Hey guys, so idk how this book's update schedule will be like since I start school tomorrow. I'll probably update once or twice a week, but we'll see how it all goes.

Alright, go ahead and start reading babes!! 💕

15 years later..

Poppy finished telling her story to the young troll children. Some cheered but some were in awe.

"Did that really happen Princess Poppy? Did the Queen get taken by a bergen?" One little troll named Daisy asked.

Poppy walked up to Daisy and ruffled her hair, making her giggle a bit.

"Yes, it did. My mom would've been so proud of all of you if she were here now." She told the story of how Queen Azalea, her mother, had been taken by a bergen. She was kind of anxious to talk about it though since it was topic she didn't like discussing much, but she figured it wouldn't be a problem for the the troll children to hear. They'd know the history of their wonderful queen.

"There won't be another bergen attack, right Princess Poppy?" Another young troll named Aspen.

"No no, of course not. There hasn't been one in many years, but we just need to be really careful! Now who's ready for a song?!" Poppy completely changed the subject.

"Meeeee!"

~♡~

Branch, gray as ever, went out to grab more sticks. He's fully changed after fifteen years of the incident.

He hid away from everyone since then too.

He doesn't sing, dance, or do anything that associates with the word happy.

Hearing singing and cheering in the background, he groaned to himself annoyingly trying to ignore it by picking up more sticks.

Surprisingly, the noise got louder.

He threw his sticks on the ground and marched his way over.

~♡~

"Whoo!" Poppy said jumping off the stage and walking over to her friends.

"Hey! Nice job up there!" Creek said booping her nose making her giggle.

"Hey, you know I do this every morni-"

"Yeah great job Poppy." An annoyed masculine voice sounded in the background.

Everyone turned around to see Branch leaning against a tree.

This was their very first time seeing him in such a while, but their faces grew a little confused as they didn't recognize him, at least at first.

A grey troll?..

"Uhh, thank yo-"

"It was sarcasm." He rolled his eyes.

"Uh... oh.." Poppy's voice grew embarrassed.

"Hey, you don't talk to her like that mister!! I don't care if you're gray!" DJ stood up for her friend.

"DJ...." Poppy whispered.

Branch got a little offended by that but ignored it.

They don't remember me?.. Agh why do I care? They were never my friends anyway...

"I don't even know why you guys are singing and dancing and enjoying yourselves so much. Do you not remember what happened fifteen years ago?! There were so many trolls that got taken!! You act as if it never even happened!! And if you didn't know, by the way, I'm Branch. You're little childhood friend."

Everyone wide their eyes at that. How did Branch become gray? What happened to him?

Poppy began to draw back a bit, a tiny glare on her face. She didn't like speaking about that situation. She would get a little emotional because it reminded her about her mom.

What happened to him.... where has he been all these years..   Poppy thought.

"Branch.... I'm sorry your gray by the way, but I remember everything about that incident. If you didn't know, by the way, my mom, also known as your queen died in that incident. But just because it caused devastation doesn't mean we have to be depressed all the time. In memory of my mom and other trolls were keeping up the life of Troll village, trying to stay as positive as we can! So maybe you should just..... stop!!"

Silence grew among the group. Even Branch.

His face expression immediately changed when he believed he saw a tear exit her eye.

I didn't want to make her cry...

Satin and Chenille surrounded her left and right sides, hugging her, the rest of the snack pack doing the same.

"Hey Branch, pal, maybe it's best you just leave. You've done enough." Creek said in a low but offensive voice.

Suddenly, Branch's angry expression came back. Creek used to bully him when Poppy and the snack pack wasn't around, but he never said anything.

"Fine! But don't come crying to me when a bergen attacks! I'll be down in my bunker safe from it all!!" His voice sounded a little hurt.

He turned around and made his way back to his bunker.

"It's okay Poppy.... he's probably not coming back again...." Biggie rubbed her back.

"I... I just.... I don't know... why is he gray.... what happened to him...." Poppy stammered a bit.

"Poppy, don't worry about it. We don't know what happened to him either and why he's gray, but that doesn't mean he can hurt you like that. You're so sweet...." DJ wiped her tears away with her thumb.

