Thanks again for the writers who let me use their OC's for my stories. More OC's coming up later.
Disclaimer: I don't own Wreck it Ralph or the OC's except Alden Monde.
In the Penthouse...
The racers were enjoying themselves. Most of them were just chatting with each other while others were grouped together infront of the TV watching replays of past races. The Royal family, excluding Vanellope, was sitting at the bar and drinking a mix of various sodas.
King Candy was talking to Gracie, asking her about her life in Dance Mania while Oreanna just listened to them.
"So my dear, how was it before you met Vanellope? She told me you had a similar experience to hers.", King Candy said.
"It was pretty hard. All I wanted to do was dance. But all the other dancers said my glitch could ruin the game.", she said sadly, remembering her years of loneliness. "They kept bullying me so I would leave them alone. I had to live in an old, abandoned studio for years and scrounge around for anything to help me survive.", she said, looking down and a few tears falling from her cheeks.
King Candy felt awful. He didn't mean to bring up such a terrible time to a child he'd only just met, much less just adopted. "I'm sorry my dear. I didn't mean to make you upset.", he said softly, patting her back.
Gracie sniffled a bit before she looked up at the King. "Don't worry about it sir. I'll be fine.", she looked at Vanellope, who was on the balcony, staring at the game's screen and watching Mr. Litwak place an 'Out of Order' sign on her old console. "If it weren't for Vanellope, I just don't know what would happen to me now."
"My dear, please just call me dad.", the King smiled. Gracie looked up at him and a small smile started forming on her face. She realized that this man she was talking to was not a stranger, but a member of her new family. "There you go.", King Candy said to his daughter. "And you're right. Vanellope has really done so much for everyone, even though she was treated badly for all those years."
Gracie nodded and smiled brightly at her dad. They continued talking while Oreanna went to watch the past races with the other racers. On her way to the TV, she realized something. "Hmm, I wonder where Jack is?"
With Jack...
Jack was helping out Ralph, Felix and the candy citizens make temporary homes for the racers in East Niceland. He was using his weapons to help break apart some pieces of rubble to be used for construction.
"Phew! How do you do this everyday, huh Ralph?", he panted as he used a war hammer to break an old wall while Ralph punched through a larger piece of wall.
"Meh, you get used to it.", he said simply as he picked up the pieces and handed them to the candy citizens, who then brought the parts to Felix.
Jack just sighed and aimed for another piece of wall, only to miss and hit his foot instead. "OOOWWWW!"
Back in the Penthouse...
"Eh, I'm sure he'll be fine.", Oreanna shrugged as she sat on the couch to watch last week's race.
Meanwhile, Vanellope was still on the balcony. She was watching Mr. Litwak making a phone call. "Yeah Carl. We need to get the old Sugar Rush game outta here. A new one is coming tomorrow and I need to make room for it.", he said on the phone, talking to the maintenance man. After a while, Vanellope finally heard that last line. "Great! See you tomorrow.", said the elderly arcade owner as he pulled the plug on the console.
That set something off in Vanellope. Something she had been keeping had been keeping from her friends and family, the sadness and loss of her home. True that they treated her like garbage for almost two decades, but she really did have good memories from her game. She remembered the times when she would climb the peppermint trees in Candycane Forest, just so she could get a good look at the game's tracks.
She remembered when she first met with the racers, only for them to scream and run the first time they saw her glitching. And of course, Taffyta had to call King Candy who then called the donut cops and hauled her away to the Fungeon. "Still not fun.", she thought to herself.
And finally, she remembered her Diet Cola Mountain hideout. Oh the fun times she had there were just the best. From making the diet cola explode, to racing in her makeshift track. But of course, her best, and worst, memories were of her times there with Oreanna and Ralph...
The memory of her sister helping her get her first kart and stashing it in her hideout made her remember just how much someone cared for her even before the wrecker came along. Then again, they only met for a couple of days before she disappeared. The memory of that King Candy deleted her code just made her want to forget it even happened. She moved on to another memory, "Ralph".
She remembered having so much fun when she first met Ralph in the Candy Cane Forest, stealing his medal and making him fall into the Taffy Swamp, running from him and trapping him in that cupcake, making the deal with him, making the Candy Kart and learning how to drive it. "Those lessons were just the worst. Stinkbrain didn't even know how to drive.", she chuckled to herself. She unknowingly touched her front tooth.
"What are you doing?", Rancis said from behind her, surprising his girlfriend.
"Rancis! Why does everyone have to scare me?", Vanellope huffed. Rancis just smiled and shrugged before facing her.
"Now seriously, what are you doing?", he asked.
"Oh nothing, just an old accident when I was learning to drive.", Vanellope replied. "It popped out when I drove my kart into a stalagmite."
"Really?", Rancis asked. Vanellope nodded. "Can I see?", he said. Vanellope reluctantly agreed and opened her mouth. Rancis poked at the tooth. "So how did you get it ba-", he said as the tooth popped out again. Luckily, the Reese's boy caught it. "Uh?"
"Um, d-don't worry about it Flugs. L-let me just...", Vanellope took the tooth and tried to put it back in, only for it to fall out again.
