Chapter 4: Meeting Up

Five minutes earlier, at Rancis and Creamy's house, Rancis slowly opened his eyes up and stretched his arms out.

"What a night." Rancis thought.

Rancis got out of bed and walked over to a nearby mirror. He looked at his reflection and noticed that he still looked the same as he did before the upgrade.

"Well, I still look the same. That's a relief." Rancis thought.

Just then, there was a knock on the bedroom door.

"Come in!" Rancis called out.

The door opened and Creamy walked in. Like Rancis, she looked the same as she normally did.

"Rancis, your up. That's good. You still look the same." Creamy said.

Rancis nodded.

"Yeah, I don't think the upgrade changed our looks or made us older." Rancis said.

Creamy nodded.

"Yeah, your probably right." Creamy said. Her eyes then widened and she asked "Oh, what about the other racers? Should we go check on them?".

Rancis nodded.

"Yes, we should. Let's go." Rancis replied.

Rancis got dressed into his normal outfit, while Creamy went back to her room and got dressed into her normal outfit. Once they were dressed, Rancis and Creamy walked outside, got into their karts, and then they started driving towards the center of town, which was called Sugar Rush Square.

After a few minutes, Rancis and Creamy reached Sugar Rush Square, where the other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace were also showing up at. They all looked the same as they did before the upgrade.

"Hey, guys." Creamy greeted.

"Hello." the other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace greeted.

Rancis kissed Vanellope, and then the two of them looked at the others.

"So, is anything different with any of you?" Rancis asked.

Jubileena shook her head.

"No. Everything's still the same for me and Citrusella." Jubileena replied.

Snowanna nodded.

"Yeah, Jubi's right. My powers still work and we're all not older." Snowanna added.

The other Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace said similar things. Vanellope nodded and attempted to speak, but before she could, the sound of kart engines was heard heading toward them.

"Those sound like kart engines." Swizzle said.

Candi pointed at an approaching brown sugar dust cloud.

"Look!" Candi said.

Off in the distance, the new characters were driving towards Sugar Rush Square, in search of the Sugar Rush racers.

"Do you think they'll be there?" Chase asked.

"I think so, Chase." Ian replied.

"Yes, but I just hope they are friendly." Skyler added nervously.

The new characters arrived in Sugar Rush Square, and their karts came to a stop a few feet away from the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace, the dust cloud masking their features. They got out of their karts and walked out of the dust cloud. Both groups just stood and stared at each other, unsure of how to exactly start. Eventually, Vanellope decided to speak.

"Hello there. I'm Vanellope Von Schweetz, the President of Sugar Rush." Vanellope introduced.

Damon became confused. The last time he had checked, Vanellope was a princess, not a president. He then realized that he had a lot to catch up on in his game, as well as the rest of the arcade. He walked up to Vanellope and shook her hand.

"Hello, Vanellope. My name is Damon Dumstruck." Damon introduced.

The Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Creamy became confused. Since their memories were still messed up, they didn't know about Damon, but they had a faint feeling of remembrance of his name. However, Candi and Candace didn't know who he was because they hadn't been around during the time that he was originally in Sugar Rush.

"Damon?" Nougetsia asked, confused.

Suddenly, the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Creamy felt an update in their codes, which gave them back their memories of Damon. Their eyes widened at the revelation, and Vanellope slightly glitched in surprise. Damon smiled a familiar lopsided grin.

"Hello, everyone." Damon greeted.

Crumbelina's hands went to her mouth and she let out a sound that sounded like a mix between a laugh and a sob.

"Damon." Crumbelina said.

Instantly, the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Creamy started asking him questions at the same time.

"Where were you all of this time?" Citrusella asked.

"What happened to you?" Gloyd asked.

"Why haven't you returned for the past few decades?" Citrusella asked.

Damon held his hands up, and the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Creamy stopped asking him questions.

"Hang on a minute, guys! I'll answer all of your questions one at a time." Damon replied.

Damon then proceeded to explain everything that had happened to him. He explained how his code had gotten used for the King Candy avatar and then gotten thrown away, how he had disappeared after the Diet Cola Mountain explosion in 2012, and everything else. Once he was done, he introduced all of the new characters, and the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, and Creamy introduced themselves to the new characters.

"Its very nice to meet all of you." Taffyel said after everyone introduced themselves.

Taffyta smiled.

"So, how do you all like it here?" Taffyta asked.

"I like it here." Taffyel replied.

"I do too." Kandle added.

The other new characters said similar things. Once they were done speaking, Aodrabeezle spoke up.

"Hey, I think our karts got faster with the upgrade." Adorabeezle said.

"We should go test them out on the track." Sticky suggested.

"That sounds good, but speaking of the track, do you know when we will be getting our homes?" Charlie asked.

"Actually, your homes are probably already here. The game code automatically readjusted for your homes after the upgrade finished installing." Vanellope replied.

Ian smiled.

"Cool." Ian said.

The Sugar Rush racers and the new characters, as well as Creamy, started to disperse. However, some of them stayed in Sugar Rush Square. Jubileena and Citrusella approached Skyler.

"Hey Skyler, do you want to have a sleepover with us, so we can celebrate the upgrade?" Jubileena asked.

Skyler thought about it and then nodded.

"Yeah, sure. Thanks." Skyler replied.

Jubileena, Citrusella, and Skyler got onto her motorcycle, and the three of them drove towards Cherry Grove. Meanwhile, Gloyd, Swizzle, and Cinndon approached Lemone.

"Me, Gloyd, and Cinndon were going to have a movie night if you want to join us at my place." Swizzle said.

Lemone smiled.

"That sounds great. Lead the way." Lemone said.

Swizzle started walking Gloyd, Cinndon, and Lemone to his house. However, before they left, Swizzle turned to Rancis.

"Rancis?" Swizzle asked.

Rancis turned to face Swizzle.

"Yeah?" Rancis asked.

"Do you want to join me, Gloyd, and Lemone tonight?" Swizzle asked.

Rancis shook his head.

"No, I'm going to spend some time with Vanellope tonight." Rancis replied.

Swizzle laughed.

"I can understand that. Well, your welcome to join us again later." Swizzle said.

Rancis nodded and walked back to Vanellope, who was talking to Taffyta and Candace. He and Vanellope kissed, and Taffyta just put her hands on her hips while Candace smiled.

"You know, you guys look great together." Candace said.

Taffyta nodded in agreement to what Candace had said.

"Thanks, Candace." Vanellope said. She then thought of something and said "You know, you should try to find someone yourself.".

"Well, you have Rancis, Candi has Gloyd, and Crumbelina has Timothy. That leaves Swizzle, Cinndon, and the new boys." Taffyta said.

Candace shook her head.

"None of them really are my type." Candace said.

Rancis sighed.

"Well, look on the bright side anyway, Candace. Your bound to find someone." Rancis said.

Candace thought about it and then nodded.

"Well, I guess your right. And besides, it did take 111 years for you two to get together." Candace said.

Vanellope and Rancis smiled.

"And it was well worth it." Vanellope said.

Taffyta and Candace nodded.

"Well, me and Candace are going to go. Don't forget about the practice race, you two." Taffyta said.

Taffyta and Candace then left, leaving Vanellope and Rancis alone. They kissed and then left for his and Creamy's house. However, as they left, Licortwist was spying on them from on top of a hill.

"The time is almost here for my new plan." Licortwist thought. He then looked at Vanellope, narrowed his eyes at the sight of her, and thought "And your time is almost up, Glitch.". He then took out a piece of paper, placed the paper on his lap, and stared at it with a creepy smile on his face and studied it carefully.

The paper had pictures of what appeared to be racers.