Halloween Trick
Gloyd decides to go into the scary Candy Cane Forest with his friends. Will they survive the lair of Lord Candycane?
Lord Candycane, Silver Fillings and Min T belong to silver-heartcrosser on Deviantart
The story idea is pretty much inspired by some of my roleplays with her amazing muse Lord Candycane and my Gloyd.
Guess this is my Halloween Story so enjoy!
Happy Halloween 2014 Everyone
Have a safe one
and do avoid going into Candycane Forests.
Tonight would be Halloween Night and he can celebrate his birthday with the others and the princess. He had planned for something scary and fun.
Sadly he wound up winning third place thanks to Swizzle and Candlehead.
But he wasn't unhappy. That was the last game of the day and closing time would be in a few minutes. And once the screen went to the title screen, he got out of his kart and stretched his arms and legs out. The Random Roster Race (Three R as Vanellope calls it) was going to begin before he could play.
And after a few minutes of a brake. The racers were back in their karts and on the track again, tearing rubber to get on the Roster.
It had been Minty, Gloyd, Jubileena, Swizzle, Candlehead, Vanellope, Crumbelina, Adorabeezle and Snowanna to pass the finish line. Taffyta and Rancis were fuming and arguing on how they should've been up there, like always when they didn't get to be on the Roster.
Gloyd was feeling that he was allowed to win honestly. It was his birthday after all, but he let it go. It could've just been his skill and energy tonight. He got to be in the race tomorrow. That was a nice feeling. Everyone deserved a chance after all.
"So what'cha planning tonight, Pumpkinhead" Vanellope finally said to Gloyd since she finally broke up the fight. Or at least he thought so since he wasn't paying attention.
He turns to her and bows his head. He couldn't help it. She was a princess and they all at least bowed their head once a day to her. It was in their code. They even did it with King Candy at least once and even he asked them not to. King Candy. It still made them shake that a virus ridden sprite managed to make it into Sugar Rush and do such an awful thing with their Princess.
"I am going to go visit Silver Fillings" He finally said. And expected the face she gave. A face of fear.
"Silver?" Candlehead's voice came next as she came over. "B-But she lives on the o-otherside of Candycane Forest. No one ventures the-there at night"
In the day. the Candycane Forest was safe. But at night, it was a scary place where it was darker and if one wasn't careful, get cut by the jagged branches of the candycane trees. Vicious animal crackers were said to live in there to. No sprite knows since they tend to stay away.
On Halloween it's scary. Day or night where the usual red and white trees become black and orange. And it looks darker there, day or night.
And there was something that lives there to. Something where they could hear it sometimes at night. Thank Mod that the arcade's closed when it happens. Otherwise it may even chill the Gamers to the bone.
It's a roar that sounds glitchy, distorted. Almost like that of the Cybugs that invaded a year ago. But also like an animal. Or a beast.
"She needs to someone visit her for once instead of her always seeing us or where we happen upon each other" He liked Silver Fillings, she was a sweetheart and always is cheerful. But even she advises against going into the Forest. She either rushes through it or goes around it. Never stopping at any sound.
"I will go with you, can't have you eaten by a animal cracker" Rancis chuckled.
"I'm going to" Candlehead chimed in again.
And soon. All of them decided to go with Gloyd. A group is much safer than one in their mind.
The Candycane forest was thick and looked a lot creepier since last time Vanellope was here. When she met Ralph, her hero and friend. Even on nights like these it wasn't this terrifying. It's like the Forest was twisted. The trees were not straight, most bent or were curled. Those that did bother to stand straight had red shrubbery at the top. They looked like leaves but they didn't dare try to climb up and investigate.
They were hesitant but Gloyd walked in as if it didn't bother him. It wouldn't. Creepy was his likes. He loves things the racers feared. From gummy snakes to chocolate spiders, even Unicandycorns weren't really on his scared list.
The only time Vanellope ever saw Gloyd scared was when she joked about executing them that one time. It was a rare thing it seemed.
All eleven racers entered the forest finally, joining up with Gloyd quickly.
They stayed close as Gloyd led the way.
And finally Minty screamed!
And that caused them all to scream and look at the green clothed racer with her foot in mud...
"Ew ew Get it off"
Most breathed out while some grumbled. She screamed over mud? But finally they laughed some and helped her out.
Gloyd heard something and looked quickly in the direction of where he believed the sound came. Nothing.
He didn't see the pair of eyes that watched them opposite of his line of vision before the eyes disappeared into the dark.
The creature bounded it's way to the middle of the forest, grinning all the while. "They're here!" He said, eccatic. He looked to be a rabbit like creature but with an extra pair of eyes and insect-like wings. It was an odd sight.
The thing in the shadows that he was speaking to opened it's eyes. Red and blue irises with a yellow sclera. The iris, if looked closely (deathly closely) seemed to have parts in them, like that of a robot's eyes that may have zoomed in or added a vision to aid in the creature's sight.
