Sure, being a Dark Cacao warrior wasn't easy. You had to excel at weaponary in order to be able to serve your king and fellow Cacaoians. The soldiers get harder trainign than those of any other kingdom, the constant snowstorms and freezinbg cold only added to one's struggle.

But never, not in all of C/N Cookie's years of service in the legion has she felt as tired and dull as she did right now.

Crunchy Chip Cookie, Caramel Arrow Cookie, her fellow soldiers. Gone. Just like that. Dissolved to flour right before her E/C eyes. She doesn't know for what reason Mystic Flour Cookie has decided to spare her from the same cruel fate. Maybe because she was a higher ranked warrior, she didn't know. Though she did feel like she's been watched this entire time... But not by Mystic Flour Cookie though.

C/N Cookie's mind barely even functioned as she and Dark Cacao Cookie climbed the endless steps of the Mystic Flour Ridges. How many monsters have they fought? Both of them lost count.

It wasn't until they reached a garden blooming with peach blossom trees that she noticed the disgustingly sweet smell lingering in the air. So foreign to someone originating from the Dark Cacao Kingdom, where the only ever-present smell was that of fresh snow.

A Cookie with a cyan-pinkish eye and peach blossoms covering his other stood. He seemed to be talking to Dark Cacao Cookie, though occasionally threw glances at C/N Cookie, who only caught on to the conversation now.

"Could it be that neither of you have eaten anything in a while?" He asks. C/N Cookie shared a look with her king, one of uncertainty and hostility. Neither of them answer that question. "Who are you?" The H/C female asks cautiously.

"My name is Peach Blossom Cookie, who tends to this garden." Peach Blossom Cookie regards her with a certain gleam in his eyes- er, eye. He hands both Dark Cacaoians a pinkish fruit. "This is the peach bao, which only blooms with its fellow plants once every three thousand years. Please, have a bite."

C/N Cookie shook her head. "I'm not hungry." She had a somewhat bad feeling about this Peach Blossom Cookie guy... and this fruit.

"But you must refill your energy if you wish to continue on with your journey. So please, accept my gift." Dark Cacao Cookie seems to be lost in thought as he stares at the fruit. Then, without another second of waiting, he digs in hungrily.

Hesitantly, C/N Cookie takes a bite as well. Big mistake.

Instantly, her vision began to fade in and out. She looked over at Dark Cacao Cookie, only to see him swaying on his feet and falling unconcious. "My king...!" C/N Cookie weakly called out, but the weigh of her exhaustation and dizinnes pulled her down to her knees.

The only thing she heard were Peach Blossom Cookie's chuckles.

"Oh my. You don't seem to be feeling well, darling."

She raised her gaze to look at him with disgust. "Y-you... Put something in those peach.. baos, d-didn't you?!"

Peach Blossom Cookie smiles down at her. A sickingly fake sweet smile."Mm, I'll admit I had to take some measures to my usual hospitality, you would've never agreed to stay with me!" He brushed some none-existent dust off his shoulder, a sign of pride. "See, I've had my eye on you for a bit now, and thought you and that old flour sack would be tempted to try the sacred fruit. Though, I did think it'd take more convincing for warriors."

The H/C-ette hissed. "You washed up peace of dough... Y-you sicken me."

"Worry not. I'll take care of you from now on."

Another wave of nausea flooded over C/N Cookie.

"Forever."

Before she blacked out.

(Oh how I love open ends that I don't have to finish off.)

(This sucks because I know nothing abt Peach Blossom I did watch the story but I can't write abt him I'm sorry)