And on it goes after the Halloween Special.

The DLC arc will also be finished soon and we will then turn to the last arc of the story before the Cuphead Show adaptation.

Since the game doesn't really explain what makes the ingredients so special, I came up with a little something that will be mentioned in the next chapter.

All questions dedicated to the adaptation are also answered there.

Until then


Snow fell on her nose and Alicia was awake. She was still in her wolf form and the three cups were still under the blanket with her. But her fur and Cuphead were no longer wet from the icy water in the lake they fortunately crossed. But Alicia noticed only now that it was dark. When they fell asleep it was still noon. They still had to collect one ingredient. As far as she knows, this ingredient was guarded by Mortimer Freeze. Hopefully he will not be so careless as to take me as his queen. She hoped so. "Okay guys get up we have to go!" she said and stood up. Cuphead and Mugman landed with their heads in the cold snow and were immediately awake.

"Brrrr is that cold!" said Cuphead as he reached for the blanket that was lying on Alicia's back and hanging down to the side. He and Mugman covered themselves with it. Only Chalice had no trouble. As a ghost, she didn't feel the cold as much as the others. If she felt anything at all. A small path through the canyon led the four to Mortimer's cult. It was a small village consisting of igloos with a large ice arena in the middle that could be seen from afar. Also the light in this burned one saw. So he will probably be waiting for us there. Alicia had a bad feeling about it and wanted to see the distance, but she couldn't turn around now.

Firstly because they had already come so far and secondly because Cuphead and Mugman were sitting on her back and reluctantly wanted her to turn around with her tail between her legs. All right, you can do it! She motivated herself and kept going while Chalice flew after her. "What do you think Mortimer looks like?" asked Mugman. "Probably a lot like Santa Claus and Father Frost" said Alicia. They approached the village and immediately realized that something was wrong. It was quiet and no one was in the houses or on the street. There were no lights burning in the houses or igloos with doors and windows better said. "Where did everyone go?" asked Cuphead as he jumped off Alicia's back before she returned to her human form.

The wooden signs creaked as they were caught by the wind. Fortunately, it was not as windy as on the snowfield. And thanks to the jacket Alicia wore, she didn't freeze. Gloves would be good. She envied the two brothers for that. They didn't feel their hands getting ice cold. But Mugman noticed and reached into his pocket for a pair of spare gloves, which he gave her. "Oh, Mugsy, you didn't have to do that," she said as she slowly put on his gloves. They fit her like a glove. Probably a typical cartoon thing "We can see that you are cold and because you saved me from Glumstone" said the younger brother with a smile on his face.

"Hey guys I know where they all went" Chalice said as she flew behind a large igloo and asked the group to follow her. They followed her and saw the gigantic ice stadium they could see from a distance. "And you're sure everyone is here?" asked Cuphead as cheers came from the stadium. That answered his question. But could they just walk into the stadium like that? There were no guards outside the stadium. There were also no ticket sellers in front of the entrance. It was a bit strange. But they had to go into the stadium if they wanted to fight Mortimer.

Cuphead went ahead followed by Chalice, Alicia and finally Mugman. The cheers grew louder and louder, as did the tremors. "What are they doing?" wondered Alicia as she saw from a distance the light leading to the seats. The closer she got to it, the stronger the tremor became. As she guessed, they were in the audience seats and the quake was not the earth but two snow monsters fighting each other. Both were carrying a bucket on their heads. One was blue while the other was yellow. Around the wrists and ankles were handcuffs with a short chain.

They continued to watch the fight. Both snow monsters held hands and tried to knock each other over. But it didn't really work. Only when the snow monster with the yellow bucket tripped the other one, the other one fell down and was pushed to the ground by the other one with his right foot. Cheers rang out as the winning snow monster held up both arms and asked for more cheers.

Meanwhile, Alicia was able to get a better look at the stadium from the inside. As from the outside, the arena was covered with ice and snow. The floor was completely covered in snow while the spectator seats and the walls were made of ice. Large yellow blankets hung down from the walls almost to the ground and were used as a sweat cloth. Anyway, it looked like the winner snow monster dried himself with a blanket? Difficult to say. Blue banners with a white border and a white bucket in the middle hung from the side walls.

