Hey, peeps the next chapter is here! Btw I'm gonna just say that one child's POV is involved in this chapter so that's why it's so long :)
Oh and now I'm going to start with the review responses since I felt bad that you all do them and I didn't until now.
Sonny April- I'm glad you found it refreshing and yeah Fiona is kind of isn't she? Nope, the guests aren't getting along at all, they may do later but who can say?
Girl power54 - Hmmm maybe, you'll have to read to find out.
Softkitty55- As I said to Sonny april they are quite nasty to each other. Eleanor and Claudia do seem to be making friends despite the negative atmosphere and I'm sorry the puppet burning scared you when you first watched CATCF.
Melonhead- Thanks!
MattTheWriter072- Yes apart from Eleanor and Claudia the other 3 are brats! You will have to keep reading to find out who wins and who/ how is eliminated.
Red-haired rock- Yeah she is and you'll just have to keep reading to find out.
Walking into the chocolate room, everyone's eyes widened as most of the guests let out gasps of astonishment. Their eyes glued to the magnificent sights of the chocolate room.
Since Charlie had been working with Mr. Wonka, the chocolate room had expanded quite a bit. The ground beneath their feet was completely covered in grass, which broke the fall of the Wonka bar Mandy had snatched off Eleanor, her fingers allowing the chocolate to slide from her grasp.
The room itself was covered with various types of candy. The right-hand side of the room contained the candy pumpkin field, the lollipop trees, the cream tops, the marshmallow mushrooms and the candy apple trees. On the left-hand side were some new candies consisting of milk, dark and white chocolate stepping stones, candy flowers, jelly bean stalks, gummy bear bushes and sticky toffee puddles which were currently fenced off.
The one thing that seemed to invade most of the room was the chocolate river, producing a large amount of chocolate coming from a waterfall at least ninety feet above them. The scent of the gorgeous looking chocolate alone was enough to make the guests mouths water, a few taking their time to appreciate the lovely smell.
Noticing the group taking an interest in the view and smells of the room Charlie decided it was time to talk.
"Please my dear guests, do be careful, don't lose your heads and whatever you do don't get over excited" Charlie warned, looking at everyone as he spoke.
"It's beautiful" Claudia stated as the group made their move to where Charlie was going.
"Yes, it's very beautiful" Charlie replied, letting a small smile escaped from his lips as childhood memories invaded his mind for a second.
"It looks divine" Eleanor and Fiona commented at the same time, smiling at each other in the process.
"Look sick bro" Joseph added.
"How revolting" Bryant muttered, wincing in disgust.
"I want it!" Mandy declared without any warning, stomping on the Wonka bar she had previously dropped.
"You want what darling?" Judy asked, slightly confused to what her daughter was getting at.
"I want all of it, the whole room!" Mandy shouted, shooting a demanding glare between her mother and Charlie.
Judy then turned to Charlie with what could have been a heart-warming smile.
"How much do you want?" Judy asked while staring at Charlie, who felt as if he was an animal, trapped in a cage.
"For what?" Charlie questioned despite already knowing what she was after.
"How much for the entire room, name your price Mr. Bucket, money is not a problem here," Judy replied in a low voice, creating a twisting sensation inside the chocolatiers stomach.
"The rooms not for sale Mrs. Perkins" Charlie simply responded, earning himself a harsh stare from Mandy.
"But I want it, what's the matter with that twerp!" Mandy yelled, stamping her foot out of anger.
Returning her focus on Charlie, Judy tried again with less patience.
"Mr. Bucket I shall ask you one more time, how much are you prepared to-"
Judy was cut off when Charlie silently held up a hand as if to say no more of this nonsense.
Mandy and Judy both scowled at the chocolatier before letting him carry on.
To get away from the sudden awkward silence Charlie led the group towards a narrow bridge, displaying the uplifting view of the chocolate river.
"Now the waterfall leading to the chocolate river is the most important element of the entire room" Charlie explained. "This waterfall here produces hot melted chocolate at only the finest quality."
