They all walked in the room that looks white as a hospital room. Once they walked in, Mr. Wonka sets little Maria back down onto the floor before taking some of the many pairs of goggles that are by the door.
"Here." He told them as he handed them to each one of the children.
"Put these on and don't take them off whatever you do. This light may burn your eyes right out of their sockets." Mr. Wonka informed them.
Everyone puts them on and little Maria scans her surroundings. Nothing much, it's almost like in the scenario in the Inventing Room again, but there's not much to work with. Mr. Wonka hold out a hand for little Maria, to which she passes him a small smile before gratefully taking it. Mr. Wonka continued the tour with her in tow.
'Odd...' Little Maria thought.
'Not one of them complained...'
Oh how wrong she was there. For as Mr. Wonka explained about using television to advertise his products, Justin gives him an earful about the amount of energy required and how it's impossible to make it work. As Justin rambled on, she can see Dr. Wonka with the other adults, who looked like they had the time of their lives.
"ELDEST SISTER!!!" Little Maria cuts Justin off loudly, letting go of Mr. Wonka's hand.
She ran and ran until she tacked her with an "Omph". Mia laughs.
"Why hello to you too little sister." Mia replies with a tone of happiness.
As the parents approached their children, little Maria ran back to Mr. Wonka before gently holding his hand like before. Mia gasps before smiling.
"I see she trusts you." Mia said.
They were confused.
"That's her sign of trust. She never does that to anyone but the ones she trusts the most. Mine took a whole year, but yours just took 3 days." Mia explains.
Little Maria shyly swayed back and forth before they continued. Mr. Wonka demonstrated his invention by sending a huge bar of chocolate through the television. Charlie was the one to take it out with little Maria. And little Maria stared in awe. But alas, that peace doesn't last long...
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Little Maria couldn't help but sigh. She didn't like what she had to do, but it's only in front of them right? The only ones who knew about her secret is Snowy and Leiah. The two walked in on her by accident and they were both sworn to secrecy. Snowy yipped sadly along with Leiah.
"Well... I knew something like this will happen someday..." She muttered quietly as the Oompa-Loompas managed to pull Justin out of the TV screen.
Justin is still shrunk. As tiny as the men behind the screen. Little Maria hands him a crumb from a piece of cake she had baked for emergencies only. But only Justin noticed that she waved it out of thin air.
"What's this?" Justin asks in his squeaky voice.
"I need to give you this. Just... take a bite and no more than one. Not a big or a small bite, just normal." Little Maria instructed quietly.
Justin took a bite from the cake and started to grow bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and in 4 seconds flat, he grew back to his normal size.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Beyond the Looking Glass
FanficIt's been 2 years since Charlie inherited the factory and 2 years since he and his family lived with Mr. Wonka and his father, Dr. Wonka, in the wonderful Wonka Factory... ... All that, and they needed some more helpers... 9 of them to be exact...
