Woah... me, a KING?

Branch had to take a moment and pause, not believing it. When he had opted to marry Poppy, his first and foremost reason had been to join in romantic union with the one true love of his life. The pink Pop Queen was that Troll of his dreams. It was only afterwards as he now underwent the coronation and stood before Pop Village with a brand-new crown and title to boot that he truly came to realize what marrying the Pop Queen meant. He was the king of Pop. Royalty. And with royalty came a lot of responsibility and power that had to be handled wisely. A smirk grew on Branch's face, and he tapped Poppy's shoulder.

"Can I say something?" he asked, gesturing out to the wildly applauding crowd.

Poppy looked at him incredulously. "Uh, yeah! Of course you can!"

Branch smiled and held a hand up for silence. Most of the crowd went quiet, except for one blue troll.

"That's Branch!" Biggie cried, happily bouncing Mr. Dinkles in his arms. "He's my friend! I know him!"

Beside him, the Snack Pack all shushed the Troll and then awaited what their new king had to say.

Branch cleared his throat and began to speak grandly. "My good people," he began, "I think that there's a lesson here for all of us."

He began to walk down the stage and into the crowd, the Trolls stepping aside to make way for him. Branch continued. "Maybe the next time you're about to ditch a younger sibling, you'll stop and think, hey, maybe this guy has feelings... Maybe we should cut him some slack..."

The Trolls surrounding him raised their eyebrows, listening but not sure where Branch was going with this. Suddenly, Branch's voice got stronger as he spoke again.

"Because maybe – just maybe – he might turn out to be, oh I dunno, a KING?!" He crossed his arms and frowned. "And maybe his first royal decree will be to banish anyone who ever walked out on him!"

Branch then whirled around. "That's right, I'm looking at YOU , BroZone!"

Standing there, frozen on the spot with Branch's accusatory finger pointed right at them was John Dory, Spruce, Clay, and Floyd. The brothers' eyes grew wide with worry as they came to realize what exactly Branch was saying.

"What? Oh, no, no, we are so , so sorry about the way that we treated you," JD hurriedly said.

"We did you dirty and it was wrong," Spruce added.

"Yeah, it was just a joke!" Clay chimed in rather unconvincingly.

"I was just doing what they did!" Floyd whined, bursting into frantic tears.

"Tut, tut," Branch said calmly, raising a hand. "Don't worry. As a merciful king, I wasn't going to banish you guys."

A collective sigh of relief went out among the brothers.

"I was going to execute you."

"WHAT?!" The brothers gasped in unison. They all began to desperately talk at once.

"No, no, please! Don't do that!" John Dory pleaded.

"You can't, Branch!" Spruce cried.

"We'll do anything!" Clay pitched in.

"I don't wanna die!" Floyd whimpered, bawling with even more tears.

Unable to take anymore, Branch couldn't help laughing. "Guys, I'm just joking . I'm not going to do that." While John Dory, Spruce, and Clay sheepishly composed themselves, Floyd was still out of sorts, his eyeliner having rubbed off and turning his tears into dark streaks on his cheeks. Branch rolled his eyes. "Stop crying, Floyd."

The magenta Troll looked up at him, still blubbering. "I-I'm sorry I'm tr-trying, but... It just w-won't stop !"

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A/N: Based on my comic that I made of Branch saying some of Artie's lines from Shrek the Third (since JT plays both characters), this time also combined with the scene/lines from Wreck-It Ralph when Vanellope turns back into a princess and confronts her bullies XD