Flavor Berry Buck Season
Disclaimer- I do not own Trolls to Trollstopia in any way or form. Melody Song, Mal Shredder, Stereo, Twilight Tidepool, McJagger, and Buckaroo are my O.C.s and belong to me. Aggie belongs to I.M. Rally. Now, let's get to it!
Poppy and Branch: You can do it solo!
Aggie and Trollex: But then you'd be all by yourself.
Stereo and Synth: (Synth: Yo!) So, it'd be more fun to share this one with someone else! (Tiny Diamond: Hit it, daddy!)
Rhythm, Blues, Quincy, Essence: Together, we will soar across the sky and beyond! (Prince D: To the great beyond!)
Holly Darling, Buckaroo, Delta Dawn: So, tune-up your voice!
Val Thundershock, Barb, and Melody Song: Stand up and sing along!
All: All different voices (Tiny Diamond: Everybody now!), our melodies ringing. We're living in harmony! Yeah, we're living in harmony! Our song is much stronger will every troll singing. We're living in harmony!
Flavor Berry Buck Season
Over in Pop Village, at Dr. Moonbloom's doctor's office, Buckaroo was laying on the examination table, writhing in pain, while Moonbloom was wrapping her hip up with a long bit of white gauze, saying, "Hold still, Buckaroo. Your squirming around is making it hard for me to keep the bandage in place as I wrap it on you." Buckaroo grunted in pain while commenting, "Ay ken't help it, doc! My hips hurt mawe than ayy burnin' furnace, ayn' it's irritatin' me! Plus, that there bandage is hot as the sun"! Moonbloom commented, "Well, the bandage is heated to help relax the sore muscles in your hips as you recover. And it'll go a lot smoother if you quit moving around like a jittery Troll on a sugar high." Buckaroo grumbled and tried to sit still as Moonbloom managed to soon clip the bandage with a small metal clip so it could not come apart, while the detective stated with irritation, "That's the last taame ay decaade ta do wheelbarrow races with Winnona." While this was going on, Holly soon trotted into the room with what looked like a cheery glo-mato that was growing in a flowerpot, saying, "Knock, knock. Just thought ay'd drop in ta see how you're doin', bestie." When Buckaroo saw Holly enter the room, she smiled, feeling a bit better that her best friend had come to check up on her, as she said, "Eh, ay've been through worse. Doc says that my hip's gonna need ayy few days rest ta recovuurr, which sucks, especially because I'll be missin' out on Flavor Berry Buck Season." Holly gasped and said, "Oh naw, ay almost forgot about that," as Moonbloom asked, "I'm sorry, what exactly is Flavor Berry Buck Season"? Buckaroo answered, "It's this yearly event that happens when the Flavor Berry trees we grow are raape with fruit ayn' ready ta be picked. Ay usually manhandle the event due ta my farmin' experience, ayn' ay handle pickin' the Flavor Berries, by using my back legs t buck the trees ayn' make 'em shake the berries down into baskets, where we collect and store the berries. But since ay ken't this time due ta my injury, who's gonna run Flavor Berry Buck Season? Someone's gotta get them plump berries off those trees." Holly felt bad for her best friend before she suddenly got an idea, saying, "Hey, ay ken handle it"! Buckaroo looked at Holly, who explained, "Ay may nawht be as strong as y'all are, Buckaroo, but my back legs ken still knock 'em down just as fast ayn' good as yours ken. Plus, ay've helped ya harvest the crops on your family's farm befawe; this shouldn't be any different." Buckaroo raised an eyebrow, commenting, "Ay don't know, Holls. Ay mean, ay know that you're maheety capable ov bein' able ta harvest well, but this ain't laake pickin' the vegetables on ayy farm; this is ay bigguurr event, ayy lot bigguur. You need ta have ayy lot ov endurance ayn' energy ta handle the long harvestin' taame ayn' hard work in gettin' those Flavor Berries down. Plus, ay'm nawht sure y'all ken handle doin' this here job on your own." Holly chuckled and said, "Ay got enough endurance ta run ayy 3-day marathon nonstop, ayn' plenty ov energy. Ay am one ov the most energetic Country Trolls around, ayn' ay'm mawe than capable of handlin' this here job all on my own. Besaades, how much hard work could buckin' ayy few trees be"?
At Country Corral, there was a huge, gigantic orchard, with fruitful trees blossoming and growing the biggest, juiciest, and most flavorful Flavor Berries around, and they looked ready to come right off the trees. By the edge of the orchard, Holly and Buckaroo were both gazing upon the many, many, many trees while Holly, who was shocked by the sight, commented, "Hot dang! Whel, ay'll be ayy Monkey Crittuurr's uncle, ay sure got my work cut out faw me. That there's the biggest bumpuurr crop ov Flavor Berries ay evuurr laid eyes on." Buckaroo, who was standing beside her while her hip was bandaged and holding the cheery glo-mato plant in the flower pot Holly brought over, mentioned, "Yep. Too big ta handle on your own, Holls." Holly looked at her best friend, saying cheerily, "Come on, Bucky, take it easy. Y'all need ta rest up ayn' get bettuurr. Y'all let me handle this faw ya; it don't look too bad. Besides, ay haven't met an orchard yet that ay ken't handle," and accidentally jabbed Buckaroo's hip with her elbow, forgetting momentarily that her best friend was still hurt. When Buckaroo felt Holy jab her, she winced in pain and gritted her teeth, holding where she got jabbed and glaring at Holly a little bit while the Country ambassador saw what she did and sheepishly chuckled, saying, "Oops, sorry." Holly then walked up to some of the Flavor Berry trees, inspecting them while saying, "They seem sturdy ayn' set ta be bucked. Ay'll take ayy baate out ov this job by day's end." Buckaroo looked at the orchard before looking back at Holly, replying, "Baatin' off mawe than y'all ken chew seems more laake it, ayn' it's exactly what ay'm afraid ov." Holly did not seem to be taking kindly to Buckaroo's concerns, thinking that her best friend didn't believe in her, as she asked while placing her hands on her hips and raising an eyebrow "Are y'all sayin' my mouth's makin' promises my legs ken't keep"? Buckaroo crossed her arms while saying, "Ee-yup. Sorry Holls, but ay gotta speak the truth, this ain't any simple harvestin' job, ayn' ay ken't help but fear that this maheet be one job too big few y'all ta handle, especially without help." Holly, in disbelief, stomped her hoof and scoffed, "Wha-why, of all the- this is your best friend Holly Darlin' remember"?! Holly then added while approaching the detective and staring at her face-to-face, with a face of determination and a desire to prove herself, "The kindest ov friends ayn' the most dependable ov Trolls"?! Buckaroo shrank back a bit, but still stood by her truthful claim, saying, "But still only one Troll, Holly, ayn' one Troll plus hundreds ov Flavor Berry trees just doesn't seem ta add up ayn' such." Holly crossed her arms and stated, "Don't y'all start goin' on about with them fancy mathematics ta muddy up the situation in hand, Buckaroo Ringer! Ay said I could handle this here harvest, ayn' ay'm gonna pove it to y'all"! Holly then faced the trees, exclaiming, "By my words, sworn upon the hairspray ay use on my big beautiful hair, ayn' my overflowin' generous natuurr, ay'm gonna get ever' last one ov them juicy Flavor Berries out ov those trees this here Flavor Berry Buck Season all by myself"! Upon saying her exclamation, Holly looked out on the whole area of trees she had to buck down in total and gulps nervously, feeling a bit unsure if she was actually capable of accomplishing this.
