Universal Zone: A Wreck-it Ralph Fiction 3

Chapter 3: 1 Week Later...

"Alright... Where to start...?

Well, I bet you know who I am already. I'm Wreck-it Ralph, and I suppose today, was another day of work. One week; hooo... boy. Has it been that long already? Man. Who would've known that life in Universal Zone would be so busy; I mean... We've never been this popular; not even back at Litwak's. Okay sure, we were popular then, but here, we're REALLY popular!

More than 30 years I've been in this arcade biz, and in all my years, my game has never been played with so much. Even Felix agrees with me on this. Okay sure, I don't mind the attention, but hey, now I know how those armored guys in Hero's Duty feel. But I can't complain. Yeah I get thrown in the mud more often, and we don't really get to rest for long, but that's the job.

But, this whole Universal Zone thing isn’t half bad. True, we often forget how huge the place is. Felix is having a hard time visiting Sergeant Calhoun since the Shooters Wing is pretty far from the our wing, and he tells me that she’s usually surrounded by guys in suits and soldiers in fatigue or something, I dunno. And Vanellope's keeping herself busy too in her wing; I've barely even see her outside her game, but at least we still get to see her after work. Sugar Rush must be pretty popular with the kids. As for me, things are still the same: get through the day, smash the building, and get thrown off the roof, you know how it is.

All in all, things have been going well for me." dictates Ralph on his opinion on his first week in Universal Zone, and being the last to share.

A series of casual applauses echoed around the small room. Seated in a circular fashion, everyone from Bad-Anon, the bad guy council group from Litwak's, was present.

"Nice share as usual, Ralph," Clyde commented, as the orange ghost floated about with his usual stoic face, "First off before we end for the night, I'd like to congratulate all of us for first week here. Also, I have a quick announcement: Universal Zone will, not only be providing us with a new meeting place for future Bad-Anon Meetings, but more members to join us."

The Bad-anon members give chatters of approval and excitement to the news.

"I have not been informed yet of the new location, but I will keep you posted for future updates. Any questions? None? Okay, now let's close up with the bad-guy aftermation."

All of the Bad-Guys of Bad-anon soon stand from their seats and join hands. In unison, they recite the Bad Guy Aftermation.

"I am bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."
"Alright gang, see you next week," Clyde said, as everyone began leaving, "Make sure you haven't forgotten anything important, and be sure to look out for further announcements about out new meeting place.

Ralph, along with the other bad guys, follows the accustomed path from the meeting room, which was the Ghost Pen of the Pac-Man game, and straight to the exit. They all board the tram, and head straight back to the Retro Wing Game Universal Station. From there, the bad guys leave the Pac-Man station, to head back to their respective games. As for Ralph; waiting for him at the entrance was no other than Mr. Fix-it Felix Jr. and Mrs. Sgt. Tamora Calhoun, who decided to come to the Retro Wing to meet him. Ralph gives a smile and approaches the couple.

"What too you so long, Wreck-it?" Calhoun would ask, "We were about to leave without you."
"Sorry about that." Ralph replies, "Meeting too longer than expected."
"Well c'mon! We're gonna miss Vanellope's Roster Race."

With that, the three make there way to the Universal Tram, which was on a route to the Racer's Wing.

"So Ralph?" Felix asks to his big colleague, "What was the meeting about?"
"Well, we were just talking about everyone's experiences over the past week." Ralph replies, in a rather casual tone. He then turns to Sgt. Calhoun, "What about you Sergeant? How did Universal Zone treat you?"
"Well, can't complain..." Tamara replies to Ralph's question, "But I have to admit... I'm pretty proud of the Universal Zone Gamers. They really know how to work together as squad and actually make it to the top of the Tower, and actually beat that sickening Cy-Bug Queen..."
"Really? Sounds nice..."
"Not a lot of people back at Litwak's could pull that off, and it gives me a chance to finally say those pre-programmed lines I have..."

Hero's Duty...

Our Heroes have fought through an almost endless swarm of Cy-Bugs, finally reaching the top of the Research Facility, and confronting the Cy-Bug Queen, and taking it down once and for all... Soon they returned home for a heroes' welcome.

"Congratulations Soldier, it is my honor to bestow upon you: The Medal of Heroes!" the colonel would say to the squad of four, the many soldiers, dressed in formal military attire give them a salute, "History would long revere your courage and sacrifice. You have echted into the rock of virtue, a legacy beyond compare. You are the universe's greatest Heroes. The living embodiment of what this corps. represents: Bravery, Integrity, Grace under Pressure, and above all: Dignity. Congratulations once again, for you have fulfilled the greatest duty of them all: A Hero's duty..."

