Chapter 5 – Ouch

Yes, you heard right. I jumped. Crazy decision, I know; but would I really have been better off trapped in the fungeon to rot or have my memories taken away? In my opinion, that is a DEFINITE 'no'.

So, here I am, free falling to my death. Hot tears streamed down my face. I remember seeing them get caught in the air, falling like raindrops on a cloudy day. Aren't I supposed to have my life flash in front of my eyes or something? A little goddess on a cloud read from a book of memories?

THUD.

I felt a splitting pain spread over my body. I could taste the blood on my tongue; salty and sweet, full of uncertainty. My hand reached out in front of my head, trying to grab something, anything. And then my world went black.

"Hey, are you okay, girly?"

I slowly opened my eyes. "Ohhhh…" I moaned.

"Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey?"

A blinding light come to view. "Owww…" I shielded my eyes, "What's you're beef?"

"Sorry," the voice pulled the light away, "I was trying to get you to wake up."

I looked down at myself. I was lying on a small yellow mattress covered with a thick blue blanket. "Where am I?" I asked. It was dark in here, the only source of light coming from a small figure. It giggled, "You're in my house…uh, I mean cave. Yeah my house that also happens to be a cave."

I blinked, "Who are you?" The figure took a step closer. I could see now, that she was a young Sugar Rush racing character. She had her dark blue hair tied up with black licorice, a baggy black sweat shirt (like Vanellope's), ripped navy blue-black tights, combat boots, and finger gloves. "I'm Nikola Twiztt," she grabbed my hand and shook it, "Nice to meet you…um, what's your name?"

"It's Alex. Alex Kandi," I smiled. It was really hard to get used to that last name. Oh well, I guess if I'm going to be living in a game that's made of candy, some part of my name has to be related to candy. Even if it does sound ridiculous. "Nice to meet you too, Nikola." "Can you explain to me what's going on here?"

She shrugged, "I dunno. I saw you fall from the castle over on a hill, so I came to check and see if you were alright. When I found you, you were in a coma. I took ya back to my place, which, of course, is where we are now," she grinned, her bright blue eyes lighting up.

"Thanks…I guess…" my eyes darted around the room. We were in a filthy, damp cave located Lord knows where. There were choco-roaches crawling around and watery syrup was dripping from the ceiling. Ew. After about ten seconds of silence, Nikola spoke up, "So…just a thought, but, uh…were you trying to commit suicide or something?" No way had she just asked that. "WHAT? No! That's crazy!" I felt pain in my chest as I shouted at her, "Ouch!" I yelled. Nikola motioned for me to lie back down, "No need to get all defensive about it! I was just asking!"

"Yeah, sorry about that. I can get a little over excited…"I apologized. She sat down in a nearby chair, "Oh it's okay," she crossed her legs, "but I don't want you in anymore pain than you are now." She sat up, "That reminds me! I wanted to ask why you didn't heal and stuff." She rested her hand on her head, ready for a story.

I explained to her where I came from and why I was here. She kept scratching her hair, possibly trying to figure out what was happening. "Let me get this straight," she started, "You come from someplace that you call the real world, which is another place besides here." I nodded for her to continue, "And you're claiming you were sent into this world from your TV screen, whatever that is." "Yup." I said. " And then King Candy wanted to throw you in jail, accusing you of being a loon, and you escaped somehow and ended up unconscious on the ground." Well, I didn't tell her ALL the details…

"Uh-huh, that about sums it up." I gave her a nervous smile, hoping she would believe me. Nikola sighed, "Alright, I believe you; but why was King Candy acting so…so evil? That's unlike him…" I gave a slight shrug and turned my eyes away. I didn't really want to tell her the he was somebody else…it could ruin the whole movie! She laughed at me, "Ha, no it's okay, you don't have to tell me or anything." I received a reassuring smile. Dang, she was just so…so adorable! Like I just want to squeeze all the chibi out of her face!

"Hey, question?" I raised my hand a little. "Sure," she nodded her head in approval, "Okay, weird question, but, I haven't seen you in the movie…how exactly did you get here?" Nikola froze at my question. She shifted her hands in her lap and licked her lips, "Well, I guess I wasn't important to the movie, then…" her voice trailed off. Yup. She was lying to me. Maybe the less I know the better?

"Oh, alright, cool," I hope she didn't notice how suspicious I was about her. We sat there for a while; me messing with my blankets (more like wrappers), her watching the syrup drip from a rock. A few minutes went by like this, and I began to get really bored. "Can I get up now?" I asked her nicely. Nikola looked up with a worried expression on her face, "Sorry, but we have to wait 'till you heal naturally. Might take a few hours or so." Great. Just what I needed; more hours wasting my time in a sponge bed.

