Chapter 4: The Strange Berry Bush

"The best thing about this day was that the Trollings had been birthed into this lovely world. Poppy couldn't wait until they were older so she can actually do something with them! Branch didn't on the other hand" ~Previously

It's been a couple of days since Prince Iris and Princess Ivy were born. Poppy was kinda getting distracted by the two, as some days was "Bring your Trolling to work day" and the others were nice when Branch could stay home and take care of them. Poppy appreciated this a lot, then after a few months, it was time for them to go to school (Pre-School). Every morning, Branch would drop the kids off. Poppy reads to the elementary kids, so their children would have to wait until them to be able to see their own mother as their teacher!

They went to their school, as Iris is a bit shy and more cautious than his sister, Ivy. He likes his personal space and loves corners for some odd reason. Ivy loved to meet others, wanting to get all of in their face. Iris isn't completely shy, however, he can make friends too; just fairly slowly. The "Mini Snack Pack" finally met the 'I' twins.

"Hi! I'm Princess Ivy! I just prefer Ivy, though" she said honestly to the group. Iris was right behind her.

"Nice to meet you Ivy, Is Sparkles!" She said, she had a bit of autotune in her voice, but not a lot since she isn't able to control her voice as well as her father.

"I'm Baby!" The biggest trolling of them all said, as she held her own baby Dinkles. She calls her...Ms. Pringles!

"I'm Trooper! Don't try anything." He said with a slight serious voice.

"I'm Maybelle!" Maybelle started, "But call be May or Belle for short" she finished with a smile.

"I'm Erica! I prefer Eric..." she said to her.

"Isn't Eric a......boy name?" Ivy questioned.

"Yes, but.....I don't know....I just don't like seeing myself as....a girl. I wanna see myself as a boy!" she said, as she became a bit insecure from all of this.

Ivy had so many questions, but understood that it wasn't any of her business. Iris knew that look on her face, she wanted to ask so much more questions. But she knew that it would hurt her if she kept pressuring in about why she would want to be a boy and not stay a girl.

"I-I'm Prince Iris! But I prefer Iris" he said to them.

Then a boy who looked like Suki, who had orange dreads and red skin. He had earphones instead of headphones, because most of them that they have couldn't fit his little head. He heard them talking and walked over to them.

"Hi! I'm Sebastian" he said to them, as he is apart of the Mini Snack Pack.

"I'm Ivy and this is my brother Iris" Princess Ivy stated, as Sebastian heard her and looked at her.

"Nice to meet you Ivy, you're cute" he said with a smile. Ivy blushed in response, as doesn't know why however.

After that day, they became friends and hanged out ever since. Once they reached elementary, they saw their mother and it made school more fun then ever! Ivy has been developing this little....crush.....on Sebastian as the years go on. Of course he's very oblivious of this, he only sees her as a best friend and nothing more.

But like siblings do....they argue....all the time. Branch would come home with the kids like the new routine after picking them up, and after that, he'd spend the rest of his time with his lovely Poppy. Now that the twins are older and bigger, they've become a bit more annoying. When it's cuddle time.....yelling.....bedtime.....more yelling.....breakfast time....even more yelling. Branch swore that it'll never stop, and they won't make peace.

Even Poppy would loose her temper and bust into their room. It's normal for Branch to shut them up, but when Poppy does it, everyone goes quiet. They've learned to quiet as the years go on, but at least Ivy and Iris knows how to throw the best parties! They probably got that from a certain someone. But as time flows, they became teenagers; and I'm sure everyone knows how teens are.

"Stay home. Me and your mother and the rest of the Snack Pack has a very special meeting to attend to. Be. Good." Branch stated strictly to his teen children as he left.

Like normal teens, they don't listen. Both Iris and Ivy left the home with the Mini Snack Pack. After some hours, the parents come back to find their children gone. They look all over until they see them as the very gate, the one that opens to the outside world.

"Ever wonder what's pass these walls?" Iris said as he touched the gate.

"Only one way to find out!" Ivy said as she busted open the gate, and they walk out.

"S-Shouldn't we stay within the gates? There has to be a good reason they put walls here" Iris said, now unsure about this idea.

"Oh come on! You sound like dad!" She said as the Mini Snack Pack followed her.

"Im not like dad!" He said as he follows, wanting to prove he's nothing like his father.

"Come back here!" Branch yelled at the disobedient children. They gasp at the fact that they were there and ran; their parents having to run after.

They keep running, as Ivy knew exactly what she was doing. They ran far past the gates before everyone went exhausted, and stopped; their parents caught up to them.

"YOU'RE ALL GROUNDED!" All the parents said in unison surprisingly—Because of this, they kids all became scared; they knew they had messed up, big time.

"U-Um....where exactly are we?" Cooper questioned as he looked around.

"I don't know..." Branch said, and then Poppy looked at him.

"Does this mean,....we're lost?!" Poppy said, frightened by the fact that she may never go home again.

"I-I'm not sure about that. Maybe we'll find our way back" Branch said, trying to reassure his scared pink wife.

Satin and Chenille yawned at the same, "In tired..." Satin said, "Me too..." Chenille replied as she sat down.

"Yah, me to. I can't walk anymore" Guy Diamond said as he laid down.

"I'm hungry!" Cooper announced as he sat down angrily.

