It was a quiet day, peaceful, the one you would usually enjoy ! Trolls would take naps under the sun or relax by their colorful pods.

It was almost a perfect day- but the Brozone Family isn't, as we know, what we could qualify as "Perfect"...

SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAK !

Sitting in the stroller as the family of trolls came back from the store, Baby Branch was joyfully playing with the new toy he had got from the market; it was a crocodile squeaky toy- Branch had thought it was Crocko, his favorite snuggle toy, so he had cried the whole time they were at the store to have it.

Rosiepuff, tired of his restless crying, had given up and bought the wanted object for the baby, which he was now happily chewing on, making this horrible sound annoy every troll around in a short distance.

SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY-

- URGGHHHHH !!! John Dory, the oldest with green hair, pulled on his smaller ears, MAKE IT STOOOP !!

Branch giggled and squeaked the toy more, liking the sound it was making way too much. Rosiepuff didn't seemed that much annoyed by the sound;

- John c'mon, she sighed, Don't you like seeing him so happy ? She tried to shift the mood.

- He is pretty adorable ! Floyd, the 4 year old pink haired toddler encouraged, Look at him !!

Branch just squeaked the life out of that dang crocodile toy, letting out a loud shriek, which the rest of the older brothers complained about as well;

- Seriously?? Why did you have to get him that one ? Clay gestured to his baby brother giggling innocently as he purposely squeaked it next to Spruce's ears, Plus, since we bought that, we clearly won't be able to buy the ice cream friday ! He was dissapointed in his grandmother for ignoring him.

- You boys can go without ice cream for a week, she said as she kept moving toward their pod.

Spruce stopped on his track, gasping, his purple-ish eyes widened in shock;

- How dare you ?.... he breathed out, before Clay pushed him foward.

The brothers entered the pod, ready to finish the day in what would probably turn out to be an usual full of chaos evening. Branch was put out of the stroller to be placed in the living room on the carpet with all of his other baby toys... he could have choosen any of those, even Crocko.

No, he kept the squeaky toy-

SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY !

- Urghhh, John Dory, Spruce and Clay all groaned.

They had sat down to play with a puzzle, and with all that noise it was impossible to focus !! Spruce literally let his face fell first on the ground;

- Tell me why my soul has choosen this world to end up in... the 10 year old grumbled

- IF HE WOULD JUST-- URGH, John Dory let go on the puzzle piece he was holding to scream his frustration into a pillow on the couch.

Floyd came back in the room from the kitchen to sit down with his plate of carrots next to them, crunching on them as he looked at his older brothers trying to finish the puzzle with interest. Only Clay ended up falling backward screaming in frustration as well.

- What's the matter ? He asked them, genuinelly confuse.

SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY-

- AAAAARRGHH!! Clay shouted and pointed at Branch cooing and squeezing the toy, HIM !! HIM AND HIS DEMONIAC CROCODILE SQUEAKY SQUEAK !!

Floyd looked over at Branch; he did not understood how the new toy could be annoying.. it was just a cute whistle !

- Relax, eventually he will let go of it ! Floyd smiled.

3 HOURS LATER

SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY -

Branch did not stopped.

Floyd wasn't annoyed by it, just eating dinner now. The three older siblings were all glaring at their baby brother as they had not touched a single bite of their meal, too focused on being angry at the youngest sibling that did not wanted to shut the f-

- Boys, remember, tonight John Dory will watch over the pod, you listen to him, and go to bed at 8 pm, okay ? I'll be back around 9, she explained to them, cleaning the plates.

John Dory smiled proudly, but Rosiepuff quickly killed the mood;

- And remember, you're not the king, just their baby sitter ! She told the bossy trolling.

- AHAHA!! BABYSITTER ! Clay laughed loudly at how ridiculous that sounded to him.

- Yes, babysitter, Grandma repeated, Now, I trust you guys to be good boys ! I'll be back later, okay?

She hugged all of them good night, promising to be back soon, and left to her very important thing to do I don't know where she went she just went somewhere-

Later, the brothers were all trying to relax before going to bed.

Clay was sitting in the couch and reading a book that said "Book to read when your sitting in the couch and reading a book that says book to read when your sitting in a couch"

Spruce was trying to finish the puzzle by himself, but his eyes were closing by themselves.

