After the new game was installed the delivery man left.

"Okay, it's clear!" Yuni called.

All the characters relaxed.

"So what's this new game like?" Felix asked.

"It's a cousin to Sugar Rush." Mr. Litwak explained. "It takes place in the same world, but in a different section of it. Kinda like how Sugar Rush was based on European countries this game is more like New York City. In fact it's still called that, except it's short for New York Peppermint City. Anyway, the purpose of the game is to find everything on this list in a mall in a certain amount of time. It's also a way to have a scavenger hunt in bad weather, which is what inspired TobiKomi to create it in the first place. And because of it being a scavenger hunt game it can have three players instead of one or even two."

"Sounds like fun." Crumbelina smiled.

"It takes place in a mall, of course you would find it fun." Torvald rolled her eyes.

Crumbelina glared at her.

"I've got to go, why don't you guys show the new characters around?" Mr. Litwak said.

"Sure thing." Vanellope smiled. "Okay, us Racers - Sour Bill and dad too - will show the new future Racers around. Ralph, do you want to join us or help show the characters from the scavenger hunt game around?"

"I think I'll join you guys, I am the First-Man to Sugar Rush after all so I'd best respect that." Ralph decided.

"Makes sense." Tamora nodded. "Felix and I will show the scavenger hunt characters around."

"Along with Sonic I'm betting." Felix added. "Even though he's not the oldest game character amongst us he still feels responsible for us."

"Considering how he has to protect his entire planet in some versions I can understand his feelings." Tamora nodded as she and Felix left.

"We'll see you guys later today." Felix waved just before getting in the train.

Everyone else said their goodbyes.

"Well, come on Sugar Rushians, we'd better give our new friends a warm welcome." Vanellope said.

"Especially since they must be wondering where we are." Taffyta added.

The Racers, Ralph, Sour Bill, and Candiel headed for Sugar Rush. When they got near the path to the castle they saw a group of guys - and two girls - there. There were also a lot of adults there too, obviously the parents.

"Hello everyone, I'm President Vanellope." Vanellope smiled. "Sorry for being late, we were in another game. We wanted to watch our game be upgraded."

"No problem Judith." One guy with a tanned body and dark hair braided in cornrows. "We're all just stoked to be here."

"Say what?" Adorabeezle said.

"Uh, my name is Vanellope not Judith." Vanellope gave him a confused looked.

"Sorry, he speaks surfer." One of the girls, who also had a tan but had blue hair in cornrows instead. "Judith is slang for a girl who's new at surfing, and basically he was saying that we're happy to be here. I'm Stormberry Funnelburk and this my brother Bodhivian Coco Funnelburk."

"Bodhi for short." Bodhivian added. "We had a radical time back home in Topicanga Beach, but my sister and I have been wanting to try inland sports so we came here for vacation."

"Topicanga Beach is in Los Anjelly USA." Mr. Funnelburk added.

One by one the rest were introduced.

Next up was Matlow Smartietz. He was a very smart student who was also here for a vacation, but mostly was here to make some friends. He also was really pale and wore pale clothing.

"You mean you don't have any friends back home?" Candlehead was shocked.

Matlow shook his head awkwardly.

Then there was Graham Cocoachella, a French lad who lived up north. He and his parents wanted to see what the rest of Sugar Rush was like and so moved into the kingdom for their vacation.

"J'aime Sugar Rush already." He winked.

All the single girls giggled at his French accent...except for Crumbelina. Graham looked at Crumbelina interestedly.

Charleston Chewster, Charles for short, again was just here for a vacation. According to his outfit - a 1920s candy striped suit with a straw hat - he loved vintage stuff and he soon confirmed it.

"Yeah, the last of the great stuff was in the 1970s." He finished.

"You know arcade games were in their Golden Age during the 1980s right?" Nougetsia pointed out.

"Yeah I know...and I also really hate it when people point that out." Charles frowned.

"Sorry, didn't know." Nougetsia said apologetically.

"It's okay." Charles smiled.

"Hello everyone!" A boy dressed in red and who also had red wild hair leapt forward; the really interesting thing about him was that he was wearing a hat with an orange sparkler on it. "Adamec Fireaday, but you can call me Adam. I'm here to check out the ice cream mountains and ride those slopes!"

"You like skiing and snowboarding?" Swizzle smiled.

"That and performing stunts." Adam grinned.

"Me too!" Swizzle beamed.

"Really? Awesome! Always glad to have a partner on the slopes." Adamec gave Swizzle a thumbs-up.

Swizzle gave one back, grinning. He didn't really have a partner on the slopes either. Well Adorabeezle sometimes skied as well but she wasn't as into the stunts as Swizzle was.

"Howdy, I'm Applelo Westcider." A cowboy said. "Instead of vacationin' my parents and I are actually movin' down here to raise an apple orchard, our old home didn't have enough room. This here is my best friend Mazie Candotte."

