Total Drama Fan Fiction Aftermath II – The Contest
The lights on the aftermath stage turned on as the theme song blasted throughout the studio. As the contestants from the Total Drama Franchise came into view, the audience burst into cheers. The contestants waved to their appreciative fans and soaked in the applause.
As usual, Geoff and Bridgette were center stage and sharing the couch that had been placed there for them.
"Hello dudes and dudettes of the Fan Fiction universe!" Geoff greeted. "And welcome to another installment of Total! Drama! Fan! Fiction! Aftermath!"
The words appeared on the big screen behind the co-hosts and the crowd erupted in applause once more.
"Sheesh, is it me or do people get excited over the simplest things when they're on the set of a live television show?" Noah whispered to Eva.
"It's not you, I can tell you that right now," Eva snorted. She was getting a headache from all the commotion the audience was making.
"Uh, you dudes know that the microphones are picking up everything you guys say, right?" Trent asked.
Noah and Eva immediately fell silent as they stared awkwardly out at the crowd. All the eyes in the audience were fixed on them. None of them seemed too thrilled about their recent remarks about them.
"Oh please! You guys sit up here and have hundreds of strangers screaming at you for little to no apparent reason!" Noah remarked.
"Ahem!" Bridgette cleared her throat. "Anyways, getting on to the show, we here at Total Drama Aftermath are ecstatic to announce a special guest that will be appearing on our show today!"
"Ooh! Is it The Colonel?" Owen asked excitedly.
Everyone just stared at Owen in silence.
"What? I'm hungry," Owen sheepishly replied.
"And here's another shocker: I'm cynical," Noah rolled his eyes.
"And I'm Latin," Alejandro added with a smirk.
"And I love Cody!" Sierra announced, to which Cody shuddered and hid behind DJ.
"No Owen, it's not The Colonel," Bridgette smiled. "But instead, it's one of the very many authors that has written stories for the Total Drama Fan Fiction community! He's gained a lot of exposure through his main story that he has been working on for almost three years now that stars the entire cast of Total Drama Island as well as the world's most popular and loveable blockhead, Charlie Brown! He also…."
Bridgette was interrupted when she heard a very high pitched squeal echo throughout the studio, to which everyone cringed at.
"Katie! Sadie!" Bridgette snapped. "Please! Not so loud! Our microphones are extremely sensitive!"
"But…it wasn't us!" Katie and Sadie replied at the same time. They, too, were trying to block out the high pitched squealing.
"Uh….I think I know who's responsible," Justin announced.
He then jerked his thumb over in the direction of Owen, who was standing up in his seat with a very excited expression on his face and a twinkle in his eyes that could almost put the stars in the galaxy to shame.
"Heh heh…sorry," he innocently apologized. "It's just….I'm so STOKED! HE'S COMING HERE! TO SEE US!"
"Yes Owen, he's coming," Geoff said. "Now please dude, calm down and let us finish!"
Owen saluted the party animal and made a zipper motion across his lips before taking his seat once more.
"As we were saying," Geoff cleared his throat. "In addition to this story, he has also written a couple one shots as well as a story that consists of some of his own original characters as well as a romance that stars the bodacious babe Bridgette and the loveable tech geek, Cody!"
"Huh?" Cody's head snapped into attention when he heard this. "A romance? With me and Bridgette?"
"I know! That's a laugh, right?" Duncan chuckled.
"Duncan! Stop that!" Gwen snapped at her delinquent boyfriend.
"Dudes! No more interruptions!" Geoff pleaded.
"In addition to writing fan fictions, he's also a mild contributor to the deviant art website. Outside his TDI fandom, he works as a disc jockey and hired help on local farms nearby his home. He enjoys listening to classical music; classic rock, jazz, and symphonic metal and he loves watching classic movies as well as animated series and the online show 'The Nostalgia Critic'." Bridgette added.
"His favorite video games include the entire Kingdom Hearts series, Twisted Metal, God of War series, and most of the Final Fantasy series," Geoff added, "However, he despises olives, Jersey Shore, and the overuse of certain plots for fan fictions like Courtney/Duncan, Gwen/Duncan, Alejandro/Heather, and Noah/Cody."
"Oh for the love of Pete!" Noah growled. "Let it go already people! We're not gay for each other! Cody's a pervert that loves the ladies and I'm just not gay! Accept it!"
"Easy there killer," Eva chuckled.
"And this writer has told us that he has come onto the show today to make a special announcement that includes all of you readers out there," Bridgette said.