Buckaroo, who seemed to see how determined Holly looked, also taking into account Holly's nervousness as well, simply shrugged and said, "Ok then, Holls, if y'all say so. Ay'll be restin' in my house if ya need me," as she left with the plant, leaving holly to bravely enter the orchard and look at each singular tree to see what exactly she was handling with for this job. She approached one tree that seemed sturdy enough to start with, and placed two baskets under the tree, saying, "Well, looks laake ay bettuurr get kicking'. These Flavor Berries aren't gonna shake themselves out ov the trees. Though it would be funny if they did, a mean, a Flavor Berry tree that shook its own berries free"? Holly found herself snickering a bit before she suddenly felt the ground rumble and then, a Flavor Berry fell from one of the tree branches, bonking Holly on the head. Holly caught the Flavor Berry that fell while holding where it hit her on the had as she commented, "Hey! What the"?! Then, Holly saw the ground shake a bit, recognizing what was going on and saying, "Oh naw," and quickly galloped away to where the rumbling source was coming from. Meanwhile, in Pop Village, at the center of Trollstopia, Dante was conducting a set of instrument bugs when he seemed to see something from far away and narrowed his eyes for a closer look. It turned out that far away, coming from Country Corral, looked like a huge herd of stampeding Adora-bulls, making Dante gasp and shout, "STAMPEDE"! All of Trollstopia immediately started to panic, trying to run to safety before they could get trampled. Trolls were diving into mushroom houses, behind booths, anywhere they could for safety, as Cooper, who was bouncing up and down really fast due to the vibrations of the ground, said while his voice also jumbled from the fast-moving vibrations, "Hey! This makes my voice sound silly"! Aggie, seeing Cooper doing this, shouted, "Cooper, are you crazy?! Run," and flew to safety, as Poppy shouted, "Every Troll calm down! There's no reason to panic"! Satin and Chenille approached Poppy, with Satin saying, "But Poppy," while Chenille added, "Whatever shall we do"?! Suddenly, Val saw something and pointed as she shouted, "Look there"! By the stampede, which was getting closer, Holly had gotten inside, set to control the Adora-bulls, while shouting, "Yeehaw," as Clampers was galloping right side her. Everyone in Trollstopia started to cheer for Holly, as Holly, while inside the stampede, shouts, "Othuur said, Clampers"! Clampers nodded, saying, "Got it, Holly," and slowed down a bit so she could gallop to the other side, making the stampede narrower, while Holly shouted, "Put 'em up, Clampers"! In town, everyone watched nervously/in shock, as Dante fainted while Stereo hugged Synth, as Cooper commented, "This is the best rodeo show ever," and had pulled out the popcorn out of his hat, conveniently eating it before offering some to Aggie, who nodded while taking a few kernels, saying, "Come on, Holly, you can do it." Back with the stampede, Holly still kept running to keep up with the bulls while shouting, "Come on, little doggies! Herd," and bumped one Adora-bull on its side to keep it in the crowd, while Clampers did the same with another bull, before hearing Holly shout, "Clampers, put 'em up"! Clampers nodded and leaped on top of the stampede, climbing over the bulls. Holly followed her and was soon standing on a bull while she saw Clampers now lading the pack, set to help lead the stampede away, as Holly shouted, "Haha, gotcha," before pulling out a lasso and tossing it, catching the lead bull by its horns. In her grasp, Holly then pulled on the rope, and just in the nick of time before the stampede could enter town, she and Clampers were able to lead it away, both of them shouting, "Yeehaw," while helping to lead the stampede towards a grassy clearing. Everyone that was watching this all cheered happily for Holly saving the day, while Cooper, who was also cheering, waved a flag with Holly's face on it.
