Chapter 1 – The Discovery
Gloyd Orangeboar was a prankster; it was in his code. Swizzle Malarkey was the daredevil of the racers; that was in his code. As a result, they were both best friends.
Gloyd was racing with Swizzle through the Sundae Mountains in Kernel, his go-kart. Swizzle was driving in his go-kart, Tongue Twister.
Ice cream was more a winter theme, but Gloyd preferred Halloween, so he liked driving through Candy Cane forest more. Swizzle liked the Sundae Mountain because he was an ice lolly lover.
They headed into the cave with the rainbow path. Gloyd never slowed down on this part, it was his favourite, and he loved whizzing through.
Swizzle never slowed down either. As the daredevil of all racers in Sugar Rush, he liked it fast and dangerous. As they zoomed through the cave, they had a conversation.
"So, any thoughts on the girls lately?" Gloyd began.
Swizzle laughed. "What makes you think I think of the girls at times like this?"
"I don't know, maybe the fact that I saw you and Minty Zaki talking yesterday?"
The cave exit spat them out.
"You saw that?" Swizzle asked.
"Sure did, Swizz! What were you talking about?" Gloyd asked.
"Do I have to tell you?" Swizzle questioned.
"Dude, I'm your best friend! I want to know everything!"
Swizzle groaned. "I asked Minty out on a date."
Gloyd hit the brakes on his car and it skidded to a halt. "You did what!?"
Swizzle brakes more smoothly than Gloyd did, and laughed.
"I asked Minty to race me around the track in about an hour, and then we'd take a trip to Sundae Mountain for some ice cream."
"And she said yes?"
"She sure did! Said it'd be nice to just have a calm time eating ice cream rather than a crazy one with the girls."
"Want me to come with?"
"Dude, are you serious?"
"Um, yes?"
"I told her we'd be alone." Swizzle replied, his cheeks turning red. Gloyd noticed his blush.
"Aw, is ickle wittle Swizzle bwishing?" He mocked.
"Get out of it, Gloyd." Swizzle replied jokingly.
"You could have just said it was like a proper date, you know. I would have believed you. You two are perfect match."
"Oh yeah? How so?"
Ice lolly and ice cream, that's how."
Swizzle rolled his eyes and started his engine up again. Gloyd did the same, and they headed towards the finish line.
"What about you, Gloyd? Thinking of any girls you'd like to-"
"Don't even, Swizzle. You know all the girls hate me."
"Nah, I wouldn't say all of 'em."
"Oh yeah? Why not?"
"Vanellope wouldn't hate anyone. Even if they did put itching power in her PJs and swap her shampoo with pink hair dye. You should have seen her face when she looked in the mirror and saw she had pink hair instead of black! Priceless!"
"Haha, Swizz, very funny. Just face it, I'm never going to spike it with any of these girls. My best chance is meeting an unlockable that doesn't know me and happens to like pranks just as much as I do."
With that, Gloyd turned off of the track and down the chocolate track as Swizzle looked at him via side mirror, a worried expression on his face. He was worried for his best friend's happiness. If it fell below 1 in the code status, he would have to respawn.