"Great Gatsby, no!" Owen cried out. "Don't tell me he's retiring?"
"Uh….no dude. That's not it," Geoff assured.
"Whew!" Izzy sighed in relief. "Izzy was worried there for a second. After all, she wants to see what happens in that Charlie Brown story and whether or not Izzy will finally expose the midget for the fraud he is!"
"Que?" Alejandro raised his eyebrow.
"Read the story," Heather explained. "You'll see what she's talking about."
"So now, without any further delay or interruptions from the rest of our panel….ladies and gentlemen….please welcome….TDI CHARLIE BROWN!"
The Peanut's theme played throughout the studio as the crowd cheered. Within seconds, the said fan fiction writer appeared through the entrance of the Aftermath stage. He waved at the crowd and smiled as he took his seat in the guest chair. Everyone waited for the audience to die down before they began.
"Dude! It's an honor to have you on our show!" Geoff greeted the author as he raised his fist for a bump.
"Well, the pleasure's all mine," TDI Charlie Brown smiled as he fist bumped the party animal back.
Owen gasped in excitement as he stared at his icon. "Sweet Honey Nut Cheerios, he says it's an honor to be here with US!"
"Yeah, hi to you too Owen," TDI Charlie Brown replied with a wave to his acclaimed number one fan.
That was too much for the obese teen to take. He gasped once more and fainted. When he landed on the ground, the entire shook with the force of a 2.0 magnitude earthquake. Everyone was shaken up a little, but no harm was done. The studio was in one piece too.
"Um…anyways," Bridgette smiled as she brushed herself off. "I understand that you have an announcement that you would like to make to the readers of the Total Drama Fan Fiction community."
"That's correct," the writer replied. He then cleared his throat and turned towards the camera.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he began. "As most of you are aware, in addition to my main story 'You're on Total Drama Island, Charlie Brown!', I have also written a few one shots as well as another story in progress entitled 'A Codette World Tour'."
"It would be better if it was called 'A Coderra World Tour,'" Sierra pouted as she glanced over at her crush, who returned her glancing with an uncomfortable smile and wave.
"Anyways," the writer continued, "As I was writing this story, I decided to one day check out the Cody and Bridgette fan fictions on the site to see what other stories they had out there. As most of you know, my favorite TDI fanon couple is Cody/Bridgette."
Bridgette and Cody looked a little shocked at this as did the rest of the cast.
"Cody? With Bridgette?" Leshawna questioned. "Boy, now I know why these are called 'crack' pairings: you have to be on crack in order to think of them!"
"And what does that mean?" TDI Charlie Brown challenged the large sister.
"How in the world can you see those two being together?" Leshawna retorted. "They've never interacted throughout the show! Not even once! And besides, Bridgette's all about making out and sucking face with Geoff over there! And Cody…no offense sugar…he's a scrawny little geek."
"Yes, but they're both very nice people and deserve so much more attention than the show gives them in my opinion. In that sense, they're a perfect match!" TDI Charlie Brown argued.
"Maybe in your opinion honey! But you're forgetting that Bridgette is attracted to Geoff!"
"Yeah," Cody added. "And besides, I like Gwen!"
"Too bad for you," Duncan snickered.
At that moment, Duncan's hand involuntarily rose from his seat and began to smack Duncan across the face.
"Dude! What the heck!" Duncan cried out as his hand continued to beat him up.
TDI Charlie Brown just snickered as he typed on the laptop that he brought with him.
"Careful delinquent," he warned. "You may be the prized boy that the Total Drama creators lust over. But here, you're at my mercy and I can make you do or say anything I want. So I would advise you not pick on my number one favorite character."
"Oh yeah?" Duncan growled. "Well…..er…..ugh? uh…..I….I'm a big doofus! I'm a loser who has a very small….HEY! STOP THAT!"
Everyone in the studio was laughing at the punk as he spoke the words he was being forced to speak while the fan fiction author continued typing.
"Keep doing it!" Courtney cheered. "Make him finish the sentence!"
"Anything for my fifth favorite character," TDI Charlie Brown snickered.
"TDI Charlie Brown! Please!" Gwen pleaded.
"Oh…fine. But only because you're my seventh favorite character Gwen. But keep that delinquent in line…or as I like to call him…my number three most despised character. Otherwise…terrible things will happen to him."
Duncan was finally released from the grasp that TDI Charlie Brown had on him. He brushed himself off and took a seat without saying another word.
