As Branch walked down the stairs from his pod, he saw all the leaders unpacking their items and heading into their new pods. Not wanting to be rude, he decided to check up and see how they were all doing. 

First, he checked on Trollex. Since he was an aquatic troll, Branch worried about him staying in Satin and Chenille's pod, as their pod was in no proximity to any water, since the twins were big on fashion and wouldn't want their clothes getting wet. However, when he walked by their pod, he saw a tank that sat in the corner of their room, the two Twins enjoying the Kings company. "And you make all of these by hand!?" Trollex asked, "Yes we do!" Satin replied, "It's a very tiring process but it's worth it in the end, we've designed pretty much every outfit in troll-sorry Pop village" Chenille added. Trollex stared at them in awe, "You guys are amazing" he smiled. Branch laughed as he walked over to Coopers pod

Cooper was happily helping his family feel at home, despite the small space he had.  "Mmm, that's nice" Quincy sighed as he and Essence laid on Cooper's bed, "So comfy, can't believe you get to sleep on this every night," Essence said, "Well, sometimes I sleep on my Hammock when I get really hot at night" Cooper explained, turning to his hammock and seeing D bouncing up and down on it. "MOM! DAD! LOOK AT ME!" D called, seeing how high he was going, Cooper laughed as he set up a small little place for him to sleep on the floor. Branch peeked slightly through the window and smiled at the happy family. 

He then made his way to Guy Diamonds pod, Trollzart was buzzing around and looking at all the glitter-adorned objects. "Goodness gracious, you really do love Glitter a lot...how often do you use it?" Trollzart asked, Guy Diamond, burst into a fit of laughter, "Pfft, 24/7 my good sir" he answered. Trollzart blinked at the sudden laughter but shrugged it off afterward, "Only thing that isn't glittered up is Tiny's bed, I mean, Glitter is great and all but not all that comfortable to sleep on" Guy explained, pointing to Tiny's crib. "Yeah, das my Crib! Don't get any ideas funny man" Tiny said as he threw a speck of glitter onto Trollzarts nose. Branch shook his head at the newborn's antics but smiled regardless.

Finally, he made his way to Biggies Pod. Biggie was putting Mr. Dinkles into a new outfit while Delta got all of her stuff set up. "I still can't believe you ended up here in Pop village, Huckleberry" Delta laughed, Biggie sighed, "Delta, his name is Mr. Dinkles", "Oh, right, sorry I keep...I keep forgetting, heh" Delta said, "He is absolutely adorable in that outfit though", "Oh, really? I'm glad you think so!" Biggie smiled back. Delta blinked and smiled back, she felt something stir inside her at that point, she had no idea what it was...but it felt good.

With all the leaders settling in nicely, Branch went back to his pod to check on Barb, only to find that she was no longer on the bed. "What the?" Branch gasped, he turned to the window and saw Barb marching her way out of the village. "BARB! BARB WAIT!!"

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Barb marched her way to the edge of the forest, "Can't believe he did that!" she growled, "I'll show him, I'll show hi-" 

*SMACK*

Barb got tackled to the ground by Branch, she squirmed underneath the weight if him, trying to wriggle free. "GET OFF ME!" Barb screamed, "NO! You're staying here! You're not fully healed! It's not safe for you!" Branch yelled back at her.

"Why do you care about my health!?" Barb yelled

Branch groaned, "Because thats what I do! I care about the health of other trolls!"

"Well, I'm fine!"

"No, you're not! You have several wounds and scars, you're still dizzy from the impact with the cliffside! YOU'RE NOT FINE!"

"Why are you even bothering to look after me anyway!? I stole two of the strings! I got your girlfriend stolen! AND I'm a major threat to Troll Kind! Why are you helping me!?"

Branch paused, slowly standing up off of Barb, he blinked and sighed. "Because I'm following in the footsteps of a very wise troll, a wise and kind troll, who believes that everyone, no matter shape, size, troll or not, should have a chance...a chance at being happy...a chance of being redeemed...a chance of being confident with themselves..."

Barb stared at Branch, she looked down and sighed. "Look...I'm glad you've helped me but I can't stay...no one wants me here..." Barb said, Branch gave a small smile, "I want you here...having you would be a big help ya know?" 

"I don't think I would be"

"You're Dad threw you overboard, are you honestly gonna go back to him?"

Barb blinked, she looked back into the forest then back at Branch. For the first time, she gave a genuine smile and stoop up proudly. "You're right...thank you" Barb said, Branch smiled back at her, "You're welcome"

Suddenly Branch heard the sound of feet coming towards him, he turned and saw Satin and Chenille running, their faces painted with worry. "BRANCH! BRANCH COME QUICK!!" Satin yelled, "THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM!!" Chenille added, before spotting Barb right behind him. "Who's that?" Chenille asked, Satin shoved her sister, "NO TIME FOR THAT! YOU HAVE TO COME QUICKLY! IT'S TROLLEX!" she said as she dragged Chenille back to the waterfall. Branch and Barb shared a worried glance and ran back with them.

