𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓡𝓸𝓬𝓴 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼 ~ 𝓗𝓸𝔀 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓮𝓷𝓭, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓾𝓼? | 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 2

3. 𝓢𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓽

Branch has arrived at my hut for our nightly walks, as often as we could, we would do this every night, to get some fresh air and to be alone, just for an hour.
He walked inside, silently closing my door again. He noticed, I was sat on my bed, holding a picture frame in my hands, my gaze eyeing the Trolls on the picture. "Hey Sunshine, what are you doing?" He asked me, walking closer.
"Just looking at memories" I answered, turning the frame around, for him to see, revealing a picture of me and Poppy as babies, being held by our dad. Branch didn't want to ask too much into it, as he knew how much I had going on right now. "Are you and Poppy okay, from earlier?"
He asked again, as I turned the frame back towards me.
"I'm okay, I don't know about Poppy, haven't seen her since this afternoon." I spoke. "But don't expect her to let it go" With a small laugh, I Placed my hand over Poppy on the picture, my eyebrows furrowed, but with a smile on my lips. My smile, making him smile.
Branch's gaze wondered around my room, his eye gaze catching on one of my other picture frames, hanging on my wall.
"He's a handsome one" he pointed out, my eyes landing on the same picture, me and him on it.
"Shut it." I chuckled, setting the picture down, I was holding, back on my bedside table.
"Shall we?" He chuckled as well, holding out his hand for me. "We shall." Taking his hand, he pulled me back to my feet, and led me out the door.

Walking around the forest, hand in hand, we were enjoying the nightly breeze, and the peace in our usually loud Village.
It took me aback, when Branch suddenly stopped walking, looking around, listening for something I didn't know.
"What is it-" Branch shushed me, before I could continue my sentence, and in a second, his finger was pressed to my lips. "There is someone." He whispered to me. I focused on my hearing more than anything, and started hearing a voice.
"Oh, look how cute you are! Barb is gonna love your new look!" Oh no, it was Poppy's voice, what is she up to this time.
Branch and I shared a look, worry flowing on my eyes. Before we started running towards the direction of the Voice.
Both of us peeked over a rock, staying hidden, and there she was.
She was wearing a cope and stood beside a Hot Air Balloon?
"Tell her I look forward to helping her, plan the world's biggest party!" She spoke up holding into the creature, who attacked Biggie earlier. It was wearing a pink bow in the hair and glitter all over the face, it was so adorable, not gonna lie.
She handed a letter to it, but before it could take off, Branch was quick to get up on the Rock, as I stood fully up beside him.
"Poppy!" I whisper-yelled at her, her jumping in shock in reaction, and turned her body towards ours. She muffled her own surprise scream, with her hand.
"What are you doing?" Branch asked her in a higher tone than mine, jumping down beside Poppy, me following shortly after. I stumbled down the rock, afraid of falling. Branch reached his hand out to me, making sure to steady me.
"Oh, nothing~" she poke, laying an extra tone in the end of her words, as she was trying to hide the bat behind her cope. The bat behind trying to fly away, but she noticed before it could, and grabbed into it, holding it close.
"Ooh, Poppy's busted!" The balloon spoke, wait what. I looked up at it confused. Poppy tried desperately to shush it.
"Sneaking out to meet Barb? Headed into enemy territory?" Branch asked Poppy. "She's not the enemy! She's a Queen, the same as me."
The bat got out of her grasp as she spoke, flying right in Branch's direction and bumped into him, before flying off into the air. The hit made his face all glittery.
Branch wiped the glitter off as he spoke up again. "Your dad just told us, that Queen Barb is bad news."
"Well, our dad doesn't know everything" Poppy argued back, walking to the balloon and picked up a basket, with supplies.
"He knows more about this? You didn't even know there was a String until this morning."
"He may be fine in a world where everybody lives in isolation, but I'm not." Poppy continued arguing, now stepping into the balloon, setting her basket, she was still holding, down in the balloon.
"But we don't know anything about 'the other Trolls'!" As he said it like that, my gaze fell, and my hand started rubbing my upper arm. I was still so confused, who was i?
"We know they're Trolls!" Poppy started, turning her full body back in our direction. "Branch, Juniper, look around Troll Village. Everybody's different, even me and Juniper, even you and i!" She continued, but got interrupted by a sound in the distance, it sounded like a low Sneeze, meaning someone was listening in or really close. All three of us looked around our surroundings, it was hard to spot a Troll in pitch darkness.
"Did you two hear something?" Poppy spoke up, she was not gonna let us or anyone stop her. "Stop trying to change the subject!" Branch continued the argument, ignoring the change in subject.
"Look, being a Queen means having a lot of power, and it's my job to use it for good!" She tapped a bottom with her foot, making the door to the balloon close. "I can't stay home when I know there's a world of different Trolls out there just like us!" She continued and was about to cut the rope to the Balloon, so it could fly up into the sky.
"Poppy, Wait!" I quickly spoke, making her stop her action and look up at me. Branch did indeed also look at me, very confused. "I'm coming with you!"
"What?" Branch yelled in surprise, his eyes as wide as plates and both his arms swung out to both his sides.
"If there is different Trolls out there, I have to know." I spoke, looking him in his eyes. I don't know if he understands my decision, but I hope he will at least let me go.
"Great!" Poppy spoke up, making me break eye contact with my boyfriend. She leaned out the balloon offering her hand, helping me up into it.
"Ugh, this is a terrible idea that will most likely blow up in your faces." Branch took his last chance, to stop us. His eyelids were relaxing once again, as he smirked up at us.
"Okay bye." Poppy plainly answered, shrugging her shoulders and cutting the rope. The balloon raised up into the night sky. both Poppy and I leaned our arms on the edge, looking down at Branch as we took off. Poppy looked satisfied that she has won their little discussion, and I knew he couldn't stay away from me. He had to make sure I stayed safe. I'll give him about 10 seconds.
"What?" He blurted out looking up at us. He kept looking back and forth at us and on the ground, he was deciding. He crossed his arms, not to give in. He gave us a final look and then let out a deep sigh. He quickly swung in a Branch, jumped up to one of the wings on the side of the balloon, and up, landing beside us. "Then I guess, I'm coming with you two. But only to keep you two safe!" He made sure to point out.
"Oh, thank you, I really didn't want us to go by ourselves" Poppy breathed out, leaning forward and held a hand over her quickened heart. She hasn't been on a wild adventure, like me and Branch had, so this was all new to her, to travel out into the wide world.
"Roadtrip!" The Balloon squealed, as it raised higher up into the sky.

