"Branch..." Poppy whispered, tears in her eyes, as she stared in disbelief at his hug watch laying on the ground.

Evil Branch looked at the hug watch too, an evil smile slowly forming across his face, as he turned his attention to Poppy.

"Ha, ha, ha..." he cackled softly, lifting his foot, before stomping it down onto the hug watch to crush it.

"No!" Poppy cried out, her eyes wide, as all she could do was watch.

Slowly, evil Branch began to approach Poppy, who backed up slightly, glaring at this troll who had taken all of her friends from her.

"Stay back!" she yelled, pointing the glitter tube at him, ready to shoot.
"Go ahead. Pull the trigger," evil Branch chuckled, walking slowly towards her with his hands behind his back. "Do that... and you'll never see your friends again..."

She blinked, staring at him, as she listened to what he was saying. He was right... if she blasted him... she would never be able to bring her friends back. They would be gone... forever...

     "Give me the tube..." he said, holding out his hand. "And you can join your little friends in nonexistence."

     Poppy shook her head, clinging onto the tube tightly.

     "Reverse this!" she yelled out, trying to hold back her tears. "Bring them back!"
"I can't do that," evil Branch smirked.
"Yes you can!" she yelled, tears flowing from her eyes. "I've seen the cave scrapbook! Bring them back! Bring them back now!"
"You're right..." he shrugged. "I can bring them back..." He smirked at her, snickering quietly. "But I won't."

     He walked closer and closer to her, as she backed up, still holding on tight to the glitter tube.

     "It's over, Poppy," evil Branch said. "You're the only troll left. Give up now." She shook her head, refusing to give up. She would save her friends.

She backed away until the tube wouldn't let her back up any farther.

     "Give it to me..." evil Branch demanded.

He was about to grab the tube, when Poppy shouted out loudly; "Branch! Now!"

Suddenly, real Branch came out of nowhere, tackling evil Branch to the ground.

Evil Branch looked up at him in shock, not believing his eyes.

"What!?" he yelled out in disbelief. "But you... the glitter!"
"Fools glitter," Branch said with a smirk, pinning evil Branch to the ground.

Poppy walked up next to him, grinning down at evil Branch.

"You can tell cuz it doesn't stick to your skin for three days like it outta," she said smugly.

"But... but how!?" evil Branch yelled, looking up at the two of them.
"Poppy and I set the whole thing up," Branch smirked.
"I knew which one was him the whole time," Poppy added. "I'd know my Branch anywhere."

"It... it doesn't matter!" evil Branch shouted, still pined to the ground by real Branch. "All the trolls are gone! You're the only two left!" He laughed evilly, basking in his own glory.

"Not for long," Poppy said firmly. "You're going to bring them all back."
"Oh yeah?" evil Branch laughed. "And how are you gonna make me!?"

Poppy looked at Branch sadly, not knowing how to respond to that.

"What do we do, Branch?" she whispered to her friend.

Branch looked at her sadly, having no clue what to do either.

"Wait a minute..." he suddenly said, coming up with an idea. "You're me..." He looked down at Evil Branch, smiling smugly. "So I know all your weaknesses..." he grinned.

Quickly, he reached into evil Branch's hair, digging around for something.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" evil Branch yelled, trying desperately to get away. "Stop it!"

"Got it!" Branch yelled out, finally pulling an evil looking version of Gary out of evil Branch's hair.

"No! Gary!" evil Branch shouted, struggling to get away.
"You bring our friends back..." Branch said firmly, holding evil Gary up in the air. "Or I'll crush him."

"Psh..." evil Branch scoffed. "You wouldn't dare. You wouldn't kill your own son."

Branch shrugged. "You're right," he said. "But this isn't my son..." He reached into his own hair, pulling out his Gary. "This is..."

Evil Branch's eyes widened in horror, looking up at Branch.

"No! Give him back!" he demanded, grabbing onto Branch's wrist, trying to grab evil Gary back from him.

Branch grumbled, trying desperately to keep evil Gary away from him. He was their only leverage.

"Poppy!" Branch yelled. "Catch!"

Quickly, he threw evil Gary to Poppy, and she caught him with ease. She looked down at evil Gary, and then back up at Branch, who was wrestling with evil Branch, trying to keep him restrained.

"There's a secret button hidden inside of him!" Branch yelled to Poppy. "Open him up, and push it."
"No!" evil Branch shouted, fighting his way out from under Branch.

"Poppy! Push it!" Branch yelled, jumping to grab his duplicate again. "Push it now!"

She opened Gary up, looking at the button.

"No!" evil Branch yelled, Branch clinging tightly to his ankle.

Poppy pushed the button, a countdown suddenly beginning.

'Gary self destruct in ten second...'

"No!" evil Branch cried out, trying desperately to get to Gary. "Stop! Let him go!"
"Bring back our friends and I'll stop the countdown," Branch said firmly, still holding him back.

"Never!"

He pulled away from Branch, running at Poppy.

'Self destruct in... 5... 4... 3... 2...'

"Poppy! Throw it!" Branch yelled.

Quickly, Poppy threw evil Gary up into the air.

"Gary!" evil Branch cried out, as evil Gary exploded into a million tiny pieces.

     The blast was huge for such a little remote control, knocking the three trolls away from each other, sending them all crashing to the ground.

     From the ground, evil Branch looked at the pieces of Gary falling from the sky, his eyes wide in horror.

   "No!" he cried out.  "Gary!"

Panting heavily in anger and despair, evil Branch looked at Poppy, as she slowly wobbled up to her feet.

     "You!" he shouted. "You killed my son!"

   Quickly, he rose up to his feet, charging at the queen of trolls.

Poppy looked at him, and gasped, her eyes widening in fear, not knowing what to do.

Just as he was about to reach her, the snack pack, along with Chief Nightengail, suddenly poofed up right in front of him, their arms crossed angrily.

     He skittered to a stop, looking at them, his eyes wide in fear.

In Troll Village
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     Slowly, one by one, all the trolls began reappearing back in the village.

They looked down at their hands, confused about what had just happened, but soon began to cheer, as they saw all the glitter around them, happy to finally have it back.