#return to origin

[parakeet]

[enby-opera]

NOVA’S EYES

THOSE ARE RETURN TO ORGIN EYES

[nigtmarerin]

Oooh if your still doing art requests could you possibly do one of my origin boys?

(The bottom right is creek yeah ihm he's a feral boi)

Here it is!!!

I was reading the chapters u made and this particular scene caught my attention

Hope u like it

[branchandclumsyswife]

IM COOKING UP SOMETHING FOR RETURN TO ORIGIN IM COOKING HOLD ON NOW

[branchandclumsyswife]

Sorry for all my return to origin lovers been busy here's a au where Creek found the fruit and this takes place before world tour

The previously gray troll watches as the feral grey troll continues to stare at him from the corner of his containment. Ever since he woke up in the cell he has been in that corner always watching. Very rarely has he seen him asleep. He probably is when Branch wasn't there.

With a sigh he gets back to a notebook that he has been working on. He has been documenting everything he can about the transformed guru troll. It was very hard to believe that this feral animal like troll was Creek. It wasn't until he saw his eyes and say the very ripped and faded but recognizable yellow pants that he realized that this was Creek.

Too bad that said creek was trying to kill him. He was so glad he knows how to defend himself against wild critters and he was able to tie up the feral snarling troll before going to get some kind of tranquilizer to knock him out cause bringing a snarling feral grey troll is bound to bring attention and raise suspicions.

It took 2 to finally knock him out he was really struggling and fighting against it the best he could but he soon gave in. As soon as he made sure the feral troll was asleep he began to make a containment cell to put him in. Now this may seem barbaric but it seems the former guru didn't even recognize him. He didn't try to talk or anything of the sort. He just acted like a wild animal.

So to Branch if Creek wanted to act like a animal he will be treated like one.....somewhat. it was also for his and everyone else's safety. He made sure the bars were narrow enough to where Creek couldn't put a hand er paw through it and claw someone cause yes he has seen him with claws. They were always out ready to attack someone if they got too close.

Poppy managed to get a look at him while he was still out and went to get her dad who might know what happened cause even spending time in the wilderness doesn't cause these changes. Though its odd he's been out for alot longer than a normal animal or troll should be. Had he not been getting much sleep or something?

Poppy had brought back her dad who took a good long look at Creek and had explained that somehow in the wilderness Creek had managed to eat a very rare fruit often thought to be a legend with how rare it was. Ok that explained the physical changes but even Peppy himself couldn't explain the mental ones.

With a thanks Peppy left and Poppy who took another look at Creek walks away. She needed some time to herself. Seeing her once good friend turned into this gray acting like a litteral animal and unable to remember anyone just....hurts her.

A while later Creek finally manages to wake up and just went straight to the corner and growls at Branch who just observes. He tried to make small talk but nothing worked. Either Creek was really good at playing this game and really good at acting like this or he genuinely doesn't remember anyone or anything.

After about 2 days and Poppys insistence to give Creek something to do or just anything in general he gave him a pillow and a blanket. Creek who took one good look and gave them both a sniff test seemingly he just sits on top of the blanket and has the pillow off to the side and goes right back to staring albeit not growling. He stopped growling after a day,probably got tired.

Branch meanwhile writes down what he knew so far about Creeks new form.

•Longer fur (seems to puff out when scared)

•Claws (unsure if retractable)

•fangs

•glowing eyes (scared me when I first saw them)

•nightvision (he tracked me perfectly in pitch black darkness)

▪︎Enchanced hearing and sense of smell (Heard my soft footsteps and woke up. Also woke up at the smell of food that I brought)

•tail (Unsure if prehensile)

•Paws

•digigrade legs (must make walking and running on all fours easier)

The snackpack even came by to see their once friend and maybe even jog his memory. Creek had taken a good look at them for maybe a minute after they all introduced themselves and even gave the air a sniff. He also squinted his eyes as he stared at them as if trying to remember but his pupils that have always seemed shrunken in his eyes never grew or anything. No recognition at all he went back to growling at them all. Even when Biggie offered Creek to let him hold Mr. Dinkles Creek ran up to the cage and snarled as if trying to eat the worm much to Biggies horror. Mr. Dinkles seemed unphased though.

They all left soon after that. They felt bad for their former friend somewhat. Did he betray all of his friends and his kind just to save his own skin? Yes. But did he deserve amnesia and acting like a feral animal? They don't think he did. They all saw the scares that littered his body. It painted a picture they didn't like.

Poppy had been avoiding Creek as much as she could. It hurt so much to see him and hear about his behaviors. She and him had a special connection and when he betrayed her trust? It hurt. Alot. And now seeing someone she thought was dead grey and very much feral? It just twisted the knife deeper.

"Branch I....I don't know if I can face him again" She says as she crosses her arms and looks away apprehensive. "Poppy please just for 5 minutes. We need to see if there is any chance of him remembering. He didn't remember the snackpack, he doesn't remember me. I tried to do some dumb yoga poses and nothing. I even brought in his old firefly friend and he tried to eat it! If he doesn't remember you or give any indicator than I don't think anything will. He will genuinely just be completely gone. He reacts to his name and understands us somewhat but other than that there's nothing. " Branch explains to her.

Poppy sighs if it was just for a few minutes than ok she can handle that. She honestly doesn't know what they would do if he gives no indicator of remembering her. They couldn't just let him stay in that cage forever but they couldn't let him just walk around the village he was too dangerous.

The duo make their way back to the area that Branch has Creek in. It was close to his bunker so he could check on him often. Branch goes over first and immediately Creek looks over to see him. His tail flicking back and forth showing his agitation but other than that he doesn't move. He must have gotten used to his presence somewhat.

