Hello loyal subjects! Have some candy! If you can't tell I'm in an extremely good mood right now. The Headcanon tumblr has provided me with an idea that I wasn't sure I wanted to do, what with my personal KH universe shot to Polybus and back still thanks to my break up over three months ago, until I went on a feel fest. I read some stuff dealing with Ralph's loneliness and yeah. Anyway, for this fic I will be using Head Canon #3230: Kingdom Hearts is considered a legendary game among the characters at Litwak's.
But, as you know, I will be adding my personal KH touch. That means an appearance of O13's ES team from my fic Data Files and a, possible and very likely, appearance from Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Well enough of my rambling, it is with great pleasure that I say let the fic, and the Random Roster Race, begin! Enjoy!
(Disclaimer: I don't own WiR, KH, or Epic Mickey. All three belong to Disney and Square Enix. I only own the ES team and their Keyblades.)
It was another peaceful day in Sugar Rush. The arcade was closed, so Vanellope and the other racers were getting ready for the evening's Random Roster Race. Tonight was a special night. A while ago, after the whole Turbo incident was put to bed, Callhoun and Felix figured out that the could travel to more places than just the other games in the GCS. They had discovered that not only was there a whole world of games out there, they figured out they could access it via DDR Extreme. Over time, they had come across a game linked to Final Fantasy called Kingdom Hearts.
Once word had gotten back to the arcade about the merging of Disney and FF's creators, Square Enix, everyone wanted to visit the new game. It had become a veritable legend around the arcade and yet so few explored there. So far only the hardiest of characters went as the game proved to be fraught with all sorts of dangers. Namely the Heartless. Shadow Cy-Bugs as Callhoun called them. The all black creatures came in all sorts of shapes, colors, and forms and popped up out of seemingly nowhere when you least expected it.
Vanellope, who had come to be somewhat obsessed with the game, was itching to get the Roster Race over with so she could go explore with Ralph, who was watching on the sidelines. She knew the Wrecker would keep her safe from the Heartless and she could always 'glitch-port' to safety if things got too hairy. After Sour Bill gave his announcement, she hopped into her cart and the race was off. She purposely hung back, making sure to come in tenth or lower, so she could take the day off tomorrow.
After the race, with the line up being Taffyta, Candlehead, Rancis, Swizzle, Gloyd, Minty, Torvald, Citrusella, and Crumbelina, Vanellope and Ralph took off to meet up with Felix and the Sarge. The Core Four then headed over to DDR Extreme and headed to Kingdom Hearts. For some reason, whenever anyone headed to this game, the in-game world they would appear in would be random. That meant that so far, no one had gotten a glimpse of the game's protagonist yet. Although Ralph had heard a rumor from Eggman and Zangief that the hero of the game was named Sora.
As the four exited the entrance from which they came, which was strangely embedded in a wall, they were on a bright and sunny little isle. The perfect place for a vacation. Vanellope was so hyped up she was glitch-porting all over the place.
"WOW! This place is amazing!" She all but squealed, quickly occupying herself with chasing a crab around.
"I'm sad I didn't bring a blanket and get some sweets from Sugar Rush." Felix said as he marveled at the absolutely beautiful scenery the CGI game had to offer.
"I wonder where the pro-tag is." Ralph said, sitting himself down in the sand and letting the waves lap at his feet.
"Yeah, I heard no one's seen who it is so far." Tamora said. She managed to find a blanket lying around near a small wooden shack and spread it out for her and Felix to sit on. After a bit of relaxing, the group decided to continue exploring, hoping to run into the seemingly absent protagonist.
Watching from said shack where Tamora found the blanket, was a girl with bright emerald eyes and brown hair. She had been watching the four since they arrived and looked for the entrance she knew was hidden somewhere nearby. Once they were gone, she headed for it. She put her hand on the wall they had passed through and felt her hand go through it. She glanced back to make sure she hadn't been spotted before going through.
