So… a year… ok ok, so I was down in the dumps. I got a major and I mean MAJOR writers block for my trolls story. Yep, I ran out of ideas and just sat on my bed thinking what to do next. Fortunately, after watching the 2nd film, I sprung with new ideas and had to write them now. So I hope this is the push I need to finish up the Trolls story! Here we go!
"A WHAT!" All the girls shouted at the same time. The youngest sister nervously shrugged before speaking.
"A performance…. You girls have to do an opening performance." Harper revealed.
"We didn't know there was an opening ceremony. Poppy?" Chenille looked over at their sister who was avoiding eye contact.
"Poppy you knew!?" Satin didn't ask but stated the facts.
"Uge, yes I knew," Poppy gave in, "I was supposed to open the ceremony with a song with all you girls in the background. But I was too nervous so I was able to talk Chef into not doing the opening ceremony. But instead she decided to turn it into an announcement for the next princess for the princes to compete for."
"Well, who's the next princess?" Karam asked.
"Girls! On stage now! Don't keep these noble men waiting," they heard Chef cry out. The girls all hurried to the stage behind the curtains. Poppy was in the middle while her sisters potioned from youngest to oldest. Wisp, Maddy, Karma, Smidge, Satin, Chenille, and Bridget. Smidge suddenly felt a tug on her dress and was led off stage.
"Hey, what…."
"I prefer if you stay out of the spotlight," Chef told her and nudged her next to Harper in the wings.
" Out of the spot light? For what?" Smidge asked a little suspicion, and her answer made her regret asking.
"I want the noblemen to see my best nieces. Can't have someone as disabled as you to ruin the image of the performance," after this, Chef left to drag Bridget off stage as well. She hid her in the wings, something about taking up too much space on stage. She even pulled Wisp from her wheelchair and placed her on the floor in front of the girls in a stylish pose. Trying to make it look like she's supposed to be there and to hide the fact that she was disabled. She made sure all the girls looked perfect and presentable. Smidge was stunned big time. She remained in one spot, staring off in the distance. She knew her size was very out of the ordinary but never did she think of it as something that ruins the princess image.
Poppy looked at her sisters.
"Ok girls, just follow my lead. Chef already had me rehearse this song," the girls nodded yes to conform they understood. Poppy was sweating buckets at this point. She felt her heart beat so hard that she could feel it cause pain to her chest.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Chef announced from her private seat, "As a thank you for coming, my nieces shall perform a short concert for you all and reveal the next princess on the prize table."
Poppy rolled their eyes at the word prize. Why must she put up with this?
"Without further ado, may the show begin!" The lights dimmed down and the curtain slowly opened to reveal the princesses.
Poppy
"We are the nieces of the queen, lovely ladies who are all named well,"
She began while putting on her best smile. Once she began, she noticed some more men and their families come in. Some of them stood out like no other. One example was that a suitor had a deep blue suite and a pink bow tie. His hair was pushed back and had some neon green highlights. Poppy can't remember the last time Chef let them have color like that.
"Wisp,
Maddy,
Karma
Satin
Chenille
Sukira,
and Poppy!
Poppy empathises on Suki's name as much as she could without attracting much attention. The girls noticed this but didn't catch on what she meant.
"Yes, We are the nieces of the queen, lovely ladies who are all named well,
Wisp,
Maddy,
Karma
Satin
Chenille
Sukira,
and Poppy!
The second time is when it finally hit them. Suki! She was supposed to be in the performance too!
"In concert we hope to thank you, the hearts of the noblemen with music now, Wisp,"
Poppy signals for Wisp to sing to which she did. Letting out a beautiful melony.
"Maddy,"
Maddy let out a short scat.
Maddy
"Bodo bopo bo pow pa da pa pow!"
Poppy
"Karma!"
Karma
"Hello!"
Karma happily gave a wave to everyone With a grand smile. Her voice keeping the melody of the music.
Poppy
"Satin,"
Satin
"Hi ya!"
Satin perked up in a sing song way and her twin soon jumped next to her, knowing she was next.
Poppy
"Chenille!"
Chenille let out a melody but held back her worry. She knew who was next and they had to think fast
The girls besides Poppy
"Poppy!"
