Candy and the Chocolate Factory

Chapter Ten: My God You've Won!

" Well which room shall we venture to next ?" Willy turned to us after disposing of his glasses as we did the same. " Come on hurry up! How many children are left? " I looked at him with slight confusion as I placed my hands on my brother's shoulders. " Willy Charlie is the only one left." Willy looked around and raised a questioning eyebrow to me. " Your the only one? What happen to the others?" Charlie just shrugged. Instantly the most adorable smile spread across Willy's face as he grabbed Charlie's hand shaking it. " My dear boy that mean's you've won. Oh I do congratulate you I really do. I had a feeling you would win from the very beginning." Dropping Charlie's hand he winked at me causing me to blush. " Well done now we have so much to do and so little time we mustn't dilly or dally luckily we have the great glass elevator to... " I winced as he smacked right into the door that had to hurt.

" To speed things along." Willy stood and replaced his hat on his head. " Willy are you alright?" Willy just nodded at me as Charlie and I followed him into the elevator. Charlie looked up at him " So where are we going now? " Willy just smiled and pointed to a button circled in red that said Up and Out. " Well why don't you press this button and we will see hmmmm. " Charlie did as he said as the elevator gave a shake and started shooting straight up. " I've been meaning to press that button for years. " He smiled as he kept looking up to the top of the elevator. " Willy where are we going? " He just looked at me and winked. " Like the button said. Up and Out." No he couldn't really mean... " But Willy this thing is made of glass. It will bust and we'll be cut to ribbons." All I got for an answer was a crazy laugh. As the roof neared I grabbed Charlie and hunched over him.

We actually broke through I couldn't believe it I had almost had a heart attack then another one as we started to plummet down to the ground. " Willy do something please? " I wanted to smack him as he calmly turned an pressed another button as the lift connectors turned into rocket booster's keeping us in the air. " That wasn't funny Willy you really scared me with this thing." Finally he gave me a sheepish look. " Sorry Cocoa Bean I didn't think it would frighten you that much. " I smiled softly at him to let him know it was alright and he was forgiven. " Candy look it's the other kids." looking out where my brother was pointing I saw first August Gloop and his mother as she was trying to stop him from eating himself as he was covered or now made of chocolate. Little Violet was still blue but was now as flexible as a noddle as she was bending and twisting while her mother tried to ignore her poor thing had probably lost her mother's stingy love now. Verruca Salt and her father were covered in head to toe garbage and apparently they were fighting as she was pointy to us guess daddy finally learned to say no. I saw baldy but couldn't see Mike until he turned to the side he wasn't just tall and skinny he was flat like a pancake.

" You think it will wear off Candy?" I shrugged showing him I didn't know but I certainly hoped it did. Charlie nearly jumped when Willy knelt down to his height to whisper to him. " Where do you live? " Charlie pointed to our little run down house in the middle of the field not far from the factory. I blushed when I saw the pitying look on Willy's face as he looked at me. " It's hard times we are living in Willy very hard. " Not saying another word Willy pressed a button guiding us towards the house only to crash in through the roof. Everyone looked at us shocked as grandma Georgina just sat up and turned to mum. " I think there's someone at the door?" I giggled as Charlie hurried out of the elevator. " Hello mum. Mr. Wonka gave us a ride home." Mom was staring at the giant hole in the ceiling as she mumbled something about how she could see that. Willy helped me out of the elevator as he started to go about opening cabinets and looking around. " Willy said Charlie's won something mum."

" Not just anything Cocoa bean but the best something in the whole world. See I'm giving him my entire factory. " We all looked at him in shock as he went on to explain. Something about getting a haircut and finding a gray hair and realizing he needed an heir. " So what do you say Charlie would you like to come live in my factory and help make candy." Charlie beamed at him as he hugged me around the waist. " I'd love to that is if my family can come to." I ruffled his hair as I turned to Willy. " Oh of course they can't. You can't make candy with a family always hanging over your shoulders. " I was shocked how could he say that. " No offense. " I was never so angry in my whole life so angry in fact when grandpa George called him a jerk I wanted to agree. " So let me get this straight if I come with you the factory is all mine but I can never see my family again? " Willy smiled and nodded. " Yep consider it a bonus. " This was not my Willy the Willy I remembered was shy of course but he never had this much trouble with family. Being alone all this time has made him worse and I didn't like this Willy at all. " I'm sorry but I'm not going I would never leave my family not for all the chocolate in the world."

Now Willy was shocked and I was glad as he turned back to his elevator. " Theres other candy beside's Chocolate. " But Charlie just shook his head. Before he closed the door his Violet eyes met my dark chocolate orbs. " What about you Cocoa Bean you'll come won't you? " Moving to stand in front of him I did something I thought I'd never do to anyone I slapped him. " You have some nerve. This is my family to and if you think I would leave them anymore than Charlie would. Well you've been sniffing to much fumes from your precious factory. Leave Mr. Wonka and do me a favor disappear again because I never wanna see you ever. " With that I ran out of the room and straight to mine and Charlie's loft.

Grandpa Joe watched as his granddaughter ran out of the room as tears began falling from her eyes. She was heart broken but she wasn't the only one the look on Mr. Wonka's face showed that he was just as heart broken. I didn't think when he first said that our family couldn't come that he was including Candy in that. Willy had always seen her as his in a way, his little cocoa bean but Candy didn't see that. So she took it as him trying to find a last ditch effort for an heir and in turned struck out at the man not that he didn't deserve it. Yet it was with tears in his eyes that I watched the most brilliant man slowly enter his contraption and giving one last look to Charlie and the direction Candy had went he left. " It's going to get much better now." We all turned to Georgina and smiled hoping she was right.

Thankfully she was right. As Noah my son in law was able to finally find a new job as a repair man to fix the machines that had replaced him. It even paid better allowing us more money to be able to repair the roof and put more food in our bellies. My health was improving as well I didn't feel so tired anymore it seemed this whole ordeal had given me new life. Even my lovely Josephine and old George and his wife Georgina were feeling more spry these days. Charlie had even gotten an after school job as a shoe shiner for some extra pocket money to spend as he liked something we encouraged him to do. The only one who wasn't doing any better was Candy she still worked at the Candy Shop but her heart wasn't in it anymore. It had been weeks since she smiled or laughed Charlie had to even throw out his model of the factory as it made her burst into tears. Noah had even fixed the hole in the wall her and Charlie used as a window so she wouldn't have to see the real factory. According to the papers Mr. Wonka wasn't doing so hot either.

Willy just didn't know what to do he just couldn't get it every thing he made tasted awful. He couldn't concentrate all he could think about was Candy her beautiful eyes filled with anger and tears. He felt like a huge weight had settled in his chest and was making it hard to breathe. He needed to talk to someone thats how he found himself laying on the couch he is now, talking to Harold his factory psychologist. " It just doesn't make any sense. I'm second guessing myself. Every thing I make just isn't right it's all wrong. I don't have any idea's of what to even make. " He sighed as he looked to the quiet oompa loompa. " I've always just made what ever candy I felt like but I just don't feel..." Of course why didn't I see it earlier. Sitting up Willy shook his head " That's it I always make what ever I feel like and right now I feel terrible so the candy is terrible. Or your good very good. " Harold just smirked and bowed his head to me. " I need to go see them. I have to make this right. I just can't live with out her it was easier when she was still just my little cocoa bean. But she's not anymore she's so much more than that. Wish me luck Harold." The tiny creature gave him a thumbs up as he left the room with a determination he hadn't had in weeks.