I apologize for not responding to the reviews cuz I was rushing in the previous chapter. Anyway, my responses for chapters 5 and 6:
Chapter 5:
Ojaminator: Thanks for your compliment! Hope you keep enjoying my story!
SargeTJCalhoun: Thanks-I will keep going! And about Jerry-really? Hmmm, I'll need to think about that.
GoldenHeartz11: Vanellope is rather mean to Taffyta. But you never know, it could change ;-)
Chapter 6:
Guest: Haha I like it too! I'll come up with more candy-related exclamations! Oh, btw, could you leave a name next time? I like to know who I respond to.
Chapter 7: AVALANCHE!
Crumbelina jumped out of her cart and started running away as fast as she could. Jerry immediately got on his radio. "Hey guys! There's been an avalanche in Zone 2, the Snowcone Mountains!"
Vanellope immediately replied, "Was there anyone hurt?"
Jerry looked behind him again but the avalanche had completely blocked the track. He replied, "Crumbelina was running away but I don't know if she made it! Swizz, do you read?"
Swizzle replied, "I've managed to stop the other racers. It looks like we can clear the track. Can we get a crew out here immediately?"
Vanellope hissed, "What about the players? Won't they circle back too quickly? It's a three-lap race! Why don't we divert?"
Jerry replied, "We'll divert if we really need to. Vanellope, you and I need to make things harder for our players. Try to slow them down. Maybe we can hold them off long enough to clear the Snowcone track."
Vanellope smiled to herself as she pushed a secret button under her dashboard. Turbo had rigged every zone with booby traps while he was masquerading as King Candy for fear of losing. She had discovered them and wired the master control to her cart, "just in case" she had told herself. Now she activated EVERY SINGLE ONE! There were over ten different types of traps, including barriers, pits and other diabolical obstacles.
The girl dropped straight into a pit that opened up in front of her. "Hey!" she cried, as Vanellope respawned. The boy, however, was a lot more careful and managed to dodge most of the obstacles. As he entered the Caramel Swamp's first curve, Jerry deliberately under-steered, sending his cart skidding into the sticky caramel. "Aw, come on!" the boy complained.
The boy and girl struggled through the swamp as Taffyta and Adorabeezle exchanged the lead a few times. Suddenly, Taffyta lost control and skidded into a pool of caramel. She revved her engine but to no avail. Suddenly, she noticed that her cart was dissolving! The caramel was somehow melting her cart! She gingerly stepped out and started shoving her cart back onto the track. She managed to get it out and examined the cart. It still looked functional, so she hopped back in to continue the race.
The players were moving towards the final zone, Diet Cola Mountain, when Vanellope had an idea. She grinned to herself and called to Jerry, "Hey Jerry, watch this!"
She waited until her player had mounted the ramp across the diet cola hot springs and purposely glitched off target, missing the landing and falling towards the cave floor. Her cart smashed into pieces and 'GAME OVER' glowed on her player's screen. "That's not fair!" the girl complained.
The boy smirked. "Tough luck", he commented as he swerved up the curve before the ramp. Jerry, following Vanellope's lead, under-steered again, skidding off the ramp and tumbling to the cave floor too.
"Hey!" the boy cried. "Now I think there's something wrong with the game."
Jerry stepped out of the remains of his cart and dusted himself off. Listening to the kids talking, he felt bad for them. He called over to Vanellope, "Hey Vanellope, shouldn't we give them their money back? They didn't get to finish their game after all…"
Vanellope finished straightening her jacket. She thought for a moment and nodded. She pulled a small device from her pocket and tapped away for a few moments. Jerry waited expectantly.
The boy and girl were just getting up to leave when something flashed on the screen. A message read: Dear Players, thank you for playing Sugar Rush. Because you did not manage to finish your game, you will get your money back as a consolation. Thank you and please come back to play Sugar Rush again! As the boy and girl finished reading the message, their quarters came clinking out of the machines. "Cool!" they cried out at the same time. "But I'm still going to ask Mr. Litwak about that game. It was a lot harder than usual", the boy added as he walked off.
He soon returned with Mr. Litwak. He explained the situation to Mr. Litwak, who rubbed his chin, thinking. Mr. Litwak said thoughtfully, "Well, the only possibility I can think of is that someone set the difficulty level to 'Hard' and didn't change it back. I'll have a look at the game later." He pasted an 'Out Of Order' sticker on the screens.
Just at that moment, Swizzle's voice crackled out of Jerry's radio. "Jerry, the crew's just gotten here. We can't find Crumbelina! Also, why is there an 'Out Of Order' sticker on our machines? Everyone is panicking! What do we do?"
Vanellope replied, "Don't worry; we're on our way over. Try to keep everything under control until we get there!"
"Won't be easy, but I'll try. Just get here quick, okay?"
Jerry looked at Vanellope's cart and said, "Vanellope, you take my cart. I'll walk back."
Vanellope answered, "Don't be silly, we'll go together! Er, what I mean is, that, um, I'll, no!, we'll need your crowd-control skills to contain the chaos. Yeah, that's it!" she stammered out, embarrassed.
Jerry hid a smile and quickly turned serious again. "How are we going to manage that? My cart's only built for one and your cart is in no shape to use."
"I didn't come unprepared. All carts are actually built for two."
Jerry's jaw dropped. He stared speechless as Vanellope hit the horn on the steering wheel hard three times. It popped open to reveal a small button. When pushed, the cart extended itself to reveal a second seat behind the driver's. Vanellope smiled and asked Jerry, still standing there speechless, "Well, whatcha waitin' for, slowcoach? We've got a game to repair!" Jerry just shook his head and hopped into the back. Vanellope gunned the engine and they shot off toward the Snowcone Mountains.
Its jaws worked twice as fast as usual. It was still eating after two solid hours! It just could not get enough of the cold, delicious, flavoured ice. Suddenly, it found itself sliding down the mountain. The ice, weakened by its feasting, rumbled downwards, carrying it along. It flailed wildly until it came to a stop, buried under tons of ice. It shook its head to refocus and began eating again, tunneling its way out…
Sorry for not developing the plot much this chapter, but I've decided to try to stick to a thousand words a chapter. Oh, there's a piece of information in this chapter that's gonna prove crucial to the ending. Have fun figuring it out! Stay tuned...