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Ahem-

The lights turned on, the spotlight directly on a blue troll with yellow and green hair. He had put on the old outfit of their childhood success which conpletely enchanted the crowd.

He touched the micro attached to his ear, smiling to the trolls that screamed his name. Now that he had found back his family, he had never felt that happy, they were back to singing together !!

- GOOD EVENING TROLLS VILLAGE !!!!!!!! He waved at the crowd, breaking his chill character.

The trolls in front of the stage screamed loudly, they silly troll kept doing random dance moves on stage to impress the crowd, only they had to get the show started !

- OKAY OKAY, Clay ! A troll with pink hair, white at the top, came to his side, stopping him.

The trolls cheered for the youngest; he had half of his hair falling in front of his face. He smiled at their fans and then crossed his arms over his chest, unimpress, looking at his older sibling that was still moving like a fish out of water on stage... finding back his brothers had really brought this silly attitude of his back from the death, it made him happy but now was not the time;

- Tonight isn't about you ! Floyd, because that was his name, remembered him, It's about our baby brother !

- Baby brother ?? Clay laughed, his deep voice rolling on his vocal chords, You're kiding right?? He's not a baby anymore !!

- Still; you gotta follow the choreography we made for him ! Floyd grabbed him by the ear.

- Ow, Okay okay ! He accepted, JOHN, MAN TURN THE LIGHT OFF !!

- YOU AREN'T MY BOSS !!! A voice was heard from behind a drum set.

A big sound of differents objects falling could be heard, of course it had been a while they had been on stage so it was a bit chaotic. Brozone in general was chaotic; all the lights turned on and off again, Clay and Floyd justed facepalmed. The trolls just spoke to each other quietly wondering what even was going on.

Finally the music started- wait no, stopped, JD rushed to the other side of the stage making everyone stare in curiosity, and THEN the right lights opened- no wait? Off ?? What even is going on??

Suddendly everything restarted from zero; the music, the spotlights and John was in the center, and winked at the trolls in the crowd;

- NOW WE ARE STARTING !! WHO'S READY FOR THE BROS TO TAKE THE STAAAAGEEE???

Everyone stared in confusion, but shrugged it off and started to cheer again;

- LET'S GO TROLLS VILLAGE !! Floyd called.

Put your hands in the air !
(BROZONE!!)
Wave'em like you don't care !
(BROZONE!)
We gon' party, it's Bitty B's birthday !
Everybody say! (eyo!)

It's a happy birthday to you (it's a birthday everyday)
Feliz cumpleaños a ti (everyday your birthday)
We gon' have a good time alright
Party of a lifetime all night!
We gon' have a good time alright
Party of a lifetime all night (eyo)

The whole village was celebrating in fact, a certain grumpy troll's birthday. You guessed who right? The decorations were hung in the trees and pods, covering the area in blue and pink. Being more specific; it was the evening and the sun wasn't set yet, but to make the birthday boy feel safe from the lights attracting predators, they had install huge tents with the inside covered in stary night skies. Any troll that needed a break could walk out at any moment of course ! Clay was very good at keeping them partying still and how could anyone want to leave ?;

When I pull up everyday a birthday
Now let's turn up the sound baby okay
Now let's get away baby like I do, okay!
But first baby gotta give it some warm up !
If you came to party say "Hair yeah" (hair yeah)
Put your hair in the air
And toast to the party of the year
Like fudge, yeah, let's ride !

In the crowd, a pink troll was running around the place, making sure everything was in place. She re-ajusted her blue and gold colored crown when it fell in front of her eyes because her forehead was so sweaty. She was wearing a dress matching the iconic outfit of Brozone, and it looked incredible, stunning.

Only, she kept searching in the crowd, she couldn't find her match. He was suppose to be there for a while now.. was he in trouble ? Where had he go ??

- GUYS ! Queen Poppy walked over to her friends, the SnackPack, guys have you seen Branch ?? She asked them, worried.

Her boyfriend should have been there for a while now, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen !

- Branch ? Guy repeated, Oh he's not with us.

The SnackPack looked through the crowd of trolls with confusion; no sign of the bluish troll, indeed. Where was he ?? It was his birthday celebration after all !!

- Did you checked the bunker ? Satin asked, maybe he's just scared to get out... I mean this party is pretty big.

It was in fact, a big, loud and crazy party ! Maybe they should have made it less big.. but Brozone had begged them to make it extraordinary, they promised they would sing the whole night by turn; reason why John Dory, Clay and Floyd were on stage at the moment doing what brothers do- like by example laughing without any harm at Floyd that just fell from the stage.

Poppy raised an eyebrow; sometimes she wondered how Branch was related to those crazy party animals- but seeing Floyd frown and start tearing up, she saw that familiar face on those traits- oh right. The sensible heart. Immediately Clay grabbed him with his hair and screamed for him, making the man giggles. The same way Branch would.

