Disclaimer- I do own Trolls to Trollstopia in any way or form. Melody Song, Mal Shredder, Stereo, Twilight Tidepool, McJagger, Buckaroo, Evie, Sid Scales, and finally, Sophie Soprano are my O.C.s and belong to me. Aggie and Mojo Mohawk belong to I.M. Rally, and Finn "Electro Ray" Tidepool belongs to my good friend TU4QU0I53T4AN6L3. Now, let's get to it!

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The Trollstopia title came out glowing brightly in rainbow colors before the colors expelled out, forming the shapes of Aggie and the Normal Troll leaders, ambassadors, delegates, and associates.

Oh-oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh! You are my Trollstopia friends!

Aggie flew by R&B, who were using their telekinesis to carry some Funk tech.

Met you, and the light switched on!

Branch touched the ground and grew a tree that sprouted underneath him and Poppy, who touched a stray tree branch and made a flower bloom from its tip, with Aggie stopping by to take a sniff of the flower.

It brightens up my day like the sun!

Aggie galloped beside Delta and Clampers, when suddenly, Delta saw an incoming rock falling towards them and created earth armor around her hands, punching the rock away in response.

When my friends come a-runnin'!

Aggie suddenly felt a strong breeze of wind magic pick her up, showing it was Dante and Trollzart, who were moving their batons back and forth to conduct the air and create a small wind tornado that picked up Aggie.

You were right all along!

Delta soon saw a light ball that King Quincy formed in his paws get tossed into the air and watched as Essence grabbed a handful of glitter and tossed it up, the glitter glowing a bit before it exploded alongside the light ball, making a small set of fireworks go off.

That together, we're always better!

Aggie sat down on a large log stump that was lifted up by Buckaroo, who gave a thumbs up to Aggie, who waved at them.

We could turn a sketch into a masterpiece!

Aggie then flew over by Low-Note Jones, who tilted his sunglasses and made a laserbeam shoot out and spell a message on the ground that said, "Hey there, friend"!

When you're here, I feel like I'm complete!

Aggie suddenly felt a geyser of water shoot up next to her, and sitting on the geyser of water was Trollex, the creator of the geyser he was sitting on. whom Aggie smiled and shared a romantic kiss with her boyfriend, their hearts synchronizing and glowing in unison, while Beat hovered over Trollex's shoulder and watched happily.

Every day's a brighter day with you in my life!

Aggie and Trollex then broke their kiss when they saw Synth appear next to them on another water geyser that he made himself, carrying Stereo on his shoulders as the pair waved at them, with Trollex and Aggie waving back at Synth and Stereo.

And every time we fall, we get back up again!

Barb launched a fireball onto the ground, creating a cloud of thick smoke, before she was seen coming out of the smoke cloud, skidding on her knees, and rocking on her electric guitar, with Aggie playing her own electric guitar next to the queen of Hard Rock.

Look around, and you will find a friend!

An image of Aggie and the Normal Troll leaders uniting hands together in a circle was shown as they then all raised their hands up in unison.

You are my Trollstopia friends!

Just then, a color from each of their genre of music (Aggie's being rainbow because she already had all the signature 6 colors from each main genre of music) shooting up from each of them, making a rainbow in the sky.

Oh-oh-oh! Oh-oh-oh! You are my Trollstopia friends!

Aggie weaved her way past a few Earth structures that Holly made as a fun little maze for Aggie to go through before Aggie tossed Holly a gift box, with the Country ambassador smiling and tossing Aggie back a bigger gift box in gratitude.

We'll paint the sky with every color of the rainbow!

Aggie slid down a tree branch and saw Val using her burning touch to make something on a rock wall, as the Rock ambassador stepped back and showed what she made: her name (Val Thundershock) in bold, edgy letters, causing both of them to break into laughter.

We let the world know! Bring our light to the shadows! Whoa-oh-oh!

McJagger was carrying a heavy pile of books and struggling to carry them, when suddenly, he stumbled, tossing the books up into the air. Aggie saw this and quickly flew in, catching some of the books with her arms.

Together friends forever!

The remaining books she didn't catch, Laguna made a water forcefield that protected herself from the falling books, and made the books bounce up a bit before catching them, giving them to McJagger, who kissed his girlfriend to thank her, which made Laguna smile and blush.

Each day is now or never!

Cooper made some cupcakes pop out of his butt and placed them on a tray, offering some to his twin brother, Prince D, and the Snack Pack (Biggie, Guy Diamond, Tiny Diamond, Smidge, DJ Suki, Satin and Chenille, and Legsley) before he tossed one to Aggie, who caught it and gave a salute to Cooper, as Cooper gave an extra special cupcake he made himself to Jussy, who blushed from the kind gesture.

Just call on me, and you'll find me by your side!

Aggie and Melody were both riding Rock boards together, wearing the appropriate protective gear of course, weaving past a few stalagmites that were on the ground around them.

Cuz we could turn a sketch into a masterpiece!

A game board was tossed into the air, as Aggie used her telekinesis to catch it and place it down on the table while Gust arranged the pieces perfectly so the game could be properly set to play.

When you're here, I feel like I'm complete!

Riff was drumming on his drumset while Demo was watching, looking something over on his manager clipboard, as he showed it to Aggie, who looked it over and gave Demo a proud thumbs up.

Every day's a brighter day with you in my life!

A Growlbeast was chasing after Sid, who ran for his life, as Aggie quickly waved her staff threateningly in front of it, scaring the Growlbeast off, while Sid dropped down, panting in exhaustion, but was grateful for the MMT saving his life.

And every time we fall, we get back up again!

A new image then showed everyone all holding hands together, united as one.

Look around, and you will find a friend!

Music notes glowed in various colors started to excitedly surround the air.

You are my Trollstopia! You are my Trollstopia!

Finally, the last image showed Aggie and all of the Trolls standing together, looking up at something excitedly, as Aggie and Trollex both held hands together, with Aggie leaning her head on her boyfriend's shoulder while Trollex held Aggie close to him, Smidge hopped onto Biggie's back as Biggie caught her easily, Clampers peeked out of her aunt's hair to see while Tiny Diamond peeked his head out of his father's hair to see as well, and Legsley stretching her legs up to get a better look. Above them, the Trollstopia sign appeared in a flash of rainbow colors, bright and colorful for all to see, with everyone smiling happily.

You are my Trollstopia friends!

Secrets and Pies

At Country Corral, Holly was inside her house, working hard to bake something very, very special.

"Okay. All we need is ayy dot ov salt, ayy dab ov sugar, ayn' ayy spritz ov ginguurr," Holly's voice heard from the outside of her house as inside, the Country Troll was seen tossing ingredients into a mixing bowl.

Branch, who had came over upon Holly's insistence to help her out, watched the Country ambassador hard at work and asked in confusion, "Uh... Are those real measurements? How do you keep track without a recipe"?

