In The Wild

Chapter Two: Survival

To say the hideout building was slow was saying the least.

Clay,Viva, and Branch were only three trolls, and Poppy was too small to help build, so it was quite a challenge. The three trolls had made a blueprint of what they wanted to look like. They uprooted the tree hole they were previously living in as an entrance to the 'bunker' as they now called it. They added multiple rooms for food storage,four bedrooms( one would be for Poppy when she got older ), and a kitchen with a chimney that was actually just a hole. But by the time they had finished just one room, Poppy was almost two.

" You don't think this too much, do you?" Clay asked.

" No," Viva responded." It's only like,five rooms,but im a bit concered with how slow we're going. "

" I'll say!" Branch exclaimed." Poppy and I we'll be YOUR age by the time we're done with this!"

" Mama!" Poppy shouted from Viva's hair.

Viva sighed." We've been over this Poppy, it's Viva." Vee-Va."

" Vee-Va." The baby repeated." Viva,Viva, Viva!"

" Well, that's solved." Viva said with a sigh of relief. She REALLY didn't want Poppy calling her 'mom'.

" I'm starving!" Clay exclaimed.

" Then eat something." Branch said bluntly.

" Like what? We've run almost out of berries an-"

Just then, all four trolls heard a crunch outside. They assumed it was something small like those green fuzzy bugs Poppy had taken a liking to,or some sort of worm.But worms don't have feet!

" What is that?" Branch asked

" I dont know." Clay responded. "I'll go check it out."

" Alone?" Viva looked at her ex-boyfriend with worried eyes.

" I'll be fine." Clay assured her." Just look after the kids,alright?" Clay asked as he ruffled Branch's hair.

" You're not my dad!" Branch shouted.

" Never said I was." Clay walked up the ladder,leaving the three trolls alone for the first time.

" What happened to you, Branch?" Viva asked out of the blue.

" Wha-nothing!" Branch defensively crossed his arms and averted his gaze from the blonde-haired princess.

" Branch,I know what happened to your grandma." Viva said sympathetically." The same thing happened to our mom." She took Poppy out of her hair and in her arms." It's okay to still feel that wa-"

" This isn't about her!" Branch yelled." It's abou-"

"Ahhhh!"

The trolls suddenly stopped talking. That scream sounded like a troll. Like Clay.

" Branch." Viva spoke without stuttering." Take Poppy, I'm going out."

"Ahhhhh!"

"Out there?" Branch said while holding Poppy.

"Ahhhh!"

" Yeah,Clay might be in trouble. Hopefully, I won't take too long," Viva really hoped she wouldn't." But if I do and Poppy gets hungry,feed her a blueberry alright?"

Branch simply nodded.

Viva climbed up the ladder and the two children alone.

.....

" Clay?"Viva shouted." Are you alright? She walked around and couldn't find him anywhere.

" Clay?If you're playing a joke on me, remember that's why I broke up with you!" It wasn't, Viva just wanted to draw him out.