Hello, hello! I can't believe I'm back into the writing side of things since I haven't had any time lately but here I am. A different name but to those of you who've seen my stories before they were deleted, you might recognize me right away. Anywho, I present the prologue of this story.

Also, as an FYI, this story is not related to any of my previous stories beforehand.

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"No."

"Why not?"

In the Halls of Origin, decorated in the shiny atmosphere put together by Arceus herself, stood three Pokemon. The room they were in was massive, almost like a throne room seen in medieval depictions, with a throne and beautiful furniture. On the throne stood Arceus flanked by her opposite, Giratina, while they simply stared down at a colt beneath them. In comparison to their massive sizes, he was much smaller yet not afraid of the literal gods towering him. Actually, he was more peeved than afraid.

He scratched his reddish-orange mane in frustration, gritting his teeth in the process. "Look, the last time I did a show like this, I made myself look like a fool. I have better things to do than host another reality show that will be forgotten after a few years."

"That was just a couple of years ago. Nobody remembers that," Giratina retorted.

"Exactly! So why even bother? I can be putting criminals behind bars right now or saving innocent lives. You couldn't have gotten anyone else?"" The colt replied

"You will do it because we asked you to. We were simply being nice enough about it but if you are so eager to not participate, we'll demand it out of you."

Keldeo was ready to reply with something smarmy but held his tongue. "Alright, fine. I don't like the idea of my past performance being brought up. Someone is going to recognize me."

Giratina shook his head, "The power of lawsuits do wonders in making sure nobody repeats the same story. It's actually quite sad how easy it is to keep someone quiet."

"Rest assured, if there happens to be any issues, we'll handle it," Arceus affirmed. "The budget is already planned out, all staff have gone through a screening process and we even got insurance."

This got Keldeo to consider the offer presented in front of him. Sure, at least everything was accounted for if someone wanted to sue them but there was still a lot of work to be done. The last show that Keldeo did with Latios did not do well at all, and it ended up with a court session that lasted an entire month. All over a technicality they had on one particular challenge that they used against one of the contestants. Despite the fact that the contestant signed a contract, the court sided with them anyway!

"Yeah….Nope!" The colt exclaimed, dashing for the exit as fast as his feet could take him. Yet, it was a fruitless endeavor as he suddenly did not feel the ground and began floating back to the two godlike Pokemon. "Oh come on! This is stupid and you know it! What kind of sick Pokemon would even watch these shows?"

"There's an audience," Girtina stated. "We want you to be the main host and show someone how the game works. On top of that, we want you to keep the stakes tame in comparison to the others.

That caught Keldeo's attention immediately, "Tame? That's a first. What legendary would even want to do that? Nobody would want to host a show if there wasn't that much stake into it.

"Oh, it's not going to be a legendary." A grin formed on the dragon's face, almost mocking the young colt for his ignorance.

Thankfully, Arceus gave a better answer. "Considering the negative reputation most have on legendaries, we figure that the future of these programs belong to the mortals. At the same time, you can begin with a better start."

"I get to start again with a blank slate?" Keldeo uttered in bewilderment. He couldn't believe that they were giving him a chance like this. Maybe he can finally bury the drama hatchet deep into the ground after this was all done. Just train a new guy and run the show like normal, too easy. "Alright, what's the catch?"

The look the duo gave him made him groan.

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Months Later

The seas were calm today with a light wind gently flowing through the air. The cries of bird Pokemon echoed around as the occasional Water type jumped out of the ocean. The clouds decorated the skies and overlooked an island standing proudly amongst the waters. One tall mountain graced its grounds with no volcanic activity to ruin the potential prospects. To some, nostalgia would flood them with both good and bad memories around this place. For Keldeo, he just stared at the landmass without as much of an expression. The ship he was on cruised through the waters without the feeling of resistance.

"Wow, it's really been that long." Keldeo uttered slowly, letting the sight wash over him. "Even if I have to sell myself to do another series again, I can be done with it all after that. I am a Sacred Sword."

