Chapter 14


This fight seemed to be lasting forever, but the shocking revelations kept it as interesting as it should be. Some of the conflict had evolved into something much greater than it originally was, Branch and Poppy got into a drama of their own while defending the Disco rulers from a clay being, who claimed to have unfinished business with Queen Stellar. That also highlighted the absence of the queen and the immediate involvement of a great defender, a large clay dragon that resembled the shapeshifting form of the Looney being, the group now questioned a lot of the truth and started to ponder whether the Queen was innocent or if she had as much involvement as Looney said to be.

The trolls looked up at the ongoing battle between 'dragons', Branch held Guy Diamond in his arms and looked back and forth at him and General Supergleam, he asked her, "Do you know anything about this?"

"About what?" Supergleam responded with a skeptical tone, "What are you implying here, Branch?"

"That's the queen." Branch pointed at the opponent dragon and gave all of his friends an as-a-matter-of-fact face.

Poppy stared at Branch and raised an eyebrow, "You can't be serious."

"Look at her colors." Branch pointed it out, making the Snackpack observe it even more.

They all gasped dramatically, Poppy too but she didn't want Branch to see it. Supergleam came to the realization, now that was something she did not know about her Queen.

"Oh please." Poppy scoffed in an attempt to disagree with Branch, even though she knew he was right, "How is that even possible? She's a troll."

"How can we know that..." Cooper spoke up and left some mystery air floating around, "Me, myself, didn't know I was a funk troll until a few years ago!"

Branch signed very disappointed at Cooper's grammar, "That is not dramatically correct, but, exactly. Listen to Cooper."

"And her color palette!" Chenille interrupted as she made sure everyone looked at the dueling dragons from afar.

Satin finished her sister's sentence, "It's the same as Stellar's!"

Branch suddenly realized something for the very first time, "Wait, you guys are agreeing with me?"

"Yes. Don't get used to it." Smidge ceased with Branch's happiness but still managed to prove his point right, "It's just that you're making some actual sense for once... Just look at her!"

"Besides, why would Queen Stellar leave her fabulous crown lying in a dark corner?" Biggie mentioned as he held Mr. Dinkles with Stellar's crown on his head.

"WHAT?!" Everyone jumped up as they saw the crown sitting on the worm's head.

"Biggie, where did you get that?" Poppy asked as she analyzed Mr. Dinkles.

Cooper gulped as he hid behind his own hat, "Did she swap bodies with Mr. Dinkles..."

"GAH?!" Biggie gasped as he dropped Mr. Dinkles, falling into Cooper's delusional, "Did she?! MR. DINKLES WHERE ARE YOU?!"

DJ Suki started to rub her eyes as she wanted to doze off into Supergleam's arms, "Man, I need some sleep."

"Not the time, DJ." Supergleam gently awoke DJ Suki and helped her stand still.

"SHUT UP!!!" A loud and fiery voice echoed through the hall, it was Looney who finally managed to take the opponent dragon down. The weakened enemy slowly started to morph into its original form, it indeed was Queen Stellar. Looney continued to speak, "Now that you learned your lesson. You should know better, Stellar, never repeat what you did to me. Because your actions have consequences, and now you're facing them."

The trolls picked up Queen Stellar and took her back to safety as Looney slowly transformed into her usual form, a catchy beat played as she braced herself for a song. The clay creature broke into song as she wreaked havoc around the palace, damaging sculptures, paintings, and the  furniture, "Don't wanna live as an untold story
Rather go out in a blaze of glory
I can't hear you, I don't fear you
I'll live now 'cause the bad die last
Dodging bullets with your broken past
I can't hear you, I don't fear you now."

"Wrapped in your regret
What a waste of blood and sweat
Oh oh oh." 
Looney hooped around as she made springs on the bottom of her boots and bounced around, teasing the trolls and some of the royal court that hid around the palace. Looney cackled in between the verses as she soared across the main hall during the songs chorus, "I wanna taste love and pain
Wanna feel pride and shame
I don't wanna take my time
Don't wanna waste one line
I wanna live better days
Never look back and say
Could have been me
It could have been me
Yeah."

Queen Stellar slowly regained consciousness and opened her eyes, she expected to see Looney and not her friends. That initially scared her, making her crawl backward in shame. They stared at her expecting some explanation and she agreed to do it, meanwhile, Looney continued to bounce around and hopped off from the castle premises, "Don't wanna live as an unsung melody
I'd rather listen to the silence telling me
I can't hear you, I won't fear you
Don't wanna wake up on a Monday morning
The thought of work is getting my skin crawling
I can't fear you, I don't hear you now."

"Wrapped in your regret
What a waste of blood and sweat
Oh oh oh
Yeah."
Looney rocketed into space toward her spaceship, she needed to get out now that she got her perfect revenge. The group of trolls rushed outside to see where Looney was headed, but she was long gone from the castle now. All they could see was Looney, inside her spaceship and darting into another galaxy, "Hey
I wanna taste love and pain
Wanna feel pride and shame
Don't wanna take my time
No
Don't wanna waste one line
Hey Hey
Wanna live better days
Just better
Never look back and say
Could have been me."

The trolls were left speechless at the entrance of the palace, every other Disco Troll slowly came out of hiding, including Tiny and Glimmer. Guy Diamond laid on the floor in pain, as the kids hugged him desperately. Poppy looked back at Stellar and said, "You owe all of us an explanation, Queen Stellar."

"You're right, I do." The Queen responded, admitting to the truth, "I knew her. I knew Looney. She was my royal court and so much more than that, a best friend. Until she snapped and turned against me. I was forced to let go of her and lead on my own,  sometimes you need to learn how to lead without any distractions."

"Oh, sure." Tiny Diamond interfered and shouted, "STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN YOU BECOMIN' A DRAGON WOMAN!"

Queen Stellar hoped to avoid that subject, but she had to address it now that it happened, "Fine, I'm not a 100% troll." She suddenly morphed into a clay pile, "I'm half clay."

She got mixed reactions from everyone, some were extremely surprised, and others were rather disappointed and confused. Queen Stellar continued, "Looney, is one of them too. And they're mostly insane people... Their leader seeks to build a better world, better than us, the trolls. He holds a great amount of power over his galaxy and that's how she managed to drain Guy's glitter, it's beyond our comprehension."

"Your life mustn't have been easy." Poppy easily resorted to comforting the queen and placed her hand on the queen's shoulder.

The Queen appreciated Poppy's embrace and spoke out, "We're gonna need some serious help. My husband is in danger and the only way to save him is to go to the source of the extraction."

"We're on it." Poppy once again reassured she'd be up to saving her friends, "You can count on us, Stellar."

The SnackPack all backed up Poppy, including Branch and Supergleam. They all took a look at Guy Diamond, who clearly suffered from Looney's attack, this journey couldn't be easy for any of them but it had to be done.

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