ALRIGHT; HERE WE GO NOW, WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE DRAMATIC. FEELINGS ARE REVEALED, THOUGHTS ARE UNCOVERED, AND HELP IS GIVEN. PLUS, ALPHA FALLS INTO A REAL DEEP PROBLEM OF HIS OWN.

I do not own Wreck It Ralph or any of the video games mentioned.

PROCESSING DATA

After Alpha escorted her home and hugged her good night, because the moment was still awkward for them, Vanellope asked Sour Bill to retrieve her kart. It had surprised Bill that she didn't actually order him, but asked politely, instead. He also noticed how she somewhat walked to her room with a bit of a dance in her steps and humming the way down. He just took it that she had a extremely well day of racing somewhere and called some of the guards to help retrieve and push the kart back to the castle.

Vanellope jumped flat on her bed and landed on her back as she stared at the candy ceiling. Her mind was swirling around the moment when she had kissed Alpha on the cheek. It still gave her the giggles and made her blush by thinking of it. She never thought in a million continues and extra lives that she would ever feel this way towards a boy. She always had the mindset that boys were gross and dummies. Thinking about even hugging a boy at that time sent unpleasant shivers down her body. The boys she knew were annoying and ordinary; none of them really thought about anything else but mostly racing or themselves. That is, until she met a boy called Roxus Cinnamus, a.k.a. Alpha. He didn't just want to race all the time after she met him on a good note, he wanted to go beyond the racing program. He did so many other things and wasn't afraid to get caught if he wasn't supposed to do it. He loved mischief and adventure as much as he loved the thrill of excitement and an adrenaline rush. He stood up to people who towered over him and fought with honor for those he called friends and that could be anyone he would wish to be friends with. He matched or outmatched her sassy attitude and witty comebacks, as well as his smart mouth. She loved how they would get into a heated fight, but then later turn it into a game and laugh after.

There was one thing when she kissed his cheek: his cinnamon spice taste that remained on her lips after. The smell was also pleasing so that it made her senses burn in a warm, sweet, spicy feeling. It also gave her a slight tingle in the nose that spread like a warm fire. She had never really tried cinnamon before, because she kept hearing everyone say it was a hot, spicy flavor. Now all she could do is crave more. First chance she got, she would go on a hunt for cinnamon-flavored sweets.

Vanellope's mind went back to Alpha and that moment. It was technically her first kiss to anyone. She never felt her heart flutter and soar. She wanted to just jump into his arms and kiss him on… "Whoa! Wait a minute! Where did that come from? I don't want to rush things like that! At least, not yet, anyways," she thought, trying to keep feelings under control.

Now that she thought about it, she missed Alpha's presence. She wanted him there with her to have fun, tell jokes, share stories, wrestle around a bit, and… just be here smiling at her or smirking; whichever one, doesn't matter, as long as it's at her. Then a sudden scary, but exciting thought came to her mind, "Does this mean we are boyfriend and girlfriend?" she asked herself in thought. She began to shiver with anxiety and giggle out of shy happiness.

"Rrrgh" Vanellope growled, pressing her fists against her head. This is driving her crazy! Is this how she is supposed to feel if she liked someone like this? She never had feelings for boys like this, so how could she know? How will she ever know? She needed to find someone to ask, but who is there that had this relationship without it being programmed in them? Everyone who had a certain someone was programmed to feel like that. One name came to mind.

Calhoun!

She was the only one in the arcade who not only fell in love with a character from another game, but married him as well. If anyone had a more in-depth understanding of growing feelings, it had to be her. Vanellope could be sure that she would not hold any information back from her, but lay it out flat and simple. She guessed that is what she liked about the pain in the brass lady.

That settles it. After closing time, she will go down to Hero's Duty and ask her about these new feelings.

FIX-IT FELIX, JR.

Alpha was having the same trouble as Vanellope as he paced around his room. After coming back from escorting her to her castle, his mind was going in circles around that small kiss on the cheek. More than once, he rubbed that very spot absentmindedly.

He had never been kissed before in his game or any other game on the console systems that he had entered back at home. Every time he did see someone kiss full on the lips, it made him slightly squirm in disgust seeing how mushy it all was.

