Author's Note: I already posted this story on another site and it's already completed, so if anyone here has read this story there, I would appreciate it if you avoided spoiling anything for those that haven't read it yet.
(Day 0)
The scene opened to show an island, mainly consisting of beach and vegetation. A country was seen off in the distance, showing that the island wasn't too far away from land. After doing a few fly-bys, a blonde man was seen walking on the beach.
"Welcome to Survivor: Central Hub. I'm your host, SSBFreak." The man explained. "Over the next while, I'll be following the events of having eighteen random people put on an island together. These eighteen people, each originating from an existing franchise, will go into two teams of nine and compete to win challenges. The losing team will vote someone off the island and out of the game at each Tribal Council, taking place after every Immunity Challenge."
SSBFreak walked along the beach until he arrived at a dock, where a boat was parked.
"These eighteen contestants have a wide variety of personalities, so you can bet that, even though some will get along, there will be some major conflict as well." SSBFreak announced as he turned to the dock as the first contestant stepped off the boat and started walking along the dock. "Let's meet the contestants."
The first contestant walked down the dock, revealing himself to be a white-haired teenager dressed in a blue sweater. His hands were in his pockets as he approached the host.
CRANE – 18 – JET GRIND RADIO
"Crane! Welcome to Survivor!" SSBFreak said as he held out his hand.
Crane inspected the host's hand for a second, shrugged and shook it. "Whatever." He said. "I hope there's gonna be more teenagers on the island."
"Uh…Yeah. Why?"
"Because I have to deal with enough adults back home." Crane replied.
"Oh, that's right. You're a rudie, aren't you?"
"Stupid police force." Crane muttered to himself as he passed SSBFreak. "Graffiti is an art form."
The next contestant came walking towards SSBFreak, revealing a female yellow cat with a red headband and a white shirt.
ANGIE – 17 – SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
"Welcome, Angie." SSBFreak greeted. "I hope your survival skills are up to par, because you'll be needing them here."
"Don't worry about me, pal." Angie said, giving a wink. "I already have a plan going in my head."
"Good to hear. Just stand over there with Crane until everyone's here."
Angie nodded and walked over to Crane, whom raised an eyebrow in confusion, as if he had never seen a talking animal before. Angie saw him looking at her and smirked slyly, giving a wave. The rudie decided to ignore it for now and gave a shrug.
The next contestant emerged from the boat and made his way down the dock. He was shown to be an adult human with red-brown hair. The most notable feature was that he was wearing shades.
ELIAS – 32 – THE MOVIES
"Pulled straight from The Movies, it's Elias." SSBFreak said, holding out his hand, which Elias firmly shook. "How goes the acting, man?"
"Couldn't be better." Elias replied simply. "I'm currently trying to get into directing."
"Maybe you could do a movie about this competition." SSBFreak joked.
Elias gave a shrug. "Ask me again after we make the merge and I'll answer that question."
With that, Elias went over to stand beside Crane and Angie, not making eye contact with them. The two teenagers looked at Elias, then at each other, before shuddering.
The next contestant emerged from the boat and bounded down the dock, showing a skunk wearing a purple shirt and jeans.
ZOE – 18 – STAR FOX
"Zoe, welcome to-" SSBFreak said just before the energetic skunk girl latched onto him.
"Oh, I'm so excited to be here!" Zoe cheered. "I can't believe I'm actually on Survivor!"
SSBFreak suddenly caught a whiff of a foul stench coming from Zoe's tail and quickly broke away. "G-Good to see that you're ready to get things going." He said. "Why don't you go over to the other contestants?"
"Oh! Great idea!" Zoe nodded as she raced over to the others. Once Zoe was gone, SSBFreak made a relieved face at the camera.
Zoe reached the others and stood at attention to wait for the rest of the contestants. She didn't even notice Crane, Angie and Elias inch away from her stench.
The fifth contestant was revealed to be a skinny, turquoise-skinned alien with a tall forehead above her face. She wore a button-up, red shirt that was opened to reveal the black tank-top she was wearing underneath.
KIDA – 22 – RATCHET AND CLANK
"Well, it looks like the planet Rilgar has sent someone to represent them." SSBFreak said with a smirk. "How's it going, Kida?"
"Awesome, man! I just do what I do best!" Kida replied.
"…And what's what?"
"Hoverboarding, dude!" Kida cheered as she held up her hand. SSBFreak paused for a few seconds before hesitantly giving Kida a high-five. Kida cheered as she went on to go over to the other contestants.
After Kida was gone, SSBFreak looked at the camera. "Seriously. She's like a female Skidd McMarxx." He noted, jerking his thumb over towards Kida.
