Vanellope just stood there, thinking what to answer to Taffyta. She couldn't tell her she HAD went looking for Vanellope , and less she had talked to her, but she had to say something fast.
"Can you answer me? You went looking for her didn't you?"
"Nah, I just wanted to explore a bit"
"Honest?"
"Totally"
"Alright then, let's have breakfast. C'mon, the others are waiting."
Taffyta said grabbing her hand and dragging her away. Fortunately for Vanellope, Taffyta believed her excuse. Or if she didn't believe it, she pretended she did.
They reached the long table last night's dinner had been served on, only this time it had 11 cups of hot chocolate in front of each chair, and the table was full of every kind of cookie.
"C'mon guys, eat so we can go away fast!" Taffyta said, and they were all fastly eating, drinking their chocolates, and chatting with each other.
"So how did you spend last night?" Minty asked Vanellope.
"Sweet, I..."
"She sneaked out of the castle" Taffyta interrupted.
"Vanellope, you should know someting... do you know the reason any of us never stays or goes out late if it doesn't involve going to another racers house?" Crumbelina asked her seriously.
Vanellope thought... was it because the other her? She wasn't dangerous, she had met her the night before and she was a good person. But she couldn't risk and tell it was her other self, it would be to obvious.
"No, I have no idea"
"Because that's when Gloyd's best or I should say worst pranks get active. So beware them"
"You really should, one day he almost cut all of my hair out" Taffyta said.
"Yes, and one day he covered me on liquid bubble gum" Snowanna said.
Vanellope was still analyzing what the girls said. Was that the real reason? Could she trust them? Her talk with the other her came back to her mind
"I've been hangin out with the guys, they're really cool"
"Yeah they're cool until they backstab you like they did to me"
She had so many thoughts in her mind. Were they trustable? Or was that just a plan for her not to meet Vanellope after hours?
"Thanks girls, I'll remember that"
She took her cup and took a long sip of hot cocoa, just to have a reason not to talk.
When the had all finished their breakfast, the walked out of the castle, and right to the Sugar Rush Speedway.
"So guys, here's the rules, the first one to complete three laps across the complete track is the winner. No one is aloud to use shortcuts. If one of you is caught going through one, that person is inmediately disqualified. Questions?"
Vanellope raised her hand.
"I haven't got a cart here... mine is on the other machine."
"You're right... " Taffyta thought for some minutes until an ide popped in her head. "I know, you can use one from the castle's garage. Go look up for one, we'll be waiting for you!"
Vanellope glitched and appeared right into the castle's doors. She noticed it had gotten harder and harder for her to use her ability lately. She had to try three times before being able to finally teleport.
"Pss,pss" she heard someone calling from behind the bushes.
"What?" She asked not even moving.
"Pss... Vanellope, it's me... Vanellope!" The other said still whispering.
The president walked over to the gummy plant resting on the floor, and looked behind it. There was Vanellope, on her driver suit.
"Hey, how are you!" Vanellope said excited. But she was talking really loud.
"Shhh, keep your voice down, they can't know I'm here"
"Right, I'm sorry... what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to ask you if you were coming over tonight..."
"Yeah, I told you I was going to"
"Great, 'cause I just had an idea."
"Can you tell me?"
"Later, now we both have to go... what are you doing here anyways?, I thought you would be racing with the others"
"I just need to get a cart, since mine was left on my game"
"And your going to the garage?, I'd tell you to pick the third cart from the doors to the left. It's pretty fast"
"Thank, I will"
"So, see you later? Maybe at 18:00?"
"Of course Vanellope" the president said.
Vanellope walked towards the castle, while the one left on the bushes smirked.
"How can she be so naive?" She asked to herself, and then walked away.
Meanwhile, our well known Vanellope was in the castle's garage looking for a cart. She couldn't find one she liked as much as hers, so she just took the one the other her had told to.
It was made of a plain half cocolate half vanilla cookie paste. The front was covered with coconut cookie cream. The wheels were made of cookie cakes with hearts on the centre, and the steering wheel was a big Oreo. It had pink, red, green, lightblue and purple ginger cookies heart-shaped decorations on the front and the back, and sparkles everywhere.
Right on the back, in the middle of one of the hearts, it had a signature written on colored sugar.
