Secrets Of The Code

A/N: Hiya everyone! I hope you enjoyed the previous installment because this installment promises be one heck of a rollercoaster ride of unforgettable proportions! I hope you're ready because everything begins now! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Like every story I ever wrote, the disclaimer remains the same. But I know I can't wait to see the sequel!

Summary: Sequel to Fight For The Code. After Garry's invasion, Sugar Rush has become increasingly unstable as violent tremors threaten to shut down the game. However, the clues laid out in the king's code box maybe the key to changing the game's fate. Will Vanellope be able to connect the dots in time or will Sugar Rush be doomed to the game grave yard?

Chapter Inspiration: Untouchable (Original Mix) by Tritonal and Cash Cash

Chapter 1: Secrets of the Future

The lights were low, the stage was set, and the guests were awaiting the arrival of their soon to be queen. The strawberry colored carpet that lead to the throne the new queen of Sugar Rush would soon take was being maintenanced by the castle staff at the very last minute to ensure the new queen's coronated feet never touched a speck of dirt.

Many were gathered around the carpet with electric anticipation and dressed to their very best! From the citizens of the game to non-citizens who came to witness what was being described as the greatest event of the year! Even the bad guy of Felix it Felix Jr stood alongside the carpet to witness his best friend close one chapter of her life and enter another. The princess was becoming a queen right before his very eyes!

The king himself was bubbling over with excitement, despite his stern demeanor stating otherwise. Standing by the throne that would soon belong to his heir, the king looked over to the empty chair as fond memories began playing through his mind of how far Vanellope had come to get to that moment in time. His little girl, whom he watched grow up, had peaked in her maturity and was soon going to be running an entire kingdom single handedly. One he and her mother once ran together before her birth. Closing his eyes, a small smile appeared on the king's face as he turned away from the chair and towards the strawberry colored carpet.

Sour Bill scuttled into the room carrying the crown and scepter on a salmon colored pillow, his little arms looking as if they had been carrying the precious heirlooms for some time. Scuttling footsteps of the ball of candy caught the king's attention and his vision was immediately drawn to him.

"Just think about it bill." The king began, making eye contact with the green ball of candy. "In just a few moments, my little girl will be Sugar Rush's new queen. I can tell you that I was not prepared for this step, but I am happy to assist her in matriculating into this new chapter in her life. However, I will always see her as my little girl even when she's a queen."

"I can tell your majesty." Sour Bill replied in his usual mono-tone. "It's written all over your face."

"I can't wait to see her take her last steps as a princess and her first as a queen." The king continued, his voice slowly being drowned out by the electric crowd that surrounded the two. "I'll have to start calling her Queen. Queen Vanellope, it just doesn't roll off the tongue like princess does."

"Time, your majesty, time." Sour Bill voiced in comfort to his superior. "Just like her highness, you too will get use to her new title."

"Yes, I suppose you're right." King Schweetz nodded in agreement. "Speaking of my little girl, would you happen to know where she is? It's almost time for her coronation to start and there is no sign of her."

"Vanellope is getting ready with the help of Taffyta Muttonfudge." Sour Bill revealed. "Last I checked, Taffyta was giving her a last minute once over and her escort is awaiting her outside her bedroom doors as you instructed."

"Wonderful." King Schweetz nodded. "Did you check the hall to make sure the caterers followed the menu provided for the reception?"

"Yes sir." Sour Bill confirmed.

"The decorations?" The king continued checking.

"Yes sir." Sour Bill confirmed once more.

"The music?" The king finished.

"Everything is as you and the princess wished sir." Sour Bill expressed. "I made sure to check everything twice. Everything for today's event is as it should be sire."

"Excellent!" King Schweetz beamed. "This is my little girl's one and only coronation and I want everything to be flawless. Great job Sour Bill."

"You're welcome sir." Sour Bill bowed as the king reached into his left blazer pocket and pulled out his pocket watch to check the time. His eyes slightly widened at what the clock face read.

"Five minutes until show time!" King Schweetz exclaimed as he put his watch back in his pocket and took the pillow that held the delicate crown and scepter from Sour Bill. "Sour Bill, please inform her escort right away!"