"Anyways, like I was saying," the writer continued, "I was scrolling through the Cody/Bridgette pairings on the Fan Fiction website and found, to my dismay, that there aren't very many there."
"What's your point?" Heather barked.
"My point, my bald friend, is that I would like to remedy that problem."
"Bald? I'm not bald!" Heather retorted.
"You are now," TDI Charlie Brown smiled.
In a poof, Heather's hair was gone from her head once more. Heather shrieked and raced off stage to find a wig to cover it up as everyone laughed.
"Thankth." Beth snickered. "What elth can you do?"
"Well, how about we clear up that lisp for this story?"
"My lisp? But how can you….MY LISP! IT'S GONE!" Beth exclaimed.
"You're welcome," the author smiled.
"Oh! Can I, like, have some new clothes?" Lindsay asked.
"For my fourth favorite character? Anything!"
TDI Charlie Brown pulled out his laptop and did some quick typing. With a poof, Lindsay's old clothes disappeared and she was now wearing a seductive red dress that still showed off her figure as well as enough leg to keep all the male fans satisfied and drooling. (1)
"DUDE! YOU TOTALLY ROCK!" Tyler cried out as he drooled over the new Lindsay.
"I know."
Suddenly, everyone could hear a snarling in the studio. Just off stage, a feral, pale-green Ezekiel was snarling and making grunting noises at the contestants while chewing on his cage.
TDI Charlie Brown rolled his eyes and typed on his laptop once more. With another poof, the feral Ezekiel from the third season was gone and the normal Ezekiel from the island was standing before the audience once more.
"That's better," the writer smiled. "Never did like that feral look for you Zeke."
"!" Ezekiel thanked as he hugged the author gratefully.
"No problem. Now go sit down kid. You're bothering me."
"Yes sir, eh!" Ezekiel replied as he headed over to join the rest of his fellow contestants.
"Okay dudes! No more wishes," Geoff announced. "Our guest still needs to make his announcement."
"Please TDI Charlie Brown, go ahead," Bridgette smiled.
"Thank you Bridgette….or as I like to say, my second favorite character. Anyways, as I said, I would like to remedy the problem of a lack of Codette stories on this site."
"Are you going to write more?" Trent asked.
"Not at this point in time," the author explained. "After all, I'm having a hard enough time trying to finish 'You're on Total Drama Island, Charlie Brown!'. I mean, come on. I'm just half way done and I've been working on it for about three years now! Been busy, you know. Anyways, to fix this problem, I've decided to hold a contest that is open to any and all writers on Fan Fiction. The contest, as you may have guessed, is a Cody/Bridgette themed contest!"
On the screen of the aftermath set, a picture of Cody and Bridgette in a heart appeared along with the words 'Cody/Bridgette Fan Fiction Contest!'.
"The contest, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story that focuses on a Cody/Bridgette relationship. Whoever has the best story will be the winner!"
Whispers and noises could be heard coming from the audience as well as the contestants. This was indeed a big announcement.
"Very interesting," Bridgette replied, even though she seemed a little uncomfortable with the idea of being with Cody. After all, she knew almost nothing about him and he knew almost nothing about her.
Geoff also looked uncomfortable with this idea. The thought of his girlfriend being with someone else would be unnerving to any guy so it was understandable.
Cody just looked confused. He still couldn't get the concept of him and Bridgette being together. Sure she was nice and beautiful. But that's all he knew about her.
Before any of these issues could be addressed, the aftermath phone rang. Geoff quickly typed on his computer and brought up a web cam. On the screen was a young man who appeared to be about fifteen years of age.
"Hello dude! You're on the air!" Geoff greeted.
"Hi guys! My name's CMR Violet. (2) I just wanted to ask TDI Charlie Brown about the rules and guidelines for the contest."
"Sure thing! Here are the rules:
Number One – The center of each story must be a Cody/Bridgette relationship. It doesn't have to be romantic. It can be a friendship story. Nor does it have to be a first time meeting story. It could be their wedding day, the day their first baby is born, their prom night, a normal date, etc.
Number Two – Original stories only! No taking an already existing plot and just replacing the characters with the TDI cast. For example, no stories like Beauty and the Beast where Bridgette is Belle, Cody is the Beast, Alejandro is Gaston, etc.
Number Three- As for length, you have two options: for one-shots, it must be no less than 7500 words. For multi-chapter stories, no less than three chapters and no more than five and it must be at least 15,000 words in length.
Number Four – Grammar! Watch your grammar and make the story presentable. I'm not asking for perfection, but at least make it look like you're trying to write a professional story. I don't want to think a first grader is writing something.
