No moon or stars in the sky. Just clouds shielding their glow away. Not a single light to shine upon the dark land. Everything was still, like if time itself just stopped, and it's been like that for as long as any could remember.
Ever since then, nothing in the island had changed.
It was always the same sight, the same enveloping darkness, the same maddening stillness. Every hour, every day, week and year, everything remained the same.
Just the way it should be, were the thoughts of something making it's way through the forest. As it passed through the mist, the surroundings became even more quiet and still, a thought no one could deem as possible. Not even the wind dared to blow, almost as if in fear of disturbing the ambiance they liked so much.
Something else, however, did.
Screams. Filling every inch of the forest, echoing over the trees, the rocks, and carried away with the mist.
Feeling a grand pleasure traveling all over their being, they made their way towards the sound, one thought in mind:
The Death was dancing tonight.
Litwack stretched his arms and yawned, the end of September was near, and everything in his arcade was already decorated for the upcoming Halloween celebration, in fact, the whole city got ready for this event quite early... as usual.
Pumpkins were already on sale on supermarkets and local farms, with special offers on candies or costumes. There were huge posters hung in every wall on town that filled it with shades of orange and black. Black cats, ghosts, bats, spiders and witches images were seen on every store. Even all the bakeries he had known over the years were offering pastries that matched the occasion.
Despite the early setting of all things mentioned, Mr. Litwack loved to see the city with this enthusiasm, and he couldn't stay behind of it- he loved to see kids having fun; he didn't enjoy many Halloweens during his childhood, so it was pretty refreshing to see kids with their costumes and having fun in the streets, with the usual company of their parents, or young adults that were still young at heart and dressed for the occasion. Litwack, however, always worked on Halloween night because he was constantly worried of kids taking their tricking too far.
Thanks to that, in a way, the owner of the arcade had created his own little tradition; he always gave a few candies to all gamers that entered his building through the whole month, and gave a full package of treats to all those who made it to the Top Board. He's been doing that for a few years now, so now he had decided to do a small change so it wouldn't get old- he was still going to give away candy, because it wasn't such a wise idea to get into the youngsters' bad side.
Litwack went outside and hanged a huge advisement on the entrance that said:
'3x1 OFFERT! SUGAR RUSH MARATHON UNTIL HALLOWEEN NIGHT! INCREDIBLE GIFTS FOR THE 3 HIGHEST SCORES OF THE DAY!'
Sugar Rush had been a pretty popular game ever since he installed it in the arcade, along with his retro games, but he figured out that it would be good to promote the game this season because of the candy theme. He made sure that the advisement was hanged correctly and, once he was satisfied with his work, Litwack took the stairs he used and went back inside his building. The owner checked that all the consoles were working correctly, and once he was done he checked his watch- just two more hours until he opened the arcade.
"Well, I guess I'll go make me a coffee and then I'll settle everything else for the marathon." Yawning lightly, he went to his coffee machine to prepare an espresso, completely unaware of a certain sweet racer looking at the announcement through the screen of her game.
Vanellope Von Schweetz, the current President of Sugar Rush, was sitting on her kart's hood in the middle of a plain road, her eyes fixed on the words written on the advisement, and her face showing somewhat of a serious mask.
"What's up, Prez? Relaxing until the races start?"
She jumped slightly at the sudden voice near her and turned around to see who it was. It turned out to be Swizzle who had just parked his kart and made his way towards her. Vanellope just smiled at him, but it seemed to be a bit forced.
The darevil took notice of this. "You OK? You look sour."
"I am feeling sour." She groaned as she put her hand under her chin, signaling with her head the advisement outside. "Can you read the words past the screen?"
Swizzle looked up, focusing his sight a bit so he could see what was wrong. "...'Sugar Rush Marathon'? But that sounds pretty cool!" He looked at the raven girl with a slight smile, who just sighed annoyed.
"Well, yeah, right, it DOES sound cool. But what else does it says?"
"It says it's a Halloween sale." Swizzle blinked, still not seeming to get her point.
Vanellope hit her forehead with her palm lightly. "Well, DOI! Think a little bit would ya? Halloween. What do you think it means?"
Swizzle let the words sink for a short while, and when he finally get it, he smirked a bit. "Oh, Gloyd?" He laughed. "That's what's on your nerves?"
"Uh, yeah." She huffed. "You know how he's like in this season."
