Drivers, Start Your Engines
Okay, so here is a new racing story for you fans! This is my first story starring my OC which I have been unsure about to use, but now is the time! I hope you enjoy! Please read, review, favorite and follow. I will try to make this a long story if I get enough support. Anyway, I hope you like it and my OC. Enjoy! I own nothing except my OC
(Date: June 19, 2013. Location: Litwak's Family Fun Center. Vanellope's P.O.V.)
"Did you guys hear Mr. Litwak?" my close friend, Jubileena Bing-Bing, shouted excitedly, drawing the attention of me and every other driver in our game, Sugar Rush. Everyone crowded around her kart to hear what news she heard about Mr. Litwak.
"What's going on Jubileena?" I asked her, climbing on top of my kart. Jubileena drew in a sharp breath to calm herself down and give us the news. I was surprised as much as the other racers; usually I am the one to know first what's going on, but Jubileena probably heard it from someone in Game Central Station.
"Well Vanellope, I heard that since our game has gotten so popular, Litwak has decided to give us an upgrade! Complete with two new tracks modeled after some road courses called "Sonoma Raceway" and Watkins Glen International," new kart upgrades, and the biggest surprises yet," she said in a low and excited whisper, drawing everyone even closer, "older character designs, and a new racer," she said in a hushed tone. All the racers were silent for a moment, even I let my eyes go wide. Then all of a sudden, everyone started cheering.
"IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GOT OLDER!" I could hear Swizzle say. I smiled at the thought of being older, having a more slender body for my boyfriend, Rancis, then I thought of what his body would look like and silently shuddered.
"I am just glad to finally be taller than 3 foot eight!" Taffyta said, earning herself a high five from Crumbelina. Everyone continued to chat excitedly about the news, that is until Candlehead broke the silence.
"Um guys," I heard her start, "do we know when this is going to happen?" She asked. The others quieted down to a silence, wondering when it would happen. I decided to take this chance to speak to my friends.
"Well Jubileena would've told us if she knew," I started, "but we should be prepared for it to start at any moment that the arcade is closed," I finished. The racers murmured again. I jumped down from my kart to let Sour Bill know of what would be happening to the game. I was on my way when a hand grabbed my arm and spun me around and I was ambushed with lips on mine. The assailant let up on the kiss and let me back and spoke in his british accent.
"Whatever happens Nelly, I'll still love you," Rancis said lovingly and hugged me. I hugged him back, lucky to have him. I had to part with him to tell Sour Bill the news so he wouldn't freak out over our new bodies and the new tracks. "See ya later Flugs!" I called to him and blew him a kiss. A few minutes later, I made my way to Sour Bills' quarters in the castle. Wanting to play a joke on him, I knocked on the door rapidly and shouted, "SUGAR RUSH IS GETTING UNPLUGGED!" several times. I heard a toilet flush and his tiny little jelly bean feet running on the floor. He opened the door with a scared expression on his face.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY MISS PRESIDENT?" He asked in the most scared tone I had ever heard.
"I'm just yanking your chain Sour Puss," I said while wiping a tear from my eye. His face went back to its normal grouchy looking self. "I came to tell you that we are getting an update soon, so don't freak out if you wake up and see us different," I explained to him. He sighed and turned back around.
"Maybe you kids will finally grow up," he muttered and went back into his room. I suppressed a laugh as I saw toilet paper stuck to his left foot. I suddenly realized I still had to tell Ralph! "Oh sweet mother of monkey milk! I have to tell Ralph before we get updated!" I said to myself and high-tailed it out of the castle.
(With Rancis, Gloyd, and Swizzle)
The three boys were hanging around Swizzle's house, watching Swizzle work on his kart, The Tongue Twister. "So, not saying' I'm sick of girls in the game, I love my Jubee," Swizzle said from under his kart, "but I wouldn't mind another guy to hang out with," he finished.
"Oh ouch, Swizz," Gloyd said and kicked over an empty oil can. "So, are Rancis and I boring for you now?" He asked, knowing full well Swizzle still liked them.
"You know what I mean Pumpkin Head," Swizzle exclaimed as he rolled from under his kart and stood up. Rancis looked up from the karts' mirror.
