Disclaimer- I don't own Trolls or Trollstopia in any way, size, or form. Melody Song, Mal Shredder, Stereo, Twilight Tidepool, McJagger, Buckaroo, and now finally, Sid Scales are my O.C.s and belong to me. Aggie and her family members on her mother's side 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!
Getting To Know You
Previously on Trollstopia...
Vic then said, "Say, do you Normals happen to have a place to stay for the time being"?
All of the Normal Trolls looked at one another, not really sure of how to answer that question.
Aggie suddenly felt a lightbulb go off in her head, as she commented, "I have an idea"!
And now, back to the story...
Aggie's idea soon ended up letting the Normal Trolls stay in the house in a special guest room that was split to have enough room for everyone: one side fo the girls, and the other side for the boys, and they were very close to Aggie's bedroom so they could go in to visit her.
At the moment, Aggie was in her bedroom with her friends, along with her Uncle Vic Lo, who was picking up what was supposed to be Aggie's new phone from the small side desk, much to Aggie's dismay, as she had big, pleading eyes, similar to a begging puppy.
"I know I disappointed you, but...would you please stop staring at me like that,"cried out Aggie, who was looking at the phone before her uncle picked it up from the table.
Vic replied while holding the phone in his hand, "Hey, two weeks will fly by in no time, Aggie, you'll have your new phone back soon once your punishment is up."
Aggie answered, "But...but...but..it looks so sad," as Synth, in confusion, asked, "How can you tell it's sad"?
Aggie then added, "Isn't there anyway we could make some sort of exception? Or work on an agreement or something"?
Vic didn't seem to listen as he soon walked out of the bedroom, with the phone in his hand, with Aggie shouting, at the phone, "Call me"!
Melody, confused, asked, "Uh, how is a phone supposed to call you if it's used to call other people"?
Trollex patted Aggie on the back while saying, "Hey, don't fret, Aggie, at least we're all here with you, right"?
Aggie couldn't help but blush while saying after giving Trollex a quick peck on the cheek, "Yeah, that is true."
Demo added, "Plus, we still got 6 days left on the calendar before Harmonious Land closes for the month, so, we have time to stay with you during that time period"!
Aggie was very surprised to hear of this, asking, "Really," as Poppy nodded, saying, "Of course! We can't just leave you yet"!
Blues added, "Poppy's right! Not only because we want to stay with you, but there's still so much for us to learn about magic"!
"And harmony," added Rhythm.
"And friendship here in Harmonious Land," commented McJagger.
Aggie then said, "Hey, if you guys want, I could take you outside tomorrow to explore more of Harmonious Land. There's still so much to see and do here."
Suddenly, Aggie frowned while adding, "But...there is one little problem with this idea though."
Dante, in concern, asked, "What's wrong," while Prince D added, "What's the problem"?
Holly asked, "Is it us? Because we ken still haade behaand the trees ayn' bushes aw-,"
Aggie quickly interrupted her by saying, "No, it's not that. It's just...well...," while flying over to her bed and laying on it.
Sid then rolled his eyes, saying, "What? You're scared or something"?
Aggie quickly sat up, shouting, "No," as Sid smirked, stating in a taunting manner, "I bet you are. I bet you're just quaking in your...um...hoof, underneath that colorful, perky exterior, just like with earlier when you were scared to showing off your True Colors to your family."
Trollex glared at Sid, saying, "Knock it off, Sid; she's been through a lot today."
Sid shrugged and retorted, "Easy, your Technoness, I'm just speaking the truth. I can see the fear in your girlfriend's eyes, I mean, it's obvious. Every time she's scared, she has that look like she had just watched a Mouse Critter get swallowed by a Kitty Critter."
As much as Aggie wanted to punch Sid right in the face, she, to her chagrin, had to admit it: he was right, she was feeling scared.
Aggie sighed softly before she said while hugging her pillow, "Well...ok, maybe I am feeling a little bit scared. I'm worried about what all of the other Magic Musical Trolls around here are gonna think or say when they see you guys, but I think I'm most worried about what they're gonna say or think when they see me with my True Colors."
Poppy then said, "I'm sure that the other MMTs will love seeing you in your True Colors Aggie."
Melody added, "Yeah, Poppy's right. Your family still care a lot about you, colors and all, even though we've only met your family on your mom's side so far, but they still think you look amazing with your True Colors, and love you so much."
Aggie looked at Melody before she mentioned, "Yeah, but the difference is: they're my family members; they'll always love me no matter what, this is the rest of my tribe that we're talking about. They're mostly likely gonna have different opinions or thoughts, or they might decide to gossip or worse. If they all see me like this...I don't know, I'm scared they're not gonna like me," as she shook a little in fright, hugging her pillow tighter.
The Techno King could not help the look at his girlfriend and feel bad for her. He knew that there was one thing that Aggie could not stand more than hearing someone say her full name: experiencing judgments from all of the other trolls are around her just because she had all the true colors.
Trollex held Aggie close to him and he said reassuringly while cupping her cheek with his left hand, "It's going to be okay, Aggie. I am sure that if you just show yourself to all of the other magic Musical trolls around your community, they will happily accept you no matter what."
Delta added as she placed her hands on her hips," He's raheet, ya know"?
Queen Essence then mentioned, "Do you remember the first day we met you? And how we all welcomed you with open arms, though you didn't have your colors yet"?
Aggie nodded her head in reply to the question.
King Quincy then added as he placed a hand on her right shoulder," We all liked you back then, just like we still like you now. We all felt very sorry about what you were going through, and when we saw that you needed help, we all stepped in to lend a helping hand and we welcomed you into our community."
Trollzart mentioned as he flew above Aggie, "And we know that the other magic musical trolls out there are going to feel the exact same way."
The colorful MMT looked at her friend and asked slowly, "You guys really think so"?
Poppy chuckled while stating, "Think so? We know so"!
Holly added, "Ayn' if anyone tries ta give ya ayy hard taame, they will have ta mess with us first befawe they can go off thinkin' that it's okay ta bothuurr ya."
Aggie looked at her friends, who all gave her reassuring miles to let her know that everything was going to be okay, before standing on the floor, jumping off the bed momentarily, saying, "Thank you so much you guys. I... really needed to hear that."
Stereo walked up to her future sister-in-law and said while gently punching her arm, " Hey, we got your back, future sis-in-law! You can count on us to always be there for you"!
Sid was watching everyone comforting Aggie and secretly rolled his eyes, not finding any amusement in this whatsoever.
Then, Rhythm spoke up, suggesting, "Say, Aggie, since you happen to know Harmonious Land a lot better than we do, maybe you could pick up some of the places where we can go and we'll follow you as you show us around tomorrow."
Aggie thought about it before she smiled and said, "That's a great idea, Rhythm! But, let's wait till tomorrow. It's already late and I'm sure that after the day that we had, everyone is tired." Tiny Diamond let out a big yawn while se said, "Hey, I ain't tired yet, " while Biggie rubbed his left eye and hugged his pet worm while mentioning, " I do feel a little bit sleepy. "
Poppy then stated, " Then, in that case, let's all return to the guest bedroom and turn in for the night. "
Everyone said their goodnights to Aggie while starting to head to the guest bedroom.
While getting ready to join them, Sid was pinned to the wall, by his arms, by Trollex, who said in an almost threatening-like manner "Hey, Scales, I am watching you."
Sid looked at Trollex, saying, "Uh, listen, if you're trying to threaten me, you should try to be a little more...intimidating. Your girlfriend is scarier than you are."
Trollex gritted his teeth, saying, "I don't care if I scare you or not, but I've noticed you and Aggie looking "close" since you both appear to be becoming friends, so let me get this through you: don't you even try to hit on my girlfriend because I will not be afraid to end you if you attempt to do so"!
Sid scoffed, saying, "One, I'm not interested in romance or dating or that kind of stuff, so you dont have to worry about that. And two, I wouldn't even want to date your girlfriend, your majesty. I'm aromantic, so I'm practically a single Troll for life. Besides, you and Aggie appear to love each other a lot, and deserve to be all mushy-like together, so don't worry about me stepping in any time soon."
Trollex scowled suspiciously as he let Sid go, adding, "Just watch your step. I got my eyes on you."
Sid scoffed and retorted, "Whatever," while walking away to the guest room.
Before entering, he made sure Trollex wasn't looking and shuddered in fright, commenting to himself quietly, "Man, he is scary up close! I thought that Aggie was scary enough, but fish boy is even more terrifying, especially when it comes to his girlfriend! And this is the same guy who let the queen of rock turn Techno Reef into a demolition site!? I guess I must've underestimated these Trolls."
Sid soon joined up with the rest of the Normal Trolls, who soon got into their spots and settled in for the night.
The next day, after breakfast, everyone reunited again in Aggie's room, as Aggie was showing them a notebook that had a list of the names of a bunch of places she usually liked to go to, to show her friends around, and to also show the other Magic Musical Trolls around them her new True Colors, as she said, "Ok, guys. I made a list of these places I want to show you around first, starting with my hometown, right here: Chairmaasin."
Biggie chuckled, saying, "Ooh, we'll get to look around here again," while Holly added, "Ayn' maybe we'll get ta see mawe MMTs this here taame around."
Poppy then declared, "Then, what are we waiting for? Aggie, lead the way"!
Aggie led her friends out of the bedroom while closing her notebook, leaving a little bookmark sticking out from the top so she could easily access that page again later. As they made it downstairs and across the living room, the group approached the front door. Aggie opened it slightly so they could peek outside, seeing that the streets were still empty, people-wise.
Barb commented, "Everything looks quiet still outside," while Quincy added, "so, we can explore quietly, and hopefully, without any conflict."
Demo adjusted his tie, saying, "On the plus side, if we meet anyone, it'll be the perfect chance to show off my new tie! But, let's not make any loud noises to alert the other MMTs; let them naturally see us."
Aggie nodded before she opened the door a little wider so everyone could walk outside, with Demo and Aggie being the first Trolls that exited the house and were standing outside. However, the moment they stepped outside, along with the rest of the Normal Trolls, Demo inhaled the fresh air and exhaled, exclaiming loudly, "Oh, man, that underground breeze feels so good"!
Branch, Val, Dante, and Holly all facepalmed as a result, with Smidge saying, "Oh my guh; so much for "no loud noises."
As on cue, Demo's loud exclamation alerted all of the other Magic Musical Trolls that lived in the neighborhood, making them lift their windows up to peek their heads out, open the doors to their houses to come out and see. That was what got them to see the group of Normal Trolls, making them whisper to one another in shock since they've never seen them around before.
Satin commented, "Well, at least they're now getting to see us," and Chenille added, "So, things are good, right"?
Suddenly, one of the Magic Musical Troll neighbors spotted Aggie in her True Colors and gasped, shouting, "Hey, look over here! This girl has a bunch of different colors and different body parts! She's weird"!
