Back With the Four Alternate Brozone Brothers, they were getting ready at the auditorium where they were going to perform in, "Ok everyone ready for this?" said John Dory, who puts on a puffy vest that matches his hair color, orange goggles and two turquoise wristbands while wearing his ripped camo shorts.
Bruce nods, ready to put on his charm,"yup ready bro" he said as he puts on a puffy vest that matches his hair color and a puka shell necklace plus bracelets including two purple wristbands while wearing his comfy gray shorts.
Floyd then styled his hair into something more noticeable, revealing his magenta colored eyes,"Ready! Been a while with all of us. I'm excited." he said as he put on a puffy vest that matched his hair color, a teardrop morganite necklace, a puffy white earring on his left ear and two magenta wristbands while wearing his ripped black jean shorts.
"Yup big brother! I'm ready to have fun!" exclaimed Clay as he put on yellow hair color spray, a yellow puffy vest, yellow wristbands, yellow fabric leg warmers with diamond/lightning symbols on them while also wearing some white shorts with lightning symbols on them.
"Heh, alrighty then, Let's Bro!,"proclaimed John Dory as everyone was almost done with their final touches on the stage.
Once that's done, they get in place then wait for "Bush" to arrive, then a moment later, they see the students of the college come in, "You Guys see Bush Yet?" asked John Dory.
The others watching shook their heads no, till they saw Poppy and Branch come in.
Once the two were at a better seating with a good view, Poppy then noticed the shadows behind the visible yet sparkly curtains and gasped when she realized who the shadows are "...Brosensation is Branches BROS!?" She exclaimed excitedly.
Branch was obviously more shocked that she knows his alternate brother's boyband, much like how his girlfriend from home also knows his own brothers's boyband Brozone.
"huh!? Do you know them? I'm being honest" he asked her, curiously.
"Of course I know them, are you serious!? They were my favorite band when I was little! But they broke up before I was old enough to go to one of their shows." She explained.
"oh..I see..well, here they are now.." said Branch as the curtains swung away to reveal the brodacious band to ever grace the stage!
BRUCE THE HEARTTHROB!
FLOYD THE SENSITIVE ONE!
CLAY THE FUN BOY!
and JD THE LEADER got up to the mic as he flashed a grin to the audience.
"HEY THERE TROLLSTOPIA COLLEGE! YOU READY FOR THE GREATEST CONCERT YET!" He yelled out to the students.
The students, not entirely sure who these guys are but are totally gushing at Floyd and Bruce cheered.
Poppy obviously couldn't stop the excitement that is rushing through her veins right now,"WOOOOOW! He got so old!.. Wait a minute…you're singing with them, GET UP THERE!" she exclaimed as she pointed to the stage.
"Oh! yeah.." he said as he headed up to the stage.
"Hey Bush, you ready?" asked John Dory.
Clay then gives Branch a glitter smoke bomb, and not sure why he gave him this, Clay whispered,"Throw it to the ground and once it explodes, change into your stage outfit" and Branch understood.
"I almost feel like barfing, passing out and peeing my pants but yup, I'm ready…also poppy called you old, just letting you know, John" said Branch, who threw the smoke bomb on the ground and after the smoke cleared, he was now wearing a blue puffy vest, white pants, blue wristbands, blue socks, a necklace with a charm that is the first initial of Branch's name, shoes that hsve both branch's first initial on each side, a blue rag wrapped around his waist and white oval round retro sunglasses with blue tinted lens.
"Woohoo! Go Bush!" yelled Poppy in joy as her dream was coming true.
JD was not over the fact that he's considered old "Ok I'm going to be dealing with the fact I'm old later" he said as he went back to the mic.
"So as you know, 20 years ago, our group Brosensation was the most popular band in the old days of middle school but over time, we broke up over the reason that we were growing older and heading to different colleges but today at this school, we are reuniting under one reason: TO HELP OUR BROTHER GET NOMINATED FOR PROM KING!"
A lot of humans, including Creek who arrived a minute ago, gathered around to watch the performance with Poppy being up in the front row.
"Ready guys?" Said John Dory.
"Ready JD, you good, Bush?" said Clay.
"yeah, ready Floyd" said "Bush".
"Oh Yeah! We can do this. We are totally in sync. I can feel it!" exclaimed Floyd.
