(I have to admit one of my favourite moments in this film is when they are 'rescuing' Creek and Branch is the one Poppy calls out to grab hold of her hair rather than any of the others. This chapter is inspired by that moment.)

Chapter four:

"Creek!" Poppy said with absolute shock, she really couldn't believe that the purple troll was standing right in front of her.

The purple troll stepped completely out of the shadows, he was smiling but it was an extremely sinister smile. Quickly the snack pack, dropped the packs they had been carrying and then formed up protectively around their Queen. Creek laughed mirthlessly at them. "Do you really think you can stop me taking Poppy? I know how each one of you fights this will be too easy for me." When he finished, speaking Creek instantly went on the attack.

Poppy was shoved by Suki towards the a nearby tree. "Go! Get up in the tree out of the way."

The Queen didn't want to go but the pink troll knew that her friends wanted to keep her safe and that if she stayed down here then they would be distracted by their concern for her. Poppy shot out her pink hair and used it to move her way up into the tree. Eventually the Queen found herself a good place in its branches to hide from Creek a spot from which she could still see the battle raging down below. Wanting to see what was going on Poppy peeked through the leaves, she watched her friends fighting with Creek. They fort hard to defend their friend but because as the purple troll knew the way they fort he one by one took them out leaving her friends groaning or unconscious on the ground around him. With them out of his way Creek then made his way up into the tree, he called out in a very creepy way as he searched the tree for his target. "Come out Poppy you can't escape me. You will be mine!"

The pink troll shivered, Poppy wrapped her arms round herself Creek sounded so scary right now. The Queen heard the leaves near her rustle and the head of the purple troll came through the leaves and yelled at her. "Boo!"

Poppy screamed loudly, she instantly came to her feet and backed away from Creek quickly. The orange troll came after her, grinning evilly as he did so. "Give up you will be mine!"

The Queen shook her head, as she stepped back yet again Poppy heard the thin tree limb she was standing on give out a loud crack. Then all at once the pink troll found herself falling through the air, Poppy shot her hair forward and cried out loudly without really thinking about it just as she had once before. "BRANCH!"

Poppy's pink eyes shot open as she felt hair curled round her own, it was jet black so she knew this was not Creeks hair and relief filled the Queen. Poppy didn't fight as this dark hair pulled her up into the tree past a wide eyed Creek, the pink troll knew without question that she was safe. The Queen was unsurprised to find that at the end of that black hair was Bellious, the King carefully brought her into his arms and then looked down at Poppy concern was clear in his blue eyes as he asked her. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, I am thanks to you."

With a nod the King put the other troll down onto her feet and the grey troll gestured the six guards forward. "Stay here with my guards. I'll deal with Creek."

Poppy went to object to this command from the King but one look from Bellious stopped her, the grey troll was clearly furious about what had happened. The pink troll she could tell that nothing anyone said was going to stop him doing whatever he deemed right at this moment in time. "I'll stay here with your guards. Please be careful King Bellious."

"I will be." The King said to her reassuringly, quickly he undid the swords belt, the King shed his dark robe leaving him in just his trouser and then placed the sword back on. With all of this done Bellious used his dark hair to swing down to were Creek was in the tree.

As he landed before the purple troll, Creek glared at him, anger was clearly radiating from him as he asked demandingly of the King. "Who are you?"

The grey troll answered this question with complete calm. "I am Bellious the King of the grey trolls."

"The King of the grey trolls, huh you are nothing to me! Poppy is mine, I will not let you stop me from making her mine! I will not let anyone stop me!" As he said this Creek quickly shot his hair out toward the King.