"Melonie Dan Cherline" Vanellope red aloud. She then gasped when she realized the name she had just said.
So, the other her wasn't lying. Melonie was a real character. This was the proof she needed, her cart was on the castle's garage. It was weird that someone named Melonie liked cookies so much to make her cart like that. But that didn't matter. Vanellope's car wasn't even related to her name.
She got in the car, turned the igniton and drove to the tracks. As she was told, the racers were waiting for her.
"There you are, c'mon!" Taffyta told her.
"Right, I'm going" Vanellope said sad but still angry.
She was sad, she couldn't believe they made her believe that story about the other her going evil out of nowhere.
She couldn't believe they tried to make her go to the bad side of the new Sugar Rush.
She couldn't believe they had even told that ridiculous story to Ralph, Felix and Tamora.
The beeping sound of the first red light snaped her back. It made her hit the acelator, but not to move, just to show how angry she was.
The green light made her speed increase from 0 to 180 in a few seconds. She needed to win the race, eventhough it was a 'friendly' one. She needed to win for herself, for Vanellope, and even it was unknown to her, she needed to win for Melonie.
The race was boring. None of the racers could make Vanellope lose the head. Of course she ended first, Taffyta second place really close behind, and Gloyd on third place. It had all been fine, until Swizzle, who ended up on fourth place, complained and accused Gloyd of cheating, hitting multiple times his cart. This almost led both boys to pick up a fight, if it wasn't because of Snowanna's and Minty's interruption.
By the time the race ended, and Swizzle and Gloyd's fight was stopped, it was almost 18:00, time when Vanellope had arranged to meet her other self. They had already gone to the castle, and they were talking to each other, all of them except for Gloyd and Swizzle who only gave dirty stares to each other.
"I think it's time for me to drive away guys" Vanellope said.
"Oh, so bad you have to go, we were having so much fun." Taffyta said. "You'll come to visit us, won't you?"
"Of course I will" Vanellope answered, half sincere, half lying. She would go back, but only to see the other Vanellope. Why would she even want to see those ten people arround her, that tried to make her believe the other her was evil? Still she knew she would have to visit them eventually, if she didn't it would be to obvious she was meeting up with Vanellope.
"Well, bye guys, I'll see you another day. Stay sweet!" Vanellope said mocking Taffyta.
"Hey, that's MY catchphrase!" The princess said pretending to be angry.
"See you!" Vanellope said once again running out.
"She's nice, isn't she?" Candlehead asked when Vanellope left.
All the racers nodded.
Meanwhile, Vanellope was running throught the candy cane forest, trying to reach for her new friend's house. She wasn't far away, when someone grabbed her hand making her stop and jump in fear. It had caught her by surprise.
"Vanellope! There you are! I forgot to tell you we'd meet here, so I just came to look for you! I didn't mean to scare you..."
"Oh, it was just you... you completely freaked me out, but it's nothing, don't ya worry... can I ask you something?"
"Of course"
"Why are you wearing the same clothes I am, and you're not on your driver's suit?"
In fact Vanellope was dressed exactly the same as the other. Same clothes, same ponytail, even the same candies she had on he hair. It was like looking at herself on a mirror, if it wasn't the other wasn't coping her actions.
"Because this clothes totally suit you, they make my hair look sweeter,they make my skin brighter. I loved them since the moment you walked in. Any other question?"
"Yeah, why would you meet me in the middle of the forest? I mean you have a house don't you?"
"Yeah, but I wanted to go somewhere with you, is that fine?"
"Yeah, but where are we going?"
Vanellope took Vanellope's hand.
"Don't worry, it's all part of the plan I talked to you about before... don't you trust me?"
"I do" She answered, but did she? She didn't know what her plan was, she had denied to tell her before. "But before going answer me"
"We're going to the castle, we have a code to fix" President's Vanellope clon answered, dragging the other in direction of the castle.
The president's eyes opened widely.
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So there goes another chapter.
I'll need a name for Melonie's cart eventually, just wondering if you could help me with your ideas... well, anyways, I hope you're enjoying the story so far. Tell me on the reviews what you thought, and if you imagine a name for Melonie's cart.
OH, Thank you guys for reading this story, I hope your enjoying so far!
