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The Magical Bond Between Two Hearts
Chapter 11: An Icy Situation
"Heh, I lost the lot of them! What luck!"
Vanellope hit the go pedal as far as she could as she entered the final section of the racetrack: the ice cream caps of the Snowy Mountains. She could not help but feel proud of taking the lead once more, like the races before ever since Ralph came into her life.
"WHO GOES THERE?!"
She flinched in fright, almost losing her control of her kart. Only when glitching in place did she manage to take back control of her kart. She looked in confusion all around her, only seeing the icy winds of the snow pummeling her.
"What was that? I've never heard a voice come out of the snow and icy wind before. Is this a new upgrade? Or maybe..."
Vanellope gasped and hit the brakes, sending the kart screeching to a bumpy halt. Right in the middle of the road stood a tall mysterious figure.
"WHO TRESPASSES IN MY MOUNTAIN?!" a feminine voice boomed out of the icy wind.
"A woman's voice?" Vanellope frowned, "What's a woman doing out on my racetrack? And what does she mean by 'her mountain'?"
It was then that Vanellope noticed she held something in her hands: some sort of sharp, icy object that she could not make out clearly. Right then she knew that if she did not get out of there soon, the mystery lady would put her in a whole lot of danger.
With determination, Vanellope pushed the gas pedal down to the floor. The kart roared to life and charged right towards the figure in the road. Yet something happened that Vanellope did not intend to see.
Right before the kart ran right into her, she somehow disappeared right before her eyes.
"What?!" Vanellope stopped and looked back for only a second to see the figure still standing where she last saw her. "Who is this woman?!"
Shaking the question out of her mind, she was determined now to finish the race as she glitched her kart forward to the Rainbow Cave ahead. The only thing she hoped as she entered the colored cave, was she hoped that her friends would not encounter the woman as well.
Or that the woman would find out about the new racer on the track.
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Lucy felt herself get colder the deeper they went into the ice cream like mountains. She had no doubt that the bad feeling she had before, had only gotten stronger with the cold.
"I can't shake this bad feeling, I wonder what's causing all of this uncertainty all of a sudden."
Lucy knew that she had these bad feelings before, but they were not very strong. This time though, this particular bad feeling was a strong one. Just then a rather precarious tunnel barely showed in the icy wind around them. All at once she felt afraid, knowing that the tunnel was indeed dark.
Then she remembered that riding on the back of her kart was her new friend Ralph: an apparent 'bad guy' who was the only one who had shown kindness to her. She smiled at him from out of his sight, then gripped the steering wheel tight bracing herself as they came closer to the tunnel's dark entrance.
Out from nowhere, something flew towards them that stopped the kart right in its tracks. Hundreds of what seemed to be icicles flew past and right at the kart. Lucy gasped as a rather huge one came flying right towards her. She shut her eyes tight ready for it to crash into them. Instead she found herself feeling an electrical current run through her being. The next thing Lucy knew as she opened her eyes, the huge icicle shattered right behind them.
"What just..."
Before she could comprehend what had happened, a tall figure stood waiting for them right in the middle of the track. A smug smile spread across the figure's face, sending a blast of ice straight towards them.
Lucy could not remember what happened afterward, but the next thing she knew she woke up finding herself lying face down in the cold, white snow. As she tried to get up, she suddenly felt a twinge of pain shoot through her left shoulder.
"Nngh, ow!" Lucy cringed clasping her shoulder with her right hand as she sunk back down into the snow.
She found herself lying in the snow for a few moments, her twinge in her shoulder now burning with an unusual icy feeling. Her right leg felt the same icy feeling of pain as well, yet she could not reach behind her to quell the pain.
Her eyes suddenly bulged out as she lifted her face once more into the icy wind.
"RALPH!" she shouted into the icy wind.
It only replied by howling harder, causing Lucy to shiver in being cold and in pain. The shout she made had only been swallowed up by the snow storm around her.
Slowly she pulled herself up only enough to be sitting in the snow. For that was the only thing she could do before Lucy noticed a cold icicle aimed directly at her.
