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Today you were visiting your uncle, you had just made it to techno lagoon. You swam off of the flower pod and looked around for him but couldn't see him anywhere.

"Yo glow stick!" you heard a familiar voice yell excitedly.

You smiled as you felt two familiar dark purple hands pick you up from behind and pull you into a loving hug.

You giggled and hugged him back "hey uncle Synthy" you said, nuzzling your cheek with his and wrapping your tale around his waist.

He chuckled and hugged you closer.

Suddenly you grabbed his left fin ear and pulled on it roughly.

Synth flinched in pain and gently swatted your hand away "ow! Glow stick what was that for!?" He asked, rubbing his fin ear with his free left hand.

You gave him a serious look "that was for betraying me!"

Synth looked confused "betraying you? What do you mean?" He asked, tilting his head to the side slightly.

You blinked, you then remembered your uncle had a short term memory "remember when I snuck out to see the piñata bot battle? And YOU betrayed me and told my dad"

Synth looked down in thought for a few minutes, before a look of realisation appeared on his face "oooooh! Oh! Yeah, That, yeah I remember now" he then looked you in your eyes and matched your serious expression, but he had a playful smile on his face so you knew he wasn't being entirely serious, to be honest, Synth being serious was unheard off. "glow stick I had to, you'll understand when your older" he said in a stern but gentle tone, bopping your nose softly.

You sniffled and sneezed cutely at that, you had a sensitive nose. Synth chuckled at that while you huffed in annoyance, but smiled and booped his nose back. To your disappointment he didn't sneeze.

"Hello Synth, I need to ask you-oh, why hello there Princess Y/n" you heard a unfamiliar female voice say.

You looked over to the direction the voice came from and saw a purple skinned female techno troll with dark blue hair, neon eyes, and she wore round glasses.

Before you could ask who she was, your uncle said in his usually cheerful tone "ah glow stick, meet Laguna Tidepool! She's our antrollogist!"

"What's a antrollogist?" You asked, tilting your head to the side slightly.

"It's a troll that studies behaviours of other trolls" Laguna said, swimming over to you and your uncle and giving you a friendly smile.

"Oh, So that means that you learn the behaviours of the other tribes? That sounds cool!" You said, smiling up at her, your adorable green eyes sparkling with awe.

Both Laguna and Synth chuckled at your enthusiasm, Laguna then booped you on the nose, making you sneeze cutely, you pouted at this, unfortunately for you it made you look cuter.

"Fact: you are super adorable" she said, petting you on the head and then pulling out a shell shaped note book and purple pen from her hair, she then began writing something down.

"Since your a antrollogist, dose that mean you also studied the tribes history too? Like way back to the beginning?" You asked, tilting your head to the side.

She nodded "why yes, I was just heading off to the library to learn more, would you two like to come?" She asked with a smile.

You and your uncle both nodded and you all headed off to the library.

Once there, you all checked out books about the strings and the troll ancestors, unfortunately none of it gave you deeper history.

You sighed and looked over at another bookshelf that might have something, so you flew over. However, as you got closer you noticed something, you saw a very faint outline of what looked to be a door of some kind, curious, you placed your hand on it and pushed.

Unfortunately for you, it barely budged.

You turned to your uncle and Laguna who were looking at books about the strings "guys, I found something interesting!" You called, making them abandon their books and walk over to you.

"What is it glow stick?" Synth asked

You pointed to the out the door "it's a secret door, but I can't open it" you said

"A secret door? Interesting" Laguna said, placing her right hand on her chin and smiling.

You all tried to push it open but it still didn't work.

Synth sighed "it's no use girls, it's shut pretty tight, but don't worry, Stand back"

You and Laguna looked at each other in confusion and stood back. Wondering what Synths plan was.

He began to back away, staring at the door with a determined expression.

Then it hit you, he wouldn't...

He stopped when he was far enough and crouched down, looking ready to move at the speed of a bullet.

He would.....oh he so would.

you looked at him in worry, he was going to get seriously hurt! "Uh uncle Synth, I don't think this is a good idea" you said, looking more worried.

Laguna nodded, agreeing with you and also having figured out what the prince of techno/ambassador was going to do "yes Synth, if a five year old child thinks that what your about to do is a bad idea, then you really should consider-"

"Naaah I'll be fine, now!" He said, pushing off of the light brown felt floor and flying towards the door at an incredible speed "let's break this door down yeah!" He cheered as he was getting closer and closer.

