"Come on, Melody, it's nap time." Bruce chased Melody, who was crawling in a fast pace. In fact, he, along with his brothers were all chasing her all around the nursery room.

"Hahahaha, bye-bye! 😛" Melody said.

"Please come here, Melody," Floyd said.

"Phew,  she's pretty fast," John Dory said, holding onto his back.

Melody giggled and crawled faster, until Clay grabbed her.

"Gotcha! Come on, it's nap time..." Clay said.

Melody started to cry. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! 😭😭😭😭" 

"Awww, it's okay, Mel Mel. Shhhh, shhh, shhh, it's okay. 🙁" Clay rocked her.

"Awww, it's so sad to see her this upset, 🥺" Floyd said.

Bruce frowned and nodded. "I knoooooow!!! 😫"

WAAAAAAAA-cough, cough-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

"Here, let me hold her, bro." John Dory reached out to Melody, who grabbed his pants.

"Wheeee!!! 😆" Melody said as she slid down with John Dory's pants, revealing his polka dot underpants. 

"😱😱😱😱" John Dory let out a yelp. Clay and Bruce busted out laughing while Floyd covered his mouth in surprise. Melody giggled and crawled away pretty quickly. John Dory quickly pulled up his pants.

"Ha-ha! She pantsed you, bro," Clay said.

Bruce tried his best to hold in his laughter while John Dory gave them an are-you-serious look.

John Dory adjusted his pants. "Hey! That's not funny."

"Oh my gosh, where's Melody??? 😨" Bruce asked.

"Oooooooohhhhh no. We can't lose her! 😢" Floyd panicked.

"I see her!" Clay pointed where she was quickly crawling out of the nursery room.

"Bye-bye!" Melody quickly crawled away.

"Oh my gosh, wait, Melody!" Floyd said, running after her.

"MELODY, MELODY-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Floyd screamed.

BOOOM!! CRASH!!!

"MELODY!!! FLOYD!!!!" Bruce, Clay and John Dory panicked as they ran out of the room to find a brown table laying on the ground. 

"😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫" Floyd was laying on the floor too.

"Floyd, are you okay? What happened?" Bruce asked.

"I tripped over a small ball and crashed into the brown table and fell," Floyd said.

John Dory got down on his knees. "Are you hurt?"

Floyd sat up and looked as if he might cry. "I'm fine. But we need to find Melody. 🥴😰"

"Yes, you're right. I just want to make sure that my little bro isn't hurt," John Dory wiped his little brother's tears and gave him a hug.

Bruce and Clay help Floyd up to his feet and hugged him too.

Floyd smiled. "Awwwwww, thanks guys. I'm okay. Now, let's go find our niece."

The four uncles walked in a fast pace through the hallways. When they went into the living room, there was no sign of Melody.

"Wh-Where could she go?" Floyd asked.

Bruce looked around the living room. He walked ahead to find a tip of pink hair sticking out from behind the couch's pillow. 

Bruce nudged his brothers and pointed at the couch. He huddled up with them and whispered. They all nodded.

"Oh, no. I can't find Melody anywhere, 🤔😏" John Dory said.

"Where could she go? Did she disappear? 😏" Clay asked.

Melody's giggling voice came from behind the pillow.

"Is she under the table? 😏" Floyd looked under the table.

"Or under the chair? 😏" John Dory asked.

"Ooooorr....behind this pillow! 😏" Bruce grabbed the throw pillow and moved it to reveal Melody who screamed in laughter.

"We found you!!" Clay said, tickling her.

"Tickle, tickle!" Bruce said.

Melody laughed and wiggled around. After having this tickle moment, Bruce picked her up, which she calmed down a bit, sucking on her thumb. When they came back to the nursery, Bruce expected Melody to cry, but was thankful that she was still calm.

"Good thing she calm down. Now she can be ready for her N-A-P," Bruce said.

"Yeah, let's hope that she'll be able to take her N-A-P this time," Floyd said.

"She definitely needs a N-A-P or else she'll be a cranky princess," Clay said.

"Bro, why are you guys spelling out the word nap?" John Dory asked.

Melody's ears twitched as she immediately began to cry.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

"Ugh, dude!!" Clay said.