It was always the same thing; guy saves the girl, girl falls in love with the guy, and the two share a mushy kiss and clinging to each other like leeches. So he had always avoided those situations by always fighting some monster or villain. After saving the damsel in distress, he would quickly head for a new game to start another game. But this, this was no mushy type of kiss like the ones he had seen before. This was nothing like those typical situations in gaming. This was simple, small, innocent, and… nice.

After being that close to her and noticing it, he remembered her tight and warm embrace as she threw herself onto him. She felt very delicate and soft; that made him feel like it was his job to protect her. It made him want to hold her again just to make sure she was safe. She also gave off a sweet scent of vanilla and cream fragrance that he noticed was still on his clothes. Now thoughts plagued his mind on what she might taste like if he kissed her cheek instead.

"Rrrgh!" Alpha growled as he hit his head against a wall in his house. Why did he just think of that right now? She was very close friend and he should not be thinking about her like that. He was not about to ruin their friendship by letting these childish feelings interfere, "But what if she's thinking about it too?" a voice in the back of his head asked.

"SHUT UP!" Alpha mentally argued back.

"You can't make me; not as long as I am here in the back of your head, lover boy, and there's nothing you can do about it." the voice retorted back.

"Oh yeah? Just watch me!" Alpha mentally challenged the voice, "I'm going to Tappers," he said out loud.

Alpha decided he didn't want to be noticed and change into his Sonic saved character image as he entered the train tunnel to Game Central Station to head to Tapper's.

TAPPER'S (during open hours)

Alpha remained in the back hallway to the restroom. Occasionally, Tapper would come by to give him a quick, large mug of root beer float. He knew something heavy was on the boy's mind, and whenever he got the chance, tried to pry to help him out. In the end, Wolffang, as he now called himself, told him he would tell after closing time.

Little did Wolffang notice at the time, it was just about to be closing time and when the call sounded, Tapper came sat on the other side of the counter with a large mug of root beer float ready for Wolffang. Alpha rolled his eyes, and reluctantly took the seat across from Tapper.

"What about the customers? Aren't they going to invade on this conversation?" Wolffang asked trying to prolong the conversation.

"Not likely, I closed down the way in for minor repairs," he smiled.

Wolffang chuckled, "Clever old fart."

"So," Tapper began, "What's eating ya, mutt?"

Wolffang shook his head in humor from Tapper's remark and tried to speak his mind, "Let's just say I know this guy to make this easier, ok?" Tapper nodded. "This guy has always been the lone wolf and never need a special kind of someone in his life."

Tapper nodded, "Go on."

He never was interested in a life that involved… " Wolffang struggled to find the right words, "liking another uh, girl."

"Got you so far," Tapper waited for Wolffang to continue.

"They have been friends for a while and got real close like brother and sister, as I thought, " Wolffang paused as he drunk some of the root beer float, "But out of the blue, she kissed him on the cheek and now she has been plaguing his mind with the dilemma of knowing her as a friend or as a… well you know."

"Mmm-hmm," Tapper allowed him to finish.

"What should he do to keep himself from going insane?" Wolffang asked.

Tapper rested his chin on his thumb as he pressed his mouth against his closed fist in thought. Instead of just giving an answer, he decided to ask him some questions, "Well what is the two side of being just friends?"

"I don't know," Wolffang said, thinking about an answer, "I guess they would have a hard time being friends at all after that kiss. It might break that close connection," Wolffang took a sip of his dessert to think a bit, "But if they do go with it… it's just…" Wolffang struggled to think of a way to put it without giving away his secret, "It's a little complicated to explain my friend's side to get involved with anyone."

Tapper nodded, "Well, it looks like he's in a pickle."

"Tell me about it," Wolffang grumbled.

"Well, all I can offer for your friend is this: Take it easy and just continue like any other day to see how it goes," Tapper advised.

Wolffang nodded and took a large gulp of the root beer float and getting a brain freeze, "Well, let's start the normal day then, shall we?" he said painfully, with humor.

Just then, a racer from Sugar Rush walked into Tapper's and began to ask around the bar. The only reply she received was, "No." Then, she made her way to the bar to ask Tapper.

The racer sighed. "Excuse me, sir, but I was looking for another racer from my game named Roxus Cinnamus. I was just wondering if you had seen him."