The Heroes relish in their victory. They then face their Sergeant Calhoun; but she didn't look happy.

"You did good, rookies. But don't let that medal go to your heads..." she says, before looking to the horizon, "As of now... We're in the big leagues... and it's not over yet...!"

"Wow... Sounds pretty intense..." says Ralph.
"Not really..." Tamara replies, sounding more bored that pleased, "Pretty much after that, I had to say the same thing, over and over..."

Ralph and Felix chuckle to the irony of being a videogame character and the usual repetitiveness that comes with it, while Tamora rolls her eyes while giving a smirk.

Meanwhile, waiting at the Racing Wing Tram Station, Vanellope Von Schweetz was sitting alone on a bench, waiting for her three friends to arrive. She felt so excited that she thought she might burst. It was closing time of Universal Zone and most of the video game characters were exiting their games and the place was crowded as usual. Her little legs rocked back and forth as she eagerly waiting for the sight of her friends, she had so much to tell them.

"Oh... what's holding them up?" She mumbled to herself.

She waited a few more minutes but to her it felt like hours had past. She finally caught sight of the Universal Tram pulling into the station, and her friends, Wreck-it Ralph, Fix-it Felix Jr. and Sgt. Tamora Calhoun, disembarking. She immediately stood up and ran towards them.

"Hey guys, what took you so long?" She greeted, "I've been waiting for forever!"
"Sorry Vanellope," Felix apologized, his hands cupped together to his chest, "But we had to wait for Ralph to finish his Bad-Anon meeting."
"Man, you bad guys talk too much." She snickered and so did Calhoun.
"Well... uh... I can't argue with that." Ralph conceded and everyone shared a good laugh. Ralph then realizes something, "Hey shouldn't you be having a Roster Race at the moment?"
"Oh nevermind that for now! I have exciting news." Vanellope announced, "Now, my royal subjects have a seat!"

Her three friends take a seat on the bench and she stood in front of them. They stooped down a bit since Vanellope wasn't that tall.  

"Now, I'm gonna tell you guys about what has happened since we first got here!" She started.

Back at Litwak's, the demo race was playing as usual since no one was playing with our game. Things went on as usual; everyone in the roster was getting ready for another good day of racing but then everything just suddenly went black. It felt like going to sleep without a dream and it felt so scary. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew that we got unplugged and next thing I knew I was still in the same place I was before we got unplugged. Everyone rushed to the Royal Raceway and it was a relief that all of us were safe. Once I was sure that everything was okay, I told Sour Bill to watch over things for the time being and I went to check out things out of our game. And man was I surprised. That Sweeper Lady told me everything about it and I couldn’t believe it myself. I went exploring a bit and then I saw it…


"Saw what?" Ralph asked out of the blue.
"Don't interrupt Ralph!" Vanellope pouted, and crossed her arms "I'm getting to the good part, now where was I?"
"Um… I believe you were at the… ahem." Felix clears his throat and imitates Vanellope’s voice. "And then I saw it!"
"Oh yeah" Vanellope said, "So... And then I saw it! SUGAR RUSH 2! My game has a sequel! Can you guys BELIEVE IT?!"

Ralph, Felix and Calhoun exchanged confused looks, baffled at the news.

"Wow... that IS some exciting news." Ralph commented, "Felix and Calhoun over here were planning on touring around the arcade, why don't we give it a visit?"
"About that..." Vanellope smiled coyly, "I... uh.... actually... have been doing that almost every day since I found it... and um... even when the arcade was open."
"YOU WHAT!?" the three of them said in unison.
"You left your game during open hours!?" Felix questions, in great worry.
"Vanellope, Game-jumping is dangerous!" Calhoun reminded her, "You should know better than that."
"Ah come on Sergeant Scoldy-pants, loosen up a little." Vanellope replied nonchalantly, "Besides, Sugar Rush has a random roster anyway; no one would find It weird that I'm not there."
"Well, she does have a point, Tammy." Felix agreed, "But what about the people from Sugar Rush 2? Surely they still had to go on with their daily business."
"I just watched with the crowd for the first couple of days, and I just HAD to meet the racers there, so I went and introduced myself to them yesterday." She chuckled.
"Racers? Well it is a sequel so I guess it'd still be a racing game." Ralph said, "Please tell me there's not another you."