"Yeah, unlike prejudice cowboys he happens to get along with us Native Americans very well." Mazie smiled. "My tribe and I have always respected that about Applelo. As for me and my parents we're just here to get a feel of the place so that it'll be easier for us to visit Applelo in the future."

"I'm Bitalo Honeyway and this is my best friend Sourward Lemonscan." A boy wearing black and yellow said. "My parents and I are also moving here, we had too much competition back home so we're restarting our bee farm here."

"Oh, are you getting a feel of the place too?" Mazie guessed to Sourward.

Sourward just looked away.

"Er...actually he had a...painful past back home. I'll let him tell you all what happened when he's ready." Bitalo said awkwardly. "His parents and I hoped that taking a vacation in a new area would help him heal."

"I'm sorry about your past." Citrusella said to Sourward sympathetically and a bit shyly.

Citrusella always was shy around strangers, but Jubileena and their friends have been helping her get over it. Hasn't completely worked, but it has helped her to be able to actually talk to strangers on the first meeting.

There was one boy left. His father gave him a gentle nudge on the shoulder.

"Uh...hi." The boy said shyly. "I'm Pepsino...Leccasodio...uh..."

"Forgive him, he's really shy." Mrs. Leccasodio said. "We were hoping that taking a vacation here would help him get over his shyness."

Vanellope introduced the original Racers to the new ones.

"And this is Sour Bill, he's my adviser." She finished up. "If you want to talk to me while I'm in the castle just let him know and he'll lead you to me. This here is my dad Candiel, he was king but when I assumed the throne I decided to make Sugar Rush a democracy. Wasn't really into the princess thing. This big handsome guy here is Ralph, my husband, he's from the game Fix-It-Felix Jr. When he first visited this game he met me and we became best friends. Later on we...well since he's my husband I'm sure you've all already guessed that we fell in love." She chuckled. "This young lad here is Reneult, our son."

"Not to be rude, but how come you're an adult and the other Racers are kids?" Adam asked.

"I altered my age so that I could be with Ralph. Originally I had a kid form as well but if I dated him in that form it would've made things hard for him socially. Now, Taffyta will lead most of you to the hotel while Sour Bill and my family and I find proper locations for the apple farm and bee farm. Maybe we can even have them close together?"

"That would be great in our case, the bees can pollinate the apple trees." Mr. Westcider smiled.

"Mmm...apple honey." Bitalo licked his lips. "I'd love to try that."

"Same here." Mrs. Honeyway smiled.

"It's settled then." Vanellope grinned. "Follow us."

The vacationers settled in almost right away, but the Honeyway family and Westcider family, plus their guests, still needed their homes built. Luckily Vanellope knew Felix, who could speed construction up for them later.

Meanwhile, Tamora and Felix were helping Sonic, Tails, and Clyde give the new game characters a tour. After the tour was done Sonic, Tails, and Clyde left but Felix and Tamora stayed behind.

"Well, my wife and I want to meet the new Racers in Sugar Rush." Felix smiled. "If anyone wants to join us you're more than welcome to."

"Sugar Rush? That's our cousin game isn't it?" A preteen with orange hair and a tennis outfit guessed; her name was Ayda Wrigley.

"It is, Mr. Litwak confirmed it." Tamora nodded. "He knows about us being alive."

"I'd like to go." A woman with yellow hair grinned; her name was Madison Moore.

"Not surprised Madison, you hardly get to see nature and Sugar Rush is full of it." A light-brown preteen named Kerri Marangoz with a pekingese named Jimmy smiled.

"Yeah, I know Kerri." Madison said sadly.

"Why can't you visit nature a lot?" Felix asked sympathetically. "Nothing in the city?"

"No, my parents hate nature." Madison sighed. "Mom got stung by a bee in her mom's garden when she was a teen and had an horrible allergic reaction. Dad had a really bad camping experience as a kid. Mosquitoes and a bear mostly."

Felix, Tamora, Madison, Kerri, Ayda, and another orange-haired preteen continued talking as they entered Sugar Rush. The other orange-haired preteen was Ayda's twin Skyler, a fashionista. Their parents, deciding that their daughters were safe with Felix and Tamora, decided to just head home. All except for Madison's who were already home. They hadn't been interested in the tour.

Eventually they caught up with Vanellope and her family. Sour Bill and Candiel were the only ones not there.

"Ah good, we were just about to look for you Felix." Vanellope smiled. "Two of the new characters and their parents are actually moving in so I was wondering if you could help build their new homes. They're going to set up farms here so it would be a big help to them."

"Sure thing." Felix grinned.

He then introduced Vanellope to the quartet from the scavenger hunt game.

"It turns out the name of their game is Sweet Scavenge." Tamora added.

