It took about a week, but the players had finally decided to do it. They were going to play the story levels. Ten of the racers were crowded together behind a cookie hill, watching as Crumbelina got ready to begin. Suddenly, as the level started, someone new walked out to Crumbelina. She was dressed in a shiny brown racing jacket and black jeans with a red bottle cap on her head. Her jet black hair was cut into a bob.

"Um, does anyone know who that is?" Vanellope asked.

"No, and I know everybody." Jubileena said.

"Shush, she's saying something." Taffyta said.

"Howdy neighbor." She said in a thick southern drawl.

"Um, hello?" Crumbelina said.

"Hey, ah just wanted to say that ah hope there ain't no hard feelin's between us." The strange girl said.

"That accent is going to get really irritating really fast isn't it?" Minty asked. The others seemed to agree with her.

"I'm sorry, what?" Crumbelina asked.

"You know, since ah'm buyin' yer daddy's company. Ah wanted to clear the air." The girl said.

"What?" Crumbelina screamed.

"Y'all didn't know? Yer daddy's runnin' low on funds, and ah'm rich as chocolate. Figured ah'd help y'all out and buy your business." The girl said.

"You can't… I mean, we aren't low on… I would have been told about this!" Crumbelina said.

"Looks like you weren't. Tell you what though, y'all look like the racing type. There's a big race comin' up soon with a huge cash reward. If you win, you might be able to buy the old place back." The girl said.

"Don't get too attached to my father's company then. Once this race is finished, it will be back in our hands where it belongs." Crumbelina said.

"Good luck then. See ya around Ms. Caramello!" The girl said as she walked off.

"Yes, you will." Crumbelina said, climbing into her cart, "But first, I'll need to get in a little practice."

Crumbelina was at the starting line of a track in her yard. It was a relatively simple track, just going around her huge yard and avoiding falling into her pool. Still, Crumbelina looked particularly determined to get through as fast as possible. Once she had finished a few laps, the level ended and the player got ready to do the next one.

"Crumbelina! That was cool. You ready to go to the next level?" Candlehead asked.

"Yeah, I'm ready. Hey, where's Taffyta?" Crumbelina asked. As she finished asking, the next level started, and Crumbelina vanished from the spot.

"Holy gumballs, it's Armageddon!" Gloyd screamed, running off to… somewhere. The other racers just watched him running away screaming about asteroids and zombies.

"This apocalypse is really lame so far." Jubileena commented.

"Taffyta, I need to ask you something." Crumbelina said, walking into the strawberry racer's house.

"Ask away." Taffyta said.

"You know people, and I need information on someone." Crumbelina said.

"Okay." Taffyta said.

"She's got black hair, wears a brown jacket, jeans" Crumbelina said before being cut off.

"Look, do you want to keep playing this little twenty questions deal, or do you want to tell me who it is?" Taffyta asked.

"Sorry. I don't know who she is though. She just kind of showed up." Crumbelina said.

"Any idea what her candy is?" Taffyta asked.

"She's got a bottle cap on her head." Crumbelina said.

"Alright, that does narrow it down. Tell me, did she have a southern accent?" Taffyta asked.

"Yeah." Crumbelina said.

"Her name's Clara Cola. She's some heiress from a soda mining operation." Taffyta said.

"What are her weaknesses?" Crumbelina asked.

"What? Her… oh geeze, what did she do?" Taffyta asked.

"She's buying my dad's company." Crumbelina said.

"Oh… that's… that's bad." Taffyta said.

"No really? I had no idea." Crumbelina snarked.

"Oh shut up. How are you gonna fix it?" Taffyta asked.

"I'm gonna win that big race that's coming up." Crumbelina said.

"The one that Clara has won for the past three years undefeated?" Taffyta asked.

"See, that would have been good to know when I asked for information." Crumbelina said.

"I guess. First though, you need to do some training, and I know just the guy to help." Taffyta said.

"Sheesh, long cutscene this time around." Crumbelina groaned as the two racers drove to the next part of the level.

