Part 4: A Sweet Situation

The Sailtrain chugged on, it's wheels moving as fast as it could go, it's sail flying with the wind. Tanner was at the helm, driving as fast as he could go to save his friend. He can't fail now. If he failed, his captain, his lifelong friend would perish. He was having his doubts about visiting Sweet Sweet Island, but after a quick glance at his ailing friend, he was filled with raw determination. Savannah and Mason had come up to see what has happened and were terrified. Savannah was sitting in her seat, staring dead ahead as the railroad tracks appeared before her eyes, while Mason was crying in a corner. It seemed on the outside that the crew was broken, disbanded. But Tanner had hope, just enough to hold everyone together.

It seemed like hours drifting on the Endless Sea until the crew reached Sweet Sweet Island. The crew stared in awe at the sugar-coated isle, it's candy cane trees turning heads and it's chocolate mountain made mouths water. Tanner landed the Sailtrain in a fjord and asked Mason to keep watch of the ship. Then Savannah and Tanner hauled Kieran onto shore. Just as they stepped onto shore, giant, pink gummy bears with licorice spears surrounded the group. A few ran into the Sailtrain and dragged Mason out. One of the bears, green in color, separated from the group and confronted Tanner.

"Who are you and why have you come here?"

Tanner struggled to reply, "Umm... uh... we're here because the Queen sent us. We're trying to get to her castle, but our captain fell ill in the Stormy Coast. We were wondering if we could stay here, at least until the captain is better again."

The gummy bear looked at the captain for a while, but reeled back quickly.

"The captain has the Stormy Sickness!"

Tanner didn't know what that meant, "The Stormy Sickness?"

"It's a rare disease," explained the bear, "but luckily we can cure it."

"How do you cure it?" asked Tanner to make sure that Kieran won't be harmed.

"Don't worry," replied the bear cheerfully, "it's just a plant for him to swallow."

As if the words summoned it, three gummy bears carried a plant that looked like a marshmallow.

"This is a mallow plant," the bear explained, "It grows in the Marshmallow Marshes over on the other side of the island. Let him eat this and he will be restored."

The bears laid Kieran on the minty ground and gave him the plant. Instantly his eyes flew open and he stood up.

"Wha... what happened?"

Tanner replied to Kieran's comment, "I saved your life."

"What? I was gonna die?! AND WHY ARE THERE GUMMY BEARS EVERYWHERE?!"

"I'll explain when we get back on course."


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