"Cool name." Reneult grinned.

"Thank you, and who are you?" Kerri smiled.

"Reneult, I'm Vanellope's son." Reneult smiled.

"Wreck-It-Ralph but you can call me Ralph." Ralph smiled. "I'm Vanellope's husband."

"Say, where's Candiel and Sour Bill?" Felix asked, looking around.

Felix was asking this because normally when Vanellope was in Sugar Rush Candiel and Sour Bill weren't too far behind.

"They're helping the families plot out their new lands." Ralph explained, pointing to where some building materials were being set-up.

"Oh."

"So, would you like to meet your 'cousin characters'?" Vanellope asked.

"I would." Madison grinned. "I hardly get to visit nature."

She explained why as they headed for where the farms were going to be. Vanellope wanted to show Felix the area plus give the vacationers a chance to unpack and settle down.

"Horses!" Madison gasped with delight, seeing some from far off.

"Yeah, some vans moved them in recently." Mrs. Westcider smiled. "President Vanellope said that ah friend of hers could help us build our homes fast so we thought we'd best brin' them here now."

"That would be me, Fix-It-Felix Jr from the game Fix-It-Felix Jr at your service." Felix smiled.

"Felix, you know that is redundant right?" Ralph smirked.

Felix gave him an annoyed look.

"Hey cool, maybe if dad will let me I can get a pet horse today." Vanellope smiled. "If you have any to spare I mean."

"Sure, we raise horses for shows as well as apple farmin' so we should have plenty handy." Mr. Westcider smiled.

"Maybe later Sugar Cookie...I, uh..." Candiel arrived looking a bit pained.

"Still miss mom that badly huh?" Vanellope said sympathetically.

"Yeah." Candiel nodded.

Vanellope quickly explained to those who didn't know, and they expressed their sympathies.

"It's okay dad, I can still wait." Vanellope smiled.

Candiel looked grateful...and a little guilty.

"Well howdy." Applelo then showed up. "Who are these ladies?"

"We're characters from Sweet Scavenge, the cousin game to this one." Skyler explained.

"Can I see your horses?" Madison asked. "I love all animals and never saw a horse in real life before."

"Well then we'll have to remedy that." Applelo grinned. "Follow me."

He and Madison went over to where the horses were. Ayda, Kerri, and Skyler followed.

"Hey Mazie, this is Madison she's here to see the horses." Applelo smiled.

"Hello." Mazie smiled. "I'm Applelo's best friend. You've come to the right place for horses, the Westciders raise the best ones."

Applelo showed Madison and her friends the horses.

"This is Pielan, my horse." Applelo pointed to a palomino who had come over to see the new people. "Mazie's tribe gave him to me as thanks for bein' so nice to them."

"Hello Pielan." Madison smiled as she petted Pielan's muzzle. "You're so lucky Applelo, you get to be around animals and out in nature every day. I wish I had your life."

"What's your life like?" Applelo asked.

"My friends and I live in the city, New York specifically." Madison explained. "Not as fun as being out in nature, but there are things to do."

"There sure are, there are sports arenas and gyms." Ayda smiled.

"Plus theaters, concert halls, and music stores." Kerri added.

"Not to mention all the clothing stores." Skyler grinned. "The city fashions are wonderful."

"Heh, I prefer the zoo, park, aviary, and arboretum myself." Madison shook her head. "I mean the places my friends mentioned are fun too, but not as much fun. At least not for me."

"Hm..." Applelo thought for a moment. "Would any of you like to learn how to ride ah horse?"

"Really?" Madison beamed. "I'd love to!"

Her friends politely declined, so Applelo helped Madison saddle up a gentle strawberry-roan and mount it before mounting Pielan.

"Mazie, since I'm goin' to be teachin' Madison how to ride how 'bout you and your mom go ahead with checking out the town?" He said.

"Good idea, after all we'll be leaving later today anyway." Mazie agreed.

She left to find her mom. Madison's friends watched as she and Applelo slowly started riding.

Mazie found her mom...and a raccoon found her. Specifically her shoulder.

"Oh hello Bribon." Mazie smirked. "You can come with us if you promise not to cause too much trouble."

Bribon nodded.

"Mom, Applelo is teaching a city girl named Madison how to ride a horse so how about we go ahead and explore the town?"

"Okay, I would like to see more of Sugar Rush before we leave anyway." Mrs. Candotte agreed.

"Allow me, I can show you around." Sour Bill offered.

"Thank you Sour Bill, that would be helpful." Mrs. Candotte smiled. "Don't want to get lost after all."

"Right." Sour Bill led them away from the farms.

The buildings were nearly complete by this point, mostly thanks to Felix. His knowledge of construction helped to speed things along and his golden hammer prevented do-overs.

The three of them walked until they neared the Kart Bakery.

