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A large tower, taller than any the small cookie had ever seen. he was carried closer and closer. This tower didn't seem all that welcoming, yet he was drawn closer. A figure stood in the entrance, A blue cookie. Behind them was another, one younger, A purple cookie, who seemed to be holding the youngest of the three in their arms, A red cookie. They were not known for their truths, however. the picture perfect family had many flaws, hidden by a thick blanket of deceit. He was set down at the entrance, face to face with the purple cookie of his size as the blue one's voice faded away along with whoever had brought him here.

A beautiful garden, calling for him to come closer. He was surrounded by those like himself, making him feel welcome and relaxed. One could possibly relax here... forever... embracing the warm feeling of sloth. A gorgeous pink cookie reached a hand out to him, he reached back, the softness of their dough was comforting, being carefully cradled in their arms made him tired, his eyes growing heavy as they fluttered shut. Only to be harshly whisked away from the embrace.

Stairs. endless stairs, being carried up the mountain to meet one who had cared for him deeply, despite their constant apathetic tendencies. There was not much this cookie was attached to, he was lucky to be one of the few. face to face with the pale cookie, fear was not struck within him. rather, joy, familiarity, feelings of safety.

Silence, A dead, empty field. A battlefield left in the wake of a strong cookie. a terrifying cookie. the clouds casted a menacing shadow over the scene. He was approached by one who had not said a word in their life. he felt as if he could cry in the presence of such an intimidating figure.

Fiery reds covered the halls, drawings depicting epic battles and important moments featuring one oh so familiar to him. He had been by this cookies side for as long as he could remember, created in the image of this god of destruction. He wanted to be just like them, when he grew up, he would destroy kingdoms just like them, he would be feared across the earthbread. A destructive duo, rulers of the world.

"Dad? Dad where are you?? Dad I'm scared- I don't want to be alone-! Dad-!! please come back-! DAD-!!"

Capsaicin Cookie let out a terrified gasp as he woke from his dream, panting as he looked around at his room, almost as if he was unsure of where he was. Such a strange dream... it almost felt real... those figures he had seen felt so... familiar, as if he had met those very cookies before- but he couldn't quite remember any of their faces...

he got out of bed, walking up to a window and staring out at the spicy atmosphere of Scovillia. Something was calling to him... is wasn't A sound, nor a vision... but a feeling, deep down inside. Somewhere was calling for him to return, Something required his presence, Someone needed him. 

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"Well, It took a lot of digging, but I finally found a place that matches the continent Capsaicin Cookie described in his letter!" Prune juice set a singular scroll down on the table that Kouing-Amann Cookie and Capsaicin Cookie were sitting at, gently unrolling it as to not damage the old parchment.

"this large forest that takes up most of the continent must be that burning forest you saw, especially with the notes about those 'yeast spores'. there's a large desert, A mountain range, something called the 'Garden of Sloth' and then.."

Prune Juice pointed to an image of a blue and white tower with a red circle painted around it, along with some big red arrows pointing to it, "Whoever made this old thing must've really liked this 'Spire of Knowledge'.... or they want to blow it up."

"That red paint looks newer than the rest of the map..." Kouing-Amann stated, "I wonder if someone got their hands on this recently.."

"Beast Yeast..." Capsaicin read the title of the mal out loud. "We should go there." Capsaicin said, pulling his hands into fists and holding them up. 

"Huh?" the two other cookies had a puzzled look on their faces.

Capsaicin continued, "If this place is really the same as the one from my dream, then maybe there's something important there!"

His two friends just stared at him for a moment... "Well... this place does seem like it would have tons of new ingredients to experiment with..." Prune Juice muttered.

"If you two are going, then I'll go too! I would never let you two run right into danger and not be there to help out." Kouing-Amann spoke in a teasing manor, nudging Capsaicin Cookie with a smile.

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The hot air balloon they took had a surprising amount of space, it was big enough for the three cookies without feeling too cramped- that did unfortunately mean that if costed a small fortune... but it didn't matter all that much.

