(Scene changes to the castle halls, where the guards pass each other)

Todd: "Chad."

Chad: "Todd."

(Poppy reveals herself and Branch from their hiding place on top of a torch, as Poppy's hair was previously concealing them as it took on the shape and color of a flame. Together, they hook their hair to an overhanging chandelier and swing to the other side of the hall)

"Dude, our siblings are awesome!" John Dory exclaimed, Viva smiling widely at her sister's bravery.

"I can't believe they managed to break into the Bergen's castle," Bruce said, proud of his brother.

"Now let's just hope the rescue part of the mission is also a success," Floyd added.

Poppy: "So where do you think our friends are?"

Branch: "If I had to guess, I'd say in a Bergen's stomach."

"Can't he try to be positive? Just once?!" Viva said, wishing Branch wasn't so negative.

Poppy: "Could you try to be positive? Just once. You might like it."

Branch: (Sarcastically) "Okay. I'm sure they're not only alive, but about to be delivered to us on a silver platter." (He spreads his arms to emphasis the sarcasm of his words)

"Thank you," Viva sighed, while the brothers just gave her looks of disbelief.

Poppy: "Thank you. That wasn't so hard, was it?" (At her words, Branch gives her a look of utter disbelief)

(Poppy's hug time bracelet goes off, chiming)

Poppy: "Branch!"

Branch: "Hug time? Seriously?"

Poppy: "Shh. Listen."

(Further down the hall, Poppy and Branch hear the chimes of the captured trolls' hug time bracelets go off, letting them know exactly where they were)

"Oh, smart," Clay said.

King Gristle: (King Gristle enters the dining room with Chef and Bridget behind him, Bridget pushing the cart along holding the cage the trolls were being held in) "This is gonna be the best Trollstice ever! Such a great idea I had."

Chef: "Yes. Tomorrow is Trollstice, everyone. And it must be perfect!"

"Tomorrow!?" Viva exclaimed in worry.

"Viva, remember this already happened," Clay reminded her.

"Yeah, that doesn't really make us feel any better," Bruce said, hoping Branch didn't get caught.

Other Chefs: "Yes, Chef!"

(Branch and Poppy appear on the chandelier, overlooking the dining room)

Chef: "Feels great to be ordering everyone around again."

Poppy: "Branch, look!" (Points to their friends)

Branch: "They're alive?"

Poppy: "And on a silver platter, too. We were both right."

"I guess that is true, despite Branch being sarcastic when he said that," Floyd remarked.

Chef: "And to mark the occasion, Your Highness, look." (Takes out his old Trollstice bib from a box) "I found your old Troll bib."

King Gristle: "Oh, wow! I bet you still fit." (Takes the bib and struggles to get it on) "Like a glove!" (The bib snaps and breaks)

As the bib broke John Dory burst out laughing, earning him an eye roll from a few of his brothers.

Bridget: "Ahh…"

(Cooper laughs loudly, causing the other trolls in the cage to quickly shush him)

King Gristle: "Oh, you think that's funny? We'll see who's laughing when I bite your yummy head off. When I bite all y'alls yummy heads off."

At the Bergen King's words the trolls all grimaced at the image while Viva looked ready to be sick.

King Gristle: (Glares at the cowering trolls before realizing there weren't enough for all the Bergen's) "Wait a minute. Chef, this isn't enough yummy heads to feed all of Bergen Town. How are we supposed to have Trollstice if there's not enough Trolls?"

Chef: (Nervously) "Oh, there's plenty more where that came from, sire."

(Poppy and Branch gasp and look at each other)

"No!" Viva exclaimed, worried for the other trolls.

"So Branch does care about the other trolls," Floyd said, noticing Branch's worried look he gave Poppy at Chef's words.

King Gristle: "Are you sure? Because I promised everyone a Troll."

Chef: "No, no, no, sire! Everything will be fine. If I were truly worried...would I be willing to do this?" (Opens the cage and grabs Creek)

The trolls gasped as they watched Chef grab Creek.

Poppy: "Creek!"

(At Poppy's shout, Branch quickly pulls her down and out of sight so Chef wouldn't see them as her cry almost gave them away)

"Oh no, she's going to give them away!" Clay shouted, worried for his brother.

King Gristle: "Oh, my first Troll!"

Chef: "Go on, eat, King Gristle." (Hands Creek over to the king) "Enjoy a taste of true happiness."

(Branch, Poppy, and captured trolls look on in horror as King Gristle brings Creek to his mouth)

"I don't want Branch to see that…" Bruce sadly said, not wanting his youngest brother to watch something so horrific.

