(Early January, 2021, outside the city)
Rancis stood in a small patch of land with his x wing fighter, making sure it was nice and clean, ready to fly. He loved his new hobby of flying, and he wanted to teach others to fly too, but he still had some things to learn himself. He was an ok pilot at best and he only knew how to fly this thing. Several of the other racers approached him.
"Hey Rancis, we're going to explore Deviantart. We're betting who can look at more disturbing pictures. You wanna come?" Candlehead asked
"No thanks, I think I'm gonna practice my skills flying" said Rancis
"Seriously? Give it up Rancis, you're not that great a flyer. You're at most a subpar racer" said Taffyta
This hurt Rancis. It seemed nobody but Ralph and Vanellope took his new interest seriously. Now would be a perfect time to fly. He got in his ship and took off into the sky. He started climbing, wanting to see how high he could get. The city wasn't that big, a mile at most right now. But he looked forward to seeing it expand. He could see everything up here, the castle, his house, the wreck of the ISD Dauntless in the ocean, the wreck of a Nazi zeppelin from the semi recent battle, and grass and snow as far as he could see, waiting to be developed on.
Rancis climbed higher into the sky, eventually stumbling upon an imperial star destroyer. He wasn't aware the imperials had another, it must've been where they chose to live. They sent tie fighters to shoot him down. Rancis dove and swerved around in the air, avoiding lasers being fired at him. Unluckily for him, he got hit bad, and his hyperdrive activated itself. Next thing he knew he was shot right out of the game and into the internet, and heading straight towards a website.
"This isn't good" Rancis told himself
Rancis' ship hit the ground hard and crashed into the website, which appeared to be some kind of store, as his ship ran into shelves of products and users browsing. He got out of the flaming wreck of his fighter, coughing violently before collapsing in front of what he assumed was a woman. Then everything turned black.
(Sometime later)
Rancis awoke to find himself bandaged up in some kind of office chair.
"Oh good, you're awake. I thought you were dead"
He rubbed his eyes awake to see he was being cared for by what seemed to be a teenage girl. She wore a yellow shirt, black skirt and boots, brown glasses, had green eyes, and yellow blonde hair like him which went nearly halfway down to her chest. She also had 3 cartoony bumblebees sitting on her head. The way she looked, she could almost pass off as a sugar rush racer.
"Where am I? What happened?" Rancis asked
"You're in my office, your weird looking plane crashed into my website. My name is Honey, Honey Potts. I'm the mascot of the Sweet honey treats corporation. These guys are my best friends, Buzz, Bumble, and Stinger" the woman said pointing to the bees on her head
"Sorry for crashing into your website Miss Honey, I was shot down by tie fighters and my x wing shot itself out of my game, and next thing I knew I was here" said Rancis
Honey seemed visibly confused.
"What's a tie fighter? And what's an x wing? And did you say game? Are you from the gaming district?" She asked
"My ship I crashed in is an x wing. I guess it's not important what a tie fighter is. And yeah I'm from there, been around for a few months, moved to the internet after my old home shut down" said Rancis
Honey seemed more confused.
"You have no idea what I'm saying do you?" Rancis asked
"Not really. I've never left my website, a stupid firewall prevents me from doing so. I'm too important I guess. But I don't mind, got everything I need, food, water, a tv, and I can do whatever I want" said Honey
"Some life. Look miss Honey, thanks for taking care of me, and I'm really sorry about crashing in here, but I should probably be heading home. My dad can fix me up real good" said Rancis
"Must sound nice. My parents abandoned me. But don't worry about that. And don't worry about the crash, I'll take care of it. It was nice meeting you" said Honey
Rancis made his way out of the office and downstairs towards the exit. One of honeys bees flew off her head and faced her
"Well, this has been an eventful day"
"Tell me about it. But not like we have much that goes on here. He must be someone of great importance if he's a kid who knows how to fly" said Honey "Maybe one day I'll get my wish of learning"
"The day you turn into a bee is when you'll get your wish"
"It could happen" said Honey optimistically "right now I want to know what a tie fighter is. As soon as the internet is restored to my website"
Rancis walked slowly back to Steam, passing by protesting spam. They seemed more angrier than usual. One of them tried to talk to him.
"Hey buddy, you gotta join us. President Trump had this election stolen from him and we need to-
"Get out of my face! I'm not in the mood" Rancis angrily told them
"Don't you care about the US? If Biden wins he'll-
"I SAID SCRAM YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF CODE! GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE!" Rancis snapped
This made the spam leave him alone. Last thing Rancis wanted to do now was discuss politics about a person he didn't even know or want to know about. After some more walking he made it back to world designer, going through the welcome center. He passed by a family of round yellow colored robots checking their codes in. One that looked like a little girl approached him.
"Hey mister, you ok? You look hurt"
"I'll be fine, whoever you are. My dad will fix my injuries in a jiffy. His magic hammer can fix anything" said Rancis
"Hammer make you feel better?" The girl robot asked
"This one does. Welcome to Litwak city, my friend founded it a couple months ago, I'm sure you'll like it here" said Rancis
Rancis continued walking and got halfway to his home before having to rest on a bench. He was cold, tired, it wasn't a good day. If he was a better pilot, he wouldn't have been shot down.
"Maybe Taffyta was right, maybe I'm not that good a pilot" said Rancis to himself
He heard someone crying approaching, and next to him, a yellow fox with 2 tails wearing a scarf and coat but no pants sat down.
"Hey, you ok?" Rancis asked "what happened?"
The fox sniffled and wiped his tears.
"Sorry, it's just that I just moved here, and no matter where I go, people make fun of me and my friends because of our game"
"You came from a bad game?" Rancis asked
"The worst game of 2014, Sonic boom rise of lyric. It wasn't my fault, why do people have to be so cruel to people like me? I'm just a pilot and inventor, I didn't make my game the way it was"
"It's ok. You'll fit in eventually. I've met people from terrible games, and they've settled in even with ridicule. My names Rancis Fluggerbutter, I used to live in a game called Sugar rush. What's your name?" He asked
"My names Miles, Miles Prower. But everyone calls me tails"
"Nice to meet you tails. So you're a pilot?" Rancis asked
"Yeah, I am" said Tails
"I'm learning to fly myself. My friends don't believe in me. Hey, you think you could teach me to be a better flyer? I'd love a second opinion. I have a friend who might be able to help you with your problem, and your friends" said Rancis
"I can teach you to fly sure, but I doubt you can help make me liked by others" said Tails
"My friend happens to run this city, she and her friend can do anything. Come on, let's go to my house. My dad makes a good cup of hot chocolate, and he's a great people person. He could cheer you up" said Rancis
"That does sound nice" said Tails