The next day Mazie showed up with her mom and dad. She looked really happy as she got off the train.

"Applelo!" She waved.

"Hey Mazie!" Applelo waved back.

They ran up to each other and hugged.

"Man I've missed you." Applelo said.

"I've missed you too." Mazie agreed.

"He's not the only one who's missed you."

Mazie looked past Applelo and saw a grinning Henreesa.

"And he's not the only one I've missed." Mazie grinned back.

Applelo let go and let Mazie go over to hug Henreesa. They stayed like that for a few minutes, until Applelo cleared his throat. Mazie and Henreesa then awkwardly let go.

"Say Mazie, how come your dad came too? I thought he was always busy." Applelo asked.

"He is but..." Mazie suddenly looked sad. "It's been harder to live on our land. Ever since you and your family left the other cowboys have been trying to kick us out so that they can have the land."

"Aw man...I was worried that would happen." Applelo frowned. "I wish the programmers hadn't made them like the cowboys on TV. You know, the ones who always fought the Native Americans."

"That's horrible." Henreesa was angry but controlled her temper.

"I know...but there is some good news with it." Mazie now smiled.

"Huh?" Applelo and Henreesa both said.

"My dad's been thinking of moving the tribe here." Mazie grinned.

Applelo and Henreesa looked at Mazie stunned, and then realized what that meant. They cheered and Mazie laughed with delight as well. The three of them then had a group hug.

The news spread to Vanellope, who decided that there should be another party to introduce the tribe to everyone. Even Mr. Candotte agreed due to liking the kingdom already. The tribe moved into the woods near the Westcider farm the very next day.

During the party that night everyone was having more fun than they did at the previous party. Sourward was nicer to Citrusella and Candlehead and Matlow were finally friends.

Also Bodhivian and Adorabeezle had really bonded, and Stormberry had bonded with Adorabeezle as well. Stormberry liked Adorabeezle's loyalty towards America, and was grateful that she had given Bodhivian a couple of inland sports that he could enjoy. Adorabeezle in turn liked Stormberry's cheerful personality and how she was kind and sweet towards everyone. It wasn't long before the two became like sisters.

Adamec and Swizzle also hung out with them, still good friends with Bodhivian and glad that he was learning how to ski and snowboard. They offered to help teach him, but Adorabeezle and Bodhivian said it was okay. Adorabeezle wasn't as good a skier or snowboarder as even Swizzle, so it was actually better that she teach Bodhivian first. Then once Bodhivian becomes as good as her Swizzle and Adamec can teach them both how to ski and snowboard even better. Swizzle and Adamec agreed that was a better idea.

Henreesa, Mazie, Applelo, and Madison and her friends were having a great time as well. They had even almost become somewhat of a group. This made Henreesa very happy, finally she had more than one close friend. Though she had to admit that she was only really close to Mazie, Applelo, and Madison. Madison's friends were okay, but they were into things that she wasn't really into. She did like sports and movies/music, but not as much as Ayda and Kerri. And Henreesa certainly wasn't into fashion like Skyler.

Torvald and Bitalo also were having a really good time. Bitalo had gotten a lot braver about the amusement park rides, and had even learned to enjoy a few of the scary ones. Torvald of course was very proud of him and was grateful that he wasn't mad at her for making him go on rides he had been scared of. In fact instead of being mad, he was grateful. After all he was the one who asked her to help him become braver in the first place and it was working.

Nougetsia and Charleston were also having a great time. They kinda missed Adorabeezle hanging out with them, but they were glad that she had made some new friends of her own. Besides, they had plenty of fun on their own.

The party really picked up when Charleston requested for some vintage songs to play...and to everyone's surprise (except for his parents, Adorabeezle, and Nougetsia) he sang along in the exact same voice of each singer. When he was done everyone applauded, but no one cheered as much as Nougetsia.

Only Crumbelina wasn't having a good time. She still regretted letting Graham trick her into dating him. Unfortunately, she had seen how much he really loves her and could also see how happy he was to be with her. Rejecting Gloyd was easy because he only had a stupid crush on her (the pranks being the stupid part), but rejecting Graham wasn't going to be easy at all. She really did like Graham as a friend and so was scared of hurting him.

But when they started slow-dancing, she had to admit that he was a really good dancer. She actually felt comfortable in his arms...though still didn't love him back.

Then later on the upbeat dances began. Everyone prepared to give Snowanna room...but got a surprise. Snowanna did go up to the dance floor as expected, but Pepsino had automatically followed her onto the dance floor without thinking. He was now so used to dancing with her that he was ready to dance with her again, forgetting that they weren't alone. Snowanna however hadn't forgotten.

"Pepsino?" She was surprised.

"Well yeah, come on aren't we going to dance?" Pepsino smiled.

"Well I am but uh..." Snowanna glanced around.

Pepsino did as well and realized what he had done.

"Oh no..." He started to get stage fright.