Bowing to the king, the sour ball of candy quickly scuttled away and towards the doors of the grand hall.

Vanellope's Bedroom

"Vanellope, calm down! Your face is completely red!" Taffyta urged the flustered princess as she fanned the girl's face with her hands. "If you keep getting worked up like this, your face is going to remain beet red! You have to breathe! Follow my lead ok? In and out, in and out!"

"But I can't calm down!" Vanellope expressed as she shut her eyes in frustration. "I am so nervous! What if I trip on these shoes? What if I freeze while walking down the aisle? What if nothing goes right today?! I do have the jitters Taffyta and millions of people will witness any mistakes I may make out there!"

"Vanellope, you're becoming queen, not getting married." Taffyta calmly reminded her as she grabbed Vanellope's comb from her vanity's counter and ran it through her bangs slowly, shifting the sectioned hair to the right side of her face. "Everything will be fine. I helped your father plan this remember and you know how I don't do mistakes. Your coronation will be perfect and be sure not to rub your eyes if you feel the urge to cry. I didn't use the smudge proof mascara or eyeliner."

Placing the comb back on the counter, Taffyta tapped the top of the bun she styled Vanellope's hair into while placing a small strawberry colored pin into the top. She then looked into the girl's face to see that the beet red complexion she gained was starting to lessen.

"Good, you're calming down." Taffyta happily commented. "A red face does not look good in pictures. If anyone should know that, I would."

"So would that explain your recent second place winner photo last week?" Vanellope asked with a smirk as she opened her eyes.

"That was a mistake." Taffyta expressed as her cheeks reddened. "It was windy that day and I wasn't properly posed for that shot. Incompetent photographer and his refusal to retake my photo!"

"Whatever you say Taffyta." Vanellope continued teasing, the redness of her face completely vanishing.

With a small smirk of her own, Taffyta grabbed the royal's powder brush and swiftly ran it across Vanellope's cheeks, removing the excessive blush powder. Titling her face up slightly, she ran the brush slightly over the corner of the girl's eyelids to lightly blend the colors of her eye shadow that wasn't mixed during the application.

"Almost done." Taffyta lightly voiced as she placed the brush down and grabbed the royal's lipgloss from the vanity.

"Wearing all of this war paint better be worth it." Vanelloped lightly complained as Taffyta lightly closed her mouth so she can apply the lipgloss.

"Oh hush, you know it will be." Taffyta lightly laughed. "I know Rancis won't be able to take his eyes off of you as he walks you into your new status."

Closing her eyes, a slight smile formed on the girl's face. After everything the game had been through and with Garry defeated, she and Rancis had no reason to dance around the other any longer. If Garry were still around, she would have to thank him for invading the game as it was that very event that brought the two closer together. At least in her vernacular anyway.

"If I do say so myself, I would say that Garry had a little something to do with it." Taffyta expressed as she applied the final touch of lip gloss to Vanellope's lower lip. "Ever since he became bytes of data, you two have become practically inseparable. I hardly get to see you anymore."

"Yea, I guess we have." Vanellope agreed. "And I am so glad my dad finally gave Rancis his approval. I never thought that would ever happen as my father is one stubborn guy."

"Well you know fathers." Taffyta began as she helped the royal to her feet with Vanellope opening her eyes. "Even when you are grown up, they will always see you as their little girl. My dad is the same way with me. I know Rancis was thrilled when he finally got the king's approval to go out with you."

"That's daddy alright." Vanellope chuckled a bit. "Still stuck in the past and Rancis was overjoyed."

"Alright girl, you are ready to wow the red carpet!" Taffyta voiced as she turned Vanellope to her vanity mirror, to her complete look. "I am so proud of you!"

Gazing at her reflection in the mirror, the sudden urge to shed a tear came over Vanellope, but she fought it back to keep Taffyta's make up job in tact. The core was dressed in her royal attire with her hair tied back into a bun, and her candy red tiara tying the entire look together.

"Well, this is good-bye princess Vanellope." Vanellope whispered to her reflection. "It was nice knowing you."

