Mugman opened the door, stomping towards his bed while grimacing. What happened this time?

Cuphead followed behind him in a sheepish manner, "Gee, Mugsy. I'm really sorry put that firecracker down your pants; Bendy said you would've thought it was funny." He then paused in thought, "Or was it that HE thought it was funny?"

"Hilarious," his brother grumbled before he sat on the bedside. He winced at slight contact his exposed rear touching the bed.

Since they healed from the Jet Packet Incident, Bendy had been showing up frequently, a lot of times unannounced. He brought out an impish charm that would lure Cuphead and make Mugsy feel somewhat uneasy; he was shown to be prone to pranks as much if not more than his brother and somehow, Bendy couldn't seem to get Mugman's name right.

"Well, after that suffering that bit of trauma, I deserve a little treat."

"Ooh! A treat?"

"Yeah. For me. Now turn around and don't look," Mugman ordered. "Well, go on turn around."

Cuphead did as he was told; he then heard a clattering sound which made him turn back slightly. Mugman was searching under the bed and Cuphead's eyes widened by what he saw on the bed: His old Trick-or-Treating bucket!

"Wait! You still have your Halloween candy?!" he asked.

"Darn it, Cuphead, I told you to turn around!"

"But…it's September! How can you go so long without eating your candy?" Cuphead asked.

Mugman picked out a candy from his bucket as he replied, "That's because I have self-control."

"Oh…Never heard of it."

"It's for people who don't give in to temptation." Mugman went to shut the door with annoyance. "You oughta try it sometime."

The mug wanted to set up the atmosphere. The radio was turned and set to the 'SNOB' station that played classical music. He set up the table with Elder Kettle's finest dishware that he'd used for holidays or special occasions. He then tied a bib around his neck, awaiting his treat. The wrapper was delicately unwrapped to reveal a small ball of chocolate that was cut in half slowly and held with a fork. Mugman took in the chocolaty aroma that had aged like fine wine.

After a few moments, he nibbled off the half of his candy and chewed slowly. With each bite, he slowed down to savor the richness. "Mmm, mmm, mmm."

Eventually, his plate was empty and placed the dishware back to the cupboard. He hummed to himself while strutting upstairs to his bedroom. Since eating his piece of candy, he felt rejuvenated like as if he can take on anything. But, it didn't prepare him for what was behind that door.

Mugman's eyes shrunk and his mouth dropped open as he witnessed a scene of carnage. On the floor was Cuphead on all fours with chocolate smeared around his mouth and specks of it on his gloves. He bit off another piece of candy like a rapid dog.

"CUPHEAD!" The cup turned around by the mention of his name. "YOU ATE ALL MY CANDY?!"

Cuphead snapped out of his sugar-induced trance and gasped in horror. He saw all wrappers scattered around and no trace of candy was present. He then went down on his knees and begged with complete remorse, "I'm sorry, Mugsy. I'll do anything to make it up to ya!"

"Anything?"

"ANYTHING!"

Mugman held his brother downstairs by his shirt and pants, then went up to the front door to turn the handle open "Okay, you can…" as just as he was about to finish, he threw Cuphead out on the front lawn. "GET OUT! AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU LEARN SOME SELF-CONTROL!"

He slammed the door shut, leaving Cuphead outside. He then left into the woods, kicking a pinecone figuring it'll be hours or even days before Mugman decides to let him back in.

"Stupid self-control. I could do if I wanted to," he muttered. His train of thought paused by a rumbling noise, which made him turn around. "Hello? Mugsy? Is that you? Hello?"

He turned to see no one was around and went towards a tree.

"RAWR!"

"GAH!" The shout made him jump when something hung down from the branch in front of him, making him land on his backside. This was followed with the sound of cackling, which made Cuphead glare up at the cat-like kid hanging upside down. "Bendy! I'm not in the mood."

Bendy jumped off the tree and following the downtrodden cup.

"Hey what's got you all stirred up, all of a sudden? Did the firecracker not work?"

"Nah. Even worse, Mugsy kicked me out of the cottage."

Bendy raised in eyebrow, "Really? Just from a little firecracker?"

"No, it's 'cause I ate his Halloween candy. He says I got no self-control."

"Whoa," Bendy paused for a moment and then asked, "It took him that long to realize that?"

"Not helping…" Cuphead uttered; then the two huddled when the rumbling noise was heard again. It was like as if something large was rolling down. Cuphead felt sudden a sense of security with Bendy's hands holding his and his cheeks began warming up; he never experienced something like that.

The boys then spotted the source of the sound: A giant peppermint wheeling past them.

"Whoa!"