Holly Darlin' popped out from behind her baking counter, which was littered with a lot of different ingredients from flour to berries to sugar to butter and so much more, explaining in response, "Pie bakin' is mawe art than science. Yes, the recipes ken be complicated at taames, but when you've been bakin' as long as ay have, y'all obtain ayy certain eye faw it. Ayn' this will be my masterpiece"!

Branch then asked, "What's the pie for anyway"?

Holly answered while getting some more bowls and ingredients from one of her cabinet doors, "It's ta celebrate Val Thundershock's eighty-fourth Trollstopia Rock concert"!

"Eighty-fourth? That's specific," Branch responded, a little surprised to hear this.

Holly smiled while saying, "Ay know"!

She picked up a bowl of strawberries while saying, "The pie is strawberry because red represents the color ov Hard Rock."

She then picked up the pie crust, which was purple, while saying, "The crust is purple, faw obvious reasons."

She then placed both things down while adding, "But the most special part is the eighty-four super secret sweets ayn' spices that represent Val's personality and ways ov Hard Rock cultuurr"!

She giggled in excitement before asking Branch, "Could you please pass the...," and added quickly, talking in a fast pace, "Brown sugar, pink sugar, sweetroot, apple jelly, berry mash, ayn' ayy towel"?

Branch used his hair to pick up the ingredients and passed them to Holly, who poured them in, before he grabbed her a towel that was on the edge of the counter with his hand and gave it to Holly, who then started to mix the ingredients up, causing some dough to splatter around..

"You sure are going to a lot of trouble for Val Thundershock's pie," Branch commented when he saw how focused Holly was on mixing the ingredients just right and got a bit of dough on his cheek.

Holly stopped stirring as she answered while grabbing the towel and quickly using it to wipe the sweat off her forehead, "Phew! That's because I know how much she loves them! Ever since we started hangin' out togethuurr ayn' becomin' good friends, we've been showin' each othuurr some ov our favorite things ayn' givin' them each ayy try. When ay showed hurr my passhun faw pie baking, ay offered to hurr ayy piece ta try ayn' she loved it! My pies are huurr favorite! It's worth all the trouble to see huurr happy."

Holly then placed the towel down and started to think of what she needed to add next, listing, "Now I'm going to need some cocoa powduurr, cocoa flakes—" before she remembered something and bent down to grab it, commenting while coming back up and showing she had a chocolate bar in her hands, "Ooh! Cocoa bar"!

She took a bite of it and offered some to Branch, asking while in the middle of chewing, "Want some"?

"Isn't that for the pie," Branch asked in confusion.

Holly swallowed before breaking into laughter and answering, "Oh, Branch! That's ayy good one! Y'all don't mix chocolate inta ayy strawberry pie! This is my mid-mornin', pie-makin' chocolate fuel that keeps this pie-baking train chuggin' down the tracks"!

She gulped down the rest of the chocolate bar and drank a glass of milk to wash it down before saying, "Break taame's over! Now let's finish this here pie"!

She paraded around the counter, shouting as if she was a real choo-choo train, "Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga, choo-choo"!

Branch shouldn't help but watch with a chuckle, saying to himself in a joking manner, "Poppy might be rubbing off on Holly a bit too much,"

Meanwhile, at Rock Hollow, the concert was coming to a close as the crowd was cheering for Val and her band, who all bowed before entering back stage.

"Great show, guys," Barb praised them as they came backstage, the Rock queen giving Val's bandmates a high-five each.

She then approached Val and the pair fist-bumped while Barb told her, "Nice solo, Thundershock. You really wowed that crowd with that stellar high-riff smash."

"Heh, you know me. I rock so hard," Val replied, watching Barb head to another area while she was heading towards her dressing room.

But just before the Rock ambassador could go, Holly then appeared in front of her out of nowhere, startling Val while Holly exclaimed, "Surprise! Happy eighty-fourth Trollstopia Rock concert! Woohoo," before using her hair to pull Val into a hug.

Val, once she got over her initial startle, chuckled while saying, "My eighty-fourth Rock concert? That's specific, and usually, I'd expect Popsqueak to do something like this."

Holly giggled while saying, "Ay know, ayn' Poppy may be rubbin' off on me just ayy bit."

"A bit," Val joked while raising an eyebrow.

"Okay, ayy lot mawe than ayy bit," Holly playfully replied before addressing, "Anyways, ay'm just so proud ayn' happy faw ya, ayn' ay've been countin' all your concerts, ayn' ay was going ta wait until your hundredth, but ay got too excited, ayn' know how much you love pie, so.."

She then pulled out a freshly-baked pie out of her hair, which had the purple crust; the pie itself was purple but had a light purple highlight and two strawberries on top, while the Country ambassador exclaimed excitedly, "Happy eighty-fourth Rock concert"!

Val seemed to be so impressed, commenting in awe, "Whaaa?! You didn't have to do this."

"Ay know I didn't have to, but ay reeeally wanted ta," Holly answered, letting out a small squeal of joy before she cut a piece of the pie, which had strawberries inside, and offered it to Val, telling her, "Have ayy bite"!

Val then suddenly saw somethin' that was behind holly and commented while pointing, "Whoa! What's that"?!

Holly turned her head to see what it was, but she didn't see anything. And when she turned her head back, the piece was gone, and Val's mouth appeared to be stuffed with something, the Rock ambassador saying while chewing, "Huh. Guess it was nothing. But wow, heh. This pie is the best I've ever had"!

Val chewed a little more before swallowing, licking her lips while saying, "Mmm! Is that pumpkin spice"?

Holly looked very happy that Val seemed to like the pie, saying, "Ay knew you'd love it! Have mawe; ay made the whole thing faw ya," and offering the rest of the pie to Val.

Val smiled, saying, "Really? Oh, that's so great," before replying while scratching the back of her head, "But I need to get a new guitar. A-And then I have to take Debbie to the vet; I promised Barb I would. Heh. Barb told me that her sensitive bat tummy's been acting up again."

She picked up the pie with her hair, asking Holly, "Do you mind if I take this pie with me"?

Holly happily nodded, answering with, "Of course nawht! Ay gotta get back ta Country Corral ayn' help Delta with the polkabull roundin' anyway."

She watched Val walk away while carrying the pie, telling her just before she went into the area in the backroom behind the giant curtain, "Congratulations again"!

"Heh. Thanks," Val replied before going behind the curtain to enter the area.

Holly felt very glad to have done something nice for a fellow friend. As the janitor, a male Rock Troll was rolling by pushing a trash cart, Holly commented as she was starting to leave, "Ay knew she'd love it."

But what Holly didn't see at first was that in the trash cart the janitor was pushing was, in fact, her pie!

When Holly took notice of it, she gasped, almost not wanting to believe it at first, saying, "Is that...? Is that..."?!