"Aw yeah, Let's do this!" yelled Bruce as he put on purple shades.
Just then the opening music to *Nysnc's song "It's Gonna Be Me" began to play as the boys began to sing the first chorus and dance the choreo.
(THE BOYS:) It's gonna be me
Ooh, yeah
Floyd then began the first verse of the song ;
(FLOYD:) You might been hurt, babe
That ain't no lie
You've seen them all come and go, oh
I remember you told me
That it made you believe in
No man, no cry
Maybe that's why
As Floyd started singing, he moved closer to the edge of the stage, giving the girls in the crowd his soft look.
Clay then does the second verse while doing some fun dance moves,
(CLAY:) Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't want to lose it again
But I'm not like them
Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody
Guess what
It's gonna be me!
JD then does the third verse as he danced with his bros,
(JOHN DORY:) You've got no choice, babe
But to move on, and you know
There ain't no time to waste
You're just too blind to see
But in the end, ya know it's gonna be me
You can't deny
So just tell me why
Some of the girls in the crowd giggle as they watch them sing and dance. Poppy pulls out her camera and snaps a few pics for viva and a small video before sending it.
Bruce then sings the chorus sending a few winks into the crowd while he flashes his chest making the girls and guys faint,
(BRUCE:) Every little thing I do
Never seems enough for you
You don't want to lose it again
But I'm not like them
then "Bush" sings the almost climax of the song and immediately everyone screamed in excitement as they hear his angelic voice,
("BUSH":) Baby, when you finally
Get to love somebody (JOHN DORY : somebody)
Guess what (CLAY : guess what)
It's gonna be me!
Poppy stares at Bush and smiles giddily, not needing to imagine his "twin brother", she cheers for Bush and his brothers, fangirling with another one of her friends.
then the four bros then grab some arrow signs and another sign that says "Vote for Bush!" and they did some twirls as "Bush" finishes the song,
("BUSH":)There comes a day
When I'll be the one, you'll see,
(THE BOYS) It's gonna gonna gonna gonna!
("BUSH":) It's gonna be me!
And just as they held up the signs, BOOM! They pointed the signs to Bush while confetti plus smoke burst out from the ceiling to the ground.
Poppy was in awe of the display they put on "Wow, they work fast!" she exclaimed, not realizing that Creek was gone.
Obviously he was not impressed, leaving halfway through the song to keep making pins and other things for his campaign. Not that he felt he needed it. He was well known around the school and basically everyone's favorite person only bested by poppy. No way this mopey boy look-alike was gonna take this away from him. "Hmph, that "bush" or whatever will not get in my way of achieving power." he said to himself.
As for The three bros, they were holding the pointed arrows at Branch while JD held the "Vote for Bush!" sign.
"We're Formerly Brosensation, Now Rebranded as Brozone!" yelled out John Dory.
"Please Vote for Bush for Prom King!"
"Give our brother some love and vote for Bush!" Exclaimed Bruce as he smiled.
"Yeah! He's counting on you to help him win Fall Formal!" yelled Floyd who smiled softly.
"and I approve their message" said "Bush" who rubbed the back of his head, nervously.
The Audience was silent for what seemed to be a seemingly long time…until ...CHEERS ERUPTED.
Everyone definitely loved the performance as they chanted the name "BUSH" loudly, even chanting "BROZONE" as well.
Poppy obviously cheered the loudest
"That was amazing!" she yelled as she got up onto the stage.
The brothers then noticed her, "Oh hey can we help you?" asked John Dory.
"Oh sorry, I'm Poppy! hi, nice to meet you all." She introduced herself.
"Oh! hi poppy, in case you didn't know, I'm dating your sister Viva" said Clay.
"oh yeah I know that now. I sent a video to Viva because she was always going on about you being her favorite in the band and then she messaged me and totally filled me in on all the deets."
"Heh yeah anyway, what do you think?" asked Clay.
"Yeah, you like the performance?" asked Floyd.
"OH IT WAS AMAZING! Of course I loved it! Oh I can't tell you how upset I was that you guys broke up before I was able to see you in person!" exclaimed Poppy who can't stop fangirling.
"oh yeah..it was a difficult time for us during that..we were growing up and we got accepted into separate colleges…so we had no choice but to go our separate ways to explore ourselves in college life" explained John Dory
"But despite that, we kept in touch and visited each other during winter and summer breaks" said Clay.
