were far, yet also close to the ocean where Techno Reef was, past the area near Volcano Rock City, as he groaned tiredly, falling face-first to the ground, and got his head stuck in a hole. He pulled his head out of the hole and commented, "Holy beetles, trying to find Trollstopia is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. How hard can it be to find a city in these parts"?
Suddenly, Sid felt the ground rumbling as he placed his hand on the ground to feel the vibrations, commenting, "This better not be another earthquake." Suddenly, Sid's ears twitched, picking up on a new sound, as he turned his head to see what could possibly be making the sound. It turned out to be from a giant ocean wave, with trapped Techno Trolls that were caught in its hold.
Sid was shocked by the sight of what he was witnessing, commenting, "By all that's Trolly, what is that thing"?! He saw the wave was coming in his direction as the Flexi-Troll tried to make a run for it, but it was no use. The wave crashed onto him and sucked Sid up, the Flexi-Troll struggling to remain up on the surface of the water as the wave kept traveling onwards.
Back in Trollstopia, Trollex shouted, "Aggie, you have to gain control of your emotions, or else the whole kingdom's gonna be destroyed"!
Aggie was feeling immense guilt about her magic causing this chaos to occur, as she shouted, "I'm trying, ok?! But I can't help it; I can't make myself better! I've tried to be happy being with you guys because you're all my closest friends! I've finally found the friends that I've always wanted to have but...I just can't help missing Harmonious Land! I miss my old home, I miss the friends I have there, I miss my family! I love living here in Trollstopia and the Troll Kingdom, but it's just not the same! And I don't want to have to choose which place is my true home"!
The Trolls couldn't help but feel really bad for Aggie, because they've never seen Aggie this sad before in the time that they've gotten to know her. It was like Aggie was living in utter sadness and misery, feeling like she had to forcibly choose which place was her real home, demonstrating her thoughts about her loyalty to the two places she loves the most. And the guilt that Aggie felt of the fear of "betraying" her true home, and causing the destruction of Troll Kingdom because of her uncontrollable magic was mounting up so quickly. As much as the leaders and the other Trolls were so worried about wanting to stop those waves of magic elements from heading towards them and wanted to save their homes and their people, everyone couldn't help but feel so worried about Aggie, who covered her face and cried while shouting, "I'm sorry, but...NOTHING CAN MAKE ME FEEL BETTER"!
Seeing Aggie look this sad, it tore at everyone's heartstrings, especially Trollex, who couldn't bear to see his girlfriend feel or be this miserable any longer. He struggled to float mid-air towards Aggie to envelop her in a hug, letting Aggie gently cry into his chest, before he placed his hand on her shoulder and used his other hand to wipe away her tears, while he commented, "Aggie, we are so sorry; we never meant to make you feel this bad, and we know that you never meant to make any of this happen. But don't forget: we're all here for you, Aggie, all the way, and no matter what, we're never gonna leave your side. We would never want to make you feel like you have to choose between where you want to live, or make you feel like you're making any mistakes."
Poppy saw this and soon floated over to join the hug, adding, "Trollex is right; plus, if you miss your family and your home, it's perfectly ok, we know exactly how you feel."
The rest of the leaders, except for Trollzart, who didn't partake in the hug but still remained close to the group, all hugged as well, joining the group hug. The ambassadors, delegates, and associates saw this and floated toward the group to join the hug, as Low-Note Jones stated, "Plus, you're not alone in your feelings, Aggie, we know how you feel," while Dante added, "We ourselves have felt homesick as well."
Demo added, "Yeah, as much as we love living here in Trollstopia, we feel homesick at times too, missing our old homes," while Gust commented, "Ayn' we often mask it because we want to show othuurrs that we feel so happy about livin' here."
Stereo added, "Yeah, and we love it here, but we've felt homesick as well."
Melody then commented, "Yeah, while Trollstopia feels like home, it can never replace our real homes in our hearts, and it never means we have to choose where we want to live."
Synth added, "Yeah, yo. And it doesn't mean you have to feel like you're replacing your old home with Trollstopia either; it's totally dope to have two homes you love a lot."
Holly added, "Yeah, ayn' it's ayy lot ov fun ta have new friends here too, naw mattuurr if we're from different places aw nawht."
Branch added, "We're here to help you feel better if you ever feel like missing your old home, and with our help, we're here to help you learn to control your new magic."
With every Troll part of the group hug now, helping to comfort Aggie, the Magic Musical Troll could not help but feel all of the friendship, love, support, and comfort her friends were giving her, and to see that they too have felt homesick, just like she was, it made her feel safe to be able to express how she felt. she never had to worry about feeling sad by herself because she could let out her emotions toward her friends, and never had to feel alone. Never again did she have to feel alone.
Feeling a lot better, Aggie let out a slow exhale after she cried for one last time, and at that moment, the huge waves of elements that Aggie's magic triggered stopped right in its path. While it partially ransacked and destroyed a bit of Trollstopia, it didn't cause a lot of hardcore damage, and the Trolls that were dragged along with the magic were released and freed, brought safely to the ground. the water from the tsunami dried up, the lights in Vibe city dimmed down, the wave of Earth that came from Lonesome Flats stopped and disappeared the lava cooled down into igneous Rocks, the tornado disappeared, the snow melted, the fog vanished, and the petals and crystals fell to the ground and became lifeless.