You and Laguna both winced, flinching back slightly as you heard the sound of wood breaking and wallpaper tearing.

But his idiotic plan had worked though, you could now enter the secret room.

Both you and Laguna rushed inside the dark room and looked around for Synth.

"Uncle Synth!? Are you alright!? Are you still alive!?" You asked frantically, looking around worriedly.

You and Laguna lit up your bodies and saw Synth lying on the ground, he had splinters covering his body and a few bruises here and there.

He sat up and turned to you, giving you and his friend a weak smile, lifting up his left splinter filled hand and giving you a thumbs up.

"Y-yeah.....yeah I'm good...." he said weakly, slowly getting up and pulling the splinters out of his body, once he was done, he shook his head and smiled happily "alright! Now let's go see what this secret room has to offer!" He said in his usual cheerful tone and walked down the dark halls.

You and Laguna both shared a look with each other, rolling your eyes and shaking your heads before following him.

It was moments like these that made you wonder how Synth even stayed alive.

As you were all walking down the stone halls, you noticed your uncle would occasionally wince and hiss a little, his face would scrunch up in pain and he would often gently touch his shoulder.

You frowned in concern, breaking through that door would have no doubt hurt him.

You then remembered that you carried ice and a rag in your hair, mainly in case of emergencies. While Laguna was looking around, you pulled a rag and box that held some ice in it from your hair, you took out the ice from the small box and placed it into the rag, you made sure the ice was secured and flew over to your uncle (who was distracted with looking around) and you carefully, and gently placed the rag on Synth's injured shoulder.

Synth grimaced suddenly and whined slightly due to the cold feeling on the injured area, but he quickly recovered and looked over, smiling once he saw what you were doing.

He gently took the rag out of your hand with his left one and smiled at you gratefully "thanks glow stick" he said softly, leaning forward and kissing you on the forehead.

You smiled at him and hugged him gently, he chuckled and smiled wider, wrapping his free arm around you.

"Awww, fact: this is so heartwarming"

You heard Laguna say softly, you and your uncle looked over to see her watching you both with a warm smile on her face.

You and Synth smiled back and you continued on walking down the stone halls.

Eventually, you all came across a doorway, it was entirely pitch black in the room.

You all lit up your bodies more, allowing you to see better.

It was a room with grey stoned walls and floors.

There were cobwebs in the corners, some bugs here and there, and there was a lot of dust which made you all cough a little and squeeze your eyes shut, it took a few minutes until you could open them again and look around.

The one thing that caught your attention more than anything else was the large bookshelf sitting at the end of the room, old looking books were filled with it, however there was one that stood out.

It was way bigger than the other books, and it looked slightly older too.

Laguna walked over to it, with you and your uncle following, she picked it up as gently as she could and looked at the cover of the book.

"Guys, this book is about the ancestors! We might discover more information about them!" She said in excitement, her face glowing with joy.

You and Synth smiled and flew over as she opened the book, and you all began to read.

The book talked about how all the tribes music was made, the notes, rhythm and melody. you were more interested in your ancestors to be honest. The book (of course) held a chapter about the techno troll ancestors and how they discovered their music, they discovered theirs by creating special beats and apparently they also found electronic fauna's that helped make techno music too. it was so fascinating, none of the books you had read on the history of the tribes had information like this, why was this hidden away?

"This is amazing guys, we've discovered a whole new history on the tribes!" You cheered, looking excited and zooming around.

Laguna and Synth chuckled "tech yes we have glow stick!" Synth said, wrapping his good arm around you and pulling you close, nuzzling your cheek with his, making you giggle.

"Indeed we have" Laguna said, writing in her notebook, she then looked up at you and Synth with a happy smile "let's go tell everyone!"

"Yeah!" Both you and Synth cheered, walking out of the room with Laguna following, she was holding the book and making sure it was still intact.

You looked up at Laguna "hey Laguna, please can I keep the book? I wanna look at it more, I promise I'll take care of it" you said, giving her the puppy eyes.

Laguna chuckled and said with a smile "of course Y/n, here" she said handing you the book.

You smiled and took it "thanks"

Then you stopped when you remembered something.

"How are we gonna explain the damage to the owner?" You asked, glancing at the entrance worriedly.

Laguna and Synth also paused in their movements, looking just as nervous as you.

"Uhhh..."