The next contestant was revealed to be a tall male dressed in a white tank-top and jeans. He wore a green bandana on his head.
BARNEY – 27 – SUIKODEN 3
"Glad you could make it, Barney." SSBFreak held out his hand. Barney grinned and shook it, nearly crushing SSBFreak's hand.
"Great to be here." Barney nodded. "Hopefully, I'll be able to use my strength to my advantage here."
"Uh…Yeah. You do that." SSBFreak said, feeling his hand, as Barney wandered off to join the other contestants.
Elias stroked his chin. "I hope he's on my team." He said. "He could be useful."
As SSBFreak checked to see if his hand was still okay, the next contestant showed up, revealing herself to be a teenage elven girl wearing a white dress.
LILAH – 19 – LEGEND OF ZELDA
"Well, Lilah. Here we are. Survivor." SSBFreak said. "How's it feel?"
"Great. I hope I can do myself justice out here." Lilah said. "So who's on my team?"
"We have to wait for everyone to show up, first." SSBFreak explained. "Go over there for now."
Lilah nodded and went over to the others. Kida gave her a high-five.
Ironically, the next contestant was also an elven. However, unlike Lilah, he wasn't exactly young, as proven by his gray hair and large mustache…
NIKKO – 53 – JAK & DAXTER
"Nikko, you're the oldest one we've got this season." SSBFreak explained. "You think that could hurt you?"
"Nope. I've got lots of fight left in me." Nikko assured with a smirk. "Hopefully, my team will see that when I help them win challenges."
"Seems like an okay guy." Barney noted, scratching his head. "He's got the determination."
"Yeah, but does he have the skill?" Angie asked.
The next contestant was another guy, dressed a little more formally than the others, as shown by his gray, button-up shirt as opposed to a tee shirt. His short, brown hair was spiked upwards.
JONATHAN – 25 – PHOENIX WRIGHT
"I'm still not exactly sure what it is you are where you come from, Jonathan." SSBFreak said. "You put 'Businessman' on your application, but we would have liked a little more detail."
"Hey, I got on the show." Jonathan said with a shrug and innocent smirk. "That's all you really needed to know."
As Jonathan walked past the host to join the others, SSBFreak scratched his head. "He's going to be tough to get info out of." He noted.
All of the contestants' eyes widened when they saw the next contestant coming down the dock. After all, a female, muscled Klingon dressed in black would be enough to scare anyone…
SHEE'NA – UNKNOWN – STAR TREK
"Shee'Na, you're one of the two strongest people on the season." SSBFreak said. "You feel confident?"
Shee'Na's emotionless look suddenly vanished, replaced by confusion. "One of two?" She asked. "Who could be as strong as-"
Shee'Na suddenly caught sight of Barney and smirked. "Oh. This makes things a little more interesting." She said as she walked over to the others.
Barney frantically turned to Kida. "Help me." He whimpered.
"You're on your own, bro." Kida replied as she backed away from Shee'Na.
The next contestant earned just as many stares as Shee'Na, but these were different stares. A platypus would tend to get confused looks, anyway.
TORK – 30 – CRASH BANDICOOT
"Tork, welcome." SSBFreak said. "Now, I understand that you may bring something to your team that may be useful?"
"You've got it, but I won't say what it is until something comes up." Tork replied, giving a smirk as he walked over to the other contestants.
"Why is everyone being so secretive?" SSBFreak asked.
"Something tells me he's going to be a wildcard." Lilah noted.
"Only time will tell, I suppose." Nikko shrugged.
The next contestant strutted down the dock, revealing a human female with blonde hair that covered her right eye.
BONNIE – 24 – BLACK & BRUISED
"This is Bonnie, an amateur boxer." SSBFreak said. "How's it going?"
Bonnie seemed to ignore the host and looked at the contestants. "That's the competition?" She scoffed. "This will be a lot easier than I thought." She walked over to the others, one hand on her hip.
"Way to make a good first impression." Crane muttered under his breath.
"Shut it, twerp." Bonnie snapped, narrowed her eyes.
Everyone, deciding to ignore Bonnie, looked at the dock and saw the next contestant, a tall, white rabbit wearing a pair of jeans, approaching.
REGINALD – UNKNOWN – RAYMAN: RAVING RABBIDS
"Reginald, the world's smartest Rabbid!" SSBFreak said as the rabbit approached him with a bored look on his face. "Not that that's really a hard thing to do."
"Indeed. Let's just say I'm a lot more advanced than those degenerates." Reginald shrugged.
"Well, welcome to the competition." SSBFreak nodded. "Can we call you 'Reggie'?"