"I feel the same way Swizzle," he began, "I love my Nelly to death, but a guy or two would also help our game to stop being called a girl's game," he said. The other two nodded, remembering all the times that people would pass by their game and call it too 'girly,' even with them on the Roster List!
"I think I'll like a new guy too," Gloyd commented, "just as long as he doesn't take my Taffyta away," he said. All three boys loved their girlfriends, but were ready to defend them if necessary.
"Hey, if there is a new guy, at least one of the other girls will finally get some companionship," Swizzle said. Ever since he, Gloyd, and Rancis got girlfriends, the other girls felt lonely about there being no more boys to try and get. "What do you think his kart will look like?" Swizzle asked.
"Now, don't get your hopes up Swizz," Rancis said while straightening out his hat, "it could be yet another girl, and then what?" Rancis asked. Swizzle's face dropped at the truth Rancis had just said. "But, hypothetically speaking, you know," Rancis said. Swizzle looked back up at him.
"Since you have the RV1 now, I was thinking of another chocolate themed kart, you know how much chocolate is popular," Swizzle said. Gloyd nodded. "I kinda missed your kart Rancis, it was the most delicious looking kart on the track." He said.
"Well, as long as he likes racing, and doesn't try to take our girls, he'll be fine in my book," Swizzle said and opened up a can of soda.
(With Sticky)
When she heard the news of another racer, her heart lept up. She had some feelings for Swizzle, but since he and Jubileena had become an item, that was it. All three boys were taken. She was secretly devastated at first, but she dealt with it because she saw how happy Swizzle was. Yet, her heart still yearned for a companion, someone to love. So she silently prayed for the new racer to be a boy. "Please Tobikomi, let the new racer be a kind boy," she said to herself.
"Did you say something Sticky?" Sticky's sister, Torvald, called out. Torvald liked to visit Sticky often. She knew how desperate she was to have a companion to love her, so she comforted Sticky as best as she could.
"Nothing Torvald," Sticky replied. "I was just hoping that if there is a new character, it'll be a boy," she said in a low voice. Torvald ruffled her sister's hair.
"Well, if it is a boy, I'll help you get him Sticky," Torvald said with a smile. Sticky looked back up at her sister and smiled back.
(Back with Vanellope)
Vanellope had made it to Fix-It Felix Jr. to tell Ralph about the update to Sugar Rush. "Really kid? Well congrats," Ralph said as he ruffled her hair. Vanellope, sat on the edge of Ralph's roof, dangling her little legs over the edge.
"Thanks Stinkbrain," Vanellope replied. "I'm really excited to also try out the new tracks and to be taller hopefully," she said with excitement. Ralph cocked his eyebrow and looked down at her. He knew how much it bothered her, so he decided to tease her.
"Just to let you know, when you are older in your game, if Rancis so much as breathes on you wrong, I'll snap his neck in half," he joked. Vanellope sat up faster than lightning and glared at Ralph.
"Look wise guy, I know you're trying to be the 'Big Brother' here, but you don't worry about Rancis. I trust him and if he does something I am not ready for, I'll tell him," she said and gave Ralph a little kick in the shin. It didn't hurt him, but he knew she did it to get her point across. Ralph looked up at the screen of the game to Sugar Rush and saw Mr. Litwak at the console.
"Kid! You better get over there, I think your upgrade is starting now!" He shouted. Vanellope screeched and hopped back in her kart.
"See you later Ralphie!" She called out. Ralph waved back to her as she sped off toward the exit. A few minutes later, Vanellope made it back into her game, just as the upgrade began. Everyone in Sugar Rush collapsed as the upgrade shut down the game. They were unconscious for several minutes as the game updated to acquire the new tracks, the larger karts, and morph the characters's bodies.
"Okay Mr. Litwak, everything should be done in about an hour," the game company person said. Mr. Litwak nodded and patted the game cabinet.
"Oh, will there be a new character sir?" He asked, wanting to make sure to give his customers accurate information. The man looked up from his clipboard and nodded.
"The new character and kart take the longest since there is a lot of codes surrounding them and the kart," the man informed him. Litwak smiled and nodded his head. The company employee left. Mr. Litwak locked up and left to go home for a three day weekend. About an hour later, the upgrade was completed and the characters woke up. Vanellope woke up and shook her head. She felt like she was punched by Ralph.
