Rancis and Peterbelly sneaked through the Glitched Candy-Tree Forest, the darkness of the forest illuminated by a Twinkie flashlight held by Peterbelly.
"You know, you could pick better days to go on a trip in a cryptic forest," Rancis said, shuddering as he followed Peterbelly through a passageway in the forest.
"And could you explain when that better day would be, prissy boy?" Peterbelly asked, turning to face Rancis and flashing a corky smirk.
Rancis shrugged. "Well, the town just got attacked by Nightmare Scrappies, and they disappeared in this forest, remember," Rancis shot back, putting his hands on his hips as a way to look triumphant. "So, maybe we should go out when they've actually left."
"They've always been in this forest, genius," Peterbelly responded bluntly. "And I doubt they're going to leave anytime soon."
Rancis glared at his recolor, then sighed. "Point taken, kid, but I still feel uncomfortable out in the open," He said, shivering.
"That's because you're used to sunshine and go-karting 24/7," Peterbelly said. "You rarely ever experience something as intimidating as this forest."
Rancis shrugged, but kept silent.
"I've spent 15 years in here, and I've gotten used to it, even when the Nightmare Scrappies came and wrecked things," Peterbelly said. "You yourself haven't even had a true encounter with a Nightmare Scrappy before, and you're still cowering."
"This is freaky, okay," Rancis said. "The sky is red, the ground black, the trees are a mixture of the two colors."
"Black is a shade, not a color," Peterbelly corrected. "Learn your mathematics."
"Whatever," Rancis said. Finally, they came across the exit of the Glitched Candy-Tree Forest.
"Finally, my home!" Rancis shouted and bolted through the exit quicker than a cheetah on crack. Peterbelly blinked once and then jogged after Rancis.
"So, this is Sugar Rush," Peterbelly said, looking around, lowering the flashlight. "It doesn't look as strange as I'd expected it to be."
"That's because Sugar Rush isn't strange, pal," Rancis said with a smirk. "It's the good life, way better than that Horror-esque nightmare land you got going there."
"At least Horror Rush is more hardcore, Butterfingers," Peterbelly sneered. "Instead of brightness and colours and simplicity."
"Oh yeah, well I-" Rancis started but Peterbelly cut him off.
"Hey, shouldn't we be going to see Creamy Buttercap?" Peterbelly asked. The two stared at each other awkwardly, and then Rancis said, "Well, yeah."
"Well then, let's get going," Peterbelly said before grabbing Rancis by the arm, and in the span of three seconds, he leapt up into a candy tree, latched his arm onto one of the branches, bent it backwards, and catapulted him and Rancis into the air, sending them soaring over the Sugar Rush Kingdom.
"This is amazing!" Peterbelly said as he and Rancis soared through the air. Rancis, however, was not as ecstatic.
"I'm going to die!" Rancis cried, tears slipping down his cheeks. He flailed his arms around and screamed hysterically as the two flew through the air.
They soared right over to Vanellope's castle, flying straight through the open window. However, Peterbelly grabbed hold of the balcony to stop him from crashing, whereas Rancis splattered into the wall.
"Dude, are you okay?" Peterbelly asked. Rancis groaned loudly and crashed on the ground. Peterbelly's jaw dropped when he saw his face.
"Give me a mirror," Rancis demanded. Peterbelly hesitantly took a small mirror from his jacket and handed it to Rancis. The blonde racer took the mirror and stared at his reflection. And nearly fainted upon seeing himself.
He had two black eyes, a purple bruise on his left cheek, a large cut on his nose, a gash in his chin, and three of his teeth had been knocked out.
"N-n-no," He whispered, stuttering due to his lost teeth. "M-my…"
"I know, your face is pretty busted up, but-" Peterbelly started but Rancis cut him off.
"Screw my face!" He shouted. "My hair! It's out of place!" He pointed a rigid finger at his blonde hair to reveal that a strand was out of place.
