I am glad that someone actually likes this so far. I've come to really love this pairing, and I'm happy that I could make Fanfics of Broppy. Just to let you know, this more or less focuses on Branch's POV, there will be a lot of flashbacks that are compensated greatly for the large amount of Broppyness. You'll know when it comes. I don't own Trolls, but Dreamworks does own it.
Chapter 2: 20 years later.
Branch was out of the village collecting some blue berries for his Grandma to make her delicious blue berry pies for not just him, but the entire village. Today was the day the Trolls celebrate 20 years of a Bergenless freedom. So he had to get as many berries as he can.
"Everybody, move your hair and feel United, ooohhhhh!"
Branch stopped as he heard a beautiful singing voice that could be heard by the entire jungle. He's upset that he's missing out on joining in the morning song, especially since he won't be able to sing alongside Poppy, but he had to collect berries for the party tonight. Throughout the years, Branch was by fortunate chance, able to become Princess Poppy's best friend. Since that fateful day, they both grew up together having the best times of their life. He started remembering the start of their precious pact.
"Past time."
"Alright Branch. Here's your backpack with your lunch, your schoolwork, and full of my love for you." Rosiepuff commented while handing Branch his backpack for school. It has been 3 years since the Trolls have escaped from Bergen Town, and so far they were the best years ever. The Trolls continued on with their peaceful life. Right now was the time for Branch to go to school. "Thanks Grandma." Branch said gratefully. "And remember to make lots of friends, Branch. It's never good to feel loneliness in life." His Grandma instructed. Branch has actually been having a bit of trouble making friends, since he feels shy and worried of rejection. "I will, Grandma. Don't worry so much, okay? I will try to make friends this time." Branch reassured. "Good. Now go have fun and learn at school. I love you Branch." She said lovingly while kissing Branch on his forehead. "I love you too, Grandma." Branch also said lovingly while hugging her. After a few seconds, he left their pod to go on his way to school. As he walked, he looked around the village admiring the happiness from everyone around him. He said hellos to other Trolls while he walked.
He finally made it to the school pod, as the door peeled open for him to go inside. As he entered, he couldn't help but feel a storm of nervousness engulf him as he looked at the Troll kids having fun while waiting for class to start. As he was about to approach them to offer his friendship, he got startled by a loud voice. "HELLO!" The voice said. "AAAHHHH!" Branch screamed as he jumped up in fright. He then looked behind him to see none other than the princess of the village, Poppy. "Sorry if I startled you. I get excited when I meet new Trolls to make friends." Poppy said remorsefully. "That's okay. I get scared easily sometimes." Branch reassured her. It's true that he gets scared easily by even the smallest noise. "Good, today is my first day of school since I'm now old enough to attend. My name is Poppy!" Poppy said happily. "I know who you are Princess Poppy. We actually met when you were a baby." Branch commented. "Oh. I thought you seemed a bit familiar. And you don't have to call me princess you know. Friends can call friends whatever they want to call eachother. Which reminds me, what is your name?" Poppy asked. Branch was very surprised that Poppy is already calling him her friend when he didn't even do anything yet. "My name is Branch. And it's very nice to see you Prin-Poppy!" He said almost defying Poppy. "It's very nice to see AND meet you too, Branch." Poppy said excitedly. "Say, after school is over, you want to hang out afterwards?" Poppy asked. "You want to be friends with me?" Branch asked shocked. "Well of course, silly. Who doesn't want to be friends with you?" Poppy asked as if he asked a stupid question. Branch started feeling happy again as he found his chance to finally make a friend. So with a happy smile, he said "I'd love to hang out with you, Poppy!"
"DING!" The hug time bracelets started to chime.
"Oh! It's hug time!" Poppy excitedly said, as she wrapped her small arms around Branch, while everyone else started hugging each other. Once again for the second time, Branch started blushing after Poppy hugged him. He started having that feeling of immense happiness as he returned the hug to Poppy.
"All right class. Let's get down to some fun and learning." The Troll teacher instructed after finishing the preparations for today's class. As everyone started taking their seats, Branch can't wait for the fun time he's gonna have hanging out with his newfound friend as he looked back at her.