This prompted most of the other MMTs that overheard the statement to look at Aggie and started to laugh at her, while others were whispering to each other, gossiping out of jealousy about how Aggie had all types of music due to the colors.
Aggie was able to pick up on hearing the harsh criticisms and hurtful teasing that the other MMTs were saying, as her eyes welled up with tears while she sniffled and whimpered softly out of sadness. In a blink of an eye, she ran back into the house, with her friends watching her in sorrow/concern for Aggie.
Melody, feeling angered about the MMTs around them criticizing Aggie, shouted, "Hey, you should be ashamed of yourselves! None of you should be criticizing one of your own people"!
Cooper, standing up for Aggie, shouted, "Yeah, she has feeling too, you know?! You can't say these mean things about her"!
Suddenly, Cooper felt a cupcake pop out of his butt, much to the chagrin of some of the MMTs that saw and were disgusted, while others either started to gossip about Cooper or were laughing at him, making the Funk/Pop Troll look down sadly.
Prince D immediately walked up to his twin brother and wrapped his front leg around his brother, walking with Cooper back inside the house, while the other Normal Trolls also returned inside the house before they could've subjected to hearing anymore criticisms of the nearby neighbors.
Sid was in utter shock at what he had just seen: he didn't think that fellow Magic Musical Trolls would ever criticize one of their own people just because Aggie had all of the bright True Colors and all of the music genres. That wasn't like anything his king ever taught him about.
Back inside the house, DJ Suki commented, "So, this is what it feels like," mentioning that they all now knew what it felt like to have other people from a different tribe criticize you for looking different. And it hurt...badly.
Back inside the house, Aggie was in her bedroom, sobbing her heart out while crying into her pillow, trying to muffle her cries and absorb her tears when the rest of her friends soon entered, with Essence saying, "Aggie, can we come in"?
Aggie lifted her head up to nod slowly, as Gust said while the rest of the Normal Trolls entered the bedroom, "Sawry y'all had ta go through that, Aggie," while Riff added, "We didn't think they'd be that critical about you," while Beat added, "Or us."
Rhythm looked at Aggie's notebook, mentioning, "Bnd that was just this neighborhood; but don't worry, there's still other places listed that we've yet to visit," while Blues added, "There's the park, your grandparents' farm, and eve-,"
Suddenly, Aggie exclaimed at the top of her lungs, "I'M NOT GOING BACK OUT THERE! NOT AGAIN," and sobbed into her pillow harder.
Trollex sat next to Aggie and brought the weeping MMT close to him as Minuet then inquired, "But, what about showing everyone your True Colors? Wasn't that something that you mentioned you had to do"?
Aggie hiccuped a bit as she replied, "That was before I saw the other Magic Musical Trolls see me as being so weird! I don't want to come out of my room as long as I live"!
While Trollex comforted his girlfriend, rubbing her back gently, Poppy tried to reassure Aggie by saying, "Aggie, it'll be ok, i know it will. I'm sure not every Magic Musical Troll thinks that you're weird, and besides; perhaps they're just not used to it yet. Seeing you all colorful, and seeing us, is something really new for them, so they'll probably just need a little time to adjust."
Branch added, "Poppy's right; they just need to get used to seeing you and seeing us, and soon, they won't think that you're weird anymore."
Val mentioned, "Plus, we might even find some MMTs who actually do like you for who you are, so, we can't lose hope yet, or something like that," while Riff chuckled, finding it funny that Val sounded like him temporarily.
Aggie fidgeted with her fingers as she then asked, "That's true, but...what if nothing changes? What if we visit those other places on the list and...the MMTs there think that I'm weird too...just like my neighborhood"?
Trollex couldn't bear to see his girlfriend look so sad and worried. He knew that Aggie was a kind and sensitive soul, and didn't deserve to have anyone call her weird or strange just because she was colorful, just like the other MMTs around them. Suddenly, Trollex had a great idea and started to sing something, "Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is bright and illuminant. Oh, but, it's ok to be different. 'Cause, you know-,"
Then, when Trollex saw everyone looking at him, he slowed down a bit, muttering, "So am I..." as he felt a little shy, seeing everyone staring at him.
Aggie was a little surprised to hear Trollex singing this, and she wasn't the only one. Melody, hearing what the Techno king was singing, got a great idea and sang along, adding, "So am I."
Barb added, "So am I."
Biggie added, "So am I-I-I-I-I"!
Aggie was a little surprised to hear her friends starting to join in with Trollex, who was also beginning to feel more confident, as he then sang while Synth pulled out Trollex's DJ set and started to play music, "Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format! Oh, 'cause, it's ok to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I"!
Dante added, "So am I"!
Holly sang along, "So am I"!
Synth and Stereo sang together, "So am I-I-I-I-I"!
Seeing that everyone was starting to join in, Trollex held Aggie's hands and continued to sign to her, along with her friends joining in, as they tried to help Aggie feel better, while Sid stood on the sidelines and stayed quiet, not joining in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So Am I by Ava Max~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trollex: Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is bright and illuminant! Oh, but it's okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I!
All (leaders): So am I!
All (ambassadors): So am I!
All (delegates and associates): So am I-I-I-I-I!
Trollex: Can you hear the whispers all over the town? You feel their eyes watching us, and it makes ya frown. You're beautiful, but misunderstood. No need to go and be just like the neighborhood!
Melody: I can see ya, I know what you're feelin'!
Smidge: So let us tell you 'bout our little secret!
Prince D: We're unique, and boy, that sure's amazin'!
Buckaroo: It's amazin'!
Poppy: Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is bright and illuminant!
Barb: Oh, but it's okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I!
All (leaders): So am I!
All (ambassadors): So am I!
All (delegates and associates): So am I-I-I-I-I!
Dante: Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format!
Synth: Oh, 'cause, okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I!
All (leaders): So am I!
All (ambassadors): So am I!
All (delegates and associates): So am I-I-I-I-I!
Rhythm: Oh, so, flaunt your colors (Blues: Yeah!)!
Blues: Unlike any other (Rhythm: Yeah!)!
Satin and Chenille: Walkin' color model!
Holly: Kaand ayn' sweet ta othuurrs!
Low-Note: So, come on, and let's start the music!
Beat: Make someone feel fantastic!
McJagger: You're the angel of friendship (Snack Pack: Friendship!)!
Quincy and Essence: We can see you, we know what you're feelin'!
Guy Diamond: So, let us tell you 'bout our little secret (Tiny Diamond: Oh yeah! Hear our secret!)!
Gust: We're unique, ayn' y'all, it's so amazin'!
Laguna: It's amazing! Oh-woah-woah-woah!
Val: Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is bright and illuminant!
Branch: Oh, but it's okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I!
All (leaders): So am I!
All (ambassadors): So am I!
All (delegates and associates): So am I-I-I-I-I!
Stereo: Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format!
Legsly: Oh, 'cause, okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I!
All (leaders): So am I!
All (ambassadors): So am I!
All (delegates and associates): So am I-I-I-I-I!
All sans Trollex: *harmonizing with the melody*
Trollex: You're the king and the queen! You're strong, never weak! Not bound, but so free!
All sans Trollex: *harmonizing with the melody*
Trollex: So, come and join us! No worries, no fuss! And party with me-e-e-e-e-e-e!
Delta: Do you ever feel like a misfit? Everything inside you is bright and illuminant!
Trollzart: Oh, but it's okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I!
All (leaders): So am I!
All (ambassadors): So am I!
All (delegates and associates): So am I-I-I-I-I!
All: Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format!
Oh, 'cause, okay to be different! 'Cause, you know, so am I! So am I! So am I! So am I-I-I-I-I!
After the song, everyone gathered around Aggie, as Trollex then explained, "See, Aggie, this is one of the main reasons why we all chose to join your on your journey home. Not only did we all not want you to have to go on the long journey home all by yourself, but we all could feel that you also didn't want to show your True colors off to the rest of your community and tribe alone either."
"We knew that you'd feel like you were different from the rest of the MMTs in your tribe since you're, so far, the only one who has all the colors and music, while they still have one, and yeah, they might feel jealous and criticise you for that, but that just means that you're really lucky, and it makes you so special," added Branch.
"Your unique color array makes you unique, Aggs; fate decided to grant you this, it's who you are, and no one can change that," added Melody.
"Ayn' y'all don't got ta blame anyone faw it, especially nawht yourself," mentioned Holly.
"They're right, Aggie. It's as if, in a way, you didn't choose the music," spoke Rhythm, while Blues added, "they chose you, because you have this special "Magic" of friendship, or something like that."
Barb nodded and stated, "Yeah, and you know what? To heck with what those other MMTs have to say; their opinions shouldn't matter, because you still got those who do love you for who you are, colors, unique bdy parts, and all."
"And if they decide to start gossiping or teasing you again, you don't have to face it by yourself; we got your back," mentioned Trollzart, who patted Aggie's head, while Dante mentioned, "Yes, we are "stuck" to you, like honey to a dewdrop."
Synth chuckled, saying, "Yeah, yo, we're all in this together," while Smidge added, "And together, no one will mess with you, because they'll have to go through us first"!
Buckaroo cracked her knuckles, saying, "Ayn' they'll nawht want ta tussle with us because we'll be at the ready ta protect ya," while Riff added, "and make sure no one hurts you, physically or mentally."
Trollex then mentioned while he caressed Aggie's cheek lovingly, "You're always there for us when we go through troubling times, or are scared to go through something, and now, it's our turn to be helping you."
Aggie looked around at all of her friends, who gave her supportive and encouraging smiles. She still felt that urge to cry, but instead of sad tears, she wanted to cry happy tears, tears out of the emotional happiness she felt for having such caring friends who were there for her. she felt lucky that her friends had accompanied her on this trip, and were there for her all the way, even now.
She pulled everyone into a big group hug, despite it not being Hug Time yet, except for Sid, who stepped to the side to avoid being pulled into the hug, as Aggie exclaimed, "You guys truly are the best! I really needed you guys here, all of you, and...well...oh, i love you all so much"!
Everyone was happily smiling in the group hug, with Prince D saying, "Oh yeah, share the love," while Tiny added, "Yeah, friendship moment to the max"!
As the Trolls embraced the warm hug, Sid, who was watching, thought the warm friendly group hug was disgusting, sticking his tongue out, but at the same time, something in her chest was making him feel conflicted. Making him feel like...it looked...sort of cool.
After hugging for a while, Poppy asked as the group separated, "So, Aggie, what's next on the list of places to visit"?
Aggie looked at her notebook, which Blues showed to her while giving it to her, saying, "Up next is...my maternal grandparents' old family farm, which happens to be where my mom, my aunts, and uncles used to live before moving here to Chairmaasen."
With that, everyone got up and exited the bedroom, set to continue their exploration trip.