Floyd was busy coloring a drawing of his family, because he loved them so much and wanted to give it to Grandma when she would be back. John Dory was drawing as well, surprisingnly he wasn't so bad at being the babysitter.

- Wait, what is that ? He asked Floyd, his attention going off his own drawing of an armadillo.

- It's you guys ! Floyd cheered, Oh ! Wait, I forgot your goggles !!

He applied himself so much his purple tongue was sticking out of the corner of his mouth, as he used an oranged pen to scribble the pair of goggles on John stick figure's head.

- Amazing ! John Dory smiled, You should make Spruce's butt bigger though.

- WHAT??? Spruce overheard, his head rising up from the spot he had fell asleep on, he had drooled all over the floor-

But Floyd nodded, giggling as he drew a bigger butt to Spruce's character on the drawing. At the same moment, the scary sound was heard again-

SQUEAK SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY-

- Isn't he suppose to be ASLEEP??? Clay shouted, annoyed as he closed his book.

- He was, John Dory got up from his chair, BRANCH! Enough! IT'S NIGHTY NIGHTY TIME !!! YOU HEARD ME ??

The sound stopped for a second but then started again louder. John groaned loudly and walked upstairs to the bedroom.

There he found Branch in his crib; the baby had refused to fall asleep without his new toy, so annoyed that he would have to get him back to sleep again, John Dory took him in his arms with the glitterfrosting toy and brought him back to the living room where everyone was.

As he got there, Baby Branch was still squishing the toy between his arms and little chest. John Dory closed the lamps and tried to lay him down on the couch next to Clay; he hoped that Branch would feel more comfortable falling asleep with his brothers watching over him.

- Okay ! John Dory pulled the little blanket on his body, Now you are with us, but you need to sleep, nighty nighty ! Okay ? John Dory gently scolded him, It's very late for small baby trolls like you !

Branch stared at him, his huge eyes focus on his as he listened without really understanding. He just squished his crocodile toy once and closed his eyes, yawning.

SQUEEEEEAAAKKKK....

John Dory sighed in relief. He was going to sit back at the table with Floyd, thinking he wouldn't hear that toy agaih and that Clay would watch over Branch since he was next to him... until;

SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEA-

- OKAY, THAT'S IT ! Clay lost it.

He grabbed the toy, snatching it away from the baby who starting crying loudly to have it back. The middle child jumped off his seat and went to the bathroom to dump the beloved toy in the toilet.

- NO ! CLAY !! Floyd gasped and chased after him to stop him.

Only Spruce got in the way;

- Let him get rid of it honestly who cares-

- BUT BRANCH LOVES IT !!

He managed to pass next to Spruce and grab Clay's arm to hold him back. The three of them started fighting with each other, 2 wanting to get rid of the squeaky toy and 1 wanting to give it back to the now sobbing baby.

John Dory got up from his seat, groaning in an exagerated manner- it had been so easy and they just had to find a reason to fight-

- OKAY YOU GUYS, SHUT UP! He screamed as he tried to separate them, ENOUGH ! If no one can agree; I take the squeaky squeak ! He opened his hand so Clay would give him the toy.

- Grandma said you weren't the king square head- why would we listen to you- Spruce pointed out.

- Yeah he's just our bAbYsItTer, Clay mocked, keeping the toy as he tried to get free from the oldest's grip to dump it in the toilet.

- But you can't keep it, John ! Floyd pulled on his vest, Branch needs it to fall asleep !!

He gestured to the baby boi that just kept crying and sniffing back tears.

John Dory still took the toy, lifting it above his head so no one would be tall enough to reach it. He tried to make his way to a place he could hide it but his siblings kept screaming and trying to take it back.

- GUYS, ENOUGH, OR I'M CALLING GRAN—

But then the oldest tripped over a small car on the ground, his chin crashed against the floor as his hand squished the toy- a little white plastic object got shoot out of it and—

- GAH-

Right into Floyd's mouth.

The toddler was chocking. Panicked, John Dory immediately got up, feeling his heart thumping in his chest as he grabbed their second youngest brother and proceeded to use the heimlich maneuver to help him clear his airways from the unwanted object. Clay and Spruce were encouraging him to cough, you could hear the terror in their voices.

