It was now the middle of August, and Vanellope had made a special announcement: the parents of the future Racers ended up feeling at home in Sugar Rush and had decided to move in.

Obviously the future Racers were really happy. They liked their new life in Sugar Rush and would've missed it and their new friends if they had gone back. Adamec was one of the happiest and not because of his being passionate either. It was because he knew he would've missed Swizzle and Sticky painfully if he had left.

Pepsino, Matlow, and Bodhivian were relieved along with happy. They didn't have much of a social life back home (except for a few surfing buddies in Bodhivian's case) and so had been dreading going back. Graham also was relieved, knowing that he would've been almost heartbroken if he had to leave Crumbelina. Crumbelina, on the other hand, was disappointed. She still didn't love him back and had been looking forward to calling off their relationship on account of a long-distance between them.

The other original Racers however were obviously very happy and relieved.

Citrusella and Sourward were the only ones not happy. Citrusella of course was happy for the other Racers, but had started to grow fond of Sourward and was going to miss him. There were only about a couple weeks left. Sourward didn't want to admit it, but he too realized that he was going to miss Citrusella when he left. That and he was also going to really miss Bitalo.

But then the next day, after the arcade closed, Sourward got a surprise: his parents had called the Honeyway home to reveal that they were on the train coming into Sugar Rush. Sourward was the one who answered the phone and they told him to meet them at the station. He asked why, but they only said that they'd explain once they'd arrive. He agreed to meet them and left to do so.

"Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?" Sourward said nervously, thinking that they were going to take him home early.

"Well, after hearing about the good time you've had here we wanted to see the place for ourselves." Mr. Lemonscan smiled.

Sourward relaxed.

"Yeah, it's been okay." He nodded. "At least I can trust the people here."

"What about this Citrusella person?" Mrs. Lemonscan asked.

"Oh, her. Uh...still not ready to think of her as a friend but I have been appreciating her kindness and sympathy." Sourward admitted.

"We have been too, especially since she's been able to make you feel a little better." Mr. Lemonscan kneeled down and put a hand on Sourward's shoulder. "We also have been thinking that maybe going home wouldn't be a good idea. You still need Bitalo's friendship, and I think Limepool still has too many bad memories."

Sourward looked down slightly.

"It does." He admitted.

"I understand and your father does too, which is why we've decided that maybe moving here would be best." Mrs. Lemonscan smiled.

Sourward looked surprised...and maybe a little happy.

"Move here? But what about the factory?" He asked.

"The factory is just a building, family is more important." Mr. Lemonscan smiled. "And you're family too Sourward, you mean more to us than any old building. I mean literally old. Sure it's been passed down throughout the family, but who says it has to stay in the family? We can just open a new factory somewhere here...maybe even a better one."

Sourward this time did smile, and he hugged his father.

"Now, can you please direct us to the castle? We want to talk to President Vanellope about this." Mrs. Lemonscan said.

"Of course...thank you. Thank you both." Sourward smiled.

He led them to the castle and introduced them to Vanellope. He then left to find Bitalo while his parents talked things over with Vanellope.

It turns out Bitalo was at his bee farm showing Torvald his bees.

"They're cute little guys." Torvald smiled.

"Yeah, they're also friendly." Bitalo smiled. "Comes from being raised by my family, they got used enough to humans to not sting unless the humans really are threatening. Like trying to swat them or something."

"Well I never will." Torvald smiled.

"Bitalo!" Sourward ran up to him; the bees swarmed him. "Okay okay, I'm happy to see you guys too. Buzz off will ya?"

He made a few buzzing noises as he gently flicked his fingers, and the bees flew away. Torvald chuckled.

"They got really used to me too..." He shrugged. "Oh, hi Torvald... Bitalo great news, my parents decided to move down here and open a new factory."

"Hey that's wonderful!" Bitalo smiled. "Now we won't have to be separated. But where's the factory going to be?"

"My parents are talking it over with President Vanellope right now." Sourward explained.

Bitalo and Torvald just smiled.

"Sourward?"

Sourward turned around and saw Citrusella there.

"I've been looking for you...I know there's still about a couple weeks left before you leave but-" She said sadly.

"I'm not going to leave after all, my parents just decided to move down here and start a new factory." Sourward actually smiled.

Citrusella beamed, and hugged Sourward without thinking.

"I'm so glad...I would've really miss you if you had left." She said.

"I..." Sourward didn't know what to say at first, all he knew was that he was starting to enjoy the feeling of Citrusella being near him...and her hugs.

He then got a surprise...some of the pain in his heart had gone away. He looked at Citrusella, and thought about how kind and sympathetic she had been to him. He then realized: her friendship was strong enough to partially heal his heart. Tears formed in his eyes.

"I would've really missed you too..." He admitted. "I...I'm glad you decided to become my friend."

Bitalo, Torvald, and Citrusella looked at him with surprise. Citrusella then smiled happily at him. Bitalo and Torvald did too, Bitalo mostly. He was more than glad that his friend was finally starting to heal.

Now, around this time new homes for the new citizens were being built. Felix was helping Ralph,Vanellope, and Candiel oversee that part, same with the new factory (which was going to be built close, but not too close, to the Kart Bakery). Vanellope also took on another task: teaching the future Racers - minus Bitalo, who already knew thanks to Torvald - how to race. She held lessons at the end of every Roster Race, and the future Racers started to pick it up. It even looked as if they'd be ready to join the roster - which had been enlarged recently - in September. Of course before she taught racing she had the other original Racers help the future Racers bake their own karts

The parents all liked the idea of their kids becoming Racers and joining the game...though Mr. and Mrs. Smartietz hesitated at first. They wanted Matlow to become a famous scientist or something like that. However, Matlow was so interested in racing that his parents gave in, deciding that it could be a temporary career until he decided on a better one. After all with all the other Racers there the gamers wouldn't miss just one right? Of course little did they know that Matlow had gotten so into racing that he decided to make it his permanent career. Science was just going to be a hobby from now on.

Speaking of September, that month meant school for most of the gamers...and for the kid citizens of Sugar Rush. Even the Racers went to school so that they could learn other things. Since racing was their 'career' their grades and such weren't considered as important. For them, learning was for fun and to build up their smarts rather than prepare for their future.

The way the school system in Sugar Rush was this: every day for most of the citizens, and three hours every Sunday for the Racers and the audience (or at least the kid versions of the audience). Since time was slower for game characters three hours to them was like about six hours to us, which wasn't too bad a length. As for how long each semester lasted it was simply this for the Racers: September to November, and then again from February to May. The others had it slightly longer: September to middle December and early January into May.

The classes were simple too: science, math, history (Sugar Rush history that is), and literature, plus two electives. Those who wanted to learn more complicated subjects merely moved to cities after graduation to attend colleges. They also had PE, but it was more for recreation than anything else. As for the electives most of the students, especially the Racers, picked baking and one personal elective. For example along with baking Candlehead picked arts and crafts. In Vanellope's case she also took up mechanics so that she could learn enough to fix her own kart and help her dad fix his just as her mother had done. She did know quite a bit about mechanics before the reset, but only enough to make pedal karts instead of real ones.