-Chapter 8: Dragon Race-

Vanellope was beginning to worry about where Swizzle had disappeared off to. Wait. Was that Spiralstripe? It looked somewhat different, like it were a new dragon, but it looked familiar.

Swizzle flew Spiralstripe down into the underground caverns. It seemed that this was the best place to hide him for now. He only hoped that nobody would find out. "Now, now, Spiral, stay here, okay? I don't want anyone to find out about you." He then ran up to the surface and to the location of the next dragon race. "Vanellope! I have some bad news to tell you…" "What is it, Swizz? Is yer' dragon missing or 'sumfin?"

"Look, I can trust you with secrets, okay? So let me tell you this, just promise not to tell anyone." "Promise." "Here goes…" Swizzle sighed. "Spiralstripe, my dragon, wandered out of the castle when nobody was looking. Somehow, he managed to end up in Hero's Duty…" "…an' got eaten by a cy-bug?" Swizzle was about to cry. "Yes… but I managed to find him. So I brought him back to Sugar Ru-"

"YOU WHAT? You brought a cy-bug to Sugar Rush?" exclaimed Vanellope surprisingly

Swizzle kind of panicked. "…yes. He's in the caverns now."

"Well, I've gotta get going. The dragon race is gonna start, an' remember this, twinkie toes, if Sugar Rush is eaten up by cy-bugs again, it's all yer' fault! See ya' later!" Vanellope then ran to a microphone to announce the upcoming dragon race.

"The Dragon Race will begin shortly."

After all the racers and their dragons (except Swizzle, of course) had arrived, the race began. "Get ready, get set… an' GO!" The dragons flew off into the air, flying along the racetrack. They had to dodge a few extra obstacles: wild dragons. "It looks like our race takes an unexpected route into tha' candy forests! Can they make it through? Or will they be attacked by tha' wild dragons?" Rancis found the shortcut. However, it turns out the shortcut was harder than the normal way. "I'm not sure about this…" Peanut Butter, his Monstrous Nightmare, went anyways. "AAAAAAAAAH!"

Candlehead was in the lead, with Gloyd following in second. Suddenly, Rancis zoomed by both of them. "I guess there was a shortcut that we missed?" asked Candlehead. "I don't know… I thought I saw one over there, but I wasn't sure. Oh, hey! Look! There's one, in between those two purple trees!" Gloyd pointed to a path that lead to a wild dragon lair that he knew of. Candlehead flew into the presumed shortcut as quickly as possible. "Well, this sure is a bumpy ride, but I hear most of the shortcuts are supposed to be haaaAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She nearly hit the bigger Monstrous Nightmare. "Hehe, sorry about that… oh no." She flew away as quickly as possible, as the dragon chased her.

The dragons and riders then cut back onto the racetrack into an area with lots of ice cream. "I should have brought my sweater when I had the chance," stated Taffyta. "and gotten a sweater for my dragon, too. Bbbrrr." Her dragon, Strawberry Tart, growled in agreement. Meanwhile, Jubileena and Citrusella and their Hideous Zippleback named Cherry and Berry sped by quickly, with Candlehead shortly following whilst being chased by the wild big red Monstrous Nightmare. "AAAAAGH LOOK OUT!" The four of them flew away quickly.

The racers were nearing the finish line. Sticky's dragon decided to take a turn into a cavern underground. "Woah, woah, where are you going? Wait! Stop, Lollia, no!" Sticky and her dragon dashed through underground tunnels and arrived in a large area of the cavern. "Woah… wait… oh no." What was that… and who was with it? Was that some kind of new undiscovered dragon type? Wait… it looked familiar. Was that a… oh no. It's a cy-bug. The mystery person said something. "Come on, Spiralstripe, let's go." The mystery rider climbed onto the creature and began to fly around the cavern.

"…Swizzle?"

"Woah! Uh, uhm… yeah. Don't tell anyone, but I trained a dragon… cy-bug. Yeah, you caught me, it's time everyone knew…" Sticky and Lollia quickly fled. "Dat da daa, we're dead." said Swizzle unhappily. Spiralstripe grunted lightly.

Meanwhile, on the surface, the top three racers in the lead were Rancis, Taffyta, and Torvald. "Almost there… oh COME ON!" Jubileena and Citrusella passed by Torvald, making it to third place. Suddenly, Sticky flew out of a hole in the ground. "Well, it looks like Sticky Wipplesnit has entered the race once more! An' she looks scared!" Sticky screamed as she flew closer to the track. "CY-BUUUUUUG!" The other racers panicked for a second, but thought that it was most likely just a wild dragon hiding there, so they calmed down.

"And the winner is…"

Sticky and her dragon were the first to pass the finish line.

"…Sticky Wipplesnit!"

She won? She won. She never expected it, but she somehow won the Dragon Race. "There was a cy-bug! I'm serious! My dragon decided to fly underground, and there it was! And Swizzle was there too!" exclaimed Sticky. Rancis snickered a bit. "Oh look! It's the girl who cried Cy-bug." Taffyta appeared to think for a second. "So that's where Swizzle's been?"

"Hey, at least I'm telling the truth…"

Vanellope yelled into the microphone. "STOP FIGHTING!" The group stopped squabbling. "Now, can I talk to ya' for a second?" Vanellope took Sticky over to another area.

"Ya' saw a cy-bug? Where?"

"Underground, ma'am. It looked like the dragon that went missing."

"Spiralstripe? Swizzle's dragon? Look, I'm not supposed ta' tell anyone… but that really is his dragon. He brought it back. I guess he wouldn't let his dragon be lost forev'r…"

Vanellope ran to the microphone again. "A'right, you are now dismissed. Hav'a nice day!"