Perfect Family Harmony

“Here we go!" Velvet hollered, but just before she and Veneer could start singing, they immediately noticed their microphones shutting down.

“What?" Veneer gasped.

“Who did that?!" Velvet asked angrily.

Branch turned around and noticed Crimp standing at a control booth giving him two tiny thumbs up. He, then, looked up to see Floyd in Velvet's shoulder pad, struggling to breathe. At this point, he was more dead than alive. Willow handed Flower to Poppy, flew up high, and used some of her magic to add a little light to their upcoming performance.

“Ugh! Come on!" Velvet yelled as she tapped her mic.

“Kinda hard to give an encore where your tech doesn't work," Willow replied with a smug look on her lavender face.

Velvet groaned. “Oh, go freeze yourself!"

It's some kind of love

It's some kind of fire

Velvet gasped in shock as the cameras focused on Branch and his own naturally beautiful singing voice. Floyd weakly opened up his eyes as he heard the rest of their brothers harmonizing in the background.

I'm already up

But you lift me higher

You know I'm not wrong

You know I'm not lying

Willow flew down to Branch, placing a warm hand on his back, and began singing along as John Dory, Bruce, and Clay joined in.

We do it better

We do it better, yeah

And I don't mind if the world spins faster

The music's louder

The waves get stronger

I don't mind if the world spins faster

Faster, faster

Just let me take you to a better place

I'm gonna make you kiss the sky tonight

Yeah, if you let me show the way

I'm so excited to see you excited!

As Crimp began to play a ukulele, Poppy, Viva, Synth, and little Flower naturally joined the show, singing and dancing with their friends and loved ones.

They were one big musical family!

I'll take you to a better place, yoo-hoo!

And baby, you can love me on the way

We're flying up to outer space

I'm so excited to see you excited!

No group of Trolls had ever been so in sync. Much so, that as they joined hands, Branch, Willow, Synth, Viva, Poppy, and Flower's bodies began to let out an array of colorful lights and they began to float up into the air. The same began to happen with the three imprisoned Trolls. Bridget tossed Gristle and Rhonda onto the boat before climbing up herself so they could see the dazzling display for themselves.

I don't mind if the world spins faster

The music's louder

The waves get stronger

Using the last of his talent, Floyd felt the music in his heart and the diamond pulled itself free from Velvet's shoulder pads. Not wanting to lose the source of her fame, Velvet tried to grab the diamond, but Veneer held her back.

I don't mind if the world spins faster

Faster, faster, faster...

“Yeah..." Floyd sang along as the diamond began to crack.

Just let me take you to a better place!

BOOM!

Just like that, all four diamonds shattered, letting out a powerful blast that knocked Velvet and Veneer of the pedestal. However, once the lights dimmed down, the Trolls noticed Floyd's body lose all of its color as he fell towards the ground.

“No..." Willow gasped as Synth gently wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

Branch ran up to catch his brother before he could hit the ground. He wasn't breathing and his entire body was crystalline.

Were they too late?

“Floyd..." Branch sighed sadly as Flower and his brothers ran up to them.

“Unkie Fwoyd?" Flower muttered with tears in her pink eyes.

“Come on, man. Wake up!" Bruce pleaded. “Wake up, Floyd!"

“We need you, brother," John Dory whispered. Poppy and Viva could only watch despondently. Willow pressed her head against Synth's chest as she sobbed.

“Oh, no," Clay said quietly.

“I-I built the hideout, Floyd," Branch revealed tearfully. “Except the ten story waterslide."

Branch lowered his head as he mourned the loss of Floyd alongside his daughter and remaining three brothers. Their family wasn't complete without him in it.

“But... how will we shower?"

Branch widened his eyes as he heard that faint whisper. His icy blue eyes met purple ones as the color and opacity returned to his brother's body.

“Floyd!" he exclaimed. Floyd was alive! Branch embraced him as their brothers, Flower, Poppy, Viva, Willow and Synth joined in on the hug.

“Come on!" Tiny said as he joined them. “Gimme some sugar!"

“Tiny!" Flower said as she crawled out of the group hug to squeeze her much smaller friend. “You weally is a man!"

“Thanks, Flower," Tiny replied, “but I think I'm just gonna stay a baby for now."

“Okay, Tiny," Flower giggled. For once, all was right in the world.

Well, not quite.

“Listen up, Mount Rageons!" Veneer announced as he and Velvet got back on their feet. “We... are... FRAUDS!"

The crowd gasped at his confession. No one was more stunned, however, than Velvet herself.

“And we've been literally torturing little Trolls!" he added, devastating the audience further. “We just wanted to be famous. Honestly, my sister wanted to be famous, and truly, I was too afraid to stand up to her."

Velvet stared at her brother in disbelief. “It's like I don't even know who you are!"

“Yeah, you do!" Veneer reminded her. “And you asked me to change anyway, which isn't okay. Family or not."

Synth turned his head to find his rainbow-haired friend's giant eyes begin to water.

“Willow, are you crying?" he asked in concern.

“I'm fine!" she lied. “I-I just have something in my eye."

Suddenly, Crimp jumped up and slapped a pair of shiny handcuffs onto Velvet's thumbs!

“Crimp! What are you doing?!" Velvet shouted as she did it again to Veneer.

“I was just saying that I had a change of heart!" Veneer said defensively.

Crimp nodded. “You also engaged in Troll-napping, Troll torture, fraud..."

“And tax evasion," Clay added. “I'm gonna have to repossess your yacht."

“Fair enough," Veneer admitted. “Prison, it is!"

“Wow, this is liberating!" Crimp said gleefully as two police officers escorted Velvet and Veneer away with Rhonda barking at them.

“Okay, here goes," Synth quietly said to himself. “Hey, Viva!"

“Yeah, Synth?" Viva asked curiously.

“I, uh... I was just..." Synth stammered. “Is there any chance you might wanna... hang out with me sometime? Maybe we can... drink oversized milkshakes together?"

Viva smiled at the Techno Troll. “I'd like that very much."

“Okay, cool. Whatevs," he replied casually before turning to Willow, who blinked in surprise.

“Wow, I didn't know you had it in you," she admitted.

Poppy then turned to Branch and said, “So... How you feeling?"

Branch smiled at his girlfriend. “Happy, grateful, and... really sorry that it's taken me this long to open up to you."

“Whoa! TMI!" Poppy joked. “Boundaries, my man! That is a lot of feelings!"

The pair laughed for a brief moment, then Poppy pulled Branch close and pressed her lips against his. Branch placed his hands on top of her own as he melted into the kiss. The Rageons screamed at the sight on the giant screens.

“Yay, Mommy and Daddy!" Flower cheered as her uncles watched as well, feeling proud of their youngest brother. Once they pulled away from the kiss, Branch and Poppy gazed into each other's eyes.

“Um, what just happened?" Branch asked, looking up to find his hair braided into pigtails.

“Oh, that," Poppy giggled. “Viva just braided your hair. It means she likes you."

“It means I like you!" Viva repeated ecstatically.

“We're gonna have the best family reunion ever!" Poppy said to her sister.

“And a big, long talk with Dad!" Viva added.

“Ha! King of secrets, that guy!" Poppy laughed.

“Right?!" Viva agreed. “What is his deal?!"

“Oh, he's gonna be so happy to see you!"

Mission accomplished! Am I right?

I could just end it here, or just write the epilogue as it is with my OCs, but there is one thing I would like to add that wasn't in the movie. I'm sure y'all know what that is.

But first, I present to you Flower's completed drawing!

I'll see you next time. 🌈

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