Meanwhile, at the clearing, Holly skidded to a stop as the stampede finally died down and all of the Adora-bulls were calm again. With things now all calm, Holly approached one of the Adora-bulls and commented, "Hot dang, that was close. Now, can some bull tell me what was THAT all about"? One of the bulls grunted something before pointing at a Cuddplepup that was sitting there cutely before it waked away, as Holly seemed to understand and said, "Aww, ay bet that lil' fella started y'all ayn' made ya run off in fraheet"? The Adora-bull nodded while grunting as the Country ambassador gently hugged its muzzle, saying, "There, there, sugar ever'thin's faane now. Though next taame, if y'all go off stampedin' again, maybe try ayn' steer clear ov Trollstopia, ok"? The bull nodded in understanding before it and the rest of the Adora-bulls started to walk back to Country Corral, but not before giving a friendly smile at Clampers, who smiled and gave them a friendly wave" Holly the said, "Clampers, y'all go follow them ayn' make sure they get back ta the corral safe ayn' sound." Clampers nodded, saying, "Got it, Holly," and galloped after the herd to make sure they had safe. Holly saw the large crowd of Trolls in town cheering for the heroic rescue and came up to them, standing on a small rock ledge, and shouted while standing on her hind legs, "Yeehaw," before galloping back to Country Corral as well. After Holly was gone, Cooper was jumping around, mimicking he was riding a bull, as he said, "Yeehaw, ride 'em cowTroll," before falling over and giggling in amusement, as Delta, who also had witnessed Holly's heroic act and was really impressed, commented, "My my, Holly was just..just.," before Dante, who had recovered from fainting, exclaimed, "Marvelous! simply marvelous," and Synth added, "Holly-tastic, yo"! Gust added, "Yesiree, Holly sure did ayy maheety faane job protectin' the town laake that," while Aggie mentioned, "Yah! The way she and Clampers herded those bulls were really cool"! Delta chuckled and stated, "Exactly, y'all. We gotta do somethin' ta thank Holly far single-handedly savin' our town." Poppy got an idea, saying, "I know what we should do"!
Two days later, there was a huge party/award ceremony being held to honor Holly for her brave deed, with Poppy's voice exclaiming in the background, "A party"! Aggie was making sure everything was all set for the ceremony, while asking Synth, who was tying a bunch of balloons to a tree, "We all ready"? Synth replied, "Just one last thing, yo," and pointed upward to the top of the mushroom stage, where Dante and Minuet were busy hanging up a banner with Holly's face painted on it, surrounded by silver horseshoe designs. With the banner in place, Dante announced, "Now, we are ready to commence! Is Holly by chance ready as well"? Aggie looked around, not spotting Holly anywhere, making her reply, "Uh, I don't know; I can't find her," before Val answered, "To be honest, I haven't seen her all week. Not since the stampede." Low-Note Jones then came over, saying, "Not to worry, babies, for if we know Holly as well as we do, she'll be here for sure," as Synth added, "Yeah, yo! She's NEVER late to anything, especially a party"! Soon, a large crowd began to gather by the stage, ready to hear the welcoming speech for Holly's commemoration party. Branch stepped onto the stage and quickly pulled out some notecards, making sure they were in order before he cleared his throat and said, "Welcome, every Troll! Today, we are all here to honor a Troll we can always count on in matters great, and small. Whose generosity can only be compared to her big, caring, hard-working heart. A Troll whose contributions to-," before Val suddenly interrupted his speech by leaping onto the stage, slamming her hands on the podium Branch was addressing his speech excitedly, and exclaiming while facing the audience, "Did you see Holly's swift movements out there?! They were so rocking! She's quite an athlete! In fact, this week, she's even agreed to help me work on my most epic stage dive move of all time! It's going to be so hardcore, and possibly, even be legendary"! Val started to pretend she was playing air guitar and mimicking electric guitar sounds as Branch pushed her aside while saying, "Exactly! And I-," before suddenly, biggie interrupted by standing in front of Branch and saying to the audience, "This week, I get to bake cupcakes for every Troll in Trollstopia"! Branch, confused, asked, "What does holly have to do with your activity," as Biggie chuckled and answered, "See, since Holly is such an amazing baker, one of the best bakers if I may add, she's gonna lend a helping hand! She helps make any sweet treat a real delight to eat! Be prepared to taste the best cupcakes you've ever had, Trollstopia"! The crowd cheered one excitement of the idea of delicious cupcakes before Branch pushed Biggie aside as well before resuming his speech, saying, "Ok, that's great. Now, if I can just continue and make a point without getting inter-,"
Suddenly, Low-Note Jones came up onto the stage, saying, "Hey there, Branch," as Branch groaned and added, "Uptted," to finish what he was originally gonna say. Low-Note Jones then said, "sorry to be interrupting your pretty detailed speech, Branch, but Low-Note Jones just couldn't resist coming up on stage to mention that our good country pal Holly is also gonna be helping me this week with the annual Vibra-xen census." Branch, once again confused, asked, "I'm sorry, what's a Vibra-xen"? Low-Note Jones pulled out a book that had a picture of a brown Fox-like Critter that was small, had musical note paw pads, a fluffy tail with fine hairs that mimicked harp strings, and adorable crystal blue eyes, as he explained, "Vibra-xens are little baby Music Fox-Critters that live in the Rhythm dimension. Holly's gonna help me keep track of all the new baby Vibra-xens that have been born this season. she's gonna use her fabulous herding skills to gather them up." Branch then dryly stated, "Thank you, Low-Note Jones," as Low-Note jones happily chuckled and mentioned, "You're welcome, baby," before exiting the stage. Branch sighed in relief and was ready to continue his speech before Synth then interrupted, saying while standing in front of Branch, facing the audience, "And this week, Holly is helping me with glowsticks ready for our next epic ra-ave! It's gonna be so *imitates airhorn noises*"! Branch pushed synth aside before saying, "Anyone else has anything they want to say?! Anyone"?! When no one seemed to volunteer, Branch sighed in relief before saying, "Well then, as I was trying to say-," before he saw Delta standing next to him, set to present the award, making the Pop king groan and facepalm, saying, "Nevermind," while leaving the podium. Delta then stepped forward, stating,"Ayn' so, without furthuurr ado, it is my pleasure ayn' honor ta give out the Praazed Troll ov Trollstopia Award ta our beloved guest ov honor, ayy Troll ov the utmost trustworthiness, reliability, ayn' integrity. One ov Trollstopia's most carin' ayn' devoted ambassadors: Holly Darlin'"! The crowd started to cheer for Holly Darling, as Delta revealed a large shiny trophy set to be given to Holly. In the crowd, Smidge exclaimed, "Way to go, Holly! That was awesome! We-," before suddenly, the cheers stopped...because Holly didn't seem to appear in the crowd anywhere, as Demo muttered under his breath, "Awkward."