"And hello her Royal Highness Queen Vanellope Von Schweetz!" Taffyta beamed as she placed her hands on the royal's shoulders, her smile widening in the mirror behind the girl. "Ready to take on the kingdom."

"You're not making this any easier Taff." Vanellope muttered as she gave her best friend a side eye gaze.

Before the strawberry themed racer could reply, there was a knock at the doors.

"Come in." Taffyta permitted as Rancis walked in, but halted as his vision fell on Vanellope.

Turning to her escort, Vanellope, too, became speechless at the sight of him. The peanut butter themed racer was dressed in a royal blue blazer that was well decorated with medals of the king's army on the left side of his chest, a white sash that ran from his right shoulder to the left bottom cuff of the blazer, black slacks, white gloves, and black shoes. On his head was the blue and white royal court crown that was only assigned to knights and the prince of the kingdom. Considering Rancis was the princess's escort, the king made sure he wore it.

With a smile ear to ear, Taffyta lightly shoved Vanellope in Rancis's direction.

"I'll leave you two alone." Taffyta grinned as she made her way to the bedroom doors. "See you downstairs, my queen."

With a red blush on her cheeks, Vanellope looked to the ground briefly before turning back to Rancis.

"Wow, you look, great." Rancis spoke with a slight stammer as he held out his left hand to Vanellope. "Are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Vanellope nodded as she placed her right hand in his left. "And you clean up pretty well yourself."

Grand Hall

The strawberry themed racer entered the doors silently with Sour Bill, gesturing to the king that the princess was on her way down. The king then gestured to two ushers to station themselves at each of the double doors to open them when his daughter arrived with her escort.

"This is so exciting!" Jet squealed in a whisper as he kept his attention glued to the doors, anxiously awaiting Vanellope's arrival. "I can't wait to see Vanellope! She is going to be crowned queen before our very eyes!"

"That's very evident Jet." Set calmly replied as he too kept his attention on the double doors.

The horns outside the double doors began playing, officially announcing the arrival of Vanellope and Rancis. The ushers opened the doors simultaneously to reveal the two, Rancis standing to the right of Vanellope.

From where she stood, Vanellope could swear half the arcade, if not every game in it, was standing in the great hall anxiously awaiting her coronation. The sight of Ralph, Felix, his wife Calhoun, and the other racers helped ease the core's tension, knowing that her friends came out to support her. Even Princess Peach, Rosalina, and Daisy were there to support the future queen.

Rancis and Vanellope began down the aisle with everyone on both sides of the carpet bowing as the two passed them. Looking straight ahead, Vanellope beamed a smile to her father who quickly returned the smile.

The two reached the end of the carpet in front of the throne. Rancis kissed the back of the royal's hand and took two steps behind Vanellope, bowing as he did so.

"Vanellope! We love you!" Jet screamed with excitement. Set immediately slapped his hand over his brother's mouth to silence him.

Vanellope bowed to her father in which he bowed to her in return.

"Vanellope." The King began. "I have watched you grow up and mature into the beautiful and responsible young woman you are today. I always imagined this day would come, but never this soon. I am, however, proud that you are entering this status with such grace. You have proven yourself to be responsible, reliant, and strong, everything a queen is and I am proud to say you are."

Vanellope nodded.

"As you accept your new status as queen today, you solemnly swear to always put your subjects first, never stray from your responsibilities, and always do what is in the best interest of the kingdom." The King explained. "This kingdom is solely in your hands and any mistakes made are under your care for rectification."

"I swear." Vanellope replied.

The king removed her tiara and handed it to Sour Bill.

"Then it is with great joy and humble pleasure to officially name you Queen Vanellope Von Schweetz of Sugar Rush's Candy Kingdom!" King Schweetz announced as he grabbed the crown from the pillow and held it high above the new queen's head. "The kingdom is officially handed over to you."

Kneeling before her father, Vanellope closed her eyes with anticipation of receiving the crown that was passed down through the generations and on that day, it was her turn to be blessed with such a precious family heirloom. One that she will wear proudly as she reigned over the kingdom as queen.

