Trolls: No Troll Left Behind
Chapter 3: Creek's Forgiveness
Hello again! An short chapter up ahead but I promise that the next one will be longer. Also, flashbacks are in bold italic and songs are in regular italic.
Poppy POV
CREEK?! I exclaimed, shocked. Branch and a few others went to me and they asked "Do you know why he's here?" But I couldn't answer them. Creek said, Poppy, please forgive me. I said, Why would we forgive you? You would just betray us aga- I was cut off and he said "Look, I know I'm in bad standing with every one but in the time I was stuck in the forest, something just disappeared in my aura and I have had a change of heart. I also left Chef to be eaten. You know, I just want to go back to my old self and like, meditate again here in the village because well, you see I was quickly lasered by Chef and I became mind controlled! I decided to huddle with my friends to discuss this.
So, can Creek be trusted, guys?
Well, I don't know. Branch said with a uncertain look.
We could allow him back but if he does something suspicious, uhh...
Maybe we could trap him in Branch's old bunker! Biggie excitedly said.
Or throw him in the cage! Cooper added.
Or maybe do both! Satin mentioned.
Guys, I've made my decision. I said then hurried over to Creek and said "Ok, Creek. You will be welcomed back to Troll Village but me and Branch will keep an eye on you for the first week of you being here. If you do anything suspicious, we will trap you in Branch's bunker and you will be stuck inside the cage. We were planning for you to do community service but we decided it wasn't- I was cut off by Creek, who replied with "Ok Poppy!"
DING
Hug Time! Everybody hugged each other in agreement of what to do but then Satin and Chenille noticed Branch. Whoa! That's our new Hug Time bracelet design! He said "I won it a few minutes ago at the party." Then they separated and I talked to Branch. So Branch, got any plans tomorrow? Well, probably just resting and playing some board games! Good idea! Can I play with you? Sure, but honestly I haven't adjusted to normal Troll life yet so I'm not sure what else I can do to have fun. Hearing this, I gave him something. "Here, it's a potion. Cool! He said. What does it do? Well, it can help dreams be controlled. Thanks! I'll put it in my double locked chest.
After that, we went to the Troll Tree and got a good sleep.
The next day
Branch POV
After I slept, I ate then made sure to check on Creek. Poppy said yesterday she would watch him a little earlier so I decided to make a scrapbook about our adventure to practice my skills in scrap booking. After that, I then called her over so we could start playing. I had a lot of board games from when I was younger. So Poppy, what do you want to play? She replied "Well maybe... The Game of Life and Scrabble.
Ok! I'll get them and wait.. I have an idea. Do you want to play with Creek? Well, the more the merrier! We can also have a picnic! I said "Good idea! I'll call him over. Creek's old pod was across mine so I called Creek. He went to my pod and replied "Hey mate, why did you call me over? Well, want to have a picnic and play some games with us? Sure! Wait... You literally took my advice and made a little positivity go with that vest! (A/N: He doesn't know that Branch regained his true colors) I replied "Well, take this scrapbook. It can explain everything. Creek read the book and said "Nice one! You made this yourself?" "Yes!" I walked back to the house with Creek and we both greeted Poppy. However, I then remembered that I had that meeting with Gristle. I reminded Poppy, and she in turn apologized to Creek, saying "Creek, we actually have to go to a meeting. I'm very sorry, but we can just play later!" Thankfully, Creek understood. Checking my watch, I saw that it was 1:30 pm, 30 minutes before the meeting. As I locked my windows, however, I saw a very horrible surprise.
WHAT THE?! Creek shouted.
Shh, she'll hear us! I quickly motioned for Creek and Poppy to duck as Chef was slowly looking around. Poppy whispered "How did she get here?" "And more importantly, how has nobody noticed?" I observed. Creek told us that "Either way, we have to be careful. Considering what she did to me, even just being heard by Chef can lead to a dangerous situation."
I still had to go to the meeting, so considering that it would be bad if Creek was left alone here because we were taken, I asked Creek if he could come with us. He agreed, and after I wore my polo shirt, my usual vest, and my favorite pants, we quietly moved out of the pod. Thankfully, after a long walk, there was no sign of Chef and we arrived at the "Bergen Embassy Building" where Gristle stayed for trips to Troll Village, at 1:45. We waited for the others. After Brick and Leaf arrived, we greeted each other and opened the door...
Where we saw Chef, many unconscious Bergens, and a tied up King Gristle behind her.
Leaf, a good friend of Poppy, said "Oh no, what in the world happened here?"
Brick quickly took notice and said, "Is that... CHEF?!"
"Oh yes, it's me" She said.
Creek replied, "You... How did you get here? I thought I left you to be eaten!
|Flashback|
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Creek and Chef shouted as they fell into the huge monster.
They fell for what seemed to be forever but they eventually grabbed on to the throat of the monster.
Chef said, "Don't hold on forever and GET US OUT OF THIS!
Creek replied "No. Forgiveness is always the answer. I'm going myself. I know that you just controlled me. I will never betray my own kind! And he plummeted back up and began his journey to Bergen Town.
2 days later
Chef walked back to the forest. She said "Ugh! Creek's gone, and I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere... I guess now that Trolls and Bergens are together, the only thing to do now is get revenge!
It took me two days, TWO DAYS to get out of that monster. And because of that... all of you are going to pay!
Poppy POV
Suddenly, Chef caught us off guard as we reacted to the situation and me, Brick, Creek and Leaf were scooped up aggressively. Help! Branch! I desperately called. He said "Don't worry Poppy! I'll help! Then he separated his blue hair into 4 strips to pull us back, but the force of Chef was just too strong again. As I was taken away, I was worried about what Chef would do to us but more importantly, hopeful about Branch's plan to save us.
Branch POV
This can't be happening! Thoughts raced through my mind then after a minute of thinking, I came up with a plan. First, I had to start by meeting the other members of the Troll Tree Team.
Done! Next up, Branch's mission to save his friends, as well as my first musical number. Wish me luck and as always, thanks for reading,
~The Pokemon Troll
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