On the ceiling of the stadium hung crescent moons and snowflakes with faces above the open windows from where she saw not only the night sky but also the aurora borealis. Several candles distributed on the walls of the arena as well as at the entrance and exit of the stadium illuminated it. But what Alicia saw only now was the small area in which only a few spectators were sitting, which was separated by two extra walls. Presumably the VIP area. At least that's what the ice throne said.

Someone was sitting on it. A plump old man with pale blue skin that looks frozen and an icy beard and eyebrows that looks a bit melted. Yes definitely Stormella as male and old. He has a long, pointy nose and large ears. He wears a purple wizard hat with a band. His robe is also purple and looks ragged with patches on the arms, it is held up by yellow buttons. His pants are lavender also with patches and he has yellow shoes.

Next to him on the armrest of the throne was something. It was a red bucket filled with sugar cubes with small grains, a slight tint of blue to emphasize their native home being cold, and a layer of snow on them. This must be Mortimer Freeze and these must be the Icy Sugar Cubes. His gaze wandered from the winning snow monster to the four who had just entered the stadium. He grinned and stood up. It became quiet and the two snow monsters looked at him. "My brothers and sisters..." he raised both arms upward as his robe began to float. "We have some new challengers that just entered our arena!" everyone was silent and said nothing.

The eyes wandered to Cuphead and the others. Great. "What are your names?" Mortimer asked as he flew to them, which startled Alicia a bit, so she backed up a bit. "I'm Cuphead and this is my younger brother Mugman, our new friend Ms. Chalice and our best friend Alicia" he said pointing to the others. Mortimer looked at all three and had to grin when he saw Alicia. "And you must be here to get my Icy Sugar Cubes" Cuphead nodded and was grabbed by Alicia before he could be caught by an ice spell. "If you think I'm just going to hand you the Icy Sugar Cubes, you've got another think coming!" he roared. Cuphead growled and freed himself from Alicia's grip.

But before he could run to the wizard they slipped in the arena where the two snow monsters noticed them and went to them. But before they could reach them, they were pushed by the snow that was on the floor of the arena into a cage that appeared in the ice walls and disappeared. Another cage appeared and Alicia was caught by the snow and could not move her feet. "What the... Why can't I move?!" she asked in panic as Mortimer sat on his throne.

The latter growled and was not very pleased. "Because you're my prisoner, you clumsy wyvern!" Everyone looked up at Mortimer until a broken and wyvern-foot abyssal snow statue appeared out of the snow, resembling Mortimer Freeze. Alicia and Chalice were shocked. Was that the statue I stepped on? The footprint doesn't lie. Before she could say anything she was thrown towards the prison and was locked behind ice bars. "Alicia!" the three screamed as ice spikes appeared in front of them and prevented them from getting to her.

Cuphead growled as he looked to Mortimer. "Let her go we want to fight you!" he yelled but Mortimer ignored it. "Do you really think I'm going to let her go after she destroyed my snow sculpture!" Mugman and Chalice rolled their eyes. Mortimer saw this and growled even more. Before Cuphead knew it, he had a cookie in his mouth and was a ghost again. Mugman and Chalice got ready for the fight.

From his throne he flies under an arc into the arena. His hat gets knocked off when he flies through the ice gate. "Stay right here !" he said as he swoops down and ice skates his way to grab his hat before he extends his legs up, puts his hat on, and flies up. He flies above the battlefield. Alicia was also ready to write up the fight again. Despite her current situation, she was glad that Cuphead was keeping her company. Mortimer opened his cloak from which four icicles appeared. Two followed Mugman and two Chalice. But they did not hit them but remained stuck in the ground until they broke free and showed life. Why do I have to think of the Nomes from Little Nightmares? They ran to Mugman and Chalice.

