Into the Woods

5/7/2017

Thomas was officially lost, he made it into the woods where he normally travels through to get to Paris, but one of the pathways got blocked by a large tree that fell after it got struck by lightning. So poor Thomas had to take the other trail, and the further he ventured, the further it got darker, colder and scarier. Eventually he began to see the summer landscape covered in snow and ice as if somehow the weather was changing. "Unbelievable," Thomas said as he touched the snow that covered a tree branch. "How is this possible?" Then soon, the sound of wolves howling came as they started running to Thomas and his horse. Before his horse could start running, they got stuck as a wheel was caught in a tree root. Quickly, Thomas got the wagon off of his horse and rode on his steed instead, running away from the wolves. He'll go back for the music boxes later; they'll be safe in their wooden crates. Thankfully the horse out ran the wolves and they made it to an old castle covered in snow and ice. Thomas got off of his steed and lead him towards a drinking spot, tying the reins to a pole before he carefully went up the stairs without slipping and falling as he gently held onto the stair rails.

He gently knocks on the door, and when he went in, he started thanking whoever opened it but realized no one was by the door except two statues. One was a gold penguin statue that stood by the second on its left side. Thomas noticed the penguin statue was dressed in a fancy black and white suit with a monocle over one eye as it held an umbrella in its left flipper with a black top hat on its head. The other was a silver man statue with no face, wearing a white suit and a top hat with a white cane in its right hand as well as a white cane.

"Uh, hello?" Thomas asked. "Is anyone here? I want to thank someone for letting me in and I wish to spend the night here." Then he saw a small clock and a candle stick with two arms, both standing on a table. The clock was made of wood and gold, but the wood was stained purple as miniature clocks was perfectly engraved into the wood and gold. The candlestick was mostly gold but the wax was dyed green with a large question mark engraved at the front. "What beautiful antiques," Thomas said, as he held the candlestick before hearing the sound of a piano play, and when he went into a large room where the piano was, the music stopped as the candles on the piano were blown out by the wind. "Um, I'm sorry to intrude here, I just really want a place to stay for the night," Thomas continued to talk before heading into the entrance room again.

He heard the sound of a plate gently being put down on a table, he followed that sound and a dining room was lit up with a spot open for him as there was food for him on the table. He also noticed a different gold statue was sitting in one of the chairs with an actual real teacup in one hand that had robin birds painted on it, and a saucer in the other hand, but the statue was dressed as and looked like the Mad Hatter. Thomas walked to the statue and saw the cup was full of hot tea. "What in the world is…" Thomas baffled as he took his seat. "I do not like this joke one bit." Then he started to eat his meal in front of him, but stopped for a minute to admire the statue. "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" Thomas joked at the statue.

"Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!" the statue responds, and Thomas quickly gets up in fright before running to the entrance. "Good job, Jervis. You scared the poor man," the teacup says. "Well, he did ask. It would've been rude if I didn't answer, Richard," the statue responds to the talking cup. If Richard had his arms and hands, he would've face palmed himself.

"I want to say thanks for the meal and I best be going now," Thomas said before going out the door. He was about to get up on his horse before noticing some roses still alive in the garden. "Right, a rose for Bruce." Then started walking to the roses. But also noticed a scarecrow sitting on the snowy ground, it legs were crossed with its arms behind its head, leaning against a tree with its hat covering its eyes, looking like it fell asleep as a pitchfork laid across his legs. Thomas plucked one of the roses and began walking to his horse, but soon a roar was heard and he was attacked and became unconscious by a beast before being dragged away by the legs. The roar startled the scarecrow as it woke up from its spot and quickly got up as he got the pitchfork in hand, then shook off the snow before running inside the castle. "What happened?" the scarecrow asked the statues. "A man found the castle and came in before leaving, and then the beast found him and dragged him back in here. Probably taking him to the dungeon I assume," the Penguin statue told the scarecrow. "Thanks Oswald," the scarecrow said before running outside.

The scarecrow found the horse and gently took the reins and untied it. "Go get help, your owner is in trouble," the scarecrow said to the horse. The horse bobbed his head in almost like a nod before running back to the village to where Bruce was outside, tending the cabbages and lettuce. "Where's papa?" Bruce asked as the horse gently bit his shirt and tugged at it. Bruce got on the horse and it took him to the castle without running into the wolves again. The horse stopped outside the castle as the scarecrow was hiding. Bruce got off the horse and went into the castle, following the noises to his father coughing. "Papa, I'm coming!" then he went up the stairs to a dungeon and held hands with his dad. "Your hands are cold as ice. We need to get you out of here," Bruce said. "No, I lived my time. You need to go, now!" Thomas protested before coughing up a fit. Then a roar sounded before something landed in the darkness. "You're not going anywhere after you stole a rose from me, old man," a deep growly voice sounded in the dark. "A rose?!" Bruce said in shock. "How long is he going to be in there for stealing a rose?"

"Life time," the voice said.

"LIFE TIME?!" Bruce exclaimed before calming down. "Can I at least have a minute with my dad before I go?" The voice huffs and a beast appear in the light, opening the cell door by a latch "One minute, but when the cell closes again, it shall never open," the beast said, which was the owner of the voice. Bruce wasn't scared of the beast but ran in the cell and hugs Thomas, to which he hugs back. "Dad, just to let you know. I will never ever forget you and I'll always have you in my heart," Bruce said. "And I love you very much." Then Bruce pushes Thomas out just as the cell closes. "Bruce!" Thomas exclaims, "You can't do this!"

"I did it because I didn't want to lose you like I lost my mom!" Bruce said.

"And I didn't want to lose you either," Thomas said.

The beast was shocked at this touching moment, trying to hold back all feelings except rage.

"Goodbye, my son," Thomas said.

"Goodbye, papa," Bruce said back. Then Bruce watched as the beast carried his dad away.

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I think that's a good cliffhanger right there. I have updated Chapter 2 and I'll be working on Chapter 4 for next Sunday, I hope. From now on, I'll try to post for every week every Sunday. Also don't worry, the other villains will be mentioned soon. And if you don't know who the piano is, it's Alfred. Also I do know that Jervis was never mentioned in the Lego Batman Movie, so I added him to my story.