Prune Juice had come extra prepared, packing his potion satchel with every potion he knew, and even a bowl just small enough to fit in his bag of potions and potion ingredients. He had said that Capsaicin Cookie's powers alone were enough for any potion he could ever want to make!

Kouing-Amann had brought supplies to survive the trip, such as food and first aid. Along with her large sword, which never seemed to leave her side, even for a moment.

Capsaicin Cookie had brought nothing but himself, his powers were enough to protect him, even in a mysterious land he had never been too. He could burn anything that crossed his path!! 

"We probably have about a day or two until we get there, we should make a plan." Kouing-Amann said as she looked back at the other two. "We can't just go to a practically mythical land without an idea of where we plan on going-"

"That Spire thing seems like a good place to start." Prune Juice interrupted, not looking up from his potion book, "If that map is anything to go by, it seems pretty important. Or those arrows just mean nothing"

Kouing-Amann Cookie nodded, "That makes sense, if its the Spire of Knowledge then it probably has some answers to whatever Capsaicin is seeing. Right, Capsaicin Cookie?"

Capsaicin hadn't really been paying attention, staring out the edge of the basket as he found himself deep in thought... Who were those cookies he saw? If Beast Yeast was a real place... could it be possible that those cookies were real as well..? Did he know them at some point? He felt like he should be able to remember everyone he was friends with- why didn't he remember the faces of these cookies?

"Capsaicin Cookie!!" he was suddenly snapped out of his train of thought as Kouing-Amann gently shook his shoulder "finally! you're paying attention! Prune Juice Cookie and I were thinking that we should try to find this Spire of Knowledge when we get there, it could give you some answers to what you're looking for! how does that sound?" 

Capsaicin put on his usual smile and upbeat personality, putting his hands on his hips as he nodded, "Yeah! That makes sense to me! Spire of Knowledge, here we come!"

Prune Juice Cookie and Kouing-Amann Cookie smiled at Capsaicin's enthusiasm, Kouing-Amann folding up the map as she sat down in the basket of the hot air balloon, "Sounds like a plan then!"

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He was within a room decorated in blue and white. Blue eyes darted their gaze every which way... the sight was rather... anxiety inducing. 

He didn't like being here, but his father had dragged him all the way out to this stupid spire with its stupid cookies of deceit inhabiting its stupid confusing halls... He couldn't stand it!!! he wanted to burn this stupid place to the ground... He probably would've already if he wasn't terrified of the beast that the spire belonged too. He hated clowns!

As he stood not too far away from the two beasts who were conversing- A faint giggle could be heard, causing him to jump, turning his head towards the sound... then

SPLASH!!!

Water was poured all over him, not only drenching him, but almost putting him out!! "DAD!! DAD!!! BLACK SAPPHIRE COOKIE TRIED TO CRUMBLE ME!!" He cried out, his father quickly grabbing him up out of the reach of the purple cookie. 

the aforementioned Black Sapphire Cookie held a now empty bucket as she hung from a rope tied around her ankle. The smaller of the two, Candy Apple Cookie, clinging on to her shirt. He seemed to be giggling as he looked at the terrified spice. How could a baby possibly be so sadistic!?

"Get your kin under control, jester! one more incident like this and your demise will be imminent!" his father yelled at the blue jester in front of him, who simply untied the purple cookie and patted her on the head, 

"Oh come onnn, Burnie! They're just messing around! its not much different from you letting that little Capsaicin Cookie burn whatever he wants!" The blue jester grinned at him, causing him to shutter in his fathers arms. 

He didn't pay much mind to the yelling between tne two beast cookies, instead staring at Black Sapphire Cookie and Candy Apple Cookie with an angry and upset look on his face, they stared back with.rather satisfied expressions. These cookies of deceit were rude, he wanted to go back home, to the spice desert, away from such awful cookies.

"Capsaicin Cookie!! Wake up!" Kouing-Amann Cookie's voice pierced through his slumber, letting out a yell as he was jolted awake. surprising both Kouing-Amann Cookie and Prune Juice Cookie.

an awkward silence held the air for a moment before Capsaicin spoke, "Haha... I was having a wild dream-"

Prune Juice Cookie sighed, shaking his head and changing the subject, "Whatever... We've arrived."

