Chapter 2: "Move Your Feet" and Branch

The walls of the room they were in came down one at a time on the beat and they began to sing.

[Poppy:]
"Everybody, move your hair and feel united
Ohh!"

[Jamie:]
"Everybody, shake your hair and feel united
Ohh!"

[Both:]
"Yeah"

[Poppy:]
"Everybody's coming to the celebration,
I'ma hook you up with the invitation"

[Jamie:]
"Let your hair swing and party with me,
No bad vibes, just love, you'll see"

[All:]
"Do the D-A-N-C-E
One-two-three-four fight
Stick to the B-E-A-T
Get ready to ignite
You are such a P-Y-T
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A-B-C
That's how you make it right"

[Cooper:]
"It ain't hard out here
When you're doing it right
Put a smile on blast
That's the Troll life"

[Poppy:]
"And I'm here to help you through it"

[Jamie:]
"Come on, Smidge, I know you can do it"

[Smidge:]
"Your confidence gives me strength."

Poppy and Jamie were lifted in the air and they let the invitations fall to the other Trolls.

Then they went to their friends as Biggie was taking a picture of Mr. Dinkles.

"Okay, Mr. Dinkles. Say, leaves!" he instructed.

Mr. Dinkles squeaked and he took it. They put the picture on the wall and looked at it.

"Mmm. Somethings missing," Biggie said.

Poppy and Jamie got Guy Diamond to fart glitter on it, making Mr. Dinkles have silver hair and a tie.

"That's it!" they all exclaimed and continued to sing.

[All:]
"Don't stop, don't stop
Don't stop the beat
I can't stop, can't stop
Can't stop the beat
I won't stop, won't stop
Won't stop the beat
Go!"

[Poppy:]
"Everybody, shake your hair and feel united
Ohh!"

[Both:]
"Sunshine day, everybody's singing
Sunshine day"

[Jamie:]
"Everybody, move your hair and feel united"

[Both:]
"Ohh! Yeah, ohh!"

[All:]
"Yeah!"

They panted hard until they heard slow applause. They looked to see Branch and both him and Jamie immediately blushed when they saw each other. But they dismissed it for the time being.

"Unbelievable, guys. Really, really great. Good job. I could hear you from a mile away!" Branch replied sarcastically as he picked up the sticks he collected.

"Good. I was worried we weren't projecting enough," Poppy remarked.

"Poppy, if I can hear you, so can the Bergens," Branch said.

"Oh, boy," Guy Diamond groaned.

"Here we go again," Cooper did the same.

"Oh, Branch," Biggie added.

"You always ruin everything," Satin stated.

"Warning us about the Bergens," Chenille added.

"No, I don't," Branch disagreed.

They then pointed out the three times he "warned" them: a birthday party, a wedding, and a funeral.

"Come on! We haven't seen a Bergen in 20 years," Poppy pointed out.

"They're not gonna find us," Jamie said, but on the inside she wasn't too sure.

"No, they're not going to find me, because I'll be in my highly camouflaged, heavily fortified, Bergen-proof survival bunker," Branch remarked.

"You mean you're not coming to the party tonight?" Jamie wondered, a little disappointed.

"But it's going to be the biggest," Satin and Chenille started.

"The loudest," DJ added.

"The craziest party ever!" Cooper finished and they cheered.

"Big? Loud? Crazy? You're just gonna lead the Bergens right to us!" Branch exclaimed.

"Are you sure you wanna invite this party pooper to poop on your party?" Cooper whispered to the princesses.

Jamie nodded as Poppy answered, "Yes. I think everyone deserves to be happy."

"I don't do happy," Branch said.

"Branch, I know you have happiness inside you. You just need our help to find it," Jamie responded.

Poppy pulled out a pop-up invitation that had Branch sing "Celebrate freedom from the Bergens". Then it squirted glitter in his face, but he didn't flinch.

"What do you say, Branch?" Poppy asked.

Branch took the invitation, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it, making the others gasp.

"Oh, my God," Smidge responded.

"I wouldn't be caught dead at your party, but you will be. Caught and dead," Branch told them.

Jamie was a little sad about that. She liked Branch and knew he didn't mean that, but because he said it anyway, she felt he didn't like her back. It was a little heartbreaking to her.

"Whoa, whoa. Easy, Branch. Easy," a voice said.

They all looked to see Creek being lifted by a bug and it set him down.

"Thank you for providing safe passage, brother. Namaste," he said then the bug left and Creek continued as he put an arm around Jamie, "Okay, first of all, mate, thanks for sharing your unique perspective on things. Again."

This made Biggie and Cooper stiffen their laughter and Jamie groan a little.

"But, just for now, why don't you try on some positivity, eh? A little positivity might go with that vest," he continued.

"Okay, fine. I'm positive you all are going to get eaten," Branch said with a smile.

Then all their hug timers went off.

"Hug time!" Poppy announced.

"It is hug time," Creek smiled.

"Hug time!" they all cheered and got Branch in the middle.

"Oh, that feels good," Jamie said.

"Our hearts are synchronizing!" Creek told Branch.

"I can squeeze you forever," Guy Diamond sang.

Branch managed to get out of the hug and got his sticks.

"Someday, when the Bergens find us and the survival of every Troll is in your hands, I sure hope the answer is singing, dancing, and hugging because that's all you know how to do," he told Poppy.

"That is not true! Poppy can also scrapbook," Biggie pointed out.

"I can't believe you're gonna be queen one day," Branch scoffed then left.

Poppy was a little sad from that. She felt a hand on her shoulder and saw it was Jamie.

"Do you want me to go talk to him?" she offered.

"Yeah. He understands you better," Poppy nodded.

Before she left, Creek walked up to them.

"Tune out his negative vibrations, you two. They're toxic. Some folks just don't want to be happy," he stated.

"I guess," both sisters said.

"You guessed right. Boop," Creek remarked then tapped their noses, making them giggle.

He kissed Jamie's cheek and she went to talk to Branch.

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A/N Can Jamie talk to Branch and get through to him?

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