It was already morning when Vanellope woke up to find herself completely alone in the forest. Seemed like Dipper had waked up way earlier than her and picked up the things he brought for him. A little curious of what happened with him; she picked up her sleeping bag and explored the area a little where after around 30 minutes, found the mystery shack. The place seemed deserted and the question of where Dipper could be still remained. Once inside, Nell left her things behind the shack counter and walked around to see if at least Mabel, or even the old Stan where there. However, the search was pretty much a failure because in the end and after an exhaustive look, the little kid didn't found a single soul in the whole property.

Quite disoriented and preoccupied for that sudden disappearance of the Pines family, Nell re-entered the woods to look for his friend. It took every single skill she had learned from Calhoun to search for a proper clue of where Dipper and Mabel could be.

"Hey what's this?" Vanellope looked to the ground and found some quite weird footmarks. Once focused on them, it was easy to tell they formed a path which drove to Pac-man knows where; but still, she could see the difference on the feet sizes and how there were exactly two big types of marks while the rest seemed to be from very tiny people. "This can not be a coincidence" Nell told herself and followed the steps in the hope to find the Pines twins. "Ok… Rule number one for survival" She started quoting what Calhoun taught her. "Silence. Always be 100% silent. You can see them, but they can't see you."

Vanellope's whole mission just started. She kept her eyes open for anything that could pop out of nowhere, she remembered also what Dipper taught her about that forest and how many unusual creatures it contained. "What type of creature could have taken them without making enough noise for me to notice?" The brunette kept thinking. "Oh hold on!" an idea cleared her mind and it fitted perfectly.

"Gnomes, they must be the ones behind all these. Dipper said they once tried to marry Mabel, but after Dipper and Mabel won the battle, that could have gave them a reason to return and make them pay for what they did… YES!" she said out loud but after realizing what she just did, Nell covered her mouth with her hands. "Oops… Gotta keep that under control..." she sighed. "The gnomes… Dipper said they didn't have a weakness, but everyone does. They must have one. They're tiny, so it's hard to catch them. They have no special powers, so that means they depend on each other to be powerful… And they have beards, those must mean something." By the time Vanellope had the whole thought ready, she got to a weird looking cave where nothing special could be seen from the outside but right before leaving, Nell heard a familiar voice. It was Mabel… and Waddles? That's right, this time, they had the pig too.

Everything was set; she had to rescue her friends. How will that go? Simple. Vanellope first placed few traps outside the cave as she got inside of it. Once there, it wasn't hard to find the way to get where they were tormented. "Stupid gnomes" She chuckled and followed the light which led to a much bigger cave and they there were, right in the middle of it, hanging over fire. "Ok.. Nevermind what I said of them being stupid. That setting is quite impressive." Nell shock her head. "Right, right, I'm here to save them, not to comment on the decoration… But this place could use some salmon."

Vanellope studied the area and got out some small improvised knifes/swords she did with pointy rocks from the forest. The gnomes where too occupied convincing Mabel to become their queen and she used that short moment to take a deep breath and called for their attention. "HEY YOU POINTY STUPID HEADS! LOOK OVER HERE!" she shouted as loud as she could, and it sure worked because all the gnomes instantly turned around to see her.

"What, what? Wait hold on. Who let this girl in?" Jeff the Gnomes leader said. "You guys have no idea of how royalty works right?" She distracted them. "Don't you know that a queen must be born princess to be a real ruler? Bah, you want Mabel when you could have a real princess.. How stupid."

"What?" Dipper looked at Mabel confused and wondering what Vanellope's plan could be. "Who are you candy girl!?" Jeff asked intrigued for her argument

"I'm Vanellope Von Schweetz. Princess of the Candy Kingdom, from the reign of Sugar Rush. I was born a princess, ready to take the throne as a Queen but decided to become a president since there was no prince or king to take the throne along with me…" Nell faked sadness and few tears.

Jeff took few steps and approached to her. "You-you're a princess? Well look at that. Bada-bing, bada-bong. Here's your prince to take the throne with you." He said in a flirty tone.

