"Come on, come on, the train for the airport leaves in ten minutes!" Yelled Poppy with a backpack and a suitcase in her hand.

"We're right behind you, dear!" Said Delta.

"How far is the airport anyway?" Asked Barb while going inside the train.

"Only about an hour." Replied Branch.

"So what are we gonna do during this one-hour ride, I don't want to end up falling asleep." Said the pink queen while sitting next to her husband.

"Don't know, we could play I spy, but I realized that we're going at high speed so I don't know if that's a good idea." Replied Trollex.

"Did y'all know that the airport we're heading off is the most famous one in Troll Kingdom?" Asked Delta

"Interesting"

"Didn't know"

"Cool"

"You know what, maybe taking an hour nap wouldn't be so bad." Said Poppy before drifting off.

_________________________________________

"Wake up, sleepyhead, we're here." Said a recognizable voice.

"Already? I was so comfortable." Complained the Pop queen.

"I know. But don't worry, once we arrive at the plane, you'll be back in my arms before you know it." Replied Branch with a smirk.

"I hope so. I didn't get much sleep last night because of how much noise there was back at the village." She replied while the two left the train to catch the others.

"To be honest, I didn't either. Let's just hope this flight isn't so bad so we can both get the rest we need." Branch said, in which Poppy replied with a nod, and the two kept on walking towards the group.

"There you guys are! I thought you guys were gonna camp out on the train!" Said Trollex.

"Sorry guys! It's just we didn't get much sleep last night." Replied Poppy

"It's alright! Besides, we already checked in! Time for security." Said Essence.

After security, the trolls all settled down on their seats, reading, chatting, or just napping. Branch was resting his eyes until he felt a light tap on his shoulder.

"Hey Branch?" Said a light voice.

"Poppy? What's wrong?" Branch asked.

"I was wondering, once we arrive at the plane, can we both tell our experiences back at the tour?" Asked Poppy.

"Sure, why do you ask?" Branch replied.

"Well, just in case." She said.

"Alright, now I hope you don't mind me sleeping here." Branch said while laying down on Poppy's lap.

"Of course not. Get comfortable since it's gonna be a long wait." She replied while chuckling.

_________________________________________

After a long wait, the trolls all went to their flight.

"Man, I'm beat. Usually, I don't get tired during a flight but wow, today sure is different." Said Barb.

"Honestly, I'm not surprised. Especially since we all pretty much woke up at 4 in the morning. We're pretty sure going to be exhausted." Said Branch.

"Guess so." Replied Barb.

"You guys? Do you think that this vacation was a good idea? I mean yea, sure we leaders need a break but was it a good idea?" Asked Poppy.

"Of course it was. We all are exhausted from working hard back in Trollstopia, and we're trolls as well, so a one-week break is nice." Replied Branch.

"Yeah, you're right. A break to a cruise does sound nice." She said smiling.

The two brightly smiled at each other and then they put on their seatbelts. They also decided to read together.

Barb was looking out the window to see if they've taken off yet, which was not the case.

"Man, I wonder when we're gonna take off. It's been almost 15 minutes now, it usually takes a bit faster." She complained.

"Give the crew some time, dear. Since we're all united now, it's gonna take a little longer now." Replied Delta who was right next to her.

"Hmm."

The plane took off pretty quickly after the convo, the trolls all just vibing a little, or reading, playing games, talking, or sleeping.

"Hey man, what time is it?" Asked Trollex.

"It's 9:30 am." Replied Branch.

"And how long is the flight supposed to be?"

"For about 12 hours."

"Man, that long? What are we gonna do for the next 12 hours anyway?" Trollex complained.

"Well usually, in long periods like this, I scrapbook in the meantime, but now that I discovered my love for reading, I read or novels, short stories, anything for that matter." Said Poppy.

"But you can also always talk with your neighbor, or just sleep, and also play games with your friend." Said Branch.

"Very interesting! I'll keep that in mind. Thank you two!" Said Trollex.

"Hey Branch? I was wondering, once we arrive at our destination, do you think that we'll have to take a train to our hotel? I heard that airport we're heading off to is pretty far from the suggested hotel." Said Poppy.

"I bet. But I think that the train will immediately take us to where the ship is located. Which is still pretty far from the airport, so we may have to sleep on the train." He replied.

"I guess. All I know that I'm pretty tired. So don't mind me sleeping here." She said with a sleepy smile.

"You're not alone in that, I'm pretty tired too. So let's get some rest." He said putting his head on top of hers. And the two drifted off.

_________________________________________

Meanwhile with Trollex and Trollzart.

"So...Trollzart, what do you do during these long periods?" Asked Trollex.

"So glad you asked. I usually watch a movie, doesn't matter what genre, to kill time." Trollzart replied.

"I see. What I would usually do is play some games with my friends. So would you like to talk about what we usually do back at our homes?" Asked Trollex.

"Certainly."

An hour later

"Boring." Complained Barb.

"I know, Barb." Said Delta.

"I wanna do something."

"I know, Barb."

"Do you have anything to do at the moment?"

"No."

"Man."

4 hours

Trollex was just drawing.

6 hours

What am I supposed to write now?

