A New Hope/Drive It Like You Stole It

Well, Chapter 9 was disappointing in terms of reviews. But thank you to the FIVE people that reviewed.

Dark Demon 122: Thank you. It's reviews like that that keep me going every time I power on my laptop. I guess I can be referred to as the author that makes everyone cry? lol

SargeTJCalhoun64: Thank you for the congrats. But I was where you are when you say you wish for more reviews. Just keep writing and you'll get noticed and get loads of reviews eventually :)

Dixie Darlin: What Taffy has planned is revealed in this chapter. And I think most will find it heartwarming.

ONTO THE STORAY! And by the way, this is it guys. The FINAL CHAPTER for A Sugar Coated Rivalry. A special author note is at the bottom of the chapter.

Everyone left Rancis and Ralph alone in the hospital room with Vanellope. Ralph sat in a chair holding his head in his right hand and rubbing his temples. Rancis was still kneeling down on the hard floor, holding his beloved Nelly's hand. It frightened him how pale her skin was and seeing the IV needles in her arm. He silently let tears slip and slide down his cheeks. "Please b-be okay Nelly," he choked out a beg. He was thankful to Tobikomi that she would eventually be able to heal, but it still impacted him negatively that the doctor said that she might never race again.

"Look Rancis, maybe we should get something to eat, I mean you've been here for almost five straight hours," Ralph said as he got up and stretched. He walked over to and put a hand on Rancis' shoulder. Rancis looked up slowly at the giant wrecker with a quivering lip. Surprisingly, Ralph's heart almost split in two. He hasn't felt this sad since he wrecked Vanellope's kart. It was at this point, that Ralph truly knew, that Rancis would give up anything for Vanellope.

"B-but Ralph, I can't leave her," he whispered out. He lightly squeezed Vanellope's hand again and breathed deeply and quickly to try and keep the pain from infecting his heart. Ralph smiled at Rancis' determination to stick with Vanellope.

"It's alright Rancis, I'll look after her; you need to get something to eat," Ralph said with firmness. Rancis sighed sadly and nodded slowly. He stood up and lightly kissed Vanellope's cheek and caressed it with his right hand. He sniffled and kissed her forehead.

"I'll be right back Nelly," he whispered and departed the room for the hospital cafeteria. Luckily, Swizzle and Jubileena were still waiting for him outside.

"Hey Rancis, how is she?" Swizzle asked his best friend. Rancis sighed sadly and ventured toward the cafeteria and started putting together a meal consisting of licorice sticks, an ice cream sandwich and a can of Pepsi.

"She's still kicking," Rancis finally said after taking a big swig of his Pepsi. "But, man it's scaring me," Rancis said as more tears formed in his eyes as he chewed on a licorice stick.

"We all want her to get better Rancis, but all we can do now is hope and pray that she will get better soon. And maybe even allow her to race again," Jubileena said as she sat down next to Rancis and hugged him. Swizzle was a-okay with this since they were just friends and Rancis needed some comfort. Rancis was so depressed, he drank the rest of his soda and pushed his plate away.

"I can't eat," he said sadly and slumped in his chair. Suddenly, the PA system crackled on.

"Rancis Fluggerbutter to room 24. Rancis Fluggerbutter to room 24," the PA voice announced. Rancis immediately jerked up quickly and ran back to Vanellope's room in fear that something bad happened. Jubileena and Swizzle ran as fast as they could to catch up to Rancis. Once they reached the room, Rancis almost broke it trying to bolt in. He was met with Ralph and Dr. Goodbar standing around Vanellope's bed with small smiles on their faces.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Rancis demanded and went to his girlfriend's side. Dr. Goodbar and Ralph looked over at each other and back at Rancis.

"Well, I ran some more tests on Vanellope a few minutes after you left and I found something," the doctor said. Rancis' eyes widened in fear.

"What did you find doctor?" he asked nervously.