"So beautiful…"

They followed the peppermint in a hypnotic trance until it lead them into a giant hole in a tree. As they enter into the passage, they were greeted by a singing choir and hit by a clustered aroma of fruits, chocolate and pastries.

Welcome to this land of sugar

Everything is simply grand ~"

Everything is super yummy in this place called Sugarland

The two boys ambled down a pathway with their mouths wide opened as they marveled the surroundings: Trees that carried lollipops and candy canes, fountains and rivers filled with melted chocolate and giant ice cream cones and slices of cake all around sitting on top of pink frosted hills under a bright sky of cotton candy clouds.

Cuphead asked, "What is this place?"

"Didn't you hear the song? It's Sugarland!"

They turned around to find the source of the friendly feminine voice; all that they saw was pink frosted castle in the distance, but what popped out from it was a lanky woman with pale pink skin floating down from the sky gently. Her body seemed to be springy and elastic like taffy. She had short caramel colored hair and mint-green eyes, wearing an elegant, flowing dress with a peppermint striped blouse and pink velvet Bundt cake skirt; on her head laid an ice cream cone with a flare of frosting. She had the image of a candy princess.

"My name is Baroness Von Bon Bon and today is your lucky day. You boys get to eat ALL the sweet treats you desire!" the resident finished her sentence with a friendly yet settling grin.

Bendy replied while reaching for a bon-bon, "Don't mind if I—whoa!" Cuphead grabbed him by the arm and marched towards the entry.

"C'mon, Bendy! We're leaving."

"Wait! Where are you two going? I offered you ALL the sweets treats you desire. Ain't you gonna eat my sweets?" the Baroness asked.

"No thanks, lady. I've read all the fairy tales. We eat your candy; we end up in an oven. You just wanna eat us."

"You're a funny, funny guy! I only eat sweet treats," the baroness showed off a small cupcake, kissing it before eating it.

Bendy added, "See? She's trustworthy. Besides, she's royalty."

It was enough for Cuphead to smile back at Bendy and turned to the baroness, "I guess you're right. Sorry I misjudged you Miss Baroness."

"Oh don't worry about it. We're friends now. Call me "The".

The lady bounced around the giant bonbons in a playful way, "Although, I gotta say; I admire how you resisted my tempting offer. Most disgusting children, they just caaaaaan't resist." She ended her sentence with a giddy giggle, while lying upside down with her arms dangling.

Bendy and Cuphead looked at one another with concern. They felt that this baroness wasn't fully there. "You've got a really creepy way about you, lady," Bendy pointed out.

"I don't get out much. I'm never allowed leave this place, on account of an ancient curse…But that's a story for another time."

"Can't say I blame those kids. Why would anyone leave this place?" Cuphead smiled.

"Exactly!" She sunk into the frosting and emerged from it, standing in front of the boys in an assertive manner. "Just remember follow my three simple rules. RULE NUMBER ONE: Tell NO ONE about Sugarland. RULE NUMBER TWO: Take NOTHIN' out of Sugarland. Not even one teensy-weensy piece. AND RULE NUMBER THREE'S MOST IMPORTANT! SO PAY ATTENTION! Eat ALL the candy you desire just NOT my Candy Castle. Not even a teensy-weensy bite.

"Sounds easy enough. So much good and tasty stuff here," Cuphead looked around to see more sweet treats that looked good enough to eat.

"Yeah, why would we eat your castle?" Bendy rubbed his hands, ready to eat everything in sight.

"I'm not too worried. Not even if you find it…irresistible," the last word got his attention and saw how creamy and delicious the castle looked.

Bendy suddenly felt his mouth salivating slightly, "Although…it IS kind of a tasty-looking castle."

"I'll just turn my back around in case you wanna sneak a bite."

Cuphead came with some samples of candy, "Hey, Bendy. You gotta try this- Bendy?"

"Maybe just a teensy-weensy…"

Bendy was entranced by the delectable castle and was inches away from touching it. The baroness seemed to be awaiting the cat-like boy to give into his temptations…until…

"HEY!"

Cuphead nabbed his friend and headed to the doorway back to reality, while Bendy was struggling to free himself.

"We gotta go!"

The baroness waved back at them, "They'll be back. Toodle-loo!" She then giggled menacingly.

Cuphead managed to run out, while Bendy was snarling and drooling like a rapid dog. It even seemed that he had sharp fangs, but that wasn't important at the moment. "Bendy! Get a grip!"

He then smacked him across the face, snapping him back to reality. "Hey, what's the big idea?!"

Cuphead scolded, "I had to get you to stop; you almost bit into the baroness' castle."

"And why's that a problem?" Bendy asked, not regarding the rules.