He remembered the first time he was a part of one of these reality shows years back. The first set of contestants were a rambunctious bunch and the following season seemed to only heat up. Then there were experimental seasons that didn't end up so well and a few others that could have gone great had it not been for the insane stakes. Good thing Keldeo got out as soon as he could or he would have been held just as responsible. He was only a co-host during those times but he still felt like it could have gone much better than it had if he only took control.

"Uh…Excuse me." All that reminiscing had blinded Keldeo from noticing someone behind him. He didn't recall that there was anyone on the boat besides him and the crew.

Keldeo turned to address the newcomer, "What is it?"

The newcomer was a sight to be sure, looking awfully similar to another Pokemon. They were a pony with a floofy pastel mane and tail dissimilar to their fiery counterparts. A small horn was on her forehead, much shorter than Keldeo's, and she was a bit shorter than him too. "I was told to meet you up here. My name is Sharon by the way, Mr. Keldeo. I am so excited to be here."

"Huh, nobody ever called me Mr. Keldeo since that one time I had to get coffee for the whole Hall of Origins," Keldeo muttered. "I don't think I ever saw Pokemon like you before. Are you one of those new variants I heard about?"

"The Galar Region? Yes, actually," Sharon nodded. Her horn glowed a bit as a cell phone floated in front of them. "If you don't mind that I take a selfie with you, that would be amazing! Nobody believes that I'm working with a Sacred Sword of all hosts."

Keldeo was surprised by the response. "You're a bit giddy just working with me?"

"Yes! Keldeo, slayer of Kyurem-

"I didn't wi-," Keldeo tried to correct the Ponyta but she rambled on

"Savior of Innocents, the Strongest Sacred Sword, Colt of Justice! Co-host of several reality programs and even main host of a couple," Sharon finished with a bright smile.

The titles were nice but far from what Keldeo even considered himself. "Hold on, I don't know where you got those ideas from but my shows sucked. I barely finished a few of them and the rest were canceled before they could get rolling. As a matter of fact, those titles are mostly from my followers on social media who have an obsession with me."

"Oh?" Sharon replied in disbelief, "I thought it was all true. I mean, I watched many of your shows while I was studying film and cinematography a couple years ago."

Keldeo chuckled at that. He couldn't blame the new girl thinking he was better than he really was. It irked him a bit that his loyal fan base was overexaggerating some of his accomplishments to the point of absurdity. "Well, I appreciate what you did and welcome aboard to your first season, Ms. Sharon."

They shook their hooves with Sharon adding, "So, what do we normally do before the season even starts?"

"Normally we send out applications for potential contestants where they send in their application footage to try and impress us. Once we have our contestants, we start off with putting our challenges together for them. Most of the grunt work will be taken care of by the interns so all we have to do is smile and look pretty for the camera," Keldeo explained in the simplest of terms.

"Why don't we make the challenges before the contestants? Wouldn't that make it easier and give us plenty of time to work out the kinks?"

"We can do that too."

"Then let's get started!" Sharon cheered but she was cut short when the boat came to a complete halt and sent the Galarian falling over. "We're here."

Keldeo gave a slight smile while shaking his head in amusement from his trainee. "This is going to be one interesting season."

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The Following Year

Seasons came and seasons went with the island being full of activity day in and day out. Only a few days out of the year were spent off of work but only if they maintained their progress. Applications from potential contestants flooded the mailroom daily to the point a whole week was spent just to look at every single application. Some were just papers but many involved an audition tape that extended the process greatly. By the end of that, only so many were chosen.

For this fateful summer…

The screen crackled to life with momentary static taking up the view until dissipating with an actual colorful image. On top of a small dock stood Keldeo and Sharon smiling confidently towards the camera. Keldeo then spoke, "Hello one and all to the very first episode of Total Pokemon Valorous Island. I'm your host, Keldeo…"

"And his co-host, Sharon!" the Galarian Ponyta immediately introduced herself smoothly

He continued, "Thank you, Sharon. Today we will get to meet sixteen young adults who all have decided to go against one another for the grand prize of five hundred thousand Poke! Before any of them get that reward, they have to compete in various challenges to not get eliminated. All packaged through this summer."

