Author's Notes: Hi readers! Firstly, I would like to thank mattTheWriter, TheIndividualist, Sonny April, John Hammond, and XXCandyLover XX for their positive reviews for my one-shot "Auf Wiedersehen Augustus Gloop". I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it! Now, on to the responses for last chapter's review! Sonny April, I loved that little poem you wrote in your review! I have no idea the reference was but I still enjoyed it tons! Yep, Mike and Violet's relationship is certainly growing and you will find out whether Mike has feelings for her or not. Hammond, I'm glad that noticed my "Help, Police, Murder" Easter eggs and you will find out whether the action will come soon and the contract! mattTheWriter, I'm glad you liked the Wonkamobile II and that I brought Smudge back! You're absolutely right, lots of crazy things just happened on the second tour! Individualist, I'm so glad you're enjoying my fic and yep, Veruca is quite the nasty bitch here! Linkwonka88, I'm glad you're enjoying my fic as well and you'll find out if karma will play a role or not! Now off to the story! :)
After the group left WonkaZoo, Willy and Charlie led the others to a tall golden door.
"Now, Charlie and I would like to present something special that you three never had the opportunity to see twenty years ago." Willy announced as the golden door automatically opened.
Before the runner-ups' eyes was an unusually, almost triangular shaped glass elevator with golden edges.
"Hey Wonka? May I ask you what the bloody hell is that thing?" Veruca demanded, immediately recognizing the Wonkavator, the last item from the factory she demanded her father to bring home.
"My dear Veruca this is the one and only Wonkavator!" Willy proudly announced.
"Wonkavator? Do you mean elevator?" Mike questioned.
"WRONG! An elevator can only go up and down. Whereas the Wonkavator can not only go up and down, it can also go sideways, slantways, longways, backways, frontways, and squareways!" Charlie explained as his mentor proudly looked on.
Veruca loudly scoffed at Charlie.
"That's just bloody ridiculous. What are you, high on your Wonka drugs?" she jeered.
"I'm sorry? Could you please speak up? I just can't understand you that well for some reason today." Willy flatly replied, gently placing his hand onto Charlie's shoulder, who looked down.
"Could you all kindly step inside the Wonkavator please? You're just going to love it and I know it!" Willy kindly told the others as he and the others walked into the crammed Wonkavator, which had barely any space for all five people onboard.
"Now, this beauty can take you to any room in the whole factory just by pressing one of these buttons. Any of 'em. All you got to do is press a button and ZING! You're off!" Willy further explained to the runner ups as he pressed one of the buttons.
Seconds later, the Wonkavator dramatically shifted towards the right and sped along the factory. When it finally slowed down, the group eyed two large swimming pools with dozens of oompa loompas, along with baby oompa loompas swimming in it. One was bright yellow and the other a vibrant pink.
"These are the Fizzy Lemonade Swimming Pools. They will be convenient for extremely hot days, so whenever you're thirsty, you don't need to get out!" Charlie proudly explained.
"That's a terrible idea! The yellow one looks just like piss if you ask me." Veruca retorted, looking at the giant pool in disgust.
"Hey Charlie! I actually think it's an awesome idea, especially where I'm from. In Arizona during the summertime, it's brutally hot there. It can get as high as 120 degrees outside!" Mike praised, seeing the hurt in Charlie's eyes.
Charlie weakly smiled at his fellow ticket finder.
"Thanks Mike, I appreciate it." he replied as the Wonkavator shifted towards the next room.
Before the group's eyes was a large white lake with oompa loompas in light purple rowboats collecting samples of the white liquid in large pink mason jars.
"Now this one of my original creations that you three did not get to see last time. What you are looking at is my Marshmallow Marsh. That's where all of the marshmallows in my Marshmallow Ripple bars and not to mention our new Wonka S'mores!" Willy told the others, who looked on in interest.
The next room closely resembled a maternity ward that contained rows of pink and blue cribs, with some of them holding a newborn oompa loompa.
"Ever wonder where an oompa loompa is born? Right here. This is the Nursery for Newborn Oompa Loompas!" Charlie exclaimed.
Violet smiled at the sight of the newborns, remembering when her own children were first born.
"They're so adorable!" she squealed.
"Right?!" Mike added with a smile as an oompa loompa nurse walked in with three newborn oompa loompas.
"Goodness gracious me! Looks like Jane finally gave birth to her triplets! She's the first oompa loompa in history to ever give birth to triplets!" Willy happily cried, widely smiling.
They soon passed a dimly lit forest filled with trees of different sizes that each had large, round red or green fruits that resembled apples. A group of oompa loompas were harvesting the fruits with cherry pickers.
"Oh, I see you actually have actual produce," Veruca remarked in a crass tone.
"Not quite, these are a fairly recent product,Toffee-Apple Trees Orchard! These are my specialty apples that are grown like ordinary apples, only they have a special gene that gives them a toffee taste to them. Once harvested, they are sent to the Sugar Coating Room, where they are coated with more toffee! These will make an excellent addition to your garden and as you can see they all come in different sizes!" Willy announced.
Once the Wonkavator left the Toffee-Apple Orchard, it suddenly sped up, causing the group to crash into one another. Mike accidentally grabbed Violet by the hand. The two Americans quickly let go of one another and blushed.
