Everyone has been picked to be part of a team. They either have dodge ball in their hands or next to them. Each team stands in a line far apart from each other. Lucas sits on the beachers as Skippers yells happily.

" Now be prepared to destroy each other like your life depends on it!", Skipper yells loudly and happily.

Then Skipper blows his whistle loudly as Classified rolls his eyes with his arms folded. Many dodge balls are immediately thrown. Hiccup ducks instead of throwing not wanting to get hit. He isn't exactly the best when it comes to most sports. Astrid who is on the same team as him throws hers at Tuffnut knocking him to the floor hard!

" Now that is what I'm taking about!", Skipper says approvingly and proudly.

Lucas however wonders if Tuffnut is okay. He doesn't like Tuffnut but, still that was hard and powerful hit. Tuffnut brings himself up into a sitting position seeming to like how much it hurt to get hit and knocked to the floor. Ruffnut laughs at him only to get hit and knocked to the ground by Jack's ball!

"Ruffnut and Tuffnut,Your Out! The rest of you keep playing!", Skipper calls out loudly.

Tooth accidentally bumps into Jack bringing them both down! She was trying to dodge. Both of them let out small screams of surprise as they fall. Tooth ends up on top of Jack who is looking at her with an questioning look. Tooth's face has embarrassment all over her face as she looks down at Jack who is between her arms which are holding her upper half up.

Branch jumps into the air catching a dodge ball coming towards him with his air then throws it. It goes flying fast and hits Aster as a result who accidentally throws his own ball at Biggie! Biggie doesn't move aside in time so he gets hit and so does Guy when it bounces off Biggie.

"Bunny boy,Big troll and Glitter guy! Your out!",Skipper calls out loudly.

" Do you even know their names?", Lucas asks sarcastically.

Tooth gets back up with Jack apologizing but, gets hit by an dodge ball making her fall forward! Jack catches her without thinking as Tooth blushes in embarrassment. Jack looks down at her with playful look as she looks up at him.

" You really can't stay on your feet. ",Jack comments playfully.

Very soon in all the choas more players were out. Now it only Hiccup,Astrid and Branch. Branch is the only one left on his team. He uses his hair grab a random dodge ball near him and starts aiming at Astrid. Hiccup is standing next to Astrid and decides to talk to her. She is looking dead straight at Branch not interested in Hiccup's words. Branch just throws the ball as Hiccup talks to his crush.

" It's just you and me again.", Hiccup comments awkwardly.

"No,just you. ", Astrid says blankly.

Then before Hiccup could say anything Astrid moves out the way of Branch's dodge ball while throwing hers at him! Branch's dodge ball accidentally hits Hiccup in the chest causing him to fall from the impact! Astrid's dodge ball hits Branch taking him with it into a wall! The grey troll's body feels the impact of both the ball and the wall and it hurts...

"Ow...",Branch comments softly.

" That's gotta hurt. ", Lucas says softly while flinching.

" Great Job,Girly! That is what I call playing "Dodge Ball". ",Skipper praises proudly.

Poppy dashes off to Branch worried as Jack walked over to Hiccup. Hiccup is just laying on the floor like Branch is doing next to the dodge ball. Neither of them has broken bones but, it did hurt and some more than others are feeling it. Jack offers Hiccup his hand.

" You okay?",Jack asks simply.

" Never better. ", Hiccup replies sarcastically and lowly.

Hiccup then takes his friend's hand and is pulled up back on his feet. Poppy gets onto her knees next to Branch's side. There is an worried look on her face. She was afraid that Branch had gotten hurt. Her eyes scan his body quickly for brief moment for anything bad before locking her eyes with Branch's eyes.

" Are you Okay?", Poppy asks worried.

" Yeah,I'm lying on the floor cause I like it.", Branch says sarcastically.

Poppy still looks him still worried. Branch slowly sits up rubbing the back his head. His whole body feels sore. Poppy could tell from his expression that he wasn't okay. That made her heart tighten a little but, she is too worried about him to think about it.

" I think I might need to go to the nurse. ",Branch comments softly and unhappily.

" Then I'll go with you. ",Poppy says caringly.

