I turned around and saw a shadow being turned with my body...

"Branch..!?" I asked.

" Nope..over here, love.." I turned around again and saw the same shadow turn as I turned.

"Now I'm here sweets.." He said..

"Stop it! Stay still!" I yelled.

"Right here" His head popped up right on my neck and gave my cheek a little nudge..

"Hey!" I frowned, "who are you!?"

"Just another troll like everyone else..." He answered.

I looked at him straight in the eye and saw him smirk..

His hair was white and grey and his body was grey...

He lost his colors?

"So what's a fragile princess like u doing out here?" He raised and eyebrow.

"I'm not fragile or a princess.." I lied..

"Oh yes u are, Princess Poppy I presume?" He winked.

"What? How'd u know?" I asked.

"I know everything about you.." He smirked again, "everything.."

Stalker...

"But how? I know nothing about you yet you know everything about me?" I questioned.

"That's for me to know and you to ponder..you didn't answer my question." He changed the subject.

"I'm looking for the troll tree and saving my friends." I said.

"Forget it sweets." He answered.
"Excuse me?"
"Forget it."
"No."
"Yes."
"Never!"
"Yes."

"No why does it matter?" I ask him.
"It doesn't that's why you should leave it be, ur friends will never make it alive. They're probably dead now." He shrugged.

"No! I'm not giving up!" I yelled back.

"Aren't princesses supposed to be home demanding people around?" He said.

"What? I'm not like that!" I hollered.

"Shh! Stop screaming. But that doesn't matter now does it? No,you have me..." He replied trying to get my arm...

"Let go! I don't like you!" I yelled.

"Of course you do,everyone does..." He smirked.

"I'm leaving right now! Enough of this!" I started to walk away but he pulled me back into his embrace and held me tighter. He looked at me straight in the eye and breathed into my ear...

"Oh no you aren't...you'll stay here as long as I say you will..." He huffed...

He wrapped his hand around my mouth and I screamed out the first name that came to my mind....

"Branch!!!!"