ONCE APOND A TIME story challenge

She invites him into the house, so he doesn't completely melt. He seemed nice enough...

"MR. MINT!" Willie Wonka's illegitimate song exlaims with delight and suprise in his voice, "What are you doing here?".

"Well I was just out going to ... erm... Meet up with Queen Frostine.. to uh... ya know.. hang out. Anyway, uhm, what are you doing here Frank", says the suddenly nervous Mr. Mint

"Finding a wonderful candymaker", He glances at Lolly with a smile and a wink, "well glad to see you man. Hey, uhm... could you help me out?". Frank shows him the wound.

Lolly could barely see over Mr. Mints ginormous shoulders, but she thinks she saw mr mint break a part of his candycane axe off and meld it into franks wound. The next chance she gets, she looks at Frank's arm, and she see's its completely healed.

She is amazed, and wonders what she has stumbled upon.

Frank, now fully healed, bids them both a sweet goodbye. "I came back to help when I saw the zombie... now that you're in ...uhm...capable hands... I'll be on my way. I'll come by again tomorrow, Lolly!" and he skipped out the door.

Mr. Mints turns to Lolly with a large, cavity-filled grin...

"uhm... *clears throat*... so uhm... hi", Says the awkward and confused Lolly.

" I suppose you're wondering what I just did to him arn't you?", asks a knowing Mr. Mint.

"oh, haha, that?! Nooo, of course not... haha... uhm... *awkward silence* buuut, since you brought it up".

"haha, well...

"... that is something you will understand when the time is right." Mr. Mint said mysteriously.
Lolly cocked her head slightly, confused at the odd response. Then she cleared her throat again and tried to compose herself... "Um... well, Mr. Mint..... sir.... would you... would you like to come in for a cup of tea, perhaps?"

"OH NO" Mr. Mint says in a polite but nervous voice. "The heat from the tea would melt me. You see, I am made completely of sugar. We all are".

"we... who is we"

"Me, Frank, the-"

"FRANK?!"

"oh... uh... he ... didn't he tell you"

[DUN DUN DUN!!!]

"No! ... I...but...am I?"

"am I made of sugar?"

"haha" says Mr. Mint, "well, not as far as I know. Only those from the sugarcane falls are made of sugar"

Lolly was curious to find out more about Sugarcane Falls, but before she could ask him anything about it, Mr. Mint spoke up. "I should get going," he glanced over at her open suitcase on the bed. "and looks like you still have some packing to do."

Lolly smiled, glancing back at the suitcase herself. "Yes, yes I suppose I do. Very well then, Mr. Mint... until we mee---" she stopped abruptly, as she had turned back to him to find him vanished... leaving naught but the scent of peppermint in the air.

"hmmmm" people seem to disapear quite a bit around here."

Then she continued to pack her bags, day dreaming about the Sugarcane falls

Later that night, Lolly drifts off into a very deep sleep. She's making toffee at Willy Wonka's candy factory and everyone LOVES it! Willy even says it's the best he's ever tasted. Frank steps up to her and leans in close to whisper "not bad, but my zombie was better..." gives her a wink and walks away with some bubblegum girl. Lolly's heart drops and tears well up in her eyes, but she blinks them back so Mr. Wonka won't see. she suddenly doesn't want to be there anymore. "so how do you like it here, Lolly?" Mr. Wonka asks with a very large smile. Lolly sits straight up in bed, her heart pounding and face hot.

Wow, that dream seemed so real. So life like.

She pulled back the covers and slowly got out of bed.

Today she starts her journy to the Sugarcane falls

She has to be sure she's packed everything she's needed. But she isn't quite sure what to pack. So she just goes about packing everything she think's she'll need.

Is she living there? How long is she staying? How far away is it? Could she commute? So many questions raging in her head.

so she decides to take the basics. She checks the train sceduals and finds one that is heading to Sugarcane falls in a few hours. Grabbing her bag she leaves the house and walks to the train station.