Back outside, the neighbors and other Trolls living within the neighborhood were still out there, waiting for the Trolls, and Aggie, to return outside. The laughing, teasing, and gossiping continued, much to Aggie's chagrin, as she still felt very bothered by it and wanted to run back inside the house. However, McJagger, Stereo, and Demo used their hair to help hold Aggie back and turn her around, so she could face the wave of "humiliation" that was being brought. While Aggie gulped in fear, seeing that her friends were standing right beside her, it helped Aggie be able to develop a little courage so she could brave through it as best she could.
As they soon made it out of town, with Aggie leading the way since she knew how to get to the places on the list, their next stop was the Mondejar family farm, filled with fields of rice and other assorted crops that they were growing. in the fields, there were many MMTs (mainly the Magic Country Trolls, Magic Classical Trolls, and Magic Pop Trolls), along with some from other genres of music hard at work, tilling the fields, planting seeds, harvesting, etc. However, when they noticed Aggie and her Normal Troll pals walking around, they all stopped working and looked. While no one teased or laughed, many of them had very monotone, bored stares on their faces, while others were whispering gossip to each other about how there was a multi-colored, multi-music MMT in their community. Once moe, Aggie felt that nervous lump in her throat building up, and felt the urge to run away again, but Essence gently ruffled Aggie's hair while Cooper walked beside Aggie, playfully bumping his adopted sister, like what he would do with Prince d sometimes, to help her feel better. Delta and Low-Note Jones also gave her reassuring nods, letting Aggie know that she was doing good with facing the MMTs like this. Aggie felt her body shake and shiver, almost like she was cold, but took some slow breaths to calm herself down and continue on.
Nearby, a Magic Pop Troll was gossiping to her friends about Aggie and the Normal Trolls, prompting Melody to grimace and send a "Don't even think about it" glare at the Magic Pop Troll, who gulped and quickly straightened up, as well as her friends.
Then, a male Magic Rock Troll was annoyingly poking Barb's head, making fun of how she and the other Rock Trolls looked so different. Barb immediately made her face look so intimidating, growling a bit in anger, which startled the Magic Rock Troll and made him run off in fear, but because he wasn't looking where he was going, he crashed into a tree. He wasn't hurt, but he did get back up and continued running off.
A few minutes later, the Trolls noticed a female Magic Classical Troll was gossiping to her friends about Aggie and the Normal Trolls. While the MMTs' friends thought this was funny and laughed, Aggie and the gang did not find any amusement. Trollzart and Dante both got really mad and flew over to her, with Dante clearing his throat and stating, "Ahem. Do we have a problem"? Trollzart had pulled out his baton and used it as a way to warn her, as the Magic Classical Troll and her friends sweat dropped before taking their leave.
Meanwhile, a female Magic Country Troll was whispering gossip about how weird the Country Trolls looked in comparison to them, to which Holly noticed as she and Buckaroo looked at each other and nodded in agreement. They both trotted over to her and while Holly gave her a deadly "guilt trip" glare, Buckaroo used her back feet to kick an empty metal trash can, sending it flying pretty far away. The Magic Country stood there, frozen in terror, while her mouth was agape, as she watched Holly and Buckaroo walk back to her friends. Sid was in utter disbelief at what he had just seen, gulping nervously while muttering, "Mental note: never cross a Country Troll."
As Aggie was watching this, while still feeling nervous about facing the criticisms, she couldn't help but smile when she saw her friends standing up for her and protecting her this way.
After exploring the farm, up next on Aggie's list of places to visit was her favorite spot: the mall. Inside, the place was an amazing sight to see, as upon entering, the Trolls, and Aggie were greeted by a cold breeze, due to the AC that helped keep the mall comfortable for everyone to enjoy. There were MMTs everywhere you looked, that were entering and exiting the stores, shopping around to their hearts' content. Aside from the usual shops and stores, there was also a little indoor playground, where some of the MMTs were letting their children play about. Everyone seemed to be having a good time until they turned their heads and saw Aggie and the Normal Trolls exploring. Almost everyone in the mall was completely shocked, not only because of witnessing their first time seeing the Normal Trolls, but to see a fellow MMT who had more than one colors on her! A parent was standing right under her kid, who was swinging on the monkey bars when she saw the Trolls and was so shocked, she didn't see her kid fall, who fell to the floor with a THUMP and cried, making the parent turn her attention back to her child and comforted the poor little kid.
While continuing to explore, the group started to feel hungry, so, Aggie suggested that they'd find something to eat at the food court, which had a lot of different booths with so many different kinds of food serving there. By a sandwich booth, Quincy and Essence both walked forward and ordered 38 already pre-made and wrapped sandwiches, along with fries, and some soda. A Magic Funk Troll, who worked as a cashier at that booth, brought over the order to the front, where Branch, Synth, Biggie, Guy Diamond, McJagger, Laguna, and Prince D used their hair to pick up the tray, while the Funk leaders paid with several gems. The cashier was so surprised to see the large group of Trolls, while Aggie shyly smiled and waved a small "Hello" before she led her friends over to a table where they could eat. While this went on, the cashier stood there in total disbelief, along with the other employees working at that food booth, while a Magic Rock Troll that worked as a mall janitor used his phone to take a picture of them.
After finishing their food, up next on the list was the park, to get some fresh air, and explore the beautiful nature that Harmonious Land had to offer. For one thing, there were creatures that were not like the critters back home in Troll Kingdom. There were little mice, cheeky chipmunks, goofy geese and graceful swans that were swimming in the pond nearby, and squirrels that were digging into the ground and burying nuts to store for winter. The residents that were visiting the park were just enjoying the peace around them until they saw Aggie and her friends arrive, gasping in shock when they saw Aggie's many colors. Meanwhile, as Aggie walked around with her friends supporting her, she started to not feel as nervous or scared of showing off her colors anymore; in fact, she was feeling brave, bold, and even...confident. At a nearby playground in the park, there were little gray MMT Trollings, who have not picked a genre of music yet, saw the Normal Trolls and were very surprised when they saw the Normal Trolls. The sight of them made the kids stop playing and walk over to see them, feeling rather curious.
While the kids were curiously looking at the Normal Trolls, Poppy and many of the other Trolls thought that they looked so cute, especially when one little girl gave Poppy a white daisy.
Sid, however, was not fond of the attention and tried to step back to avoid the kids that were chasing after him, wanting to look at him curiously.
Prince D felt one little MMT Trolling gently tug on his fur to get his attention, making the Funk/Hip-Hop prince look down and see the boy, who waved hi at him. Prince D thought that he looked really adorable and, out of kindness, he gave the little boy one of his headphones from his headphone collection. The boy seemed really impressed by the gift and thanked him.
Dante, however, was completely overcome with many kids that were looking at him curiously and/or giving him hugs, much to the Classical ambassador's chagrin, with Delta commenting, "Wow, Dante, seems laake y'all are ayy natural kid magnet," while Dante replied, "You could say it like that."
After leaving the park, there was one more stop on the trip tour around the areas on Aggie's list, and it was the biggest one, not because of size, but because of how much it's impacted Aggie's life (in a bad way since it was the worst place in her entire life): the school. This was the place where Aggie got teased, insulted and humiliated the most, and the thought of returning to this dreaded place of misery, Aggie wanted to quake in fear, but with her friends by her side, she didn't need to worry since they would be there to help her. She just had to be confident, just like what she learned on this "trip", being brave enough to overcome her worries, but not too brave as she didn't want to seem overbearing, just remaining casual, like how she was every day, with her True Colors shining bright, and her special friends right by her side.
When the group approached the school grounds, there were MMTs, who were students, out and about, and stopped what they were doing to turn their heads and see Aggie and the Normal Trolls walking across the school grounds. A Magic Rock Troll, who was dressed all goth-like, stared at them in a very odd/creepy-like manner, while a Magic Classical Troll, who was flying around while carrying books in his hand, gasped when he saw Aggie and her friends and was so in shock, he dropped his books. However, before they could fall onto the floor, Laguna quickly dove and caught them, giving them back to the Magic Classical Troll, who just stared at her in shock instead of saying thanks, before Laguna rejoined the group. There was a small rally going on, with a female Magic Pop Troll leading it as she passed out flyers that talked about the importance of stopping global warming, but when she caught sight of Aggie, she gasped in surprise and dropped her flyers. A male Magic Country Troll was doing a lasso trick in front of a few female MMTs when he saw the Normal Trolls and was so shocked, that he accidentally tied himself up with the lasso, becoming stuck. There was even a little club that was having a "stay up all night" challenge, who tiredly looked at them before one leaned forward and was about to fall asleep, but Aggie quickly saved the MMt by tossing a pillow, which he landed on and smiled as sleep overcame him.
Finally, after a while of walking, the group made it to the main doors of the school building, right up at the front, and the Normal Trolls were looking at it in awe, saying, "Ooh! Aah"!
Aggie stood in front of her friends, saying, "Well, guys, this is it; this is the place where the misery of endless teasing and insults al started." Deep down, Aggie could feel her heart beating in fear, nervous about going inside.
Trollex, seeing this, floated over to his girlfriend and held her hand reassuringly, saying while gently caressing it with his thumb, "You know, if you feel unsure about this, you don't have to go in there if you don't want to."
Aggie blushed a little from the kind/romantic gesture before saying, "I appreciate it, Trollex, but I'll be ok, I promise. Besides, there's something inside the school that I also have to face."
Holly then suggested, "We could come insaade with ya if it'll help," while Rhythm added, "Holly's right. After all, with friends, anything can be achievable, right"?
Aggie giggled a bit before saying, "Thanks, guys, but this is something I need to do by myself. You guys helped me be as confident as I could ever be, so, this time, I'm gonna try to be confident about handling this...solo."
Poppy then commented, "If you're sure, Aggie, we'll all be right here if you need us," while Val added, "Don't be afraid to shout if you need us to come whip some bully butt," which earned her a sharp elbow to the ribs by Melody, who commented, "Val"!
Aggie smiled a bit before she then sent a glare at Sid, doing an "I'm watching you" motion at him, making the disguised Flexi-Troll gulp nervously and show a nervous smile while nodding, before Aggie went inside the school.
While waiting outside, all of Aggie's friends were feeling anxious, and worried about how Aggie would be able to handle being in the school alone.
Synth fidgeted with his fingers, saying, "Aggie's gonna be a'ight in there...r-right"?
Biggie answered, "I sure hope so. If this place really is the starting place of all the misery she experienced, I hate to imagine anything bad happening to her while she's in there," while Mr. Dinkles replied with a "Mew."
Essence then spoke up, saying, "We can all relate to how you're feeling; but at the moment, it's best for us to trust Aggie and be ready if she does need us."
