"I will help you..." I repeat as I look away from Poppy and Branch, with a slight blush on my cheeks.
"Eeeeeek thank you! thank you! thank you!!!!" Poppy yells and brings me into hells void...a hug.
"BUT NO HUGS PRINCESS OR ELSE!!" I growl as loud as I can, and she lets loose a nervous laugh and an awkward smile before shuffling backwards.
"So uhhh please explain..." Branch says still completely shocked at my willingness to help.
I shrug at him," if we can stop one more person from being eaten..." I think of my words carefully and sigh .
"No one deserves to lose anyone ..right" I sadly chuckle and he looks down at the ground.
"Hmph...fine whatever get eaten for all I care" he says and I close my eyes knowing full well that was coming.
"Whatever..." I make my way to the elevator as Poppy skips to catch up.
"Uhhh don't we need his help..." she whispers to me and I give her a little smirk.
"I've got a plan...but your doing the dirty work" I say and she nods, before we make our way to the top and I explain my plan to her. Then, once we reach the beginning of the bunker I hop off and hide behind something so I am not seen by the other trolls, and give poppy a thumbs up.
"Ok everyone come on..." Poppu whispers as she ushers the remaining trolls of troll village into the bunker and onto the elevator, before pulling down the lever back to Branch.
I come out of my hiding place, and sigh before taking a slow look around. This place was special, and not just because it was a safe haven from the happy police and Bergen's, but because it held so many memories of me with the one troll in this world who I'd do anything for. I chuckle, yea I know I had fallen for the other grey troll and I couldn't help it, to me he was the one light that could destroy the darkness that seems to follow me. When ever he is around, life becomes a lot more...tolerable and actually sort of...fun. He makes me want to be happy. I walk over to a desk and pull open a drawer, to see pictures of Branch when he was younger, but what surprised me was he also had one picture of me and him chasing each other around a tree.
I chuckle remembering that day. The way the flowers began to fall around us, as summer finally ended bring in a new season of fall and with fall came the cold. It was also Branch's birthday, so that night we put off doing any safety work for once and sat down playing stupid games that he had learned from watching the others. After I won for the 5th time at cards, he figured I was cheating and got really angry before chasing me around.
"Actually who took that picture?" I ask myself then shrug.
It didn't matter, it just makes my heart feel a little warmer to know he keeps a memory of me somewhere, cause I know with my luck I might not be making it much farther in this world. So....it's nice to know I won't be forgotten if anything does happen .
"You would be better off without me though I bet..." I mutter.
Just then Poppy came back up with a huge smile on her face and a suffocating Branch next to her who looked like he just came back from war and I chuckle.
"Soooo how was hug time?" I ask innocently as I tilt my head.
"I-I'm so gonna k-kill you!!" He barely gets out, as he falls on his face to the floor.
"Come on stubborn one we gotta get going" Poppy says dragging him out the door with us.
As she drags him he glances at me, "How dare you sell me out to the devil..." he says faking a heart break motion.
I shrug and smile back at him.
"Sorry sacrifices had to be made, and you just so happened to have been the receiving end of karma" he rolls his eyes.
" let me go now!!!" He nags Poppy before the two of them get into a little feud.
I sigh watching the scene unfold from behind and as I watch I feel my already black heart get a huge tear right down the middle. I really wander why I sometimes stay around...I'm just a burden to him aren't I. He sure does tell me I am, but I always hoped it was a lie. I glance down and pull up the sleeves of my jacket, Branch always nags me about how I always wear a jacket, expectually when it's summer. He's always been like a mother hen in that aspect I guess, but I'm glad he never pressed the issue.
"We are now leaving the village fellow lady and gent." Poppy says jokingly nodding back at me trying to get me to join in the conversation, but I just wasn't up to it.
"Great..." I say and look back down toward the forest floor.
It's not the I hate Poppy its just we are literally complete opposites, she's popular, pretty, out there, and all around...perfect compared to me.
I like the quiet, and I like being invisible just because if I become the center of attention, I instantly feel like the ground beneath me is trying to swallow me up and I collapse down into it. Hoping the darkness of the newly formed abyss takes me with it. If Branch is to regain his happiness it should be with a girl like her...not me I'll only drag him into the ground till both of us can no longer breathe.
" hey...you ok?" Branch asks over his shoulder at me and I instantly shoot my head up putting on a little smile.
"Yep peachy, just ecstatic to go see our predators I hope there will be a huge cake waiting for us!!!" I say sarcastically.
"Really?!" Poppy squeals and I literally almost face palm on the spot.
"Uhhh no...ever heard of sarcasm" I say eyeballing branch.
"Hell he uses it all the time" I accuse.
Poppy gasps.
"We do not use that kinda language, we trolls are ladies and gentlemen" she exclaims and I rolls my eyes.
"Suuuuure" I say thinking back to the times I've watch over the trolls and seen some sleaze ball eyeballing a girls tatas like there freaking candy.
And for the next hour after that I got to hear a huge lecture from Poppy over the fundamentals and important information I need to know regarding my behaviors.
Seriously where is a rope when you need one...