As the janitor turned the corner to dump the garbage, Holly quickly chased after him. When she got there, she saw the trash bin was half empty as the janitor was dumping it into a garbage disposal. What got him to stop was when Holly's voice shouted, "Stop," and he saw the anxious Country Troll galloping up to him.

She dove into the bin to look, coming out with a dented can of beans on her head, as Holly asked the janitor with a sheepish smile, "Y'alldidn't see ayy strawberry purple-crust eighty-four-ingredient pie with ayy slice eaten out ov it in here, did ya"?

The janitor felt a little awkward about answering, admitting a nervous, "Uh... n-no"?

His response seemed to make Holly feel relieved, but now stressing a bit about what she had just seen, saying, "Raheet. Ov course, ya didn't. That would be ridiculous. Because ay made it faw Val Thundershock, ayn' she loves my pies. She would never throw them away laake trash in the trash with other trash, raheet"?

"Raheet," she asked more seriously while gripping the janitor by the collar of his shirt.

"Um... riiight," the janitor hesitantly answered, making Holly drop him back down while stuck processing her thoughts on what just happened.

Back home later, Holly was pacing her living room floor, still thinking about earlier. She swore that the pie that was in that trash was the one that she gave Val earlier, but Val had eaten it and loved it! It surely couldn't have been the one she made, right? After all, to her, Val loves her pies, so there's no reason she would throw any out.

Aggie, who had come over to ask holly if she wanted to do some training with her earth magic, found holly pacing in thought and was sitting in her easy chair, watching the Country ambassador pace as she commented, ""Hmmm... That pie couldn't have been the one ay made. Ay must be seeing things," Holly said out loud, adding, "Ay did have att lot ov chocolate this morning. Ay ken see how Poppy ken get so crazy 'bout it."

She used her foot to stomp up a stray chocolate bar that was on the rug and ate it before saying, thinking very, very hard, "But what if ay wasn't seeing things? What if that was my pie"?

Holly scoffed at her own thought, saying out loud, "That would be bananas," and broke into gentle laughter, before her laughter started to sound more crazy, like someone losing their mind.

"Uh, Holly, you're starting to look a little-," Aggie spoke up, seeing the crazed look in Holly's eyes before Holly let out a gasp and interrupted her by saying while staring Aggie face-to-face, the eye contact making Aggie lean back a bit into her seat, "Unless Val Thundershock's been replaced by an imposter who throws delicious pies away"!

"How would that even be possible," Aggie asked.

Holly stepped back a bit, saying in a panic, "Whel, maybe she's been replaced by one ov them nasty Flexi-Trolls who maheet've snuck in here ayn' is set ta ruin us all"!

She then calmed down and theorized, "Eithuurr that aw Sid's pullin' ayy joke on me that ay don't laake, ayn' ay need ta dish some words with him latuurr."

"Uh, excuse me," a new voice commented, making both girls turn their heads and see Sid sitting on the floor, saying to them, "One, if there was another Flexi-Troll around, I would've sniffed them out by now, and most likely kill them before they could escape."

"Ew," both girls said in unison, cringing in disgust.

Sid then added, "And two, why would I want to prank you? Especially when it comes to something involving wasting food like that? And three, if I may add, ouch, I am offended you'd think I would do something like that, and I think an apology is due."

Holly sighed while rubbing her forehead, saying, "Y'all are raheet. Sorry, Sid. Guess ay'm just stressin' 'bout it too much."

"But if she ain't been replaced by someone who hates pies, what othuurr option could there be," Holly asked while starting to pace.

Sid started to say, "Well, maybe she just happens to-," before he got interrupted when Holly theorized, "Aw... has she been brainwashed by ayy pie-hating evil Troll"?

"But there's no Troll around here who's evil," Aggie pointed out, mentioning, "Not even Sid, and he was a jerk when we first met him."

"Not gonna lie, Aggie is right to point that out. But she's also right that there's not really a Troll around here who is evil or bad. Not even that Creek dude, and he tried to sell out the Pop Tribe for a power-hungry Bergen, whatever the hell that kind of creature is," Sid addressed.

"Plus, Val tends to be quite stubborn, so unless Chaz starts up with the smooth jazz hypnotism around here, she'd be way too stubborn for any hypnotism to take effect to brainwash her," Aggie added on.

Holly knew they both were making good points, commenting, "Y'all make ayy good point. Val Thundershock is too stubborn to be brainwashed. Plus, she hats doin' laundry. Hmm. There's something else going on here."

Holly then got an idea and walked over to a file cabinet she had, saying, "Let's look up ayy few ov the more recent pies ay've made for her."

"Wow, Holly, I didn't know you kept a file cabinet about th pies you make," Aggie commented, looking inside the drawer in amazement.

Holly grinned, saying while pulling out some folders, " Pie bakin' is ayy close passhun ov maane; ay take it very seriously."

She opened the folders, with Aggie and Sid peeking over her shoulders to see, while Holly said as she pointed to the first one, which had a picture of a cherry pie, "The cherry pie ay made faw hurr birthday..."

The image in the next folder had three blueberry pies, with Holly saying, "And huurr three half-birthday blueberry pies..."

The image on the last folder was of a chocolate pudding pie, wit Holly saying, "Ayn' the "It's Not Your Birthday But Here's ayy Pie Anyway Day" chocolate puddin' pie"!

"She ate all ov these... raheet," Holly asked, earing two unsure shrugs from Aggie and Sid.

"Were you there when she ate them," sid asked, earning a nod from Holly.

"Did you see her eat them," Aggie asked, and this question made Holly think back a bit.

Flashback to a while ago...

It was Val's birthday, and a party was going on at Rock Hollow. Holly came over and offered Val a cherry pie she made for her birthday.

Val, who had a fun party hat on, smiled, saying, "Another pie!? Thank you so much"!

She then seemed to see something and pointed behind Holly while saying, "Whoa! What's that"?!

When Holly turned her head to see what was behind her, Val used her hair to swat the pie away behind her and then mimiced that she was chewing to make it seem like she ate it, saying while pretending to have a full mouth, "Huh. Guess it was nothing. Heh-heh."

And Holly didn't even seem to notice the Rock ambassador was faking it.

Next flashback...

Holly and Val were eating together at the Pop Village cafe, and holly had their table currently covered with a white cloth. Upon pulling the cloth back, she revealed three blueberry pies all freshly made and ready to be eaten.

Val smiled, saying, "Awesome! Three blueberry pies"?

She knew Holly was gonna expect her to eat them, and quickly made up another excuse, saying while pointing far away from the table, "Uh... Hey, what's that over there"?

Holly turned her head to look, and while she was distracted, Val slammed her fists on the table hard enough to send the pies flying over to three other tables, where the Trolls sitting there were happy to be getting a free pie.

Just before Holly turned her head back to look, Val once again faked that she had food in her mouth, commenting while pretending to chew, "Oh, never mind. Heh."