Finally, the magic that allowed the Trolls to levitate in the air disappeared, and they remained in the air for a little bit until they started to fall, screaming loudly as they fell. But to their luck, Aggie, who had finally gained some control of her magic now, activated her new telekinesis ability to make the Trolls levitate again and brought everyone slowly, and safely, to the ground, landing on their feet.
Once they made it to their feet, no one spoke a word until Smidge commented, "Oh my guh, that...was...AWESOME," while the rest of the Trolls cheered loudly for Aggie, who blushed in embarrassment as a result. When the Trolls stopped their cheering, they saw that somehow, the huge wave of magic that flowed through the kingdom had brought the Trolls from the other 5 areas of the kingdom all the way to Trollstopia.
By the Rock Troll group, Barb saw one Troll in particular she knew, shouting, "Dad," while running to her father, who rolled over to her in his wheelchair, saying, "Hey, Barbara"!
Barb hugged her father before asking, "Dad, what are you doing here? Are you ok? What happened"?
Thrash and replied, "Well, i was drinking my prune juice, and then suddenly, we saw the volcano erupt! It sent a gnarly wave of lava, and it took us for quite a ride! Woo, what excitement"!
By the Country Trolls, Buckaroo was helping some of the fellow Trolls up onto their feet, before she heard a female voice, ask, "Honeycakes"?
Buckaroo turned around and saw some Country Trolls looking at her, and she knew them well. The first one was a yellow-orange Country Troll with navy blue hair in a braid, a matching navy blue horse tail, blue eyes, a bright yellow nose, who wore a purple-and-magenta plaid button long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, a brown belt with a bird buckle on it, and a brown cowgirl hat on her head. The second Country Troll was a little bigger than Buckaroo, had pale orange skin, sandy brown hair in a ponytail, orange eyes, a mud-brown nose with a golden nose ring, a brown horse tail, and orange horseshoe-shaped earrings, and wore a red-and-white polka dot headband on her head, a white short-sleeved shirt, and blue overalls. The last Country Troll, who was in the orange Country Troll's arms, was small, about Clamper's height, had lime green skin, green eyes, a tooth sticking out from his upper lip, short brown hair that was covered by a black cowboy hat that had a magenta stripe with a gold star in the middle, who, like Buckaroo, had a brown horse half, a black tail, and wore a purple shirt with a lavender horseshoe, and a dark brown belt with a yellow buckle.
Buckaroo smiled happily, exclaiming while she galloped toward them, "Maw! Jillian! Whipporwill"!
The yellow-orange Country Troll spoke up, saying (voiced by LeAnn Rimes), "Oh Buckaroo, my sweet baby girl," and embraced the detective in a hug, saying, "How ya doing, sweetie"?
Buckaroo smiled, saying, "I'm doin' alraheet, maw. how are y'all doin'? Are y'all ok"?
The orange Country Troll replied (voiced by Ashleigh Ball), "Doin' just faane, lil' sis. We were lucky maw here made sure no one fell behaand, right, Whipporwill"?
The little boy nodded as Buckaroo gently tickled him, asking, "How's my favorite nephew"?
By the Funk Trolls, R and B saw that their friends from Vibe City: Big J, Medium J, Little J, and they got to reunite with them, resulting in a group hug.
Almost everyone in Trollstopia got to reunite with someone they loved and cared about deeply, prompting Poppy to comment to Aggie, "Well, Aggie, looks like your magic helped bring a piece of everyone's home over to everyone in Trollstopia."
Aggie nodded and watched the Trolls around her reuniting with their loved ones, but at the same time, Aggie started to feel sad again because she was the only Troll who hadn't gotten to reunite with anyone from her family. That made her reply glumly, "Yeah...I guess so, Poppy."
Poppy then remembered something and said while giving Aggie back her photo album, "Oh, here, I almost to give this back to you."
Aggie accepted the photo album back while saying, "Thanks, Poppy," before she flew off to her pod, as her friends watched, realizing that while Aggie was feeling better, she wasn't exactly feeling happy again yet.
A while later on, it was almost the end of the day, and a lot of the Trolls were still working to clean up around Trollstopia. Meanwhile, Aggie was staying cooped up in her pod, mentally "grounding" herself for the huge mess she caused when her magic was out of control earlier. While inside, she was looking through her old photo albums of her life back in Harmonious Land, the moments she shared with her family, and even photos of her cat Orange.
Suddenly, she heard a knock on the wall and saw that the leaders and ambassadors enter her pod, with Barb saying, "Hey Aggie, you doing ok"?
Aggie didn't say anything, but gave a quiet nod when she looked up from the phot album.
Branch then said, "Aggie, we are really sorry about everything," while Delta added, "We didn't mean ta upset ya laake that. We just wanted ta help ya feel bettuurr."
Poppy added, "We know that feeling homesick has made you feel sad, and we just wanted to try and help you."
