Chapter 2 – What Happened?

Am I….dead?

What's going on? What happened? Why am I here?

All around me was a pitch black, empty space. I couldn't see anything except for myself.

I was scared…for once in my life. I don't think I was ever so terrified of what might come next.

Then everything started changing into different colors. They seemed like blurs at first, but after a while I could sort of make out what looked like….

"Sugar Rush?"

I couldn't believe it! There were candy cane trees, chocolate milk ponds; snow made of sugar….It was a paradise here! Did I mention that I LOVE candy?

Wait a minute….

Owww! I felt a little bit of pain as I started to materialize. I looked down at my hands "Four fingers? What the…?" I looked at the small bunch of sugar crystals beside me. "Woah,"I was stunned "I'm a Sugar Rush racer?" I basically looked as tall as 4 feet 6 in my character form….not much of a difference from real life….

I had my original straight black hair tied up in a tomboy fashion with some red licorice. I wore a white racer's suit with pink stripes on the side and gloves that were also the same shade. My shoes were simple light pink Chuck Taylor's (that I thought were pretty rad). The racing suit came with a belt that had candy related gear like miniature cherry bombs and chewy floss.

Hey, I'm not saying I'm crazy for pink, but I think I look pretty decent. Awww, I even have cute little gumball earrings!

Okay, okay. Maybe I should stop admiring how good I look and find someone who can help me.

If I'm correct, I think the scene I stopped the movie on was right before Vanellope meets Ralph. So I should be hearing some arguing right about….

"HEY! GIVE ME BACK MY MEDALLION!"

"Finders: keepers!"

…Now.

Here I am, trudging through the snow. Sugar maybe? I don't know anymore! Maybe I should taste it? I mean…not that yellow patch over there, of course….

"LITTLE BRAT!"

Jeez, is he loud or what? Well, that might be a good thing I guess. At least he's loud enough so I can track where he's coming from.

This snow is so hard to get through…whoops I meant sugar. It'll take me at least 5 minutes to get over there…Maybe there's something I can use to make me go faster? I checked my belt. No luck. Wait, I have pockets, don't I?

I stuck my hands deep in my pockets but couldn't seem to grab anything. Hold on, I take that back. I pulled out a small ID card that had some info about me.

'Alex Kandi: 18 years of age, 15 years of school. Homeland: Sugar Rush. Role: Unknown'

Well that's not suspicious at all! How do they even know this information about me? Kinda scary…

Yes! I approached the pond of green gunk that Ralph was stuck in. He couldn't see me and I wasn't really sure he'd hear me either. Sigh. I'd just have to wait till he gets out.

I sat down on a boulder-sized gumdrop and waited. Uh-oh, a thought just came to me.

What happens if I do talk to him? Will the movie change at all? Can he even see me? Should I warn him about King Candy?

Ugh, so much to think about. But….I think I'll just ask him where Vanellope went. She'll probably know how I can get back home. Maybe. Well, I guess I shouldn't count on it. I can at least ask her how to get to the kingdom.

"Bluuhhhh…"

Oh, he got up.

Better get his attention before he goes rampaging off into the city….wait, I forget. Does he go to the city to follow Vanellope or does it go to the scene where she gets her cart destroyed? I guess that doesn't matter right now, I'll just talk to Ralph.

I cleared my throat, "Ahem, excuse me, sir?" He didn't seem to hear me. "Mr. Wreck-It-Ralph! Can you hear me?" I yelled at him in an effort to hear me.

"Huh? Who are you?" He wiped off his eyes, "Oh, you're just one of those stupid racers. Look kid, I'm trying to find this girl and I need you to buzz off."

Wow. He's nice.

"No, in fact I need your help. I'm from the real world and I got sucked into the television while I was watching your movie."

"Movie?" he repeated, sounding confused.

"Yeah, movie. Anyways, I'm trying to find my way out of here or at least help you somehow." I said impatiently. "Oh, and uh, I wouldn't go chasing after that girl. You'll just get in trouble with the cops."

He didn't seem to believe me, "So what do you propose I do, huh?" He crossed his arms. "Well, I know that we should probably get you cleaned up, and then go down to that bare dirt over there and wait." Ha, I probably sounded like some delusional kid to him!

"Okay, kid, I'm not sure what you're trying to pull on me, but I'm not buying it. That little brat is probably prancing around town, showing off 'her' medal!"

"B-but, Ralph! Please! This isn't a joke!" I tried to explain.

"Still not buying it," and he walked away.

I let myself fall to the ground. Ugh, why did this have to be so difficult? I put my hands over my eyes. Brrrrr! I'm freezing! Can't believe I just now noticed that. I could go to Vanellope's volcano, but I think that might freak her out. I guess I could go to the city and ask somebody….who would even know? My best bet is at least to find somewhere warm for now….