Just Sing

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Poppy looked down to see she was holding the damaged strings. Branch was back to normal, Riley who was relief.

"Branch!" Riley yelled, ran into his arms, then said, "I'm so glad you're okay."

"I'm glad you're okay," Branch told her, returning the hug.

Poppy dropped the strings and joined them as Barb went to her knees and held the dissolving strings.

"No. My strings," Barb replied sadly as the strings disappeared.

The couple parted and looked to see Barb turn to them and Poppy.

"What have you done? You destroyed music," Barb remarked then told all the trolls, "Give it up, everybody! Thanks to the queen and Guardian of Pop, we've all lost our music! History repeats itself; Pop has ruined everything."

All the trolls bowed their heads in sadness, believing they would never play or hear music again.

Then a heartbeat was vaguely heard. Cooper looked down to see that it was going from him and there was a faint glow along with it. So he grabbed a mic and held it up to his heart so everyone could hear it. Prince D  and Lucy then beat box to the beat.
"Those are my children making music."Essence said.

As they continued, everyone started clapping to the beat.

"Queen Barbara can't take away something that's inside us. 'Cause that's where music really comes from," Essence continued.

"It started with the strings, but now it comes from us," Quincy added.

Then the twin brothers and Lucy  went on the stage.

"Yeah. It comes from our experiences," Prince D  and Lucy said.

"Our lives," Lillian, Rose and Ember said.

Riley smiled, taking Branch's hand, which he smiled in return.

"Our culture," Essence stated.

"Beautiful," the Classical conductor commented.

"Listen to that. Barb, and Emma can't take that away," Poppy replied.

As it quieted down, Poppy , Riley , and Branch stepped forward.

[Poppy:]
"Let me hear you sing"
[Riley:]
"Sing it together, louder than ever"
[Both:]
"Forget everything, just sing"
[Riley and Branch:]
"Like it's what we've been missing
And they're gonna listen, listen"
[All three:]
"Forget everything, just sing"

As they sang, their colors returned. Barb and Emma  was beyond confused.

"Dad?" she asked.

"It's alright, Barbara. Just let them be what they wanna be. Including you," her dad said, his colors returning.

And the same happened for the other trolls.

[Poppy:]
"You think you've gotta hide it
Don't keep it on the shelf"
[Riley:]
"Let your waist start moving
Watch the way I do it, do it"
[Jamie and BJ:]
"See me do it like nobody else"

[Queen Essence, Princess Lucy  (Branch, & Prince D):]
"If we sing it all together" ("If we sing it all as one")
"It's louder than yourself" ("All together, everyone")
"Everybody's lookin'" ("See you lookin' now")
"Watch the way we do it, do it" ("Hold up, watchin' how I do it")
"'Cause we do it like nobody else"

[All:]
"Let me hear you sing, don't you stop it, don't you fight it
Let me hear you sing, if you got it, can't deny it
Let me hear you, it's waiting for you
Already, you know that you do it like nobody else
Just sing" ("Woo"), "sing it together
Louder than ever, ever, forget everything
Just sing like it's what we've been missing
And they're gonna listen, listen, forget everything" ("Let me hear you")

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