Number Five – No Song Fan Fictions!
Number Six – You have one month to write the stories. So the deadline is January 11, 2012. You can submit your entries by sending me a PM with a link to your story.
….and that's it!"
"All right! Thanks for the call CMR Violet!" Geoff said.
"No problem! See you guys and be sure to check out my "You're on Total Drama Island, Charlie Brown" wiki page!" (3)
And with that, the screen faded back to white.
But just as soon as Geoff hung up, the phone rang again. This time, Bridgette brought up the web cam in the big screen. This time, a short, bulked, middle aged man with white, balding hair and a red nose appeared on the screen.
"Hello sir," Bridgette greeted the caller. "You're on the air."
"Hello!" the caller greeted. "I'm George Liquor…..AMERICAN!" (4)
Once more, the contestants and the studio audience cringed as the man's voice hollered throughout the microphones.
"Please sir, there's no need to shout," Bridgette explained. "Anyways, did you have a question?"
"Yes!" the man shouted once more. He couldn't help it. It was how he talked. "My question for this fine American contest you're hosting is….what's the grand prize?"
TDI Charlie Brown thought about it for a minute before saying, "How about this: the grand prize is that I will write a one-shot Total Drama fan fiction for whoever the winner is. It can be a one shot about anything you want…except for Courtney/Duncan; Cody/Noah, Duncan/Gwen, and Noah/Cody."
"Great!" George Liquor exclaimed loudly. "I'll get started right away! Expect a true American like myself to win this contest!" And eagerly, George Liquor turned off his web camera and assumingly got to work on his entry.
"Well, he seemed eccentric about this contest," Bridgette smiled. "Wouldn't you say so Geoff?"
But Geoff didn't reply. He looked as though something was really bothering him.
"Geoff? Baby? What's the matter?" Bridgette asked.
"Well….it's just…I hate these kinds of fan fictions, all right?" he cried out.
Everyone quirked an eyebrow as the party animal began sobbing uncontrollably on stage.
"Aw, why?" Bridgette asked as she comforted and soothed her boyfriend.
"Well….it's just…in all these stories, I'm always portrayed as the bad guy! I'm either the abusive boyfriend, the jerk, the two-timer…I'm not any of those things babe! Honest! And I hate being portrayed like that! I mean…I'd rather die than do anything to hurt you."
Bridgette gasped in amazement as she held her hand to her heart.
"Aw, I know that Geoffy," she assured Geoff as she kissed him on the cheek. "You've been nothing but a good boyfriend to me…well, for the most part…but still, you've been good to me."
"I know," Geoff sobbed. "But the writers won't think so when they write their stories…and…"
Geoff couldn't finish his sentence. The thought of him being a jerk in any story was too unbearable for him as he broke out in tears again. Bridgette tried her best to comfort her boyfriend, but to no avail. She looked around the studio helplessly, looking for any means or assistance in making the situation better.
Thankfully, help was on the way.
"You know what? That's true," Harold wheezed. "All the romance stories involving Bridgette for the most part involve Geoff abusing Bridgette in one way or another and then some other guy comes to her rescue and they fall in love right on the spot! That bogus! Gosh!"
"Yeah man," DJ agreed. "I mean, it's bad enough Geoff is taken out o character to that extreme. But the fact that some other dude captures her heart right then and there? Sorry bros, but that just doesn't happen."
"Don't worry Geoff-sugar," Leshawna smiled as she went over to join Bridgette in comforting the party animal. "This booty-licious sister agrees with you this time."
"Me too," Harold smiled.
"So do I," DJ added.
"Me too!"
"Same here!"
"Amen!"
"Agreed!"
"All right! I get the point!" TDI Charlie Brown exclaimed. He sighed and rubbed his temples, trying to think of a solution. After a minute or so, he snapped his fingers with an idea.
"Okay! How about we add one more rule then! In these stories, Geoff cannot be portrayed as a jerk of any kind. In fact, no one can. Heck! I'll make it one better. None of these stories can be about a rebound break-up of any kind! For example, Cody can't break it off with an abusive broad like Heather and have Bridgette comfort him and then make kissy-face with him. Same goes for Bridgette. Neither Cody nor Bridgette can be dating anyone and none of the contestants can be made the abusive jerk of any kind! Especially Geoff! There, that better?"
Instantly, Geoff sprang to his feet and pulled the writer into a tight hug!
"Aw dude! You're the best!" Geoff wept. "I so totally owe you one!"