Floyd eventually coughed loudly, only next thing that came out of his mouth wasn't the object, but the sound it was making instead.

- SQUEAAAK !

Everyone's eyes widened in shock, Floyd was breathing- but with every deep breathe in or out, you could hear the whistle trapped in his throat make its annoying sound.

- W-What is... squeeeeak– happening? Floyd asked, bit dizzy.

Branch had stopped crying and was clapping his hands, hearing the familiar sound again.

Clay bursted out laughing.

Spruce and John Dory looked at each other, worried.

- Okay uh... John Dory let go of Floyd, This is fine... we just have to hide it from Grandma !

- Hide what from Grandma? Squeeeeaaak! Floyd asked followed by the stupid sound, Where is that coming from? He looked around him, searching for who had grabbed the toy.

- BAUAHAHUAHAUHAU- Clay fell back, kicking the air with his feet, tears in the corner of his eyes.

- Ah yes, John, that's so genius, and how do you expect us to do that?? FLOYD TURNED INTO A SQUEAKY TOY !!! Spruce gestured to the 4 year old.

- I'm not a squeaky toy ! Squeeee!... WAIT–

He was about to start crying out of fear, but was stopped quickly;

- WAIT FLOY !! Clay grabbed into his shoulders, What do chicken philosophers think about?

John Dory and Spruce just blinked, confused about why Clay would do a joke in this moment.

- I don't know... squeee, What do chickens pillowpaper think about ? He missprounced.

Clay snorted;

- The meaning of eggs-istence!

And then it made sense- Floyd started to giggle, but it was not his familiar child light heartfelt sound that came out of him, but the scary annoying sound of the whistle;

- SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKYSQUEAKYSQUEAKYSQUEAKYSQUEAKYSQUEAKY!!!

- BUAHAHAHUAHAHA !!!! Clay laughed even more loudly, as Floyd tried himself to stop laughing, THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFEEEE !!!

- Ooookay, Spruce crossed his arms, annoyed at the situation, so what do we do about THIS ?!?

John Dory could feel the stress and the pressure growing inside of him and fall on his shoulders: he had promised grandma he would take care of his little brothers, and now one of them had a whistle trapped in their throat !! She would never trust him again to be a great big brother if she learned about this !!

- Like I saaaaid, John Dory tried to appear calm, it will be fine- Floyd just has to never laugh again

- WHAT?? SQUEAAAK!

- He does that stupid sound everytime he breathes, blockhead !! Spruce said, exasparated, We should bring him to the hospital !

Floyd immeditely went to hide behind Clay, shaking in fear... he never went to the hospital before and this sounded scary !! ;

- I don't w-wanna ! WAAA-EEEEAAAKKKKKKK!!! His crying changed into the squeaky toy sound.

Clay tried not to laugh again. John Dory kneeled down in front of him to talk to Floyd;

- Well if you don't want to go to the hospital, Grandma must not hear you squeaking ! Easy, is it ??

Floyd looked down, in hesitation, you could hear the whistle from his hyperventalizing before it died out as he calmed down.

- I-I guess...

- Perfect then ! John Dory got up, that's settle, now it's time to go to bed !

- We should use his squeak on the next album— Clay noted this idea on a random notebook.

IN THE MORNING...

The sun came back and the whistle hadn't got out of Floyd's airways.

As they ate breakfast, the older siblings screamed the whole time to cover Floyd's squeaking, and they had gave back Branch his crocodile squeak toy without squeak so it could explain it if Grandma Rosiepuff heard it, even though Branch would ignore it and try squish Floyd's cheeks instead, hoping to hear the sound coming from him.

Only it was hard to remember that he had to hide it;

- MM !! THAT WAS SO GOOD THANKS GRANDM- SQUEAAKK!!

Surprised to hear the sound that dhe believed came from HIM, she turned around with widened eyes of shock. The lilac skinned troll blinked in confusion;

- What did you say, Angel?? She asked to be sure.

- HAHA, John Dory had been quick enough to grab the crocodile, YOUR NEW TOY SURE IS AMAZING, BRANCH....

Grandma thought she might have imagined this and went back to cleaning the kitchen. The older siblings sighed in relief.