"Tell me about it. On the other hand, I find it more worrisome that we have to drive this time, when we were teleported last time." Taffyta said.

"Eh, I'm sure we'll figure it out." Crumbelina said. They had arrived at their destination. It was a junkyard, filled with torn apart old cars and puddles of melted chocolate.

"So, who are we meeting here?" Crumbelina asked, walking into the junkyard."

"You'll see. He usually hangs around here somewhere." Taffyta said. As she moved an old tire, someone popped up from behind it.

"Hey! What are you… oh, it's you." He said with contempt. He was a dirty looking kid in worn-out overalls and a tan shirt.

"Good to see you too. Crumbelina, this is Nilla Wafelog, the best mechanic ever to tighten a screw." Taffyta said.

"Nice to meet you." Crumbelina said.

"You're Crumbelina? Taffyta was right, you are gorgeous." Nilla said, shaking Crumbelina's hand.

"Oh really?" Crumbelina asked, looking over to her friend.

"Ahem, no time for that. Nilla, we need to use your yard to test Crumbelina for the big race coming up." Taffyta said.

"Me casa es su casa I guess." Nilla said, walking off.

"So, you think I'm gorgeous?" Crumbelina teased as she walked to her car.

"Don't flatter yourself, that's just what Nilla understood from my talking about you." Taffyta said.

"But you do talk about me?" Crumbelina asked.

"Don't you have driving to do?" Taffyta asked, speeding off in her own car.

Crumbelina drove through the track with ease, the Luxury handling every turn perfectly. Granted, the excessive amount of potholes was a bit deterring, but Crumbelina still succeeded. After she finished that level, the player apparently decided to finish for the day. Crumbelina and Taffyta drove back to their houses, hoping the others didn't misunderstand what happened when the two of them were yanked away to the level.

"So, you have your own mechanic?" Crumbelina asked.

"I do now. These story levels are weird. It's like there's a whole world out there we don't even know exists." Taffyta said.

"Oh, believe me, I know a lot about not knowing things." Crumbelina said.

"You said it, not me." Taffyta teased.

"You know what I was talking about." Crumbelina said.

"No, but I'm afraid you're about to tell me." Taffyta said.

"I mean the fact that you apparently talk about me with the mechanic you retroactively have." Crumbelina said.

"About that, I uh… you see, the thing about that is…" Taffyta trailed off. Just then, Jubileena came running across the road singing.

"It's the end of the world as we know it. Yes it's the end of the world as we know it! Yeah it's the end of the world as we know it, and we know that it is small. Oh, hey you guys, enjoying the end of the world?" Jubileena said.

"What are you talking about?" Taffyta asked.

"Well, you two disappeared, and Gloyd started screaming, and he was all like 'oh my gosh, we're gonna die!' and Candlehead was all like 'should we look for them?' and Vanellope was all like 'no, I want to watch Gloyd spaz out' and I was all like 'I want to sing now' so I started singing." Jubileena said.

"Gloyd is spazzing?" Taffyta asked.

"That's awful." Crumbelina said.

"By awful, you mean we should tape it right?" Taffyta asked.

"Snowanna already did it, but she uses VHS, so I'm not sure anyone besides her will actually be able to watch it later." Jubileena said.

"Huh. Oh well." Taffyta said.

"Do neither of you care that we cause one of our friends to think he was going to die?" Crumbelina asked.

"No, not really." Taffyta said.

"I already tried to tell him that the apocalypse would be cooler, but he won't listen." Jubileena said.

"See? We should just head home?" Taffyta said.

"You're cruel sometimes Taffyta." Crumbelina said as she began driving again.

"Only to people who are sadistic idiots." Taffyta replied. Crumbelina seemed to pause for a moment.

"Yeah, we should just go home." She said before taking off down the road.

"I thought so." Taffyta said with a smirk as she sped after her friend.

"Um, guys? I walked here. I don't have a ride back. Guys?" Jubileena called. The only response she got was the dull roar of two engines speeding away. It was going to be a long night.