"On top of that, the losers of each challenge will get to vote out one of their own and send them to our lovely Dock of Shame. The best part is that we have a mixed cast of eight gentlemen and eight ladies today." Sharon added

Keldeo narrowed his eyes towards the ocean as if he noticed something approaching the island. After a couple of moments, he smiled brightly, "I think that's our very first contestant showing up right now."

A Wailord stopped alongside the dock so its occupant could slide down without issues. Sliding down the large Pokemon was a medium sized lizard with a teal body and V-shaped head. It walked up to the hosts with a modest smile, "Are we the first ones to arrive?"

Keldeo raised a brow, "We? Oh, we aren't competing. You're the first one to arrive, Sebastian. How are you?"

"Fine, quite fine actually. I haven't felt better," the Drakloak answered before turning next to him, "Ever since Mr. Rogers came by for emotional support."

The hosts were even more confused with their first arrivee as he was speaking to no one in particular. Although, Sharon did notice something amiss about the Pokemon but she couldn't quite put a hoof on it. "We hope you do your best."

The next Wailord arrived with a flower-like figure with a large floral arrangement surrounding her head. She was shorter than Sebastian by a good foot, "Good day to you all."

"It is a good day. Thank you, Jennifer. I didn't think a librarian would want to join," Keldeo responded

As the two conversed momentarily, another Wailord arrived with a humanoid Pokemon sliding off. Her body made it seem that she was wearing a dress but it was a part of her as much as the red protrusion on her chest. Around her neck was a strap holding a camera safely. "Is this the place? Are we going to be exploring the woods?"

Sharon stepped in, "We definitely will at some point, Fiona. You'll have plenty of time to take pictures and explore around. But for now, we'll need you to stay with the other contestants until everyone arrives.

Fiona gave a nod, snapping a few photos before arriving to one side of the dock. Sebastian looked up and waved with one of his small appendages, "Hello. Mr. Rogers says hello as well."

"Who's Mr. Rogers?" Fiona questioned with no indication of other Pokemon besides them and Jennifer. She didn't even sense the presence of another being. "Sorry, I'm Fiona."

"Sebastian. It's okay if you can't see him, nobody can except me," Sebastian replied. He waved off the apology as he had heard it a million times by now.

Jennifer had walked over to overhear the conversation, "Are you sure you don't have a medical condition?"

The Drakloak shook his head, "I don't think so. Mr. Rodgers has been looking over me since I left the adult daycare. My parents always said I was a bit special."

The two girls looked at one another while the next Wailord made a pit stop to drop off a much larger Pokemon. This one being a large dinosaur with a head made out of steel and a body made of rock. Two horns protruded from the sides of its head and ice blue eyes calmly observed everyone before it.

"Welcome to the show, Logan. Still practicing the sax after that one time gig?" Keldeo mused, bumping his hoof with the Aggron's claw.

"No, just that one time. It was fun, but I don't think I was ready for it," Logan shrugged, slinging his duffle bag over his shoulder. Oddly enough, a more military style duffle bag with a green camouflage. He glanced over at his competition and grunted, "Not very impressed so far but I am early."

Sharon answered back, "We do have twelve more contestants to go through so I'm sure you'll find it tougher than it looks."

On cue, the next Wailord came forward and dropped off a small blue elephant. He was the smallest out of the contestants so far and his smaller luggage only added to the size difference. "Alright! I'm here."

"Yes you are, Quake. You come from a long way, how was your boat ride?" Keldeo asked, high fiving the Phanpy with his hoof.

Quake grinned, "It's not like home but those are some really comfortable seats. I haven't napped like that since I was born."

With a chuckle, Keldeo said, "Most Pokemon can't remember those early days, not even me. But, you're going to need to bring everything because you have some heavy competition."

