Chapter 22
(There was no answer)
Poppy: branch? Branch? (Opens her eyes and doesn't see branch but finds a note instead the note said..."tomorrow when you awake you will find another note and each one will give you a clue until you reach your surprise...i know you're gonna hate me at this moment but it'll all be worth it once you reach the end, I love you and see you soon" -Branch) what?! I have to wait till tomorrow! Ugh that troll is something else sometimes!
(Meanwhile branch was at his bunker...he was staying the night there..laying out each detail for tomorrow...he wanted to make it perfect...he only left poppy on her own for the night because he knew she would try to get the secret out of him and he wasn't going to let that happen)
(The next morning poppy woke up and found a note on the table and there besides the note was breakfast laid out, did Branch do this? Poppy thought but how? She read the note and it said: Good morning princess and happy birthday! I hope you enjoy the breakfast I made for you, your first clue: "I watched you for many years in my teenage years as I collected sticks, you always had fun dancing with your friends so you shall go to the old oak tree will I be there? You shall see."
Poppy: the old oak tree? Ohhh! Me and my friends always hung by there when we were younger...Branch noticed me all those years...wait what am I doing?! I need to go there!
(Poppy hurried out the door and ran to the old oak tree to find her friends at their old hangout spot...they all wrote their names in the tree and the tree house was still there...they were such great memories...)
Satin: Poppy!
Guy Diamond: happy birthday!
Copper: your 21st!
Poppy: aww you guys...you're sooo sweet!
DJ: remember what we used to do up here? Our games at our sleepovers?
Poppy: of course I do! Even though I never kissed anyone...WAIT is this part of my next clue?
Biggie: you'll see (blindfolds her)
Poppy: wait what'd you doing?
Chenille: don't tell us you don't remember?! This is a game we used to play at our sleepovers!
Poppy: oh yeah! How could I forget?
(The game they had used to play was Sweet, Sour, or blah, the way the game worked was a one Troll was blindfolded and there would be a bunch food and you had to eat 3 of the same catergory to win and each is picked randomly but the blindfolded troll, no one really won they game because no one could see but it was the fun of it)
Poppy: so why are we playing this?
Satin: you'll see pick up the first one!
Poppy: should I be scared?
Chenille: no cheating it's part of the game!
Poppy: (she popped something in her mouth and tasted something sweet, like a raspberry and blueberry combination) ok sweet! So I need 2 more sweet! Ughh I can't see how will I know which one?!
Biggie: you can do it!
Poppy: (picked up another piece, this one was definitely sweet! A sugary choclatley taste) yes! Come on! One more! (Picks up the last one and tasted a strawberry taste) Yesss! I won! I've never won that before!
Biggie: so which one did you like the best?
Poppy: what?! That's not fair! I loved them all!
Satin: but if you had to choose?
Poppy: the choclatley one I guess, can I take the blindfold off?
(SILENCE)
Poppy: hello? Hello? (Takes it off and finds another note that said: I'm glad you got to enjoy a game with your friends like old times...you tasted all sweet...but none of them could ever be as sweet as you...now here's your next clue...remember when you sang to me about your adventures by the river when you were a child? Go see what awaits you next")
Poppy: really branch? Really?! (Walks by the river and finds a scrapebook and opens it...in the scrapbook it shows the last 21 years of poppy...it wasn't like the scrapbook she had...it looked like it was made by everyone in the village...and there was even a page from branch which she couldn't get over and she enjoyed it so much she didn't notice there was someone else there) cloud guy?
Cloud guy: great guess
Poppy: are you part of my next clue?
Cloud guy: you bet and Branch said to make it difficult
Poppy: of course he did..so...can you tell me what my next clue is?
Cloud: i can...but first you have to get angry at me
Poppy: get angry? But I never do
Cloud guy: which is why Branch wanted it to be difficult
Poppy: but I have so many great things going on! How can I get angry?
Cloud guy: just try it...it's so easy...what makes you stressed?
