Last time on Total Drama Pokémon X & Y: The Island… 23 campers have signed up to stay at a crummy old summer camp and compete in challenges for a chance to win a hundred thousand dollars. And the competitors were especially surprised to find out that the recently crowned Kalos Champion, Ash Ketchum, is going to be competing with them. And it seems he's got a fan base here on Camp Wawanakwa in the form of Gwen, Heather, Courtney, Bridgette, and Lindsay. He signed some autographs, and now he and his fellow campers must compete in an elimination challenge in order to balance out the new teams. Who will be eliminated? Is it possible that we'll be seeing Ash getting together with any of these Total Drama ladies due to how dense he always seemed to be in the anime? Find out right now, on… Total… Drama… Island!
*I don't own Pokémon or Total Drama!*
"I choose you, Charizard!" = Regular Speech
'Prepare for trouble!' = Someone's Thoughts
"Respond to my heart! Now, Keystone, beyond evolution… Mega Evolve!" = Someone Yelling
"Okay. So far this sucks." = Confessionals
Opening Music
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
You guys are on my mind.
You asked me what I wanted to be
And now I think the answer is plain to see,
I wanna be famous.
I wanna live close to the sun,
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day.
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
Ending Music Whistling Tune
Not So Happy Campers Part 1
"What do you mean we're eliminating someone right now!? We just got here!" Heather demanded in outrage.
"It's like Ash said, Heather. There's one too many of you guys here at once, which means there will be an imbalance among the teams too early on. So we're having this elimination challenge to even out the numbers." Chris explained, the grin never leaving his face. "Your challenge is a little game. Ever heard of freeze tag?"
Several campers nodded with looks that clearly asked what that has to do with their challenge as Chris takes out a Poké Ball.
"Just replace the word 'freeze' with battle!" Chris said.
He threw his Poké Ball into the air and released the final evolution of the Kanto flying Pokemon that's actually a very common Pokemon. It evolves from Pidgey to Pidgeotto and finally to Pidgeot, the Bird Pokémon.
"Pidgeot, Pidgeoooo!" screeched the Bird Pokémon.
Pidgeot is an avian Pokémon with large wings, sharp talons, and a short, hooked beak. Its glossy plumage is mostly brown with cream-colored underparts and flight feathers. Its head has a decorated crest that is nearly as long as its body. The center feathers of its crest are yellow, while the outer feathers are red. The fan-like feathers of its tail are red or brown. Its beak and legs are pink, and there three forward-facing toes and one backward-facing toe on each foot. Behind each eye is an angular black marking.
"In this exciting game of Battle Tag, you will be competing against your fellow campers for one hour. When a camper meets your eyes, you battle, and if you lose, you're out of the challenge. But there is a second option you can go with. The person who is currently 'it' can tag you and you'll have to tag someone else or risk elimination. Oh, and if you've been tagged you have to wait exactly ten seconds before you can try to tag anyone else. Also, no tagbacks. And there are no safe-zones. Last person and Pokémon standing wins. Oh, and there's a twist." Chris said as he accepted what looks like a grenade with a timer attached to it from his Pidgeot. "This grenade here is loaded with paint and will explode once the timer reaches zero. If you're holding this grenade when the timer runs out and there are still competitors in the game, you're instantly eliminated, and must walk the Dock of Shame and board the Boat of Losers, and leave Total Drama Island for good. Oh, and you won't get a shower beforehand."
"No shower?!" squeaked a frightened Lindsay.
Losing on the first challenge on live TV is one thing, but not being allowed to shower after being caught in an explosion of paint would be just utterly humiliating! And several other girls, like Heather, agreed.
"So, who wants to volunteer to be 'it'?" Chris asked with a grin.
There was silence as it looked like nobody wanted to raise their hand. But Ash surprised and scared them all as he stepped forward with a smirk that can only be described as bloodthirsty.
"I'll volunteer, Chris. It'll be fun to start things off as the hunter." Ash said.
"Alrighty. Then the challenge begins…" Chris started the timer and handed the grenade to Ash. "Now!"
