Chapter 10: The Origin Of Jubilee Darkheart

Jubileena, Citrusella, Taffyta, and Candlehead continued walking through Sugar Rush in order to find Jubilee and save Candi. While they did, they were all talking.

"Candlehead, are you sure that Candi is in the castle?" Jubileena asked.

"I'm pretty sure, Master." Candlehead replied.

Jubileena raised an eyebrow.

"Why do you keep calling me Master?" Jubileena asked.

"Well..." Candlehead started to reply.

Before Candlehead could continue, Taffyta covered her mouth with her hand.

"Maybe it's just that twenty years in the Commander C suit really re-educated her." Taffyta suggested.

"Oh, how could Jubilee do that to you, Candles? She's so terrible." Jubileena sadly said.

On their way, they spotted Diet Cola Mountain.

"Hey, it's Diet Cola Mountain! Let's go in!" Jubileena said excitedly.

Jubileena immediately ran towards Diet Cola Mountain.

"Jubileena, wait!" Taffyta called out.

But it was too late. Jubileena went in through the secret entrance and made her way over to the main chamber.

"Hello? Anybody in here?" Jubileena called out.

Citrusella, Taffyta, and Candlehead then came in.

"There you are, Jubileena. I tried to tell you that..." Taffyta started scolding.

"Who's there?" a voice called out.

Taffyta froze.

"Oh no." Taffyta muttered.

A figure stepped out from behind a stalagmite. Once they did, Jubileena gasped. It was Vanellope, who looked the same, except her clothes were torn and dirty, and she was using a walking cane because she was limping. Vanellope noticed Taffyta.

"Taffyta, what are you doing here? And why did you to bring all these..." Vanellope started to ask.

Vanellope stopped talking when she noticed Jubileena. She got an angry look on her face.

"You." Vanellope said.

"Vanellope, I can explain." Taffyta said.

Jubileena approached the angry Vanellope.

"Hey, Vanellope." Jubileena greeted.

Vanellope suddenly started whacking Jubileena on the head with her cane.

"How dare you come back after all this time!" Vanellope yelled.

Jubileena held onto her head.

"What are you talking about, Vanellope?" Jubileena asked.

Vanellope continued to whack Jubileena.

"Back to ruin my life again eh, traitor?" Vanellope asked angrily.

Jubileena became confused.

"Traitor?" Jubileena asked as she got hit once more.

"Wait, Vanellope." Taffyta said.

Vanellope stopped hitting Jubileena, and Taffyta began to whisper something into Vanellope's ear.

"You mean..." Vanellope started to ask.

Taffyta nodded sadly in response. Vanellope sighed and looked at Jubileena.

"Listen, Jubi, there's something that you should know... something that you should all know." Vanellope said solemnly.

Meanwhile, Candi was sitting in a cell in the fungeon. Licortwist walked over to a window that had bars on it.

"Why, Candi, long time no see." Licortwist greeted.

"What are you going to do with me?" Candi asked.

Licortwist smirked.

"Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to do anything to you. Because Jubileena will be joining us soon... again!" Licortwist replied.

Candi became confused.

"What are you talking about?" Candi asked.

Licortwist raised an eyebrow.

"What? You mean you don't know?" Licortwist asked. He then smirked and said "Well, because I'm in a good mood, I'll let you in on a secret.".

Vanellope talked to everyone at Diet Cola Mountain.

"It all started twenty years ago. The day that I fired you from the team was the last time that I saw you after a while. Those who claimed they saw you could swear that they saw you go into Licortwist's castle in the Black Licorice Backwoods." Vanellope started explaining.

"Yeah. After that fool, Vanellope, fired her, she came to me looking for a job. It was then that I thought that it was time for a little re-educating." Licortwist explained.

Vanellope continued explaining.

"The day that you went into the Black Licorice Backwoods, you were never the same." Vanellope explained.

"What do you mean, Vanellope?" Jubileena asked nervously.

"You would always take charge, push everyone around, and get angry over the littlest of things." Vanellope replied.

"Wasn't it great?" Licortwist asked Candi with a smile.

"At first, we thought that it was minimal and that you were going through some phase that would blow off in about a week. But it wasn't." Vanellope explained.

Jubileena gulped.

"What was it?" Jubileena asked.

"Jubileena was progressing better then I could've imagined." Licortwist said with a grin.

"And how was that?" Candi asked.

"There was that time that you slammed my front door in my face!" Taffyta told Jubileena.

"You bossed me around all of those times." Candlehead said sadly.

"You threw me outside in the cold!" Citrusella said angrily.

Candi then remembered something.

"That would explain why she was so hard whenever we fought." Candi said.

Vanellope's face suddenly turned pale.

"And then you did the most horrible thing that nothing would make me forgive." Vanellope said.

"I had her attack you, the other racers, and Cinndon!" Licortwist explained.

Candi, Citrusella, Taffyta, and Candlehead all gasped.

"No!" Jubileena shouted in shock and disbelief.

"Yes!" Vanellope said.

Vanellope was about to hit Jubileena with her cane again, but didn't.

"Three weeks after I fired you, there was a fight-turned-bad in Street Fighters that me, the other racers, and Cinndon went to take care of. You had went to the castle in order to say goodbye to us, but it was actually a plot to get rid of all of us, and it worked. After we left, you broke into the Code Room and changed the codes so that none of us would regenerate in Sugar Rush and we wouldn't have our powers anymore. And then when we returned after successfully taking care of the fight, you attacked us. The racers tried to stop you, but you were unstoppable and managed to kill Candi's parents and all of the racers, except me, Taffyta, Candlehead, Candi, and Citrusella." Vanellope explained.

"It was the greatest plan ever. She came up with it." Licortwist explained. He started to cry happily and said "I was so proud of her.".

"I can't believe that you manipulated her to do that. Then you got her killed and hired Jubilee to ruin our lives." Candi said in disappointment to Licortwist.

"Is that what they said?" Licortwist asked with a smirk. He then said "Well, here's the real truth..."

"A few days later, you came back to the castle, only this time you had a different outfit on and went by a different name... Jubilee Darkheart." Vanellope explained.

"Jubidark Heart." Licortwist said in triumph.

"You mean Jubilee Darkheart?" Candi corrected, a little surprised.

"Yeah, sure." Licortwist said dismissively.

Candi held her hands on the side of her head in disbelief.

"No, this can't be true!" Candi said.

"No, this can't be true! You said that I died outside of Sugar Rush." Jubileena said, pointing at Taffyta.

"Me and Taffyta made that up so that no one would know that it was you. And it gets even worse, you little traitor. You turned me back into a Glitch and kept me alive so I could suffer." Vanellope said, poking Jubileena with her cane.

"That was pure genius!" Licortwist said.

"Then you destroyed everything that had meaning to your friends, starting with Taffyta." Vanellope explained.

Taffyta started to cry.

"My kart!" Taffyta sobbed.

Jubileena realized something.

"So that's why you attacked me." Jubileena said.

"She destroyed my castle. It couldn't have been her." Candi said in disbelief and shock.

"But it was." Licortwist said, smirking.

"Then you recruited Candlehead to join the Licorice robot army, and you and Licortwist took over Sugar Rush and the rest of the arcade." Vanellope explained.

"So that's why Candlehead kept calling me Master." Jubileena said.

"We aren't friends anymore, Master. You said so." Candlehead said, turning her head away from Jubileena.

Jubileena felt like she had just fallen into a bad dream. She had no more friends, was hated by everyone, and her future was bleak.

Suddenly, the secret entrance exploded.