Then just when Branch was about to tell her that he didn't need to her to take him Poppy grabs his arm. She pulls him up onto his feet fast then drags him away fast as bullet! Branch let's out a small surprised and annoyed scream at the sudden action.

A moment later... Nurse Ginger,a orange hen,is putting away medicine in one of her cabernet. The Nurse Office is a little bigger than standard but, not too big and feels bigger when your in it. The walls and ceiling are white,the cabernets are white on the floor with a smooth black countertop against the wall and there the windows are open with black frame. The cabernets are from the door to the window. There are some equipment,a standard nurse office bed against the other wall, air conditioner, simple open curtains and some medical posters on the walls. The room is bright with the sunlight. There are two ladders,one short and other tall,in the corner.

Ginger is wearing classic nurse hat and cream-coloured chiffon neck scarf decorated with dark floral patterns. She has orange feathers,yellow beck and feet and green eyes. Then Poppy knocks on the open door with Branch looking at her annoyed. Ginger turns to them and notices how Branch looks a little more rough than usual again but,not as bad as before.

" Dodge Ball accident?",Ginger asks caringly.

" How did you know?",Poppy asks surprised.

" Happens a lot with small creatures like you trolls. ", Ginger says honestly.

Then Ginger picks up both trolls and walks up the short ladder to reach the top of the bed. She puts them both down then starts giving Branch the standard treatment for dodge ball accidents. It wasn't long before the nurse started rubbing ointment on Branch's faint marks. Branch looks up at Poppy who is near him.

" You know you didn't have to take me here,right?", Branch says.

" I know. I just wanted to make sure you are okay. When my dad and friends do it when I am hurt it always made me feel more happy. ", Poppy says happily and honestly.

" Well I wouldn't know about family. ", Branch says lowly and honestly.

"What do you mean? Everyone has a family.", Poppy says confused.

Branch refuses to answer Poppy since he didn't want to talk about being an Orphan. He also didn't think she would even understand but, Poppy kept on bugging him to talk to her. Ginger had stopped rubbing ointment on Branch and has walked away to put it away as Poppy kept on causing Branch to think about family and how he didn't have one.

" Just tell me already!", Poppy complains.

" I'm A Ophan! Okay! ", Branch snaps.

Poppy pauses for moment after Branch had snapped. Her heart sores at the sound of unhappiness and heartbreak in Branch's voice as her eyes fill with an caring and synthetic look. She never knew that Branch was an orphan since he never liked talking about this stuff with her. Branch rarely let's his amour crack in front of Poppy but, Poppy couldn't help herself from worrying and caring about him more.

" Poppy,I have no family. I have been living in an Orphanage for most of life and no family wanted to take me in. They go away either not coming back or with another kid after they meet me for the first time. ", Branch explains honestly,sadly and softly.

Poppy can see the clear sadness in his eyes. Then without thinking the pink troll gets closer to Branch and hug him. Branch was taken off guard by the caring action. Poppy is hugging him from the side as a small smile appears on her face.

" Woah! Woah! What are you doing?", Branch asks.

" I just thought you could use a hug. ", Poppy says caringly and comfortingly.

Branch's eyes look at Poppy as she continued to hug him. It actually felt nice to hugged by her while being in a vulnerable state. A small smile creeps on Branch's face slowly as he is comforted. Then it disappears when he realized what he is doing. Branch feels some discomfort and tries to hide how much he likes Poppy's hugs.

" Okay,Poppy. That's enough. I'm fine. ", Branch says softly.

Ginger smiles at the two trolls's little bonding moment. She finds it sweet. Then her attention is taken away from them when she hears a knock on the door. The chicken turns to the door to see skinny teenage giraffe named "Malmen". He is a usual comer for the Nurse Office. Poppy had stopped hugging Branch and Branch and her are now looking at Malmen.

" Nurse Ginger,I found a new brown spot on my shoulder. ", Malmen says worried.

" Oh Sweetie... You know it's all in your head,right?", Ginger says calmly.

" That's what Alex said but,without the "Oh Sweetie"...", Malmen admits.

AN: Gnomegirl95,keep your character suggests coming🙂