The audience cheered for the performance, finally allowing Poppy back down to the floor before walking away to go about their day.

     "Popcorn!" Barb shouted out in excitement once she saw the queen of pop, jumping off stage to greet her.

     Poppy straightened out her dress from the roughness of the mosh before looking up at Barb with a smile.

     "Barb..." she said. "I've been looking all over for you... I need you to tell me exactly what happened the other night when Branch was arrested..."

     The queen of rock seemed suddenly angered by the mention of Branch, groaning in annoyance as she crossed her arms.

     "That thief stole my chainsaw," she whined. "And now it's being used as evidence, so I didn't even get it back!"

     "But..." Poppy started. "Why do you think it was Branch who stole it?"
"Because I caught him red handed!" Barb yelled. "Well actually... his hands are blue... but that's not the point!"

     Poppy looked away, thinking.

     "I know it wasn't him..." the queen of pop muttered softly, Barb scoffing at the statement...

     "Please..." Barb groaned. "I saw him walking through the forest with all the stollen  items. Then we found him sleeping up against a tree with the same items surrounding him. He did it... there's no doubt about that..."

     "Hmm... you saw him in the forest?" Poppy asked, looking back up at Barb as she came up with an idea. "Where in the forest..."

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     Poppy walked to the exact place where Branch was supposedly caught for his 'crimes', looking around for any evidence that proved he was innocent...

     "There's gotta be something here..." she muttered softly to herself. "I know he's innocent... he has to be..."

     The queen of pop was about to give up on this particular spot and go home, but something on the ground suddenly caught her eye...

     "What the..." she muttered softly, squatting down to the ground to see what it was...

     Turns out... what she saw was a chipped piece of light blue paint... the same color as Branch's skin... sus...

     She gasped, suddenly knowing exactly what happened...

     "Don't worry, Branch..." she muttered with a determined smile. "I'm gonna get you out of there..."

     Quickly, she took off towards the prison to tell Branch her discovery, when a mysterious figure suddenly emerged from the shadows...

     "Not if I can help it, Poppy," the mystery figure chuckled under his breath, heading off in the same direction as the young queen...