"Awww! You're so cute!" the giant said, looking down at Branch, as she held him captive in her hand. "Let me go!" Branch cried out in terror, trying to squirm out of the giant's grasp.

     Her eyes widened in amazement at Branch's words.

     "Whoa! You can talk!? Mommy! Mommy! I found a talking animal!" she called out, as she ran away from the fountain.

     "Branch!" Poppy yelled, climbing out of the fountain with the rest of the trolls, watching this giant creature carry her boyfriend away to who knows where.

     "Well... he's done for," Barb shrugged.
"Barb!" everyone yelled simultaneously, turning to glare at her.
"What? I'm just speaking the truth."

     "Ugh!" Poppy yelled out, pulling on her ears. "We have to save him!"
"How?" Barb questioned, looking at the queen of pop. "This isn't like the growl beasts, Popsqueek. We don't even know where that creature took him."
"I hate to say this..." Prince D said sadly, placing a hand on Poppy's shoulder. "But Barb is right. It's hopeless, Poppy. He's gone."

Poppy shook her head, pulling away from her friend's comforting grasp.

"No," she refused. "We're not giving up today. No troll left behind!"

     "Well I say we find that wormhole and get home before we get captured too," Barb said, crossing her arms.

     "Come on, guys..." Poppy pleaded, turning to look at her friends. "We need to save him."
"Poppy's right. We can't just leave him here," Synth said. "He would never leave us."
"Well I ain't going nowhere but home," Barb said stubbornly.
"Sorry, Poppy... but I'm with Barb on this one," Prince D said. "It's just too dangerous."
"Yeah... I'm not so sure about this plan either," Copper agreed.
"You see that?" Barb questioned, pointing over her shoulder at Copper. "Even the dumb one know this is a bad idea."

     The three of them nodded in agreement, turning their backs to Poppy and Synth.

"Well I'm going," Poppy said. "I don't care how dangerous it is! I will find Bra..."

Suddenly a hawk swooped down, scooping all five trolls off of the ground, and carrying them away.

"AHHHHH!"

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"Mommy! Mommy! Look what I fou..."

Suddenly Branch bit down on the giant's hand as hard as he possibly could.

"Ow!" she screamed out in pain, dropping the little troll to the ground.

Quickly, Branch jumped up to his feet, beginning to run back towards the fountain, his arms stretched out in front of him, as he screamed. "AHHHHH!"

"Wait!" the giant called out, chasing after him. "Come back!"

"No!" Branch cried out, running for his life. "Leave me alone!"

Several giants walked past, most of them almost stepping on Branch, not even seeing him running by.

"Whoa!" he shouted, quickly dodging the giant feet coming down straight towards him.

Finally, he reached the fountain, jumping quickly, trying desperately to get back into it.

"Poppy! Barb! Cooper! Anyone! HELP!" he cried out, but no one answered.

He tried so hard to get back into the fountain, but it was just too tall.

"Gotcha," the giant, who had taken him before yelled, as she grabbed him back off the ground.

"No! Please!" Branch cried, trying to pull away. "I just wanna go home!"

The giant laughed quietly, petting Branch's head gently with a single finger.

"We are going home, silly. Come on. Mom's gonna love you."

She started to skip away, bringing Branch with her.

"No! Poppy! Help!"