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cutelittleriot · 3 months

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Return to origin chapter 10

Branch wakes up to hearing Poppy wincing in pain.

Bolting up he goes over to her, what was it? Was it something new exclusive to her? His mind begins to race with the possibilities of what's going on.

"Hey Poppy are you ok? What's wrong?" He asks as he gently shakes her awake. "Its fine Branch just slept wrong on my....my tail!" She exclaims as she gets up to go to the bathroom to see but she frogot that her legs have completely changed shape and falls down thankfully he catches her before she could hit the ground.

"Woah there someone's excited" He chuckles. "I sure am! I'm getting a new appendage and I bet it's going to be super cute and I can't wait to stylize it!" She exclaims excited.

"Well how about we work on walking first before you do anything else ok?" He suggests to which she nods. "Now I want you to try walking on mostly your pawpads and take your heel off the ground while doing so" explains to her and she follows what he says and soon enough she is in a standing position.

"Woah this sure feels weird" She says getting a feel fro her balance. She takes a look at her new legs just like with Branch they are now a digigrade shape and her feet are the same shade of pink as her paws.

"Yeah don't worry it won't feel as weird when your tail fully grows in, it gets easier as time goes on" He explains as she heads to the bathroom as he heads to the kitchen to give her some privacy.

*In the bathroom*

Poppy is so excited to see what her new tail looks like! *feeling around to where the dull ache is she is disappointed to feel that it's only a small lump. Looking in the mirror the lump is around the same shade of pink as her hair if a bit darker. "Aww here I was hoping it was already grown a bit" She sighs as she leaves the bathroom.

'Just be patient Poppy it will grow soon enough' the mentally tells herself as she heads to the kitchen to see Branch who is cooking some eggs. "So how did it go? Wait let me guess it was just a small lump wasn't it?" He asks guessing it right on the nose. "Yep I wish It wasn't tho" She complains as she lays her head on the table.

"Don't worry it wasn't long before mine grew maybe a half hour at best. When the pressure stops that's when you can look" He explains as he places her some sunny side up eggs just the way she likes them. She eagerly digs into her food finishing pretty quickly compared to him who like to take him time when eating.

"You sure are energetic today" he says chuckling at her. "Of course I am Branch why wouldn't I be? It's the final day of my transformation and I'm growing a tail! I have always wondered what it's like to have a tail!" She exclaims. "Well take it from me it's annoying most of the time, it shows how your feeling and I don't like that also it seems to have a mind if it's own I swear" He complains looking at said tail with a glare to which it curls up as if to say 'I do?' Before moving away.

"I can't even hold anything with it becuase it's not prehensile. All I can is store stuff I it that's about it" He says taking a bite of his food. "Well who knows mine might be different you never know. Tails can come in all kinds of shapes and sizes" She says to which he nods "True" He says agreeing with her.

She decides to leave Branch to his breakfast as she heads back to continue her scrapbooking though she is having a hard time focusing she is just waiting for the pressure on her spine to release already she wants to see her tail!

She has to wait a agonizing 20 minutes before the pressure releases and she hasn't ran that quick in she doesn't even know how long. Turning around in the bathroom mirror she gasps.

It was small like she thought it would be as it's still growing only the length of one of her fingers. The fur of it is the same shade of pink as her skin while it has a curly tuft of fur at the end of it,the shade of it a bit darker than her hair but not as dark as her paws.

Gently she touches it with her paw and it reacts by twitching a bit before trying to curl around her finger but due to its very short length it's unable to. She can't belive she now has a tail. She can her own paw when she touches it showing that it's in fact connected to her and has its own nerves and senses and everything.

She makes it back to the kitchen as happy as she could be. "So how did it go?" Branch asks as he easily heard her running to the bathroom with his new hearing. "Its adorable! I can't wait until it gets longer! It's different compared to yours thats for sure though" She explains and that pipes his curiosity just what did it look like? Oh well he will find out soon enough.

Poppy heads back to finish her scrapbook while he decides to work on his jigsaw puzzle that still needs to be finished he had just been so preoccupied with Well everything else he just left it there half finished so with nothing better to do he gets to work on it.

It's around lunchtime when he sees Poppy again. That's when he sees her tail, it's certainly different compared to his for sure. It's already to the back of her knees and something tells him hers is easily going to be longer than his.