Capsaicin Cookie Stood up, stretching as he watched the continent below them approach, the ground quickly coming closer to connecting with the bottom of the basket.

Once they landed, the three cookies climbed out of the hot air balloon, Kouing-Amann immediately pulling out the map to figure out which way they needed to go, "if this map is correct, we should just head straight through this forest to get to the spire."

"Then what are we waiting for!? We've got no time to waste! Lets go!" Capsaicin pumped his fist up in the air and began leading the other two into the forest. It seemed alright at first, the forest was rather quiet, A few small critters ran around, but ultimately stayed away from the group.

"Did you guys hear that..?" Prune Juice looked in the direction of a few bushes, "Hear what? There's tons of things here, but nothings attacked us so far." Kouing-Amann explained, but Prune Juice disagreed.

"No- No, this sounds bigger than those other critters..." Prune Juice Cookie seemed weirdly insistent, grabbing a potion from his satchel and preparing to throw it at the next thing that did so much as move. 

Just then, something leaped from the bushes, it was like a huge germ or something, it lunged at Prune Juice who tried to fight back, but was severely out matched by the creature.

Capsaicin Cookie leaped into action, hitting the critter and tossing it away, defeating it. "Prune Juice Cookie! Are you alright!?"

"I'm fine- and for the record, I had that under control." Prune Juice Cookie looked over at the shattered potion bottle, it had missed the creature when he had tried to fight back, and now was spilt all over the ground, "A perfectly good potion, already wasted on some stupid germ thing..." 

"We don't have time to mourn, if that thing attacked us, then surely more of it are on the way. We need to get to that spire and take shelter." Kouing-Amann said as she helped Prune Juice up to his feet. He dusted himself off and nodded.

"Agreed, I've already had enough of this place." 

Capsaicin Cookie looked back at where the creature had come from, noticing more movement "There's already more of them here-!!"

The three cookies faced back to back, soon realizing the creatures had surrounded them. Kouing-Amann Cookie held her sword up in a defensive position, Capsaicin Cookie readied himself to use as much of his powers as necessary, and Prune Juice Cookie pulled another potion out of his satchel, he wouldn't miss this time.

Just then, A figure came out of the shadows, large green apples flew towards the critters, taking them out one by one, it was hard to think they were really even an issue in the first place with how easily they were taken out. 

Once finished, the figure stepped into the light, revealing a rather small, sweet looking cookie. Wings draped on her back, seemingly useless. Her puffu dress and tidy hair were green, and apples took the place of twintails. 

She looked up at the three, giving them a sweet smile, "Are you three alright?" her tone was sweeter than sugar, her voice was high pitched, and she seemed rather friendly.

"We're fine." Prune Juice was the first to reply, sounding a bit agitated and skeptical as he stared down the small cookie, which earned him a shove from Kouing-Amann Cookie, "Be nice! she just saved us from being crumbled!"

"Oh, what? A little girl appears out of thin air and beats up a few germs and I'm supposed to trust her immediately!?" Prune Juice scoffed and crossed his arms.

"It would be wise to trust me, since I'm probably the only cookie you've seen since you arrived! We don't get visitors often here in Beast Yeast, its so lovely to see that adventurers are still interested in this silly little place" The small cookie spoke happily, her eyes soon falling on to Capsaicin Cookie. She stared at him for a moment, her smile turning into a more curious look as she stared at him... "Say... If you don't mind me asking, what are your names?" she tilted her head to the side slightly, continuing he stare at Capsaicin.

"Oh!" Capsaicin Cookie reciprocated the friendly expression, pointing towards the two cookie's that accompanied him, "This is Kouing-Amann Cookie, and that's Prune Juice Cookie!" Kouing-Amann smiled and waved, Prune Juice sighed and lazily waved. "and I'm Capsaicin Cookie!"

The little cookie seemed a little surprised by the name, as if she'd heard it somewhere before. She shook her head a bit and put her kind smile back on, "What lovely names! And may I ask where you're heading? I know this place like the back of my hand, surely I can help you find your way!" 