Then, Buckaroo saw a nearby pair of Magic Country Trolls that were staring at them and whispering gossip behind her back. The detective didn't have that sharp of hearing, but she could tell that they were gossiping about them again, as she shouted angrily, "What?! Y'all nevuurr seen aw heard ov ayy Normal Country Troll with four hooved legs befawe?! Quit starin' at us laake that"! that prompted the pair to quickly dart away in fear, while the detective soothed her forehead while exhaling through her nose.
Holly quickly trotted over to her best friend's side, saying, "Buckaroo, what the hey was all that about"?
Buckaroo took a minute to catch her breath, saying, "Ay'm sawry, nearly lost my cool theuurr. But it ain't helping that we're al gettin' stares ever'where we go, ayn' ay ain't laakin' it."
Quincy then spoke up, saying, "Well, we are different from the other MMTs around us, Buckaroo, and our appearances are different from theirs, so, it's natural for them to stare at us because of this. They've never seen Trolls like us before, so, staring at us id their way of getting to notice us, in a way."
Buckaroo crossed her arms and huffed, saying, "Ay just wish they didn't do it so much."
McJagger reassured the detective, saying, "Well, I'm sure once they're used to seeing us around more often, they won't be staring at us as much."
Meanwhile, inside the school, Aggie was walking down the hallways, stopping to slowly breathe in and out to stay calm, before continuing strolling down the hallway. There were so many students that were filling the hallway, chatting with one another, looking through their lockers, etc., and the sight made Aggie slightly grimace since she didn't anticipate it to be so busy today. she wanted to turn around and walk out, but, remembering that her friends taught her to be confident, Aggie decided to give it all she could, and be as confident as she could.
While walking through the halls, all of the students noticed Aggie and turned around, feeling scared from seeing the multi-colored MMt, before they started to recognize her, which led to shocked/surprised/disbelief gasps, and whispers to one another, talking quietly about Aggie's True colors.
Then, Aggie heard someone shout to her, "Aggie, is that you," which made her turn around and spot three familiar faces. There were three Magic Pop Trolls, who all wore different outfits, that used to be her old classmates sanding by some of the lockers that were looking at her. The one that had just shouted had blue hair and pink eyes, the one standing next to her had red hair and blue eyes, while the last one standing next to them both had yellow hair and yellow eyes
Aggie smiled and flew over to her classmates, saying, "Hi, Chaumelle, Theresa Mae, Saenie, how's it been"?
Saenie, who was standing next to Chaumelle, spoke up, saying, "Wow, Aggie, I can't believe you finally have your True Colors! Look at ya, you're so bright and colorful"!
Theresa Mae, who had seemed to be "inspecting" Aggie, asked, "But, wait, you have all the main colors? And all the main music genres? But...how? That's not possible, is it"?
Chaumelle added, "Yeah, if I recall, aren't we supposed to only pick one"?
Aggie shrugged and replied, "I'm still unsure of how it happened, to be honest, but I believe that it was friendship that allowed me to gain my True Colors."
All three classmates looked at one another, before Theresa Mae asked, "Friendship? Like...with us"?
Aggie replied, "Girls, you know that we aren't that close together."
CHaumelle seemed to nod in agreement, saying, "She makes a good point there," while Saenie commented, "Sorry, Aggie. You're nice and everything, but...you're not exactly fun to hang out with," in a pity tone of voice, while unintentionally hurting Aggie's feelings.
Hearing this, Aggie couldn't help but exhale a sad sigh because even with her classmates, no MMT wanted to spend some time with her in the past...and maybe that would still remain with the other students around her.
While this was going on, outside the school, all of the Normal Trolls were still waiting patiently, but they couldn't help but feel anxious/worried about how Aggie was doing inside. Some of them were sitting on the nearby picnic tables, while others were eating some of the snacks that were in a nearby snack cart that Riff and Demo brought over. Trollex was probably the most anxious, fidgeting with his fingers while whimpering slightly in concern. Beat, feeling his buddy's fear, snuggled under Trollex's chin to help the Techno king calm down, as Trollex felt a little bit better, hugging Beat.
Poppy was flipping through a scrapbook while Laguna was looking over her notes on her notepad, while both girls were sitting on one of the picnic table seats. On the table, Tiny was watching his dad (Guy Diamond), Holly, Dante, and Queen Essence pace around, while Val, Barb, and Melody were tuning up the strings on their guitars as a way to distract themselves from the feelings of concern they had.
Biggie was hugging Mr. Dinkles while Sid was leaning against a tree near the group, taking a nap.
Synth was typing with a glowstick when he looked up at the front doors again, asking worryingly, "Yo, it feels like she's been in there forever! What's taking Aggie so long in there"?!
Gust replied, "Ay hope she's doin' alraheet," while Blues mentioned, "I hope no one's giving her a hard time inside"!
DJ Suki added in concern, "For all we know, she might be getting teased or laughed at in this very moment"!
King Quincy then spoke up, saying, "Easy, everyone. I know we are all feeling worried for Aggie, but we have to have faith. I'm sure everything's going ok inside."
Melody then commented, "But what if she runs into someone who decides to gossip about her"?!
Holly added, "Aw worse; what if she runs inta huurr ex-girlfriend"?!
At the sound of "Ex-girlfriend", Sid woke up, asking, "Wait, Aggie has an ex"?
Trollex balled up his hands tightly, almost clenching his jaw out of anger at the idea of Aggie possibly meeting her ex and the ex possibly doing something really bad. Finally, Trollex had enough, saying, "Alright, that's it, I can't take it anymore! I'm going inside to check on her"!
Trollex started to march to the door, with Stereo saying, "Wait, Trollex," while Synth shouted, "Bro, hold up"!
Poppy quickly placed her scrapbook back into her hair, saying, "Let's follow him," while Barb got up, putting her guitar away while saying, "Yeah. Besides, it was getting too boring waiting out here anyway."
Everyone else looked at one another before nodding in agreement, wanting to join the leaders in heading inside to make sure that Aggie was safe, and be ready to protect Aggie, or risk themselves getting teased or humiliated by the other students.
As everyone started to head towards the front doors of the school, Delta turned around and saw that Sid was asleep again by the tree, and have not moved from his spot. The mayor rolled her eyes and shouted, "Come on, ya lazy nut," and used her lasso to rope in the disguised Flexi-Troll, who saw the rope around him and shouted when he was pulled back towards the group quickly.
Trollzart and Minuet pulled open the front doors so the group could walk into the school, and everyone was surprised to see what the inside looked like. The walls were so shiny and bright, with the floors looking beautifully waxed and shiny, like the gleam on a disco ball, and on each side of the hallway were rows of sturdy metal lockers where many of the students' gear/supplies were held.
Riff commented, "Woah, this school is so different from my college," while Smidge added, "Oh my guh," while Rhythm said, "It's amaza-bo-bonkers"!
Sid examined the lockers, saying, "Hmmm, pretty sturdy containers," and punched the side of one set of lockers, which resulted in him shouting in pain and holding his hand, saying, "Ow, that really hurt! what are they made of, titanium"?!
Branch then commented, "why would you even try to punch them, Sid? They're obviously made of metal."
Sid griamced, saying sarcastically, "Oh, now you tell me, your majesty"?
Trollex, however, was focused more on making sure his beloved Aggie was doing ok and was quickly looking around, before spotting Aggie talking to the 3 Magic Pop Trolls, making him smile and rush over to her, while everyone else followed.
Meanwhile, while Aggie was talking to her classmates when Saenie, Chaumelle, and Theresa Mae saw the Normal Trolls that were approaching behind Aggie and, out of nervousness, stepped back, prompting Aggie to be confused and ask, "What's wrong"?
Theresa Mae bravely replied, "Um, Aggie, who are those Trolls behind you"?
That made Aggie turn around to see who was behind her, and gasped in surprise when she saw her friends standing there, with Trollex rushing up towards her, while everyone else smiled and waved hello, while Sid, who was leaning against one of the lockers and, while he didn't smile or wave hi, he just did a small nod to gesture his presence.
Aggie rushed over to her friends and ended up hugging Trollex, secretly blushing only in front of her Normal Troll friends. Trollex held Aggie close to him, as he said, "Sorry for us coming inside, Aggie, but we were feeling worried in case you were being laughed at or teased, so we all came inside to check on you."
Aggie smiled, saying, "Awww, you guys didn't have to do that," before McJagger answered, "But we wanted to. You're our friend, and we're always here to help you."
Aggie then said, "Thanks, guys, but it's ok. I'm feeling ok...for now. But I am grateful that you guys came to see me." She then turned around and faced her Magic Pop Troll classmates and said, "Girls, these are my friends: the Normal Trolls. They were the ones who helped me be able to earn my True Colors."
All of the Normal Trolls waved hello, with DJ Suki saying, "How's it going," while Gust added, "Howdy," and Dante added, "An honor to make your acquaintance."
Then, suddenly, a loud booming voice was heard, shouting, "Hey, Galido," which startled everyone as they turned around to see who it was that declared that. Behind them, as they all turned their heads to see who it was, was a female Magic Rock Troll with red eyes, and red hair, and behind her were five other MMTs of different genres: a female Magic Pop Troll (Nadine), a male Magic Country Troll (Dusty), a male Magic Techno Troll (Zyrus), a female magic Funk Troll (Ethel), and a female Magic Classical Troll (Opal).
Aggie grimaced deeply at the Magic Rock Troll, who snatched Aggie's bag right from her back, saying, "Welcome back, Galdio! Guess word on the street about your return was true! I've missed you soooo much, you know," while sneering at her.
Aggie scoffed and rolled her eyes, retorting angrily, "Ha! I didn't even think you'd have a heart to miss me. But I know what you really miss: humiliating me in front of the other students, teasing me like I'm some puppet to you, and making my life a living nightmare"!
Hearing this, all of the Normal Trolls gasped in shock, even Sid, who was surprised, uttering, "No way..."
"What"?! shouted Holly
"Wait a coral-glowing minute," added Stereo.
"That's just cold," exclaimed Cooper.
"You're sick! She's sick is what she is," added Melody.
"Why would you find ANY pleasure in running Aggie's life for," commented Branch, who crossed his arms and glared angrily at Scarlet, along with the other leaders.
Putting all the pieces together, with what Scarlet had said, Trollex then gasped, saying, "Wait a minute; is that...is she...who i think...is it"?
Aggie covered her face, groaning in deep shame and embarrassment, before she sighed and spoke ina deep/agitated voice, saying, "Yes. This is my ex-girlfriend: Scarlet."
That "Greeting" was more than enough to make all of the Normal Trolls immediately glare at Scarlet, who simply smiled sinisterly, saying, "Surprise to hear that, huh? Besides, it was never meant to work out anyway. I mean, me, a beautiful, rich, graceful Magic Rock Troll, liking miserable loser like you? Ha! the very idea of it makes me laugh," and cackled, along with her bandmates.
