Here's Chapter 3, ladies and gentlemen. I should also warn that this is where the T rating comes to mind. Rated T for some cursing and mentions of sex. Again, I don't own Trolls, but Dreamworks does.
Chapter 3: Bane of existence.
After collecting the necessary amount of berries to make the pies, Branch and his Grandma started baking them so that there would be time for Branch to be at the party. And after a few hours, they were done. "Thanks for helping me with the pies, Branch." Rosiepuff thanked her Grandson gratefully. "Anything to help my hard working Grandma." Branch started. "You deserve a break for everything that you do, you know? Why not come celebrate at the party?" Branch asked. "You should know very well that I'm to old to be able to celebrate these loud and crazy parties." She said. "Come on, you... still got the moves." Branch hesitated to say. It's true though that Rosiepuff was getting to old. Meaning that she couldn't dance as excitedly as everyone else, and her hearing is starting to get a teeny bit weak. "Just go to the party without me, Branch. Okay? And have lots of fun, alright. And who knows, this could be the night that you'll finally tell Poppy how you feel." Rosiepuff encouraged Branch. She always knew that Branch had secretly loved the princess, even before he knew it, ever since she first saw the two of them together. She's been trying to get Branch to confess to Poppy, even after she started dating Creek, reasoning that confessing would get it off his chest (and she's honestly confident that what Poppy and Creek "have" isn't gonna last long). "Grandma, for the last time, no." Branch said firmly. "Saying "I love you" to someone who is already dating someone else, is just gonna bring a ginormous can of embarrassment that can only be digested by death." Branch tried to convince Rosiepuff. "But Branch you are suffering. Every time I go near your room, I keep hearing you cry and loudly wailing "WHY, WHY HIM!" multiple times." She let him know. "Wait. Do I seriously go like that?" Branch asked highly embarrassed that his Grandma hears him go wailing like a love sick brat. "Every. Time." Rosiepuff emphasized. "But I don't want things to be weird between me and Poppy when she's already dating... Creeeeeeeeeeek." He said while growling Creek's name as if it is poisonous to say. "Well if Creek truly is a "smug douchebag" as you claim he is, then it won't be long until Poppy breaks up with him." She reassured Branch while recalling one of MANY foulmouthed names Branch has used to call Creek. Smug douchebag just happens to be the LEAST foulmouthed. Frankly though, Rosiepuff has always saw Creek as a good hearted gentleman, though she had to agree on the smug attitude. She just thinks that Branch is just not handling jealousy very well. "I just wish it would happen sooner." Branch upsetly said.
"DING DONG!" The doorbell ranged.
"I'll get it." Branch then opened the door to see the bane of his existence. "Creek." Branch seethed while gritting his teeth. "Hello Branch." Creek said to Branch in his ever smug tone. "What do you want?" Branch impatiently asked. "Poppy sent me to come get you and those pies. Is cool if I come in?" Creek calmly asked. "NEVER!" Branch screamed. "BRANCH! Of course you can come in Creek." Rosiepuff said after scolding Branch. Branch could only tremble with rage as the very person he hated most was inside his own home. Then as Creek stepped in, he saw the pies they made. So he picked one up and started smelling it. "Mmmhmm! These smell VERY good Ms. Rosiepuff." Creek gratefully said. "Please, just call me Rosie. And I do hope you and everyone else enjoy them." She said happily. She really doesn't see why Branch hates him. "You do so much for the village, Rosie. I do hope that you will ascend to a very good place when the time comes." Creek said while "crying." He then started hugging her exasperating Branch even more. "I'm sure that I will, Creek. I just hope that you enjoy the party. And tell Poppy I said hello." She