"Shall I bring them to you? Should I?"
"No" The voice was low, yet still it got the point across. "They are coming my way."
The Rabbit's ears drooped but there was no protesting with his master. The children were coming his way though, he wasn't wrong about that in the least. But when was his Lord Candycane ever wrong?
Claws reached out and lay out near the Rabbit, against the earth as the giant thing lifted itself up on it's legs and yawns. Jaws nearly unhinging, sharp teeth revealed and an odd grinding in the back of his throat were heard for a moment.
He was hungry and he couldn't have asked for a better snack dish.
The deeper the children went the more they tried to keep up their spirits. Gloyd smiles some. "This is fun." The other reason he wanted to go through here was to get scared. And have his friends get scared to. Another part of his birthday present. To venture into the most scariest place on the scariest night.
The group finally spread out a bit, close but not close to trip over each other.
That's where they made the mistake.
Crumbelina managed to get stuck in a strange gum-like webbing. She managed to break a few strands by herself and thought she could just break them all and catch up with the group. She also had her trusty wrench in case any chocolate spider tried to get her.
Suddenly something grabbed her and tore her from the web. It was a red massive claw-like hand and she gasped for air as it squeezed the air out of her lungs. She did see something that made her code shake down to her core. She struggled and tried to breath as she saw the toothy grin open up. She tried to scream but it was barely above a whisper. Finally the claw threw her in, releasing her so she could breathe and scream.
The teeth closed around her like a cage and her screams fell on deaf ears. A massive tongue moved about, tossing her every which way as a thick grape smelling substance coated her. Her wrench was summoned to her hand and she manage to bash it against the teeth. Which she regretted cause the whine of pain and surprise from the beast became a growl that rumbled around her. And the tongue forced her towards the back of the throat and he swallowed her down hard, making sure she had no hope to grab at anything.
The beast felt the little squirming morsel travel down his throat and he touched at his teeth that she hit with an object. "Ow" He mumbled. At least it didn't crack it. If it did, he'd have chewed her tasty form. A coffee taste was left on his tongue.
She was an easy catch and was pleased that they didn't know they were being stalked, much less not yet that Crumbelina was no longer in the group.
And the hunt resumed. The stomach that had the tiny sobbing racer within rumbled for more. Needing more meat and sweets.
They didn't know that they just lost one of their own. Not for about ten minutes of walking where they agreed to take a rest. At the end of the day, they were just children and always needed at least one nap a day.
Gloyd thought so at least. It was his little adventure and he dozed off for a few minutes. Much to the other racer's annoyance.
"Where's Crumb?" Candle had said, confused and as if awaiting her to come in out of the dark. "Oh no"
"Don't tell me we left her?!" Snowanna cried as she looks at the way they came.
Gloyd was awakened by that and was worried now. He looks at his fellow racers. "We need to find her"
Needless to say, they all split up. All by two's. Gloyd with Candlehead, Rancis with Taffyta, Vanellope with Swizzle, Adoraeezle with Snowanna and Minty.
All went in separate ways to make sure that she didn't trail behind and take another path.
It was Taffyta that heard the odd singing. So far yet close. Rancis caught on after she halted her steps to listen. It was Crumbelina!
They ran towards the sound. "Crumb! We've found you! Thank mod..?"
It wasn't Crumbelina at all. To their horror it was something else. Something giant and something all to familiar. "Hello my royal subjects" It, he grinned with a voice that still haunted their nightmares.
"K-King Candy" Rancis whispered, shaking in his shoes.
"Hohohoho someone remembers to address their true ruler"
And he started to sing again. In Crumbelina's voice! They wanted to run, had to scream for the others. But they found that they couldn't. They stayed where they were. Like statues. The singing, it was the cursed singing!
And to their horror, they began to walk towards him. He sang with her voice and it was terrifying. His head lowered and a long tongue slipped out, licking over them. Yet the singing didn't stop. His mouth didn't need to move to sing it seemed.
And they began to climb up the tongue like it was a staircase. They were crying now. If they could see each other. Their eyes would've changed to a glowing blue color and their faces looked content despite the distress they were in.
The jaw closed and the song stopped to late for them and he savored the mixed flavoring the two gave off. Kind not his cup of tea with chocolate peanut butter mixing with strawberry taffy.
But they were still a good little meal in which he gulped them down and purrs at their frantic wiggling all the way down. His former subjects were making this to easy for him.
The trio weren't so lucky to be suddenly attacked or lured in by a song sung by their former friends. No
The King of Cybugs rushed at them, making no care at how loud he was because he knew that without their karts, they were easy pickings. Even with their karts, he could've chased them down still but it would be him possibly only with two out of three.
They ran in different direction in a panic. Every racer for themselves came to their minds in the end.
But in the end. His claws took hold or pushed them down.
Adorabeezle was the one pushed by a clawed tip and hit the ground, coughing and trying to get up only for a claw to hold her down with much ease. "P-Please" She pleaded out.
