Little Willy
By: Willy Wonka's Woman or Wonky
Author's Notes: Well, it turns out I'm with my mom for a week. Wow…
Ok, to the person who reviewed as M? What the hell! M! Anyway, I have this to say to you: First, if you're so great why were you too afraid to submit a signed review, second, I've fixed the fact that I have too many author's notes in the story because of a reviewer who let me know nicely, third, there are plenty of other people who like my story, fourth, why don't you write a fic and let me see how well you do, and last of all, have you ever heard of "showand tell"? Now decide if you have the right to flame me. Ok? Ok. No hard feelings then!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story. Except…well…you know.
Chapter 5
Memory
Lizzy lay in bed that night, her head swimming with thoughts. What had just happened? Did she like Charlie like that? No, he was only a really good friend. But Lizzy couldn't help but be skeptical about it. She decided that sleep would help and rolled over. Lizzy was awaken roughly in the middle of the night by being flipped out of her bed.
"What is it? Who's there?" Lizzy looked over to see a dark figure looming over her. It came closer and closer until it pulled her off the floor. "Who are you and what do you want!" Suddenly, the lights flicked on and Charlie was standing in front of her, his hand still on the light switch.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."
"That's ok. What's wrong?"
"Willy's gone."
"Oh, no…" Lizzy ran to the glass elevator, Charlie getting in after her, and studied the buttons. She nodded and pressed one.
"What button is that?"
"It's new." When they arrived at the room, they saw Willy sitting on the sill of an open window that was four stories up. Lizzy's eyes grew wide as the boy began to waver back and forth a little bit. Then, to her horror, he fell forward. Quickly, Lizzy ran to the window and grabbed him by the tail of his coat, hoisting him into the room.
"Hi Lizzy!" Willy exclaimed cheerfully.
"What were you doing Willy! I almost died of a heart attack!"
"I'm sorry, it's just that…well…I was thinking."
"What could a seven and a half year old possibly have to think that hard about?"
"Well, I feel like I'm not supposed to be like this." Lizzy looked up at Charlie and who was just as shocked.
"He's remembering! His memory is coming back." Charlie stated happily. Lizzy nodded with a smile on her face and turned back to Willy.
"Willy do you remember who I am?"
"You're-you're my…daughter. Boy, that sounds weird doesn't it? A seven and a half year old telling a 15 year old that she's his daughter." Willy let out one of his crazy laughs, causing Lizzy to sigh disgustedly.
"Yeah, his memory is back alright," Lizzy said sarcastically. "But now that he can remember, he can tell us how to reverse this." Lizzy, Willy, and Charlie all ran to the elevator getting stuck in the door slightly for trying to get in at the same time.
When they arrived in the invention room, they ran straight for the Natural Disaster machine.
"Dad, do you remember what made you like this?" Lizzy asked.
"It was a mixture of cherry and blueberry."
"And what are the opposite of those flavors?"
"Strawberry and blur raspberry."
"Good, then you just mix those two together and-,"
"It's not that easy. There was some sort of malfunction that helped create the chemical reaction between the flavors."
"Damn!"
"Lizzy!"
"Oh, so now that you're a child you start acting like an adult! You know what, you and Charlie can work on this. I'm leaving!" Lizzy turned on her heel and walked to the elevator. Charlie and Willy cringed as they heard a thump followed by an, "I'm ok." When she was gone, Willy sighed.
"What's wrong?" Charlie inquired.
"She's never happy with me. When I act like a child she hates it and when I say one little thing like an adult…she stomps off in a huff. She's permanently sour. Like a Shock Tart." Willy paused for a minute. "WAIT! It wasn't a malfunction in the machine! There must have still been some Shock Tart serum in the machine!" Willy ran to the shelf and began jumping up and down, trying to get what he needed. Charlie chuckled and lifted him up. "Uh…thanks."
Lizzy ran down the hallway and into her room, slamming the door behind her. She slid down the wall into a sitting position and let angry tears fall. She didn't really know why she was angry, she just was. The ordeal with her father was just an excuse to let her anger out.
"Is it because of Charlie?" Lizzy asked herself. Suddenly, an Oompa Loompa walked into her room and sat down in front of her. "What?" She asked a bit harshly. He just shrugged. "Are you here to listen to me vent." He nodded. "Well, I have special feelings for Charlie but I don't know how to express them. Should I tell him?" The Oompa Loompa nodded and got up to leave. "Gee, thanks." Getting off the floor, Lizzy went to the glass elevator and went to the Invention Room.
Arriving at the Invention Room, Lizzy stepped out to see purple smoke everywhere.
"Charlie? Dad?" No answer. "Charlie! Dad!" Still no answer. "HE-FREAKIN'-LLO!" Lizzy screamed.
"Lizzy I think it worked!" Charlie, exclaimed coming out from the smoke. "But I think Willy passed out again."
"At least this time he'll be easier to carry." Lizzy hoisted Willy over her shoulder in the fire mans' carry fashion and walked to the elevator. Once in Willy's room, Lizzy tucked him in and kissed his forehead. "Oh, Charlie, I'm so glad he'll be back to normal. Having him as a real kid makes me realize that he was ok the way he was." Lizzy turned around and gave Charlie a hug. "Thanks for your help."
"No problem." Lizzy began to walk away but Charlie grabbed her wrist.
"Is something the matter?"
"Uh…no. Never mind. I'll tell you tomorrow. Let's just keep out fingers crossed and hope that this really works." Lizzy smiled and nodded heading to her room.
The next morning, Lizzy went to the Buckets' house and quietly woke Charlie as to not disturb anyone else. After going through his usual routine, Charlie got on the glass elevator with Lizzy. There was a long awkward silence between the two as they waited to arrive at their destination.
"Oh, Charlie, what was it that you wanted to tell me last night?"
"It was nothing. Best forgotten."
"But I'd really like to know." Before Charlie even had to utter a word, they arrived at their destination.
"I'll tell you later. Let's check on Willy first." They knocked lightly on Willy's door and when they got no answer, they walked in. "Where is he?"
"I hope he didn't fall out the window."
"Hey, you two! Looking for me?" Someone behind them asked. Charlie and Lizzy turned around and had looks of disappointment on their faces. Standing before them was…
Another cliffy! Mwuahahaha! Well, R&R like you always do. THAT RHYMED! Sweet!
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