Poppy let out a joyful sounding laugh but it was mainly out of fear. She knew her sisters wanted to help but boy were they wrong.
"And then there's the princess,
The one who who's next to debut,
The third oldest sister will be the prize for you,
To win her hand in marriage, you must give it your best!
It's our sister Sukira!
This made all their hearts sink like rocks. A long awkward pause followed the performance, all the people waiting for her to show up. Chef lifted a brow, glaring at the girls. Seeing there was no other way, Poppy pushed all her sisters away and signaled Bridget to close the curtains.
"La la la la la la!"
(End)
As the audience mumbled to one another in confusion, Chef marched her way back stage and swung the door wide open.
"Where is she!" She demanded.
"We don't know, honest," Poppy spoke up while all her sisters hid behind her. Chef marched up to the oldest and looked her in the eye. Poppy could feel sweat start to drip from her forehead.
"If she ran away and I find her, there will be some big consequences!" Chef spat out, making Poppy cringe in fear.
"She wouldn't have run away if you didn't drop the whole marriage bomb on us!" Smidge talked back for Poppy. Everyone was taken back by the sudden outburst. Smidge was indeed the toughest of the girls but she never had this kind of angry reaction.
"Oh please. It's just marriage, no big deal," Chef argued back.
"It's a huge deal!" Smidge fought back, "You're making us leave with some men we don't know. And if going to a strange land with a total stranger isn't enough, we might not see eachother again! Is it so much to ask for a little free will?"
Chef gave a low growl at this. Smidge stood her ground even when a pinch of fear started to grow on her chest. There was no turning back now, she either backed down or stood her ground. After an intense moment, Chef backed away, still giving a deadly stare. She walked past all the girls and onto the stage.
"You ok?" Poppy asked Smidge. Her response was a firm nod. Smidge kept her eyes on Chef who was about to announce something.
"Pardon for the delay ladies and gentlemen," Chef began, "It appears we have a family issue at the moment. We'll have to extend this event for a couple of days. But please, I'll have my servants set up some rooms for you. And take this extra time to get to know my nieces a little more."
The girls were clearly not liking this. The last thing they wanted was to get to know the snobby princes and kings that came. After the announcement, Chef came backstage to a lot of angry princesses.
"We are not about to mingle with these snobs," Maddy angrily started. Her sisters mumbled in agreement but Chef stood her ground.
"It's bad enough Suki ran off, embarrassing a prince in the horse riding match, the least you girls could do is talk to these young men. You'll be one of their wives soon."
With that, Chef left the girls in disbelief. At the garden, the girls were bitter but greeted everyone with a smile. They met with the usual prince. High class, thinking he's better, and just not charming in any way.
"I hate this," Karma sighed while still holding her smile.
"We should've ran off like Suki. At least she's free," Smidge mumbled.
"I need some space. I'll be at the pond if anyone needs me," Karma decided. Just as she was about to walk away, Wisp tugged on her dress.
"Can I come?" She shyly asked. Karma smiled and pushed her sister's wheelchair.
"How are you feeling about all this?" Karma asked her sister.
"Kinda nervous," Wisp played with her bangs as she spoke. She looked around and noticed many of the suitors gave her odd looks. Even whispering to one another. New suitors even came today, running late. Of course Chef didn't care, the more suitors the better.
"Don't worry Wisp, not all the suitors will judge you based on your condition." It was as if Karma read her mind. She stopped at a hill that gave them a great view of the lake below, "Just follow our plan."
Wisp simply nodded at this.
"Do you want anything to drink?" Karma asked her.
"What about some punch and oatmeal cookies?" Wisp asked.
"Coming right up!" Karma cheered. She whirled around and walked to where the snack bar is. A minute past by, then two, three, four and five. After a long while, Wisp turned her wheelchair to look where her sister is. No surprise, she swarmed by a group of suitors. She sighed at the sight. So many of her sisters were getting a lot of attention and yet they didn't want it. And here she was, willing to give this arranged marriage a try, with no eyes on her. Karma glanced over at her and gave an apologetic look. She squeezed through all the suitors, trying to get to Wisp. But every step she took only seemed to attract one more suitor.
