Vanellope's Adventure part 1

The two friends stood at the gate. The man was huge. He had broad shoulders, messy rust colored hair and a determined yet concerned look on his face. His companion was noticeably smaller. She looked nervous and excited. It was the first time she was going to leave the only world she had known. A few months ago, a vicious program had attempted to destroy her code. As a result, she had become a glitch unable to leave her game. Thanks to her new friend, Ralph, she was finally able to leave Sugar Rush.
"What's it like in there, Ralph?" The young program asked, squeezing her companion's hand for reassurance.
"Oh, it's uhhh…" Ralph struggled to find the words. He had been around the arcade for thirty years. Never before had he ever expected he would have to show a new program around. How exactly do you explain something so trivial to someone who's never experienced it before? Vanellope wasn't exactly a new program, either. She had just never been able to explore the arcade before now. She was understandably nervous, though she'd never admit it.
"It's uhh…?" Vanellope began to ask.
"It's great. Just stick with me and you'll be fine, I promise." Ralph turned to give the young program an encouraging smile. "I'll protect you." He continued.
"I can protect myself, thank you very much!" Vanellope protested. She proceeded in yanking her hand out of Ralph's and gave a very loud, "Hmph!"
Ralph chuckled, "Oh of course you can, I just thought you might like me to show you around. I can leave, if you wan—"
"NO! I-I mean, I'd like it if you'd show me around Ralph, thanks." Vanellope looked down and embarrassedly kicked at the ground.
Ralph smirked, shook his head, and offered his hand, "Shall we?"
Vanellope smiled widely, "Do, let's!" She grabbed Ralph's hand and ran for the gateway to Game Central Station. A circuit train took the two friends through the plug. Ralph watched as Vanellope leaned over the cart, excitedly pointing at the electrical currents. Ralph couldn't help but smile at her naivety. He had ridden these circuits hundreds of times. The wonder of it all had been lost on him nearly 30 years ago. To a program like Vanellope, who had never been outside her game, each new experience was incredible. Game Central Station offered even more excitement for the young program. "WOW!" She yelled, "I never imagined it was this big!" Her eyes widened as she took in the scene around her.
"Yeah, I guess it is kinda big." Ralph muttered, scratching the back of his head with one of his huge hands. He couldn't imagine what was so impressive to his friend. It never got any bigger.
"OOOHH! Where should we go first?" Vanellope squealed excitedly. She ran off without warning.
"Whoa - wait a second!" Ralph yelled after her, "Wait for me!"

Ralph raced after Vanellope. The young program was so excited, she didn't notice the other programs milling around.
"Whoa!"
"Hey!"
"Watch it!"
Ralph moaned, shaking his head. He made a beeline for his little friend, apologizing to the angry programs along the way.
"I'm so sorry!"
"She's new. You'll have to excuse her."
"My apologies miss."
Each time they saw Ralph coming; the other programs crossed their arms and muttered under their breaths.
"That explains it, she's with him."
"Of course, only a simpleton would hang out with that brute."
Ralph snarled. It had been two weeks since he and Vanellope had saved Sugar Rush, and possibly the whole arcade, and the 'good programs' still treated him like garbage. Well, almost all the good programs.
"Whoa! What's going on here?" It was Sergeant Calhoun. Felix's fiancé and a well respected hero from the game: Hero's Duty. She surveyed the area and noticed a little raven-haired program running into everyone. She then noticed a giant man in dirty red overalls barreling his way through the surprised crowd. "Oh, I see." Calhoun stalked toward the small program. Her eyes never left her target. She positioned herself perfectly so that Vanellope ran straight into her waiting arms. "Whoa kiddo, where do you thing you're going?" She asked, hoisting the younger-looking program into the air. Truthfully Calhoun was technically younger than Vanellope. While Sugar Rush had been around since the 90's, Hero's Duty was only a month old game. Calhoun had the advantage of size, strength, and respect.
"Oh. Hey Sergeant Bug Beater!" Vanellope crowed excitedly. "I've finally been cleared by the doctors to leave Sugar Rush and Ralph was gonna show me around!"
"I see! Congratulations President Von Shweets. It's good to finally see you outside of that candy-coated, way too pink world of yours." She turned to Ralph, who had finally made his way through the crowd. He stood in front of the two programs, panting slightly. "And I see you've finally caught up to you're friend. Next time, you might want to… I don't know…try to keep up with a program ten times smaller than you."

Ralph blushed in embarrassment. "R-right. Well, if someone hadn't run off like that--."
Calhoun brought Vanellope up to her head and muttered, "Yes, well maybe he shouldn't be so slow."
Vanellope chuckled, "I'm sorry Stinkbrain. This place is just so exciting, I couldn't help myself!" She hopped out of Calhoun's arms and landed in front of her large companion. "Ok Ralph, I promise I'll take it slow. Now where should we go first?" Vanellope squeaked.
"Uhhmm…"
"OH! Can we go visit your game Ralph? Please!"
Calhoun chuckled and jumped in, "Sure you can! In fact, why don't we all go together? I was on my way to see Felix anyway."
"Oh uh, sure. Great." Ralph mumbled half-heartedly. As much as he had wanted Vanellope to visit Fix-It-Felix Jr. with him, he had hoped they could have been alone. He wanted to show her his home without the two lovebirds tagging along. ~Now I'll have to deal with Felix and Calhoun being all mushy and gross, great! ~