Okay, I've been doing a marathon of the Car movies, been a bit hooked really so in my mind, I was trying to find some decent fanfiction idea with a what-if challenge. This challenge? What if Lightning McQueen was built as a female car instead? How would that go and if it's not Miss Sally, then who should Miss Lightning be into? Of course in my challenge, Lightning disguised himself as a male car to protect her identity when on the race track. This is going to be a long time coming and I have no clue who Miss Lightning would be paired up with this time around. We will be going through all three movies and having a blast doing so. Join me in this challenge folks, it's bound to get interesting.
We all know how it turned out in the first movie, the piston cup was filled with tons of cars, of all different kinds. Racecars zipped down the track with a speed most couldn't do. Now though, the only difference is that we're here in Radiator Springs after the first movie and we could see our favorite red race car known as Lightning McQueen. He zoomed along the road that his friend, Sally, had shown him some time ago and he grinned in remembrance. He did feel guilty though. He had a secret that no one knew, not even his mentor, Doc. He had been afraid because female cars weren't accepted on the race track. So he did what he thought he could do. Use a really thick wrap to go over his eyes, so the outer appearance looked, male. When really, Lightning was actually a lady car and much sleeker than her current version is, and she was also guilty because she knew Sally was in love with her male counterpart.
She sighed in thought at the restaurant Sally had restored and looked over the mountain at the view of the desert. It was her favorite place to think ever since Sally had shown her or well him when she was listed as missing from the race tracks. She rolled backward with her tires and looked back at the restaurant that was slow with customers and suddenly a thought filled her that even though she was nervous they would treat her differently, she knew she finally had to tell the truth, the cars here in Radiator Springs deserved the truth after helping her at the race when The King got hurt by Chick Hicks. She hurriedly sped her way back down the mountain and pass the waterfall. The desert road had zipped past her hurry as she managed to make her way back into town and spotted everyone at Flo's Cafe, thankfully or reluctantly, everyone was there, Doc included.
She zoomed down really quickly, her engine revving, catching everyone's attention as she screeched to a stop in front of everyone that looked at her weirdly while she tried catching her breath. "Whoa there hot rod, where are you off to in such a hurry?" Doc asked her or him at the moment in concern. "Something has been weighing on my mind for some time now, and I feel like I can fully trust you guy's with what I've been hiding from everyone. And Sally?" Lightning looked at the Blue Porsche sadly, the lady car in front of her looked at her in confusion. "I'm so sorry. I know you like me, a lot. I honestly like you too but as a best friend. We just can't be together, not in the way you want us to be." Lightning admitted, her blue eyes fogging up with tears when she saw Sally had tears coming out too and everyone was watching with concern and awkwardness.
"Sti..Stickers, what do you mean that we can't be together?" Sally asked her, her tone filled with a hurt that had Lightning bite her bottom lip to prevent her from flinching. She took a deep breath and finally blurted it out. "I'm a lady car!" She yelled out frantically. using her real voice and everyone was shocked into silence. "Hotrod?" Doc looked at her with eyes so serious but filled with concern. Ramone just chuckled and lifted himself up from the ground with a smirk. "Ain't no way McQueen is a lady, I mean look at you!" Flo hummed out loud in agreement. But Lightning looked at her male best friend, Mater. He was stunned, mouth wide open on the ground as he looked at her with realization and maybe fear.
She shook her resolve and glared at the group. "It's because of the disguise I'm wearing. It's a really thick wrap, hold on, I'll show you!" She said determinedly. She backed up a bit and revved her engine into a loud roar. She sticks her tongue out in concentration and spins herself into a large circle, letting the dirt and rocks scratch her wrap, pieces of it scattered through the air for everyone to see, dust clouded up Lightning as more paper of the wrap flew from her body. Everyone watched with surprise when the dust flew away and they looked at the race car with new eyes.
