The Bros were now in the newly named caravan Rhonda, driving to the college known as Trollstopia College, a place dedicated to the unity of the various communities that surrounded the City known as Popville. Clay was at the table, writing on a piece of paper with the title "Operation : Crown Achievement" on it.
"Ok so we need a plan to get the students of "bush"'s college to nominate him for prom king..so anyone have ideas?" Clay asked his brothers. "Well He's already courting Poppy. Let's just not show it up a bit? She knows that he is the only king for her. What do you all think?" said Floyd.
"Hmm..that can work but i don't think that's going to be enough to get our baby bro voted king...unless we use extra flair like doing a dance performance to convince everyone that Bush should be prom king?" said John Dory.
The brothers (minus Branch as he was still have issues with the memory of his other brothers' band days till the breakup) thought about it until Bruce spoke,"Getting the band back together for the greater good of our little brother seems like a good reason to me." said Bruce, now liking John Dory's idea.
"yeah but we need the right choreo, the right song and the right message," said Clay.
"I think I have the perfect song…Hmm..oh what was it? Ain't no other-ain't-ain't no other lover..'' said Floyd as he tried to remember the song.
"I believe it's Ain't No Other Man, By Christina Aguilera, Floyd," said Bruce, now remembering the song title.
"Oh! Let me look it up on my phone" said Clay, who took his phone out.
"Oh yeah! Today we bring Brosensation back from the dead!" exclaimed John Dory, now looking happy.
"...Brosensation?" asked Branch, looking a bit confused.
"Oh yeah it's our old band name when we were kids in middle school, I was the one who came up with it" explained John Dory, feeling prideful.
"Yeah and it's also the most stupidest name in existence, John Dory," Clay said, displeased with a raised eyebrow.
"He was in middle school like we were,Clay. Of course it's gonna be dumb if a 12 year old thinks of it." said Floyd with a hint of sass.
"It was cool when we announced it to the audience then did our thing at the talent show at the middle school though, We even won first place and everyone wanted us to make an album thus making us an official boyband when we got that record deal" said Bruce.
"Yeah but still, the name sucks" said Clay, crossing his arms.
Branch obviously didn't like the name Brosensation, it felt too old for his taste actually so he decided to help his alternate bros by giving them a new band name, "...I have a suggestion for a band name.." he starts to say.
"Oh, what is it, "Bush"?" asked Clay, now curious.
"...Brozone" said Branch.
"Brozone?" asked John Dory, perplexed.
"Huh…Has a better zip to it then Brosensation and definitely less of a mouthful." said Floyd, beginning to like the new name.
"...yeah it's actually a pretty good name" said Bruce.
"I'm starting to like it!" exclaimed Clay.
"Now that I think about it, it sounds so cool! Brozone it is" proclaimed John Dory.
After that, they made it to the college and parked at the student drop-off section.
"Oh! We're here guys" said Clay.
Suddenly Floyd realized something bad, "wait… if you are named Bush and look like our branch but are not branch, how are we getting you elected? Also how are we gonna explain all of this to poppy?" He said.
"oh yeah that would cause a lot of suspicion.." said John Dory.
"hmm...maybe we'll say that Bush is taking Branch's place in the prom candidacy" said Clay.
"Branch reached out to Bush cause he's jealous and he needed our help? Wow, real Original" said Bruce sarcastically.
"Maybe we'll say that Branch's plane got delayed, that he decided to head back to compete for prom king! how about that?" said JD. "Great for everything except the fact that poppy calls our branch all the time and this isn't our branch, it's bush."
"What do you mean by that, Floyd?" asked John Dory, feeling suspicious.
Floyd immediately puts his hands up innocently, "She never stops talking about Branch as their calls are on Snapchat, Messenger and Discord" he explained.
"Ok so we need to figure out how to not let poppy get suspicious while we help Bush become prom king.." said Clay, feeling nervous.
"mmm...maybe I'll send a text to our branch saying that there's going to be internet problems on snapchat.." said John Dory.
"OK,how would that work? SERIOUSLY, how?" asked Clay, now feeling dumbstruck.
"I mean… we could knock out the cell service towers and pretend Branch is back as a surprise? Just throw something to mess up the phone lines…" said Bruce.
"Ok seriously, This is starting to sound like mission impossible.." said Clay, now feeling exhausted by the impossible idea.
"I can handle these "phone lines", it's like setting a trap" said Branch.
"'Bush'… you barely know how to work the…. What did you call it.. Magic Box. How do you plan on handling that?" asked Floyd.
"I can build a rock cannon if I have the materials, how's that for handling it?" said Branch.
"A ROCK CANNON!?" exclaimed Clay, feeling scared.
"HUH!? YOU CAN BUILD WEAPONS!?" yelled John Dory in shock.
Floyd was now even more concerned for Branch's Mental State.
"Yeah, Don't act so surprised," said Branch.
"Ok then…uh…Why don't you go deal with poppy, "Bush"? Clay can work his magic with hacking on the web with his book smarts and Floyd, JD, and I work on the routine." Said Bruce.
"Oh ok that works" said Branch as he exited out of the caravan and just as he headed to the college, he realized something. "Hey! Where can I find Poppy in this place!?" He yelled to his brothers.
"She just got out of class! You'll find her in the halls with her friend smidge!" yelled Floyd, holding out his phone.
"Ok Thanks Floyd!" Branch yelled back as he ran into the college.
"Floyd… stop stalking our baby brother's girlfriend." warned Bruce.
"HEY! It's for the mission! Also excuse me for worrying about our baby brother! Also How do you think It was so easy for me to find her socials?"exclaimed Floyd.