"That is the Kart Bakery, where Racers make their karts if they lose their previous ones." Sour Bill explained. "The new Racers will also be making their karts here, President Vanellope upgraded the factory not too long ago so there are plenty of choices for them."

As they got closer, they saw a preteen talking to the security guard. The preteen had very short brown hair under his red cap and was wearing jeans, a red jacket, and what looked like a yellow shoulder bag. With the preteen was a goat.

Bribon suddenly leapt off Mazie's shoulder and ran towards the security guard.

"Bribon!" Mazie called, annoyed.

She, Mrs. Candotte, and Sour Bill ran after Bribon. Bribon now neared the goat and leapt on him, grabbing onto his horns. The goat let out a startled bleat and started trying to buck his new rider off. Despite the jerks and spins, Bribon seemed to be enjoying himself.

"What in the...?" The preteen stared at the scene.

Mazie and Mrs. Candotte now saw that the preteen was a girl, not a guy as they originally assumed.

"I'm so sorry, that's my pet raccoon on your goat." Mazie said apologetically. "Bribon you get off that poor goat right now!"

"It's okay." The preteen laughed. "As long as Bribon doesn't hurt Bosko there's no problem. Bosko needs the exercise anyway."

Mazie couldn't help but chuckle.

"All right, as long as Bosko doesn't harm Bribon I guess I can let this go." She smiled.

"I'm Henreesa Mugino but I preferred to be called Henry. I'm too much of a tomboy for a feminine name." The preteen offered her hand.

Mazie shook it and introduced herself and her mom.

"Hey Sour Bill, giving them a tour?" Henreesa smiled.

"Yes, they arrived with some new boy Racers today." Sour Bill nodded. "Mr. Litwak wanted to balance the boy-girl Racer ratio."

"Makes sense." Henreesa nodded. "Oh, this is my papa. We call him Beard Papa because he was based on the mascot for the Beard Papa cream puff chain."

"Hello." Beard Papa smiled. "I'm head of security for the factory, but you probably already guessed that."

"So, you and your mom moving in?" Henreesa asked Mazie as Mrs. Candotte talked with Beard Papa.

"Nope, but my best friend Applelo Westcider has with his family." Mazie smiled. "Mom and I went along to get used to the place since we'll be visiting him. Not dad, not as much. He's a really busy member of our tribe."

"Ah. No mom at home in my case, she and dad kept fighting about the long hours he works here." Henreesa said. "So they divorced. Almost was put in her custody but I insisted on staying with papa, mom was too closed-minded for my taste. Anyway, because papa still works long hours he gave me Bosko years ago as a guard goat. Most intruders know what to do with guard dogs so papa figured a guard goat would be more effective."

"Interesting." Mazie said. "Didn't really choose my pet either. He chose me." She giggled. "I would've picked a more well-behaved pet but Bribon wouldn't leave me alone so I ended up adopting him. Even gave him a collar since he likes to explore the woods and forests a lot."

"Heh, he's quite the little rascal huh?" Henreesa smirked, turning back to Bribon and Bosko; they were still at it.

"He sure is...that's why I named him Bribon actually." Mazie nodded. "I waned to give him a name that meant rascal so I looked up foreign versions of the word online as soon as I could find a computer. Bribon is Spanish for rascal."

"I named Bosko after Bosco Chocolate Syrup." Henreesa explained. "It's my favorite brand of chocolate syrup. It's cool that you have a pet raccoon...also cool that you have a best friend."

"Don't you have one?" Mazie asked.

"Just Bosko, I prefer animal company to human company." Henreesa shrugged. "The other Racers are more causal friends than close friends to me."

"I like animals too." Mazie smiled.

"Really?" Henreesa smiled back.

They started talking about animals for a while.

"Oh Henry." Beard Papa suddenly spoke up. "How would you like to join Mazie and her mother on their tour?"

"Dad!" Henreesa complained; she then sighed, annoyed. "Fine." She quickly calmed down and smiled. "Actually, I'd love to. See you later papa."

"Bye Henry." Beard Papa waved as they left.

"You okay Henry?" Mazie asked.

"I'm fine, I just hate it when someone says 'oh Henry' to me." Henreesa explained. "You see, uh, my candy theme is Oh Henry! candy bars."

"Oh..." Mazie got it. "Oh well, can't help your theme. We Native Americans pretty much just have fry bread as our theme. Human Native Americans didn't really have goodies and candies like the other nationalities did."

They continued talking as they headed into town. By this point Bosko gave up trying to buck Bribon off and just sulked after Henreesa. Bribon rode him for some more minutes, and then transferred to Mazie's shoulder.

"Had enough huh you little scamp?" Mazie smirked to Bribon.

Bribon stuck his tongue out at Mazie. Henreesa chuckled. Bosko wasn't amused at all.