Chapter 19: Imaginary Insects and Wonka Puppets

Matt, thanks so much for your reviews! I really appreciate it! Here's the next elimination, like you asked for! :D

MysteriousMaker1185, thanks so much for reviewing! Emma and Adam do indeed have a crush on each other! How cute! :)

Credit for the idea of Ryan Kline's exit goes to MysteriousMaker1185, and the Imaginary Insects also belong to him.

NoThrills, I am thinking of having the group view that room while they are inside the Great Glass Elevator, when that time comes! :)

Guest, I am planning to include the Spotty Powder Room in the story, just not part of an elimination. :)

A Message to Matt and MysteriousMaker1185: Matt, regarding your idea of the candies that make one go fast (the Zips), and the Sonic Obstacle Course, I will include that. I am thinking of including it as part of MysteriousMaker1185's Prank Candy Obstacle Course, where the remaining children and parents need to eat Zips and run to the finish line while avoiding the Sonic the Hedgehog-like obstacles. That sounds like a cool part of the Prank Candy Obstacle Course, doesn't it? After all, it does change tracks every so often. Does that sound cool to you two (and anyone else who sees this)? :D

Anyone is welcome to leave room ideas and suggestions in the review section and/or as a PM :D

Also, I changed the name of the Cold-Candy Room to the Cooling-Candy Room, renaming the Cold-Candies to Cooling Candies. Thanks, Matt! :D

(Credits: "Wonka's Welcome Song" belongs to Tim Burton, John August, and everyone else who worked on the 2005 film. Stingy, LazyTown, and all related things belong to everyone who worked on LazyTown. RIP Stefan Karl Stefansson (Robbie Rotten), 1975-2018. :( )

On with the story, now! :)

The group entered the room and they were instantly dumbfounded. There were trees, grass, and bushes growing everywhere in the room, and the ceiling was light-blue, like a sky. Insects such as ants, caterpillars, bees, and butterflies were seen flying absolutely everywhere.

"Hey, look!" cried Emma suddenly. "A butterfly!"

And sure enough, a small brown butterfly was seen flying over their heads.

"And there's a caterpillar, and some ants!" cried Ryan, slightly scared, pointing to a tree. "He began to back away. "Bugs scare me!"

"Insects and bugs," corrected Marvin. "And what's the deal with these insects, anyways? They don't look very imaginary to me. I mean, I can see them right in front of me right now."

"They're called 'Imaginary Insects' because they're not actually real insects," explained Charlie Bucket. "They're sentient candies, which means that although they may look and act alive, they're actually not."

"Ahh!" screamed Ryan Kline. "Get them off of me! Get them off!"

Everyone looked at Ryan, and they saw a few Apple Ants crawling up Ryan's legs. They were giant, red ants, and everyone could see that they were crawling out of an anthill made out of chocolate fudge.

"It looks like our Apple Ants are really curious about Ryan," said Mr. Wonka.

Emma walked up to the ants and knelt down in front of them. She held out one of her hands. The ants paused for a few seconds, then crawled on to the hand that she was holding out.

"I may not seem like the kind of kid who likes crawlies," said Emma P. Perr, "because I don't." She paused for a few seconds. "I love them!" she exclaimed. "Hey, Adam!" She turned to Adam. "Come look!"

Adam walked nervously up to Emma. Emma took her free hand, the one that had no insects on it, and lovingly grabbed Adam's hand in hers.

"Wow!" exclaimed Grandpa Joe. "The insects must really like Emma! Everyone, look at the Cocoa Caterpillars! And the Fudge Flies! And the Dark Chocolate Dragonflies! The Marshmaggots, too!"

"The Yummy Yellowjackets, Gummy Worms, Wriggle Sweet Spiders, Beetle Juice Beetles, and Cherry Centipedes seem to really like her, too!" exclaimed Mr. Wonka.

The insects and bugs were crawling around Emma, and some were even crawling around on her arm! She had a happy, cheerful smile on her face.

"How did you even make them?" asked Mr. Trout.

"Me and Mr. Wonka were just doing some genetic engineering on some candy, and they randomly appeared," said Charlie Bucket. "It was very strange. They last forever. When you eat out of them, that part regrows back. Even if you were to eat the entire candy in one go, the next day, by a magic process, the candy would reappear by you. I think that it's very neat."

"I don't get it," said Mr. Kline, Ryan's father. "What are the point of these things? Can you sell them?"

"Well, yes-" started Grandpa Joe.

"Who would even want to buy them?" asked Mrs. Trout.

"Ummm-" started Charlie Bucket.

"Are they therapy?" asked Mrs. Wood randomly.

"Well, this is my creation," said Mr. Wonka.

"Your creations are just really weird," said Marvin Trout, joining in on the conversation. "Why is everything in this factory so pointless?"

"Candy doesn't need to have a point," said Charlie. "That's why it's candy."

"Candy is a waste of time!" Marvin snapped back.