"Well..I mean you guys would do the same thing for me if I was in "Bush"'s situation" said Clay.
"yeah that is true, also Floyd, Poppy probably gave you her socials when she started dating our branch" said John Dory.
"Actually no, I knew she was sisters with Viva because when Clay and her got together, I wanted to make sure she wasn't as fake as sativa, so I looked up her name." explained Floyd.
"...OH YEAH.." said Clay.
"huh that makes sense…but I'm still shocked that "bush" can make weapons" said John Dory.
Bruce suddenly realized that they forgot to talk about "the elephant in the room" that just left "...So are we just not gonna talk about how that is totally branch but also obviously not branch?" He asked the others.
"Oh we're definitely going to talk about that, right after we convince the college students to nominate "Bush" for prom king, I've got some theories written down in my journal," said Clay, pulling out a journal with the title "The Bush Conspiracy".
"Cool Clay, Alright Floyd and JD, let's brainstorm" said Bruce.
"right Bruce, let's do our parts!" exclaimed John Dory.
"I'll get started on hacking into the snapchat servers" said Clay as he got his laptop out.
Meanwhile with our Branch, he made it to the hallways of the school, where he spotted a hot pink haired "alternate" girl with pink eyes, cute freckles, a flower crown headband and wearing a flower dress, walking his way.
She was talking excitingly to who seems to be the alternate version of smidge about the prom coming up and also talking about who she thinks will win.
Branch immediately knew who this creature is supposed to be.
'Poppy…she still looks adorable in any universe..' Branch thought to himself as his face lit up in pink.
Then, taking a deep breath, he goes to her.
Poppy then looked up and she sees who she believes is Branch,"OMG,BRANCH!?" She then ran up to him and gave him a big hug.
"What are you doing here?! You said your plane landed this morning." she asked.
Branch immediately began his plan,"Oh actually my name is Bush, I'm Branch's Twin" he introduced himself.
Poppy then processed what he said "Branch… has a twin… oh my gosh branch has a twin! Why didn't he tell me?!" she exclaimed as she started getting lost in her own thoughts.
"It's complicated, Poppy..anyway I heard that there's a prom going on and I'm here to compete for prom king" he said.
"Really? Oh that's so wonderful! Oh I can't wait to talk to Branch tonight about meeting his brother. He's got a lot of explaining to do." She said, getting excited.
Branch hoped whatever clay is doing will work if she did call his alternate self,"yeah..uhm is there a way I can sign up for prom king?" He asked timidly.
"Oh yeah, Right this way!" she smiled before turning around "I'll talk to you later Smidge for the Deets on Milton! Ok I'm good to go now let's get you signed up." she said before grabbing his hand and they walked.
"ok, thank you poppy.." said Branch as he walked with her.
Poppy then starts heading towards the office area with a slip in her step. "So tell me, what kinda things do you like about, Bush?" she asked, wanting to know about her new friend.
"Oh..well.." he starts to say, knowing that she can't know anything about his true self.
'Gotta make stuff up so she doesn't get suspicious' he thought in his mind before saying out loud.
"I like to sing, dance and write songs," he said.
"Really? Guess you and branch are he doesn't like to admit to liking them. He says he doesn't but when he joins in he gets super into it! I think it's really cute." she said happily.
"Aw that's nic-" Branch suddenly noticed a stranger who looks very familiar to the troll he is tracking down : CREEK.
Poppy suddenly notices creek and happily waves him over,"hey creek! how are you?" she asked.
"Hello Poppy Dear and…. Branch? I thought you went out of the country?" He said, looking confused yet suspicious.
Branch immediately said, trying to not let Creek get suspicious,"I'm Bush, Branch is my Twin"
"oh well isn't that.." he looks at poppy before choosing his words carefully "..Wonderful. Well I have to go and get things ready for the party. I'll see you later Poppy dear and…Bush." he smiled before giving Poppy a hug, keeping his act up.
'grrr...that's definitely creek alright' thought Branch, not feeling the urge to strangle him.
Poppy smiled and hugged creek back, "Ok see you later! We gotta get Bush here signed in and all that fun stuff. Hope you aren't worried about a bit of competition." she winks playfully before grabbing Branch's hand and taking him to the office. Creek watches them as they walk off, eyeing Bush skeptically.
Huh..is it me…or is that Bush looked familiar…to Home? he thought to himself before leaving.
Branch now knew that Creek was already getting suspicious of him so he needed to make sure everything went according to plan without distractions.
Poppy then gets 'Bush' to the office and gets him signed in to enter, "so what's your big plan Bushpop?" She asked him.
"Oh..uhm..well..my brothers are going to do a dance performance to get the students to nominate me" he said, hoping that Poppy doesn't ask more than enough questions.
Poppy then looked at him in surprise when he said that,"wait… Branch has more bros?" She asked, getting more excited.
"UH yeah…but…like I said, It's complicated" he said, not wanting to reveal more.
Poppy understood that,"yeah… a lot of things tend to be complicated with him." she smiled before asking, "Do you think he will be upset if I met them before he tells me about them himself?"
"well..maybe but I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you get to see the performance" he said.
"Well then let's go! I can't wait to see it!" She exclaimed.
"o-ok" he said as he took her hand and they headed to the location where "brozone" is going to be.
Poppy looks at bush and smiles, she knows that branch has only been gone for one day yet she still misses him, but with bush here she doesn't feel so bad about missing branch.
Now Let's Begin The Comeback Concert of BROZONE! (Human Edition)
TO BE CONTINUED..
