Author's Note: Hey, everyone! This is my first attempt at a WIR fic. This is a prequel (though it does have some parts that take place after the events of the movie, as the whole thing is Ralph and Felix telling Vanellope a story) because I think that every character (hero and villain alike) deserves a good backstory, and I wanted to know more about what happened to the characters when they were younger, so I figured that I'd write a story that does just that. There are a lot of OCs in this fic, as well, because I found them pretty necessary. This will eventually contain spoilers, but I'm assuming that anyone reading WIR fanfiction has probably already seen the movie. Okay, now I'm rambling. Enjoy!

"Can you guys tell me a story?"

"Uh, okay, Vanellope." Ralph replied.

"What kind of story do you want to hear, little missy?" Felix asked.

"How about what it was like in the arcade before Sugar Rush got plugged in." Vanellope replied.

"Oh, the stories we could tell about that, eh, Ralph?"

"Definitely."

"Alright; we'll tell you a story about that. But before we start, I have to make this clear; the games from our generation are a little bit different than yours."

"What do you mean, Felix?" Vanellope asked.

"Well you see, nowadays, what a character does for a living is programmed into them as a part of their code."

"Yeah. So?"

"Well, we had to go to school."

35 Years Earlier

Two teenagers, one boy and one girl, walked down the hallway of Litwak High, side by side.

"Oh my gosh; I can't believe it's really our first day of school! I'm so excited!" The girl squealed, pushing a strand of her wavy, brown hair out of her face.

"Relax, Felicity!" The boy laughed. "It's no big deal."

"No big deal? Felix, what we do here is what determines our entire future! What game we'll be in, what role we'll play…"

"Well, I already know what I'm going to do." Felix replied. "I'm going to be a fixer, just like Dad!"

"Yeah. There sure are a lot of games that require that." Felicity replied sarcastically. "What are they going to do, make a game just for you?"

"It could happen."

"Sure. And one of our best friends could become a bad guy, but I'm not counting on it."

"You know, if you weren't my twin sister, I'd be giving you such a look right now."

"Oh, I'm soo scared."

"Come on, let's just get to class."

Present Day

"Wait, wait, wait. You have a twin sister?" Vanellope interrupted.

"Yeah." Felix replied.

"Well, why haven't I met her?"

"I'll get to it. Just be patient."

35 Years Earlier

Walking into the classroom, the twins sat down next to each other.

"I wonder what kind of people we'll meet here!" Felicity said excitedly as the bell rang. As if on cue, a boy clumsily sprinted in, and tripped at the doorway; his books flying everywhere. Felicity instantly got up and ran over to help him, while most of the other students just laughed. Felix shook his head in pity. Once they had gathered all of the books and papers, they finally looked up at each other for the first time. The boy had messy, blonde hair and huge glasses. He wore a red and white striped t-shirt, ripped up jeans, and old sneakers.

"T-thanks." He said shyly, breaking their eye contact.

"No problem." She replied. "You want to come sit with me and my brother?"

"Uh, sure."

"Oh, and by the way, what's your name?"

"T-Teddy."

"Well, T-Teddy, I'm-"

"Felicity." Teddy interrupted. "Everyone knows you and Felix. Your dad's kind of a celebrity."

Present Day

"Okay, two questions." Vanellope interrupted. "First of all; your dad was famous?"

"Yeah. The original Fix-It Felix game was the most popular game in the arcade at the time." Ralph replied.

"And who's this Teddy kid? Do I know him?"

"We'll get to that eventually. He'll become pretty important later on." Felix said.

"Okay, that's it. Carry on."

35 Years Earlier

"You don't really want scum like that sitting near you, do you?" Felicity heard from behind her. She turned to see a boy unlike anyone she had ever seen before. His black hair was slicked back with an incredible amount of grease, which was made even more obvious by the incredible contrast between his dark hair and unbelievably pale skin. He wore a leather jacket, jeans, and brand new, top-of-the-line sneakers. "My name's Jack, but you can call me the man of your dreams."

"I'll stick with Jack." Felicity said coldly.

"I'm really not liking your tone." He said. "I was just trying to be friendly."

"Well, it's not working."

"Well, we just can't have that, can we? First impressions always tend to be the most important, and it doesn't seem like I'm doing all that well."

"Nooo." Felicity said sarcastically.

"Well, let me make it up to you. What do you say I take you out tonight? If you still don't like me, then that's fine, but I'd hate to lose the opportunity to spend time with such a charming, beautiful young lady such as yourself."

"Alright smooth-talker, you've got me hooked."

"Alright. I'll pick you up around seven."

"You have a car?"

"Well, no. But my dad does. The fastest racecar in the arcade. Maybe we can take it out for a spin on the track."

"Maybe. Do you want to be a racer?"

"Yep. Always have." He replied, putting his arm around Felicity. Felix rolled his eyes. His sister could be so naive sometimes. Couldn't she see that this guy was nothing but trouble? "I can guarantee you, gorgeous, that I will be the greatest racer this arcade has ever seen! Wait, scratch that. Make that the greatest racer ever."

"Showoff." Teddy scoffed under his breath.

"What was that, twerp?"

"N-nothing."

"Oh, it was something, alright." Jack said, grabbing Teddy by his shirt collar. "Ya think I'm a showoff, huh? Well, trust me loser; when you're an NPC in some stupid game that no one ever plays, and I'm the main character in the most popular game in the arcade, we'll see who the showoff is. Now why don't you run off, and take your big mouth with ya?" He dropped the messy-haired teen on the floor, who proceeded to quickly get up and run to a table at the other side of the room.

"That was really uncalled for, Jack." Felicity said sternly.

"Yeah! Felix added. "He wasn't doing anything wrong! That was just mean!"

"Oh, please. Me and that dork go way back. He's never given me anythin' but trouble. I've had to get pretty tough, 'cuz it's the only way to get anythin' through to him. Sometimes, I'm surprised he's not a glitch."

"Really?" Felicity asked, obviously believing his story. Felix, on the other hand, was not so easily fooled. He turned to look towards Teddy, who now sat alone at the back table, and while Felix could tell that he was trying as hard as he could not to, he could have sworn that he started to cry.

Present Day

"That's horrible!" Vanellope exclaimed. "Were all racers self-absorbed jerks back then?"

"Well, not all of them." Ralph said. "But racing games were really popular back then, so many of them tended to get big heads."

"Well, at least that Teddy guy seems nice. But he wasn't a racer, was he?"

"Well, technically no one had their official titles yet at that point." Felix replied. Vanellope shot him a look of confusion, and he figured that he should explain some more. "You see, when we were in school, we learned the basics of every type of game. When we graduated, the teachers got together and decided what each one of our strong suits were and implanted our codes into incoming games that required said skill."

"That sounds really complicated."

"That's probably why they changed it." Ralph laughed.

"Well, let's get on with the story!"

Well, that's Chapter 1! Hope you guys liked it. Please leave a review if you have any comments, questions, or theories about what might happen next! Thank you.