A full day had passed since Vanellope was kidnapped, and Sugar Rush was on a full lockdown. Sour Bill took over as acting President, since he knew what most of the duties entailed. Nobody was allowed in or out of Sugar Rush until Vanellope was able to be found.

Rancis and Taffyta had recovered from their injuries and they, along with the other racers, and the Pastry Police were spread out far and wide to find Vanellope. Candlehead had told the police about the mysterious racer; the glitch who had kidnapped Vanellope, and hurt Rancis and Taffyta and were on the lookout for him as well. After a few hours of searching, Rancis, Taffyta, Candlehead and Gloyd met Sour Bill back at the castle.

"I don't understand!" Rancis yelled. There's not a lot of places for someone to hide here, yet this guy and Vanellope seem to have disappeared completely from the game!"

"He couldn't have left the game!" Taffyta said. "If he's a true glitch and not just bugged like Vanellope, he'd have nowhere to go!"

Gloyd was trying his best to keep things under control. "Now calm down!" He said. "There's no doubt that he's still in the game. We just have to figure out where he is."

Rancis was thinking. He wanted to find the guy and make him pay for kidnapping Vanellope and whoever put him up to the task. The words that the boy said kept repeating in his head.

"I have a feeling I'll meet you again. In the world beyond the looking glass."

"He said something about, "the world beyond the looking glass."" Rancis said.

Sour Bills eyes widened. "Did you say, 'a world beyond the looking glass?'"

Rancis nodded. "That's where he said we'd find him."

Sour Bill shook his head in disbelief. "But there's no way he could be from the Mirror Racer world!"

Suddenly, everyone's attention was on Sour Bill.

"The Mirror Racer world? What is that?" Taffyta asked.

"The Mirror Racer world is an alternate world deep inside the game." Sour Bill replied. "I learned about it from King Can- I mean Turbo, when he went inside the games code." He recalled in his head the times Turbo, in the guise of King Candy, went into the code of the game to alter it to his liking. "The Mirror World is a world where the Mirror Racers live. They live for Time Trials, a mode that's scrapped in this game. They can only cross over to this world when a gamer is playing that mode; there's no way a racer could have come here from there. It's impossible."

"Well he had to have gotten here somehow!" Taffyta thought for a second. "Remember when Vanellope showed us the hidden place in Diet Cola Mountain? What if there's another hidden area like that?"

Rancis thought about it. "Maybe there's a place in the game that connects this world with the Mirror World! But where could such a place be? There could be hidden areas all over Sugar Rush!"

"It could take forever to find another spot like that!" Candlehead said.

Sour Bill nodded. "I'll tell the Pastry Police to keep an eye out for suspicious places. If they find something, I'll let you know…"

Rancis sighed and nodded. "Alright. We'll keep looking also." Rancis knew that time was counting down. He had already wasted enough time in the castle infirmary. Now six days were left. He didn't know what the enemy was planning or how it involved Vanellope. All he knew was that he had to find her and bring her home.

Somewhere, in another place a figure cloaked in shadow sits on her throne. At her feet lays Vanellope and bowing to her, was the boy who committed the kidnapping.

"Ah, Clair LaCrèmecape, I see you were successful on your mission."

"Yes, Milady." He replied. "I have brought you Princess Vanellope. You were right about her. She possesses the ability to glitch even though she's a real racer."

"Yet you were able to subdue her?"

"Indeed, Milady." He said. "It was through the powers you granted me when I was awakened, that I was able to complete my task."

"Very good, Clair." She sounded very pleased. "I also trust you weren't seen or followed?"

Clair swallowed nervously. "I regret to say, that I was seen by the Princess' guards and her friends." He looked up to her. "But I had managed to subdue them, and I wasn't followed…"

"I see…" His leader sounded mildly annoyed. "I was hoping you'd complete your task with no mistakes."

"I apologize, Milady. I did not mean to disappoint." He bowed apologetically

She sighed. "I suppose it doesn't matter. I don't expect the way to this world to remain hidden for long. By the time the inhabitants of the other world find it, my plan will already be in motion." Her voice became pleasant again. "You did well, my knight. You can go."

He bowed once more. "Thank you, Milady Marzipanne." He turned and left the throne room.