Disclaimer:
I do not own Trolls or these songs. I have looked at all the song requests in the comment section in Lone Concert and I am a few chapters away from completing every request. After this chapter we will be having our big epic adventure. The surprise will be worth the wait and to keep y'all interested this chapter will have some hints as to what's next. Hope y'all enjoy!
It had been several days since the wedding and everyone missed them. Poppy and Branch were still away on their honeymoon and everyone was congregating inside of their bunker. Suki was messing around in the studio Branch had set up for her. Even though he had set up another studio for her in the pod Poppy head set up in the tree next to the rest of the Timberlake family she still preferred to use this one. It just felt more special to her. Everyone else was hanging out in her studio trying to plan SJ's thirteenth birthday while also listening to Suki mess around with some new tracks and the littles were loving it, but they also love anything that thier Aunt Suki did. "So DJ, what have you been working on lately?" Barb asked as she plopped on the sofa Branch had placed in the studio after that time when he had walked in on Clay and Suki making out. He figured if they were going to do it, do it in their own space. Clay was sitting next to Suki looking over her shoulder at her keyboard, soundboard, turntable, and drum beats. Most of this stuff Suki had added in herself Branch just added in whatever still worked from their boyband days; he figured someone should get some use out of it and she has. "Well I have been working on this new song that would be perfect for background music at parties." Suki explained. "Can we hear it?" Clay asked. Suki just nodded before starting the music and singing with the beats.
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Barb liked how this song was starting out with a little bit of rock, a little bit of pop. She got so into it that she motioned to the rest of the band to grab their respective instruments and start jamming with Suki who in turn gave them a smile of approval. Barb got on her guitar and started to riff to the melody, watching her nephews and niece just jam out to the music. Carol got on her bass and was vibing along with her wife, Riff was just rocking out on the drums and teching his niece Gretal how to play as well. Floyd sat next to Suki and as she messed with her turntable and soundboard Floyd started to play the piano. Val Grabbed her guitar and sat next to her husband adding in some chords to marmonize with Carol and Barb. Clay could not help himself but to join in and start beatboxing to the beat Suki was dropping and singing.
Never gets old no matter how much I'm told
I'm amazing, you're amazing
Hard to get tired when I'm always on fire
I'm blazin', ooh, you're blazin'
All my greatness
It doesn't come for free
All my talent
It doesn't grow on trees
Take a breather
Then take it all away
If the top is where you wanna stay
Ozzy wheeled himself over and started to play the keyboard with his son Floyd just adding to the music and sooner than later the family was just all jamming together. Holly, Dixie, and Delta were using their hooves to stomp to the beat and clap along. John just found a kazoo somewhere and was playing it to the song but also being silly and playing with his nephews who were dancing around him giggling and laughing at their Uncle John Dory. The sextuplets were trying to do their best at break dancing and not really succeeding but they were having fun and that's the important thing. Brandy was holding BJ and dancing with her husband around her other children. Spruce Jr had his second youngest brother on his shoulders while dancing with his other brothers who were marching in a circle behind their Uncle John Dory. To someone just walking in they must have looked insane and crazy, but none of them cared about that. They were having fun as a family.
You gotta work hard
To make it look it easy
You gotta live fast
To keep makin' that money
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, gotta work, gotta work
Watch me work
Go ahead and watch me work
The family were looking at Suki and Clay and all had each other knowing looks. Spruce had decided to make his way over to his little brother and whisper in his ear not at all forgetting the bridal bouquet that Suki had caught at Branch and Poppy's wedding. "When are you going to ask her to marry you already?" This caused Clay to blush fiercely quickly looking back at Suki who was thankful too wrapped up in the music to have heard Spruce. Clay looked back at his immediate older brother and shushed him. Clay looked at Spruce with a nervous expression and mouthing the words "none of your business". This did take Spruce back a bit because he had only been teasing his younger brother. He didn't mean to offend him. He gave Clay an apologetic smile which Clay accepted and Spruce headed back to his lovely wife Brandy.
Haters wanna be me or be with me
Yeah, they're f-f-freakin', yeah, they're freakin' out
I just keep on workin', lurkin', smirkin'
When they think that I'm peakin', never peakin' yeah
All my greatness
It doesn't come for free
All my talent
It doesn't grow on trees
Take a breather
Then take it all away
If the top is where you wanna stay
Suki just absoluety loves being an aunt, she always had ever since her niece, CJ was born, and getting to be the "aunt" for Spruce and Brany's kids was amazing. Because everytime they would call her Aunt Suki it just made her want to be part of Clay's family more and more, she loves him so much, and Suki does wish to spend the rest of her life with him. Clay made her feel happy and free, not plagued by her anxiety, but she also knows that even though it feels like all of their friends and family are getting married and moving on with thier lives, and it feels as though they are being left behind. Suki knows that they just are not ready to get married yet and they are both ok with that, they just want to keep moving at the speed they both are happy with.
