So they headed back to the track to tell everyone. Obviously the other racers were very happy for them.
"This is wonderful Vanny." Taffyta said.
Vanellope got down on her knees so that they could hug.
"I know, I've never been so happy." Vanellope sort of had tears in her eyes. "Taffy, I was wondering something...well Tamora is going to be my maid-of-honor of course. I mean I was her maid-of-honor at her and Felix's wedding and she was a big help in defeating Turbo. But you're still my first best friend, so how would you like to be my flower girl?"
Taffyta looked at Vanellope with shock, the touched kind. Then she smiled and nodded.
"I'd be honored." She said.
"Hm, if we're going to have a flower girl then might as well have a ring bearer too." Ralph mused. "Not Felix, he's gonna be my best man obviously, so who can we ask?"
"Gee, I don't know." Vanellope had to admit.
Ralph then snapped his fingers.
"How about Clyde? From PacMan?" He suggested. "Clyde was among the most understanding and supportive of badguys back when I was an outcast. I mean Zangief and the others were too, but Clyde is the only one small enough to do it without it being awkward. Plus he was the one who set up the Bad Anon in the first place."
"I like the idea." Vanellope grinned. "And of course daddy will walk me down the aisle."
"That I will. I'm so happy for you Vanellope." Candiel smiled. "Ralph is the perfect guy for you, and I know you both will be very happy together."
"I know it too." Vanellope agreed.
After that, Ralph and Vanellope left to tell everyone else. First they went to Fix-It-Felix Jr to see Brenda, and Felix and Tamora. Since Tamora still didn't want to risk losing Felix to a Cy-Bug she insisted on living with him in the apartment whenever the arcade was closed instead of him living with her at her place in Hero's Duty.
However Felix and Tamora weren't the first to find out, neither was Brenda. Instead Surge Protector was when they entered Fix-It-Felix Jr. This time it wasn't because of an alarm though...
"Hi, wanted to find out what Ralph made for Vanellope." Surge Protector explained as he appeared out of nowhere.
"It was this." Vanellope grinned as she showed him her engagement ring.
"You mean...?" Surge Protector looked both happy and stunned.
"Yeah, I proposed to Vanellope a while ago." Ralph blushed a little. "We were just on our way to tell Felix and Tamora."
"Congratulations to both of you." Surge Protector actually smiled.
"Thank you Surge." Ralph smiled.
"Ralph come on!" Vanellope pulled Ralph ahead excitedly. "I can't wait to see Felix's and Tamora's reactions!"
"Okay I'm coming!" Ralph laughed. "But we're telling mom first remember?"
"Oh yeah."
So they went to see Brenda. Obviously she was very happy when she found out.
"This is wonderful news!" She smiled. "I was hoping that you two would someday get married. So, when's the wedding?"
"Haven't officially decided, we still have to work some things out." Ralph said. "It shouldn't be too far away though."
"Yeah, like maybe a week later or something. On a day off of course." Vanellope nodded.
"Well let me know as soon as you decide." Brenda said before smirking. "Also, am I to expect grandchildren?"
"Mom!" Ralph groaned as he and Vanellope blushed.
"Uh, bit too early for that." Vanellope rubbed the back of her head. "Besides, Felix and Tamora have been married for over a year and they don't have kids yet. I mean it might happen, I'm just saying don't get your hopes up."
"Oh it's okay, I don't need grandchildren." Brenda chuckled. "I'm just glad my son finally found true love."
After talking a bit more Ralph and Vanellope left. They continued on their way until they reached Felix and Tamora's house and knocked on the door.
"I've got it sweetie." Tamora said before opening the door. "Well hello you two, you're just in time Felix is cooking dinner. Would you like to join us? We have plenty."
"Okay, if it's all right with Felix as well." Ralph shrugged as he and Vanellope entered the room. "Actually we just came to tell you both something important."
"What is it?" Felix showed up. "Hello Ralph, Vanellope-"
"Felix the food." Tamora reminded him.
