Back at the village, Cooper was having to handle with the crowd of worried Funk trolls. "'Kay, so what if they don't come back, ey? Do we just...just go on without them!? Who's gonna take their place?" Dandy asked, Hooper stepped up, "It should be me! I'm clearly the best suited for it!" Many groans followed after that sentence, "Nonsence! If anyone should do it's him!" Marcel spoke up, pointing at Cooper. Cooper blinked as one troll groaned out loud, "Pfft, HIM!? He doesn't even know Funk! I ain't letting him lead me!" a troll spoke.

A chorus of arguing soon erupted throughout the crowd, Cooper sighed and whistled into the crowd. "Everyone, calm down, trust me, they'll come back, there was probably just a...a set back" he tried to talk to the crowd, none of them seemed very convinced or impressed, suddenly a rustling in the forest reached their ears once again, from the forest came Quincy, Essence, D, Barb, Poppy and Branch. "Don't worry everyone! He lives!" Quincy cheered, the funk trolls all hollered and rejoiced for their Prince's return.

Cooper ran up to his family and hugged them tightly, "God, D, don't run off like that again!" he said smiling, until he noticed a string was missing on Essence's bass. "Wait...w-what happened to your bass?" Cooper asked, Essence looked down, "We had to give the string up" she said, Coopers eyes widened, "He was going to kill D" Quincy added. D sighed, "I'm...I'm sorry" he said, Cooper smiled and hugged him tightly, "Hey, it's no reason to be sorry, I would've done the same" he said. 

Just then, Quincy suddenly screamed out in pain and collapsed to the floor, "QUINCY!? BABY WHAT'S-AAAAAAH!!" Essence tried to rush over to her husband, but found herself collapsing on the floor too. The funk trolls all gasped as their leaders fell, both turning grey, "What's going on!?" Delta asked, the other leaders quickly making their way over only to witness all the funk trolls falling and turning grey. D was the last troll left standing, "Oh my god, oh my god! WHAT DO WE DO!?" he screamed at Cooper, who was just as shocked.

"You got to sing!" Poppy yelled at D, he turned around and shook his head, "No, it won't work, I'm bound to go down at anytime...Cooper you need to do it!" he said, Cooper went wide eyed and began to stutter, "No...no no no no, I...I can't..."

"You can't? You can't what?"

"I can't do it!"

"Look, I know it's just about the crowds but that's fine, just imagine that they're not the-"

"NO, D! I CAN'T SING!"

D stared at his brother  in shock, "WHAT!? YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE SINGING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE! YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU CAN'T!", "I'm...I'm sorry! I just didn't want you to think I'm...not good enough." D sighed, he looked at all of his tribe and then back at Cooper, "Look, I understand what you mean, I always wanted to be good enough for Mom and Dad...and it's a long process...but I still give it a go no matter how many times I fall..." he said, "Cooper...I know this is hard but you have got to try...no matter how many times you f-AAAH!!" D screamed as he fell to the floor and turned Grey. "NO!" Cooper screamed, he looked around, all of his family, his kind, they were all grey, all except him. 

He sighed, D was right, he was the only one who could help, Cooper took a deep breath and tapped his foot to an unknown beat. 

(Cooper)

Music is a world within itself

With a language we all understand

With an equal opportunity

For all to sing, dance and clap their hands

As he danced, he noticed all the little glow bugs from the forest come and dance with him, he leaped upon a mushroom and began to sing more

(Cooper)

Just because a record has a groove

Don't make it hit the groove

But you can tell by the dance that let's you in

When the people start to move

They can feel it all over

They can feel it all over, people

They can feel it all over

They can feel it all over, people

As he finished the chorus, Cooper saw D slowly start to get up, his color returning. "D!" Cooper smiled, D laughed as he danced up to his brother, "MAN! This beat is GREAT!" he said, "What do you call it?", "I don't know really" Cooper answered. "Well I like it! Keep going!" Quincy spoke, he and Essence soon returning to their colors as they danced around with their sons. 

Cooper smiled and nodded, jumping into the crowd of Funk trolls, D following suit.

(Cooper)

Music knows it is and always will

Be one of the things that life just won't quit

(Prince D)

But here are some of music's pioneers

That time will not allow us to forget, no

(Quincy)

For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo

And the king of all, Sir Duke

(Essence)

And with a voice like Ella's ringing out

There's no way the band can lose

Soon, all the funk trolls had regained their color and were singing and dancing along with their leaders.

(ALL)

You can feel it all over

You can feel it all over, people

You can feel it all over

You can feel it all over, people

You can feel it all over

You can feel it all over, people

Can't you feel it all over?

Everybody all over, people

(END)

All the Funk trolls cheered and lifted Cooper up in the air, "PRAISE OUR SAVIOR!" Hooper yelled, "THREE CHEERS FOR COOPER!" Dandy added. As Cooper was lifted up, Quincy jumped up and tackled his son into a hug. "AW MAN! THAT WAS GREAT!" Quincy cheered, Essence jumped in and joined in the hug, "BABY! YOU SAVED US!" she said. Cooper laughed as he hugged his parents back, "Man, I would do anything for you...for all of you", "AWWWW" The Funk trolls responded.

The tribe placed Cooper down on the ground and smiled as he bowed to them, "Hey" D said, making his way next to Cooper. "You did great" D said, bumping Cooper, "Heh, Thank you" Cooper replied bashfully.

"I'm glad that you're all together again and that you got your color back...but, we are down a string!" Poppy yelled, all the trolls looked at her in shock at her outburst, "We gotta get thinking of a plan and now!", "No worries Poppy, I managed to forge something that can help with that!" Branch spoke up, he pulled out a blue tape with the label: Trolladelic.

