"You came from another world?" The one called Branch stared at the two humans, the distrust coming from him was almost tangible. They had been led by the two trolls to a small pod like thing in a tree to explain more. Despite the distrust from him, the other troll seemed to welcome them with open arms. She happily led them towards the pod talking about how they could stay with them as long as they'd like. "It's kind of a long story." Star mumbled awkwardly. Branch crossed his arms. "We have time." Star fidgeted a moment before turning to her best friend. "You'll be better at explaining this than me." Ash gave her an unimpressed look and sighed before explaining.

"You tried to summon one of us?" Branch glared at the humans. "So, a troll would've been stuck in your world unable to leave?" Star shook her head holding her hands up panicking. "Wait no, you don't understand. My great great great grandmother-" Ash covered Star's mouth. This idiot is just going to make everything worse. "It was a mistake, we thought it was just a silly game her great grandmother used to play. Games like that aren't uncommon for children to play in our world."

Poppy tilted her head to the side going over the words. "Grant wishes?" Star nodded as Ash shrugged unsure. "I've never heard of anything like that, I think we should ask my father." Poppy turned towards the other troll. "Hey Branch, could you go get my dad?" Branch looked at her like she had lost her mind. "What? You want me to leave you alone with them?" He pointed accusingly towards the two friends. "I'm not leaving you alone with them. Look, you go get King Peppy and I'll stay here with them." The look he gave her left no room for argument. "Okay, but you better be nice to them." She ordered. He huffed in response as she ran off. "So uh, that your girlfriend?" Star grinned.

"Star, shut up."


It was not long before the queen returned with an older orange troll. Ash glanced over him, noting his graying hair that looked like it had once been the same shade of his daughter's hair. His expression switched from confusion to shock after laying eyes on the humans before him. "W-what? What did you say you are?" He stepped closer to Star but still kept a small distance. "We're humans." Star stepped back awkwardly. "Humans" He mumbled softly to himself. "and you say you're from another world?" Ash once again repeated the story of how they ended up in this world.

"You were trying to summon a troll to grant a wish? What wish did you want granted?"

Ash shook her head. "I didn't have a wish, like I said I thought it was just some silly story."

He turned to Star "Oh, um, yeah, I didn't have a wish." He gave her an odd look. "But it was your idea?"

"Yeah."

"Well, what were you going to do if a troll actually appeared?"

"Share the cupcakes Ash made?" Yeah, Star had no idea what she would've done.

Weirdly enough, the former king and the current queen happily welcomed them. Explaining they had a library of scrapbooks that might have some information about how the two can return home. The two trolls and Star happily chatted about this. Ash turned to Branch who still looked uneasy. He seemed to be the more sensible one of the trio.

"Let's go, we'll take you to the library and we can see what we have." Queen Poppy grinned as she turned to lead everyone. "Wait, Poppy, maybe it's better to not bring them through the middle of the village? At least right now." Branch spoke up as everyone walked down a path. Nearing their destination an odd version of 'girls just want to have fun' could be heard. Ash raised a brow hearing it. Trolls just want to have fun? "It might upset everyone, a meeting to introduce them first would probably go more smoothly." Yeah, Branch is definitely the more sensible one Ash thought to herself. "Oh, I guess you're right." Poppy shrugged and turned towards them with a grin. "Let's get you two settled first. You're probably tired anyway." As Poppy spoke the words exhaustion hit Ash like a train. Now that she knew they were safe for the most part, the exhaustion quickly caught up. Branch offered to lead them to a room that would be a safe enough distance nobody should notice them at the moment, but they'd still be within the village limits. It was starting to get dark the closer they got to the village though it seemed nobody would be going to bed just yet. The music was getting louder, and bright lights flashed, instead of seeing getting close enough to see much of the village they were lead towards their room. "Is it okay if you share this room for now? We can get your own rooms tomorrow." Branch mumbled. It had two standard beds; it would be enough. "It's fine, thank you." He nodded. "Okay, goodnight." "Night."

As they started to settle down someone stood outside the room and called out "Sorry, are you still awake?" It was the queen. Star stood to open the door and let the queen step inside. "I know you're tired, but I wanted to go ahead and give you these. They are some scrapbooks with our history; you could look through them once you're ready. Tomorrow morning I'll come by and" a bracelet on her wrist lit up. "Oh it's hug time!" She pulled the two into a hug. "Ah sorry, it's a habit. We hug every hour." Ash's eyes widened. "Every hour?" "Yup!" "Anyway, I'll come by in the morning. Oh, and here's some cake for dinner." Ash took the cake from the troll. "Oh, thanks." Poppy grinned. "Of course, goodnight."

