Trolls: Supposed to Be

Unfocused

poppy had spent most of her afternoon looking all over troll village for branch. he wasn't in his bunker. he wasn't in the woods. he wasn't at guy diamond's house. where else could he be?

annoyed that she had just spent practically her whole day looking for someone who wouldn't even listen to what she had to say when she should've been getting ready for the biggest night of her life, poppy stormed back to her pod. anxiously slipping on her yellow knee-length dress and a white flower behind her ear, she frowned as she placed a hand on her heart.

whatever she was feeling inside, she had never felt before, with anyone. not even creek. she wondered if that meant she liked branch, in more than just a friend way.

her alarm clock interrupted her train of thoughts, making her realize it was much later than she had thought and if she didn't leave soon, she would be late.

poppy ran out of her pod and found all of her friends aside from branch hugging each other as they all arrived to the party.

"you look beautiful!" satin exclaimed, which chenille echoed.

"thank you," poppy blushed, looking over at guy diamond who was holding hands with dj suki.

"huh," poppy smirked, raising her eyebrows. "that's new."

dj nodded, giving guy an awkward smile. "we're...testing things out."

"mmhmm," he agreed, pulling her off and onto the dance floor.

"you look very pretty," biggie complimented awkwardly before pulling his friend into a big hug.

"and you look very handsome," she said to him as they pulled away.

once all of her friends had left and made their way to the dance floor, poppy couldn't help but look around for branch, hoping deep down that he had showed up to her big day.

but alas, he was no where to be found.

"can i have the new queen to the stage?" the familiar sound of her father's voice called, as she noticed all eyes in the crowd were on her.

blushing, she made her way over to him and took the microphone, unsure of what to say.

"um.." poppy said quietly. "i am very excited to finally become queen, and i..." she trailed off. her mind could only seem to focus on one thing: finding branch.

"okay, seems our new leader may have a bit of stage fright," the king laughed, before reaching behind the stage and pulling out a white crown that matched the flower in her hair.

looking over at her dad, poppy slightly grinned and allowed him to put the crown on her head.

"i now pronounce to you, our new queen!" peppy yelled, taking her hand in the air as the crowd cheered her name.

admiring her new crown, she smiled at the crowd. "thank you, guys. for everything. i cant wait to make you proud. all of you."

the crowd cheered louder and louder, her closest friends squealing.

"do you mind if i use the restroom?" poppy asked her dad, feeling tears burning her eyes. she didn't know what they were from. sadness? happiness? being overwhelmed? no, none of those.

"are you alright, sweetie?" the former king asked her, placing his hand on her cheek. "you look..pale."

"i think i might've ate something rotten," she fibbed, before taking off as fast as she could. she knew she had to make it to her pod quickly, before her tears that were filling her eyes came streaming down and she caused a scene.

arriving at her pod, poppy closed the door as fast as she could and sighed. turning around, she jumped at the sight of a familiar bright blue troll.

"branch?"

she noticed the yellow flowers he was holding and the suit he was wearing. his tie was also yellow, the flowers and his tie both matching the exact same color as poppy's dress.

"hi poppy," branch said softly, looking down at her. "you look beautiful."

"and you look very handsome," she replied, admiring how good he looked in a suit. snapping out of it, she shook her head. "um, what are you doing here?"

"i wanted to apologize. i jumped to conclusion too soon and i should've given you the chance to explain yourself. the truth is, i've never had a true friend before, so this is all new to me, and sometimes i don't know how to handle-"

before he could finish explaining himself, poppy dropped the wristlet she had been holding, grabbed his face and kissed him.