Not needing to be told twice, the other campers all made a break for it and split up. After ten seconds passes, Chris noticed that Ash still hadn't moved. He's just standing there tossing the grenade up and down in his hands. And he knows that with Ash's Charizard the Kalos Champion can easily get an aerial view and find the campers right away before picking them off. So why's he just standing around like he's got nothing to do?
"You know the challenge has started, right?" Chris asked.
"Oh, I know. I'm just giving them a few minutes to try and hide. It will make the hunt so much more enjoyable." Ash replied with a bloodthirsty grin.
A grin that Chris returned, though not nearly as bloodthirsty.
(Tyler)
The jock snickered to himself as he lowered himself into a storage crate in the boathouse and carefully put the lid back. He figured that this would be the perfect place for him to hide from Ash and the others. So long as he did that, he'd be safe from elimination. No way is he getting voted off in the first episode, that'd be more humiliating than how Izzy tripped and hit her chin on the dock. (Again, dude… who screwed up when he tried to water ski as his entrance and knocked Heather's shoes into the sea?)
"This is perfect! No one will find me here! And once I'm safe, I'll win my way all the way to that big cash prize!" snickered Tyler.
But his laughter was brought to an abrupt halt as the lid to the crate he was in was removed and something was dropped into his lap. Glancing down, Tyler saw the grenade. Alarmed, he looked up and saw Ash looking at him with a Cheshire Cat grin.
"You need to learn not to be so loud when you're hiding. I could hear you from outside the boathouse." Ash said before running out of the shack.
Tyler groaned as he waited five more seconds before getting out of the crate. So much for his 'brilliant' strategem.
(Gwen & Lindsay)
Gwen and Lindsay were locked in a heated battle as they had locked eyes a few moments ago. Gwen was battling using her starter Pokemon that had been given to her by her mother, her trusty Houndoom, while Lindsay was battling using a Mawile. And despite the type advantage Gwen holds, what with fire being super effective against steel types like Mawile, Lindsay knows what she's doing when training her Pokemon, because that Mawile of hers has taken hits from Overheat and Fireblast, two of the strongest Fire Type moves around, and it's still up and fighting!
"Houndoom, use Dark Pulse!" Gwen ordered.
"Flash Cannon, go!" Lindsay countered.
Both Pokemon fired their attacks, Houndoom from his maw and Mawile from the large mouth on the back of her head, and their collision resulted in an explosion that cancelled out the two attacks. Lindsay was totally calm, cool, and collected in this battle. Despite what's at stake, she treats it as though she's battling any other opponent.
"Fire types may be strong against them, but steel types can still do damage." Lindsay said.
Her Mawile charged with surprising speed as she managed to get close enough to Gwen's Houndoom. The canine Pokemon was too startled to dodge in time as Lindsay called out a new attack from her Mawile.
"Now use Play Rough!"
Mawile smirked as she began to glow with Fairy Type energy.
"Mawile, ma!" she cried.
As she attacked, she started to lay the smackdown on Houndoom using a combination of kicks, jabs, punches, and even bites using the large mouth on her head. Gwen smirked as she watched this, and through his pain, Houndoom also smirked. Finally, a fight where they can have some fun!
(Tyler)
Tyler looked around as he tried to find somebody to hand the grenade off to. He doesn't want to have to battle anyone if he can avoid it, and he's running low on steam here. Maybe that's because he's been running around the whole time he's been 'it'. But he thought, nah, that's not it. But like the big clutz that he is Tyler didn't pay attention to where he was going and literally ran someone over.
"Watch where you're going!" groaned Noah as he got back up.
"Sorry, dude. I didn't see you there." Tyler said as he dusted himself off.
"Obviously." Noah said dryly.
It took Tyler a few seconds, but he actually found his saving grace in this challenge. As quickly as he could the jock fished the paint grenade out of his pocket and tossed it to Noah, who caught it in his hand before freezing as he stared at the tiny yet messy device in his hands. Tyler cheered at his turn of luck as he ran towards the camp to find somewhere to hide. Noah looked at the grenade, then to where Tyler was standing, then back to the grenade in his hands.
"Wonderful."
(Izzy)
As several campers ran past a rather inconspicuous looking tree, a pair of eyes opened on its back. Izzy giggled to herself as she saw just how well her method of camouflage was working. As she went back to blending in with her surroundings, she made a mental note to thank her cousin for introducing her to his Kecleon.