She then pretended to swallow, with Holly smiling as Val complimented, "Great pies"!

And once again, Holly thought nothing of it, not aware Val was faking it.

Next flashback...

Holly found Val tuning her guitar next to the Troll Tree and brought over a chocolate pudding pie, saying, "Happy "It's Not Your Birthday But Here's ayy Pie Anyway" Day"!

Val seemed touched by the gesture, saying while accepting the pie, "Thank you"!

She then pointed at something, her pigtails combining and making the shape of an arrow, while Val exclaimed, "No way! Check that out"!

When Holly was distracted again when she turned her head to look, Val placed the pie on a bouncing shroom and had it be bounced up all the way to Classical Crest, where it fell into the hands of Dante Crescendo, who saw the pie and smiled, saying, "Oh! It's not even my birthday"!

Val had her fake-eating facade at the ready, mimicking chewing while saying to Holly when she turned her head back, "Oh, sorry. Guess it was nothing."

She pretended to swallow and lick her lips, adding, "Mmm! But that pudding pie was everything"!

Holly, once more, didn't even seem to tell that Val was faking it.

End of flashback...

After being in thought, Holly then asked her friends, "Have ay evuurr really seen Val Thundershock eat one ov my pies"?

"Uh..." both Aggie and Sid said in unison, unsure how to respond.

Holly then asked, "Ayn' do ay always look when someone points behaand me"?

Sid shrugged again while saying, "Maybe but...," before he pointed to something behind Holly and said, "Behind you"!

"What's there" Holly asked frightfully while looking behind her.

Sid giggled in response, saying while Aggie gave the Flexi-Troll a disapproving glare, "Now THAT was a prank I pulled on you."

Holly let out a sigh of relief before saying, "Heh. Good one," before going back in thought, saying, "But ay need answuurrs."

Aggie grinned, saying, "Whel, if you're looking for answers...," before she tossed on her assistant detective hat, declaring, "Assistant detective Aggie at your services"!

Aggie and Holly left to go in search of answers.

Sid was left alone in the house, saying, "Well, guess I'll just wait here and man the fort down."

Suddenly, he felt his stomach rumble, holding his stomach while saying, "But first, a snack. I wonder if Country Corral has some grubs under the wheelbarrows. I may be getting off bugs, but I still can't help but eat them," and went to go find some bugs to eat.

The first stop on the hunt for answers was Rock Hollow.

Aggie and Holly decided to question Val's bandmates first.

Holly was the first to ask them, inquiring, "Ay've sent Val Thundershock ayy pie aftuurr every concert that she puts on, ayn' y'all are telling me you've nevuurr seen huurr eat one"?

Her drummer and bass guitarist looked at one another in confusion before the bass guitarist answered, "Uh, affirmative"!

An inquisitive look from Aggie made the bass guitarist change her answer to, "Or, uh, negative."

Aggie narrowed her eye close to them as the bass guitarist then commented nervously, "Um... I-I-I mean, she wasn't seen eating one."

"Hmm... Interesting. Very interesting," Aggie commented while writing this info down on a notepad.

"Are we under investigation," the drummer asked.

"As assistant detective on the pie case, I've labeled you all Trolls-of-interest. So it's best you tell us everything you know," Aggie answered while tipping her hat towards the bandmates.

The bass guitarist then seemed to remember something, saying, "Well, we both have been getting mysterious monthly pie deliveries in front of our rooms."

Holly gasped and came closer to both Rock Trolls, asking them, "Would y'all be able ta pick these pies out of ayy line-up"?

The Rock Trolls looked at one another and nodded in unison while Aggie got ready to write.

The next stop was Dr. Milton Moss's vet clinic. Holly remembered Val saying she had to take Barb's pet bat Debbie since the Rock Queen told her the bat's been having some tummy troubles.

At the moment, Holly and Aggie were sitting at a table, with Milton sitting on the other end.

Holly commented while Aggie got a new page set on her notepad, "Ay hear Queen Barb's pet bat Debbie has been having tummy troubles. When did it start"?

Milton Moss thought back before saying while showing Debbie's file, "About two weeks ago. Poor Debbie had all the telltale signs of sugar overload – jittery wings, sleeplessness, marsupial indigestion."

Aggie wrote this down while Holly mentioned, "Hmmm... ayn' this all happened the day after ay made Val ayy "Thanks Faw Lending Me Your Jacket" pear pie."

Agggie finished writing it down while saying as she tapped the eraser end of her pencil near her lower lip, "It seems the pieces of the puzzle are plopping into place, but the picture isn't pretty."

She realized she made a fun P. alliteration, saying while writing it down, "Note to self – A. Alliteration. G."

Aggie then asked Milton, "Is that everything, Doctor"?

"Well, there's also this," Milton pointed out while showing an x-ray image of Debbie, and in the bat's belly was a pie.

Holly and Aggie analyzed the photo, with Aggie saying, "Interesting."

"Did ya have the lab analyze the flavor ov that pie," holly inquired the Pop veterinarian.

Milton shook his head and answered, "No. But you know, Biggie was in here not long ago. his pet worm Mr. Dinkles was having similar symptoms," adding with a gasp, "Perhaps it's a pie pandemic"!

Holly thought about it before addressing, her eyes narrowing in thought, "Perhaps. Ayn' ay just maheet know our Trolly Patient Zero"!

Finally, the last stop was Biggie's pod.

Inside, Biggie was sitting in his chair while explaining, "Milton Moss's right. I do always try my best to keep Mr. Dinkles from eating many of the pies that we have around here. Animals just can't digest Troll food, although he has grown to like cupcakes."

"Indeed," Aggie mentioned while writing it down in her notepad, asking Biggie while pointing the pencil at him, "But where do these pies come from"?

Biggie happily replied, "Well, they're from Val, of course. She's been dropping off her "Day After Monthly Marking of Our Friendship Building Anniversary" pie every month."

Holly, surprised to hear this, commented while staring at Biggie face-to-face, "Did ya say the day aftuurr the monthly marking ov our friendship-building anniversary"?!

Biggie nodded again while Holly commented as she paced, "Very, very interestin'. Because ay've been givin' huurr ayy pie on that day every month! And ay have ayy 'feelin' it's the same pie."

Biggie mentioned, "Well, wherever it comes from, I just love it; what a very kind thing for a friend to do."

"Ay'm so glad," Holly happily answered before saying quietly to herself, "At least ay ken be sure someTroll is."

Back at Holly's house, Aggie was putting images of the Trolls they talked to on a big board and was using string to connect them somehow to an image of some pies, with a picture of Val Thundershock in the middle of it.

Meanwhile, Holly was pacing around, trying to piece it all together, saying, "She didn't eat the blueberry. She didn't eat the banana. She didn't eat the cream, and she didn't eat the chocolate."

"She didn't eat any ov 'em," Holly claimed while looking at the board up close and personal.