"Oh, I can believe that," Fiona said, instantly pleasing Charlie.
"The chocolate river is important because it mixes the chocolate, churns it up, which makes it light and frothy for maximum taste when made into various types of chocolate bars."
Charlie grinned when stating, "by the way no other chocolate factory in the world mixes their chocolate by waterfall."
After making sure that everyone had crossed the bridge safely, Charlie called out for everyone's attention as a pipe was slowly making it's way into the chocolate river.
"These pipes lower themselves into the river, sucking up thousands of gallons an hour. They then carry it away to all different rooms in the factory." Charlie explained to a mixture of surprised and bored facial expressions.
"Do you like my meadow? Go on try some" Charlie offered to the bunch of confused guests.
"What do you think I am a horse?" Bryant sternly questioned.
Ignoring Bryant's question, Charlie tried again at convincing his guests to do something unimaginable.
"Do try some, please do, after all, it is edible. In fact, It's safe to say that this entire room is edible" Charlie said, now earning himself a few looks of amazement.
"You mean… we can eat the grass or anything for that matter?" Eleanor asked, the astonishment of what Charlie had told the group clear in her voice.
"That's a definite yes little girl, as I said everything in the room is eatable," Charle replied before something came to mind.
So before I let you go on and enjoy yourselves I must inform you that you are not to go near the chocolate river as it cannot be touched by human hands, and to stay away from the sticky toffee puddles as they are a work in progress, ok?"
The guests nodded at his instructions.
"So without further ado, let the fun begin!" the chocolatier exclaimed, gesturing for everyone to make their move.
Soon after his announcement most of the guests took the opportunity to explore the chocolate room as they rushed off in various directions.
Everyone, except for Bryant.
"Fernando!" he snapped, pulling Fernando over to his side, just as someone would with a dog on a lead.
"What are you playing at boy!" Bryant hissed, smacking his son over the head as he spoke.
"I was only going to look at the stuff father," Fernando said, trying to explain his motives to his father who looked unimpressed.
"What and willingly put those ghastly toxins inside of your body!?" Bryant snapped, leaving Fernando no time to explain further.
"Aren't you forgetting that you have a figure to maintain Fernando?" Bryant questioned in a tone of voice which Fernando didn't dare answer back to.
"Besides, all those nasty sugars will ruin your complexion" Bryant stated in a firm voice. Fernando only nodded in response.
"Have I made myself clear!" Bryant snarled as he dragged Fernando under a tree, where both of them were to silently stand until it was time to move on.
"Yes father" Fernando replied in a small voice.
Not too far away Joseph was attempting to climb one of the lollipop trees, only to get stuck halfway through. Having realized he had indeed got himself stuck it wasn't long before Steven noticed him hanging off from one of the branches, clinging on for dear life.
Mumbling to himself Steven forcefully kicked the tree, causing Joseph to lose his grip on one of the branches and fall into a heap on the ground, along with a few lollipops landing on top of his head in the process.
When he was able to shift the dizziness from falling off the tree, all he could see was the bottom of Stevens's trainers. Looking up he was greeted to a less than friendly facial expression.
"Explain."
"I was trying to get the big orange lollipop right at the top, I couldn't reach it so I tried jumping from branch to branch like Mario does with blocks only to…" Joseph trailed off, embarrassment overtaking his ability to speak.
Steven scoffed. "Oh, so you thought that just because you're wearing a Mario shirt you would suddenly have his superpowers?"
Steven scornfully chuckled at his brother's choice to stay silent.
"Uh, do you not know how to get up?" Steven questioned in a snappy tone before giving his brother a kick.
"Ow, that hurt!" Joseph said as he struggled to get himself back on his feet.
"Yeah, well it serves you right" Steven responded, rolling his eyes at his idiotic brother before walking off.
Having decided to stick together Eleanor and Claudia both wandered off over to the cream tops, the two girls and Fiona all grabbing some as they put it in their mouths. The delicious taste of the cream running down their throats.