Tapper shook his head, "Sorry, kid. I haven't seen him at all for the past two days."

Wolffang froze at hearing his Sugar Rush name being asked for. He tried to ignore it.

The racer sighed. "Oh, well. I just wanted to thank him is all." The racer turned away, with a sad expression on her face. "I'll just be on my way, then."

In case he had done something to anger this kid or cause any type of trouble, he just had to lay low and silent, but seeing her saddened expression, he decided to try and help. That is, if she wasn't looking for him to give him a pounding.

"I might be able to help you, kid," Wolffang said.

The racer turned around to look at the unfamiliar character, one eyebrow raised. "In what way? I doubt you've met the one I'm looking for."

Wolffang shrugged, "Well, if you want to turn away a helping paw then..."

The racer shook her head. "No, no, my apologies. It's just that if it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be here right now."

Wolffang raised a suspicious brow, "By that, do you mean you are angry at him?" he asked, thinking she was blaming him for putting her in a spot for trouble.

The racer chuckled. "No, no, it's nothing like that. To put it in perspective, I was 'locked,' " using air quotes, "until Roxus 'unlocked' me."

Wolffang relaxed a bit, knowing she wasn't out for his head. At least he now knew what the new upgrade was after beating the new time record, "Well, word is, if you haven't heard, that he tends to be all over the arcade. He could very well be in any game, having fun or making his own fun," Wolffang emphasized on the word 'making', "but I could get in touch with him if you'd like, for a small fee."

The racer raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "What kind of 'fee' do you want?"

Wolffang raised his hands defensively, "Not a fee from me, but a fee from him. He likes to do this thing with everyone just to mess with them, believe me."

The racer sighed, but nodded. "Alright, then. It's a deal. I'll be at Sugar Rush. You'd better come through for me," She held her hand out expectantly.

Wolffang looked from his hand to hers, "Are you sure paws counts for making handshake deals?" Wolffang joked and shook her hand.

"Alright, I'll be sure he gets the message." he assured her, "And who should I say is waiting for him there?" he asked, not knowing her name. It would be weird if he showed up, knowing exactly who he was looking for.

The racer smirked. "Tell him Flannery deBrulee is looking for him."

"Got it, Flan foot," Wolffang said and turned back to finish his root beer float.

Flannery rolled her eyes and walked towards the exit of the game, but not before downing half of her own root beer float.

Wolffang saw this in the corner of his eye, "Tell me, Have you ever heard of brain freezes?" he called out, making sure she heard the question after she downed half her float.

Flannery simply shrugged. "Unaffected. Internal metabolism is different because I'm supposed to represent creme brulee. Can't argue with video game physics," Flannery got on the train to leave and gave a final wave to the mercenary.

"Logic is for smart people, anyway," thought Wolffang to himself. Logic is for the human world. "Well, I better get back home, then," Wolfang said out loud, to himself, as he stretched out.

Tapper nodded, "Just remember what I told you for your friend's problem."

"Yeah, yeah. One game at a time; I know," Wolffang said as he got up to leave for Game Central Station. He made sure as he traveled down the tunnel alone that he switched into his Fix-It Felix Jr. character image before the train stopped. He figured that he will show himself to Flannery tomorrow. For now, he had to speak to Ralph about this.

HERO'S DUTY

Calhoun was at a table in the mess hall with her fellow soldiers. They discussed about if everything that Roxus and Vanellope nearly destroyed was fixed. As they began to talk about what else needed to be done, a soldier came up behind Sgt Colhoun and stood at attention to address her.

"Sgt Calhoun, I have a matter that needs your attention," the soldier reported.

Calhoun was irritated after a long day of fighting bugs and was now being disturbed from her time off. "Can't you take this up with the another authority? I'm off-duty." she grumbled.

The soldier shifted nervously, "Uh, yes Sgt., I would, but that matter specifically asked for you."

Calhoun grunted and turned, "What do you mean asked for…" and there she saw Vanellope hiding behind the soldier, nervous from the other stares of the bigger, battle-worn men. Calhoun quickly assumed the worst, "Alright, where is Roxus!"