"We're heading to this place called the Spire of Knowledge!" Kouing-Amann showed the small cookie the map they had, she smiled brightly and nodded. "Oh!! that place! I go to the spire aallll the time! I can get you there super duper quickly! we actually aren't that far away from it right now!" 

Capsaicin Cookie looked back at Kouing-Amann, who nodded, while Prune Juice just seemed to glare at the little cookie. Capsaicin turned back to face the cookie, "Lead the way, uh-.."

"Oh! Where are my manners? My name is Apple Faerie Cookie!" Apple Faerie gave the three a smile.

"Alright! Lead the way, Apple Faerie Cookie!" Capsaicin and the others followed Apple Faerie Cookie as she skipped happily through the forest, as if she didn't have a care in the world. Some cookies would have been envious of her glee.

"You two are way too trusting. How do we know we can trust this complete stranger??" Prune Juice spoke quietly, trying not to alert Apple Faerie of his distrust.

"Lighten up, we have no reason not to trust her. Besides, if she does betray us, we could easily overpower her." Kouing-Amann replied, also whispering.

The group walked for a while, the occasional small talk kept them from being in total silence. They mostly talked about where they're from, what they were doing in Beast Yeast, etcetera. Apple Faerie seemed specifically interested in Capsaicin Cookie, it felt like she was almost waiting to hear something...

Eventually, the face of a large building came into view, The Spire of Knowledge. It had to be- what the group could see of the building resembled the picture on the map. 

Strangely, as they approached the spire, Apple Faerie Cookie grew quiet, not saying a word as she led the three closer. Then, before they entered. She stopped them right in front of the spire. 

"Huh... So this is the Spire of Knowledge..." Capsaicin looked up at it, he felt like he had walked this path before... like he had seen this large doorway that led inside before.. His train of thought was soon interrupted by a familiar sound, one he had heard in his dreams...

....Giggling?

Apple Faerie Cookie had begun to giggle- cackle almost- as if she had gone crazy!! 

"Hehhehe...hahaha- AHAHAAHAA!! You foolish cookies!!! that was too easy!!" She turned back towards the group, A much more mischievous smile plastered across her face. "I would feel bad for you... but cookies like you were practically begging to be tricked-! BLACK SAPPHIRE COOKIE, NOW!!" 

Capsaicin Cookie turned around just in time to see a purple cookie emerge from the shadows, before-

CLANG-!!

The feeling of metal against his forehead was the last thing he felt befode everything suddenly went black.

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"No no, that can't be his name, Capsaicin Cookie is dead."

"But that's what he told me his name was!!"

"well then he must've lied to you. after all these years there's no way such a pathetic little cookie survived all on his own."

"Why would he lie, He looks just like him!! just- older I guess"

"I don't know... but whatever he is... he isn't Capsaicin Cookie."

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Once again in the spire those deceitful cookies called home, He found himself wandering around... surprisingly, there had been no sight of Black Sapphire Cookie or Candy Apple Cookie at all since his arrival.

He was curious, where were those cookies? normally when he was here they were right up on him, tormenting him non stop. It was almost uncomfortable to not have them around. 

He soon saw a cozy living area, much different from the empty, never ending halls of the rest of the spire. on the carpet, the two cookies he had been searching for laid on their backs, listening to some cookie speak out of a weird box. Candy Apple Cookie appeared to be sleeping peacefully, while Black Sapphire laid wide awake, staring at the ceiling.

When she noticed Capsaicin, she glared at him, but ultimately didn't start a conflict of any kind... weird.

Capsaicin walked up to the two, staring at the box before sitting down with his legs crossed, "What is this thing?" 

Black Sapphire didn't answer, only giving Capsaicin an angry look as she put a finger to her lips, silently shushing him. She sat up as well, crossing her legs like Capsaicin Cookie as she gently picked up Candy Apple Cookie and held him in her arms, brushing his icing out of his face gently as she stared down at him...

