Meanwhile, at the castle, Adorabeezle smiled once they came to what looked like an ice pond where someone was already skating.
"Whoa." Mo smiled.
"Who's the Elsa knock-off?" Cherry commented.
"That's my sister, Princess Frostine." Princess Lolly replied.
"She looks amazing." Vanellope said.
"Yeah, she does," Gloyd said with hearts in his eyes. He soon noticed the others smirking playfully at him. "Uh... What?"
"Nothing..." The others replied, but they kept their smirks.
"I see I have more than my usual audience." Princess Frostine smiled as she continued to skate until coming to an end.
"That was amazing." Gloyd smiled at her.
"Oh, thank you," Princess Frostine smiled back before looking to her younger sister. "Oh, my... Someone seems to have the blues today."
"King Kandy chose her to be in the center of celebration." Mo explained.
Princess Lolly pouted and tossed her scepter over her shoulder.
"I heard, he's so proud of you," Princess Frostine smiled to her little sister. "It sounds exciting!"
"But Frostine, that's a big job, a huge job!" Princess Lolly frowned. "Look at me. Would you pick me for the biggest job in Candy Land?"
"Daddy did." Princess Frostine insisted.
"That's one person." Cherry said.
"Oh, what was he thinking?" Princess Lolly groaned. "I'm the flighty one, remember? Why else would I have wings?"
"I was wondering why you had wings." Mo said to her.
"I was just born with them." Princess Lolly shrugged as she didn't know why she had wings before she walked off, not wanting a big responsibility.
"But without the scepter and without someone being in the center for the celebration, I doubt all of this will still be here." Mo said.
"King Kandy knows you can do it." Cherry added.
"And so do I!" Princess Frostine piped up happily for her little sister.
"Sure I can do it, but I don't want to do it," Princess Lolly replied. "It's so much more fun to just go to the party, and-"
"It's not always going to be fun and parties." Atticus told the young princess.
"He's right," Princess Frostine added. "Daddy's counting on you, Lolly."
Vanellope seemed to muffle as something came from the ground and took her along with the lollipop scepter without anyone noticing.
"Okay, okay, I'll do it." Princess Lolly huffed in defeat.
"That's what we hoped you'd say." Mo said.
"Good..." Princess Frostine said as she went to go back to skating. "Oh, hello," she smiled to the winter racer. "What's your name?"
"Adorabeezle Winterpop," Adorabeezle smiled. "We should skate together!"
"Well... Okay." Princess Frostine smiled back.
"Princess Lolly, where did you toss your scepter?" Mo asked.
"And where's Vanellope?" Strawberry wondered.
"It's around here somewhere..." Princess Lolly said before looking behind her. "Oh, there it is." she then walked over to go and get it.
However, creatures that were black and red soon popped out of the snowbank, grabbing the scepter, and they appeared to have also taken Vanellope as hostage.
"What are those things?" Mo asked.
"Licorice Bites!" Princess Lolly gasped.
The Licorice Bites soon snickered as they ran off with the scepter and Vanellope. Princess Lolly then attempted to fly after them to get her scepter back, and Rancis tried to look brave as he tried to get Vanellope back as well.
"I have a bad feeling about those Licorice Bites." Mo said.
"They're allied with Lord Licorice." Taffyta frowned.
They began to go after the Licorice Bites.
"You, stop!" Princess Lolly glared. "I order you to stop!"
The Licorice Bites seemed to just ignore her. Princess Lolly kept flying as the others chased after the Licorice Bites.
"Bring back Vanellope!" Candle Head glared.
Adorabeezle kept ice-skating, but soon looked over as she felt she had to help out the others since they were all friends.
Meanwhile with Patch and the others...
"Guys, where you going?" Mint asked as Jib and Patch seemed to pass some sort of red and black forest.
"We're following the sign," Jib told him. "This way to the castle."
"But this way is shorter." Mint smiled.
"Yeah, I can see the castle from this path." Pupcake added.
"What are you talking about?" Jib asked them.
"See? Right there!" Pupcake pointed out. "Just past Licorice Wicket!"
"You're right, there it is!" Jib replied before groaning. "I don't know what to do."
"Well, the faster we get there the better; besides with this shortcut, we'll get there in no time." Custard said.
They soon heard the ringing of the bell which meant they were running out of time.
"Oh, no! Three gumballs already, there are only two left!" Jib panicked. "All that goofing around made us late!"
"All the more reason to take a shortcut." Mint smiled to them.
"He does make a good point." Patch said.
"Well... I don't know..." Jib said, sounding a little scared.
"It's the dark, isn't it?" Mint asked him.
"I'm not afraid of the dark!" Jib glared.
"Good, 'cuz it's dark when you close your eyes, and that's not scary!" Mint smiled as he closed his own eyes.
"He does make another good point." Pupcake smiled.
"Hmm..." Jib paused, still feeling unsure about all of this.
"Hey, you wanna get to the Candy Castle on time, right?" Mint asked the gingerbread boy.
"More than anything!" Jib replied.
"Then a shortcut's the way to go!" Mint told him before going on ahead with Pupcake and Jolly. "Time's ticking!"
"We might as well take the shortcut." Patch said.
Jolly turned into a clock before following after into the Licorice Wicket. Jib sighed as he felt like he had no choice and soon followed after the others. As they went down the path, it started to get darker.
"Ooh, this is a little creepy." Patch commented.
Back with the others, they followed Princess Lolly as they lost track of the Licorice Bites.
"What am I gonna do?" Princess Lolly frowned. "Daddy's counting on me!"
"Maybe there's someone that can help us." Atticus said.
"Do you know anyone who lives around this way, Lolly?" Mo asked the young princess.
"Granma's house! Yeah! She'll know what to do!" Princess Lolly smiled once she found a place down the road.
"Then we better see if she's home." Atticus said.
Cherry sniffed the air. "Ugh... I smell peanut butter." she then complained as she didn't like peanut butter.