Vanellope raised her hands in a defensive plea, "Wait, wait, I came alone!" Sgt Calhoun lowered her guard… a bit, "I, uh… wanted to ask you a question," Calhoun raised a brow, still wary of the little kid's intentions, "A girl question," she finished.

The men at the table began to snicker and joke about Vanellope wanting girl advice or any advice at all from Calhoun. Vanellope blushed in temperament and tried to pull her hood over her face. Calhoun turned to give a deadly glare at the men. Naturally, they fell silent and froze in fear. Some went back to eating in awkward silence while the rest made up tasks to do to avoid pressing on the subject even further.

Calhoun turned back to Vanellope with a sympathetic look and motioned with her head to come with her, "This way, squirt."

The two made their way to Calhoun's room. Vanellope saw that the room still had markings from their last visit there that Calhoun had been trying to get out. Calhoun gave a displeased look at Vanellope when she started to giggle from remembering that one day and the prank on Jean. Vanellope saw the set of armor that still had the colorful drawing of feminine images drawn by Alpha. This brought even more snicker from Vanellope.

"You had something to ask?" Calhoun reminded Vanellope in a bitter tone. Vanellope tried to hold her laughter, "Or did you come to clean this all yourself?" she threatened.

Vanellope calmed herself to remember why she was there in the first place. When she did, she began to feel nervous again and unsure of how to ask.

"Uh," she began meekly, "How do you know… or what is it when you uh…" she paused afraid of how to ask the question. "For the love of Smarties, get it together, Vanellope! It's just a small question. Stop making it so hard to ask!" she scolded herself.

Vanellope took a deep breath, "HOWDOYOUKNOWIFYOUREALLYLIKEA BOY!?" she blurted out in one breath. She cringed, fearing she may have made the wrong choice.

Calhoun kept a straight face as she first tried to translate Vanellope's rushed question. After understanding the question, but not knowing exactly who she was talking about, she decided to try and dig deeper into the question, "Who are you talking about, exactly, kid?" she asked, straight to the point.

Vanellope should have guessed she would, "It's… a boy you would know," she hinted.

Calhoun knew the names of the boys in Sugar Rush and faces of other boys she saw around the arcade, but there was one boy she knew on a personal level. Not a very pleasant one, but she knew him enough to never forget about and always keep an eye out for. After narrowing it down, Calhoun didn't want to believe it.

"Are you out of your candy-headed mind?! Why would you fall for a boy like that little warhead? That boy is as trustworthy as a starved wolf in the middle of a herd of unguarded sheep," Calhoun said, with the most unsupportive tone she could give, "For your own sake, kid, just forget about that little pest before he destroys your life in the process. It seems that's all he's good for."

After the scolding and assault against Alpha, Vanellope just went on a furious defense, "DON'T you talk that way about Alpha!"

"That's not even his real name kid and don't raise your voice to me!" Colhoun shot back.

Vanellope froze, since she had called Alpha by his real name, and felt relieved after Calhoun thought she was calling him Alpha because he liked that name better than the one he said he had in Sugar Rush. She was grateful that she had dodged that bullet, but now she continued defending Alpha.

"I call him want I want to call him! But I will not stand by and hear anyone else call insults at him and get away with it!" Calhoun was surprised to see Vanellope acting this way over any boy, "I came here to ask you about something that has been bothering me ever since I kissed Alpha's cheek. After that, he has been on my mind like the shell on a candy apple and has been driving me crazy! So, I am asking you now and you better tell me what is going on!?" She began to pant after she was done screaming at Calhoun.

Calhoun was caught off guard by the sudden outburst of anger from the small child and what she just said that she had done to Roxus, as Calhoun called him by. Now Calhoun knew what she was dealing with and what Vanellope was trying to figure out about herself. Now, she had to put it as plain and simple as possible so the kid would get it.

"Kid, there is no other way to say it and probably no other way to make you understand," she paused to check if Vanellope was giving her full attention, which she obviously was, "You are in love with Roxus."

Hearing those words caused a huge lump in Vanellope's throat and started to make her feel sick enough to puke. She turned a bit pale and a little wobbly at the legs.

When Calhoun saw this, she placed the kid against the bed to sit down and turned on a fan to give her some air.

