Angel of Survival
Two teenagers,Prince Poppy and Smidge, are the Pop Village library. They are looking for a legend for the trollings' story time. Prince Poppy thought they would enjoy a good legend. Then Smidge comes across a very old ,more book like than scrapbook like, scrapbook. Smidge takes it off the shelf.
"Hey Poppy! Look what I found!", Smidge calls out.
Poppy walks over to Smidge. Smidge hands the Prince the book.
" The Angel Of Survival: A Legend", Poppy reads out loud enough for him and Smidge to hear.
Poppy and Smidge walk to a table. Poppy sits down while Smidge stands on the chair next to his best friend. Then Poppy opens the scrapbook and flips forward to the first chapter, " Chapter 1: Survival Angel's Appearance". The first page had drawings and scrapbooked version. The second page has a text written on it.
"Based off the descriptions given by the witnesses. It is believed this troll is a female troll with big dull white Angel wings. She has blue eyes,grey skin,short black hair,dull purple nose and pointy but, round ears. It is said that some trolls had seen some marks and maybe even scars on her body that are either very faint and healing or fresh and not healed. She was mostly seen wearing clothing made of natural materials and fabric. Sometimes she wore a cloak or armored clothing. Male trolls who had a good of her and put the fact that she was grey aside claim that she was alluring natural beauty.", Poppy reads out loud.
Poppy grows more curious about her. He moves forward and reads " Chapter 2 : The Angel of Survival's Legend".
"A long time ago,there was a troll known as the "Angel of Survival" or "Survival Angel". She was a warrior and survivalist who is said to live in or close to a abandoned troll village far away from other trolls. Innocent trolls who get lost in the forest or face are with or in danger some way in the forest claimed to be saved by her but, that's not all.
She also saved them from her evil rival, Creek the shape shifting half snake and troll, who uses and control her victims... The feud between them has been going on for years and it is unknown how it started...They also say that she is not like them at all. They say that she doesn't sing,dance and hug but, also has a voice of Angel and big Angel wings.
Her name is a mystery... Many trolls had went searching for her to see if the stories were true... As a result many did not see her but, some were lucky. Not all of those of trolls had good intentions. There was a group of trolls,the Snake Squad, who wanted to use her as weapon and take over other trolls.
They took other trolls who went with them hostage and forced the Survival Angel out. The Snake Squad attacks her and tried to take her away forcefully but, she fought back angrily. The fight was long and hard but, in the end the Angel of Survival had won. During the battle the Snake Squad tried to use magic to defeat her but, she uses their magic against them and banished the group so far away from other trolls they couldn't return.
The Survival Angel frees the hostages then takes them back to their homes safely. The trolls she saved that day asked if they could do anything to return the favour.
She asks them to stop their tours about searching for her to prove that she is real and not to try to find her unless it was necessary. They agreed to her terms but, felt they should do more so they gave her fabric, necessaries and new items that could make her day to day chores and actions easier. She thanks them then she disappeared back to forest...", Poppy reads out
There are scrapbook made pictures with each paragraph. Poppy looks at the last picture showing the Angel of Survival disappearing in the forest. Poppy smiles at the end of the tale. He wished he could had met her. Little did Poppy know that he will meet her soon...
Poppy continues to go through the whole scrapbook while Smidge looks at the pages and listens. This scrapbook has lots of information about the Survival Angel to Poppy's and Smidge's surprise. They thought it would just be the story like most scrapbooks. It turns out this book was published a hundred years ago has been updated until it was finished over the years along with sequels being published. Poppy grows more curious and gets the sequels. Poppy had decided to tell the story to the trollings and took out the scrapbook and the sequels too for more research. Later that night prince Poppy could not sleep. He continued to research the Survival Angel until he fell asleep.
The next day, the teenage Prince Poppy reads the legend of the Survival Angel to the trollings and they loved it. They asked the prince many questions. Poppy was able to answer them all happily. Later that day, Poppy decided to take a little nature walk minding his own business. Then suddenly Poppy slips and rolls down a hill falling through spider webs getting stuck. Only his face was not wrapped in webs. The four giant spiders come out of the shadows and walk to Poppy hungrily. Poppy tries to escape the webs but, he couldn't really move at all. The spiders surround Poppy then lower their heads to Poppy about to bite but, suddenly Poppy hears a female voice as black hair wraps around the webs holding him prisoner.
