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Another summer has come and went over the Litwak's Family Fun Center & Arcade. Business was in full bloom, but alas, fall has come; meaning children would be in school for half of the day. It was the last Saturday before school started and one youngster was determined to beat his high score.
Emerald eyes focused on the large console's screen as the player neared the end of the level. Almost, almost, almost... Yes! The boy jumped for joy as he patched the last window of the game he loved the most. He watched as the Nicelanders gathered on top of the roof and threw the 8-bit wrecker off of the building into a puddle of mud. Just as he was about to put in another quarter for another game, the owner of the arcade called for closing time. He sighed, but put his quarter back into his pocket. He waved goodbye to the elder before riding his bike — more than likely heading home for his curfew.
Mr. Litwak, the owner of the arcade, patted the old game with fondness. "It's been a long time coming ol' friend. It kind of pains me to do this to you, but it's the kids vote over mine," he sighed as a lanky woman walked into the arcade. "I'm from the Lawt Sidney Company. I'm here to talk about what we have in store for Fix-It Felix Jr.," she said, shaking the man's hand. "Ah yes. I'm supposed to have others dropping by in a few minutes. I hope you don't mind talking with the others here ma'am," he smiled. "Not at all." Just as he ushered her into his office two other people came into the building.
The game consoles continued their demo screens until all of the humans were in the office. Most of the characters glanced at the game Fix-It Felix Jr. with a hint of concern. Was it going to be unplugged? Was it going to be moved to another arcade? Who are the other two people? What are they all here for?!
The Nicelanders huddled in front of the Niceland apartment complex. "Oh Jiminy Jaminy brother, what do you think is going to happen to the game?" Felix muttered as he eyed the closed office door. The burly wrecker wiped away the mud from his clothes. "I... I don't know." Out of the corner of his eyes he caught his best friend and president of Sugar Rush, Vanellope von Schweetz casting a worried look from the avatar selection screen. He cast the girl toothy grin to hopefully soothe her nerves, which worked for the most part.
Before anything else could be said the muffle of the conversations got louder until the doorknob jiggled. Every game jumped back into demo mode before the humans walked across the room. "We'll send someone to start the process tomorrow morning sir." Mr. Litwak gave the last of the paperwork over to the last of the representatives before locking up the arcade for the night.
"All clear!" Yuni, from DDR shouted once she saw Mr. Litwak's car zip down the road. Ralph let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. He glanced down at the other occupants of the game before heading to the train that would take him to Game Central Station. The station was surprisingly quiet. No one knew who was getting what or whether it was a good or bad thing. All eyes went to Wreck-It Ralph once the giant made it out of the gate. For the first time in years, the Surge Protector didn't stop him, or not. "Random security check, sir. Name?" Ralph grumbled before replying, "Frogger."
"Name..." the blue male drawled out with zero interest. "Ugh! You know who I am. I'm in no mood for this… Wreck-It Ralph," he growled. "And where are you coming from?" the Surge Protector asked as he scribbled nothing onto his clipboard. "My game, Fix-It Felix Jr." the giant groaned. "And where are you heading?"
For a moment Ralph had to think on that. Before he could even think of anything, the sound of tires screeched across the tiled floors. A conglomerate of random sweets skidded through the Surge Protector. "He's going to Sugar Rush," the driver stated matter-of-factly. "Anything to declare?" he asked as if the incident didn't faze him. "You suck!" he snorted. "I get that a lot. Proceed." The blue man disappeared, only to appear a few gates away to stop Wario from exiting the Mario game.
A pair of hazel eyes went up to the pair that belongs to her favorite bad guy/hero. "What up Captain Snot-face?" Naturally the remark held no bite, but it didn't hold its usual cheery playfulness either. "Nothing Princess Underpants," he replied, and of course his remark didn't hold its usual playfulness as well. "That's president to you bub. So are we heading to Sugar Rush or will Admiral McLame have over there have to frisk ya?" she laughed a bit. This in turn made her friend chuckle. The large male sat at the back of the kart before zooming into Sugar Rush — luckily beating the Surge Protector before he could stop them.
The duo went down the pink road before making a left turn towards that lead away from the castle. He knew exactly where she was taking him — Diet Cola Mountain. The kart came to a halt. Vanellope glitches out of her kart before making her way to the sponge cake bed. There was an awkward silence between the two before the small president spoke.
"I know everyone's talking about your game getting... unplugged, but I wouldn't listen to them if I were you. Come on Ralphie-boy, ain't no way your game's getting unplugged. It's a classic! You saw the look on that kid's face today. Litwak would never get rid of your game." The statement seemed to push the elephant out of the room, or at least one of them. "But what about Sugar Rush? People are saying that one of those representative might be for your game."
Vanellope glitched onto one of her favorite spots — Ralph's shoulder. "No one knows who those two humans are for so they're nothing but rumors. Even if one was for my game, I doubt it would be anything bad considering the way the players like to use my glitch." She glitched off of his shoulder. "So quit worrying about it and lets have some fun Stinkbrain." Ralph had rolled his eyes at her name of endearment as she so often called it. "Yes, oh wise one."
"To Tappers!" she decreed as soon as he hopped onto her kart. A mischievous glint twinkled in her eyes. Her companion knew all too well that this meant trouble. "Whoa!" he cried out as she hit the boost button. "Woohoo!"
(A/N: Well I decided to give this fandom a shot and see what I can come up with. To all of my other readers, don't worry I'll still update the other stories. A few of them will have chapters out by the beginning of April. Hope you guys enjoy this prologue. The first chapter will be up after in a minute.)