The boy nodded, but he seemed beyond bothered by this. "Well, you should know your boyfriend. It's 'his' season anyways, so we can't help it." He shrugged.
Despite her obvious serious mask, Swizzle could notice her cheeks turned a darker shade of pink, albeit slightly. "So? Gloyd can go too far with his pranks in Halloween. It's like he stored them through the whole year and made them even more annoying."
"Technically, that's exactly what he does." Swizzle shook his head, smirk never flattening. "But I wouldn't say that annoying; he once told me that he only looks for a massive reaction from all of us."
"Uh-huh." Vanellope said unamused. "Like that one time he catapulted a giant jelly towards the starting line and splattered everyone?"
Swizzle laughed, remembering that one occasion. "Yeah! Come to think of it, you almost dropped him in the Fungeon that one time!"
Vanellope raised her arms high. "OF COURSE I would do that! It was the Random Rooster Race and we lost a lot of time cleaning the place to start!" She then remembered something else. "And when we were about to, Pumpkinhead somehow found a way to switch the background music!"
Swizzle laughed louder, remembering perfectly that instead of hearing the opening song of the triple R, Gloyd had replaced it with John Cena's theme at full volume. They were stuck with that song for at least ten minutes. Vanellope watched Swizzle hollering with laughter, and she couldn't help but laugh as well too.
"Oh man." He held his aching sides, trying to calm down. "Gloyd never told me how he was able to sneak through!"
"I think that for Minty's sake, he shouldn't teach you." She said with a smirk, getting a frown from Swizzle. "But you get my point, right?"
The darevil let out a chuckle, and nodded. "Yeah, I do. But you know he's my bro. Besides, asking him to don't move a finger in Halloween is like asking Beard Papa to not being an annoying old man."
"Point taken, but still, I would like to have at least one Halloween without him running around and-"
"GLOYD! COME HERE!"
Both of them jumped at the sudden scream, that could not belong to any other but a certain peanut buttercup boy, and bolted their head up, just in time to hear Gloyd's laughter as he drove past them in his kart at full speed.
"HEY GUYS, BYE GUYS!" He said, never stopping his laughter. A trail of sugar sparkles following the brunet's path made them cough, just to hear another kart's engine roaring nearby.
Swizzle looked at the distance with squinted eyes, and saw a very steamed Rancis speeding up- and his hair was now pure white! The once blonde racer's face was red with rage.
"WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU ORANGEBOAR, YOUR HAT WITH BE NOTHING BUT PUMPKIN PUDDING- SO WILL BE YOUR FACE!" He shouted after the orange hooligan and they both soon disappeared from sight. Both President and darevil blinked, before sighing, and looking at each other.
Vanellope was the first one to speak. "Guess it was too much to ask for."
He chuckled. "You know Rancis IS easiest person to tick off." Swizzle shrugged, but snickered soon after. "Man, even if we dye his hair with a lighter or darker shade of blonde, he'll go nuts!"
Vanellope laughed a bit. "Yeah, I never saw the big deal about it!" She hopped into her kart once she stopped laughing, and started it. "I better go and gather everyone at the starting line; would ya check on the boys so we can start without any problems? Those two are on the list for the day after all- oh, and make sure Pumpkinhead won't mess anything with his pranks during the races." She looked at him dully.
Swizzle grinned and bowed comically. "I'll bring your boyfriend before you can say 'Orangeboar'!" The boy laughed as she blushed once more, and after waving her goodbye he hopped into his kart as well, and the kids went their own ways: Swizzle to get his friends and Vanellope to settle everything for the upcoming day.
But what none of them, or anyone knew at the moment, is that both actions will lead to one thing- a destination that will change many things this upcoming Halloween.
A/N: Hey guys! About time I started to post this sequel huh? Yeah, not much going on- but I can assure you this will get better! (OOPS SPOILERS) First chapter will be uploaded on October 1st! So please watch for it!
To give away a quick info- the ships involved here will be VanellopexGloyd, SwizzlexMinty and RancisxTaffyta! Though I'm not all into mushy stuff with characters I don't fully own, I will try my best to portray them correctly!
So, until next update guys! Tell me what you think in the Reviews page!
~DreamerAwaken
EDIT: 06/04/2016. It's pretty impressive so see how much I have improved my writing in a year. I'll have to correct a lot of everything, but it'll be worth in the end!