Capsaicin had never seen the two siblings so peaceful and calm... were they just tired? maybe Black Sapphire was holding back because she didn't want to disturb Candy Apple. That was sweet. 

As Capsaicin slowly gained consciousness once again,  he tried to figure out what had happened... although it didn't take long for the familiar feeling of cold metal digging into his dough to startle him

suddenly, it was all his mind could focus on. The chains around his torso made him panic, His body temperature began to rise, he had to get out- he couldn't let himself be locked away- not again- 

he had to melt these chains-!!

"Ow- OW-!! hot hot hot-!" Capsaicin stoped as he heard a familiar voice come from right behind him, Prune Juice Cookie. "Watch it! We're both right here, and I would prefer not to be grilled!!"

Kouing-Amann looked over at Capsaicin as best she could, noticing his panic, "Capsaicin Cookie, its alright, you won't be here for long I promise. we just need to figure out how to get out of here without any of us ending up dead..."

"That's going to prove to be a bit of an issue, seeing as you're all chained together" A somewhat smug voice rang out from the shadows, from the higher parts of the room emerged a cookie dressed in black, with pale purple dough, and purple accents. He sat on his microphone as he floated downwards, his legs crossed if his general demeanor wasn't enough to scream diva.

Another voice rang in from the other side of the room, the voice was the same as Apple Faerie's, although the tone was much less kind and friendly.

"Took you silly cookies long enough to wake up!! We've been waiting for houuurrssss!!!!" she whined putting on a dramatically sad face. The purple cookie rolled his eyes before walking up to Capsaicin Cookie specifically. Capsaicin had been busy struggling in the chains, clearly distressed at the situation... he felt like he was back in that horrid prison again, punished for using his powers too freely.

"struggling will be futile. If it makes you feel any better, you won't have to be in chains anymore once Master Shadow Milk Cookie turns you all into his puppets!" He chuckled a bit, keeping his eyes on Capsaicin Cookie as he called out to the cookie formerly known as Apple Faerie Cookie, "Candy Apple Cookie, go tell Master Shadow Milk about our little surprise! I'm sure this will pull him right out of his recent depressive state!" 

Candy Apple Cookie squealed and shouted a high pitched "Okay!!" before running off. Leaving Just the trio and the strange purple cookie.

"Finally... that brat is out of my hair..." the cookie said under his breath as he leaned down in front of Capsaicin Cookie. "Well, She's right. You certainly do look the part... from the cape all the way down to the horns. I must say, your disguise is an impressive work of craftsmanship." 

Capsaicin was confused, trying his best to jerk his head away as the purple cookie tried to reach for his horns. He seemed to get the message and pulled his hand back to rest behind his back as his other hand held his seemingly sentient microphone.

"Who even are you!?" Capsaicin yelled, he seemed to heat up again clenching his fists as he glared back at the purple cookie.

"Really? Have you not caught my name yet? I suppose I can't hold common cookies to such high stamdards..." he shrugged before putting on an announcer voice, "I am, the one... the only... Black Sapphire Cookie! At your service!" Black Sapphire struck a pose, seemingly expecting an applause. When he didn't get one he quickly brushed it off by clearing his throat and continuing.

"I was created by the great Shadow Milk Cookie, my soul purpose is to spread lies and rumours across earthbread. You may have even heard some of my finest works recently" Black Sapphire circled the three cookies as he spoke, his eyes landing on Prune Juice, "say... I think I've seen you around before. You wouldn't happen to be a Parfadian student now, would you?" 

"Yeah, what of it?" Prune Juice glared up at Black Sapphire, who simply smiled, "Oh nothing bad about you, but I believe one of my recent works was about a certain professor at Parfaidia... what was her name again..?"

"How am I supposed to know? Do you want me to solve your 'riddles three' or something?" Prune Juice sounded more annoyed than anything.

"Ah yes! I remember now," Black Sapphire shape shifted into the form of a student at Parfaidia, putting on a voice slightly different from his usual one, "Haven't you heard? Latte Cookie has fake credentials, she's one big fraud!" 

