Setting the Plan

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It's 8 am. The Priest approaches the Cathedral and knocks. Ashe waits for the Monks to open the doors, and he's approached by a BEGGAR GIRL in a shawl. Noodle dressed as a beggar girl Couldn't spare a piece of chocolate for a starvin' orphan, could ya?" He shook his head "I'm sorry, my child, I don't have any on me." she looked a bit sad "Oh that's a shame, Father." The Monks open the door and as the Priest pushes past her, surreptitiously popping a piece of chocolate in his mouth. she speaks to herself "Then have some acacia mints." But the Beggar Girl has simultaneously slipped something in the Priest's pocket -- a handful of ACACIA MINTS. 

The Zoo Security guard eyes another Big Night Out Chocolate which has been delivered with a note. he starts reading "Basil Bond, Employee of the month!" Well, that's lovely..." He puts the chocolate in his mouth and passes out. Willy and Abacus slip into the security lodge and grab some VAN KEYS. Abacus drives the tall, rickety zoo transport van. In the back, Willy tends to the giraffe. "Everything alright back there?" Abacus yells "Everything's fine, isn't it, Abigail?" Willy said as she snorted. They approach a low bridge. "Ooh! Tell her she might want to duck." Willy couldn't hear "Might want to what?" he asked "Duck!!" Abigail ducks as the tall van just SCRAPES under the bridge. Later Abacus parks the van in a deserted alley.

The Priest stands by the great doors, addressing the hundreds of assembled monks. "Good morning, Brethren." the Brethren replies with a smile "Good morning, Father." He nods "Now as you all know, it's Baron VonSchmeichelhammer's funeral today and his widow is a bit of a pious type, so I don't want anyone eating chocolate during the service." He nods again "Yes father." The priest nods "We all know that one day we shall be judged for our sins, but it's not going to be today." He nods again "Amen," the Brethren says. He turns as two monks open the doors...

The Priest steps out through the door -- and freezes. Because standing in the middle of the street in front of him is the Giraffe, and she can smell ACACIA MINTS! The Giraffe realizes the smell is coming from the Priest'spocket -- and starts walking in his direction. "There there. Nice giraffe." He backs away a few steps, then turns and runs back into the Cathedral, the GIRAFFE CHARGING AFTER HIM. The Priest bursts in, closely followed by the Giraffe. "Everybody out! Save yourselves! Judgment has come in a most unexpected form! Run away!" The monks flee in panic -- while the Priest runs up the steps into the pulpit and grabs a telephone beneath the lectern. He frantically makes a call. "What have I done to deserve this? You know what you've done, Julius! Sold your soul for twenty pieces of chocolate! Operator? Operator!" 

Lottie has taken the call from the Cathedral. "Hello, Operator! How may I direct your call?" he smiles "I need the zoo! It's an emergency!" she hums "Putting you through to the escaped animal department now." Larry has taken the call on a public telephone in the alley. Willy, Noodle, Abacus, and Piper all stand around him. "Hello, zoo?" The rest of the group makes various animal noises. "Quieten down, your animals." he then does his underwater voice "You too, octopus!" he then goes back to his regular voice "What? Oh yeah, I think we did lose a giraffe. Well, it's easy to do. They're hard to spot, you know!" A STREAM OF INVECTIVE comes indistinctly down the line. "Ok! I'll send the guys round!" 

The Priest hangs up. Then, he hears breathing behind him. He slowly turns to see the giraffe inches from his face. He freezes in terror as the giraffe sniffs him, seeking out the acacia mints. Finally, the Priest vaults over the edge of the pulpit, his pocket tearing as he goes and flees, leaving the giraffe munching happily on the mints. "I'm a sinner! A wicked chocoholic sinner!" The Priest, now looking distinctly disheveled, makes it through the door. Two monks close it behind. He looks up to see an entire CONGREGATION including a WIDOW in a veil and PALLBEARERS with a coffin. "Good morning, everyone! Baroness, so sorry for your loss. We're just having a few technical difficulties so you might want to pop the lateBaron down for a moment... Ah! The cavalry!" The ZOO VAN arrives. Abacus, Piper, and Larry climb out. 

Abacus, Piper and Larry wheel an ENORMOUS CAGE inside. "All clear." Willy, Y/n, and Noodle emerge from a pile of straw in the cage, Y/n sitting up was kinda sitting on Willy. The two smiled and blushed. They go into the Confessional. Abacus presses the button in the Priest's side of the confessional and the elevator side starts to descend. As it sinks below them, Willy, Y/n, and Noodle step on top of the car. 

The congregation starts clapping as Abacus, Piper, and Larry emerge with the Giraffe now happily back in her cage. "Here you are, Father. One giraffe," he says

Ping! The elevator arrives in the crypt. The Mistress of the Keys looks up, surprised, as the elevator doors open. She walks over to see a box of chocolates, wrapped in a ribbon, has been placed on a little stand. ""With thanks for all your hard work, Father Julius and the Chocolate Cartel." Oh, that's sweet" She eats one of the chocolates. It's a "Big Night Out" -- the same chocolate Willy, Y/n, and Noodle gave the Zoo Security Guard. Willy, Y/n, and Noodle -- hidden above the elevator -- watch as she starts singing and dancing before reaching the whisky fudge. "I've wasted my life! Could've been happy but I threw a pearl away! I'll give him a call." She picks up a phone and dials. The Zoo Security Guard is still sleeping off Willy'schocolate when the phone rings. He comes to and picks up. "Hello?" he asked "Basil? It's Gwennie." Willy, Y/n, and Noodle share an astonished look. "What are the chances?" Noodle whispered. "I don't know I think it's cute" Noodle just looked at her with a 'Are you serious face'. "You were right. Those days in chemistry class were the happiest of my life." But then -- WHUMP! She passes out. Meanwhile, The Zoo Security Guard looks at the phone, astonished -- and once more passes out.

Willy, Y/n, and Noodle leap down from their hiding place and head over to the vault door. They take the key from around the Mistress of the Keys' neck and unlock the enormous door and they pull it open...

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