As Trolls started to mutter where Holly could possibly be, suddenly, everyone heard a tired groan and some Trolls noticed someone pushing through the crowd tiredly. It turned out to be Holly, who was carrying two baskets full of Flavor Berries, saying while moving to the stage, "Ay'm here, y'all! ay'm here"! She let out a deep yawn and stumbled on, saying while walking, "Sawry ay'm late, y'all. Ay-woah! Sawry, was I- oops, did I get your foot"? Soon, the tired ambassador, whose clothes looked a little wrung out and her normally beautiful hair a bit of a frizzy mess, while her eyes looked worn out and ready to shut tightly, said as she shook Delta's hand tiredly while stating, "Mayor Delta Dawn, thank ya kaandly for this here...award...thingy. It's so braheet ayn' shaany ayn'-" She approached the trophy and looked at it, seeing her reflection while stating, "Hehe, ay sure do look funny," and started to wobble back and forth, saying, "Woo, woo, woo," while seeing how her reflection went up and down on the trophy. Stereo, thinking this was fun, peeked her head in to join, as Aggie flew towards Holly, saying, "oookay. anyways, Holly, thank you so much for saving Trollstopia from the stampede, and for always being there for every Troll." Holly let out another tired yawn before answering back, "Yeah, Aggie..ay laake helping the Troll folk *yawns*...and stuff...," and was close to falling asleep before waking herself up, saying, "Oh! Uh, yeah, thanks," and started to drag the trophy, with her hair, all the way back to Country Corral, while everyone watched in confusion. Aggie was the first to speak up, saying, "Is it just me, or did Holly seem-," as Barb answered, "Tired," while Trollex added, "Dizzy," and Satin and Chenille stated in unison, "Messy"? Most of the Trolls looked at the fashion twins in confusion, as Chenille answered, "What do you expect? Did you see her clothing," while Melody added, "And Holly's hair was definitely alarming. She's usually VERY meticulous about how it looks." Poppy walked up to Aggie, answering, "She seemed fine to me," while Stereo added, "Yeah, plus, that was fun rocking back and forth and saying, "Woo" a lot"! Aggie, however, was not so sure that everything was ok and decided to go see Holly and ask herself if everything was alright. Back at the Flavor Berry orchard, Holly was busy bucking away at the Flavor Berry tres, trying to get as many as she could. At the moment, she was bucking one tree, as it dropped Flavor Berries into some baskets that were set on the ground to catch all of the falling berries before she stopped, closing her eyes, and almost fell asleep. but she quickly woke herself up, shaking her head, and trying to get back to work. However, when Holly tried to buck the empty tree again, she was standing too far away from it, and ended up kicking the air, making her stumble back, and reposition herself.
Meanwhile, Aggie was watching this going on, and asked herself while she watched Holly accidentally buck a basket of Flavor Berries down, spilling them, "What on earth is that Troll doing"? Holly saw she spilled one of the baskets by mistake, making her say, "Oops," and bend down to quickly pick the berries up and place them back in the basket. Aggie started to approach Holly while saying, "Hey, Holly," as Holly started to walk to the next tree, but stopped and shut her eyes, falling asleep and lightly snoring mid-walk. Aggie saw that Holly had fallen asleep and called for Holly, saying, "Holly! Holly"! But seeing as the Country ambassador didn't seem to be waking up, Aggie flew over and landed in front of Holly, shouting at the top of her lungs, "HOLLY"! That was what got holly to wake up again, shaking er head while saying, "Oh, howdy, Aggie." Aggie, finally getting holly awake, now could ask questions, first asking, "What is all this"? Holly replied, "Oh, it's just our annual Flavor Berry Buck season," while starting to walk over to another tree. As she used her back legs to buck it and knock more berries down, Aggie flew after holly to follow her, asking while landing in front of her, "Flavor Berry what season"? Holly replied while walking to another tree, with Aggie flying after her to follow, "It's what we Country Trolls call back at Lonesome Flats "Harvestin' Taame". We gathuurr all the Flavor Berries from the trees so we ken give 'em out ta the community." Aggie then asked, "But why are you doing it all by yourself," as Holly answered, "Because Buckaroo hurt herself, ayn' ay volunteered ta run the harvestin' faw huurr." Aggie then landed in front of Holly, making the Country ambassador stop walking, as Aggie then asked, "but what about Delta and Gust? Can't they help you out"? Holly answered, "Delta's busy with her mayoral duties, ayn' y'all know Gust's job as Fun Sherriff is 'round the clock. So, ay'm out here on my own." As holly tried to walk away again, Aggie landed in front of her once holly, as Holly then replied monotonously, "Which means ay should really get back to work. *clears throat* Hint-Hint"? Aggie seemed to understand and answered, "Oh, sure thing, Holly," and stepped aside. Holly then grew a bit dizzy again, asking, "Uh, could y'all step asaade, Aggie," which made the MMT concerned while saying, "Uh, I just did," and added when she got a good look of Holly, "Holly, you don't look too good." Holly looked at Aggie, as her tired vision made the MMt look very blurry to her, as Holly shook her head while saying tiredly, "Don't y'all three worry none, ay'm just fine ayn' dandy." Holly approached a tree and tried to buck it, but she missed it and stumbled around, prompting Aggie to fly over to her and ask, "Holly, do you need help"? Holly, slightly frustrated, retorted, "Help?! Naw way, naw how," as Holly answered back in concern, "But there's no way you can do it all on your own"! Then, Aggie saw Holly approach her, staring at her with one eye, asking, "Is that there ayy CHALLENGE," which made Aggie shrink back a bit shyly and answer, "Um...no"? holly then stated while walking away, "Well, ay'm gonna PROVE ta y'all that ay ken do it! Now, if y'all EX-KYUUSE me, I've got berries ta buck"!
