This is a story I wrote in a hour after having a dream in which I was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In it, I paused the movie on what looked like the TV reporter from the scene about the Golden Ticket contest announcement. I decided to imagine what he would do if he showed up on the day of the factory tour. The detail about Charlie's identity not being properly revealed was inspired by Turrislucidus's fanfic "The Questioner", and my name for the reporter (Adam Overton) is a reference to Australian TV news reporter Peter Overton. This is meant to be a one-shot, but I might do a part 2 if anyone wants it.

The day was February 1st, 2005. Today was the day of the much-anticipated Wonka factory tour. Last December, Wonka announced that he had hidden 5 golden tickets in his chocolate bars for 5 lucky kids to find. Each of these tickets would include a personal tour of Wonka's factory, which hadn't been open to the general public for almost 10 years.

Reportedly, one of these kids would win a special prize that, according to Wonka, was "beyond anything that you could imagine", creating further excitement surrounding the contest. Sales for Wonka's chocolate bars peaked, with candy bars quickly disappearing off shelves over the world as consumers tried to obtain one of Wonka's lucky golden tickets. By the end of January, all 5 tickets had been collected by kids from Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Russia. However, the Russian ticket was quickly exposed as a "fake", leaving the real location of the fifth golden ticket unknown.

The big news that day was that the owner of a small newsagent located near Wonka's factory claimed to see a young boy purchase a Wonka bar from him that contained the final golden ticket. However, the man was unable to identify the ticket holder, but people still expected him to show up on the day of the tour.

Near the factory gates was a crew of paparazzi taking photos of the ticket holders and their parent of choice as they entered the gates. A reporter from the local TV station was talking to the lucky kids, asking questions about how they felt about entering Wonka's factory.

"Mike, you said on your TV interview that you hated chocolate, despite winning one of Wonka's sought-after golden tickets. Has that statement changed at all?"

"Nope, not really. I really hate this Wonka guy. Every time he releases a new, potentially game-changing candy product, I keep thinking to myself that he should be using his powers for other purposes instead of creating novelty candies."

The TV reporter was a bit confused by Mike's rant about Wonka. He was cut off mid-sentence by Veruca, who demanded that she get interviewed soon or else.

"Veruca, how do you feel about entering Wonka's factory?"

"Daddy got his workers to open as much Wonka bars as he could so he could find a golden ticket for me! We are going to see Wonka's factory today, and he really wants to check out Wonka's nut-processing equipment."

"Hope you have a great time at the factory today! Now Veruca, can please talk to your father?" Veruca nodded her head.

"Tom Salt, have you heard that the fifth golden ticket was discovered to be a fake, and now we're getting reports that the fifth ticket was just found near Wonka's factory? Do you feel like you might be in possession of-"

The reporter dropped his microphone as two men appeared to be heading towards the factory gates. One of them appeared to a young boy and the other looked like an elderly figure of his. That handsome-looking boy must be the fifth golden ticket winner, he thought. If that was the case, why would've he brought his grandfather out with him?

"It looks like the final golden ticket winner is heading towards the gates. We can assume it's him because the store owner said a young boy claimed the ticket, and the ticket said that he could bring one of their parents along for the tour."

As the young boy got closer, the reporter held his microphone near him. "What's your name, lucky boy?"

"My name is Charlie Bucket."

"Look, everyone! Charlie Bucket is the final golden ticket winner, and we've been waiting all day for him to show up! Charlie, what's the name of that old fellow you brought along for the day?"

"He's my Grandpa, Joe. He loves to tell me stories about how he used to work in Wonka's candy factory. My favourite is the one about the chocolate palace Wonka built for an Indian prince."

Joe begun to talk to the reporter. "When I heard that my grandson got hold of the final golden ticket and read it out loud to everyone, I couldn't resist the opportunity to join him. I haven't been in the factory since it closed down all these years ago, and I'd love to see what it looks like now."

"What an amazing story! Charlie brought a former worker of Wonka's to join him on the tour!"

The reporter lead the audience to give a large round of applause for Charlie, Grandpa Joe and the other ticket holders. As they stood closer to the gates, the applause was interrupted by the creaking sound of Wonka's gates opening. A loud voice over the loudspeaker was giving the group instructions on how to enter the factory. Most of the paparazzi and townsfolk disappeared shortly after, as the reporter gave a final message to his audience:

"I'm Adam Overton, and this is our rolling coverage of Wonka's super-secret factory tour. We'll be back once we see our lucky winners exit the factory gates."

TO BE CONTINUED?