Disappointed with her argument with Branch, Poppy was left alone with her thoughts and the Pop String. She heard footsteps approaching as she kneeled by the riverside holding the string. Poppy gasps then quickly tucks the string away in her hair. To her surprise, it was Hickory. She was so happy to see Hickory but he was confused when he saw that Poppy was alone. He asked about where Branch and Floyd were. Poppy told him that Branch returned to Pop Village and Floyd went with him. Hickory was a little upset to hear that Floyd left.

"I was so desperate to be a good queen that I stopped listening to anyone but myself. Including my best friend." she said then she pulled out the Pop String from her hair, "And it's all because of this stupid string."

Hickory's expression turned to worry when his eyes laid on the string. He told Poppy to take the string and run. The back legs of Hickory begin moving him backward and jerks Hickory around. He shouted at Poppy to run as he struggled with his 'back legs.' Then two fists make their way through the back of Hickory's pants, causing Poppy to gasp in shock and then scream as Hickory seems to split into two. The second troll turned around, showing that Hickory was never a Country Troll but was two separate trolls. "Nein! What are you doing, Hickory?!" The second troll shouted.

Hickory held back the troll who was named Dickory from charging at Poppy. "What's going on? Hickory?" Poppy asked, looking scared.

Hickory looked up at her with an apologetic look. But Dickory got impatient, he ripped off Hickory's Country outfit to reveal his yodeling outfit underneath then began to yodel in victory. Hickory looks guilty, then removes his country hat to show his wild hair and yodel hat underneath, then vocalizes, singing a high-pitched note. "Wait. You're the Yodelers?" Poppy questioned.

"Yeah. Ya darn skippy, playa-play." Dickory said with pride while Hickory looked down in shame and guilt.

"And you were gonna give our string to Barb?"

"Ding, ding. Give this person a strudel for the correct answer."

Poppy then looked at Dickory, "And you've been in back the whole time?"

Dickory removed his country outfit as well to show his yodeling outfit and hat, then frowned at her words. "Next subject, please."

Poppy looked at Hickory for answers; he spoke in his actual German accent that he did it to save their yodeling. But he loved being a country troll and he only agreed to the bounty if Floyd was spared from Barb's plan. Suddenly, Dickory runs over to Poppy and tries to grab the Pop string from her, but Poppy doesn't let go. Hickory runs between the two and tries to wrestle the string out of Dickory's grasp. They continued to wrestle over the string when Poppy was suddenly grabbed by two Hard Rock trolls, causing her to release the string and letting Dickory have it who smiled in triumph.

Poppy looked up to see Queen Barb who took the string from Dickory. "The final notes of Pop. It will never invade anyone's brain again." Barb said.

"I'm not gonna let you do this!" Poppy shouted.

At Poppy's shout, Barb turns slowly around to analyze Poppy and scoffs, "This is who I've been worried about? This little pipsqueak?"

"I'll never stop fighting until I make things right. And I'm not a pipsqueak!"

"Uh, yeah, you are, 'cause I'm, like, a whole centimeter taller than you."

Poppy tries to escape the hold of the two Rock Trolls who still have her by the arms and kicks out to hit Barb who backs off. Barb smirked then held out the burnt invite that Poppy sent and smugly said that she was the one who wanted to be friends. Poppy continued to fight against the two hard rock trolls which almost impressed Barb. "Oh, okay. All right. You're feisty. I respect that. Strong woman to strong woman, am I right? But you know who else was feisty?... Pop Village."

Poppy gasped; Barb had already attacked her home. Barb then turned to Hickory, "Where's Floyd? He was with you." Barb questioned Hickory.

"We got separated." Hickory confessed.

"What does Floyd have anything to do with this?" Poppy asked.

Barb got closer to Poppy, "He's one of us."