*It was now early Autumn. The leaves were just starting to change from bright greens, into magnificent shades of red, orange, and yellow. The breeze was cool and quiet, and the Boys had now brought out their Autumn clothes for cooler weather. For the next few weeks, there would be an Autumn Welcoming festival, where Trolls spend time doing Fall activities, games, picking new fruits, etc. But the boys had their eyes on a bigger prize, the maze that was set up just outside the Troll Tree.*

JD: "I can't wait to do the maze!!! I'm so going to get to the end before ALL of you!" *He showed his brothers a toothy grin to express his confidence in himself*

C: "Please, like you could even get in that maze! Your big square-shaped head wouldn't even be able to make it inside the maze!!"

JD: "HEY!! I do NOT have a square head!"

S: *He drew a poor sketch of John and compared it to a drawing of a square* "Eh- I see the resemblance-"

JD: "What?!" *He snatched the drawing from Spruce's hands and examined it himself. He scoffed when he saw it* "Please! This doesn't even look like me!"

S: "..Wha? Yes it does!" *He crosses his arms*

C: "Nah- That looks more like if JD was drawn by a kindergartner, and also if he just stepped out of Minecraft- But I mean obviously, cause JD is square-"

JD: "HEY!!"

S: "Also... Are you questioning my artistic ability?" *He looked down at Clay with his hands formed in fists, Clay just smirked*

C: "What's to question? They just suck!" *He grinned widely* 😁

S: "WHY YOU LITTLE-"

R: "Boys!! For the love of all that is trolly, can you stop fighting for once??"

S: "If he stops making fun of me!!" *He glared at Clay*

C: "I'm not making fun of you! I'm just stating the truth!" *The two boys proceed to argue*

JD: *Randomly adds in, causing the two boys to stop and look at him* "Plus, you shouldn't be talking about my head! Just look at Branch!"

*Branch just sat in a Baby Backpack that Floyd was wearing, a pacifier in his mouth and Croco in his hands*

B: :>

F: *Dramatically gasps* "DONT YOU DARE COMMENT ON BRANCH LIKE THAT!!"

C: "OH YOURE SOOOO PROTECTIVE OF THAT LITTLE THING-"

F: "THING?? HE'S OUR BROTHER!!"

*Rosiepuff facepalmed and groaned unenthusiastically as the 4 boys proceeded to yell at each other over the dumbest things possible. At least this isn't like the time with the socks.*

R: "Okay, okay! Alright!!" *Her loud yell caught all of the boys attentions. Branch even looked over at her with his mouth open, the pacifier falling out of his mouth* "You guys need to learn to get along!!" *She looked over at the maze, and an idea came to her mind* "Why don't you all learn to work together and complete the maze!"

JD, S, C, F: "WHAT?! B-BUT- I CAN'T WORK WITH HIM!!"

R: *She smirks* "Well, guess you'll have to." *She shrugs, her smirk increasing as the boys were speechless* "Now, I'm going to talk with King Peppy, behave!"

F: *Watches Rosiepuff leave* "Well, Grandma's orders! We should go in there together like a family aaaaaanddddd- you're all gone already-" *His brothers had started racing towards the maze when he talked*

JD: "IM GONNA WIN!!"

S: "NU-UH!! IT'll BE ME!!"

C: "UNLIKE YOU ALL, I'VE READ UP ON MAZES! SO IM PRACTICALLY AN EXPERT! LOSERS!"

JD: "WELL IVE BEEN IN NATURE BEFORE, THIS SHOULD BE A PIECE OF CAKE!"

C: "STOP ACTING LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME!"

JD: "DON'T NEED TO ACT! CAUSE I AM!"

C: -.-

*While the boys were fighting each other [...again], Spruce had passed them and already ran inside*

JD, C: *Just noticed that Spruce was gone* "HEY!! GET BACK HERE!!" *The two of them ran inside*

*A few seconds after they ran in, Floyd stopped outside of the maze entrance, adjusting the baby backpack on his shoulders and taking a deep breath*

F: "Let's beat this maze, Branch!" *He put on his headphones and turned on his playlist as Branch babbled in determination and agreement. He took a deep breath and began to walk into the maze*

𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙕𝙀...

*All 5 boys have now been in the maze for about 15 minutes or so, and JD was getting tired of Clay. Earlier, they'd decided to work together to beat Spruce, but apparently Clay wasn't as genius as he said he was. Spruce on the other hand, was unknowingly going in circles.*

JD: *Dragging Clay around by his leg, holding a map* "Clay! Could you please contribute to this?? If we want to beat Spruce, we've gotta work together! I'm struggling here!"

C: "Says the nature expert-"

JD: "Hey! You're no good either!!"

C: "Says the one who's literally using an outdated historical map to guide us through a maze THAT DOESNT EVEN EXIST ON THE MAP!!"

JD: "Well you aren't the brightest either!!"

C: "Hey!"

JD: "Besides, those were MY SOCKS!"

C: "NOT THIS AGAIN!! COULD YOU LET IT GO ABOUT THE DAMN SOCKS???"

