They continued on into Sugar Rush...and Felix Sr and Raeburn dropped their mouths open upon seeing the candy landscape.
"Oh my land..." Felix Sr gaped.
Felix Jr did a double-take. Even though he had picked up that expression (and a few others) from his dad seeing this other version of his dad use them was a bit unnerving.
"Wow!" Raeburn smiled. "Your wife rules this place?"
"Yeah." Ralph chuckled. "Well it is called 'Sugar' Rush for a reason."
"I'll say." Raeburn grinned.
They all headed towards the start of the racing track with Ralph leading the way. He then stopped many feet away.
"Wait here, I'm going to let Vanellope and the others know about you and Felix Sr first." He said to Raeburn.
Raeburn and Felix Sr nodded, and Ralph left.
"There you are Stinkbrain, what kept you?" Vanellope asked, both annoyed and glad to see him.
"Sorry, an unexpected situation happened." Ralph said.
"What?" Taffyta asked.
"Well...I'm sure you've probably figured by now that Felix's and my game is a sequel to a previous game right?"
"Sure." Rancis shrugged.
"It is obvious." Matlow nodded.
"Well, it turns out Mr. Litwak owned the previous game, Fix-It-Felix, and the console died early this morning." Ralph explained. "However the two main and only characters in the game managed to escape and travel here through Litwak's computer. Meaning...my dad and Felix's dad are here."
All the Racers, except for Reneult, dropped their mouths open. Ralph then looked around.
"Reneult already left with Luann and Candiel I take it?" He guessed.
"Yeah, they're playing inside the castle..." Vanellope nodded. "Wait just a moment, you mean to tell me that you and Felix have both your dads back?"
"Kinda..."
"Then what are we standing around here for?" Vanellope beamed. "Come on let's go meet them!"
She ran off in the direction Ralph came from. The other Racers smirked and then ran after her. Ralph chuckled and ran after them.
Vanellope continued running until she saw Felix Jr, Tamora, Brenda, Kimberly, and two familiar yet unknown guys. She then slowed down and brisk-walked over to them.
"Hello Vanellope, good to see you again." Brenda smiled.
"Always good to see you too." Vanellope grinned; she then turned to the unknown guy who looked most like Ralph. "You must be Raeburn."
"That's me...are you Ralph's wife?" Raeburn guessed.
"Yup, President Vanellope Von Schweetz." Vanellope grinned.
"Wait you didn't...oh yeah the programmers never really gave us last names." Felix Sr remembered. "Just titles."
"Right, so Ralph took mine when we were married." Vanellope nodded.
The other Racers and Ralph then showed up. Vanellope turned around, smiled, and then turned back to Raeburn.
"These are the other playable characters." Vanellope smiled. "We're called Racers because our game is a racing game. This here is Taffyta, my Vice President, and her husband Rancis."
She introduced the rest of the Racers, leaving out the last names. Some of the last names were a bit tricky to remember so she decided that Raeburn and Felix Sr could start learning them after they get settled in and get better acquainted with everyone.
"Well, I'm really glad to meet my daughter-in-law but where's my grandson?" Raeburn smiled.
"He's playing with his other grandpa, my dad, and his cousin." Vanellope explained.
"Cousin?" Felix Sr was surprised since Vanellope hadn't mentioned any siblings.
"Yeah, Felix Jr and Tamora's daughter." Ralph explained.
Felix Sr, once again, was caught off-guard.
"Come on, they're back in the castle." Vanellope then smiled. "Do the rest of you Racers want to come?"
"No thanks, some of us have our own dates to finally begin." Taffyta gave Ralph a playful-annoyed look.
"Well not all of you had to wait with Vanellope..." Ralph muttered defensively.
"I know and it's okay, I was just teasing." Taffyta chuckled.
Ralph just smirked back.
Vanellope led Tamora and the Fix-It-Felix characters to the castle as the other Racers left to do their own thing.
"What was that about?" Raeburn asked.
"Oh Felix Jr, Tamora, Vanellope and I had originally planned to go on a double-date before you two showed up." Ralph explained. "But it's okay, I'm glad you both came."
