Me : ( Typing up my next chapter for Troll Story) DING! ( Checks phone to see an email)

Phone : Someone has favorited your story " Life's Adventures"

Me: ( Drops phone in slow motion as her eye's widen in shock. The phone slowly smashes against the floor shattering into a thousand pieces ) GGGGAAAAAAAAAASSSPPPPPP! WHAT!? I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT!

Ok so maybe I exaggerated a bit. But I kid you not, I 100% forgot I had this story. I'm surprised no one told me. Not my sisters or any readers. I'm so sorry! I didn't remember about this story. I'll make it up! I promise! I'll make this chapter as fun as I can and updated the next one real soon. Just let me reread the story and figuer out where In left.

" Poppy? Poppy?" the pink haired girl can hear Bridget's voice echo in her ears.

"Wh… what happened?" She mumbled under her breath. Her vision was very blurry but she can make out Bridget's face in no time," Bridget?"

"Poppy, thank goodness you're awake. You've been knocked out since this morning," Bridget helped the girl sit back up. Poppy looked around to see she was inside a nurse room. A very poor and unsanitary nurses room. The walls were cracked and gray. The bed she laid on was hard as a rock.

"How long have I been out?" Poppy moaned in pain as she cracked her back for paying in a hard surface.

"It's an hour past school time. All the students are out. But you won! You win the can wars!" Bridget pulled her into the tightest hug she has ever given anyone.

"I won?" Poppy thought back at the events. All that running, that douging, all those cans! She won!" I won! I won!"

Poppy completely forgot about her pain and hopped onto her feet to do a little victory dance.

"Oh yea! Who's the best! Can wars winner right here!" Poppy fist pumped the air and landed in a victory pose.

"Thank you Poppy. We never won before. All the bergens in our team went out to celebrated the victory," Bridget revealed.

"Awe yea! That's what I'm…. Wait. You said it was an hour past school time," Poppy's celebration tone soon dropped into a blanket one.

"Yea," Bridget confirmed with a small nod.

"Where are my friends?" Poppy finally asked. Bridget nervously fidget with her fingers as if she were hiding something.

"They got captured by the other teams,"

"I know that. But where are they?!" Poppy wanted to see her friends now.

At the schools Gymnasium

Bridget led her to the janitor's closet and swiped it open to reveal all her friends that were caught all tied up and gagged.

"Guys!" Poppy chimed when she saw them. She ran to all of them and untied them all.

"So many of them! I didn't think In would make it out alive!" Biggie was hyperventilating.

"Relax Biggie. Remember your breathing exercises," Cooper tried to calm him down once Poppy untied him. Poppy untied Branch next who unlike the others was calmly waiting.

"Thanks Poppy. I heard you won the war," Branch told her.

"Yep! Smidge and Creek brought the other flags back and I got that final flag in!" Poppy pulled him up on his feet and started to untie the twins.

"Creek got a flag?" Branch seemed rather surprise at the news as he too helped unite the girls.

"You seem surprised," Poppy didn't understand his tune.

"Well yea. Creek just seems like the type to run away a lot," Branch finally united the fabric around Chenilles mouth.

"Oh he ran alright!" Chenilles first words came out cold and harsh," He left us for dead!"

"That's a bit over exaggerated don't you think?" Satin was frightened by her sisters mean tone.

"He had us climb the tree for that stupid flag! Us! You think we can do that in our condition!?" Chenille thought very negative about herself.

"Chenille?!" Satin snapped at her for saying that. Chenille looked down at the ground and placed her fist on her hip.

"It's true Satin. We're disabled. We can't do what normal people can do," Chenille whispered in some disappointment. She clearly wasn't over the rejection they just had on the show. Feeling like they needed time alone, Poppy rushed over to help Suki. The moment she untied her arms, Suki rubbed against her leg where she was hit.

"You ok?" Branch asked noticing her actions.

"I got hit real hard by those cans. I was barely able to walk," With help from Poppy, Suki stood back up on her feet," No wonder these bergens are violent. They literally have to fight in a war to get the good stuff in this school."

"Our school system isn't exactly the best one out there," Bridget revealed as they all began to leave the closet," It's out of order and very complicated. I can't even remember a day in this school when everyone was organized or settle things peacefully. The crime rate is no picnic either."

