A/N: Hello, guys! Thanks for clicking on this story, hope you'll enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Wreck-it Ralph or Ralph Breaks the Internet, they're the rightful property of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
*BOOM*
A bunch of cars exploded and created smoke everywhere. "Woah!" Vanellope, in her shiny emerald car with skull design was startled at the sudden burst for a moment before she glitched and passed the barrier of the burning cars.
The player wooed in excitement. "Ha! There goes that little cavity. Now only to get this car to-"
"Hey, mister," Vanellope, who had just pixelated out of the burning barrier pushed the gear and ran the car into reverse in front of the gamer's car, confusing the poor gamer and causing him to slow down and bump into the barrier in panic until Shank's gang surrounded him.
*GAME OVER*
Said the screen of the gamer. "Damn that little girl and her glitch!" The gamer who had just lose the race cursed and threw the remote control away, throwing a tantrum. "I gotta start the game again!"
"Wow, amazing power drift there, V." Pyro appreciated, putting down his gas tanks. "That is a real tough thing to figure out."
"Oh, come on, guh-doy!" Vanellope shrugged, jumping out of her car. "Shank taught me that."
"Well, you figured it out faster than I expected, V." Shank said with a smirk. "Racing really is in your code."
"Thank you," Vanellope replied with a smile, giving a slight gesture of curtsey, which Shank returned as well. Suddenly, she felt a vibration in her pocket. She took out her Buzzztube Communication Device out of her pocket to find Ralph on line. "Hey, it's Ralph's call!" With a face full of excitement, she picked up the call, a laser of rays came out of the device, portraying Ralph's clear image. "Hey, Stinkbrain! I was just gonna call you."
"Well, beat you to it, kid. Got a surprise for ya', I'm right outside Slaughter Race."
"OH, SWEET MOTHER OF MONKEY MILK! REALLY?!"
"Yeah! And I got someone with me. Why don't you come to the entrance gate where we can actually meet?"
"Racer's on her way. Will be there in less than a minute, Chumbo." She winked before hanging up the call and shoved the device back in her pocket before glitching into her car. "Ralph's here, Shank! Let's go meet him."
"Race you for it." And Shank was already a mile away with her car. Vanellope excitedly turned on the engine and caught up to her in no time.
Just as assured, Ralph found Vanellope with her car in no time. "Stinkbrain!" she yelled up to her lungs and glitched out of her car, into his big arms. Ralph cradled her pint-sized body in his big hands lovingly. "I missed you like how a car would miss an engine."
"I missed you too, kid. How is life going?" he asked, pinching her little cheeks as she seated herself comfortably on his palm.
"Well, everything is on fire." She joked.
BLAST!
A helicopter crashed out of nowhere upon a car, blasting along with it, followed by a train crashing into it.
"Literally."
"Yeah, I can see that." Ralph replied with a nervous chuckle.
"But you suddenly here? Why the pleasant surprise?" she asked with smirk. "Wait, your game is okay, right?"
"Yeah, it's perfect. But, uh…" he paused. "I…got some news for you. I brought someone with me."
"Ooh! Who's it? Is it Calhoun or Felix?"
"Well," He begun.
"Or is it Yesss? Haven't got to meet her in forever!" She interrupted.
"Vanellope."
"Sorry, go on."
"You know, it's about your game. The old one." He sighed.
"Sugar Rush?" Vanellope asked, her eyes widened. She started glitching. "What about it?"
"Well,"
"Hello, President."
Vanellope was surprised at the familiar voice as Taffyta stepped out from behind Ralph, followed by Candlehead, Rancis and rest of the racers.
"Taffyta? You guys here?" Vanellope glitched off Ralph to face them.
"Wow, thought you just forgot us." Taffyta scoffed, licking her lollipop. "Especially after we lost all the contacts." Vanellope breathed out deeply and glanced up at Ralph gravely.
"Ralph, why are they here?"
"Um…" Ralph begun.
"You would have known it yourself if you at least cared to check out Sugar Rush once in a while." Taffyta said.
"Oh. I think I know why you guys are here. Look, I know I left the Sugar Rush and decided to follow my dreams, but only because there were plenty of you guys to cover it up."
"No, it was because you found us boring and uninteresting, and since you found something better, you dumped us in the dust, right?"
"Taffyta, listen. It's nothing like that."
"Was this your loyalty towards Sugar Rush, President Von Schweetz?" Taffyta questioned, Vanellope stayed silent. Shank walked up to Ralph.
"I suppose they're from her previous game, right? V told me about them." she whispered. Ralph nodded in response.
"You expected us to get miserable without you, didn't you? Well, guess what, Vanellope? Your plan actually worked. We're unplugged for good because of you, Miss President."
Vanellope's eyes widened with shock. "…What? But I thought…the steering wheel saved it,"
"It did." Candlehead replied. "But we lost popularity after you left, players were upset you never appear in the roster anymore and stopped playing. Sugar Rush's income kept going down day by day until Litwak decided to unplug it for good because it was no longer helping him in his budget."
"But…I didn't thought that'd happen." Vanellope started glitching, distressed. "I didn't thought anyone would care." Ralph decided to change up the topic a bit.
"You know, Felix and Calhoun were pretty happy to take care of them, but we decided to take them here so they could keep up their racing instinct. Also, you'd got some company as well, kid." Ralph said and turned to Shank. "Thought you guys had plenty of room for them, and they'll get to race as well." He said hopefully. Shank smiled.
"Well, why not? If they're V's friends, I'm pretty sure they might be good racers as well, right V?" Shank asked. Vanellope looked at her.
"Um… yeah, I guess they are..."
"Means they could stay?" Ralph asked.
"Well-"
"Um, Shank. Can I have a word with you?" Vanellope interrupted. She glitched into her car and glanced at the candy racers. "Alone."