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When they arrived, everyone was gathered and staring at Trollex in shock and horror. "But...but how?" Trollzart asked, "And why?" Delta added. "What's going on?" Branch asked as he made his way through the crowd, he gasped in horror at what he saw. Trollex was turning Grey, and so were the rest of the Techno trolls. Trollex's face was covered in panic, "I don't know what's happening" he cried, the others looked at him like he carried a plague.

"W-what do we do!?" Essence asked, all of them turning to Branch for an answer. "What? I don't know what to do! I've never seen this before, the only time a troll has ever turned grey is when they have a horrible feeling of grief come over them but...Trollex seemed perfectly fine before" Branch said. Trollex swam down into the pond and tried to talk to the others better from there, "Do you know how to fix this?" he asked Branch, "The way I fixed it was by singing a song...maybe that will get your colors back" Branch explained, it was a good idea, until Barb cleared her throat. "No offense dude," Barb started, "But you're a Pop troll, not a Techno troll."

Everyone stared at Barb, "What is she doing here?" Trollex asked, "I'll explain later, right now I need you to sing" Branch said, "Barb is right, I don't know Techno, but you do! Try and see if that does anything."

 Trollex blinked, tilting his head in confusion, "What's Techno?" he asked. 

The place went dead silent, no noise was heard, you could practically hear a Pin drop. What he said shocked everybody. "...What...what do you mean? What's Techno?!" Delta yelled, "That's what you are! That's what you know! YOU'RE A TECHNO TROLL!!", "...No I'm not...I'm...I don't know what I am..." Trollex responded.

Legsly gasped, "Oh my gosh, it's true" she said, "What? What's true?" Branch asked, turning to the small troll, "When a troll is separated from their string for too long, they forget who they are, they forget their music, they forget everything!" Legsly explained, the other trolls gasped. "Forgets who they are? No that can't happen! We brought everyone together to stop something like this happening, I'll be a sour note if I let this slide on my watch" Branch said, "We'll just need to remind him what Techno is", "Uh, hate to break it you, Mr.Karma Chameleon, but...WE AIN'T TECHNO TROLLS!!" Quincy yelled, Essence put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a small smile, "Calm down, Sweetie, Branch he's right, We don't know Techno like Trollex does" she explained. 

Branch groaned and put his hands on his face in frustration. Barb sighed, "There's gotta be something we can do! Isn't there anything we can do?" she asked, Trollzart groaned, "Why would we tell you? You're the cause of this whole situation!" Essence and Quincy nodding in agreement, "Oh leave her alone Trollzart!" Delta scowled. Just then, Branch began to tap his foot to a beat, he didn't where it was coming from but it sounded great, "Hey, I don't think all of them have forgotten, I can hear one of them now! They're playing their music!" Branch exclaimed, turning around to find the source of the beat, but his smile faded when he saw it was just Tresillo behind him.

"Lo siento, senor Branch, am I interrupting something?" Tresillo asked, Branch sighed, "No, it's alright, we were just trying to find a way to bring back the Techno trolls, I have to say whatever you were doing there, it honestly sounded like Techno to me...Hold the phone, THAT'S IT!"

"Que?" Treisllo asked, confused at Branch's sudden outburst. "Tresillo, your Reggaeton music might be able to help bring back the Techno trolls!" Branch explained, Tresillo blinked, "So you want me to...", "Sing one of your Reggaeton songs!!" Branch said. Tresillo shuffled his feet nervously on the ground, then he saw the despair on Trollex's face and saw the fear and worry in the other leader's faces. Tresillo took a deep breath and sighed, "Bien, lo haré ... para Los trolls de techno" he said, marching his way up to the waterfall.

Tresillo tapped his foot to an imaginary beat and watched as Trollex began to slowly take interest. As Tresillo began to tap out the beat, he then added on the lyrics.

Y dónde está mi gente

Mais fais bouger la tête

Y dónde está mi gente

Say yeah, yeah, yeah 

And where are my people?

Mais fais bouger la tête

And where are my people?

Say yeah, yeah yeah

As he sung, Trollex began to move himself to the lyrics. Looking down, he saw TBDB float in front of him and set himself onto his turntable, flapping his flippers excitedly. Trollex blinked, and he smiled, his color flashed back into him and he happily began to make beats to go along with Tresillos song, followed by a melody and some rhythm. The other leaders smiled at what was happening, and Branch beamed that his plan was working. Tresillo cheered as he began to dance and continued his song.

(Tresillo)

Si el ritmo te lleva a mover la cabeza ya empezamos como es
Mi música no discrimina a nadie así que vamos a romper

Toda mi gente se mueve
Mira el ritmo cómo los tiene
Hago música que entretiene
El mundo nos quiere, nos quiere, y me quiere a mí

Toda mi gente se mueve
Mira el ritmo cómo los tiene
Hago música que entretiene
Mi música los tiene fuerte bailando y se baila así

(Trollex)

WOOOOOOOO!

