A week passes, and it's Sugar Rush's anniversary, the day the entire game's been looking forward to. Swizzle climbs out of bed, yawns widely, and walks over to his mirror.

"Morning, sleepyhead! Hoo-hoo-hoo!" King Candy says as the swirl pop boy pulls out a hairbrush, brushing the tangles from his hair.

"Why do you laugh like that?!" Swizzle shouts at the mirror, the reflection of the former ruler smirking at him.

"Tonight's the night..." King Candy says. "When you make your grand entrance...it will show..."

"W-What will show?" Swizzle asks, looking scared.

"Your true colors, dear boy!" King Candy shouts with glee.

"N-No..." Swizzle pales. "Y-You can't do this t-to me..."

"I will..." King Candy says, seeing the obvious fright in the swirl pop racer's eyes. "And as my favorite racer...you will do everything I say..." The king then cackles quietly.

Swizzle still looks very pale and very fearful. "T-The anniversary p-party i-is t-tonight...y-you c-can't d-do th-this..." He proceeds with shaking with fear.

"Dear boy..." King Candy coos. "You don't get it, do you? You want respect...and that's what you'll get...Understand?"

Swizzle is now angry, but still fearful. "NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" he shouts at the king.

"Well, you'll understand when I do this!" King Candy says, jumping out of the mirror.

"What?! B-But...B-But...you can't...you won't..." Swizzle says, shaking with fear.

"Oh, I'm going to...until tonight, dear boy..." King Candy says, smiling an evil smile.

"T-Tonight..." Swizzle says as King Candy disappears back behind the mirror, scared out of his mind.


Meanwhile, at the track, the day's racers, which were Jellysha, Adorabeezle, Elize, Cinndon, Sticky, Citrusella, Taffyta, Candlehead, and Gloyd, were all talking about the anniversary party that was planned for that night.

"I heard this party was gonna be big!" Sticky says, smiling.

"Indeed!" Cinndon says. "Elize, you ready to rock tonight?"

"You bet I am!" Elize says, smiling.

"What are you doing with Elize, Cinndon?" Sticky asks her cinnamon-themed boyfriend. "Are you cheating on me?"

"No, no, Sticky, I'm going to be playing guitar on stage tonight with her." Cinndon explains to her.

"Okay, but I don't like where this is going." Sticky says, folding her arms. "If you do anything other than play music with her, you're going to find yourself single!"

Cinndon gulps. "Yes, darling..." he says, swallowing hard. "The last thing I'd ever do is leave you for another girl."

"Good." Sticky says, smiling.

"Alert! Incoming Quarter! All Racers Report To The Starting Grid!" the announcer yells over the loudspeaker.

The racers get in position as the first gamers of the day take their positions at the Sugar Rush console.


While the day's races were going on, the Sour Racers were watching them over their security footage.

Caramella walks in, looking over the footage of Swizzle, who's helping prepare for the festivities that would be happening that night.

"So, what's the plan again?" she asks Razz, who's chewing a piece of orange bubble gum.

"Our plan is to crash the party and ask Swizzle to join us." Razz says, smiling evilly. "That's if he shows a sign of being an evil king."

"Well, if he does, you think he would want to join us?" Zoet asks curiously.

"Possibly." Caramella replies.

The Sour Racers work more on the plan for tonight.


Later, after the arcade closes, Swizzle stands on the popcorn podium as the crowd cheers for the day's avatars who put on quite a show for the gamers during the day's races.

"Now that the arcade's closed, we're going to have our roster race! But tonight, we race in honor of the fact our game has existed for 16 years today!" Swizzle announces as the crowd cheers loudly. "Now, pay to play, and let's get this anniversary race underway!"

The racers throw their coins into the golden cup, and as Cinndon throws in his coin, his cinnamon stick fans are cheering even louder and shouting "Happy 13th Birthday!"

"Cinndon, is it your birthday today?" Swizzle asks the cinnamon racer, who's blushing modestly.

"Y-Yeah...I didn't even know..." Cinndon says, blushing even redder as he walks to his kart. "So, yes, it is my b-birthday..."

"Well, happy birthday all the same, Sodagard!" Swizzle says with a smile. "Tonight will be a double celebration: to celebrate our 16th anniversary and Cinndon's 13th birthday!" The crowd cheers with pure excitement. "Now, without further ado, let the Random Roster Race commence in honor of our 16th anniversary!"

He slides down the taffy slide into his kart, and as the green light goes off to signal the start of the race, the racers grow even more excited, taking off from the starting line.


Meanwhile, in the Starburst Sky Fortress, a Rancis recolor and his girlfriend are watching the race.

"When do you think we can go out there, Penelope?" Peterbelly asks, watching Rancis race.

"All in due time, Peterbelly. For now, we wait." Penelope says as she watches from the window. "We're going to meet that king soon enough..."