"Uh..." Stream stood silent, wide-eyed and shocked at what he just said to the king. Branch broke the silence. 

"Perhaps we can all go somewhere quieter to talk about getting you settled in." With a small, somewhat fake, smile, he turned the other way and started walking, with everyone else following behind. Poppy noticed his hands were in fists so she ran up next to her husband and held his hand. 

"Are you okay? He didn't know." 

"I'm fine and I understand. I interrupted your conversation. That was rude of me." Branch said while giving his wife a smile and her hand a slight squeeze.

"You're handling this better than I thought you would have. Usually you would have exploded in anger." Poppy said making Branch chuckle a bit. 

"They're new. I wouldn't want to scare them off as soon as they got here. It's fine, Poppy." He finished talking as they got to the back of the troll tree. Nobody really goes there so it was the perfect place to talk about the guests. Once the group got together, Stream immediately bowed in front of King Branch and- 

"King Branch, I am so sorry for my rudeness and arrogance! I will never speak to you or anyone like that again! I promise! I understand if you're going to punish me and I will accept any-"

"Hey, hey, Stream. I'm not going to punish you or anything. You didn't know. It was an accident and I'm sure you didn't mean it." Branch said while kneeling down to Streams level and grabbing his hand to bring him back up. 

"I didn't mean it and I am very sorry, again." Stream said with a little smile. Branch chuckled lightly and said, "now, sleeping arrangements."

Time Skippydippy

It's dark and Branch was lying down in his bed. "What do you think about Stream?" He asked his wife, who had just walked through the door to their bedroom. 

"Yeah, he seems nice. Maybe a little bit cocky, but not rude." She replied as she hopped into bed with Branch. "Why do you ask?" She asked with a slightly concerned tone. 

"Oh nothing bad, Poppy. It's just... something seems... off with him." He looked at Poppy directly into her eyes.

"Like when you didn't trust cloud guy, just because he wore socks with no shoes? Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you." Poppy said while laughing a little. Branch laughed and reached over to her and hugged her. 

"I'm sure you won't." Poppy snuggled into Branch chest. 

"We protect each other, don't we Branch?" He held her closer. 

"Of course. And we always will." They both slept happily and waited for the next day to come.

Another Time Skippydippy

Branch woke up to find Poppy already up and out of bed. He looked around and she was nowhere to be found. Did I sleep in? I never sleep in! He got up, got ready and ran out the door. For some reason he felt something was wrong. Or something was going to go wrong. He ran out to the front of his kingdom. Some other trolls looked at him concerned but he didn't notice them. Where is she?! He thought to himself. Then in the corner of his eye, he saw Poppy. Talking to Stream?! He walked over to the two trolls. He was so happy to see Poppy that he didn't even notice the small jealous feeling, deep down inside.

"Poppy!" He yelled as he ran over to her. (And guess what, he wasn't even out of breath. You know why? Because he's a survivalist! He's fit! He's strong! YEAH!! Sorry, I'm getting off topic, please continue... :) 

"Wow!" Stream exclaimed. "I saw you run over there, King Branch, you must be really fit. Just so happens that I am as well." He said as he winked at Poppy. She didn't notice but Branch certainly did. He hid his anger and jealousy and just smiled as if nothing happened.

"Yeah, Branch is a survivalist. He knows everything about the woods, wildlife and protection. That's what makes him an amazing king." Poppy said as she smiled and put her arm around his waist and Branch put his arm around her shoulders. Stream nodded and frowned very slightly at the sight of the two love-birds.

Branch smiled on the outside and laughed at Stream on the inside. They stared at each other until Poppy broke the silence and said, "Stream and I were just talking about how him and his family found our Troll Tree." Stream broke his stare and said, 

"Yes, we had heard about the rumour of the Bergens and the Trolls becoming friends. We didn't have a proper home, so we thought we should see if the rumour was real. And it turns out, it is." Branch noticed Poppy smiling as Stream talked and he didn't like it.