But Sonya just silently stood there, watching the other three enjoy themselves.
"Wouldn't you like to try some?" Fiona offered, noticing how Sonya was just standing there.
"She doesn't like cream," Claudia said in response.
"Well, perhaps she would like to try something else?" Eleanor kindly offered, giving Sonya a sincere smile.
Sonya didn't speak nor move.
"Why don't we go over to the candy apple tree instead, would you like to do that mom?" Claudia said, earning a tiny nod from Sonya.
"Let's go!" Eleanor exclaimed rushing over to the candy apple tree.
Meanwhile, Mandy was also standing near the candy apple tree, desperately trying to grab one towards her left which was out of her reaching distance.
"Mother, get here now!" Mandy shouted, grabbing Judy's attention who was snacking on a few blades of grass.
"What is it my darling Mandy?" Judy asked.
"Get me that apple on the top left, I want it, and don't faff about while you're doing it" Mandy demanded.
"Yes sweetie" Judy replied, earning a disapproving scowl from her daughter as if to say, don't you sweetie me!
However, that certain apple didn't just appeal to Mandy as Claudia and her mother approached the toffee apple tree. Reaching for the toffee apple Claudia was only a snatch away from getting it until someone else's hand grabbed hold of the very same apple and ripped it off the branch.
"Er, I don't think so," Judy said, lowering her voice in an attempt to show that she was a higher class than them.
All Claudia could do in response was stare at the older woman as she proudly walked back to her daughter, with the apple she had wanted in her right hand.
Mandy glared as soon as she noticed her mother's return. "What took you so long!" Mandy snapped.
Before Judy was able to come up with an answer Mandy suddenly turned towards her left where the marshmallow mushrooms were.
"I want some of those marshmallows from that tree!" Mandy demanded. Judy took a glance at the apple she had made the effort to grab for her before her daughter snapped her out of her thoughts.
"I don't want that apple anymore" was the last thing Mandy said before running off to the marshmallow mushroom, knocking the apple out of her mother's hand which got squashed by Mandy's foot.
Claudia continued to give the Perkins an evil stare before getting interrupted as Eleanor and her aunt walked up to her and Sonya.
"What happened?" Eleanor asked, having somehow figured out that something had gone on due to their longer than expected departure.
"It doesn't matter," Claudia said, having been quicker than expected with her reply.
However, Fiona didn't look entirely convinced. "Did it have anything to do with the Perkins by any chance?"
Claudia didn't answer, not that she needed to.
"I think I'm going to have a word with her mother, you two stay here," Fiona said, walking off to find Judy.
"Claudia, let's go over here" Eleanor called out, Claudia soon followed without forgetting the recent incident.
It didn't take long for Fiona to find Judy. Patting her on the shoulder she was greeted with a stern stare.
"Excuse me Mrs. Perkins" Fiona began politely, only to be answered by a snappy response of, "can I help you?!"
Taking a deep breathe Fiona explained the situation. "I believe earlier this morning your daughter made a rude remark to my niece regarding our wealth, along with you snatching a toffee apple which was meant for Claudia's mother."
When she didn't get a response out of Judy, Fiona took as her chance to finish off what she was going to say.
"I just thought you and Mandy ought to apologize." Judy let out a scornful chuckle, quickly dismissing Fiona as if she was joking.
"No I don't think you're taking this seriously" Fiona replied, catching Judy's attention.
"You don't seem to realize that there are some people in the world who aren't as privileged as you and Mandy," Fiona added as calmly as she could manage.
"And why should that bother me?" Judy retorted, with an annoying air of superiority that Fiona instantly disliked.
"Because your company must make hundreds of thousands of pounds per year, don't you think that some of your profit would be better off going to charity, you know for those who need it more?"
Judy whipped her head around to face the much shorter Auntie as if she had made an outrageous suggestion.
"Did you see bin bags on my doorstep?"
"No I..."
"Look, dearie, I run a business, not a charity. Judy said, letting out a cackling laugh.