"It's ruined!" He cried. "Ruined forever!"
Peterbelly rolled his eyes and strolled down the hallway as Rancis whined about his hair. "Your president's castle looks a lot like Penelope's, you know," Peterbelly mentioned. "Except, smaller."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yours is bigger, we get it!" Rancis said. Peterbelly shrugged and he trailed through the castle, eventually finding his way downstairs towards the fungeon.
"You know, Peterbelly, this could just lead to more trouble," Rancis pointed out. Peterbelly, however, wasn't listening and continued towards the fungeon.
"Seriously , if Creamy finds out you're alive, she'll just try and kill you again," Rancis said, racing down the stairs.
"Don't you think I know that?" Peterbelly said. He was now in the hallway of the fungeon. The two trailed through the hallways, searching for Creamy's cell.
"Ah, there it is," Peterbelly said upon reaching a door marked, in bolted letters, Creamy Buttercap's Cell.
"Seriously, we should probably go back," Rancis said, shuddering. However, Peterbelly simply stood in front of the door. He took a deep breath, and lifted his hand towards the doorknob.
Clutching the doorknob, he twisted it, pushing it open. Peterbelly, with a nervous expression, then snuck inside the cell as Rancis stood outside.
Sure enough, chained to the wall, was Creamy Buttercap, her head hanging low and her eyes staring at the ground. The moment the door opened, she raised her head to see who was there.
"Oh, if it isn't Rancy Fluggerbutter, come to visit his-" She mused before seeing who it was. As Peterbelly watched, Creamy's skin paled, her pupils shrunk, and her mouth widened into a look of horror.
"Hello, sister," Peterbelly sneered hatefully.
"No…no," Creamy whispered, trembling. "This is…this is impossible."
Peterbelly walked over to Creamy, who began tugging on her chains in a desperate attempt to free herself and flee.
"What's wrong, sis?" Peterbelly asked. "Aren't you glad to see your little brother, back from the dead after fifteen years."
"This…this can't be," Creamy said, her eyes widening. "I killed you!"
"And yet, here I am, as good as new," Peterbelly smirked. "Did you really think your chocolate knife to the chest would be enough to take me out?"
Creamy gritted her teeth. "Where have you been hiding this whole time?" She asked, glaring.
"That's for me to know and you never to find out," Peterbelly replied, folding his arms. Creamy grimaced and clenched her knuckles as she stared at him.
"…Does Rancy know?" She asked with a sneer.
"You bet he does," Peterbelly said. "In fact, we've been having a little family reunion that you won't be part of."
Creamy seethed in anger.
"Oh please, don't act all angry," Peterbelly scoffed. "You were the one who couldn't handle losing at races and tried to compensate by killing off the competition, who was your own BROTHER!"
"You were never supposed to live," Creamy hissed.
"No, you were never supposed to live," Peterbelly replied. "It may sound cliché, but it's the truth."
Creamy opened her mouth to reply, but Peterbelly cut him off.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but my queen wants me back at her kingdom soon, so, goodbye, big sister," Peterbelly said. With that, he slunk out of the cell, leaving Creamy seething in fury.
The moment he was outside, Rancis said, "How did it go?"
"She still hates me," Peterbelly said with a shrug. "Figures," Rancis said.
"Oh well, let's get going," Peterbelly said and the two took off down the hallway.
Inside Creamy's cell, the brunette hissed in anger and furrowed her eyebrows.
"I must…kill him," Creamy whispered to herself and narrowed her eyes. Unbeknownst to her, Tabitha, Francis and Kendall stood outside her cell, listening.
"Oh gosh, they're planning to kill Penelope's main advisor," Kendall whispered.
"I knew those palette swaps couldn't be trusted," Tabitha whispered. Gesturing towards the candy tree forest, Tabitha said, "Come on. We gotta warn the Nightmare Queen of what those recolors are planning."
With that, the three took off towards the forest.
A/N: End chapter thirteen. Please read and review.