"It would appear so; all the clues have shown that every pie that the Trolls we spoke to have gotten have had a connection with Val, showing she somehow didn't eat them," Aggiepieced together while trying to find the answer.

"Why," holly exclaimed at Aggie, startling the MMt a bit, before quickly adding, "Ayn' don't tell me this all just started recently! It's been going on faw whaale now! Biggie said so himself," while pointing to the picture of Biggie.

Aggie looked back at her notes, saying, "If there's one thing I know, you can't escape the truth. And the truth is...well...let's think. Every time you gave Val a pie, someone else has gotten it after you gave it to her. She couldn't have eaten them if she gave those pies to them. But then, she's told you she's loved eating your pies. so the question is: how would Val had given them away if she's said to you that she's loved eating them"?

Holly analyzed the board, looking at all the photos closely. Then, she seemed to start to see a connection, looking at the photo of Biggie, then at the photo of Val's bandmates, then the photo of Dr. Milton Moss, and finally,the photo of the janitor, before it all led back to the image of Val.

Suddenly, lightning struck metaphorically, and Holly became shocked, finally realizing the truth of it all!

"Val Thundershock doesn't laake pie, ayn' she's been lying ta me about it the whole time," holly exclaimed while clutching the sides of her head in disbelief, Aggie gasping upon hearing Holly's exclaim before she watched holly look up and scream at the top of her lungs.

Outside, Buckaroo was carrying a basket full of plump, juicy berries when they hear the sound of someone screaming, and they knew who it was by the tone of voice.

They looked around, calling out, "Holly? Holly! Holls"!

They galloped as fast as they could to find Holly but wound up accidentally tripping over a tree root, making them tumble into Holly's house. Landing belly-first, but was able to quickly roll onto their back, catch the basket with their feet, and catch all the berries that fell safely back into it.

Once the berries were safe, Buckaroo kicked it up and got back onto their feet, catching the basket before they noticed where they were, saying, "Oh, Holly's house. Raheet."

They then saw Aggie and Holly together, the detective asking her best friend, "Holly? Y'all okay? Or are you just screamin' faw fun"?

Holly answered, "Naw! Ay'm not okay! Ay've been makin' Val Thundershock pies faw ayy whaale now, but she doesn't even like them. She's been lying to me"!

Buckaroo was surprised to hear this, saying, "But everyTroll loves your pies. They're the greatest thing since caramel apples."

"Thank ya," Holly exclaimed, making Buckaroo step back a bit.

"Ayn' ay could swear ay've seen huurr eat one ov your pies befawe," they pointed out while thinking back.

"Have ya reeeaaally," Holly asked Buckaroo.

They felt a bit unsure, answering with, "Um, ay... thought ay had. That's why ay said it"?

"Are ya sure," Holly deeply inquired, making Buckaroo say in confusion, "Maybe ay haven't..."?

Holly snapped her fingers while saying, "Exactly! Because it's all been ayy sham! Val Thundershock has been laughin' at my pies behaand my back ayn' schemin' ov ayy way ta get rid ov 'em faw months"!

Holly's mind began to play a scary daydream where all of Trollstopia was dark and gloomy. Clouds cluttered the sky, and thunder and lightning rumbled loudly, loud enough for all to hear.

Val, who seemed to now have dark purple skin, jagged teeth, her hair was spiky and messy, and she was dressed like a creepy witch, cackled loudly while saying in a spooky accent, "Bring forth the worst-tasting food in all of the Troll Kingdom"!

Holly, in the daydream, watched a sad Pop Troll bring a cart full of all different kinds of pies.

Evil Val then exclaimed, "And now I will destroy Holly Darlin's horrid abominations, freeing the land of these disgusting pies forever"!

"Nooooooo," Holly exclaimed while trying to reach helplessly for the cart, but it was of no use.

Val then made a bolt of black electricity come from the sky, which summoned an evil-looking guitar that was the size of a giant mallet, picking it up and using it to smash each pie to bits, exclaiming, "Good riddance, strawberry cream, and peaches 'o plenty! Begone, apple crumble and lemon surprise"!

The more she smashed, the more pies were gone, and poor Holly was watching as the substances of the pies splashed on her face, dousing her in what was left of any source of pie filling.

"Gone! Gone! Gone," Evil Val exclaimed while continuing her smashing spree, cackling at the top of her lungs.

When the daydream ended, Holly looked very disturbed, and Buckaroo and Aggie were looking at the Country ambassador with inquisitive looks, Buckaroo commenting, "Ay really don't think that's what's happenin'."

"Yeah, since when would Val become some sort of spirit-like witch and summon pie-smashing guitars," Aggie added in confusion.

Holly snapped back into reality and replied, "Yeah, ay don't think so eithuurr," before adding more seriously, "Ay know so."

Buckaroo then declared while showing the basket of berries they brought, "Well, ay've got just the thing ta get your mind off all this madness. I just came back from the Flavorberry Trees, and had ayy great berry harvest, so ay was hopin' y'all could whip up ayy few ov your delicious pies."

"Ooh," Aggie said while looking at the basket of berries, admiring how juicy and plump they looked, commenting, "These look so great"!

Holly looked at the berries, too, holding a ripe Flavorberry while declaring, "Yes. ay will make pies; lots ov pies."

Holy suddenly got a great idea, saying, "Ay'm going ta make Val thundershock so many pies, it'll force huurr ta admit the truth. Aw ay'll catch huurr in the act ov gettin' rid ov 'em."

Holly let the Flavorberry she was holding roll off her shoulders, saying while catching it in her other hand, "Operashun: "Pie ov Lies" is ayy go."

"Thanks, Buckaroo," Holly commented while hugging her best friend, adding, "Ay knew ay could count on ya ta come up with ayy plan"!

As Holly carried the basket of berries into her kitchen, Buckaroo, confused, replied, "Ay don't think that's what ay did. Also, uh... ken someone tell me what the hey ay missed"?

"It's a long, long story," Aggie answered while adjusting her hat.

The next morning, at Rock Hollow, Val was asleep in her bed, snoring away. She moved over to get into a comfier position but was not prepared to be face-to-face with Holly, who had a cheery smile and banged a triangle loudly while shouting, "Surprise"!

Val was startled awake and fell out of bed, her hair a jostled mess as a result, with the Rock ambassador startled while saying after emitting a scared yelp, "W-W-What's happening"?!

"Happy unofficial "Wake Your Friends Up" Day," Holly happily declared.

Val rubbed her eyes tiredly while stating, "Ugh. I've never heard of "Wake Your Friends Up" Day."

Holly replied, "Well, it's unofficial. But ay made ya your favorite pie in celebrashun! Ta-da," and pulled out a freshly baked cheery pie from her hair, adding, "Gifts are the second most important part ov "Wake Your Friends Up" Day."

"What's the first most important part," Val asked inquisitively.

