You Deserve Better (Discontinued for now)

Part 8: Irritated

Licorice Cookie, finally left out of his house for the first time in over three weeks, except when he took Poison Mushroom to go play outside, that is about it. He had been hiding from Dark Enchantress Cookie for quite some time. The reason for him hiding? All because he said something out of turn when he should've kept his jaw shut. His hood is off his head, you can thank Bat Cat for climbing inside to catch a few Z's here and there. So, back to Licorice Cookie. He is on his way to pick up Poison Mushroom Cookie from the forest. Poison Mushroom Cookie thought it was a good idea to be on their own to go pick shroomies for their shroomie surprise! Poor Licorice has to go and find them now-the spot he told Poison Mushroom to stay in, Poison Mushroom moved from that specific spot. Dark Enchantress Cookie is going to blast Licorice to the oven and back if he doesn't find Poison Mushroom.

Hours upon hours Licorice, kept searching for Poison Mushroom, there is no hope, he is a burnt cookie after all. He sat on a tree stump moping about. Where on earth bread could that cookie be?! He couldn't have gone out too far. Just then he heard a cookie talking to themself from a distance, it seems they are mumbling a few spells. Spells, he recognized all too well. They came from a short, pointy-wearing hate cookie. Oh shit! His rival! His heart felt fear. "Why out of all times is he here? Can't he go practice elsewhere?" He whispered angrily to himself. "No, but could you not be any louder?" Wizard Cookie said deadpan. Licorice Cookie jolted up from his spot, almost knocking his scythe onto the ground. "Sheesh! You scared me! Oh! What do you want?! Do you want me to turn you into one of my minions?! Hehe!" Wizard Cookie stared at him baffled. My Licorice is an idiot. "What?! Why are you staring at me like that? Are you scared?" He grinned with mischief. "Scared of what?" Wizard asked, quite annoyed by Licorice's antics. Licorice, taken aback by his question, is now flustered. Wizard should be fearing him right now. "Let me give you some advice. You are not scary, stop trying so hard to be evil. You are just a weird cookie, understand that please." Wizard rolled his eyes. He cannot believe he had to lecture an adult of all cookies about that. Licorice smacked his lips and then picked up his scythe, pointing it at Wizard Cookie. "Look here you! I don't know who you think you are! But no one calls me weird and gets away with it!" Wizard ignored him. "Hey!? What are you doing?" Licorice asked. Wizard turned around one last time to answer him. "I am going home why?" Licorice looked down at his robes in shame. "I need help finding Poison Mushroom Cookie. I do not know where they are." Wizard Cookie's eye started to twitch. "Um, why should I help you out? We are rivals." Licorice Cookie started to grit his teeth, he is not about to start another pointless argument with him. "Look, as much as I do not like you, I for once need help. That is all I am asking." He said. Wizard Cookie took his hand and put it under his chin to think for a bit. "And what do I get out of this?" Licorice Cookie's eyes grew wide. He never thought about that. "Uh, uh! I will leave you guys alone for about 2 weeks. There!" Wizard Cookie took his hand from underneath his chin. "Deal." He walked ahead of Licorice Cookie to lead the way, and of course, he doesn't even know where he is going. "Do you even know where you are going?" Licorice asked. Wizard stopped in his tracks. "No, I do not. I just figured we could at least start in the forest since that is where I figured he would be." Licorice followed behind him until he snapped a twig underneath his foot. "Shit." He whispered. Luckily he is glad Wizard Cookie didn't hear him swear. "Where to? Because we've been in this forest for almost 3 hours and still have not spotted them. "Well, since you seem to know everything, why don't you lead us then?" Licorice smacked his lips together and started walking off without him. "Hey!? We shouldn't separate in this forest. You could get lost here." Wizard shouted. "Well, stop leading us in circles then! Sheesh, the nerve of you, this is why I don't really like you." Licorice furrowed his brows in anger. Wizard scoffed at him. "Do you want to find them yourself? Be my guess then." He turned the other way and walked off." Licorice felt a bit helpless now, he needed that extra help from another cookie and now they are gone. "B AH! Who needs him! I can look for them on my own!" Crosses his arms as his scythe slides down a bit on his bicep.

It has been more than 5 hours now. It is nighttime. Still no sign of Poison Mushroom Cookie. Licorice's feet felt tired from all the walking he had been doing all day. Never without any breaks. He will not rest until he finds them. "Every time! My foot hurts." Says out loud. He is about to give in and call it a day, Poison Mushroom would be living on their own from now on. "Hehe! Stop! That ticccklees!" A familiar voice radiated in his ears. Was it them? Licorice walked closer to the laughter, it was getting louder by the second. Once he got there, there was nothing. "I thought I hea-" Licorice stopped himself. He must be hearing things again. Probably due to exhaustion. "Love how you just give up so easily." Wizard Cookie said tiredly. Indeed he was tired alright. Licorice jolted up a bit and sees Wizard and Poison Mushroom Cookie standing next to each other. "How did you find them?!" Licorice asked bewildered. "Oh, if you haven't noticed they were  behind a cookie's house all day playing with their cake hounds," Wizard said with confidence, he knew this would rile Licorice up some. "Not my fault! How was I supposed to know?" Licorice spat. "I for one will not answer that. Be lucky I found them because they were about to get attacked by a raging cake boar. You should be grateful I stopped it with my magical prowess." Wizard said with pride. "I don't care about that, hand them over so we can get out of here." Licorice grabbed Poison Mushroom Cookie's hand to flee the scene.

Back at home Licorice lectures Poison Mushroom Cookie a little. "Next time you go out, you need to tell me. Do you understand? Because I am not going to keep getting in trouble with you by Dark Enchantress Cookie." Poison Mushroom Cookie is asleep. "You were not even listening to the whole time!" Licorice irritation rose a bit. "What???" Poison Mushroom said. "Nevermind, just don't leave without my permission ok?" Licorice leaned against a wall with his arms crossed over his chest, waiting for their response. "I do." Poison Mushroom replied. "Good! Now off to bed you. Tomorrow we have work to do." Licorice Cookie left the room while Poison Mushroom got up and went to their room.