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Clay the fun boring one!

Floyd the sensitive one 💕

Brozone captured - Rocking Harmony au

For @starfyhero2, the four members of Brozone get captured by the Hard Rock trolls.

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John Dory sits down on the ground with his knees to his chest, his ears drooped, sniffs, and bursting into tears "I'm sorry, Brothers...You were right those over 20 years ago, that I had been pushing you guys to be perfect" JD admitted while choking a sob.

"The reason why is because, I was afraid...afraid of losing you, you're all what I have left in this family, and I ruined it. I had promised Mom and Dad to look after you before they got eaten like Grandma. When the band broke, I had failed their promise. I'm a failure as a band leader, a brother, a son, and grandson" John Dory couldn't hold it anymore as he cries.

Bruce, Clay, and Floyd's eyes widen by this, until they came to his side as they placed their hands on his shoulders "Hey, don't be so hard on yourself, Big Brother" Bruce said "You were doing your best look after us" Clay added "It's really hard being the oldest, carrying every burden on your shoulders" Floyd added.

"But, you don't have to do this alone" Bruce said "It's not your job to protect us" Clay stated "Or either of us to protect you" Floyd added "We look after each other, because that's what brothers do" he explained.

John Dory wipes his tears and hugs his brothers "I love you, Little Brothers" John Dory said "We love you too, Big Brother" Floyd replied. Then, they released each other from their hug "Come on, let's go find Branch, the three of us owe him a 20 year apology" John Dory added "Fair enough" Clay added "Me too" Bruce agreed.

"You'll be with your brother, sooner than you think" a voice said as they jumped while Clay recognized the voice. The source of the voice comes out of the shadows revealed to be Val Thundershock accompanied by her crew "You!" Clay hissed. John Dory looks at Val with a stern expression "I guess you must be Val Thundershock that Queen Barb sent you to capture Clay, Viva, and Putt-Putt trolls?" he stated.

"Correct, get them!" Val ordered, however Demo, Val's manager was standing there in tears and holding his sobs "Sorry Val, I got caught up in that emotional moment Brozone had, can I go back to the ship?" Demo asked "You're excuse" Val replied as Demo leaves "Anyone else?" Val asked "No, we're good" her crew replied "Get them!" she ordered.

"Fat chance!" John Dory retorted as he pulls out his machete and Clay got himself ready to fight with his claws out "Bruce, Floyd, defend yourselves!" JD said as he tosses them weapons: Bruce got the brass knuckles and Floyd got a bo-staff "Rhonda, go find Branch!" John Dory ordered as Rhonda complied.

The four older brothers fight Val and her crew as they will not be captured the hard way "Seems you Brozone, won't surrender without a fight" Val said as she and John Dory are fighting with their guitar and machete "I don't want to brag, but we are incredulity resourceful and resilient. By, "we" I mean all five of us" John Dory replied "Oh really?" Val retorted with a smug on her face.

She does a shockwave from her guitar as John Dory dodges it, then she blocks his strikes. John Dory swings his machete at Val until she hits him in the head with her guitar. John Dory laid on the ground face first, he groans in pain, and slowly turns over, laying on his back. His vision is fuzzy and his hearing is faint as he could only hear his brothers calling out his name before he loses consciousness.

JD tells Branch about their parents

During a camping trip as Branch asked John Dory about their parents that John Dory had waited for years.

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John Dory is sitting on a log as he is looking at book which is a family photo album. He looks at the photos of him and his brothers, and keeps turning the page every time until he stops at one with a photo of him, his brothers, and two trolls. The male troll had light cyan skin, John Dory's teal hair, and yellow eyes. The female troll had cyan skin, Branch's blue hair, and blue eyes.

The troll couple were his parents, Rowan Basil and Rose Willow. They were everything to him and his brothers, John Dory sadly sighs as he misses them. He hears a twig snap as he turns his attention to the source and saw his brothers, Poppy, and Viva "Hi, JD" Viva said "Are you alright, John Dory?" Bruce asked.

"I'm fine, I'm just...looking at our family photos" John Dory replied as his brothers come to look at photos and Branch's eyes widen at the sight of the troll couple "Is that...Mom and Dad?" he asked "Yes, it is" Clay replied as Poppy and Viva joined them. "Your parents look familiar as if I've seen them before" Viva said.

