Vanilla Turtles

Chapter 1 Running Start

Vanellope watched with drooping eyes as a gummy bear fell over for the upteenth time and she decided she needed to see Ralph before she died of boredom. He was at a bad anon meeting so she would have to go there and get him. Vanellope didn't know why he still went to those since most people liked him now, something about not being the only bad guy who wasn't a bad guy. She stood up and started running/glitching toward the exit of Sugar Rush.

Glitching through the crowds at the station was fun in itself, being the mischievous girl she was Vanellope liked tripping snooty NPC's and scaring damsel in distress characters, heck it was one of her favorite non-racing activities. After flipping some princess character's skirt up and glitching away too fast for anyone to see, she was nearing Ralph's group in Pacman. She skidded to a halt in front of the door that read "Bad Anon Support Group: adult villains only" She wasn't either of those things but reached for the knob anyways. "You're not allowed to do that, they'll just toss you out if you go in dummy." Vanellope turned to see a turtle/dragon/porcupine creature that seemed like a kid, staring at her.

Vanellope didn't know who this kid was but nobody but her friends were allowed to call her a dummy. "Oh please, I bet you've never even tried pipsqueek."

The whatever it was turned red and glared at her, "I have so! And you're smaller than me syrup for brains!" Syrup for brains? This guy was good.

"So you're a liar AND a scaredy-shell? I almost feel sorry for you." Vanellope had let go of the doorknob by now and had her hands on her hips, the turtle kid looked angry now.

"I'm not scared of anything you stuck up sourpatch kid!" The turtle kid was hopping mad now, time for the bored dismissal.

"Whatever you say kid, but I need to see my friend so why don't you go play like a good little whatever you are." Vanellope used her most condescending grown up voice and waited retaliation, then the chase.

But she was surprised when the kid seemed to calm, "I'm a koopa bugeyes, and the only game I can play right now is TAG!" The koopa kid shoved Vanellope to the ground and ran off laughing maniacally.

Now most kids would cry after getting hit so hard, but Vanellope had played tag with Ralph, so this was nothing. The koopa was momentarily shocked to see a smiling candy girl running after him yelling, "Hey slowpoke you trying to lose?!" the duo ran out of Pacman and through the halls of game central station tearing up the place trying to beat the other. The koopa would knock things over and trip people to create obstacles while Vanellope glitched to avoid them and occasionally threw small objects at her target.

It wasn't fair but that was how they liked it, nothing but your goal and the fun. After the koopa kid knocked a guy in a purple suit into DDR Hello Kitty edition, Vanellope finally managed to glitch in front of him and pull off a pretty good tackle. "Tag! I win carrot top!" She was shoved off still laughing while the koopa stood up and got his bearings. He was about to yell at Vanellope when she stopped laughing and held out her hand, "I'm President Vanellope von Schweetz, what's your name buddy?" The boy stared incredulously at her gapped tooth smile then her outstretched hand, he cautiously took it into his own and she shook it enthusiastically.

The koopa stood up as straight as possible and tried to sound dignified as he recited the list of titles Kamek made him memorise. "I am Bowser Jr, crown prince of the koopas, Super villain in training, enemy of Mario-" He noticed Vanellope looking bored and possibly a bit disappointed "And I can burp the loudest of all my siblings, and I have seven!" That one had just come out, Kamek had told him it was nothing to brag about but if it made his dad laugh it had to be impressive.

Vanellope must have thought so too since she started laughing again right after he said it. "Can you do it on cue or do you need soda first?" She seemed genuinely interested which was new for Jr, the only person who ever took real interest in what he said was his dad. And between him, seven other kids, kingly duties (pffft, dooty.) and world domination, it was hard to get quality time together. But when they did Bowser always listened no matter how seemingly ridiculous the subject was.

"I can burp pretty loud on cue but for the really big ones I need a can or two, if I drink a whole liter I can make guards around me think there was an earthquake!" Jr's smile got bigger as he talked and Vanellope laughed again.

"Can you burp the ABC's? I can get up to X before I feel too nauseous to move." She made hand gestures and even stuck her tongue out and hugged her stomach at the end of the sentence, her enthusiasm was matched.

"Duh! It's easy, wanna see?!"

Vanellope bounced a bit in excitement, "Hershey yeah I wanna see!" Jr held back his own giggles with a deep breath and started. It wasn't the success at the challenge that was impressive, but the speed at which he accomplished it. The letters came in quick succession and Jr would often get two or three letters in one burp. At the end Jr actually sang,

"Now you know the ABC's-" he burped the letters in one go then went back to singing, "Next time won't you mouth fart with me!"

By this time Vanellope was on the floor laughing and gasping for air, "M-HAHAHA-m-mouth hehe f-haha-fart?!" She wiped a tear from her eye and tried to calm down,

"It was my brother Roy's idea, but he stole it from my 'butt burps' idea." This sent a new wave of giggles between them.

"JUNIOR! WHERE THE HECK DID YOU GO?!" a booming roar of a voice echoed through the station shocking everyone but Jr.

"That's my dad!" Jr turned to Vanellope, "I have to go or else he'll get worri- I mean get angry." Vanellope looked a bit disappointed but still smiled at him,

"It's okay, I'll get to see you later though, right BJ?" Junior was confused for a brief second before realizing those were his initials and apparently nickname.

"Sure, but why would you want to see me again?" Vanellope looked a bit stunned and even a little hurt,

"I thought we could be friends crocodile face." Friends? Junior didn't have friends. Kids were always scared of him or his family, they thought he played too rough and was a spoiled brat. But it wasn't his fault he and his family looked the way they did or that they were royalty, it wasn't his fault he was stronger than others and grew up in a military based culture, and it wasn't his fault he was taught by Kamek that he had to act proud to be a prince. He liked making people laugh but all his funny faces made them scream, he wanted to play games but he didn't know the rules, and he hated being alone in his room with piles of emotionless toys.

But this girl, Vanellope, wasn't scared of anything, she liked to play rough and break rules to have fun, and most importantly she wanted to be his friend. HIS FRIEND! His siblings were a few years older so they excluded him from a lot of their games, but Vanellope seemed to be the same age as him. Junior processed the information surprisingly well given his situation.

"I wanna be your friend!" Junior said it a bit louder than he meant to, Vanellope started beaming again so he forgot about that little detail.

"Cool! anytime you wanna hang out just jump through the sugar rush portal." Junior was about to ask where that was but he heard his dad yell,

"JUNIOR! I'M SERIOUS!" most would come to the conclusion Bowser had gotten angrier by the tone of his voice but his family knew it was actually panic.

"I really need to go but I'll see you tomorrow!" Junior ran as fast as his little legs could carry him back to his dad. Vanellope watched him go, and started thinking about what games she could make up including lollipops and marshmallow fluff.

Authors note:

Thanks for reading first of all, secondly I know you're probably confused about a few things. I will explain them in the following list.

Vanellope couldn't escape her game in the movie because she's a glitch. But in this fiction the author doesn't give a crap so let's just say she could leave after the reset.

I know the Koopalings are no longer officially Bowser's kids, but I love them as characters and I want to explore them more deeply.

Kamek was Bowser's caretaker when he was a baby so I think he would now be Junior's tutor. I imagine Kamek being old fashioned and uptight teaching Junior to be a traditional Koopa King.

Junior and Vanellope are 9 in this fic while the koopalings are 11-14.

The guy in the purple suit was the Joker from the Arkham Asylum games, don't worry he has no idea who pushed him but he and Batman will make a few more cameos.

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