Chapter 17
Peppy: gone?! Where could she have gone?!
Branch: (sighs) I think I might know...come on! We gotta go find her before something bad happens to her!
(Out in the forest poppy was set out once again...she knew her mom was alive and she didn't care what her dad said...it couldn't be...it just couldn't...but without Branch...poppy was completely clueless about where she was going...but she wasn't giving up...she stopped for the night..she couldn't help but think...had this been a good idea? Had her dad really been hiding this secret just to protect her? She shook her head...she just had to know...after all...he didn't say she was killed so she had to be out there...and she was gonna be the one to find her...she fell into an uneasy sleep...she left Branch, her friends, and her dad...she felt horrible about the things she said to him...was she crazy for doing this? She didn't know..)
(The next morning poppy set out again...and this time she came to the old tunnels again...last time they were interrupted by branch's mother but now she could get a good look)
Poppy: (smiles and starts to sing) "I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It's gonna be a bright
bright sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright
bright sunshiny day.
Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been wishing for.
It's gonna be a bright
bright sunshiny day. Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies. I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright
bright sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright
bright sunshiny day.
It's going to be a bright
bright sunshiny day.
Yeah, hey, it's gonna be a bright bright
sunshiny day."
(When she finished singing she searched in the tunnel...she looked into the one with certain death...this is the one place she hadn't looked...)
Poppy: (gulps) um...no...I can do this! (Heads in the direction and climbs a view obstacles and she can see why there could be certain death because everything she touched had left her in scratches or bleeding) ow! (Looks at her arm and sees it bleeding with a sharp thorn stuck in it, she tried so hard to swallow the pain but it was too overbearing, she climbed up more but then, she lost her balance and fell with a hard landing...the bottom felt like sandpaper...she tried to get the thorn out but it wouldn't budge...) what was I thinking? Wha-what? (She started losing conscientious but she heard someone...she saw someone...could it be? But before she could get a could look, everything went black
Branch: poppy? Poppy? Poppy please wake up
Poppy: (slowly opened her eyes) huh? What? I have to go back in the tunnel!
Branch: poppy no! We just got you out of there! What we're you thinking?! You could've been killed!
Poppy: it's her! I know it is! I thought I saw her before I blacked out!
Peppy: poppy please...
Poppy: no dad I'm serious!
Berry: look poppy...I know you still have hope..but I think it's time to get back to reality..
Poppy: well...I'm not going anywhere...and I don't know why you all bothered coming to look for me...I'm not your queen...so there's no reason to..if no ones here to help me with my mission...then just go...
(Author: hey sorry about the long update but here it is! So...what did poppy see in the tunnel? Who will stay and support poppy? Will anyone stay at all? Find out soon! ~Ash)