"Present time."
Ever since that fateful day, Branch and Poppy has been inseparable. They've become the bestest of friends throughout the 20 years. They always had the most fun just being around eachother. They had sleepovers together, they participated in traditions together, they even got in trouble sometime several years later after that day, Branch started having these weird feelings for Poppy that his Grandma has recognized as love. He kept denying it for fear that it could ruin their friendship.
"Hey Branch!" Speaking of Poppy, there she was right now. As he looked at her, he couldn't help but blush at seeing beauty. She has certainly grown up to be a beauty more precious than the sun itself. As Poppy was coming over to him, he also noticed their other friends were also with her. Throughout the years, Poppy has made more friends that, while not as close to her as Branch, but still pretty close compared to the other Trolls. They consist of the rap loving DJ Suki, the giant but soft hearted worm loving Biggie, the naked but glitter skinned auto tuned Guy Diamond, the fashion loving hair connected twins Satin and Chenille, the strong haired midget Troll girl with a grovel voice Smidge, the small muffled hair covered fuzzling Fuzzbert, and who could forget the weird giraffe Troll Cooper. They pretty much became Branch and Poppy's friends, who Poppy dubbed (in a state of hunger at the time) the Snack Pack.
"How come you weren't at the morning song, Branch?" Poppy asked, a bit upset that her best friend didn't sing alongside her. They always sung together in the morning songs. It's one of their most cherished moments. "Sorry I couldn't participate this time, Poppy. I had to collect a lot of blue berries for my Grandma to make her blue berry pies for the village tonight." Branch answered. "THERE'S GONNA BE BLUE BERRY PIES TONIGHT?!" Cooper asked excitedly. "If there is, could you save some for Mr. Dinkles? He loves your Grandma's delicious pies. Right Mr. Dinkles?" Biggie asked his pet worm. "Mew." Mr. Dinkles answered stoically with a squeak in his voice. "Sure there is gonna be pies for everyone, so don't worry about it." Branch happily reassured his friends. "Well as long as you compensate for your lack of participation in today's morning song with tasty blue berry pies, then I guess you could be forgiven and spared of my scolding right now." Poppy said with a bit of a smirk. During the second half of the 20 years, Branch started getting a bit snarky from much exasperation that he has accumulated as a result of his careful nature. Poppy wanted to be as snarky as him to make it their thing. Though Poppy needed a bit of help from Branch to help with her somewhat lack of snark, but she's getting better at it. "Bummer. I was actually hoping for you to give me something to let you not live it down among many other mistakes you made in your life." Branch snarked. The others giggled a bit as they always found the two of them snarking at each other, funny. Even Poppy couldn't help but giggle also. "Can you believe that it's been 20 years since we all escaped from the Bergens? And now we're gonna celebrate it tonight with..."
"The biggest!" Satin and Chenille cut in.
"The LOUDEST!" DJ Suki also cut in.
"The craziest party, EVER!" And finally Cooper cut in the final time.
