Chocolate Heart (Wonka And Noodle) #1

Chapter 16

"Here we go, Momma"

Wonka walked towards the entrance of his store, opening the doors and letting the bright sunlight into the darkness of the place. He took a couple of steps out, noticing that people turned to look at him

"Ladies and gentlemen, greetings everyone and welcome to Wonka's" he said calmly "Here you all can find amazing things literally and figuratively"

"Where?" an older man approached

Wonka smiled "Follow me"

"Close your eyes and count to ten"

"Make a wish, now open them"

"Here's a store that's like no other"

"If it were, I wouldn't bother"

The lights inside the store turned on, revealing the large place

"Chocolate bushes, chocolate trees"

"Chocolate flowers and chocolate bees"

"Chocolate memories that a boy once saved"

"Before they melted away"

In the middle of the shop was a giant pink tree with a small river circling around it. The people began to huddle inside

"A world of your own"

"A place to escape to"<

"A world of your own"

"Where you can be free"

"Wherever you go"

"Wherever life takes you"

"This is your home"

"A world of your own"

People looked at the place in amazement, without hesitating to take a piece of the many chocolates that sorrounded them

"Here is the child that you left behind"

"Here is the kid with the curious mind"

"Here is the wonder we used to feel"

"Back when the magic was real"

"A world of your own"

"A place to go when you're"

"Feeling alone"

"Feeling unsure"

"Embrace the unknown"

"Enjoy the adventure"

Wonka climbed through the trunk, to the top of the pink tree, into the clouds, where Piper and Abacus were making cotton candy clouds

"Let's go strolling in the clouds"

"Grab a handful, it's allowed"

"Clouds are made of cotton candy"

"Just keep your umbrellas handy"

"Cause there's a hard rain gonna fall"

"Humbugs, gumdrops, and aniseed balls"

"Fireworks bring sugar string"

"To chew"

"All the colors of the rainbow"

"And some others too"

Willy, using one of his magic tricks, appeared under the pink tree, heading to the boat, where Noodle was

"A world of our own (A world of our own)"

"A place to escape to (A place to escape to)"

"The world of our own (A world of our own)"

"Where we can be free (Where we can be free)"

"Wherever you go (Wherever you go)"

"Wherever life takes you (Wherever life takes you)"

"This is our home (Ooh)"

"A world of our own"

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People continued to enter, lining up to buy chocolates as Abacus worked on the registers, smiling kindly at each of the customers

Wonka looked at the place, with the cane in one of his hands "I did it, Noodle, I did it" he said "I didn't expect so many customers to come"

"Your chocolate is the best, dad, of course many people were coming" she said softly

He smiled "And you're the best daughter a chocolatier would have"

Noodle giggled, without having the opportunity to respond because one of the customers who were leaving the place caught her attention, whose hair was growing and turning green

"Huh... Mr. Wonka" the man muttered

Willy turned to look at him, instantly noticing the problem so he ran to the pink tree to make an announcement "Everybody!" he called out "Don't eat the flowers! It's been poisoned!"

Noodle stepped back in alarm at the sudden chaos that spread among the people, watching how everyone began to be furious against the young chocolatier but she didn't notice an angry woman cutting the chandelier

Wonka saw how the rope was cut, with Noodle under the unstable chandelier, so he climbed down the tree as fast as he could, trying to push away the angry people

"Noodle! Watch out!" He exclaimed

She heard a sound and looked up, to see the chandelier headed towards her, but luckily Wonka managed to get to where the girl was, grabbing her hand and pulling her away. They both saw the chandelier hitting the floor, turning the fire of the candles into big flames

All their hard work was being engulfed in flames in just seconds...