"I found that her internal code is actually repairing itself quicker than we assumed. So, it was actually a good thing that You-Know-Who damaged her code because when it was fixed once the game was restored," Dr. Goodbar started, "her code was repaired stronger than before. And that means she could take harder crashes than any other racer. Meaning that if Taffyta was in Vanellope's situation in Mario Kart, she would've died," he finished. Rancis, Jubileena, and Swizzle all let their mouths drop at the news.

"So, she can race again?" Rancis asked with hope. The doctor shook his head.

"I never said that Rancis, but if she heals properly she may be able to race again within six months to a year," he said before exiting the room. All four occupants of the room smiled at each other and group hugged at the ray of hope.

(With Taffyta)

Taffyta had left the hospital rather briskly and made her way to her house. She wanted and needed to be left alone. Taffyta slammed her front door shut and entered her kitchen and grabbed a 2 liter bottle of high strength root beer. Not even needing a cup, she drank straight from the bottle. Her goal was to numb the pain in her heart, not to get drunk. "To Vanellope," she said to herself in a mirror and drank another gulp. She felt guilty for everything that happened. The pink colored girl plopped down in a chair and ran a hand through her platinum blonde hair. She needed a way to tell everyone that she and Vanellope were friends once again and that Taffyta was was truly sorry for what happened. Taffyta knew that Vanellope couldn't race tomorrow or for a long while in fact, so she devised a plan to do something special for Vanellope. It was getting closer to Roster Race time, so Taffyta had to act quickly to get her plan into action.

(At Vanellope's castle)

Gloyd had decided to tell Sour Bill the news of Vanellope's accident. He knocked on the door to the castle and waited patiently for Sour Bill to open the door. "Look, if you're going to kick me, then just stay away," Sour Bill said from behind the door.

"Bill, I'm not going to kick you. I have some bad news to tell you and I think you should broadcast it to every citizen!" Gloyd shouted from the other side of the door. Bill slowly opened the door and peeked around the corner.

"What bad news Mr. Orangeboar?" Bill quizzically asked him. Gloyd shuffled his feet and drew in a deep breath of oxygen.

"Taffyta and Vanellope got into a bad crash over in Mario Kart. Taffyta is fine now and okay to race, but Vanellope's code is badly damaged and the doctor said she'll recover, but not enough to ever race again," Gloyd explained sadly. Sour Bill's eyes widened at the news and he fully opened the door.

"Well how is she doing right now?" He asked worriedly.

"Vanellope is in the hospital right now Bill," Gloyd replied. Bill rubbed his chin as he thought of the heavy news weighing down on him.

"So that means that I'm the new leader for the time being," he said. Gloyd immediately thought of the game with Bill leading and he got bad thoughts. He quickly shut down Bill's idea.

"No Bill, I think with Rancis dating Vanellope, that makes him the 'First Gentleman' if you will. And according to our Constitution, Rancis is the new temporary leader," Gloyd said, trying to make sure Bill got the idea that no one wanted him to be the leader. Bill frowned and walked outside.

"Fine Orangeboar, but I need to make it official at the hospital," Bill replied and walked over to an official's kart and drove to the race track with Gloyd in tow. Bill had one of the TV camera marshmallows hook up the cameras to make an emergency broadcast. Once he was sure that he was on the air, Bill made his announcement. "Attention Citizens of Sugar Rush, I regret to inform you that our President is in the hospital with major injuries and cannot perform her presidential duties and that Rancis Fluggerbutter will assume control of Sugar Rush until further notice. And the Roster Race tonight has been postponed an hour to get everything situated. That is all," Bill announced before being cut off.

(Back at the Hospital)

The TV in Vanellope's room flickered to Sour Bill's broadcast just as Vanellope woke up. "Rancis as the leader? We're all screwed," Vanellope weakly joked. The four looked over at her and chuckled. Nobody had yet told her the good news in fear that the excitement might hurt Vanellope.

"Good one Nelly, but I'll just think like you do and we'll be fine," Rancis smiled and held her hand.

"So, you'll think about kissing yourself all day? I thought you did that before," Vanellope chuckled. Ralph gave a hearty laugh at Vanellope's joke and wiped a tear from his eyes.