Quake gave a nod and went over to the others but to stop right away at Logan. He was a titan in comparison to the small elephant but he did not have a bit of fear in him. Instead, he looked straight up at the Aggron and said, "What's up? The name's Quake."

Logan had hardly even noticed the Phanpy, his mind drifting off to something else. "Hm? You got a lot of guts to compete, little guy. Just call me Logan."

Another Wailord came by but this time, two Pokemon disembarked. One being a green serpent with a pair of arms and legs while the other was a larger red bug.

Keldeo scanned over a small parchment of paper before throwing it over his shoulder. "Normally we don't usually have two friends join us in the same season. However, there was never a rule that said we couldn't. Lilliana, Skyler, welcome to your temporary home for the summer. Feel free to get along, or don't, with your fellow contestants."

Both simply gave a nod and walked by the colt without another word. Sharon commented, "Not much for conversation I guess. Good thing we got a variety of contestants."

The next Wailord arrived with a blue bipedal frog jumping off with a simple backpack. His face was a darker shade of blue than the rest of his body and he had a collar of white bubbles almost running down his back. He waved at his transport before looking around in confusion until walking over to the hosts.

"Tsunami, how's the ninja training going? Any problems on the ride over here?" Keldeo asked

"It's been going good. But, I find it odd that you're being this discrete about how we're transported on Wailords while you're airing this to the whole world. Almost as if…" The Frogadier mumbled for a moment, rubbing his chin in thought. The hosts exchanged glances as the Frogadier just waved it off, "Nah, that wouldn't make sense. Who would do shady business on a game show anyway?"

"Yeah…Why don't you go with the others?" Sharon suggested, unsure how to take this further. Were there secret rings within the shows themselves? Keldeo hadn't mentioned anything and she was a part of all the set up. Maybe another game show had something to do with that, but none that she knew of.

Tsunami made his way to the other contestants, greeting them with a wave. He placed himself next to Jennifer, giving her a quick smile. "So what brings you out here?"

"Me? I…Uh…Your species are known to climb a two thousand foot tower in less than a minute," the Florges uttered quickly. Tsunami didn't say much afterward as the next Wailord arrived.

This contestant was a small black fox with red tipped fur on the top of its forehead and paws. Their species were known to be a bit mischievous and the hosts would figure that out shortly. Despite that, Keldeo grinned and said. "Yoru, welcome to the island. We don't get that many Zorua out and about without the shape shifting."

"Oh? You mean this?" Yoru gleefully questioned. He immediately shifted his form into that of Keldeos in a perfect replica of the legendary. "Hello everyone, I am Keldeo. Used to be someone to be taken seriously but now I'm reduced to running reality shows with young adults as contestants. I clearly don't have anything more important to do."

Sharon glanced at Keldeo who had lost all pretense to smile for the camera and now was openly frowning at his fake mirror. Although she found Yoru's method a bit humorous, Keldeo clearly wasn't going to enjoy it. With a bit of a nervous laugh, she said, "That's cute. Please move on with the other contestants."

As the Zorua reverted back to his normal form with a snicker, Keldeo narrowed his eyes to sharp glare when Yoru walked by. "I'm not going to like him."

"It's just a gimmick. You can't blame him for the species he was born as," Sharon reasoned. "How much harm can one Zorua cause anyway? You have bad experiences with them."

"Too many."

"Then you haven't met the Hisuian variants. They aren't pranksters at all."

Yoru grinned as he saw his fellow competitors, but only half of them were even of note to him. He took a spot next to Fiona with a chuckle, "Say, aren't a bit too good looking to be competing? You could make the cash just by modeling."

"Thanks," Fiona giggled at the mention. It wasn't the first time she was complimented for her looks, even if she didn't stand out that much compared to other Gardevoir. "But I'm not looking forward to the money. I'm just here for the experience."

"Is that so? I guess I'm in the same boat then," The Zorua stated. He was eager to see what was coming up. This was already going to be a fun summer.

