Mark's eyes widened as he watched an old man gobble down a fruit jelly at the inflation park. Suddenly, the man puffed up like a balloon, his body taking on the form of the fruit he had just eaten.

From the corner of his eye, Mark noticed a woman watching with a cheeky grin stretched across her face. She approached the inflated man, calling him a 'big boy' in a sing-song voice, and led him away.

Mark quickly gathered his friends – Derek, Mary, Violet, and Sam – and suggested they should leave the park. His friends burst out in laughter, dismissing it as a part of the whole park experience.

Their laughter died down quickly when a loudspeaker announcement echoed through the park, "There’s No Escape until you take the fruit jelly!" The park gates locked with a startling thud.

Suddenly, a park crew member tripped and as if it were a comedy act, accidentally ate a jelly. Before their eyes, he too inflated into a jelly blimp. This wasn't a joke now.

The cheeky woman reappeared and started handing out fruit jellies to visitors. Despite the fearful atmosphere, she was laughing and teasing park guests, with a spark of mischief in her eyes.

"Look at you, scaredy-cats!" she said, waving jellies at Mark and his group. Their hearts raced as they exchanged worried glances. They didn't want to become inflated versions of themselves!

Despite the pressure, they refused to eat the jelly. The woman's face turned from teasing to stern. "You must," she insisted, "or you'll be stuck here forever."

Derek, the most defiant of them all, crossed his arms and looked at the woman, "No way! You can't make us." He was trying to be brave, but his trembling voice betrayed his fear.

The woman smirked and turned to Sam, the youngest of the group. She held the jelly up to his face. "What about you, little one? Want to fly like a bird?" she asked in a sugary voice.

Sam, intimidated, looked at his friends for support. Mary, the eldest and usually the wisest, realized they needed to stick together. "We won't eat your cursed jellies," she stated firmly.

The woman wasn't happy with their defiance and decided to make things worse. She taunted them, calling them “chickens” and loudly telling other visitors how scared they were.

It was a juvenile act of bullying. The group felt small and humiliated, especially Sam. But Violet, usually quiet and shy, found her voice amidst the chaos. She stepped forward.

"Bully us all you want," she said calmly. "But we won't let you push us around." Suddenly, there was a noticeable shift in the atmosphere. The woman seemed taken aback.

Like Violet, other guests started to resist the woman's persuasion. They rallied, refusing to be pushed into taking the jellies. The park suddenly burst into loud cheers and applause.

The woman was losing her grip on the situation. As the crowd’s spirit rose, her confidence waned. She looked around nervously, clearly not prepared for a mass refusal.

Mark, seeing this opportunity, grabbed his friends’ hands and led them away from the crowd. They moved towards the exit, hoping no one would stop them this time.

As they attempted to escape, they heard the woman's voice following them. "You can't get out!" she warned. "You're trapped!" But the group didn’t stop.

Derek, quick-thinking, found a hidden service entrance. With a collective deep breath, they hurried through. The world outside didn’t seem so scary anymore.

Violet turned back before the door closed behind them. "See you later, big boy," she said cheekily, using the woman's own words. And with that, they were out. Inflation Park was finally behind them.

They didn’t know what happened to the park after they left. But they did learn an important lesson: standing together could make them stronger than any bully, no matter how inflated with power they seemed.

And they kept that lesson close to their hearts, knowing they would face other challenges in life. But whatever came their way, they were confident they could overcome it together.

The memory of the woman's taunts and the way they stood up to her brought a smile to their faces. It was a reminder that courage wasn't the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

And so, they moved forward, stepping bravely into their lives. The experience at the Inflation Park was a strange, yet valuable chapter of their journey, a story they would forever reminisce about.

Meanwhile, the park continued to stand, serving as a peculiar reminder of their encounter. And even though they vowed never to return, the mention of fruit jellies always made them share a knowing smile.