"Our mother, Rose Willow is friends with Queen Sunny, Poppy and Viva's mother. And our father, Rowan Basil is King Peppy's right-hand troll" John Dory explained "Now, I remember: Rose Willow was my babysitter when Mom and Dad go off on a date or something" Viva explained.

Branch glances at a photo of his parents, brothers, and him as an egg then something struck him "Hey, John Dory...I have a question that I wanted to be answered for all these years...What happened to Mom and Dad?" Branch asked. John Dory became hesitant before replying "When it was last time you asked that question?"

"To Grandma when I was little and she told me that to wait until I'm older" Branch said "Well, it's a good thing, she did because you were too young to understand what happened to Mom and Dad" Bruce added. As John Dory began "Years ago, when you were just a baby, just six months old..."

(Flashback)

Young John Dory was practicing his band song and choreography as he is unaware of a bergen approaching "I was so busy with by practice, I didn't hear my parents trying to warn me" John Dory said as Rowan and Rose Willow saw the bergen approaching their oldest son "John Dory! Watch out!" Rowan shouted as he and his wife rushed towards him, but the young JD didn't listen to him and the bergen is getting closer "Watch out, son!" Rose Willow shouted.

John Dory turns around as he saw his parents then the bergen as was about to grab him until his father shoved him out of the way as he and his wife were grabbed instead "Mom! Dad!" young JD shouted as he extends his hair for his parents to grab on as they did.

"Hold on, I got you" young JD said "John Dory..." Rose Willow said "Don't worry, I'll get you out!" young John Dory exclaimed "John Dory" Rowan said "What?" young JD replied "Just let go" Rowan said. "What? But, I need you guys, so do my brothers, and so does Branch" young JD protested "Your grandma will take care of you and your brothers" Rowan replied.

"John Dory...take of your brothers, do you promise?" Rose Willow asked as the young John Dory is bursting tears "I promise" he replied "Here's something to remember me" Rowan said as he removes his face goggles and tossed it to John Dory as he catches it "Tell your brothers that we love them so much" Rose Willow said "I will" young JD said as his parents let go of his hair. John Dory watches the bergen walk away with his parents as he glances his father's face goggles then he began walk back to the pod.

At the pod...

John Dory arrived at the pod as Grandma Rosiepuff and his brothers saw him, they were happy to see him until they saw his sad expression "What's wrong?" Grandma Rosiepuff asked "Are those Dad's goggles?" Spruce asked "Where's Mom and Dad?" Clay asked. John Dory answered as he explained what happened and his brothers became heartbroken as Grandma Rosiepuff comforts her grandsons despite being heartbroken.

The brothers were asleep in their beds as they are woke up by Branch's cry. John Dory got out of his bed and pulls Branch out of his crib "You miss Mom and Dad, don't you?" JD said as Branch continued crying which he takes it as a yes. "I miss them too...I wanted to save them" he explained as Branch stopped crying and listen to his oldest brother "but they told me take care of my brothers especially you" JD said as he bursts into tears and Branch placed his baby hands on JD's face then JD brings Branch closer to him and snuggles him "And I will keep their promise, Grandma and the four of you are what I have left, and I will make our parents proud, Baby Brother" JD said as Branch smiles and goes to sleep.

(Flashback ends)

"Then that day when Brozone broke up, I felt like that I had failed our parents' promise and blamed myself for all of this. A failure as a band leader, a brother, a son, and a grandson. For years, I've been living with that guilt, and I let Mom, and Dad, even Grandma down as all of this is my fault" John Dory explained as he bursts into tears and sniffs then wiped his tears away. His three younger brothers comfort him as Branch stood there in shock from everything that John Dory told him before replying.

"I can relate to that, John Dory" he said as everyone looked at him and Poppy knew what Branch is going to say "I know what is like to lose someone you love and blame yourself for this...When I was a little kid, I was in the song, I didn't hear my grandma trying to warn me. She saved me from being taken away from the bergen chef and gets taken instead. I was heartbroken when she was took away that I lost my true colors and became gray. For 20 years, I lived with trauma and believing it was my fault for Grandma's death" Branch explained as he wipes his tears.

