Poppy and Branch finally reached the doctor's pod and it peeled open, revealing a light blue troll with ice-blue hair, wearing a white coat called Dr Winter. He ran to Branch and Poppy when he saw the small infant in their arms. "Hurry" he rushed them as he pulled them inside "before the child gets sick".
Once they went inside the pod, Dr Winter placed the baby gently on the table and took of her soaking baby blanket and a necklace with one gem that hung around her neck. "Branch" he said as he turned to Branch "can you clean this and leave it to dry on a radiator" he asked.
Branch nodded and looked at the child, whom he then realised was a girl, and worried about her as she screamed. He went over to a washing machine he found in a laundry room, and before he tossed the white blanket in the washing machine he read the name 'Brianna' on the front.
Dr Winter touched the little baby's head, his brow furrowed and he turned to Poppy. "Queen Poppy, can you please give this child a warm bath" he asked "it'll bring down her fever".
Poppy nodded and turned on the hot and cold tap of the clean sink before she turned back to the infant. She was still crying so Poppy put out her finger for her to hold while her bath was getting ready.
"Don't worry little one" she soothed "everything is going to be okay, you're safe".
The infant's screams turned into soft whimpers as she opened her bright blue eyes to Poppy. Her thin, short brown hair on the top of her head was all messy. Poppy smiled and smoothed it down for her.
The baby's bath was finally ready and Poppy gently put her in, while keeping her head above the water. Before she went in Poppy checked the water to see if it was okay and luckily it was.
The baby's eyelids were slightly droopy from the warmth of the bath and she yawned while stretching her arms out.
After washing the infant, Poppy took her out and wrapped her in a white towel while she her held her close.
"Poppy" said Dr Winter as Poppy turned to him "please can you put the child on the table again please" he asked.
"Sure" said Poppy as she gently placed the child on the table.
The new-born's whimpers started to return as she realised that she wasn't in Poppy's arms anymore.
Poppy's heart ached to see the child so sad, but she needed to be checked by the doctor.
Branch then returned with a clean baby blanket and he put it on the radiator for it to dry. He turned to the child to see her whimpers turn into cries again while the doctor was prodding and poking her.
Dr Winter put her on the scales first and then measured her head. He turned to Poppy and Branch who were sitting on the chairs, desperately and eagerly wanting to find out if she was okay. "She weighs 8 pounds and five ounces" he began "and her head is 33 and a half inches" he finished.
"But is she healthy though?" Poppy asked, biting her lip.
Dr Winter smiled "she had a small fever when she got here, but since you gave her that warm bath it has fully gone away" he said with relief.
Poppy and Branch sighed as well with relief. They then heard footsteps coming towards the pod.
"Poppy, Branch!" yelled a familiar voice. Then two feet approached the entry way of the pod, and there stood none other than Jason.
"Biggie told me to come here" he then stopped talking when he saw the new-born female whimpering on the table. "What the what!" he quietly shouted.
Poppy and Branch then explained about how she arrived in a boat on a river while the snack pack walked into the pod with the bag they found and pulled out what was in it.
Jason then went over to the baby and searched in his bag until he pulled out a gadget. He scanned her slowly with until it beeped. "Bad news, she isn't from my kingdom" he stated.
The baby then screamed with panic and Poppy raced over to her and picked her up.
"How old is she?" Jason asked Dr Winter.
Dr Winter took a deep breath, with a serious expression on his face. "By my calculations, she was born an hour ago…today" said Dr Winter as he finished with that last part with everyone's hearts falling to their stomach.
Poppy's and Branch's heart ached the most. Who would just leave their child, which was just born today, out on the ocean to die?
The snack pack then picked up a wet letter and tried not to rip it. They read it and Biggie spoke up. "Before you go pointing fingers" he started "you might want to read this" and he handed the letter to Poppy and Branch.
The writing was blurry but they managed to read it okay.