King Schweetz placed the crown on her head, positioning it so it sat snuggling in the new queen's hair. With the heirloom placed, Vanellope stood as she faced her father. Just as she opened her mouth to speak to the king, the core's thought was immediately interrupted.

"I couldn't wait for this day to come either!" Afamiliarly eerie voice spoke throughout the hall that caught everyone's attention. "And I'm so glad that I got front row seats to the festivities! I am ever so honored!"

The color immediately drained from Vanellope's face as the voice echoed through her mind, the one voice she thought she'd never hear again. The voice menaically cackled, which made the new queen frantically look around for the source of the voice.

"Oh it looks as if her royal highness is confused!" The voice continued on as it chuckled. "Has it really been that long since we last seen each other? Here, maybe this should jog your memory!"

A loud crash that mocked the sound of lighting accompanied by an earthquake suddenly occurred that knocked Vanellope off of her feet and caused debris from the ceiling to begin crashing down. The guests began scrambling about to avoid being hit by the large junks of the grand hall's ceiling. The lights in the hall suddenly went out as another quake struck. Vanellope kneeled down and covered her head as the debris fell around her.

"Does that jog your memory now?" The voice loudly questioned as the last of the debris fell around the queen. "Because it would certainly jog mine if I were you!"

Uncovering her head and getting to her feet, Vanellope looked around and noticed that the hall was completely empty and that she stood in total darkness. Adjusting her hazel eyes to the void she was sat in, Vanellope continued to frantically look for any signs of life.

"Ralph? Felix? Taffyta? Candlehead?" Vanellope called out. "Ok Garry, what did you do with them?! I defeated you in the code vault and watched you decompose into bytes of data so you can't exist!"

"Oh you do remember me! I'm so flattered!" Garry's voice sarcastically replied. "However, if I can't exist, then how would you explain this?"

A spotlight at the opposite end of the carpet, at the double doors, suddenly came on with the familiar shaggy white haired, rose colored eyed villain dressed in his brown cloak appearing under the light.

"You're kidding me." Vanellope muttered to herself.

"You must have missed my warning when I said the fight for the code was just beginning." Garry casually voiced as his eyes caught with the core's determined vision. "I wasn't holding a casual conversation when I issued that warning, but I can see why it would appear that way to you."

Turning her entire body in his direction, Vanellope slanted her eyes in anger as she tightly balled up her fists.

"You're dead and I won!" Vanellope hissed as Garry began his slow descent down the carpet towards her. "You dug your own grave the moment you challenged me on my own tracks! You knew that I would take you down to save this game! You don't want to do this again!"

Stopping dead in his tracks, a shadow fell over the villain's face as a smirk appeared on it.

"Interesting." Garry simply voiced.

Before the core could continue her tirade against the villain, a distinct outline to her right appeared in her peripheral vision as a large claw swiped at her and knocked the queen back to the floor. Quickly sliding into seating position, Vanellope's pupils shrunk at the sight of who that large orange claw belonged to.

"Ralph...?" Vanellope barely voiced as the large bug stomped into what light was being provided by the spotlight, a mini earthquake occurring with each step he took. The royal's eyes fell on the wrecking bug's body and noticed a familiar stream of code surging through it. A knot formed in her stomach at the sight of the code stream.

"Felix...?" Vanellope whispered as she returned her vision to the bug.

The wrecking bug hungrily eyed her as a stream of drool ran down his chin, his razor sharp teeth visible as he growled, and his warm brown eyes were replaced with a void of white. Fear quickly consumed the core as she slid back away from the bug, her eyes never leaving what was formerly her best friend.

"Ralph, it's me Vanellope." The royal tried to reach the bug as he continued towards her. "You call me kid? Don't you recognize me? You saved my game once and helped me save it recently!"

The bug's mouth flew open in a fierce roar and it's tongue lashed out towards the girl, the tip of the tongue being the head of Fix it Felix Jr. The sight of the disembodied head with ghost white eyes on the tip of the wrecker's tongue made the knot in the royal's stomach twist tighter, nearly paralyzing her with fear.