"But you have each other now! So it all turned out okay!" she beams, looking at all the brothers. "Yeah..thank you for showing up, Poppy" said Bush as he hugs her.
Poppy hugs him back,squeezing him a bit "absolutely! If you want, I can help in your campaign. I'm already helping in Creek's but what can I say? I just love helping" she said.
Floyd then checks his phone to see if anything band related to pop up. "Well that's a great idea, Poppy," he said.
"oh! Ok then, sure we could use your help poppy" said "Bush"
"heh yeah oh before we forget, wanna nominate our little bro for prom king?" John Dory asked.
"Of course he has my vote! I can't wait to see who the queen is! There are quite a few of us running for queen." Said Poppy.
"That's wonderful, Poppy," said Floyd.
Poppy does her little happy runs in place, "Oh this is gonna be so fun! I can't wait! So what else do you have planned? Pins? Snack sale? Bake sale for charity?" She asked the brothers.
"Oh! Bake Sale sounds like a good idea, especially if it's for charity!" Said Clay.
"Oh yeah, also Brandy can help us with that!" said John Dory.
"I know she would love that. Let me give her a call and we all can brainstorm different things to make when she gets here." he pulls out his phone and calls her "Hey sweetness hey I got a question…." He spoke as he walked away to somewhere private.
Branch then felt his stomach growling, signaling him that he needs to eat "ok we're heading off for a lunch break, wanna join, poppy?" He asked her.
"Lunch with Brozone!? OH Absolutely I WILL! Oh! and we can figure out more campaign stuff and I get to find out more about you guys!" Poppy exclaimed.
"Alrighty then, I'll get Rhonda ready to go" said John Dory as he takes his keys out.
"oh! Is that the name of your wife?" Asked Poppy.
Floyd then snickered up a bit as he heard that, especially Clay who was trying not to burst out laughing.
"Nah, that's the name of his...caravan, is it, JD?" Said "Bush".
"Yeah Bitty B, Rhonda's a caravan" said John Dory.
"So YOU were bitty b! I was trying to figure out if it was you or branch but it kinda makes sense that he doesn't talk about you because he wasn't able to be in the band." said Poppy.
Branch knew that he was too deep in this twin lie so he had no choice to keep up with the lie because he's afraid that she would think he's a freak, "yeah...hehe...anyway let's go to lunch" said "Bush".
"GREAT! oh I know this nice little cafe shop close by, wanna go there?" she said as she looked at the brothers with her wide smile.
"Oh! You mean the Mystic Café?" Asked Floyd, who knew what she was talking about.
"Oh yeah, I hear that place is amazing this time of year! We should definitely eat there" said Bruce, who came back after making the call to Brandy.
"yay! Let's go walk to the place" she said as she heads outside of the auditorium and starts walking to the cafe, which is not far from the college, with a little skip to her step as she hums the song they were all singing not to long ago "oh this place has really good raspberry puff tarts that I totally recommend."
"That sounds tasty," said Clay.
"Sure I can taste some," said John Dory.
"That sounds good" said "Bush"
"OH it's SOOO good Even Branch likes it! And you know how he is with things that are too sweet for his taste so I'm sure you all will find something you like!" said Poppy as they made it to the cafe.
"Oh yeah, we definitely will, Poppyseed," said John Dory as they headed inside the cafe, and then they sat in a booth.
"So that performance..that was definitely energizing, right guys?" He asked the brothers.
"Not gonna lie it's been a while since I've moved like that but it was definitely fun. Maybe we can do another one when Brandy comes up" said Bruce as he grabbed a menu.
"I knew that we still had it in us. It was really fun dancing and singing with you guys like old times." said Floyd as he took a menu as well.
"Oh yeah that was pretty fun...I missed being fun..yet I like being serious as well.." said Clay solemnly as he grabbed a menu to look at the drinks.
"..it sounds like we all needed this..this bonding moment…" said "Bush" as he also grabbed a menu.
"Yeah..how did we drift apart when we could be a family like this?" Said John Dory who looked at his menu sadly.
Floyd looked down at the table, feeling the table air getting a bit tense.
"I think that is a better conversation at home. For now I think we should focus on the positives, like having a nice meal." said Bruce.