Poppy: well being queen sometimes...but that doesn't make me angry
Cloud guy: don't you find it so annoying that every troll demands and demands and you feel everything pile up and you never get anytime to yourself...
Poppy: I guess I don't...
Cloud guy: you never spend anytime with your lovely branch...and you worry he'll break up with you
Poppy: what? That's not true!
Cloud guy: is it though?
Poppy: branch and I love each other he'd never leave me!
Cloud guy: how would you know?
Poppy: (screams) because...I know..(picks up a stick and pierces the ground with it)
Cloud guy: see I told you it was easy...
Poppy: huh? What?
Cloud guy: now here's your next clue...good luck
Poppy: (confused) huh? What? (Puts the scrapbook in her hair) what is Branch doing? (The next clue opens and a cupcake appears..and the clue says: "eat this cupcake to calm your nerves but it's funny to see you mad sometimes...but you're getting closer...just one more step..ever since we live with the bergens our village has lived in harmony...come back and you will see how well...this place is since you've been gone" poppy didn't really understand what the clue meant but she went back to the village and saw Bridget and Gristle taking care of the village)
Poppy: Bridget! Gristle! You took over for me? Aw you didn't have to do that!
Bridget: anything for your birthday
(Lots of trolls came by and wished her a happy birthday and showered her with gifts...none of that mattered to poppy she had to know what branch was planning) is this where my final clue is?
Gristle: poppy relax...it's your birthday...you'll find out what branch is planning soon but for now (claps his hands and lots of trolls show up) I want you to give poppy a spa treatment...everything to help her relax...
Poppy: but I've never..
Bridget: it'll be fun trust me!
(The next couple of hours, poppy enjoys it all...people giving her something to eat or drink on command, the massages, the facials, and the hair treatment..it really did feel like her birthday...but she wondered why Branch wasn't with her...it wouldn't be special without him, but by the time the spa treatment was over poppy felt a lot more relaxed and even happier)
Gristle: well this is it...are you ready for your final clue?
Poppy: YES YES YES!
Gristle: ok ok...(reads out loud) poppy my dear you did it! You've conquered all the clues...your surprise awaits you in your house..don't be late...oh and before you go...satin and chenille made you a new outfit I'd love to see you in, see you soon love Branch"
Bridget: that wasn't a clue, it was obvious where she was supposed to go
Gristle: because the-(stops himself) I mean because branch is waiting for you there...he'll take everything from there
(Satin and Chenille give poppy her new dress which is gorgeous..and she finally heads back to her house)
Poppy: branch? Branch? (Hands cover her eyes) I know it's you Branch
(No answer and something guides her walking and there's walking for awhile before poppy asks again)
Poppy: branch this better be you (the hands come off her eyes)
Branch: you better believe it
Poppy: (jumps on him and hugs him tight) do you know how much I missed you today?! So much!
Branch: I can tell...
Poppy: so what's the surprise?!
Branch: it's not time for that yet...
Poppy: what?! Then what was the point of the clues?!
Branch: to keep you busy while I prepared it (smirks) and might I say my dear that you look absolutely beautiful! I knew satin and chenille wouldn't let you down
Poppy: but branch...I really wanna know...
Branch: and you will know...(fiddles with his pockets)
Poppy: WAIT branch...are you wearing a shirt?
Branch: I am (smirks)
Poppy: but you never...
Branch: I wanted to look special on your special day...and now we're going to celebrate it with friends before your surprise from me
(Everyone bursts into poppys house and the party begins and it's like old times..and Branch even gets into it. Everyone has fun, especially when poppys cake is smashed in her face...and while everyone gives her their gifts...poppy just can't get her mind off what branch was up to, soon everyone leaves and it's only her and Branch.)
Poppy: branch my birthdays almost over! I really really really want to know what you've sent me out for and what you've been planning!
Branch: easy there, I was just getting to that, now this time I really need you to close your eyes
Poppy: I'm getting really tired of hearing that
Branch: trust me this time it'll be different...
(He lifts her up and carries her not too far away from the village)
Branch: ok you can open your eyes
(There set out is candles, a blanket, tons of sweets, and even wine.)