Holly replied, her tone being very serious, "Accepting the gifts ayn' enjoying 'em immediately," before she had her smile return to avoid any suspicions arising.

Val accepted the pie, holding it while saying, "Uh... Well, I'm sorry I forgot about "Wake Your Friends Up" Day."

Then, Val noticed that on the dresser nearby that was within her reach, there was a red-and-gold marigold growing in a flower pot, making Val smile as a plan formed. She replied, "Let me make it up to you."

She used her hair to grab the flower and "gave" it to holly, saying, "Here," while shaking it to make pollen emit out.

And it worked, as the pollen made Holly's nose twitch, and she started to sneeze.

When Holly's eyes were closed while she sneezed, Val picked up a picture that was on the dresser, revealing a hole in it, and tossed the pie into it, before closing the hole and smiling while nothing happened. The hole was actually a secret tube that carried the pie through the hollow and to Barb's room, where Debbie saw the pie that came in and ate it whole, enjoying it.

After Holly sneezed a second time, she noticed that the pie was gone! Looking around frantically, Holly asked, "The pie! Where'd it go"?!

"What do you mean where did it go? Heh-heh," Val answered while mimicking licking her lips and rubbing her tummy to make it seem like she ate it while she left the bedroom.

Holly couldn't believe it, looking around the room while saying, "How—?! Where—?! When—"?!

She was starting to grow very distressed; another pie was gone, and Val seemed like she ate it, but Holly knew she didn't but couldn't catch her in the act! It was time to try something different!

Later on, Val was setting up the speakers for a concert she and her band were gonna put on in Pop Village later.

However, right after she had placed a speaker into place, Holly came popping right out of nowhere from behind the speaker, saying, "Congratulations on your eighty-fifth Trollstopia Rock concert"!

She pulled out a raspberry custard pie from her hair and offered it to Val, saying," Here's a pie," before adding, speaking more seriously, "Now eat it"!

Val was now feeling very perplexed, saying, "Okay, this is getting a little out of hoof. I haven't even done the concert yet; it's not for another two hours."

"Whel, ay wanted to pre-celebrate because ay already know how great you're gonna do," holly explained before saying, very seriously, "Eat the pie"!

Vala accepted the pie before suddenly, she noticed her drummer bumped into the speaker that was set up, and it was wobbling and coming close to falling, and Holly was in its falling path.

She tired to warn her, saying, "Holly, look out"!

However, Holly was determined to see it, saying at first, "I'm not gonna fall for—" before she saw the speaker coming at her and screamed as it fell on her, breaking upon impact.

Val quickly got rid of the pie and ran up to Holly, saying, "Holly"!

She quickly got the speaker bits off as a pair of Rock medics came and placed the hurt Country ambassador on a stretcher.

When Holly came back into it, Val asked her in concern, "Are you okay"?!

Holly noticed where she was on and tried to struggle out of the stretcher, saying, "Let me out"!

"Sorry, ma'am, but we have to make sure you didn't sustain any internal injuries," one of the Rock medics replied to her.

However, Holly's main concern was about the pie, making her exclaim, "But the pie! What happened to the pie"?!

Val easily played it off that she "ate" it, saying, "Oh! The pie was delicious! You just get better"!

"Noooooooo," Holly exclaimed as she got carried off to be examined by the medics.

Later on, after Val's concert, Holly had a new plan in the making.

She saw Val walking by and hid behind a mushroom building, saying while feigning that she in trouble, "Ah! SomeTroll help me"!

Luckily, Val bought it. Holly quickly got into position as Val came over to see what was up.

It turned out that Holly seemed to be "Stuck" on a teetering tower of pies. Holly saw Val had come to "Rescue" her, saying, "Val, oh, thank goodness you're here! Ay was trying to fix the top pie on my pie pyramid, but the whole thing became unstable. Ayn' there's only one way ta save me! Ya have ta eat the pies"!

Val was more than happy to help Holly down, saying, "Don't worry, I got ya"!

however, the saving process didn't go how Holly intended it; instead, Val simply wrapped her pigtails around Holly's legs and waist to get a firm hold on her and brought her down safely.

Holly, grumpy as she was, knew that Val was smart to have "Saved" her like that, saying, "Oh, raheet. Aw y'all could save me that way."

Val chuckled while saying, "You gotta be more careful, okay? If anyone around here is gonna do reckless stuff, it's me," before walking away.

After Val was gone, Holly was agitated and stomped her hoof angrily as a result. However, when she did, she inexplicably made an Earth structure appear from in her tower of pies that launched a bunch of pies into the air and fell onto Holly, covering her in pie filling.

Val was chilling by Techno Lagoon, strumming a tune on her guitar while watching the Techno Trolls swim and play around.

Suddenly, she saw Holly come up to her, pulling a wagon full of pies, as she eagerly told the Rock ambassador, "Val! Ay wanted to thank ya faw savin' me from the pie pyramid, so have ayy pie," and gave her a pie.

Then, she gave Val more pies, saying, "Have three! Have fifteen"!

She then added, "Ay know how much you love them! Now eat up," before her face became a little goofy,
but scary, due to how frustrated she was getting every past failed plan.

Val nervously sweated, though it went unnoticed since her face as buried in the pile of pies, as she replied, "Uh... Thanks"!

Suddenly, Val heard the sound of the Techno Trolls laughing and splashing around, and it gave her an idea of a quickfire way to get rid of the pies.

She then told Holly, "Ooh! I know the perfect thing for us to see while I eat these delicious pies"!

She then shouted, loud enough for the Techno Trolls to hear, "A CANNONBALL CONTEST"!

The Techno Trolls heard this and they all got excited, starting to lepa up high to make te biggest cannonball they could.

The splash that came as a result of the cannonball dives soaked holly, who quickly had to cover her eyes to try and avoid her eyes getting soaked by accident.

With Holly trying to avoid the splash, Val used the distraction and tossed all the pies to the Techno Trolls, who ate them and tossed the empty tins away like frisbees. Val caught the empty tins and tossed them behind her into a giant mushroom creature that swallowed them whole.

When the splashing died down, Holly, soaked to the skin, uncovered her eyes, and saw that the pies were all gone! She frantically looked around, exclaiming while she saw Val doing chewing motions, "What!? Where did they—?! How did ya—"?!

Val licked her lips and patted her tummy, saying to Holly, "Delicious! You did it again, Pinkie"!

Holly was now livid! Watching Val walk away after she SOMEHOW made them disappear again, her eye twitched while she growled in anger. She was now gonna have to do something really, really, really drastic to catch Val finally!

With Poppy's help, Holly decided to throw a pie party, where every Troll got a pie to eat! There was giant pie banner, balloons, stramers and confetti, and tables lined with enough pies for everyone!

All of the guests were enjoying the delectable treats when Val noticed the festivities, asking, "Uh, what is going on here"?

