I want to apologize profusely for not updating for almost a week! I was busy with camp and many other things. Anyway, I am now accepting OCs. Leave a review describing your OC (name, personality, human controller, and any other bits of info) and I will work them into the story. Enjoy…
Chapter 4: Down He Goes!
Back at Vanellope's castle, she had just seen Jerry Berry out the door and pointed him towards the track. With a start, she realized that it was almost time for the RRR to start! "Crumbs!" she exclaimed. "I'm gonna be late!"
She quickly glitched towards the track as fast as she could. Arriving at her cart breathless, she made a quick announcement to the crowd. "The Random Roster Race will start in just a moment. But before that, I'd like to introduce our new racer. Jerry Berry has been granted a race spot by the President and will be racing in his first Random Roster Race! Please give him a warm sugary welcome!" She wriggled back into her cart and gunned the engine as the countoff began.
"Racers, start your engines." Sour Bill droned. Vanellope thought," I am so going to get that combination out of him after I win this race!"
"3, 2, 1, go." Sour Bill continued, waving the starter's flag in his usual depressed manner.
All the carts screamed away in a cloud of chocolate powder. When the dust cleared, Vanellope was leading the race, with Rancis and Candlehead hotly in pursuit. The racers that had everyone shocked were, again, Taffyta and Jerry. Taffyta was drawing attention because she had skidded out on the first corner, leaving her with a mountain to climb to make the top 9. Jerry, on the other hand was going great guns, with daring overtaking moves to shoot up to fifth.
As the racers entered the Gumball Gully, the leading pack were: Vanellope von Schweetz, Rancis Fluggerbutter, Candlehead, Gloyd Orangeboar, Jerry Berry, Jubileena Bing-Bing, and Snowanna Rainbeau.
Vanellope darted in and out of the giant gumballs, intent on protecting her lead, while the other racers sought an advantage by smashing into the Sugar Cubes for powerups. Rancis picked up Sweet Seekers and immediately took aim and fired behind him, taking out Candlehead and Gloyd. But as the last seeker screamed towards Jerry, he yanked his cart to the right, sliding behind a gumball. As the seeker made contact with the gumball, he activated his powerup, Sugar Surge, blasting him into the third position! The crowd screamed its approval of this new daredevil racer!
As the leaders shot toward the Birthday Cake, attention turned toward the trailing racers. Taffyta had finally gotten into her groove and was jostling with Snowanna and Adorabeezle Winterpop for position when a gumball swung right into their path. Taffyta spun her wheel desperately and sighed in relief when the gumball barely missed her and took out Snowanna instead. She steered toward the boost arrows, intent on catching the leaders.
The leading four were just about to begin their spiraling ascent of the Birthday Cake when suddenly, the track seemed to disintegrate right below their carts. Rancis, the race leader, tumbled into the crevasse. Vanellope quickly glitched after him, trying to catch him.
Jerry and Jubileena skidded to a stop on the very edge of the track. Jerry turned in horror to see Taffyta leading the other racers on toward the Birthday Cake. They hadn't noticed the accident! Jerry immediately fired up his engine and sped recklessly toward the incoming racers. Everyone screamed and slammed on their brakes as Jerry executed a donut right in front of them. Gloyd, furious with Jerry, strode over to Jerry. Staring him in the eye, Gloyd shouted," You could have wrecked us all! What's the big idea?"
Wordlessly, Jerry just gestured toward the hole just as Vanellope glitched out carrying Rancis. He was bleeding from a long cut across his forehead. Vanellope laid him down and the emergency team started patching him up. Taffyta and Candlehead gasped and hurried to his side.
To the side, Vanellope, Jerry, and Jubileena were worriedly discussing the incident. The rest of the racers gathered around them. Vanellope announced, "Due to this accident, we will not be continuing the race. The roster for tomorrow will be based on your positions before the stoppage. Thus, tomorrow's racers will be: Rancis Fluggerbutter, me (Vanellope), Jerry Berry, Jubileena Bing-Bing, Taffyta Muttonfudge, Gloyd Orangeboar, Adorabeezle Winterpop, Crumbelina di Caramello, and Swizzle Malarkey."
The head medic, a brawny Gummy Bear, whispered into Vanellope's ear. Vanellope nodded and thanked him. "Rancis will be alright, but he will not be able to race for a couple of days. Candlehead will enter the roster to replace Rancis."
Jerry looked at her, concerned. He asked Vanellope," What about you? Are you okay?"
Vanellope replied with a shy smile, "I'm fine. Just a few scratches, that's all." She grew serious. "The track's what I'm worried about now."
"What can we do?"
"We'll have to fill in the hole. I'll get a crew on this right away. Meanwhile, we'll close this place off and use another zone for tomorrow's racing."
"What could have caused this?"
"….." Vanellope gazed at the hole thoughtfully.
The noise and commotion reached its ears. It scurried further away from the hole, eating its way along the bank of the chocolate milk river towards the Snowcone Mountains….
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