Hey, peeps it's time for the review responses as my authors notes will be at the bottom!
Girlpower54- Oh I'm glad you found my twist to be awesome, so here's another chapter :)
Sonny april- Yes I suppose it is a bit weird not to have an Oompa Loompa song, however they may be some later on in the story (but that's only a maybe) Yep Mandy was horrible and actually the character annoyed me when I wrote her even though I made her up in the first place! Aw I'm sorry you feel bad for Fernando, and you will just have to keep reading to find out what happens to him.
Dragonserpent18- Looks like there's more to Claudia than meets the eye isn't there? But I'm glad you're happy that Mandy's gone.
MattThewriter072 - Yep that's definitely a sticky situation for the pair of Perkins. You will have to keep reading to find out what happen with Claudia.
Softkitty55- As I said to Dragonserpent18 there more to Claudia than meets the eye. You will have to keep reading to find out what happens.
Stormwing3670- A celebrity star for the guests huh? Interesting but unfortunately there won't be one I'm afraid. But I'm glad you liked how Claudia was described.
Red haired rock chi- You hate them that much do you? Well, it's understandable :) You will have to keep reading to find out.
"Mr. Bucket, where are we going?" Eleanor asked as the group was being lead to the edge of the river, where a pink boat with at least fifty Oompa Loompas rowing could be seen floating around the corner.
Charlie turned round to smile at her. "Ah, well we are all going on a boat ride just like I did when I got to go on Mr. Wonkas tour."
"Sounds great to me" Claudia cheerfully stated, also earning a smile from Charlie.
While the guests were waiting for the boat Eleanor turned to face Claudia. "Do you like boat rides?" she asked.
"Oh yes," Claudia replied, giving her a small smile.
"Yo, that boat looks sick dude!" Joseph exclaimed towards Bryant, playfully shoving his shoulder as he spoke.
"I do not find the word 'dude' an appropriate use of the English vocabulary." Bryant huffed while brushing at the shoulder Joseph had nudged.
"Whoa," Joseph mumbled in response.
Fernando turned to look at Steven who was quick to notice him.
"What!" Steven snapped not long after noticing him staring.
"Do you think you have a chance of winning?" Fernando enquired, raising a questioning eyebrow.
Steven snorted. "A better chance than you."
Fernando scoffed, obviously quite offended. "Let's face it, Mr. Bucket will be looking for his heir to have charm and good looks."
"The opposite of you then" Steven replied, grinning at how his words were pushing Fernando's buttons.
"Actually I am one of the top three male child models in Paris, not that you would understand about such matters," Fernando said, glaring at Steven.
"What? Just because I don't worship your lack of personality or the car crash of facial features you call your appearance." Steven chuckled as Fernando's irritation grew increasingly.
"What on earth do car crashes have to do with how I look?" Fernando asked, genuinely confused as to what Stevens point was.
Bryant who had kept a sharp eye on the two boys since the beginning of their conversation scowled at Fernando as if he knew something that Fernando should have known. It didn't take long for him to make that crystal clear.
"Fernando" Bryant sternly whispered before adding, "that car crash reference was an insult boy!"
Fernando awkwardly folded his arms and looked away from the disappointment displayed on his father's face.
Steven chuckled at Fernando's stupidity.
"You know, it's true what they say" the blue haired boy began, "looks don't come with brains. But in your case, you don't even have the looks to back you up."
Both Fernando and Bryant Cruz glared at Steven, who rolled his eyes and walked off.
Bryant scowled at Fernando once more. "Get your act together boy!" Bryant snarled at his son who gave him a shaky nod.
"People, the boat is here!" Charlie shouted as the pink candy boat stopped right in front of the guests. "Ladies first!" Charlie said, gesturing for the ladies of the group to get on the boat.
Once they had sat down the remaining guests took their places on the boat. Charlie was the last one to take a seat, wincing at the front row spare seats that the Perkins would have been on.
Speaking of the Perkins as the boat began to gently drift away from where the guests had stood to wait for it, Eleanor turned to face Charlie who was sat next to her and Fiona with a questioning look.
"Mr. Bucket, will Mandy and Judy be alright?" Eleanor asked, concern filling her facial features despite not having gotten along with either one of them.
"Well it's less earache for us" Steven stated before adding, "but then again" while turning around to face Fernando sat behind him.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Fernando said, his comment only receiving a mischievously raised eyebrow from Steven as if he should have known.
"It's another insult son!" Bryant shouted towards Fernando which everyone else heard, causing most of them to turn around to look at him and Fernando. Embarrassed at the unwanted attention he leaned into Fernando's ear and sharply whispered, "don't say another word", his voice causing Fernando to squirm.
"I do have to admit that Mandy sinking into the toffee puddles must have been quite a traumatic experience for her, even if she did deserve it," Claudia said, mumbling the last part of her sentence to herself.
"Mandy and her mother will be just fine," Charlie said, hoping to change the subject of the conversation.
It wasn't long before his wishes came true as Eleanor had more questions to ask him. Claudia turned around to face Eleanor as if she was the one who should be getting the privilege of having Charlie sat next to her.
