Making his way through the woods, leaves crunching at his feet.
Branch moves his way through the trees to his destination
His path blocked by a few branches hanging from the trees above
He brushes aside the branches to make his way through.
Branch spots an opening in the trees
Stepping over a knocked down tree Branch makes it to the opening
Branch finds himself at his bunker, realizing he left the door wide open.
Once Branch looks inside, he makes eye contact with the nauseating mess on the inside. The vivid memories of Poppy and Daisy enter his head. How worried Poppy was about Daisy, how hurt Viva was...
Branch snaps out of it
"I need to do this..." he tells himself
Branch starts his journey through the trashed bunker. A place once thriving with life and happiness to a dark place; void of life.
After some time marching through the trashed bunker, Branch finds himself at the doorway of his and Poppy's bedroom.
Branch enters and he glances around the room, looking at all of the destruction everywhere
His attention gets grabbed by one particular photo on the ground.
Branch walks over to it and picks it up
It's the photo he found the first time he was here. It's the photo from before they got
Just like all the others, the frame is smashed and the picture is ripped in 2. It's from before they ever had Daisy and it's Poppy's favorite photo.
Branch thinks for a minute...
"Wait... Poppy's favorite..."
Branch swiftly stands up and runs over to a knocked over dresser by the corner of the room
"Is it here? Is it here??" Branch says quietly to himself
He pushes the dresser out of the corner to reveal nothing but the wooden floorboards underneath
Branch lifts up one of the floorboards to reveal a small hole underneath
He steadily reaches in and picks up the box, his hands still shaking with the fear that what he hopes is inside may not be there.
Branch places the box in front of him on the ground, getting ready to open it
He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes for a second
Reopening his eyes Branch whispers "Please let this be in here."
He then ever so slowly removes the lid, being cautious not to damage what's inside.
He places the cover on the floor next to the box and peers inside
Branch's eyes light up in joy as he sees what's in the box
"It's here..." he happily whispers to himself
Branch grabs what's inside and slowly takes it out...
It's...
Poppy's cowbell...
"Poppy put this away so she could pass it down to our future child, but she never got the chance.." Branch thinks to himself
"I'll get this to you Poppy... so you can finally pass this down to Daisy! Branch quietly whispers to himself
But before Branch can do that, he needs one more thing.
Branch stands back up and walks out of the bedroom, he takes a left town the hall
He stops in front of a bookshelf and stands there in silence for a few seconds...
Then Branch pulls back one of the books
The bookshelf starts making noises. Rusty gears and sprockets turning on and rubbing on other rusty parts. The mechanics screeching as the bookshelf begins to swing inward into a secret room. A room Branch never thought he would need to ever be in again...
Branch endlessly stares into the room from the outside, with many machines booting up all around the room after not being active for years...
Branch takes a deep breath and steps into the room
He slowly scans the room to the left, then slowly scans the room to the right
Everything is right where it was years ago
Branch approaches a table covered in a thick layer of dust.
He leans in and exhales sharply, sending a cloud of dust swirling into the air.
The dust whirls around, engulfing Branch's face.
Frantically, he swats at the air, trying to clear the dusty haze.
Branch accidentally inhales of it.
Despite his efforts to hold it back, he can't stop himself from starting to cough violently, still trying to clear the air around him, swatting away the dust
The air is clear from dust after a few seconds
Branch looks down at the table
There lies a utility belt and several weapon's surrounding it. Something Branch never thought he would need...
He reaches down to grab the belt. Putting the designated in their assigned holsters, leaving one holster left bare
One spot left for... Poppy's bell
Branch proudly attaches her bell and mallet to the belt
With no second to spare, he bolts out of the bunker, in search of Poppy with his map in hand and weapons at the ready. He's not going to let Creek win this one...
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Trolls: Harmony Lost
FanfictionA fanfiction that takes place after TBT. Branch and Poppy have a daughter together, but OH NO! Poppy and their daughter get kidnapped and it's Branch's job to save them both. Throughout the story Branch finds out who kidnapped the baby and Poppy and...