With tensions rising, Fiona decided to take a few deep breaths before responding to her inconsiderate comment.
"I know that charity begins at home but-"
"And that my dear is where it stays!" Judy hissed, cutting her off before walking away as if she had just accomplished something.
From around the corner, Claudia had witnessed their conversation, giving a murderous look at Judy until Eleanor distracted her from her thoughts.
During the time all this was happening Fernando and his father had kept to their word of being silent as they stood underneath a tree, keeping themselves to themselves when Fernando noticed something odd lurking near the chocolate river.
"Father, there's something down there. What is it, it's like a little person?" Fernando asked, pointing to where the little person was.
"What are you on about boy?" Bryant questioned before he too saw the odd little person, but now there was more than one.
"Mr. Bucket, come here!" Bryant called, Charlie soon followed with a smile on his face.
"What are they exactly?" Bryant asked, now intriguing more people to come and have a look as the rest of the group followed the sounds of their conversation.
Charlies smile then turned into a full-on grin.
"Oompa Loompas you say?" Judy asked.
"Who's ever heard of an Oompa Loompa?" Mandy grumpily stated.
"That name sounds familiar from some book or something, but I can't quite put my finger on the name of that book" Fiona added, chuckling a little.
"They are real, aren't they?" Joseph asked.
"Yes, the Oompa Loompas are real alright" Charlie happily confirmed.
"So they're dwarfs then?" Fernando commented, giving the chocolatier a questioning look.
But before Charlie was able to reply Steven beat him to it.
"Are you that dumb? There called Oompa Loompas, Charlie just said so!" Steven snapped, looking at Fernando as if he was a moron.
"Right so the Oompa Loompas are-" Charlie was suddenly cut off from his sentence as Steven had something else to add.
"Listen, Fernando, he said it again" was Stevens sarcastic remark, leaving Fernando looking like a fool.
Fernando then looked up at his father who scowled down at him.
"Don't you dare embarrass yourself or me like that again!" Bryant hissed, leaving Fernando with a squirming sensation in his stomach.
"As I was saying the Oompa Loompas are my workers, imported directly from Loompa land" Charlie cheerfully stated, earning a mixture of fascinated and disbelieving looks.
"Sounds like a made-up place to me," Bryant said, being one of the few guests giving Charlie a disbelieving look.
"Well they sound like amazing workers" Eleanor exclaimed, directing the conversation to a different topic.
"Yes, yes they are" Charlie replied, another smile creeping up on his lips.
Charlie then spent the next couple of minute explaining to the group how Mr. Wonka had found the Oompa Loompas in as much detail as he could remember, which was all of it. Once he had finished talking Charlie was about to let everyone keep exploring for a couple more minutes when a familiar interruption occurred.
"Mother gets me those Oompa Loompas right now, I want them all!" Mandy shouted, pointing a finger at the group of at least twenty of them. Steven rolled his eyes while a few others groaned.
"But sweetheart we have butlers and maids back at home, we don't need Oompa Loompas" Judy replied, causing Mandy to get sharper with her tone of voice.
"Oh just stick her head down the chocolate river, that will shut her up" Steven mumbled which luckily for him no one else heard.
"Yes but they should all be sacked, they can't get anything right!" Mandy yelled. Judy sighed knowing that she was beaten.
Before Judy could even open her mouth to propose an offer, Charlie interrupted by informing the guests they were allowed a couple more minutes to wander around before moving on to the next room.
For the second time, the guests either rushed over to the candies they hadn't tried or to where they had previously been.
Claudia's POV
Ok so since I arrived at the chocolate factory a whole variety of things have happened, and now is the time to put my plans into action.
From their interviews, I knew they would be self-centred, irritating, inconsiderate brats who thought of nothing else but themselves. But all that is to my advantage because they won't know what's going to hit them until it's too late.
To officially begin my plans who better to start off with the all-important, princess Mandy Perkins.