But both defeated them with ease, dodging the orange whale that Mortimer pulls out of his hat and slams to the ground to hit them both. But instead of the two cups he hit the two icicles that were flung away while the whale disappeared into the ground. Okay the whale looks just like Monstro only in orange and with stars constellations on the body. She just shook her head. Mortimer again opened his cloak, from which again came four icicles that immediately destroyed by the two. However, Mortimer changed his tactics and a crystal ball appears from his cloak. Two Tarot cards shoots out of the crystal ball.

Some were pink and were parried by the two. "You are good fighters" said Mortimer when he was on the right side of the battlefield and took out of his cloak a small bell. He rang this and a lifeless body of a snow monster appeared above him. "But can you also win against the champion?" he asked as he fused with the lifeless body of the snow monster. The now open stomach closes in on Mortimer. The latter opened its eyes, which were only empty shells. Like the other two snow monsters, it had a round physique with yellow buttons on its belly. Its mouth was also hollow and it seems to have a beard. On its head, like the other snow monsters, it also carried a bucket. This one was orange. When it saw the two cups it roared and the chains attached to the handcuffs broke off as it fell to the ground with a slight earthquake.

Both were getting ready for the next phase of the fight when the snow monster hit the ground with both fists. The shockwaves created four spikes that appeared from the snowy ground and chased the two cups. But Mugman and Chalice dodged them before they came out of the ground, which the snow monster didn't like. He turned into a refrigerator. Seriously? And fires from it three medium ice cubes and two large ones that split into two smaller ones when they touch the ground. The freezer opened and four popsicles with bat wings flew out of it. In a dive they flew towards Mugman and Chalice who either dodged them or parried the pink ones.

Annoyed that both cups dodged his attacks, he rolled from side to side. His arms were stuck in the ground while he jumped in the air and landed again on the other side where Mugman gave him a full charge with his Super Art I. The snow monster holds its belly and was completely inflated by the charge Mugman gave it and formed itself into a snowflake before the upper part of the body exploded and the lower part ran back and forth like a headless chicken until it ran into the same cage where the other two snow monsters were staring at the lower body in shock and keeping their distance in fright.

Snow platforms appeared on which Mugman and Chalice jumped. until they were outside the arena and surrounded only by the night sky and the aurora borealis. The platforms on which they were now turned completely in circles while from the distance something large came flying. It was an octagonal snowflake. Mortimer licks his fingers as if he is sharpening them. "Thanks for the upgrade mug!" he said. Chalice looks at Mugman, annoyed. The latter was equally unamused by this.

Mortimer moves to the left Side and rolls up his mouth with a crank, before popping one of his eyes out. Yummy. The eye traveled in a circle around the spinning platforms while firing a vertical laser beam from it three times before it flew into Mortimer's mouth and was back in its original place. A small flap opened from the body of the snowflake from which Mortimer's hands appeared. He conjured up buckets, two of which were pink and were immediately parried by Mugman and Chalice. The others fell against the spinning platforms, exploded, and three moon projectiles each flew toward Mugman and Chalice. However, both dodged them in time.

His mouth turns into an ice cream stand and cycles around the platform once as an ice cream vendor spirit. Four snow cones appeared and flew at the two cups, but they also dodged them. It didn't take long for Chalice to use her Super Arts III and transform into an adult version of herself with a toga. "Ghostly Barrage to attack!" she yelled as she pointed with a barrage in her hand at the snowflake, which was then attacked by a swarm of porcelain ghosts.

The attack was enough to defeat Mortimer. "Knockout!" Cuphead yelled as he and Alicia clapped. The snowflake melted, revealing a shivering Mortimer with a thermometer in his mouth and a cold compress on his head while he sat on his hat and covered himself with his cape. Slowly he flew down with the two cups to the arena where the snow people were booing. Mortimer was still sneezing and shivering. But he knew he had to give Mugman and Chalice his ingredient. "All right, you get the Icy Sugar Cubes," the bucket that Mugman took appeared from the floor. But one thing was still missing. "And what about our friend Alicia?" asked Mugman as he nudged the sniffling Mortimer with his fingers.