Like clockwork, the next Wailord arrived with its passenger being a fairy of some sort. A rounded body with short appendages for arms and legs. Her head almost seemed like a crown of sorts but her species' usual smile was replaced by a bitter frown. "Don't bother being nice to me. I'm Cherish and I'm going to win that prize with whatever it takes."

The hosts were surprised they didn't even get to give pleasantries but it seemed the Togetic was not in the mood for them. She had her own luggage to carry and the aid of her wings made it easier than most. Keldeo just uttered hesitantly, "Sure...Welcome to the show. Just head over there with the others.

As Cherish floated to the others, she received a few looks thanks to her display against the hosts. She didn't even bother to acknowledge the looks and just kept her eyes on the next competitor arriving. In fact, the next contestant had just hopped off his Wailord.

A orange-ish red canine, with yellow fur decorated its body and tail, walked over to the host's. "Glad to be here with you two great hosts. Especially you Keldeo. Did you just get your mane brushed because it's looking fantastic today."

Sharon glanced at Keldeo who simply smiled at the compliment. That already was making his day despite the earlier appearance of Yoru. "Thank you Chase. I'm trying to look my best. But, if you think sweet talking me is going to get you the money, you're sadly mistaken."

"Nah, I just wanted to put you in a good mood. After what happened to you last time, I think you deserve to be in charge," the Flareon said honestly. A sentiment that Keldeo was more than happy to hear.

"At least somebody understands it wasn't my fault. Just head with the others," Keldeo stated. Fist bumping the air knowing that at least somebody out there saw that he was the innocent host in his last season.

As the Flareon went over and sat amongst the others, Quake looked over to him and said, "You were a lot more polite with the hosts than the rest of us."

"That's because he's either a very upbeat guy or he's gay," Yoru spoke out with a chuckle. The others looked at him as if he had something out of turn but he replied, "What? How often do you see the average guy do that? There's being polite and then there's actually buttering up to the hosts."

"Maybe I just like to give our host the benefit of the doubt? He's got a reputation to uphold, so fuck off," Chase growled back. Being a few inches taller than the Zorua made his threat a bit more believable.

Yoru just raised his paws in defense, chuckling a bit more nervously. "Hey, I was just saying. I don't care who you bang. Are we cool?"

Chase gave him a few seconds before breathing out, "Yeah…We're cool."

The entire situation had not gone from Sharon's notice, her face growing more concerned as she could see what Keldeo meant earlier. "You think we might have overlooked some aspects?"

"Well, they're young adults. If they say something that gets them beaten to a pulp, that's on them. We're just here to be sure they don't try to kill each other. Reality will sort them out straight or a quick elimination will," Keldeo's mood flattened. He wasn't looking forward to the little spats between his contestants but this was only natural on a show like this. This was tame in comparison to some.

The next Wailord arrived again with a different passenger than what anyone expected. A slender dark lizard with a purple underbelly and pink designs from her chest to the tip of her tail. Her purple eyes looked over the other competitors and she huffed towards the host. "It looks like I got some decent competition but that money is mine."

Sharon answered back warily, "It might be once you beat the other fifteen contestants. You have a whole summer to do that, Debbi.

"You might want to play nice with everyone because they might just get rid of Pokemon like you early," Keldeo advised with a sarcastic grin. It only made the Salazzle roll her eyes, grabbing her pack and moving towards the others.

She took a spot next to Cherish, muttering to herself, "Play nice with others..Yeah right. It's either winning or losing."

"Being nice only asks to be stabbed in the back," Cherish said, glancing over to Debbi as they awaited the rest of their competition.

Debbi slightly grinned at that, "Exactly, I don't mince words for others. It's either we win or someone is going home. That's the only way these games work."

Another Wailord and another contestant had arrived. This one being an otter or weasel with an orange coat and creme colored patterns on his body. He had a guitar case strapped to his back alongside his luggage, walking over with a whistle.

