Lost and Found

The unexpected

It was a normal day in Trolls Topia. Queen Poppy and her Fiancé Branch woke up, the light of the sun's morning rays touching their skin. The queen stretched, exposing her baby bump. Branch turned over and smiled when his sky-blue eyes caught her beautiful pink ones.

    "Well good morning my beautiful ray of sunshine." Poppy smiled as Branch reached over and put his big blue hand on her belly " and good morning to you cupcake" Poppy giggled. She found it adorable when he talked to the baby.

    " Ok I know you don't want to Love but we have to get up" Poppy stated. Branch groaned and took his hand off her belly. Poppy and Branch both sat up. Branch was the first one to get up. He went over to her side of the bed, grabbed her hand and helped her up. Poppy may be only 5 months pregnant, but she had started to struggle to get out of bed. The couple walked out of their room. Branch walked into the kitchen to get his daily coffee as Poppy walked over to her desk to grab her list of queen duties, she had that day.

    "So, what's on your list for today?" her fiancé asked, taking a sip of coffee. He has been helping her with her queen duties so she could rest a bit more, wasn't overworking herself and wasn't stressing herself out.

    "Um two parties, scrapbook club, the grand opening of the new playground and reading to the kids." Branch nodded, making a mental note of all the chores.

    "Well, I'm doing the parties because I know how you get" Poppy pouted in protest. "I think you're pretty capable of the rest if you remember to take it easy."  Poppy rolled her eyes a bit.

    "I'll be fine. Besides 2 of the 3 are sitting the whole time anyways" That helped Branch relax a bit. She went over to the kitchen, trying to figure out what the baby was hungry for. She eventually decided on pancakes. Branch offered to make them for her, so she didn't have to stand so long and she didn't argue with that for one second.

    When Poppy finished eating, which didn't take long, she got up, ready to start the day. She grabbed Branch's hand and they walked out into the village together. The couple got greeted with hellos and "You look great queen Poppy" Branch was used to this by now, so he just played along and kept saying hi back.

    "Popsqueak" Poppy knew that voice. She turned to see her best friend, Barb, coming towards her.

    "Barb!" The pink troll shouted back. Poppy was always excited to see her best friend however, Branch felt differently. Barb was pretty hardcore and liked to push Poppy into dangerous stuff. He squeezed her hand, as if to say he wasn't comfortable with this. Poppy ignored his signal of distress.

    "You look awesome!" Poppy giggled. Barb used to be mean but after she became friends with Poppy, she grew into quite a softy.

    "Thanks Barb!" Branch squeezed Poppy's hand again and got closer to her. Barb noticed this and looked confused.

    "What's up with him?" Poppy looked at him with a confused but worried look. Branch was really close to her and squeezed her hand hard. It was as if someone threatening was in front of them. She looked at Barb then back at Branch. Then it hit her.

    "Hon she's not going to hurt me. She cares about me and the baby's safety just as much as any other troll." Branch clearly wasn't convinced. He wrapped his arm around her, pulled her as close as he possibly could, and glared at Barb. Poppy, with her mood swings, pulls away from him. Branch looked at her in shock.

    "Branch, what is your problem right now? Barb isn't going to hurt me. You know that!" Branch sighed. He didn't know why he just felt so protective all of a sudden.

    "I'm sorry Pops. I don't know what got into me just now. I know she isn't going to hurt you I just....I don't want anything to happen to you or the baby." Branch looked down at the ground, clearly ashamed.  Poppy looked at him for a second and smiled softly. She went back over to him and kissed his cheek.