"What?" John Dory said.

"Awww, Melody, what's wrong? Aren't you sleepy?" Floyd asked.

Melody shook her head. "Noooo!!"

"Why not?" Bruce asked.

"Mommy....Dada....😭😭😭😭😭" Melody's lip quivered as she began to cry.

"Awwwwwwwwww, you miss your Mommy and Daddy?" Bruce asked.

Melody nodded. "Mhm."

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, 🥺🥺🥺" Clay, John Dory, and Floyd said, hugging each other.

Bruce hugged his niece, wiping her tears. "Aww, it's okay, Melody. I understand. It's okay. Your mommy and daddy will be back soon, I promise."

"How about we call them?" Floyd suggested.

"That's a great idea!" Clay said.

"Or even better, let's video call them!" John Dory said.

- - -

Meanwhile...

In Trollstopia, the happy, married couple Broppy and Viva are at a beautiful cafe, taking the moment to have lunch together.

Riiiiiiiing, riiiiiinng!

Branch looked at his phone, being surprised that John Dory was trying to video call him. He raised his eyebrows.

Oh, no! They are calling me? What could be wrong? Is Melody okay? Is she hurt? Did something break down? Is my bunker on fire!?! Okay, don't panic, Branch. Just answer the phone.

Branch answered the phone. "Hello? Is everything okay? My fire extinguisher is near the kitchen!"

Clay waved and laughed. "Oh, Branch, the bunker's not on fire. We just want to call you to tell you that Melody..."

"What's wrong with Melody? Is she hurt? Sick? Did she have a diaper blowout? 😱"

Poppy gasped. "Oh, no! Do we need to get home then? 😱"

Bruce shook his head. "No, no, it's just...."

Viva got worried too. "Oh my gosh, forget about the errands, this is a family emer-"

"MOMMY!!! DADA!!! 😄" Melody shouted and waved.

Branch stopped being on "protective mode" and spoke in a soft, babyish voice. "Heey, there's my princess. How are you? 😅"

 Poppy sighed in relief. "Hi sweetie! Are you having fun with your uncles?"

"Fun! Hi Auntie Vi!" Melody said.

"Aww, hi to you!" Viva said.

"So, what's going on, guys?" Poppy asked.

"Oh, we just wanted to call you because little Melody missed her mommy and daddy," Bruce said.

"Awwwwwwwwwww, we miss you too!!!! 🥰" Poppy said.

"Don't worry, sweetie, Mommy and Daddy will be back soon, 🥰" Branch said.

"And when we do, we will give you lots of hugs and kisses, 🤗😘" Poppy said.

"😄" Melody smiled, showing off her baby tooth.

"Awwww, There's my baby girl's smile," Branch said.

"Love you! Mwah, mwah, mwah! 😘" Melody blew kisses at them. 

Branch and Poppy did the same thing. "We love you too!" 

"So, yeah, that's why we called. Nothing to worry about," Bruce said.

"Phew, thank trollness," Branch said.

Clay gasped. "Oh my gosh, there is something we have to tell you-but it's not bad, it's actually good."

Branch raised his eyebrows. "Go on... 🤨"

Clay smiled. "Well, we were helping Melody with practicing her walking, and then at that moment..."

Floyd interrupted him in excitement. "Melody literally took one step today!!" 

"Floyd!" Clay whined.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it," Floyd admitted.

"What, really?" Branch and Poppy said.

"Yeeeeaaaaah!" Melody said.

"I'll send you the video, bro," Clay said.

Branch immediately went on his messages to find the video. After he, Poppy, and Viva watched the video, they got excited.

"Oh my gosh! That's so FANTASAMAZING!!! 😍😍😍" Viva said.

"I know right? That's the best news ever!! AAAHHHH!! I'm so proud of you, Melody! YAAAAAY!!! 😍😍😍" Poppy clapped.

"Great job, princess! Daddy's so proud of you! 😊" Branch said.

Melody giggled. "Dada!"

"She's literally "this close" to being able to walk," Bruce said.

"AAAHHHH I can't wait until she does! We should have a party when that day comes!! I'm going to get balloons!" Poppy said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, and we'll have cake!" Viva said.