King Gristle: "Shouldn't we wait for Trollstice?"

"Phew," the brothers and Viva sighed in relief. By waiting it gave Branch and Poppy more time to save the trolls before Trollstice.

Trolls: "Phew."

Chef: "Sire, every day is Trollstice when you have Trolls." (Puts Creek in a taco and hands it to the King)

"She put him in a taco!" Clay and Viva shouted in anger.

"Well, I think she just ruined taco's for me," Bruce said.

Floyd and John Dory could only stare at the screen in horror at the Bergen's actions.

King Gristle: "Yeah, I guess." (Brings Creek up to his mouth then once again stops) "But my dad said the first time should be special."

(Branch, Poppy and captured trolls sigh in relief)

"Phew," the brothers and Viva sighed in relief, along with the other trolls on screen.

Chef: "Well, you're the king now." (Puts hot sauce over Creek)

"Now I really think I'm going to be sick," Viva said, watching in disgust as Chef put sauce on Creek.

King Gristle: "Yeah, I am the king." (Brings the taco up to his mouth before lowering it again) "But I think I should share this moment with all the kingdom."

Chef: "Eat it!" (With that, Chef shoves the taco in the King's mouth, causing all the trolls to gasp)

"NO!"

Smidge: "Oh, my gosh!"

Poppy: "No!"

Chef: "Yes!" (Snaps her fingers, ordering the other Bergen's in the room to celebrate)

At seeing the Bergen's celebrate the trolls could only look at each other is disgust and horror at what they just watched.

Chef: "Idget, lock these Trolls in your room and guard them with your life." (Throws a wooden spoon at Bridget, hitting her in the head)

Bridget: "Yes, Chef."

"I'd rather the trolls be with Bridget than Chef anyday. Maybe now Branch and Poppy have a chance to rescue them," Bruce said, the events that just occurred still in his mind.

(Chef and King Gristle leave the room)

Poppy: "Branch, we have to save him!"

"From what?" John Dory asked, confused as to how Poppy could possibly believe Creek to still be alive.

Branch: "Save him from what? His stomach?"

Poppy: "We didn't see him chew. We didn't see him swallow!"

"Wait, that's true!" Viva said, agreeing with her sister.

"Viva, we just watched Creek get eaten. He's gone," Clay told her softly.

Branch: "Face it, Poppy. Sometimes people go into other people's mouths...and they don't come out. If we go after Creek now, we're going to get eaten. I'm sorry...but it's too late for him."

"Please listen to him Poppy," Floyd said, not wanting to think of his brother getting eaten.

(As Poppy watches her friends still in the cage being pushed away, she is filled with determination to save them)

Branch: (Poppy jumps down the chandelier and slides down the ladder that was being used by the Bergens) "Huh. Poppy!"

(Jumping from the ladder onto the table, Poppy lands on a spoon and surfs it to the end of the table, where she swings herself onto the back of Bridget's dress, holding onto the straps. Once Poppy was secure, Branch follows suit and jumps down from the chandelier, leaping across the Bergen's hats and swinging himself beside Poppy, holding onto Bridget's dress straps as well)

"Yeah, go Poppy!" Viva shouted.

"Our brother is crazy awesome!" John Dory exclaimed, the brothers staring at the screen with wide eyes as they watched Branch literally jump on Bergen's heads to cross the room.

(Bridget runs down the circular stairs to her room in the basement, with Branch and Poppy jumping off at their first chance and running to hide underneath her small dresser. Bridget then places the cage holding the trolls onto a desk)

Chef: "Scullery maid!" (Chef's voice echoed through the chute leading up to the kitchens above, where Chef dropped a pile of dishes onto Bridget for her to clean) "Wash these pots and pans for Trollstice. The king's inviting everyone. Except you."

(As a spoon came down and hit her on the head, Bridget burst out in tears and threw herself on her bed, Branch and Poppy watching sadly from their hiding place)

At seeing Bridget cry, the trolls couldn't help but look at one another sadly, feeling sorry for her.

"No one should be treated like that, even if they are a maid," Floyd said.

Bridget: (Pulling back pink curtains draped over a shelf, Bridget reveals her collection of magazines, all having the picture of the King on them, and picks one up) "I've been alone with you inside my mind. And in my dreams I've kissed your lips, a thousand times. I sometimes see you pass outside my door. Hello. Is it me you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile. You're all I've ever wanted. And my arms are open wide. 'Cause you know just what to say." (King Gristle in the background: "You're all the idiots! I have to do everything myself. I have to get out of bed, I'm supposed to put my own clothes on, tie my own shoes.") "And you know just what to do. And I want to tell you so much, I love you." (Bridget continues to sob into her pillow before falling asleep)

"What just happened?" Clay said, confused by the Bergen's behavior.

