-a few months later-
A lot of things have been happening lately, including a cy-bug apocalypse, the death of the king and a completely new ruler - however, life has almost continued the same way as it had done, but for Candlehead, everything had changed for the worst.
It started, or stopped, a few days after Vanellope took the throne. Candlehead was making herself breakfast, like any normal day, but her phone was ominously silent. She waited all through the morning, continuously checking her phone. No new texts. Maybe her phone wasn't working. Maybe Taffyta was busy. Maybe maybe maybe.
At lunch, Candlehead decided there would be no text that day. She should have been happy , the texts were getting tiresome, but instead she felt strangely empty inside. As she ate her lunch she decided to go find Taffyta, deciding she was getting wound up for a small and stupid reason.
Pulling her boots on, she traipsed out and skipped towards Taffyta's house, suddenly coming to a halt as it came into view. Taffyta was out the front with someone else, they were giggling and joking round in the same fashion she and Candlehead did. On closer inspection, it was ... Vanellope?
Candlehead thought Taffyta didn't like Vanellope. She felt a pang of jealousy as the two mucked around. That was her best friend and someone she's barely even known! It's not like those two were friends since they were tiny.
Candlehead walked towards them smiling weakly. Taffyta glanced for a mere second then continued to talk to Vanellope. Usually she was top priority, Taffyta would halt next to nothing to welcome Candlehead! She stood there for a while, waiting to be greeted or even acknowledged. Finally, with a groan, Taffyta turned round and told poor Candlehead to leave her alone.
Heartbroken, Candlehead trudged off. Her best friend had told her to go away. She had been replaced over night and it felt as if she'd lost a family member. She couldn't blame Taffyta, she was being a terrible friend and it's no wonder to her that she'd been replaced by someone brighter, funnier and Vanellope definitely had more toys and hair accessories for Taffyta to play with.
'At least I still have Rancis' she said to herself, changing direction to visit him. Surely he would be happy to see her, right? Rancis was silly and she liked him a lot. But not LIKE like! Candlehead thought love was icky! Unless its family love.