Ash stared at the door with a frown.

"They hug every hour."

"Come on Ash. Let's look through these books."

After half an hour of flipping through the scrap books Ash tossed one on the small table. "These are useless." She sighed flopping back on the bed. "Maybe we're just looking over something important because we're tired?" Star offered. "Maybe." Ash mumbled turning into her pillow. "We'll figure it out in the morning, right? Goodnight Ash." The brunette didn't bother responding.


Ash and Star stood across from the three trolls they had met the day before. Ash had hoped that it was just a really strange dream her mind made up after the story Star told her. She was pretty sure Star had felt the same way. King Peppy once again listened to the odd story of how the girls got to their world. After the great grandmother was mentioned again King Peppy spoke up "How long ago was this?" He looked up at Star. "Oh, it was my great great great grandmother so" Star glanced at Ash hoping she'd have an answer. "Maybe 100 or 150 years?" Ash mumbled thinking of what year her own grandparents were born and doing some math to get a basic idea of when her grandparent's great grandparents would have been alive. King Peppy nodded, "The information was most likely lost if it was that long ago, with everything that's happened in the last 100 years." Ash rubbed her forehead feeling a headache coming on. Of course, she thought bitterly.

"But the other tribes might know something." King Peppy rubbed his chin.

"Other tribes?"

"Yeah, there's tribes for different music. The main ones are pop, country, funk, classical, techno, and rock." Poppy grinned.

"Do you think they'll know about the wishes, or maybe a way to get us home?" Star questioned hopefully.

"We'll need to ask them; I'll send out messages to every tribe requesting the leaders to come here for a meeting."

Ash tilted her head processing the new information. "Where do the other tribes live?" Poppy turned to her "They live in different lands." "Could you describe the lands?" Poppy nodded. "Yeah, so the country trolls live in a desert type land, the classical trolls live in the mountains, techno trolls live under the sea, funk trolls live on a flying ship" Star and Ash glanced at each other at the flying ship detail "and the rock trolls living in a rocky place. There's not many plants there." Poppy grinned.


The two humans watched as the trolls sang and dance to a different version of another popular pop song. "Isn't it weird? They have versions of our songs, yet they don't know anything about our world or humans." Star questioned as she continued to stare at the singing and dancing trolls. "Honestly, it's probably the least weird thing about this situation." "Yeah, but it's still weird." They waited for the trolls to finish their performance, apparently the Queen would be introducing them to everyone later in the day. She had told them to relax beforehand, though with the constant music and dancing it was a tad bit hard to truly relax. So, they both sat watching the trolls and eating cupcakes the queen kindly brought them. "You know, these cupcakes taste better than yours." Star mumbled as she stuffed another colorful cupcake in her mouth. "Why would you say that?" "It's true though." They stared at each other a moment before Ash huffed. "Whatever."

After another three or four songs the queen and Branch approached them. "Hi! Are you ready to meet everyone?" "Honestly? Not really." Just the idea of being introduced to that many people bothered Ash but having to be thrust in front of them wasn't ideal. Though they didn't really have much of a choice in the matter. "It'll be okay, we'll be right here with you the whole time, right Branch?" Poppy nudged Branch as she spoke. "Right."

Poppy stood on a type of colorful mushroom while other trolls surrounded it. There were so many of them, though they all looked different color wise for the most part they were all very similar. "Look at them, they're covered in glitter." Star shook Ash's shoulder to get her attention. "I know, I can see them." Poppy grinned down the villagers waiting to hear what the meeting was about. "Hi everyone! So, I recently made some new friends and I'd like to introduce them to you." Branch motioned for them to follow him up. The silence that followed when they came into view of everyone was deafening. Ash clinched and uncliched her fist, a nervous habit. "These are my new friends, Ash and Star." Poppy glanced at the shocked and confused faces in the crowd then paused realizing she hadn't actually thought of how she was going to explain what they were. She blinked racking her mind for something to say. Thankfully Branch who was concerned something like this might happen quickly stepped in. "They're a different type of troll, from another land. They're kind of rare…" he trailed off waiting for Poppy to pick up. "Right! Yeah, they're friends from a distant land. They will be staying with us a little while. I hope everyone makes them feel welcomed." A larger blue troll with light colored hair spoke up. "Different type of troll? What type are you?" Poppy turned to Ash and Star though the two of them just looked completely lost. "What kind of music do you play?" Oh, right. They were separated by different genres of music. "We don't sing or play any kind of instruments." Ash spoke up. The crowd including Queen Poppy gasped in horror.

