It had been around a year since Felix and Tamora married. Life went one as usual for most of the game characters...save for one: Sour Bill.
Contrary to what everyone else thought or remembered - or thought they remembered - Sour Bill wasn't always so grumpy. Oh he was no ball of sunshine or anything, after all he was called Sour Bill for a reason, but he was capable of sounding happy. His real everyday attitude was just a deadpan expression with a calm tone, and both only changed for something important. In fact if it wasn't for an important fact, he would've been very happy when he got his memories back and when Vanellope regained her rightful title.
That fact was this: King Candy, or King Candiel, was real and was Vanellope's father. Sour Bill had only been grumpy after Turbo took over because the last thing on his mind was the thought that Turbo had killed King Candiel. This depressed him so much that he stayed depressed even after he lost his memories, and since he couldn't remember why he was depressed nor get rid of his depression the depression shifted into grumpiness. He then stayed grumpy because he couldn't remember something important: how to be happy.
After Turbo was defeated Sour Bill at first expected Vanellope to talk to him about her father, but she never did. Eventually he realized that she still didn't remember King Candiel, possibly because her role in the game had changed drastically when Turbo took over. Sour Bill's role hadn't changed at all apart from his memories being locked up, which is why he remembered everything. It was the same for the police, guards, and non-racing characters (or NPCs). Duncan and Wynchel themselves had even talked to Sour Bill about King Candiel since they hadn't been nearby when Turbo took over. Sour Bill told them what he knew, and they were sadden by this. Contrary to Turbo's portrayal, the real King Candiel was actually a very kind, sweet, and selfless guy who put everything else before himself. Especially Vanellope. Duncan and Wynchel in turn told the rest of the NPCs what Sour Bill told them. All of them secretly had a period of silent mourning for their lost previous ruler.
But then one day Sour Bill overheard Mr. Litwak talking to Moppet Girl about how King Candy's role in the game had been strangely different before he disappeared completely. Sour Bill then remembered that Turbo had looked like King Candiel apart from the height and head shape (King Candiel was taller and had a smaller head...literally and metaphorically) before Vanellope revealed his true form with her glitching. Sour Bill realized that the only way Turbo could have looked like King Candiel was if he had taken over his coding, meaning he needed the code box intact. If so then...then it might be possible to bring King Candiel back. All Sour Bill had to do was to enter the Code Room and find the remains of King Candiel's code box. Then he could fix the code box and reenter the rest of the information. So, after the arcade closed for the day, he did just that. Luckily there was a part of the hallway he could tie himself to with the licorice rope.
However when he reached King Candiel's code he got a big shock: it was entirely intact! This mean that King Candiel was still alive! But if he was then...where was he? After giving it some thought he decided to check out the only part of the castle he hadn't been to in over a decade: the dungeons.
He went down...only to realize too late that he couldn't see into the barred windows at the top of each door. He was also too scared to call for King Candiel, what if he never got an answer? But then, as he entered one of the deeper set of dungeons, he heard sobbing.
"Sire...?" He said hesitantly.
"Sour Bill?" King Candiel's real voice, which Sour Bill recognized despite having forgotten it for fifteen years, said. "Is that you?"
"King Candiel!" Sour Bill gasped, rushing to where the voice was coming from. "You're alive! I thought Turbo killed you...at least until I saw your intact code box in the Code Room."
"No, he just combined his code box with mine and traded appearances with me." King Candiel said.
"Hang on." Sour Bill unlocked the door; fortunately he did remember to bring the keys.
He opened the door and there was the King Candiel he remembered and loved, only sadder than normal. Sour Bill, for the first time in over a decade, smiled.
"Sour Bill!" King Candiel smiled a little as well and went over to hug him. "I've really missed you."
"I missed you too, deep down." Sour Bill hugged him back.
"So, if you remember me...plus I look like my real self...Turbo has been defeated?" King Candiel said hopefully.
"Yeah, he was defeated over a year ago actually." Sour Bill nodded. "A character from another game came here by accident and ended up becoming friends with Vanellope-"
"Vanellope! She's alive?" King Candiel instantly brightened.
"Yeah but-" Sour Bill tried to warn King Candiel about Vanellope's treatment prior to Sugar Rush's reset, but too late.
Yup, King Candiel rushed off without thinking. Sour Bill had to run after him.