In Ralph's mind, he imagines two Vanellopes, and how much "chaos" they could cause. Vanellope smirked at him and Ralph instantly knew her answer. He rested his head on his large palms and groaned, but then Vanellope's expression changes.

"To tell you the truth: she's nothing like me." Vanellope admits, but then her zeal returns in an instant, "As a matter of fact, everyone there is so different, yet so alike! They're taller and more grown up too. Taffyta, Rancis, Candlehead and everybody else were there too. But there were some new guys that I didn't know about."
"Must've been quite the adventure eh, short-sweets?" Calhoun said, acknowledging Vanellope’s enthusiasm, "Mind telling us a bit more on the way there, we killed a good amount of time listening to you."
"My pleasure!" Vanellope cheers, as her three friends get off from their seats to go to the Sugar Rush 2 Gate. This gave Vanellope more time to talk, "So..."

On Monday, I told Sour Bill and everyone to have the Roster Race without me because I wanted to have a little me-time for once. I took the opportunity to sneak off to Sugar Rush 2. The hardest part was getting past that Security Lady. I managed to talk my way through her, telling her that Sugar Rush was a random roster game, so it was okay that I'd be going around in open hours. She did lecture me, but luckily, she went easy on me.

The moment I got there, I felt so taken back by how cool everything was, from the graphics to the gameplay! Everything was familiar, but new! Everything was more vibrant and colorful while the races are faster than ever! Along with new tracks and racers and power-ups! I stayed with the crowd and no one seemed to notice me. Day by day since Monday, I came back to see more and every single time, it still blew me away. Now I should tell you when I saw...

"Let me guess, Sugar Rush 3?" Ralph joked. Vanellope shot him a glare.
"Ralph, you're interrupting again!" Vanellope snapped. She then recalls what she was saying, "Let me continue and no more interrupting this time."

I saw her, or better yet, me! She looked older and was called princess, but there was no mistaking it; she was definitely nobody other than Vanellope Von Schweetz! AKA: ME! She was really fast too; she could take hard corners like it was nothing to her and her weapons almost always hit their mark. 'Course, she lost sometimes, but she’s not a sore loser or a stuck-up winner. No surprise for a grown-up me. So on Friday I decided that I’d introduce myself to all of them.

Friday Afternoon in Sugar Rush 2:

Vanellope stood in the middle of a crowd of living sweets, all of them cheering on their favorites from the stands while their eyes were glued to the Jumbo-Tron that showed the status of the race. The screen focused on the current leader of the race: Candlehead. Candlehead looked almost exactly the same as her counterpart from Vanellope's game, just taller, with longer hair and a few more minor details. On a smaller screen at the side, she could see a map that represents the track they were racing on. The finish line was nearing but so were the racers behind Candlehead. Two small icons that resembled the faces of two racers were closing the gap between them and the lead. The first represented Princess Vanellope, the other was unfamiliar to Vanellope, a boy with spiky, gelled back blonde hair and thick black shades.  

They arrived at a steep downward ramp which gave them a boost to their speed. The Princess and the blonde-haired boy still trailed behind Candlehead but were dangerously close. They passed through a row of sugar-cubes labled with a question-mark, that gave them random power-ups.

"POWER UP!" An announcer blurted out from the Jumbo-Tron. The boy and Candlehead were able to obtain one each. Candlehead obtained a single Cherry-Bomb, which she dropped behind her. Her two chasers however were able to evade it, long before it exploded.
"Aw no!" Candlehead pouted.

The boy's power up, however, was still randomizing. Then, a large, confident grin formed on his face.

"Hey girls, I hate to break it to ya', but…" The boy said out loud, "This race is as good as mine!"

He then quickly pulls a lever in his car, and his car gives out a very loud roar, as he sped past both Princess Vanellope and Candlehead, leaving a literal trail of fire and rubble in his kart’s wake; messing up the track and drastically hindering the driving of his opponents.

"SWEET-CRET WEAPON!!!" The announcer blurted out again. The boy drove past Vanellope and Candlehead, who did what they could to maintain handling, but it was almost impossible. With the use of his Sweet-cret Weapon, the boy finishline without much problem afterward.

Vanellope looked with awe at what just happened.

"They never had stuff like that in my game..." She mumbled to herself, "And still gets me every time I see it!"

The race ended with the blonde-boy in first place, Candlehead in second, and the Princess in third. A short awarding ceremony proceeded with the awarding of the trophy to the winner and gold coins to those who came up at least third.

