✧𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞✧

꧁𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟒.𝟒꧂

"Yay! I love basketball!" Holly jumped up and down happily. It was after school and the group of friends decided to work on their athletic skills further in a local basketball court nearby. Willow had already headed home, since she had to make sure the house was clean.

"Okay, what should we work on first?" Parker asked. "I'm not the best at shooting the ball in the hoop, but I want to give everyone else a chance to learn too."

"I think we should practice with the hoop. We'll have a less likely chance of missing, then." Dorian suggested.

"Yeah, yeah!" Holly agreed.

The four trained, each practicing shooting the hoop into the ball one at a time. Once it got to Gina's turn, Dorian passed the ball to her.

"Okay, here goes." Gina threw the orange basketball into the hoop, she was able to get it in. "Yay!" She cheered.

But once the ball hit the ground, it wasn't an orange colour. It was a suspicious dark purple, with a red aura around it.

"Hold on." Gina picked up the ball. "This doesn't look like the ball we brought with us."

"Strange.." Holly commented, she felt a lump in her throat out of nervousness. "I don't like the feeling of it."

"It feels slimy.." Gina dropped the ball out of pure disgust, not liking the texture at all. That's when the ball exploded with purple dust.

"Gahhh!" All their screams echoed across the park.

"Crocus.." Golden Cheese Cookie, who was still in Gina's bag mumbled.

"Well, well, look who we have here." A familiar and unpleasant voice was cockily speaking to the four.

"Crocus." Parker, Holly and Dorian all growled.

"Who is that?" Gina asked.

"If you keep bringing your friends along, I can guarantee one won't be making it out alive." Crocus cackled.

"It's not our fault you like to ruin our fun, reptile." Parker crossed his arms.

"Don't call me names, dummy." Crocus sneered back. "Has no one ever told you it's rude to speak lowly of your successors?"

"What makes you think you're better than us?" Dorian grumbled. "You're cocky, rude and not to mention stupid."

"STUPID?" Crocus shouted? "HOW DAAARE YOU CALL ME, THE ALMIGHTY CROCUS STUPID! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"

"W..wait! What's going on?" Gina asked. "How can a crocodile talk?"

Parker put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry about it." He went to his bag and took out the Ancient Tome. He handed it to Gina. "Look after this, okay?"

"What's this?" Gina asked. "What am I supposed to do with it?"

"Just keep it safe for me."

"Okay, I understand." Gina nodded.

"Quit your yapping!" Crocus snapped. "If it's a fight I want, I WILL GET ONE!"

Parker reached out for his Cookie Pact and grabbed it. "Ready?"

Holly and Dorian soon reached out for theirs too. "Ready!"

They all opened their Cookie Pacts and yelled  "𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑, 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄!!!" They the charms in their Cookie Pacts, their transformations began.

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚!"

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲!"

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐨."

They all soon posed together. "𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞!"

"Now the fight can truly begin." Crocus cackled.

"Hold on a minute!"  Gina intruded. "Can someone tell me what's going on? What's happened to my friends? why have you all got sparkly clothes on?"

"I think there's something more important to worry about than us having sparkly clothes, Gina!" Pure Cacao reminded her. "Just don't worry about it and run to safety, ok?"

"Ok.." Gina started running and soon hid behind a bush, holding the Ancient Tome. She peeked her head out to watch the fight.

"You're gonna GET IT, LOSERS!" Crocus laughed. He conjured up some dark magic, and woven them into spears. He shot them at the three.

They were able to dodge the magic swiftly and easily, without too much trouble. Crocus smirked, replacing his usual anger at their dodges.

"Your team is getting bigger and stronger, more of a fun challenge." He smiled smugly. "I have the perfect thing up my sleeve." He picked up the purple ball and threw it at the wall. Soon all the walls started fading away and turning into a circle of fire around them.

"Watch out kids, you're playing with fire."

"Fire.." Gina mumbled behind the bush. "I don't like the look of this..