Snowanna was held down by the other claw and Minty was running away, hating herself for it but knowing she had to get help. King Candy, Turbo was alive. She had to get help!
King Candybug watched her flee, letting her have a head start. He looks down at his other two prizes that were crying and struggling under the claw. Pleading. He got his claw to puncture their clothing and lifted them up.
He opens his mouth and just waited for that fateful rip of their outfits and the fall of their doom.
He waited patiently. The children screamed and cried, trying to take hold of the claw, but the struggling caused the fabric to shred. So they stayed still, shaking. They were doomed either way.
Snowanna was the first to fall into the waiting maw and disappeared as if she never had been. Her scream was cut off.
Adorabeezle watched her fall and knew her own end would come soon. She looks at the Cybrid's eyes. "Please l-let me go. Please! I will give anything"
Silence.
And she dropped into the waiting maw, screaming all the way down like Snowanna.
Minty heard their screams. As did the other two groups, though far off. The wind seemed to care it and their faces paled. They looked at each other. Codes freezing. Vanellope wanted to go and get whatever it was. Swizz had to get some sense into her. Now they all agreed to run. Run out of the Forest as fast as their little legs could carry them.
Minty was sadly going the wrong way. She was going back the way they came which was further than where they were going now. And suddenly something landed in front of her and she tripped over the odd dark vine.
The vine moved quickly around the fallen racer and she found out to late it was a blasted tail. One of the two tails that belonged to their former false king who grins at her.
How'd he catch up? And what's worse, how'd she not hear him? He was a robotic virus-like cybug thing for modsake.
His tail felt warm. It was a soothing feeling that washed over her. If it weren't for the whole predicament that's going on, she'd be appreciative of the warmth on such a cold not. This though wasn't the case.
He squeezed playfully before he pulled the tail to his mouth and popped her in. Letting her mint flavor settle in his mouth. He loved Minty Zaki's flavor, so minty as her name. He should've done this while he had a cold. She'd probably have soothed it quite nicely.
He ignored her muffled cries and chuckled at the frantic little feet that ran against his tongue. And he swallows her down with his own saliva that had pooled around the poor mint racer. She joined her friends who were crying within the large stomach area. Some trying to get out.
Vanellope was what he needed most of all. The heroic little Swizzle of course stood in front of her, between her and a sharp set of teeth that bared at him and maw opened. Yet he stood tall against the monstrosity.
She glitched away. That glitch he thought he cursed her with, yet now it was a curse to him.
Swizzle went down pathetically and was carried in the predator bug's mouth while he rushed Vanellope down. Not wanting her to escape. "Get back here Glitch!" He yelled, half forgetting the racer in his maw.
She managed to run into the last two racers, Gloyd and Candlehead before the three were confronted by the massive beast before them. Their sprite forms shaking. "We're close" Gloyd whispered, pointing at the opening in the trees.
And they ran. Ignoring the rumble of earth under them as the Candybug closed in. Gloyd tripped and the King rushed over him, legs barely missing the poor Pumpkin racer who curled up. He looks up at the cry of Vanellope as she was hit against one of the trees. Gloyd crawled behind a jawbreaker, watching helplessly.
Vanellope was knocked out cold and the King made sure of that so no glitching could happen and Candlehead was under the claw of the Cybrid, like an animal trapped. She could swear that the King chewed when he devoured their princess. But she did everything to wipe that thought from her memory.
He plucked her up and dangled her over his maw and let go. Jaws closed shut around her and swallowing her and her cake flavor. The candle on her head going out with the wet saliva.
Gloyd shook as the creature locked onto him and moved towards him, teeth grinning hungrily while he stood there, shaking and licked at him. And suddenly the predatory grin became.. happy?
Gloyd smiles some to. "Did you like my Halloween present?" He asked as his hand booped the Cybrid's nose.
"Oh hohoho yes. I always like it when you bring me presents, Orangeboar?" When did he not? Well, maybe when they don't blow up in his face. He loved the little Halloween racer and Gloyd earned another lick as the King lay down, claw touching over his belly of the slowly digesting little meals within them.
"Hope they fill you. It was really scary this time, you coming rushing at us like that." He twiddles his thumbs.
Gloyd was and would always be the Cybrid's friend. Not a subject, but a friend. After all, King Candy was the one that loved his little pranking ways and how the two always pranked each other. An odd friendship or grim one when you feed your friends and princess to a cybug.
"Guess what I plan to do for you when Christmas rolls around" Gloyd grins some.
"Oh I almost forgot. Here we are~" Lord Candycane took out a bag full of candies and sweets and handed them to the boy. "Happy Birthday"
"Happy Halloween, Lord Candycane" He bows.
The racers would regenerate with no memory of what had happened. Only the memory of fear of the Candycane Forest. And how Gloyd and them all had fun.
No one would ever know what happens. Not now, not ever and so on and on it goes.
Gloyd just thought he was helping out a friend. His friend..