💚~•~{The Rose and the Creek}~•~🩷

~•~{THE SEARCH}~•~

1 WEEK LATER

Branch, Clay, Bruce, and John Dory rush over to where the royal sisters are at currently, the royal pod.

Branch rapidly knocks on the door until Viva opens the door.

"Oh my gosh! Hey guys, what do you need?" She asks, wondering why they're here at this hour.

"It's an emergency! Something bad happened!" John Dory blurts out. "Come in and tell me and Poppy what happened" Viva exclaims.
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Poppy, Viva, Branch, Clay, Bruce, and John Dory sit in Poppy's bedroom waiting for an explanation.

"Floyd got kidnapped again!" Branch says, fear showing even more than before.

Poppy and Viva gasp at the news. "Do you know where he's at?" Poppy asks, looking at branch for an answer.

"The note didn't say any location, all it said was that they scattered hints around the woods that could lead us to him. They also wrote down their names." Branch explained to Poppy.

"What are the names?" She asked with curiosity.

"It said Lucky, Sage, Acacia, and Creek." He says, looking down with anger.

"Are we thinking of the same Creek?" Poppy was asking to make sure.

"I think we are.." he responded.

"Wait, wait, wait! The same creek you told us about that sold the whole village out and almost got you guys killed?" John Dory asked, wanting to make sure this was true.

"That's the only Creek they know of John" Clay said, his tone sounding annoyed.

"So, all we have to do basically is find the hints in order to find him?" Viva asked, looking at branch for answers.

"I guess so"
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At the door of the royal pod, Cain has his ear pressed up against the door.

"So Floyd got kidnapped again I hear..." he says, his interest in Floyd heightening.

Ever since Cain had laid his eyes on him, he couldn't stop thinking about him. He's known Floyd since pre-school. Cain swore to himself that he will get with him, no matter the cost.

It pains him that Floyd doesn't reciprocate his love for him now, but, maybe he could make him. That was the plan ever since he left. While he was gone he workshopped it and everything, just so it could work.

And now was his chance to finally be with who he believed was his true love.
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The squad walks out of the royal pod, but then gets stopped by none other than Cain himself.

"I heard you guys were looking for Floyd and needed some trolls to help you guys find him" Cain says, his voice brimming with confidence.

"Well-" Branch starts, but he is soon interrupted by poppy saying "Actually we do need help!".

"Poppy what are you doing?"

"Getting help for Floyd. You don't suspect we're gonna do this without other trolls do you?"

The decision was final, Cain was going to join them.

"Excellent! The earlier we start, the closer we get to finding Floyd!" Cain says, boosting everyone's mood and motivation.
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They all geared up and ventured off into the forest.

Poppy notices a paper on the same evergreen tree Floyd always went to before he got kidnapped. "What's this?..." she asked herself.

She calls everyone to the tree and reads it to them.

'Located in the middle of nowhere, and flowers bloom around it'

"What would that mean?" Branch said, looking at the paper in confusion. "What if we grabbed all the papers we can find, then try and figure out what they're telling us" Clay suggests.

"That's seems like a great idea! It saves us time as well" Bruce says in agreement.
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They manage to find all of the notes they left and attempt to figure it out.

"What the heck does, 'around the tree' mean?" John Dory says, grumbling in annoyance and frustration.

Cain stands up and suggests that they stop for the night. "Guys it's getting dark, we should probably get ready to settle down for the night" he says, his tone sounding a little bit too eager.

Poppy yawns and says " we probably should settle down for the night and continue tomorrow..".

"But-" branch starts, but is then interrupted by poppy saying "It's not even close to the deadline, we have time for tomorrow. For now, just go to sleep..". Branch finally gives into his girlfriend's wishes and sets up the camp with the help of his brothers.
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As they all get in their tents and wish each other goodnight, only one person isn't responding.

They brush it off as them being asleep and go into a deep slumber themselves.

what they didn't know, was that they just brought on a much bigger threat.

(I just decided that I didn't want to make another 2 part. Ima think of something else to do next chapter. I hope I did a good job on the other pov! I thought I was gonna struggle with this chapter a lot! Anyways, Ciao!)