Chapter 4: The Big Bad Wolfman

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Candlehead screamed.

"What did you do?" Taffyta asked angrily.

"Nothing, I swear!" Candlehead replied.

The tree began to speak again.

"I am known as The Doom Tree. The green haired girl has lit the candle that has sealed me for a hundred years." the tree said.

Taffyta glared at Candlehead.

"Smooth." Taffyta said.

A large wolf then jumped down from atop of The Doom Tree and landed in front of Taffyta and Candlehead, causing them to hug each other in fear and shiver. From the wolf's P.O.V, it saw a pink aura coming from both Taffyta and Candlehead, and it growled and snarled. The two girls looked frightened.

"Want to run for our lives?" Candlehead asked Taffyta.

"After you." Taffyta replied.

The two then ran from the wolf and The Doom Tree while screaming.

"Don't let them escape. Those two are flowing with sugar energy. Find them and bring them to me." The Doom Tree ordered.

The wolf howled and ran after Taffyta and Candlehead.

Taffyta and Candlehead ran through the dark woods.

"I think we lost them." Taffyta said.

Suddenly, the wolf jumped down from a tall tree and landed behind them. Taffyta and Candlehead screamed and kept running, and the wolf chased them.

"What do we do?" Candlehead asked.

"JUST KEEP RUNNING!" Taffyta replied frantically.

While they were running from the wolf, Candlehead thought of something.

"Hey, Taffyta, don't you have your portal key?" Candlehead asked.

Taffyta's eyes widened in realization.

"Oh yeah." Taffyta replied.

Taffyta took her portal key out of her pocket.

"Call Vanellope!" Candlehead shouted.

"I will!" Taffyta shouted.

Taffyta pressed a button that allowed her to speak into the portal key like a communicator.

"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, October 31st 2108"

Back at the castle, Swizzle was in bed and Vanellope, who was dressed as a wrecker, was sitting at a nearby desk, carving a pumpkin with a knife. The other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace had returned from trick or treating, and they were with Vanellope and Swizzle in the room. However, Taffyta and Candlehead had not returned, so they were waiting for them. Also, Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo had showed up so they could spend Halloween with the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace. Ralph was dressed in an oversized hoodie, Felix was dressed as a marine, Tamora was dressed as a handyman, and Turbo was in his King Candy disguise.

One her jack-o-lantern was done, Vanellope smiled at the pumpkin, which had her kart carved in. But as she was admiring it, Swizzle sneezed, and an energy blast hit the pumpkin, destroying it.

"Uh... sorry." Swizzle said, embarrassed.

Vanellope wiped the pumpkin goo off of her. But as she did, she heard her portal key's communicator beep.

"Huh?" Vanellope wondered. She then answered it and asked "Hello?".

"Vanellope! It's me and Candlehead!" Taffyta's voice replied frantically.

"Guys? How's Trick or Treating?" Vanellope asked.

"He's trying to eat us!" Candlehead replied.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Vanellope asked, confused.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, October 31st 2108"

"The tree and the wolf! They're after us!" Taffyta shouted as she ran.

Candlehead tried grabbing onto the portal key.

"They're going to catch us!" Candlehead shouted.

Taffyta and Candlehead started fighting over the portal key. But as they did, it slipped out of their hands.

"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, October 31st 2108"

The next thing that Vanellope heard was growling and crunching, and then static.

"What's going on?" Candace asked.

"I don't know. Taffyta and Candlehead went to a haunted house, I guess." Vanellope replied, unsure.

They, the other Sugar Rush racers, and Cinndon then heard pounding on the front doors.

"What's that?" Minty asked.

Sour Bill, who was dressed as a wizard, ran to the front doors.

"Who could that be?" Sour Bill wondered.

Sour Bill opened one of the doors, and Taffyta and Candlehead ran inside and fell to the floor, breathing heavily. Sour Bill looked at them oddly, and the other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo appeared.

"Taffyta? Candlehead? What happened to you?" Vanellope asked.

"Yeah, you look like you've seen a monster." Felix added.

"We did see a monster!" Candlehead replied.

"It's The Doom Tree from the story!" Taffyta explained.

"What?" Adorabeezle asked in disbelief.

"It wants our sugar energy!" Candlehead replied.

Taffyta shrugged.

"Whatever that is. And it's wolfman is after us!" Taffyta said.

The other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Ralph, Felix, Tamora, Turbo, and Sour Bill looked at them in confusion.

"Guys, I warned you not to eat too much sugar." Vanellope said.

Taffyta pointed at Candlehead.

"It's true! Candlehead lit the candle." Taffyta said.

"What? Tattletale!" Candlehead snapped.

"Guys, I think that the only thing that you saw was just a guy in a costume." Rancis said, calmly.

"No, it wasn't!" Candlehead cried.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

"It was! I'll prove it to you." Rancis said.

Rancis opened the door, showing the wolfman growling at him. Rancis didn't seem frightened and slammed the door in front of the wolfman's face. He turned to his friends.

"See? It's just a scary life-like wolfman who's trick or treating." Rancis said in a scared tone.

The door then got smashed open, throwing Rancis to the floor in front of his friends. The wolfman then walked in, growling angrily. He looked at everyone, and from his P.O.V, he saw pink aura coming from the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace. Taffyta pointed at Rancis and laughed.

"Ha! In your face!" Taffyta shouted.

Vanellope glared at Taffyta, but then she saw the wolfman charging at them. She turned to the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace.

"Attack!" Vanellope shouted.

The Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace activated their powers, and Ralph decided to help them while Felix, Tamora, Turbo, and Sour Bill stayed back. However, Swizzle sneezed and accidentally phased right through the floor, which he was able to do thanks to an upgrade to his psychic abilities. The wolfman charged toward Citrusella, who tried shooting bolts of electricity at him. But then Ralph launched a big punch to the wolfman, knocking him away from Citrusella. Swizzle phased back up through the floor.

"Alright, now that I'm here, it's time for you to..." Swizzle started to say.

Swizzle sneezed again and crashed backwards into the wall.

"I hate this." Swizzle muttered, annoyed by his cold.

Candace fired multiple fire beams at the wolfman, but they only did minor damage.

"He's a really big bad wolf!" Candace said to the Sugar Rush racers and Cinndon.

Vanellope also noticed that.

"I know. He's too powerful." Vanellope said.

The wolfman grabbed a table and threw it at the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, and Ralph, and it hit Jubileena, Gloyd, and Snowanna, knocking them into a wall.

"Guys!" Torvald cried.

The wolfman turned his attention to her. Torvald screamed as the wolfman grabbed her with his mouth and ran off with her at a fast speed.

"Torvald!" Sticky cried.

"No!" Swizzle cried.

Swizzle tried to fly, but then he sneezed and flew up to the ceiling.