...well, I think you should've figured out the writing order here, but for the slow ones, this one was written by me.
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Chapter 4
The monk led the two girls into the cavern. Henrietta and Abby looked around at their surroundings. Some of the rock candy covering the cavern walls - or, at least what wasn't obscured by the throngs of tourists - was either colored a pale red or a very, very light blue, and would now and then switch between the colors. Suddenly, their guide stopped near a fork in the road. One passageway was large, and filled with more visitors, while the other was narrow, and blocked off with a rope. On it was a sign with a row of characters, and an English translation below that read "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY - KEEP OUT".
"This way." the monk said, detaching the rope from a hook it had been tied to, and leading the girls inside before he retied the rope. The monk led them further down the tunnel, and both girls noticed that, the further they got, the deeper the colors of the candy became. Eventually, the monk stopped, and Abby stepped out from behind him to see where he had led them.
"Heiny!" she called to her friend, "You better get over here and see this." Henrietta caught up with her friend, and her jaw nearly dropped at the sight.
The tunnel had led them to a whole other part of the cave. It was a giant area - almost like another cave altogether - with the sides of it rounded, and almost entirely covered in red and blue rock candy, alternating even more between the colors. There were a few bare spots on the floor of it, and way, way at the top, in between a few stalagtites of candy was a crack, in which sunlight was streaming through and reflecting off of some of the rock candy.
"The tourists," the monk began to explain, "think that the candy out there is the same as the rock candy that has been reputed to transform the one who consumes it - when in fact, this is it. The candy near the cavern's opening is harmless, although not as sweet, so we only let them go near that. This rock candy, however...well, if you have a map, I'm sure you know the first part of the legend. I should probably point out that when the candy is blue, it causes the good transformation, while the red...I don't even think I have to say what that does. However, the chances of any transformation occuring are much lower than you would think."
"Perhaps zis trip vas vorth it..." Henrietta thought aloud, still gazing at the sight.
"So, tell me, what is your purpose here, anyway? A map like this requires some difficulty to get...you must have a good reason for coming all this way and going through all that trouble."
"Just some harmless candy hunting - "
"Wait...you're...you're not one of them, are you?!"
"What're you talking about?"
"Well...every 13 years, usually in July, and always during the new moon, the candy's powers grows stronger, to the point where a transformation is guaranteed when eating it. The candy in this chamber of the cavern normally clings unusually tight to the walls, but it becomes easier to take off at this time. Plus, it has been reputed to taste its best at this time. All these changes provide a perfect opportunity for candy hunters, candy pirates, and others of that...type to invade the caverns and start looting. Of course, some do pay for it when they bite into the candy and get the unwanted transformation. And the monks have done a good job for the past hundreds of years. But last time...well, I'd rather not discuss it."
"We're not here for that." Abby assured him, "Heck, we're probably not even gonna take that much."
"Just be sure to leave before dusk." the monk warned her, then left.
"Well, Heiny," Abby said, "Let's get started, Heiny." There was silence, and Abby realized Henrietta was no longer there.
"Heiny?" she called, "Heiny?! Henrietta?!" Abby dashed out of the tunnel, and stepped onto a bare part of the cave floor, about to look for her partner.
"I'm over here, Abigail!" Henrietta's voice called out. Abby looked to her left, in the direction of the voice, to see the German girl had already gone pretty far, and was looking for a place to start collecting the candy.
"Vell?" Henrietta asked Abby, not paying attention to where she was going, "Are you going to help me or - AAAAAAH!" Henrietta's scream was caused by her falling into a hole neither she nor Abby had seen coming. Abby dashed over to where she had falled, and looked into the hole, which was about five feet deep..
"You okay?" Abby asked, as, inside, Henrietta dusted herself from the fall.
"Ja."
"Here," Abby said, extending her arm out to Henrietta, "Lemme help ya out." Henrietta grabbed Abby's hand, and Abby pulled her out of the hole.
"Danke..." Henrietta muttered.
"Geez, Heiny," Abby commented, "Seems like every time ya go candy hunting, you always get yourself in some kinda trouble, and I gotta get you out of it."
"You don't haff to help me." Henrietta said, "I could haff gotten meinself out of zat hole vithout you..."
"What about when you were a chocolate monster? When the licorice pirates kidnapped you? When you were a guy?"
Henrietta had no response, and Abby could tell from her expression that she was having trouble thinking of a way to defend her point.
"C'mon..." Abby said, "Let's see how much candy we can get before it gets late."