Ugh, her voice and her constant demanding whining is enough to make you want to yank all the blonde hair out of her feeble minded head!
Her mother is just as bad, fancy telling someone that they don't matter due to their lack of wealth?! I don't think she or her daughter are even aware of what suffering means?
So when the question of who the Oompa Loompas were and what they did arises, there was not a moment to lose to get my plan underway.
First of all, I had to set up the scene for where this unfortunate (or fortunate whichever way you see it) incident happens. So I gather a few of the candy pumpkins around a tree who I'm hoping Steven will find and mess around with.
Secondly, I need and will most likely get Mandy walking around the room, picking out what her heart desires while her moron of a mother trails behind her, taking in each and every demand as if Mandy was some kind of celebrity!
Thirdly I will then need to rudely distract her and then lead her to believe that it was Steven who did it.
As soon as the Oompa Loompa discussion finishes I am back to casually exploring the room with my mom, Eleanor, and her aunt.
"Hey, Claudia come and look at this!" Eleanor then gestures for me to come over, which I happily do. Besides, I get a better view of the candy pumpkins as well as little miss Mandy from there.
And my good fortune starts there as my eyes are soon focused on Steven who makes his way to the candy pumpkins.
But it doesn't end there! I then get to hear the lovely sounds of Mandy Perkins just around the corner. Just as I predicted she is informing her mother of what seems to be a never-ending list of things she so desperately needs.
"Right mother I want six of these cream tops, seven- no make that eight marshmallow mushrooms. I also want ten of these toffee apple trees along with ten candy pumpkins and twelve of these jelly beanstalks !" I heard Mandy say as she guided her mother around the room, pointing a finger every time she saw something she had to have.
You would think that by now Judy would have said something along the lines of, don't be ridiculous Mandy or young lady you're getting a bit too big for your boots. But no she just stood there, actually writing down her demands on a notepad, but then again that's what you get for showering a child in riches!
Anyway, I turn back round to check on Steven to find him stomping on a red candy pumpkin. I'm also greeted by the sounds of enjoyment as some parts of the goo from Stevens candy pumpkin splatters all over a chocolate tree trunk and on the grass.
"Oh yes and I also want you to steal some Oompa Loompas for me" was Mandy's final order for her mother to crack on with, which is lucky for me as there no better time to strike than when your prey is exposed to the naked eye.
Once Judy had scuttled away to follow little miss Mandy's instructions I had the full view of the prey.
I then had to ditch the company that was surrounding me, which was easier than I expected as they were very understanding when telling them I was too full to eat any more candy.
Having gotten my freedom it was time to show that putrid Perkins what she should have had coming ages ago.
To get started I rush behind one of the candy apple trees, carefully choosing which angle to stand at, to get the best chance of picking up some goo without being noticed.
It takes longer than expected due to the fact Steven kept glancing my way, but soon afterward I was able to capture just enough goo that he had unknowingly stomped near enough for me to reach.
I then proceed to chuck the goo directly at Mandy, the goo splattering all over the back of her tiger skin coat, making it all sticky. I carefully duck behind the tree so all she can see is Steven with the gooey culprit, laughing as he continued to squash the contents for his enjoyment.
It doesn't take Long for Mandy to stomp over to Steven, seething with anger as she gave him a shove to make herself noticed.
"How dare you throw goo at me you disrespectful jerk!" Mandy yelled at Steven who wasn't fazed in the slightest.
"I didn't throw goo at you." Steven bluntly replied, folding his arms to show his lack of concern.
This only made Mandy angrier. "Yes, you did don't deny it!" Mandy shouted, pointing that ever so deadly finger at him.
Scoffing at her ridiculous accusation Steven replied by shouting out "read my lips, it wasn't me!"
"I know it was, and if you don't admit it I shall tell everyone to call you blueberry boy because your hair is blue!" Mandy said in a childish tone, Steven rolled his eyes at how pathetic she was.
"Oh well done, you've spotted that I have blue hair, what do you want a gold star or perhaps in blue?" Steven jeered, setting Mandy off into a raging fit of anger.
