Chapter One - A Sweet Reflection
Ripplelina Von Schweetz smiled as her husband welcomed another day of racing in Sugar Rush. She always found herself more successful in her racing since she married Daimian just over a year ago. Due to Ripplelina's royal heritage, it was custom for her to have a traditional Jewish ceremony. But none of the Sugar Rush citizens minded, as they were part of the wedding. The twelve racer girls were bridesmaids, and the three racer boys were ushers. They found it fascinating, hearing Ripplelina speak in another language that was embedded in her code, though the racers found it more fun when they got to dance with each other and eat as much as they wanted. It was the second most enjoyable day of the racers lives, (first day when they raced for the first time).
There were times the Sugar Rush racers wanted to explore the world outside their game, but Ripplelina forbade it. The racers knew that if something happened to them outside their game, they wouldn't regenerate. Which is the one reason why their ruler would tell the Sugar Rush racers that they were only allowed to leave if something happened to Sugar Rush and they needed to head to Game Central Station for safety. She treated the racers as if they were her own, and didn't want anything to happen to them. In return, they all looked up to her with love and respect, and yet something kept bothering the racers. Who WAS Ripplelina exactly? Despite the fact she told them to never leave Sugar Rush, it felt like she was hiding something from them, something they couldn't explain. She'd sometimes have a dazed look in her eyes, as if she was having a momentary flashback of something that had happened to her before, but then she'd quickly shake her head to get herself back to the reality of Sugar Rush.
To make it fair, now that Ripplelina and Daimian were both married, they would take it in turns to welcome the racers, introduce the race and take it in turns to enter the Random Roster Race. "Welcome to another day of racing in Sugar Rush!" King Daimian called out of the microphone from on top of the stand. The racers from below smiled and waved to their adoring fans. Taffyta, Rancis, Candlehead, Jubileena, Sticky, Swizzle, Adorabeezle and Snowanna were the eight successful racers from the previous day's Random Roster Race. Ripplelina eyed her husband. "Looks like it's my turn to race today motek". Daimian smiled at his wife before kissing her cheek. "Good luck my sweet." He then turned to the racers. "Ripplelina Von Schweetz will be racing with you all today..." The racers looked at their ruler, giving her challenging looks. Ripplelina was a tough competitor. She was an adult compared to them, and she was highly skilled when it came to speed and power ups. Though she was usually kind enough let them bypass her so they would have the opportunity to win. "Now, be sure you all have one gold coin to compete in this race! The first nine to enter will be on tomorrow's scoreboard!" The racers nodded happily and turned to line up to throw their gold coin into the pot to compete. Ripplelina smiled and threw hers in first. "Queen Ripplelina!" the announcer called out. 'Sweet!' Ripplelina thought as she watched the other racers throw their gold coins in.
"Taffyta Muttonfudge!"
"Jubileena Bing Bing!"
"Rancis Fluggerbutter!"
"Minty Zaki!"
"Adorabeezle Winterpop!"
"Candlehead!"
"Gloyd Orangeboar!"
"Crumbelina Di Caramello!"
"Sticky Wipplesnit!"
"Citrusella Flugpucker!"
"Swizzle Malarkey!"
"Snowanna Rainbeau!"
"Nougestia Brumblestain!"
"Torvald Batterbutter!"
Once all the names of the racers had been announced, all the racers got into their karts and began preparing for the race. Ripplelina, on the other hand, simply smiled and did a back flip from the stand, landing perfectly on the cinnamon dust ground. King Daimian shook his head. "Show-off." he muttered lovingly, and watched her as she walked casually over to her kart, carrying her helmet under one arm while wearing her pure white racing suit with blue and ripple coloured stripes down the sides. The racers stared on, still amazed and in awe at how their ruler can perform such skills without hurting herself. She smiled as she pulled on her fingerless white gloves with a strong grip, and placed her helmet on, carefully tucking her long black hair inside. "How do you do that Your Majesty?" Ripplelina turned. It was Candlehead. She flipped her visor up. "Pardon?" Candlehead continued. "I mean, the jumps. Why don't you go down the slide?" she asked curiously. Ripplelina smiled at the birthday cake themed racer. "It helps keep my strength up and my endurance high. Plus, I'm not very keen on the slide. A bit too shaky for my kind of entrance." Candlehead nodded. "Oh ok" and she turned around and skipped off back to her kart. Ripplelina smiled and shook her head as she flipped her visor back down. She looked up, seeing the light turn red, amber then green, she slammed on the accelerator of her kart and sped off faster than the others.
Before long, she reached the Gumball Gorge. She grinned as she drove left and right, avoiding the giant gum balls with ease. She then looked in her rear view mirror. Taffyta and Rancis weren't far off, with Crumbelina and Minty close by. Minty suddenly got hit with a gumball and her kart was smashed to pieces while Crumbelina narrowly avoided it. Ripplelina pulled a face. She hated it whenever one of the racers got hurt, but she had to focus on the race. She watched as Rancis got a power up, and let loose toffee spikes all over the track of the Gumball Gorge. Snowanna shrieked as she skidded among them, unable to avoid an oncoming gumball. She herself got her kart smashed. Ripplelina smiled "Good aim Rancis!" she called out. Rancis smiled and nodded in response. Finally, Ripplelina and several of the other racers sped out of Gumball Gorge and landed on the Taffy Track, heading for the Cakeway.
Thank you for reading Chapter One of my first Sugar Rush story! I hope you enjoyed it! It took a lot of effort as every time I kept reviewing it, I would have better ideas to add, like curiosity into Ripplelina's past before she met and married Daimian. But don't worry, they'll be hints about that later on throughout the story! Be sure to review!