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Chapter 1: Volcanic Voyage

by T.C.

T.C. On a remote island far away from any civilization, a crazy entity appeared, and began to play dangerous games with the residents. And now, to stay in the game, they are dependent on you, the viewers! Who will win the grand prize, and who will be sent away?
It was a bright sunny day on the unnamed island, the sun was shining, and the sky was blue.

“Ah,” sighed the small speckled sphere “What a nice day!”
“No, Jawbreaker. It sucks. Why can’t the sun just explode?!” replied H.
“Stop being so pessimistic, H! It’s boring!”
“I don’t care. I want the world to burn.”
“Okay, I’m not staying here.” Jawbreaker replied, rolling away.

“Yeah, I know, I’m strong!” said a shiny ingot.
“Of course you are, Netherite! You’re the strongest man ever!” Flaggy said, joyfully.
Netherite snickered “You are such a simp.” he replied in a teasing tone.
Jawbreaker rolled on over to the two gay lads. “Heyo!” she said “Do you guys wanna play hide and seek with me?”
“Oh, uh, not really.”
“I’ll play!” exclaimed Flaggy.
“Oh yeah uh- I meant I’ll play, too!” Netherite said.
The three walked away, trying to find a good spot to play.

Meanwhile, by the beach, Circle was starring at the ocean.
“Hey buddy! What’s up? You’ve been here for a long time.” asked the happy Protractor.
“My yacht was destroyed.. I just want to go home, but I know I can’t return..”
“What do you mean..?” Protractor asked, concerned.

As Circle was about to speak, they heard the yell of Briefcase. Protractor knew what that meant. She quickly got up, and ran in the direction of Briefcase.

“Darn you, you intoxicated imbecile, you spilled your punch on me!” yelled Briefcase.
Protractor approached Briefcase, annoyed. “Can you not, Briefcase? You do this every day! You know it’s not Spiked Punch’s fault for being like this! You saw Tortilla pour alcohol into Punch! Actually, weren’t you the one who told her to do that?” she asked.
“Well, I-“ started Briefcase.
“Maybe you had her do that, because you were too afraid to do it yourself! Maybe you did that, because you feared Punch’s greatness! Maybe you did that, because deep down you knew! You knew Punch was way smarter than you!”
Briefcase gasped. “Why I never! You know that dolt is incapable of doing anything, even before she was like this!”
Protractor was fuming. However, she had to keep her cool. She exhaled angrily, then turned to Spiked Punch. “Come on, let’s get away from this party pooper!” Protractor said, dragging Punch away.
“You smell like celery!” she yelled.


“Yeah, I know!” said the entitled shoe, High Heel. “But she just like, tried to steal it!”
“No way!” the sassy flour tortilla replied.
“Yes way! She just stole it!”
“Oh my flour, did you kill her?!”
“Yeah, of course, bestie!”
“She shouldn’t of like, tried to steal your ring then! Girl got what she deserved.”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah, anyway, I’m gonna go see what my other bread friends are up to.” Tortilla said, walking away.

Monkey Bread and Pita Chip were sitting as far away from everyone else as they could, due to the fact that Pita Chip feared people. It took almost a week to get her to be comfortable talking with just two people, and a whole month to get her to befriend them. As the two were sitting alone, Tortilla snuck up behind them.

“BOO!” she yelled.
“EEK!” screeched the burnt chip, hiding behind Monkey Bread.
“Ooh ooh!” exclaimed Monkey Bread.
“Okay, I’m sorry! I thought it was funny!” Tortilla said, not sounding very sincere.
“I-it’s okay..!” stuttered Pita Chip. “It was very funny..!”
“Yeah!”

Suddenly, the clouds above the island started to change. They went from white, to gray, to.. purple?

“Finally, the world is ending!” H yelled.
“That’s not a good thing, H!” Netherite said, coming out of his hiding spot.

“The clouds look like the grass in the sky! Blah!” said the intoxicated imbecile.
“Spiked, that’s not good! Don’t worry, I’ll protect you, though!” Protractor told her.
“You are celery. Celery is- is- isn’t strong.” Spiked Punch replied, losing her balance.

Circle looked up at the sky with pure horror on his face. “Oh no..” he said. “This isn’t good.. he.. he..” Circle suddenly stopped. “He replaced me!” yelled the shape, angrily.

The purple clouds began to glow bright. They kept growing brighter and brighter, until a purple thunderbolt hit the ground, making a loud boom. After that ordeal, the clouds returned back to white.

The residents of the island began walking to the giant crater that was left by the thunder. As they crept closer and closer, a figure launched itself out of the crater, and floated above it. It looked like a stickman of sorts.

“Hello!” it said in it’s annoying voice. “Do you want to compete in my object show?” it asked.
“No! We don’t want to! Only I can host shows! I even offered up half a million dollars!” Circle yelled.
“Well, in this show, the winner gets their very own solar system!” it said.

The objects pondered for a moment. They had nothing to lose, they thought. They all looked at the stickfigure, and agreed to join.

