CHAPTER ONE

THE MEETING

Tawni's POV. 3:00p.m. Wednesday

"Ugh. Don't you just hate meetings?" said Sonny

"Yeah! It gives moi less time to admire myself in the mirror!" I whined

Sonny gave me a look that said, typical Tawni.

"I mean, really! Why do we have to go to this mmeting anyways?" I ask.

Nico, Grady, Zora, Sonny and I were on our way to Mr. Condor's office to have a meeting with him and the cast of the other shows.

"I don't know, but I gotta bad feelin' 'bout it." said Nico

"Yeah, meetings with him are never really good." Agreed Grady

It's true. Meetings usually mean discussing problems and progress reports or new ideas and bla bla bla. Everyone gets nervous at meetings because if you say or do even just 1 wrong thing, your show could get cancelled. That's one of my worst nightmares! 'Cause if MY show gets cancelled, then how am I gonna get MY face on MY own lunchbox?

"Well, maybe it won't be so bad this time." said Sonny, hopefully

We all gave her a look that said, are you crazy?!? She noticed this and stopped walking. We stopped walking with her.

"What?" she asked

"Won't be so bad?" said Zora

"Sonny, meetings are always bad." I say

"Remeber the last one?" said Nico

At the last meeting we had, one of my friend's show got cancelled.

Why?

Because she refused to get Mr. Condor a latte!

Meetings are always bad. A lot of shows get cancelled during meetings. That's why you always have to be careful. We started walking again.

I saw Sonny shudder. She probably remembered about the past meeting.

"But guys! Who knows what will happen today?" she said

Before I knew it, we were in front of Mr. Condor's office door. Our group stopped in front of it and knocked.

"I mean," Sonny continued, "maybe something good will happe-"

Suddenly, the door flew open, and there stood Dakota Condor. Mr. Condor's evil daughter.

"You're late!" she said. "What are you waiting for? Come in! Everyone's here."

One by one, my cast and I entered the office, and took the vacant seats at the rectangular meeting table of the "office." I spotted a clock as I took my seat beside Sonny and Nico. It was 3:02. Wow, how late. Ugh.

"As puishment, you Randoms will be serving th snacks after the meeting." Dakota said.

Golly, we were only two minutes late. I heard my cast mutter complaints. I don't blame them. When I looked to my right, Sonny look furious! She opened her mouth but I was able nudge her arm before she did anything stupid.

"Ouch!" she whispered. "Thanks."

"Anytime I can hurt you for a reason, I gladly will." I say.

I noticed that every cast member from the other shows at Condor studios were already seated. Across from us were the cast members of Tween Gladiator. To our left were the Meal or no meal girls. And to the right, ugh, the cast of Mackenzie falls. I'm not sure why, but our shows are rival shows. And the biggest rivals are Sonny and Chad. Don't tell anyone this, but I think Chad likes Sonny. I mean, it's so obvious!

There were only three other shows in the studio, besides ours.

"Everyone here?" Mr. Condor asked.

"Yes daddy." Dakota said, with a sickeningly fake smile.

"Okay, I called this meeting beacuse, our shows' viewers are slowly dropping." he said.

"Except for Mackenzie Falls. Great job, you guys." he added.

I looked to my right to see every cast member of Mack Falls looking smug. Heck, Chad looked like he thought he was a king!

"Now, we need a new way to advertise all of your shows. Luckily, my sweet daughter, Dakota, thought of a way to do so." he announed. He then sat back down. Dakota stood up. I have a bad feeling about this. VERY bad feeling.

"Okay, I thought, maybe, our viewers would be interested in seeing the cast from our shows here at Condor studios, participate in this!" she said, holding up a piece of paper that said : Be there or be square! Dakota's Fright fest!

"It goes like this," she continued talking, "You guys will be divided into two teams, two shows per team, and participate in activites that involve scaring you. There will be five rounds. In each round, 2 members from two shows per team will compete against the other team. Whoever will chicken out from each team will lose the round. The cameras will shoot everythingand we'll show 1 round a week." she finished.

I swear, everyone look either stunned or scared. When I realized that my mouth was partially open, I immediately shut it. I admit it. I, Twani Hart, actually feel scared right now. I mean, that evil little girl could do anything to us. I looked at Mr. Condor, hoping he wouldn't like his daughter's idea. But, I was horrified to see him, smiling and nodding. My tummy did a flip flop.

"Very good, angel! What a perfect idea!" he said

"Now, let's group you kids up! Zora, get me two sheets of paper! Portlyn! Get me a pen and a hat!" he oredered them. They fled the room quickly. They came back shortly, holding the things he asked them to get. They handed the items to him, one by one, and then sat back down. Mr. Condor then started writing and tearing pieces of paper. He tore four pieces of paper and put them in the hat.

"Each show, get a piece." He said. Sonny stood up and walked over to get a piece. Chad stood, too, getting a piece. A Meal or no meal girl stood and a Tween Gladiator stood up to get their pieces of paper. When Sonny returned, she showed me a piece of paper that said 3 on it.

"Who got 1 and who got 3 on their papers?" Mr. Condor asked

Sonny, and a Tween Gladiator guy raised their hands.

"Brilliant!" Mr. Condor said. Then he wrote on and tore two pieces of paper.

"Get on piece each you two. Ladies first." Mr. Condor said

Sonny stood up, and walked over to Mr. Condor again. She grabbed a piece and announced, "Number 2?"

I heard a gasp that came from my right side. Every cast member of Mackenzie falls looked shocked. Wonder why...

Then the Tween Gladiator guy walked over and grabbed a piece of paper. He opened it and announced, "Four."

"Now, will whoever got number 2 stand up." said Mr. Condor.

I looked to my left, none of the girls seemed to want to stand up. I looked in front of me, the Tween gladiators were just waiting for something to happen, just like me. And finally, I looked to my right, to see the three named jerk throb, standing up, looking confused, mad, and shocked at the same time.

"Congratulations! You two and your shows are group mates! Please stand up!" announced Mr. Condor

WHAT?!? Did I hear him right? Group mates? With THEM? Slowly, and very reluctantly, I stood up, and my cast mates followed. I looked to my right to see the Mack Falls cast stand up too. I looked at Sonny, and I wished I had a camera. Boy, did she look funny! She was just standing there, with her mouth slightly open. She looked terrified, angry, embarassed, and just... blah! at the same time.

"Good. Now, the first challenge will take place two days from now. The challenges get more and more frightening, so good luck to all of you! You're gonna need it!" said Dakota. "Now, Randoms, serve the snacks!" she ordered.

Sonny, Nico, Grady, Zora and I slowly made our way out of the room and to the cafeteria.