Keldeo then said, "Welcome to Valorous Island, Tyrin. You're probably the only musician here, at least that I could see. Was the trip comfy?"

"I guess so," the Buizel shrugged. "I was focused on practicing for my next gig but it looks like none of my other friends are here today. They didn't get in?"

"Unfortunately, we had close to a hundred applications but we could only choose sixteen of you. Maybe next time," Sharon answered apologetically, patting Tyrin on the back.

Thankfully, he wasn't bothered by it, "Well, if they aren't here, that means I have to try even harder. I'll win that cash for sure."

"You did that buddy, you do that. " Keldeo chuckled as he looked forward to the next contestant about to arrive.

What neither host expected was the next Pokemon to be a foot tall electric mouse with black tipped ears. Before Keldeo could even get a word in, the mouse practically threw herself at him. Not enough force to knock him over but he was stunned by the action no less, "Thank you so much for having me be a part of the show."

"Your..uh..welcome," Keldeo stuttered. He patted the Pichu on the back a couple times before gently trying to get her off of him. It might look cute in front of the cameras but Keldeo did not want to make it seem like something else. He gave a couple of waves towards Sharon while trying to keep the smile.

Seeing this, Sharon said, "Our fourteenth contestant is Momo! How's farm life? Any Tauros giving you a bad time?"

"Nope, just the same old days. So is this where we are staying?" The Pichu pondered

Keldeo nodded, "You got it. One whole summer here. We're just waiting on a couple more contestants before we get the party started. If you don't mind, you can go hang out with the others."

One of the last Wailords arrived with a different type of Pokemon in comparison to the others so far. He had no limbs besides two sets of wings on his entirely purple body. A distinct frown was quite visible on the Pokemon, although some can argue it was just part of the species. "One of our two last contestants, Mikhail."

The Crobat flew past the hosts without a care, "Save the pleasantries. We'll be at each other's necks once the competition starts."

"Rude…" Sharon scoffed. Thankfully, neither of the hosts had to think on it long until the very last Wailord docked.

A canine-like Pokemon similar to Chase but with a cream-colored body and several tufts of her fur being plant-like. The most obvious being her tail and her ears. "Am I really the last one to get here?"

"Yes," Keldeo answered, extending his hoof out for a shake. "Welcome to Valorous Island, Autumn. Some of our transportation can be slower at times while others want an early day off."

"Or someone-" Autumn looked towards the group, growing particularly at a certain Flareon. "-thought it would be so funny to mess with my alarm clock."

"Love you too, half-sis," Chase chuckled.

Out of the several looks being thrown at the two, Skyler was the first to break her silence. "Same mother or same father?"

The Flaron smiled eagerly, "Same mother. Different fathers but I honestly came out the better of the two of us."

"Better at being dominated by other men," Autumn retorted. She settled herself next to Lilliana while Chase growled at her comment.

"Fuck off."

"Alright, that's everyone." Keldeo smirked, seeing that all his contestants were now present, he could proceed with the show. He nudged Sharon as the co-host awaited him to say something.

"Oh. Ahem, welcome campers to Total Pokemon Valorous Island. I'm Sharon, your co-host, with Keldeo being the main host for t-," Sharon began, having rehearsed these lines a week in advance. But those rehearsed lines would be all for nought.

"We know," Cherish rolled her eyes. "It was on all the paperwork you made us sign. Liability forms and all."

The Galarian Ponyta huffed while Keldeo took over, "Then we don't have to go through the basics all that much. You all know why you're here and how much money is on the table for one of you. So, why don't we just familiarize ourselves with the facilities on the island? Follow me."

The legendary colt began to gingerly walk out of the dock with all the contestants in tow. They would find that there were several wooden buildings on the island at a glance with all of them having been recently built. Close to the dock was a firepit set in front of several wooden stumps at attention. A large rectangular building stood proudly at the center of the campsite with two sets of cabins on the sides of it.