His brothers were surprised by this, Branch had already told them what happened to her, but they didn't knew he was responsible for her death. John Dory placed his hand on Branch's shoulder "No it's not...It's not your fault grandma died" he said as Branch listens to John Dory "Grandma sacrificed herself to save you so you can live. And, I now realized that our parents' death is not my fault either, they sacrificed themselves so I can live too, if weren't for them you and I wouldn't be here today" he explained as Branch smiles then hugs John Dory and John Dory is touched by this gesture as he hugs him back then Bruce, Clay, and Floyd joined in.

Poppy and Viva were bursting into tears and trying to hold their sobbing "This is the most beautiful family moment, I've ever seen" Poppy said "Me too" Viva added. "Let's take a photo to remember this" Bruce suggested as everyone gather around to get ready for photo. Viva readies the camera then she quickly runs to the group as the camera took their photo.

John Dory steps out of the group and approaches the camera, the photo prints out as he pulls it out to examine it "Is it good?" Viva asked as John Dory gave her a thumbs-up "It's perfect" he replied.

As he looks at the description of the photo: he, Branch, and Poppy were sitting on the ground. Viva, Clay, Bruce, and Floyd were behind them. The photo reminds him of another like this, he picks up the family album and founds the photo he is looking for. It was him, his brothers, and his parents.

He, his mom, and Bruce/Spruce were on the floor. Clay, Floyd, and his dad were sitting on the couch as he was holding Branch. "I'm made you very proud, Mom and Dad, and we are now looking out for each other, I wished you met Bruce's kids, you would be more than excited to become grandparents" John Dory said.

Rowan Basil and Rose Willow (c) @rootsbe4branches-trolls

Broppy Proposal

Two months after the events of Trolls 3: Band Together. Branch decided to take the next big step of his relationship with Poppy.

If you hadn't seen the movie, go watch it.

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Branch is at his bunker as his brothers had came to visit him as they finished putting a hundred puzzle pieces together as they slumped their seats. "Aaaw" they all sighed "Man, that was a lot of hard work" John Dory said "And teamwork" Spruce added.

"No wonder, you enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles" Clay said "It really does reflect when you and Grandma do puzzles together" Floyd exclaimed "Yeah, better than playing cards with her" Branch said as Floyd looks at the clock "Hey, Branch, I believe it's time for your date with Poppy" he said as Branch looks at clock and realized that Floyd is right.

"I have to get ready" Branch said as he changes from his usual clothes to his tuxedo just as Branch was about to leave Spruce stops him "Branch, wait, you forgot something" he said as he hands Branch a small velvet box "It fell out of your nightstand" Spruce said as Branch puts it in his pocket.

"Thanks" Branch said as he pushes the lever as platform elevator head towards the entrance "I feel so proud of Branch" Floyd said "I'm no longer the only troll in this family that is married and a father, if Branch and Poppy are ever going to have kids" Spruce exclaimed "Not only that, but Branch will become king of the Pop Trolls" Clay added.

"He'll finally achieve that goal when he slipped that out, eh, Bro?" John Dory stated chuckling as he gives Spruce a friendly elbow bump. Floyd and Clay looked confused "Ummm, what do you mean by that?" Clay asked "Well, two months ago when we were getting the band back together to save Floyd..." Spruce explained.

(Flashback)

On Vacay Island, Poppy is sitting down at the beach as she watches the sunset, Branch looks at her before turning to Spruce and John Dory as he tells them about what he said to Poppy at Bridget and Gristle's wedding.

"Like earlier today, I kinda let it slip out that I wanna marry her" Branch whispered "Awww" Spruce said as John Dory burst out laughing, much to Branch's annoyance and embarrassment "HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST SLIP OUT!?!" John Dory exclaimed.

(Flashback ends)

Clay and Floyd were stunned after Spruce finished "That sounded embarrassing" Floyd said "And awkward too" Clay added "Yep, but tonight Branch is going to do it" John Dory said "And we'll get see Branch's wedding" Spruce said.

"Sorry, we never got to see your wedding, Spruce or Bruce" Floyd said as he and rest of his brothers never went to Spruce's wedding ever since they went their separate ways when BroZone broke.