"That's a horrible way to live," Poppy comment," Don't authorities take action when things get violent?"

"Sometimes. But only on more serious conditions like 3rd degree murder or someone being buried alive," Bridget talked about this like it was an everyday thing. The snack pack stared in shock from her words.

"Am I glad I wasn't born here," Branch mumbled under his breath.

"Come on. Your other friends should be at Captain Garfunkel's Roller Skating and Arcade place," Bridget led them out if the school.

Captain Garfunkel's Roller Skating and Arcade ( man this is a mouth full for me )

"We're here!" Bridget let her new friends enter the place. The restaurant looked very old and gray just like every other building in this town. The only difference was the unnecessary big set of stairs they had to climb.

"So many … stairs!" Biggie was practically dragging himself up the stairs and panting.

"these stairs seems very nonessential!" Even Branch was getting tired once he reach the top.

"It's a bergen thing," Bridget smiled as she helped them up. Once they entered the place, the smell of pizza filled the air. And not in a good way. The smell of rotting cheese was almost too much to bare and the place was a mess. Sugary candy stuck onto the old carpet and some looked like they've been stuck there for years. The music was no treat either. It was so dull and had a depressing tune to it.

"So…. This is where they are celebrating the victory?" Poppy tried to sound polite about this.

"It's a dump!"Branch suddenly comment gaining some shocked expressions from his honesty.

"This is as nice as we can get here in Bergen Town," Bridget nervously said. She knew the trolls were used to more colorful

,fun and sweet smelling sceneries. As they walked deeper into the place, They could see many bergen residents weren't as cheerful as they should be. The skating rink was empty and lonely with literally only one elderly bergen skating across the rink. One odd thing about that rink is that there was a rope dividing it in half.

"What's that rope there for?" Poppy asked. Bridget looked over at the rink causing a worried face to form.

"It's nothing really. The school always puts that up whenever we have a party here. Mainly at prom," Bridget answered. This didn't really answer Poppy's question. Why do they put it up whenever they have a party? At a corner table, both Smidge and Creek waited for their friends. They both seemed pretty scared to be in a place like this.

"Hey guys!" Poppy sat next to them.

"Poppy! Told ya death would give her back to us!" Smidge held out her hand to Creek. Creek sighed disappointedly as he paid Smidge for losing the bet.

"Um, Ok…" Poppy shook off that sudden moment," Have you all ordered yet?"

"We were waiting for you," Creek told her," we need to go to the counter and order."

"We'll go," Cooper stood up with Suki, Biggie and Guy Diamond," What would you all like on your pizza?"

"Oh oh! Black olives!" Smidge raised her hand.

"Mushrooms!" Poppy licked her lips at the thought.

"Some beef would be nice," Branch added in.

"Oh, Some mayonnaise and sardines!" Bridget's order froze every at that moment. They all looked over at her with disgusted and weird out expressions. Bridget shyly looked at them and sunk a bit into her chair," It's my favorite topping for a pizza."

"It's true. I've seen her dip her sardines into jars of mayonnaise," Suki confirmed this.

"Ewww!" Everyone cringed at this. Even Branch felt disgusted at this.

"Ok…. We'll be sure to order one seperate pizza just for you Bridget!" Cooper assured her as he and the others walked away to order. At the line, the four kids looked over the menu. Suki on the other hand noticed a couple of odd glances they gained from some of the bergen student's. Confused, Suki looked around her to see why they were looking at them this way. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Of course not to her.

"Next," the elderly man behind the counter said. The kids stepped forward and started to speak.

"Hi, can we have an order of a large pizza with mushrooms on…"

"I'm sorry boy but aren't you with the Bergen Town High School kids?" The man interrupted Cooper.

"Yea, We heard the celebration party was here," Cooper answered.

"Then I'm afraid by the school rules, you should be ordering on that side of the rope," the man pointed at the other side of the rope where another cashier was.

"Ok, sure. Let's go," Cooper shrugged off the mistake and began to walk with his friends.

"Oh no, not you three," The man stopped Suki, Biggie and Guy Diamond.

"Us?" Biggie pointed at himself.

