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Gift

Hello guys...first of all, I just wanna apologize for being absent for so long. I had a lot of personal stuff to deal with and just did not have time to write.

But now I'm back! (Hi, hello!) I missed you all a whole bunch and I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint. Enjoy!

"Alright Butterfly, come on, the path continues this way" Sparkles pointed to the woods nearby.

It was getting dark outside and soon they'd have to stop and make camp. Branch grabbed Butterfly's arm and led her back to the path, "let's give the butterflies a rest" he said.

Their destination wasn't too far away, hopefully they'd be there tomorrow night. The forest was dark and the trolls couldn't see an inch in front of their noses.

"I can't read the map anymore" Sparkles complained.

"Oh it's not too bad" Butterfly responded, "if I squint I can kinda see my hand"

"That's it! This is too dangerous. We could bump into each other and break our noses. Or-or our hair could get caught in a tree and sprained! Or-" Branch paused.

"Branch! It's fine. Let's just call a glow bug" Butterfly said.

"Right" Sparkles turned to the black, empty woods and whistled.

A dim light slowly emerged from the wood and got brighter and brighter till the silhouette of a small creature could be seen. The little bug approached the trolls and buzzed around them curiously.

Sparkles snapped her fingers twice. In an instant the glow bug obeyed and hovered by her side. Now with light, she led her friends to a good place to spend the night.

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"I just wouldn't stop yelling at him a-and I don't know what came over me" Poppy sniffled; grabbing a tissue, "and now he's gone! Huh...our wedding is ruined" She mumbled.

Popcorn sat next to a weeping Poppy. After finding her at the bunker, Pop brought her back to Poppy's pod. Now she comforted her as the queen sat on her bed and cried.

"Oh pish. You're over exaggerating" Popcorn reassured her, "Branch will be back, he just had some...business to take care of".

Poppy sniffed, hugging her knees, "I don't know Popcorn...if I were him I wouldn't speak to me ever again" she muttered.

"Hey, listen to me" she grabbed the queen by her shoulders, "I've seen how much Branch loves you. He would never do something like that".

Popcorn sat back, "sure you had a little fight, but Poppy..." she looked up, "love, is the most powerful thing in the whole world...and you of all people should know that".

Poppy wiped her tears, then leaned in to hug her friend, "thank you Popcorn. For everything".

"''Twas nothing my queen" she bowed playfully. Poppy chuckled. "Now I also brought you something"

Popcorn walked to her bag on the floor and pulled out a small pouch. She carried it back to the bed and handed it to Poppy.

"What's this?" She asked.

"It's tea. My great great grandmother's recipe. I thought it'd be a good stress reliever for you".

The queen smiled, "thank you".

The small watch on Popcorn's hand buzzed, "oh, I've gotta go. I'm meeting GD for dinner" she frantically grabbed her stuff, "make a cup of that tea every morning and every night, it should help" Popcorn raced for the door, "I'll be back tomorrow! Bye!".

"Bye!" Poppy called back.

She sat the bundle aside and held her hands to her small developing bump, "oh baby...what am I gonna do" She sighed.

Also, thank you so much for 1k reads on this book! I'm so grateful for you guys.

New chapters soon! I promise