Chapter 16: Good ol' Fashion Competition
Before the show had started, the two candy-eating kids were escorted around the stadium followed by two man-eating lions on leashes. The kids were both dressed in matching blue overalls and candy cane striped shirts, and they also wore matching red sneakers. One was a girl and one was a boy, but they were both blonde and had hungry, expressions on their faces. As they were paraded past the competitors they licked their lips in anticipation, causing several pieces of candy to quiver in fear. One of the few Runts that had qualified even fainted.
Kairi, Donald, and Goofy were chained to three rolling chairs. Goofy kept falling backwards.
Ima Gumball took her place on the stage with a loud gulp, and the show began.
Following her performance were thirty other candies, including Billy and then Furby. Finally, it was time for Riku to perform, who would be followed by Sora. Riku strode confidently onto the stage. Although he knew that he was incapable of singing well, he had the utmost faith in Sora's newfound abilities. And there was also the fact that he had a horde of fan girls screaming his name when he took the mike. Maybe they would save him from being eaten by lions…maybe.
Riku's not-so-awesome vocals (to put it nicely) shattered a few glass panels, and then he took his place back behind the stage.
"Go Sora!" he exclaimed as words of encouragement. Sora walked up on stage and took the mike, and then he froze.
What song am I supposed to sing again?
During his hesitation, Billy rubbed his spoon lovingly in anticipation of putting it into action. He just had to wait for the perfect time and that would be soon…very soon. He could just feel it.
Sora finally decided to sing the first song that popped into his head…and that was "I Like to Move It", the Madagascar version. The most annoying song to ever get stuck in your head. Riku's mouth fell agape…he needed to win the competition and the song he chose was that? Then again, maybe if the audience could not get his rendition of that song out of their heads then Sora still had a chance.
At the end of Sora's performance, the crowd was roaring…and so were the lions.
He could win this thing! However, Billy had a pretty good performance before with a more serious song so that could tip the scales in his favor.
The host, Mr. Whatsit, came up on stage and took the microphone, "What a show today, and now we'll have a playback of all the performances before the final voting takes place." He walked off stage humming "I Like to Move It."
The audience buzzed in their votes by choosing their favorite on a touch-screen computer hooked up to each of the chairs.
After ten minutes the votes were tallied and it was time to announce the winner, and then start the barbaric practice of feeding the losers to the predators.
Mr. Whatsit, who was a super buff Jawbreaker, took the stage one last time, "We now have the winner of Candy Land Idol…" Several drums rolled across the stage. "And this will be revealed after a short commercial break. A Trix commercial came on the large television above the stage, featuring none other than Rabbit and those darn kids.
Rabbit was running through a swamp with a bowl of Trix in his paws, but suddenly found himself in a pool of quicksand. One of the kids swung over the area on a vine, George of the Jungle style without the whole crashing into a tree thing, and grabbed the bowl.
When he landed back on the other side with his friends they all exclaimed, "Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids!" while Rabbit started gurgling on mud as he sank lower and lower.
In the audience Rabbit glowered at the screen while several people chuckled around him. He'd gotten out only because he'd managed to find a vine and haul himself up. He was also mad at the fact that he was never paid for his commercial appearances. For some reason there were always kids around to take away his Trix no matter where he went…almost like they stalked him. And his life was filmed without his consent. However, he hadn't seen any pesky kids to take away his Trix cereal since he'd been on Candy Land so maybe things were finally looking up. Billy just needed to wrap things up and he'd get his hands on the prize.
Mr. Whatsit began speaking at the end of the commercial, "And now I really will announce the winner of Candy Land Idol…" More drums rolled across the stage. "The winner is Billy!"
"WOOHOO!" exclaimed Billy from behind the stage.
"Just kidding, the real winner is Superman. Let's move it, move it for him!" Billy's jaw dropped in shock at the same time Sora's went down.
"That's it…it's spoon time!" yelled Billy as he dashed out on stage with his spoon raised high. He ended up crashing into Sora and dropping it. "NO!" he shrieked as he hurriedly picked it up.
"Worlds' domination shall still be mine!"
"Talk about over reaction, folks. We weren't really going to feed anyone to these kids or the lions…" said Mr. Whatsit into the microphone.
Billy raised the spoon above his head and it began to glow… the color was a bright green, a lot like a green glow stick. It was working!
Sora eyed the spoon nervously, thinking that it was coated in kryptonite. However, he decided he was going to face his fear once and for all to save the worlds. He dived at Billy and tackled him to the ground, but the spoon continued to glow even as it clattered over the stage.
da marshmallow: Will the spoon actually work to bring words' domination? That will be revealed in the next chapter. Mwahahaha. Big sorry for not updating this on schedule last week, but here it is. And a special thank you to everyone who's reviewed so far!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Justice League, Candy Land, Trix, Furby, George of the Jungle, American Idol, Madagascar, "I Like to Move it," the whole drums rolling across the stage thing (I think that's from Spongebob but I don't remember), the various candies mentioned in this chapter, and anything else I forgot to mention that I obviously do not own.