The Tale of GumDrop & Chip.

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far away.... Haha naw, I'm just messin’. But my story does start about 18 years ago in a kingdom not close to Fort Wayne. Once upon a time there lived a king and queen; they were the rulers of a beautiful kingdom called Ringpopula. It was a magical kingdom filled with oversized gummy bears & giant ringpops. Trees made of cotton candy & bushes made of peeps. It was an amazing land and the king and queen couldn't be happier. But even though they had all of this they still felt like something was missing. So they decided to have a child. They were blessed with a gorgeous baby girl, they named her Princess GumDrop. She's the cousin of Princess Lolli(ya know, the one from CandyLand). Anyway, they couldn't have been happier with their daughter and to celebrate they had a party filled with treats. But during the festivities, the evil grape gummy man made his presence known. Without warning he snatched up baby princess GumDrop and vanished into the fog...(dun dun duuuun).


(18 years later) The Princess had grown up in a candy cave just off the coast of Mint Mountain. There she stayed, locked away, not knowing her true purpose in life. The Evil Grape Gummy Man had her convinced her that she was his daughter and was not worthy of anything in the land. Sad and alone, she sat there in the cave on her 19th birthday, just knowing that there was something more she was supposed to be doing with her life. Little did she know she had a whole kingdom of her own.

Back in Ringpopula the King and Queen never stopped looking for their Princess. They searched for years and years but without and luck. They had just about lost hope when they got a knock on the door. Who could it be you wonder? Well it was none other than the con-man, Chocolate Chip. He was known throughout the land for breaking promises. He had come to make a deal with the King. He said that he would go and find the Princess for them, free of charge as long as they cleared his name of any wrong doings. Little did they know he had another trick up his sleeve. His real plan was to find the Princess, and ransom her for tons of Chocolate coins. *for shaaaame*


Back in the cave, the Princess was panning her escape. It was late a night, she was climbing out her window when suddenly she saw a strange figure in the shadows. Scared, thinking it was EGGM, she hid. But the figure kept creeping closer. Once she realized it wasn't the EGGM, she came out of hiding. Curious as to who had found her she shouted, who are you?! To which the Chocolate Chip replied, I am here to rescue you! Just send down your gummy rope and I'll help you down from the cave. A little unsure at first, the Princess just stood there. But after about five minutes of Chips smooth talking, she sent down her rope.


Finally out of the cave, for the first time in 18 years, the Princess took it all in. She couldn't believe her eyes! She's never seen such a beautiful place. Beyond excited that she had just been rescued, she tackled Chip in a hug. After that slightly awkward, but adorable moment, they set off! Curious as to why the Chip had rescued her, she started asking questions. But since he did not want her to know she was a Princess, for fear of that ruining his master plan, he lied. Blinded her by swooning her, Told her that he heard her singing and wanted to rescue the girl with the amazing voice. *LIAR!*


It would be a three day journey to the Kingdom but it wouldn't be easy. They had to go through the Gooy Goop Gump, Mud Slide Hill & Nasty Nougat Nation. Each horrible in their own way. (side note, I feel like this story is a mix between Princess Bride and Tangled. Haha). Day one of their journey brought them to Mud Slide Hill. Scared, because she had never seen such a thing, the Princess hid behind Chip. They slowing crept toward the Hill, unsure of what was in store. Climbing up the Hill, they started feeling like they were sinking. Looking down they realized that their feet were covered in goopy chocolate mud. (sorta like quick sand). Sinking faster and faster the Princess started to cry, and chip starting to scream like a girl. Until suddenly a gaint gummy worm came up from the mud, so they grab onto him. Within seconds they were pulled to safety. Tired from an extremely eventful day, GumDrop decided to make camp, around the campfire, she and Chip started talking, giggling and getting to know each other other. Unknowing, falling in love.

By the next morning they were ready to take on a new day. Any challenge that came there way, they were ready for it! So onward they went, hours and hours went by of just walking and talking, talking and walking. Chip was getting annoyed with GumDrop, GrumDrop was getting annoyed with Chip. So they would fight. Then say sorry, make up, laugh and then fight again. Like an old married couple. But before night fall they had made it to Nasty Nougat Nation. An entire nation filled with mean grumpy nougat men, women and children. They got the gate keep to allow them to come in, since there was no way around the nation, they had to go through it. Once inside they realized they were in a place of grump. No one was smiling, no one was joking. There were no bright colors everything was dull, brown, grey and puke green. There weren't any gummy flowers, peep bushes or cotton candy trees. This made GumDrop very sad. She knew she couldn't leave until she made the nougat people smile and enjoy the colorful world they could have.

