Sitting alone and far stands one island. This island has everything, ranging from a beach to a mountain/volcano, even a shoreline perfect for fishing. And on the island was a dock. On the dock were the two hosts of this show, Sonic, and Shadow. "Hello, beautiful audience." Sonic, the blue hedgehog greeted. Next to him, Shadow, was a black hedgehog who didn't even want to be here. But he signed a contract so he was forced to. "In my opinion, they are quite ugly," Shadow replied to Sonic. "Hehe, ignore him. Anyways, welcome to Sonic Showdown." "Of course you named it that," Shadow said under his breath aggressively. "In Sonic Showdown, contestants battle for a chance for one million rings." Sonic continued to explain. "Wait, we don't have one milli-," "Shh, Shadow, they don't know that," Sonic whispered in his ear, and turned back to the camera. "Anyways, enough explaining here comes our first contestant," Sonic said as he pointed to an oncoming boat.
When the boat stopped, a yellow, two-tailed fox stepped out of the boat and onto the dock. "Hi everyone, I'm Tails, or at least that's my nickname." The fox, who will now be called Tails, said, as he walked up to the two hosts with a suitcase in hand. "Ok Tails, now tell one thing that you think the audience would like to know," Sonic said, and Tails looked to the camera again. "Well, I happen to be very smart, and I love technology." Tails said to the camera. "One, that was two things, two, nobody cares," Shadow said, as another person walks out of the boat.
A red echidna with a frown on his face walked off the boat. "The only reason I'm here is because of a certain blue hedgehog." He said as he stared coldly at Sonic. Sonic replied with a cheeky smile. "Hey Knuckles, lighten up, at least you can have a chance to get some money," Sonic said smugly. "I already have tons of gems on my island. Not to mention the most valuable one, the Master Emerald. I'm sure that bat is already stealing it by now." "Actually Knuckles, abooout that…" Sonic tried to say, but another person stepped out of the boat.
It was a bat, who was named Rouge. She stepped out, and there was another person, or more rather, thing, behind her. Metal Sonic was carrying all of Rouge's Twenty-one suitcase, plus his own. "Ah, Rouge. Why do you need so much stuff?! What could possibly be in here?!" Metal Sonic complained as he walked down the dock, and dropped the suitcases down. "Because I need all my stuff since I'll be here for a while," Rouge said as she walked towards the group. "Oh! Why did you invite her of all people!" Knuckles yelled at Sonic, as Sonic backed away slowly. "Cuz man, you kept complaining about Rouge taking your diamond thingy, so I decided to solve two problems," Sonic replied. "Ugh! Fine! Whatever. Just don't cause any trouble you glorified gem vacuum." Knuckles said to Rouge. "Is that your best insult? Whatever just tell me when we do this stupid thing." Rouge said as she started walking away. "Hey, Metal. Why did you even carry her stuff anyways?" Tails asked. "Rouge paid Master $20." Metal replied.
A grey hedgehog had stepped out of the boat, looking like an eight-year-old in a candy store. "Oh man! I can't wait to win so much money!" Silver said with enthusiasm. "Hey Silver, what's up? I see you're excited about this!" Sonic said while walking up to Silver. "Yeah, Blaze told me she was going to be doing this, so I decided to come along too." "Alright then. Glad you could come. Next person please!" Sonic yelled out, and then the next person stepped out. "Wait...oh no."
A pink hedgehog wearing a red dress had stepped out, clearly looking for something, when she spotted Sonic, she grew a smile on her face. "Oh, Sonikku! I finally found you!" Amy said as she started running to Sonic, waving her hands in the air. "Uhhh… Shadow! Host for me!" Sonic said as he bolted away. "Oh, finally, the faker left. But I have to do his work. Well, whatever. Amy, just stand here." "But, but.." "No. Stand. Here." Shadow said and pointed at the group. "Ugh. Fine." Amy said, with a sigh, then walked to the group.
A purple cat had walked out of the boat, looking extremely exhausted. "Ugh. Have we finally arrived?" The cat, named Blaze asked, and walked towards the rising group of people. "Well duh. Where else would you be? Africa? Just go stand." Shadow commanded. "Hey, wait. I thought Sonic was doing this." Blaze said, sound very confused on where Sonic was. "He and I are the hosts. However, I see him more of a co-host." Shadow explained as he pointed his finger at the group. "Now, go over there," Shadow said again. "Jeez, harsh much." Blaze said under her breath as she walked towards the group.
A tall, fat man in a red suit walked down the boat, twirling his mustache. "Ah, it feels so great to be here." The man, who goes by the name Robotnik/Eggman, walks down the aisle, and everyone, aside from Metal, had shocked faces as they saw him walking down the aisle. "Wait! Eggman! What are you doing here?!" Tails questioned him, as Eggman raised his hands up. "Now, now. I am here for the contest, that is all." Eggman explained, and Tails looked over to Shadow. "Yeah, we invited him because Sonic said something about ratings. Now go stand over there or else I am going to get a migraine." Everyone still had a look of shock on their faces. "Guys, I literally got off the boat and no one even thought of the fact that Master could have been on the boat." Metal said with a facepalm.
A green crocodile with headphones and a gold chain walked out of the boat, along with a bee, and a purple chameleon stepped out of the boat. "Oh no, it's you three," Shadow said under his breath as the trio marched up to Shadow. "Hey, edgy guy, do you know where Sonic is? He is supposed to host this show." The green crocodile, named Vector, asked Shadow. "He is hiding like a coward, so I am doing his job. Also, I'm a host too, so go stand over there." Vector just looked over to Charmy and Espio, and they both just shrugged and went over to the group, Vector soon following.
