✧𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞✧

꧁𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟔.𝟒꧂

Crocus snickered as he snatched Dark Velvet's pocket knife and threw it at the gang. The knife flung through the air and dropped to the floor next to Parker.

Parker noticed the knife and decided not to pick it up, so no fingerprints would get on it.

"A pocket knife?" He mumbled as everyone looked down at the knife too.

"What's that doing there?" Holly tilted her head, curiously.

"We should report this to the police.." Willow worriedly sighed, everyone nodding or mumbling "good idea".

However before they could do anything, the sky darkened an eerie purple, which caused Dorian's eyebrows to furrow.

"We know who that is, guys." He muttered.

"Missed me, losers?" Crocus cackled as him and Dark Velvet appeared before them.

"No." Holly muttered, looking annoyed.

"Oh come on! Y'all are all party poopers! Have some FUN, for a change."

"It's more of a nuisance than fun, if you ask me." Gina rolled her eyes.

"See, even they're sick of you!" Dark Velvet pointed out, nudging Crocus' shoulder.

"They won't be, you red velvet cake." Crocus growled. "You'll see. They'll be defeated before you can say 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧."

"I'll be the judge of that." Dark Velvet smirked. "But I'll give you a head start." He reached into a pocket and pulled out the potion charm Dark Enchantress Cookie gave to him. He picked up the pocket knife that was sitting next to Parker and swung it around.

The knife soon grew into a much larger, sharper knife. It was around the size of a Katana, with jagged teeth that would probably really hurt if you cut yourself with it.

"Soul charm, lend me your power." he mumbled as he threw the charm into a nearby bush and pointed his knife at it. The bush soon grew in size and Crocus was tossed into there, seeming to have a control chamber to move it around.

"This is neat!" Crocus cheered, admiring the fancy controls he now has. "IM COMING FOR YOU, LOSERRRRRS!" He soon cackled as he sped toward them.

The gang quickly shoved everything back into the picnic basket they bought along with them.

"RUN!!!!" Holly screamed, ramming things into the picnic basket.

They all ran as fast as lightning and soon managed to hide behind a brick wall.

"What on earth is that thing?" Gina asked, peeking above the wall.

"I dunno, but it's definitely trouble." Dorian gritted his teeth.

Willow opened her bag and pulled out the green book they were reading earlier.

"This has to do with something..." she mumbled, before flicking through the pages til she found what she needed.

"Ah. In the hands of evil, the soul charms can be used to store dark magic. Enough magic stored can make incredible feats possible such as corrupting beings or even destroying whole kingdoms. The only way to return the soul charms to good is to defeat the evil harnessing one. The soul charm will then be pure once more, but it can get corrupted again, so the heroes must stay alert."

"That makes sense.." Parker muttered.

"It also applies to our transformation charms too. If they get corrupted, it can have negative impacts on our physical and mental health and make us far weaker, too.. It must also make us more prone to being controlled by dark magic.."

"Is there a way to stop them from being corrupted?" Holly shivered at the thought of being corrupted by evil forces such as the Cookies of darkness.

"Somewhat.." Willow muttered. "But I'm not sure, I'll ask White Lily Cookie later.

"Let's stay on our toes, everyone. To avoid getting corrupted." Parker informed them.

"Yeah." They all agreed.

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"WHERE AAAAAARRRREEE YOU, LITTLE BRATS???" Crocus mocked. "DID YOU SEE MY POWER AND THINK IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR YOUR PUNY SELVES TO HANDLE??"

"We know what to do, guys.." Parker instructed, taking out his Cookie Pact, the others soon following.

They opened their pacts and placed their transformation charms inside.

"𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞!"

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚!"

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲!"

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐨."

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞!"

"𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐲.."