The grey troll easily dodged the attack, so the purple troll made another and then another. From where she was watching Poppy had to admit she was impressed by Bellious, he dodged each of Creeks attack with an ease which spoke of a lot of training, the King even shot back a few of his own attacks which had hit the other troll well. After a while the purple troll's attacks started to became sloppier as he became more tired, he was tiring easily because Creek had been fighting longer than the King had been. The purple troll was now covered in bright red marks and cuts from the attacks which the grey troll had landed on him. Eventually Bellious tripped Creek over with his hair and then once he was down on the ground the grey troll very quickly and thoroughly pinned the other troll down with his hair. Creek struggled against his hold but soon discovered that Bellious was much stronger then him and the purple troll glared up at the King defiantly. "You cannot defeat me! I got rid of Branch and I will get rid of you too! I am the only one who deserves Poppy no one else!"

When the King spoke to Creek his voice was low and deadly. "You did not get rid of Branch, you cannot destroy true love so easily."

The purple troll sneered up at the grey troll and said. "True love, ha there is no such thing."

"I am not going to waste my time arguing with a troll like you." Bellious slowly drew out the sword as he did this it edged itself in a blue magical glow. The eyes of the purple troll widened at the sight of the blade in the Bellious's hands, the King moved it in a swift motion cutting all of Creeks hair off with one ruthless sweep. This action caused the purple troll to scream with furry and fear. Bellious didn't even flinch as the purple troll screamed however the King was not finished with the other troll, the grey troll leant over Creek he placed two fingers of his right hand to the centre of the purple troll's forehead and as he did so the grey King started to glow blue. "I curse you Creek, you shall wander, your hair will not grow back and you shall find no way to Poppy, her home, Branch, myself or my home until you see the all of the wrongs which you have done."

The purple troll writhed in desperation wanting to escape this curse which the King was placing on him, but as the magic of Bellious settled on him Creek found that he not fight it and he could only watch as the blue magic was absorbed into his body. The King withdrew his hair from Creek, the purple troll stood, he tried to go towards Bellious but he could not move forwards instead the magic of the grey troll removed him forcefully from the area and pulled Creek off into the forest. Once the King was sure that the purple troll was gone and would remain so, Bellious turned his attention up towards the tree and addressed the others up in the tree. "It is safe to come down now Creek can't come any were near us."

Poppy together with the six guards came down from the tree, now that the danger was passed the Queen found herself unable to stop herself from staring at the top naked King and the pink troll wanted desperately to touch him. One of the grey troll's body guards walked over to Bellious, he handed his robe over to the King, who once more removed his sword before he pulled it on and fastened it up before placing the sword back on. As his body was hidden from her view once more Poppy had to fight back the urge to groan with disappointment.

Bellious turned to his body guards and addressed them and gesturing to the trolls as he did so. "Delios you will take care of Suki. Medion Biggie and Fuzbert will be in your care as they are not as badly hurt as some of the others. Feli Satin and Chenielle do not like to be separated so you will need to care for both of them. Lores you will take care of Cooper and Tilen Smidge will be yours to take care of." The guards all bowed to their King before setting to the work he had given them. With this done Bellious turned to the pink troll and then addressed her. "I know I have asked you this once already but are you alright?"

"I'm a little shaken but other than that I'm fine."

"It's understandable that you are shaken by your experience but I'm glad to hear that Creek didn't manage to get to hurt you."

Poppy and Bellious helped his six body guards to get the hurt members of the snack pack settled and their injuries treated. It was at this time that the pink troll discovered that Bellious and his body guards all had basic field knowledge of how to deal with wounds. When the night came in, one of the guards set up a fire, the other five guards and the King set up several grey coloured tents round the fire. It was Bellious much to Poppy's surprise who cooked their meal that night. When the morning came the grey trolls and the Queen settled together by the smouldering fire and the King addressed her. "We can help bring your friends back to your home using our magic."

Poppy gave the King a grateful smile. "Thank you."