Vanellope picked up the little guy and gave him a big hug along with a small kiss in the forehead. Mabel and Dipper's mouth totally dropped due the surprise. "NO NELL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Dipper exclaimed worried for her. "Shut that kid!" Jeff ordered. "Oh you would?" Nell fake blushed. "But.. How could I marry only one of you? You're all so cute and handsome!" she kept going on and on with enough compliments to get them all eating from her hand. "You guys should even let those kids go. What kind of people does that? The idea of kings and queens might be medieval but we don't have to be."

"Steve, Jason, Carson, Shmebulock! Get those kids down and here with us. They will be our best man and bride's maid." Jeff ordered immediately. "So, yeah honey. They wedding will be an express one, you're ok with that right?" the young gnome said. Mabel and Dipper were still tied as they got placed right in front of them with the almost instant wedding set. "Actually hun… I'm not ok with it!" That last thing came with a powerful karate kick she had learned from Ken Masters. Nell ran to liberate the twins and once that part was done, she handed them their improvised swords and quickly taught them how to properly use them in battle.

It wasn't easy. The fight took long for the 3 kids and the pig to get so many gnomes out of their way. Once almost in the entrance of the cave, Vanellope explained Dipper and Mabel how to avoid the traps but still get the little villains to fall for them. It was now or never when Nell gave the signal and they all jumped to the outside and back to the forest. It only took one step from Jeff and his tiny army to activate the almost invisible trap Vanellope had for them. It ended up placing a giant rock in the entrance of the cave not letting anyone in or out. Finally they were safe. They all could take a proper breath.

"So, how are my skills?" Vanellope asked to the twins, but they were still pretty much speechless because of the epic adventure they have just had.

"Vanellope that was amazing!" Mabel congratulated her and prized her with an enormous bear hug along with Waddles to make it extra strong. Dipper only gave her a smile, no words, nothing else. As the hug ended, they all thought it was for the best if they could just go back to the shack and rest for such a crazy day.

Dipper and Vanellope however, got quite behind in their way back and got completely alone. Nell thought she did something wrong. She felt like it since Dipper hadn't said a word, and only managed to get the tiniest smile out of him. Vanellope gave him a light punch expecting at least another reaction, but yet, Dipper was able to avoid the hit making her lose her balance and almost fall. He caught her pulling Vanellope to a quite special hug. Dipper didn't let her go for a long period of time, almost 5 minutes, but to them both it felt so short. They missed each other so much and it had only passed one day.

"Nell, you scared me. A lot…" he said still holding her tightly. "What if something had happened to you? What if they had forced you to marry Jeff in the end? What if they kidnapped you as they did with us and I never saw you again? You risked too much!' Dipper kept worrying until he felt Vanellope's hands reach his face. Her soft hands gently held his head making him lock his eyes to hers as she replied silently with a sweet smile.

There was the perfect moment; the perfect timing, the perfect place. Dipper pulled Vanellope closer and closer until they were few millimeters away from each other. Still looking at her but without a single word, they read each other minds and noticed what was happening there. Vanellope started showing a cute honeyglow in her cheeks, but that response was all it took for Dipper to make what he had been waiting all this time, all his life. His first kiss, her first kiss.

It wasn't anything weird or gross like most first kisses where shown in TV or movies. It really only lasted few seconds, but that short moment meant so much for them both. Once it ended Nell buried her face in Dipper's chest like she did once before. "Dipper Pines…" she mumbled. "Vanellope Von Schweetz…" he replied.

"Never let me go.." she whispered. "Never?" Dipper said playfully. "Yes. Never, never ever again let me alone. Never go, stay with me… please?" Vanellope looked at him once again with teary eyes, and as some of those tears started rolling down her cheeks, but when she noticed the little girl let out a soft gasp out of surprise causing a cute smile form in Dipper's face.

"I'll never go away Nell. Never, I promise. I'll never let another tear run down from your precious skin" He cleaned her tears holding her face once again to another kiss. This time, yes, more passionate and full of expectations. Both of them blushed, and as if it was practically a signal, Vanellope and Dipper said at the very same time those big words. "I love you…"