"Alright Creek if you can even understand this I have one last thing to try. If you don't remember anything than....I don't know. We will figure that out when we get there." Branch says to the crouched troll who just stares.

Poppy takes a deep breath before counting to 5 in her head and comes out. She sees him. Creek. Crouched down on all fours like a animal staring at her. " Uhm hey Creek" She gives a wave of her hand.

Creek just stares at her before something seems to shift in his eyes. They still have that feral look but there was something there. Very faint but there. It was recognition. His head goes up seemingly in alert. "Poppy I think it's working!" Branch says getting excited. She goes to take a step closer to the cage. "Creek it's me Poppy! Do you remember me? Do you remember the things we did? Do you remember anything?" She asks getting a bit hopeful. As much as she has mixed feelings for him she doesn't want him to have this be his new life. Even if the fruit has no cure his mind if it can be fixed she will do it.

Though it seems her getting closer seems to have the opposite effect. As Creek let's out a high pitched screech that hurt their ears and proceeds to try and back away even more.

"Whats going on? Why is he acting like this?" Poppy asks confused. Why was he scared? She didn't do anything to scare him. "I don't know!" Branch replies just as confused. She gets even closer to the cage this only seems to make him worse as he whimpers and whines as he tries to climb up the wall leaving claw marks on it and with his back turned to them they see it. A large set of clawmarks on his back. They had to have been caused by a cuddlepup. Branch could recognize those marks anywhere.

"Branch you need to let me in please!" Poppy pleads to him. Creek was in heavy distress right now and this could dissolve into a panic attack or anxiety attack if nothing is done. "Poppy he might-" "I don't care Branch I can take care of myself now let me in!" She says cutting him off. With a sigh he presses a button that opens the door and she heads inside. Meanwhile branch has a tranquilizer dart ready to go if things get bad.

Poppy slowly approaches the still whimpering troll who's still trying to climb the walls. "Its ok Creek it's me Poppy remember? It's ok. Your safe. I'm not going to hurt you I promise. " She says to him gently.

Creek turns to see her getting closer his tail trembling in fright as he whimpers. Tears come out of his eyes. He makes a chitter noise followed by a chirp and a click. He looks up at the pink troll. Obviously remembering something. His breathing picks up as his paws go to his neck. He bends over paws still on his neck as if he can't get any air. His tail wraps around him as if trying to soothe himself.

"Why is he doing that? Is he having a panic or anxiety attack? It doesn't look like a normal one. Just what is he remembering?" Branch asks confused. Creek and Poppy had such a close bond with each other why was he reacting so scared and violent to her?

She watches on confused as well. But watches her eyes latching onto his neck. Why was it his neck in particular? He was fine until she came in. Branch designed it to where Creek can get fresh air all the time as it was outside. So it has to do with her. She doesn't remember anything ever happening to his neck that she can think of. Only.....OH GLITTER!

"Branch I think he remembers me strangling him with my hair! Remember when he said he sold us out? I choked him with my hair! That's what he's remembering!" She tells him. "But I did the same and he didn't react like this!" Branch replies back. "You two weren't nearly as close as us! It's obviously affected him alot more than we thought if he can remember in this state!"

She goes over to him and kneels down a few feet away. "Creek it's ok. I'm not going to hurt you. I won't choke you with my hair. Not again I promise. You can breathe, your safe, your alive, you aren't back there again." If her hunch is correct he is probably reliving the memory or thinks he is back there at that moment or something along those lines.

It took a fee minutes but his whimpers do slowly stop as his breathing slowly begins to go back to normal. He looks back up at Poppy. Seeing she wasn't doing anything he slowly takes his paws from his neck not feeling anything there.

"See your fine Creek. I'm not gonna hurt you" She says with a gentle smile. Creek looks between his paws and back to Poppy several times. There was a look in his eyes, like he was trying to recall more. But quickly the look goes away. He snarls at Poppy and gets ready to jump at her when he is hit in the neck with a dart and quickly falls to the ground unconsious.

"Had a feeling that would happen" Branch said as he put away the blowtube. He had been working on making a stringer tranq just for Creek as it seems his body is resistant to this type of stuff. Poppy knew he only did that to help her but she wasn't some defenseless queen she knew hairjitsu and knew how to wrangle a critter or two!

She quickly heads out jsut to be safe. "So....what happened" She says as she looks at the unconsious form of her former friend. "Yeah but we did learn that he can infact remember. That's a good thing, that means he isn't all gone." Branch says somewhat relieved that Creeks mind can be brought back. It wasn't that he cared for the traitor he just didn't want to care for him for the rest of his life.

"But he only remembered something bad. You saw how he reacted to just me being here." Poppy says. "Yes but he was able to be calmed down. You saw him it was like he was trying to remember more! We just gotta keep going." Branch replies.

"Yeah but at this rate it's going to take some time." She says looking down. "Yeah....a long while" Branch replies as he looks at the sleeping troll.

(For anyone curious Creek said "Please don't hurt me again!")

He doesn't even remeber poppys name all he remembers is his name

Yes he can understand people mostly

To him Poppy is just

"The pink one who hurt him"

When he saw her his heart just hurt so much and didn't know why. He saw images and didnt know what was going on. He knew she was important to him but he didnt know why. He wanted to get away to make the pain stop. Then when she entered that's when the flashbacks started. It was him reliving the moment.

And here he is

[branchandclumsyswife]

Enjoy a meme I made for my trolls fic

[branchandclumsyswife]

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