Hey there! This is my first story on this place, hope you enjoy it! This'll be a fanfiction about DreamWorks Animation's movie Trolls, my current obsession as of right now. Don't worry, I'm obsessed with a lot of other things.

This is my first attempt at writing a story, so I hope you enjoy it!

This is a series of one-shots with different pairings. Many pairing will be included here.

We're starting off with Poppy and Branch because if we don't, the world is going to end.

I'm a loser at this kind of stuff. Reviews and criticism are appreciated. You can say it's stupid, it really is.

I haven't actually watched the movie, but I know what's going on, really.

Let's get to the story, I've had you waiting for too long.

Disclaimer: I do not own Trolls. It belongs to DreamWorks Animation. If I did, I'd make everything happen.

Chapter (I): Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

"H-happy birthday, Mr. Branch!"

"How did you know it was my birthday?"

"W-w-well, I heard it from Mr. Creek, so-"

"Creek?"

"Y-yeah, Mr. Creek told me tha-"

"Look, buddy, if there's anything I know about Creek, it's that he's a good for nothing piece o' trash. All he tells is lies that nobody should ever believe. J-just leave me alone before I hurt anybody."

The child just stood there in silence.

"Please, Mr. Branch, even if it isn't your birthday, can you accept this gif-"

"Just leave me alone!"

"Please, just onc-"

The grey troll was fed up.

"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT, YOU SON OF A BERGEN!"

The child stood there, stunned at what Branch had just said. He burst into tears, running down the hill and into his mother's arms.

Branch could even hear the child complaining.

"Mommy! That Mr. Branch just shouted at me!"

"Come on, sweetie. Let's avoid Mr. Branch. He's a really bad person. Let's go get some cupcakes."

"Alright, mommy."

Branch was stunned for a moment, trying to process what he had just done. When the child and parent were finally out of sight, he started bursting into tears, realising his wrongdoings.

Ever since his grandmother was gone, his life was turned upside down. He wasn't able to control his actions or emotions at all. He was just like a hollow shell, rotten inside.

He never had any friends.

He never will have any friends.

He will be alone for the rest of his life.

"Branch?"

See, those trolls are coming for revenge.

"Braaanch~"

Can they just go awa-

"BRANCH!"

The blue troll jolted out of his bed. It was just a dream, but it haunted him forever. He looked around to see a very energetic Poppy looking at him.

"Poppy, what's going on?"

"Don't you remember what today is?"

"Wednesday?"

"No, silly! Here, open this," she said as she handed him a card of some sort.

"Thanks, I guess." He opened up the card, some trolls jumping up out of it, followed by some glitter washed up in his face and a voice that sung "Happy Birthday, Branch!"

He sighed. He just had a dream, err, nightmare about it, and he's forgotten it already? What are you doing, Branch?

"Oh, u-umm, thanks, Poppy!"

"Do you LOVE it?"

"Yeah..."

"Do you LOVE-LOVE it?"

"Yes..."

"Do you LOVE-LOVE-LOOOVE it?"

"Yes. Yes I do."

"Do you LOVE-LOVE-LO-"

"Enough, Poppy. Yes."

"Great! Wanna throw a party tonight?"

"P-party?" Poppy just threw a party yesterday and it was to celebrate DJ Suki's new album! Now, it makes a bit more sense, but still! The Queen was a bit crazy-

"What did you say?"

"N-nothing! Nothing at all!"

"So, you wanna throw the party, or nah?"

"S – sure, I mean, why not?"

"Yeah! You're the best, Branch!"

"Queen Poppy!"

"Coming!"

With that, she jumped out of Branch's pod.

Branch chuckled. He wasn't really used to living in a pod up in a tree. He's been doing it for two months now, but the fear of a pod falling to the ground or some animal destroying the whole pod was still there. He's been living in his survival bunker for 20 years, and hasn't actually talked to anyone in a long, long time. Now that he's up here, living with a society, he feels a bit more comfortable, but still insecure nonetheless.

He leaped out of bed, took a shower, got dressed, ate his breakfast (Oh, the eggs were so tasty!), and walked out of his pod to start a brand new day.

It was a pretty average day for everybody. The only real difference was that Branch was receiving gifts from a lot of trolls. He helped trolls move their belongings from the old village to the new one, keeping an eye on any creepy crawlies or potential predators that might be in the way. Heck, there was so much stuff to move, they even had to lend a few wheelbarrows from the Bergens! Luckily, King Gristle was a nice guy, unlike his father. He was wicked.

Branch also had to plan for the future and development of the Troll Tree or Village. He had to plan where emergency routes would be, which places had to be avoided to avoid certain death, and which places that had to be blocked for further construction.

Poppy, being the Queen of the trolls, was, once again, overflowed with work, work and more work. It was pretty natural, being a Queen that has the responsibility of taking care of her people, err, trolls rather. She didn't really have any problem with it, though. She took it as a small game rather than an important job, while still being serious with her work at the same time.

When Branch got home in the evening, he was exhausted. Sweat was dripping from every corner of his body, he was literally panting and could barely even stand up. He fell into his armchair to rest for a while when he noticed a letter on his coffee table. He picked it up and read it. It said

"Dear Branch,

Meet me at my pod ASAP. I have something important to talk about.

-Suki"

As soon as he finished reading the letter, he dashed out of his pod, getting to Suki's pod as fast as he could. When he reached it, the entrance appeared to be covered with a curtain of some sort. He burst through it, expecting to see Suki waiting for him, but he was greeted by something else.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRANCH!"

He jumped into a corner of the pod, surprised by this.

"You wrote a letter just to lure me here?"

"Technically, yeah."

