As soon as the girls tumbled off and into the mountain's center it started to shake and send the group of racers, guards and candy creatures to their knees. Vanellope struggled to get to the mountains edge as it continued to shake; she had to see it for herself that Taffyta's copy was honestly gone.
"The mountain is going to erupt, everyone quickly get out!" a guard yelled and the candy creatures all rushed out including Rancis and the guards. Taffyta was already on her way to Vanellope's side and dodged the candy's who tried to rush past her. Marshmallow tried to follow but was scooped up by a larger guard who was trying to be helpful. As he passed through the stairway entrance he noticed it was slowly crumbling.
Vanellope looked over the edge and was relieved to see Taffyta's copy hanging on for dear life as the liquid below her spewed angrily. Nelly was nowhere to be seen and Vanellope assumed she had fallen into the diet Cola below. "Give me your hand!" Vanellope called and held it out for her. Taffyta had reached her this time and was looking over at her mirror image as well. But Taffyta's copy just gave them both a sad look and shook her head no, "Vanellope I can't make it to you in time.." she said and Vanellope felt tears streak her face.
"Yes you can, just try climbing up..we'll wait for you!" Vanellope called and Taffyta's copy started to let go. "No please, don't!" Vanellope cried and the copy looked up at her. "I can't hold on much longer and you don't have enough time..." she said and looked the girl in the eye. Vanellope realized then that as much as she wanted the girl to survive this, the hot Cola was rising fast and Taffyta's copy was right. She was not going to make it.
"Thank you..for everything" Vanellope said and the world seemed to stop for the two of them. Taffyta's copy smiled and looked up at the girl tears streaking her face, "Stay sweet, Vanellope." She said and let go completely falling into the diet Cola. Vanellope turned away, not being able to handle seeing the girl deleted like this. There was a pixelated noise followed by the Cola flaming and spewing angrily giving both the girls a sign that meant Taffyta's copy was truly gone. Taffyta held Vanellope close as she sobbed into her, forgetting their danger for the moment.
When another blast shook the mountain and the girls felt the heat of the diet Cola, they immediately dashed to the entrance but found it was completely destroyed. The entrance must have fallen when they were trying to get Taffyta's copy out. The girls had to think fast and there wasn't much time to work with. "Climb!" Taffyta said and started to work her way up the sides of the Mountain with Vanellope in tow.
The girls reached the top of the mountain and held on tight as they looked down. Vanellope felt sick as there was nowhere to go. They could try sliding down the mountain or climbing down it via the outside of it. But doing so would take time and the diet Cola was coming up fast and nearly had reached their feet.
Vanellope remembered the kart then. The kart that had driven through a destroyed Sugar rush, had disappeared when they had arrived, had aided her in getting off the island, and had helped her all the ways in between. If she called for it and she needed it, the kart would come.
As if by magic the kart did slam into the side of the mountain. It sat there unmoving, asides the gravitational pulls it was facing, and waited for the girls to climb in. Vanellope moved slowly over to the kart, not wanting to fall in the process, and held out her hand for Taffyta. The pink girl took her hand and allowed herself to be pulled in behind her.
Vanellope gulped realizing this wasn't going to be an easy feat. It was going to be a race against time, gravity and for their lives. Taffyta put her hand on the girls shoulder and whispered in her ear, "You can do this Vanellope..I'm right behind you.". Vanellope placed her hand on top of Taffyta's and held her breath, gaining courage. When she heard the diet Cola billow over the top of the Mountain she knew it was either now or never and started the kart up, clicking it into drive.
The girls immediately shot off and down the mountain just as the diet Cola zoomed behind them. Vanellope felt more like she was flying then she was racing and her stomach did flip flops as she dodged a rock that was protruding out of the mountain.
The kart continued to fly back and forth as Vanellope steered it, getting away from the diet Cola that was just too slow for the girls rising speed. "Vanellope we're going to crash, we're going to fast!" Taffyta said as the ground was quickly approaching them.
Vanellope could feel the kart rising away from the actual mountain ground and noted that they were indeed not driving anymore but falling. She tried to move the kart back down, tried to get back on the road, but they continued their fall and Vanellope could now spot the candy citezens running away from the mountain.
She didn't know what to do, she was completely out of ideas and they were going to crash and possibly explode any moment now. They were going to be ultimately deleted. Vanellope braced for impact, holding onto the wheel tightly. Taffyta squeezed her eyes tight and held tightly to Vanellope, wrapping her hands around her and placing them over her heart.
Just as Taffyta's hands touched above Vanellope's beating heart they lit up and started to sparkle. Vanellope's eyes squinted trying to take it in, "Taffyta, your hands?" she called and Taffyta opened her eyes to see the sparkly like flowing from them. Before either girl could assess the situation anymore they were sucked through the light, kart and all and disappeared from Diet Cola Mountain.
Marshmallow watched in horror as he saw Taffyta and Vanellope fly towards the ground, in the red and white kart, off from diet Cola Mountain. The crowd had managed to get a good ways away from the Mountain before they turned back to see their future Princess about to meet her doom along with Taffyta.
