Chapter 1: Prologue
"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, March 12th 2087"
It was a sunny Wednesday morning at Litwak's Arcade. The arcade was closed for the day because Litwak decided to go visit the Inside Out characters at San Francisco, so the characters in the arcade had the day off and they were doing whatever they wanted to do. In Sugar Rush, Crumbelina was just waking up in her house. She got out of bed, got dressed, and then had some breakfast. When she was done eating her food, she realized that she didn't have to do anything for the rest of the day, so she decided to look at the photos of her friends from the arcade, as well as her friends from outside of the arcade, such as the other parts of The World Of Disney, The World Of Nickelodeon, and the real world, and she eventually picked up the one of a man named Timothy. Timothy was the king of a nation that was called The Confederacy (which was in the real world), and he was a well built man that had pale skin, dark brown hair, and green eyes, and he wore a Royal Gray Confederate Uniform.
As Crumbelina stared at the photo, her heart, to her surprise, started beating faster as she gazed at Timothy's face.
"What?" Crumbelina wondered, confused.
She put her hand over her heart and gazed at Timothy's photo again. Sure enough, her heart started to beat a little faster again.
"Wha-What's happening to me? Oh man, I hope I really haven't gotten myself sick. The last thing I need is missing more days of racing." Crumbelina thought.
She felt her forehead and it felt a bit warm.
"Oh, great." Crumbelina muttered.
Crumbelina got off her bed to take a good look at herself in the mirror. That's when she got a shock: her cheeks were a deep pink. And despite the rest of herself being warm, they were the only parts of her that were a deep pink.
"Wait... Felix's cheeks get like that around Tamora... I think he calls it 'honeyglows'..." Crumbelina started to think. Crumbelina's eyes then widened and she thought "You have got to be kidding me! I can't have...".
She looked at the photo of Timothy again and her heart beat a little faster again.
"I-I guess I have." Crumbelina thought.
Crumbelina climbed back onto her bed and laid down. She then looked at the photo of Timothy and her heart kept beating faster until she couldn't help but smile in a lovesick manner.
"I've fallen in love with Timothy." Crumbelina thought. She then became worried and wondered "Oh man, how could this happen? I mean, sure, he means a lot to me, and he is my best friend. But... but what if it's just a crush?".
There was then a knock at her front door. Crumbelina sighed, got up, walked out of her room and over to the front door. She opened the door and saw that Vanellope had been standing outside. Since there was going to be no one going to the arcade for that day, Vanellope had just decided to relax and visit the Sugar Rush racers, and she had just so happened to decide to see Crumbelina first.
"Hey, Crumbelina." Vanellope greeted.
Crumbelina sighed with relief.
"Vanellope, great, good timing. Come in, I need your advice." Crumbelina said.
Crumbelina opened the door wider and Vanellope entered the house.
"Is something wrong?" Vanellope asked.
"I don't know, it depends." Crumbelina replied. She then took a deep breath and said "Vanellope, I-I've fallen in love with Timothy.".
Vanellope looked stunned.
"The problem is, what if it's just a crush? I mean, how will I know if my love is real? It can't be a crush because it could ruin my friendship with Timothy." Crumbelina asked.
Vanellope thought it over.
"Well, I don't know much about love. But I think the best thing to do is to first figure out what caused you to fall in love with Timothy and then go over the reasons. If it's just a crush, then just try to get over it because, from what I've heard, crushes don't last long anyway. But if it's real love, then don't tell anyone else, especially not Timothy, until you find a way to become an adult. Adult/kid romances aren't approved of, even among games. It is hard to determine a character's true age, so because of that, we've decided to just go by physical appearances. That's why Felix and Tamora's relationship was approved of, despite Tamora having been only a week old back in 2012." Vanellope replied.
Crumbelina nodded.
"Yeah, your right. If my love is real, then I do have to find a way to become an adult. So, if my love is real, then I'm going to see if one of our friends has any way of turning kids into adults. Whenever someone asks where I am, just tell them that I decided to go visit one of our friends from other parts of the arcade, The World Of Disney, The World Of Nickelodeon, or the real world." Crumbelina said.
"Okay." Vanellope said. She then thought of something and said "Wait a minute, you can just alter the code to become an adult.".
Crumbelina winced.
"Yeah, I know that, but I don't want to alter my age that way. If I ever alter any of the codes, it will only be for the benefit of one of the characters or of the game itself. I'll never alter the code for my own desires." Crumbelina said.
Vanellope nodded understandingly.
"Oh, okay. Well, I'll be waiting here while you decide if your love is real or not." Vanellope said.
Crumbelina nodded.
"Thank you, Vanellope. Seriously, you've been a really great friend for all these years." Crumbelina said.
Vanellope couldn't help but smile a little.
"So have you." Vanellope said.
Crumbelina smiled and walked back to her room. Once she was in her room, Crumbelina laid down on her bed and started to make a list of reasons of why she loved Timothy. On one side was a list of shallow reasons, like appearance, and on the other side was a list of good reasons, like personality. To her surprise, she didn't have many shallow reasons at all, mostly just Timothy being her best friend and him having a handsome face. Otherwise, she had a lot of good reasons, including his friendly and fun side and how he'd do anything for his friends. That's when she knew that her love was real, and so she went down and let Vanellope know what her decision was. She just gave Vanellope a thumbs-up to let her know that her love was real, since she didn't want to tell anyone else about her feelings either. Vanellope nodded and smiled approvingly in response.
Now, Vanellope had told Crumbelina to find a way to become an adult before letting anyone else know about her feelings for Timothy because she didn't want the Caramel racer to be mistreated like she had been for the first 15 years of her life. However, Crumbelina didn't care about herself. Instead, she agreed to find a way to turn herself into an adult because she didn't want Timothy to become an outcast. Having to deal with gossip and disapproving stares that were directed towards her? She could live with that. It wouldn't be as bad as having her kart destroyed and being pushed into a chocolate puddle, anyway. And especially not as bad as being forbidden to race. However, Timothy getting the disapproving stares and maybe even being shunned by other people? No, there was no way that Crumbelina was going to let that happen to him.
So, after Crumbelina let Vanellope know her decision, she took out her portal key, activated a portal out of the arcade, and left Sugar Rush. She knew that there was probably no game in the arcade that could turn her into an adult, and not even Dr. Eggman was that smart, so she decided to visit the other Disney Characters and see what options they had.