A Healing Rose - Broppy

Chapter 26

Why, hello there! I hope you're doing well!
Here's another chapter for you all! I hope you all enjoy reading it! Big thanks to Wildkat25 for the help with the chapter! I can't wait to read your comment, so till next time!
I don't own trolls, but Rose is my oc.

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They all walked into the dinner behind Barb, looking around as Barb headed to the far corner of the seating area. Branch scanned the area as he walked in last, his eyes stopping at a table in back as he heard a familiar laugh coming from it. He looked over to see Barb already at the table with the others following suit. As he walked towards the table he tightened his hair around Rose, making sure she stayed asleep.

"Dad! There you are!" Barb's voice caused the two older trolls to stop laughing and look over at them.  "We've been looking for you two."

"Barbara!" Thrash raised his hand shakily as Barb sat next to him.

"Hey daddy, have you had your juice today?" She said as she reached for his drink, checking to see what he ordered.

"Yes." He replied, licking his lips as he reached for more of his fries. "We-we were, we were gonna go soon." He started as he looked over at Peppy. "Gotta show, show this old man who, who, gonna, who's better at donuts!" He stuttered out before laughing along with Peppy.

"Then, you better show off those new gears you got added." Barb laughed as she pressed a button on his chair, causing his chair to vibrate. "Are you finished eating? The others have to talk to Pep for a bit before you have that donut contest of yours. Why don't we go practice outside while we wait?" She asked.

"Almost." Thrash replied as Peppy looked at Poppy and the others.

"Thrash, why don't you stay here and finish? I'll be back once we finish talking." Peppy said as he  gathered his empty plates.

Thrash nodded as he continued to eat. Barb looked at the others. "I'll stay here, you can fill me in later." She said before sitting down at the table.

"Alright. It shouldn't be very long, we will see you soon." Poppy smiled before heading out the door. "We need a more private area, let's go to my pod." She pointed towards her pod that was close by. When everyone agreed she started walking towards her pod, walking next to her dad. "We had a meeting today, with Jack and his family." She quietly told him.

"With Jack? What for?" Peppy asked.

"There was an incident yesterday with Rose, Jay, and Eva. They were bullying Rose." Poppy said, seeing Peppy stop and down.

"They were bullying her?" He said as he started walking again.

"Yeah. They said some rude stuff to her, calling her a grey thing and an eyesore. Jay tried to take her notebook from her. Luckily Clampers and Delta Dawn came in time to stop anything more from happening." She said as they got to her pod. "Make yourselves at home!" She said as she opened the door, letting the others in. "Would anyone like a thing to drink or eat?"

Branch stood next to Poppy and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'll get those. You should finish explaining what happened." He said, getting a smile in return before he gathered some glasses for everyone.

"Thanks Branch." She said before sitting down next to Peppy, seeing the others give their request of water and sit around her table. "Queen Barb and I heard the bell from her book when Jay tried to take it and went to see what was happening. I walked to them about it at the time, and told them I wanted to talk to their parents about what happened. Apparently Jay didn't tell them the truth and Ray and Elise verbally attacked Branch about it later that evening." Poppy explained, seeing Peppy star at the table as he listened. "King Quincy intervened and stopped them, so there were two things we had to talk to them about." Poppy let out a frustrated sigh. She took a moment as Branch placed cups of water in front of everyone, taking a sip of hers. "So during the meeting today, Jack started getting defensive about everything. He kept interrupting and making little comments through the whole conversation about the kids. Once we finished talking about the kids and sent them away, Jack barely let Ray talk. He kept accusing Branch of things, and wouldn't stop. I asked him why he hated grey trolls so much, and Ray answered that his mother was grey. When Ray said that, Jack used the handle of his cane to hook Ray's arm to get him to stay quiet." Her frown deepened as Peppy face turned to her, a shocked expression plastered on his face. "Jack didn't go into detail, all he said was that his daughter was taken and his wife turned grey. He said she sat in bed all day, and somehow she led the Bergen's to Ray."