(15 Years Earlier, Sugar Rush, Litwak's Arcade)

Gloyd Orangeboar, the Halloween-themed racer, was walking around the Candy Tree Forest on his way to the castle, thinking of Vanellope. He loved Vanellope more than anything and it felt like the two had a special bond. Today, he was going on a picnic with her at Lemonade Lake.

He thought about Vanellope all the time, and hung out with her when she wasn't needed at the castle or when she wasn't busy. They had planned this picnic for weeks, and he wasn't going to put it off any longer. He would finally get a chance to spend time with her today.

He finally arrives at the castle and goes up to the door, knocking on the door. Sour Bill answers the door and looks up at the pumpkinheaded racer. "Mmmmm...how can I help you, Mister Orangeboar?" he asks in his usual monotone voice.

"May I please see the princess?" Gloyd asks, smiling politely.

"The princess can't come out today, Mister Orangeboar. She's doing royal duties and can't be disturbed. But if you insist on seeing her, I'll see if she can accept visitors." Sour Bill says as he scurries off to the throne room, leaving Gloyd at the castle doors. "Princess Vanellope?"

"What is it, Bill? Can't you see I'm doing my royal work here?" Vanellope says, looking at Sour Bill.

"Gloyd is here to see you, Your Highness." Sour Bill says, looking at Vanellope. "Can he come in?"

"Very well, send him in, Bill." Vanellope says as she looks back down at the new laws that had to be approved.

Sour Bill nods and sends Gloyd in.

"What brings you here, Gloyd?" Vanellope asks Gloyd, who's holding a basket in his hands.

"We made plans to have a picnic at Lemonade Lake today, remember?" Gloyd asks her. Vanellope gasps and looks at her planner.

"Oh, that's right, I forgot!" Vanellope says, jumping up from her chair. "But..."

"But what?" Gloyd asks her.

"I have all this work that has to get done today and all these new laws that have to be approved...oh, that stuff can wait 'til later! I did make plans to spend time with you today after all!" Vanellope says with a smile on her face.

And with that, the two of them head off to Lemonade Lake.

Little does Vanellope know, today was also the day the game would have a new ruler, but she seemed oblivious to the news.

Turbo was wandering the game, looking for an opportunity to mess with the game's code. He then saw the princess walking out of her castle.

"Perfect..." Turbo says as he makes his way to the castle and lets himself in, looking for the code room. "This is the perfect opportunity to start fresh..."

His game had gotten unplugged and he lived in GCS for the past few years. He needed a fresh start and he figures Sugar Rush is the perfect place to do that. He finally makes it to the code room, managing to get the door open.

"Ah, the code, the lifeblood of the game..." Turbo says as he floats out into Sugar Rush's code mass. "Tracks, karts...ah, the racers..." he says as he scrolls through the group of racers' codeboxes. "Taffyta Muttonfudge...Swizzle Malarkey...Gloyd Orangeboar...ah, the ruler, Vanellope Von Schweetz..." he says, grabbing the wires that kept her codebox in the code mass. "You're just a kid, you vanilla pipsqueak...let's see how you like it when nobody remembers who you are..."

And he yanks every cord that kept Vanellope's codebox attached to the code. He replaces it with a bigger code box labeled "King Candy" and puts it in place of Vanellope's code box, shoving Vanellope's code box out into the code room abyss, leaving it abandoned as it shoots sparks to show that it's glitching. Then he locks up all the racers' and citizens' memories, laughing a cruel laugh.

At Lemonade Lake, Vanellope was enjoying her time with Gloyd, until she feels a disturbance running through her code.

"What the..." Vanellope says, standing up and poking herself, feeling the fresh glitch rippling through her body. "What happened to me?"

At that very moment, the newest ruler of Sugar Rush, King Candy, pulls up in the Royal Racer, along with all the other racers.

"What are you doing hanging out with that Glitch?" Taffyta asks the pumpkinheaded racer.

"Glitch?" Gloyd replies as he looks behind him, seeing Vanellope glitching and crying.

"As you can see, Gloyd, Vanellope is a glitch now." Rancis explains. "She's an accident waiting to happen, and she's a mistake, never meant to exist."

"What are you talking about?" Gloyd asks, confused.

"No time to explain, dear boy! Hoo, hoo! Come, everyone, it's time to race for a spot on the roster!" King Candy says as all the racers except for Gloyd cheer.

Everyone drives off to the Royal Raceway, Gloyd driving off behind them, wondering what could have happened.

(Sugar Rush, 15 Years Later)

The Sugar Rush racers were having the roster race to determine the next day's roster as the game's number one racer, Taffyta Muttonfudge, was hoping for another first place finish, while Gloyd Orangeboar, who was close behind her in second place, was hoping for a win.

It had been hard on him since that day 15 years ago.

Since King Candy started ruling Sugar Rush, he had missed Vanellope. But it was now against the law to associate with the glitch. The only time he ever sees Vanellope is when him and the other racers go and torture her. And he has to realize that he's never going to be able to see her in the same light he saw her in 15 years ago.

Gloyd speeds ahead of Taffyta, who looks at him, shocked that he got ahead of her.

"Hey! Come back here, you pumpkinhead!" Taffyta shouts at Gloyd, who was already close to the finish line.

"Oh, I don't think so, Taffy-breath!" Gloyd yells as he throws his Pumpkin Bombs out of his kart, blowing Taffyta up and leaving her in fifth place, which still earned her a spot on the roster, but didn't earn her a trophy.

Gloyd wins first place, but tonight's race held specific meaning for him. Confetti falls all around him as he makes his way to the winner's circle.

"Congratulations Gloyd Orangeboar on your 100th Sugar Rush Roster Win!" the announcer yells as a picture of Gloyd holding his 100th win trophy along with a caption that says "Hardcore Candy Achievement Earned- Congratulations Gloyd Orangeboar on 100 Roster Wins!" scrolls across the screen in golden yellow letters.

The crowd cheers as Gloyd raises his trophy high into the air while Taffyta folds her arms and pouts.

"I WAS SO CLOSE!" Taffyta says, throwing a tantrum.

"Well, Taffyta, the better racer did win, and in this case, Gloyd won." Rancis says matter-of-factly.

"Shut up, buttercup!" Taffyta grits her teeth and watches the awards ceremony go on with a scowl on her face.
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"So, dude, how do you want to celebrate this big achievement? I mean, you're the first one to reach Hardcore Candy! I'm only at 80 races, so I'm obviously envious..." Swizzle says, patting the Halloween racer's back as he smiles brightly.

"Well, could we just go out for drinks at Tapper's?" Gloyd asks Swizzle.

"Of course, Gloyd. Anything for my best friend in the whole arcade!" Swizzle says, smiling as he jumps back in his kart.

"Last one to the game's exit is a rotten Cadbury Creme Egg!" Gloyd says, grinning.

"Oh, it's on!" Swizzle says as he starts his kart.

The two boys race off to Sugar Rush's exit, laughing all the while.