After they had eaten some breakfast, the six body guards of the King used their magic to carefully levitate the hurt member of the snack pack and then set off with the Queen back to her home. When they arrived there, they were met by a flood of bright trolls which caused the seven grey trolls to all freeze. Noticing these grey trolls behind their Queen with the floating members of the snack pack embraced in their magic the colourful trolls looked to her with confusion. Poppy smiled round at her people and then addressed them. "This is King Bellious of the grey trolls, he and his guards saved us from an attack by Creek…We owe him a great debit. I will show the King and his men to the healers pods so that my friends can be seen to and then we shall go to the royal pod."

Once she had said this the colourful trolls moved out of her way so that the Queen could take them to the healer's pod. When they arrived at the green and white pod the grey trolls carefully handed the injured members of the snack pack into the hands of the healers there. They then followed Poppy to the royal pod, as they entered Peppy quickly stood from his chair, he walked across the room and hugged his daughter. "I heard about the attack are you alright?"

"I'm fine dad. King Bellious was the one to save me from Creek." As she said this Poppy gestured towards the grey troll she was talking about.

The old King released his daughter from the hug, he turned to look at Bellious and gave him a grateful smile. "Thank you for rescuing my daughter King Bellious."

Bellious gave him a slight bow of the head. "You are most welcome. I have cursed Creek, so he will be of no more concern because if he breaks the curse then Creek will have to have mended his ways. I highly doubt that he will manage that in a short space of time."

Peppy gave him a nod and then spoke to him. "I understand. You have done so much to help us, is there nothing we can do for you in return?"

The King shook his head. "I need nothing for helping your daughter. However, as it is growing late may I and my men sleep here for the night?"

"Of cause." Peppy and Poppy said together and then they both laughed.

The old King led the guards to a side room so they could get some rest, Poppy took Bellious to a room of his own and came inside with him. "Thank you for everything Bellious…I wouldn't be here without you."

"I am glad I could help you."

"In the morning, would you have time before you start out to go back to the silver tree for me to show you my home. I know yours so well now…I would like you to know mine too."

"I would like that." The King said in honesty.

Poppy smiled at him grateful that Bellious had said yes to her request, she already had plans in mind for tomorrow that involved more than showing the King her home. Tomorrow no matter what Poppy was determined to sing Branches and her song to the grey troll. With her mind full of plans for the next day the Queen quickly left the guest room so that the other troll could get some sleep. Poppy entered her room, she sat down on the edge of her bed and let her thoughts go back to the battle three points of it stood out to her. The first was point was when she had called for Branch and Bellious had saved her from falling. The second was when she had finally seen the magic of the grey troll King, it was blue but not just any shade of blue it was exactly the same shade of blue as Branch's body. The third point where the words the King had said to Creek, those words rang in her head over and over again. "You did not get rid of Branch, you cannot destroy true love so easily." With these words still going around in her head Poppy went to bed.

The next morning the pink troll bounced out of bed, she was full of energy and determination today was going to be the day when she found out for sure if Bellious was Branch. The Queen made her way into the dining room, she found her father was already there, the pink troll smiled at him softly and the older troll passed her breakfast. "Thank you dad. Do you know if our guests are awake yet?"

"No, not yet."

It was a few moments later when Bellious with his guards close behind him entered the room. "Good morning to you both." The King said in greeting.

"Good morning." Both Poppy and Peppy chorused together.

Once the grey trolls had finished eating their breakfast, the pink troll gave Bellious's guards her best smile and then said. "If you gentlemen don't mind, I'm going to take your King on the tour of the troll tree I promised him."

These six grey trolls turned their gazes to Bellious who gave a single nod and stood. "I will be safe with Queen Poppy."

None of them voiced any disagreement, they simply sat and watched their King leave with the Queen of the colourful trolls. Once Peppy was sure that the two younger trolls where out of earshot he turned to the guards and said to them in a conversational but deadly tone. "Someone had better explain to me why my daughter doesn't know Bellious means Branch…"

Side by side the two royal trolls started the tour of the troll tree, many of the colourful trolls greeted them or stopped to talk to Poppy whilst eyeing the King of the grey trolls with clear interest. After a few of these encounters the Queen started to giggle, the blue eyes of the King slid in her direction and despite knowing the answer to the question already he asked. "What has you so amused?"

