A/N: this is based on the 2005 movie. and Mr. Wonka in this fic is certainly the Johnny Depp variety...(drools)

sadly i do not own anything that has to do with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ... although i am in the process of devising a way to transport the delicious Mr. Wonka to reality... (yeah, lets see how well that works)

well, this is my first CATCF fic, i hope it's ok, reviews are great!

CH 1

Just Magnificent

"Charlie? Charlie!" Willy Wonka cried out as he raced through the minty grass toward the decrepit little cottage in the Chocolate Room. He burst through the front door, excitement written all over his pale face.

"Charlie! There you are! I've been looking for you! I've got a new invention to show you that I think you'll like!"

The boy abandoned his schoolbooks and ran up to Willy, curious to see what the infamous chocolatier had to show him.

"What have you got there, Willy?" he asked.

"Well, it doesn't have an official name just yet, but its one of the most amazing and sensational candies that I've come up with! Know why? Know why?" Willy grinned down at Charlie.

"Why? What is it, Willy?"

Willy's grin got even bigger. "This here is a candy that acts like a rubber bouncy ball! You can bounce it around all you want, and when you get hungry, you can pop it in your mouth and eat it!" he held out a gloved hand, and nestled in his palm was what appeared to be a small blue ball, not much larger than a marble.

"That's amazing," Charlie said as he took the candy and examined it, "but does it really bounce?"

"Of course it does, silly!" Willy exclaimed, "and boy, does it go high!" he plucked the blue candy from Charlie's hand and held it between his forefinger and thumb. His wide grin turned into a mischievous smirk. "Hey, wanna try it?"

Charlie's face lit up in excitement. "Yes, sure!"

Willy leaned his cane up against the wall and motioned for Charlie to go to the other end of the small room. "Okay Charlie," he said, "go long!"

Willy threw the blue candy to the floor, and it shot up towards the ceiling with great force. It traveled up to the rafters of the cottage, hit a beam, and shot back down, where Charlie caught it before it ended up striking the fireplace mantel.

Willy giggled his insane little laugh. "Wasn't that just magnificent?" he asked, voice filled with delight, "it's so much fun!"

Charlie smiled at Willy, "it's great," he replied, "but it seems extraordinarily bouncy. We have to be careful with this so it doesn't break anythin-"

"Let's do it again!" Willy ran over to Charlie and snatched the candy out of his hand. "Go over to the other side of the table, and ill see if I can bounce it to you!"

Charlie made his way to the opposite side of the small kitchen table, but Willy had already sent the candy shooting through the room before the boy was ready. It rocketed up to the rafters of the cottage again, and came hurdling back down after hitting the underside of the roof. The blue candy bounced off of the floor near the front door, hit a wall, and shot towards the kitchen area with incredible speed. Charlie attempted to run after the ball, but just as he got to the kitchen, the ball had struck the side of the stove and was headed for the opposite end of the house. Willy anticipated its path, and tried to intercept the ball before it hit the front door. The blue candy hit him on the head instead.

"Ow!" Willy rubbed the side of his head, "that sure is powerful," he muttered.

"Willy!" Charlie exclaimed, "We have to catch that ball-"

Suddenly there was a loud THUNK, followed by an unpleasant CRAASH.

Willy and Charlie exchanged worried glances, and then slowly made their way to the kitchen table. There they were met with the very unpleasant sight of broken shards of glass and two sad little yellow daisies lying on the floor. The culprit, the blue candy ball, rolled across the floor past their feet.

The smile instantly vanished from Willy's face. "Uh-oh," he said quietly.

"We have to clean this up before my parents and grandparents come back!" Charlie exclaimed, and ran to the kitchen area to grab a broom. He and Willy got on their hands and knees and began cleaning up the mess, when the rest of the Bucket family walked in the door.

"Ello, Charlie!" Mrs. Bucket chimed as she and Mr. Bucket walked in, followed by both sets of grandparents. "We're ba-"

She looked down to see Charlie and Willy's heads poking up from behind the table. "Wot's all this?" she asked, "Wot are you two playing around underneath my table for?"

Willy laughed nervously as he and Charlie stood up, fake grins plastered across both their faces.

"Wot have you been up to?" asked Mr. Bucket suspiciously, eyeing them both.

"Well..." started Willy,

"You see, mum," Charlie said, scratching his head, "Willy has this new candy invention..."

"Well you see," Willy continued, "I guess I haven't got it quite right..."

"And it bounces awfully powerful..."

"I should work on the formula a bit more I guess..."

"It needs to be toned down a lot more apparently..."

Mrs. Bucket shook her head in confusion. "Alright, both of you calm down now," she said.

Mr. Bucket finished helping grandpa Joe back into the bed walked over to his wife. "Alright," he said, holding up a hand, "one at a time now. There was something about a candy invention? Willy, how about you explain first."

Laughing nervously, Willy told Charlie's parents about his incredible candy that bounced like a rubber ball. "It's really very amazing," he said sheepishly, "I guess it just needs to be a lot less bouncy, that's all."

"Charlie, do you have anything to add?" asked his mother.

"Well, Willy brought the candy here to show me, and we started bouncing it around to see if it would work-"

"Which it really does!" Willy interrupted.

"And, well, we...got a bit carried away, I guess," continued Charlie, "and we tried to stop it, we really did! But it was just so fast that neither of us could catch it in time..." he trailed off.

"And what happened?" asked Mrs. Bucket, a worried tone in her voice.

Willy picked the two yellow daisies off the floor and placed them carefully on the table.

Gasping, Mrs. Bucket covered her mouth with her hands. "My vase!" she breathed. Mr. Bucket placed his arm around her shoulders for comfort.

"Charlie," Mr. Bucket said quietly, "I think you owe your mum an apology, and that goes for you too, Willy."

"I'm sorry, mum." Charlie said, looking down at the table.

"Yeah, sorry." added Willy.

Mrs. Bucket perked up a bit and walked over to Charlie and Willy. "It's alright boys," she crooned, "thank goodness it was just a vase that we lost and nothing worse, right?" she kissed the top of Charlie's head and patted Willy on the back. "But I want this mess cleaned up now," she said, her tone serious, "and there will be no more playing with new inventions in the house, understand? There are plenty of other rooms in this factory where you can test bouncy candy balls." smiling, she handed Willy the broom and Charlie a dustpan.

After the broken vase was cleaned up, Willy told the Buckets that he and Charlie were off to the Inventing Room to work on the candy ball formula. Just as he picked up his cane and was reaching for the door handle, Mrs. Bucket spoke up.

"Willy," she called, turning from her work in the kitchen.

"Uh, yeah?"

"I think you and Charlie owe me a new vase," she said, picking up the yellow daisies from the table and taking them back to the kitchen with her.

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