Separated & Awaited || Trolls FanFiction

Redemption: Chapter 5

Red-eyed Branch was heavily panting for a couple seconds. Then, his eyes faded back to normal and not glowing red anymore. Just now his usual, black eyes.

He looked around and didn't know where he was. When he turned his eyes in front of him. He saw himself, but not him in the same time. This one had bluer skin than his.

When he inspected him closer, he had blood coming out of his mouth. And his eyes was looking like he was about to faint. Or in a simpler way, pale. Then he turned his gaze down at his body, and saw a blade from his hands, right on the blue trolls chest.

The gray troll gasped and released the handle of the blade away from his hands, now backing away. Branch fell down on the ground, with the sword still on his chest.

"What.. What have I done.." he asked himself, his eyes filled with fear and regret. He started shivering, looking around his surroundings. It was completely different, he've never been on a place filled with life. It was grassy and green, unlike his lifeless home with dry and burned surroundings.

Hee turned his eyes on Poppy, who was running close to him. That happened, and his body stopped and his blood go cold. It felt like time stopped.

Poppy fell onto her knees and layed her hand on Branch's wound. "Branch! Branch please don't die on me.." She begged and cried. She grabbed the handle of the sword, and slowly try to pull it out of Branch's chest. This got him a grunt in pain. She whispered a sorry.
"Stay with me, I need you, Branch. We need you.." She cried even more.

"Poppy.." Branch whispered weakly. He coughed out more blood right after. "I-"

"No! Don't say your last goodbyes! You'll stay right here with me!" Poppy cut him off, shaking her head as her tears kept falling out of her eyes. She eventually got the sword out of his chest, making Branch yell and cough weakly in pain.

"I-I'm sorr-y Poppy.." Branch apologied as his started going pale. "I-I can't stay a-any l-lo-onger..." Branch's voice kept breaking. His skin started fading pale like a lifeless troll. "J-Just know that.. Y-You got a b-beautiful voice.." He let out a weak smile and chuckle. He laid his hand on Poppy's cheek.

"Branch, come on.. Please.. Stop joking around.." Poppy cried and held Branch's hand, laying her cheek on it.

Branch slowly and weakly closed his eyes, his hand falling away from Poppy's cheek. He let out his last smile.

"B-Branch..?" Poppy cried as her ears dropped, laying her hand carefully on Branch's injury. "No." her tears started filling up on her cheek. "No, no, no, no, NO, NO!" she repeated as she pulled him into a hug.

He was gone. His skin was pale, he doesn't seem to breath anymore. He wasn't moving an inch either. Basically everything from him is gone.

"I-" gray Branch tried to reach out, but he cut himself off. He knew he would make everything worse for Poppy. Until, he had a sudden realization.
"Poppy." his voiced echoed all the way on his surroundings.

Poppy didn't answer. She kept crying and crying on her Branch. She imagined a faint flashback of her and him messing around. The good old days. But her reality started fading back, where he's dead.

"Poppy.." gray Branch called again, he frowned and his ears dropped. He gave up and eventually continue his sentence, even if she listens or not. "I have something to save him."

This got Poppy's attention. She looked at the black-eyed Branch with a look of hope in her eyes. "R-Really..? How?" she sniffled.

"My dad gave me this," Branch furrowed his eyebrows a bit at the thought of his dad, who started all of this. He slid his hand on his pocket as he walked closer to Poppy and pulled something up. He revealed a pouch bag on his hand.