(Cody & Harold)
"You sure this will work? This will keep us safe?" Cody asked as he and Harold walked into a cave.
"Trust me, it's the perfect plan. Nobody will think to look for us in here." Harold said confidently.
"Okay… but if we get mauled by a bear, I reserve all rights to blame you for it!" Cody said.
"Deal." Harold said back.
In his mind, it was a perfectly reasonable action. After all, choosing to hide in this cave was his idea in the first place, so if they get mauled by a bear, the blame should fall on him. (Though we all know that he'd deny it.)
Timer: 45 Minutes Left
(Duncan)
Duncan scowled as he glared at the grenade in his hand. He couldn't believe that he'd actually let that bookworm get the drop on him! The next time he sees that bookworm, he's gonna give him an atomic wedgie so bad his grandchildren will feel it!
...After he avoids elimination, of course.
And it seems he's spotted a suitable target in the form of Harold. Good thing he's only got to wait three more seconds.
(Geoff vs Cody)
The party animal and the techno geek's Pokemon were panting from exhaustion as they had been trading attacks back and forth and dealing as much damage to themselves, due to some of their moves inflicting recoil damage, as they are to each other! But Cody's Garchomp has dealt much more damage to Geoff's Swampert. It may have a type advantage against Garchomp's ground typing thanks to being a water/ground type, but what else do you expect out of a pseudo legendary Pokemon.
"Garchomp, you've got to keep up the pressure! Use Giga Impact!"
"Gar!"
Garchomp flew into the air and was shrouded in a lavender purple energy with yellow energy swirling around the shell. He roared as he flew down towards his target while letting gravity help him deal more damage.
"Swampert, use Hydro Cannon!"
"Swam...PERT!" roared Swampert as his shot an orb of aquatic energy from his mouth.
The two attacks collided and caused a giant explosion upon contact. But Garchom's attack still pulled through and collided with Swampert causing a second explosion that kicked up a large cloud of smoke.
(Heather vs Trent)
"Beedrill, use Twin Needle!"
"Use Quick Attack to dodge it!"
Heather's Beedrill zoomed towards Trent's Sceptile as she attempted to jab him with her poisonous stingers, but the grass type Pokemon used its speed based attack to easily dodge the Bee Pokemon's attacks. It even used its Quick Attack as a means of fighting back while dodging, but Beedrill is too fast and nimble while in the air. And both trainers can see that this battle is getting them nowhere.
"You raised your Sceptile well. I'm impressed." complimented Heather.
She may not care for a lot of things, but she can recognize when someone's raised their Pokemon well. And she's not afraid to compliment someone on doing a good job on it.
"Thanks. Your Beedrill's pretty tough too." Trent complimented back.
"Awwww, I'm 'it' now?"
Trent, Heather, and their Pokemon turned their attention away from their battle for now and looked in the direction of the sound. They saw that it was Owen who now held the paint grenade with Duncan patting him on the shoulder.
"If it makes you feel any better, I think I saw some campers hiding out by the lodge. Try tagging one of them, big guy." Duncan said.
"Thanks, man." Owen said.
(Bridgette, Courtney, Eva, & Ezekiel)
"What did you just say to us!?" Courtney demanded.
Hiding in the mess hall at one of the tables, the three ladies and their Pokemon are now glaring at Ezekiel for making a sexist comment. Even the home-schooled boy's own Pokemon, a Magneton, doesn't like where this conversation is heading. And they're a species of Pokemon that are genderless. Huh.
"Yeah, Home School. Enlighten us." Eva growled as she slammed her fist on the table.
Her Aggron growled menacingly behind her, not liking what this prairie person was saying to her trainer.
"I'm just saying that boys are stronger than girls. That goes for Pokemon, too. My dad told me to look after the girls because they'd need a man to help them out in challenges and stuff." Ezekiel said stupidly. "Not to mention we're smarter, faster, and overall better than girls."
Only to end up being strangulated by a seriously pissed off Eva, who grabbed him by the neck and held him at eye level.
"Still think girls are weak NOW, prairie boy?" she snarled.
"Not… really…" wheezed Ezekiel.