JD: *Gasps* "Ohohoh! Now I have something to tell Grandma!"

C: "You Wouldn't..." -.- *Stands on his tippy-toes to get up in his face, glaring at him*

JD: *Smirks* "Oh but I would!"

*The two of them start chasing each other all around the maze, passing up Spruce , who was still going in circles. When they finished chasing each other, they stopped to catch their breath*

C: *Between breaths* "THATS... WHAT... YOU... GET, SQUARE... HEAD!!" *When he caught his breath, he looked up and gasped*

JD: "FOR ALL THAT'S TROLLY, MY HEAD IS NOT A SQUARE!!" *When he noticed Clay gasping, he looked over to where his gaze was fixed, and gasped too*

C: *Starts happily crying* "WE DID IT!!! WE MADE IT TO THE END BEFORE EVERYONE!!! HALLELUJAH!! I'D LIKE TO THANK GRANDMA! AND-"

JD: *Cuts him off* "Were back where we started, you idiot!"

C: *Stops happy crying* "...oh. NOOOOOOOO-" *He dropped to his knees dramatically sobbing once again as JD rolled his eyes*

*Floyd was busy listening to his playlist and daydreaming, humming along to the songs as he walked. He didn't seem bothered by the maze at all, and was making the most progress out of everyone, unsurprisingly.*

*In the Baby Backpack, Branch was busy playing with Croco. He was smiling and holding Croco by his hands, swinging him around happily. On accident, Branch let go of his grip, and Croco flew onto the ground behind Floyd, who continued to walk*

B: *Whines and tries tugging on Floyd's vest, trying to get his attention. With no luck, he then tried to reach out as far as his hair could go, trying to grab Croco. Unfortunately, his hair wasn't quite long enough* :'<

F: *Keeps walking and humming along to his song, too focused to even notice that Branch was trying to get his attention* :]

B: *Tears were pricking the corners of his eyes as he sunk down into the dark, small baby backpack and pouted, upset that his favorite stuffed-animal was now gone*

*After a few minutes of walking, Floyd had finally reached the exit of the maze. He looked around on all sides, and then he noticed that he'd won the race*

F: *Takes off his headphones* "WOO!! We did it, Branch! We made it through the maze! *He tried to look back at Branch, but all he saw was his small tuft of hair peaking out from the backpack. He carefully slid the backpack off, and held Branch in his arms* "Hey... what's wrong, Bitty B?"

*All Branch did was whine. He opened and closed his fingers, like he was longing to hold something. His ears drooped as he looked down at the ground below*

F: *He gasps as he comes to the realization* "Ohhhh, you dropped Croco in the maze..?"

B: *Nods sadly*

F: "Well, why didn't you tell me? I would've gotten him for you!"

B: -.-

F: "...oh."

*Floyd put the backpack back on, and carefully placed Branch in it. He adjusted the straps on his shoulders, and turned around to face the maze. He was about to enter to retrieve Croco until he was stopped but the sound of screaming approaching*

S: "aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!" *He burst through the outer wall of the maze* "Woo I made it!!"

F: "AHH!! Spruce!! That's not how you complete the maze!!!"

S: *Shrugs* "I kept going in circles, so I just gave up and went with it." :>

F: *Facepalms and starts walking back into the maze*

S: *Confused* "Why are You going back in??" *Then he gasps* "IS THIS WHERE I STARTED?!"

F: "No, dummy. I'm going back in to get Croco for Branch, he dropped him! I can't let him be sad like that! I mean, look at this face!!!" *He shoves Branch in his face*

B: 🥺

S: "...Okay! I'm gonna go surfing!" :D

F: "Spruce- it's Autumn-"

S: "Right... PUMPKIN PIE, HERE I COME!!" *Runs away to a dessert table*

F: *Rolls his eyes and laughs, walking back into the maze*

R: "And then slam! Clay lands right in the Fluffleberry Cake I was making for the boys! I told him not to shoot himself out of a Cannon in the house, but I guess they don't learn so easily, huh?" *She laughs*

KP [King Peppy]: *He laughs as well* "Why does he even own a cannon in the first place?"

R: "I don't know! I don't know where he even bought it from!"

*The two of them continued to laugh, until suddenly it was paused by an explosion coming from the maze. Rosiepuff and Peppy glanced at the explosion, and then slowly looked over at each other.*

R: *Awkwardly* "I should probably go check on the boys-"

KP: "Yeah-"

*Rosiepuff ran off to the maze to go retrieve all 5 of her grandsons. It took forever to get them all together, since they were running in every which way. Her plan to make them agree with each other only failed. She knew it was simply impossible to get them to work together, right?*

C: *Breaking the silence* "For the record, I didn't think that JD's Square head would make it into that maze. But, after we worked together, I realized I was wrong! I learned something!" :]

JD: "CLAY!"

Moral Of The Story: Team Work Makes the Dream Work 75% of the Time! And Dont Make Fun of People, Even If They Have a Big or Square Head :]

-SKIPTHEZURRODRAGON [27-5-23]