You gotta work hard
To make it look it easy
You gotta live fast
To keep makin' that money
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, gotta work, gotta work
Watch me work
Go ahead and watch me work
Go ahead and watch me work
If the top is where you wanna stay
You gotta work hard
To make it look it easy
You gotta live fast
To keep makin' that money
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, gotta work, gotta work
Watch me work
Ozzy loved watching Delta get to spend time with just Holly and Dixie, especially Holly, he knew that it had to be tough for Holly to go from just being her and her mom to gaining this big family overnight. Holly loves her big family do not get her wrong, but sometimes since she did not grow up with them and brothers and sisters she deos feel left out, so having moments like this where she was able to have fun with just her mom and even at times with her baby sister they meant so much to her. Delta loved being a mom of so many even if she did not get to raise them they never treated her any lease for it, but she still held dear those moments where she got to spend time with just her girls. Loves all of her kids equally and the same goes for Ozzy but sometimes it is nice to have those special moments with the family you had before everything changed.
Looking for something, Yeah
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
Fame, I feel it comin' together
People will see me and cry
Fame, I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
Fame, I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
Suki loved the fact that Gretal really wanted to learn more about how her Aunt Suki made music and she could not help herself but to teach the little girl. Gretal loved learning everything her Aunt Suki taught her, she loved her music and wanted to be just like her when she grew up. Barb and the rest of Gretal's other aunt were never jealous of the relationship Suki shared with Gretal it was special and any troll could see that.
All my greatness
It doesn't come for free
All my talent, It doesn't grow on trees
Take a breather, you'll take it all the way
If the top is where you wanna stay
You gotta work hard
To make it look it easy
You gotta live fast
To keep makin' that money
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, you gotta work, you gotta work
You gotta work hard, You gotta live fast
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, you gotta work, you gotta work
You gotta work hard
At this point it was just Suki and the fourteen kids in the room who were left singing, dancing, and playing music. It almost sounded quiet without everyone else playing but the adults had wanted to just see and hear the children sing with Suki at the end of the song. Suki had not minded one bit when everyone had joined in with her. She loved making music with her sister, BJ and niece, CJ. It brings families together and she loved getting to feel like she was a part of the Timberlake family. She does wish to be part of this family for real and she wished that she really could be their Aunt Suki, but like she mentioned before she and Clay were just not ready for that next step in their relationship and that was ok. There should not be any pressure for them to get married, they are in a good place right now, and they should get married when they feel like the time is right and not before.
I'm gonna live forever
Learn how to fly
If you want to be as famous as me
You gotta work, you gotta work, you gotta work
You gotta work hard
To make it look it easy
If the top is where you wanna stay
You gotta live fast
To keep makin' that money
If you want to be as famous as me
Keep your head up, moving on
Baby, remember my name
Remember, you will remember my name
Remember, remember, remember
The kids just repeated singing the word "remember" over and over and over again. The adults laughed at the kids' antics. "Hey Dad." Spruce Jr went up to his father. "Yeah bud." Spruce said, looking at his oldest son. "I know you and mom have already planned everything for my birthday for tomorrow, but I was hoping that you and your siblings could sing for my birthday. Please?" Spruce Jr asked nervously. Spruce and the rest of the adults were taken back just a bit by this question. Ozzy stepped in. "I think that would be a great idea. I for one would love to hear all my kids sing together again. It happens too few times." Ozzy said, making all of his kids present to think about. Spruce looked at his brothers and sisters. "Well what do you say? Want to have a Brozone reunion?"
John could not help but smirk a bit. "We used to have some of the biggest shows that sold out each time and now we are being asked to perform at your oldest son's birthday. I think that hits will be our best gig yet." John said, making Spruce smile at the sentiment of his older brother's words. "Yeah we're in." Barb said for herself, Carol, Riff, and Floyd. "I'll do it if you do Holly." Clay said, seeing the uncertainty in his sister's face since she was never technically part of the band. "Really?" Holly asked. "Yeah. You're family and it's a family band." John said. Val hugged her husband and looked at her nephew. "Well SJ. It looks like you got yourself a band for your birthday party tomorrow." SJ was just so excited that he rushed to his Dad and hugged him tightly. Spruce mouthed a thank you to his family for helping make his son's birthday so special. Delta then noticed that Dixie was starting to yawn, but the adults still wanted to talk a bit. "Hey how about all the little ones come with Papa Oz and Mama Delta to our home and we can make some popcorn and have a movie night." The kids seemed to have loved that idea and rushed out of the bunker leading their grandparents by the arms. They loved spending time with their family, especially thier grandparents. Soon all the kids had left with Ozzy and Delta and it was just the adults left talking.