"So, you do like music." Poppy sighed in relief. After the comment many trolls started yelling out and it was decided they should step aside for a moment. "Yeah, of course. I just can't sing or play any instrument. Neither can she." Ash pointed with her thumb towards Star. "I don't believe that, I believe you can sing, just try." Ash shook her head. "I can't sing well." She corrected herself. Star nodded. "Yeah, I sound like a dying cat." She laughed thinking about the last time she was singing for someone. Poppy stepped back towards the crowd. "It's okay everyone, they do like music. They just believe they can't sing well." A sound of relief went through the crowd. Though an odd feeling swept over Ash, she had a feeling Poppy would eventually be pushing them to sing. I guess if they want their eardrums to bleed that's on them. She thought.

Everyone accepted them rather easily, some asking about where they were from. "This material feels odd." Satin or Chenille (Ash wasn't sure which one was which at the moment) mumbled as they tugged on Ash's jacket. Ash didn't know how to respond; it was a normal cotton zip up hoodie. Honestly, she was more caught up on the fact they were conjoined by their hair. What would happened if they cut their hair? While Ash was lost in thought about the twins' shared hair, Star was gushing over a tiny glitter troll. "Oh, you're so cute." Star bent down to look the little glitter troll in the eye. "What's your name?" "Tiny Diamond." Star blinked shocked after hearing his deep voice. "Daddy!" The tiny troll ran to a larger glitter troll that looked similar to him. Poppy pulled the two along introducing them to all her closest friends.

Biggie, Satin and Chenille, Guy Diamond, Smidge…Ash thought to herself trying to remember the handful that seemed to be pushed onto her. She was probably forgetting some names but there was way too much going on, she just wanted to go back to her room, though the meeting ended up turning into a party to welcome the two of them and it would be rude to leave a party for you too early.


"I changed my mind, we're in hell." Ash groaned as Star sat beside her on the bed. "Oh, come on, it's not that bad." Ash turned to Star with a blank stare. "They hug every hour, they sing pop music almost nonstop, they only eat sweets, you enjoy this?" Star laughed awkwardly. "At least you like pop? It could be a genre you don't like." Ash flopped back on her bed. "Honestly, it's hard to hate pop. But even if I loved pop, they sing it nonstop. Add some rock in or something. Also, I'm pretty sure I'm getting a cavity." Ash grumbled running her tongue over one of her wisdom teeth. They had already been there one week now; the other tribe leaders should be arriving today according to Queen Poppy. "God, I hope one of the tribes has information on how we can get home." While everyone welcomed them with open arms, it was just too much. "Hey, I wonder what the other trolls look like." Star poked Ash's side as she spoke. "Everyone just accepted it when Branch and Poppy said we're trolls. So, I'm curious what the other ones might look like." Ash slapped Star's hand away. "We'll see in a few hours; I can't even begin to try to imagine what they might look like." Star tsked the brunette. "Not creative enough?"

"If you don't shut up. Go away, I want to rest before we are dragged to the meeting. Who knows how it will end up? Hopefully not another all-night party." Ash stood up to shove Star out of the room.

She groaned as she fell back onto the bed. "This is too much." While she loved her best friend, she also loves time to herself. Typically reading books alone at night, but since coming to this world there hasn't really been any quiet time. There are weird creatures that are much larger than her, so the idea of going out on a walk alone concerned her. Star wouldn't be much help on a walk because she doesn't know how to handle those creatures either. The trolls know how to handle the creatures and which ones are safe, however, she wouldn't really get the peace and quiet she longed for with a troll. Maybe Branch, but he still seemed suspicious of them and she didn't want to bother anyone by dragging them out.

"Knock knock, are you ready?" A voice called from behind Ash's door. She frowned at the door. "Not really." The door opened to reveal Star grinning. "Oh, come on, they might have the answer for how we can get home." Yeah, not getting my hopes up. Ash thought as she followed Star towards the library.


