Chapter 7: Cursed Snow Cones
Meanwhile, back in the underground cave in Santa's Sled, Candlehead, Jubileena, Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika were walking a path as they pondered their next move to get the Moon Blossom after barely escaping Thermyl.
"Okay. We have a wolf with magical powers after us and we still have to find that Moon Blossom before Swizzle completely freezes." Toxika recalled.
"Yeah. And after we barely escaped that sinking snow he made, who knows what other magical traps he has around this place." Candlehead said timidly.
"That is true. It was really strong magic." Crumbelina said in agreement.
"Well, I'm not giving up! Vanellope and the others are counting on us. We've been in worse situations, so whatever Thermyl throws at us, we can handle it." Candi said boldly.
As they continued walking, Candlehead stopped and her eyes widened as she spotted something up ahead. On a tree stump was a tray with four snow cones placed upon it.
"Snow cones!" Candlehead cried out in excitement.
Candlehead ran over to the tree stump and took a snow cone off of the tray. Jubileena, Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika caught up to her.
"Candlehead, what are you doing?" Candi asked.
"Having one of these delicious looking snow cones." Candlehead replied as she took a lick of the snow cone.
"Candlehead, don't you think that it's kind of suspicious that a tray of snow cones would be sitting out here in the middle of nowhere?" Jubileena asked in a deadpan tone.
Candlehead smiled as she licked more of the snow cone.
"No, why?" Candlehead asked.
Jubileena sighed in annoyance before marching ahead.
"Forget it. Let's just keep going." Jubileena replied.
Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika followed Jubileena.
"Come on, Candlehead." Candi called out.
But as the group went ahead, they noticed Candlehead still standing in the same place, eating the snow cone. Toxika turned her head towards the birthday cake themed girl.
"Candlehead, let's go!" Toxika called out.
However, Candlehead kept her back turned to them and didn't move an inch. That concerned everybody.
"Candlehead?" Crumbelina asked.
Jubileena, Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika rushed over to see Candlehead standing as still as a statue with her tongue stretched out onto the snow cone and her eyes nearly bulging out of her head, possibly from when she noticed that she had stopped moving.
"Candlehead, what's the matter with you?" Candi asked.
Jubileena knocked on Candlhead's head, but the other girl didn't respond.
"It's like she's frozen solid. How could this have happened?" Jubileena asked.
Toxika looked around and spotted the tray of snow cones sitting on the stump.
"It's the snow cones." Toxika replied. She tried taking the snow cone out of Candlehead's hands, but her grip was too tight, and she said "It must be cursed or something.".
"Why, yes. It is." a deep voice said coldly.
Jubileena, Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika turned around to see Thermyl approach them.
"I fashioned the snow cones and enchanted them with a special magic that freezes a being once consumed." Thermyl explained.
Jubileena grabbed a hold of Candlehead's stiff body.
"You monster. Unfreeze her now!" Jubileena shouted.
"Even if I wanted to, I can't. The effects are only temporary, but it leaves plenty of time to do what you will with them." Thermyl explained.
"A bunch of ultra brain freezing snow cones aren't going to stop us from getting those Moon Blossoms." Candi sneered.
Thermyl laughed.
"Then why not take some delicious snow cones for the road?" Thermyl asked cynically.
Candi swatted the tray away, making all of the snow cones fall to the ground. Thermyl growled and took a swat at her with his claws, but Toxika pulled Candi away, making Thermyl's attack miss. Candi then grabbed Candlehead's still body and threw her on her back on the snowy ground, and she hopped right on top of her.
"Come on, guys!" Candi shouted.
Jubileena, Crumbelina, and Toxika hopped on top of Candlehead. Candi moved them with her foot, effectively using Candlehead like a sled to slide down a snowy hill and escape Thermyl.
"You will never reach the blossoms! Swizzle Malarkey will perish as long as I'm around!" Themyl shouted.
Jubileena, Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika screamed as they slid down the hill at fast speed, holding onto Candlehead's frozen body parts and hoping not to fall off. At the bottom of the hill, the Candlehead sled came to a crash and everyone flew off into the snow. Toxika was the first to stand up as she shook the snow off of her body.
"That was so awesome! Let's go again!" Toxika yelled excitedly.
Jubileena stood up and brushed snow off of her coat.
"Yeah, treading through an underground cavern with a maniac after you is oodles of fun." Jubileena said sarcastically.
Suddenly, Candlehead sat up. She coughed and hacked, and then shivered as bits of snow covered her body.
"Candlehead! You can move again." Crumbelina said in relief.
Candlehead stood up.
"Yes, and I was also still able to feel. How could you use me like that without asking first?" Candlehead asked in a bitter tone.
"We're sorry, Candlehead. But if we had never gotten out of there, we could've ended up like you." Candi replied.
Jubileena frowned.
"After that experience, we can no longer trust anything suspicious that we come across. So, we all need to be on guard. Agreed?" Jubileena asked.
Candlehead, Candi, Crumbelina, and Toxika nodded in agreement.