Holly came out from under one of the tables, and she looked like a tired, frazzled mess! Her hair was frizzy and messy, she had bags under her eyes, her clothes were horribly wrinkled, and she looked like she'd been staring nonstop without even blinking as her eyes were pink; a scary pink.

She approached Val, saying, "Val, sugar, there you are! Ay made a pie for everyTroll, ayn' you're the only one who hasn't eaten huurrs yet."

She pulled an apple pie out for Val to eat, saying, "So here. Your pie. For y'all ta eat," before adding seriously/determined, "Now"!

Val hesitantly accepted the pie but was more concerned for Holly's well-being, noting, "Are you okay? You seem to be staring more than usual."

Holly's eyes were watering from not blinking for so long as she replied with a scary giggle, "Ay just really laake ta watch othuurrs enjoy my pies."

Val then asked while raising a worried eyebrow, "You sure you don't have to blink"?

"Me? Nope. Ay'm not much ov ayy blinkuurr," Holly replied before she spookily used her tongue to lick her eyes so they would stay open without having to blink, adding, "Don't maand me. Go ahead ayn' take ayy bite."

Val looked at the pie inquisitively while saying to herself, but spoke just loud enough for Holly to hear, "Well... Do I want to take a big bite or a small bite...? I just don't know..."

What Val was actually doing was using her little "Questions" to try and stall Holly long enough for the Country ambassador to lose the will to stare and blink, and it was working, as Holly could feel her eyes starting to grow a little heavy.

Val then asked, "Or maybe medium? No, no, no. Definitely not medium."

Holly's eyes watered tremendously as she did her best to try and hold a very crazy unhinged smile while saying through gritted teeth, "Just try some."

Val looked like she was just about to take a bite, and all seemed like it was gonna go Holly's way...until Val asked innocently, "Do you have any milk"?

Finally, Holly couldn't do it any longer; her eyes went shut, and for a split second in time, everything moved slowly while Holly blinked. The Hug Watch clocks all paused, the birds flew very, very slowly, and in that moment, Stereo had taken
bit of a piece of strawberry pie, and some jam slowly went onto Synth's cheek, the Techno prince smiling from the jam impact.

In a quick millisecond, Val grabbed a balloon and tied the pie she had with it, and threw it up into the sky.

Just in the nick of time for Holly to reopen her eyes and see Val licking her lips and patting her tummy. And time seemed to restore as well; the clocks moved normally, the birds flew normally, and Synth was chuckling as he wiped the strawberry jam off his cheek while Stereo blushed.

Holly rubbed her eyes and saw that the pie was...gone! Gone in just a millisecond; she couldn't believe it!

Val played it off, saying, "Ah, never mind. Your pies are just too good to resist," and proceeded to leave.

Hut this time, Holly was not having it. What just happened was the last straw, and Holly was really angered! In frustration, she shouted, loud enough to get Val and all the other Trolls' attention, "What?! Naw! Naw! That's it! Ay ken't take it"!

Confused, Val asked, "Uh, everything okay, Holly"?

Holly angrily answered, "Naw! Ever'thing is nawht okay! Y'all hate my pies"!

The exclamation was enough to make everyone surprised, while Val tried to play the confusion card, asking, "What are you talking about"?

While the pie that Val had gotten rid of was floating in the air without anyone noticing, Holly exclaimed to Val, "Y'all know exactly what ay'm talking about! Ay saw what ya did! Well, ay didn't see what ya did. But ay know that you've been fake-eatin' my pies! You threw away the pie ay made faw your eighty-fourth Trollstopia Rock concert, ayn' ay know y'all secretly somehow got rid of all the other pies ay gave ya! Admit it"!

Val continued to play the confused card, responding with, "That's crazy! What do you think I did? Somehow make them all disappear into thin air"?

Unfortunately for Val, the balloon that carried the pie she got rid of wasn't strong enough, and it dropped the pie, which splashed onto holly, much to everyone's surprise.

Val, seeing this, nervously chuckled while admitting, "Okay. So maybe I made one of them disappear into thin air."

However, that was enough to just fuel Holly' anger, the Country ambassador shout at the top of her lungs, "How could you"?!

Val tried to quickly make an excuse, replying with, "What?! I, uh... I-I just wanted to share these amazing pies with the folks of Classical Crest who didn't come to your party! So I, uh... I was trying to send them up via... balloon mail."

"But y'all just said they were delicious," Holly bitterly pointed out.

Val winced, knowing Holly made a good point there, before saying, "Well, obviously, that's because... I have amnesia"!

Holly definitely did not buy that excuse, which made Val quickly change it to, "I've been brainwashed"!

When she saw Holly did not buy that one either, she nervously changed it to, "I-It's Opposite Day"?

Holly didn't buy the last excuse, stating angrily while approaching Val, "Your memory is workin' faane, you're toos stubborn ta be brainwashed, ayn' ay know today's nawht Opposite Day because ay would've baked ya ayy pie ta commemorate the occashun. Ayy pie that you'd probably just throw away. Aw give ta charity. Aw destroy with your laser eyes whaale laughin' at me"!

Confused by the last part, Val asked while tilting her head, "Laser eyes"?

But Holly took it as a confession, shouting, "Oh! Oh! So y'all admit it," and proceeded to storm away.

Val quickly tried to stop her, shouting, "What? No! I can explain"!

However, Holly had had it, and shouted while very upset as a pie tin fell off hr head before she galloped away, "Ay don't wanna hear it"!

As the tin rolled to Val's feet, Val picked it up and sighed, knowing she messed up badly.

At Rock Hollow, Val was telling Buckaroo, Sid, and Aggie about what happened, saying while she paced, "She won't listen to me. She won't let me apologize," before adding with a sad sigh, "I feel terrible."

"Well, you have been lying to her. To all of us, actually," Aggie pointed out.

"Yeah," Buckaroo agreed before saying, "Is there anything else you're lyin' about that we should know"?

"No," Val declared before sheepishly admitting, "Well, not that I can think of off the top of my head."

She then explained, "Is it my fault that I don't like pies? And not just Holly's pies. All pies! I know how much she loves making pies, and if I told her I didn't like them, it would have crushed her. That's why i lied because I didn't want to hurt her feelings."

"Uh, you kinda crushed her anyway by not only not telling her about what you really did with the pies but making it seem like you ate them. I know you were only looking out for her, but lying is not the answer," Sid explained.

Val tried to rebut with, "Oh, but I...," but she knew that Aggie and Poppy were right, saying, "You're right. I guess I should've just eaten the pies in the first place."

Suddenly, Val got a great idea of a way to make it up to Holly, saying, "Wait! That's it! I know how I can make it up to her"!

She ran out of the hollow, leaving Buckaroo, Sid, and Aggie to look at one another in confusion as they went to follow her.

At Country Corral, at Holly's house, Gust came over to try and help Holly feel better.

