"BLUEBERRY PIE AND ICE CREAM!" Scarlett excitedly replied as the last course began. The dessert had always been Scarlett's favorite part of a meal, ever since she was a little girl. Growing up in the south had exposed her to various pies and cobblers, and Scarlett has nearly become overweight from her overzealous sampling. Pie had always been her favorite, especially cherry, but the pie in this gum was quickly gaining high favor. "It feels like I'm chewing an actual pie Mr. Wonka, the crispy crust, the intense fruit pie filling, and warm soft crumbs are all here. How did you do this?" Scarlett's eyes were wide with excitement and wonder at the marvel in her mouth.
"I can't tell you that Mrs. Beauregarde, but please I beg you spit the gum out now!"
"With this amazing flavor, I could chew all day. This taste, this gum, it's amazing... it's life changing."
"Oh it will be..." Wonka said with a gloom knowing that the part she was on was where the test often failed.
"Hmmmmm, so good, oooh I'm starting to feel full. You've definitely got a meal here Mr. Wonka," Scarlett said again as her stomach began to feel slightly bloated, the meal might have been doing too good of a job.
"Oh you have no Idea," said Mr. Wonka.
"What's happening to her nose?" asked Veruca, her eyes steepled in mock concern at the sight of her rival's mother.
Everyone turned their attention towards Scarlett, the blonde now feeling awkward as their faces conformed to shock, confusion, and in a few... glee.
"What? What is it?" Scarlett asked as she crossed her eyes to attempt to see the change, which was a slight dark blue tint forming at the tip of her nose. The small dot began to expand, forming a smudge that enveloped the bridge of her nose, before painting her nostrils.
"Mother, your whole nose is... purple."
"It's turning blue," commented Mr. Salt.
"Mother, you're turning violet!!!!" screamed her daughter, fear starting to etch itself into her face as she watched the horrible color spread from her mother's nose to the center of her forehead.
"Don't be silly Violet," Scarlett said with a nervous laugh, the concern obvious in wavering voice. "i'm sure it's just some type of dust from the factory, or something like that." The blue was now diverging, traveling along her forehead to opposite sides before majestically flooding down her cheeks, her ample white skin being overrun by the deep hue of the blue.
"No mother I'm not being silly, you're really turning blue!!!!" screamed Violet.
Scarlett would have nothing of it, "Violet stop this, it's unbecoming of you." The arrogant mother was chewing away, the blue now traveling down her lower cheeks towards the tip of her chin and painting her entire face a lovely shade of blue. Her ears followed shortly after as the color wrapped around the side of her head and flooded over her scalp, seeping into the pores towards her hair follicles that for now remained bright blonde.
"Mrs. Beauregarde, Violet isn't kidding, you are turning blue," Charlie politely said as he looked at her with concern. The naive woman just continued to mash the gum, the blueberry taste (he assumed) was still strong.
"You're as blue as your shirt," said Veruca.
"Alright now this is just annoying. You kids need to stop this prank now and let Mr. Wonka continue the tour!" Scarlett continued chewing as the blue finished her head, with the exception of her hair, as it covered her entire neck.
"Oh I don't think we will continue the tour quite yet," said Mr. Wonka as he saw the traveling blue color move along the top of her shoulders before it disappeared underneath her shirt.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Scarlett.
"Oh I think you'll get the picture soon enough," he replied with a coy smile as he began jotting additional notes down. He speculated by now that the blue had easily swarmed over her upper torso and back as it worked to change the pigment in her entire core. It wouldn't be long before it moved to her hands and he just stared at the poor woman, her ignorance to listen to reason had led to this.
"Uh huh cute Wonka. Listen let's just get on with the tour, so we can win the grand prize."
"I'm sorry, but that won't be possible for you much longer Mrs. Beauregarde. You're going to be in a position very soon, that will make walking, or for that matter moving, quite impossible for you."
"Are you threatening me Mr. Wonka?" The poor woman was indeed stubborn, and oblivious to the changes occurring. The blue emerging from her under her sleeve, suggested she would soon realize the truth.
"No, but your actions have consequences, which you can probably see now."
"I don't know what planet you're from, but here on Earth it's impossible for me to see my face," Scarlett said, as she placed her hands on her hips. The gesture, combined with her gum chewing, reminded Wonka, and a few of the other tourists, of a Jersey girl, which brought a chuckle to the inventor.
"Gasp, Mother your hands," cried out Violet.
Her daughter's comment got her attention. Scarlett stared down at her hands and gasped as she watched the blue travel over the top of her hands and wrap it's way around the tips of her fingers, making sure not to miss an inch of white on her skin. As if she thought it was a dream, Scarlett pinched her skin, hoping to wake from this nightmare. "Owww" she cried out. It was real and not a dream. Her eyes filled with fear, and in horror she watched the palms of her hands change color, her wrists and biceps following suit as the color traveled back towards her torso.
"MY HANDS!" Scarlett cried in frustration. "They're, they're..."
"They're blue, like I said," replied Violet.
"I don't suspect that's all that's blue," said Mr. Salt with a snide remark.
Violet shot the man an evil look, but Scarlett was too preoccupied with her changing color to react. She pulled the track suit from her body and looked down to see her beautiful body a similar shade to her hands. Ironically her boobs, in all there spectacular glory, looked very similar to how her entire body would soon look. Scarlett released her shirt and pulled her track pants from her body, perhaps in a futile gesture of hope that the gum's strange side effect had been contained to just her body. No such luck, her entire lower body was blue. The only thing still it's original color, was her platinum blonde hair. That is until, the gum invaded her follicles and began to dye the roots a sky blue color that traveled up the shaft.
"Oh mother, your gorgeous hair. It's turning blue too!"
Scarlett grabbed a clump of her hair and brought it to her face, her eyes growing wider (if that was possible), as she watched her beautiful locks darken from bright blonde to sky blue. "WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?" she cried out in fear as she released her hair and stared at Wonka.
"I told you I hadn't quite gotten it right. It's the blueberry dessert that always goes wrong, and I've been trying to perfect it for a while now. I'm terribly sorry, but I warned you this would happen. Though I've never seen the effects on an adult before, so maybe you can still avoid your fate as a blueberry if you spit it out now.
Scarlett looked at Wonka with fear, the arrogant woman still chewing away like a mindless cow. What would she do?
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