Quickly scooting away from the wrecking bug, a fierce growl erupted behind the core that made her whip around to a large strawberry colored bug. The core gaped at the sight of the large virus that jumbled what words the core could say in her mind.

"Taffyta?!" Vanellope managed to shriek as she scrambled to her feet and largely stepped back from both bugs that were advancing on her. "It's me Vanellope! You and Ralph have to remember me! You guys have to fight Garry's control!"

The strawberry themed bug focused her vicious ghost white eyes on Vanellope and angrily swiped her left claw at the teen. Vanellope quickly bounded out of the way, dodging the attack at just the right moment while almost losing her crown in the process. The core's fear was quickly replaced with anger, Vanellope fed up with Garry's antics.

"Ok Garry, if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll-" Vanellope began as she turned around to where Garry stood, but the disappearance of the villain cut off the core's argument. Sighing, Vanellope rolled her eyes.

"And here I thought hide and seek were for children." Vanellope expressed.

Another fierce quake struck the area that nearly knocked the teen off her feet, but she quickly regained her balance. Keeping her vision focused in front of her despite what threats surrounded her, what the teen saw next replaced what anger she mustered with overwhelming fear, but she stood her ground regardless.

Stepping into the light was a monster far more terrifying than what the royal saw previously and could easily mimic the aquatic three headed hydra. From left to right was the head of Garry, Turbo, and finally, her father, each looking more frightening than the first. From their ghost white eyes to their razor sharp fangs, to the large cybug body that each neck was attached to as strings of code streamed among the virus's body.

Vanellope's eyes focused on the strings of data that streamed along the body of the virus. She recognized who the strings of data belonged to, which caused her voice to get hitched in her throat and rushing fear to completely consume her.

"Gloyd...Set...Jet." Vanellope managed to choke out as her eyes closely followed the data streams. "Rancis...Minty...Candlehead...Not again!"

Turning her vision back to the three headed virus, the royal noticed the devious grin on Turbo's face, his horribly stained teeth clear in her view. As much as Vanellope wanted to scream and run, her former best friends turned viruses and crippling fear prevented such an action.

As the monster advanced closer to the teen queen, the head of Turbo extended its neck towards her at lightning speed as the monster stomped its left foot and created another earth shattering quake. Quickly reacting, Vanellope shut her eyes tightly and covered her face with her right arm, quickly defending herself against the attack Turbo launched against her.

Unhitching her breath from her throat, breathing as if she were taking her last breath, Vanellope's eyes shot open as the core quickly sat up. Panting heavily, the royal frantically looked around and noticed she was in her bedroom, surrounded by the Sugar Rush racers. Even Jet and Set stood among the racers dressed in their new blue and white jumps suits with Sugar Rush's logos on the front of the jacket, matching shoes included.

Getting her breathing under control, Vanellope carefully observed the looks that graced their faces and noticed that they looked upset. Confused by their expressions, Taffyta approached her and broke the silence.

"Van, we got the orange tag." Taffyta informed her, the painfully sad expression on her face unchanging. "Gloyd and I overheard Litwak saying that it is a possibility that our game will be unplugged if the tremors continue. They have gotten so bad that we haven't had a quarter alert since early yesterday."

"We just became racers of this game." Set added in, his voice also dripping with worry. "If this game gets unplugged, we will never get the chance to race!"

"For most of us, never again." Swizzle voiced as he turned his vision towards the ground.

Hearing that caused the core's eyes to widen to the size of medium sized dinner plates. Running a lazy hand through her damp raven hair, Vanellope looked among them while trying to search for the right words to calm their fears.

However, from what she just learned, there might not be any words that could possibly accomplish that, especially after the nightmare she just had...

Welcome back everybody! :) As promised, here is the sequel to Fight For The Code! While the first chapter maybe a little boring, it being the first chapter and all lol, I hope you guys are ready for what's in store for our racers and heroine because it's going to get wild! The official fanart for this fanfic is on my DeviantArt page under Alisi-Christine!

Schweet Deal will be updated soon with a one-shot based on Hero's Cuties! My apologies it is so late being updated. Life has stepped in my way once more. So stay tuned and don't forget to,

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