Chapter 38-Back to School
As soon as summer vacation ended, it was time to head back to school for Ralph and Vanellope. On their first day back, they walked through the school doors feeling optimistic. During lunch time, Ralph and Vanellope sat at a table together with Rancis, Candlehead, Felix, and Tamora. Their conversation started with Vanellope speaking about a former moment in time.
"So, I was on my way to the mall." Vanellope explained "I almost got into a fight with another girl over the last headband at my favourite store, and I don't know why I'm still talking because we are all thinking the same thing…What is up with Candlehead's face?"
"I know. I can't believe it myself." Candlehead replied "I finally got my braces taken off and I got these new colour contacts."
During that time, they saw Taffyta walking into the cafeteria alongside her fellow Candy Girls. As school started, Taffyta no longer had blue skin and red hair from the prank Ralph and Vanellope pulled on her a while back, and looked like her old self again.
"Oh, look, here comes Taffyta." Candlehead remarked.
"Man, that girl is some bad news." Rancis also remarked.
"I still can't believe she had her party end up at Vanellope's house." Felix also remarked.
"I know. I'm still trying to find the french fry skeleton she left behind." Vanellope commented.
Also, they noticed Turbo along with his best friends: Jet and Hawk walking into the cafeteria. As Turbo walked back, they noticed that his white jacket and helmet was restored.
"Watch out!" Ralph warned "Turbo's coming."
"There's something that tickles my mind a bit." Felix mentioned "Turbo always wears his helmet all the time. Like, all the time. I'm not even kidding. It's like no one ever sees his hair."
"I know it's strange." Vanellope replied "Almost as strange as Ralph's common anger problem."
"I don't have an anger problem." Ralph commented.
"Hey, Ralph, 'Cars 2' is by far the best Pixar movie. Am I right?" Vanellope asked.
"Are you serious?" Ralph replied in anger "That was the worst Pixar movie ever. Come on, all of the other Pixar movies are amazing."
"You know, it's also as strange as how Gloyd always overuses the word 'epic'." Rancis commented.
Rancis then last recalled the last time he talked to Gloyd on the phone. It was a few months ago while Rancis was doing homework.
"Hello, Rancis." Gloyd greeted on the phone "I'm watching this epic sci-fi movie."
"Are you watching 'Star Trek'?" Rancis asked on the phone.
"No, I'm watching 'Pitch Black'." Gloyd answered.
"How is the movie 'Pitch Black' epic?" Rancis asked "That movie isn't even remotely good. I mean, it's competent, but not 'epic'."
Later that day, Vanellope was walking through the hallways at the end of the school day. As soon as last bell rang, Vanellope rushed back to her locker to get her Mathematics textbook. After she put her textbook in her backpack and closed her locker, she ran as fast as she could back to the student parking lot. However, on her way there, she ended up unknowingly into the gymnasium where cheerleading tryouts were being held. During tryouts, Taffyta and her candy girls happened to be in the room. As soon as she ran into the room, she stopped and stood where she was.
"What are you doing here, Vanellope?" Taffyta asked.
"I'm sorry, I was on my way to the exit and I didn't know I was heading to the gymnasium." Vanellope answered "That's my bad."
"You coming here is 'your bad'." Taffyta commented.
"As much as I like to hear your mindless chatter, I have to get home." Vanellope replied "I'm not interested in doing your silly cheerleading stunts."
"Right, because you don't have the guts to do any of this stuff." Taffyta commented.
"Come on, you don't know me like that!" Vanellope replied.
"Then prove me wrong." Taffyta demanded.
Vanellope then stepped onto the center of the gymnasium after the previous girl was trying out. In Vanellope's demonstration, she ended up being quite impressive as she was able to do flips and cartwheels with absolute precision. After Vanellope was finished, she walked back to Taffyta.
"How did you know you could do that?" Taffyta asked.
"I'm an expertly skilled dancer." Vanellope answered "Haven't you known that before? I just incorporated my dance skills into the routine. Don't worry, I'm not going to be on the team, I'm going to be doing a different sport which 'you' might not have the guts for."
Later that afternoon when Ralph and Vanellope were at their home, Vanellope walked into the kitchen and saw Ralph sitting by the table which had snacks all over it which he was eating.
"Dude, what is with all the snacks?" Vanellope asked.
"I don't know." Ralph answered "For some reason, I'm feeling 'really' hungry all the time."
Ralph then began to spray cheese sauce, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup into his mouth and then swallowed it all at once. All of a sudden, they heard the phone rang and Ralph answered it.
"Hello." Ralph answered on the phone, then after hearing for a few seconds, he covered the bottom part of the phone with his hand and spoke to Vanellope "It's your cousin Peach."
Ralph then removed his hand from the bottom of the phone as he heard Vanellope's cousin Peach on the phone. After a minute, Ralph hung up the phone.
"I just spoke to your cousin Peach." Ralph informed.
"What did she say?" Vanellope asked.
"Apparently, she asked to know how our 'band' was doing." Ralph answered "Peach says that she is offering us a gig at a neighbour event in three weeks."
A few months ago, Vanellope put on a bit to impress her cousin, Peach. At that time, Vanellope told Peach that she, Ralph, Rancis, and Candlehead were a band. From the phone call that just happened at this point, Ralph and Vanellope were at a loss for words.
"I can't believe it." Vanellope commented in excitement "We are finally going to perform."
"Vanellope, we were doing a bit at the time." Ralph replied "We don't really have a band."
"Don't worry. This could be a great opportunity for us to become awesome!" Vanellope replied back.
"Vanellope, there's no way we could become a band, create a few songs, and be ready to perform in three weeks." Ralph explained.
"Challenge accepted!" Vanellope declared "Ralph, I guarantee you that in three weeks, we will create the awesome day of awesome days."
"Is that supposed to be a literal thing?" Ralph asked.
"Our band is going to be legend…wait for it…dary!" Vanellope declared.
"Okay, you've got to stop saying that line." Ralph commented "Your mother still uses that line. But I don't believe we can pull this off."
"Come on, you big Stinkbrain, you've got to try to act positive." Vanellope replied.
"Alright, then, I'm positive that we can't pull this off." Ralph replied back.
"Come on, you need to believe in me." Vanellope replied back "It can still be an awesome day of awesome days."
"Every awesome day is an awesome day of damn awesome days." Ralph commented.
"Ralph, we're forming a band and that's final." Vanellope ordered "Now, will you please follow along like the Stinkbrain I know and care for?"
"Fine! I'll go with it, but maybe you should stop calling me Stinkbrain." Ralph commented.
"Then maybe you should start showering with Herbal Essences, then." Vanellope commented back.