“Wonderful!” it said. “I, Baba Odker, will be your host! But, before we can begin, we need to make teams! It looks like there are fourteen of you here, so we can make two teams of seven! Now, let’s see..” The creature looked around, before going back to its blank stare. It extended out its arms, and grabbed Jawbreaker and Pita Chip. “You will be our team captains! You, round one!” it started.
“Me?” asked Jawbreaker.
“Yeah, whatever. You can pick first!” Baba said, before dropping Jawbreaker and Pita Chip on a red and blue mat respectively.

“Hmm.. I choose Protractor!”
“I c-choose Monkey Bread..”
“Let’s pick Flaggy! He played hide and seek with me!” said the candy ball.
“Well, Tortilla is my friend.. so I pick her..”
“We choose Netherite! He’s strong! And handsome.” Flaggy said, blushing.
“I didn’t agree to that!” yelled Jawbreaker.
Tortilla scratched her head. “Let’s pick Heel!”
“Jawbreaker, can we pick Punch? She is my best friend!” exclaimed Protractor.
“Fine, I guess I can’t pick my team!” said Jawbreaker, annoyed.
“Briefcase has to be on our team, he’s rich!” High Heel said.
“Great, I’m stuck with these buffoons.” replied Briefcase.
“I want Balloon on my team! I want to be her friend!” Protractor said joyfully.
Balloon looked nervous as she floated on over. Nobody ever really talked to Balloon, she always seemed so distant. Maybe she was shy, or maybe she had some serious secrets.
“I don’t want to be one of the only two male specimens on this team. Circle, join us.”
“Great, basically picked last. Typical.”
“Oh boy..” Jawbreaker said. “I don’t know who to pick.. H is very pessimistic, and I don’t want him bringing the team down. And Robot Eyeball is all broken, he can’t even really do anything!”
“Then the choice is clear!” Protractor said. “We pick-“
“Eyeball!” exclaimed Spiked Punch.
Baba Odker flew over the teams. “Congratulations, you are now Team Red and Team Blue respectively! Now, let’s begin the first challenge!”

Baba Odker teleported everyone to the island's volcano. “For today's challenge, you must escape the volcano! Don’t worry about dying, though! I can just recover you!”

“Wait.. we can’t die?!” asked H. “This sucks!”
“The first team to have all their members out of the volcano wins! And the other team will be up to elimination, where the viewers can vote you off!”
“Wait, viewers?! Baba, what does that-“
“Start!” yelled Baba, cutting off High Heel.

Monkey Bread wasted no time. He used his tail to smack Pita Chip and Tortilla out of the volcano, then began to quickly climb out.

“Oh no, we’re falling behind!” yelled Jawbreaker.
“Well, I have an idea! Balloon can fly, so maybe she can carry out some of us!” Protractor suggested.
Balloon, shocked to hear the plan, nervously flew out of the volcano without her team.
“Haha, you don’t have a strategy!” Circle mocked Team Red.
“Neither do we, smart one!” replied High Heel.
“Can’t we just climb out? I feel like we’re overthinking this.” Briefcase said. “After all, it worked for the baboon, did it not?”
“Well, I can’t climb! So carry me out!” said High Heel.
“I’ll do one better!” Circle grinned. He grabbed High Heel, and threw her out of the volcano. “Great! Now, where is H?”
“Fine, whatever. Maybe I’ll die from the throw.” said H.
“That horrible. But whatever, bye!” yelled Circle, throwing H out. “Now quickly, climb!”

“Okay, I’m not gonna waste time coming up with a plan. The other team already got five of their members out! I’m just gonna climb, and I’m bringing Flaggy too. Peace!” said Netherite, beginning to climb.

”I hate to be a buzzkill, but I think we lost. I’m not strong enough to carry you all out. I’m sorry.” said Protractor.
“No, it’s not your fault, it’s Balloon and Netherite’s fault for not helping you get us out.”
“No, it’s all my fault! I made us lose!” Protractor yelled. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to yell. It’s just.. it’s my fault we lost..”

Suddenly, a buzzer went off, and everyone was back by the crater.

“Congratulations Team Blue, you win! Team Red, however, you all lost! Which means one of you will have to leave the show!” Baba Odker said. He flew high up into space, until he landed on the moon. “Viewers reading this story, please comment down below on who should go bye bye! Whoever gets the most votes will leave the show! You can vote for the following; Jawbreaker, Protractor, Flaggy, Netherite, Spiked Punch, Balloon, or Robot Eyeball! Voting ends in one week!”

Later at night, Circle was pacing back and forth on the beach. “It doesn’t make sense..” he said aloud. “Why would they replace me? I thought I was doing good? I thought The Creator would promote me..”
Suddenly, Baba Odker appeared in front of the shape. “The Creator operates in strange ways, Circle. You shouldn’t question them though, I figured out firsthand what happens if you do.” Baba Odker said, while the color drained from his face.
“What… what did they do to you..?” Circle asked, legitimately concerned for the hosts mental health.
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