While Holly went to continue berry bucking, Aggie bit her lip in concern, worried about Holly. The next day, outside of Rock Hollow, in front of a huge wooden contraption, Val was waiting with her arms crossed and her foot tapping, when she saw Holly, exhausted, and quickly galloping towards her, while Val stated, "Well, it's about time you showed up"? Holly yawned and answered, "Ay'm sawry ay'm late, Val. Ay was busy berry buckin' and...ay guess ay stopped ta shut my eyes faw ayy moment 'cause when ay woke up, ay saw ay was late. So, what's this new stage dive trick ov yours"? Val explained, "Ok, so, see this contraption here," while pointing to the contraption, which had a high wooden diving stand, and a seesaw, with one end pointed up, and another end, which had a red bullseye painted on it, down on the ground. Val then continued with, "Ok, so this thing will be on stage, right? And then, at the right moment, I'm gonna stand on end, and you stand on the other, which is that platform up there, which you'll jump down from and push the seesaw, projecting me up into the air faster than I could on a regular stage jump, where I'll do series of awesome tricks and rock poses to make it the most legendary stage dive ever"! Holly raised an eyebrow and asked in concern, "Ain't that maheety dangerous," as Val chuckled while answering, "Not for a Troll who lives to breathe danger." That seemed to convince Holly, who said, "Ok, got it," and went up to the platform, climbing up the ladder and standing on top, peering down below. The view, along with her tiredness, made Holly very dizzy and unstable, as she tried to regain her cool and got ready to jump. Val stood on the end with the bullseye and shouted, "Ready? 1, 2, 3"! However, when Holly made the jump, she missed and landed face-first on the ground with a loud THUD. Val cringed in concern before saying, "Uh, perhaps I wasn't clear with my instructions; you're supposed to land ON the other side of the seesaw." holly groaned in pain as she got up, her eyes spinning while she woozily answered, "Got it," and was ready to try again. But the second time, she missed and landed on the ground butt-first, and the third time, she missed and landed back-first, and the fourth time, she missed and landed chest-first. The Country Troll was writhing in pain as Val, confused, asked, "What the heck is going on with you, Holly? I thought I was working with an athletic Troll." Holly held her head while saying, "Y'all are. Look, ay got an idea," and stood on her hind legs to reach up to the high end of the seesaw and used her hands to push it down slowly, slowly raising Val up and not even making her jump a bit, as holly tiredly smile, saying, "Tada"! however, the unamused look on Val's face told the entire story, as the Country ambassador sheepishly chuckled, saying, "Oh, maybe nawht. Ok, one mawe try, ay know ay ken get it," and let go so she could scale up to the platform again. However, when she let go of the seesaw, she made it drop so fast, Val fell and landed hard, making the Rock ambassador dizzy.
Holly stood on the platform and squinted her eyes to get a better look before shouting, "Here ay come," and galloped forward, taking a mighty leap of faith. Val, however, wasn't ready, and tried to say, "Holly, wait-," but it was too late. Holly landed on the end of the seesaw she was supposed to and launched Val straight up into the air as Val's voice shouted while getting softer the faster she got far away, "HOLLY"! Holly, thinking Val was thanking her, shouted, "Y'all are welcome"! Meanwhile, Aggie was tuning up some of her instruments when she heard something whistling towards her house, and before she could react, something came crashing through her pod wall, making a huge hole as it came through. Aggie gasped and saw that it was Val, who writhed in pain, as Aggie asked in frustration (due to there now being a giant Val-shaped hole in her wall, "Can I help you, Val"? Val groaned in pain while answering, "I think there's a Troll who needs your help more," and laid face-down in pain as Aggie asked, "Holly Darlin'," as Val weakly nodded yes, while the MMT began to think that Holly really did need help. Back at Country Corral, Holly was carrying an empty basket with her hair as she bucked a tree, knocking down some Flavor Berries to the ground, and used her hands to pick them up and placed them in the basket. However, when she started to stand back up, her head hit a low tree branch, making her drop the basket, drop the berries he had in her hands, and shake a bit from the vibration of being hit. While Holly was dazed, Aggie came towards her, asking, "Holly, can we talk"? Holly, however, was having a hard time trying to hear what the MMt was saying, due to her mind being really exhausted, as she misinterpreted the sentence and replied loudly, "Do bees squawk?! Nawht that ay'm aware of, Aggie"! Aggie got closer to Holly, saying, "No, I said, can we talk"? Holly misinterpreted the sentence again, saying loudly, "Twenty stalks?! Sure, beans or celery"?! Aggie groaned and then commented, raising her voice so she sounded louder, "No, I need to talk to you"! Holly misinterpreted the sentence again, saying now, "You need to use the loo?! Y'all ken use the one at my house if ya have ta go"! Aggie facepalmed and then shouted louder, "No, I need to talk to you"! Finally, Holly seemed to get it as she answered, "Oh! Well, why didn't y'all say so?! Whatcha want ta talk about"?! Aggie placed her hands on her hips while shouting, "Val Thundershock dropped in to see me today"! Holly seemed pleased by the news, saying, "Oh, whel, that's maheety neighborly ov huurr, great job faw Val"! Aggie groaned and shouted, "Yeah, except she crashed through the wall of my pod after you launched her into the air"!
