- Come on, Branch! Or we will miss the party!

- Slow down, you'll fall!

Running in the forest, Queen Poppy and her best friend Branch headed for the river. The pink troll pulled the blue troll's hand to force him to run with her. Both in swimsuits and beach towels on their shoulders, they were ready for the party that day.

Since their adventure together, the two companions almost never separated. Always ready to protect the other even if they were arguing for stupid reasons, they were almost inseparable .... So that Branch's feelings had only grown for her. Unfortunately, he was far too shy to confess to her, and Poppy, having the same feelings, didn't even realize it.

- There we are! Poppy cried happily as Branch sighed with relief.

In front of them, the Trolls bathed or played in the sand. Other was relaxing under the hot rays of the sun where played ball. Poppy pulled poor Branch again, who was trying to catch his breath on the sand and put their two towels on the ground before running to the water:

- Come on, Branch! She laughed then, motioning for him to come.

He laughed at her adorable enthusiasm and joined hee in the clear, pleasantly warm water. Poppy almost immediately splashed him and Branch uttered a cry of surprise:

- Poppy ! He laughed before taking revenge, splashing her back.

Soon, they began to "fight", splashing each other and laughing. Other Trolls were added to the game with shouts of joy and laughter. Hearts so happy made their queen even happier, especially when she saw Branch, which had become blue after their journey for saves the SnackPack from the bergens.

- Shark attack! She laughed, throwing herself into his arms.

Branch gave another cry of surprise and his feet slipped on the sandy ground: they both fell into the water with a big "SPLASH!" Branch put his head back out of the water, still holding Poppy against him and blushing:

- Cupcake! He laughed, it was a -flirt- game they shared; give nicknames.

- You know you like that, Big Grumpy! She laughed.

Branch rolled his eyes with a smile. Then, wanting to avenge him, he got up and lifted her in his arms:

- 3 ... 2 ... He smiles at her teasingly

- NO ! BRANCH-AHAHA, NO DON'T-

- 1!

He threw her into the water, the Queen. came out of the water, laughing and blushing:

- You're really ... She laughed, you better hurry to run away!

Poppy tried to splash him again, the blue troll ran out of the water to run away. The pink troll quickly came out of the water to follow him, holding water in her hair. Branch ran much faster than she and moved away from the main beach to a place farther away from the party.

He was laughing, Poppy always behind him. He jumped over a rock ...

... But he froze.

There, in front of him and lay on the sand, a strange creature was. It looked like a troll with a fish tail, it was dark blue, and its arms were covered with rainbow colors. His hair was against the burning sand. His skin seemed dry and a pink heart was beating weakly on his chest.

- Poppy ! He shouted, Poppy, you must see that !

The princess noticed the royal blue hair of her friend who appeared behind a rock. His worried voice ended their game and she joined him.

- Branch, what did you f...

She uttered an exclamation cry as she saw the unconscious troll. Who was this troll .... with a fishtail? Seeing that he needed medical help, Branch try to help. The first thing he did was check if he was still breathing; but his breath was weak and difficult. Branch tried to wake him up, without success. The blue skin of the mertroll seemed as dry as the floor of a desert.

- He needs water! Branch realized, finding himself stupid not to have realized it sooner.

Poppy ran close to the strange troll and let the water in her hair fall on him. Finally, a little life seemed to emerge from the blue dark troll. His hair lit up and his heart started beating slightly faster. He slightly opened his green eyes but closed them immediately.

- We have to help him! Poppy panicked when she saw the stranger's heart already begin to beat less faster.

The two companions managed to bring the unconscious troll back to the main beach. Branch was carrying him in his arms and Poppy was busy bringing back water with her hair to keep the dark blue skin of the poor troll wet.

- Quick, help us! Branch screamed as he finally saw the trolls of his village.

They turned to Branch and Poppy, shouting in surprise as they saw what Branch was carrying. They drew near the blue troll, leaving a way for Poppy to bring water while Branch followed a troll who had offered to lay the stranger troll under the shade of a tree.

The blue troll put the weak body of the stranger on a wet towel that the Trolls had placed under a tree. Other trolls had started to bring back bucket filled with water to keep the skin of the mertroll wet.

- Who is this troll?

- Why did he have a fishtail, Mom?

- Is he all right?

- It's weird ...

Branch who was still close to the unconscious troll turned his eyes to Poppy:

- We must quickly put him in the water! An aquarium, a pool ... Anything!

* * *

- Slowly ! As long as he will not be wake up, we will have to support him, I want two trolls with him all the time! Branch explained, he was in the pool that the Trolls had set up in the village with Legsly.

Poppy and another troll passed them the strange troll and Branch and Legsly took care to support him: his body was to be completely under water, except his head. Branch had noticed that he had gills and no nose, but he was able to breathe through his mouth. So they had to make sure he was breathing through his mouth. The heart on his chest had begun to resume an almost normal rhythm.

- What is this, Branch? Asked Legsly

Even before this one had a chance to answer, the night blue troll moving suddendly. Branch and Legsly were forced to let him go when the mertroll disengaged from their arms and almost hit the little dark pink troll with his fin.

- No ! Not my family! Leave them alone! He screamed in panic.

"The fish speaks" Branch can not help but think as they tried to calm the troll in panic. Who were they talking about? There were other trolls like him? He began to swim around the pool, waving his fin in all directions. Branch and Legsly were trapped in the middle of the pool.

- Woah! Woah! Poppy tried to calm him, everything is fine! Calm down !

- No ! He repeated, Stop, I'll do whatever you want Queen Barb! All you want!

He had stopped swimming around Branch and Legsly and it was snuggling in a corner of the pool with his eyes closed and tears running down his cheeks. Poppy entered the water without hesitation and approached him to calm him down:

- Shhh, everything's fine!

Hearing a calm voice and trying to reassure him, the mertroll opened his eyes. He did not seem to understand what was happening when he saw the three trolls in front of him.

- Princess Poppy? He asked, what's going on? Queen Barb already has my string, I can't do anything for you! He tried to hide behind his forearms.

How and by what miracle did he know her name? Poppy pretended it was not strange and tried to reassure him again:

- Everything's fine! She repeated, we saved you, we'll take care of you!

The blue troll night said nothing, always trying to hide his face but he was become more calm:

- T-Thank you ... He murmured

Poppy turned her gaze to Branch, her best friend was out of the water:

- We must talk to your father.