Disclaimer:
I do not own trolls. Dreamworks has all rights. First three chapters are a fanfic of a fanfic; Lone Concert originally by Dawnbuneary. The story has been dead since 2017 and I desided to pick it backup so here is my take on this trollverse. Hope you enjoy.
Poppy woke up earlier than usual and got ready, trying her hardest not to wake her father. It was a little colder than it has been the past couple of days. So she decided to wear her new flannel that used to belong to her boyfriend. That thought gave her a smile on her face before it quickly faded. She really needed to tell Branch the truth if she wanted this relationship to work out. So she wrote a note to her father telling him that she went out and not to wait up on her. Then she left the pod feeling warm and loved in her flannel. Now the flannel was not at all what she would usually wear and this did earn her some questionable looks. She didn't understand why it wasn't like she was walking around with no clothes; not judging those who do this. But it was a neutral color palette so what. She thought it was nice and she liked it.
Soon she met up with her friends who noticed the flannel. "Girl what are you wearing?" Satin asked. "It doesn't look like you?" Chenille added. "Are you ok? Are you in need of a fashion emergency?" They finished together. "No. Actually this belonged to Branch. He gave it to me and it is cold so I thought I'd wear it. I like it." She finished, confidently. The girls seemed to become excited at hearing this. That was so sweet! "Speaking of Branch I really need to talk to him. Like now." Poppy said distractedly as she looked for the troll in question but before the twins could answer Poppy spotted her man. "Nevermind I see him. Branch." Poppy shouted with a wave. "Bye." She shouted to her friends who just chuckled at their friend's actions.
Poppy soon caught up with Branch who was waiting for her. "Hey like the shirt." He said, noticing the flannel he gave her. Poppy just blushed. She was actually really nervous to tell him that she and her friends had been spying on him and she wasn't completely sure how this was going to work out but so hoped it would be in her favor eventually. "Hey, I need to tell you something." They both said at the same time. "You go first, Poppy said, loving to see the excitement in Branch's eyes. She wanted to see it for as long as she could before she crushed it. She currently left like the Butterfly of Sadness. "Well I actually would like to show you." He said as he grabbed her hand and led her to his secret mushroom. She didn't even pretend to act shocked because she actually was. She neve thought he'd share this spot with her. "It's beautiful." She said, breathlessly. "It's my own secret area. I was actually hoping it could be our secret area." He said bashfully.
Poppy's heart was pounding so hard it was now in her head. "I'd love that." She was being honest and it was hurting her heart with how much she was going to risk telling him the truth. Then she realized how much she would be risking if she didn't. "Branch I really need to tell you something and I hope it doesn't change things between us because I don't think I could handle losing you and I'm rambling." Poppy said. Causing Branch to chuckle. "Yes but it's cute." He said with a guitar in his hands. He was going to sing to her she realized. "Branch, are you going to sing?" Poppy asked, a little distracted from her earlier tangent. "Yeah, so I am not much of a singer but I do have a song that I hope will help your thoughts." Poppy just took in a deep breath before her biyfriedn started to strum and the lights and music of the glow bugs started to take over. And then Branch's voice joined the mix. And to Poppy it was everything to her.
Right behind my left pocket
That is where you'll feel my soul
It's been with me many winters
It will keep you warm
When a father's love is doin' you wrong
When a mother's love is bringin' you home
When you needed, needed, needed, needed a stone
Someone to lean on
Branch was singing. Infront of her. Poppy could not hide her smile she quickly forgot what she NEEDED to tell Branch.
Now I know I could never sit in his chair
And that missin' love left you bare, yeah
But if I'm bein' selfish, that gave me a reason to be there
With my flannel on
Right behind my left pocket
That is where you'll feel my soul
It's been with me many winters
It will keep you warm
The Snack Pack was wondering where Poppy was. They needed to ask her a question about the 20th Annavarsy celebration and she was nowhere to be found. Everyone was getting worried and their group grew to the extended Snack Pack all of them searching for Poppy.
You see, I've been down that road before
And I wouldn't dare say that my hurt was more
But a little spitfire hurt you, boy
With nothin' to lean on (nothin' to lean on)
It's bound to go down after a couple empty cans
And I knew once I saw that fancy record company man
And in her face, she knew I was a stan
Poppy started to close her eyes to listen to her boyfriend sing. She couldn't believe this was happening! Nothing could ruin this moment.
I was leavin' with my flannel on
Right behind my left pocket
That is where you'll feel my soul
It's been with me many winters
It will keep you warm
The character's in the way you wear it
It takes your shape while you keep it on
Poppy was really happy she chose to wear said flannel today. It quickly became her favorite item of clothing. She was so lost in the song that she did not notice Branch had placed his guitar to the side while still singing, but he stood up and was offering to help her up. Once she was on her feet he took one hand in his and placed his other on her waist pulling her close to him and started to dance to the music while he saranaided her.
May we live for many winters
Keepin' each other warm
Now I pledge you'll never ever be alone again, oh
And I pledge these arms and chest are here to hold you in from the cold
Right behind my left pocket
That is where you'll feel my soul
It's been with me many winters
It will keep you warm
The two just waltzed with one another not seeing a pair of angry eyes staring at them. The figure quickly rushed off before he was spotted. He needed to stop this.
