Hello! Just a heads up, in this story Vanellope has never seen GCS before, as Turbo took control of Sugar Rush just when it got plugged in.
That's all, R&R, May the Moon shine on you!
Welcome to The World
"So where ya taking me, Stinkbrain?" asked the new president of Sugar Rush, hopping about somewhere at the 9-feet-tall wrecker's knee level like an over-cute chipmunk on caffeine high.
They were strolling around in the Sugar Rush candy cane forest, not so far from where they had first met, heading in the general direction of the outlet exit, but not directly to it.
"I figured you need a break,' answered Ralph affectionately. 'You've been President for a week and you haven't even stepped out of the castle! Relax a bit!" Vanellope smiled. "It's just, I've been so busy with straightening everything, hunting out those little glitches that got in when we reset, making sure the candy citizens are all ok..." "Yeah, ok, I don't want a full status report', laughed Ralph. 'As to where we are going... Well that, for the time being, is a surprise."
They continued to mooch through the peppermint-striped woods, chatting about stuff. Not too far from the exit outlet, Ralph stopped.
"Now we're almost there. So 'close your eeeeyes,' he said, chuckling as he remembered Vanellope saying those exact words.
The pint-sized president girl made complaining noises "Aaaw, Ralphie, do I have to?" "Shush! Close'em!" retorted Ralph playfully.
Vanellope groaned, but shut her eyes and yanked her hood over her face to annoy her wrecker friend.
Ralph picked her up and placed her on his shoulder, holding her with one huge hand so she wouldn't fall. Then he set off towards the outlet.
Vanellope felt Ralph's thudding footfalls as he walked, but she had no idea where they were going. She could feel that Ralph was going upwards. Then the sounds around her changed. The noise of Ralph's feet was echoed, and she could hear a faint humming. Th smells of sugar and candy became faint and vanished.
She was longing to take a look. "Nearly there," said Ralph.
A distant buzz sounded, like a huge crowd in a large room far away.
The buzz got louder. A woman's voice sounded on an intercom. Through the hood, Vanellope caught "-al Station", she was impatient to find out where she was! Ralph stopped. He let her down onto a hard surface. Slowly he pulled the mint-green hood off her face.
"Okay, open up!" he said. Vanellope opened her eyes eagerly.
She stared all around her, and gasped. Millions of informations surged at her from everywhere in the enormous high-ceilinged marble hall. Characters, good, bad and NPC were everywhere. She saw a large crowd outside an entrance marked 'Tappers', another outside "BurgerTime'. A blue humanoid hedgehog winked at her from a screen, telling her to stay safe outside her game. Various polished wood information desks and a lost and found office were grouped along the centre of the hall. Massive windows at either end beamed in an artificial sunlight, and several homeless character shelters had been set up beneath them. Vanellope took it all in, overwhelmed. She was speechless. "It's... Huge. It's amazing! Wow..wow." Ralph smiled at her astonished amazed look. "Well, kid,' he said, lifting her onto his shoulder and beginning to walk down towards his game
'Welcome to the World."