(Tresillo)

Estamos rompiendo la discotecaLa fiesta no para, apenas comienzaC'est comme-çiC'est comme-çaMa chérieLa la la la la

(Trollex)

FranciaColombiaMe gusta (Freeze)

Trollexy TresilloMe gusta (Freeze)

Los DJ's no mientenLe gusta a mi genteEso se fue mundial (Freeze)

No le pagamosMas nunca paramosEs otro palo

Y dónde está mi genteMais fais bouger la têteY dónde está mi genteSay yeah, yeah, yeah

The Techno trolls all cheered as their color came back and partied alongside their leader and Tresillo. As the song ended, the trolls all erupted into applause. "That was AWESOME!!" Barb cried, Branch nodding in agreement, "Great Job Tresillo, you brought all the Techno trolls back!", "Yeah...I...I did!" Tresillo said, beaming that he was able to help. Trollex floated up beside him, "That was really cool dude, what do you call that?" he asked, Tresillo blinked, "Oh, it's called Reggaeton, its basically Latino Hip Hop!" he said, "Do...do you think you could...teach me?" Trollex asked, sheepishly.

Tresillo gasped, he was beaming from ear to ear at that, "Si! Si! I would love to teach you! Just come to whenever you want to learn!" he cheered as he ran back to his pod. Trollex laughed as he swam to join the others. "I can't believe that worked" Barb said, smiling at Branch who couldn't be happier, "Yeah, me neither, but that means that we need to be prepared, cause if this happened once, it's bound to happen again" Branch explained, "Thrash has got the Techno string AND the Country string, so that means they're next!", "Then we better think of a plan, right now" Barb replied.

Delta thought for a moment, then smiled, an idea had flown into her head. "Okay, now here me out, I know we haven't done it years but...how about a Harmonic blast?" Delta suggested, this caught the attention of the other leaders, "Delta...that...I don't know, we all promised never to do it again after...after what happened" Trollzart said, the others all nodded, "But we've seen what it can do! And if it's stopped him before, it can stop him again! Delta protested. Trollzart gave a sigh, "I suppose you're right, but we need to be careful with how we do it, I don't want to lose any trolls" he explained.

Branch and Barb looked at each other, they had heard about the Harmonic blast. It was a powerful form of song that would only happen when all the tribes came together and sung in perfect harmony, it created a powerful blast that spread happiness and joy across the land and blasts away any forms of darkness or sorrow. "We could perform a song as a group and then blast it?" Essence suggested, but Quincy shook his head, "No, we need to build up our songs one at a time, it's stronger like that" he said, Branch then smiled, "What about a Medley!?" he yelled.

The other trolls looked at him in confusion, "What's a medley?" Delta asked, Branch sighed, "Right, you guys don't know...it's basically...when you sing a bunch of different songs and blend them together...like...um...Like..."

"LIKE THIS!" Biggie called, getting the attention of all the trolls, "Hit it Guy!"

(Guy Diamond)

It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you
But when we are apart, I feel it too
And no matter what I do, I feel the pain

Hit me, baby, one more time

(Satin)

I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You gotta rub me the right way

(Chenille)

Honey, I want it that way

(Cooper)

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want

(Biggie)

I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna

I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah

(Legsly)

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

(Satin + Chenille)

And no, I don't want no scrub
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hanging out the passenger side
Of his best friend's ride
Trying to holler at

(Tiny)

Most trolls want a man with the Bling bling

Got my own thing, got the ching ching

I just want real love

(Cooper)

Real love
I'm searching for the real love
Someone to set my heart free 
Real love
I'm searching for a real love

(Tiny)

Gettin' jiggy with it na na na...

(Legsly)

Girls you know you better
Watch out
Some guys, some guys are only
About
That thing
That thing
That thing
I wanna be down

The boy is mine

Branch then slid in and joined the group in their song

(Branch)

Motownphilly back again
Ice ice baby
This is how we do it
Boyz II Men going off
Not too hard, not too soft

Ah, push it
Push it real good

(Cooper)

Whoomp there it is

(Biggie)

STOP!

Can't touch this

(Tiny)

Party Trolls!

Lemme you Party Trolls!

(Guy Diamond)

That girl is poison!

(Satin + Chenille)

Baby got back
Double up

(Legsly)

Finally, it has happened to me
Here we are now
Entertain us

(Branch)

I'm waiting for tonight
Don't go for a second best baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know

(ALL)

I've got the stuff that you want
I've got the thing that you need
I've got more than enough
To make you drop to your knees

(Branch)

Cause I'm the king of the night
It don't matter if you're black or white

(ALL)

We are a part of the rhythm nation
TROLLS!

The leaders all stared in awe at the performance, "Hmm, not half bad honestly," Trollex spoke up, "A Medley might be exactly what we need!", "Yeah! Let's do it!" Delta cheered, the others cheering along with her. Branch smiled as the trolls all gathered around each other. Now that that was all sorted, he had time to work out a plan to save Poppy from Thrash, he figured that if Thrash wanted to get the rest of the strings he'd set up a camp close to Pop village, so he got his weapons out, his camoflague outfit and his trusty remote, Gary and set off into the forest.

"Hold on Poppy...I'm coming"