But the girls didn't want to take any chances with this guy. That, or they're too angry to deal with him. So Eva chuckled him right out the door and out into the open. The boy landed on his face and skidded right up to Ash's feet. Ezekiel was quick to get his face out of the dirt and spit out a wad of grass as he looked up at Ash and his Charizard, both of whom have disapproving looks on their faces.
"I take it he said something stupid earlier?" Ash asked as the girls walked out of the lodge.
"He made a bunch of sexist comments essentially saying that women are weaker than men!" Courtney said.
This made Ash even more disappointed in Ezekiel's behavior while Charizard snorted flames from his nostrils. A comment like that was practically aimed directly at his mate, Charla, back in the Charcific Valley, and he won't tolerate anyone, human or otherwise, calling his mate a weakling! Charizards are proud warriors and will not tolerate anyone calling them weak! They may acknowledge if they're weaker than others even if they're stubborn about it, but they won't tolerate anyone calling them weak to their faces.
"That is just plain stupid, Ezekiel. I know for a fact that women are indeed far stronger than men. A prime example of their strength is childbirth. It is women who go through the pain and labor of bringing a new human into the world. Even female Pokemon go through this at some point in their lives." Ash said.
And his words really surprised the three girls who had been gathered. They had no idea that Ash could be such a gentleman. They know that he's a tough battler, but the fact of the matter is hardly any of them know him as a person. The three girls looked at each other and came to the silent agreement to get to know Ash Ketchum the person, not just Ash Ketchum the Champion of Kalos.
"So, it is with no guilt on my conscience that I present to you, Ezekiel, with this."
Ash dropped something into Ezekiel's lap which the home schooled boy was alarmed to see was the grenade. And it only has ten seconds left on the clock!
"You should have kept your sexist comments to yourself, Ezekiel." Ash said before shouting "EVERYONE TAKE COVER!"
The girls and their Pokemon were quick to get out of the blast zone. Ezekiel could only stare on in horror as he watched the seconds tick by. 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0!
KA-BOOM!
Despite being only a grenade, the explosion was a huge pillar of green paint that nearly formed a mushroom cloud as all of that paint landed on the home schooled boy and his unfortunate Magneton. When it was over, Ash, Bridgette, Courtney, Eva, Aggron, and Charizard peeked out from the boulder they were hiding behind.
"Whoa! I guess it's true what they say about these reality TV shows. Go big or go home." Courtney said, amazed at the explosion.
The sound of an airhorn got everyone's attention as those who were battling each other with their Pokemon stopped battling and returned them. The rest of the campers gathered around as Chris flew in on his Pidgeot.
"And that concludes our first elimination challenge! Ezekiel and his Magneton are hereby out of the competition! That means the Dock of Shame awaits you both!" Chris said with a grin.
"Wait a minute! I still have the grenade!" exclaimed Owen as he showed everyone the grenade. "So how come I'm not the one covered in paint?"
Ash chuckled as he revealed something.
"That's simple, Owen. It's because the grenade you're holding is a fake. Once everyone scattered at the beginning of the challenge I switched the real paint grenade with a fake that I had made. While everyone else was trying to eliminate each other, I held on to the real grenade and was going to just eliminate a random person once time was almost up. If Ezekiel hadn't made those sexist comments of his earlier, chances are he wouldn't have been eliminated." Ash explained.
Everyone stared in shock at what Ash had managed to pull off. And Duncan summed up what they were all thinking in the most appropriate way possible.
"Damn, that is clever!"
"And there's a fabulous prize in there for you, Owen. Just unscrew the top and see what's in there." Ash instructed.
The loveable oaf did as instructed and opened the grenade. Gasping at the sight of his prize, Owen reached into the fake grenade and pulled out a Mega Stone and a Keystone.
"That Mega Stone you have there will allow a Manectric to Mega Evolve. Just allow it to hold that Stone and use the Keystone to Mega Evolve your Manectric." Ash said.
The other campers were shocked and a little jealous that Owen got such an awesome prize. They've all seen Mega Evolution before and know it's powerful. But Chris broke them from their thoughts as he reminded them of Ezekiel being out of the game.
"That is a sweet prize, Owen! But now it's time to bid Ezekiel farewell as he leaves Total Drama Island for good."
"Can I take a shower first?" Ezekiel asked.