Melody grimaced, saying, "Even her voice sounds annoying, like fingernails on a chalkboard," while Val added in agreement, "You said it."
Scarlet then said, "Anyways, it's such a "pleasure" to see you again. I brought you a lil' "welcome back" present to celebrate your return," and tossed a 10-day-old moldy sandwich into Aggie's backpack, making some of the Normal Trolls grossed out.
Aggie scoffed, saying, "Takes more than a moldy sandwich to deter me, Scarlet. What's the matter? Losing your touch"?
Scarlet growled in anger before she grabbed a cup of juice from a student, who exclaimed, "Hey, that's my juice," before she dumped it into the bag and shook it around, making it messy inside. finally, in success, she tossed the bag down towards Aggie's feet, saying, "Better? By chance," and mockingly laughed again, with her bandmates joining in again.
Aggie held her bag, not once amused, while saying, "i can see you haven't changed a bit," while Scarlet scoffed, saying, "Tata, lame-o," while she and her bandmates continued to laugh.
Sid, watching Scarlet pass them, decided to do a little mischief, stuck out his foot and made Scarlet trip and fall on her face, making both the Normal Trolls and the MMTs (Scarlet's bandmates, Aggie, and her classmates) gasp in shock, while Sid innocently said, "Oops, did I do that? I am so sorry, I meant to trip the jerk, not a beautiful girl- oh wait, I did trip a jerk," before smirking with victory.
Scarlet got up, exclaiming angrily, "What was that, you freak," and was set to pulverize him, pinning Sid by the lockers.
However, Sid simply chuckled calmly, saying while removing Scarlet's hand off his shoulder, "Ok, Ms. "I think I own the place," here's what's gonna happen. If you touch me again, I'll bust one of your cupcakes, right or left, your pick, really. Or, if you stay away from me, you can live to be a knock-off jerk another day. Your choice, "princess." While Scarlet's bandmates seemed terrified of Sid's little "threat", Scarlet didn't seem scared once.
Scarlet scoffed, saying, "Ha! Like I'd listen to a weirdo like you"!
Barb then saw an opportunity to step in, wanting to stand up for Aggie, defending her from the bullies, saying as Scarlet tiredly turned her head to face Barb, "Hey, that's enough! Scarlet, right? Listen, from one rocker to another, let me make something clear: don't you even think about messing with our MMT unless you're set to throw down and rock out"!
Scarlet was shocked to see someone having the backbone to stand up to her, making the Magic Rock Troll glare at Barb, saying, "What was that, you Normal freak"?! while completely unaware that she had just been talked back to by the Queen of Rock herself.
Both Trolls stared each other down, glaring through each other's eyes, close together, with everyone watching, while Tiny shuddered, commenting, "Is it just me, or did the air suddenly get colder here"?
Barb then commented, "You think you can just talk however you want in front of Aggie, huh? Not around us, you don't! You mess with Aggie, you have to mess with me first"!
Scarlet then retorted, "Ha! Same thing I told Mr. "tough dork" over there, you don't scare me."
Melody then stood her ground, saying, "Hey, you do not talk to Barb like that, nor do you talk to us, or my best friend, like that, either"!
Scarlet looked at Melody, saying, "Shut up, Pinky! no one's talking to you"!
Melody gritted her teeth, saying while getting up close and personal, "You are now! So, I suggest you walk away with your egotastic purse between your legs, or be prepared to rock, 'cause I will not be afraid to take you downtown! You mess with Barb, or Aggie, you mess with me too"!
Buckaroo then stepped forward, declaring, "Ayn' me"!
Synth and Stereo stepped forward, saying in unison, "And us too"!
Smidge stepped forward, saying, "And all of us"!
Barb smiled, seeing some of their friends helping to support standing up for Aggie, as she said to Scarlet while crossing her arms, "So, what's it gonna be, Scarlet"?
Scarlet's eyes seemed to widen a bit in fear and nervousness, but then, they quickly shrunk back to normal, as the Magic Rock Troll snorted, saying, "What-ever," before walking away, with her bandmates following her.
Aggie turned her head to look at Barb and smiled happily/proudly at Barb for standing up for her, standing up to Scarlet, while Barb seemed to be feeling proud of what she did, high-fiving Smidge in response. However, what broke the silence that followed as seeing how shocked Aggie's classmates looked from witnessing what Barb had did, with Theresa Mae panicking as she asked, "What did you do"?!
Barb turned her head and answered, "I was just standing up for Aggie, teaching that stuck-up jerk that you don't go messing with people like that."
Chaumelle then added, "You shouldn't have done that. Not that what you did wasn't good, but Scarlet is the most popular student here."
Saenie added, "Yeah, you can't do anything since she always seems to use her popularity to her advantage."
Barb scoffed before saying, "And that worries me why? I'm not big on popularity. It's nice to have power, but not as good as having great friends who care about you. And I know that almost better than anyone. As the Queen of Rock, I never really had any friends before."
Val pretended to be offended, saying, "Hey, what are we? Chopped ube cake"?
Barb smirked, saying, "I meant friends outside the Rock Tribe."
Val smiled and chuckled, with Demo, Riff, and Melody joining in on the laughter.
Barb then continued with, "Anyways, so yeah, never really had any other friend before. That was, til.." before she stopped, feeling very unsure about mentioning the events of the World Tour since it was one of the biggest mistakes of her life. So, she kept silent, saying, "Anyways, Aggie's my friend, so I understand how she feels."
All three of Aggie's classmates seemed surprised to be hearing this, as they asked together, "Really," while Poppy happily answered, "Yep! She's the Queen of Rock, and she can handle anything," before Demo stated, "Except glitter, which I recommend you don't pop in front of her, unless you want to see Barb get really riled up."
Barb chuckled while shaking her head, saying, "Am I not gonna live that down"?
Trollex rolled his eyes, muttering to himself, "Among other things," since he knew that the world Tour was another thing that no one was ever gonna live down, and that it was still a very sore subject for him in regards to Barb.
Legsley replied jokingly, "Not for a million years"!
Suddenly, a booming voice ordered with sincerity, "Ms. Agatha Galido."
All of the Normal Trolls gasped when they heard someone call Aggie by her full name, and were expecting Aggie to freak out about it. But this time...she didn't, because she knew who was calling her.
Aggie turned her head to look, as well as the other Normal Trolls, and Aggie's classmates and they saw 5 MMTs standing there who looked to be members of other school staff. The one up in the front was a male Magic Funk Troll who seemed to be the principal, while the other 4 MMts behind him were Aggie's old teachers separated by subjects. The first one was a female Magic Pop Troll named Charry Sabares, who teaches Oral Communication and was Aggie's first advisor. The second one was a female Magic Country Troll named Elsie Confesor, who taught Understanding Culture and Politics Society. The third one was a male Magic Country Troll named Patrick Casianan who taught English, and the last one was a male Magic Techno Troll named Noel Catolin, who taught Physics, and was her second advisor.
Aggie quickly turned around to face the staff and bowed down, saying, "Hello, Sir Lauro."
The Magic Funk Troll then said, "Welcome back, Ms. Galido. Those are your friends, the Normal Trolls, I presume"?
All of the Normal Trolls nodded in agreement, as he then introduced himself, saying, "I am Valente Lauro, but you can call me Sir Lauro."
Sabares then spoke up, commenting, "It's been a while since we've seen you Aggie; last time we saw you, you were still gray."
Sir Lauro then mentioned, "Hold up, let's not go into discussion about her True Colors yet; it'd be rude," before he faced Aggie, saying, "Ms. Galido, according to what yours aunts have told us, since you ran away from Harmonious Land, you have missed a lot of months of homeschool. And we all want to talk to you regarding your education."
Aggie sighed before she said, "I'll take whatever task you guys have in store for me," and prepared to follow the principal.
Trollex was ready to follow Aggie, saying, "Wait, Aggi-,"
But Aggie turned around and showed a brave smile, saying, "It's ok, guys; I'll be alright on my own. You guys should enjoy getting to look around while waiting for me; i shouldn't be too long."
Despite wanting to protest, the Normal Trolls all nodded in agreement, deciding to follow what Aggie said. But that didn't make the looks of concern they had on their faces go away in fear of Aggie being in trouble, even after Aggie left to follow Principal Lauro, while Aggie's old classmates soon went to return to their classrooms.
Later on, at around lunch/recess time, the bell rang as many of the students were together in the cafeteria, talking to each other, eating lunch, chatting away, playing their instruments, and doing other fun, small activities. Meanwhile, the Normal Trolls were free to buy food from the cafeteria to eat, but many of them didn't have an appetite. It's not that they didn't want to eat, the food that was being served looked really good: Sloppy joe's, a carton of milk (flavor varied), and an apple. But they were feeling too worried about Aggie to even have the urge to eat, except for sid, who had no problem trying the food on his plate and eating it. Trollex shared some of the meat from his Sloppy Joe with Beat. Biggie had sliced his apple up and gave one of the pieces to Mr. Dinkles, Tiny was using a small straw to sip on the carton of milk his father gave him. Delta gave her plate of lunch to Clampers since she didn't feel like having an appetite.
Sid, who finished whorfing down his Sloppy Joe, saw this and asked, with his mouth full, "What's the matter? Not hungry"?
Delta glumly replied, "Yeah. Ay'm worried about Aggie."
Barb answered, "Same here," while Blues added, "It's pretty safe to assume we all are."
Melody pushed her tray away from her, saying, "How can anyone eat when the staff is having Aggie doing who knows what to make up for all that time missing school"?
Trollex then added while looking don at his promise ring, "It isn't just Aggie here in school I'm worried about, but also just here in Harmonious Land in general. I mean, it's nice and everything, and colorful and musical and bright and magical and everything, but honestly, I don't think she's truly happy here."
Dante poked at his sloppy jow, saying, "I know what you mean, your Techno-ness. She doesn't appear to have any friends around here, not even in school."
Stereo added, "And the only Trolls who are happy to be with Aggie here, aside form us, is her family. At least her family on her mother's side that is."
Val added, "Yeah. Not even her own classmates are treating her like one of them."
Trollex felt anger bubbling inside of him as he said while banging his fists on the table, "It's not just right"!
Riff quickly shrunk back, out of nervousness, while Branch tried to calm Trollex down, saying, "Easy, I know you're feeling upset by this-,"
Trollex quickly took a breath in and out to calm down, saying, "I'm sorry. It's just...why is she still being seen as someone completely weird? Even her own ex-girlfriend is still targeting her."
Sid then answered, "Look, Mr. Techno Majesty, let me give you the run down of what an ex is like: they're trash, they don't have feelings, and they practically think they're high and mighty, when in all reality, they're just lowly worms."
Trollex rolled his eyes and groaned, shoving Sid down the floor, the disguised Flexi-Troll not too deterred by the response since he, deep down, was still very terrified of what Trollex could really do if he got real mad.