Holly remembered what had happened earlier and winced in concern, saying softly, "Oh...yeah...my bad. Ay didn't mean ta, a-ay wasn't feelin' quite laake myself this mornin'." Aggie then approached the tired Country ambassador, who finished picking up all the berries and placed them back in the basket, and said, "Because you're working too hard, Holly, and you need help"! Holly, once again, misinterpreted what Aggie was saying, due to her tiredness affecting her hearing and her head, as Holly answered, "Kelp? Aggie, I don't need kelp, ay don't even laake seaweed." Aggie then shouted at the top of her lungs, in front of Holly, "HELP! YOU NEED HELP: as holly scoffed and answered back while walking past Aggie, "Nothin' doin', Aggie. Ay'm gonna prove ta y'all...and ever' Troll around here that ay ken do this on...my...own"! However, Holly wasn't looking where she was going again, and hit her head on the tree branch, as she wobbled away, saying out loud, "Now, if y'all excuse me, ay got ta go help Biggie"! Aggie sighed in frustration, seeing that this wasn't going anywhere. Over at Biggie's pod, Biggie had all of the baking tools out, and ready to use, while saying, "Ooh, this is going to be a lot of fun, Holly! Thanks again for volunteering to help me with these cupcakes. I hope you helping me won't keep your oo busy." Holly, who was a tired, dizzy mess, perked her head up, saying, "Oh, oh naw, Biggie, ay love ta help Trolls, ayn' ay'm mawe than happy ta help ya with these cupcakes. Trolls are gonna love 'em"! Biggie smiled happily before he got out a mixing bowl, saying, "Ok, I'll get the sugar and eggs for the batter. Holly, can you get the chocolate chips"? Holly's head was messing with her again, as she asked, "Huh? W-What, Biggie"? When she tried to listen to Biggie, his voice sounded very distorted, low, and very slow to her. While in reality, Biggie said, "Chocolate chips," Holly misinterpreted it, saying, "Chips, huh? Got it." She went into Biggie's food cabinet, looking for potato chips, saying, "Tater chips...a lil' salty ayn' dry, but if that's what the recipe calls faw..." She then grabbed a bag of chips, opened it, and poured it into the mixing bowl, before asking, "Ok, what's next"? Biggie replied, "Next, we need baking soda," but to Holly, his voice again sounded distorted and slow, when he said, "Baking soda," and it made her misinterpreted it again as she commented, "Soda? That's perfect! It'll get them tater chips naace ayn' wet faw the battuurr." Holly went to the cabinet again and got a can of soda, opening it and pouring it into the bowl. Biggie's attention was on the book and he was so focused, he didn't see Holly adding the wrong ingredients. When she asked, "Ok, what's the next thing we need for the recipe," Biggie replied, "One cup of flour, Holly." Holly shook her head, trying to interpret what he said, as she said, "A cup ov sour? Hmmm, lemon berries are pretty sour, they maheet work." She pulled out a lemon berry, squeezed the juice out of it, before pouring the juice into the batter, before asking, "Anythin' else, Biggie"?
Biggie then said, "One last ingredient for the batter: wheat germ." Holly not only misinterpreted it again, but she also had no idea what a wheat germ was, as she said, "Uh, wheat worm? Oh, that must be Pop Troll talk faw earthworms. Naw worries, Biggie, ay'll get it," and went outside, using her hoof to dig at the ground and find a bunch of wiggly pink earthworms that she dumped into the bowl. Biggie did not take notice of this at all as he commented, "These cupckaes are gonna be so delicious," as Holly looked at the batter, saying, "Uh, iff y'all say so." Soon, after the cupcakes were all baked and frosted, Biggie and Holly started to give them out to all of Trollstopia, with biggie announcing, "Cupcakes for every Troll," while Holly tiredly added, "Yeah, fresh ayn' good, y'all! Get 'em whaale they're sweet"! An hour later, Aggie and Delta, along with Riff who accompanied them, were rushing to Dr. Moonbloom's office as fast as they could, with Delta asking, "what's going on, y'all," while Aggie added, "We came as soon as we heard"! Moonbloom replied, "Aggie, Mayor Delta, thank goodness you came. It's worse than I thought," before she pulled back the curtain to reveal the ward full of sick Trolls with green, weary faces, and close to vomiting, while McJagger, who was in his first responder's uniform, was helping to tend to some of the ill Trolls. Aggie was speechless, asking, "Oh golly, what happened"?! Riff picked up a muffin that had been bitten into and sniffed it before he saw a worm pop out of it while Moonbloom explained, "There was a mishap with some of the baked goods." Biggie, who was one of the ill Trolls, weakly stated, "No, not baked goods...baked bads," and held in vomit while his pet worm, who was also sick, muttered a weak "Mew" before puking into a tiny bucket. Aggie knew exactly who to blame for how those poor Trolls were suck, and the muffins were a tell-tale sign, as Aggie narrowed her eyes in determination, saying, "Holly Darlin'"!
Suddenly, she heard someone chewing and saw Riff happily munching on the tainted muffins, and he did not seem to mind at all that they were bad. He saw Aggie watching him eat as he offered her a muffin, asking, "Want one," while Aggie planned to make another visit to Holly at the Flavor Berry Orchard. Speaking of that place, at the moment, Holly was...well, you guessed it: hard at work trying to get the rest of the Flavor Berries down from the trees. Holly kicked a tree with her back legs and it shook the berries down, entering a pull cart she placed under the tree to catch them, as one berry bonked Holly on the head, keeping her wide awake. Once all of the berries were safe in the cart, Holly pulled the cart over to a bucket to dump them in for storage, but leaned it too much, as the cart ended up getting stuck in the basket, and had Holly up in the air, her feet pointing at the sky. But Holly seemed a bit too tired to care, falling asleep, but Aggie did care about what was going on, as she approached her, saying, "Holly, we need to talk." Holly looked around to see who it was and saw Aggie, sighing in relief, while replying, "Oh, it's only ya, Aggie." She yawned in exhaustion while adding, "Look, ay know what y'all are gonna say, ayn' the answuurr is still naw." Aggie then stated, "Not to upset your berry cart, but you need help, Holly"! Holly groaned and said, "Har de har har," and struggled to get back upright, adding, "Ayn' naw, ay don't need help," as she continued to struggle. Aggie reached her hand out, saying, "Here, Holly, let me help you. I can use my Country strength to flip your cart back over and-," before Holly interrupted her with, "Help? Naw thanks"! Holly began to wiggle and move her body in a way that could get the cart to tip over and place her back on her feet, exclaiming, "Just ayy lil' mawe," as she kept on trying, with Aggie watching with a deadpanned stare, face painting in frustration once Holly actually got herself free and brought the cart to another tree. After getting it into position, Holly faced Aggie, saying with exhaustion, "Ay'll prove ta y'all that this here smart berry ken handle these here berries." Holly then started to kick the tree repeatedly, getting it to try and knick some fruit down, while she said, "Come on! Lil' berries! Fall off"! However, no matter how hard she kicked, no berries seemed to fall down. When Aggie looked up and saw why the tree was not letting any berries fall, she commented, "Uh, Holly, I think you're kicking a dead-," and on cue, Holly looked up and saw that the tree was dead, with no leaves and/or berries on it, with Aggie adding, "Tree," which left the Country ambassador blushing in embarrassment. Holly scratched the back of her head while saying as she pulled the cart away, "A-Ay knew that."
