Branch's POV

Everyone was sleeping except for me and Poppy. We were sitting on a log with a little campfire placed on our front. Poppy layed her head on my shoulders and we held each other's hands.

"Um Poppy?"

"Yeah?" She answered, still laying her head on my shoulder.

"Sorry if I lose the map." I answered with awkwardness.

"Well, that's okay. At least Eagle knows the way, I think. And, I'm so sorry for calling you stuffs even if you're not really like that..." Poppy answered.

"It's okay. I understand you. I was too over-protective for you so it's kinda true..."

"Shh..shh..." She held my cheek and said, "No you're not. I should've not call you like that. Because you did it for the best, right?"

I smiled and nodded.

"Branchie?" Poppy called me.

"Yes, my darling?" I said and she giggled.

"I'm gonna tell you something..."

"What is it?" I asked.

"Actually, I already knew that you hid every invitation I gave you..." Poppy said.

Whaaaat?! She already knew about this?!

"Wha....what?! I....uh...hehehe...Uh...sorry if I was kinda harsh or grumpy before..."

"It's fine." Poppy giggled. "You still look cute even when you're grumpy."

"Really?"

Poppy smiled and said, "Yup! You were such a great liar. I thought you really don't like my scrapbooks."

I chuckled and said, "Yeah.... I fix them back after I break them. I'm just making sure that I would not be obvious that I like you."

Poppy giggled and said, "How about you? Do you have something to admit to me?"

Oh no.... Am I gonna tell her about the 'real' first kiss? Maybe I should because couples should not hide any secrets from each other. Ugh...fine. I should tell her.

"Uhh... Actually Poppy, what happened to us a while ago, was not our first kiss..."

Poppy was surprised and said, "Wait wait, what do you mean? We haven't even kissed before, right? Or did I forgotted something?"

I sighed and said, "We did. But you were asleep that time. I...I was staring at you that time...then Eagle moved so...uh...but...but it was an accident!"

"Really?" Poppy said and I was surprised that she closed her eyes and kissed my lips gently.

"Honey, this would be our third one." Poppy said and winked.

I smiled at her and hugged her tight.

She giggled and said, "What's this for?"

I answered, "I promise that I will never leave you behind. And I will always be there by your side."

Poppy hugged back and said, "And I promise that I will always remind you, everyday, every night, that I love you so much." She said and I smiled.

Poppy lets go from my hug and stared at me for a second. Then she began to rub her nose to mine.

"Now, we have to sleep." Poppy said.

"Okay, sleepyhead." I pinched her nose and smiled.

She yawned and said, "Goodnight, my Branchie!"

I smiled and said, "Goodnight and sweetdreams, my Poppy."

~~🌸~~

"Hey Branch! What's up?" Creek just teased me right after I woke up.

"Ugh. What do you need?" I asked.

"Well, I just wanna say that you're such a loser in telling lies!" Creek said, giving an annoying laugh.

"Shut up, okay? I'm not gonna fight with you." I said. I don't want things to happen again.

"Why won't you? Are you scared?" Creek said, emphasizing the word 'scared'.

"I said shut up, freak." I said, also emphasizing the word 'freak'.

"Wait....did you just said FREAK?!" Creek just shouted. "You are the only one who called me a freak!!"

"Hey, stop it!" Poppy and the others said.

"Yeah because it's so hard for you to stop yourself. Maybe you need to go to the mental hospital." I teased him.

"How dare you?!?!" Creek just said and punched me.

"Creek!" Poppy shouted angrily. "Don't hurt my boyfriend!"

"Wait wait..." Creek said and laughed. "Did you just said, boyfriend?"

"Yes. You heard it right. Now, wil you please stop teasing him?" She said.

"No...no...it's impossible!" Creek just can't believe that the most wonderful Troll is now my girlfriend.

"Just accept the truth, Creek." Poppy said.

"Ugh. What is hapening to you, Poppy?" Creek just asked the worst question.

"What happened? I just did the right thing. I confessed my true feelings and made things right." Poppy answered confidently.

"I can't believe you are now being a weirdo because of that man!" Creek shouted and chuckled.

"Can you please stop now?!" Poppy shouted angrily.

Creek shook his head and whispered "I will never accept the fact that you are hypnotized by that stupid Troll..."

"Ugh, why do I even waste my time on talking to a Troll like you?!" Poppy shouted and goes away from him. She went to me and said, "Are you okay, Branch? Is there anything hurt?"

"I'm fine." I said. "As long as you're here." I added and smiled. And she smiled back.

"I'm sorry, Poppy." Creek said. "It's just that, Branch is lying about what he..."

Poppy quickly said, "Ugh I know, okay?! Why do you keep insisting about it?"

Poppy's right. He really looks guilty because he keeps insisting it.

Creek sighed and said. "Okay. I'm sorry."

"It's okay." She answered.

~~🌸~~

Poppy's POV

"Hey Eagle, are we almost there?" I asked her. And she said 'Uhh yeah we are almost there!' but the others really don't understand what she's saying...

"What did she said?" Chenille whispered to Satin.

I answered her as if I heard what she whispered to her sister. "Eagle said we're almost there!" Then I added, "Magical Poppies, here we come!" I shouted happily.

~~🌸~~

"Um, guys? Is that it?" Smidge asked. We saw bright light glowing behind the misty dark clouds, a little farther from where we are now. We looked closely and saw lots of Magical Poppies planted on every soil on the top of the enormous mountain.

Eagle landed and we quickly ran to the garden of Poppies.

"Wow! It's so beautiful!" DJ Suki said as she was staring at the pretty flowers.

They were so beautiful that you wanted to touch its petals. But then Smidge lose her consciousness and fell down.

"No, Smidge! Quickly, get one!" I shouted.

Everyone tried to get one poppy. But then our hands were blocked from touching the poppies. We didn't expect that there was a transparent shield that couldn't let us touch the flowers.

"Wait...what is this?!" I said.

Then, a mysterious Troll just appeared right in front of us.

"Sadly, you can't get a single flower anymore!" She gave a shallow smile with deep piercing eyes and laughed.

"Who are you?! Please let us get just one Poppy!" I shouted.

"Well, I am Ivory. The 'future' queen of the trolls!" Ivory said and gave an evil laugh.

"What are you talking about?! You can't just get the throne!" I said.

"By the way, did your father told you about his little sister?" Ivory asked.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. "Wait.... Are you the lost princess?! You're...you're Princess Pepper? Aunt Pepper?!"

Wtf Pepper XD
I can't think of another name so yeah...