"What the- Branch what is this?" Poppy asked, "It's a fresh, brand new, freshly cooked tape, no music recorded on it whatsoever!" Branch answered, "Seeing as Thrash has almost all the strings, we need a way to fight back, so I had an idea to record the Medley live, and then use the noise of each tribe recorded onto it to help create the blast! Consider a Modern-day solution to an Ancient issue!"

Poppy looked over the tape and smiled, "Branch! This is perfect!" she exclaimed, tightly embracing him in a hug, "Woah! Okay geez! It's not that special!" Branch laughed, trying to shove her off. Soon, Poppy let go and turned to the others, "Alright guys, let's get to it! Let's make a Medley!" She yelled, the other trolls all rejoiced and cheered at the plan.

Just then, Satin and Chenille came up to them. "Oh, D!" Satin called, "We've finished your new outfit!" Chenille added, Quincy and Essence both looked at D, "New outfit?" Essence asked, D looked away embarrassed. "Yeah, we finished it a couple a minutes ago, would you like to see?" Satin asked, just then Poppy cut in, "Woah, Woah, guys, you've given me an idea!" she said, "Why don't you guys make outfits for all of the leaders?"

Satin and Chenille looked at the other leaders and beamed, "OH...EM...CUPCAKES!!!" They screamed in unison, "YES! LET'S DO IT!" Satin cried, "EVERYONE! COME WITH US! WE'LL WHIP UP NEW OUTFITS FOR YOU! PRONTO!" Chenille added. The twins ran off back to their pod, the leaders following after.

"Alright" Poppy spoke up, "Time to work on our piece for the medley!", "Actually, Poppy I was wondering if...could I perform with Barb?" Branch asked. Poppy turned back in surprise, "What? Why?" she asked, Branch sighed, "Well, she has no one else to perform with...I think maybe she needs a partner to perform with, maybe even a friend?", "Mmhmm, sure, that's what it is" Poppy replied.

Branch let out a groan, "Look, Poppy if you don't like it then that's fine, but don't get mad at me for trying to help out, you have always been nagging me to try and be a better troll and this is me, trying to be a better troll! What's the big deal here?"

"The big deal," Poppy started, "Is that she is a rock troll and you're not! You're Pop!"

"I'm allowed to help her! Like you helped every other tribe!"

"She's nasty, she's crude, and she's just like her dad, so are all the other rock trolls!"

"Well...maybe you don't know everything about the Rock trolls!"

Poppy blinked, she didn't expect that, she remembered when she had said that to Branch last year when they were saving the trolls from the bergens and they had come across Bridget. Oh, how she remembered.

Poppy just scoffed and walked off to work on her song.

Branch sighed and shook his head, "She's lost...I just know she is"

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While Satin and Chenille worked on the outfits, Trollzart was pacing up and around the pod, worried about the safety of his string. "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, what to do, what to do, what to do?" Trolzart murmured to himself, Barb tapped Trollzart gently on his leg, "Hey...um, Trollzy? Uh..." she greeted awkwardly, Trollzart disapproving of the name. "My dad said that each string has a certain power, I've seen what Rock can do, but I've never seen another string's power...what can yours do?" Barb asked. Trollzart looked down thoughtfully and gently pulled out the yellow string, attaching it onto a violin and plucking at it gently. From the string came a gentle, golden wave that made its way throughout the village, it made all the trolls it crossed feel calm and blissful. "Our string is made to soothe those who come across it" Trollzart explained, "We aren't as big or blasphemous as the others but we get the job done"

Barb chuckled at that, giving a small nod, "So, have any idea what we're gonna sing yet?" she asked, Trollzart tilted his head, "Did Branch not tell you? He's chosen a song already" he explained, "It's goes something like...um..." Trollzart began to wave his fingers, humming a familiar tune to Barb. Barb shrugged the tune off and went to practice a song to play for the medley, "I'll see ya later, I gotta practice my song" she said to Trollzart, waving him goodbye.

As she walked back to her stage, she saw Essence, Quincy and Peppy standing right beside it, having a conversation, she didn't know exactly what was being said but it must've been good, they were all smiling, which was better than before. "There she is!" Quincy spoke, spotting Barb behind them, "Heya!" Essence greeted, Peppy gave a gentle wave, "Barb, I must say I am very proud of you, you came here seen as a threat but now you are a friend of Funk royalty! What an amazing turn of events!" he spoke.

Barb blinked, "I'm sorry? What are you-", "We...wanted to say Thank you for saving D" Essence explained, "We never got the chance to back there, and...we are so grateful", "Yeah, it's odd how he thought he was tearing our marriage apart but really..." Quincy trailed off as he looked at Essence, Barb's eyes lit up, she understood what he meant. "He was what held you together!" Barb spoke, both Essence and Quincy nodded in response. 

"For that...we want to...give you a special token of our appreciation" Essence said, from her hair she pulled out a Purple jacket with the words: Lil Daredevil, stitched on the back. "This used to belong to your mother but when she...passed...Thrash asked us to look after it...why I will never know but...we thought it's about time that you had it" Quincy explained, hancing the jacket over to Barb. Barb looked at the jacket, it smelt of Boysenberry, just like her mother, and it had a leathery like feel to it. As she looked at it, she felt something build up in her eyes, unable to hold it back, she let out a stream of tears and held the jacket tight to her face. Quincy and Essence shared a worried look, "Sweetheart? Are you...are you alright?" Essence asked before stumbling back slightly at the force of Barb tacking her in a hug, "T-T-Thank you" she sobbed. Essence blinked and smiled, hugging her back, "Anytime sweetheart," she said.