"Ah, forget about it," TDI Charlie Brown smiled. "I'm happy to help my tenth favorite character out."
"Do you always have to refer to us as our rank number on you Total Drama ranking system?" Noah grumbled.
"Well, I sure like doing so Noah….or rather, my third favorite character."
"Yeah? Well….wait…I'm your third favorite character?"
"Yup."
For once, the cynical bookworm seemed shocked. Yet, he also felt honored by this statement.
After sobbing tears of happiness for a few minutes more, Geoff recomposed himself and joined his girlfriend once more to close the show.
"Well, there you have it ladies and gentlemen!" he beamed. "The Cody/Bridgette fan fiction contest has been announced and is officially under way!"
"We all look forward to your entries! And be sure to check back within a month for the results! Best of luck to you all and have fun writing your stories! Until then, I'm Bridgette!"
"I'm Geoff!"
"And I'm TDI Charlie Brown!"
"From all of us to all of you….see you on the next aftermath show!"
The ending theme played as all the contestants and the fan fiction author waved goodbye to the viewing and studio audiences.
(Two hours later)
Owen murmured in his sleep. Finally, after being out for two hours, he woke up.
"Ugh…sorry guys," he moaned. "I must've….huh? Where is everyone?"
Indeed, the studio was empty save for a lone janitor. The janitor had grey skin with red war marks all across his face and body and he wore only a leather kilt and boots with minor armor and many weapons. He grumbled as he used his blades of chaos to pick up trash left in the audience section of the studio. (5)
"Filthy mortals," he growled. "Do they know nothing of trash cans? I would rather the Gods have me slay the titans and the Hydras rather than have me pick up after a measly television studio…especially after mortal teenagers have left their horrendous odors in here…."
"Sorry about that," Owen meekly waved. "Beans give me gas."
The janitor just glared evilly at the large teen. Owen, fearing the janitor, decided to change the subject.
"Um…by the way, where did everyone go?"
"Fool of a mortal!" The janitor barked. "The show ended hours ago. Everyone else has vacated the area."
Owen gasped in horror. "You mean…you mean…I missed TDI Charlie Brown?"
"Apparently so."
"NOOOOOOOO!" Owen cried out. "Come back! TDI Charlie Brown! TDI Charlie Brown! COME BACK!"
And with a flail or his arms, Owen raced out of the studio in search for his favorite fan fiction author, leaving behind a very confused and irritated janitor.
"What treachery has fallen upon this world?" he mumbled to himself.
A/N - So there you go guys! The contest is under way! I wanted to do more than just write something announcing a contest, so I decided to have a little fun with this as well. I hope you liked it and that it didn't distract too much from the purpose of it. I know it's not my best work, but it's not meant to be. It's just me screwing around writing down the first thing that came to my head when I let it go random. SO in addition to the announcement of the contest, I hope you had as much fin reading it as I did writing it. Anyways, for a copy of the rules, just go back up and check them out.
(1) Go to Deviant Art and search for TD Lindsay by "Ewreapples" to see the dress I gave Lindsay. Personally, I would prefer her in that outfit than her regular one. (Meow)
(2) CMR Violet is in fact another fan fiction author on here, who's real username is CMR Rosa. S/he has been a loyal reader of my stories from day one and this is my way of showing appreciation to him/her. Thanks CMR Rosa!
(3) In addition to being a loyal reader, CMR Rosa has been kind enough to create a "You're on Total Drama Island, Charlie Brown" wikia page! Holy crap mom! I'm on wikipedia! I'm famous! (Just kidding) But seriously, the site's still in the beginning stages and CMR Rosa and myself have worked on it for awhile (Mostly CMR Rosa. I just contributed pictures). I can't provide the link here obviously, but just google search for it and you'll come across it! Check it out and let CMR Rosa know what a great job s/he did! Also, if you want to contribute to it, feel free!
(4) George Liquor is a character from "Ren and Stimpy". My word, I love this loud, obnoxious guy!
(5) As if I needed to tell you, the janitor is, in fact, Kratos from God of War. He thought he could overpower my writing, but….ACK!
Greetings mortals! This is Kratos, your God of War! Let this be a lesson to you all! Not even the mighty keyboard of a fan fiction writer can force your God of War into doing anything! All shall fall to my mercy!
…Chuck Norris wouldn't fall to your mercy….
…Please! I'm the father of Chuck Norris!
(Okay, my mind has wondered too long. I'm wrapping this up before I add anything else! Remember to PM me your stories for judging!)