In an effort to show the nougat people how amazing their world would be, if only let some happiness and color into it, she started singing. For the first two minutes or so, all the people just looked at her. Some started laughing, others were very confused. But then one little girl started to sing along. Then before you knew it, everyone had joined in. Everyone that is, except Chip. He did not partake in the musical activities. Until everyone started dancing and having fun(it was basically a scene from Aladdin or High school Musical. haha). Once the dancing had begun, Chip started to slowing walk away, but Gumdrop pulled him in and they dance together for hours. Laughing and dancing and singing. Once Gumdrop had shown everyone in Nougat Nation the happiness they had been missing, Chip started to see something in her that he had not noticed before. She had a special light about her, something the people were drawn to. Her personality was just sweet, warm and caring. He couldn't help but fall in love with her in that moment.

Now having feelings for Gumdrop, Chip is starting to feel bad about his master plan to ransom her. He knew that if he wanted to be with GumDrop forever he'd have to tell her the truth. But doing so might make her mad, and she might not want to be with him. That was a chance he was going to have to take. He planned to tell her everything. Who she really was, why he really rescued her who EGGM was. Which up until this point, they have totally forgotten about him. As they're on their way out of Nougat Nation, GumDrop hears someone calling her name. It was him! EGGM. He had found them. So Chip grabs GumDrops hand and they take off running. No idea where they're doing, just trying to escape EGGMs grasp. They finally lose him but come up to something even worse. Gooey Goopy Gump. A Gump of nothing goo, giant mean gummy bears and goop puddles. They hide under a candy mushroom but are soon spotted by a gummy bear. The gummy bear grabs GumDrop and takes her to a goop puddle. Holding her over the puddle, threatening to toss her in if Chip doesn't give the bear some of the ransom money for the princess. Shocked by what she is hearing, GumDrop uses all her strength to get away from the bear and chip. Hiding in a peep bush, crying, she realized who she is and that Chip had been lying to her. She was heartbroken. But deiced to she needed to make the rest of the journey on her own.

Alone and tired she was trucking on, through the marshmallow paths, twizzler vines and jaw breaker boulders. She just couldn't believe how nieve she was in thinking that Chip was being truthful. She feels stupid for ever trusting him. Now that she knows who she is, she knows she needs to find her Kingdom and get back to her parents. But who could help her? She had no idea where she was. Alone the way she meets a sour patch kid named Harrold. At first he was a little standoff-ish, because you know, first they're sour..then they're sweet. But after about an hour of talking, they became friends. She asked if he knew the way to the Kingdom and he did. So they set off together. She's still a little bit unsure about who to trust, but she really had to choice, she'd have to trust her new friend. The only worry now that that EGGM would find them alone the way, so they kept their eyes peeled.


There good luck was too good to be true, soon enough EGM caught up with them. Chasing them down with a twizzler rope, he bound both of them and put them in a mallomar cave. They tried to fight their way out and when that didn't work they tried to talk their way out. Nothing worked, the EGGM wouldn't budge. He was just too evil. They have given up hope of ever making it to the Kingdom and GumDrop was sure she'd never see her parents again. But then, of nowhere she sees a strange figure. This seems all too familiar to her, she knows who it is. Chip! He came back to save her. Realizing that his love for her is greater than any amount of money, he had to save. He didn't know if it would win her back, but he didn't care. He just wanted to her to be happy and see her parents again. Seeing her happy, but make him happy. So he gets EGGM, ties him up(it was more exciting in person than it sounds). They are finally free! No more goo gumps, grumps or Chocolate puddles and definitely no more EGGM. And then GumDrop sees it, the Kingdom. On a hill about 20miles away. They were so close!

Finally they make it to the front gate. Scared about seeing her parents for the first time in 18 years, GumDrop just stands there. But finally musters up the courage to go in. She walks into the castle, seeing her mom there for the first time, looking beautiful. She runs up to hug her, crying. Then her Dad comes around the corner. There they all are in a big group hug. GrumDrop had completely forgotten that Chip was still standing at the doorway until her parents asked where she was and how she had escaped. She told them everything that had happened with Chip, the gumps, the bears and everything. Unsure what their reaction would be, the King walked over to Chip, raised his arms and gave him a hug, thanking him for not going against his word, rescuing the Princess and bringing her back. Chip then walked over to GumDrop, confessed his love for her and promised never to lie or leave her again!

They lived happily ever after<3