Dreams Come True

The Wrecker & The Racer

Me and Gladius were sound asleep on the Candy Cane tree. Even though I wasn't completely aware of my surroundings, the branch wasn't the best bed, as I tossed and turned, only staying on thanks to Gladius' telepathy. As I tried to get comfortable, however, I felt something poke my nose. I grunted and swatted it away, but it just kept happening. So, frustrated at whatever ruined my sleep, I opened my eyes. Right in front of me was Vanellope, who was dangling from the branch above me.

"Wow, and I thought Ralph slept like a ton of bricks", she joked with a smirk. I just stared at her for what felt like minutes, eyes still almost closed, mouth slightly agape as I stared at the candy haired president. Suddenly, my brain caught up, my pulse skyrocketed, and my eyes bulged.

"WHAT THE-" I said in utter shock. But me shouting startled Gladius, making the sword release his grip on me, so I tumbled off the branch, slamming into every other one on the way down.

"CALEB!" Gladius called. I heard him try and wrench himself from the tree, but just as I heard him break free, I slammed on the pink frosting ground on my back with a loud THUD. Gladius was quick to soar above me and check me over. "Are you okay?!"

I groaned, but slowly sat up. "I'm fine..." I said weakly. I shook my head, putting a hand on my sore shoulder.

"Jeez, sorry about that dude." I looked up to see Vanellope on the branch right above me once again. "Didn't expect you to get that spooked."

"Well, when you sneak up on people when they're sleeping on a tree branch, that tends to happen '', I glared at the girl. She just gave me a flat look, so I shook my head and sighed. Gladius helped me up, and I dusted myself off. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Arcade's closed, so I went looking for you, Mr.Mysterious", She said smugly. She glitched in front of me onto a gumdrop. "Also, you're welcome for not ratting you out yesterday.'

I dropped my glare and sighed. "Yeah, thanks for that." I said, earning another of her smirks. "I'm just confused why you didn't."

"Because if I did, I wouldn't be able to figure out what the big deal with you is", she said, gesturing at me. I faltered a tiny bit. "So, that's why." She looked me dead in the eyes with a glare. "So, who are you?"

I gulped, but didn't stay silent. "My name is Caleb, and this", I gestured to Gladius, "is Gladius."

Vanellope snorted at the sword's name. "Well, I bet he was pretty glad I didn't rat you out to Electro." She let out a giggle.

Gladius, however, was appalled, letting out a gasp. "How dare you insult my name!" He angrily shot at the candy racer. Vanellope stopped giggling and looked Gladius over.

"So you can talk..." She said in awe. Gladius straightened up and moved away from her, using his wings to cover his jewel. Vanellope then looked back to be. "Alright, next question; Where are you from?"

That made me tense up. My brain worked at hyper speeds to try and come up with something that wasn't the truth, and I could tell Gladius was doing the same.

"Um...W-Well you see...It's-I'm...", I rambled, "Y-You see, I'm from...Uhhh-"

"Okay, just stop Jackhammer", Vanellope groaned, "You aren't going to tell me, i get it." I shut up and blushed in embarrassment. "But because of that, I'm keeping you here until you spill, got it?" She pointed at me with a scowl, and when I remembered I'm technically wanted, I nodded. Vanellope stuffed her hands into her sweater pockets, and smiled up at me. "Well, we aren't getting anything done just standing here, Let's go!" She started happily skipping over to her kart, which was parked off to the side.

"Wait, where are we going?" I asked. Vanellope rolled her eyes and looked back at me.

"To the castle of course, dummy", She jumped into the seat of her kart, "So move your molasses!"