The next character was seen exiting the boat...by rolling? It was an egg the size of a human, wearing glasses, and having a mustache. "What the heck is that thing?!" Tails cried out as it rolled towards the group. "SONIC! YOU LITTLE-" It cuts to an ad, with Mario and Luigi standing towards the camera. "Hello! It's-a us, Mario and Luigi, introducing-a you to-a, The Water Bottle-a. This is-a very good water. Buy-a now." The ad then shows a poorly drawn image of a water bottle, showing the price at $999.99. The ad then goes black and it cuts to Sonic back on the dock, and Shadow yelling at him for not getting paid enough for this. "YOU ALWAYS DO THIS STUPID STUFF SONIC! WHY AM I FORCED TO STAY WITH YOU?!" Shadow kept yelling and yelling about random stuff, so Sonic slowly backs away while he is in a rant. "Anyways, guys, this is Eggman." He said while pointing to the egg. "Seriously Sonic? Is it really a contestant?" Tails said while sounding unamused to Sonic's pun. "Yes it is, and you have to deal with it. Now, next please!"
An orange and white rabbit, wearing an orange dress and shoes, skipped out of the boat while humming. "OH AND NOW YOU HAVE HER SONIC?! JUST KILL ME NOW!" Shadow yelled out as he saw the rabbit, Cream, skip down the aisle. "Uhh, Sonic? What's wrong with him?" Cream asked Sonic. "I think he's mad that I stole his donut this morning. Just stand over there or something." Sonic said, and Cream walked towards the group.
Shadow was still yelling about random things, and wouldn't stop. "Hey, Shadow, do you need your Dora doll?" Sonic asked Shadow, Shadow stopped, then looked down. "Yes…" He said very slowly. "Okay, it's still in your room," Sonic said, and Shadow walked back to his room. Then, the last three contestants stepped out of the boat, a grey, green and purple bird stepped out of the boat. "Where is Sonic?! I saw that there was a competition to fight against him, so I need to beat him at something!" The green bird, who was named Jet, started running the dock with crazed eyes, looking for Sonic. "Um, what happened to him?" Tails asked as he walked to the purple bird, Wave. "He's mad at Sonic for a race they did yesterday. Something about a bet of two pennies or something." Wave explained as they observed Jet running around the dock, still looking for him. "Actually Jet, I'm a host, not a contestant. I mean, if I was, I would have destroyed all of you." Sonic said confidently, and turned around, to see everyone's face, including the egg, having an unamused look on their faces. "Wait?! So you're telling me we spent three days on that boat, with 15 people on that boat mind you, only to find out I can't beat you in this stupid contest?!" Jet asked demandingly, and Sonic only gave a slow nod. Jet just stared at him for a second, mumbled something, and walked back to the group. The grey bird, Storm, also went to the group as well.
"Alright, now that we have all 16 contestants-" "It's actually 15-," "Don't interrupt me. Anyways, like I was saying, we have to divide you into two teams, The Rings, And the Emeralds. Two people will become team captains, and get to choose their teams, plus lead people in challenges. Now, I will get to choose one captain, and Shadow will get to choose the other. Now my pick is Tails." Sonic said, and Tails stepped forward. "Tails, you will be on The Rings. Now, Shadow?" Sonic asked, and looked down to see Shadow still playing with his Dora doll. "Shadow?" Sonic said again, and Shadow looked. "Huh? Oh yeah, um, Robotnik, I guess I'll have you be a captain." Shadow said, and everyone, but the two hosts, Robotnik, and Eggman gasped at what Shadow just said. "Wait, why him of all people?!" Blaze said, stepping forward with fire developing in her hands. "Um Blaze, you know you're not su-" "Shut up Silver, I demand answers!" Blaze said pointing her finger. "Look, I really don't care, now if you excuse me, Dora is trying to save a cat from a tree," Shadow said, and started to play with the doll again. "Now, now. Listen, everyone. I may want to try and destroy the world, but I have decided to take a break for a while. Tell you what, everyone who is on my team, I will prove to you that I am good enough to keep around for at least a little while. Deal?" Robotnik offered, and everyone just mumbled, "Yeah," and "Whatever," and stuff like that.
"Alright Tails, you go first," Sonic said, and Tails looked at his options. "Well, since we are good friends, Knuckles, come on over." Tails said, and Knuckles walked over to him. "Well, at least I wasn't picked last." Knuckles said to himself. "Hey Tails, don't pick Rouge." Knuckles said while whispering in Tail's ear. "Um, ok." was all the fox replied."Jet! Since we have had deals in the past, and since we both hate Sonic, it would be good to team up with people we have in common with." Eggman-... er Robotnik offered, and Jet walked over. It was Tails turn again, so he had to pick another person. "How about Silver? His telekinesis could come in handy." Tails said, and Silver walked over. "You made a good choice, Tails!"
The team picking continued. Wave and Storm to Emeralds, Blaze to Rings. And then it was down to two people, Amy and "Eggman". It was Tail's turn to pick, and he was debating about who to choose. "Well Amy's obsession for Sonic may get in the way with things but on the other hand, we have a literal egg. So ultimately, Amy is my choice." Tails said, and Amy walked to The Rings, having aa sigh of relief, knowing she didn't get picked last to an egg. "Aw man, now we have the egg!" Vector loudly complained. "Well, now that we have the teams, let us name off who is on each team. So, starting off with The Rings, we have Tails, Knuckles, Silver, Blaze, Cream, Espio, Metal, and..Amy. And for The Emeralds, we have Eggman, Jet, Storm, Wave, Rouge, Vector, Charmy, and, my favorite contestant, '"Eggman"'. So that's our teams." Sonic finally got done with his speech. "So when we will be doing the contest?" Vector asked. "Well, we'll be doing that in the next episode." "Wait when is that-" 'Tomorrow. Now, audience, we'll see you later on Sonic Showdown."