"And if he does," Smidge cracked her knuckles, "I'll take care of it." Everyone laughed at that, even Poppy.

"No no Smidge, you don't have to do that..."

"Here, to make you feel better, let's throw a party later on tonight! Who cares what that other troll thinks?" DJ tried to cheer her up.

Poppy sniffled and formed a smile.

"That's a good idea."

~♡~

45 minutes before the party...

Poppy kept trudging around in her pod. She couldn't stop thinking about what she said to Branch.

And maybe she was a little harsh.

He was harsh too, but usually she doesn't yell like that. She just didn't like that topic being spoken of that much, and the way he spoke about it hurt her.

She didn't know where he lived, but she saw him walking towards the forest when he took off after the argument this morning.

She wanted to apologize.

But she at least deserved an apology as well, but that was gonna be hard, considering his attitude.

Verbally probably wasn't gonna be good enough, so she thought of something else.

Something a bit crafty.

~♡~

Branch heard three knocks from outside and he went to the door.

On the floor.

"What do you wa-"

Before he could say anything else, he saw a handful of invitations in front of him.

He climbed out and looked closer at the pile of invitations.

Little did the gray troll know though, Poppy was behind a tree watching, to see if he would actually take them.

He took one and opened it. It was him holding a heart and it said: Ceeelabrate, freedom from, the bergens!!

After that, glitter sprayed onto his face.

Poppy failed to hold in a giggle as he looked adorable with glitter on his face.

But she didn't know that Branch heard him. He just pretended that he didn't see her.

"Ugh, this is some sick joke..." He dropped the card and pretended to leave the invitations and cards outside and go back inside his bunker.

Poppy's smile slowly turned into a frown as she looked at the cards on the ground.

"Huh... I guess he is a tough cookie...." She mumbled to herself, not even bothering to pick up the cards and going back to troll village.

As soon as she left, Branch came back outside and quickly snatched up the invitations and went back inside.

~♡~

Everything was set up for the party, but before it would officially start Poppy would make a speech.

"You can do this Poppy!" Guy Diamond put a hand on her shoulder.

"Mmm, okay..." She mumbled nervously, walking up to the stage.

Her father was already up there. She told him everything and asked if it was ok for him to assist her a bit.

As she got the stage she glanced at him and smiled, and turned her attention to the crowd of trolls.

"Uh, hey everyone. So.. I know this party is kind of random and all, but the reason I'm throwing this party is to dedicate it to my mother, our first Queen Azalea, and to every troll we lost during the bergen attack fifteen years ago. So we're gonna celebrate to honor all of them!!"

Everyone cheered and clapped after that.

"Hit it DJ!" She sharply pointed to DJ doing a little pose.

As soon as she heard that she immediately took action and turned the music on, making the cheers louder.

Poppy jumped off the stage and danced with her friends and other trolls.

~♡~

Bergen Town...

"If I find those trolls and bring them all back to bergen town, I'll be the new queen, and I'll be known for bring back happiness to Bergen Town!!" Chef growled to herself.

Chef didn't get much appreciation back in Bergen Town because of the new need being Trolls, and they haven't been able to retrieve any for so long, but now she believes that she will be the first in many years to able to find them.

Her large ugly ear (A/N: I had to 😂) twitched when she believed she heard faint playing of music far away, and faint cheers from far away.

She looked to her left to see lights exploding in the sky from far away.

A sinister smile formed on her face as she squinted her eyes devilishly.

Trolls... She whispered softly but deeply and creepy.

~♡~

"Oh, my, gosh! For the first time we throw a party and we don't have a bergen attack!! Maybe they're tired of trying to find us and found something else to make them happy?" Biggie said dancing with Mr. Dinkles in his hands.

"Hm. Maybe. But we can't be so sure yet about it." DJ said putting one hand on her hip.

"Don't worry guys, if bergen comes, we'll already know what to do! We just-"

Everything was stopped when a faint thud was thought to be heard.

"Uh, what was-"

Poppy covered Creek's mouth with her finger before he could say anything, hearing another thud, except closer.

"B-Bergen?" Chenille whispered, clinging onto her sister, Satin doing the same.

As the thuds got closer, a big ugly bumpy foot came in sight, making things fall.

Then after another a last huge thud, came the sight of Chef.