Aggie sniffled a bit before saying, "It's ok, guys, i know you all meant well, and trust me, what you did, i really do appreciate it, but...i just can't anymore. I'm never gonna stop missing my family or my home, and it's just left me so...distraught."
Low-Note Jones then said, "It's all good, baby, if you feel like you need a break from your duties, you can take a break, and we can help handle things around Trollstopia."
Dante then commented, "Yes, take all the time you need, Aggie, to recoup and handle your sadness," while Essence added, "And if you need a shoulder to cry on, we'll be right by your side, and we're more than happy to let you cry on us."
Aggie then closed her photo album, saying, "Guys, thank you, but I'm not just talking about my job as the Master of All Music. What I mean is...I'm sorry but...i decided that I'm going to leave."
Trollex then said, "If you need a place to stay, you can live with the Techno Trolls at the Reef."
Aggie then said, "No, guys, I'm not meaning leaving Trollstopia, i mean...I'm leaving the kingdom."
That made everyone gasp in shock, as Holly exclaimed, "What"?!
Synth shouted, "No, future sis-in-law, don't leave"!
Branch added, "Yeah, you can't leave, Aggie," while Val added, "who are we gonna go to if we need your help"?
Aggie sadly stated, "I know, but...I just can't stay. I just want to go home and see my family again. I'm sorry, i need to go pack," before she flew pstairs to start packing up her things.
The leaders and ambassadors all looked on sadly, with Trollzart saying, "I can't believe that our little Aggie is gonna leave us."
Trollex added, "I can't believe Aggie and I are gonna be separated after she returns home."
Delta added, "Y'all, ay hate ta admit it, but we got naw choice; she's homesik, ayn' wants ta see her family ayn' huurr home again. Who are we ta deny huurr that"?
Barb then said, "True, but this is gonna be really hard to break to the others."
Poppy then said, "We'll make an announcement about it tomorrow morning. Be ready to see a lot of tears, guys."
The next morning, Branch blew a huge horn to summon every Troll over to the mushroom stage, as the whole town, including the Trolls that got dragged in by the magic waves, gathered to see what the leaders and ambassadors were gonna say.
Poppy cleared her throat and began to say, "Good morning, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming here at this very crucial time. Now, this is a...very hard thing to say, but...the leaders and I have a very important announcement to make, and I know you all are probably not gonna like it."
Demo raised his hand in the crowd, asking, "What's wrong," while Legsly stretched her legs up and asked, "Everything ok"?
Branch then walked up, standing next to poppy on the stage, and said, "We are here to inform you that our dear friend Aggie, the Master of All Music...is leaving Troll Kingdom today. She wants to return to her home in Harmonious Land."
The news shocked the entire crowd, as the all gasped and chattered sadly, while Gust declared, "Aggie's leavin'"?
The leaders nodded, with Delta saying, "She's packin' huurr bags ayn' gettin' set ta head off today."
Minuet commented, "O-M-B- Flat minor, this can't be happening," while Blues added, "I can't take all this drama"!
Melody sadly commented, "It's not gonna be the same not having Aggie here. What am I gonna do without my bet friend"?!
Laguna stated sadly, "Our kingdom isn't gonna be the same without Aggie here with us," while Buckaroo added, "Solvin' mysteries ain't gonna be the same without my go-to partnuurr besaade me."
Stereo the replied, "Yeah, can't we convince her ta stay, your Majesties? I don't want to say bye to my future sis-in-law"!
Synth added, "As much as we want to yo, we have to let her do this."
Trollzart mentioned, "It is disheartening to us as it is to you all, but if this is how Aggie will be able to get through this, we all have to be supporting her decision."
McJagger then pointed out, "They're right; it's sad, but if this is what Aggie really needs, we have to let her go home so she can feel better."
Val then commented, "But we can't just sit around and do nothing about this! Isn't there anything we can do"?
Trollex was taking all of this into thought before suddenly, he remembered what Aggie had told him about her journey, hoe it took her merely two weeks to arrive to the kingdom on foot, and all of the dangers she encountered while doing so. With this in mind, Trollex then said, "We can't let her go by herself."
This comment made everyone turn their heads towards Trollex, who explained, "I'm thinking that we can't just let Aggie go on this journey home all by herself. I mean, it took her two weeks to come to us from Harmonious Land by foot, and that's including the dangers she faced while coming here too. Even with her ability to fly, and her new magic, it's still gonna be the same story for her returning home from here."
Holly added, "What are we gonna do about it, though"?
That was when Poppy snapped her fingers, saying, "Trollex is right! We shouldn't let Aggie go on this journey home by herself. I think...as her friends...we should support Aggie by joining her on this trip and accompany her all the way home"!
That announcement seemed to stir intrigue and excitement in the Trolls, wondering if what Poppy was thinking of what she actually meant, with Smidge shouting, "Oh my guh"!
"Wait a funktastic minute," replied Rhythm.
"Hold up," added Riff.
"Aunt Poppy," asked Tiny Diamond while Guy Diamond added, "You're not saying..."
"Are we actually," exclaimed Melody.
Poppy merely smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right! We're going to… dramatic pause…" before pausing for 3 seconds and then exclaiming as could as she could, "Harmonious Land!"