"Don't you remember? It's one of her rules! You need to learn a thing or two about self-control!" Cuphead pointed at Bendy's chest.

"Who do you think you are?! My dad?!" Bendy snapped while shoving him. Cuphead grew scared as Bendy glared at him with his yellow eyes that seemed to be glowing while exposing his sharp teeth. They seemed to remind him of something…or someone.

"Bendy! Calm down! I didn't mean it like that," he stated while shielding himself, which made him stop in his tracks and breathed in deeply to calm down.

"I know. I'm sorry, alright?" he sighed while extending his hand out to the cup.

"Don't worry about it." Cuphead dusted himself off and suddenly realized, "Wait, I did that self-control thing Mugman was talking about. He's gonna be so proud of me! C'mon!"

The cup ran back to the cottage with Bendy following behind. They entered inside, headed up to their bedroom, with Cuphead kicking the door open, "Hey, Mugsy, I didn't eat any candy! The temptation was strong, but I— Ooh! You're still upset, huh?"

Mugman grimaced at his brother while holding his empty jack-o-lantern.

"Of course, I'm still upset and will be until you replace what you stole!"

Bendy scoffed, "That ain't be an issue; we can replace what he stole and then some."

"Yeah, see there's this place where everything's made of—"

Rule number one: Tell NO ONE about Sugarland!

Cuphead covered his mouth when he heard the baroness' voice.

"What are waiting for? Tell him!"

Mugman raised an eyebrow, "What? A land made of what?"

"Uh...The Baroness did say not to tell you,"Cuphead replied sheepishly.

"But we tell each other everything."

"Hey, Mugface, try this," Bendy opened his palms to reveal a giant bon-bon. "This'll pay off your whole candy stash."

"That's it? You think a single Bon-bon is gonna be enough to—" Mugman's sentence was cut by Bendy shoving the bon-bon in his mouth as it opened. He chewed slowly before savoring the fudgy taste and swallowing. "Mmm…This is so good! Where'd you get this?"

Rule number two: Take NOTHIN' out of Sugarland!

"Bendy, you broke rule number two!" Cuphead whispered angrily.

"I took one, the Baroness ain't gonna know!" Bendy hissed back.

Mugman had it with these secrets. "Will you two just tell me what's going on?!"

Cuphead sighed, knowing he had to use his words carefully, "Okay. Mugsy, if I told you that Bendy got that bonbon from a place where everything's ALL made of candy, would you wanna go?"

"Of course I would," his brother replied.

Bendy noted, "Good. We just got to be careful that the baroness doesn't catch us."

"Wait, who's the Baroness?"

Cuphead butted in, "Just someone to avoid. She' s kind of a creep. But…we won't be avoiding her candy."

"Wait, so you two expect me to believe there a WHOLE world made of…"

A few minutes later…

"CANDY!"

"Now do you forgive me?" Cuphead asked his brother who nodded aggressively while grinning like a maniac over the amount of sweets around him. "Hey, where's Bendy?"

"Hey fellas! What are you waiting for?" They saw that their friend climbed to the top of a cotton candy mountain, followed him up there and cheered. The trio dived and belly-slid down the mountain while eating all the way down.

While they were scarfing down on all the confections in sight, they were unaware that some of them were actually sentient and were singing to comfort themselves until they were eventually eaten.

Welcome to this land of sugar

Welcome to this land of sweets.

Where the streets are lined with goodies, in this land of tasty treats.

Have a stick of sugar candy; fill your mouth with sugar balls

Have a little or a lot

Better yet, try them all!

Welcome to this land of sugar; everything is simply grand

Everything is super yummy; In this place called Sugarland!

The three staggered off to find the exit with stuffed bellies and felt a bit tipsy. Bendy then let out a loud belch.

"Oh, Mama!" Cuphead commented.

Mugman hiccoughed and laughed, "You fellas (hic) took the words (hic) right out of my mouth!

"We should get goin' before the Baroness shows up. After all, I broke Rule #1 and Bendy broke Rule #2."

Bendy chuckled while pointing at something in the distance, "Ha-ha, yeah. And he's breaking Rule #3 as we speak. See?"

"Oh, yeah. He is," Cuphead gasped, as they were both coming back to his senses at what they saw. Mugman took a large out of the Baroness' Castle, breaking the third rule! The two boys ran up towards him, "MUGMAN, NO! DON'T EAT THE CASTLE!"

"It was only teensy-weensy…"

The three heard a maniacal laugh from the top of the bitten off castle. "Now all THREE of you broke a rule! Naughty, naughty!" she playfully scolded as Cuphead trembled over facing the Baroness' wrath.

"Oh no!"

" It's the Baroness!"