"See kid? You're tougher than all of us here," Ralph complemented and patted Vanellope's head. She smiled and sighed happily. True, she was still upset at the fact that she couldn't race anymore, but having her best friend and boyfriend keeping her company, made her feel like 1 Million pieces of gold coins.

"You know Nelly, the Roster Race won't be the same without you up front of the pack," Rancis said with a smile and fed Vanellope some chocolate pudding. Vanellope swallowed the pudding and rolled her eyes.

"Oh really Flugs? You managed to last fifteen years of Roster Races without me," Vanellope joked. Rancis smiled even wider as he threw the empty container away. He leaned his arm on his kneed and stared at Vanellope.

"I hate leaving you alone Nelly, so I'm going to take a night off of the Roster Race to keep you company," he said and ruffled her hair. Vanellope cocked an eyebrow and her head at the statement. Rancis loved racing naturally, even when he had his old kart and never won.

"Yeah sorry Flugs, Ralph can keep me company, but you are going to race tonight without me. I'll be fine," she assured him. Rancis politely shook his head and sighed.

"No Nelly, I love you too much to be away from you for a dumb race. I'd rather spend my time with the girl I love," he said romantically. Ralph rolled his eyes at the cheesy line and playfully nudged Rancis. Vanellope widened her eyes and pushed the button on the side of her bed that sat her up. She used the remaining strength she had to grab Rancis' jacket collar and glare at him.

"You listen to me and you listen good," she said forcefully, which both frightened and aroused Rancis, "you are going to sit your round, firm, and perfect butt in the sit of the RV1 and you will race tonight, got it?!" She shouted and slapped Rancis. Ralph's eye began twitching and his face contorted into confusion.

"U-uh okay Nelly, I'll see you right after the race okay? I'll turn the TV on to the race channel okay?" Rancis said as he turned the TV onto SRR. Rancis then departed to prepare for the race and get the RV1 in race trim. Vanellope sighed a victorious sigh, but was left with her father figure glaring at her.

"And where did you learn to talk like that Vanellope?" He asked sternly with his massive hands on his hips. Vanellope nervously and slowly looked over at Ralph. She swallowed as she searched for an answer.

"Well, when I was looking for you in Uncle Felix's game one day, I was wandering around outside the main building and I heard Sarge Sunshine yelling at Uncle Felix. She said something along the lines of, "You get your perfect ass into Hero's Duty right now or I'm gonna have to carry you over there," Ralph. And Rancis' butt is perfect to me," Vanellope explained. Ralph groaned and pinched his nose.

"Great now I have to tell Felix to watch what he and Calhoun say in his own game," Ralph said in annoyance. Vanellope giggled and turned up the volume on the TV with the remote. Some of the racers had just started showing up at the track.

(At the track)

Most of the racers showed up with their karts, save for Taffyta, Rancis and of course, Vanellope. Since Swizzle, Gloyd, and Jubileena had been the only ones at the track who knew the story, they were bombarded with questions from their fellow racers.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO TAFFYTA AND VANELLOPE?!" Adorabeezle asked.

"DID TAFFYTA TRY TO KILL VANELLOPE?!" Torvald questioned.

"I KNEW WE SHOULDN"T HAVE TRUSTED THAT TAFFY BITCH!" Citrusella shouted. Gloyd, Swizzle, and Jubileena were surrounded by the others, cowering around Swizzle's kart. Swizzle, normally calm, cool, and collective, had anger boiling inside of him. He stood up on the wing of his kart and shouted to everyone.

"SHUT UP! WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED IF YOU SHUT YOUR FUDGING MOUTHS!" He yelled at everyone. The maraud of racers silenced themselves as Swizzle breathed in deeply to calm down. As he was doing so, Jubileena stepped forward.