"Excuse me for asking but what was Mr. Wonkas tour of the chocolate factory like?" Eleanor asked, the question hitting Charlie like a runaway train.
"Well I… er…. It was certainly interesting and quite fascinating, a once in a lifetime opportunity which I would happily do all over again just to…" Charlie trailed off when his ability to speak betrayed him.
The memory of how Willy Wonka's smile sent a rush of joy through Charlie's heart along with the way Mr. Wonka treated him more sincerely during the tour alone, was enough to make Charlie's thoughts overtake him before quickly being snapped out of them.
"Is everything ok?" Fiona asked the chocolatier when noticing his sudden distracted facial expression.
"Er yes, yes I'm fine" Charlie replied, smiling as he spoke.
The candy boat which had until now been slowly drifting away from the chocolate waterfall, suddenly turned a sharp corner with the view of the chocolate waterfall slowly fading away as the boat was heading into an almost pitch black tunnel.
"Mr. Bucket where are we going?" Claudia asked.
" All will be revealed soon, so brace yourselves people as there will be quite a drop coming up" Charlie replied, looking at all the guests to make sure they had been listening to him.
As the Oompa Loompas kept on rowing nearer to the tunnel Bryant turned to face Charlie.
"Er Bucket, how can they see where they're going?" Bryant asked, a slight look of unease showing in his facial expression.
"They can't" was all Charlie said in response.
"Switch on the lights!" Charlie shouted, the lights instantly turning on just before a huge drop took place, officially beginning the bumpy ride.
Everyone except Steven wore a face of shock as the boat went faster and faster down the chocolate river tunnel, little bits of the chocolate splashing onto the guests.
"Now this is my kind of ride!" Steven exclaimed, showing the first real smile since arriving at the factory.
As the boat carried on through the twists and turns along with sudden little jumps, some of the guests wore looks of enjoyment while it made the others stomachs turn.
"I think I'm going to be sick!" Fernando whimpered, clutching his stomach as his face turned ashen.
Bryant turned to face him with a stern glare. "Don't you dare be sick on that shirt, it cost a fortune" Bryant warned, his eyes piercing into Fernando's.
Claudia turned to give Bryant a look of disgust, having heard his insensitive comment.
"If you barf on me I swear to god I'll smash you to pieces!" Steven threatened, showing Fernando a clenched fist that looked ready to punch something at any moment.
Fernando shrank back in his seat, now desperately trying to hold himself together. Not daring to give either his father or Steven any eye contact.
Once the boat had made a stop outside a few rooms, some which were locked by large round door with brightly glowing colored letters at the top and wheels for handles, while others were left wide open.
"Where are we, man?" Joseph asked a look of glee on his face as he looked into some of the rooms.
"Ah, these are some important rooms we are passing, take a look here for instance!" Charlie said, pointing to a room showing a cow being whipped by Oompa Loompas holding whips, hoping that one of the children could recreate one of his favorite childhood memories.
"Whipped cream!" Claudia and Eleanor both blurted out, looking at each other when realizing they had both figured it out.
"Yes, well done you two!" Charlie exclaimed in delight, earning himself a beam from both girls.
"I don't get that man," Joseph said, confusion invading his facial features.
Acknowledging his confusion Steven rolled his eyes before shouting out, "they are whipping the cows with whips to make whipped cream, it's obvious!"
"Sorry dude" Joseph murmured apologetically, looking away from his younger brother.
"You're as dumb as him!" Steven snapped, pointing at Fernando who groaned.
"How dare you call me stupid!" Fernando said, earning a laugh from Steven.
"Oh, I'm sorry for saying you're stupid," Steven said in mock guilt before adding, "I thought you already knew!"
When Steven had turned back around to facing the front, Bryant jabbed at Fernando's arm as if to silently say, he's right you know.
The guests then went past several other rooms before the boat suddenly rotated, swinging itself to the left.
"Here we go again!" Claudia exclaimed, clearly enjoying the ride.
Once again the boat made a few rough twists and turns before finally settling on stopping at one huge room. The door locked with the same wheel like handles, on the top the door read in huge colorful letters, The inventing room.
"The inventing room, sounds interesting?" Fiona said as soon as the boat had stopped.
"Oh, it is" Charlie replied with a smile on his face. "Right everyone we are stopping here because I would like to show you one of my favorite rooms in the whole factory!" Charlie exclaimed, rubbing his hands together in his excitement.
"This sounds like my kind of room auntie" Eleanor stated as Charlie lead the group through the large door.
As the group arranged themselves into an orderly line just before walking into the inventing room, Claudia who was behind Fernando and Bryant Cruz took a quick glance at Bryant, narrowing her brown eyes at him.
She then quickly turned her gaze away from him and focused on her new surroundings in front of her.
Yeah, I know it's very similar to the scene in the 2005 Charlie and the chocolate factory but I did it for Charlie's sake!
My update schedule is I upload a chapter once every four to five days as I know what I want to put in most of my chapters, due to the fact that I have written so many plans for them. Yeah, this notice is for anyone who thinks I write and then upload chapters very quickly, I do not it's just that I heavily plan them before even considering posting a new story.
Question time- What do you think will happen next?