Start (fanfic creation and first chapter): 10-17-10 Finish: 11-25-10 (chapter only)
The Groms's New Stoke
Okay, just so y'all get the message: This Stoked fanfic is somewhat based on the Disney movie, The Emperor's New Groove. 'Nuff said. Only instead of one royal teen, this story involves six regular teenagers workin' at a Canadian hotel resort.
Bold & underlined dialogue indicate narrated voices, and ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ indicates a scene change. Any of these _ _ _ _ (put name here) _ _ _ _ ya come across at various points in the story indicate him, her and/or them stoppin' the story to make their personal comments on somethin' or someone, just like Kuzko did in the movie.
Dislclaimer: I don't own Stoked or The Emperor's New Groove. 'Nuff said.
CHAPTER 1: The Beginning
Not so long ago, at Sunset Island...
In the middle of the woods were a Triceratops and a T-rex, sitting there alone and sulking in different parts of the forest, away from each other. That's right, y'all heard me. Two dinosaurs on Sunset Island. Actually, there were five dinosaurs and a pterosaur, but we'll get to that in a while.
As for why they were alone and sulking...
A lightning strike startled them and then it starts raining. The dinosaurs looked up, then wept- barely in the T-rex's case.
"Would you take a look at that?" A narrative female voice asked.
"Pretty pathetic, huh, dudes?" Asked a narrative male voice.
"Well, you're not gonna believe this, but those dinosaurs were once human beings," the male voice said. "And not just any human beings. Those two were surfers. Oh yeah!"
"This is their story." The male voice said.
"Actually, OUR story." the female voice corrected.
"Oh yeah, that's right. We're those dinos." she said.
"I'm that T-rex." she added.
"And that Triceratops is me." The male voice said.
"The name is Fin McCloud." The narrating female introduced herself.
"And I'm Reef Volotres." The narrating male voice announced himself.
"And guess what? Reef and I weren't the only ones turned into prehistoric animals." narrator Fin stated.
"Four more of us ended up that way as well, but you're gonna have to see that for yourself." narrator Reef added.
"Let's go back a few days, y'know, before we got transformed, and this all make sense." narrator Fin offered.
Rolling across the street was a bus, and a rather ridiculous-looking one at that. It was shaped like a purple killer whale, for crying out loud! One of the windows opened and out came a spiky-haired redheaded male. With an excited look on his face, he shouted: "Hello, Sunset Beach!" Wait, is this where it all started? Suddenly this film scene slowed and then stopped!
_ _ _ _ Reef and Fin _ _ _ _
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's way too far back, dude!" narrator Reef shouted.
"We didn't mean on the day we came to Surfer's Paradise!" Fin exclaimed. "Further ahead than that- but not too far!" narrator Fin added.
"Better. Much better." narrator Fin said.
Two girls, a short-haired blond and a curly-haired, purple flower clip-wearing brunette, were working on cleaning up a guest room. Yes, they were maids, don't ask. Usually, they got pile after pile of nast per guest room, but this week the mess are a little milder than usual, which was a minor improvement, with emphasis on minor.
"Remember the T-rex in the intro? Well, believe it or not, that same T-rex used to be that blond girl you're looking at. That's right, the blond is me."
"And in case you're wondering who flower-girl there is, that's me." another narrating female voice called. "I'm Lo Ridgemount. And yes, I'm another victim of the dinosaur form crisis."
"We suppose you're curious about the tacky uniforms and what we're doing." narrator Fin blurted out. "Well, if you must know, we're working as maids for the Surfer's Paradice hotel. And take it from us, it's not pretty! In fact, it's a nightmare!"
"No argument there, sister!" narrator Lo said in agreement.
"Now, you see this mess to a somewhat lesser degree then usual and think it's a little bit easier on us, right? Wrong!" narrator Fin said.
"Just watch. you'll see what we mean." said narrator Lo.
"Your turn for bathroom duty, Lo." Fin said to Lo, who was still disgusted to be in this job position. She stepped alongside Fin into the messy bathroom, albeit hesitantly. THen Lo stopped a few inches into the bathroom. She couldn't believe how messy it was. Toilet paper strewn about, towels unfolded and soggy, some shedded hair all over the place- not pretty!
Fin was annoyed that Lo just stopped.
"Lo, what are you waiting for?" asked Fin.
"I don't think I can do this, Fin. I could break a nail, the humidity could wreak havoc on my hair again..." Lo said in disgust. That really annoyed Fin.
"Oh, just get on with it already!" Fin yelled, then she kicked Lo into the bathroom by her butt!
"Ow!" Lo exclaimed. She came out rubbing where Fin kicked her.
"You didn't have to kick me, Fin, you dinosaur!" Lo hissed at her.
"Oh, Reef's the one who's all brawn and no brains and I'M the dinosaur?" Fin said out loud.
"Well, you have the attitude for it." Lo sassed her. Fin growled in agitation at her new comment.
"At least I'm not slacking, you lazy, spoiled princess!" Fin back-sassed Lo.