"She's in love with the king? I-I didn't know Bergen's felt love," Viva said, also confused.

Poppy: "Oh, she's in love with the king."

Branch: "What are you talking about? Bergens don't have feelings."

Poppy: "Well, maybe you don't know everything about the Bergens. Now let's go."

(Together, Branch and Poppy run across the room and hoist themselves up to where the cage is being held. Checking that Bridget is still asleep, Branch hurriedly takes off the cover to the cage)

"Please be careful," Floyd quietly said.

Poppy: "Guys!"

Captured Trolls: "Poppy! Celebrate good times, come on!" (Branch throws his hands up in frustration at their loudness)

"Seriously! They're being so loud! They're going to get Branch and Poppy caught!" John Dory said, stressed enough as it was before the trolls on-screen had to loudly sing.

"They didn't even recognize the fact that Branch is there to help save them along with Poppy!" Bruce said, frustrated by the trolls' ignoring his brother's presence as well as annoyed by how loud they were.

Poppy: "It's a celebration-"

Branch: "Shhh!"

Captured Trolls: "There's a party going on right here!"

Branch: "No! There is not a party going on right here." (Reaches in Poppy's hair and takes out a pair of scissors, which he uses to break open the lock to the cage and free the trolls) "The sooner we get you guys out of here…"

"At least he knows how dire the situation is," Clay muttered, exasperated with how loud and careless the other trolls were being.

Poppy: "The sooner we can save Creek!"

"Wait, what!? She can't think he's still alive!" John Dory exclaimed.

Branch: "What?!"

(At his outburst, Bridget sits up suddenly, causing the trolls to gasp and freeze in their escape)

"NO!" the brothers and Viva shouted.

Bridget: (Sleepily) "Hello? Is it me you're looking for?" (Falls back onto her bed and goes back to sleep)

Trolls: "Phew…"

"That was close…" Floyd whispered, him and the other trolls sighing in relief that their siblings didn't get caught.

Branch: "I know you're looking for the cupcakes and rainbows here… but let's face it, Creek's been eaten." (Branch opens the door to the cage, allowing the trolls to exit)

Biggie: "They put him in a taco!"

Cooper: "It was horrible."

"It really was," Bruce said, his brothers and Viva nodding in agreement.

Guy Diamond: "Sorry, Poppy. Creek's gone."

Branch: "Poppy, how could you possibly think Creek's still alive?"

Poppy: "I don't think he's alive. I hope he's alive, and that's enough."

Branch: "How do you always look on the bright side? There is no bright side here. None!"

Poppy: "There's always a bright side."

(A light behind Branch turns on)

Bridget: "Hey! Where do you think you're going?" (Bridget approaches the escaped trolls, holding a lantern in one hand)

"Get out of there!" John Dory shouted.

"Oh crap…" Bruce whispered in fear for his brother.

Floyd and Clay exchanged nervous and worried glances while Viva just stared ahead in horror.

Trolls: "Ahhhh!" (Trolls run away from Bridget, all but Guy Diamond who runs toward her and sprays glitter in her face before running away)

Bridget: "Ah! Glitter! No! Get back in your cage!" (Chases after the trolls, trying desperately to catch one) "Chef's gonna be so mad!" (Biggie, Fuzzbert and Smidge run past her) "No!"

(Branch picks up a fork nearby and brandishes it at Bridget, willing to fight to protect the trolls. Bridget yells and picks up a frying pan, ready to hit Branch with it)

"What the-what!" Clay shouted, shocked by his brother's braveness.

"No, get out of there Branch!" Floyd yelled.

"What's he doing?!" Bruce said, worried that Branch would get hurt.

Poppy: "Bridget, stop!" (At Poppy's yell, Bridget turns around) "You're in love with King Gristle."

Bridget: (Startled) "Um, I don't know what you're talking about."

(Poppy pushes the pink curtains aside hanging above Bridget's bed, revealing numerous cutouts of the King plastered all over the bulletin board)

Bridget: "Uh, excuse me!" (Runs over and shuts the curtains) "That's not mine."

"Seriously?" Viva said, exasperated, while the brothers all let out a sigh of relief that Bridget's attention was turned away from Branch.