The latter turned around and snapped his fingers as both cages opened and Alicia, Cuphead and the lower body of the snow monster came out of them. The other two snow monsters closed their cages before the living lower body fell to the ground. Both walked out of their prison. Cuphead was back to normal and glad that Alicia and he were free again. Mortimer sat on his throne and sneezed several times while several snow people took care of him. The four walked out of the stadium happy that they had collected all the ingredients for the Wondertart. "We did it! Chalice said as they exited the stadium. "That was the last Ingredient we needed for the Wondertart".


"Now that we have all the ingredients we should return and give the rest to Saltbaker tomorrow" suggested Cuphead. Everyone agreed with him except Alicia. She was still unsure if they should give him the ingredients. She had not forgotten what the Angel and the Demon had told her. "One ingredient is still missing" but she didn't know which one. But she could calm down because the way back to the flight base was shorter than she thought. The snow people helped him to get through the mountains without problems until they saw the base where Brutus was already waiting for them so they could fly back. "I see you have all the ingredients" he said as Cuphead nodded.

Both aircraft took off and landed back at the airfield before staying in the hangar overnight with the Chinook and Hughes aircraft. The route to the inn was shortened by the tunnel the group had taken to get to the Howling Aces. Again, the two brothers shared a room while Alicia and Chalice shared a room. The latter could not really sleep because she was looking forward to the next day. "Finally I'll get a real body without having to trade places with anyone," she said and dropped onto the bed. Alicia, in turn, went outside to the balcony and looked at the sky.

She didn't really want to sleep. But her eyes were getting heavier with sleep. Even if she didn't want to, she had to go to sleep. Okay but please no nightmares. Since she was on D.L.C. Island, her nightmares increased a lot. If only the stupid baker wasn't so scary. He and King Dice scared her very much with their eyes. Tired, she went back to her room where Chalice was already lying on the bed waiting for her. "You look completely tired Alicia!" she said as she looked at the little bags under Alicia's eyes. When she transformed they were not immediately visible.

"I'm tired, too," she said, dropping onto the bed as she kicked off her shoes. Chalice looked at her worriedly. She knew something was wrong with her or that something was bothering her. But she didn't want to say it. "Oh Alicia whatever it is you can tell me" she said and flew over the human. But before Alicia could say anything she had already fallen asleep. The day was already more than exhausting enough for them. Chalice also felt herself getting tired and landed next to Alicia before she closed her eyes and fell asleep.


Meanwhile, Saltbaker went back into the trapdoor behind his sales counter. Under his right arm he held a small box of Pineapple Mint which he took to the other two ingredients. He walked past the bulletin board where the photo of Alicia and his face were still pasted over Bon Bon's. He then walked back to the salesroom. "Only two ingredients left and then I'll get my two special ingredients!" he laughed mischievously. His eyes were yellow again and glowed in the dark. No one heard his laughter, which grew louder and louder. But instead, the angel and the demon who were invisible above the bakery and watched the whole spectacle heard it. "What a..." the angel covered the demon's mouth as he was about to start cursing. "I think it's creepy too that he has pictures of her but do you really think an insult will help?" he asked him as he removed his hand from the demon's mouth.

The Demon calmed down again, which pleased the Angel very much. "What a little per-" said the Demon as the Angel again covered his mouth with his hand and rolled his eyes. Actually, they were here to enter Alicia's dreams and protect her again. This is what the devil ordered them to do. "We should go on and find Alicia before she gets another nightmare!" the angel flew ahead while the demon turned to the bakery and stuck out his forked tongue and pulled down slightly on his right eyelid. "You coming?!" the angel asked annoyed as the demon followed.

As the two already suspected, she had another nightmare that was even the same. Well almost. Besides Alicia, Chalice was also locked in a glass that Saltbaker held in his other hand and dropped into the bowl with the black hole. "Allliiiccciiiaaa!" screamed Chalice as she was swallowed by the darkness and was no longer there. "No Chalice!" screamed Alicia as Saltbaker squeezed her tighter until she could barely breathe.