"Right that's it!" Mandy screeched, plunging her hand into a pile of candy pumpkin goo. "This will teach you not to mess with anyone in above your class!" She then threw the goo directly at Stevens' face, which he swiped off in a matter of seconds.
"That's how you want to play eh? Then take this prissy Perkins!" Steven yelled, forcefully picking up some goo for himself. He then charged up to Mandy who decided to run away to avoid getting hit.
But little did she know she was running straight into her departure.
Going further into the chocolate room Mandy kept on running until she had officially reached her destination.
And it didn't take long for an ear piercing scream to make itself heard throughout the whole room.
Everyone including myself rushed over to where Mandy was, all gasping in shock at the sight before our eyes.
Mandy was sinking into one of the sticky toffee puddles, resembling quicksand.
As we all gathered round to witness the drama Eleanor could be heard whimpering, clutching to her aunt's side.
"Will she be able to get out safely auntie?" I heard her ask, to tell you the truth it made me flinch with the tiniest bit of guilt.
"I hope so" was all Fiona could say.
Then Charlie ran up to where we all were, stammering as he said something along the lines of, "I- I had those fenced off, I swear I did."
But his problems were about to get a million times worse as Judy was suddenly exposed to the same sight as us.
"Mandy!" she screeched as she saw her daughter helplessly sinking into liters of thick sticky toffee. She then whipped her head round at Charlie, glaring at him as if it was his fault.
"Mother, he pushed me in here!" Mandy yelled, yet again pointing her finger at Steven who couldn't care less.
"I didn't even touch you" Steven protested, "stupid girl" he muttered soon afterward.
"Do something Bucket!" Judy yelled, giving him a hard shove to force him to intervene.
"Quick Mandy grab this!" I shout, offering to be helpful by leaning a long lollipop stick close enough so she could reach it. Besides, I can't have them figuring out that I was the one behind all this.
But it was too late, her arms had already sunk into the sticky toffees grasp.
"Get out the way!" Judy spat, pushing me to one side as she tried to grab Mandy by the shoulders.
"Judy don't go near that puddle!" Charlie warned, desperately wanting to avoid two people getting stuck.
Unfortunately, Charlie's warning went ignored as Judy misjudged a step and joined her daughter in her distasteful destiny.
"Seems like you've gotten yourselves in a sticky situation there" Bryant stated, smirking at the Perkins misfortune.
"Shut up!" Judy snarled in response, most of her body being swallowed up by the toffee, her head being the only thing the remaining guests could see.
In Mandy's case, all you could see of her was her nose, those terrified blue eyes, and her forehead. On the plus side at least her mouth had been firmly shut by the toffee, as they say, no pain, no gain.
However, the excitement doesn't end there as we all soon discover that the toffee has now turned itself into a solid. Meaning that the Perkins are well and truly stuck!
Being unable to move Judy shouts a muffled, "get us out of here Bucket!"
Charlie then made some weird trilling sound, almost immediately after doing it one of the Oompa Loompas comes to stand in front of him awaiting its instructions.
"Please, could you be so kind as to free these two from the sticky toffee puddle?" Charlie asked before adding, "you will need to drill them out since the toffee has turned rock solid."
"A drill?!" Judy shrieked, her face transforming into a pale color. Even Mandy's eyes widened at the thought.
"It's the only way" Charlie responded before folding his arms and bowing to the Oompa Loompa who did the same in return.
"Right I think we should move along," Charlie said to the rest of us, with a slightly awkward tinge to his voice.
As we follow him towards the chocolate river I take one last look towards the Perkins and the Oompa Loompas preparing the drills. I can't help myself but grin at the success of my plan.
After all, Mandy always goes first.
You've finally made it to the end! Sorry, I didn't intend it to be this long but I just didn't feel right about publishing it without all of it. Plus you lot deserve a bit extra since your so nice to me in the reviews :)
So, what did you think of this chapter and what do you think will happen next?