Ooh, here's my flannel
The character's in the way you wear it (the way you wear it)
It takes your shape while you keep it on (all you gotta do is keep it on)
May we live for many winters
Keepin' each other warm
And may we live for many winters
Keepin' each other warm
Poppy felt like crying. She was so happy. The man she loves was finally dancing with her and singing to her. And these lyrics she listened to closely and her heart felt like it was going to burst with how much she felt it swelling. She leaned into him as he was taking the lead she was happy to just follow.
You're my world
You mean everything to me
You're the air I breathe
The song I sing
You're my queen, I'm your king
But if we can try to work it
We'll show the world what love is about
Baby come home cause I can't take no more
Of this loneliness and emptiness
Branch took the moment to kiss her passionately before finishing the song. After her pulled away he grabbed his guitar again and started to strum the last few notes.
Right behind my left pocket
That is where you'll feel my soul
It's been with me many winters
It will keep you warm
Poppy's heart was fluttering in her chest. Branch just sang one of the most beautiful songs she has ever heard. If there was any doubt before there certainly isn't any now she was in love with this boy. She was about to lean in for a kiss when the two noticed a sound coming from the bushes. Branch grabbed his guitar and redead himself into a fighting position. The two waited for the creature to reveal itself but much to Poppy's disappointment it would be the beginning of the end. It was the extended Snack Pack. Leggsy, Biggie and Mr. Dinkles, Synth and Guy Diamond holding their son Tiny (what you didn't know they were married). Satin, Chenille, DJ and CJ Suki, Cooper and D, Fuzzburt, Smidge and Milton, and CREEK. Branch was really confused as to what was going on.
"POPPY thank goodness we found you we need quick." Biggie said urgently. Only Suki and Guy realized their mistake. They were in Branch's secret spot that until now Poppy shouldn't have known where it was and therego they should have no idea but yet here they were. Creek on the other hand was loving that he didn't actually have to do anything that all fell apart on its own and his hands were clean. This was truly perfecthe thought as he saw the look on Branch's face. "Um how did you all know where we were? No one else knows about this place." Branch said trying not to jump to conclusions and get angry he trusts Poppy there was an explanation to this right? Right? Branch looked over at Poppy who was almost white. The Snack Pack knew that this was bad and she hadn't told him yet.
"Um it is definitely NOT because we stumbled upon you singing that one time and kept coming back to watch you sing and dance and pour you undying love out for Poppy if that's what you were thinking." Cooper said with a big smile before leaning his head over to this brother and whispered. "Saved it." Everyone else just let out a big sigh. Branch on the other hand was embarrassed. He just couldn't believe Poppy would do this to him. No actually this did seem very in character for her but to lie about it that's what he was really angry about. "You knew." He said before grabbing his things and leaving towards his bunker. "Branch, wait I can explain." Poppy yelled, chasing after him. The Snack Pack felt awful about what they had just done. They might have just destroyed Branch's chance at happiness and possibly Poppy's too. How could they be so careless? And how could she not have told him yet?
Poppy chased Branch all the way to his bunker where Glitz was waiting for him. Glitz was confused as to why Poppy was in tears and Branch was upset. What had happened? They were supposed to be happy, not this? "Branch please let me explain. I was going to tell you I was trying to but I just didn't know how?" Poppy said defeated. "Was any of it real?" Branch shouted back? "What?" She said, confused. "Was any of it real? Or were you just pretending to be my friend to just figure out who I was singing about and try to get me to sing in public?" Branch said. "I wasn't going to force you to sing in public if you didn't want to. I didn't even want that many people to find out that you could sing because I didn't want the entire village to invade your privacy." Poppy explained. "But it was ok for you to?" Branch retorted.
Poppy sighed. He was right. "No it wasn't and I shouldn't have, but hearing you sing there was something inside me that just couldn't not hear it. I'm sorry." Poppy stood there with tears in her eyes. Branch wanted to believe her, but she broke his trust. This wasn't just some cartoon that solves all of their problems in under three hours. This was real life and he felt humiliated at her friends and for Poppy to willingly listen into his personal thoughts. "Were you trying to make me like you? Because I can't be what you all want me to be. I like who I am." Branch said angrily. "I love who you are too." Poppy said, as she tried to hold his hand but he pulled it away before she could. "How could you? You and me; we are completely different." Branch gestured between the two of them. "Yes we are really different." Poppy said, getting frustrated at this whole situation. "So different." Branch snapped back. "I wonder why you're even friends with each other." Creek said not realizing he had said it out loud quickly covering his mouth. Noticing they were not alone any more, Branch let out one more sigh. "Me either." He said under his breath. Poppy gasped, letting more tears fall. Branch could not stand to look at her like this so he turned his back to her but before he left he said one last thing to her. "Then why is it you are the one person I care about more than anyone else. Weird Huh." With that he was gone into his bunker.