"Relax, just dance with me and you'll be okay." Snowanna smiled. "Remember: you are as good a dancer as I am."

Pepsino smiled gratefully. He and Snowanna then started to dance together. Soon he had forgotten about being in public again, and started to just have fun with Snowanna. By this point they had practiced dancing together enough to look as if they had been dancing together their whole lives. Everyone was amazed by Pepsino's dance moves, not having known before that he was as good as Snowanna.

"Wow, they're like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers." Charleston admired them.

"I'll say." Nougetsia agreed, having seen Fred and Ginger before thanks to Charleston.

When the music was done, everyone applauded for them. Snowanna just accepted the applause as usual, but Pepsino was really enjoying himself. His fear had completely gone, and instead he was feeling wonderful.

"Snowanna I think...I think I've completely gotten over my shyness." He grinned.

"That's wonderful!" Snowanna beamed.

"I know and...and it's all thanks to you." Pepsino gazed at Snowanna. "I couldn't have done it without you."

"Well, that's what friends are for." Snowanna grinned.

Pepsino grinned back.

"Friends." He agreed; finally he had a friend, and now he'll be able to become friends with the others as well.

A bit later on into the party, Bitalo finally noticed that Sourward seemed to be acting nicer to Citrusella. Tamora had seen it as well, she had been curious about Sourward ever since she first really saw him. After all, who better than her to see his broken heart?

"I'll be right back Torvald, I want to talk to Sourward for a moment." Bitalo said.

"No problem." Torvald smiled, having seen why.

"Sourward?" Bitalo said once he got close enough. "Can I talk to you?"

"Sure Bitalo." Sourward smiled. "Excuse me Citrusella."

"Of course." Citrusella shrugged.

Bitalo took Sourward out of earshot of the others. Tamora stealthily followed them after letting Felix know that she'll be back.

"Is it just me, or are you finally starting to become friends with Citrusella?" Bitalo said.

"Not exactly, it's just...you were right about the risk of me hurting someone innocent." Sourward admitted. "I really hurt Citrusella earlier and felt bad, so I decided to apologize and let her be nice to me without being rude to her. Also...I told her about..."

"Thembara." Bitalo finished. "It's good that you did, one of the best ways to let out your pain is to talk about it."

"I know...telling Citrusella actually did make me feel a bit better. She was really sympathetic about it." Sourward admitted. "But I'm still heartbroken."

"I understand, and you have every right to be." Bitalo gently put a hand on Sourward's shoulder. "I'm just glad you're finally starting to open your heart a little. Well, we should get back to the party now."

"You go ahead, I want to think for a moment." Sourward said.

Bitalo just nodded and left.

"You're not the only one with a broken heart lemon drop."

Sourward turned and saw Tamora.

"You too?" He guessed.

"Sort of." Tamora said before explaining her backstory.

"I'm really sorry." Sourward said sympathetically.

"I know, everyone is. However I learned to let go of it." Tamora smiled.

"How?"

Tamora explained about Turbo taking over Sugar Rush, and how that eventually led to her meeting Felix and them ending up together. Unsurprisingly, Sourward dropped his mouth open not too long into the story.

"So I learned that the best thing to do is to let go of the past and move on." Tamora finished.

"Yeah well it was easy for you." Sourward frowned. "At least your previous love sincerely loved you."

Sourward then told her about Thembara Sluggum. Tamora was a little caught off-guard, but not for the reason you think. Instead of getting mad about what Thembara had done she actually chuckled.

"I don't see how my broken heart is funny." Sourward scowled.

"I'm not laughing at you." Tamora smiled. "It's just your story reminds me of what happened to Markowski in our backstory, before things fell in the crapper. He brought in his Russian girlfriend one day and it turns out she was an intel spy for the enemy. She wiped our databanks clean...the commander was so mad." Tamora shook her head with fondness. "I went into enemy territory and got our information back...also left them a parting gift."

"What did you do?"

"Wiped their computers clean." Tamora grinned.

"Heh, too bad I couldn't find the courage to do that to the Sluggum company." Sourward shook his head. "But then again what had really hurt me was the fact that Thembara had never loved me at all... So, how is Markowski taking it now?"

"We can all laugh about it now. Even Markowski can get a chuckle or two out of it when he's not crying for his momma to keep the Cy-Bugs away." Tamora chuckled.

Sourward couldn't help but chuckle back.

"See. It didn't kill ya to crack a laugh now did it?" Tamora smiled. "Guess you aren't as bitter as you think."

"I guess." Sourward shrugged.

"Well you don't have to completely sweeten up. Heck I'm still bitter at times." Tamora shrugged. "Mostly when fighting Cy-Bugs, but sometimes out in public as well. All I'm saying is that you shouldn't let your past control your future because it might prevent you from having a future. Also, you can definitely trust Vanellope and all the other original Racers. Take it from me: they would never intentionally hurt someone good."

"Okay...I'll at least try."

"Good enough."