"The way all of the other trolls look at you, it's like you are a cross between the rarest thing they have ever seen and the strangest and they can't decide exactly which you are."

Bellious laughed he didn't even notice as the Queen started to walked with him away from the other trolls. Once the pink troll was sure that they were somewhere in the troll tree completely on their own she took one of the Kings hands into hers, Poppy brought him to a halt next to her, she looked up into the blue mask ringed eyes which were wide with surprise and said to him softly. "Please…You are Branch aren't you?"

The King of the grey trolls looked down at Poppies hand holding onto his tightly and then back up into the intense pink eyes of the Queen of the colourful trolls. "Please let go of me."

"No I won't let go. I told you before I will never let go." Poppy said with a shake of her head, the pink troll reached out with her free hand, she ran her fingers round the edge of the silver mask and watched as his blue eyes widened even further than before. "Branch…my love it is you under there isn't it?"

"I am no one's love Queen Poppy." The King said to her his voice was so very sad and as he spoke to the other troll the King tried to tug his hand out of the pink trolls, but she just determinedly tightened her hold on Bellious's hand.

"You can either admit I am right or I will take this mask off of you." As Poppy made this promise come threat she let go of the Kings hand and then quickly backed the grey troll into the trunk of the troll tree.

As Bellious's back came into contact with the tree he let out a surprised gasp and his eyes widened once more as the King became suddenly quite aware of the fact that he could not escape Poppy this time. The Queen drew Bellious's attention back to her as she gently lay one hand on his chest to prevent him moving and then used the fingers of her free hand to trace right round the edge of his silver mask for a second time. "Branch you know I am sorry and that I love you with all of my heart, so why do you feel you need to continue to hide from me? I really am so sorry about what happened. What can I say or do to prove to you I am sorry? Do I need to get on my knees and beg you? Because I will if I have to. Please Branch come out from under that mask and come back to me my love." The King of the grey trolls closed his eyes for a few moments and let out a deep sigh, but before he could say anything though Poppy spoke to the grey troll again. "I know that you truly love me so please Branch don't let Creek win like this, he wanted to come between us and by hiding away from me like this that is what you are doing. Do you really want Creek to win?"

Ever so slowly Bellious relaxed against the trunk of the tree the grey troll knew that she was right he shouldn't give Creek this power over their relationship especially as theirs was one formed of true love. As Poppy felt him relax she knew that at last she had managed to get through to the King, so she took hold of her courage and began to sing their song to him. After a few moments Bellious began to sing with her, the pink troll smiled at him widely as their voices joined in perfect harmony just as she had known they would. The smile on the face of the Queen grew as Bellious began to glow with a blue light as he became more involved in the song. As their song came to an end Poppy slowly took hold of the edge of the silver mask. "May I take this off now?"

"Yes, you can." The King said to her his voice was incredibly soft as he spoke.

Carefully the Queen of the colourful trolls removed the silver mask from the face of the King, once it was off of him she smiled widely at him and let it drop to the floor. "Branch." She said softly, but before he could say a word to her in response to this Poppy's lips where on his and the two of them where kissing. Branch let out low a moan, he threaded the fingers of his right hand into the Queens pink hair and wrapped his left arm round her waist. The pink troll responded by deepening the kiss, she placed her own arms round Branch holding him close to her enjoying the feeling of holding him close to her. Eventually the two trolls surfaced for air, Poppy hid her head in the chest of the King grey trolls and held on tightly to the back of his robes. Branch gently held her to him, he softly stroked the back of her head, the grey troll didn't say anything to her instead the King just let Poppy hold him. After a while the Queen looked up into those blue eyes and asked softly. "Do you forgive me?"

"Yes, of cause I forgive you Poppy I love you with all of my heart." Branch told Poppy very seriously.

