WreckItRalphFan: This is my first fanfiction, and the first story that I have ever written that has been seen by anyone other than myself. I would greatly appreciate any reviews. I was able to come back and fix many of the previous errors. I would never have been able to get it to this point without the help of girlpandagreenlime, she is truly an amazing writer and I am so blessed that she was able to help me!

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I do not own any of the characters.

Chapter 1

There she was again, another day came and went. She couldn't help but think the thought that she had forced out of her mind so many countless times before. "Why can't I just be like everyone else?" She whispered it into the emptiness of her own little corner of the game. A lonely little place called Diet Cola Mountain. She knew that it wasn't much, but it was all she had. It was her home.

The truth was she knew why she wasn't like everyone else, but she still tried to search for an answer. She inched her way up to the cola hot springs, careful not to disturb any of the hanging Mentos above. She peered over the edge to see her reflection, and then as if on cue it happened again. A glitch. That's all she was and all she would ever be. Nothing more than an extra character that was never meant to exist, locked up into the games code because someone decided that she wasn't good enough to even be a part of the game. It was times like these that she wished that the game designers had decided to go through the extra trouble of completely deleting her from the game permanently.

She moved back away from the cola hot springs and sat down on her doughnut bed, it was just another piece of garbage that she had managed to drag in here. It was just like every other object that she owned, discarded by the other racers because much like herself, it wasn't good enough for them. She didn't know why she had been so depressed lately, but she was. She knew that she couldn't change anything, she would always be a glitch. She would never be able to leave her sorry excuse of a game, and she would never be able to race. She would do anything to enter just one single race, she could beat them all, racing was in her code she could feel it. Vanellope knew deep down that once she crossed that finish line things would be different, she might even be accepted.

"I would beat Taffyta, Rancis, and Candlehead," her smile slowly grew with every name that she spoke into the dark. She could just imagine their faces when she finally had a chance to prove herself and would cross the finish line ahead of them all.

"Swizzle, Crumbelina, Gloyd, and King Candy." She paused, just the thought of that sickening sweet cavity of a ruler gave her a tooth ache. She shuddered at the thought of what might happen if he found her anywhere near the racetrack, thanks to him everyone despised her. She closed her eyes, and for the first time in weeks she had allowed herself to relive that terrible day.

It was one of the first weeks of being plugged in and strangely, she didn't remember anything about it. Everyone was actually being nice to her. Sure, she knew that she was different, occasionally she would pixilate and end up a couple of feet away from where she was originally standing. She didn't worry about it, it was her normal.

They were all there in the middle of the track after closing time, all of her fellow racers with her being the center of attention. Everyone seemed to be talking at once, asking her questions, and wondering why they hadn't seen her yet. One of the racers finally pushed through the crowd, judging by the way she acted she was obviously the favorite and most respected racer and everyone hushed as she began to speak. She pulled a sucker out of her mouth and eyed Vanellope suspiciously, making her feel a little uncomfortable. She finally opened her mouth and spoke.

"Name's Taffyta, Taffyta Mottonfudge. I noticed that you haven't been to any of the races since we've been plugged in. In fact, I haven't even seen you at all yet. So, what did you say your name was?" Everything about her gave the impression that she was bored, or maybe just annoyed that she wasn't the center of attention.

Vanellope stuck her hands into her mint green hoodie and smiled to make herself look inviting. She finally had her chance to speak after all of the questions. "Well, my name is Vanellope, Vanellope Von Schweetz"

Everyone began talking again welcoming her to the game. Suddenly, jolly male voice rose above all of the others slowly silencing everyone. This mysterious new voice let out a chuckle before saying "A new racer you say? Hoo Hoo what a treat!" the laughter continued then finally controlling he spoke again, " . . . . . Get it? What a treat ha" apperently seeing that none of the other racers were laughing he finished "Oh never mind."

Everyone began to whisper at once, slowly Vanellope began to pick up bits and pieces of what they were saying.

"It's King Candy."

"Your highness."

"Look, he's coming this way."

The man that they called King Candy started to make his way through the crowd. Slowly everyone began to move out of his way out of respect. "Out of my way, let's have a look and see what we're up against." The instant Vanellope saw this stout old man something felt wrong. The way he looked at her scared her, something wasn't right. Then it happened.

GLITCH

Everyone gasped. How could she do that in front of everyone, she was so humiliated. The other racers began to back away as if she had a contagious disease. She had just wanted to be accepted the way she was, it wasn't supposed to be this way! At that moment she wanted nothing more than to run.

"Wait, get her!" It was king candy, "Don't let her get away, she is a glitch! She is no better than a virus, she was never even supposed to exist!" He began to spit the words out like venom. The way that he was pointing at her accusingly, and the wild look in his eyes gave the impression that he was half mad. She would have done anything to get away from this man, but her legs locked under her and all of the racers had begun to surround her. She tried not to appear weak in front of everyone but couldn't help as tears began to roll down her cheek.

"No. No, you're wrong!" She sobbed. She was willing to say anything to convince the other racers to let her stay, but her crys were futile. Her words were being drowned out by King Candy's ranting.

"She is a mistake; she will ruin it for us all! Don't you see, if we let her race our game is as good as unplugged! Winchell, Duncan, seize her, and take her to the Fungeon!" Out of nowhere two doughnut cops started to come towards her. She slowly began to back up soon realizing that there was no hope, she was surrounded on all sides by the other racers who were now throwing hurtful insults at her.

"Get the glitch!"

"Mistake"

"Looser!"

She had nearly backed up into one of the racers when she heard a sneering voice call out. "Hey, Vanellope Von Glitch! So you thought that you could just come in here and ruin it for everybody, huh?" Vanellope was finally able to turn her head just in time to see Taffyta lunge forward to push her right towards the menacing cops. She shut her eyes, bracing for impact. Taffyta's hands forcefully pushed towards her causing her to pixilate. GLITCH.

Why hadn't they grabbed her yet? Why was it so silent? She slowly opened her eyes, scared of what might be in front of her. Nothing was there. She heard angry voices in the distance. This time she didn't hesitate, she turned and ran as fast as her legs allowed. She didn't know where she was going, nor did she care, as long as it was far away from everybody else. She soon found herself deep in the candy tree forest. Alone, where she knew no one would find her she stopped trying to be strong. She collapsed and began crying, she didn't care anymore. She couldn't get the taunting voices out of her mind, she knew that they were right. She lay there, finally crying herself into a restless sleep. she was alone, cold, and nothing more than a glitch.

Her flashback ended. She sat up on her little makeshift bed bringing herself back to reality. She realized that she was no more now than she was then, living alone in this cold, damp mountain. Forever a glitch.

WreckItRalphFan: Thank you so much for taking time to read this. it will definitely get better, I promise! I would greatly appreciate reviews, I would like to get at least one review for this chapter before I decide to continue onto chapter two.

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