"You practically have the manners and temper of a T-rex! Emma and I see why your sarcasm and Reef's stupidity make you perfect for each other! Why you won't admit it is beyond us!" Lo blabbed. Fin blushed deeply at this statement.
"That's none of your business, Lo! 'Sides, Reef's a major kook and a toolshed with the bravado and manners of a Triceratops!" Fin stated.
"Which is why you two butt heads a lot." Lo said to Fin. "Why can't you two lovebirds just try to get along?"
"Well, why can't you and Broseph? He's got a thing for you, but you just don't pay much attention to that!" Fin sassed her. Lo blushed heavily at this comment, stammering as she did so.
"Well, at least we don't go at each other's throats nor does he show off like a Stegosaurus, you hothead!" Lo said in an irked tone.
"Now who has the temper of a T-rex? Only in your case, it's of a dwarf one! And Broseph has the intellect of a Stegosaurus!" Fin spat out. Lo snarled in agitation, left eye twitching.
"That was really uncalled for, Fin!" Lo said, unable to think of a good comeback.
"GIRLS!" A voice called out. Fin and Lo turned to where the voice came from. It was Bummer.
"Will you two just stop arguing and get back to work?" Bummer commanded.
"SHE STARTED IT!" Fin and Lo yelled out as they pointed to each other, then faced each other with eyes wide in shock, then turned back to Bummer.
"Fin kicked my butt- literally!" Lo said back.
"Lo was bein' lazy and makin' excuses!" Fin said.
"SHE STARTED IT! I DIDN'T START IT! YOU DID! ME? YES YOU! STOP THAT!" Fin and Lo argued.
"I don't care whose fault it is! Just get back to work or it's a strike for both of you!" Bummer said.
"DON'T MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT ALREADY IS!" Fin bellowed at him. "I GOT ENOUGH HASSLES FROM THESE SLOPPY, STUPID GUESTS! I DON'T NEED ANY MORE FROM YOU! SO DON'T PUSH ME!" Fin yelled as she stomped her foot, which startled Bummer into backing off. He started stepping back.
"O...kay. I'll just give you two some... space." Bummer said cautiously, then bolted out the door.
Fin was breathing heavily in anger, and turned to Lo, who gave her a 'told you so' look. Fin raised a hand and pointed a finger in her direction.
"Not. A. Single. Word." Fin hissed at Lo, who, not wanting to provoke her any further, got her act together and did her job like she was supposed to- if just barely.
"You see what we mean?" asked narrator Fin.
"Emma Smith here, another dino-body victim. Anyway, still wondering about the other dinos and the pterosaur Reef and Fin mentioned, along with the T-rex and Triceratops in the opening?" narrator Emma, another female narrative voice, asked.
"Well, let us show you the people responsible for the dino-sona fiasco we got into. I'm Johnny Princeton, by the way. I, too, am among those six paleo-victims." narrator Johnny, another narrating male voice announed.
At the beach were two people surfing- one guy and one girl. The dude was a blond and wore yellow swim trunks and was on a yellow surfboard. The dudette had blond hair, tanned skin, a pink bikini with eyeliner and a surfboard of the same color.
"First, there's Tuna McGillis and Betty Sandstone, the couple you're lookin' at right now." A narrative male voice with a Caribbean accent said.
"Oh, I'm Broseph Brown, by the way." He introduced himself. "And I'm yet another dino-body victim as well."
Then a speedboat driven by what appears to be a light blue clam in a turquoise sailor suit, with beady yellow 'eyes' and a sailor's hat, came up to them. The surfers stopped to for his attention.
"Oh, that guy's Captain Clam." said narrator Broseph.
"He's a mascot, in case you haven't guessed." narrator Lo added.
"Tuna, Betty, we gotta go. The big man needs our attention. Right now." Captain Clam told them.
"What is it this time?" asked Tuna.
"Knowing him, another 'put the Ridgemounts out of buisness' venture." Betty put in. Their had a rivalry with the Ridgemounts, particularly Mr. Archimedes Ridgemount, head of the family. They had been at war with each other for years; this was no different. Well, this year was going to be, in ways nobody could have anticipated.
"Look, I don't like this anymore than you two, but let's just go and get it over with. Don't wanna have him chewing us out for being no-shows, again." Captain Clam said. They sighed in annoyance, paddled to the speedboat, climbed over into it, took seats, and went on.
"On the other hand, maybe, just maybe I could actually kick Reef's butt this time." muttered Tuna as he rode the speedboat. Then they went off to their boss's hotel.
"See what we mean?" narrator Reef asked. "These three are trouble."
"But as bad as they are, they're NOTHIN' compared to what -or should I say who's- comin' up next."said Narrator Fin.
In case y'all haven't guessed, Fin, Reef, Emma, Johnny, Lo, & Broseph are playin' the Kuzco role.
Who could be worse than Captain Clam, Tuna McGillis, & Betty Sandstone? How do those dinosaurs and pterosaur come into play? How could there even BE livin', breathin' dinos & a pterosaur in this day & age, anyway? How'd these six people turn into those prehistoric beasts? And what the other paleo-beasts alongside the T-rex & Triceratops?
Only time will tell! Stay tuned, y'all! Read & Review, y'all!