Dear whoever reads this letter, our names are King Nathen and Queen Genevieve. If you have found our daughter please take care of her. A great evil is after her and we can't protect her. As much as it hurts us, you trolls are the only ones we know that can give her a good home and raise her with positivity. Please give her what we sent in this bag and especially the necklace she wears round her neck. It has been passed down to all the woman in our family and it keeps us together. The woman who is trying to kill her is called Madison. Our daughter is the only one who can defeat her, that's why she's in great danger. So please protect our daughter, protect our Brianna.
Jason, who had read this letter as well, felt bad for this child's parents but then went wide-eyed. "Wait I might know who these people are" said Jason and pulled out a book from his 'survival kit' and looked through a few pages and found something.
"A long time ago Madison had a sister called Minerva but dark magic clouded Madison's vision and killed her sister, but one of Minerva's descendant's would one day defeat Madison, resulting in the baby you found".
Poppy and Branch looked at each other, tears still blurring their vision. "Dr Winter, what's going to happen to this child?" Poppy asked.
Dr Winter took his glasses off with another serious expression on his face "since the child doesn't have any DNA matches to Jason's kingdom, she'll have to go up for adoption" he said as he tightened his grip on his glasses with guilt.
"What!" Branch and Poppy yelled in unison, causing the baby to cry. Poppy went over to her and held her close.
"You can't, her parents are expecting us to protect her!" Branch cried.
Dr Winter looked down at his feet "I'm sorry but I don't know anyone who'll walk in this room and say they want to adopt her" he murmured.
Poppy held the baby close, scared that if she put her down she would never see her again.
Branch put his index finger out to the baby for her to hold. She grabbed onto it with a firm grip and stopped crying. She opened her eyes up to Branch, who pushed her brown hair out of her face.
Poppy's face then lit up, she then realised why she has been getting all these emotions, especially when she held the little human. "Then I'll take care of her" she said.
Everyone looked at Poppy with their chins nearly touching the floor.
Dr Winter smiled and then frowned again "But there's tons of paper for you sign and raising a human might be more difficult than raising a troll" he said.
"It'll be worth it" said Poppy, smiling.
Branch then put a hand on Poppy's shoulder "then you're not going through this alone" he smiled, while realising why his heart swelled every time the innocent cooed.
Poppy smiled as she looked down at her new-soon-to-be-daughter.
Dr Winter smiled "I'll get the adoption agency trolls down so you can arrive back here tomorrow to pick up…um what's her name" he asked.
Poppy looked at Branch and whispered something in his ear, he nodded and she turned to everyone in the room "we decided not to let her parents down and keep her name" she said.
"Which is?" Chenille asked.
Branch then stoked the new-born's cheek as he looked at everyone "Brianna" he said and kissed Poppy's cheek.
Dr Winter got off the phone and turned to the soon-to-be-parents "they said they'll be on their way" he said grinning.
Poppy squealed quietly so little Brianna wouldn't wake up. She then placed the necklace back round her neck, gave her the teddy bear she dried quickly for then minutes and played the music box. The tune of the music box was so sweet, that you would have to try and stop yourself from falling asleep.
The snack pack took Jason to a house party at Satin and Chenille's place (which was Satin's idea because she still ships Jason and Chenille) and waved Brianna, Poppy and Branch goodbye.
Five minutes later, the trolls to help Poppy and Branch adopt Brianna came. After signing some paperwork, they were asked to sign a will just in case something happened to them and Brianna had to be sent to a guardian and the fortune that would be passed down to her. They wrote down the guardians for their daughter and the deal was finally done. Brianna was now Branch and Poppy's daughter.
They both kissed her chubby red cheeks goodbye as they gave her to Dr Winter and they would pick her up tomorrow, she had to stay because she needed to be checked before she could go home.
Branch and Poppy walked out of the doctor's pod, still getting used to the idea that tomorrow morning, they would be parents.
