Chapter 11 - Introduction

The instrumental version of the KP theme song, played by the orchestra, reached its crescendo before it died down to the final notes.

Sharper was the first to appear from behind the curtain, followed by Sarah. Both appeared ready and composed to do their second Fannies Award Ceremony together after all the events that occurred last time they were on stage.

They were greeted with cheers and applause from a standing crowd of 1,650 people. Kim and Ron were in the crowd cheering them on.

When the cheering subsided and the crowd sat down, Sharper went proudly to the mic and said, "Good evening, ladies, gentlemen, children and naked mole rats of all ages. Welcome to the 13th Annual Kim Possible Fannies Awards. I am your host for the evening, Sharper the Writer. Alongside with me is my co-host, KPRS4ever."

"Hi, everyone!" Sarah exclaimed joyfully, waving to the crowd enthusiastically. The crowd gave her a round of applause in response.

Sharper then took this opportunity to begin his monologue, all the while avoiding any mention of the live-action movie.

"We guarantee a fun time will be had for all tonight as we celebrate the best that KP fanfics have to offer. Last year, we've had almost 200 fanfics either that were new or updated. That's a lot considering that KP had been off the air for over 10 years. 2017 was a very eventful year in the fandom. Not only have there been some good fanfics written by both traditional and new authors but also some good fanarts as well. In fact, in honor of the 15th anniversary of the first time KP appeared on the small screen, I hosted an art contest on Deviantart to see who would make the best Kim Possible 15th anniversary tribute picture. There was a lot of competition from 23 different fanartists making 25 wonderful entries. Eventually, the talented Hotrod2001 won first place for his picture of Kim and Ron, in their late 20s, playing pool with Wade and Rufus amogst a montage of all the things that happened during the course of the show. Let's give Hotrod a round of applause, shall we?"

The spotlight turned to Hotrod, whom was eating filet mignon in his seat. The crowd gave their applause.

"Huh? Oh!" Hotrod exclaimed, trying to dust the crumbs and foofrom his tux. He swallowed his food, stood up and took a bow.

"Hey, Hotrod, how many views and faves does that pic have now?" Sharper asked from the stage.

Hotrod looked up the pic stats from his smart-phone and said, "Over 4500 views and almost 300 faves."

"See? Look at that! Nine years and Hotrod's still going strong!" Sharper replied, pointing out the longetivity of the long-time KP fanartist and past Fannies winner.

"And I've worked with him on a couple on a pictures!" Sarah shouted.

Then, with the spotlight on him, he added with a calm demeanor to the audience to decribe how everything will plan out tonight.

"We've got a great show for y'all this evening. We have 30 awards to give out, including two brand-new awards in Best Drakgo and Best Mature-Rated Story. The layout of this 3 1/2-hour ceremony will be that the awards will be in 12 segments. It will be divided into two hour-and-45 minute parts with a 20-minute intermission inbetween the 'Best Action/Adventure' and 'Best Drama' awards. The segments are going to be between 12 and 25 minutes in length apiece. Winners will have no more than two minutes to give out their acceptance speeches."

"Ooooh! I can't wait to see who wins, especially best Kim/Ron!" Sarah squealed.

"Hold your horses, Sarah. We are going to get to that point." Sharper reassured his friend.

With a calm voice, he said in the microphone while tapping a blue button, "And as per the tradition of the elders, here are the winners from last year's ceremony."

A screen dropped drown from behind both Sharper and Sarah as elevator music played in the background. A photo of each winner was presented, along with their respective Golden Rufus statuette, along with text of which award they won.

Winners of the 12th Annual Fannies Awards

1) Best KP Name - Troy Bell and Lynn Accurate - What's the Alma Mater - MrDrP

2) Best KP OC - Leela P. Possible - Being More Than A Simulacrum - ChrisTheCynic

3) Best Minor Character - Joss Possible - Finding Yourself - RufusPrime54

4) Best Villain - Drakken - Drakken's Big Score - Eddy13

5) Best Songfic - Let the Music Move You - CaseysFancy

6) Best AU - Fox and the Mad Dawg - CaptainKodak

7) Best Crossover - Connecting the Dots - RufusPrime54

8) Best Alt Ship Couple - Ron&Monique - That's So Ron - Neotyson

9) Best Kigo - All's Fair in Love and War - Lhyaran

10) Best Kim/Ron - KP Rides Again - Hotrod2001

11) Best Comedy - Kimtimidation - Whitem

12) Best Romance - Gift of the Mad Dogs - MrDrP

13) Best Friendship - Joss&Place - Being More than a Simulacrum - ChrisTheCynic

14) Best Action/Adventure - Fox and the Mad Dawg - CaptainKodak

15) Best Drama - Strength and Weakness - Whitem

16) Best OneShot - Ann Credible's Holidays Made Possible - Levi2000a

17) Best Series - Graduation - Slyrr

18) Best Unlikely-Unique Story - Ron Stoppable: That's So Monique - Neotyson

19) Best Novel - What's the Alma Mater - MrDrP

20) Best Short Story - International Women's Day - Lhyaran

21) Best Young Author - JustSaiyan123

22) Best New Author - TheAmbiguousFool

23) Best Single Line - Connecting the Dots - RufusPrime54

24) Best Reviewer - Cajunbear73

25) CPNeb Kimmunity Award- SharperTheWriter

26) Kimmunity Achievement Award - Hotrod2001

27) Best Story of 2016 - What's the Alma Mater - MrDrP

28) Best Author of 2016 - MrDrP

Once the screen concluded the list of winners, it retracted back to the top of the stage.

"We cannot wait to see who will join the hall of fame of winners this evening!" Sharper said to the audience, "We'll be going to commercial now, as it is sponsored by SmartyMart, but when we return, our awards presenters will present the first two awards of the evening!"

Both Sharper and Sarah exited the stage as The Cars "Just What I Needed" played in the background.