Judging by its shape its prehensile,lucky her. The fur at the end is curly for some reason but he won't question it. "Hi Branch!" She yells as she hugs him tightly tail wagging like crazy. "So? What do you think of my tail? Cute huh?" She says twisting around to show him the new appendage.

"Well it certainly suits you" He says looking at the limb that is alot more reactive than his but then again it might just be him as Poppy often wears her emotions on her sleeve and tails react to emotions and how a person is feeling. Meanwhile he is harder to read at times and it sort of reflects on his tail.

"Did you finally finish that scrapbook?" He asks as she has been at this for a long while now. Usually it doesn't take her this long to make one but then again it's hard to scrapbook something that hasn't happened yet and don't know what will happen so once she knew what was going to happen it became much easier.

"Yep sure did!" She exclaims as she places it onto the table. "I can't wait to share it with everyone. I have so much to tell them" She says tail once again wagging at the thought of seeing everyone again. "Please don't tell me your going into heavy detail about the transformation" Branch says paling at the thought.

"I won't don't worry I'm just telling them the basics of what happened" She says waving her hand. "Soooo jigsaw puzzle? Oh right we never did finish it so let's finish it today as like a milestone for completing this transformation thing" She says thinking positive just like she always does. "Sure good idea" He says smiling at her and the troll couple got to work.

When they work together with one goal in mind they end up working really fast but then again this is a one thousand piece puzzle and Branch had only around 600 pieces done when he started today but still!

While they were working Branch is alerted to a new sensation at his tail. Looking back he can see that Poppy has wrapped her tail around his. At this point it reaches her feet with how long it is,just how much longer was it going to get?! Poppy seems oblivious to this as she continues to work on the puzzle meanwhile Branch is trying very hard not to blush.

He both loves and hates how their tails seem to fit so perfectly together. It was like how they held hands well paws now it just felt right in a weird way. Turning back to the puzzle the couple manage to finish it near dinnertime.

It was still a bit early for dinner and now they litterally have nothing to do. They have already cleaned up the place in preparation for Poppy heading back to the village,all the dishes were clean, all the stuff they used was put away. Poppy looks back at her tail it's longer now and it even drags on the floor just a bit but not by much thankfully.

"Wow didn't expect it to grow so long" Branch says whistling at its length. "Yeah me neither here's to hoping nobody steps on it or you know shuts a door on it that would hurt.... alot" She says her ears lowering as she could only imagine the pain.

"What do we do now?" Poppy asks him to which he has no answer for once. "If you want can we.....cuddle?" He mumbles the last part out but Poppy easily heard it.

Cuddle? Oh my sugar they haven't cuddled this entire time! Well they sort of did yesterday during her whole fiasco with her legs but that didn't really count as she was in pain. Usually she is the one who asks for him to ask it's really special as Branch is a troll who doesn't like to be touched much as evident by hug time, if he were the one to initiate touch it doesn't bother him but when it comes to surprise hug he hates them. Apparently it bothers him due to sensory issues so she made it clear to not surpirse hug him.

"Sure we can cuddle. I'm so happy you asked me to!" She happy grabs him as they lay on the couch as she lays her head on his chest as they both just enjoy eachothers presence and warmth. No words were exchanged between the two trolls becuase sometimes words weren't needed to be said.

Soon both of them are purring in both happiness and content "Thank you for being there for me Poppy I really mean it" Branch says as he squeezes her gently. "Thank you too Branch for being there for me as well" She says gently squeezing back as they both gently kiss each other for a few seconds before letting go and smiling at eachother.

Who knew this whole transformation would bring them even closer together than before? Soon though they had to stop as both of their stomachs growled demanding to be fed.

Groaning the two stop cuddling as they get up "I was hoping we could cuddle a bit longer" Poppy says smiling. "Same but looks like our stomachs don't agree with us" He says as he heads into the kitchen. He decides he is going a bit fancy today as it's their final day of being cooped up her together so he gets some meat and begins to cook it for the both of them.

Soon enough Poppy could smell the cooked meat and it takes everything in her not to drool. She has to wait for at least 10 minutes before Branch tells her the foods ready and she eagerly heads there ready to dig in. "Here ya go. Thought we should have something special for today as a sort of celebration" He tells her.

