Vanellope had a plan. She had seen Minty Zaki and Candlehead race. Watched the guys hang out. She knew that having a friend or two could vastly improve how a racer works. So, she needed to get a close friend. There was only one problem. Most of her options were taken.
Snowanna and Jubileena were housemates, so there was no way to get close to them without intruding on their living dynamic. Minty Zaki and Candlehead were practically joined at the hip, and were friends with everyone anyway. Swizzle, Gloyd, and Rancis had their little guy thing, and Vanellope didn't really want a part of that. Taffyta and Crumbelina were… well, no one knew exactly how close they were, but it was safe to say they didn't really want someone coming into whatever it was they had. That only left two racers: Vanellope and Adorabreezle.
Adorabreezle was… different. She spent all her time exploring and looking for tracks. Rumor had it she had found an amazing track underneath the ice cream tundra. Of course, that rumor came from Gloyd, so it was probably wrong. Either way, Adorabreezle didn't spend a lot of time with other people. She only came around to the main areas of the map when she was in a race, and jetted off for some exotic place afterward.
Still, Vanellope wanted to improve, and that required work sometimes. First things first, she had to find Adorabreezle. This was no easy task, but Vanellope had her handy dandy teleportation to assist her. Rather than jump around the entire game world though, Vanellope went to the one racer who might know where Adorabreezle was. She was still wondering if it was a good idea as she walked up to the door.
"Oh, hi Vanellope! What do you need? Oh, don't tell me! Is it a pie? No, it's too early for pie. I know, you want to race! That's it right? Wait, you didn't bring your car. It must be… okay I give up, what is it?" Jubileena rambled.
"Can I talk to Snowanna?" Vanellope asked.
"Yeah sure. She just finished our omelets. Do you want one? Oh, but I wouldn't want to make Snowanna cook another one. You can have some of mine if you want. It has ham in it!" Jubileena offered.
"Nah, I'll just talk to Snowanna." Vanellope said.
"Alrighty, just give me one minute!" Jubileena said, running back into her house. A few moments later, Snowanna came to the door.
"What do you need kitty?" Snowanna asked.
"Do you know where Adorabreezle is? I wanted to talk to her." Vanellope said.
"For rizzle? Didn't know you two liked to hang. Last I heard, she went cruising around the taffy swamps." Snowanna said.
"Thanks!" Vanellope said as she teleported away.
Fortunately, the taffy swamps are pretty small. Unfortunately, they're also full of hazards. So, while Vanellope could see Adorabreezle without too much walking around, it pushed her teleportation power to the limit just to avoid falling into Nesquik sand or getting caught in the taffy waters.
"Hi Adorabreezle!" Vanellope shouted once she was within earshot of the other racer.
"Vanellope? What are you doing here?" Adorabreezle called back.
"Oh, you know, just looking around." Vanellope said.
"You could have picked a better place." Adorabreezle said. The swamp decided to prove her point, as the log Vanellope was standing on was a double striped candy cane. She teleported over to where Adorabreezle was.
"Yeah, but this place is exciting." Vanellope said.
"Can't argue with you there. That's why I know there has to be a track out here." Adorabreezle said.
"What do you mean?" Vanellope asked. In answer, Adorabreezle pulled out a map.
"See this? All of the tracks besides Sweet Ride have some kind of gimmick. Frosty Rally has the slippery ice and tunnels, Cakeway has those cherries Candlehead loves to blow up, even Gum Runner has narrow paths and that gumball obstacle course. Tracks focus on amazing things that make racing better. The cooler a place is, the better chance there is for a track to show up there." Adorabreezle explained as Vanellope looked over the map. If nothing else, today would prove Gloyd wrong about the underground track.
"But we would know if there was a track here." Vanellope said.
"Two words Vanellope: Hidden Content. I think that we just have to unlock the tracks somehow. It probably has to do with story mode, but the players haven't started it yet." Adorabreezle said.
"That actually makes a lot of sense." Vanellope said.
"Good, because I think you can help me out. How far can you teleport?" Adorabreezle asked.
"I dunno… thirty-ish feet." Vanellope guessed.
"Can you get us to the top of that tree?" Adorabreezle said, pointing at the tallest tree in the swamp.
"Sure." Vanellope said, grabbing Adorabreezle. In a matter of moments, they were balancing on the highest branch in the taffy swamps. Adorabreezle pulled something out of her coat.
"Now teleport straight up." She commanded.
"What? Are you crazy?" Vanellope asked.
"Probably. However, this parachute should keep me from dying." Adorabreezle said, holding up an obviously homemade parachute.
"You're not gonna survive this." Vanellope said, looking straight down.
"I'll regenerate." Adorabreezle said, "Now let's do it." Vanellope did as she was asked. Adorabreezle, surprisingly, managed to stay afloat. Vanellope, not wanting to chance it, teleported down to the ground. As she watched Adorabreezle hovering high above the treeline, Vanellope wondered if it was too late to just hang out with Candlehead and Minty Zaki. They were at least manageably crazy. Adorabreezle eventually got down. She was absolutely overjoyed.
"I saw it!" She said.
"Wait, really?" Vanellope asked.
"Well, sort of. There's this huge area that's obviously supposed to be a track, but there isn't a road. Still, if it's Unlockable, now we'll know where it is!" Adorabreezle cheered.
"Congratulations." Vanellope said.
"Come on, I have to see it up close." Adorabreezle said, charging through the brush. Vanellope followed. Somehow, the popsicle themed racer managed to avoid every obstacle on the way to the "racetrack."
The track was not what Vanellope expected. It was a large circular area with big puddles of taffy and a lot of trees all over the place. There wasn't even a road. Still, Adorabreezle was incredibly excited.
"Ha ha ha! I found it! It's real! It's real! I found it!" She said while dancing around.
"I helped." Vanellope pointed out.
"Huh? Oh yeah. We found it I guess. Thanks." Adorabreezle said.
"No problem. So, wanna go get our cars and test out the track?" Vanellope asked.
"It's not really a track yet, but sure. Why not?" Adorabreezle said before running off. Vanellope smiled and teleported back to her car. This whole friendship thing might just work out.