There were smalls gasps of Trolls, some of them backing away in fear.

"I found you. Now I can finally be someone in Bergen Town!" Chef began to open her zip bag.

"Oh dear..." Peppy whispered.

"Everyone run!!!" Poppy yelled as loud as she could to the top of her lungs.

And at that, everyone began to run and look for places to hide.

As soon as Chef was heading their direction, Poppy immediately took action.

"Guys!! Follow me!!" She said to her friends and they made their way into a nearby bush, camouflaging into it.

Chef groaned as she saw there was nothing but a bush. There were handfuls of trolls taken and being put into her zip bag.

Suddenly, she felt something hitting her foot, like a small stick. She looked down and saw Peppy hitting her with his cane.

"Bad bergen! Bad bad bergen! How dare you kidnap my citizens!!" He yelled hitting harder with the cane.

Poppy heard the voice of her dad and looked out the bush, seeing Chef about to snatch him up.

"Dad? No no no dad!!" She was about to take off, but someone grabbed her arm.

"Poppy no! Are you insane?! If you go you'll get taken as well!!" Creek gripped her arm a bit hard, making her wince a bit, but she pulled back roughly.

"No!! I lost my mom, and I'm certainly not gonna lose me dad!!" Poppy argued, and left the bush.

"Poppy!!" Everyone of her friends yelled.

"Dad!! Watch out!!" She screamed.

Peppy's eyes widened as he heard his daughter's cries and turned to face her.

"Poppy?! Wha-" Before he could say anything else, he was snatched up by Chef.

"Noo!!" She stopped running as Chef put him in her zip bag. She had to hide fast.

Chef turned around again to see nothing.

Poppy was hiding above in a tree, panting fast but quietly.

"Hmph. I guess that's it then. King Gristle will be overjoyed to see this." She mumbled to herself, stomping her way out of Troll Village.

As soon as she left completely, The Snack Pack ran out the bush in panic.

"Poppy!!" Satin yelled.

"Where are you?!!" Chenille finished the sentence.

They all turned their heads, looking relieved to see Poppy's hair taking her to the soft ground safely, a saddened look on her face.

"Oh thank gosh!!" Satin exclaimed.

"But.. guys.... everyone's gone... now it's just us.... is this gonna... be the end of troll village...?" Guy Diamond mumbled, DJ walking up to him, taking his hand and squeezing it (I ship Diasuki okay?? 😂💕).

Poppy still had an upset look on her face, but she began to look up and her face began to look serious.

"No... No. This isn't the end. It's not over, it's not too late. We.... we can go save them!!" Poppy exclaimed.

"But how?.... we don't even know where bergen town is, and we could risk our lives doing that..." Creek said.

"If the bergens can come over here to find us, then we can do the same. Vice versa!! We can do this!! Like I said, I lost my mom, and I'm not gonna lose my dad. Come on you guys!!" Poppy put her hand out, waiting for everyone else to put their hands on top.

The Snack Pack looked at each other and nodded confidently.

DJ put her hand in first, then Guy Diamond, then Satin, then Chenille, then Biggie, then Cooper, then Smidge, but she was small so she just jumped on top, making everyone laugh.

Everyone turned to Creek, who was the only one who didn't put his hand in yet.

"Come on Creek... pleaseee?" Poppy whispered.

Creek looked at Poppy then back at all their hands and sighed, putting his hand in.

All of them cheered when he put his hand in.

"Alright, let's go!!" Biggie said tightly clutching to Mr. Dinkles.

"Wait!! But we don't know how to survive out there!! We'll get all dirty!!" Satin grabbed her sister's arm.

"Yeah!! And hungry!!" Chenille exclaimed.

"Hmm... wait!! I know someone who can help us...." Poppy rubbed her chin with her thumb.

"Huh? But everyone is gone Poppy! Who could possibly help us?" Guy Diamond tilted his head.

"Not everyone... come on, follow me!" She signaled with her hand for everyone to follow her, and as confused as they were, they did just that.

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUN.

Lel this took me two days to write

And lol we should already know Poppy's talking about 😂

But anyway, thanks for reading!!

Next chapter will probably be here this week!! (Which is when I'll be in school, ugh...)