"I really wish that I could, but I had no idea where you guys were and has been 20 years since we last saw each other" Spruce explained as Floyd wraps himself as he feels vulnerable "Hey, Bros...Could Branch pick me to be his best man?" he asked "If there's any troll that Branch would pick to be his best man? It'll be you, Floyd" John Dory explained as he gives Floyd a noggie as Floyd chuckles.

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Meanwhile...

Poppy and Branch are sitting next to the river after they had their dinner "Poppy....ever since when we first met, I never had anyone to relay but myself and no one never wanted to do with me because no one likes an outcast" Branch explained.

"Years pass by as you tried to help me to be happy even when I declined, you kept going because I needed it and you never give up on me and being with you was the best thing that ever happened to me" he finished as he gets down on one knee and pulls out the velvet box as he opens it to reveal a ring with a pink gem on it.

"Poppy, will you marry me?" Branch asked "Yes" Poppy exclaimed as Branch puts the ring on Poppy's finger as they kissed.

Trolls 3 - Bro comfort

The movie Trolls 3: Band Together is coming on November 17, 2023. When, Branch and Poppy team up with Branch's long-lost brothers to save his other brother, Floyd.

Though, if it's unaware that Branch's brothers know about their parents' and Grandma Rosiepuff's death and Branch's childhood trauma. So, I'm writing my own version of Branch telling his brothers about the trauma he had been through after they left.

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After, Branch, Poppy, John Dory, and Spruce finished singing as the crowd applauded and cheered, while Poppy and Branch's brothers exclaimed in triumph, Branch glances at the cheering crowd, suddenly things in his mind became distorted and his heart beats as he pants in fear.

Branch gets flashbacks of his brothers leaving, his parents' sacrifice, his younger self singing and falling when his grandmother sacrificed herself to save him, and his younger self turning gray.

"I can't believe I corporated, I can't take this anymore!" Branch said as he leaves the stage "Branch! Wait!" Poppy exclaimed as John Dory and Spruce became concerned "Where are you going?" John Dory asked "Nowhere!" Branch replied as he exits the building. Poppy and Branch's brothers exit the building as they search for Branch "Branch!" John Dory called "Branch" Spruce added "Leave me alone!" Branch said as he enters the old funhouse.

"Branch, please!" John Dory begged as he and Spruce entered as they find their younger brother, Clay "Clay, do you know where Branch is?" Spruce asked as Clay nods and brings them as they found Branch sitting in an old rail cars.

Branch had his his legs close to his chest and his face planted to his knees as he cries. "Branch" John Dory said when he and his brothers saw how sad Branch is as they got on the old rail cars sitting next to him "We guess you don't feel happy?" Spruce stated "I didn't even want to perform or even want to come with you, but I had to for Floyd's sake" Branch replied.

"We're sorry, Branch. We...we thought you love performing with us" John Dory said "When, I was a baby and my brothers didn't ditch me...and never coming back for me. You have no idea how much trauma I've been through after you guys left" Branch exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" Clay asked "During Trollstice, Mom and Dad had to lay their lives to save me and Grandma Rosiepuff and then when I was a kid as I became lost in the song, Grandma had to sacrifice herself to save me from being eaten and I had turned gray and hadn't sung ever since. I was all alone, I didn't had any friends back then, and I needed you the most, you're all what I have left in this family... but the family doesn't feel like the family I know...you ruined it" Branch explained in a cracked voice.

Branch's brothers were shocked by this and realized how they had hurt Branch when they had left "Oh, Branch, we are so sorry...but, you need to understand...your brothers and I..." John Dory stuttered "We just--I felt..." Spruce stuttered too "They've always been...I haven't been..." Clay stuttered as they gave up.

They burst into tears "We're sorry, we-we-we don't have the words" John Dory replied as they were too guilty to explain as Branch looks at them "When we save Floyd, are you all gonna ditch me again? Somewhere, where I'll never see you again?" Branch asked "No" John Dory replied "Of course not" Spruce added "We'll never do that" Clay retort as they hugged Branch "Never again" John Dory said as Branch smiles and hugs his brothers back.

HE IS OLD BUT HES JUST❤️

The Old One