"Branch" said Poppy.
He whirled his head round to her after she said his name "yes" he answered.
"We're gonna be parents tomorrow, right?" she said.
"Yeah?" said Branch confused.
"Well we need to get baby things for her, we have nothing right now let's go" she giggled as she dragged him to the nearest shop.
"Woah" Branch chuckled.
First they looked for essential like a crib, bottle, baby formula, pacifiers and a high chair. They bought two cribs, one for their room for the first month and one for the nursery.
Then they bought a ton of toys and a toy chest and also a teething ring for when she would start teething.
Then it was Poppy's favourite part, clothes! Poppy looked at all the onesies in the shop, they all said 'Mommy's/Daddy's little troll' but she wanted one that said 'Mommy's/Daddy's little girl' since Brianna was human. To her luck, Poppy found two pink onesies that said both 'Mommy/Daddy's little girl'. She bought it and hugged it, like Brianna was in it already. After more shopping for Brianna's clothes, Branch and Poppy found two T-shirts that said 'Mama troll' and 'Dada troll'. Both of their hearts swelled when they saw the T-shirts, they bought it and they finally went home.
They set everything up and decided to go to the house party at Satin and Chenille's house.
Meanwhile, Suki and Guy Diamond were talking while Satin was creating a new ship to add to her ship list. She then saw Jason and Chenille talking to each other and she took a picture of it and squealed.
Branch and Poppy then arrived and a lot of trolls were there and they saw Biggie backing away from them. They wondered why until everyone were patting them on the back and were receiving a ton of 'congratulations'. Never the less, they had a good time.
Jason was dancing with Chenille and they didn't care if Satin was singing I don't care, I ship it in the crowd. Jason then went to the window for a breather and he saw something going towards the doctor's office. It was like a woman wearing a black dress, and she looked at him with her dark brown eyes. Madison Jason thought and realised to himself. He grabbed his survival kit and told Branch and Poppy to follow him.
Dr Winter had changed Brianna into a white onesie and put her in a crib. She stretched out her chubby little arms and fell asleep. Dr Winter smiled as he took off her white coat and gasped when his pod peeled open and there stood a dark figure.
She waved her hand and sent him flying to a corner. Brianna woke up and screamed.
Dr Winter gasped as he realised who it was. It was Madison.
Madison knocked him out with her magic and went over to Brianna. "Small little thing aren't you" she soothed, as she ran the back off her nails against Brianna's small fragile face. "It's a real shame you have to die though" she smiled "you were just born today".
"That's why you won't touch her" said a voice.
Madison whirled round and saw Branch, Poppy and Jason at the doorway. "Well if you want to join her in death, be my guest" she snarled.
"Hit us with your best shot" Branch hissed.
Madison smirked. Poppy felt like she'd seen that smirk on someone else before. "Bring it" Madison growled.
They then charged at each other with scowls on their faces. Poppy tripped Madison with her hair while Branch tried to choke her. Madison then walked through Branch hair like a knife going through hot butter.
Branch stood there with his mouth open wide. Madison then touched his cheek and it took him to a beautiful memory when he was four.
Branch was at the lake near the troll tree with his Grandma. He was splashing the waves and threw a few droplets of water at Grandma Rosiepuff.
"Grandma" said Branch.
She walked over to Branch and kneeled down to him "yes my dear".
"How did you feel when you gave birth to my Mom?" he asked.
Rosiepuff gasped and chuckled and put her hand on Branch's shoulder "she was one of the best things that ever happened to me Branch, she was a miracle" she smiled and looked up to the sky, as if her daughter was smiling down at her.
"Then I want a daughter when I'm older" said Branch as he splashed more.
Rosiepuff chuckled at his response "A daughter, why not a son?" she asked.
"Because you're a girl, Mom's a girl and Poppy's a girl" he answered and then blushed "all the trolls I love are girls" he said.