"What do you want from me?!" she asked while trying to free herself. But the grip only got stronger than before. "You still don't know, do you?" said Saltbaker as he looked again like the coachman from Pinocchio. Man, he's creepy. "You have a special ability within you that is just as powerful if not more powerful than controlling the astral plane". Wait does he mean my demon powers or my... "Your power to write and change the history in this book!". She guessed. At some point, these powers would be her undoing. But what would he get out of it except maybe changing the story completely. Is that perhaps the reason why the devil didn't want to come here and why he was so worried about her?

He was already looking at her again with his creepy yellow eyes when suddenly several fireballs were fired at him. "What is this!" asked Saltbaker as he looked around several times but saw nothing but darkness. Next to him and Alicia, only a table with the ingredients they had gathered and the bowl were visible. Another fireball was shot out of nowhere, hitting Saltbaker's hand with which he held Alicia. The glass broke and his hand with Alicia fell away from the rest of his body. Again she threatened to land in the bowl until the angel caught her and flew away while the demon Saltbaker continued to fire fireballs. As with his hand, the other parts were broken and salt ran out of the cracks that completely occupied his body until he broke like a broken vase and only a pile of salt and broken glass remained.

"He's defeated so let's get out of here as fast as we can!" the demon shouted as he approached the two. Alicia was glad that the two had saved her life again. "Thanks again," she said. Both the angel and the demon blushed when they heard this. "Oh, that's nothing," said the angel, "Yes, we-" Before the demon could say anything, something suddenly grabbed him and pulled him away. "Oh this is not good!" said the angel and flew on to the door that appeared before them. But he too was suddenly grabbed by something and threatened to be pulled away. But he used his power and created a cloud on which he placed Alicia before he too disappeared into the darkness.

She was now alone again and that didn't mean anything good. The cloud flew at a fast speed towards the door. But before she could reach it, she suddenly heard something and turned around. "What the..." she wished very much she hadn't turned around. The one behind her and the reason why the angel and demon were gone was Saltbaker. This one was now made entirely of salt and looked even more menacing than before. His hand reached for her but the cloud evaded him and led her further to the door until it was destroyed before her eyes. No, that is not true. She felt him coming closer to her and standing right behind her. "You can't escape me my dearest" he reached for her and returned to the table where the bowl was already waiting for her. This time no one could help her. He dropped her over the bowl where she fell into nothingness.


Drenched in sweat, she got up and lay back in the guest room. But this time she was alone. There was no trace of Chalice. Damn it, I have to warn her! She got up, took her things and was about to run out the door when she was greeted by the two brothers. "Morning Alicia!" said Mugman as he and Cuphead smiled at her. "Where's Chalice?!" she asked nervously. Both brothers were confused. "She went to Saltbaker with the rest of the ingredients and said she would wait for us outside the bakery" That's not good. Both saw that Alicia was panicking and that something was wrong. But before they could ask, she had already run downstairs. "Wait for us Alicia!" yelled Cuphead as he and Mugman followed her.

Meanwhile, Chalice waited outside the bakery for the others and for Saltbaker. The Gnome Berries and the Icy Sugar Cubes still had to be delivered before the Wondertart was complete. Saltbaker saw her and took the last two ingredients from her. "Thank you Ms. Chalice," he said and walked into the bakery. "Say Saltbaker do you need anything else?" she asked as she flew into the bakery. She didn't see his yellow eyes. "Oh there is one more thing I need" slowly he turned around and Chalice was startled when she saw his yellow eyes and the empty jar she was sucked into. "To complete the Wondertart I need a soul!" he said as Ms. Chalice banged on the glass wall. "But there is someone else I need as an ingredient!" with these words he went downstairs to the basement.

Alicia and the others only now appeared in front of the bakery. "Where did she go?" asked Mugman as he looked around. "She can't possibly be gone. Or is she invisible?" no matter what it is Alicia knew they were too late. Okay then, let's do it! Alicia went through the door and already suspected it when she saw the open trapdoor. Both brothers followed her and went to the open trapdoor. "Why is there a trapdoor here?" asked Cuphead, confused. "Probably for storage but also to hide things from the public" Alicia said as she recognized something in the darkness with her demon eyes. She went down the stairs first and used her fire magic to light the remaining oil lamps hanging on the walls. Both brothers followed her, sensing what was soon to come. Another fight.