"And just wait until we get a bouncy house too! AHH!! She's going to love it!" Poppy said.

"Bouncy-Bouncy!" Melody said.

"She sure will!" Viva said.

"That sounds exciting," Branch said. "Well, we got to go now and will call you back when we will be back home. Love you, princess!"

"Love you, Melody, sweetie!" Poppy said.

Melody blew kisses at them. "Love you!"

"Bye-bye! Love you!" Viva said.

Melody waved. "Love you! Bye-bye!"

"Byyyyyyyyeeeee...." Branch's brothers said.

"Now. Are you ready for nap time?" Bruce asked while still holding Melody, who had a sleepy look on her face. 

Melody blinked, sucked her thumb for a moment, and then she nodded while laying down on Bruce's shoulder.

"Awww, see? Come on, let's put you into the crib." Bruce carefully put his niece into the crib where she slept. Melody gave each of her uncles a kiss on the cheek.

John Dory put the pacifier in her mouth, Floyd put the blanket on her, and Clay fluffed her pillow as Melody slowly closed her eyes.

"Sweet dreams, my Melody, 😘" Bruce said as he along with his brothers, each gave Melody a hug and a kiss on the forehead as she soon fell fast asleep.

"Awwww, she's so adorable when she sleeps, 🥰" Floyd whispered.

"Yes, and now I'm starting to miss her already, 🥺" John Dory said.

"Me too! I really want to keep playing with her, 🥺" Clay said. 

"Same here. Now, come on, we better go and let her rest," Bruce said.

The four brothers tip-toed out of the nursery, slightly closing the door. They continued to tip-toe through the living room, and when they got there, they sighed in relief.

"Phew, we did it," John Dory said.

"Wow, I can't believe that we have her take her nap," Floyd said.

"It wasn't too bad," Clay said.

"But I do miss her already, but we will see her when she wakes up," Bruce said.

"So, what should we do now?" Clay asked.

"Well, I guess we'll just chill a bit," Floyd said.

"And do what? Watch TV?" 

"Heeey, speaking of, let's watch Supernanny," Bruce said.

"Supernanny? I remember that show," Floyd said.

"I never seen that show before," Clay said.

"Me neither," John Dory said.

Bruce gasped. "Whaaat!?! You guys should watch it. It's a real good show. Here, let's watch an episode while we wait until Melody wakes up from her nap."

The four brothers sat on the couch together as Bruce turned on the TV and searched for a Supernanny episode. Once they picked one out, they watched it together.

~ ~ ~

40 minutes later....

"Wow, what an episode. I enjoyed it," Bruce said finishing up his bowl of popcorn.

"Me too. I love the way she brought the family back together," Floyd said.

"Yeah. She's such a talented Troll," Clay said.

"Wait, what was her name again?" John Dory asked.

"Jessie," Bruce said.

"Yeah, she's super cool," John Dory said.

A sudden ringing noise came on. Floyd grabbed his phone and answered it.

"Hello........yes, Branch......we're doing fine......yup.....Melody's still taking her nap, but she'll be up to see you guys....wait, really? You will? Okay....see you then....okay, bye-bye...." Floyd hung up. 

"What did Branch say?" John Dory asked.

"Branch said that he, Poppy, and Viva are on their way back here," Floyd answered.

"Oh, that's great news. Melody's going to be soo happy," Clay said.

Bruce smiled from ear to ear. "Speaking of Melody, her timer for her nap time went on and it's time to go see her!! 😁"  

"Alright! I've been waiting for that timer to go off, 😄" Clay said.

"Yay, we can play with our little niece again, 😊" Floyd said, clapping.

"Oh, and she probably needs another diaper change again too, 😅" John Dory said.

"Let's go see little Melody!" Bruce got off the couch and his brothers followed him.

They walked through the hallway and faced each other in excitement. Bruce especially was totally excited to see his my Melody. He couldn't wait to keep encouraging her to walk again as he had a strong feeling that she would walk much sooner than what they predicted to be a week. 

Bruce spoke in his singsong voice. "🎶 Oh Melody!!! 🎶"

When they got towards the nursery room, Bruce opened the door to find that it was empty. They gasped in horror.