Rosiepuff hugged her Grandson "trust me, girl or boy, you'll love them unconditionally" she whispered into his ear
Branch forgot about the lake he used to go to with his Grandma. Madison touched his cheek again and went to one of his tragic memories.
Branch was still four years old and he was singing in his beautiful voice at the top of his lungs.
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
"Branch! Watch out!" yelled Grandma Rosiepuff.
Branch snapped out of his thoughts when he was face to face with a Bergen. He was scared out of his mind, where should he go, what should he do, was he gonna die?! Suddenly he felt himself being pushed of the branch he was on and fell to the bottom of the tree.
He looked up and saw the chef, holding his Grandma in her firm grip. She even showed no mercy when Rosiepuff screamed.
"Grandma!" he yelled, but no use. She was gone
Branch sat there with sadness, anger and dismay. With all his colours draining out of him.
Branch gasped, as a tear rolled down his face.
Madison smirked "poor you, losing your Grandma" she said in a pouty voice.
Branch still had his hope stored up in him and didn't lose his colours.
"I know how you feel" said Madison.
Branch's eyes widened. How could someone as evil as Madison know how he feel.
"My sister betrayed me, when she didn't want all this magic, she didn't want an opportunity to be great" she snarled.
Branch knew what she meant. Minerva must have turned down magic for family. He charged at Madison and she disappeared.
"So that's how it is?" she said.
Branch, Poppy and Jason whirled round and saw Minerva standing next to Madison's crib.
"I tell you that I knew how you felt and your option was violence?" she yelled, making Brianna scream.
"Or Maybe you don't know how it really feels" she raged, forming a fireball in her fist.
Brianna screamed, tears running down her small face in fear.
Poppy used her hair to pull Madison away, before she charged the fireball.
Madison grunted as she picked herself off the ground.
"We know who it feels" yelled Poppy "you just have a heart made of darkness".
Madison growled at the pink troll in front of her "how about we do this round, ladies only" she snarled.
"Gladly" said Poppy.
Madison threw sharp ice at Poppy. Luckily, she dodged before it hit her.
Poppy used her hair and smashed Madison on all the walls of the room.
Jason took this opportunity to take out his spell book and looked at a spell.
Madison shoved Poppy to the ground. She dusted herself off and healed the scar she received from Poppy. She put her foot on Poppy's stomach and pushed onto it.
Poppy scrunched up her face in pain until she opened her eyes when she felt the pain disappear.
Branch had thrown Madison on the ground with his hair and she landed with a thud. "Please do not hurt my girlfriend" he growled.
Madison snarled so much that it showed her teeth. She took a few steps to Poppy and Branch until Jason jumped onto her back and pinned her down.
"You will remember us, but you won't remember where we are!" he yelled as he formed his spell, removing Madison's memories of the troll village but not of the trolls and human she met. Jason then made her disappear and he gasped for air, after preforming the spell.
Poppy ran over to Brianna who was crying in her crib.
Branch ran over to Dr Winter who had just woken up.
After Jason healed Dr Winter with a healing spell Poppy walked up to him for a small talk.
"Jason you were born with magic, can't you defeat Madison?" she asked.
Jason sighed, looking down "Poppy I wish I could but I wasn't born with magic, I learned how to use magic"
Poppy sighed as she looked over at Brianna sleeping peacefully in her crib.
"Brianna's the only that can defeat Madison, what I used what to forget the location here but not us" he sighed.
Dr Winter then walked up to them "Brianna is still to stay here for tonight" he said.
"I'll put up a protection spell for you" said Jason.
Branch and Poppy kissed their daughter goodbye and walked out of the pod so Jason could perform his protection spell.
They then walked home for the night, realising that this was going to be much worse than Creek.
Welp there you have it, another chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed this second chapter. Even when Jason x Chenille is back in action! hehe. please review this chapter and give me a ship name for Jason and Chenille. seriously before Satin gets you. Anyway peace out :)