He sounded almost giddy in his Parfadia student disguise. Prune Juice stared in disbelief, "You-!? You're that nosy bastard!?"

"But of course Prune Juice Cookie. Although, I understand your surprise, cookies such as yourself are so easily fooled." Black Sapphire shifted out of his wizard disguise and back into his regular form.

"Can you quit it?" Kouing-Amann spoke up, "I think you're being rather immature for a cookie like yourself, mocking and teasing others, you Call that little red cookie a brat, but you are no less of a brat than she is!" 

"Aww look at the pretty princess getting all angry because I'm being sooo mean! what are you gonna do? defeat me with the power of friendship and rainbows and make the world a better place? Last time I checked this wasn't a preschool ." 

he stood in front of Kouing-Amann Cookie now, "Your resistance will all be for nothing in the end, I'm afraid. You three may as well just embrace the deceit now-"

"BLACK SAPPHIRE COOKIE!!!" Candy Apple Cookie's voice rang out from the halls, interrupting Black Sapphire Cookie's monologue. "BLACK SAPPHIRE COOKIE GET OVER HERE NOW!!! I NEED YOU TO HELP ME WITH SOMETHING!!!" Black Sapphire sighed, glancing at the captured cookies, "Wasn't she supposed to be.... Ugh, what's the harm in it anyways, it's not like you lot are going to be escaping any time soon... I'll be there in a moment Candy Apple Cookie!!" 

With that, Black Sapphire quickly exited the room, slamming the door behind himself. the room was rather dark now that Capsaicin thought about it.. the only real source of light now was his own faint glow.

"well, we have to get out of here somehow... I guess now is our chance." Prune Juice said, shuffling a bit as Kouing-Amann began to think about what to do...

"We could try having Capsaicin melt the chains-" Kouing-Amann suggested, "It's not the most ideal option, but I don't really see any other-" Kouing-Amann stopped to stare at Prune Juice Cookie when she felt that he was no longer beside them.

Prune Juice had managed to slip out of the chains that binded the three cookies together, it must've been because it was only tied across their upper bodies.

"Those idiots clearly don't understand how chains work" he said as he dusted himself off. "Why didn't you just do that earlier!?" Kouing-Amann said as she too slipped herself out of the chains.

"And then what?? get beat up by those two while I'm potionless and you're without your sword???"

"Fair point." 

Capsaicin Cookie soon escaped from the chains, standing up and stretching as he glanced around the room for any sign of their stuff. he noticed something in a higher area of the room, where Black Sapphire Cookie had been hiding when he had woken up, "I think I found you guy's stuff-"

"oh. Well, can't give them points for creativity, but that is way too far up for us to get to- unless one of you can secretly fly." Prune Juice said with his arms crossed.

"Wait, Capsaicin Cookie, is your 'full power' form tall enough to reach that?" Kouing-Amann asked, turning to Capsaicin.

"Oh yeah, definitely. But I'm not sure we can all fit in this room if I'm that size."

"Don't worry about that, you just worry about getting our stuff!" Kouing-Amann grabbed Prune Juice by the wrist, dragging him out the door.

once they were gone, Capsaicin let out a loud yell as he charged up his spice powers. He soon changed into his much larger form, easily able to grab his friend's belongings from where they had been stashed. there was a faint cracking sound beneath him, but he couldn't be too bothered by it. As he heard the door open once again, he leaned down and held Prune Juice's potion bag and Kouing-Amann's sword out to the two.

"Nice! Now we can focus on getting out of here!" Kouing-Amann said as she swung her trusty sword over her shoulder and placed a hand on her hip.

Suddenly, the cracking sound became more obvious, "What's that..?" as Prune Juice asked the question, he noticed the floor in the room Capsaicin was still in, "Capsaicin Cookie! You need to get out of there now! the floors breaking!"

Capsaicin panicked, "I can't!! I don't fit through the door-!!" he could activate his powers easily, but even after years of toning them down, he couldn't just turn them off on command while he was at maximum power-

The floor soon gave in, sending Capsaicin Cookie falling-

"Capsaicin Cookie-!!!"