"Vanellope!" Marshmallow screamed and pushed himself away from the guard who was holding him, "Taffyta!" he yelled again trying to run towards the mountain as if he himself could save the girls. When the guard couldn't grab ahold of the little treat, several others stepped in to stop him including Pa popcorn.
"You'll be deleted if you get any closer man!" Pa yelled and held Marshmallow down. Marshmallow kicked and fought, trying to be free. "They're my friends, let me go!" he hollered and the entire scene seemed to upset everyone surrounding them. Pa continued to hold Marshmallow away from the danger until the poor creature cried out and inevitably gave in. "Vanellope…Taffyta.." he cried and remained still on the ground as Pa slowly released him.
The mood was eerily quiet and most of the candy citizens avoided looking at the girls, for they couldn't bare to see them fall to their fate. When all seemed lost, a cry rang out through the crowd. "Look they're glowing!" someone yelled and the whole crowd looked up to see that indeed the girls were glowing.
Within the next moment the group observed as the girls continued to glow brighter and brighter until they were almost difficult to watch as the light stung their eyes. Then without any warning the two disappeared leaving the crowd stunned. "What happened?" Marshmallow asked and looked at Pa popcorn that seemed just as clueless.
One of the guards spoke up then, "That looks like Princess…er Nelly's transporting light!" he said and the other Oreo guards agreed. "They must be transporting then!" another one yelled and they erupted into a cheer, "They made it!" someone yelled out and the whole candy parade cheered. Everyone was so excited that not even the erupting Cola Mountain could upset them as it continued to scream. "Quickly we must go to the castle, if anything we can meet them there!" a guard commanded and Marshmallow beamed as he rushed off with the rest of the crowd. They had made it, his friends were safe, Sugar rush was saved.
Vanellope twisted the kart through the light just as she had done before when they were racing with Pro kid, she felt the kart slam back and forth and she honestly could of spun out if it weren't for Taffyta's hands on her's helping her hold tightly to the steering wheel.
The girls shot out of the light and bounced off the ground a few times landing directly at the edge of sugar rush, near the Sugar rush speedway. The girls sat in the kart for a few minutes and then peaked out, the tires of the kart were steaming from the ride and in the distance you could see black tire marks where they had landed.
Vanellope looked out at Sugar rush and saw the diet Cola Mountain exploding and guzzling out diet cola, hopefully the residents had escaped in time to be far away enough that the diet Cola wouldn't reach them. Taffyta was out of the kart immediately, wanting to feel the safety of solid ground again. "Ugh remind me to never let you drive again!" she yelled and Vanellope smiled getting out of the kart as well.
As she did the kart sparkled and disappeared, probably going to reappear somewhere where it was needed again. Vanellope watched it as it did and then turned to Taffyta who looked a little beat up from the ride. "How did you manage to that one Taffyta?" Vanellope asked her referring to the light that was on the girls' hands.
Taffyta looked at her hands and shrugged her shoulders, "I honestly don't know, I.." she looked at the back and front of her hands, which were dull compared to how they sparkled before. "I didn't even know I could do that.." she said. Vanellope recalled that Taffyta's copy had a glitch just like Vanellope, if Taffyta's copy was like Vanellope than that meant that Nelly was like Taffyta. So Taffyta must have always had the sparkly light trick but never actually used it before. This made Vanellope wonder what other powers the racers might have.
Taffyta looked back at the diet Cola Mountain and recalled the copy of her, "I'm sorry about your friend Vanellope…" she said and gave the girl a sad look. Vanellope sighed and sat down on the ground feeling tired, "Its fine…she did it to save me..and sugar rush.." Vanellope said and Taffyta sat down next to her.
It seemed the girls could have continued on and on about how it was wrong for Taffyta's copy to be deleted for the sake of Sugar rush but it had happened and unfortunately dwelling on the matter would not be what the girl would have wanted.
Vanellope sighed trying not to think about the sad matter, instead she brought up something the girls needed to talk about. "Taffyta.." Vanellope started out and Taffyta looked at her curiously. "I didn't run away, I was taken away." Vanellope said and Taffyta shook her head no causing Vanellope to worry. "You don't believe me?" Vanellope asked and Taffyta chuckled saying, "No…I do, I just…" she trailed off and smiled at Vanellope. "You don't have to tell me the whole story now…I knew I should have trusted you and I knew Nelly was bad news.." Taffyta said and folded her arms as Vanellope looked at her, unsure what to add to that.
"I'm sorry for betraying you Vanellope.." Taffyta said and looked at the girl, Vanellope nodded and smiled, "It's alright, you came back though and you helped save Sugar rush!" Vanellope said and pat the pink racer firmly on the shoulder. Taffyta shook her head no and said, "But I could've helped it a long time ago…Nelly wouldn't of gone as far as she did if only.." Vanellope held a hand up to silence Taffyta and the girl stopped her talking.
"What has happened happened and there is nothing we could have done to make it better." Vanellope said and brushed off some dirt from her stockings, "I'm just glad to have you back Taffyta." She said to the girl, causing her to blush.
The girls had saved Sugar rush, the candy crew were now free to come back to their homelands and somehow they were going to find the arcade again. But what did that say for them? Vanellope seemed to be unsure about the topic of 'them'.
