Chapter 6: Questions.

"He didn't reply, as he kept looking at the stars. River looked back up at the stars, but then at Iris again. She saw how happy and relaxed Iris was just from seeing stars. Seeing this Made her smile softly at him." ~Previously

The sun rose, the colors of yellow came apon the vast land. The trolls aren't used to sleeping in these thins called "houses" and sleeping in these things called "beds"—In fact, they'd rather a pod and a sleeping place. Coming to 8:00 A.M, they've all waken up, remembering that they are human now, not exactly trolls anymore.

Each was given their own room. Poppy and Branch share one, Iris and Ivy share one, River has her own room, Sebastian and Smurf shared another, and finally, Baby, Erica, and Maybelle share the last available room. The night was...interesting. As the trolls aren't use to sharing rooms with their friends, nonetheless, their siblings.

Branch was still suspicious on how open River was to them. They just met and she already knows they're trolls, and not only that, she's feeding them and helping them stay here. Questions; Questions he can't answer but she can. Though, he will not ask just yet.

As the trolls gather around the table, each at their own seat, they look at the fresh made pancakes. Question marks appear above their head.

"What's this?" Iris asks, then looks at the fork, "And that" he questions.

"These are pancakes. I ought you give them a try! And those are forks, in which you use to eat foods like that." She explained to the clueless trolls. It's like teaching babies to eat, but this time, its teens and adults.

They pick up the fork like you would a pencil. She doesn't want to correct them, as they can use the fork however way they want. She sits down and starts to eat the pancakes, giving an example of what to do. Monkey-See-Monkey-Do—they follow along. Then she remembered something, something very important.

"How old are you all?" She questions, continuing to eat her new found breakfast. (I'm hungry, why am I writing this? It'll only make me more hungry)

"Well...I'm 39. My wife, Poppy, is 37..right?" Branch asked to make sure. He knows he's right, as he'd never loose track of her age, but wanted to make sure. Poppy gives him a nod in response, he sighs of relief.

"I'm 40, my daughter, Baby, is 15." Biggie says, pointing to his child as he said her name and age. She looked back at him, surprised he even remembered since he's always paying attention to Mr.Dinkles.

"I'm 38" Satin started, in which Chenille finished with "I'm also 38". Both twins say "and our daughters are both 16!" They say as if they're so proud of their daughters age. Maybelle smiled in response but Erica didn't seem to be all that happy.

She's been their daughter at birth and for 16 years. That's all she's been. She doesn't want to be a girl anymore, she doesn't want to be a daughter anymore. She's always felt like a boy, she's always felt like deep down, she should've been a boy. Why didn't that happen? Why couldn't her wish come true? It seems not all wishes can be granted.

"I'm 37, my daughter Sparkle is also 16. " Guy says. The weird thing is, usually, he's have this auto tune in his voice. Be ever since he became human, that's been washed away. It seems any troll like thing, where it is either glitter skin or conjoined hair disappears. Which means, along with him not having glitter as a skin, he also lost his auto tune voice. Sparkle also seemed to notice hers gone too.

"I'm 39, and my son here, Smurf, is 15." She says, as if she's not very interested in the talk of ages. Smurf seems to not be interested to as he started to play with his fork.

"And in Cooper! 41! And my son here, Trooper, is 17!" He says as he fumbles around with the fork. Having hands is something Cooper is very much not used too. He's fighting back the urge to just slam his face into the pancakes to eat like he normally would. It seems Trooper is having the same problem as his father.

"Oh okay! I'm 16. You guys know that at the ages of 14-18 or so, you'll have to attend either middle or highschool. By law, it's required. So have a look around town while me and your parents register you into he right grade of school." She says, but was immediately questioned by Branch. He isn't gonna sign his children up for something it it's gonna hurt them.

"What's school like for humans?" He asked. School for Trolls mainly consists of reading and math. That's mostly it for the next 13 years. When 13, you don't go to school anymore cause you'll have all you need to know for the rest of your life.

"Well, you see, it's a learning environment. In the human world, ring more smarter, we have many ways of making and improving things. You'll need to know certain things I apply for your dream job, and the rest is so you have a great enough understanding of how the world works and how to problem solve. Also at school, you can make friends, and join clubs that you enjoy. School brings so many experiences that you wouldn't have at home. So I highly recommend it if you wanna fit in as best as possible. I go to school everyday, since they're at my age, they can go to mines. Sound good?" She says, giving a detailed explanation on why school is highly recommended and a requirement by law.

Branch sighs, defeated. Hearing all that come out of her mouth, school just be very serious. He does wanna fit in, but the only problem he has is that he might not be able to participate in the human school like he does at troll school. And another problem he has is that he doesn't wanna stay here for the rest of his life. He has a kingdom to lead, and he wants to go back with his own body.

With some reassurance from Poppy, she exclaims, "okay! Sounds good. But when's this?" She asked River.

"Well, its summer right now. So we'll have to do it before school starts next month." She answers. Branch is surprised that she can answer their questions so easily without hesitation.

"Is there any place we can go for now without causing any trouble or suspicion?" Ivy asked, since causing trouble and suspicion is the Mini Snack Pack's specialty.

"Well, you do have parks you can go to. Such as nature parks, or dog parks we have here in the area. You have the public pool you can go to. Um, and that's pretty much it. Those are the only places I know of that you can go in and have fun, without paying. Everything else is pretty much "pay to go in". As for trouble and suspicion, that's up to you" she answers them.

"Huh..." Sebastian said, writing the important details down. Like the places, and the areas. He wanted a map or something, as he's in very unfamiliar territory at the moment.

"Alright, go explore! I'll be waiting for you here. Come back before 10:00 PM! (22:00 for some places), Thad the curfew for teens. The adults can stay out as long as they want" she says as a warning. Some decide to stay home but the Mini Snack Pack is out and ready to cause some havoc.

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