The Snack Pack rushed to Poppy who just stood there not moving and tears streamed down her face. "Poppy are you ok?" Biggie asked, concerned for his best friend. "Poppy." Creek said, feeling a little worried. "Poppy." Milton said. By the third time her name was said she completely broke down. She sank to her knees and started balling her eyes out one hand clutching her heart. The other is trying to hold her steady from completely collapsing onto the ground. Her friends pulled her into a group hug. The emergency from earlier pailed into comparison to what was happening now. "I can't believe Branch just did that!" Satin said angrily for their friend, but her sister understood. "We all broke his trust and we were just starting to gain. He's hurting too." Chenille explained. "Let's get her home." Creek said, a little excited to tell King Peppy about all of this. Any chance to make the grey troll look bad infront of the current king he took. Creek always knew that Peppy always liked Branch over Creek which only made things harder for Creek in the end but this time he was to show the king that the grey troll that he was so fond of just broke his daughter's heart.
By the time they reached the royal pod Poppy had somewhat pulled herself together and her father was sitting in the living room enjoying one of the herbal teas Branch had brought to the nursing home. He was quickly on his feet when he saw that his daughter was in distress. "Poppy what happened?" At the sight of her father she came rushing towards him in a much needed hug. Creek was having trouble hiding his smirk. "Branch broke her heart sir." Creek said in his best "concern" voice; that King Peppy did not believe for one bit. "Why would Branch do that?" King Peppy asked skeptically. Poppy pulled herself together. "I broke his trust." Poppy said, ashamed. Creek was a little disappointed Poppy was taking responsibility for this. "He barely let you explain what happened." Creek tried to argue on her behave. "I lied to him, Creek. He was hurt. I can not blame him for not wanting to hear me out. Tomorrow I plan to try and talk to him and maybe I can salvage his friendship but I don't think he'll ever trust me again." Poppy said sadly. Yes she was heartbroken but she was not going to give up on Branch so quickly. She made the mistake and now she needs to try and fix it even if its hard and she doesn't want to do it. She wants things to be back to normal before this mess but she knows she can't and so has to deal with the consequences even if that means if Branch never forgives her.
Peppy looked at his daughter and was disappointed for getting herself into this mess but overall was proud of how much she has grown while being with Branch even for a short time. Peppy always knew that Branch would make a good King one day and it shows that he is helping Poppy become a better queen too. Love is never easy. It takes work, time, understanding and all that is hard, but that's what makes it so worth it in the end. But you have to go through the bumps first. He hope's that Poppy and Branch can make it through this bump. "That sounds like a good idea. I'm proud that you are owning up to your mistakes. That shows signs of a good queen. As rulers we don't always have the answers and we make mistakes. But it is how we go about those mistakes that truly matters." Peppy told his daughter as he held her. "Do you try to deny the mistake, run from it, or own up to it and try to fix it?" King Peppy finished placing a kiss on her temple. "How about the two of us go through some scrapebooks and drink some hot cocoa. This was Peppy's que for the Snack Pack to leave. Which they took. Poppy went to the sofa with some scrapbooks while her father made the cocoa.
While she waited she just broke down crying again. Peppy knew that she would probably be crying through most of the night he planned that and he just spent his time holding her. "What if I really did lose him for good, dad?" Poppy said between sobs. Peppy just held her tighter. "I know that won't happen, want to know how I know this?" Peppy asked smuggly. Poppy weakly nodded her head. "I know this because that boy has been in love with you since the two of you were kids. Long before he was grey and he stayed in love with you even after he turned grey. Loving someone through all of that you don't just get over over night." Peppy explained. "You know thata you'll need to regain his trust which is something that is hard to do when you barely had it to begin with but if you truly love him it will all be worth it." Peppy said as his daughter tried to hold back her tears. "But for tonight we can just drink hot cocoa and cry." As Peppy finished his last sense Poppy just started to ball again. It was safe to say that both her and Branch not only cried all through the night, but the two also cried themselves to sleep.
Sorry this one doesn't end happily. But what is truer than a love story with a sad ending. But don't worry even if the next chapter isn't much better we will get the Broppy happy ending I promise so don't go anywhere. I actually started writing this with the end first like I said my brain doesn't see the story in a straight line. So that's what kind of happened with all of this. Honestly this was not the original plan but when I do art I go in with a rough idea and just let the art take over. It knows what it's supposed to end up as I'm more as a messenger for it. You know what I have learned doing fanfics of fanfics. It gets you out of your own head and to expand your locked writing style to a more broad approach. I definitely feel like I have gotten better at writing and doing things and it has been a lot of fun to do. A past teacher once said to me Art is to inspire others so they can grow and expand to create it into something new. I really love how this story has been developing and I hope to continue I have been working on the first movie approach but I will admit Chef is one of my favorite villains and I just love to hate Creek and I felt there just wasn't enough hate for him so they will continue to be the villains in this even after we finish with the first bit of the movie so stay tuned for all of that. So I did do a little bit of a mashup of another song if you spotted that. The lyrics just fit so well in my opinion. Post in the comments if you know what the second song is. I just wanted to post a chapter for Thanksgiving so Happy Holidays!