"Who are you?" a feminine voice boomed through the howling wind.
"A...woman?"
Lucy squinted her eyes, for the figure from before was standing a few inches in front of her. Yet the continuous wind blocked her features, making it difficult to figure who the woman was.
"I'll ask you again young lady, who are you?"
For a moment Lucy felt afraid, not knowing who the figure was scared her, but what frightened her was the fact that Ralph had suddenly disappeared.
"L-Lucy." she replied trembling, "M-my name is...Lucy. I-I don't know who you are, p-please...can I see you?"
The figure hesitated, lingering in the storm for a moment, before she took a step forward to finally reveal who she truly was.
She was a very beautiful lady that stood tall despite being a woman. Her white hair that had traces of light grey in it blew softly in the cruel icy wind. Her eyes gave a piercing, icy blue look, while her pale skin resembled the white snow falling around them. She dressed in the same blue color as her eyes, a long flowing dress that bear snowflakes all around it.
"Hmm...Lucy? What a peculiar name." she said coldly yet with curiousity, "Though for some reason your name sounds..." the figure stopped mid-sentence suddenly turning the other direction. From out of nowhere another cold icicle formed in her hands at the sight of a bulking figure walking in the blizzard towards them.
Lucy saw the woman stood her ground as Ralph came towards the two of them.
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Ralph never expected to find a woman standing inbetween him and Lucy. Still keeping his stern frown he advanced towards them, his fist clenched to his sides.
"Who are you supposed to be?" she said, though her voice faltered as he came into full view.
Just slightly he raised his fist only a little, before one of the sharp icicles in the woman's hands flew straight at him. A small gasp came from Lucy as with ease he knocked the icicle down, shattering into tiny pieces. Ralph knew he was lucky to have his big hands for more than wrecking buildings.
"How did-"
But before she could finish Ralph charged towards her with both fists risen high in the air. They crashed down sending snow flying everywhere, but when he looked closer, the woman had disappeared out of thin air.
He stood his ground confused, but determined to find the woman before she did something dangerous.
"My name is Eris." a voice echoed in the howling icy wind, "Queen of Ice and Snow. I have come to find the one who is destined to defeat an evil enemy..."
"What are you talking about?!" Ralph shouted back into the emptiness.
"An enemy that is very hard to defeat." Eris's voice continued on, ignoring Ralph's question, "And I think that I've found the one I'm looking for."
This time the voice originated from behind him, in Lucy's direction. There the woman stood right behind her unnoticed by the girl. Her arms were crossed as she bore a smug smile.
Lucy turned with a look of fright as she stood towering above her. Ralph without a thought rushed towards Lucy, hoping to get to her before Eris did.
All of a sudden a familiar glitch shot right out of the Rainbow Tunnel straight at Eris. Surprised she disappeared in snowflakes, ducking out of the way. In one swift motion the glitch gulped up both Ralph and Lucy, suddenly rushing down back into the cave.
Ralph blinked to find the glitch belonging to none other than Vanellope.
"Kid!" he exclaimed.
She gave a salute back to him, "Thought you two needed a lift!"
He blinked once more, looking down at the confused face of Lucy, who looked up at him in return.
"Hang on then!" Ralph told her as he wrapped one of his arms around her while keeping a firm grip on the back of Vanellope's kart.
She grabbed on to his gripping hand in return and leaned forward. The kart raced down through curves, dips, and jumps, until at last the kart speeded out of the cave into the sunlight.
Ralph looked back towards the now fading tunnel exit, "Who was this lady? Why did she go after Lucy?"
As if right on qeue, he regretted to see an icy trail follow up behind them. In what looked like an icy board, rode Eris with a smug and determined smile.
"Here I come LUCY!" she exclaimed with an evil grin.
"KID!" Ralph exclaimed holding Lucy tighter now.
"Hold on!" she replied.
With one turn the kart spinned and reeled straight off the road and racetrack altogether, into the rough landscapes of Sugar Rush.
Despite having made a daring move, Eris was still right behind them.