Everyone was so busy arguing with Mr. Wonka, Charlie Bucket, and Grandpa Joe, and Ryan was so busy being freaked out by the insects and bugs, that no one noticed Emma and Adam talking to each other- except for Veruca Perr. She was the only one that noticed them at the moment, and she was watching them with interest. Emma and Adam did not notice that Veruca was watching them.

"Adam," said Emma, smiling sweetly at Adam, "if you touch one of these insects and, or bugs, I will give you a special surprise!"

"B-but what if I get bitten?" said Adam worriedly. "W-what if I get attacked?"

Emma looked at Adam, sighed, smiled sweetly, and, still having her hand in his, she said, "Adam, remember one point in your life when you were worried about something, ended up doing it anyways, and felt happy when it was all over."

Adam thought about the topic that Emma told him to think about. It was very recent, as a matter of fact. He remembered the boat ride, and he remembered the tunnel, and the drop. He remembered the wind blowing against his face, and the adrenaline rushing through his body. And, he remembered his conversation with Emma in the Very Very Small Room.

'"Remember back then, during the boat ride? You were scared out of your mind at the time, and guess what? You made it through!"' he remembered her saying.

He looked back at Emma...slowly moving his hand toward one of the Gummy Worms...and before he knew what was happening, the worm was crawling on his arm.

"Hahaha! That tickles!" laughed Adam. "Hahaha!"

Adam's laughing caught the attention of everyone in the Imaginary Insects room. Everyone was looking at him, staring wide-eyed.

"Now that you've fulfilled your part of the bargain," Emma said sweetly to Adam, "I will fulfill mine. Here's your special prize."

She leaned forward, blushed at Adam, then kissed him on the cheek.

Adam and everyone in the Imaginary Insects room was shocked. A few seconds later, Adam looked back at Emma, then he kissed her on the cheek!

At this point, the only thing that anyone in the room could do was stare. A few minutes later, after everyone realized what unfolded in front of them, they finally arrived at their destination: "THE PUPPET HOSPITAL AND BURN CENTER".

"This is the Puppet Hospital and Burn Center," said Mr. Wonka as everyone entered the room. "It's...relatively new."

"I didn't even see any puppets when we entered this factory," said Alexis.

"Or burning," added Marvin.

"This is for a new thing that me and Mr. Wonka have been talking about," explained Charlie. "We were thinking that, instead of letting the general public into our factory, we could possibly do a livestream of certain rooms each week. We even have an intro planned. Here it is." Mr. Wonka took out a recorder from his velvet coat pockets and pressed the "PLAY" button. A song started to play.

"Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka
The amazing chocolatier!
Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka
Everybody give a cheer!"

"Hooray!" shouted Alexis happily.

"He's modest, clever, and so smart,
He barely can restrain it.
With so much generosity,
There is no way to contain it
To contain it, to contain, to contain, to contain.
Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka
He's the one that you're about to meet.
Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka
He's a genius who just can't be beat.
The magician and the chocolate 'wiz
The best darn guy who ever lived
Willy Wonka here he is!"

"If you're going to have puppets sing your intro," asked Marvin, "then where does the burning part come in?"

"Oh," said Mr. Wonka. "That."

"We're thinking that, at the very end of the show, a golden chair would come out of a stage in front of the factory, and fireworks would start whizzing and popping all around it, causing the puppets to melt into wax. There's one of them right now," he continued, pointing to a puppet nearby. There was a cup of wax next to it.

"That puppet is mine!" screamed Ryan, pouting at the same time.

"Geez," whispered Emma to Adam, "Ryan reminds me so much of Stingy from LazyTown. He's like the Mine Song that Stingy sang, but without the singing. Here, let me show you."

She took out her phone, went on to YouTube, and searched, "The Mine Song." Stingy was a spoiled, stingy boy puppet with brown hair, and a yellow shirt. When Emma pressed the play button on the video, this was the song that began to play:

"This mailbox is mine!

And this triagonal sign!
That blue balloon,
The month of June,
They're mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!

Ziggy's sweets are mine!
That birdie's tweets are mine!
The city street,
Both of your feet,
They're all emphatically mine!

It all belongs to me!
Everything that I see!
North, south, east and west,
I caress it, 'cause I possess it!
I'm Stingy and it's mine!"

An instrumental break started to play.

"And this instrumental break is also mine!"

"Wow, I see what you mean," said Adam.

"The floor and ceiling are mine!
All your feelings are mine!
You always knew it!
That's all there is to it!
It's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!

That's what I said:
It's mine!"

Suddenly, Adam and Emma noticed a shadow above them. They looked up, and saw Mr. Willy Wonka looking down at them. They were slightly frightened.

"Right, no phones," said Emma, quickly putting her phone away. There was silence for a few seconds, and again, Mr. Wonka broke it.

"Oh, my gosh!" laughed Mr. Wonka, pointing his gold-topped cane at Ryan. "That song was so you, Ryan! Oh, my gosh, the resemblance is so uncanny, it's absolutely hilarious! Hahaha!"

