Branch X Reader

Jazz Troll Encounter

You rose from the river and swam to the shore with the others. Once you make it to shore, you laid down on the ground. Poppy and Branch do the same. You looked over to see Biggie doing CPR to Mr. Dinkles, because he wasn't waking up. After a while, Mr. Dinkles spits out water. "Oh, Mr. Dinkles, you're alive. For a minute there, I thought you'd kicked the bucket." Biggie said. You looked up to the sky sighing. "I'm really glad you came with us." Poppy said. "Me too." Branch said. Hickory walked over. "There ya are." Hickory said as he helped you up. "I think we lost them. We should be alright." He said.

"Thanks. I don't know how we could ever repay you. Oh, wait, yes I do! Gumdrops!" You said as you held gumdrops. "Gum what? Oh, thank you." Hickory said as he grabbed the gumdrops and ate one. "Whew. That's got a zing, don't it?" He said. Branch grabbed the gumdrops. "It's not candy time. It's question time." He said. Then the flower bracelets glow. "Hug Time!" Poppy and Biggie said as you are pulled in a group hug. Then you break free from the hug. "Why are you helping us?" Branch asked. Then his bracelet went off again, but he slapped it, and it went off. "What's in it for you?" Branch asked. "Hey! Branch! I'm sorry about our... associate." You said. You and Poppy started walking along the river with you and Hickory in the front. "I loved your guy's message about music bringing Trolls together. They may be pop, and I may be country, but Trolls is Trolls." Hickory said. "Trolls is Trolls. Wow. Deep."  Branch said.

You and Poppy glared at him. "This is a beginning of a partnership between Trolls that's going to save all Trolls." You said. "You're darn skippy." Hickory said. You chuckled nervously and waved your hand. Branch growled in jealousy as he watched you talk to Hickory. Poppy then pulled out her map. "Okay. We need to get to the Funk Trolls before Barb." She said. "Well, quickest way is down that river. I'll build us a raft." Hickory said before trotting off. "This ought to be good. Guy probably doesn't know the first thing about building a ra-" Branch said. Not too long after, Hickory is done building the raft. It has two floors. The bottom floor has an area to hang out while the top floor is where the steering wheel is. "Cappuccino, anyone?" Hickory asked. "Cappuccino? Cappucci-yes." You said. Biggie and Poppy run toward the raft with amazement. Branch had his jaw dropped in surprise. Branch sighed. "I do want one. But I am not happy about it." Branch said as he walked towards the raft.

Time Skip

You, Poppy, Branch, Biggie, and Hickory are sitting by a fire in the front of the raft. "I can make a cortado, a macchiato, latte." Hickory said. "Oh. It is a nice night, isn't it? Mr. Dinkles loves a full moon." Biggie said. "Let's get our grub on. Food's ready." Hickory said. "Well, I'll bring more kindlin'." Poppy said in a fake southern accent. "Girls, maybe it's just me, but are you getting a weird vibe from Hickory?" Branch asked.  "What? No. Why? Are you?" You asked. "I just... I don't know. I don't trust him." Branch said. "Well, yeah, but you don't trust anybody, Branch." Poppy said.

"Hey, I just want us to be safe. And you know what's not safe? Putting too much trust into a complete stranger." Branch said. "Oh, I see. It's not Hickory you don't trust. It's us. Do you not think we're a good queen or princess?" You asked.  "Wait, what? I didn't say that." Branch said. "I thought we were friends, Branch. I'm starting to think you don't even know what that means." Poppy said. "We are friends. And sometimes that means speaking up if I think you're making a mistake." Branch said. "Do you hear something?" You asked. Suddenly a smooth jazz troll comes out playing on a flute.

"Look at that guy's... chest hair." Poppy said. "Y/N, I can't feel my face." Branch said.  "It's... it's like. I'm being paralyzed by its smoothness." You said. Suddenly all of you started daydreaming. A phone appeared from the sand. You picked it up.  "Hello? You asked. "Hello. It's me." Branch said as he sat beside you.  "Look! Narwhals." Branch said. The three of you look at the ocean to see narwhals jump out.  "Totally nar-nar." You said. Then you and Branch began to eat sushi. "Y/N, how'd you like the sushi?" Branch asked. Suddenly all of you snapped out of it and came back to reality. You groaned. "Got you, Pop babies." The jazz troll said.

Soon, Barb is gonna have your string, and the world will be rid of cheesy, pointless pop music, once and for all." The jazz troll said. "Hold it right there, Chaz." Hickory said. "And who are you supposed to be, cowboy pants?" The jazz troll asked. You all gasped. "My name's Hickory, and I don't much care for smooth jazz." Hickory said. You all gasped as you looked at Chaz. "Oh, yeah? Well, you've just never had the Chaz experience." The jazz troll then began to play music again. Once Chaz was behind him, he turned around and kicked him in the chest. This sends him flying, and he falls off the raft. He took the gumdrops out of his ears. "Gumdrops. soundproof and delicious." Hickory said as he ate them.

"Smooth jazz will be heard again! Smooth jazz will never die!" Chaz said as he sunk into the water. "Who was that guy?" Poppy asked. "One of the many bounty hunters out there looking for you and Y/N." Hickory said. "That was awful. So smooth and easy and awful." Biggie said. "I know, big buddy. It's enough to put you off jazz altogether." Hickory said. "Alright, that's it! We need to go home." Biggie said. "Biggie, it'll be okay." You said. "Stop saying that, and listen to me. You and Poppy only hear what you want to hear, and it puts us all in danger. How are you supposed to save the world if you can't even keep us safe? You made a pinky promise to me, Queen Poppy. And you broke it." Biggie said. It was silent for a little bit. Biggie walked over to the edge of the raft. He dropped Mr. Dinkles into the water and stood on top of him. Mr. DInkles started to blow into the water, and they began to float away. "What kind of queen breaks a pinky promise?!" Biggie asked angrily. "Biggie. No." Poppy said sadly.