Chris seemed to think about it for a minute before grinning as he came to a conclusion.
"You? Nope! However, our interns will give your Magneton a good scrubbing since he was an innocent caught in the crossfire of someone who couldn't keep his sexist remarks to himself." Chris said.
While a girl intern and her Chansey walked over with some supplies to give Magneton a bath, two more boy interns and their Machoke and Throh arrived and started carrying Ezekiel to the Loser Boat. The Pokemon are there to make sure he doesn't try any funny business.
"Okay. Now that there's an even number of you guys and your Pokemon, it's time to put everyone on their teams." Chris said as he held up a list. "When I call your name, go stand by the rock Ash and the others were hiding behind to stay out of the blast. Gwen, Trent, Ash, Heather, Owen, Cody, Katie, Lindsay, Leshawna, Justin, and Noah."
Everyone returned their Pokemon and went to stand with Ash as Chris tossed Owen a rolled up banner. The loveable oaf unfurled the banner to reveal a green emblem depicting a gopher that was snarling and ready to fight.
"From this moment on you will be officially known as… the Screaming Gophers!" Chris exclaimed.
"Yeah! I'm a gopher! Whooo!" cheered Owen.
"Wait, what about Sadie?" Katie asked.
But Chris either didn't hear her or just decided to ignore her question.
"The rest of you, over here. Geoff, Bridgette, DJ, Tyler, Sadie, Izzy, Courtney, Beth, Duncan, Eva, and Harold. Move, move, move, move!"
"But Katie's a gopher! I have to be a gopher!" whined Sadie.
"Sadie, is it? Come on. It'll be okay." Courtney said as she guided the chubby girl to her team.
"This is so unfair! I miss you, Katie!" Sadie semi-cried.
"Oh, I miss you too!" Katie cried back.
Chris tossed the new team another banner which was unfurled to reveal a red emblem of an attacking Largemouth Bass.
"You guys will be officially known as… the Killer Bass!"
"That's awesome! It's, like… amazing!" gasped Harold.
"Alright campers, you and your team will be on camera in all public areas during this competition."
(Confession: Chris)
"You will also be able to share your innermost thoughts on tape with video diaries anytime you want. Let the audience at home know what you're really thinking, or just get something off your chest." Chris explained using a video camera inside what appears to be an outhouse.
(Confession: Gwen)
"Um, okay… so far this sucks."
(Confession: Lindsay)
"I don't get it. Where's the camera guy?" Linday asked as she tried to make a confession, but was facing the wrong way.
As a result, the camera only got a shot of her back.
(Confession: Random Wildlife)
A mallard is seen putting on lipstick before quacking with wide eyes as it realizes that it's been caught.
(Confession: Ash)
"I'm not in this competition for the money. I'm just here to make friends, have fun, and focus on one goal in particular of mine." Ash said as he gave his confession. "With all that I've learned from Diantha and the other champions out there, like Lance and Cynthia, I'm confident that I can handle the duties that come with the job."
(Confession: Owen)
"Hey everyone, check this out. I have something very important to say." Owen said.
Before he farted and broke down into a fit of giggles.
(End Confession)
"Any questions?" Chris asked as he saw there are none. "Cool. Let's find your cabins."
The scene shifts to a pair of cabins that have been prepared for the campers of Total Drama.
"Gophers, you're in the East cabin, Bass, you have the West." Chris said.
Ash and the guys of the Screaming Gophers opened the door to their cabin and saw a traditional setting for a summer camp. Sets of bunk beds for each camper to sleep on.
"Anyone want any bunk in particular?" Ash asked.
"Is it okay with you if I take the bottom bunk?" DJ asked.
"Sure. As long as you don't mind if I take too bunk." Ash said getting a thumbs up in return.
The guys' unpacking time was interrupted, however, when they heard a wail of sorrow from Lindsay.
"AWWW, WHAT!? BUT-NO! COME ON!"
"I guess Lindsay just learned about the communal bathrooms." Ash said as he, Duncan, and Owen walked out of the cabin to investigate.
"I'm glad we're in our own cabin with just guys. Know what I mean?" Owen said.