(Poppy moves a part of the curtain aside, showing a specific picture of Bridget's cutout face next to the King's)

Bridget: (Sadly) "What does it matter? It's not like he even knows I'm alive."

"Is that Bergen…having a conversation…with a troll?" Floyd asked, really confused now.

Poppy: "Bridget, I can help you! What if there was a way we could both get what we want?"

"Huh? No! Why? You can't trust Bergen's!" Viva exclaimed.

Bridget: "You love Gristle, too? You'd better back off, girlfriend!" (Hisses a warning at Poppy)

"Uhh…"

Poppy: "No. Bridget, no. That Troll King Gristle put in his mouth, that's Creek." (Takes out her picture of Creek and shows it to Bridget) "And I would do anything to save him. The only problem is…we can't get anywhere near the king without him eating us."

"Creeks gone!" John Dory shouted. "Poppy's only going to put Branch and the other trolls in danger!"

At his words Viva glared at him. "At least my sister is doing what's right!"

"You can't seriously tell me that you want Poppy to make a deal with a Bergen!" John Dory said, silencing Viva.

Bridget: "Oh…"

Poppy: "But...you can. You can walk right up to him and tell him how you feel."

Bridget: "As if. I can't just walk right up to the king. His Royal Awesomeness would never talk to a scullery maid like me."

Poppy: "What if he didn't know you were a scullery maid? What if he thought you were this total babe?"

(At this point, all the other trolls joined Poppy and approached Bridget on her bed, seeing as she was no longer a threat)

Bridget: "What kind of total babe would be dressed like a scullery maid? I smell like gravy."

Satin: "What if we made you a new outfit?"

Chenille: "I'm thinking…"

Satin & Chenille: "Jumpsuit!"

"Wait, so they all agree with Poppy and are willing to help this Bergen who was seconds ago trying to capture them?" Clay said, confused by the Bergen's and trolls changing behavior.

"Something tells me that Branch will not be happy about this though," Bruce added.

"But he'll probably go through with it anyway because it's clear he's not going to leave them behind," Floyd said, worried for his brother while also being proud of his actions.

Bridget: "What's the point of a jumping suit if I still have this hair?"

Poppy: "Oh, we can fix that." (DJ Suki, Fuzzbert, and Cooper nod in agreement)

Bridget: "What's the point of a new outfit and new hair...if I don't even know what a total babe would ever say?"

Poppy: "We can help with that too!"

Bridget: "Really?"

Poppy: "What do you say, Bridget? You get us Creek, and we'll get you a date with the king."

(Bridget looks down at the trolls around her, all of whom are nodding energetically, then glances at her bulletin board)

Bridget: "Let's do it?"

"What?" Viva asked, completely confused. Never in her wildest dreams did she ever imagine that a Bergen wouldn't eat a troll in sight, let alone talk and make a deal with one.

Poppy: "A 5, 6, 7, 8…"

All Trolls (Except Branch): "When you look in the mirror, let it disappear, all your insecurities…"

Bridget: "Wait! Why isn't this one singing?" (Points to Branch)

At her words the brothers flinched at the reminder of why their brother wasn't singing.

Cooper: "Come on, Branch. Sing with us!"

Biggie: "Yeah, Branch, sing with us!"

Satin & Chenille: "Sing with us!"

Guy Diamond: "Sing with us!"

Branch: "Oh, no. That's okay."

Bridget: "You don't think this will work?"

Branch: "Oh, no, no. It's not that. I just don't sing."

Poppy: "Branch!"

Bridget: "No. He's right. This idea is stupid. King Gristle will never love me." (Buries her face in her pillow and begins crying again)

"He never said that though!" John Dory said, defending his brother.

Biggie: "Come on. Hey, hey. What's all this?"

Chenille: "Oh, Bridget."

DJ Satin: "That's right, Bridget. Just let it all out."

Biggie: "Bridget, let it go. Just have a good cry. Go, girl!"

(Bridget throws her head back and wails loudly)

Biggie: "Okay, now bring it back in. Reel it in."

"I'm still trying to process the fact that the trolls are willingly helping a Bergen, and vice versa. Now we see them comforting one?" Viva said, shocked by their strange friendly interactions.

(Branch rolls his eyes and begins climbing up the window to get away from everyone)

Poppy: "Branch, what are you doing? You have to sing!" (Poppy follows Branch up the window)

Branch: "I told you, I don't sing."

Poppy: "Well, you have to!"

Branch: "I'm sorry. I can't."

