Once Upon A Time In CATCF

Chapter 2

Augustus, the youngest of what once were the three little pigs, stared at the two ornate gravestones through beady, sorrowful eyes. Ever since he had been turned human in exchange to have his dear mother's life preserved, death had sounded as inviting as the smell of steaming, yummy mushroom stew. He could rejoin his brothers, Adrianus and Arnoud Gloop. He could rejoin his father, who died a hero. He would want that for his son as well, wouldn't he? But Augustus was not a hero. He was a failure. His mother could be heard crying day and night from across the kingdom, just like Augustus. He was actually crying, in fact, when he saw the smoke.

Bluish red ash rose like a towering giant awakening from a nap. And like a giant, it destroyed everything. Townspeople were screaming, destroying the cemetery peace. They ran around like headless chickens, trying in vain to get away from the nimble hands of death mist.

He, too, had heard of the warlock. The man was said to be the one terror the strongest knights, heroes, princes, fairies, and wizards could not match. He was also said to have an army of mutated orange, green-haired dwarves with bat-like wings, which were rumored to be made out of chocolate. Augustus himself never encountered one of them, and neither did he want to.

He dashed for the forest, away from the fog. If he had enough distance between himself and it, maybe he would be able to find a plan. But he wasn't smart like Adrianus or crafty and resourceful like Arnoud. He had chosen to make a house of straw, for goodness' sake!

In the middle of his troubled thoughts, however, Augustus failed to notice the large oak tree in the way.

After a clash that took down the whole plant, his mind blanked and his vision blacked.

"Hey fat boy, wake up!"

Augustus groggily opened his eyes and tried remembering what happened. The curse. The tree. He crashed onto it, didn't he? And then he blacked out. Like a bulb. The boy scanned the room, and focused on the two other residents. Two girls both seemed to be around his age, maybe one or two years of difference. Both were extremely beautiful, but the younger- curled brown hair, bright blue eyes, lips as red as a rose- was with no doubt the prettiest girl he had ever seen in his whole entire life. The other one, maybe one year older than him, looked as mad as a bull. He guessed she didn't like not to be answered to. She was most likely the one that talked to him before.

"Hey, lump, do you hear me? I want to get out of here, and those buffy arms of yours would help a lot." The commanding voice confirmed his thoughts.

"Why aren't we cursed?" he asked quietly, finally realizing that he hadn't been affected in the least.

"Maybe we are out of the kingdom. When we blacked out it was around 11:35, and now it's..." the pretty girl paused to check an old, leather-clad pocket watch. "8:30 Am. It couldn't have taken so long for us to go anywhere still inside the land."

The blonde one sighed. "Right now, it doesn't matter. We can think about all of this as soon as we get out."

Just then Augustus noticed they were moving. He touched the wall, and was surprised to find that it had a quite pudgy surface. Then it hit him. Chocolate. The whole room was made of it. He peeked out the tiny window, and saw a vast, amazing landscape of...nothing. The pig-boy backed away from the wall, then turned to the ladies.

"We are going to get out of here. Be ready to run." Without waiting for an answer- or for his common sense to catch up- he grabbed both girls in a hug and threw himself at the wall.

As expected, the force of the impact destroyed the chocolate wall completely. That also meant that the three kids flung themselves at the ground, which might not have been the smartest way to escape without attracting the attention of the guards.

"They're escaping!"

Before Augustus could register what happened, they were surrounded by short orange creatures in full battle armor. From beneath their hulking helmets, crops of messy green hair tried to find their way out of the headgear. And one- no, two- obvious things Augustus hadn't seen before- the wings. Each guard had a pair of morbid, brown, insect-like wings. Where did he hear about them? And then it hit him: Oompa Loompas. A group of Oompa Loompa soldiers was surrounding them right this instant.

*gasp* what the hell just happened here? Will they be ok? Or will the oompa loompas almost kill them like in the movie? Find out in the next chapter!