That comment and how he worded it, however, got some strange looks from his fellow Gophers. But upon realizing what he said, which actually didn't take too long, Owen tried to fix the implications behind his words.
"I mean, no, I didn't mean it like that! I love chicks! I just don't want to sleep near them." Owen said before realizing that sounded worse. "D'oh! I mean…"
"Excuse me, Chris? Is there a chaperone of any kind at this facility?" Geoff asked.
"You're all sixteen years old, about as old as a Counselor in Training at a real summer camp. So, apart from myself and everyone's Pokémon, you'll be unsupervised." Chris replied before checking his watch. "You've got a half an hour to unpack and meet me back at the main Lodge, starting now."
"Nice!" cheered Geoff.
Suddenly, a frightened scream sounded out from the girl's cabin for the Gophers. It was a scream so loud and filled with fear that it caught everyone's attention. Ash was first on the scene as Leshawna commented "Ooh man, that white girl can scream!".
"What's the matter!?" Ash asked worried that someone had gotten hurt.
"There's a cockroach in here! Kill it! Kill it!" exclaimed Lindsay as she stood on a chair to try and stay away from the pest.
DJ looked in to see what the problem was and as soon as he saw the roach scurrying across the floor, he gave a rather effeminate scream and jumped to safety. Unfortunately, he ended up landing on, and breaking, one of the bunk beds in the cabin.
"That… was my bed." groaned Gwen.
"If you want, I can switch out my bed with yours and fix it up later." Ash offered.
"You'd do that for me?" Gwen asked.
"Of course. There isn't anything I wouldn't do to help someone in need. Especially a beautiful girl like yourself." Ash replied as he unintentionally gave a lady-killer smile.
Even though Ash said he would have done so for anybody, the fact that Ash called her beautiful was enough to bring a blush and a smile to Gwen's face. People don't normally call her things like beautiful due to her being a goth. Hot, most definitely. A punk, maybe. But certainly never beautiful. And it gave Gwen this funny feeling of butterflies in her stomach. Trent saw the blush that was directed at Ash and almost immediately saw the Kalos Champion as a threat.
But what surprised everyone even more was when, instead of just squashing the roach like Harold and so many others were planning to do, Ash just took a tissue out of his pocket, layed it across his hand, and held it down for the roach to climb onto.
"Come on, guys! You're frightening the poor thing!" Ash scolded.
With the roach now standing on his tissue covered palm, he brought it outside before setting it free in some bushes.
"All better." he said to the roach.
That's when Ash noticed Duncan had an axe and looked disappointed that he didn't get to use it.
"Dude, it's taken care of. And doesn't using an axe to kill a bug seem a bit excessive?" Ash asked.
"Maybe." Duncan said with a shrug. "But why didn't you just kill it?"
"Simple, really. It wasn't in the girl's cabin to cause any harm, so I just let it go. I don't believe in needlessly harming or killing animals. In my opinion the only time you should ever kill an animal, especially in the wild, is if you intend to eat it." Ash explained.
Duncan shrugged after that explanation. Hey, he may use threats of pain on all the weak and dorky people, but he knows that everyone's entitled to their own opinion. And he can respect Ash's own. As he walked to the lodge, he didn't notice the look of awe he was getting from Bridgette. As a surfer, she lives by that very same philosophy. Maybe she can find a sort of kinship with Ash while on this island.
(Later)
"Listen up! I serve it three times a day, and you will eat it three times a day! So grab a tray, get your food, and sit your asses down NOW!" said a chef who looks like he belongs in the military. "And as for y'all's Pokémon, let them out so they can get some grub at our designated feeding station!"
Working in the kitchen with him is a Blastoise, the final evolved stage of Squirtle.
Blastoise is a large, bipedal turtle-like Pokémon. Its body is blue and is mostly hidden by its tough, brown shell. This shell has a cream-colored underside and a white ridge encircling its arms and separating the upper and lower halves. Two powerful water cannons reside in the top of its shell over its shoulders. These cannons can be extended or withdrawn. Blastoise's head has triangular ears that are black on the inside, small brown eyes, and a cream-colored lower jaw. Its arms are thick, and it has three claws on each hand. Its feet have three claws on the front and one on the back. Poking out of the bottom of its shell is a stubby tail. And this Blastoise has a few scars on its face, namely over its right eye and on the left side of its lower jaw. This is proof that it fought in a war.