And with that, the day's races were done and Vanellope hopped down to meet the racers. She ran as fast as she could, but the racers had already hopped back into their karts, and taken off to the direction of the castle. Vanellope sighed but still, sequel or not, she knew her own castle inside and out. Full of excitement, she made her way to the castle.

It took her a while, but she finally arrived at the gates. She goes up to the big front door and knocks. The door slowly opens with a loud creek. At the door, was a green gumball-like person.

"Mmmm-yeeees?" A familiar monotonous voice ringed out.
"Whoa..." Vanellope says in amazement as she studied the green gumball, "You haven’t changed a bit have you?"
"Who're you?" The green gum drop stared at her dumbfounded, but still stoic, "And why do you vaguely resemble the princess when she was younger?"
"Oh yeah… you don't know about me do you?" Vanellope said, "Don't worry, I won’t do anything bad. I just came to visit!"
"If you say so…"  Sour Bill lazily agreed and let her in, "If you’re looking for the Princess, she is in the Relaxation Room. It's in…"
"The second door to the left from the west wing." Vanellope interrupted and gave Sour Bill a toothy grin, "I know my way around here..."

Without another word, Sour Bill of Sugar Rush 2, which didn't really differ from Vanellope's, toddles off and returned to whatever he was doing beforehand. Vanellope continued on her way down the familiar hallways towards the Relaxation Room.

"Wow… the castle looks exactly the same except…" she said to herself. She then moves closer to a curtain and felt it and the the walls with the palm of her hand, "Everything feels so… detailed!"

Vanellope pondered on with all the changes from her game, before she continued down the hallway. She soon arrived at her destination. From the hallway, she heard voices from inside and waited outside the door a bit to hear what was happening.

"Oh, princess, I love your nails." A female voice giggled from inside
"And your hair is SO luxurious!" Another voice chimed in.

The voices, along with laughter and water splashing about, continued on and it seemed like they were having a get-together. To Vanellope; it was the perfect opportunity to introduce herself to ALL of the new Sugar Rushers. She knocked on the door and waited anxiously. After a few moments, the door slowly creaked open and a boy’s head peered out.

"Hello? Can I help yo--waaaah?!" he literally screamed in shock.
"Mack, who’s at the door?" a female voice from inside asked.
"It's… um… you see…" He stuttered in disbelief and Vanellope stared at him with her hazel eyes. "It's… you… princess… I think...?"
"What do you mean it's me?" The voice replied confusedly, "I don't what what's going on, but let whoever that is, in."
"O-ok… If you insist..." the boy called Mack obeyed and opened the door a bit more to let Vanellope in.
"Hello!" Vanellope greets, as she hops into the room, with her arms up.

Vanellope had just hopped into the Relaxation Room, where the racers go to relax and rejuvenate. In simplest description: it was a pool-slash-luxury-spa room. The racers inside were all clad in their own swimwear tailored to fit their specific character. Vanellope's sudden appearance draws the attention of just about everyone in the room, and they were pretty surprised.

"Who is that?!"  A voice blurted out from a corner of the room.
"Whoa! What da fudge?!" another yelled in surprise.

Shortly after, the entire room was in chaos, people were shouting out in astonishment at Vanellope and some of them even backed away a few paces out of sheer shock.

"AHEM!" one voice exceeded the rest. The noise stopped and all eyes were looking at the same person: Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz. She stood up from her poolside chair, clad in her royal swimsuit, and approached Vanellope. She stooped down a bit to look at her eye to eye. Vanellope took a moment to examine her older self, and had a mix of both awe and jealously.
"Little girl, who are you?" she asked gently, "And why do you look like me?"
"It’s because I am you!" she replied, flashing a big smile. "I’m you from the first Sugar Rush!"

Everyone exchanged looks and then quickly circled around the two Vanellopes.

"So, you’re from our game's prequel." The princess concluded, "That would explain why you look like me; how silly of me to not have noticed. It's okay everyone! Back to relaxing."

From there, everyone in the room calmed down, but they were very curious about Vanellope.