Keldeo walked through the double doors where it was revealed to be a very spacious interior with several tables set for them. Across the room was a single wall with a large opening with a countertop. "This will be your mess hall. All your meals and beverages will be provided without any extra expense. In fact, our head chef should be working on supper. Speaking of which, hey Galahad!"

Coming in view of the opening, an Aegislash showed itself missing its shield while having a chef's hat. "What? Are these the contestants?"

"Yes they are."

"Good." The Aegislash's singular purple eye narrowed, slamming one of his ghostly arms on the countertop. "Listen here, this is my mess hall. You will respect all my rules. You will not complain so long as you are within these will not get into my kitchen without MY permission. You will address me as Sir Galahad. Got that?"

Yoru's paw shot up instantly with a snicker, "Do you do gluten-free or dai-AH!" The Zorua ducked when a circular object flew over his head and slammed into the wall. That object, in fact, being Galahd's shield. "What the hell?!"

"Galahad is a bit of a short fuse," Sharon informed. She cautiously kept her eye on the Aegislash while he gave a hard glare at Yoru. "He hasn't gotten over his loss at the last chef's tournament."

Mikhail scoffed, "Gee, I wonder if it had to do with just a bit too much salt." A few chuckles came out of the others to only have a knife embedded itself over the Crobat's head. Missing him by a few inches. Any more heckling and the ghostly sword might have used himself as a weapon at that moment.

"It was one….single…ounce. I lost over one single ounce of salt!" Galahad roared, turning and floating off to blow off some steam.

"Okay…." Keldeo breathed in relief. "Let's get a move on. I highly advise you don't get on Galahad's nerves or he won't miss next time."

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"This will be the confessional. A safe place for you to let something off your chest or just talk behind somebody's back. The only people who will be aware of what you are saying will be just you and the camera." Keldeo explained as he was seated in some sort of singular washroom.

"This isn't where we actually go to use the restroom now, is it?" Autumn questioned from outside

"Oh no. We would get into some legal disputes if we did that. We have separate facilities for restrooms."

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Tsunami looked around the confessional momentarily before looking towards the camera, "I don't know what to expect, honestly. My parents encouraged me to join as a form of vacation while they settle with…their differences. Hopefully my sister will be okay…"

He drifted off for a moment before realizing his silence, "Uh…forget about that. Is there a way to delete the footage?"

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Fiona was busy adjusting her camera, changing out different lenses and peering through the optic to confirm her choice. "Me and Jennifer got along just fine so far. Yoru Is clearly a prankster but I think he's going to get the wrong people angry. Skyler and Lilliana haven't said much with everyone else being optimistic or distant. I'm still looking forward to what is in store but I'm beginning to feel a lot of negativity from a lot of us."

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Lilliana looked towards the wall of the confessional, a knife twirling in her small arms while she rested her head on the opposite appendage. "I'm just going to be frank, I'm not going to talk to anyone if I don't have to. No matter what Terrance told me and Skyler, I don't trust anybody here. Debbi and Cherish have already shown they're here to take the game seriously. Most of the guys seem to be friendly but Mikhail and Logan… I'm unsure about. If it all works out, me and Skyler can work together to get everyone else voted off and split the prize."

She paused, "If…we are on the same team."

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"Do I regret messing with my sister's alarm clock?" Chase spoke to the camera with a smug grin. "No I don't. Ever since I found out that we both entered into the same show, I made it a point to screw with her. You guys should have seen the look on her face when she realized that she overslept! It was priceless! Hahahaha!"

The Flareon calmed down after a few seconds of laughter. "Ahem…I guess most of the guys are ok. Yoru has already pissed me off even if he apologized for it. I can care less about the girls but I can see my sister taking this way too seriously."

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Autumn sighed in annoyance, "It's bad enough that Chase is on the same game show as me but it's equally as bad with what he did. I almost missed my ride over here because of him, all because he thought it would be funny. I'll show him."

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"No comment," Logan shrugged.

