Story 4:Trolls And The Haunted Castle

Chapter 11:By Night fall

Every ghost was gathered for Poppy and Troy's wedding. Troy is in his dressing room.

"How do I look Wilfred?" It's to dark Isn't it?" Troy asked looking in the mirror 🪞.

"You look fine sir." Ms. Pop-Judith will love it." Wilfred replies.

"I am such a lucky ghost. Troy says fixing his bowtie.

Wilfred's expression drops. "Yes you sure are sir."

Troy picks up a skull shape ring 💍 ☠️.

"I want things to go perfectly well for the wedding." Now we'll is that goblet? Wilfred hands him a red goblet.

Troy opens his skull Ring a blue liquid drops in the drink turning it purple.

"Once Judith I do hand this to her." When she drinks it, her spirit will crossover from her flesh body and be with me forever in the afterlife.

Wilfred.was stunned. "You mean you're going to poison her?"

"Of course." Done it once, why not do it again?" Troy coldly replies. Wilfred wanted to stop this but didn't know what to do.

Suddenly a knock is heard. Master Troy the priest has arrived." A guard announced.

"Ah splinded." Now we can get down tow business. "Wilfred go check on my bride." Hopefully she's calm so we can get this over with."

Wilfred sighs. At once sir."

Wilfred goes upstairs and knocks on the door. "Ms.Poppy?" No one answered.
He opens the door to find Poppy looking out the window. She still had tears 😔😢🙁 coming down her eyes.

Wilfred walked in. "Uh, Master Troy wanted me to see how you're doing? He says.Poppy didn't answer him.

"Uh... There's something I need to tell you about the wedding." Master Troy he's- waiting on his beloved bride to be with him together forever."They see Troy.

"Hello sweetie."Do u feel better now?" Poppy glared at him.

"And look the priest is here to give us his blessings. The priest bows.

"Hello Ms.Judith." the priest greets.

Poppy got angry.

"MY NAME IS POPPY!" QUEEN POPPY NOT JUDITH!"

"I just love women with a red hot temper." Come my dear it is time for us to finally be reunited."

"Poppy scoffed.

"You are so delusional." You don't seem to care about anyone else but yourself." Even if I was this Judith person, I wouldn't marry you. "You don't force people to love you. 💕 That's not how it works."

Troy growls. "I've had just about enough of your sass. "You will marry me or the children will die as well. He snaps his fingers 🤞 showing Poppy the twins who are tied in the Tower with a bomb 💣   Poppy gasped.

"You wouldn't?

"You wanna bet?" Troy asked  holding a button that activates the bomb. Poppy froze.

"It's your call." Marriage or Your Children's demise." Troy tells her. Poppy sighs. "Fine you win." But if I marry, you let the. Go."

Troy rolled his eyes. "It's one of those cards huh?" He then smiles smugly. "Deal 🤝."

"Now let's go.'' We have a wedding to get to after all as he left, Wilfred looked at Poppy and sadly looked away.

"Stop that you fool!" Put that down!" Madam Cortez yells at Jack who is holding her magic feather duster.

The feater duster flies around the room leaving a huge mess."

Green slime pours on the floor.

Madam Cortez sighs."Dolly can you get that?

"On it madam."

"So you said that Troy believes that your wife is his beloved? Madam Cortez asked Branch.

"Yes.'' And he's holding her prisoner.'' Is there a way we can save my family?"

"Hmm.'' Madam Cortez begins to ponder suddenly a glass shatters.

Jack has broke one of Madam Cortez's potions.

"AH!" You Joke of a ghost you just spilled my Plant Potion.'' Plants grow everywhere.'' Jack sheapishly giggles. "Sorry.''

"Dolly.''  Madam Cortez says.

"Dolly sighs in frustration takes out a vacuum and sucks Jack inside.

"This sucks." Get it?"Sucks." Jack laughs. No one was laughing.

"We don't have much time to waste." Branch says and gets sad. 😢.I couldn't live with myself if something happened to my family."

Madam Cortez looks at him as he continues talking.

"All I wanted was to just make things right with them." I didn't expect this vacation to go wrong. I just didn't want to let them down and feel like a failure. 😔🙁

"Dolly felt bad for him and patted his leg 🦵.

"My dear boy, you are not a failure. "You are good father and husband to your family." Madam Cortez tells him. I can sense that your heart is righteous."

Branch smiles. But then it fades.

"But how I going to save Poppy before the wedding? Com'on think?"

Madam Cortez sees something sticking out of his vest.

"What is that? Sticking out your vest?"
Branch looks and pulls out Judith's journal he found.

"This? It's just some old journal I found."

"Let me see if." Madam Cortez says as Branch brings it closer to her.

The journal had Judith's name in it.

"This is Journal of Judith." Madam Cortez says.

"What?" Branch asked.

"Open the book?"

Madam Cortez began to read the journal.

"To whom may ever read this, I have a message that needs to be heard."

"My name is Judith." And as you may already know, that I am friends with Matthew And Troy. "They have been my best friends since childhood."

"The two were like brothers to me."

"I have a bad feeling that things are about to take a dier turn." As Troy continues to progress with jealousy over Me and Matthew's relationship.

"I love them both but I heart is with Matthew."  Matthew my love.if you ever find this I want you to know I'll forever lovemyou and I give.you this, locket." A locket falls out of the Journal.

"Branch picks it up.

"I see." She wrote the on the night she was killed " Madam Cortez says. Branch opens the locket to see a picture of Judith and Matthew happily together.

"If I'm not mistaken Judith's soul maybe trapped inside the castle. But she's afraid to crossover as long as Troy haunts these halls " Madam Cortez tells him.

"So how do we free all those spirits? Including Judith's?

"That locket in your hand maybe the source. if we throw it into the ghost portal that may reverse the gravitational effect and send all spirit back from whense they came." Madam Cortez.

"But it's not going to be easy." We have to do it by night fall." Dolly adds. If we don't all ghost will remain forever.

"So all I have to do is just throw this locket into the ghost portal?" Branch asked. He then clutches it.

"I'll do whatever it takes to save my family.

Madam Cortez smiled. I like your spirit, But your going to need some help.

"From who?" Branch cocked an eyebrow