Poppy: "No, you can. You just won't."

Branch: "Fine. I just won't."

At Branch's words and refusal to sing the brothers couldn't help but exchange sad, guilty and ashamed looks.

Poppy: "You have to!"

Branch: "No!"

Poppy: "Yes!"

Branch: "No!"

"Why is she still pushing him to sing? Just let him be!" Clay said, angry that Poppy was clearly making Branch uncomfortable and upset.

Poppy: "Why not? Why won't you sing?"

Branch: "Because singing killed my grandma, okay?! Now, leave me alone." (Branch walks off while Poppy is shocked)

At Branch's words the brothers were shocked into silence.

"Singing…killed grandma?" Clay slowly asked.

"How did…singing kill your Grandma? What song was she singing?" Viva asked the brothers, to which they had no answer to.

"But…I thought it was because of us," John Dory said.

"We definitely still have something to do with it, but it's clear something happened after we left," Floyd sadly said.

Cooper: "My uncle broke his neck tap dancing once."

Poppy: "How did singing kill your grandma? What song was she singing?"

Branch: "I was the one singing."

At his words the brothers looked at each other in shock.

(Flashback to when Branch was 5 - aka. 4 years after his brothers abandoned him, as they left when he was only 1)

Young Branch: "And I need you now tonight, and I need you more than ever…"

Branch: "That day, I was so lost in song…I didn't hear my grandma trying to warn me."

Young Branch: "And if you only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever." (Bergen approaches in the distance)

Grandma: "Branch! Watch out!" (Drops the laundry she was doing and runs toward Branch)

Young Branch: "And we'll only be making it right…" (Chef appears behind Branch)

Grandma: "Watch out, Branch!"

Young Branch: "'Cause we'll never be wrong…" (Grandma shoves Branch out of the way as the Bergern's hand closes around her instead)

Young Branch: "Ahh!" (Branch falls down to the forest floor, and looks up to see the Bergen leaving with his Grandma) "Grandma!" (He sits on the forest floor and turns gray as his sorrows and loneliness consume him)

For a moment no one spoke, the only sound being the quiet sobs of Viva.

"She got taken right in front of his eyes…at such a young age…" Clay whispered, his heart thumping with dread as he watched what just happened.

"That could only have been a couple of years after we left," Bruce said, looking at his brothers with worry as to what that meant.

"He had no one to take care of him. We left, then Grandma got taken. That's why he turned gray. He was alone, had no one…" Floyd quietly said.

"And he's been gray ever since," Bruce regretfully added.

"I can't believe that happened. I mean, Branch could've been the one who got taken instead! If only we'd stayed…we'd have been there and protected them. Then none of that would have happened," John Dory said.

"He shouldn't have lived through that," Bruce said, agreeing with his older brother.

"You know…since we've started watching this I'd gotten used to Branch being gray that I'd forgotten how vibrant his colors once were. Not to mention how happy he was and his love for singing," Clay said.

"He had a really nice voice too," John Dory added.

"We should've been there for him and watched him grow up," Floyd said, looking down at the floor with tears in his eyes. He and his brothers had never seen Branch as a kid. They'd only been present in his life when he was a baby and, thanks to these movies, they knew what he looked like now, and that shouldn't have been the case…

(Flashback ends)

DJ Suki, Guy Diamond, Smidge, Biggie, Satin, Chenille, & Cooper: "Once upon a time there was light in his life, but now there's only love in the dark. Nothing he can say…"

Bridget: "A total eclipse of the heart."

Branch: "I haven't sung a note since."

At this the brothers all bowed their heads in shame and sorrow.

Poppy: "I'm so sorry, Branch. I had no idea. I just assumed you had a terrible voice."

Branch: "No, no, it was like an angel's. At least, that's what Grandma used to say."

"She would say that…" John Dory whispered, remembering his brother's singing voice.

"I'm so sorry guys," Viva told the brothers in comfort.

(Branch looks sadly at Poppy, who gives him a sad smile and runs over to hug him)

Branch: "Whoa, whoa. What are you doing? It's not hug time."

Poppy: "I just thought you could use one."

(All the trolls gather around Branch and hug him, closely followed by Bridget who hugs the small group, until Branch pushes them away after moment)

In seeing their brother getting comforted, a small smile came onto the brother's faces. They were glad that Branch didn't push them away, at least immediately, and that he had someone like Poppy to be there for him, just as he was there for her. Their brother deserved that and so much more.

Branch: "Okay, okay, I'll help. But I'm still not singing."