Branch agreed with Bruce about focusing on the positive side,"..yeah..but I'm happy that Floyd is alive and not almost drained of his talent by two talentless succubi.."
The four bros, including Poppy, looked at branch, shocked and confused at what he just said.
"I'm not …what?" Asked Floyd, feeling more confused.
"That's not…. What are you talking about Bra- Bush?" Bruce asked, now more concerned about "Bush" than ever.
"HUH...?" Clay gawked at this new information.
"...ok this just got awkward.." muttered John Dory as he kept looking at the menu.
Poppy looks between the brothers, feeling like she just stumbled into something she's not sure about,"Umm Oh look! The waitress! She's coming over!"
"O-Oh! Yeah, let's order our food" yelped "Bush" as the waitress came to their table.
Floyd and Bruce look at each other then over to Clay and John. Both are still feeling a bit weird about Branch's strange comment.
They ordered their food and after the waitress left, they continued their conversation.
"So uh..What have you guys been up to since the break up! I mean it's been 20 years." Asked Poppy, wanting to have a normal conversation with her favorite band while ignoring what Branch said earlier.
"Oh! Well for me, I have been doing some cross-country adventuring to the most dangerous territories..and also taking care of our grandma's house" said John Dory.
"oh that's sweet! How many places have you ventured to?" said Poppy, now curious about John's adventurous life.
"So far, I have been to mount Everest, snake island and the Himalayan Mountains.." said John Dory, trying to remember his adventures.
"Wait..the Himalayan Mountains!? Is that where the yeti lived?" asked Clay, now entering conspiracy mode.
"Yeti? What are they?" asked "Bush", still confused about this world's creatures.
"They're white hairy ape creatures who lived in snowy mountains," Clay explained to him.
"Wait, are Yetis real? I always thought they were cryptids like Bigfoot." Asked Poppy.
"Well I almost caught a glimpse of one but I was caught in an avalanche that almost killed me" John Dory explained to the others.
The others were now silent because they were now processing what John just said.
"...WAIT YOU ALMOST DIED!?" Clay exclaimed in fear.
"Clay calm down.." said "Bush"
"UH No, I agree with clay on this one. What do you mean you ALMOST DIED!?" exclaimed Floyd.
"You were adventuring with other people, were you?" asked Bruce, now worried about his big brother.
"uh...actually..I was alone in my adventures...and nearly died 5 times…" explained John Dory shyly as he started to sweat nervously.
Somehow the air surrounding them got a bit more tense than usual as everyone was more silent.
"...5...times...?" asked Clay in shock.
"Wow...you're so much worse than me, I nearly died 7 times in the wild" said "Bush" nonchalantly.
"…. 5 …. 7! BRA….. BUSH!" exclaimed Bruce, now starting to panic.
"...Ok it's official, we're gonna have to schedule therapy appointments for the two of you…" said Clay.
"Bush! What do you mean he's worse than you!? You almost died more times than he did! You know what, THAT DOES IT! Neither one of you is leaving my sight ever again!" Floyd freaked out over this information that his two brothers almost died.
"...I'm not that bad...but the fact you nearly died 7 times is very concerning, bush.." said John Dory.
"You two need therapy, end of story," said Clay bluntly.
Poppy looked at them both, horrified that these two almost died in the wilderness.
"Bush" suddenly realized that this may not end well for him and JD so he decided to change the subject.
"uh..can we talk about what Bruce is up to?" He said.
"Oh nuh uh, you two can't just drop that bombshell in front of us and expect me to have anything interesting to say. But let me tell you quickly, I moved to Hawaii, met the love of my life there and started my own business which is a nice tiki bar." said Bruce.
"Oh that's nice Bruce but he's right, you two can't just tell us those two huge shockers and expect us to be ok with it.." said Clay, now wanting to get his siblings help.
"I'm fine guys, really I am.." said John Dory, wanting everyone to stop worrying about him.
"John I…well..If you say that you're ok then okay. But you do know that we are here for you as well right?" said Floyd who was kinda at a loss of words.
"I would be lying if I said I didn't feel like something was off since I came over this morning. We are just worried and now we learn that not only is our youngest brother in trouble, our leader/ big brother almost died five times." said Bruce.