What the Trolls didn't know, there has been a Troll listening to their whole conversation all along, and had the same thoughts as Juniper.
Cooper.
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Cooper POV:
I have heard everything they have discussed.
As I watched them take off, I couldn't help but be curious. They would find out if there really were different Trolls and how their Music was, while I could just be here, knowing nothing. I have to find out myself, because look at me, I don't look like the other Trolls.
I Slowly walked off, as the balloon has taken off so high, they were out of sight.
I found the secret cave Poppy and Juniper's dad has been hiding. Walking inside, approached the 'elders map'. He was right.
"they are all different" I said out loud, to myself. "And the Purple one looks a little bit like me!" We both have 4 legs, a long neck and-
"We even have the same hat!" I shouted as it echoed in the cave.
(A little did Cooper know, that it was just a leaf which landed on the piece of parchment.)
I didn't waste another second, I scurried off back to my hut, packed a quick travelling bag, with my harmonica, of course, and I changed my hat into my travelling one.
Put on a cope for warmth, and I looked amazing in it! I snuck out of my hut again, making sure no one saw me as I took off.
When I stood on the edge of Troll Village, I stopped. I looked back at everything I loved, I was about to leave it. "Goodbye. I hope I see you again, friends." I said looking down at the Village which was dark, and not usually lightened up by all the lights.
"But even though it's scary, I have to go out there and see if there's other Trolls like me." I turned around again, but as I did, I didn't realise I stood on the edge of the hill. And when I stepped forward, I was about to slip.
"Oh, man, this is gonna be hard."