"Oh don't worry, the pot pie is in the oven and I've got the timer going." Felix waved a hand.
"Heh, you and your pies." Ralph smirked.
"Look who's talking Mr. I-Used-To-Hate-Chocolate-But-Now-I-Can't-Get-Enough-Of-It." Felix teased back.
"Well chocolate did save both my life and Vanellope's life once..." Ralph muttered.
"Oh I'm kidding." Felix grinned. "Actually, you'll be happy to know that dessert is a chocolate pie."
"Hey great!" Ralph smiled.
"So what's the important news?" Tamora asked.
Vanellope grinned and showed off her engagement ring. Tamora and Felix dropped their mouths open.
"Well I'll be...you know it's about time this happened." Tamora smiled.
"You two are engaged!" Felix looked as if he was going to cry. "Oh this is so wonderful!" He hugged Ralph. "Wait to go big guy! Can I be the best man? Where are you two planning on having the wedding-"
A buzzer sounded.
"Oh my land, dinner!" Felix zipped off for the kitchen.
Ralph, Vanellope, and Tamora looked stunned at first and then cracked up.
"Boy, and I thought I got excited easily." Vanellope chuckled.
"Yeah, life's never dull with Felix around." Tamora agreed.
"Anyway, I was wondering if you want to be my maid of honor?" Vanellope asked.
"Really? I mean I'm honored but what about Taffyta?" Tamora asked.
"Oh she's going to be the flower girl, I already asked her." Vanellope explained.
"Ah."
"Dinner's ready!" Felix called.
"We're coming!" Ralph called back. "And of course you're going to be my best man Felix." He added as he entered the dining room table.
Fortunately Felix had used his hammer a few times on one of the chairs for Ralph.
"Wonderful!" Felix blushed a little. "Heh, sorry for my excitement I've just been hoping for a long time that it would happen."
"No it's okay." Ralph shrugged. "It just caught us off-guard that's all. As for where we're having the wedding...gee, hadn't thought of that. Well we could have it here but we'd have to have it outside. Most of the buildings weren't built with me in mind."
"I was thinking inside the castle in Sugar Rush." Vanellope added. "We have a parson, Parson Brown Sugar, and he can perform the wedding. Plus it's more than large enough for you."
"How come you have a parson if you also have royalty? Or had rather?" Tamora asked.
"Dad couldn't balance running a kingdom, being a single father, and performing weddings all the time." Vanellope explained. "So he hired Brown Sugar to take care of the weddings."
"Makes sense...also makes sense to have the wedding in Sugar Rush, especially in the castle." Ralph smirked before adding teasingly: "After all I am going to join the royal family...will there be a crown for me in it too?"
"Oh hush up before I crown you." Vanellope retorted with a smirk as she jabbed his side.
All four of them chuckled.
"Say, if you're having a flower girl along with a best man and a maid of honor does that mean that you're having a ring bearer too?" Felix realized. "I mean the best man sometimes takes care of the rings but..."
"Actually we are." Ralph nodded. "We're going to ask Clyde later, he and the other badguys were among the few who were friendly to me back when I was an outcast. I picked Clyde out of the badguys because it'd be less awkward for him to do it - due to his size - and because he was the one who set up Bad Anon in the first place."
"Makes a lot of sense." Tamora agreed.
"I agree." Felix smiled.
After dinner and dessert, and more talk of the wedding, Ralph and Vanellope left to see the other badguys. It was a Bad Anon meeting day so everyone was there.
"Ralph, there you are." Clyde smiled. "I mean we figured you'd want to spend the rest of the day with Vanellope, but we did hope that you'd show up."
"Yeah I did...with Vanellope." Ralph said. "Since only badguys are allowed in here though I had to leave her outside...uh, can you bend the rules this once? We have an important announcement."
"Okay, hang on." Clyde went over to an alarm box and inputted a code.
Since Clyde and the other ghosts were on friendly terms with PacMan and Mrs. PacMan Clyde had the room set up so that goodguys could enter it as well. Only when he inputted a certain code though. Vanellope then came in and all the badguys said hi to her.