"I.. I can't be in love," Vanellope said in denial, "I'm too young for that. Alpha is too young for that as well, isn't he?" Calhoun just sat on a stool and let Vanellope vented her thoughts and feelings to clear her mind, "Sure I like him, but love? Love is for smelly grown ups with all their yucky kissing on the lips and touchy-holdy grossness," Calhoun tried to keep her temper in check, "and then they get married and do all this other stuff I don't know about and… it's just that… I can't or... we can't be in love."

Calhoun decided to take another approach as Vanellope was still in deep thought over the matter, "How did the kiss taste?"

Vanellope then smiled as she began to remember that moment, "Like a sweet spicy flavor that just tingles my taste buds and warm. The smell of him is warm and spicy as well and tingles my nose like nothing I've tried before and…" Vanellope soon came back to reality and froze in shock that she had been talking about all this right in front of Calhoun, who had a warm smile on her face, "No! it's not like that! It's just I-he uh, we didn't, that didn't uh…. Stop looking at me like that, dooty face!"

That was all Calhoun needed to hear, "Is it so bad to feel embarrassed like this about him?" Vanellope seemed to calm down as she thought over the question, "What if he's thinking the same thing about you? What if he feels the same way about you?"

Vanellope looked back up to Calhoun with a bit of a blush and a hopeful expression, "Do you really think so?"

Calhoun chuckled a bit from the kid's innocence, "Look how about we make a deal. I give you my blessings if you let me talk to him to set him straight about not ever hurting you along the process."

Vanellope didn't want to have Calhoun just go and tell Alpha everything, but if it meant that she would help her out and accept Alpha, then she would allow it, "But we are still kids, aren't we?"

Calhoun gave her a stern look, "How old were you when your game was plugged in?"

"Nine," Vanellope answered not knowing where this was going.

"And how long has your game been on?" Calhoun asked again.

"Fifteen years, why?" Vanellope asked.

"I'd say that makes you twenty four years old psychologically. Also, Roxus looks to be twelve, and even though he was an upgrade, he has been a part of the game and that would make him twenty seven in psychological terms." Calhoun explained.

Vanellope had never thought of it like that about her, but Alpha was a different story. He had said once that his game was released only a year ago. That would make him only thirteen years old, but then, he seemed to have so much wisdom and experience from playing in worlds on other games that made him more grown up. He had told her of leading men and women into battle and seeing many die all around him. He had seen tragedy and horror beyond what any arcade could ever know. If that didn't mature you fast enough, then nothing would.

Vanellope finally nodded to Calhoun. Calhoun took that for the go ahead to go find Roxus, "Just rest here a bit to calm yourself, okay, squirt?"

"Okay," Vanellope replied meekly, "Oh Tammy?" Calhoun turned to look back at hearing her first name from Vanellope, "Thanks, miss pain in the brass," Vanellope smiled brightly.

Calhoun gave a warm smile, "No problem, brat."

GAME CENTRAL STATION

Alpha was just about to head into Fix-It Felix, Jr. until he felt something like a puff of air in his pocket. He reached inside and pulled out a small, round object. He suddenly turned pale and fear grew inside him at seeing the golden, round, cursed object.

Alpha then threw it out into the crowd so not to intentionally give it to anyone. He sighed in relief as it vanished from sight. But then, something dropped on his head. He grabbed what ever it was and saw it again. This time, Alpha threw it down into the tunnels of the trains, "Whoa, that was weird," he said to himself.

He rubbed the front of his face and right after his hand left his face, the object fell into his hand. "DAMN IT!"Alpha screamed in his mind. This time, he walked up to a dinosaur that was wandering the station. When it opened his mouth just enough, Alpha quickly threw the object in his mouth and took off.

Alpha then hid in behind the counter at the desk, "Well, that's all done, then. There is no way that thing is coming back now," he clasped his hands together in victory and soon his face fell as he saw it on his finger.

"Damn this ring," Alpha said, annoyed.

Okay, new change in plans. Alpha had to go see Eggman about this. Alpha just had to get rid of this ring... The Arisen's Bond.

YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST THOUGHT WOULD MAKE THIS INTERESTING ALONG THE STORY AND BRING MORE OF A PLOT. ALSO, THANKS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWERS FOR ASSISTING IN THE STORY. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUT THE NAME UNLESS TOLD OTHERWISE.