Not So Sweet Candyland

III: King Butterscotch

"OPEN THE DOOR! WE KNOW THE BOY IS IN HERE!"

Chase woke up to the sound of loud banging on the door. He then remembered what Berry had said, about keeping an eye out, and how people would looking for him.

"I WON'T LET YOU GET NEAR HIM!" He could hear Vanessa's voice as he got up and looked through a peephole, she was trying to fend them off, and brought most of them down to their knees. However, a few attacked her from behind and she was captured, Vanessa tried squirming her way out, but it ended up failing. All she could do was kick and scream.

Chase passed out out of fear.

He woke up in an unfamiliar room, the walls were pink and the bed was a double post made out of candy canes. A maid with strawberry blonde hair was in the room.

"Good Afternoon, sir." She bowed at him.

"What is going on?" Chase asked the maid.

"You have been sleeping all day, sir. You missed a lot of the daily festivities."

Chase looked around, this was not Licorice City anymore. It was more bright and upbeat.

"I must get the male dressing staff. You will be attending dinner with the king in 30 minutes." The maid bowed goodbye and left the room.

Within a minute, a group of several maids and butlers came in with plenty of clothing. Chase was dazed but he did not fight back. The staff were gossiping as they dressed up Chase. A short sleeve top with an emblem covered in gold, puffy sleeves, tight dress pants, subtle dress shoes, and a insanely long cape, they did his hair and added a tad of glitter almost everywhere.

"Oh, is he the one that they found in Licorice City? Some girl found him and took him in."

"Luckily, the king knew about his whereabouts."

"Is he the one that the king picked to marry his other daughter? The stubborn one that's never home?"

"Weren't they caught together?"

Chase was all done and the maids started giggling. He went down the stairs as the butlers paved the way. Going through the castle with portraits of many unfamiliar faces and walked past some little kids playing in the halls. They walked into a massive oddly circular shaped room, there were 6 people sitting at the table, all unfamiliar faces.

"Sir Chase! What a pleasure to meet you! Oh, you probably do not know my name, but I am King Butterscotch of Candyland! Welcome to my Glorious Castle!" He has brown hair, a beard, and sported all brown with a massive crown and cape, one even longer than Chase's. "Please, have a seat!"

A maid pulled up a chair for seat, the seat across from him was empty.

He sat next to two masked members, but King Butterscotch explained that they were part of the Geheim Keninklik Hof. He was then introduced to the rest of the members.

"Prince Dashing, what a wonderful son in law. Hailing from a small neighboring kingdom, he fell in love with my daughter the moment that we met. They have been married for almost a year now." He had blonde hair, green eyes, and looked like the cutest and handsome man ever, the one that you always imagine in fairy tales to look like.

"One of my two daughters, Princess Taffy. The heir of our kingdom, a true example of what a Candison should be like." She had neon pink hair, eyes, and wore extravagant gowns that puffed out of her seat due to the massive bottom. Prince dashing kissed her.

"And of course, I summoned you here because I want you to meet my other daughter. She, of course, needs a man, but she can be awfully.... stubborn. She needs a man that she can be comfortable with. Bring her in!"

A butler arrived at the foot of the staircase.

"Introducing Princess Berry of Candyland!"

She appeared. Aqua blue hair, her right eye covered, in a revealing and skinny dress that Jessica Rabbit would wear. Her dress was blue just like her hair.

The second that she and Chase locked eyes, they realized that they remembered each other.

"Chase?"

"Vanessa?"

Berry was obviously pissed and scared. She walked and sat down right by Chase and had a resting face on.

"As I was saying, Berry, I found a man that I think you should wed. You are going to be 18 in a month's time. Your sister married on your birthday, why don't you want to get wed?" The king asked.

"It's my choice, not yours. Since when do you care about my life?" Berry said to him.

"You are a princess, an honor that millions would want to have."

Berry scoffed at him.

They were silent before a butler passed menus of what what on the menu.

"The chefs have prepared a wondrous amount of dishes for tonight's dinner. What would you like to drink?"

"I'll just have some water." Chase said.

"And what about you, Princess Berry?" The waiter asked nicely.

"Let me dehydrate." Berry crossed her arms.

The waiter came back with some water and Chase took a sip. He then spit out the water.

"Ugh! It tastes sweet!"

"It's sugar water, the same that they give to hummingbirds." Berry was about to crack.

Chase tried to get rid of the taste with the napkin.

"And for dinner?" The waiter barged in.

Chase looked at the menu, everything was made out of candy. He was about to throw up.

"I'll pass." Chase said. "I'm not really that hungry."

"I'm going to have licorice spaghetti." Berry sighed.

Everybody gasped.

"Berry! How do you even eat that low?" Ling Butterscotch snapped.

"Since when do you care?" Berry asked.

"I am your father!"

"You only act like my father whenever you're around other people!"

"I made you and you were lucky enough to be born privileged! I could've thrown you out on the streets!"

"Fine! Then throw me on the streets! I know them already!"

At that time, Berry was lounging in her chair, playing with her navy blue streak in her hair.

"I helped bring this kingdom to new heights! You're never home to know what I do for this kingdom!"

"Oh dad, you set such impossible expectations. Not even Grandmother set them. You're delusional! You expect me to be like my younger twin, who got married illegally and at such a young age! And you approve of it?"

"Princess Taffy and I knew each other for years! When you know it's love, you just can't wait!" Prince Dashing stood up.

"Calm down my love. She loves to pick on others." Taffy held his arm and tried to calm him down, which he did.

"I mean, you two love each other because you both are people with no actual brains." Berry pointed at them.

King Butterscotch looked at Chase.

"Please don't mind my daughter, she can be.... a little rebellious."

"Oh, dad. Where's mom? If you want your daughters to marry young, where is my mom?"

"She's been gone for almost 6 years."

"You're lying! You're lying! You hated how she had a brain of her own unlike your harem of girls that will do anything for her! You summoned her just like Chase! And you raped her! You did so much without her consent! And I hate you! I HATE YOU!"

"Then leave! Don't come back!"

"Fine!"

She got up and took Chase's hand.

"Come on, we're leaving."