"Hey I'm just as excited about this party as you guys are." Branch said. And he really is, but he couldn't help but express his concerns. "But aren't you at least a tiny bit worried that some dangerous creature might hear the loud party and come for us?" Branch asked worriedly to Poppy, hoping that she won't be upset again by his paranoia, only to fail. "Oh my god." Poppy mumbled while touching her forehead. If there was one thing that exasperated Poppy about Branch, it's his endless paranoia. She understands that he's only looking out for their safety, but she feels more annoyed than safe most of the time. "Branch, there isn't going to be ANY danger happening tonight." She started trying not to sound annoyed, but only barely. "Tonight is gonna be a very fun time that won't attract ANY danger." Then she started happily. "And besides, even if there is gonna be danger, you're gonna be able to keep everyone safe thanks to your survival know how." She finished. Ever since Branch turned 13, he's become interested in becoming a survivalist. And it paid off, as he now manages to survive whenever he encounters a creature in his foraging. He even started wearing a bright leafy vest to help camouflage him, which he purposely left the vest open to show off his exposed chest hoping that Poppy would be attracted to him that way. It doesn't seem to work. "Yeah. I guess you have a few points there." Branch started ashamedly. "I just don't want anything bad happening to you guys and everyone else in the village." He finished. "Aaaaawwwww!" The Snack Pack awed. "C'mon Poppy, go easy on him. He's just trying to protect us." Cooper defended Branch. Cooper seems to be the closest to Branch among their Snack Pack friends. CooperIs always defending Branch whenever Poppy gets upset with him. He even tries to help Branch confess his love for Poppy. As Cooper said his statement, Poppy started approaching Branch with a smile, then she placed her hand on his shoulder, making him sweat a bit from her touching him. He always has an uncontrollable urge to sweat nervously whenever Poppy touches him in anyway. "I get that you're only looking out for us, but there really isn't anything to worry about. So just relax and have fun." As she finished saying this, she pulled out an invitation from her hair. She then opened it to show a small cutout of Branch which then sang. "Celebrate freedom from, the Bergens!" It always made Branch super happy whenever Poppy gives him an invitation to her parties. So happy, that he keeps EVERY SINGLE ONE in his drawer. As he was about to reach for it, it shot glitter into his face. While he loves the invitations, he doesn't like the glitter shooting out into his face, yet Poppy still uses the glitter shoots to annoy him. Despite that though, he couldn't help but chuckle as he took the invite and started rubbing off the glitter from his face as he said. "Thank you. And I'll try to relax at the party tonight." He promised.
"That's good to hear, mate!"
'Oh no.' Branch thought in dread, as he looked up to see a purple skinned Troll with yellow trousers descend to the ground with the help of a lightening bug. "Thank you for providing safe passage brother. Namaste." The purple Troll only known as Creek thanked the bug before it flew away. Creek is pretty much the guru of the village as he always seems to be relaxed and compassionate, but Branch knew better. He's also unfortunately Poppy's boyfriend, a fact that always upsets Branch. When the both of them are around the others, Creek acts just as caring to Branch as the others, but when it's just the two of them alone, Creek wastes no time telling Branch that he'll never be able to give Poppy any happiness, knowing very well of his crush on Poppy. Pretty much EVERYONE who isn't Poppy knows about Branch's crush on Poppy. No seems to realize how much of a jerk Creek is to him. "It's good that you're finally gonna take a backseat from paranoia town and take a ride to relaxopolis. If you want, I can take you there myself." Creek said with a very smug smile that always annoys Branch every time. "No I'm fine. I always find my way to wherever I go, even to dumb sounding places like 'relaxopolis.' But thanks anyway for your "support."" Branch snarked. Branch wasn't gonna pretend to be buddies with Creek just like he is, prefering to use his snark to make him look stupid. Unfortunately that just makes the others, especially Poppy, get upset with him, thinking that he's being mean to him for no reason. "Branch! Be nice to Creek, he's just trying to help you." Poppy scolded him.
"DING!" The chime of their hug time bracelets came.
"HUG TIME!" Poppy said excitedly. "It is hug time." Creek said while looking at Poppy "lovingly." They all started to hug each other in a group hug. "I could squeeze you forever!" Guy Diamond auto-tuned as he started hugging Branch, but Branch couldn't find enjoyment in the group hug as he looked at Poppy and Creek hugging in loving embrace, he even feels like he's about to cry. After a while, the group hug ended as everyone dispersed. "As much as I love to be with you Poppy, I'm afraid that I have to go prepare myself for the party tonight. I'll see you then. Boop!" Creek said while booping Poppy's nose, as she then giggled happily. It also upsets Branch whenever they boop each other. He started feeling some anger as he watched Creek while seething, FINALLY leave.
"We gotta make preparations for the party also. So come on guys, LET'S GO!" Poppy excitedly said. As they all start leaving, Branch continued collecting blue berries a bit angered thanks to Creek, until. "HEY BRANCH!" He looked back as Poppy said "I hope to see you at the party tonight!" Poppy said happy as she can be. "I WILL!" Branch answered just as happy. As Poppy left, Branch no longer could feel the anger as he started happily collecting. And it's all thanks to Poppy like always.
Second chapter DONE! Hope you guys are still enjoying!