Chapter 2: Crumbelina's Transformation
"Location: Atlantica, The World Of Disney, March 12th 2087"
After realizing that her love for Timothy was real and she used the portal key to leave Litwak's Arcade, Crumbelina first went to San Fransokyo to see if any of the Big Hero 6 characters had a way of turning her into an adult. Unfortunately, none of the Big Hero 6 characters had a way of turning her into an adult, even though most of them were experts in technology, so she went to Retroville in The World Of Nickelodeon to see if Jimmy had a way of turning her into an adult. Unfortunately, Jimmy didn't have a way either, even though he was a boy genius. Crumbelina then realized that maybe one of the Little Mermaid characters had a way of turning her into an adult, so she headed to Atlantica.
When Crumbelina arrived in Atlantica, she traveled to Ursula's lair. Once she was at the entrance to the lair, she hesitated for a moment, but then took a deep breath.
"Come on, Crumbelina, you made it this far. You can't give up now. If there's any hope of ending up with Timothy, it's in here. Besides, Ursula's your friend. She's not going to hurt you." Crumbelina thought.
Crumbelina then walked inside. She made her way to the Main Hall, where she found Ursula using her supplies to make a new potion. Ursula looked up and noticed Crumbelina, and she smiled.
"Hello, Crumbelina. What brings you here?" Ursula asked.
"I've been looking for someone that can help alter my age and I figured that you could." Crumbelina replied.
"Ah, I see. Well, I actually do have a potion that does work like that. But before I consider giving you the potion, Crumbelina, I must know the reason behind it." Ursula said.
Crumbelina blushed again.
"Okay, but you can't tell anyone... at least, not yet." Crumbelina said. She sighed and then said "The truth is, I'm in love with Timothy... only, he happens to be an adult, but I'm just a kid.".
"I see. So, you want to become an adult so that you can be with him." Ursula said.
Crumbelina shrugged.
"More like to prevent him from becoming an outcast if we do end up together. I don't care about myself, but I'd rather not let him suffer." Crumbelina said.
Ursula smiled at her approvingly.
"Very well. One moment." Ursula said.
Ursula went over to her potion cabinet and came back with a potion bottle a minute later.
"This potion will make you whatever age you want, but it only lasts a month. That's thirty days total. In order to make the potion permanent, you must prove that your reason for taking it is good. In your case, Crumbelina, you have to get Timothy to love you back for real and kiss you." Ursula explained.
Crumbelina honeyglowed at the idea of Timothy kissing her.
"Uh, not that I'm complaining, but why does he have to kiss me?" Crumbelina asked.
"It's because a kiss always 'seals the deal' between couples, to put it metaphorically. Those who aren't meant to be together don't feel anything special from the kiss. and those who are meant to be together... well, I can't really describe what they feel since I never experienced it. All I know that they feel some sort of connection." Ursula replied.
Crumbelina thought it over. Maybe the reason that Tamora was more open to starting a relationship with Felix after they first kissed was because she felt a connection with him.
"Okay. I guess I understand." Crumbelina said.
Ursula poured her a glass of the potion.
"Oh, and one more thing. You can only take this potion once. Altering your age more then once could have a bad affect on you. For those who age naturally, taking the potion more then once might mess up their natural aging big time. As for those who constantly stay the same age... well, no one who stays the same age has ever taken the potion before, so I don't know what the affect might be. Even so, I'd rather not risk it. So once you turn back into a kid, that's it. You'll have to stay a kid for the rest of your life." Ursula said.
Crumbelina started to hesitate. She knew that if she did turn back into a kid before Timothy returned her feelings, she would end up spending the rest of her life wondering if she and Timothy weren't meant to be after all, of if they were and had just run out of time. And if Timothy did return her feelings but didn't tell her in time, that would be even worse. However, she finally decided that not trying at all would hurt even more then trying and failing.
"Well, here goes nothing." Crumbelina said.
She took a deep breath and drank the potion. After a few moments, she felt groggy. Her vision became blurry and her legs started to buckle. Ursula knew how the potion would affect whoever took it, so she put a large pillow behind Crumbelina. Sure enough, she collapsed onto it unconscious.
"Location: Atlantica, The World Of Disney, March 13th 2087"
Later, Crumbelina started to slowly open her eyes. She didn't feel too good.
"Ugh... where am I?" Crumbelina asked weakly.
"Your in one of the back rooms of my lair." Ursula replied.
Crumbelina's vision cleared up.
"Huh? Oh, Ursula. I forgot where I was for a moment." Crumbelina said.
"It's okay. What your experiencing is only a side effect of the potion." Ursula said. She then asked "Well, the potion worked. Do you want to see your new look or would you rather recover some more first?".
Crumbelina became confused.
"Recover a bit... so, I'm an adult?" Crumbelina asked. She then asked "It does explain my older sounding voice... wait, that means that my body grew larger. What about my clothes?".