"As my boyfriend calms down, I'd be happy to answer your questions," she said in her usual cheery demeanor. "Now in Mario Kart, Taffyta and Vanellope were invited to race, and during the race, they crashed, horribly I might add," Jubileena said, "and Vanellope unfortunately got the worst of the wreck. The doctor originally said that Vanellope would never race again," Jubileena continued which earned a gasp from every racer, "but the doctor ran some more thorough tests on her and it revealed that her code was repairing itself stronger than ever and she might be able to race again in six months to year," Jubileena finished and drew in a deep breath. All of the racers accepted her explanation and all basically said they hoped Vanellope would get better.

"Well, at least Rancis would make a better permanent leader than Sour Bill," Sticky said, earning a few chuckles. It was at that time that both Taffyta and Rancis arrived at the track. Rancis was in his RV1 and Taffyta's kart had a pink tarp over it.

"Hey Taffy, what's up with your kart?" Gloyd asked as Taffyta shut it off and got out. She took off her helmet and goggles and motioned for one of the cameramarshmallows to focus on her.

"What is she driving?" Vanellope asked from her hospital bed, "that is not the shape of the Pink Lightning," she finished. Back at the track, Taffyta earned the same question from just about every racer.

"If you guys let me talk, I can tell you," she said firmly but not with anger. The racers once again were forced to quiet down as Taffyta cleared her throat and turned towards the camera. "Okay, this is a special announcement to the racers, citizens and our President of Sugar Rush," Taffyta began her speech. Back at the hospital, Vanellope and Ralph cocked their eyebrows at this statement. "Now I know that in the past few days, President Vanellope and I have not been on the best of terms and earlier today we got into a wreck that was not caused by either of us. And when I heard she may never race again, that really ate away at me because we raced each other in a private race to dinner and we rediscovered our passion for racing each other. Also I want everybody to know that I am doing this for Vanellope and not for everyone to forgive me. For that reason, tonight and every night until Vanellope is cleared to race," she continued and ripped the tarp off her kart, earning gasps from both the racers and Vanellope and Ralph at the hospital, "I will drive her Wreck-It Mobile in honor of the kind racer she is and a great leader," Taffyta finished her speech and braced herself for boos. However, she heard cheers from the crowd.

"THAT IS AWESOME AND TRULY INSPIRING!" Gloyd complemented his girlfriend with a kiss on the cheek. Even Rancis came up and shook Taffyta's hand.

"I think Nelly would love this Taffyta, thank you for doing this for her," he said and smiled at her. Back at the hospital, Vanellope had slight tears in her eyes.

"I can't believe that Taffyta, the girl whose head I wanted to rip off, is doing something to honor me," Vanellope said as she choked back more tears. The racers were called to their karts to start the race.

"This must be weird for you Vanellope," Ralph started, "not starting a Roster Race in months," he finished. Vanellope nodded and turned the volume up even higher.

"Racers of Sugar Rush!" Rancis said happily into a microphone that was suspended in the air from one of the marshmallows, "It's my pleasure to call the start of the Vanellope von Schweetz Roster Race!" He shouted as the lights turned green and all the racers took off. Taffyta was forced to start in the back due to changing karts at the last minute. She found out that Vanellope had a different driving style than her and she had to adapt to it.

"I should've known she would drive more like a crazy dirt track racer than a precision racer," she scolded herself as she passed Torvald and Nougetsia for 12th. They all flew off the jump before Gumball Gulch and started to think of a plan to avoid the gumballs. Taffyta also found out that Vanellope had the best handling kart in the gumball area and she maneuvered around the chewy balls of death easily. She grimaced as she saw Crumbelina and Adorabeezle get taken out by one gumball at the same time. Parts and pieces flew around Taffyta and she had to duck to avoid getting hit.

"Come on Taffyta, keep going!" Vanellope cheered her on from the hospital.

Back at the race, Taffyta had moved from 10th to 8th when she used the speed boost on the top of the gulch to fly past Minty and Sticky. "I think I could get used to this kart!" She said happily and mashed the accelerator all the way to floor. She wanted to win this race more than any other race, so she raced her heart out. The giant Birthday Cake Peak was coming up close, and Taffyta was right on the back bumper of Citrusella. "Sorry Jubileena's re-color, but I have a race to win for Vanellope!" Taffyta declared and bumped Citrusella out of the way with the classic bump and run maneuver. Once she was in 7th, she knew that it would be harder to pass the other racers ahead of her: Rancis, Snowanna, Candlehead, Swizzle, Jubileena, and Gloyd.

