A New Beginning

Polly was in a very happy mood the day after the special event, and she was once again thinking about a new song. Jami was beside her and was a bit worried that she was making music a bit too fast. Creating a decent song takes a while to plan.

"Um Polly, don't you think that you're making music too quickly? I mean, it took Piper a few weeks to come up with a song."

"Your right," Polly admitted. "And I also don't it to feel like these songs were rushed or too basic. I was just too overjoyed recently because of all the people that told me not to give up on my career."

"Yeah you were getting out of hand for a minute there," Jami soon agreed. "I'm glad you are noticing that."

"Ha, if it wasn't for you, I probably wouldn't have."

Polly then said that she wanted to create her merch. Jami supported the idea but still wanted Polly to have a team like other influencers, but Polly had returned to thinking that she would copy her sister. Jami son understood and said that any influencer has a team. Piper wasn't the only influencer that has a team. But Polly still denied and Jamison gave up.

They went to Squad World to start making the merch. Polly used Hunter's 3d printer for the items, and she bought clothing at a local store. She designed a logo with her group name in a script font and purple background. The name of her group was inspired by Jojo's fan base, Siwanators. This is why her group is called the Pollyinators. When she made the blueprints of the designs, she called Hannah to take her to a place that stamps decals on clothing and accessories. She made eighteen hoodies, ten shirts and pants, five beanies, and five blankets. While she was putting the finished merch in a bag, she heard Eliana and Jenzten calling her name as they entered.

"Hi y'all," Polly said.

"Hi Polly," Eliana said. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm making my merch for my new site!"

"Really?" asked Jentzen. "That's cool!"

"So, how is the kingdom going?" Polly asked.

Jentzen had a sad look on his face and Polly noticed it.

"What happened?" Polly asked walking towards him.

Jentzen didn't say anything so Ellie spoke for him.

"Well this probably might surprise you, but we got kicked out The originals had returned to get back their castle. On the bright side though, at least we can hang out with y'all more again!"

Polly agreed. "Ain't that the truth?"

"Yea but Jentzen is in a very deviated state now to a point where if someone mentions anything about Rockstone, he quote-on-quote, "shuts down" like right now, look at him, he still hasn't said anything."

"Oh dear, I didn't mean to make him feel uncomfortable," Polly said worriedly.

"It's not your fault," Eliana replied. "Anyways, can we see your merch?"

"Sure, all of them are in this bag," Polly said while showing them the bag.

The two gazed at the stuff and smiled.

"Ooo, this is so cool!" Eliana smiled. "Can we take some?"

"Sure help yourselves." Polly agreed. "Free of charge!"

Then she whispered to herself. "Yes! I knew I could do it!" What she didn't realize however was that merchandise can get sold very fast easily. And if she had lots of fans, she would have to keep up with the pace and have enough merch available to last a least a year.

After leaving the building, Hannah picked everyone up and took them to Squad World so Polly could make a promotional video of her merch. The rest of the Pollyinators were there. While the video was being made, Stephen finished up the site by adding the merch. Once everything was settled, she still had to figure out how to deliver the merch to her fans. Stephen already had that out of control, so she wouldn't have to worry about that. Then Jami asked something that made poor Polly shake. "Um, you know that the products will have to be mass-produced right? These will run out eventually and there won't be anything left to be sold at a certain point."

Polly started freaking out.

"I told you Polly that a team would help out with this, but kept on denying it and wanted to do it your way. So it's all on your own now."

Polly finally admitted that she need a team this time.

"I guess I'll try it then," she thought.

Jamison smiled. "Perfect! I already got you a team setup. You'll have a manager named Molly. I told her about you and she would love to work with you. She has a whole team waiting for anyone interested in being in the influencer field."

"Nice," Polly said. "When can I go?"

"Now," Hannah said walking to the doorway giggling her keys.

Polly jumped in excitement.

"I know that she needed a team eventually," Jami whispered to Hannah. "So I had a team already for her." They both high-fived each other, and then Hannah and Polly left.

They arrived at Matter Studios, and they saw Molly, the new manager. She was so pleased to see Polly.

"Hey there," she said. "I assume you're here for a team."

"Yes," Polly said a bit nervous.

"So, I heard that you've already made two songs and you have merchandise?"

"Yes, I do. To be honest, I did well without a team for a while until I realized the merch wouldn't last for long, and they would have to be mass-produced and I admit, I do need help with planning songs and making music videos."

“Well, you've come to the right place Polly. Ready to meet your team?"

"Yes, I'm ready!"

They walked upstairs to room 102 and the team was so excited to see her. There were 5 members of the team. Murdoch, Dennis, David, Monica, and Philip. Polly liked Murdoch's name because the latter reminded her of a character from one of her favorite shows. He claims that he got the name from said character. Polly had also grown up with Monica, and she was happy that they reunited after many years. They hugged each other and then, Molly had asked Polly if she could see her merch. She didn't know where it was but luckily, Hannah had kept some of the items in her car so the team could review them. They loved the designs, and they mostly loved the hoodies and shirts. Polly then had to sign a contract to confirm that she would be on this team. After the contract, she had officially gained a team. She then turned to Hannah.

"Listen, I'm sorry that I doubted you about the team idea in the first place."

Hannah smiled. "You don't need to apologize, it's your career we're talking about here. So in all honesty, you're apologizing to yourself."

Once the merch was in the hands of the team, they started the mass production process. They came up with the prices and everything. Since it was the first time that Polly made items, they didn't have the prices very expensive.

In a few hours, over a hundred items were sold. Polly couldn't believe that this was happening. Also because Molly had made a story on Instagram about Polly's stuff.

"Wow, I seriously cannot believe how much merch was sold just today!" Polly exclaimed. "I should've never denied y'all at all."

Molly smiled. "That's ok. "I know how it feels when you want to do things your way and by yourself without any help. My sister was the same way, and it didn't go so well. She had created many songs that were very flawed because they were too basic and this hurt her career. Her views weren't promising, she had plenty of rude comments and plenty of dislikes. Some viewers said that the songs were too rushed and bland. So she gave up on doing things her way and decided to go to the professionals, and I can tell you, she is way better than she was before. She currently has songs streaming right now and has lots of subscribers! Her name is Sky Smalls if you want to check her out."

"Wow, it's a good thing that I got a team then," Polly stated. "Or else I would have had similar problems as she had."

After the conversation, Polly then asked for any song ideas or suggestions. They said to make the song based on a moral, love, or saluting someone. Polly wrote these on a piece of paper. She then left to put some of the plans into action.