As he spoke her name for the first time in a long time, the Queen closed her eyes for a brief moment and let the love she could hear in it wash over her and start to heal the wound of losing Branch had caused her. The Queen opened her eyes to see that Branch was still glowing blue and she watched with a smile on her face as his black hair streaked with sapphire however his skin remained grey. "Will you marry me Branch?" Poppy asked him this question with her heart in her eyes.

"Yes, Poppy I will marry you." Grinning like a fool the Queen hugged the King who laughed, hearing him laughing made Poppy feel so happy.

The pink troll released Branch from the embrace, she took his hand into hers before pulling the King towards the central area before the tree. As the colourful trolls noticed the couple coming they all started to gather in that space and once Poppy was sure that everyone was present she addressed her people. "King Branch has agreed to marry me."

These words from the Queen where met with resounding cheers from the colourful trolls, the snack pack made their way down to Poppy each of them congratulating her and then Branch. The wedding took a long time to organise, far too long in the opinions of the two trolls being married. They understood however that they were two royals getting married so it could not be rushed, also there had been a lot of talk about how the two kingdoms would be run when they were so far apart. This problem had been solved by the Bergans who had helped set up a troll railway between the two trees cutting the trip down to hours rather than weeks.

Poppy was glad that due to the railway that Branch and herself didn't have to spend weeks apart they could instead be together. His people had taken to her well and the grey trolls were in their own restrained way looking forward to having her as their Queen. When Branch had eventually told Poppy that Bellious meant Branch in the language of the grey trolls she had not been able to stop herself erupting into laughter. The pink troll had noticed that over time with all the visiting back and forth of Branch and his body guards to the troll tree that Suki and Delios were falling in love and the pink troll enjoyed watching as the romantic relationship between the two trolls grow day by day. Poppy was glad that her friend had found such a wonderful troll to fall in love with and when they had made their relationship official she had been the first one along with Branch to congratulate them.

When months later the day of the wedding finally dawned Poppy was so happy she was sure that she had to be grinning from ear to ear. Her wedding gown was white as tradition dictated, it was decorated with lace flowers centred with shimmering gems. Her pink hair was woven with white flowers, her bouquet was of blue and white flowers. Her bridesmaids where all wearing dressed in the same shade of blue which the Queen usually wore. Poppy could hardly wait to see Branch in another one of those wonderful formal robes of his, the pink troll was more than happy to admit she loved those robes on him and she looked forward to stripping Branch of it tonight. The young Queen was truly looking forward to having the one she loved as her husband and King at long last.

Eventually the time came and with her father by her side Poppy made her way down to the base of the troll tree, all the peoples of both trees stood there waiting for her and even the Bergens were in attendance. Poppy could not wipe the grin off of her face when she spotted Branch, he was magnificent as always dressed today in white robes decorated at the base with interlacing flowing swirling designs in black and silver. Soon Poppy was at Branches side and the ceremony began, it seemed like only moments later to the pink troll that she was saying as she put a gold ring onto the middle finger of Branches left hand. "I Poppy Queen of the colourful trolls do take you Branch King of the grey trolls as my husband and King from this day forth. I shall love you, in sickness, in health and I shall stay with you until death and beyond."

Then it was Branches turn to slid his gold ring onto the finger of the pink troll. "I Branch King of the grey trolls do take you Poppy Queen of the colourful trolls as my wife and Queen from this day forth. I shall love you in sickness, in health and I shall stay with you until death and beyond."

The old troll marrying them smiled down at the clearly in love couple standing before him and said. "I now declare you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride."

Smiling widely Branch took Poppy into his arms and kissed her, the Queen kissed back happy to be married to the one she loved at last. Slowly the couple broke the kiss, their gazes met they smiled and then hand in hand they walked back amongst all those present at the wedding who all started to cheer. A few short moments later the party to celebrate their wedding started and if anyone noticed the newly married couple sneaking away to their pod on the troll tree than no one said anything.