Part 3

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     Skipping happily through the village, Poppy sang softly to herself as she headed towards her pod to prepare some gift baskets for Branch to take with him to Techno Reef.

     "Hey, Poppy," she suddenly heard in a cheerful voice, causing the queen of pop to stop and turn around to see who was talking to her.

     "Hi, Holly!" Poppy waved with a smile as she saw the country troll galloping towards her. "How are you?"
"I'm good," Holly answered. "And you seem particularly happy this morning, Poppy. What's the occasion?"
"I'm just super excited! King Trollex sent me a letter saying that I could pick one troll to go and visit Techno Reef!"

     "That sounds fun," Holly said as Poppy handed her the letter, the country troll opening up the folded piece of paper to read, her smile instantly fading away as she did so... "Uh... Poppy, girl... this doesn't say visit, y'all..."
"What?" Poppy questioned leaning in to read the note over her friend's shoulder. "What do you mean?"
"This is inviting one troll from Trollstopia to live at Techno Reef... not visit... you're picking a troll to leave Trollstopia... forever..."

     Poppy's heart skipped a beat as she heard those words, her eyes widening in disbelief...

     "L... leave Trollstopia? Forever!?" she yelled out, yanking the paper out of Holly's hands to look at closer. "No... no, no, no! Holly!" she yelled, quickly looking back up at her friend in pure terror. "I already picked Branch! He can't leave Trollstopia! I need him!"

     "Whoa... calm down, sugar..." Holly said, trying to calm the young queen's nerves. "Just tell him you made a mistake..."

     "I can't do that!" Poppy yelled, the poor girl beginning to hyperventilate. "He's so excited! I can't just take this opportunity away from him after telling him he could go! What kind of friend would I be if I disappointed him like that!?"

     Falling down to her knees, her legs suddenly feeling extremely weak, Poppy wheezed for air, seemingly struggling to breath as her heart raced crazily in her chest.

     "I can't lose him, Holly!" she cried. "I can't!"

     "Shh... shh... it's ok. Breath into your hair," Holly order calmly as she put Poppy's hair in front of the pink troll's mouth, Poppy proceeding to breath deeply into it as if it were a paper bag... "You ok now?"

     Poppy nodded, slowly moving her hair away from her mouth...

     "I just... I can't believe Branch is actually leaving..." she muttered softly, her head lowering in sorrow. "And it's all my fault..."

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 27, 2022 ⏰

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