- Not for My Flowers💐 -

📘Chapter 2: The New Arrival continued

✨ = Sparkling Cookie's POV || 🪴 = Herb Cookie's POV || 📘 = Third Person POV

The palace doors slowly opened to a cookie wearing overalls with deep green straps and gold buckles that grasped his black pants. He had a white button down shirt with its sleeves rolled up. A towel was draped on his forearm. A brown and yellow striped bow was neatly tied onto his neck.

The cookie's hair was fizzing, bubbles danced between strands. His eyes were wide and alert. He scanned the crowd and set his gaze on a cookie with green leafy locks of hair and a collared brown shirt. He had a white apron that had a small simple sprout on it.

The green dessert stared back wide-eyed at the new cookie. After a few seconds, Herb timidly covered his face with the shrub in his hands.

The new cookie laughed and stepped out of the doorway. The door closed with a deep thud in harmony with loud creaks.

As the new cookie began walking towards the crowd, cheers erupted and grew louder with each step. Custard was the first of the welcoming committee to adjust, as he hid in Pure Vanilla's robe. When Custard saw the new cookie, a wide grin grew onto his face and he jumped up and down, tugging on Pure Vanilla's robe.

Pure Vanilla finished rubbing his eyes and greeted the new cookie with a warm smile.

"Hello there, I'm Pure Vanilla Cookie. Welcome to Cookie Kingdom!"

Mont Blanc jumped in front of Pure Vanilla and started talking in a fast pace. She shoved her gifts into the new cookie's arms and began taking his measurements.

The new cookie smiled, "Hi, I'm Sparkling Cookie." He put down the gifts that Mont Blanc had given him then reached behind his torso and pulled out a champagne bottle with a maroon ribbon wrapped around its neck.

He handed it to Pure Vanilla and shook hands with Hollyberry.

Custard stacked two large sugar cubes onto each other and climbed on top of them. Then he pointed his small staff at Sparkling Cookie.

"I'm your king! Bow down to me new citizen!"

Everyone chuckled as Sparkling raised an eyebrow. Then with a smile, he bowed. Custard cookie beamed and started marching around with a smug look on his face, flinging his small staff, this way and that.

Pure Vanilla chuckled softly and placed a hand on Custard's shoulder, stopping him midstride.

"Now since we're done with the introductions," Pure Vanilla paused and pulled out a thin pamphlet with GingerBrave, Strawberry Cookie, Wizard Cookie, Chili Pepper Cookie, and Custard Cookie on the cover. "This pamphlet has all the information you'll need for your first few weeks here in Cookie Kingdom. Since you seem to be so intimate with specialty drinks, a bar will be built by tomorrow for you. Again, welcome to Cookie Kingdom we are pleased to have you as our newest citizen!"

Cheers erupted from the crowd.

Sparkling smiled and bowed to Pure Vanilla and made his way through the jumble of cookies.

While he greeted everyone he kept a careful eye out for the green cookie that he had made eye contact with.
Unknown to him, Herb had slunk away from the crowd, back to his quiet flower shop.