said while hugging him back. "Now if you'll excuse me boys, I'm gonna take a nap. Hope you have LOADS of fun! And goodnight Branch." Rosiepuff said as she started leaving the room. "Goodnight Grandma." Branch said gently. After she left and fell asleep, Creek turned to Branch and said. "I do hope that you didn't mess with these pies. You never did strike me as a baker." Creek said condescendingly. "I made the pies EXACTLY as my Grandma prepares them! Maybe I only messed with just YOURS! You may feel an itch between your legs in the morning!" Branch snarked, pissed off that Creek would suggest that he sucks at baking. "I may actually fake that, JUST to convince Poppy to leave you forever." Creek threatened. "Do you want THAT to happen?" Creek asked with a smirk. Despite his constant snarking on Creek, and no longer feeling scared of him, Branch does feel scared now. "No." Branch mumbled. "Then shut up and let's go. The party is about to start and, for some reason, Poppy wants you to come already. Frankly, I think life would be better AND funner without YOU." Every word coming out of Creek just keeps infuriating Branch. "And TRY to understand the meaning of FUN already. The last thing anyone wants is your stupid mouth running off spouting nonsense." By this point Branch is feeling steam in his body. "And remember that you could NEVER bring Poppy as much happiness as ME! I'm the only one right for Poppy, not YOU. You could NEVER show her the kind of love I give her. Because just one attempt at trying to woo her, and I will make your life a living hell." Creek sadisticly threatened. And now Branch feels like he's gonna explode. "Sure. Gotcha. Heard it LOUD and CLEAR for the BILLIONTH time." Branch seethed while he rolled his eyes. "How about you go take these pies to everyone, while I go do something that will only take a few minutes." Branch said as he left his pod. "Just try to hurry it up, okay?" Creek said. Creek wants to be king and marrying Poppy is the only way to make it happen. But since Branch has a crush on her and is her best friend, he feels that Branch may one day win her heart, so he intends to make him look as bad as possible so that Poppy won't even think about dating him. He'll do ANYTHING to get the luxuries only HE deserves.
Meanwhile, as Branch started walking to the jungle, the party was getting underway. Which means that it's already making loud noises, which means NO ONE would hear him scream. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! $& # YOU CREEK! $& #%* $&#%* YOU CREEEEEEEEEEEEK! YOU $&#ING $& %SUCKER!" Branch screamed loudly to the heavens as he started beating his environment. He punched a hole in a tree, he punched punched a cactus which did hurt him, but he was to angry to care, he even punched a boulder to pieces. After letting out his frustrations, he then started walking to the party. "One day. One day I'm gonna strangle that smug bastard. I don't know HOW, I don't know WHY, and I don't know WHEN! But ONE DAY I will strangle him. Then we'll SEE. JUST. HOW. CALM. HE. CAN. BE!" Branch promised while screaming. He knows he's being childish, but he just HATES that guy. He then started remembering the first time he actually met the real Creek. Before that, Branch just like everyone else, also thought that Creek was nice and cool guy. It was when he was 19 and Poppy was 16.
"Past time!"
"Okay everyone, I have some very great news that I can't wait to tell!" Poppy said excitedly.
"You found out that you're as strong as an elephant?!" Smidge asked excitedly.
"Cool, but no!" Poppy answered excitedly.
"You decided to get yourself a little friend, like I did?!" Biggie asked excitedly while holding up Mr. Dinkles. "Mew."
"Adorable, but no!" Poppy answered excitedly again."
"You were taken prisoner by a UFO, then had your entire body transformed into a miniature cotton candy figure?!" Cooper asked especially excitedly as everyone started looking at him weirdly.
"Uh no." Poppy answered just as weirded out by his question.