The two humans stood an awkward distance from the circle of trolls in the library. "I think we're late." Star loudly whispered to Ash. The large group turned to look at the two. Ash gulped; the feeling of their eyes was so much more intense than when Queen Poppy introduced the two to her village. Probably because they know we are not from this world. Ash took a deep breath and stepped forward, trying to ignore the feeling of their eyes on her. "I'm sorry, are we late?" Poppy grinned at the two. "Oh no, don't worry we didn't give you a set time. Let me introduce you to everyone." She first pointed to towards trolls who looked more like giraffes body shaped wise. "This is King Quincy and Queen Essence, They are the king and queen of the funk trolls." Wow, they're cooler than I'll ever be was the first thought that crossed her mind when she got a good look at them. Both gave the two friends warm smiles. "This is Mayor Delta Dawn, she's mayor of the country trolls." She held her hands on her hips are she stared at them. A horse type troll? I guess it fits the country part, her outfit certainly looked country. "This is Trollzart, he's the leader of the classical trolls." Ash glanced to the small troll that reminded her a bit of a cherub with the hairstyle of someone from the 1700s. "This is King Trollex, he's the king of the techno trolls." Wait, is that actually his beating heart? Ash stared at the center of his chest for a moment before noticing his lower half. Oh my god, is he a merman? Mertroll? "And this is Queen Barb, she's queen of the rock trolls." The grey troll reminded Ash of the kids in high school she wanted to be friends with but was too shy to approach.

"Now, what did ya'll say ya'll are?" Mayor Delta was the one to speak up first. The thick southern accent threw the two humans off. Despite her genre being country, they weren't actually expecting to hear a southern accent. "We're humans." Star smiled awkwardly at the mayor. Queen Essence stepped closer to the two and tilted her head. "We weren't able to find anything in our records about humans. How exactly did you get here?"

After sharing the story of how they arrived once again, all the leaders glanced at each other unsure. "So, did anybody happen to come across anything?" Queen Poppy asked hopefully. Ash blinked and suddenly a neon blob moved close to her and Star, blinking once more the 'blob' cleared and she realized it was the king of techno. He moved back just as quickly. "How long ago was it you believe your grandmother might have summoned a troll?" He questioned Star. "It was my great great great grandmother, I'm not sure of the exact time, but I think maybe 100-150 years ago."

Queen Barb's eyes locked on Ash's wrist. "Is that a tattoo?" Barb questioned while reaching for Ash's arm and pulling it closer to her face to see the word written on her right wrist. "Friend?" Ash gently tugged her arm back and pulled the sleeve of her jacket down to cover her wrist once more. "Uh yeah." Barb crossed her arms. "Are you sure you're not part rock troll? You have a tattoo." She laughed awkwardly stuffing her hands in her pockets. "I'm sure. Tattoos are a human thing too." King Quincy stepped forward to get everyone's attention. "If it was that long ago, we need to look deeper in any records we might have. It might also help to ask our elders if they heard any stories when they were young about different worlds. It'll be best to keep the information about them bring from another world quiet for now though." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Oh, do you think the bergens might have any information? I can ask Bridget."

"I don't think they'd know anything, but it wouldn't hurt to ask." Branch shrugged.

"What's a bergen?" Star questioned.


Star tugged Ash around the village. "I wonder what the bergens are like? I swear this feels like a really weird dream I can't wake up from. Do you think we'll be able to visit the other trolls' tribes' homes? I'm really curious about the spaceship one. That would be so cool, don't you think so?" Star paused waiting for Ash to reply. The brunette perked up as a familiar scent crossed her "Ash, I'm talking to you. Hey, where are you going? Ash?" Ignoring her friend, Ash headed towards the smell which led her to Queen Poppy and another troll. "Oh Ash, this is my friend Hickory. He's a yodeler, Hickory this is Ash, she's one of the ones I was telling you about." Hickory tilted his hat in greeting. "It's nice to meet you sweetheart." His brow raised when he noticed she wasn't actually paying attention to him, instead she was focused on the beverage in his hand. "Would you like a cappuccino?"

"God yes."

Hickory motioned for her to sit down as he stood to fix her drink. Star plopped down beside Ash a moment later mumbling about how she'd left her. "His cappuccinos are great." Poppy grinned. The troll came back quickly with the drink and asked Star if she'd like one. "No thanks, I don't drink coffee."

"This is amazing. I think this is the best cappuccino I've ever had." Sure, the fact it's the first cappuccino she's had in a week after eating nothing but sweets all week might make it taste slightly better than it actually is, but it's still a good cappuccino.

Hickory smirked at the compliment. "Thank you darlin'."