At the moment, the two were in the middle of a game of checkers where a bad smell entered the house. both Trolls wound up smelling it, with Holly covering her nose while saying, "Pee-yew! Gust Tumbleweed, is that ya"?

"Naw, it ain't me," Gust replied before he quickly took his hat off and sniffed it to make sure, just to confirm it was, in fact, not him.

Suddenly, Holly heard something thump against the window, making her ask, "Huh. What is that"?

When she opened the window, she found Val standing there and commented in a disapproving voice, "Oh. It's ya."

Val quickly responded just before Holly could shut the window, "Holly Darlin', wait! I know now that I should've been honest with you from the start because lying to your friends is wrong."

Aggie, Buckaroo, and Sid were watching Val do her apology as they then heard Val add, "And because getting rid of all those pies was a giant hassle."

Sid and Buckaroo both facepalmed from what Val had just said while Aggie had a nervous smile, trying to play it off like a joke as Val then mentioned, "I mean, do you have any idea how many pies you've made for me over the months"?

"Yes, ay know exactly how many. Ay have ayy very detailed pie-ling system," Holly replied, still not so much in the mood to chat with Val.

Val winced, knowing that was a sore spot, saying, "Of course you do. The point is I thought the hassle was worth it just to spare your feelings, but I was wrong."

The apology, while it didn't look too effective, did seem to start making Holly feel less upset.

Meanwhile, Sid, Buckaroo, and Aggie were looking at something in utter disgust while Val said to Holly, "So to make up for it, I made this pie for you."

The pie wasn't even a real pie; it was a large metal tin full of rocks, garbage, mud, and hints of confetti to try and make it look appealing, which did not work at all, and it smelled like a dumpster fire.

Val then added on, "Well, I guess I made it for me. To eat in front of you. The point is I'm eating this pie for friendship"!

Holly saw this and commented out of confusion/disgust while Gust peeked his head out and saw where the bad smell had come from, "Wait. That smelly circular monstrosity is ayy pie"?

Val, nodded, answering, "Yeah! I know I can't go back and eat all the pies you made for me in the past, so instead, I'm going to eat this one giant one for you now," while Holly gagged and covered her nose from how bad it smelled.

"So here I go," Val declared as she jumped into the "pie" and came out, covered in mud and garbage, holding a rock.

Buckaroo's face turned green, and they gagged in disgust, Aggie tried desperately to hold back the urge to vomit, and Sid passed out from how bad the smell was.

Val looked at the rock but opened her mouth, determined to eat it, no matter how nasty she knew it was gonna taste.

Holly was watching this and it hit her hard how Val was willing to go to this extreme length to save their friendship. Touched, she knew she couldn't let Val risk her own health doing this, and shouted, "Wait! Ay ken't watch ya do this"!

"Come on, Gust," Holly shouted while grabbing her boyfriend's hand and they came downstairs, somehow unlocking everything inside, before Holly kicked the door opened and galloped to Val, saying, "I mean, is that crust or some kind of concrete"?

Val shuddered, admitting, "Yeah, honestly, I have no idea."

Holly wiped away the happy tears she felt form while saying, "Oh, ay ken't believe you're willing ta eat this terrible pie faw me. It's ridiculous, ayn' this whole thing is overly complicated, ayn'...," before she sighed and said with a happy smile, "Ay think ay finally understand why ya lied."

Flashback to a while ago...

At Val's birthday party, Val saw something and pointed behind Holly while saying, "Whoa! What's that"?!

When Holly turned her head to see what was behind her, Val used her hair to swat the pie away behind her and then mimiced that she was chewing to make it seem like she ate it, saying while pretending to have a full mouth, "Huh. Guess it was nothing. Heh-heh."

Holly cheered happily while saying, "I'm so glad ya enjoyed my pies"!

Next flashback...

At the Pop Village Cafe, while Holly was distracted, Val slammed her fists on the table hard enough to send the pies flying over to three other tables, where the Trolls sitting there were happy to be getting a free pie.

Just before Holly turned her head back to look, Val once again faked that she had food in her mouth, commenting while pretending to chew, "Oh, never mind. Heh."

She then pretended to swallow, with Holly smiling as Val complimented, "Great pies"!

Holly squealed in joy when she saw how happy Val appeared.

Next flashback...

By the Troll Tree, when Holly was distracted again when she turned her head to look, Val placed the pie on a bouncing shroom and had it be bounced up all the way to Classical Crest, where Forte's voice was heard saying, "Oh! It's not even my birthday"!

Val had her fake-eating facade at the ready, mimicking chewing while saying to Holly when she turned her head back, "Oh, sorry. Guess it was nothing."

She pretended to swallow and lick her lips, adding, "Mmm! But that pudding pie was everything"!

Holly looked so happy to see Val enjoyed it, saying, "Seeing ya eat my pies makes me the happiest Troll in all ov Trollstopia"!

"I know it does," Val replied happily.

End of flashback...

Holly commented, "Y'all did ayy lot of ridiculous ayn' overly complex things ta get rid of my pies because it made ya happy ta see me happy. Just like ay went to ayy lot ov effort ta make ya the pies because it made me happy ta see ya happy."

"Yes," Val answered with a nod.

"And if you're willin' ta go through all ov that, it really shows how much you're willing ta do for your friends," Holly added, feeling very honored.

"Y'all are ayy true friend, Ms. Thundershock," gust commented, tipping his hat to Val.

Val crossed her arms and grinned, saying, "Aw, shucks. It was nothing."

Holly then declared while opening her arms up, "Now get out of that thing ayn' give me a hug"!

Val used her pigtails to pull herself out as she and Holly shared a hug, the Country ambassador doing hers extra tight while she said to Val, "Just remembuurr: in the future, y'all ken always be honest with me."

"Uh, ay could've told her that," Buckaroo pointed out with a chuckle, Aggie joining in on the laughter.

Val felt a bit squeezed in the hug, straining out a, "Heh. Cool. H-How about this? Your hugs are too tight."

Holly chuckled in reply before saying, "Naw, they ain't," as Val sighed, knowing that while the hugs may not change, at least she can now always be honest.

Aggie then said, "Though now, can I be honest for a minute? Val, you stink! Sorry, but that "pie" made you really smelly"!

Val saw that she still had the "pie" gunk covered on her, the Rock ambassador saying, "Oh yeah. Eh, it'll go away."

"It'll go away the minute you have a bath," Sid commented as he recovered from passing out.

Val saw the looks her friends were giving there and started to back away, saying, "Wait, what are you- no. no! No," and shouted while trying to run away, Gust, Sid, and buckaroo giving chase to the runaway Rock Troll.

Aggie and Holly both broke into laughter, with Aggi saying, "some things never change," and ran after the others.

"Ayn' ay wouldn't want it any othuurr way," Holly mentioned before galloping after the others, shouting, "Wait up, y'all"!