I actually came up with the beginnings of this story when I was really young. I have always loved horses and would often imagine that the characters in the books I read had horses that participated in the adventures in the stories. Willy Wonka's horse was one of my favorites. I always saw him as a real rascal. I never gave him a name, though. Never fleshed out his character. Never anchored down details about him. He was always just Willy's horse. I did, however, decide on his coloring, and the fact that his eyes were blue, since Willy's were in the book. Later on, I remembered this horse. I fleshed out his character more and gave him a name. Thus Cocoa was born. Then I had to think of how Willy learned about horses. I came up with the idea of having a family member that had horses. I also decided that this would be a family member Willy actually liked. And so Aunt Lauren came into being, as well.

I do not own Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or any characters therein. They are the property of Roald Dahl and the author of the 2005 movie.

While this fanfic is based off the 2005 film, I haven't actually seen the whole movie. I have read the book and I have watched clips of the movie on YouTube. That said, if the canon characters seem out of character, I beg your pardon.

I do not own Dr. Brand. She is the vet out of the book Be Well, Beware and is owned by Jessie Hass.

I do not own Mr. Conway. He is the farrier out of the Pony Pals series and is owned by Jeanne Betancourt

I do not own Amy, Lou, Ben, Ty, or anybody else in the Heartland series. They are owned by Lauren Brooke.

I do own Cocoa, Candy, Stormcloud, Steel, Ms. Wile, Joseph Pressman, and Willy's Aunt Lauren. I also own the idea for this fanfic and most of the dialogue. Some of it was taken from other places. Not other fanfics, though.