"No." Reginald pointed out quickly as he walked off to join the others.
The next contestant, a black-haired girl with a ponytail, nervously walked down the dock, pushing her glasses higher up on the bridge of her nose.
MEL – 16 – MYSIMS
"The computer geek of the season is here." SSBFreak announced. "How's it going, Mel?"
"Good, I guess. But I consider myself a computer TECHNICIAN." Mel reminded.
"Tomato, tom-mah-to." SSBFreak shrugged.
As Mel walked over, Bonnie scoffed. "Please. This kid doesn't look like she'd be of much use to anyone." She snorted.
"Dude, that's pretty harsh." Kida pointed out. Bonnie ignored her.
Another young kid came walking down the dock, showing off his red-orange hair and green vest.
JAKE – 16 – MEGAMAN BATTLE NETWORK
"So you're a net battler, eh?" SSBFreak asked. "What's that like, Jake?"
"Oy, it's a blast. Ya need ta try it sometime, mate." Jake, clearly an Australian, replied.
"Well, the others are over there."
"G'day, mates." Jake greeted, earning waves from Mel, Zoe and Crane.
A scrawny Koopa wearing a green shirt and blue pants came walking down the dock, surprising everyone with the fact that he wasn't wearing a shell.
MARTY – UNKNOWN – SUPER MARIO WORLD
"Greetings, Marty. How goes retirement from Bowser's forces?" SSBFreak asked.
"Eh, it's got its pluses and minuses." Marty admitted. "Now that my friend and I are labeled as traitors, we've got Bowser to deal with as well as those stupid plumbers."
"Well, hopefully you'll be able to have a good vacation here."
"I intend to." Marty nodded as he left to join the other contestants.
"I thought Koopas wore shells." Reginald pointed out, an eyebrow raised.
"I thought Rabbids were short." Marty countered.
Reginald couldn't help but smirk.
Walking down the dock next was a green-skinned alien with what looked like droopy horns growing out of the back of her head. In spite of this, she looked cheerful.
D'LOOA – 23 – STAR WARS
"What can I say, D'looa? You're a Twi'lek and a Jedi." SSBFreak admitted. "You think you can manage?"
"I'll certainly try." D'looa said, in perfect English despite being a Twi'lek. She walked over to the others, some of whom seemed surprised.
"You…You speak English?" Angie asked.
"It's a long story." D'looa said with a smile.
The final contestant marched down the dock, whistling a tune as she showed off her jet black hair and green shirt with red sleeves. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw that she was spinning a sledgehammer in one hand.
SANDY – 24 – SAM & MAX
"Uh…Sandy? You can't bring that with you." SSBFreak pointed out.
"Aw…Really?" Sandy asked. "But what if I come across something that I need to kill? A sledgehammer should do the job."
"Sounds like you've been hanging around Max too much." SSBFreak sighed. "Seriously, get rid of that thing."
"You're no fun." Sandy pouted as she tossed her sledgehammer over her shoulder, causing it to break through the dock.
"She's all yours, man." Jonathan told Barney casually. Barney's eyes widened.
"Well, here are our eighteen contestants." SSBFreak said. "Now if you will follow me, I'll split you off into teams."
Everyone followed SSBFreak a ways away from the beach and into the jungle. SSBFreak led them to a clearing in the jungle, where there were two mats sitting on the ground, one red and one green.
"When I call out your name, go over and stand on the mat I direct you to." SSBFreak instructed. "Everyone you end up with will be your team until the merge, where both teams will combine into a new one."
Everyone, understanding of what SSBFreak was saying, nodded.
"Okay, on the red team…" SSBFreak said, looking out amongst the players. "…Kida…Elias…Angie…Barney…Mel…Jake…Bonnie…Crane…And D'looa. You guys will be known as the Nago Tribe."
The nine contestants went over to the mat, Bonnie looking a little less than thrilled. Elias noticed this and started thinking up plans.
"That means that the green team will consist of…" SSBFreak said, looking at the remaining contestants. "Marty…Tork…Sandy…Shee'Na…Lilah…Zoe…Jonathan…Nikko…And Reggie."
"Reginald!" Reginald snapped as he followed his team onto the green mat.
"You guys are the Temlin Tribe." SSBFreak finished as he tossed a map to each team. Elias and Jonathan caught their respective maps. "You guys start heading towards your campsites. I'll send you some treemail eventually and give you your first challenge."
The two teams took their maps and split off, going in opposite directions and starting the competition.
Author's Note: If you guys want to see pictures of what the cast looks like, just go to my profile and click the homepage URL. The picture should be easy to find. Expect this story to be updated weekly since it's already finished and I'm currently working on the second season.