7 hours

I know what to write

8 hours

Everyone was asleep at the moment.

9 hours

Poppy finally woke up.

"Urgh.....what time is it?" She asked herself. ".....6:30 pm. Wow, guess I was exhausted."

She turned to her side to see Branch still asleep. She decided to let him rest and looked out the window only to see lots of water.

11 hours

Branch finally woke up.

"Wow, what time is it?"

"About time you woke up." Said a soft voice, he turned to his right to see Poppy smirking at him.

"Poppy! What time is it? When did you wake up?" Asked Branch.

"It's 8 pm. And I woke up at 6:30." She replied.

"Wow. It feels like it has been 2 hours." He said.

"Maybe. But you must've been exhausted. You almost slept for the whole flight." Poppy said.

"I guess."

"So what do you wanna talk about?"

"Our funny past experiences?"

"Sounds like a plan!"

An hour later

"So like that's why I normally check for birds!" Said Branch laughing a little.

"Oh, man!"

"Attention passengers, we're getting ready for landing, so please put on your seat belts."

"That's our cue." Said Essence.

They all put on their seat belts, watching as they all land at their destination.

"Well, would ya look at that? This place looks beautiful!" Said Delta.

"Yea, I wish I could see the actual ocean!" Said Barb.

"No seriously! There's land around here!"

"Uhuh."

"I wonder how many different things they are here instead!" Said Trollex.

"Probably full of water that you can easily drink." Said Barb.

"SHUT UP, BARBARA!" Yelled out Trollex.

"YOU DARE CALL ME BY MY FULL NAME?!" She yelled back.

"GUYS! Don't start arguing now. We're on this getaway to get away from our worries. Including arguments!" Said Quincy.

"Right, sorry." Said Trollex.

"Uhuh."

After the landing, the group got their bags and waited for their private train to the cruise ship's destination.

"Are you guys sure that this train is private? Most of those things are lies, so I doubt that they have a train just for us." Said Barb.

"Oh don't worry! As long as the train has a place to sleep for us, we'll be just fine!" Said Trollex.

"It better, I'm not sleeping at some uncomfortable seat, or in this case lay down, since I pretty much already slept." Said Poppy.

"Same, and if our train is private, I hope there's an open window since I heard that the sky looks amazing at this hour." Said Branch.

"I can confirm. The sky is absolutely beautiful during this hour." Said Delta.

"Hey! I can the sky from here!" Said Trollzart flying around.

"Well yea, you can fly, so you can see the view from any point." Said Trollex.

"But you can float around to see the view from any point as well, can't you?" Asked Delta.

"Oh. OH. OH! RIGHT, I CAN FLOAT AROUND! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Yelled out Trollex.

"Looks like somebody is excited." Teased Branch.

"Of course I am, silly! This is the first time we're away from Troll Kingdom, imagine the huge difference they have here!" Replied Poppy.

"Must be nice. I hope that on the ship there's a volleyball court. Since the two of us almost play volleyball during our free time, it'd sure be something to kill our time." He said.

"Sure is. And also ping pong. I always wanted to play that."

With that, the train arrived, it turns out that it was private, so the trolls all went to their specific cars.

"I wonder why they gave Branch and I separate cars." Said Poppy. "......I feel lonely."

She left her car carefully, making sure she didn't fall from the train. She came across Barb's, who was asleep on her side, facing the window, she then came across Trollex's, and so on.

Branch was looking out the window, admiring the view. He then looked to his side only to find it empty. He frowned a bit. He felt lonely. After that, he heard a knock from the left side of his car.

"I wonder who that could be." He muttered to himself. He went to open his car door, only to find Poppy outside with a peace sign on her hand.

"Oh hey, Poppy. What's wrong?" He asked.

"Well, I felt lonely, so I decided to come to your car." She replied.

"But why didn't you go to a car closer to you?"

"You're my husband, Branch. Of course, I'm going to head to your car."

"Touche."

The two sat at Branch's bed to stargaze. Admiring the sky, Poppy looked over at Branch, in which he looked back. The two smirked at each other and looked back out the window.

"I never knew you liked to stargaze, Branch." Teased Poppy.

"Of course I do. I used to stargaze with my grandma back when I was a kid. We would always look for shapes in the stars. Like the Perseus, or the-"

"-the one and only Ursa Minor?" Asked Poppy.

"Exactly!" Exclaimed Branch.

"My dad taught me about all the constellations in the sky. So that's why I normally look out to see if there are any constellations in the sky." Said Poppy.

"I do see one. It looks like the lynx." Said Branch.

"I see it too! Man, looks like we have a new hobby for our free time back home." Said Poppy.

The two continued to stargaze only to see a shooting star flying across them.

"SHOOTING STAR!" The two yelled out, before glancing at each other and turning away, their cheeks flushed.

"Ahem. So sorry for that, it's just my grandmother said to always look out for shooting stars." Said Branch

"Looks like we're equal. My dad said the same thing too." Purred Poppy before putting her head on Branch's shoulder, to which he responded by putting his head on hers.

Next day

It was time for their vacation.

Man

I'm proud

1999 words excluding these

AOOAOAOAOAOJA