"Okaaaaaaayyyyyy. Will you just tell us what the very great news is?" Branch asked. "Okay. Here it is." Then she paused for a few seconds, and then. "I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!" Poppy screamed loudly with a lot of excitement. Then the Snack Pack started cheering, feeling half happy for Poppy and half sad for Branch as he then looked horrified. 'I lost my chance.' Branch thought sadly. "Isn't this amazing, Branch?!" Poppy asked, completely oblivious to Branch's inner termoil. Then Branch put on a forceful smile. "Yeah! I feel so happy for you! He is a LUCKY guy to have you!" Branch complimented, trying to sound as happy as he can. "So who is your..." Branch tried to say. "Who is YOUR... new BOYFRIEND?!" Branch accidentally yelled. Jumping a bit from the unintended outburst, Poppy quickly recovered, and said. "Its a guy that I've always wanted to date. Soooo calm and handsome." Poppy swooned over. Branch already has a good idea who it is now. "Guys, say hello to CREEK!" As she said this, the door to her pod opened as Creek entered. "Hello guys, soooo good to be in the presence of my beau's MANY friends." He stated as he hugged Poppy who happily hugged back. "I do hope that I'll be just as aquainted to you guys as Poppy did, especially you Branch. Poppy tells me how much she enjoys your friendship. I'd love to be considered a best friend to you." As Creek said this, he then hugged Branch. Branch was felt conflicted. Ever since Poppy turned 13, she has started getting interested in the concept of romance and has started having a crush on Creek who has always been a very calm and cool Troll that Branch knew very well would curbstomp poor Branch in wooing a girl, which he did. On the other hand, he should be happy that Poppy managed to have someone to love forever. So he settled on happy. "Hey. You're already my best friend the minute you made this the best day of Poppy's life." Branch said genuinely happy. He couldn't be upset just because he lost his chance, since Creek already seems to be right for Poppy. "If YOU make her feel happy, then I'M happy!" DJ Suki assured Creek. "It brings us happy tears..." Satin started. "...That our Poppy has a boyfriend!" Chenille finished as they started happily crying. "The times with Poppy are gonna be fuuuuunnnn!" Guy Diamond auto-tuned. "You were already in my cool book, now you're gonna be in my double cool book." Cooper declared as he took out a book labeled "Double Cool" and then wrote Creek's name in it. "Thank you guys so much for this kind of support. And I WILL try to do great alongside Poppy. Boop!" Creek said while booping Poppy's nose. She giggled. "That's totally our thing now! Now if you'll excuse me Creek, I have to prepare myself for our date, so why don't you start getting along with Branch, while me and the Snack Pack prepare myself." Poppy said, as she and the others left the room. "I will make sure that this will be a memorable start to a great friendship for Branch." Creek promised. After they left, Branch then touched Creek's shoulder as he said. "You making Poppy the happiest is already memorable enough." He stated nicely. "I'm happy for both of you." Just as he said this, Creek slapped Branch's hand off his shoulder. "Don't give me that bull crap." Creek coldly cursed. ""I'm happy for both of you!" Bah!" He mocked. "Don't think that I don't know about your crush on Poppy." He threatened. Branch was shocked, he NEVER saw Creek act like this before. "I'm gonna tell you here and now, that you will NEVER be able to give Poppy as much happiness as ME! I'm the only one right for Poppy! YOU could NEVER show her the love that I give her! So try just ONE attempt at wooing her, and I WILL make your life a living hell!" Creek sadisticly said. Branch actually felt terrified right now. Wondering what did he do to warrant this hostility from the most calmest Troll in the village. As he kept thinking, the others came back. "I am READY for our first DATE!" Poppy said excitedly as she wore a yellow sundress outfit. "You look beautiful, my dear." Creek lovingly said, immediately going back to "nice mode." "I'll see you guys later!" As she said this just before they left, Creek discreetly looked back at Branch as if saying "I'm watching you." Branch continues looking mortified as the Snack Pack consoled him over his loss. "Sorry you missed your chance, man." Cooper said. "You know what they say, "You snooze, you loose." Sorry about that." Smidge apologized. "There are plenty of other Trolls that you could admire, Branch. My friend, Amanda, is available right now." Biggie said trying to make Branch feel better. But Branch was to busy feeling terror from what he's identified as "the true Creek."
"Present time!"