"Ain't that something?" the blonde haired boy who won the race earlier said, "Another princess, eh?"
"President." Vanellope corrected, "I'm the president in my game."
"What's a president?" the princess asked, " I don’t recall being a president when I was younger…"
"A president is sorta like a princess, not much difference really, we're both basically our game's leaders." Vanellope explained, "Besides, you’re not supposed to remember something like that! I became president on my own."
"I see…" Princess Vanellope said, "So why have you come to us today?"
"To meet all of you guys of course!" Vanellope excitedly shouted out. "I just had to meet you guys after seeing you all race that awesomely!"
"Well then… sorry for the ruckus earlier." The princess said, "As you know, I'm Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz."
"Well... ah-DOI! I already know who you are! And the rest of you guys since you appear in my game too." She says, pointing to all of the familiar returning racers, who appeared in the first Sugar Rush, "But who are you guys?"

Then she gestured to the unfamiliar faces of the new racers she had no clue about.

"I'll start then," the blonde-haired boy with shades said, "Name's Rocky; Rocky Rhodes. I can personally tell you that I am one of THE best racers in this game. Heck, I can even give the Princess herself a run for her sweets. Proven when I won t'day's race, earlier."

"EEEEEE-YAY-YAH!!!" blurts out a dark-skinned guy with back licorice dreadlocks and funky shades, as he jumps next to Rocky, while he flailed his arms around as if he was dancing.
"Whoa! Who's he?" Vanellope asked, pointing at him.
"Him? Oh that's Snap Cracklepop or "C-Poppin'," as he calls himself. We call him Snap." the Taffyta of Sugar Rush 2 says, whilst licking on a strawberry lollipop, "Don't mind him if he starts doing all sorts of random things, it's normal."
"Then, allow me to introduce myself next," an elegant looking girl, dressed in a fancy designer swimsuit, stepped towards Vanellope and gave her a curtsy. "My name is Cremderella Chezwick, everyone calls me Crem for short, though."
"Nice to meet you, Crem." Vanellope smiled and held her hand out to be polite as well.
"If it's all the same, though…" Crem said as she shook Vanellope’s hand and moved her head a bit closer to Vanellope's, "I would love to tailor a dress just for you, It would look so cute on you, and I could also modify it for your personal preferences and…"
"Um… sorry," Vanellope interrupted, "I don't really do dresses. The only one I have is back at my castle. And it's just collecting dust in my wardrobe."
"C-collecting dust? D-don't l-like d-d-dresses...?" Crem stuttered as if she were about to blow up, "I-I'm sorry... I need a moment..."

Crem then sulked in the corner, and gave off an eerie aura. She didn’t say much after that.

"Is she ok?" Vanellope guiltily asked her older self, "Did I say something wrong?"
"Don't worry," the older Vanellope chuckled, "Crem's a nice person; she just loves dresses way too much."

The princess looked around the room and spotted someone trying his best not to draw any attention to himself.

"Hey Mack, come on over here," she called out to the boy standing alone in the corner, "I want to introduce you to my mini-me."
"O-ok..." he responded weakly as he slowly made his way across the room to where the two Vanellopes were.
"This is Mack Ademia." the princess started as she introduced him to Vanellope, his bangs covered most of his upper face and he wore glasses under them. "He's been my friend ever since we were little; he's a bit shy though."
"Wait… If you two have been friends since you were little, and I’m technically you when you were when you were little, how come there's no one like him in my game?" Vanellope asked.
"Um… I'm not much on racing..." Mack shrugged bashfully, "And I kind of stopped after um...something happened..."

Vanellope wanted to probe more, but she decided to be polite and leave it at that. But course, Vanellope's curiosity about the new racers over-lapped her curiosity for Mack's "something", and continued with the introductions.

"Hey, what about you?" Vanellope said as she hopped towards a girl sitting at the edge of the pool, squeezing poolwater out of her green hair.
"Me? My name is Cerri Razzleblossom." She replied.
"She's my sister!" Candlehead jumped in from out of nowhere and gave Cerri a tight hug.
"Candlehead has a sister?!" Vanellope cried out in surprise, "But you’re not in my game either..."
"Ah yes…" Cerri began explaining, though she found difficulty in speaking since Candlehead was still hugging her, "I believe it's because I was travelling off to a foreign land to the east, to find the true meaning of balance and beauty, as a Geisha."
"Geisha? What’s that?" Vanellope tilted her head
"It means that my sis can dance all elegantly and do all sorts of cool things." Candlehead explained and pointed to another racer who was meditating in the side. "He's from that foreign place too!"

Not only was the racer meditating at the side, he was meditating on the surface of the pool water. Vanellope carefully walks over to the mysterious racer, and looks in astonishment at the sight. In an instant, the racer's eyes shoot open, and he leaps from the water, and in a flash, lands behind Vanellope.