Actually, I wonder what's going on in the movie right now. Honestly, it could be at the end, where they fight Turbug. Man, I hope I didn't miss it! It's not my favorite part of the movie, but it's still a pretty cool scene; especially if I saw it with my own eyes. Now, THAT would be INTENSE. Maybe I could see those two purple tattoos up close. You know; the ones under his mouth that make him look sort of like a puppet.

Ugh, what am I going on about now?! I need to get out of here! I started to touch my arms and legs, trying to find out where it hurt the most. My legs only had about three bruises on them, but my right arm was broken. "Hey, Nikola, do you have anything I can use as a cast for my arm?" she stood up eagerly, "Sure thing!" She looked waist to find something for me. "Oh, wait…" I heard her mumble. She took of her left combat boot and shook it a little, "Here you go!" Nikola handed me a small spool of black licorice. How was I supposed to use THIS little thing to make a cast? "Um, Nikola…I don't think this is going to be enough…" She giggled quietly, "Don't worry, its replenishing licorice. It makes more!"

Hunh, weird. I didn't know that was possible. "Oh," I replied, and began to wrap the black candy around my arm. A minute passed and I had my arm fully wrapped in licorice, plus a sling to keep it up. Ha, it felt like I had my arm stuck in a giant tube. "I think I'll be on my way now. I need to get going before it's too late," I stood up slowly, stretching out my aching back.

"Wait, you can't go!" Nikola jumped up, reaching her hand out to me. I turned towards her, "What? Why not?" I asked in a puzzled tone. The little racer cleared her throat, "Um…I mean…you should lie down for a bit longer. If you don't, you'll wake up in a lot of pain tomorrow." I studied her face, "Look, there may not be a tomorrow if I rest longer," I knelt down at her legs, "I'll be alright."

I got up and proceeded to the entrance of the cave. I waved my hand (the good one) goodbye and walked out into the never-ending sunlight of Sugar Rush.

What now?

Ah, exercise. One of the many things I hate to have to do. Especially when it isn't some sort of extreme sports that I like to play. Again, I am trudging through the deep snow (sugar, beads, frosting…whatever) to find someone to turn to. Maybe I should have stayed with Nikola. She could have helped me somehow. But then again, she wanted me to rest and stuff. I don't have time to do all that! I don't even know what scene the movie is on now! All I know is that it's not at the end yet, or else the sky would have been all weird and murky. I'm thinkin' that it's probably when Ralph is teaching Vanellope how to drive. I'm not sure how long that would take them, though. In the movie it took about four minutes, but really it could have taken them hours.

Thwack! Ha, I was so lost in my thoughts that I wasn't paying attention…and ended up face planting into a tree! How stupid can I be? Apparently, very. I shook my head and kept walking. Ugh, now I smelled like candy cane tree.

I constantly checked my cast to make sure that it didn't fall of or anything. It was a bit loose now, but that was expected. I mean, it's one of those need-it-now casts, it's not supposed to last very long before it breaks. And when it does, you just wrap it back up around your arm again. Surprisingly, this one was holding up pretty well. That black licorice junk is really strong! I need some of this back home! It could really help me keep those presents wrapped on Christmas.

Why is it so cold out here?! I squeezed my arms closer to my body, trying to keep in my warmth, "Just find a place to get warmer," I told myself, "And then try and talk to someone." Wow, I think I must be nuts talking to myself like that. Who could blame me? It's not like I wanted all this to happen!

Suddenly, I heard small footsteps behind me. Who would be following me? I looked around, but there was no sign of anybody. I proceeded to walk slowly, gaining speed as I went along. I could still hear the footsteps in the distance. They kept getting closer and closer…

Now I was really spooked. I turned and ran as fast as I could, not thinking about where I was going or what lay ahead of me. An odd shaped mountain came into view, "Diet Cola Mountain!" I yelled. I ran towards the mountain, going about ten million miles per hour (just kidding). I came to the opening on the dusty chocolate road, knowing where I was going, but at the same time, I didn't. I took a left, then another left, then a right. There it was! The two sugar free lollys indicating the entrance were only a few yards away.

The footsteps could still be heard behind me, getting louder the farther I ran. How were they still following me?! Speedy Gonzalez over there just wouldn't stop! I was practically fifteen feet from the entrance.

"Almost…"

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