Melody then asked Trollex, "You're not feeling jealous, are you, Trollex"?
Trollex scoffed, saying, "No! I'm not jealous; not one bit! I am just not happy with how Scarlet and her bandmates are treating Aggie."
Sid silently whispered as he sat back up onto his seat, just quiet enough so he could hear himself, but no one else could, "Jealous," since he knew what jealousy looked like.
Then, the Normal Trolls, and Sid, saw Scarlet and her bandmates arriving at the cafeteria and sitting down at a table not too far away from them, but still within earshot, so the Normal Trolls could still hear every negative speech that Scarlet and her friends were saying about Aggie.
"Ugh, Aggie is so weird with having all of those True Colors, even more weird than when she didn't have them before," commented Opal.
"I know, right? Complete weirdo," added Nadine.
"I think she'd be much better off if she wasn't playing any music at all, and lose all of those colors, to save any of the embarrassment," replied Ethel.
"How would that even be possible? She has all the colors, so she can play all the musics, right," asked Zyrus.
"I got it! Let's toss her into a nearby magic grey puddle, so that way, it'll cover her colors and physical parts, and she'll only be regular weird instead of really weird," suggested Scarlet, with her and her friends cackling in agreement.
Trollex could feel his anger rising by the minute. His hands balled up into fists again, and he was this close to letting fists fly.
McJagger tried to calm the Techno king down, saying, "Hey, easy, Trollex. I know it's hard to be hearing this, but getting angry about it isn't gonna solve anything."
Synth added, "Yeah, bro. Maybe it'll be a lot better to just try to talk to them."
Trollex did his best not to just straight-up scream and said in a calm voice, "Sure, I-I'll go talk to them," and got up from the table, walking over to the table where Scarlet and her bandmates were, with the rest of the leaders watching in concern that Trollex's anger was gonna make him do something drastic.
As much as Trollex wanted to punch Scarlet for all of the insults she stated, he knew very well that jumping to conclusions was not wise. So, the best thing to do was to pretend to be casual, pretending not to have any knowledge of Aggie at all, and asked casually, "Hey, uh, Scarlet, right? So, you used to be interested in Aggie, huh"?
Hearing a new voice address her, Scarlet turned her head around and saw the Normal Techno Troll standing there, forgetting that he was one of Aggie's friends who was beside the colorful MMT earlier. she simply scoffed and answered, "Yeah, but she's super weird, you know? I mean, she couldn't even choose her own music genre at the right age, just like everyone else."
Still pretending to be unaware, Trollex answered with a forced smile, "Oh, she couldn't"?
Scarlet answered, "Yes, and now, she's not just weird anymore, but she's a colorful freak! Somehow, she had been able to pick all genres of music while the rest of us are stuck picking only one type! If anything, she'd be much better if she didn't have any music at all."
Trollex could feel his anger bubbling again, but he forced out a smile, saying, "Oh, really"?
Scarlet nodded, saying, "Yeah, and you want to know something else? I am really glad that I fooled her into dating me for a while; i don't even like her, never had. she's such a freak to be with anyone else who'd make the hairball decision to be with her, because quite frankly, no one deserves to be with a weird-o like Aggie."
Trollex was close to snapping, but he maintained his cool, saying, "Oh...that's what you call her often"?
Scarlet shrugged and replied, "Duh. I mean, she's a weird-o, right"?
That was the final straw and in what seemed like a blur, Trollex suddenly had what was like an iron grip on Scarlet's neck and he swung a fist at her face, punching her, much to the shock of not only the Normal Trolls, but Sid too, and even the MMTs around them.
One of them, a male Magic Pop Troll, even shouted, "Dude, what in the name of magic did you do"?!
Trollex was breathing fast, completed stunned by what he had just done, as many of the Normal Trolls quickly came to his protection, with Gust saying, "Easy, y'all, our friend here did nawht mean ta do this."
A female Magic funk Troll retorted, "Oh, yes he did meant that! We saw it clear as day"!
A male Magic Country Troll added, "Yeah, we MMTs are able ta sense the emotions ov othuurrs whaale y'all Normal Trolls ken't."
Low-Note Jones then stated, "Low-Note Jones suggests that maybe this is our cue to leave."
Sid rolled his eyes, saying, "And be seen as cowards? No thank you; we are staying right here."
A male Magic Rock Troll approached sid, saying, "Really? I'd like to see you try," and shoved Sid to the ground.
Sid fell to the floor, grunting a bit at first, but as he started to sit up, he felt something inside him suddenly overflowing: rage. A rage he had built from all the taunts, the insults, the teasing, the abuse he's received from his own tribe. All of those feelings he kept built up inside of him, now overflowing, because he may have been able to take it from his own colony, but he was not gonna take it from someone from Aggie's tribe. When he got to his feet, he seemed hurt at first, but then, his eyes glared, his teeth clenched tight, and despite being in his Pop disguise, he was full-out mad, and similar to what Barb did when she was mad, he let out an angered growl, one much scarier than the Queen of Rock.
All of the Normal Trolls were taken aback by Sid's anger, as Sid simply let out a shout and tackled the MMT that tackled him, and the two started to fight. The MMTs watching this started to charge at the Normal Trolls, who had no choice but to defend themselves.
Barb, Val, and Demo quickly pulled out their guitars and swung them over the heads of some of the MMTs that targeted them.
Poppy and Branch used their hair-jitsu skills and fought side-by-side to defend themselves, along with Trollex and Synth when they fought the crowd of angry MMTs.
Smidge went all "Smidge" and took down anything that got in her path.
Satin and Chenille ran forward, with Satin saying, "Let's do it," while Chenille added, "Just like old times," and slid on the floor, stretching their hair apart so it could trip over the wave of MMTs that tripped over their hair.
Trollzart, Dante, and Minuet had to defend themselves in the air from the Magic Classical Trolls that pursued them. Minuet decided to hone in a skill she had learned in Trollstopia: mouth guitar, and sent a breezy shockwave that blew some of the students away, while Dante and Trollzart used their batons to conduct a wave of Note Bugs that fended off the other wave of students.
Queen Essence used her tuba and sent a musical shockwave that sent students back into the wall.
Meanwhile, the Country Trolls used their back and front legs to kick away any of the MMTs that came towards them, while clampers used her strong jaw to "clamp" onto the leg of one MMT tightly.
Buckaroo swung her braids around like lassos and threw them towards a faraway table, making a sturdy line that also made some of the MMTs trip.
Melody didn't have enough time to pull out her guitar in defense, so she used a creative idea to defend herself: her prosthetic leg. She took it off, balanced on one leg, and then launched it like a boomerang, hitting many MMTs in the head, before it returned into her hand, and she caught it, placing it back on.
Stereo was helping to protect Beat while Trollex was busy fighting alongside Synth when she saw some of the students coming towards her. She quickly held Beat tight, saying, "Close your eyes, Beat"! Beat did as so before she glowed so bright, the light Was enough to make that crowd of students reel back and cover their eyes in pain. When Beat felt it was safe to open his eyes again, he opened them, with Stereo saying, "Well, my parents did say I loved to "shine"!
McJagger was trying to shield his girlfriend when he saw the students that were coming toward them, as he frantically said, "Please don't hurt us. I'm a pacifist, I don't condone violence. Perhaps we can maybe settle this with words instead of fists"?
Feeling worried for her boyfriend, something came over Laguna as she felt determined, and leaped over, standing in between the group of students that were charging at them, and her boyfriend. One of the students bravely charged at her as Laguna quickly responded with a roundhouse fin kick, much to their surprise, and McJagger's surprise. As more students charged, she fended them off with a series of glowing karate chops and one glow-infused dropkick. Then, she started to glow all over, charging the energy of the glow into her hands, where a bright purple/neon blue glowing sphere formed. She then shouted, "Tech-Glow-Duken," and fired it, hitting the ground below and making the student get sent flying back while also dazing them.
McJagger was really surprised, asking with a blush, "How did you-," as Laguna replied with a smile, "It's a new form of self-defense I learned; I call it Tide-Kwando."
Meanwhile, all of the Normal Trolls soon gathered close together in a circle, where the remaining students soon came charging at them again. On cue, Guy Diamond and Tiny Diamond leaped up high, with Tiny saying, "Peace, love, and glitter," before they both unleashed a glitter cloud that blinded the students, making it hard to see.
Sid soon circle threw the Magic Rock Troll that shoved him into the wall, saying while covered in bruises and some small cuts, "Never...shove me...again."
Feeling like things would hopefully settle soon, the Normal Trolls decided that now was the time that they should leave before more trouble stirred, but not before someone saw them leaving.
Towards the end of the end, back at the Mondejar family's house, Aggie had soon returned home after overhearing what went down in the cafeteria earlier while she was with the principal and her old teachers. Meanwhile, she saw her friends trying to recoup as best they could in the living room, with her aunts and cousins watching them after Encarnacion had received a call from the school that told her what had happened, though many of the Normal Trolls had hung their heads in shame.
Val was helping Melody readjust her prosthetic and tighten a screw by the knee joint. Val asked Biggie, "Screwdriver," as Biggie handed her one and helped screw in the loose screw.
McJagger had wrapped some of Sid's cuts in band-aids, and was currently applying antiseptic to the more serious bruises, saying, "Now, this might sting a little."
Upon applying the soaked cotton ball to a bruise on his leg, Sid screamed in pain, shouting, "Those lying knock-offs at Trollshon and Trollshon's"!
Aggie was placing a band-aid on Trollex's hand, the one he used to punch Scarlet, while saying, "What were you thinking doing that? You could've gotten in a lot of serious trouble"!
Trollex sighed in shame, saying, "I'm sorry, ok? I-I just couldn't take all that bad stuff Scarlet was saying about you! i just acted blindly out of anger without thinking."
Encarnacion then spoke up, saying, "Your Majesties, we do appreciate that you were only just looking out for Aggie," while dolores added, "and we aren't mad or upset about what happened, nor do we not want you to stay here at all, but as much as you want to ensure that our niece is safe, you and your people can't simply do these kinds of things around here."
Cooper then commented, "But we can't just let MMTs like Scarlet say these kind of things to our friend"!
Prince D added, "Cooper's right; no one should be teased or insulted like that."
Rosario then spoke up, saying, "We know, but if you don't want to get into any trouble, it might be best if you try to ignore them for now."
Smidge then shouted, "Oh my guh, ignore them?! after what they were saying about her"?!
Holly added, "That's almost laake we're just lettin' 'em make fun ov hurr"!
Anunciacion then declared, "Hang on, y'all, that ain't what Rosario meant. What she means is that bein' able ta ignore someone's insults aw remarks, it's ayy hidden strength. Ay'n it helps ta show othuurrs that you're bettuurr than those who choose ta faheet back."