"Nice job in a new kart Taffyta!" Candlehead called out as Taffyta used the inside line to her advantage and got around Candlehead for sixth.

"Thanks Candle!" Taffyta called back as she pulled away. Once the drivers launched out of the cannon, Taffyta was right behind Snowanna who was known for her blocking techniques.

"I like what you're doing for Vanellope, but that does not mean I will just let you by!" Snowanna warned Taffyta as they approached the ice cream caverns. Up ahead, the announcer declared that Swizzle had gotten the 'Ala Mode' power up and he just launched the giant scoops of ice cream. One hit Gloyd, the other hit a stalagmite that was in the way and the last one was heading for Snowanna. Taffyta hit the brakes a little to assure her that Snowanna would get taken out instead of her. "NO!" Snowanna screamed as her kart came to a dead stop from the ice cream. Taffyta used the outside line on the bridges inside the mountain to gain momentum on Swizzle ahead of her.

"Well look who we got here," Swizzle said as he looked in his mirror at Taffyta. He pressed a button on his kart that spit out syrup slick all over the track. Taffyta gasped and she rode along the wall to get around it. Swizzle swerved back and forth to try and cover the entire track, but it ran out at the last second. Taffyta jerked the wheel all the way to the left and just barely missed spinning out. Swizzle was so busy watching Taffyta that he missed another power up, but Taffyta didn't. She grabbed the sugar cube which began going the a random list of power ups which landed on the Sugar Rush Special Boost.

"PERFECT!" Taffyta said with glee and punched the button. A giant rocket appeared on the back of her kart and launched her at a high rate of speed past Jubileena, Swizzle and Gloyd. The higher rate of speed caused a wake in the air and flipped the others on their sides, leaving only Taffyta and Rancis to battle for victory. Taffyta sat lower in her seat and gripped the steering wheel harder than ever as she set her sights on Rancis. In the final turns, Taffyta found out that Vanellope's kart was basically built for these few turns as she barely had to lift out of the throttle, but Rancis' kart had higher top speed. Taffyta knew she would have to draft with him in order to win. She followed his exact line in the final two turns which launched her like a rocket off the final turn onto the front stretch. Taffyta had just the right distance in between her and Rancis to get a good bit of draft off his kart. Once she knew she was faster, she pulled out from his draft and began to pass him. Rancis wanted to stay his line as to not wreck either him or Taffyta. As the finish line drew near, both drivers leaned forward to try to get the extra inch to win. Time seemed to slow for both of them as the finish line was right in front of them. They both shut their eyes as they crossed the line neck and neck.

"AND THE WINNER IS," The announcer started as the computer tried to figure out who won. Vanellope was silent as replays showed a slow motion version of the finish.

"Oh man, that was close," she commented as she anticipated an answer, for not even the replay had a clear winner. No matter who won, Vanellope would be happy, but she still wanted to see her kart in victory lane. As everyone awaited the results, Taffyta sat nervously on the door of the Wreck-It Mobile. Ranics approached her with a smile.

"Nice racing out there Taffyta, I'm glad it was you who drove Vanellope's kart tonight," he complemented and fist bumped her. Taffyta smiled and hugged him, glad to be friends again.

"CITIZENS OF SUGAR RUSH," the announcer began, "AFTER MUCH REPLAY DETERMINATION, THE WINNER IS:" he continued.

"JUST GIVE US THE DAMN WINNER ALREADY!" Jubileena shouted with anger and agreement from the others.

"TAFFYTA MUTTONFUDGE DRIVING FOR VANELLOPE VON SCHWEEZ BEATS RANCIS FLUGGERBUTTER BY 0.006!" The announcer continued. Taffyta's hands covered her mouth and she began crying tears of joy.