King Candiel continued running with only one thought on his mind: to see his beloved daughter again. Many years ago King Candiel had come to the conclusion that his daughter was dead, so finding out that she was actually alive gave him so much joy that he had forgotten about Turbo looking like him. Finally he reached the throne room and saw Vanellope head for...why did she have a mixed-up kart? No matter, he was just glad she was alive.
"Vanellope!" He said joyfully.
Confused, Vanellope looked up, saw King Candiel, and screamed. She glitched right into her kart and zoomed away out of the castle.
"Vanellope wait!" Now King Candiel was confused.
Despite her being in a kart and him being on foot, he ran after her. This meant that Sour Bill had to continue running after him too, much to his annoyance.
"Now I remember why I used to jog." He muttered.
Vanellope continued driving until she entered the race track area, where the other racers, Ralph, Tamora, and Felix were. They were about to have the Roster Race.
Vanellope then parked and ran until she was hiding behind Ralph's leg.
"Vanellope? What's wrong?" Ralph asked, concerned.
"Vanellope!"
It was King Candiel, you see he was actually a pretty fast runner which was why Sour Bill was having a hard time keeping up with him. This was also where Vanellope got her speed from.
Anyway, once King Candiel spoke Vanellope looked around Ralph's leg and pointed at him, visibly upset. Ralph, Tamora, Felix, and the other racers turned around and saw King Candiel. The other racers gasped and drew back, and Felix and Ralph dropped their mouths open.
"No way!" Felix gasped.
Tamora at first looked shocked, but then got a determined look and, at the right moment, poked her gun into King Candiel's chest. Obviously this stopped him in his tracks.
"Not so fast you toffee tyrant." She glared.
King Candiel just looked around with confusion.
"What..what's going on? Who are you?" He said to Tamora, Felix, and Ralph.
The three of them glanced at each other with confusion. It could be Turbo pretending to not recognize Ralph or Felix (Turbo never really saw Tamora before), but on the other hand this King Candy did sound sincerely confused.
"Don't think you can fool us this time Turbo." Ralph wasn't going to soften that easily though. "One step towards Vanellope and consider yourself wrecked."
"Turbo? Oh..." King Candiel now got it. "No I'm not Turbo, I'm the real King Candiel."
Felix, Ralph, and Tamora looked at him skeptically.
"He's...telling...the truth." Sour Bill panted, having just caught up. "I was trying to warn you sire, the Racers don't remember you yet."
"You mean..." King Candiel now looked at Vanellope, who was still very frightened, with a pained and sad expression.
"Hold on, you mean King Candy is a real character?" Felix said.
"Yeah, Turbo masqueraded as him when he took over the game." Sour Bill explained. "He didn't make him up."
Ralph now softened, and even Tamora put her gun away.
"But then...where were you?" Ralph asked.
"In the dungeons, Turbo locked me up there before taking over." King Candiel explained. "You see when he first attempted to take over I fought back. Knowing that I wouldn't give up easily he decided to threaten Vanellope's welfare. I promised to surrender as long as he promised not to hurt Vanellope. He did promise, but it didn't take me long to believe that he had broken his promise and killed her. When Sour Bill told me that she was alive I was so happy that I went looking for her without thinking. I didn't mean to scare her, I just wanted to see her again."
"Why?" Tamora asked.
"Uh, King Candiel? Princess Vanellope?" Sour Bill pointed out. "He's her father."
Everyone except for King Candiel and the NPCs dropped their mouths open. Vanellope hid further back, even more upset. She started sobbing a little.
"Vanellope..." King Candiel said gently. "Come on, it's me. Your father. Don't you remember me?"
She just shook her head and buried her face into Ralph's leg. She then raised an eye towards him. King Candiel moved closer to Vanellope, but she just drew back even more.
"Vanellope I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to be with you again." King Candiel continued his gentle tone.
"NO!" Vanellope cried, moving even further back. "No get away from me! Get away! I never want to see you again!"
King Candiel stopped and clutched his chest as tears started to flow down his cheeks. Ralph, Tamora, and Sour Bill guessed what had happened to him, but only Felix really knew: King Candiel's heart had broken. Felix knew because he experienced a similar feeling when Tamora kicked him out of the jet back when they were searching for the Cy-Bug.
