(Swizzle's POV)
After breakfast, I washed my dishes and got ready for the day.
As I get in my Tongue Twister, I can't help but wonder what Minty was so mad about.
Now I realize, it IS her birthday! But I didn't forget.
There's a surprise party in the works at the Candy Castle, and Vanellope's been working hard on it.
A big cake, a pile of presents, elegant decorations, and I even get to give Minty a bouquet of lollipops while I wear a blue tuxedo. Cool, huh?
Nothing's too good for her, not one single thing.
Everyone's dressing real nice for this party, so I better be prepared.
I know she'll be surprised.
Swizzle drives through the Candy Cane Forest and arrives at the Candy Castle. He walks up to the castle after parking the Tongue Twister in a good spot.
He knocks on the door. Sour Bill answers it with "Vanellope's not home, Mister Malarkey. She went to the racetrack for today's races."
"I know, Sour Bill. I just wanted to see how the preparations for the party were going." Swizzle replied eagerly.
"Very well, follow me." Sour Bill said glumly, leading Swizzle to the ballroom where the party will take place.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, your friends Gloyd and Adorabeezle are here to help set everything up." Sour Bill tells Swizzle as he leads him into the ballroom.
Gloyd sees Swizzle come in. "Swizz! Good to see you!"
Adorabeezle looks down at Swizzle from a ladder and waves.
"How's everything going?" Swizzle asks Gloyd.
"Pretty good. Do you think Minty will be surprised?" Gloyd replied.
"I know she will be." Swizzle says.
Gloyd hands him the notebook Vanellope left for him. "Read everything we've done so far."
"Okay! Let's see..."
(In the notebook)
*Decorate the ballroom with fancy decorations.
*Make the apple-flavored ice sculpture of Minty (done by Adorabeezle)
*Wrap the presents.
*Prepare the lollipop bouquet for Minty (bouquet of fruit flavors)
*Set the tables with the castle's best china. (pure ivory white plates, fancy silverware, and white gardenia flowers, Minty's favorite flowers)
(Back with Swizzle)
"You did everything in the notebook, but aren't we missing something?" Swizzle asks Gloyd.
"No, I don't think- oh, fudge..." Gloyd is shocked.
"The cake!" Adorabeezle exclaimed, looking up from the table she was setting.
"How could you forget the cake! A birthday isn't a birthday without cake!" Swizzle exclaims.
"We better make the cake!" Gloyd says to Swizzle.
Meanwhile, at the racetrack, the racers were all getting ready for the day's races. But as they did, they all talked about Minty's birthday party.
"Well, I have a new dress just for tonight." Taffyta tells Candlehead. "It's long, pink, and lacy. Just the way I like it. And I bought new shoes to match."
Candlehead replies, "I have a new dress, too. A light brown strapless one with a pale pink ribbon and pale pink lace across the bottom. I also have matching shoes for my dress."
"I heard this is going to be some party." Rancis was telling Jubileena as they prepared their karts for the race.
"Yeah, I heard that, too." Jubileena replied.
Just as Rancis was about to say something else, he spotted Minty coming.
"She's coming! Quick, act natural!" Rancis shouted to the other racers.
And they did as they were told. All the racers acted casually as they made adjustments to their karts and just stood around talking about other things as they did.
"Hey, guys..." Minty says, then sighs.
"Hi, Minty." Candlehead said. "Is something wrong? You can tell me."
"Well, I fixed a special breakfast this morning and tried to ask Swizzle what day it was. But he was acting all sneaky. Then I got mad, and left. I knew he forgot all about my birthday!" Minty cries, then covers her face with her hands after hitting her knees onto the racetrack.
Candlehead puts a hand on Minty's shoulder. "It's okay, Minty. Don't be upset. I'm sure something good will happen."
"Yeah, the day's not over yet." Snowanna tells her, then she walks back over to her kart.
Candlehead stays with Minty as the other racers prepare for the day's races.