Chapter 5: Exploring Sugar Rush
The Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, and the new characters went down to the racetrack and ran the practice laps. The racetrack remained the same, except there were some new turbo boost pads that had gotten added, and the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, and Candace's karts were faster then before and more easier to control. After the practice laps, everyone crossed the finish line.
"Our karts are so much faster then before." Gloyd said as he got out of the Kernel.
"I agree. They handle better too." Minty said.
After the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, and the new characters had finished with the practice laps, they split up to do whatever they wanted to do. Candlehead, Gloyd, and Candi decided to take Kandle and Chip on a tour of Sugar Rush, Vanellope took Damon back to the castle so she could bring him up to date on everything that had happened for the past 110 years, and everyone else did what they wanted to do.
Candlehead, Gloyd, Candi, and Kandle gathered at Candlehead's cupcake themed house and then started on their trek through Sugar Rush. They passed the Hazelnut forest, picking up a few tasty treats along the way and briefly stopping at Captain K's Diner in order to say hello to Captain Kaiser. They continued on and stopped near Mallow Marsh, where Candlehead, Gloyd, and Candi had to fend off a couple of marshmallow gators with their powers. They continued on and stopped by the Jellybean Fields, which proved to be an enjoyable stop. Then they went to Adorabeezle and Nougetsia's house in the Ice Cream Mountains, where they found Adorabeezle, who was working on a Brick Thrower in her lab, and Nougetsia and said hello to them. Then they went to Rocky Road Canyon, which was one of the tracks in the game, where they ran into Minty, Snowanna, Citrusella, Jellysha, and Keisha, who were doing practice laps. The two groups talked to each other for ten minutes, and then Candlehead, Gloyd, Candi, and Kandle said goodbye and left.
Eventually, Candlehead, Gloyd, Candi, and Kandle made their way through almost all of Sugar Rush. Their last destination was a place called Sugar Side. It was Sugar Rush's only seaside town and looked like an average seaside town in the real world, and it also happened to be the location of Candi and Gloyd's first date. There wasn't really anything that usually went on there, except that there was a fairground that the four of them decided to go to. They went to the ticket booth and Kandle paid for the four of them, ignoring Candlehead, Gloyd, and Candi's protests. They entered the park and Candlehead looked around.
"Well, where do you guys want to go first?" Candlehead asked.
Candi looked around and then spotted a nearby booth that had duck shooting.
"How about the duck shooting?" Candi asked.
Candlehead, Gloyd, and Kandle agreed, and they and Candi ran over to the duck booth and paid for the round. The round started and Candlehead, Gloyd, Candi, and Kandle started shooting the ducks that appeared. Eventually, the round ended and Candi won. The booth's attendant, which was a light purple female gumdrop, smiled and pointed at Candi.
"And we have a winner! Well done!" the attendant announced.
The attendant reached down behind the counter and pulled out a green stuffed shark. She smiled and handed it to Candi.
"Here you go! You earned it!" the attendant said.
Candi smiled.
"Thanks." Candi said.
"Your welcome." the attendant said.
Candlehead, Gloyd, Candi, and Kandle then walked away from the duck booth. After leaving the duck booth, the four of them went on the bumper cars, and Candlehead and Kandle smashed everyone else. Then they went to the hall of mirrors, where the four of them laughed at all their reflections. And finally, they went to carousel. Candi and Gloyd sat together in one of the carriages, while Candlehead and Kandle sat on two horses that were in front of them.
After getting off of the carousel, Candlehead, Gloyd, Candi, and Kandle got candyfloss and made their way down to a beach, where they sat down on the sand for a while. As they ate, Kandle started to talk to his friends about his backstory. He told them that in his backstory, he was an orphan because his parents had died when he was 7 years old, and after that, he roamed around from place to place. He started to tell the other three about his adventures, and he eventually reached the tale of one of his greatest adventures.
"Yeah, that's right. At least seventeen troops armed with rifles, all because I grabbed a few bags of bottles from the Honeyglow Reserve of Candy Falls." Kandle said.
"How did you get away?" Candlehead asked, very interested in what he was saying.
Kandle smiled.
"Now that's where things got interesting. After turning a couple of corners, I put some distance between them and me and hid in a restaurant that was famous for selling those drinks. The restaurant owner owed me a favor, so he arranged a shipment of the stuff to the largest town closest to the border so I could stow away. But it happened to be Winter time and a snowstorm started to brew, and as I traveled to the border, the storm got worse. I could barely see a few yards in front of me, but the storm made getting passed the border guards so much easier." Kandle replied. He then shook his head and said "But enough about me. I'd like to hear about your lives.".
Candlehead seemed excited to talk about her life.
"Well, as you know, I am one of the original Sugar Rush racers..." Candlehead started to say.
However, before Candlehead could finish speaking, Candi froze, stared out at the horizon of the water, and gasped. Candlehead, Gloyd, and Kandle turned to her in confusion.
"What is it, Candi?" Candlehead asked.
Candi looked at them.
"Is it just me, or is there something that wasn't there before?" Candi asked.
Candlehead, Gloyd, and Kandle turned around and looked out at the horizon. At first, they couldn't see anything, but after a few seconds, they made out the shape of something that indeed was not there before.
It was an island.