"I can agree with Cooper on that" Biggie said to them as he sat down. Mr.Dinkles replied to that with a "mew" as if he's saying something.

"Branch, we're tired and hungry, who knows how far away from home we are!" Poppy said to him, and then Branch had an angered expression at his children for a second there.

"Fine. We'll rest here." He said as he sat down. Poppy knew he was mad, as he hated being in situations like this.

Poppy sat next to him, and held his hand, rubbing her smaller thumb across it. Branch calmed down a bit, as his guilty children walked over and sat in front of them.

"I'm so sorry dad..." Ivy said as her ears go down. She looked down at her feet with guilt.

"Yah.....we didn't really mean to, just a bit curious" he said with a sigh, and looked at him.

"I told you to be good. I said to stay good. WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME!?!" Branch said honestly pissed.

They didn't answer, as they stayed quiet. There was an awkward silence, and then Trooper came back with a pink berry in his mouth. It was fairly pink....and it looked very suspicious.

"I found us food!" He said as he came back with the berry.

"Where did you get that?" His father asked, walking towards him.

He points to the random berry bush, Branch has never seen those berries before.

"They're very sweet!" He said as he ate the berry, "have some!"

The rest of the Snack Pack shook off the weird bush, to hungry to think as they took a berry. Poppy stands but Branch held her wrist. Poppy knows that look, and waited until Branch says it's okay. He took a berry and inspected it, as Poppy said next to him.

"I've never seen this berry before...." he said, becoming very suspicious about it.

"That's all we have to eat" she said to him as he looked at her.

"Remember that time you are that blue berry? And you had an allergic reaction and turned into a literal ball!" He said, remembering Poppy's journey when she thought she would save her friends by herself.

"Well, everyone seems very fine!" She said, mentioning that everyone is okay and well.

"Well....you have a point but....sometimes things don't happen right away! They take time......" he said, as he opens the berry. It looked fairly normal on the inside.

"Branch....I'm.....hungry...." she said as she watched her friends eat. She leaned against his shoulder, tiredly. He felt her tiny ear brush against his cheek and it made him sigh. How could he resist this?! He couldn't say no to her now!

"Fine. But if something happens, no more." He said as he gave her the berry. She happily took it and ate it. He watched her carefully and saw that she was fine. He looked back at everyone, and Iris brought him a berry.

"Dad, have one!" He said, and gave it to him.

"No way am I eating this!" He said as he threw it on the ground and crossed his arms.

Poppy sighed, "Please?" She said as she kisses his cheek. She didn't want him to starve because he's so insecure. He blushed as it traveled up to the tip of his ears.

He groaned and took the berry. It took him some time before he ate the berry. He wanted something to happen, to prove his point that the berry should've never been eaten. But....nothing came. He was perfectly normal, and he was half filled. The bush was now empty of berries as they didn't have any more.

Smidge found big enough leaves to help them make little beds for the night. They lit a fire and fell asleep under the protection of the moon.

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The next morning was....different. Iris woke up, and opened his eyes. His face wasn't so close to the ground like normal....he sat up and noticed how huge he was! He sat up, almost in panic and then noticed he had 5 fingers inside of four. It was weird that he had 10 fingers instead of 8! He sow how his skin color changed and was about to panic. He ran his fingers through his hair, and felt that it wasn't very long anymore....it was short.....what?

He looks around and sees everyone grew very huge! They changed their looks, their colors, everything! Iris couldn't handle it anymore and screened, as everyone woke up. They saw how everyone was different. Poppy had shortish pink hair, but was long enough for a ponytail. Branch had short enough hair, and had blue hair. Ivy had long hair, and everyone as just...different! They stand up and see how huge they where! What were they?!

"I knew we shouldn't have eaten those berries!" Branch growled, as he knew he was right.

"What are we..?" Erica asked as she looked at herself.

"Are we bergens?" Biggie asked, as he looked.

"I don't think so...bergens don't look like this" he said as he tried to use his hair power but....he couldn't?! Why?! This made Branch worry a lot.

"Why can't we use our hair?!" He said, as everyone realized they couldn't. Everyone started panicking until Branch calmed them.

"I can't go back to Troll village like this Branch!" She said to Branch, her husband sighed and hugged her.

"Maybe we could go visit the buildings, maybe....they can help!" Sebastian said, as he pointed to the buildings they've had suspicions on for the longest.

"That's our only hope." Branch said as he started walking.

He wasn't used to having such long legs, nonetheless, being so tall! Hey travelled for a fair amount of time before they heard honking and driving, and talking. They looked past the fence to see others like them. They seemed totally fine with all of this. Branch walked up to one of them and tapped his shoulder.

"Excuse me but...where are we?" Branch asked the man.

"How could you not know?! You're in New York City my friend!" The man said as he was about to start walking before Branch stopped him again.

"Are you,....okay?" The man asked him, wondering why he continues to be stopped.

"Last question.....do you know what we are?" He asked, being very genuine about this.

"You're kidding me, right?" The man asked as he looked at them. He didn't get an answer, meaning that they were.

He sighed, "You're a human? What else would you be?!" He asked, slightly concerned.

"A Troll" Branch replied and looked at him.

"You sure are trolling me right now!" He said as he kept walking.

Branch sighed, as he's gonna have to find out things on his own. This was gonna be a long day.

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