Ryan and his family shot Mr. Wonka some dirty looks, and after a few more minutes of never-ending laughter, Mr. Wonka finally managed to quiet down.

"Oh, you must forgive me!" chuckled Mr. Wonka. "It was just so funny!"

"Mommy!" cried Ryan again. "Daddy! That puppet is mine! I'm going to grab it right now!"

"Whatever you say," said Mr. Kline.

"If you say that it's yours, then it is yours," said Mrs. Kline. "Go ahead, honey. Grab it."

Ryan ran toward the place where the puppet was laying, but, unfortunately for him, he tripped on some water that was on the floor. When he tripped, the wax that was by the puppet managed to spill on him and go on his skin.

"Ahh!" cried Ryan. "It burns! Help!"

Everyone watched Ryan. "H-hey, why is my skin beginning to feel like...wax? Help! I'm turning into a puppet!" He was clearly frightened, and a few seconds later, he fell on his face. He had fully turned into… a wax puppet.

A few seconds later, the drums began to beat, and Oompa-Loompas of both genders began marching into the room. Then, they began to sing:

"Ryan Kline, the dirty swine,
Always shouted, "It's mine! Mine! Mine!"

Ryan Kline has now turned into wax!

Now, let's give him the axe!

Ryan Kline, the selfish tot,
Was never good with the things he got.
He was a real rotten brat,
And we can't even begin to tell you that
Our hatred for Ryan is so high,
We let out one loud sigh,
And said, "Let's turn him into a puppet!
Maybe even a muppet!
And then, this dirty swine,
We'll say, "Now you are, 'Mine! Mine! Mine!'"
At the end of it all, he will not likely turn out fine."

At this point, together all of the Oompa-Loompas picked up Ryan, the Puppet and began jumping around crazily.

"Let's go fryin'-a-Ryan!
Oompa-Loompa doompadeedo!
Woohoo! Woohoo!
Oompa-Loompa doompadeday!
Hey! Hey! Hey, hey!"

Then, the final verse came:

"Dear Ryan Kline, you once looked on point,
But watch as we dislocate each joint!
Your spoiled life is looking grim,
As we tear you apart from limb to limb!"

The Oompa-Loompas all of the sudden took Ryan, the Puppet and literally tore him/it apart from limb to limb! Everyone, just like in Charlotte's exit, was absolutely shocked. Mr. Wonka and Charlie Bucket were standing still, and Grandpa Joe had his mouth hung open.

"What did your Oompa-Loompas do to my son?!" exclaimed Mrs. Kline.

"You mean, your puppet," replied Mr. Wonka. "Puppets are not alive, you know."

"Help us bring back our son right this instant!" snapped Mr. Kline.

As usual, Mr. Wonka clicked his fingers, and up came an Oompa-Loompa. He handed the Oompa-Loompa a piece of paper on which he had written full instructions. It was as if he knew that this was going to happen.

"Goodbye, Mrs. Kline!" said Mr. Wonka. "And Mr. Kline! I'll see you soon!"

"What just happened?" asked Mr. Trout, still shocked.

"He was torn apart!" cried Veruca Perr.

"Oh, don't worry," said Mr. Wonka. "My Oompas will put him back together. They're a whizz with a glue stick."

"But, Mr. Wonka!" cried Veruca. "That boy doesn't need a glue stick! He needs emergency surgery!"

"Oh, don't worry," said Mr. Wonka. "He'll be fine! They'll put his puppet form back together, then feed him one of my Life Candies, which have the power to bring anything back to or to life. They always work. At least, they have...until this point."

"I wonder," said Alexis' mother.

"So do I," said Mr. Perr, Emma's father.

"Now, we must move on with the tour!" exclaimed Mr. Wonka. "No shillying! No shallying! And definitely no shally-shillying! Is everyone ready to continue? Let's go!"

Author's note: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. This should be the last 'intense' demise in the story. Don't worry, I promise you all that Charlotte, Ryan, and all the rest of them will turn out fine at the end of the tour! :D The argument about the Imaginary Insects with the parents, as well as bits and pieces of Ryan's song are references to the 2017 CatCF Broadway musical, with Ryan's song echoing the Broadway version of "Veruca's Nutcracker Sweet", and the "No shillying! No shallying! And definitely no shally-shillying!" is a quote from the 2017 CatCF Broadway musical as well. The "What just happened... Torn apart!"/surgery/glue stick conversation is a nod to it as well. The "I wonder," and "So do I," were quotes from a scrapped early CatCF chapter, "The Vanilla Fudge Room" (aka "Fudge Mountain"). The Puppet Hospital and Burn Center is from the 2005 movie, and I also slipped some quotes from that movie in this chapter as well. As stated above, as Ryan is based off of Stingy from LazyTown, I slipped some LazyTown references into this chapter as well. Stay tuned for the next chapter, everyone, and thank you all so much for the views, reviews, favorites, and follows! :D

Until then,

Gabe S. :)