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     The sun had just set outside, as everyone (everyone important) slept in the hospital room in chairs that were placed around Poppy and Branch, who still remained completely unconscious. Everyone was asleep... everyone... except for Barb...

Barb sat beside Poppy and Branch, as she starred at them sadly, neither one of them showing any signs of waking up.

     "Come on, guys," she whispered to them. "Wake up."

Nothing...

     With a sigh, she looked away from them, wondering if they would ever wake up.

Movement... she could see movement through the corner of her eye...

She gasped, her eyes widening in shock, as she looked up, smiling. Were they actually waking up!?

Barb's smile quickly faded, as she discovered what the movement was. Poppy and Branch's hands were slowly falling apart from each other's, their arms hanging limply by their sides, as if what little consciousness they had left... was now gone completely...

Things only got worse from there...

Barb gasped, her heart sinking in her chest at what she saw.

"Everyone! Everyone wake up!" she yelled, jumping to her feet, as she tried to shake her friends awake. "Something's happening! Something's wrong! Wake up!"

Still a bit groggy, everyone began to awake, looking over at Poppy and Branch, their eyes widening in horror when they saw what was happening.

Both Poppy and Branch were beginning to lose their colors, their skin slowly fading into a light grey...

"N... no..." Holly whispered, her eyes wide in disbelief. "Someone go get a doctor! They need help, ya'll!"

Quickly, Gust galloped out of the room, as everyone else ran to surround Poppy and Branch, concerned about their safety. What was wrong with them? Why was this happening?

"Poppy... Branch... can y'all hear me?" Delta said softly, gently placing her hand on the queen of pop's shoulder, but there was no reaction from either of the unconscious trolls.

     Finally, after what felt like hours, Gust came running back into the room, followed by a doctor. (Not Dr. Moonbloom cuz I'm too lazy to think of what she would say in her dramatic tone...)

     The doctor rushed over to Poppy and Branch, checking them both over carefully.

     Finally, once she finished her examination, she sighed, turning back to the group of trolls that stood behind her, anxiously waiting for an explanation of what was happening to their friends.

     "Their blood pressure, heart rates, and vital signs seem to be normal..." the doctor informed softly. "But their brain waves have completely stopped..."

     The group looked at each other, and then back at the doctor.

     "So... like... what does that mean?" Val asked, shrugging slightly.

     "It means..." the doctor started, lowering her head in sadness. "Queen Poppy and King Branch are officially... brain dead..."