(Matilda's POV):
We follow the path straight on, twisting and turning this way and that. After several twists and turns, I begin to realize that something is up with this place.
"Didn't we pass by this before?" I ask concerned, pointing to a random fern hanging upside-down (it's Wonka; I wouldn't question it; the fern, at least.).
"This hallway looks too familiar," Sophie grumbles.
"Something is quite amiss."
"You are quite right," a voice seemingly out of nowhere cackles, causing us all to jump.
"Vhat is dat?" Augustus asks.
"Wonka," I growl.
"My, my, my, I thought you were much more intelligent, Matilda. You already fell for it once before."
"Let me be, Wonka!" I snap.
"Naughty, naughty girl of mine," he scolds in a sing-song fashion that makes my skin crawl.
"Do NOT talk to daddy like that."
"Why are you so insistent on me not escaping?"
"I must keep a watch over you. Should you escape, there would be severe consequences. But I wouldn't worry. You'll be converted before you even get to the lab."
"So you DO have a secret lab," I exclaim.
"Ooh, how clever!" he says in a condescending tone.
"And it is located deep, deep down underneath the ground where the dead are all buried and never make a sound. But you won't need to go down there, my dear. Not ever, never ever; you need not to fear."
"I thought you said it was inevitable for us all."
"Not for you. You see, one of the last ideas I created was a candy elixir of eternity. One sip and you'll never age or expire. Combined with the conversion, you shall never, ever leave this factory. And all shall be as it should, forever, and ever."
He gives a menacing cackle as another pit forms in my stomach.
"And forever, my dear, is quite a long time."
The voice fades away, leaving behind a shiver that coils and twists through my spine.
(Author's Notes) So is being glitchy and won't let me add new docs, so IDK how long it will be until I can upload again.