Cookie Run: HeartBreak.

⚠︎ Oven Break! ...Finally

⚠︎ - fire, family member death

GingerBrave was dreaming. it was a sunny day. he was surrounded by what looked like a small village. other cookies were talking to each other and getting along. some of the children were running around and playing. it was nice, just how he liked things.

but suddenly, things started to get weird... the cookies began to look worried and scared. the kids started running away and tearing up. a dark cloud began to form in the bright, blue sky. when GingerBrave looked around, he saw the buildings burning and more cookies running away from their homes. it was terrifying, and he had to find a way out... while he was searching for a way out, he felt someone's hand on his shoulder. he quickly turned around to see a strange version of himself with an eyepatch and dark, red hair.

then everything turned to black.

"GingerBrave...! Brave! BRO!"

GingerBrave heard this voice calling him and was awoken. he noticed that it was his brother, Dozer.

"bro... you have to get up. there's fire everywhere, and you're the only one out of all of us who can come up with a good plan" he said in panic.
GingerBrave felt a bit hesitant at first, but then he found a large window. it was covered in grease, but he found a latch at the top of it. feeling a sense of hope, he ran towards the latch and quickly climbed up the sticky window to get to it. once he reached it, he flicked it open and the oven door fell, letting every cookie inside free.

"yay! i'm free!" said a small cookie with wings.
"please keep it down. we don't want to get noticed..." said another cookie wearing a blue body suit.
"right... we don't know where the culprit who trapped us in there is." GingerBrave said.
then, another cookie came up behind GingerBrave to hug him. he turned around to find out it was his good friend, Strawberry.
"thank you, GingerBrave... i was really scared in there" she said quietly.
"yeah! thanks, bro!" Dozer interjected.
"you're welcome, guys!" GingerBrave replied.
"now... how do we get over there exactly?" said a cookie with colorful hair and headphones, pointing to a table on the other side of the room. the table was close to an open window, where they could get out of.
"i'm not sure... let's devise a strategy!" said another cookie with purple braids and glasses.
"then i got this!" said a tall cookie with muscles as he jumped off of the counter and onto the kitchen floor.
"please be careful!" said the purple-haired one.

GingerBrave was about to go assist his fellow cookies, until another cookie came up next to him.
"hello, GingerBrave!" she said. she looked like him, except a female version.
"oh... hello!" he responded with a slightly nervous tone.
"i'd like to thank you for helping us get out of there. that was amazing!"
"you're welcome!"
"i'm GingerBright, by the way!"
"nice to meet you, GingerBright! you already know who i am!"
"yep, and you're really cool!"
"hehe... thanks!"
GingerBrave noticed that GingerBright was holding a pink lollipop in her hand, and found it strange.
"hey... what's with that lollipop you're holding?" he asked.
"oh... i'm a confectioner! i enjoy making candies!" she responded.
"that's cool! i hope i can try some of your candies sometime, because i love sweet things!"
"heehee!"
"hey, you two! are you gonna help us or what!?" shouted the cookie with muscles.
"oh, yeah! sorry!" GingerBrave responded.
he then got down off the counter with GingerBright and helped the rest of the cookies move chairs around the room to get to the window.

once they were done, they climbed up a chair and got onto the table. the cookies could finally escape from this house and explore the outside world. as most of the others jumped out and tried to run, GingerBrave heard a scream. he looked behind him to see his brother, Dozer, laying flat on the table with a blue lollipop in his hand. he quickly ran towards him and sat next to him.
"Gin... ger... Br... a..." was the only thing Dozer could let out before passing out. GingerBrave noticed that he stopped breathing.
"no... NO...!" he yelled. he had tears in his eyes, and his friends were there behind him.
"i'm sorry for your loss..." Strawberry said.
"i'll be okay... just give me time..." GingerBrave responded.
"yo... is everything okay?" said a cookie with a hat and a skateboard.
"i think... everything will be fine soon" said GingerBright, sadly and quietly.
"uhh... was this your doing? you're holding a similar lollipop to the one that killed him..." said the skater cookie, skeptical.
"of course not! i don't add harmful substances to my candies!" she responded.
"then it must be the Witch's doing..." Strawberry said, disappointed.

suddenly, GingerBrave began to smell something weird around the room.
"hey... do you guys smell that?" he asked.
"huh...? yeah..." GingerBright said.
"i-it's coming from the oven..." Strawberry said, pointing at the oven. it was full of flames, and the things near it were catching on fire as well.
"i'm scared...!" GingerBright said.
"hurry! let's get outta here!" said the skateboard cookie.
the four of them started running for the window and jumped out, landing in a patch of grass. they slowly got up, and GingerBrave saw a different cookie a few feet from them. the cookie was greenish with blood running down their forehead. their body looked bruised and they weren't moving.
"hey!" GingerBrave called out as he moved towards the other cookie.
"oh, look! another cookie!" GingerBright exclaimed.
"they don't look like they're moving..." said Strawberry.
the strange cookie then looked up at them slowly.
"...huh?" they said, confused.
"hello! my name is GingerBrave!" GingerBrave said, trying to be polite.
"Zom... bie..."
"nice to meet you, Zombie! i'm GingerBright!" GingerBright said. the rest introduced themselves.
"Strawberry..."
"you can call me Skater!"
"new... cookies... graah...!" Zombie said happily.
"now then, since that house is probably still burning, let's move on! i'm determined to find a paradise just for cookies to live happily and peacefully!" said GingerBrave.
"yeah!" everyone cheered.
then, the cookies left in search of their own paradise.
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note: woo, i finished the first chapter! i hope you liked it! i know the story isn't very horror yet, but i'm looking forward to the next chapters.

- Sky

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