Chapter 23
Inside the Discoteque Chamber, Branch found himself in a scenario similar to Poppy's simultaneously yet he didn't have anywhere to go. The song was playing on a loop and the disco trolls were chanting the lyrics over and over there wasn't a strophe in sight and the Snack Pack was vibing to it fanatically, it was weirder than usual and that's in Branch's point of view. He knew they hadn't noticed him yet so he decided to approach and try contact to see if it would be a possibility to have them break from the disco spell they were put into. The members were separated into private sectors for their interpretation of the music.
"Dance, Boogie Wonderland (hey, hey)
Dance, Boogie Wonderland!"
"Gruh!" Branch covered his ears as the music got louder and busted through an aluminum wall where he found himself next to a familiar troll, "Smidge? Are you there?"
"Hi, Branch!" Smidge was doing the Classic Elbow Pull then she turned her head around 360 degrees and smiled menacingly at him, "Wanna dance with me?"
"No, thanks!" Branch yelped as he tripped on his steps and fell into another compartment. As he was on the floor, Cooper stared into his eyes and pulled him up while shuffling his feet, "Look Branch! I finally learned how to shuffle!"
Branch ignored Cooper and accidentally bumped into a much larger troll, it was Biggie doing The Bump while Mr. Dinkles did the worm on the dance floor, "I have never been happier!"
"Groovy." Mr. Dinkles said in his deep nature while spinning and posing like the attractive worm he is. Branch purposely wrapped through another wall to find DJ Suki doing the Double Arm Swing on a small DJing booth, "Oh yeah! This beat is sick!" She remixed the song for a bit and sent Branch flying to the next chamber.
It was Satin & Chenille doing the Retro Hustle together, Branch was caught by their hair as he was blasted by the power of music. The twins chanted at him happily, "You're gonna feel it, B!"
"No way!" Branch furrowed his expression, he could not take any more of this so he boosted himself up to another level.
"Dance, Boogie Wonderland (hey, hey)
Dance, Boogie Wonderland!"
Meanwhile, Poppy and Primrose found themselves in the village of Tropicalia in the Chromatic Moon, cornered by the neglected troll tribes with whom Tiny Diamond made allies. The trolls begged for them to listen to the song as it purified anyone who listened to it. Primrose pulled her single remaining Gecko back and pulled her daughter close, "Poppy, I know you care about the child... It's just that sometimes being a hero means you have to make tough choices."
"I'm not a hero." Poppy answered as she looked at Tiny Diamond interacting with B-Spin and the other trolls.
"We can come back for him later." Primrose assured her with a comforting voice, "But right now this mission might be a little too risky for him."'
"It's time!" B-Spin screamed for everyone to be prepared.
"Oh yeah!" Tiny cheered as he popped a milk bottle open.
The speakers emerged from the floor and the same tune began to play but now the full version, "Dance, Boogie Wonderland (hey, hey)
Dance, Boogie Wonderland!"
Primrose watched as the troll became altered by the music even her other Geckos had succumbed to it, "Poppy. Keep your ears protected."
"Gotcha." She confirmed, finally accepting that her mother had a point.
"Run." Primrose said under her breath as the other trolls began to chase after them innocently. Every disco troll in the Spiral Groove System began to sing in unison word for word,
"Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of men
Who need more than they get
Daylight deals a bad hand to a woman
Who has laid too many bets!"
Branch found himself in a silver discotheque belonging to Guy Diamond, who was applying some rainbow glitters to his skin, "Oh! Yes, I'm beautiful!"
"Guy Diamond!" Branch ran up toward him and grabbed his hand, "We have to leave."
"Leave?!" Guy laughed poshly at Branch's words.
Branch flinched and gave him an undisclosed response, "You're not actually serious about marrying that woman, are you?"
"Dead serious, Branch." Guy Diamond closed his pocket mirror and stuffed it into his hair, "I want to make her my wife and you're one of my cordially invited guests!"
"I-I don't understand..." Branch was intimidated by everything so he had lost a bit of his senses.
Guy jumped down from his stage and landed in between the other SnackPack members while saying, "This is all just a big party!"
They all started to do The Bus Stop simultaneously while walking after the unaffected troll, The twins invited him, "Join us, Branch!"
"Join the party!" DJ Suki convocated.
"You'll have fun!" Biggie added.
"Feel our groove!" Cooper cheered.
Branch covered his ears and backed away, "Never!"
"The mirror stares you in the face and says
Baby, uh, uh, it don't work
You say your prayers though you don't care
You dance and shake the hurt!"
Poppy clung to a tree and helped her mother get up as a mob of trolls passed right past them. Primrose caught her breath and spoke directly to the Gecko, "You go back to the ship and leave. We'll find an alternate way out."
The Gecko saluted the captain opened its mysterious gliders and soared back to the parking zone. Poppy wondered what was going to happen next and asked, "How are we getting out of here?"
"The waste shuttles." Primrose pointed at a space station where the trolls' defects were accumulated and sent to a lifeless planet to serve as a landfill. The two glanced at each other before hopping from tree to tree to reach the station unnoticed.
"I find romance when I start to dance in Boogie Wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in Boogie Wonderland!"
Branch found himself cornered once again but as the music went on he noticed some changes were going on in the chamber, the doors were opening and his friends were too distracted dancing to notice.
Suddenly Guy Diamond was pulled out by some members of the royal guard and Branch took the opportunity to sneak away into the vents.
"Dance, dance, dance (Boogie Wonderland)
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance (Boogie Wonderland)
Dance!"
At the exact moment, the music ended, Poppy and Primrose, jumped onto a wagon and escaped from the planet successfully, leaving the mob of trolls behind and upset they scared their new friends off. The mother and daughter duo found an easier way to reach the wedding venue, however it wasn't going to be easy.
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