Now he feels annoyed. He WAS scared of that phrase the first few times, but since Creek keeps using it CONSTANTLY, it's no longer scary and just annoying now. 5 years he had to suffer watching Creek being "affectionate" to Poppy while taunting him. As mulled over this, he finally entered the party, and BOY was it loud. He notices DJ Suki playing her sick beats, some glitter Trolls acting like disco balls, then he notices Creek using Satin and Chenille's connected hair as a slingshot to launch confetti balls. Douche or not, he knew how to party. Then one of the confetti balls accidentally hit Smidge, blowing her way back and unconscious, causing the party to stop. As Branch got worried, wondering if she was okay, she got up and screamed "YOLO!" Causing the party to start up again. As Branch felt relief, he notices Poppy, who had her hair in a ponytail, dancing to her hearts content on top of the giant mushroom alongside Cooper. Poppy then noticed Branch and said "BRANCH! YOU'RE JUST IN TIME!" Poppy said, excited that her best friend is finally here. Then she used her hair to wrap it around Branch's waist to bring him up to the mushroom. "Woah!" Branch exclaimed, not expecting that. When he got there, Poppy then hugged him "ITS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BY MY SIDE, BRANCH!" She screamed over the loud music. Branch blushed as he then said "ANYTHING FOR YOU, POPPY!" He then noticed Creek giving him a disapproving look while doing the "I'm watching you" look again. So Branch regretably lets go of Poppy. "THOSE PIES WERE THE BOMB, BRANCH! GIVE MY THANKS TO YOUR AWESOME GRANDMA!" Cooper said. "I WILL!" Branch reassured. As they kept dancing, glitter was being launched in the sky, causing a form of fireworks that was making Branch nervous. Poppy then ordered "MORE GLITTER!" 'What's she doing?' Branch nervously thought as Poppy then ordered "TURN IT UP!" Smidge, manning the glitter cannons, then shot all the cannons at the same time while at the highest level possible, causing a MASSIVE light to temporarily obscure their vision. Branch couldn't help but feel that it may cause them some trouble. Just as he was about to express his concerns, he then noticed a fireworks display of both Poppy AND him. "I hope you liked that, Branch." Poppy said with a smile. Branch felt a lot of happiness at the moment to feel like spoiling it, "I love it very much, Poppy." He said gratefully. Suddenly the music faded as Poppy announced "Okay, everyone. I just want to take a moment and get a little real." She finished as her father King Peppy, who is now old and has frazzled hair from taking care of Poppy throughout the years, stepped onto the mushroom. Suddenly, Biggie cheered "POPPY!" Everyone then looked at him. "She's my friend! I know her!" Biggie stated while pointing at Poppy. "SHHHHHHH!" Everyone shushed him, causing him to get all nervous and Mr. Dinkles squeaking mew. As the attention was back on Poppy, she announced "I'd like to take second to celebrate our king." Then she looked back at him as she said "My father, who, 20 years ago this night, saved all of us from those dreaded-"
"RUMBLING NOISE!" A rumbling made.
Suddenly they noticed, as a creature that the Trolls hoped to never see again, has crashed the party. The creature that the Trolls would only know as "Bergens." King Peppy finished for Poppy, as a very tall Bergen that seems to wear a chef's outfit, come closer to where they were standing, Branch started having that terrified feeling he had way back in the escape tunnel as he said "Oh crap." He quietly exclaimed, as the Bergen stopped right in front of the mushroom they were standing on, and said, while giving them a confidently smug stance, "Gotcha." The Bergen smugly claimed. Terrified, Cooper couldn't help but poop 3 cupcakes out of his butt. 'Seriously, Cooper?' Branch thought exasperatedly to Cooper. The Bergen started to look confused and disgusted by Cooper's display, as Poppy tried to think. "Uh..." She then picked up the cupcakes and, with a smile, offered them to the Bergen. "Cupcake?" She asked hopefully.
Branch could only face palm.
Chapter 3, done. Next one is coming soon! :)