"Do you know how busy I was? I spent the whole day working my head off, and now you trick me just to come to a stupid, worthless party? Huh? Huh!?"

"Geez, calm down, Branch. We're sorry."

"Fine, then."

He took a look around Suki's pod. There were balloons all over the place, in different shapes and sizes, a banner that said: "Happy Birthday, Branch!" in a variety of colors, a small table next to Suki's musical instruments and a gigantic karaoke machine.

Wait, karaoke?

"So, what do you want to do first, birthday boy?"

"Ooh! Ooh! I know! Karaoke! Karaoke!"

Guy Diamond started programming the machine, preparing for the karaoke session.

Satin and Chenille started with Justin Bieber's "Sorry", followed by Smidge and Biggie performing Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract", Suki and Guy Diamond with The Chainsmokers' Closer (ft. Halsey) and Cooper and Fuzzbert performing Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk (ft. Bruno Mars).

Branch and Poppy were the only ones left that haven't sung. Poppy typed a special "song" into the karaoke machine, deciding to sing along with the instrumental. It was a small verse from one of her favourite songs, so it wouldn't be too long. When she was done, she took the microphone and began singing.

The music starting playing. (*)

"Summer in the hills

Those hazy days I do remember"

Branch listened to her voice. It was beautiful, angelic, maybe even the best thing he's ever heard in his life.

Snap out of it, Branch.

"We were running still

Had the whole world at our feet"

Branch had the urge to sing along, but he decided to keep his mouth shut for just a while.

"Watching seasons change

Our roads were lined with adventure"

Hold it in, Branch, hold it in. Her voice was too beautiful, too beautiful, too...

"Mountains in the way

Couldn't keep up from the sea"

Branch couldn't resist anymore. He had to sing along! He stood up and opened his mouth before his voice followed the Troll Queen's.

"Here we stand open arms

This is home where we are

Ever strong in the world that we made

I still hear you in the breeze

See your shadows in the trees

Holding on, memories never change~"

Branch opened his eyes and his gaze met hers. They were standing right next to each other, the sound of music still playing (Nobody bothered to turn it off, for this was a special moment!). Branch crashed his lips against hers, moving in for a tender and passionate kiss. It felt so good, being able to do this action again since 20 years ago. He remembered the last kiss he gave his grandmother before that Bergen ate her, it was as full of sweet, sweet love as this one.

Nothing could ever ruin this moment.

Ever.

"I'm not sure about you guys, but I'm starvin'. Can we eat the cake now?"

Except that.

Branch thought it was pretty rude of Cooper to cut them off like that, but soon enough, his stomach started rumbling too. He hasn't eaten anything since breakfast, and it's been a good, long 11 hours.

They decided to get a chocolate cake for Branch, even though he knew chocolate isn't the best for your health, but neither is cake. After feasting on it, it was about 8 o' clock, and everyone had to go back home to their own pods.

"Bye, you guys!"

"See you tomorrow!"

After a whole ton of farewells, Branch decided to talk to Poppy for a while.

"Hey, umm, Poppy?"

"Yeah, Branch?"

"I'm sorry for how I acted when I arrived at Suki's pod. I wasn't really in the mood for fun and games at the time, and I kind of... overrated because I was really stressed out at work today... a-and I just.. I don't know how to say this..."

"It's okay, Branch. I understand how you feel. When I started my first day of work as Queen, I was as stressed out as you. However, I remembered all the fun and games I had with you guys, and I just... y'know, kept happy thoughts in my head. A wise troll once told me that nothing in life should be taken too seriously, because life is short. We have to live life to the fullest, because we never know what might happen. Let me tell you this. Every cloud has a silver lining. Everything bad will eventually lead to something good. After the rain is the sun, yes? Now, look. You may have wasted all of your energy on helping to development the village, and you came back tired, with no energy. But in the future, the village will become a great and wonderful land for trolls to live in. Got it, Branch?"

The blue troll was about to burst into tears. He never knew that who's helping him right now is the girl he hated the most, formerly, at least. He was speechless right now.

"G-g-got it, Poppy. I think you should get back home now. It's getting late."

"I will. Good bye, Branch! I love you!"

And with that, she hopped off.

"Bye, Popp-"

It took a second for him to process what she had just said.

"I love you."

When he got back home, he took a shower, got dressed in his pyjamas and drifted off to sleep in his bed. He remembered what Poppy had said to him. She could be annoying at most times, but when you get to really talk to her, she's a great... counsellor, he thinks it's called? No matter, he had a great, yet bad at the same time, 24th birthday.

And now, he had someone to love.

"Hey, umm, kid?"

"Hey there, Mr. Branch!"

"Umm, I wanted to apologise for what I did to you back then. I didn't know what I was thinking. I acted without thinking about the consequences. I... I..."

"it's okay, Mr. Branch. I forgive you. It was scary, but it was fun, am I right?"

The child kept on playing with his friends.

"Poppy was right," he thought.

"Every cloud has a silver lining."

Woo! Finally! I finished the very first chapter of my very first story! Round of applause, everyone!

Alas, this story is very bad, because it's my first, and I downright suck at writing pretty much anything. Hope you enjoyed it though! Reviews and criticism are highly appreciated. I'll keep on writing, and hopefully I'll get better at things!

"Sorry" belongs to Justin Bieber.

"Opposites Attract" belongs to Paula Abdul.

"Closer" belongs to The Chainsmokers (ft. Halsey)

"Uptown Funk" belongs to Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars)

"Monody" belongs to TheFatRat (feat. Laura Brehm)

(*): This isn't exactly a song, it's more of a theme, really. You can find it on Newgrounds and YouTube, so yeah.

See you all!

-Ellohell