"YESS! GOOOO TAFFYTA!" Vanellope shouted in her hospital bed with Ralph clapping for Taffyta. The trophy materialized before Taffyta and she grabbed it and pumped it up in the air. She then turned to the camera and stated, "This one's for you Vanellope. A testament to our rekindled friendship." Rancis chuckled proudly as he ran off to be with the girl of his dreams once again. Jubileena and Swizzle hugged each other and congratulated Taffyta on her hard earned win and then went off to watch a movie together. Taffyta had Rancis take the trophy with him to give to Vanellope. Throughout all this, Taffyta learned that by becoming greedy and hateful towards her competitors that she lost the sight of true sportsmanship within her game. But it would take an almost tragic accident to help her see the error of her ways and become friends with everyone again. And that's the story folks. Rivals can be rivals without the hate, such as Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon. Vanellope and Taffyta enjoyed racing hard with each other as friends and hanging out at the Castle with their other friends. Not only did the rivalry change the name of the game, it changed the outlook on life for the characters in Sugar Rush. And that is what truly matters, the bigger picture.

"SWIZZLE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CAMERA!" Crumbelina shouted. The camera pulls back to show all of Sugar Rush, restored to normal once again after the rivalry.

(Epilogue)

Eight months had passed since the rivalry happened and Vanellope had her accident. Only a few months after Taffyta won the race for Vanellope, Vanellope was well enough to run the game by herself. But now, she was itching to get back behind the wheel of her kart. Jubileena, Swizzle, Vanellope, Rancis, Taffyta, and Gloyd held a private race just for the six of them with Calhoun, Felix and Ralph watching on proudly. "I knew these little pipsqueaks would trust each other again," Calhoun said with a proud tear in her eye. Down on the starting grid, Vanellope groaned in relief at the sound of her kart's engine roaring to life. Vanellope and Taffyta were starting right next to each other and looked over with smirks on their faces.

"Get ready to eat my dust Vanellope," Taffyta teased as she revved her engine. Vanellope chuckled and revved her engine louder.

"I think Jubileena can help me whip up some humble pie for you to eat," Vanellope teased back. Rancis stood next to Vanellope's kart and kissed her.

"Are you ready for this Nelly?" Rancis asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be Flugs," Vanellope replied and kissed him back. Rancis smiled and climbed back into the RV1 and strapped on his NASCAR gloves. Adorabeezle was standing atop the finish line banner with a green flag in her hand.

"OKAY RACERS!" She began, "ON YOU MARKS," She continued as the six racers revved their engines, "GET SET," Adorabeezle continued the countdown as Vanellope winked at Taffyta, "GO!" Adorabeezle shouted. The six mashed down their gas pedals and took off for their race. The camera froze as all six friends smiled happily as they began their race.

(THE END)

PHEW. I can't believe this is it folks. This was truly a great experience for me to write this story and have so many people enjoy it. I'd like to thank Dixie Darlin for always being one of the first to review and for being a good friend. I'd also like to thank Dark Demon 122 for coming up with really clever reviews and supporting me at every turn. And a personal thank you to Dance4Life060700 for being one of my favorite authors to review this story. Having an author of your calibre really fuels my fire to be a better writer :). But also, thank you to the 19 people that followed this story. Having that many followers on a small story like this really surprised me. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed the final chapter for A Sugar Coated Rivalry. I really never thought it would be as popular as it turned out. Now I know how humbled Jeff Gordon feels to have fans like this. I bid you all ado as I go and work on Nights of Lighting again and my newest fic, Drivers, Start Your Engines. Good night and God Bless!

Written and Directed by: Mason Gordon

Starring: Vanellope von Schweetz, Rancis Fluggerbutter, Jubileena Bing-Bing, Swizzle Malarkey, Taffyta Muttonfudge, and Gloyd Orangeboar.

CAST: Wreck-It Ralph: Himself. Sgt. Calhoun: Herself. Fix-It Felix Jr.: Himself. Candlehead: Herself. Adorabeezle Winterpop: Herself. Crumbelina di Caramello: Herself. I'd give out more but I'm craving some chocolate. Good Night everyone!