Vic Lo then added, "And let's not forget: as much as you guys were doing what you thought was the right thing, even if it was "Defending" as you called it, we don't want something like this to ruin Aggie's reputation or our family's reputation for welcoming you guys here just because of an incident like this.
Salome added, "Or even worse: if word about it gets outside, it might even ruin your own reputations as well."
Everyone, especially the leaders, all sat in silence, realizing this was something they didn't take notice of, or even consider, as DJ Suki commented, "Geesh, I guess we didn't think of that," while Trollzart added, "We fail to take that into notice before conducting what had went down."
Salome then said, "So, for now at least, I think it would be best if you all did your best to stay out of trouble. Plus, let's not forget that this is Harmonious Land: where we should be living together in harmony, not the other way around.
All of the Normal Trolls, and a "in pain" Sid, nodded in agreement, with Riff saying, "Understood."
"Okay," replied Clampers.
"Absofunkalutely," replied R and B in unison.
Later that night, in the guest room, while the Normal Trolls were settling in, many of them were still feeling upset over what had happened. the guys were doing their best to settle in, but couldn't help but overhear the girls' chatting away.
Melody then exclaimed, "Ok, that's it! I can't take it! We can't just simply sit here, in this room, and do absolutely nothing about this"!
Delta commented, "Mel, relax. Ay know y'all are still tense about what happened-,"
Smidge added, "Melody's right! We can't just stand by and "ignore" this! She was first bullied because she hadn't been able to decide on her Music in Life, and now, she's being bullied for having True Colors?! It's just not fair"!
Holly added, "Yeah, y'all! why do they got ta be laake that"?!
Val added, "Why do they intend to make her life more miserable"?!
Poppy tried to ease everyone's tension, saying, "Look, I know we all want to defend and protect Aggie, but her aunts are right: we can't risk causing any trouble because we're Normal Trolls. We don't want to do anything to repeat what our ancestors did in the past. I know it'll be har,d but perhaps it is best that we leave Scarlet alone; it wouldn't be worth it if we tried to fight back."
Sid groaned in pain, saying, "Though we would look like cowards if we didn't."
Branch then remarked, "Says the same guy who got beaten up in a cafeteria brawl. I mean, what was up with that anyway"?
Sid replied, "Well, one of those students who fought us shouldn't have shoved me like that."
Synth commented, "Yo, you got major anger issues."
sid retorted, "Well, life isn't cupcakes and rainbows; some of us just don't appreciate being pushed around."
Then, all of the Normal Trolls heard sounds outside the window and glanced over to notice what was going on outside. noticing Scarlet and her band mates walking down the sidewalk along the road.
Scarlet was holding an ice pack over the black eye she had, while commenting, "Why did I even choose to open my mouth and voice about Aggie to her friends, those "Normal" Trolls. That blue Techno one really nailed me."
Dusty then commented, "Ay don't even know why they're so protective 'bout Aggie anyways."
Scarlet then replied with a snort, "Who knows, who cares? Whatever their reason may be, they sure picked the wrong MMt to be friends with," and chuckled with her bandmates.
Many of the Normal Trolls got upset about this, with Minuet shouting, "That's it! I say we teach them a lesson"!
Barb got up, saying, "Agreed. Shall i introduce them to my best friends Dead," while raising her left fist before adding as she raised her right fist, "and Meat"?
Essence then spoke up, saying, "Minuet, Barb, no! They may anger us, but remember was Ms. Encarnacion told us: even if it's hard, we have to ignore them and stay out of trouble."
Suddenly, they heard the conversation continue outside, with Opal asking, "What about those Normal Trolls? Your thoughts"?
Scarlet scoffed and answered, "Well, they may be good fighters, but let's face reality, y'all: they're Normal Trolls! They have no power, no magic! They're just as weak and useless as Aggie is," as she laughed while they walked away.
That was enough to send Essence over the edge, as she announced, "Let's beat that punk Rock b****"!
Literally everyone was shocked to hear the Queen of Funk use such language in that moment, especially Sid, who laughed in response, as Rhythm declared, "Woah," while Blues added, "Queen Essence"!
Buckaroo commented, "Hot dang, y'all; y'all drop ayy hot one raheet there," while Laguna added, "Language"!
Essence quickly cleared her throat, saying, "apologies for that, everyone. I shouldn't have said that. It's just that-,"
DJ Suki commented, "no, no, it's ok, your majesty. We can understand why you said that. and we agree: we have to do something"!
Poppy suddenly got a great idea, saying, "And I think I know just what to do."
Over at the school, a little while later, Scarlet and her band were resting at the quadrangle after a huge rehearsal for a performance they were doing tomorrow as part of their project. Everyone was asleep in their sleeping bags on the stage, hugging their instruments close to them.
Behind in the shadows, in secret, despite it being dark, a bunch of cyan, lavender with pink streaks, red, cotton-candy, purple, and blue hair wrapped around Scarlet and her bandmates and carried them gently off the stage and onto the floor. Meanwhile, some of the other Normal Trolls were working together to place speakers and sound and audio equalizers up onto the stage, and plugged in all of the electronic devices. Once everything was set, Trollex placed on his headphones and made sure Beat was set in his spot before he raised his hand up and pressed Beat, sending a loud sonic soundwave that stirred Scarlet and her bandmates awake, while also blowing them across the floor.
Scarlet was the most shocked out of everyone, looking around to see who could've done that, until she heard someone familiar say, "ooh, so sorry about that, Scarlet"!
When the smoke from the soundwave faded, it revealed Trollex at his DJ mixer and the Normal Trolls with the instruments of their respective genres, as he smiled brightly, saying, "Didn't mean to startle you like that; guess we can be a bit...magical...at times."
Scarlet groaned and got up, smirking at them while saying, "Oh, really? You expect me to believe that you Normal Trolls do have magic now"?
Trollzart waved his baton around, saying, "Quite so, yes. See, by day, we may seem to be regular old Normal Trolls; simple, powerless, easy-going."
Barb added, "but when night falls,a nd the moon comes out, we go crazy and our magic runs wild," while playing her guitar, as a set of fireworks played behind them.
Cooper added, "Yeah, we got tricks up our sleeves, just like my card magic"! He pulled out a set of cards from under his hat, saying as he folded his cards up and showed one that remained, "Is this your card, my favorite twin"?
Prince D nodded, saying, "You bet it is, man," while the ambassadors, delegates, and associates cheered.
Scarlet rolled her eyes before saying, "Ok then, you "Normal" outsiders. You think you got what it takes? Let's see how you can handle this"! On cue, she pulled out her guitar, Nadine had her acoustic guitar out, Opal strummed her harp, Ethel had a bass guitar at the ready, Zyrus was ready with his keyboard, and Dusty was set with his fiddle.
Branch strummed on his electric bass guitar, Poppy had her signature ukelele out, Essence wore her tuba, Quincy had his bass guitar, Delta was ready with her banjo, Trollzart twirled his baton, Barb was at the ready with her aze-shaped guitar, and Trollex was set with his DJ mixer.
Both sides stared each other down before they started to play their music together, with the MMTs making sure the music they played each followed their genre of music that they picked.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I'm Still Standing (Taron Egerton version) (Short Excerpt)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scarlet and her band (each member playing their associated music): You could never know what it's like! Your blood like winter freezes just like ice!
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you! You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use!
Normal Trolls Leaders: And did you think this fool could never win? Well look at me, I'm coming back again!
I got a taste of love in a simple way! And if you need to know, while I'm still standing, you just fade away!
Scarlet and her band (each member playing their associated music): And don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did? Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid!
While Scarlet and her band played, it sent an electric shock at the Normal Trolls that almost made them stumble.
Normal Trolls Leaders: And I'm still standing after all this time! Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind!
While the leaders of the Normal Trolls played, it sent an electric shock at Scarlet and her bandmates that almost made them stumble.
All: I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah! I'm still standing, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Suddenly, both sides began to emit two colorful rainbow-like powers; a light rainbow power from the leaders, and a dark rainbow power from Scarlet's band
The ambassadors, delegates, and even associates, except for Sid, who just sat and watched the battle going on, all joined in, playing the instruments that they brought, along with the leaders. This caused a huge power battle to emerge, with both sides not backing down as the electric power seemed to go back and forth everywhere.
Near the end of the song, Scarlet ran forward and smashed her guitar, as did Barb, but then, the leaders seemed to notice something going on. Because they were so focused on playing their music loud and hard, they failed to notice that their people and Scarlet's bandmates were arguing loudly at each other while still playing their instruments hard and loud out of rage. All of the leaders gasped, realizing this had gone way too far, and it had to stop now before someone got hurt.
Poppy quickly announced, "No, no, no, on, no! Guys, we did not think this through; we have to stop, now"!
Sid then noticed something that made him really concerned: Demo and Val were bashing their guitars up against a pillar, inexplicably chopping it, and there was a huge crack growing on the pillar. Not thinking, he shouted, "Guys, stop"!
His shout was enough to get both Rock Trolls to stop and see what had just happened, because of what they were doing, as the crack got bigger and it started to collapse, falling towards the front of the school.
Everyone watched in shock/horror as the pillar fell and created a giant hole in the front of the school, where the main door used to be.
No one dared to move or say anything at first, until Synth, out of shock, commented, "Oh, snap, yo"!
Smidge hyperventilate, saying, "Oh my guh, Oh my guh, Oh my guh, Oh my guh, Oh my guh! What have we done"?!
Guy Diamond panicked, saying, "That's one hu-u-u-u-u-u-uge hole," while Tiny added, "Dang, daddy! Think we went overboard just a little"?
Sid then shouted, "A little?! There's a giant, freaking hole in the front of the school! We are so dead! We are dead, we are dead, we are dead, we are dead, we are dead"!
Gust quickly, and gently, gave Sid a small knock upside the head, saying, "Get ayy hold ov yourself, Sid! Just be grateful no one got hurt."
Trollzart then realized something and gasped in horror, saying, "Oh no! What about the school staff"?!
On cue, the school staff members came running down the hall towards the hole, with Sarabes asking, "What is going on here," while Principal Lauro asked, "Is everyone ok"?
While the Normal Trolls all sighed in relief to see that the school staff was ok, Poppy replied, "Look, we are so-," before suddenly, Aggie arrived, shouting, "guys, don't do it! Don't-," before seeing the destruction that had already taken place, making Aggie sigh and say, "Nevermind."
Trollex, seeing Aggie, asked, "Aggie, what are you doing here? And how on earth did you even-," before he saw Aggie secretly point to her eye, which indicated that she had earlier, had a vision about it.
Flashback to earlier
While Poppy was explaining the plan to the Normal Trolls, Aggie was resting in her bedroom when she suddenly felt a vision coming.
In her mind, the vision played the small part of where the pillar fell and landed, creating the hole at the front of the school.
