The Candy Land- Inkwell prompt: Worry

Every summer Samuel visited his grandfather’s house but this time was different. This time he met a fairy named Manuela. Her home was a place called The Candy Land.

He was losing time. The train started to move and all Samuel was thinking about while leaning to the window and putting his hand on his cheek was Manuela. She had told him about the troubles Daeva, the wicked witch is causing the gnomes and the candy land.

He must save this land from the grips of the wicked witch Daeva. He promised himself to do this.

The Candy Land is a magical land where gnomes plant sweet candies. When children are sleep, their astral bodies make a visit to The Candy Land and they have fun and talk about their dreams and aspirations. The candies in this land don’t let children grow up before it’s due. Samuel was able to access this land through a hole in a tree in his grandfather’s garden. It was just before he was heading home that he discovered this land due to the worries of Manuela about the wicked witch taking over the land.

Samuel had to find a way to get back to his grandfather’s house and go through the hole and find Manuela, to fight Daeva.

Mom, dad….. I feel sick, can we go back to the grandfather’s house until I get a little better” Samuel told his parents.

After much examination and questioning, his parents agreed to stop at the next train station and take the next train to get back to the grandpa’s house to take care of Samuel. They arrived at 8 o’clock and it was Samuel’s bedtime. They called a doctor to see Samuel and he told them Samuel will be fine with rest. It is just exhaustion from too much activity. Samuel pretended to be deep in sleep. His parents closed the door and let him rest. They thought that Samuel has gone into a deep sleep but he was awake.

Manuela flew in from the open window and sat on a little table beside Samuel’s bed.

Samuel put on the magical glasses he got from his grandfather’s study. Now, he could see Manuela.

“We have to go to the candy land quickly, Daeva is having a celebration with other witches, they want to cast a spell to make candy land forever their own to bear bitter candies and make children sad and grow up fast, we can’t let this happen, I am worried” Manuela said panting because she came in a hurry to make Samuel do something about Daeva.

Because gnomes love candy, Daeva tricked them and gave them sleeping candies and put them on a spell to sleep forever never to wake up. If they don’t wake up and warn the children not to eat the bitter candies, children all around the world become sad and Daeva is able to feed from their sadness, this provides her energy to do other evil stuff and cast more powerful spells.

So, Samuel went to his grandfather’s study and took the magical wand to be able to make himself small enough to get through the hole and enter the candy land. Samuel found a secret place in his grandpa’s study where all kinds of magical objects were found including the magical glasses to see fairies and the magical want to make things smaller than they usually are.

Manuela and Samuel reached the magic tree. Samuel took out the wand and said some chants to activate it. A yellow light came out of the wand and made him small so he could go through the hole inside a magical tree in the garden.

On their way, Manuela told Samuel that Daeva has built a house in the candy land for herself and has invited other witches to celebrate her victory over the gnomes.

After some time searching the nooks and crannies of the candy land, Samuel found the gnomes in a deep sleep and used the magical potion to break the spell and the gnomes woke up from a deep sleep.

“We have to find Daeva’s house location before she becomes more powerful” one of the gnomes said.

“The candies don’t listen to us, they follow Daeva’s orders now because she has casted a powerful spell” another gnome said.

Through a loyal bird called Masa, they find the location of Daeva’s house and they go there. She had put guards around her house for protection. So, they must find a way to distract the guards for them to get inside. It was afternoon and the celebration was at 8 o’clock. Daeva was doing her makeup and getting ready.

Samuel makes the guards sleep with the same dust that Daeva used to make the gnomes sleep. He found the recipe for it in an old book in his grandfather’s study.

Samuel was standing beside the window and could pick into the room where Daeva was getting ready. He made sure that no one is seeing her. The gnomes were waiting his orders.

“Oh, I waited so long to take over the candy land, it is finally time for me to rule, who knows what is next for me” Daeva giggled while patting his puffed up black hair and looking at the mirror admiring herself.

Suddenly Daeva was distracted looking around.

“Do you smell this?” she asked her servants who were helping her get ready for the celebration.

“I smell human” she replied herself while sniffing and looking around with wide eyes to find the origin of the smell.

“It’s a little boy I presume” Daeva said while having an inside sinister laugh.

“I didn’t know I was going to get lucky today,” she continued talking to herself.

“FIND HIM,” she shouted to the servant and they all snapped and went to look for Samuel.

The sky was crowded with witches on their brooms heading towards Daeva’s house. It was time for celebration.

“Here we gather around to celebrate our beautiful craft, as we all know evil will always win. We will make the candy land our own and make bitter candies and make children sad. Imagine their little faces sad and worried, they are made to grow up fast and then we suck their sweet sweet energies dry” Daeva led out an evil laugh as all the witches gathered around listening to her speech at the rectangle big table full of all kinds of food, and also bitter candies they harvested from the candy land.

“I Won’t Let You Do This to The Candy land” Samuel shouted getting out of his hiding place and the gnomes followed him.

“Get Him” Daeva shouted to her servants.

Samuel and the gnomes and Manuela escape to the center of the candy land where there is a beautiful fountain.

It was little by little getting 9 o’clock and it was time for children to come to the candy land, but alas they would be facing a bitter world, with no happiness and full of worry about future.

The clock ticked 9 o’ clock and children’s astral bodies appeared in the candy land, Samuel shouted to all the children “Don’t eat the candies, don’t eat the candies, they are poisonous”

“Daeva the wicked witch planted them all over the candy land”

When all children collectively became aware of the fact that the candies are bitter and poisonous, all the bitter candies dried out.

Daeva got angry and furiously attacked Samuel. “I won’t let you destroy what I built” Daeva said while wrestling with Samuel trying to suffocate him.

The gnomes then told the children to laugh at Daeva. Children started laughing.

“Don’t laugh at me, don’t laugh at me, you must be sad, you must be sad” Daeva repeated while getting thin with no flesh on her skin.

She then turned into a crow and flew away. When all the other witches saw what happened to Daeva, they got frightened and took their brooms and flew away as well. Daeva and the other witches were never seen again in the candy land.

The candy land always welcomes smart children who know their rights, who know what is evil and fight to make a safe environment for themselves.

The gnomes took out all the bitter candies and planted sweet candies for children to eat. They did this so fast that Samuel got surprised at their speed. The candies remained sweet and Manuela was happy that Samuel is one brave kid and saved the candy land.

“Thank you for saving the candy land” one of the gnomes said happily and gave a magical candy from his pocket to Samuel.

“This candy is magical, it makes grownups remember how happy their childhood was, whenever you feel sad you can eat this and you will feel all the happiness in the world” the gnome said.

Samuel said good bye to Manuela and the gnomes and got back to his grandfather’s house through a little hole in a tree. He ran as fast as he could and kept the candy he got from the gnome in a safe place.