"Oh my head," she groaned. She looked down at her hands and gasped. She had five fingers and they were longer! "Holy Sega!" She said excitedly and looked in the mirror of her new kart. "Wow, I am finally older!" She squealed. She ran her hands down her hour-glass shaped figure, liking how the company changed her.
"Hey Nelly, you look hot!" Rancis called out as he came over a hill with the other racers. Everyone drove up in their brand new karts, celebrating on the way about their new lives. The best part, to Vanellope of course, was that Rancis was taller and had nice biceps and a six pack that shown through his jacket.
"You're not so bad looking yourself Flugs," she complemented and kissed him. "Alright everyone, we have time to celebrate tomorrow since we have a three day weekend. Let's just get some sleep tonight. And also tomorrow, we can test out the new tracks!" She declared. Despite the excitement in the air, everyone was tired from their codes being altered severely. They all set off for home, even though Sticky was depressed that there was no new character. Torvald saw this and tried to cheer her up.
"Hey Sticky, maybe the new character will show up tomorrow," she said, "I think it might take a little longer for the code to be accepted into the game," Torvald explained. Sticky gave a smile that made her feel better. "Come on, let's get you to sleep," Torvald said as she hugged her sister. Everyone fell asleep peacefully and in excitement for their new look.
(Three hours later)
All the residents were sleeping peacefully in their new bodies. However, unbeknownst to them, the code room in the castle was glowing brightly. A new code box was just finishing hooking up to the mainframe. Once it finished glowing and shaking, it lit up again in a blue color, and the name showed up on the box. At the same time, the character materialized into the game onto the front stretch of Royal Raceway with "Life is a Highway" blaring throughout the game. It woke up everybody who were not all happy with being disturbed. Vanellope sat up with Rancis and had a pissed off expression glued to her face. Her phone rang and she answered it.
"Vanellope, do you know who is playing that right now?!" Jubileena shouted through the phone.
"No I don't Jubileena! But whoever it is will get their ass kicked!" Vanellope shouted back. She slammed her phone shut and hustled out of the castle with Rancis in tow. All 15 characters arrived at the race track, determined to find out why there was music blasting their ear drums at 2:00 A.M. Taffyta found the cord for the loudspeakers and ripped it from an outlet. The music whirred to a stop and the game was silent.
"Alright punk!" She shouted, "whoever decided to blast music and destroy our ear drums is going to get their ass kicked!" She said angrily. They all looked around for the culprit and beat them up, but to no avail. "Maybe it was a programming error," Gloyd suggested. Some people nodded, while others shook their heads. Suddenly, the roar of a loud engine broke the partial silence, scaring everyone as a kart flew over their heads from the top of a hill and landed right in front of them, doing donuts. Vanellope put her hands on her hips and shouted at the driver.
"HEY! JUST WHO THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU-" She began. The driver stopped their kart and shut it off. They unbuckled their seat belts and took off their helmet. The driver was a boy, the same age as everyone else, had chocolate eyes, jet black hair, slightly tanned skin and a blue fire suit on with red flames. All the girls' breath was caught in their throats and they stared as the character spoke with an Australian accent.
"G'day fellow racers," he spoke. "Sorry about waking you all up, but I wanted to make an entrance, just doing what the programming told me to do," he chuckled. Rancis caught Vanellope staring at the new character and snapped his fingers.
"Nelly are you okay?" He asked. Vanellope nodded and snapped her head back and forth to think clearly again.
"Um, as the President of the game of Sugar Rush, Vanellope von Schweetz, it is my honor to welcome you to your home," she declared. All of the others cheered for their newest comrade. "Nice to meet you Mr. Uh," Vanellope said as she shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you too Miss Vanellope," the racer replied with a smile as he shook her hand and put his brown and gold helmet in his kart. "The name is Nougatson, Herschel Nougatson," he said with his accent. This really caught the attention of our favorite Teal colored re-color.
"Herschel? I like the sound of that," Sticky said with a dreamy look in her eyes.
A.N. Well how was the first chapter? Sorry if it is slow and boring, but I have to start the story somewhere! But how did you people like my OC's name and description? Don't worry, more will be revealed later. And from this, it is easy to tell who his love interest will be. Anyways, review, fave, follow and enjoy the rest of this story!