"You three can stay on this side of the rope. It's him that needs to go to the other side of the rope," The man pointed at Cooper. The group of friends looked completely bewildered at what the man just said.

"Wait a minute. Why does he need to go to the other side if that rope?" Suki asked him.

"You did say this was a school event from Bergen Town High School right?" the man wanted to clarify.

"Yes, we're celebrating the victory of cans war," Biggie confirmed.

"Then by the school rules, Your friend here should be on that side of the rope and you three should be here," The man explained. The four teens stared at the man completely baffled. Seeing how perplexed they were, the man took a deep breath in and explained in more detail," The school rules say that every event and / or party must have two different sides. One side will be for the white students of the school while the other side will be for the biracial students of the school."

The words took time to finally sink into the teens mind.

"So… because Cooper has dark skin, he needs to be segregated from us?" Suki slowly analyzed what he just said.

"Yes ma'am. Those are the school's rules," the man nodded. The teens jaws popped wide open to the point where they nearly hit the ground.

"How… when … why…" Biggies mind has been blown into so many pieces he couldn't think clearly.

"That's so unfair!" Suki finally broke the silence with anger," He's our friend! He shouldn't be separate from us!"

"Ma'am, I am not the one who wrote the rules. Your school is in charge of this," the man placed his hands uo as if he surrendering.

"But I'm mixed," Cooper finally snapped out of his shock," My dad is white and my mother…."

"As long as you belong to a race other than white, you are not allowed to to be on the white side of the school events," The man tried to clarify this the best he can.

"Excuse me," Guy Diamond pushed Cooper behind him and faced the elderly man," But if he goes then I go!"

"Sorry sir but all those who come from a white origin must stay on their side and away from the biracial side," The man tried to explain.

"Well let me tell you that I was born with white and Punjabi in my blood. That's right! I have Indian roots in my family tree. So if you throw Cooper to that side you might as well throw me too!" Guy Diamond stomped his foot and took a stand," What do you have to say about that?! Sir!?"

3 minutes later

"Well that was not what I expected," Guy Diamond was dragged to the other side of the rope with Cooper.

"What did you expect? You openly said you were part Indian. They were gonna throw Cooper to the biracial side even when he said he was half white," Branch reminded the glittering boy.

"Why does this school even have segregated school dances?" Suki didn't understand the logic here.

"It's just how it's been. Ever since Jim Crow Law ended, the school refused to desegregate their dances so they privately fund them so they can have them segregated," Bridget explained. She soon looked down in shame," Sorry for not telling you guys. I didn't know how."

Poppy couldn't process any of this into her head. She mindlessly looked at Bridget like everything she just said destroyed every inch if her brain.

"Your school system is extremely broken to the point where you have to fight to get fed but it's not broken enough to the point where they have segregated parties!?" Bridget slowly looked away from the craze pink haired girl.

"I said it was complicated too," She squeaked out as she nervously rubbed the back of her neck.

"Complicated or not, this isn't right," Poppy began," You bergens can't continue living like this. Haven't you ever learned to love each other for who they are?"

"Loving each other isn't really an everyday thing for us," Bridget whispered with some shame still stuck in her voice.

"That explains the heartless attitudes you bergens have," Branch mumbled gaining an elbow hitting him on the waist," Ow Poppy."

"Instead of criticism, we need to show these bergens what it's like to have love and happiness instead of hate and prejudice….."

Poppy looked around the place in search for an idea. She didn't have much to work with besides the boring music and dull lighting.

"Hmmm…. Ah ha!" Poppy snapped her fingers in excitement," I know how to do that! Guy Diamond, you think you can work the lighting here? Add a little more…. You know…. Sparkle ❇ "

"You know that's my specialty!" Guy Diamond winked at her before running off to the light controls.

"Suki! Ask the DJ if you can use the DJ machine and add something… Positive!" Poppy told her.

"You got it!" Suki skipped away.

"Everyone else, prepare to start the love!" Poppy cheered. All her friends spread out on the rink leaving a very confused Branch.

"What are you…." The moment he saw the lights start to dim and a disco ball come down, he knew right away what was gonna happen," Oh boy."

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Suki's voice echoed across the room from the microphone," Prepare yourselves for the most amazing experience you'll ever have!"