You got one life to live
Let's get lose it alright (alright alright)
Come on everybody
We gon' do this all night (all night all night)
You got one life to live
Let's get lose it alright (alright alright)
Come on everybody
We gon' do this all night

We gon' have a good time alright
Party of a lifetime all night
We gon' have a good time alright
Party of a lifetime all night

- I think I saw him earlier... Spruce was talking with him, Smidge pointed out to Poppy.

..... oh no.

- Yeah ! Cooper giggled loudly from his familiar, lovely sincere laugh, Spruce said he wanted to show him him a gift !

Oh oh again- when you spend a entiere trip with those brothers you knew that when one of them had an idea it was BAD news... Branch included. Don't think he was innocent ! Not so long ago, Poppy had found the bluish troll smiling proudly while Clay was trying to find who had throwed a bucket of pink paint on his beautiful dyed hair.

- Oh- Okay, I- I'll be back ! Keep the party going ! Poppy waved at them and rushed to where she knew she would find Branch and Spruce.

Cuz we're gonna party
Party, party (everyday your birthday)
We're gonna party
Party, party (everyday your birthday)
We're gonna party
Party, party (everyday your birthday)
Party of a lifetime all night (eyo !)

...

- Are you sure this is a good idea, Spruce ?

Branch was holding for dear life on his surf board, laying on his stomach, following the best he could his older brother that seemed very comfortable on the waves shaking their only land. The purple haired troll looked at the sun falling with emotion;

- Don't be ridiculous, he patted his little brother's back, making him almost fall, The waves are beautiful ! Perfect for learning the art of surfing ! Its perfectly safe !

Branch wasn't so sure about the "safety" of this activity. It's not that he did not trusted Spruce but he- half did trusted him. He had just get back in touch with his brothers again and he knew Spruce was doing his best to spend some quality time with him, but let's say they did not had the same vision at all about surfing. Spruce saw his expression and tried to rassure him once more;

- Hey, we are just doing the basics ! That water is up to your waist line, if you fall its impassible to get hurt, it's all okay ! Now what did I teached you?

- Silencio Bruno? Branch tried, not so sure.

- NO ! The other thing !!

- I am Groot ?

- NOO! That's what Clay taught you ! Spruce sighed, The other, other thing !

Branch thought for a second, then remembered;

- Something about mushy waves ?

- Yeah ! That's it ! Start with an already broken wave, it will be more easy to catch ! They are the white, cloud looking ones, Spruce smiled, proud.

He used his arms and legs to paddle to a wave that was coming toward them, he turned his board around about 5 meters before it actually reached his board and then once it had catched it, standed up without that much effort... Spruce was an expert at surf so going back to the basics was looking so easy.

- YOUR TURN NOW !! Spruce laughed loudly, enjoying the activity, it was his biggest passion in life after all.

- You're going to give me a signal right...? Branch asked to be sure.

- Yeah ! No problem !

He reached the shore and grabbed his board to look at Branch try to surf. At the exact same moment, a certain pink troll joined his side, screaming as if a troll had just refused to say thank you to one of her gifts.

- Oh ! The pink lady of my baby bro ! Hai !! He winked at her playfully.

- SPRUCE !! She grabbed his shoulders, Spruce where is Branch !??

Spruce was about to respond very kindly that Branch was right there, trying to ride a wave and that he was about to gave him the signal of when to stand up, when a weight fell on his back. He screamed out in surprise;

- TELL ME WHERE'S BRANCH ! John Dory screamed loudly at him, rolling in the sand, I SPEND YEARS SEARCHING FOR HIM I'M NOT LOOSING ANY OF YOU STUPIDS AGAIN TELL ME!!

- OW MY HAIR ! MY HAIR !! LET GO OF MY HAIR JOHN !!

Poppy watched the two older brothers fighting in complete discouragement... John must have seen her looking for Branch and his oldest siblings instincts had taken over him. Let's hope the party was still going with Clay and Floyd still on the stage- She grabbed John's googles and pulled him back since he was about to torn a few of Spruce's hair by accident;

- Oh my gosh! When will I stop acting like your mother ??? Poppy asked, now holding his ear, annoyed by their fighting, Spruce tell us where Branch is ??

The purple haired troll panicked;

- Oh oh- BROTHER !!

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜
𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗...

That's when she noticed; Branch was on a surfboard on the ocean, very, much too far from the shore ! He had tried to stand up without Spruce's signal and had fell down in the water, now he was holding into his board, onto dear life, being carried away- away in the ocean and spinning in the current.

𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛
𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗
𝚆𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍
𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 ~

- HELPPP!! He sobbed.

- ...

All of them stayed quiet, looking at the poor Branch spinning in the water.

- Imma go get him- Clay appeared out of nowhere, grabbed Spruce's board and jumped in the water.

...

-... Is Floyd alone on stage??? OH FROSTING, HURRY !!! John rushed away to the party, followed by Spruce.

Poppy facepalmed.