"Hang On!", the voice yells.
The hair pulls the Prince away from the spiders. Then a fast figure flies fast above him quickly. It is the Angel of Survival! She lands in front of the spiders as they began to charge. The grey troll is wearing a strapless,patchy and brown dress with long dark green,tight and padding built in pants. She starts whipping them with her hair forcing them to back up into what the troll thought was a cave. Once she whips them one more time, the winged troll realizes that the 'cave' was a huge animal as it shuts it's mouth and eats the spiders. She gasps as she looks up at it. Then it slowly closed it's eyes and laid down to sleep.
The grey troll let's out a relieved sound then runs back to the other troll. She pulls out a dagger from her hair and uses it to free the other troll. After She cut the webs freeing Poppy and putting the weapon away,Poppy sits up as she offers her hand to him. He looks straight up at her. At that moment, the prince knew it was the Survival Angel! Poppy takes a hold of the Survival Angel's hand. She pulls him up on his feet. Poppy is in awe by the beauty of his savior. She is more beautiful than he thought.
" Do you know how to get back?",Survival Angel asks.
Then Prince Poppy snaps out of his mind. He blinks his eyes a little.
"Sorry,what did you say?", Poppy asks.
Branch raises an eyebrow.
" I asked if you knew how to get back to your home.", Survival Angel says.
Poppy looks at his surroundings but, nothing looked familiar to him. He looks back at Survival Angel. Then he gives her a sheepish look.
"Not really...", Poppy admits.
" I'll take you back. Where do you live?", Survival Angel says.
"Pop Village.", Poppy replies.
Survival Angel nods her head. She and Poppy walk together.
" I'm Prince Poppy... ", the pink troll introduced.
Poppy kept on talking and talking to her as they walk.
" I have read lot about you when looking for a story to read to for the trollings in my village. They loved the legend about you! How long exactly have you been the Survival Angel? Do you really live close to a abandoned troll village? What's your real name? How old are you? Cause the legend dates back to over a hundred years and honestly you look like your in your twenties...", Poppy says.
The female rolls her eyes. She never met a troll who would talk so much before and she is cursed to be grey and never die until the spell is broken by her soulmate. The Survival Angel had lost hope about meeting and being saved by her soulmate a very,very long time ago...
"Your very talkative...", she comments.
"And you should talk more...At least tell me what's your real name. It doesn't have to be your full name...", Poppy says.
Poppy looks at her hopefully. Since he found out about her something about her intrigued him. She looks at him and signs.
"It's Branch...", she tells him honestly.
She had not told anyone her name in years. Poppy smiles happily. Then before Poppy knows it they had reached the outskirts of Pop Village.
" We're at the outskirts of your village...", Branch says.
He was happy to be so close to home but, at the same time a little sad. Happy to know he can go home. Sad cause he might not see Branch again... Then Prince Poppy decides to not let this be their last moment together. Poppy personally believes that nobody should unhappy and alone.
" Next time be more careful in the woods. Good bye,Prince Poppy...", Branch says.
Poppy wanted to say something but, when he looked to side Branch was gone. His eyes grow wide with shock as he quickly turns away hoping to her but, she wasn't there. Poppy looks at all his surroundings. She wasn't anywhere. Poppy was disappointed but, when he looked down he saw dull white feathers... He knew they belonged to Branch. Poppy smiles as he picks them all up then puts them in his hair. The prince looks up at the sky then back to the forest still with a smile. He wasn't going to give up on her.
He wanted to go after not cause he wanted to be famous or to prove that she was real or for any selfish reason! He wanted to see again because, he wanted to do something for her, get to know her on a personal level ,help her find happiness and even wanted to be her friend. No troll was born grey and since Branch been documented to be like that for years that meant she has been unhappy and seemed to alone for a very long time...
Poppy felt sorry for her and that she deserved more for her heroic actions. Poppy is going to become her friend no matter how long it takes. Then Prince Poppy turns away and walks back home happily while coming up with a plan to find her. He didn't thank her for what she did for him so he will do so next time he sees her.
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