Feeling uneasy about this, Branch began to walk away as quickly as he can. A tug on his vest pulled him back on the roller rink.

"Where are you going?" Poppy asked in her usual sweet voice he loved so much.

"Poppy, I know what you want to do but this won't work. If you break the schools rules then your gonna get in big time trouble and I don't want you to get in trouble with the bergens. I don't want you to end up like…." Branch felt his heart begin to sink from the childhood memory of his grandmother. Getting in trouble with bergens was a huge risk for him. He couldn't afford Poppy to get in trouble like his grandmother. Or like her mother.

"Like?" Poppy urged him to continue. Branch thought about his words carefully. He wasn't sure if he was ready to tell her.

"You don't know what these bergens can do to you Poppy. You mean too much to me for anything bad to happen to you," Branch gulped down his nerves.

"Awe Branch," Poppy felt touched by his words. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a hug," Your so sweet for thinking of me like this. But the bergens can't keep living like this. They need someone to help them learn about love and happiness. If you don't want to join in then I understand."

Poppy released him from her grip before going off to put on some roller skates. Branch signed at just the thought of what trouble she was gonna get into.

"Wow, looks like she's really warming up to you," Guy Diamond teased the raven haired boy as he skated past him. Branch rolled his eyes at his remark before setting off to take a seat near the roller rink. In the middle where the rope was separating the rink, the snack pack began to huddle up as Suki placed a more happier song on.

( sing, bold for actions )

Poppy

"People all over the world,
Join hands!
Start a love train,

Love train,"

Poppy sang out with energy and delight. She skated near the edge of the rink catching all the bergens eyes.

"People all over the world,
Join hands,
Start a love train,

love train!"

Bridget on the other hand sat on the corner too shy to even join in the dance and song. The moment Poppy past by her, she grabbed onto Bridget's hand and pulled her around the rink with her

"The next stop that we make, will be soon,"

Suki

"Tell all the folks in Bergen town,

We're bringing it all to you,"

Suki hopped onto the rink and skated with her friends.

Biggie

"Now please don't miss the train at the station,"

Satin and Chenille

''Cause if you miss it…"

Satin

"I feel sorry…"

Chenille

"Sorry…."

Satin and Chenille

"... for you,"

The snack pack that was on the white side of the rink skated to some bergens off the rink and dragged them into the rink. They tried to get them to move to the beat of the music and while some did cooperate well, others like Bridget refused to take the dance floor.

Snack Pack

"People all over the world
Join hands!
Start a love train,

A love train,"

Poppy tried to pull Bridget to the dance area but the chubby girl kept pulling back.

"People all over the world,
Join hands,
Start a love train,

A love train,"

As the music went on, both Suki and Cooper skated to where the rope was. Deciding to break the rule, Cooper jumped over the rope while Suki ducked under going into each other's side. This didn't go unnoticed for the bergens. Having someone white on the biracial side.

"Start a love train,

A love train"

The two of them skated to opposite sides of the rope and untied it. They skated to each other folding the rope into a knott before tossing it aside and getting rid of the division the school had.

"Start a love train,

A love train!"

Happy the rope is gone, Suki dragged Cooper over to her side so he can have fun with them. At the dance area, the snack pack had managed to get a majority of the bergens to skate with them. Poppy of course was still having trouble with Bridget who refused to dance. It wasn't until Suki and Cooper bumped behind her causing her to slip and skate to the very middle. Bridget's first reaction was to freeze in fear from all the attention that was on her. The poor girl looked behind her to see Poppy giving her a thumbs up and her friends making hand motions to go on. Seeing no other choice, Bridget took a deep breath in before doing a few small steps.

"Wahoo! Go Bridget!" Poppy shouted to show support. Feeling a little bit more confident, Bridget took a few bigger dance steps and twisted her hips to the rhythm of the music. Hearing the cheers and claps she was gaining fueled her energy. The twins couldn't keep their eyes off of the dancing girl. They were impressed by how well she was able to dance. Well enough to audition for a dance show.

Snack pack

"People all over the world,"

Poppy

"Sisters and brothers!"

Cooper

"Join hands!"