They all heard the lift coming back down wondering if someone had just forgotten something they were surprised when they saw that Poppy and Branch were back from their honeymoon they were greeted with many warm hugs. Branch was a little curious as to why they were all in his bunker but wasn't going to question it. "Hey you two are back early." Brandy said holding BJ. Poppy could not help, but coo at the baby. "Can I hold him?" She asked, causing Brany to giggle. Handing her son to the pink troll. Poppy handled him with excellent care. "Yeah, we just wanted to get back. Poppy did not want to leave for too long and I felt the same." Branch explained. "King Peppy and Queen Viva would have not minded taking over for Poppy, you know that right?" Suki said, watching her best friend taking care of the baby and then an idea popped in her head and when she looked back at Branch his face was all the confirmation she needed. Branch knew that only Suki and possibly Brandy had figured out their little secret. "Yeah they said the same thing when we ran into them on their way out." Branch said, smiling at his family.
"Hey since you are back in time for Spruce Junior's birthday would you be able to perform with us?" Spruce asked. "You mean like in our Brozone days?" Branch asked, getting Poppy's attention for the first time that night. "Oh yes you are absolutely doing that yes." Poppy said not even letting Branch decide if he actually wanted to do that or not. This caused everyone to laugh at Poppy's enthusiasm for the chance of seeing her favorite boy band getting to perform once again. "Looks like you're doing it." John said, not even trying to hold in his laugh. "I was going to say yes. It would be for SJ, so yeah." Branch answered. "Yay." Poppy said, try to still be mindful that she was holding the baby, so she could not shout or jump up and down like she wished but she was still really excited about the chance of seeing her husband perform like in his old boy band days. Val was starting to notice just how late it was getting and pointed it out to her husband. "Hey we should probably be starting to head out and the two of you must be tired, so we are going to be making our leave." John said instigating for all of his siblings and their significant others to start heading out. "Ok. It was nice to see you all. See you tomorrow." Poppy said as she handed Branch Jr back to his momma. Brandy took the now sleeping baby and headed towards the lift with her husband to go collect their other twelve children from thier amazing grandparents.
As everyone makes their leave Suki looked extremely excited at Branch and Poppy much to Clay's confusion. She whispered "congratulations" to them before leaving, not telling a soul what she knew. Now just her and Branch she snuggled in closer to him and he was most definitely not complaining. Poppy looked up at her husband with a loving smile. He looked down at his wife the same way and kissed her. When they parted Poppy asked Branch a very important question. "So when do you think we should tell them about these?" She said as she parted her hair to reveal two eggs forming on top of her head. Branch leaned in and kissed both eggs before giving his loving wife another peek on the lips before answering. "We can do it tomorrow after SJ's birthday. When all the kids are asleep and it is just the adultsin our family." Branch said, earn him a dopey smile from Poppy. "I think that is a perfect idea." Poppy then became tight lipped. Branch looked down at her with a questioning look. "What?" Poppy just gave Branch a peck on his nose. "We're having two babies." She said with a whispering squeal. Branch could not help but chuckle because he was just as excited as she is. He never thought that he would ever have a family again and not only does he have his family back but he is making one with the woman he loves. He never thought that he could have ever been this happy, but he is and he wouldn't change a thing. Neither would Poppy. But little did they know that something was lurking in the forest near the Troll Kingdom and what awaited them the following day would be trouble. What hides in wait for them and will Poppy and Branch be able to band together to defeat this threat?
I know I have kept y'all waiting for several days so I did my best to get the last chapter and this one out as quickly as I possibly could. Now I am not going to be pointing out any spoilers and if you did figure out I master plan from this chapter please refrain yourselves from posting about it in the comment section. Not only will I not answer if you got it right or not but I do not want to ruin the surprise for future readers. Thank you. Now I am not going to overdo it. I just wanted y'all know that no I did not forget about the story and yes I will finish it. Also I am happy to say that I feel better and better than ever and can not wait to type up my big epic surprise. It will come out next week the moment it is done. I promise. I hope y'all have enjoyed yet another chapter and until the next time. Bye-bye for now.