"Uh, yeah, sure." Shank replied, as Vanellope started up her car. "Excuse us for a moment, I'll be right back." She jumped into her car and drove off to follow Vanellope.
"Well, stay together, kids. This game is a little weird for those who don't have their codes in it haha," Ralph chuckled nervously. The racers stared, watching the two cars fade into distance. Taffyta glared as she licked her lollipop.
'I know what you're up to, Glitch.'
Vanellope pushed the 'stopper' pedal, her car stopped with a screech. "What's the matter, V? We weren't even done talking there." Shank stated, hopping out of her car.
"Don't tell me you were going to say yes, Shank." Vanellope slammed shut the door of her car.
"What do you mean?" shank asked, surprised. "They are your friends, aren't they?"
"No, I mean, yeah. Look, they aren't really what they look, Shank. You don't know them. They'd been nothing but total jerks to me for 15 years."
"But their game is…um, unplugged, you say?"
"Yeah, I admit it's kinda my fault. But Shank, there are plenty of racing games in the Internet, do they have to stay here?"
"If they're racers, what's the problem? It's a good thing we can have more racers. It will make it more challenging for the player to steal my car and finish the game."
Vanellope pouted. "But…didn't I come here first?"
Shank raised an eyebrow. "Race isn't about who starts first, V, it's about who finishes first. You don't want to stay with them?"
"No… I didn't mean that. Look, I left Sugar Rush without a word and now it's unplugged, they're gonna bully me about it."
"What makes you think that?"
"Because that's what they've always done, ga-doy!" Vanellope replied, infuriated. "You don't understand! Taffyta is gonna make me pay for everything we've been through. She just…she just doesn't like me."
Shank knelt down before her. "You changed your mind about everything about the past when you walked into this game, little sister. Who knows they too will?" Shank said. "Why don't you give them a chance, V? Give them a chance to change their minds and be your friends?"
Vanellope sighed before looking up at her. "Only because you say. But I'm not gonna apologize for anything I haven't done, especially to Taffyta."
"Alright. Let's go, little sister." Shank hopped into her. Vanellope sighed before doing the same.
'I know what's in their minds. They're gonna be taking revenge on everything.'
"Think this game looks a little weird?" Crumbelina guessed.
"A little is an understatement." Minty added. "This game is total weirdo."
"I think it's cool." Swizzle replied as he tossed his basketball through the hoop, making Gloyd groan.
"You'll get used to it." Felony replied. A helicopter came flying clumsily and passed from inches above their heads before flying away, startling everyone, especially Ralph.
"Woah! That was close! Kids, you better be careful, no one knows what's gonna happen here." Ralph said, looking back and forth cautiously.
"My candle!" Candlehead cried, her candle had blown out by the passing helicopter.
"I can help you with that." Pyro said, taking out hid gas tanks, only to be stopped by Ralph.
"Don't you even think about it." He warned.
"What are you talking about? I was gonna take this out." Pyro pulled out a matchbox and lightened her candle with it.
"Thanks." Candlehead smiled at him, he smiled back.
"That's better. Felix and Calhoun are gonna kill me outside my game if something happens to them." Ralph muttered. He turned back to see Shank and Vanellope approaching. "Oh, hey, kid."
"Hey Stinkbrain." Vanellope glitched upon his shoulder.
"You know I better be leaving now. The arcade might be opening soon."
"Aw, but ya' just came, we didn't even hang out." She complained, she was already distressed much, and now Ralph was leaving as well.
Ralph took her in his arms. "I know, kid. But you got your dream game and fellow racers right here, why don't you hang out with them while I do my duty." He teased, hoping to make her laugh at the last word, but surprisingly for him she didn't; instead she just gave the candy racers who were enjoying to themselves a glance before looking back at him with a frown. "Come on! Where's my tough little girl? You're gonna be fine." She sighed and nodded slightly. Ralph smiled and poked her cheek before gently placing her on the ground and turning to Shank. "I hope the kids will be okay here."
"Don't worry about that, big fella'. We're always happy to have more racers." She replied, putting her hands in her pockets. Vanellope silently walked away.
"What's up with her? What did you guys talk about?" Ralph whispered, watching as Vanellope glitched while walking. "Is she okay?" Shank smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"She'll be fine. She's just a bit overwhelmed by the sudden change. Kids, y'know."
"Yeah, just make sure she's fine. Thanks again." Shank nodded. Ralph told the kids to take care before he left the game.
Taffyta licked her lollipop and stared at Vanellope who passed by without glancing at her. "Why do I get a feeling that you're not happy that we got a home, Vanellope? Is it because you expected us to get miserable without our game and you?" Vanellope stopped and turned to her.
"Why would I ever want that?"
"Just ya' know, I think you didn't want to stay with us. After all, we're too boring for you, huh? That's why you left." Taffyta replied with a scowl. Vanellope rolled her eyes and put her hands in the pocket.
"Think what you want to think. I just followed my dream and I don't feel anything's wrong with it. After all my whole life has been nothing but hell thanks to you and I've been nothing but a worthless glitch to you. After all those years of torment and rejection, I'm finally living my life for myself, is that really too much to ask for?" Vanellope questioned with an expressionless face. Taffyta stepped closer to her.
"You don't always get what you ask for, Von Schweetz, maybe you'll understand someday. After all you aren't the fancy 'almighty so-called president' here; things aren't going to be your way like they always have been." Vanellope stared at her silently as Taffyta tossed a lollipop at her that she caught. Taffyta grinned before winking. "Stay Sweet."
A/N: Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it! I just made it like Vanellope never really got along with the racers (Which I personally believe happened) but I hope the racers weren't too out-of-character, I tried my best despite how less screen-time they get in the movies.
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