Taffyta noticed Vanellope's look and turned to the girl, ready to say what she was feeling. "Vanellope…I.." Taffyta started out and Vanellope looked at her curiously. Taffyta immediately lost all the words she was going to say and started to blush, "I.." she said again and Vanellope started to giggle, "Cat got your tongue Taffy..?" Vanellope started to say but was silenced as Taffyta moved her lips to hers and kissed Vanellope.
Vanellope felt the girl reach for her hand, squeeze it softly and then move away ending the kiss. Vanellope seemed startled by the girls actions but then smiled, "I was waiting for that.." she laughed and Taffyta bit her lip looking down. "I'm sorry it took me so long, to say this, but I really do like you too Vanellope.." she said, acting disappointed in herself.
How many years had it been since Vanellope confessed to liking Taffyta? It had seemed to both girls like a lifetime ago. Vanellope moved the girls face so she could meet her eyes. Vanellope smiled at the girl, "It was worth the wait." She said and kissed her again.
Nelly was always the ruler of Sugar rush or at least she had always thought she was. In truth Nelly had been the ruler of Sugar rush while the events of Vanellope and Taffyta had been around. But before back when the upgrading program was working its way throughout Sugar rush it was actually Taffyta who had been the ruler.
Taffya was a kind ruler who had always been well known for many things, even her glitch was something considered as a minor flaw compared to her immense love and kindness for every creature in Sugar rush. She was especially fond of Nelly, a racer with a lot of heart. Nelly was considered a strong racer, the top of the pick, and she was constantly being showered with attention whenever she won a race.
But as time flew by and the upgrading was being completed Nelly's heart started to change. She raced dangerously, often times causing accidents and using candy creatures as distractions to get ahead. One time Nelly had captured a lone Jelly bean and threw it at a racer on the track, both the racer and the Jelly bean were injured and Nelly was brought before the Princess.
"Nelly..you can't allow your heart to be filled with such anger..please you need to take a break from racing." Taffyta said and Nelly huffed, "Why should I stop when I am the best one out there?" she yelled and Taffyta stood her ground at the throne. The two had been arguing for some time but Taffyta had kept her cool, "Please Nelly, for the sake of the racers and the candy.."
"Those candy creatures shouldn't belong here anyways, they are useless!" Nelly yelled and glared at the Oreo guards who looked a bit frightened. Taffyta looked at the girl shocked and a little confused as to why she was saying such nonsense, sighing the girl had made her decision. "You've left me no choice Nelly, I am banning you from racing..I am transferring you to our locked characters." Taffyta said and waved her hand in the air, causing her to immediately be locked.
Nelly stared at her wide eyed, "You can't!" she yelled and clenched her teeth, "Undo what you've done!". Taffyta shook her head no and looked away from Nelly who had large beads of sweat dripping down her face. "Not until you change your heart Nelly…until then be gone." Taffyta said and Nelly turned to leave. Just before she left she pointed a finger at the Princess, "You are going to regret this." She said and slammed the door shut.
Indeed the Princess did regret making Nelly upset, but not for herself but for her people. The weeks following Nelly had disappeared and no sign of her arrived thereafter, Taffyta sent out search teams for the girl with absolutely no luck.
Finally the girl had arrived back but she arrived with a red and white kart that looked sleeker than any kart Taffyta had ever set her eyes on. "I challenge you to a race, Taffyta, I win and I get the kingdom of Sugar rush." Nelly said and, although others advised her not to, Taffyta agreed.
The race was over quickly with Nelly easily beating the girl with her new and improved kart. Taffyta fell to her knee's as she exited her kart and looked up at the tyrant now before her. "Behold your new Princess, Vanellope Von Shweetz." She yelled and the crowd cowered with fear.
Nelly looked down at Taffyta who seemed very weak and started to glitch. "You look so pathetic right now..it's pathetic." Nelly said and grabbed her by the arm shoving her in front of her people. "From this day forward we will no longer allow glitches or anyone who is against me in the land of sugar rush" Nelly yelled across the crowd, "Take her to the fungeon!" she commanded and the few scared Oreo guards immediately took ahold of Taffyta to lead her away.
"Also I will no longer allow Candy citizens to be in the land of Sugar rush, you have the next hour to get as far away from here as possible.." she yelled out again smiley wickedly, "Before I come after you.". The next hour was filled with preparations for the new ruler Vanellope Von Schweetz and the imprisonment of Taffyta. Nelly followed as the guards led her down the fungeon steps to her new eternal prison.
The poor ex-Princess was shoved into the fungeon by her own guards and locked away. "You won't get away with this!" Taffyta yelled and swore at the heavens. Nelly left her there with no more words to offer her. She had a land to rule and staying and making promises to the girl would only distract her.
The weeks following Nelly would successfully take over Sugar rush. The racers soon forgot about Taffyta their kind ex-Princess, the candy creatures were hunted and shipped off to the island, and even the guards were brain washed to think that what they were doing was the right thing. Nelly had everything going exactly how she wanted it. That is, until there was news in the land that two racers appeared out of nowhere and were driving towards the castle on the sugar rush speedway.