"Yeah and we can have double-dates anytime." Vanellope added. "Getting lost fathers back is way more special."
They entered the castle and followed Vanellope outside where they saw Candiel, Reneult, and Luann taking turns playing badminton. Luann saw them first and did a double-take.
"Jiminy jaminy, what are you four doing here?" She went over to her parents and aunt and uncle. "You guys should be on a double-date."
Felix Sr smiled in spite of himself upon hearing his granddaughter use one of the family phrases.
"Something unexpected came up." Tamora explained. "It turns out both you and Reneult got your grandfathers back."
"Wha-" Luann then saw Felix Sr and dropped her mouth open. "Felix Sr? Dad told me you were just a backstory character."
"No way I have two grandpas now!" Reneult beamed as he went over.
Candiel went over too.
"So I finally get to meet you." He smiled to Raeburn. "Ralph told me a lot about you, and may I say you have a wonderful son. Sugar Rush couldn't get a better king...or First Man as he and Vanellope prefer."
"Oh I'm not as good as...well okay since I'm the first First Man I'll agree to that." Ralph shrugged. "But you're still the best king Sugar Rush ever had."
"Fair enough." Candiel chuckled.
"So how did you manage to bring them into existence?" Luann asked.
"Oh...they aren't from our game." Felix Jr spoke up. "They're...from the original game ours was a sequel to. Mr. Litwak owned it and their console died this morning so they came here through his laptop."
"Ah I see." Luann smiled. "Well even if you aren't their game's version of my grandpa I'm still very glad to finally meet you."
"It's great meeting my dad's dad too." Reneult smiled. "I mean mom's dad is a great grandpa but you can't beat having two of them."
Felix Sr started to feel more comfortable, especially since he liked Luann already.
"It is great to have a family again...including a granddaughter." He said. "Especially since I didn't expect even to have a son let alone a granddaughter. So, are you a fixer too?"
"Kinda." Luann smiled. "Actually I work in mom's game. Not as a fighter though, instead I fix broken weapons and invent new ones."
"Ah..." Felix Sr was a bit uncomfortable again but let it go.
"What about you kiddo?" Raeburn asked Reneult.
"Racer." Reneult smiled. "I inherited dad's wrecking powers - yours too apparently - and I use it to get rid of obstacles."
"Best of both." Raeburn grinned. "I like him already son, he's a real chip off the ol' block."
"Or as I like to say: chip off the ol' chocolate cookie." Candiel grinned.
Raeburn laughed and Felix Sr chuckled.
"Well, glad to know my son has a good father-in-law." Raeburn grinned before wincing: "You know how the whole in-law thing sometimes goes..."
"Yeah, well there's none of that in this group." Vanellope smiled. "So, from what Ralph told me you work in demolitions...I can see it too, I mean your boots and such. Hey Stinkbrain, you should've taken some grooming tips from your dad."
"Oh very funny Princess Burp-Breath." Ralph retorted sarcastically. "Hey who's the one with the messy hair huh?"
"That's President Burp-Breath to you, and this is not a mess this is a fashion statement." Vanellope said, pretending to be offended.
"It's a statement all right, but I wouldn't call it a fashion one." Ralph countered.
"Aw what do you know about fashion?" Vanellope scoffed.
"I know enough to know that...no matter how you dress you'll always be beautiful to me." Ralph then smiled.
Vanellope giggled and went closer to him.
"You flatterer." She flirted before kissing him.
"Are they always like this?" Felix Sr asked.
"You have no idea." Reneult smirked.
"They've been like this ever since they ended up together." Tamora nodded.
"Heh, my son picked a good one." Raeburn smiled proudly. "I always liked women with spirit. Good to know my son inherited my good taste."
"Very good taste." Vanellope grinned, having just ended the kiss.
"That I can definitely agree on." Ralph nodded.
"So, I was wondering how you two met." Raeburn then asked.
"Ah...that's a very long story." Vanellope smiled.
"Yeah we'd best head inside and sit down in the tea room." Candiel nodded. "I'll ask Sour Bill to get us some refreshments."