"Sorry Violet..." Mike mumbled in embarrassment.
"It's okay Mike." Violet replied, struggling to hide her awkwardness with a weak smile.
Mike looked away from her, smiling at the thought of holding Violet's hand.
The Wonkavator finally slowed down in front of a room that was labeled: COCONUT ICE SKATING RINKS
"Now, this is going to be a fun and unique experience. This is one of our latest, the Coconut Ice Skating Rinks. This is one of the oompa loompas' favorite pastimes, as it is mine! I've also been teaching my son how to ice- er coconut skate here and he's loving it! He told me the other day that he wants to be a hockey player when he grows up!" Charlie happily told the others as they walked into one of the chilly rinks.
The rink was the size of a football field with bright white and pink striped ice and the strong smell of coconut filled the air.
Mike nervously looked at the massive rink.
"Now, would all kindly put your skates on?" Willy politely gestured as an oompa loompa handed each runner up a pair of blue skates.
"Hey Mr. Wonka? Do you have anything in my size?" Violet questioned.
"Why my dear Violet, these skates can fit into anyone's foot, no matter how big or small! They're very well adjusted..." the chocolatier responded.
To Violet's surprise, her skates perfectly fit her.
Once everyone had their skates on, Willy and Charlie led the three runner-ups into the rink.
"Feel free to skate, no need to ask me!" Willy bellowed as he gracefully skated around the rink.
His apprentice joined him seconds later. The runner-ups watched the duo race each other in awe.
"Wow, that's impressive." Mike remarked.
"I know right?!" Violet replied.
Soon, Violet felt herself skating around the rink. It was the first time she skated since she was a small child living in Miles City. She happily smiled as nostalgia struck her. It was her favorite activity before she was introduced to her first piece of gum.
Veruca skated around the rink with a bored look etched on her face, remembering her life of luxury.
Violet eyed Mike gripping onto the pink rails with one hand, struggling to skate.
"Mike? Do you need help?" she asked with concern.
Mike looked up.
"No thanks, I'm good." he replied.
"Are you sure? I've been skating since I was a kid, long before I started chewing gum competitively." Violet sweetly responded.
Mike hesitated, remembering when he accidentally held her hand on the Wonkavator.
"Sure, why not?" he stated as she skated towards him.
Mike struggled to catch up with her, only to stumble onto the ice.
"Sorry, I haven't ice skated in my life. Nobody does that in Arizona!" Mike awkwardly replied as he slowly rose.
"No worries Mike. I'll teach you! It's a lot of fun..."
Mike slowly skated next to her, trying not to grab onto the rail or fall.
"That's it! You're doing just great!" Violet praised.
Mike's slightly freckled face lit up.
"Thanks! Mike responded in pure joy.
Willy and Charlie watched Mike and Violet skating together with a smile on the opposite end of the rink.
"I'm glad they're getting along," Charlie remarked.
Willy nodded with agreement.
Mike was starting to skate faster, but still slightly unsteady.
"You're absolutely right! It's so much fun!" Mike happily exclaimed.
Suddenly, a loud cracking noise echoed the rink.
Mike and Violet both looked down to see that the pink and white rink was rapidly starting to crack.
"We gotta get outta here!" Violet screamed as she and Mike skated as fast as they could towards the exit, grabbing each other by the hand.
Willy and Charlie struggled to do the same as the rink began to crack, with splashes of freezing coconut water splashing their ankles. Veruca nervously skated back, making it out of the rink with the chocolatiers. All too soon, the cracked coconut ice had split into pieces of different sizes.
As Mike and Violet both leapt over the light pink coconut water to another floating piece of ice that was near the rink exit, the floating chunk they stood on rapidly split in half. The two Americans found themselves separate. Violet was thrust near the exit and Charlie pulled her to safety. Mike let out a loud scream as he slid into the freezing coconut water.
"VIOLET! CHARLIE! HELP!" he frantically cried, sinking deeper into the water and underneath a chunk..
Without thinking, Violet pushed Charlie aside and skated back onto the rink, desperately searching for him. When Mike's right arm finally reemerged from the opposite end of the chunk, Violet took his shaky hand and struggled to pull him out.
"I got you!" she screamed as he sank deeper into the coconut water.
Charlie raced towards them and with his help, Violet finally managed to pull Mike out of the water. Charlie immediately scooped Mike up as he and Violet managed to skate back to safety. Mike was shivering uncontrollably as tiny icicles started to form onto his clothes and his shaggy hair.
"I-I'm sorry Mike..." Violet muttered, wishing that she was the one that fell in.
Veruca let out a menacing smirk as she looked at a freezing Mike.
"I-I don't understand this... the thermostat was set to the right temperature. I checked it beforehand so nothing like this would have happened." he said to himself in disbelief.
"Mike, are you okay?" Charlie nervously asked.
Mike slowly glanced at Charlie with a dazed look and mumbled something incoherent.
The young artist appeared to be unaware of his surroundings.
"We gotta take him to the Warming Candy Room at once!" Charlie frantically cried as he noticed Mike's skin and lips rapidly turning blue.
"You're absolutely right! Let's go!" Willy hollered as the group dashed into the crammed Wonkavator.