MM: Hmm…She doesn't seem so creepy. (Maniacal laughter) Oh. Yeah, I see it now.

CH: Let me guess. Now you're gonna eat us, right?

BB: Blech! How many times do I have to say it? I only eat sweet treats. You and your fairy tales.

CH: Whew!

"Thank goodness…"

"AUGH!" Bendy groaned while falling onto his side, gripping his stomach.

"Bendy!" Mugman shouted while going to his aid.

"What's wrong, buddy?" Cuphead asked worriedly.

"UGH! My stomach…it's all…twisted!"

"Well, you did eat a lot more candy than us," Cuphead added while getting Bendy to his feet while gripping his low abdomen. "I think Elder Kettle has medicine at home."

Bendy unveiled his torso to see that it looked like it twisted and braided like a piece of licorice.

"Uh…That's doesn't seem normal," Mugman commented with a sense of worry.

Bonbon jeered, "Well, that's what you get for eating too much."

POP!

Mugman panicked and pointed, "Cuphead, what happened to your straw?!"

His brother's straw somehow turned red and gummy.

"My straw?!" The cup's arms transformed into red gummy stubs "My arms! Bendy, help!"

Bendy sees his limbs and body become slim pieces of licorice with his yellow bow "I can't! My arms are too noodly!"

"Mugman?" Cuphead saw his brother's body become covered in brown ginger bread and his body became as flat as a cookie.

"Don't look at me! I said DON'T LOOK AT ME!"

The three glanced at each other at what they turned into; Cuphead was a red gummy, Mugman was a flattened gingerbread cookie and Bendy was circular head of black licorice with a twisted body and noodle-like arms. All they can respond with is by screaming at their new forms!

Bonbon didn't seem as friendly as she glared down with hungry and demonic eyes, "Now you're DELICIOUS!"

To make matters worse, as she was laughing, the castle that was once inanimate suddenly opened its yellow eyes and its arms emerged from the ground. The castle roared showing its razor sharp candy corn teeth as is crawled towards the trio.

The three boys were hopping away frantically trying to escape; after a while, Cuphead spotted the familiar tree they came in from.

"Hey, look! It's the way out!"

"We're not gonna make it!" Mugman cried.

Bendy looked behind to see a giant peppermint wheel and his face lit up. He extended his licorice arm, lashing it onto the wheel and having his whole body stick onto the candy wheel. "Hang on!"

"Good thinking, Bendy!" Cuphead cheered.

"We're getting outta here!" Mugman added as they laughed and Cuphead blew a raspberry at the baroness. The wheel then made its way to the hole, but Cuphead and Mugman hit the doorway as Bendy was able to stay on.

Cuphead hopped towards the exit, but heard his brother straining to get up due to his flat cookie body.

Mugman was losing hope once again, "Cuphead, leave me. Save yourself."

He didn't expect his brother's response to be, "Okay."

CUPHEAD!

"Alright, alright, I'm coming back."

They then heard another voice in the distance, "I'm coming to get you boys!" The castle was crawling at a rapid speed with Bonbon eagerly waiting to devour her victims.

Outside, Bendy extended his arms towards a tree trunk to get off the wheel then dropped to the ground, not wanting to look back and not caring on what was happening. But he turned around when he heard Cuphead shouting.

"Quick grab my hand!" Cuphead cried while extending his stubby arm.

"I can't reach!"

He then pushed his brother up with head, "Almost there!"

"It's working!" But their hope waned when Mugman fell on his face.

"Aw, nuts."

The boys screamed as the castle monster pounced towards them. Suddenly, two ropes of licorice lassoed the two brothers and pulling them out before the monster cake landed with a loud thud, which created a wave of icing from the impact.

"AW! Licorice sticks! They escaped!" the baroness groaned. "And they looked so tasty."

She then sighed calmly, "But, they'll be back. They ALWAYS come back." She grinned and chuckled maliciously, hoping that her day will come.

The frosting from earlier carried the boys conveniently into the cottage and into their bedroom.

Cuphead cheered, "Hey! We did it!"

Bendy followed, "We sure showed her!"

"Except were still candy," Mugman reminded them.

His brother shrugged, "Eh I ain't too worried about it. Now that the Baroness is gone, we don't have to worry about being eaten."

The three of them smiled with assurance until they heard deep breathing and saw a dazed Elder Kettle who seemed to be drooling at them.

"Just a teensy-weensy…"

The brothers shouted, "ELDER KETTLE NO!"

Bendy groaned, "Not again…"

The boys split ways trying to avoid their caretaker from eating them. Bendy then made a note to himself, this is last time I'm ever staying this house again…if I make it out alive!