Poppy: branch...you did all this for me?!
Branch: well this is only part 1 of your surprise...I thought we'd relax a little first...you are 21 now so you deserve your first drink
Poppy: oh yeah I forgot about that...this is really amazing Branch! I love you!
Branch: I love you too (pulls her down on the blanket and teases her) now...what was it you said I promised you last night?
Poppy: really? You want it to do it right now?
Branch: I'm just kidding...later (winks and kisses her)
(They enjoy the first part of the surprise...but branch started to get lost in his thoughts of what was gonna come next)
Branch: Poppy...I think it's time I show you what I've really been up to and you're gonna hate me but
Poppy: let me guess? Close my eyes?
Branch: right (laughs) just one more time
Poppy: (closes her eyes) ok I'm ready
Branch: (guides her a little further) ok...we're here
Poppy: what is this branch?
Branch: I had a house built for us?
Poppy: you did? Oh branch! (Hugs him) but why would you go through so much trouble?
Branch: because I love you...I love you more than anything poppy...and I want to be with you...forever
(Just then all the trolls appear and branch walks over to them and everything goes silent for a minute and poppy feels confused before branch starts singing)
Branch: (sings) "I never knew such a day could come
And I never knew such a love
Could be inside of one
And I never knew what my life was for
But now that you're here I know for sure
I never knew till I looked in your eyes
I was incomplete till the day you walked into my life
And I never knew that my heart could feel"
All trolls sing: "So precious and pure
One love so real"
Branch: "Can I just see you every morning when
I open my eyes
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me
Every night
Can we just feel this way together
Till the end of all time
Can I just spend my life with you"
Peppy: (sings) "Now poppy the days and the weeks
And the years will roll by"
Branch: (sings) "But nothing will change the love inside
Of you and I
And baby I'll never find any words
That could explain
Just how much my heart my life
My soul you've changed
Can you run to these open arms
When no one else understands
Can we tell the whole world
You're my women and I'm your man
Can't you just feel how much I love you
With one touch of my hand
Can I just spend my life with you"
All trolls: (sing) "No touch has ever felt so wonderful"
Branch: (sings) "You are incredible"
All trolls: (sings) And a deeper love he's ever never known
Branch: (sings) "I'll never let you go
I swear this love is true"
Peppy and Polly: (sings) "Now and forever to you, only for you, To you"
Branch: (sings) "Can I just see you every morning when
I open my eyes
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me
Every night
Can we just feel this way together
Till the end of all time
Can I just spend my life with you
Can you run to these open arms
When no one else understands
Can't you just feel how much I love you
With one touch of my hand
Can I just spend my life with you" (stops singing and pauses before he takes poppys hands and gets on his knee) poppy...ever since our adventures...I've just grown to love you even more...you've made me realize that my life isn't complete without you in it...and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, be there with you, even be your king..Poppy...will you marry me?
Poppy: (she becomes overwhelmed with so many emotions...she can't even believe he had asked her the question...she just couldn't! All this time this is what he was planning! It was like a dream come true and the proposal was beautiful! She didn't even know what to say) branch...I can't believe it...I thought you said you'd wait years to propose to me
Branch: (smirks) well like I said...I'm full of surprises...you just never know..
Poppy: yes...
Branch: yes? YES! Did you say yes?!
Poppy: YES BRANCH! I will marry you!
(All the trolls clap and cheer)
Poppy: oh I get it! You all knew this! Oh you guys!
All trolls: queen poppys getting married!
(In the heat of the moment branch grabbed poppy and kissed her passionatley...normally he didn't kiss her that much in public but he didn't care...this was the happiest he'd ever been and nothing was gonna ruin it and it was the best kiss they both had shared)
(Well this was the longest chapter I've ever written! And there you have it! Poppy and Branch are getting married! I think we've all been waiting for this! And in case anyone didn't know, Dreamworks announced that there will be a Trolls 2, April 10th, 2020! This is not a joke! THEY BETTER KISS in this movie! Anyways don't forget to review and see what happens soon! ~Ash)