While walking away with the cart, Aggie flew beside Holly, saying, "Actually, Holly, there's something else I wanted to talk to you about." However, Holly's tiredness was also beginning to make her very crabby and grouchy, and when Aggie started to say, "I just came back from the doctor's office in Trollstopia, and-," and Holly lost it, shouting angrily, "Ya know, ay'm ayy lil' busy ta get lectured on, Aggie"! Aggie started to comment, "But if you just let me help you," but Holly interrupted Aggie by angrily shouting while walking away, "Ugh! Naw, naw, naw! How many taames do ay gotta say it?! Ay don't need naw help from naw Troll"! Aggie groaned in frustration, saying, "That Troll is stubborn as a mule," before suddenly, she felt a vision coming as it played in her mind. It showed all of Trollstopia running away in a panic, trying to hide, as a huge stampede cloud was coming towards the city. When the vision ended, Aggie gasped and said, "Oh no, I got to stop Holly," and flew off to stop Holly from doing anything else. Meanwhile, through a wormhole not too far away from town, Holly, and Clampers, who had come to help with the herding, was with Low-Note Jones in the Rhythm dimension while a flock of adorable, cute, little Vibra-xens were walking around and playing. Meanwhile, Low-Note Jones was talking to Holly, saying, "Holly, I cannot thank you enough for volunteering your herding skills in helping with this annual Vibra-xen gathering round up. It means the worked that you would graciously aid me in this essential mission." Holly, feeling grouchy due to being so exhausted, groaned and said in reply, "Ugh, remaand me again why we are doin' this"! Low-Note Jones replied, "Well, every year, the Vibra-xens double in population, and it is my job to take account on how many there are in the new population, to keep alert of any change in data. Plus, who would not want to spend some time with such a cuddly critter"? Holly did not seem to be taking any interest into what Low-Note Jones was saying as she answered, "Ok, faane, ken we just get on with it"?! Low-Note Jones nodded and said, "Of course, Holly. But just remember: these Vibra-xens are shy and can get scared easily if you shout or act threateningly towards them. You have to be gentle with approaching them, and speak in a soft-" before Holly interrupted with, "Ay don't need any direcshuns on crittuurr corrallin'! Raheet, Clampers, "as Clampers nodded, saying, "True that, Holly!
Soon, the Trolls had arrived to a large clearing where there were dozens of little Vibra-xens running and playing, but they all suddenly stopped when they saw Low-Note Jones, Clampers, and Holly Darlin' looking at them. Low-Note Jones started to say softly, "Hey there, babies. I need each and every one of you to come gather right here in the middle so we can count how many of you are there. Doesn't that sound funky"? The Vibra-xens seemed to be ok with it and smiled, getting set to come to the middle. However, Holly had a much different way of handling it, shouting while stomping her hoof on the ground, "Ok, y'all, ya heard him! In the centuurr you furry Vibra-xens! Hop ta it, let's move"! Her grouchy facial expression and angered voice scared off the Vibra-xens, making Holly sigh and say sarcastically, "Swell, just swell"! With no other choice, according to the exhausted mind of Holly, she started to chase after the Vibra-xens, as if she was herding them just like with the bulls, and the little critters nervously fled and ran to hide. While she chased down two, she shouted to Clampers, "Put 'em up, Clampers," as Clampers nodded and chased after the Vibra-xens too, forcing them out if hiding from inside a bush. Low-Note Jones, watching this, gasped in shock, saying, Holly, stop, you're scaring them! Something bad could happen if you scare them too much"! However, Holly was not listening as she commented while still chasing after the critters, "We know what we're doin', Low-Note! Get along, lil' Vibra-xens"! Soon, all of the Fox-like critters, scared to the bone, we're cuddled up in a corner, with Holly and Clampers staring them down, set to catch them. However, the Vibra-xens were scared so badly, they became blinded with fear and darted off past them, running into the wormhole that led to Trollstopia, as Low-Note Jones sadly stated, "Uh oh, this isn't good."
Back in Trollstopia, Dante, much like before, seemed to notice something in the distance as he narrowed his eyes to get a better look at what was approaching. The familiar dust cloud he noticed made the Classical ambassador shout, "STAMPEDE"! As the group of Vibra-xens were heading towards the city, all of Trollstopia was panicking and quickly running and hiding to stay safe as the stampede barricaded through the town. Aggie quickly flew into the city and saw all of the Trolls panicked and running, just like in her vision, as she commented, "Oh no! I got to stop this"! She saw the Vibra-xens running wild and thought I'd she could catch them, she could bring them back home. But that task proved to be more difficult than she though, as they were quick, agily, and very sneaky. One of them accidentally set off a confetti bomb that launched at Aggie, hitting her and knocking her out as the Vibra-xens all ran past her. About a while later, Aggie seemed to return to her senses, waking up, as she saw Melody looking at her, smiling and saying, "Oh, thank goodness, Aggs! I was afraid you weren't gonna wake up"! She helped her best friend up onto her feet as Aggie soothed her throbbing forehead while asking, "What happened"? Dante flew towards Aggie while saying, "Oh, the horror, Master Aggie! The horror! It was awful, dreadful, the most horrendous thing to ever happen"! Aggie, confused, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Could you maybe elaborate a bit on that, Dante"? Dante nodded and said, "Those wild critters that stampeded through our city has created tons of mischevious damage! Look"! He pointed his baton to an area where there were a bunch of Vibra-xens. One was using it's claws to shred through some sheer music, a few others were playing tug of war with a party banner, another was jumping on a Punta, and many others were running around, looking for more mischief to do, as Low-Note Jones was helplessly trying to bring them back, saying, "Come on now, babies, let's- oh, please don't do that. Oh, or that"! Aggie saw the destruction the Vibra-xens were causing, and that was crazy enough, but to see that Low-Note Jones was close to losing his cool, that was when Aggie finally drew the line. All of this happened because Holly was way too tired from berry bucking because she was too stubborn to ask for help! Well, no more! Aggie clenched her fist and said, "Alright, enough is enough," and marched her way over to Country Corral to have a major talk with talk with Holly.