"Don't worry, I put a spell on them so that they would enlarge whenever your body grew." Ursula replied.
"That's good. Okay, I'm starting to feel better." Crumbelina said with relief.
She slowly and carefully got up. She was feeling a lot better now, but she still had to get used to her new body. It wasn't long before she was walking around as if nothing had changed though. Then, she saw herself in the mirror and her mouth dropped open. She still looked the same, but only taller. Plus, her face wasn't as round and she... well, let's just say she had a woman's body. Crumbelina smiled.
"Wow, I actually look really good. I think I won't mind being an adult. Especially since I don't feel different on the inside." Crumbelina said.
Ursula shrugged.
"Yeah, well, the potion only changes you physically. It does nothing to your personality or anything like that. But you are right about your looks, though. Timothy sure is lucky." Ursula said.
Crumbelina honeyglowed a little.
"I'm lucky too. Lucky to have him in my life, that is." Crumbelina said. She then thought of something and said "Huh, my feelings for him didn't change either.".
Ursula smiled.
"Well, love does come from the heart." Ursula said.
"I'm glad to hear that. It makes me feel better about all this. Knowing that my love comes from my heart and nowhere else means that Timothy and I have a really good chance." Crumbelina said with relief.
"I'm sure you both do." Ursula said.
Crumbelina then gasped.
"Wait, how long have I been out?" Crumbelina asked.
"All day. It's almost morning, actually." Ursula replied.
Crumbelina started to leave.
"Well then, I'd better get back before anyone from the arcade sees me. I want the other racers to be the first to see me like this. Thank you so much, I'll never forget this." Crumbelina said.
Ursula smiled.
"No problem. And don't worry about you and Timothy. You practically risked your life to find a way to be with him. Since it looks like you love him more then your own life, then there's an extremely good chance of things working out between you two." Ursula said.
"Yeah, your right. I'd better get going now, I'll let you know how things go later. Goodbye, Ursula." Crumbelina said.
"Alright, goodbye, Crumbelina." Ursula said.
"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, March 13th 2087"
Crumbelina rushed back to Game Central Station. Once she arrived, she saw that some of the game characters were already going back to their games because the arcade was going to open in about a half hour, so she decided to just get back to Sugar Rush. And fortunately, no one saw what she looked like as she made her way through Game Central Station. Once she was in Sugar Rush, she went back to her house and quickly went inside. While she was heading to her house, she called Vanellope and told her to come to her house, and fortunately, Vanellope had enough time to make a visit before the arcade opened.
"Crumbelina? Wow, you did find a way." Vanellope said, upon arriving at Crumbelina's house and noticing her changes.
"Yeah, I stopped by at Ursula's lair and she gave me a potion." Crumbelina explained. She then said "Well, since I'm obviously not racing again, I'd better prepare a few things. First of all, this potion is temporary, so I'd better make a calendar to help me keep track of how much time has passed.".
Vanellope agreed to her suggestion and she and Crumbelina started walking back to Crumbelina's bedroom.
"Good idea. So, how do you make the change permanent?" Vanellope asked.
"Timothy has to return my feelings and, uh, kiss me." Crumbelina replied. She honeyglowed again and said "I hope I can hide my feelings well enough for him not to catch on. I want him to love me on his own.".
Vanellope nodded.
"Okay. So, what's the next thing we should prepare?" Vanellope asked. She then said "Oh wait, your appearance, of course.".
"Yeah, the gamers who visit the arcade would be pretty confused if they saw me as an adult while you and everyone else are kids, and that would be bad for the game, even though they know that we are alive." Crumbelina said. She then winced and said "So I'm going to, uh... alter my code a bit so that I still look like a kid to them. I should also alter my kart's code too so that it's bigger because there's no way that I'm making a new one.".
"Those are good ideas." Vanellope said. She then grabbed Crumbelina's hand and said "Come on, I'll help you get to the Code Room.".
Vanellope led Crumbelina to the castle and then brought her to the Code Room, and she then inputted the code that opened the door. Vanellope tied the licorice rope around Crumbelina's waist and held onto the end of the rope. Meanwhile, Crumbelina took a deep breath and swam out into the codes. She then headed for her code and touched it, opening it in the process. She read through the info, until she found her appearance description. Due to the potion, the description said that she looked like an adult, so she added 'And will always look like she is still a kid through game screens no matter what she looks like inside of the games'. She then found her kart description and altered it so that it was actually bigger inside the game, but still looked the same to anyone outside of the game. Once she was done, Vanellope pulled her out of the Code Room.
"Well, that should take care of that. I better check the Tiramissle to see if it worked." Crumbelina said.
"Right." Vanellope said.
They left the castle and went back to Crumbelina's house. Once there, they went into her garage, where she ket the Tiramissle. Sure enough, the Tiramissle was now a larger size, and it was now large enough for Crumbelina to drive it comfortably.