Once the vision ended, Aggie gasped, saying to herself, "Oh no! I got to make sure my friends don't go to the school again"!
However, when she flew over to the guest room to warn her friends, they were already gone.
Aggie facepalmed and quickly flew downstairs, hoping to get to the school on time before something bad happened.
End of flashback.
Knowing what Aggie was referring to, Trollex pretended to ask, "Did you, uh, hear the crash from your, uh, aunts' house"?
Aggie nodded, saying, "Uhh...yes! Yes, I, uh, did! It was so loud, i could hear it from my, uh...home."
Prince d then spoke up, saying, "We are so sorry that this happened. Things just got out of hand when we were pretending to be magical like the MMTs and-,"
Then, Scarlet scoffed, cackling while saying, "Ha! I had a feeling you guys were flaking it! you just wanted to make us look bad"!
Buckaroo then spoke up, saying, "Nawht at all! We may have been pretendin', but we weren't "flakin' it" as y'all put it as."
Stereo replied, "Yeah, we were only trying to protect Aggie"!
"Protecting Aggie...from her," said R and B, Laguna, Cooper, Satin and Chenille, and Cooper as they pointed at Scarlet.
Legsly then stated, "Even when we first arrived here, Scarlet's been nothing but a big bully to Aggie"!
"Calling her a freak! A weird-o! Teasing her just because she finally earned her True Colors, and it's not right at all! Forgive me for losing my cool, but no one should be teased or bullied just because you look different from others," added Low-Note Jones.
"Yeah, no one should ever be treated like that; it's just wrong," added Melody.
Scarlet then said, "You all can't possibly be believing them, right? I bet they're just making this stuff up to try and make us all turn against one another so that our kind can split, just like they did"!
The normal Trolls all bit their tongues, hating how Scarlet brought up the past.
Sid finally had enough of it, saying, "Ok, you, shut up, Ms. "Princess", because that is not what this is all about"!
Scarlet and Sid glared at each other while McJagger kept them apart, saying, "Easy, let's not break into another fight, ok"?
King Quincy then commented, "Principal Lauro, you have to believe us when we say that Scarlet has been doing nothing to causing so much pain and strife to our friend's life. Yes, we have caused some trouble, but we only did it to help protect and defend Aggie."
Branch added, "Yeah, Aggie is a very close friend of us, and we would never let anything make her feel so miserable."
Delta mentioned, "Yeah, Aggie's one ov us, ayn' if someone messes with one ov us, they mess with all ov us togethuurr."
Lauro simply glared at the Normal Trolls for a few seconds before he suddenly...smiled and shrugged, saying, "Yeah, we kind of knew that already."
Everyone gasped in shock, with the Normal Trolls saying, "You knew"?!
Scarlet, confused, asked, "You knew"?
Aggie grinned sheepishly, smiling while saying, "Sorry, guys, but you know that I'm a terrible liar."
Principal Lauro nodded, saying, "Why yes, we knew. Ms. Galido told us everything, and her Aunt Encarnacion told us more of the details over the phone. We understand that you were merely looking out for a friend, and well, we can't punish you for defending a fellow friend. After all, it is common to help others in need...your Majesties," before he and the other staff members bowed in front of the leaders.
Scarlet suddenly gasped in shock, asking, "Wait, you're...you're royalty"?!
Poppy answered, "Well, just me, Branch, Barb, Trollzart, Quincy, Essence, Trollex, and Delta. Everyone else are our fellow ambassadors, delegates, and associates who all wanted to come along with us."
Scarlet couldn't believe what she had just heard and was now coming to the full realization that she had not only insulted the leaders of the Normal Trolls but had also been beaten up by the king of Techno himself.
She wasn't the only one to know of this as Barb then chuckled, saying, "That means that you also just got your butt whooped by the King of Techno himself," while some of the other Normal Trolls were laughing along with her.
Confesor then mentioned, "Ayn' we've been long aware of Scarlet ayn' huurr reputashun as the school's popluaar gerl, as well as hurr, um..."Bad streak." She's been known faw breakin' many ov the school's rules, and despaate all ov the warnin's we've given hurr, ayn' the multiple suspenshuns, she hasn't changed one bit."
Scarlet merely rolled her eyes and scoffed in response.
Lauro then commented, "Ms. Scarlet, don't think you're getting off that easily. You've been causing trouble today as well, including bullying some of the other students, including Ms. Galido, insulting our visitors and the leaders of the Normal Trolls, and starting that chaos that occurred in the cafeteria earlier today. Unfortunately, that marks your third violation on your third strike this year, and according to our school policy, this means that you're expelled."
All of Scarlet's bandmates gasped in shock, especially Scarlet, who looked horrified to have been expelled.
Essence then asked, "Lauro, is that really necessary? Don't you think expulsion might be a bit extreme"?
Principal Lauro then said, "I'm sorry, but my decision is final."
Suddenly, Barb had a great idea, saying, "Well, maybe there is something we can arrange. We're more than happy to let this little battle scene go if you agree to stop making fun of Aggie and us whenever we want to come visit the school. Deal"?
Scarlet groaned, saying, "Fine," as the Normal Rock Trolls all cheered. It didn't make her anger fade though, as Scarlet then retorted, "You all are so weird! Lauro, you shouldn't be giving them special treatment just because they happen to be the royal leaders! Especially considering Aggie has all the music genres and we don't"!
Sabares then said, "Actually, Scarlet, we can," which made Scarlet roll her eyes, saying, "Seriously, why do we have to accept these weirdos here"?!
All pf the Normal Trolls gasped, feeling offended by what Scarlet had said, and were ready to say something in retort, but Aggie then marched forward, glaring at Scarlet angrily, while saying, "Hey, you do not talk to my friends like that"!
Scarlet retorted, "Oh please, with those weirdos as your "Friends" as you call them, it makes you even more of a weird-o now."
Aggie then commented towards her ex-girlfriend, "You know what? I'd rather live being a weirdo with my friends who actually care about me than to be around someone who is heartless, condescending, and is fat due to all the discrimination that you gorge on every day"!
While the teachers were all very surprised to hear Aggie say this, the Normal Trolls were just as shocked, seeing how Aggie was defending them just like how they defended her earlier, with Sid laughing in response, saying, "Oh, snap! You just got owned"!
Scarlet looked ready to pop, shouting, "You little moron! I am not fat"!
Aggie didn't seem deterred, as she leaned towards Scarlet, smiling, with something on her mind, as she then took out a plastic cup from her hair that was full of chocolate milkshake. Without even thinking, she opened the cover of the cup, took out the straw, and then ceremoniously dumped the cup onto the top of Scarlet's head.
Scarlet gasped in horror/fright while quickly shutting her eyes so it wouldn't hit her eyes. The Normal Trolls gasped again while many of them laughed and chuckled in response, with the leaders all smiling proudly at Aggie.
Then, to top it all off, Aggie asked Cooper, "Cooper, a cupcake please"?
Cooper nodded and made one pop out of his butt and gave it to Aggie, who smirked, saying, "Oh, and by the way, this cupcake...it came form cooper's butt," and stuffed it into Scarlet's mouth.
Scarlet couldn't even react at first, until she saw Cooper poop out another cupcake, like the one in her mouth, and frantically spat out the one she had. She frantically got up and ran out of the school crying, while her bandmates followed her in concern.
All of the Normal Trolls laughed in response, with Sid saying, "Eat on that, sucker"!
Melody shouted, "That's what you get when you mess with us"!
Cooper added, "And no one rejects my cupcakes! Ever"!
Aggie then turned around and faced her friends, saying, "Wow, guys. I still can't believe you guys would do all of this just for me."
Beat smiled, saying, "Hey, you're one of us, Aggie; you're our friend. you're practically family to us."
Dante added, "Precisely. We would never let anyone want to make fun of you. We would always want to defend you, the same way you defended us."
Seeing everyone nod in agreement, Aggie felt happy tears build up around her eyes and, on cue, their Hug Time watches dinged, indicating it was Hug Time. Aggie opened her arms up wide and brought all of her friends into a hug. Sid didn't want to partake in the group hug, since he wasn't a hugger, but Poppy used her hair to bring him into the group hug either way. Though everyone had their eyes closed to enjoy the warm embrace, Sid looked around curiously before showing a secret smile, which meant he secretly enjoyed the hug.
Lauro then cleared his throat to make them separate from the hug and turn around to face him, while he said, "Pardon me. While I know it's rude to interrupt a sweet moment like this, I do want to point out that you Normal Trolls still did cause some destruction to the school, and I suggest that maybe it'd be helpful if you stay around to help fix it."
All of the Normal Trolls and Aggie looked around, seeing a brick fall from the top of the hole, and they all grinned nervously/sheepishly, nodding in agreement.
All night long, they worked together to help fix the hole, putting cement on the bricks and stacking them back into place.
Until further notice, Lauro announced that until the hole was fixed, the school would be suspended.
Everyone was working hard to get everything into place, as Holly commented after kicking a cemented brick into place, "Hot dang, Aggie, this here would be ayy lot easiuurr with magic."
"I wish we did have magic; imagine all we could do," commented Tiny as he poured some water into a bucket where Clameprs had poured in powdered cement and was mixing it together.
Aggie smiled, saying, "Well, if you guys did have magic, it'd be pretty hard to tell the difference between our tribes then, would it"?
Sid was pushing a wheelbarrow full of bricks, saying, "Yeah, but it'd make this job go so much faster," and sat down, exhausted.
Aggie rolled her eyes from Sid's response and merely gave him a strong/harsh kick to the side with her hoof, making sid hold his side and quickly stand up, returning back to work, pushing the bricks over to those who were applying the cement.
Stereo asked, "Say, future sis-in-law, from what we heard of what you've gone through your whole life, it's safe to guess that not all MMTs act this way, right"?
Aggie nodded, saying, "Yeah, not everyone acts like Scarlet. There's still plenty of harmony all over the place. you just need to know where to look."
Poppy then announced, "Well, we've only been here for three days, so, i think it'd be good if we stay here for a bit to see what else is around."
Hearing this, Aggie grew very excited, "Asking, "Really? You guys would stay a little longer"?
Essence added, "Of course; we know you still need us, Aggie, and we are all here to help get this through, no matter if the other MMTs accept us here or not."
Trollex nodded, saying, "Essence is right, Aggie. Our kingdom can wait for a little longer; it isn't like anything bad is happening over there."
Aggie smiled and hugged her Techno boyfriend in response, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, so that no one would see it, except the Normal Trolls, as Trollex smiled and blushed in response, holding Aggie close to him.
Sid, overhearing this, muttered, "Nothing bad may not be happening no-," before he accidentally tripped and fell, splashing some dirty water onto him, making sid groan and comment while taking the bucket off his head, "This job has me all wet," as everyone returned to completing the job.