At the Flavor Berry Orchard, Holly was struggling to keep her eyes open as she held a basket with her hair and was weakly kicking a tree while saying softly due to being so tired, "Keep...buckin', Holly. Just...ayy few...mawe. Must...finish...Harvestin'-," before she heard someone coming and looked up, seeing a displeased Aggie run up to her, saying sternly, "Alright, Holly, I have let this gone on far enough! Your berry bucking mission hasn't just caused you problems. It's toppled towering Trolls trailing up through the sky, has sickened a substantial series of suffering souls, and spooked a serene squad of voracious Vibra-xens. I don't care what you say, Holly, but you need help"! Holly then gave the tree she was kicking a hard kick, sending the Flavor Berries that fell into the basket, before Holly held the basket and cheered, saying, "Ha! Naw, at don't! Look, ay did it"! Aggie looked and saw a lot of empty trees, while Holly explained, "Ay harvested the entaare Flavor Berry Orchard without your help"! Holly smiled proudly, saying, "How do y'all laake them berries"? Soon, Buckaroo came trotting towards them, saying, "Howdy, y'all. My hips are feeling ayy whole lot bettuurr now, ayn' at feel laake myself again." Holly approached Buckaroo, saying, "Buckaroo, ay did it! Ay completed the harvest, ayn' ay dud nawhr need anyone's help ta do so"! Buckaroo looked at the many empty trees, saying with a smile, "Whel, ay'll be gosh, it appears ya did do ayy pretty good job, Holls. Ay am impressed. Though, ay do have ayy quesshun: ya know how ya just asked Aggie how she laakes them Flavor Berries? Whel, how do YA laake THEM berries," before pointing to something. Holly turned her head to look and gasped that there were still a lot more tress full of Flavor Berries that she still hadn't picked yet. Just the sight of all the untouched trees made Holly feel all woozy and dizzy, the exhaustion of all the work she had done finally catching up to the sheer reality of the situation, as she muttered a few things under her breath before falling over in exhaustion, dropping the basket she had with her. A few minutes later, Holly had woken up, seeing Aggie calling to her, saying, "Holly, are you ok"? Despite being so tired, Holly managed a weak nod, which made Aggie smiled in relief, saying, "Oh good, I'm glad you're awake."
Then, Aggie became serious, addressing to her, "Now, listen, Holly. I completely respect the Country Troll way, and I know that you were trying to help a friend in need. You're always there to help any Troll in need, whether with a hug, a gift, a warm smike, or just lending a helping hand. So now, maybe, you can put a little bit of your stubborn pride aside and let us now help you. You have an amazing group of friends that want to help you with anything you need, no matter how bug ir small." Holly couldn't helo but think back to how much of a sourpuss she had been with everyone the past few days since volunteering to help with the harvest. She knew it was a big job, and instead of letting her pride lead her, she should have just asked for help. So, with a heavy heart, Holly sighed and said, "Ok." Aggie, thinking Holly said no, started to say, "I am not taking no for an answ-," before realizing what Holly actually said and replied, "Wait, what"? Holly nodded and said while placing her hands together and begging, "Yes, Aggie! Yes, please! Ay could really, really use your help. Ay could use all of our friends' help." Aggie couldn't help but chuckle and sigh in relief, happy that Holly finally decided to ask for help. A few minutes later, all of the leaders and ambassadors had come together to help pick the rest of the Flavor Berry trees. Delta and Buckaroo was bucking one tree, which knocked some berries into a wagon that Barb and Val pushed, with Riff riding on top, while at another tree, Quincy and Essence were shaking a tree to get the berries to fall into baskets they had by their feet. Synth, Low-Note, Poppy, and Branch were emptying some filled up baskets in a large container, while Aggie and Trollex were collecting Flavor Berries Dante and Trollzart picked from the top of the trees. Soon, Holly came over, pushing a cart that had bottles of freshly squeezed juice in it, each bottle also having a straw to drink out of, saying, "Why don't y'all take ayy lil' break? Ay got some faane Flavor Berry juice waiting faw ya."
Everyone headed over to the cart, as Buckaroo commented while picking up a bottle, "Someone seems ta be much happiuurr ayn' mawe energetic. Ya took that nap, didn't ya"? Holly nodded, stretching her arms while saying, "Yep. Ay feel so much bettuurr now that ay had ayy chance ta shut my eyes ayn' sleep." Once every Troll was holding a bottle of juice, Holly started to say, "Y'all, ay ken't thank ya enough faw the help. Ay know ay was actin' ayy bit stubborn." Everyone shared a snicker, with Aggie smirking while she asked, "A bit"? Holly blushed in embarrassment, adding, "Okay, ayy lot stubborn, ayn' ay'm awful sawry. Now, listen y'all, ay know the town gave me the Prized Troll award, but the real award is havin' y'all as my friends. Ayn' that's somethin' ay'd love ta have ovuurr any ol' trophy any day." Everyone seemed to feel emotionally touched by Holly's words as they all took a sip from their bottles of Flavor Berry juice, as Val commented, "Phew. That berry picking has sure made me hungry." Riff then said, "And I got us the perfect treat," while revealing a tray with the bad muffins tgat made Trolls sick. Aggie, seeing that, conmented, "Ew, Riff, I helped Biggie throw those away! Where did you get them"? Riff shrugged and replied, "From the trash," as everyone immediately commented, "Ew," simultaneously. As everyone soon started to walk back to town, Riff playfully tried to get them to try the muffins, as everyone had a good laugh about it.
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