She looked just like Lightning. Red, but sleeker, more feminine, and her hood had smoothed out and lashes had appeared at the prettiest sky blue eyes everyone had ever seen peeked at them nervously after she stopped panting. "Why would you hide? My gosh, you sure are purty!" Mater exclaimed and everyone looked at him dumbfounded. Lightning was so thankful that her red color hid her blush so well at the attention and rolled back and forth on her tires nervously. Doc had rolled up to her and his eyes glittered with unshed tears. "Doc?" She asked her mentor quietly. "To think you've been so afraid all this time, I'm honestly glad you decided to trust us with this, but to me, you'll always be our hotrod." He told her quietly, and she sniffed up the tears and grinned at him shyly.
She looked at the group and they all nodded, there was no such thing as a dry pair of eyes with this group. But the one person she wanted to see, was Sally. And what she saw just about made her engine died out. Sally was full-on crying compared to everyone else, sniffing and shaking. She rolled over to her and gently nudged her tire to Sally's cheek. "Sally? You're not mad at me are you?" Lightning asked her quietly. Her friend shakily shook her entire being no and Lightning sighed with relief, happiness filled her though at the fact the people she considered family didn't hate her for keeping it from her and she grinned at them all. "Are..are you going to keep hiding it from the race?" Sally shakily asked her and Lightning frowned a bit to herself then looked to Doc for reassurance.
He nodded to her with a proud grin. "We'll be with you every step of the way rookie, you no longer need to hide." He said and everyone chimed in with agreement and determination filled through Lightning McQueen and she rolled to Doc's office to contact the press. Doc was following right behind her. "You know what you plan to do rookie?" He asked her and she nodded. "Oh yeah, I can imagine the reaction all of the other racers are going to get." She said with a light chuckle. He laughed a little with her. "I can bet you right now that Chick Hicks is going to have a huge fit once he gets word that his enemy rival number one is a girl." He said as he nudged her playfully with his tire.
Lightning rolled her eyes at her mentor. Chick Hicks is a rival and always will be, but he did have a point though, she can just imagine the look on his face when he finds out and grinned to herself.
"There you have it, folks, surprising news just came in from Radiator Springs, we got our very own Doc Hudson Hornet, Crew Cheif to our very own favorite racer, Lightning McQueen. you said you had something that Lightning McQueen wanted everyone to know?" Bob, a sleek-looking grey car said on the line shown on tv with said Hudson with him. "That is correct. Our dear friend Lightning McQueen had a secret he's been trying to hide for quite some time, but now that he's had experience and people that support him, he's ready to tell the world what he's been hiding." He told Bob.
Bob looked at him with interest. "Alright, out with it then. What is this secret that Lightning himself wants to tell us?" He asked him with a curious grin.
Hudson looked at him and then at the camera seriously. "Lightning McQueen is a lady car. She's been disguising herself with a very clever wrap that hid her true identity at the time she started racing. She had always dreamed of becoming a racer, but she knew that no one would take her seriously as a lady car so she decided to protect herself." At his announcement, Bob was stunned into silence when Lightning, her true self, appeared next to Doc shyly and suddenly the camera fell as apparently someone holding it crashed out at the surprise of Lightning McQueen.
WITH CAL AND THE DINOCO TEAM
Cal and Tex both looked at each other with shock. Lightning McQueen, the same car that helped his uncle finish his last race when he crashed live on television, is a lady's car. But then again, Cal thought to himself, he did admire what she had done to help The King himself, saved his dignity when Chick damaged him all for the fame of a piston cup. He rolled up to the side so that he faced Tex with a determined look. "Tex?" He said to get his tex. Said golden car looked at him with confusion. "What's up Cal?" He asked him.
He rolled up to him with a grin. "Let's pack up, we're going to Radiator Springs. There's someone there I have to visit." He told him and Tex nodded with a knowing look and left the room.
There ya have it, everybody! My first ever challenge. I had debated on who I could pair her up with. Cal seemed a likely sort since they had a good time and got along in the third movie. But it's a maybe. If there are any suggestions on who we should pair up with Miss Lightning, I'm all ears.