"Aww yeah normally I would break out the glitter but I won't today as I know you wouldn't want glitter in your food" Poppy says before digging into the meat. "Yeah I wouldn't want that" Branch chuckles at her statement before joining her.

Soon enough their plates are clean and their stomachs are full. Branch goes to clean the plates as Poppy gets ready to do her night routine. Soon enough he joins her as she lies down in her sleeping bag and he heads to his bed.

"Can't wait for tomorrow" Poppy tells him. "Yep the whole village is going to see our new selves" He says sort of dreading tomorrow. He truly hopes they will accept them. He has no doubt they would accept Poppy she was queen after all but would they accept him? The former grey recluse? He could only hope.

He closes his eyes and soon falls asleep.

Fun fact if two trolls tails are entertwined it's a sign of a good healthy relationship that is sure to last. Only couples and family members would entertwine tails as some can be sensitive so it's a sign of a strong trust between the two.

Hope yall enjoyed the cute broppy moments and yassss they kissed. I feel like they would take it slow with their relationship and wouldn't kiss too often so each one they savor but not too much

Also sorry for this chapter being shorter than the others

ANYWHO here is poppys design and yes I know her crown isn't there I just didn't want to draw it but I assure you it's there in the story

#trolls #trolls 2 #trolls 3 #branch #poppy #broppy #return to origin

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bibxrbie · 1 month

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"Luke Skywalker isn’t like the old Jedi. He saves Vader with his attachments!”

Wrong!

Luke Skywalker, at the end of Return of the Jedi, after his confrontation with the Emperor drags Darth Vader through the destructing Death Star. He’s desperate, knuckles white under the heavy weight of his father’s body, a little boy dragging his dad to safety. He sets Vader down for a moment, to catch his breath or maybe to get a better grip. He goes to grab Vader again, but Vader, uncomfortable and in pain, asks Luke to take off the mask. He wants to see Luke through his eyes instead of the eyes Palpatine built for him. Luke refuses, says that removing the mask is a sure way for Vader to die. Luke doesn’t want Vader dead, he wants Vader alive. Not to hold him accountable for his many evil acts, but for the same reason why Luke Skywalker can’t kill Darth Vader; Vader is his father and Luke loves him.

And yet, after a moment, Luke removes Vader’s mask. He doesn’t want to, he hesitates, but he removes the mask with enough slowness to allow Vader to take it back. In that moment, Luke sets aside his desire for Vader in his life, sets aside his desire to see him live, and sets aside his entire mission, the reason he was even on the Death Star in the place. In his compassion for his father, Luke stays with Vader until he dies. It is this moment where we see him be the best damn Jedi he can be. I’d even argue that this moment is the greatest example of non-attached love we see. Because Luke lets Vader go! He lets his father die, and in some ways, by removing the mask, he too kills Vader, he stays with him until his last moment, gives him the kindness of granting his last wish and finally chooses Vader.

And Luke doesn’t have to do this. If Luke Skywalker’s love for his father was an attachment, he would ignore Vader and continue dragging him to the escape pod, put his desire for a father as his central focus and ignore Vader’s wants and discomfort. Maybe he would even save him. But he doesn’t. Instead, he watches as Vader dies.

He builds a Jedi burial for his father and watches it burn the remnants of Vader and Anakin Skywalker away. He mourns Vader, he mourns what they could’ve had as father and son, considers what ifs and maybe-if-I-did-this. Vader/ Anakin is released from his mortal body, from his ‘crude matter’ and Luke lets him go. He says one final goodbye to Anakin. Then, he joins Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando, and the rest of the Rebels and celebrates their victory. He lives in the present and celebrates what he has instead of what he lost.

Luke Skywalker is THE Jedi. Everything about Luke Skywalker serves as the foundational cornerstone of the Jedi, everything about the Jedi as a culture and philosophy is reflected in his character. Luke’s desire for the New Jedi Order isn’t to throw away the values of the old Order, but to vitalise them, breathe life back into dying lungs, and rebuild a path that people set out on their way to destroy. (Yes, his Order is different from the Old, but that’s because it has to be. He doesn’t have the resources or the safety of the Old Order.) The philosophies of the Jedi are difficult and they aren’t for everyone, and like the perfect Jedi that Luke is, he struggles and stumbles and sometimes he even rejects it. But, no matter how far he falls, it is a way of life he chooses again and again and again. It is a way of life that welcomes him back each time

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