Trolls: Broppy One Shots

Why Are We Friends?

Poppy and Branch were both sent out of Vibe City in a bubble. The Rock Trolls had located them, and they had to flee.

Poppy: No, no, no! Hickory!

Hickory: Don't worry, I'll find you guys!

Poppy tried to burst the bubble, but to no avail, whatever this was made of seemed to be troll-proof.

Branch: Uh...Poppy?

Poppy gasped when she saw the Rock Trolls heading straight for Vibe City, they were in trouble.

Poppy: Branch, we have to get back down, there's still hope! We can still fix this! The Funk Trolls nee-

Branch: Poppy, enough!!!

Poppy immediately went silent, she had never heard Branch raise his voice like that, and it kind of scared her.

Branch: I've listened to you and I've done it your way, now it's your turn to listen! It's time to get back home.

Poppy: What?! No! I'm not like you, Branch, I can't just give up! Barb is out there, and she won't stop until she has all the strings!

Branch: Which is why we need to get home so we can protect our string!

Poppy: I can't give up, Branch! I want to protect our friends and family. I can't go home until I've proven myself as a good queen.

That did it for Branch, it just sounded like Poppy was trying to claim a positive title and reputation.

Branch: So that's what this is about?!

Poppy: Why are you so upset?! This isn't you!

Branch: Because your dad was right and Biggie was right and Queen Essence was right. And I've been backing you up even when you ignore them, but you never listen to me.

Poppy: Wha...what are you talking about?!

Branch: You want to be a good queen? Good queens actually listen. You know what I heard back there? Differences do matter. Like...like you and me. We're too different to get along. Just like all the other Trolls.

At that moment, the bubble burst, but Poppy and Branch couldn't even make eye contact with each other.

Poppy: We really are different.

Branch: So different.

Poppy: Completely out of harmony!

Branch: Completely!

Poppy: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE'RE FRIENDS!!!!!

Branch: I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAVED YOU FROM THE BERGENS TO BEGIN WITH!!!!!!!!

Branch suddenly covered his mouth in shock when those words slipped out of his mouth. Poppy's heart dropped to her stomach when she heard those harsh words, she dropped to her knees not even looking at Branch. Was he saying...he would rather have left her to die than risk his life for her? She took her crown off and looked at it sadly.

Poppy: Maybe I am a bad queen...

Branch couldn't bring himself to look at Poppy when he said such terrible things, what was he thinking?

Branch: Maybe I should just...go.

Poppy: Yeah, I think you should.

Branch began to walk away hiding his tears so he didn't look vulnerable in front of Poppy...he suddenly stopped when he was a few feet away from her.

Branch: So...why do I...care about you more than anybody else in the world?

Poppy's eyes widened and she turned to Branch almost as soon as she heard that.

Branch: Weird...right?

With that, Branch walked off leaving Poppy alone. She looked down at her crown and tears began to form in her eyes. Without warning, she tossed her crown aside and ran off in a random direction in tears, not caring where she was going or where she would end up.

I know your favorite song
I hear it everyday
Whoever made your smile
Made it to get in my way
And every time you laugh
You make that little sound
It's just the hardest thing
To love you but not know how

So I spend all my nights in the dark and afraid
'Cause I've tried to forget you but these things just don't go away

I hate that you're perfect, perfect for me
If I didn't know better then I would believe
We were made for each other
But I'd know the truth
You're no good for me, I'm no good for you
And I hate that you're perfect, you're perfect for me
I hate that you're perfect, you're perfect for me

🩷What good are words when they always just get in our way
And it hurts the most just to know that you don't feel the same, the same
So sometimes I get down on my knees and I pray things will change
But life is what happens when things they don't work out our way, our way 💙

So I spend all my nights in the dark and afraid
'Cause I've tried to forget you but these things just don't go away, away

🩷I hate that you're perfect, perfect for me
If I didn't know better then I would believe
We were made for each other
But I'd know the truth
You're no good for me, I'm no good for you
And I hate that you're perfect, you're perfect for me
I hate that you're perfect, you're perfect for me 💙

Branch couldn't handle being apart from Poppy, he loved her too much, he had to apologize to her for such an outburst...or at least give her a hug. What was he thinking? Yelling out that he didn't know why he saved her from the Bergens? Of course he knew, it was because he loved her so much he didn't want her to suffer, he never did. He was always willing to protect her no matter the price. He felt like an idiot saying something so heartless to someone so innocent and pure, he needed to find her. He stared at his reflection in the water before getting up to go find her.

Branch: Poppy? I'm sorry, Poppy! I didn't mean what I said, it just came out! I wasn't thinking!

No response, he searched the dense forest for her, but she was nowhere to be found. He suddenly stepped on something and stopped in his tracks. He removed his foot and saw Poppy's crown in the sand. He picked it up and examined it closely, that was when he finally noticed his surroundings...he found a broken guitar, it belonged to a Rock Troll, you could tell from its color. Wait...if Poppy's crown was here...and the Rock Trolls left something behind...

Branch: No...no...they got her...

Branch fell to his knees and wept, Poppy was gone...and he didn't get to apologize to her. But he refused to just give up. For Poppy's sake, and all the other trolls, he had to go after her and put an end to Barb's sinister plan. She had already gotten hold of their string and captured Poppy...but this wasn't going to be where to story end, because Poppy needed him, more than ever before.