"Sorry gentlemen," Karma tried to talk, "I really need to get to my sister."
Wisp felt a bit uncomfortable when Karma got closer to her cause she brought a group of suitors with her. Karma finally made it to Wisp and handed her the drink and cookie. She took her food and watched as Karma tried to fight off all the men.
"So when will you be put on the prize table?" A suitor asked her. Karma cringed at the question. Why did he have to refer to her as the prize
"I'm not sure. It's up to my aunt really," Karma tried to answer all the questions that were aimed at her. She was so distracted that she didn't notice one of the suitors bumped into Wisps wheelchair causing her to start rolling back.
"Karma?" Wisp called to her older sister. She looked behind her to see she was gonna roll off the hill, "Karma?"
She tried to get her attention but Karma was still occupied. Wisp noticed she was starting to roll faster and started to go down hill.
"Karma!" Wisp finally got her sister's attention. The second Karma looked back, Wisp was long gone.
"Wisp?" Karma panicked. She ran to the edge of the hill. She looked down and saw the girl racing down the hill and to the lake, "WISP!"
Karma shoved any suitors aside and raced after her sister. It wasn't going to change the fact Wisp was on wheels and she was on her feet.
Wisp held onto her wheelchair, dropping all her food in the process. She looked back and saw she was only mere seconds from the lake. She looked back up and Karma was nowhere near her. She just grip on the armrest of her chair and shut her eye's tight. She held in her breath and waited for the water to consume her.
"Your highness!" A males voice cried out. Wisp kept her eye's closed and didn't even dare open them. She then felt a sudden change in gravity. Her chair slowed down but she still felt some water rise against her ankles. Even when the chair came to a full stop, she kept her body tense and eye's shut, "You ok?"
She heard the same male voice. Shaking, she opened her eyes and looked down. The lake was up to her ankles meaning she was in the shallow part of the lake. In front of her was a young man around her age. Maybe a couple years older. Blue eyes, dark skin and hair that was colored blue. He held onto her chair's armrest, stopping her chair from going any deeper into the lake.
"Are you ok your highness," he asked, a little more worried. Wisp gave a light nod letting him know she was.
"Wisp!" Karma finally made it and hugged her sister. The man backed away as Karma consitally thanked him.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" She kept repeating and pushed her sister out of the water. The other sisters came running and surrounded Wisp.
"Wisp!" Poppy was the most worried. She pushed her way to her and checked for any injuries, "What happened? Are you ok?"
"I rolled down the hill but I'm ok," Wisp assured her older sister. The man that helped her was slowly walking away until Poppy looked over at him. She hurried over to him and said.
"Thank you for saving our sister," She stopped him in his tracks. She decided to get a good look at him. He was clearly a prince. A nice pink dress shirt that had some gold glitter on it. His blue dress pants also had lines of gold glitter and even his hair was sprinkled with gold glitter. His short dreads had gold rings wrapped around them. She had never seen so much sparkles and color since Aunt Chef made her and her sisters stop painting their hair, "Is there any way I can repay you?"
"No need princess Poppy," The man gave a kind smile. This was so refreshing for Poppy. Not all suitors have been pleasant to them, "Couldn't just stand here and watch her drown in the lake."
"Where are you from?" Wisp slowly pushed her wheelchair to Poppy and the man.
"Vibe Kingdom," the man answered. Before he could say anything else, two more people walked up behind him and wrapped their arms around him. Poppy concluded they were his parents from how they dressed. The woman was in a sparkling blue gown and the man was in a shimmering gold colored suit.
"Our kingdom," the man said, "I am King Quincy."
"And I am Queen Essence," the lady smiled. She gestured to her son before speaking, "This young man is Prince D."
"It's an honor to be in your presence," Prince D bowed down to the girls along with his parent's. The princesses were taken back from the gesture. They have never met anyone so respectful or polite.
"Oh, thank you," Poppy lightly laughed at this, "I'm Poppy, these are my sisters…."
"Princess Bridget, Satin, Chenille, Smidge, Karma, Maddy, Wisp, Jo, Rebey and Harper," Prince D named them all perfectly surprising them, "And if I'm not mistaken, there is another princess, Sukira, third oldest."