Twins

"Start a love train,

A love train,"

Bridget

"People all over the world,"

Snack Pack

"Join hands,
Start a love train,

A love train,"

Near the end of the song, Chef walked into the restaurant and was instantly surprised to see all the sparkling lights and up beat music.

"People all over the world,
Join hands,
Start a love train,

A love train,
Start a love train….."

( scratch music )

"Stop this train wreck!" Chef shouted at the top of her lungs as she disconnected the music and lights. Everyone gasped and looked up at where she was. The angry lady scand the room and one of the first things she saw was that the rope that separated whites and biracial was taken down," Who broke the school rules and took down that rope!?" She demanded to know right away.

A lot of the students skated and ran away, not wanting to be part of this, leaving only Bridget and the snack pack. Chef's eye's landed on her two foster children first.

"You two!" She growled as she stepped off the DJ and came closer to Suki and Bridget. The two girls snuck deeper into their group of friends wanting to feel safe," I should've known you two would have something to do with…."

"It was me!" Poppy took a step forward sheltering her friends from Chefs wrath. Branch's first reaction to this was pushing away from the table and standing up," I'm responsible for breaking the schools rules. I'm sorry."

"You took the rope down?" Chef glared down at her. Poppy could barely look up at Chef to look at her eye to eye. She was too scared and afraid to even think of what trouble she was getting into.

"Yes ma'am," she nodded.

"You do realize what you did is in great violation of the school. Don't you?" Chef's low scratchy voice sent shivers down Poppy's spine.

"I…"

"It's my fault," Branch stepped in. Chef turned her attention to see him walking up to her," I encouraged her to do this."

"And why would you encourage such shameful behaviour?"

"What this school is doing isn't right," Branches words shocked all his friends. Especially Bridget," You can't keep friends and family separate like this. That rope serves no purpose."

"We have limits in this school that allow us to work better," Chef wanted to get it through his head.

"Jim Crow Law ended in the 1960s. There is no reason to separate these students from each other. And if I remember correctly, after that law ended, all schools had to desegregate. Which includes school events such as school dances," Branch tried to use his knowledge the same way he did at Coopers house to get his friends out of trouble. Only this time, a smile slipped onto Chef's lips.

"That is why we have these events privately funded. So it's perfectly legal to segregated our dances," Chef took out a pink slip from her pocket and wrote some things down. Branch had no words for this. He had no idea that there was an actual way to keep segregated dances legal. Chef then handed the slip to Branch with a smudged smile," Don't challenge me the same way you did before kid. I will find a way to win every time."

With that, Chef walked away leaving a rather surprised Branch. The boy looked down at the slip to see it was a detention slip sending him to a weeks worth of detention.

"Oh, you ok Branch?" He heard Guy Diamond ask him. Branch shook his head at this. He folded the paper and slipped it into his pocket.

"Peachy," He mumbled.

"You didn't have to do that Branch. It was all my fault that…"

"It's alright Poppy. Like I said, I don't want to see you get into trouble with the bergens. I've seen what these bergens can do," Branch assured Poppy. He didn't want to make Poppy feel guilty for this. Still feeling sorry for him, Poppy pulled Branch into a second hug which he gladly returned. Before breaking the hug, Poppy planted a kiss on his cheek catching him completely off guard.

"Thank you Branch. Your the best," Poppy thanked. She and her friends began to walk out of the place letting a lovestruck Branch behind. The boy slowly followed the group with his mind going everywhere. He didn't even notice the chuckles and whispers Guy Diamond was sharing with his friends.

I'm very rusty on this story so sorry if it's not the same as my previous work. So sorry again. I never forget things so I don't know how I forgot about this. What's worse is that it's not the only one. My " Tragic Valentines " story was left forgotten too. I'll need to catch up.

Anyways, the segregated here is actually based on today's time segregation. Yep, we have segregated school dances still. The more recent one I found was a school who segregated their prom in 2016. From what I read, whites had their prom at a different time and place than the blacks. Hispanics or anyone between such as Japanese, can go to any. As long as white kids don't go to the black kids prom. I was quite shocked when I read that…. Like really shocked. I didn't even know how that's legal. But apparently it is.

Song is " Love Train " from the "Trolls Holiday" special. See you all next time