Inside the castle, Ralph, Felix, Vanellope, Sgt Calhoun, nicelanders, and Sugar Rush racers were chatting happily, in an attempt of celebrating the first anniversary of when Ralph saved the arcade.
"I guess we should really thank you so much, Ralph." Said Taffyta. "If it was not you at that time, our game would have got unplugged."
"Your welcome, Taffyta." Said Ralph. "I also helped your true ruler to regain her throne. Right, kid?" He asked Vanellope.
"Of course, Ralph! If it was not you, I would have lived as a glitch forever." Said Vanellope.
Just then, one of the Oreo Guards came in, and spoke. "President Vanellope! Sorry for interrupting, but the CLAW armored truck James Wilson has something to tell you."
"Oh really? Then please let him in." Vanellope ordered.
Soon, James came in, with Max hiding behind him.
"Hello, President Vanellope von Schweetz." James said.
"Hi, James!" Vanellope greeted. "What brings you here, fancy armored truck?"
"Well, looks like we got a company here."
"What is that?"
"Well here it is. Come out here, buddy!" James said. Then Max emerged from the back of James.
The others watched Max in amazement.
"Woah! Who is he?" Vanellope asked.
"This is Max Schnell the racing car. I found him during my patrol." James replied.
"Okay. So, what game did he come from?"
"Actually, President. He's from outside of the game."
Everyone was surprised at James's words.
"He's from outside?" Felix asked.
"Oh my god! Really!?" Candlehead asked.
"Yes, he does." James replied.
"Well then, how did he came here?" Vanellope asked.
James than turned to Max, and asked, "Max, can you tell them about it?"
"Okay sir." Max replied. Then he started telling how he came.
"Jeez, I never thought this would happen." Ralph said after Max finished telling.
"Me too, brother." Felix said.
"Hey Max. Why did you came to arcade in night?" Gene asked.
"Well, its because I was too tired of it."
"Tired of what?" Vanellope asked.
"Well, heres my story guys." Then Max started to tell his story.
When the story was finished, Ralph and Vanellope flinched. Max's issues were the exact ones that they had until Turbo was defeated. Felix, Calhoun, James, nicelanders, and racers also flinched. Felix and the nicelanders remembered the incident caused by Ralph on their 30th anniversary, and the racers remembered when they bullied Vanellope.
"Oh my land." Felix said shocked.
"The other race cars torment you?" Vanellope asked.
"Well yeah, they do. They always say that I'm just a loser and that I will never be a champion. What do you expect?" Max asked in a sad tone.
At this, everyone flinched again. Taffyta remembered the quote she said to Vanellope during the destruction of Likkety Split, "You'll never be a racer, because you're a glitch, and that's all you'll ever be!"
Ralph walked up, and spoke. "Look Max. We feel your pain. Me and Vanellope had once lived like that too."
"You do?" Max asked.
"Yeah, we did." Vanellope answered.
At this, Max smiled a bit.
"Hey, shouldn't we introduce ourselves to him?" Gene asked.
"Yes, we should." Calhoun said.
Soon, the others introduced themselves to Max.
"Nice to meet you guys." Max said. The others smiled in response.
"We're so good to meet you too, Max" Vanellope said. "But Jeez, you must have been so unhappy for those 5 years."
"I know." Max said. "I just want to get away from it."
"Don't worry, Max. You can attend on a different motorsport here!" Vanellope said
"Does that mean, I'm going to be a racer in here?"
"Of course! Since Sugar Rush is a kart racing game, we don't have any race cars. So you can be a first Sugar Rush race car ever!" Taffyta said.
"Then are you guys will be my friend?" Max asked. The others nodded.
"Yes! Now I have true best friends!" Max shouted in joy.
"We're so glad too, Max." Vanellope said. "But first, we gotta choose your candy theme."
"Oh really?"
"Of course." Jubileena said. "Each of us have our own candy themes."
"Say Max, what kind of tasty treat do you like?" Vanellope asked.
"Well eventually, I like unicorn pops and lollipops." Max said.
Swizzle was surprised at this. "Unicorn pops and lollipops? They're my theme!" He said.
"Really? Then how is your kart look like?" Max asked.
"My kart looks like this." Said Swizzle, showing Max the picture of his kart, the Tongue Twister.
"That's a cool looking kart." Max said.
"Thanks Max." Swizzle replied.
"So that your candy theme is chosen, we gotta make a code for him." Vanellope said.
"We'll help you, Vanellope." Taffyta said.
Soon, Vanellope and the racers finished making Max's code.
Let's go down to the code room!" Vanellope said. Then she grabbed the konami code, written on a Tapper's napkin.
Everyone went down to code room, and Vanellope, using the konami code, unlocked the door. She then threw Max's code inside. It floated, and started to make its way to other codes by itself.
When it reached, it started to get connected to the wires. When it finished, Max started glitching. After that, Max realized he was in a different outfit. He had a same body as normal but with unicorn pop color, purple light bar attached in front of his body, lollipop wheels, a spoiler similar to Tongue Twister's but a bit wide, and a unicorn pop stick pointing out from his butt. In fact, because of this, he almost looked like a racing car version of Tongue Twister.
"I kinda feel like I've turned in to a unicorn pop." Max said.
"You almost look like my kart, Max!" Swizzle said.
"I think I do, Swizzle!" Max said. "Vanellope, I'm a game character now right?"
"Of course you are, Max!" Vanellope replied. "Since your code has been connected, you're a race car of Sugar Rush now! Welcome to Sugar Rush, Max!"
"Welcome to Sugar Rush, Max!" The other racers shouted.
"Thanks, guys. Now I think I can get away from those misery times." Max said.
"Oh by the way Max, I want you to look at this." Said Vanellope, giving Max two sheets of paper. One was showing the race track of Sugar Rush, and another one was showing the power-ups.
"These seems like tracks and power-ups of this game" Max said.
"You got it, Max. It would be helpful for your race if you study them." Vanellope said.
"Got it, President." Then Max studied the papers. Some seconds later, he gave them back to Vanellope. "Now I get it, President."
"Good. You're ready for race right?" Vanellope asked.
"Of course! But, how should I do in here?"
"Good question. If you want to be part of the roster, you need compete in Random Roster Race."
"Random Roster Race? What is that?"
"It's a race that determines the 9 racers who will appear in the roster next day." Rancis said.
"Oh I get it. So what?"
"Here's the thing." Vanellope said. "Like I said before, you need to compete in Random Roster Race to become part of the roster. You must pay one gold coin to participate. If you finish higher or same as 9th, you'll be added to the race roster, and gamers can choose you as their avatar. Then, they get to control you to race. You can also win a trophy here."
"Boy, that sounds simple." Max said.
"Hey kid, since he's from outside, why don't we show him how our world looks like?" Ralph asked Vanellope.
"Oh that could be a good idea." Vanellope said. "But first, let's go back up." Then everyone went back to throne room.
At there, Vanellope ordered the racers and James, "Guys, I'm going out now, so I want you all to wait until I come back.
"Yes President." The racers and James replied.
Then Ralph, Felix, Vanellope, Calhoun, and Max went away.