"How…." Poppy was speechless.
"I learned about all the kingdoms and their rulers. As the heir to the throne, it's my job to know about all my possible allies," He stated. The girls glanced at one another then back at him.
"I haven't seen you here lately," Poppy added in.
"We were running late. Our Kingdom is really far but Queen Chef gratefully let us join." The queen answered, "It's a huge honor to be here really."
"We can't describe how happy we are that you young ladies are willing to do this," The king chimed. The princesses looked up at him in some confusion until the queen spoke.
"I know how hard arranged marriages can be. Believe me, I had to deal with many suitors around the world. Stuck up, mean, full of themself. I even ran away from home after a week of meeting suitors."
"Run away?" Poppy repeated a little worried. This sounded all too familiar to her. Essence gave a quick giggle before continuing her story.
"As I walked the streets, I met a kind young man. Tall, dark, handsome…."
"Ok mama, we get it," Prince D laughed.
"At the time he introduced himself as a commoner. I followed him to his home, a small farm house his family owned. There I helped around, picking apples, harvesting corn, yes it was a lot of work but I was free. And better yet, I had him to keep me company. Almost every night we would dance and dance in an endless flow. It felt like grace and beauty of a perfect design. He made me laugh, he made me smile, just the sight of his smile was enough to make my heart flutter," The Queen's face was pure bliss. Her eye's closed and a soft smile on her lips. She was clearly in a daze at the memories she made, She slowly opened her eyes slowly while her smile faded, "But not everything lasts forever. My father sent troops to look for me and they found me. In the middle of the night they tore the farm house upside down. I tried to escape but I couldn't just leave him and his family alone…."
"So you gave yourself up?" Bridgett gasped in worry. Essence, sadly nodded.
"If it meant his and his family's safety. I was taken back while he continued his life on the farm. Night after night, I sat in my room praying to the heavens to keep him safe. My heart was torn like never before, I refused to leave my room to meet anymore suitors. After so many nights, it was like my prayers were answered. My kingdom was under attack by pirates. I knew they were headed for the castle so I put on my disguise and ran off. My poor father was captured but he was grateful for my escape. I went to who I knew I could trust. I found his family ready to leave the kingdom but I was able to talk them into fighting back. With their help, we were able to rally together the kingdom, battle against the enemy, and fight. It was a long hard battle but at the end, with my leadership, we were able to push them away from the kingdom. Thanking me, Father had finally given me free will, telling me I was old enough to become queen without a proper suitor. My first act as queen was to rebuild our kingdom, making it stronger than before."
"And…." Maddy, who was swooning throughout the whole story, urged her to continue. Essence giggled at the girl's ethesassim.
"And I was able to be with the one I loved. While father was skeptical, he trusted my decisions."
"That story only gets better and better every time you tell it," her husband hugged her and planted a kiss on her cheek. The girls awed at the story, imagining themselves in their shoes. If only there was a way for them to have what they did.
"What you ladies are doing is more than courageous," King Quincy told them, still holding his wife, "Not knowing who you'll be married off to, it's a scary thought."
"And we hope that our little prince here will be able to live up to your expectations," Essence ruffled Prince Ds hair. The boy laughed and pulled away playfully.
"That is if I'm lucky enough to be with any of you," D comment. His parents held onto his shoulders and pushed him away.
"We should get going," Essence told them, "Chef says she has some rooms prepared for us."
"It was nice meeting you all," Prince D waved goodbye."
The girls waved back and watched as they disappeared into the distance.
"Huh, well ain't he a charmer," Satin said, impressed by him, "A few of these suitors could use a lesson or two from him."
"If only Chef took a lesson or two from their story," Poppy whispered to herself. She thought about the queens story and how they were practically in the same story. Or at least Suki was. All she could do right now was pray that Suki was safe and someone finds her soon.
Short yes, but give me a break. I just watched the sequel and I'm just coming out of hiatus. I wanted to introduce the new characters soon. Next chapter I can guarantee the new characters will show up. Song is to the tune "Daughters of Triton" Live version.