After what felt like hours of searching without finding anyone else on the island, the four headed back to where they entered the game.
"I wonder what this game's protagonist is like." Felix said.
"Gotta be sharp to deal with the monsters I've seen in the other levels." Tamora said. "Those things are darn near impossible to destroy. Shoot one three more spring up in it's place."
"Well this is a Final Fantasy-ish game so I'd assume we're talking about a Sephiroth or Cloud like character." Ralph reasoned.
"Oh no, not another grouchy angel." Vanellope said. Sephiroth had a reputation for being a bit cold. Not that anyone blamed him, it was in his code after all. Vanellope and the others actually liked him because he was actually quite the chatter. Ralph sympathized with him because, next to him, Sephiroth was considered Litwak's scariest Bad Guy.
"In any case, let's get out of here. The arcade opens in a few hours." Tamora said. "We can look again tomorrow. Who knows, maybe we'll find the pro-tag then." They headed for the exit to DDR Extreme when Vanellope noticed the small cave entrance near the base of the large tree.
"Hey, what's in there?" She asked, grabbing Ralph's hair like the reigns of a horse and directing his head to what she saw.
"I don't know. Didn't notice that before." He said, walking over.
"Wreck-it! Move it!" Tamora shouted. With a hint of disappointment, the two followed and headed back to Game Central Station. As they rode the train back to Fix-It Felix Jr., Felix could feel something odd within his code. Almost like a premonition.
"Ralph, do you think it's wise to visit Kingdom Hearts again tomorrow night?" He asked. Ralph gave him a puzzled look.
"Why, you don't like the game?" He asked back.
"Lands' sake no! I think the scenery is beautiful and the graphics are amazing, it's just...I have a bad feeling about those 'things' contained within that game not to mention no one can locate the protagonist." He said.
"But that's probably because any time someone visits the place you have no idea where you'll end up." He said with a shrug. "I don't know why but it is one of those newfangled console games so who knows." Felix nodded a bit.
"You're right, I'm probably worried for nothing." He said. "Same time tomorrow night Ralph?"
"You know it Felix. Hopefully we land on that beach again, a wind-down like that after work I can get used to." The two laughed a bit and headed their separate ways to catch some sleep before the arcade opened and kids swarmed their game.
After slipping back in through the door and making several notes of where the others were, the girl who had been watching the Core Four headed for one of the other worlds contained in the game. She entered a darkened room with a single throne where four boys were lingering.
"I found a way out of the game." She said.
"What does it matter anyway?" One of the boys asked. "We can't leave anyway since we're-"
"NO! We're not! And I can prove it." She led the boys to one of the hidden doors and went through. The boys stared in awe when she reappeared. "Its time to show them we aren't glitches."
Welcome to the end of chapter one. I've got a good feeling about this fic and it's not just my code saying that. I think this is a good first chapter, at least I hope it's good. *chuckles nervously*
Since I have no idea which version of DDR is at Litwak's I just used Extreme since it was the first one to come to mind. The reason the exit out of the arcade and into consoles is in DDR is because DDR cabinets used to have an online function. They no longer have a purpose but they used to be able to sync up with console versions of the games. For the record, dummied out characters and glitches are different. Dummy characters (such as Sonic the Fighters' Holly Cat) and items (like Sora's various unseen Keyblades) can leave the game. Glitches as we all know cannot.
The reason is; dummy data isn't deleted data or partial deleted data like a glitch. Take Holly for example, with a bit of manipulation, she can be played with no difficulties other than her lazy eye. Glitches like Missingno we all know what they do.
Anywho, I just realized this is rather short for a first chapter but that's probably because I'm just setting things up and still wanna keep a slightly ominous theme for this.
Also, I have currently no idea why the summary for most of my fics is glitching the way it is. Apparently my account hate's periods or the fact that I spelled the name of the aforementioned glitch correctly.
Next time, Sugar Rushing