The next morning, Swizzle wakes up after getting only 5 hours of sleep.
"Mod...What happened last night?" Swizzle says, jumping out of his bed. "It's like I'm King Candy...but I don't know it..."
Then it hits him. King Candy's been the reflection in his mirror the whole time.
"Mod! I'm fighting two sides of my code!" Swizzle shouts out loud, almost enraged as he puts on his racing clothes. He walks to the mirror to straighten his blue racing goggles.
"Good morning, your majesty." King Candy says, showing up in the mirror. "Looking dashing as always!"
"You!" Swizzle shouts at King Candy.
"Now, dear boy, my favorite racer..." King Candy coos. "Aren't you getting what you want? The respect of your subjects? A prosperous kingdom?"
"Not really, you jerkbreaker! You make me have to be mean to my subjects." Swizzle says, his grayish-purple eyes in angry slits. "What's next? Stealing gold trophies? Locking someone in the Fungeon just because they beat me? I'll have you know I will NEVER do those things!"
"But, you're going to do those things, dear boy..." King Candy says. "Accusing Taffyta of cheating was one of those things you did under your rule so far."
"You know she's just going to find out what's going on eventually, you slimeball!" Swizzle yells angrily.
"Oh, I'm so scared..." King Candy says sarcastically. "She doesn't scare me."
"Look, I have to go, rotten taffy breath. The arcade's opening in five minutes." Swizzle says, grabbing his kart keys and walks away from the mirror, leaving the castle and driving to the track.
Cinndon is sitting in his kart, strumming his guitar and singing "Rolling In The Deep" by Adele as Elize, Jellysha, and a few others are listening.
"You sing so well, Cinndon!" Sticky says, stepping into her Taffy Tornado, a teal kart similar to Minty's Veloci-Wrapper.
"Well, thanks..." Cinndon says as he finishes playing the song.
"Good morning, subjects. Ready for another day of racing?" Swizzle asks as he drives up to the starting line.
Taffyta looks at him suspiciously, but says something else instead. "Absolutely!" she tells Swizzle as she hops into her kart.
"Can't wait to win!" Crumbelina says, lowering her helmet visor.
"We'll see about that!" Swizzle says as he puts on his helmet.
The arcade opens minutes later, and the racers get in position on the selection screen as the day begins.
During the 7th race of the day, a 17-year old girl chooses Crumbelina as her avatar, and her 16-year old friend chooses Cinndon as his avatar. At the end of the race, Cinndon wins and recieves a gold trophy for winning.
Swizzle walks up to Cinndon and takes the gold trophy.
"Hey! I won that fair and square!" Cinndon shouts at the swirl pop-themed racer, who was now holding his trophy.
"Oh, this is yours?" Swizzle says as he walks over to Cinndon. "Well, too bad!"
"That's just cruel..." Sticky says, seeing Swizzle make off with Cinndon's trophy.
"Oh, I'm gonna get my trophy back. Just watch." Cinndon says, hopping back into his kart and driving off after Swizzle. As soon as he finds Swizzle, he whips out his guitar and hits Swizzle hard in the head, then grabs the trophy from his clutches.
"You have to earn first place, not STEAL it!" Cinndon says, driving off with his earned trophy.
Swizzle now lays unconscious in his kart, groaning in pain.
That afternoon, all the racers are gathered in the Jelly Fruit Springs. Today was Saturday, and the arcade would be closed the next day, so there was no roster race tonight.
"That was unbelievable!" Jellysha says, shocked. "He just took your trophy like that?!"
"You know he did!" Cinndon says, side-hugging Sticky. "But I showed him that you need to earn the gold instead of stealing it."
"What if he pulls something else off, like I don't know...rig the results of the anniversary race?" Gloyd asks Taffyta.
"If he does that, the race won't be fair for ANYONE. He'll win the whole thing, and leave us angry at him. He can do far worse." Taffyta says, looking at Gloyd. "He could ban pranking."
"He wouldn't do that...would he?" Gloyd asks, a bit afraid.
"I don't know." Taffyta says. "But I know he called me a cheater yesterday, and he tried to make off with Cinndon's well-earned trophy today. You think maybe he's acting like King Candy used to act?"
"Maybe." Rancis replies as he sits next to Vanellope, a glass of brambleberry soda in his hand.
"Definitely." Adorabeezle says, folding her arms. "He side-swiped the Ice Rocket today! It's going to take WEEKS to get my kart to look like new again!"
"Wow..." Taffyta says, looking at Adorabeezle.
"Yeah. This really made me mad, Taff. We need a plan." Adorabeezle says, her jacket tied around her waist.
"What kind of plan?" Taffyta asks as she unwraps a lollipop.
"Well, you know how our 16th anniversary is next week?" Adorabeezle asks everyone.
"Yeah, we know that. So what are you thinking?" Minty asks.
"Well, what if we give him anniversary presents, and see which side of him is more accepting? Then, at the party, we run some tests to see if he has a kind side." Adorabeezle says, fiddling with her braid.
"Not a bad idea, Beezle." Taffyta says.
The racers spend the night there, going over anniversary plans.
Swizzle wakes up in the castle, rubbing his sore head.
"Mod...that was a BAD idea...a very bad idea..." Swizzle says, walking over to the mirror.
"Well, did you take the trophy?" King Candy asks Swizzle.
"A lot of good that did! I was unsuccessful as I was smacked in the head with a guitar!" Swizzle says, angry. "I want to earn my trophies, not steal them!"
"But don't you want to be a good king?" King Candy asks Swizzle.
"I was being a good king until you came along!" Swizzle yells. "Why are you making my life so complicated?"
"Because I want you to treat your subjects like dirt!" King Candy says enthusiastically. "Make the rules, run the candy-coated world like a military base!"
"NO!" Swizzle screams at King Candy. "Sugar Rush's 16th anniversary is next week, and I have big plans for it! I don't want to ruin it for everybody!"
"Oh, really? Well, at the party, maybe you should let your true colors show, dear boy..." King Candy says as he strokes his own chin in the mirror.
"Not no, but Magic Shell no!" Swizzle yells. "You are out of your mother-fudging mind!" He walks away from the mirror, almost fuming with anger.
He doesn't want to reveal his true colors, even if King Candy insisted. He wants Sugar Rush's anniversary to be a day to remember, not a day where his true identity is revealed to the entire game.