Rancis took the tooth. "I think I have an idea.", he said. He took out his hypercube and pulled out a small jar of Nutella. He dipped the tooth inside before putting the jar away. "Okay, now open your mouth.", he told her. Vanellope looked warily at him before doing as she was told. Rancis took the tooth and stuck it back in its original position.
Vanellope winced in pain before calming down. "Sorry!", Rancis said quickly. He let go of the tooth, the Nutella keeping it in place. "So? Did it work?", he asked.
Vanellope moved her jaw a bit to check. "A bit loose, but it'll do.", she said as she clicked her tongue. "Mmm, chocolate.", she giggled.
Rancis saw this. "So I take it you're not upset anymore?", he asked.
Vanellope smiled at him. "Yeah. Just a little stroll down memory lane." She put her chin in her hand and leaned on the railing. "Sigh... I will miss it though, the memories.", she sighed.
Rancis wrapped his arm on her shoulder. "Well, look at it this way V. Our friends, your family, we can all make new memories in the new Sugar Rush now.", he said as he pointed to the racers in the penthouse. The raven haired girl looked at her family and friends as well and a smiled began to show itself as she began to feel the sadness fade.
"Thanks Flugs.", she said as she pecked Rancis's cheek. Rancis faced her and was about to kiss her back on the lips when Barry and Jerry, both looking all beaten up, entered the room followed by an angry looking Bubblina.
"What happened to you guys?", Ron asked as he got up to help Jerry, followed by Gloyd and Alden doing the same with Barry.
"I-I...", Barry said as he looked at Bubblina, who glared angrily at him. "...I don't wanna talk about it.", he said nervously.
As the racers moved away from the couch and the boys laid their injured friends on it, Ralph and Felix entered the room, followed by a limping Jack.
"Hey guys we just... What's going on here?", Ralph said, noticing the injured racers.
"Oh nothing.", Bubblina said innocently. "Now wait a minute! I-", Barry said before Bubblina glared at him again. "N-never mind."
Ralph looked at the racers, confused. "Oookaaayyy. So, uh, we came up here to tell you all that your temporary homes in East Niceland are built. You can use them now.", Ralph said, albeit a little awkwardly.
"Thanks Stinkbrain and Shrimpy.", Vanellope said as she made her way to her best friend.
Ralph smiled at the princess/president. "You're welcome Princess Boogerface.", he said, sticking his fist put for a fist bump which Vanellope returned. The wrecker and handyman nodded before leaving to go to Tappers.
The President then turned to her fellow racers. "Well? Are ya gonna stand there like Dum-Dums or are we gonna get to our new houses?", she asked. The racers started giggling at her hyped up attitude. "Okay then. I get the big one!", she yelled as she glitched through the halls of the apartment building. The racers ran after her, all laughing at their little race.
Vanellope looked behind her and saw the racers chasing her, except for her sister. She stopped and glitched back to the penthouse.
"Where are ya going?", Candlehead asked as she ran past the teal girl. "Just gotta check on something. You go on ahead.", she yelled. Candlehead just shrugged and ran after the others.
Vanellope finally made it back to the penthouse and peeked inside. There, she saw her dad still talking to Gracie, Jerry, Bubblina and Barry still on the couch with the bubblegum girl tending to their bruises, and finally, her sister and Jack on one of the recliners with Alden on a nearby seat. "What's up guys? Aren't ya coming?", she asked.
Oreanna looked at her. "Maybe later sis.", she replied. Vanellope just shrugged and jumped off the balcony and glitched to the ground.
"Weird. Usually, Candlehead would be doing that.", Barry commented. The others gave him a strange look. "Oh well."
Everyone just nodded and continued with their business. "So, you wanna tell me what happened?", Oreanna asked Jack.
The boy in black looked around the room, trying to avoid eye contact with his crush. "Well...you see...what happened was...", he tried to come up with an excuse. "A large piece of the wall that Ralph was punching almost fell on me. I tried to dodge but another piece fell on top of me and crushed my leg."
Oreanna stared at him, obviously not buying it. "Oh really? Then why didn't you get Felix to fix it?", she asked sarcastically.
"Uh... I did. But it didn't work.", he chuckled nervously. Oreanna continued to glare angrily at him. "You don't believe me, do you?", he asked. All he got was a slow shake of her head. "Right. Okay. The truth is...", he took a deep breath, "I hit my foot with a war hammer.", he said as he looked down, hoping to hear her laugh at him. But he didn't hear anything.
"Is this the truth?", Oreanna asked. He nodded. Oreanna smiled and pecked him on the cheek. "Good.", she said as she stood up. "Now come on, let's get to East Niceland to rest that foot of yours.", Oreanna said as she helped Jack to his feet. Jack stood up slowly. "Can you make it?", the Oreo girl asked. Jack felt the pain from the pressure on his foot.
Alden got up too. He took off his tie and wrapped it around the handle of his swordcane. "Hey Jack!", he yelled. The racer boy looked back at him. "Catch!", he said as he threw it at his friend. Jack caught it and smiled before they carefully made their way to the new racers houses.
To be continued...
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