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Skyler was sitting down, taking a few deep breaths. As she exhaled, she gave a frown, "I know Terrance meant well when he signed us up but I'm not too sure how this will go. It's not even the game I'm worried about or the others. I'm more worried about…her…when she begins to show herself. But, I'm here so I'll make the best of it."

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"Alright, who's ready for their teams?" Keldeo announced after Skyler rejoined the group. He had a few interns behind him, two of them holding rolled up banners in their arms. One being blue and the other a rock gray. "There will be two teams of eight campers with those two teams being…"

"The Courageous Cobalions!" The blue banner was opened to show an outline of one of the legendary Swords of Justice.

"And the Terrifying Terrakions!" The gray banner was also opened with an outline of the other Swords of Justice.

Sharon then continued, "With the Cobalions, we have Tyrin." The orange weasel smiled before walking over to the blue banner. "Tsunami." The frog joined in as well, high fiving his water compatriot.

"Momo." The Pichu ran over quickly. "Debbi." The Salazzle glanced at her team with an unamused frown and joined them.

"Logan." The Aggron shrugged at the mention and joined his current team. "Chase." The Flareon flashed a grin at Autumn before sauntering over.

"Jennifer." The Florges perked up at her name. "And Skyler." The Scizor frowned that she wasn't going to be with her friend as if fate laughed at her.

Keldeo nodded before turning to the rest of the cast. "Alright, that just leaves the other eight as our Terrakions. Would you mind, Sharon?"

"Of course, Lilliana." The Servine sighed apprehensively. "Autumn," The Leafeon looked a bit more relaxed as she gazed at her team.

"Mikhail," The Crobat did not respond. "Sebastian," The Dracloak smiled before conversing with the..air?

"Fiona," The Gardevoir glanced up from her camera. "Cherish." The Togetic looked at her team and sighed.

Keldeo then finished with, "Your sleeping quarters are located on either side of the mess hall. Cobalions, your cabins will be towards the left and Terrakions on the right. Girls have one cabin and boys have another so there will be no co-ed sleeping. You're all young adults so I presume you can keep yourselves in check."

Momo shot her hand up instantly and it looked quite cute as she was the smallest member of her team. "What about Debbi? Don't Salazzle's hypnotize male Pokemon?"

"It's a misconception. It only works on male Salandits to create reverse harems," Jennifer answered matter of factly.

Debbi growled at the Pichu beneath her, "Careful where you point your fingers at, pipsqueak, or you'll be the first one out of here."

Before either host could continue any farther, Fiona ran up to them quickly. "May I get a picture with everyone in it. You know, with their team banners in all?"

"Absolutely, Galahad!" Keldeo yelled for the chef. A choice amount of curses could be heard as the Aegislash floated over. "Take a quick photo will ya?"

The sword and shield rolled his eyes, "Alright, but I'm going back to cooking after this. One photo. Alright, get yourselves in positions."

The hosts and cast gathered near the dock where a display of the game show proudly stood. The smaller Pokemon took the front of the pack such as Momo, Yoru and Quake. In the middle stood most of the cast who were relatively medium height. The back were made up of contestants like Logan, Fiona, Skyler, Cherish and Mikhail, who were either the tallest of the cast or were mostly airborne. On one side of the cast stood Keldeo and Sharon occupied the other.

A quick flash from the camera and their official first day at Valorous Island would begin.

"So who's ready for their first challenge?"

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Well, that's that! Haha! It's so good to be back in the game again and I had looked this over a few times to make corrections. I'm sure I made some mistakes here and there but I am quite rusty. I hope you all enjoyed that and stay tuned for the next chapter.

Cobalions: Tyrin (Buizel), Tsunami (Frogadier), Logan (Aggron), Chase (Flareon), Momo (Pichu), Debbi (Salazzle), Jennifer (Florges), Skyler (Scizor)

Terrakions: Mikhail (Crobat), Yoru (Zorua), Quake (Phanpy), Sebastian (Drakloak), Lilliana (Servine), Fiona (Gardevoir), Autumn (Leafeon), Cherish (Togetic)