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Later the family was at the park, and the brothers were playing in the playground- again it wad complicated to hide Floyd's secret ability. And it basically made it impossible for him to enjoy his time at the playground.

- Why don't you try play in the sandbox ? Grandma tried to encourage him, seeing that Floyd was sitting alone on the grass.

The toddler quietly made his way to it, Grandma wouldn't hear him from there so he greeted the trolling there;

- Hi, he waved.

The trolling -orange skin and green hair- looked up at him, and waved back. Floyd played nervously with his fingers;

- Can we play together and make uh.... SQUEAAAAAKK!!

Floyd covered his mouth out of surprise of the sound he made himself when breathing out. The other trolling jumped, out of fear, and slowly walked away from him.

- Aweee... Floyd sat down, alone.

- Floflo !! Branch crawled up to him to squish his cheeks.

- Uurgh... squeeeeaak, Floyd made the sound on purpose to please the baby's needs.

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When back at the pod, Floyd had been quiet for the entiere day, and Grandma was starting to trully be worried for her grandson; last time he had been that quiet had been before Branch was born !! She was already thinking maybe he was avoiding telling her something that hurted his little heart, and she was determined to figure out what it was !

John Dory, Spruce and Clay were all exhausted from having covered the secret all day, finding an excuse or making a loud sound everytime Floyd took a deep breathe in.

Grandma was then worried to see one) the second youngest quiet and 2) the 3 older brothers so exhausted they didn't have the energy to do chaos anymore. She took all of the boys to sit in the living room and have a family discussion. A serious one.

- Okay, so is anybody able to explain what is going on ? She asked them.

She wasn't expecting for Floyd to speak up first, so she mostly stared at John Dory who probably had a very clear idea of the truth.

- Uhhh, John Dory's brain was trying its best to come up with something.

- We're just tired, Spruce said in a calm tone, trying once again to save everyone's butt, That's all.

Grandma Rosiepuff still did not believed this excuse- Floyd seemed more than "Just tired". He seemed ashamed about something, yet she couldn't tell what it was.

- Okay... boys, she told them in a gentle tone, Listen, I'm here to help, so if something is bothering you, or if you need help, you have to speak up about it... I can't help if you don't help me understand what's going on–

- Squeaaaaakkk!!!

Rosiepuff sighed- she thought it was the crocodile again, only to see Floyd crying and- with every sob, that squeaky toy was heard. It did indeed come from him !!

- I DIDN'T MEANT-- SQUEAK! TO EAT IT !!! SQUEAAAKKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY SQUEAKY!!

Now unmasked the 3 older brothers tried to excuse it;

- I DIDN'T MEANT TO BREAK THE TOY- John Dory said.

- I SHOULDN'T HAVE TRY DUMP IT IN THE TOILET- Clay said.

- I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET MY CAR TOYS ON THE GROUND !! Spruce cried too.

Rosiepuff just witnessed the chaos, until she couldn't help it- at first it was a light chuckled, but then it grew into a full heartfelt, genuine laugh. Tears in the corner of her eyes, she tried to be serious; but this was too funny, she never though her reckless boys would ever found themselves in such a silly situation !!

The fear changed to confusion, the brothers looking at each other. Wasn't Grandma mad at them ?? No, she was laughing loudly now, trying to catch back her breathing;

- O-Okay, I'm sorry, she giggled, Okay, tell me what happened ??

John Dory explained with hesitation, letting out the details about the heimlich maneuver, Grandma Rosiepuff giggled more;

- And then you started squeaking? She tried to stay serious while completing the story, but failed.

Floyd felt less ashamed, he nodded;

- Y-Yeah, and Branch thinks I'm a squeaky toy !

Branch squished Floyd cheeks again. The toddler let out another squeak sound.

- SQUEAK!

- Aren't you mad at us ? Clay questionned.

Rosiepuff shook her head;

- It was an accident, I'm just glad everyone is okay... well almost okay, she giggled again hearing the squeak, we should probably go see the doctor now, she explained, so we can this whistle out !

Floyd sighed in relief -letting out another loud squeak- finally he wouldn't do this weird sound anymore !!

- BUT WE NEEDED HIS SQUEAK ON OUR NEXT ALBUM !!! Clay complained.

THE END.