"Hi everyone." Vanellope smiled back. "So, like Ralph said we have an important announcement."
"That's right: Vanellope and I are engaged." Ralph smiled.
All the badguys, especially Zangief, Satine, and Clyde, congratulated them. Soon the room became full of wedding chatter, in fact the Bad Anon meeting had been completely forgotten and instead of closing with the Badguy Affirmation everyone just left talking more about the wedding. Unlike Felix and Tamora's wedding this one was special to them, after all it was less common for badguys to marry than it was for goodguys to marry. Finally only Ralph, Vanellope, and Clyde were left.
"Well, that's the first Bad Anon meeting that closed without the Bad Guy Affirmation." Clyde chuckled. "Not that I mind, we hardly get to enjoy such great news. I mean one of us getting married...it doesn't happen every day, not even every year."
"Well then maybe Ralph and I could remarry once a year so that you guys will get to enjoy it more often." Vanellope smiled.
"Thank you but that's not necessary." Clyde smiled.
"So, now that it's just the three of us Van and I were wondering something." Ralph smiled. "Clyde, how would you like to be our ring bearer?"
"What?" Clyde dropped his mouth open. "Me? Really?"
"Well yeah, I have a flower girl so it's only fitting that we have a ring bearer too." Vanellope said. "And we can't think of a better choice than you, after all if it wasn't for you and your Bad Anon Ralph would've been even lonelier before he met me."
Clyde went back to smiling.
"I'm honored." He said.
After that Ralph and Vanellope left to let the rest of the arcade know. They didn't tell everyone themselves though, instead they told Sonic who announced it to the rest of the arcade. Ralph and Vanellope did that on purpose since it'd take less time than telling everyone themselves. They wanted to just go back to the castle in Sugar Rush and continue planning things. Along the way they did get stopped and congratulated, but they didn't mind at all since they expected it.
The days passed and it soon was wedding day. Ralph was dressed up in a tux without shoes expectedly, and Felix was next to him in another tux as his best man. Tamora was there as the maid of honor in a simple white dress. They all were in front of the path that led to the castle, with Sugar Rush citizens on one side and the other game characters on the other side. Even Perry, Hadrig, Humblecore, Flip, and the praying mantises were there.
Taffyta went down the aisle first, spreading candy flowers over the path, and Clyde floated after her with the rings (normal gold rings, which Ralph and Vanellope planned to attach to their pockets during game hours). Candiel then walked Vanellope down the aisle. Ralph's heart nearly stopped upon seeing her: she was wearing a light mint green sleeveless wedding dress with a red licorice sash and a matching mint green veil that had been attached to a mint green version of her tiara. In her hands was a bouquet of regular roses and peppermint sticks. Candiel then stopped just in front of where Ralph and Pastor Brown Sugar were and smiled at Vanellope.
"I'm so glad I was able to see this happen." He said. "I love you Sugar Cookie."
"I love you to daddy." Vanellope hugged him.
Vanellope then joined Ralph at the altar and they were wed. Like how Ralph had shed tears at Felix and Tamora's wedding Felix had shed tears at this one. Except it was more obvious.
After the ceremony there was quite a reception. It was almost a party even. Then when the bride and groom dance came around this song played:
I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me
I still feel your touch in my dreams
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive.
'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last
Need you by my side.
'Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go
Want you in my life
Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky
They wipe away tears that I cry
The good and the bad times, we've been through them all
You make me rise when I fall
'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last
Need you by my side
'Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go
Want you in my life
'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last
Need you by my side
It turns out Vanellope had picked that song specifically for that dance, because it described how she felt about Ralph perfectly. Ralph was touched, and later admitted to her that he feels the same way.
Later that night Ralph and Vanellope slept together for the first time in the castle (fortunately a bed strong enough to support Ralph's weight had been built for them). They wished that they could continue enjoying each other's company the next morning, but they both had to get ready for their respective games. Oh well, no matter, they had the rest of their lives to enjoy anyway.