"Excuse me, will we be getting every major food group?" Beth asked.
Chef didn't answer her and merely scooped what looked like mystery meat and potato salad (...that is, I think it's potato salad.) into dishes on two trays. Beth and Harold took the two trays, but the brick haired nerd didn't seem to notice that he was irritating Chef, as proven by the twitch in the man's eye.
"Yeah, because I get hypoglycemic real bad if I don't get enough sugar." Harold complained.
"You'll get plenty of SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!" shouted Chef as he scared Harold to his team's table.
"Have a cow!" Owen quietly said while Noah snickered at the joke.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" shouted Chef as he glared at Owen. "Come closer, big guy. I didn't hear you."
Owen just took a tray and wisely decided not to make a joke.
"Um, I didn't really say anything important." Owen said.
"I'm sure you didn't." Chef said with a slight growl before looking at Noah. "You. Scrawny kid. Gimme your plate."
Not wanting to incur the wrath of the obviously military cook, Noah did as instructed. Chef scooped up some more of the mystery meat and plopped it onto Noah's tray… only for it to pull itself back onto the serving spoon as though it were alive! But Chef just applied a little force and it cooperated. Next up to get his food was Ash, and he actually doesn't look revolted.
"Thanks, Chef. Everything looks great." he said as he got his food and let Charizard out of his Poké Ball. "That's a pretty strong looking Blastoise you've got there. I can tell you raised it well."
Chef gave a nod of appreciation as Ash took his food and went to sit down.
(Confession: Chef)
"Finally a little respect!" exclaimed Chef. "Does anyone out there know how much hard work goes into cooking for a bunch of ungrateful brats only to have them mouth off about the food? I'm telling you now, when I cook, I cook with love. TOUGH LOVE!"
(End Confession)
There was mostly silence in the lodge as the campers ate their food, some easier than others. And it astounded everyone how Ash seems to not only be able to eat Chef's cooking with no problem, but he's also not complaining at all. Even Owen, who seems like the one who can eat anything, was hesitant to take a bite out of the food at first.
"Welcome to the main Lodge!" Chris said as he walked in.
"Yo, dude? Can we order pizza?" Geoff asked.
Only for a butcher knife to fly right by his face and stab itself into the wall. But it wasn't thrown by Chef. It was thrown by his Blastoise, who doesn't like how these young upstarts are insulting his trainer's cooking.
"Whoa, it's cool man! Brown slop's cool, right guys?" Geoff said nervously.
Some of the campers with weaker constitutions gave various nervous responses to try and appease the cook and his Blastoise. It clearly didn't work.
"Once you're done eating, change into your swimsuits and meet me outside. Your next challenge begins in… one hour!" Chris informed before walking out.
"What do you think they're gonna make us do?" Katie asked.
"It's the first real challenge. How hard can it be?" DJ asked with a casual shrug.
Ash just rolled his eyes at that. He knows you never ask questions like that one, lest you want the universe to mess with you. And it did… because once an hour had passed everyone was standing on a one thousand foot high cliff!
"Ah shit!" groaned DJ.
*To Be Continued…*
I am accepting suggestions for Pokémon for the rest of the competitors. If you have ideas, don't be afraid to tell me. Although I would prefer if everyone suggests a Pokémon that can Mega Evolve.
Competitors and their Pokemon
Screaming Gophers
Ash and Charizard
Gwen and Houndoom
Trent and Sceptile
Owen and Manectric
Heather and Beedrill
Cody and Garchomp
Lindsay and Mawile
Katie: Pokémon Undecided
Leshawna: Pokémon Undecided
Justin: Pokémon Undecided
Noah and Alakazam
Killer Bass
Eva and Aggron
Beth: Pokémon Undecided
Courtney and Gengar
Duncan and Banette
Bridgette and Shiny Gyarados
Geoff and Swampert
DJ: Pokémon Undecided
Tyler: Pokémon Undecided
Sadie: Pokémon Undecided
Izzy: Pokémon Undecided
Harold: Pokémon Undecided
Hosts
Chris and Pidgeot
Chef and Blastoise
Those Eliminated
Ezekiel and his Magneton