"yeah...this is a very concerning reunion so far.." said Clay.
"I know..I'll try to reach out more, Floyd.." said John Dory
"That's all we are asking for." Said Floyd.
Branch then sees the food coming, "oh our food's here"
The waitress brought over their food and drinks and set them on the table before leaving to tend to the other customers.
Poppy began sipping on her strawberry lemonade "This is gonna be really good" she said.
Clay eats his food and he is now in love with it "mmm..yeah it's very good!"
JD sips his drink and eats his food, "mm..tasty."
Floyd then takes a bite and nods,"This is really good! I'll have to come back."
"People aren't exaggerating, this place is really good."
Branch eats his food, "mmm...still sugary yet good..mmm" he muttered.
Poppy can't help but giggle, "you two really are twins. Branch said the same thing when I brought him." she said.
The bros looked at each other.
'She's buying the twin trick...yet...we need to figure out what is going on with Bran-Bush..' thought Clay.
"Oh really?" said John Dory.
"Oh that's nice" said Branch who continues eating.
"Yeah! Even though we only started dating a little bit ago I brought him here on our second date. I know he doesn't appreciate overly loud places so I thought this would be a nice little lunch date idea!" said Poppy who eats her cake.
"wow, that's very thoughtful of you, Poppyseed" said John Dory.
"yeah, you are very good of understanding what our baby brother wants, I think he made the right choice with you like how I made the right choice with your sister, poppy" said Clay smiling.
Poppy blushes a bit, excited and bashful at the fact branch's brothers approve of her "Thank you. I'm really glad we all met. I'm also glad I can finally meet the guy that swept Viva off her feet."
"Oh yeah heh…" said Clay who blushed.
After eating lunch, they head back to Rhonda and they dropped off Poppy at her house.
"oh hey! Can I get your guys's numbers? That way we can keep in contact for the bake sale." Said Poppy as she took out her phone.
"Oh definitely" said John Dory.
"Oh sure!" said Clay.
"That's a great idea!" Floyd agreed.
"Absolutely" said Bruce.
"Sweet!" said Poppy as she pulls out her contacts app, ready to make new contacts for each one.
John Dory pulls out his phone number first, "here you go" he said.
Clay pulls his phone number out as well "here's mine"
"Wait you both carry copies of your phone number?" asked Floyd.
"Yeah, Don't you guys?" asked John Dory.
"Well I use to before I met brandy so I understand JD but Clay?…. Dude is that a Business card?" asked Bruce, confused.
"Uh yes I like to be serious when i hand out my number, not to mention, i am an licensed cpa" explained Clay who pouted in annoyance.
"you handle taxes for people? That's definitely a you thing" said John Dory who smirked.
"oh that's cool" said "Bush".
Poppy chuckles at this "yeah Viva mentioned that a few times" she said as she puts their numbers into her phone before sending them all a random Emoji, signaling them that they got it.
"oh! We got it, Poppyseed" said John Dory who did a thumbs up.
"all set, Poppy" said Clay
'mmm..and I'm the only with no..magic box..or whatever..' thought Branch in his head.
Floyd looked at his message "uh..why is mine a rainbow flag and a question mark?" He mumbled to himself.
Bruce goes to Floyd's ear and whispers back "you know why, little bro." then he turns back to the group "We should get going. See you around Poppy."
Poppy waved bye to them as she heads into her house just as the bros head back into Rhonda and drove off.
JD breathes a sigh of relief "Ok! What a day huh? Can't believe that the twin thing payed off"
"Yeah..I'm surprised it's going as well as it has. Granted she has no reason to believe we are lying so there is also that." said Floyd who wiped his face with a towel.
"oh yeah..we still need to figure out what is going on..right branch?" asked Clay.
"oh..yeah.." said Branch as he began to thinking about that,
'Oh yeah..they don't know that I'm a troll from another world...they look like they're having so much fun being together..I don't want to destroy that and make them leave me again.. '
Floyd looked at branch, noticing his reaction, "hey Let's go back to the house and talk about it there, ok branch?" He assured him.
"Ok then Floyd..I trust you" said Branch as he looked at the window as John Dory drove Rhonda back to Grandma's house.
And once they get back to the house, the truth about "Branch" will be revealed to the human versions of his brothers.
TO BE CONTINUED..