"Oh User this is bad!" Ralph worried as he found that they rocketed towards Diet Cola Mountain.
At this time Lucy had now grabbed onto his lower arm and had pressed herself against him. Another glitch from Vanellope sent the three of them forward a few feet, but as soon as they hit ground Eris from out of nowhere appeared in a flurry of snowflakes in front of them.
"Oh sweet-" Vanellope stopped mid-sentence as she and Ralph noticed a sudden powerful golden glitch came over the whole kart, rocketing them right between the two sugar-free lollipops that hid the secret entrance. In the distance he saw Eris's expression show pure shock as they disappeared into Vanellope's hiding place.
With a loud crash the three flew straight out of Vanellope's kart into the pretzel-coated walls of the mountain. Ralph found himself upside-down, with the kid falling flat on her back and Lucy falling sideways with a look of shock on her face. The three of them sat or lay still for one quiet moment.
"Well, that certainly was an interesting race." Vanellope said breaking the silence.
"One race I'd like to not have again." Ralph replied with a grumbling sigh.
He slowly turned himself right side up and looked towards the secret entrance. To his relief the woman Eris did not follow them.
"So...now what?" Vanellope asked him, glitching up to his shoulder.
"Well..." Ralph looked back at the still shocked Lucy. She showed no sign of moving, but gave him an embarrassed smile.
"...I guess we should just stay here until she's really gone. Then go back and find the others."
"Aww! And I was just this close to winning!" Vanellope whined, pinching her fingers to show how close she was.
She glitched off of Ralph and ran deeper into her hiding place as he returned to Lucy's lopsided figure on the floor.
"Are you okay?" he asked with concern.
She nodded silently in return, without looking up at him.
"Alright, something's definitely up with you." Ralph sighed softly. He then proceeded to pick up her little body in his hands and lift her off the ground. Lucy fidgeted with surprise as he picked her up, now looking at him fully into his eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked her warmly.
She bit her lip in concentration, but then sighed and gave up.
"I-It's...just that I was worried that we would not make it is all." she said softly.
He noticed that in her big eyes tears were welling up. All at once he realized that she was starting to cry. Knowing that what he was going to do was something he only did with the kid, Ralph pushed Lucy closely to him, wrapping his arms around her whole little body.
He heard surprised, choking sobs come from Lucy as he hugged her tightly against him.
"We're safe now Lucy. You don't have to be scared." he softly replied feeling his whole entire being turn red with honey glow.
In a few seconds afterward, Lucy's tiny arms wrapped around his neck as she hugged him back tightly. Her face lay down on his shoulder, hiding her crying eyes as she softly sobbed. Ralph could not help but smile warmly down at her trembling figure, seeing someone new come out so suddenly from her.
"I'll always be here for you." he whispered sweetly, his cheeks turning more red by the minute.
After what seemed like eternity, the two of them finally broke the hug and stared at each other. Lucy's golden eyes still held their curious gaze after all the tears she shed.
Ralph sighed in relief that this race was finally over, even if they did not cross the finish line.
"Oh no! I just realized that I lost the kart we made!" Lucy exclaimed in worry, finally coming back to her original child-like nature.
Ralph laughed knowing that in all the commotion that they actually did lose the kart. Lucy giggled as well when she saw him start to laugh.
"How are we going to get it back?" Lucy asked him after a few giggles.
"I don't know." he said, but faded out when he realized that Lucy had never seen the inside of Diet Cola Mountain before.
"So, do you want to see something new and cool?" he asked with a gaped tooth smile.
Lucy nodded as she giggled a little harder than last time.
"Then let's go!" he exclaimed running forward with Lucy tight in his arms.
She squealed in excitement as he rushed forward to catch up with Vanellope.
Small Note: I do apologize if this chapter is short, but there is a good amount of action in it. Plus the next chapter I'm doing is going to be about answering questions about Lucy, how she got teleportation powers like Vanellope, and more about her backstory. I love seeing reviews, they make me smile. Tell me what you think.
Until then, see you next chapter!