... King Branch was in front of them!!

There was a long silence, we could have heard a troll hair fall... each one looked at the other with shock, not knowing how to react.

- Uhh.... Branch murmured, his gaze on Mixy in front of him.

Tiny was the first to react;

- Welp...

F*ck this sh!t I'm out!
Hm-hm! ~
F*ck this sh!t I'm out!
Now thanks!~

Don't mind me...
Imma just grab my stuff and leave!
Excuse me please!

F*ck this sh!t I'm out!
Nope-
F*ck this sh!t I'm out!
Alright then...
I don't know what the f*ck just happend..

But I don't really care!
Imma get the f*ck about it...

F*ck this sh!t I'm out!

With those lyrics, Tiny moved away into the hallways... The others remained frozen for a few seconds before Barb exclaimed;

- I think we should run–

- Good idea ! Trollex approved, Goodbye sir!

But as they ran away, to their surprise, the pop troll did something that no one, NO ONE expected.

- Mixy, wait! I know you don't trust me... But I have something for you.

Confused, the young troll stopped, the rest of the group exchanged a dubious look, then turned to King Branch... The more they thought about it, the more strange the situation seemed... Why didn't the king of pop music call the guards the second he had unmasked them? He could have already sabotage Mixy's plan with a simple snap of fingers !

- Here, Branch searched in his blue hair covered with purple paint.

With a gentle gesture, he handed him the purple string of Funk trolls' music.

The troll remix widened his yellow eyes in surprise, incomprehension; the one who had chased them on the caterdash he had trained, the one who had an army of scary Necto Trolls to kill them, the one who made disappear the bergens and had tried several times to capture them... Was giving them one of the strings they came to destroy to save the world from the destruction he and Queen Poppy had caused.

- Take it, it's yours, he insisted, putting it in his black hoof.

- What? B-But... Mixy no longer understood anything about all of this.

All the scary energy had disappeared from the male pop troll, it was as if the evil version that had laughed at him when they first met no longer existed... and the real Branch was back.

-... Are you Anon? Finally guessed Tiny.

Branch laughed nervously, scratching his neck;

- Yeah... This name is a bit stupid, isn't it?

They all let out a loud gasp noise in shock, all the jaws wide open as Branch signaled them to shut up;

- SHH! Made less noise, Poppy must not hear you guys !! He panicked, putting his hands on Barb's mouth, just before she bit him hard, OW !

- You're lying !! Barb growled, close to punching him in his big purple nose, but Trollex prevented her from do it, you and Popsqueak... you destroyed the world with your stupid pop music, your cupcakes and rainbow !!

Branch looked down, visibly ashamed... Then he looked up again;

- Did I ever mentioned that I wanted to capture you ? He asked.

" We should totally release them..."

" Perhaps, yeah..."

" Poppy, let's just go back into our bed... Forget this ..."

" Uhmm...."

The pieces of the puzzle slowly took place in Mixy's mind; Branch scratched his neck again, uncomfortable in that big reveal;

- I know that the first appearances can be... kind of misleading, he explained, but the truth is that since our honeymoon... Poppy has changed, a lot... Careful! I'm not saying I don't love her... Poppy is my eternal love and despite everything, I love the person that she is deep down, she has a good heart behind her cute grumpy faces... He chuckled, But, with the story of bringing our music on a big world tour to share it with all the other trolls, I try to reason her.... But there was nothing to do... She was not listening to anyone, he concluded.

- Why didn't you speak up ? Trollex asked, angry to the king, You could have forced her to listen to you and avoid all of this !

Branch sighed once again;

- I thought she would realize her mistake on her own... But the power of the strings blinded us both, I sincerely regret our actions... But...

He turned to Mixy, smiling;

- This young troll has proposed the most awesome idea to fix our mistakes ... I know she will listen to you, kid. You are the only one who can change her mind.

Then he played distractedly with his fingers, not daring to look them in face;

- Poppy is in the throne room... I was trying to keep her in our bedroom so you could finish the plan, but she just woke up assuring that she wanted to go into the throne room... Since your Caterdash hurted her, I force her to stay seated all the time... I can maybe you help take the strings... But I will understand if you do not want me in your cool heroes team...

With a sad mood, he continued his way in the hallway...

... Until time he feels two paws wrapped around his leg.

The blue troll looked down, shocked to see the troll of remix giving him a hug.

- Sorry, Mixy laughed, tears of joy flowing down his chubby cheeks, it had been far way too long that I wanted a hug of one of you two ...

Branch remained speechless; he had guessed that it was by his fault that this world was a total apocalypse... Walks in the forest with the Necto Trolls had allowed him to find the Giant Wish Flower, and he had quickly made the connection.

But no matter what this young troll made.... He was trying to fix his mistakes, and that inspired Branch a lot. With a gentle gesture, he stroked the pink and blue hair of the little troll. Mixy laughed, squeezing him even harder against his heart; if Branch was part of the team, nothing could stop them from saving the world now.

- Well, if Mixy likes you ... I guess we can trust you, Barb raised an eyebrow, He knows all about us as if by magic... so what can you do to help us, King Anon Timberass ?

A smile stretched on the king's lips... He crossed his arms, tapping the tip of his chin;

- We will have to add a new part to our plan... Poppy is still in the throne room and knowing how stubborn she won't leave it as easily...

- Comfirm, Mixy said, Poppy is the most stubborn troll on earth...

- I say we throw the queen out the window, Tiny shrugged his shoulders, it solves the problem.

- We do NOT hurt my wife! Branch growled furiously, even with all her mistakes, Branch knew she wasn't so mean; You just have to distract Poppy while Mixy takes the strings... He explained calmly, trying calm down and remained himself to put that kid back in his place.

- How are we going to distract her? Trollex asked, confused.

Branch bit his lower lip, he already had the perfect solution to this problem;

- You have in front of you the greatest distraction that Poppy knows ~