"WHOA!?!" Vanellope yelps. The racer does not reply, instead, looks to young Vanellope with his piercing stare; his dark raven hair flowing without wind.
"Now, I would like to introduce one of our Premium Ignition Key Racers: Star Burster, the Drift Master." the princess introduces. Star Burster then give Vanellope a bow, out of respect.
"Premium Ignition Key Racer?" Vanellope asks.
"Yes. When a gamer inserts a special Ignition Key into the console, they unlock new things; such as new racers, like Star Burster here."
"It a pleasure to make your acquaintance." he says in his distinct Japanese accent.

Vanellope looks left and right nervously, but then gives a bow to Star Burster as well.

"The pleasure's all mine... I think..." Vanellope says, still feeling a little unsure. "Is there any more 'Premium Ignition whatevers'?"
"Well... there is... him..." the princess says with a hint of annoyance in her voice, "But luckily he's not here..."
"Why? Is he mean?" Vanellope asked.
"Not really, he’s just a bit eccentric and…" The older Vanellope’s voice trail off as she heard the door being kicked open, "Oh great… he's here…"

A boy with a white sun-visor cap and a matching white jacket over a red shirt stood at the doorway. His face was flamboyant and he had tan skin. Vanellope felt as if the atmosphere literally just got a bit hotter and could hear plenty of the other girls scream but not out of being scared. They were screaming for him.

"Oh my gumdrops! It's him!"
"Chill's here?! D-does my hair look okay?"
"H-he's like fire and ice! Just making everything melt!"

Some of the girls scrambled around at just the sight of him.

"Sorry I'm late for the party," he spoke in a smooth Latino accent, he walked across the room, pointing to the girls with his fingers imitating pistols, causing them to swoon; he made his way to Vanellope and knelt down to look at her eye to eye, "And who might you be, little chika?"
"I'm Vanellope!" she exclaimed, "Vanellope Von Schweetz!"

"You... must be joking, you cannot be Vanellope," He said confusedly, "The prinsesa is Vanellope Von Schweetz, unless I am seeing double."
"Chill..." the princess said, massaging her temples as if she had just gotten a migraine with just his presence, "She’s me from the first Sugar Rush, she just came over to visit and introduce herself."
"Ah... I see, my apologies little prinsesa, I am new here, myself," He bowed in apology, "Same as Senior Star Burster over there, I was also unlocked through an Ignition Key. My name is Chill Angelpepper. Now, I know this is sudden but--"
"Don't Flirt with her Chill, she's just a kid..." Princess Vanellope reprimanded.
"Then we're done here." He snapped, in an oh-so fashion.
"Besides, you've already flirted enough with all the female racers here ever since you got unlocked."
"Do I sense a little jealousy there? Don't worry, I can give you my undivided attention If must be."
"To be honest, I'd rather not have your undivided attention."
"And yet you still have not answered my offer on a date."
"I already have, seven times already and it's still no." The princess continued stroking her temples as if the migraine was getting worse.
"Ah, you say no with your lips, but in your heart... it burns in its longing for my love!" He declared confidently and he moved his face closer to Vanellope's.
"No, no it doesn't." the princess plainly said and lightly shoved him away, "My heart only has enough room for my Kingdom and racing."
"Then again... I have yet to show you my true skill in the race track, I shall sweep you away with my skill and speed."
"Yo Chill, give it a rest will ya'?" Rocky interrupted, "You can try with your lovey-dovey pick-up lines in the REAL party tomorrow."
"Ooh! There's a REAL party?" Vanellope inquired curiously, "Can I come? And can I bring friends over too?"
"I don't see why not." The princess smiled, despite Chill's overbearing presence to her, "It'd be the perfect time for our games to meet, we'll be waiting for you."

Game Universal Station: Racers Wing:

"And that's the story of how I met everyone in Sugar Rush 2!" Vanellope concluded.
"So... let me get this straight..." Ralph asked, "We're supposed to be going to their party?"  
"Well, yeah, Taffyta and everyone will be heading there soon enough, but I told them that I'd go on ahead." Vanellope answered, "Oh, and don't worry, they said it’s not too formal, so what you're wearing now is okay."
"That’s a shame, I could've gone in that bombshell dress I have instead of this clunky piece of metal." Calhoun joked, looking to her Space Marine armor.
"Eww…"
"That's my dynamite gal!" Felix laughed.
"Guess we'd get a move on then, wouldn't want to keep them waiting." Ralph chimed in.

And the four continued on to Sugar Rush 2.


- End Chapter 3