User blog:ShadowFire10/Summer Fanon Con 2015 Creative Writing Contest Results

Hey everyone, here is ShadowFire with my first blog, that actually is the results from the Creative Writing. I'm not good at making  speeches, so let's move to the part that everyone is waiting for, the results, and sorry for the colors.

Dioga, although his story was interesting, failed to do the most important aspect of this category: not write an episode or movie. While he attempted to say "its a play", the way it was written was far too similar to the normal writing contest, and thus the judges disqualifed it, disappointed that it did not meet that requirement.

Brandon's entry was to put it simply: long. The single long paragraph made it hard to read, boring, and made readers want to rush through it or skip through it. There was only one possible connection to Ben 10, but it was quite literally the end of the paragraph, almost as if the writer seemed to forget that it was Ben 10 Fan Fiction wiki. It was also hard to follow story and the main character in the story was... well, no one could figure it out. However, it was an improvement from the last entry, and Brandon's win in Normal Writing may account for the quality.

Toon's entry was beautifully written, and was quite interesting and creative. However, the simple lack of connection to Ben 10, the shortness of it, and the tiniest bit of confusion brought it down. However, this can be partly blamed on the Committee, so this was somewhat forgiven.

Although not about Ben 10 itself, Yopo alternatively used BTFF as a means to make his entry, and thus the connection was still there. The only user to use song lyrics, he was creative and original, bringing him up from the lower-ranked users who were judged. Also, his reference to Scidra was also pleasing to one of the judges.

Dragon was nearly in second place, and while his journal entries were good, they lacked the special spark of creativity. Dragon introduces us to the main character immediately, and his realistic style of entries is fitting. However, the short length of the entries and the numerous real-world references were distracting. It was still however a very enjoyable addition to the competition.

Although Dragon and Reo were close, Reo's ultimately stood out as being more then just "hero doing hero things", which was one of the few issues a judge had with Dragon's entry. Reo brought us into a mysterious setting of "The Predator Games", which presumably was like Hunger Games. Taking his time to reveal how it connects to Ben 10 was a success, and overall the creativity of it bought it the silver.

Sif's entry was similar to the other contestants in the form of diary/journal entries, but he was by far the best writer. Taking the time explore the character, his world, and beyond, Sif put detail and description, and crafted a story that was worth reading. The references to the Ben 10 world (Zarkovia, Bellwood) helped ground the story in a Ben 10 world while going out its way to be creative and interesting. Sif's tone, although dark, was well managed, although he nearly lost due to a suggestive theme used in his entry (this theme was also covered in a normal writing contest entry). Overall, this is a good win for Sif, and the Committee thanks everyone for having attempted this contest.

Dioga's Entry
The curtain rises, revealing a miniature stage, with a forest background. A popup log cabin is there, when wooden puppets drop from the sky. Samurai and Bolt are wooden puppets, hanging by strings. The strings pull, making them look as they are walking. Root comes down, being a rubber doll puppet, its root legs flailing to walk as his upper body loosely bounces around. When they speak, they speak from the same voice in different tones. ''Hello, my audience. This is the tale about a group of women who possess unnatural powers. While they are separated by barriers of world, strange circumstances causes them to come together to fight the, evil. Yes, let’s call it that. The great one in which they fight will rule all, and they shall be its greatest accomplishment. But first, this story starts at the first girl’s home, a log cabin in the middle of the forest. She, her boy toy and their bodyguard are walking towards the cabin.''

Bolt: (In forced gruff voice) Ah, what beautiful weather!

Samurai: (Toneless and flat sounding voice) It cloudy. Even Root don’t like.

Root: (High pitched, squeaky voice) Me Root.

Samurai: Whatever. The log cabin breaks down into the stage, a black hole popping out in its place. A Celestialsapien, wearing Gladiator armor drops down, making it look like he is coming out of the hole. It possesses dark purple strings, radiating energy. Galactic Gladiator: (With male and female voice) You shall be taken into the abyss! And become ours!

''Now, a Celestialsapien being able to move like this is actually a very deadly thing. Immortal, invincible, all powerful, this puppet can do whatever the one pulling its strings wants it to. Now, this decisive Warrior went to capture the girl that is one of the leads of this story. Whether she’s the hero or not, eh, I’ll let you decide.''

Samurai: What are you talking about?

Bolt: Samurai, look out! The Galactic Gladiator is strung forward, going to tackle Samurai. Bolt raises his hand, getting ready to use his lightning attack. The strings tug to open his hand, which fires blue streamers at Gladiator. Samurai lifts a hand, as a monitor is wheeled down behind her, it flashing a picture of Kickin Hawk. ''But the Gladiator is unharmed from the lightning, the attack bouncing off and falling to the ground. He moves his fist for a punch, as Samurai twirls in, catching the arm with her leg! A whoosh noise sounds as they collide, as Root goes to help, stretching his arm to hit Gladiator. But, the Gladiator is too fast, jumping and running over the air, landing behind Root. Gladiator touches the plant creature, when he is frozen to stone!'' Asphalt is poured from the sky, covering Root. It hardens, as the body becomes a sculpture. The strings are broken off, the sculpture falls over. Samurai: Root!

''Samurai makes a large leap over Bolt, as she goes for a kick at Gladiator. Gladiator jumps and levitates off the ground, as he spins, the force blowing Samurai away! Bolt goes in with more lightning strikes, none of them doing anything to the Gladiator. Gladiator whips across the field, touching Bolt. And just like Root, he turned into stone!'' Asphalt drops onto Bolt, turning him into a sculpture, breaking the strings. ''Samurai looks at Gladiator in distress, as Gladiator approaches her. Samurai hobbles backwards, then trips over a loose branch! The Gladiator reaches for Samurai, when she shifts aliens, to Alien X.'' Samurai lifts a hand, as a monitor is wheeled down behind her, it flashing a picture of Alien X. Samurai gets up, walking to the front of the stage, when a black curtain with white star patterns on it drops, covering the rest of the stage. Dropping from the sky as well are Bellicus and Serena masks. Bellicus: (Angry voice) Now what? You always interrupt our debates.

Samurai: You alway debate, so that impossible.

Serena: (In sweet tone) Oh, I’m sure that Samurai wouldn’t have called upon us without a good reason.

Samurai: A Celestialsapien. I need to get rid of.

Bellicus: Bah! That’s it?! Celestialsapiens take thousands of years to move!

''With that, the Gladiator appeared in their space, punching Bellicus in the mouth! Bellicus flips up above them, as he pushes Serena aside.''

Serena: Oh my! He is very decisive.

Bellicus: Pull back! Throw it away and retreat to safety!

''Bellicus moved behind the Galactic Gladiator, while Serena is behind Samurai. The two faces transform into black holes. Gladiator is pulled back towards the Bellicus portal, taken away. Samurai is pulled back into the second black hole, screaming as she does.'' The black star curtain rises, revealing a scenery change. Half of the stage is a beach, with palm trees and a small cabin at the farthest edge of the sands. The second half is the ocean, the waters calm. The wallpaper shows the rest of the island in the background, and a clear blue sky. Samurai washes up from the water onto the beach. Kairi enters from the beach side, walking casually. She spots Samurai. Kairi: (Exaggerating) OMG! There’s like, a person!

''The new girl Kairi goes over, and she looks to the sky, holding her arms out. This is her transformation sequence, as she is a full blown shapeshifter. She transforms into Xylofreeze!'' Kairi is raised into the air, off the stage. Lowered down in her place is a Xylofreeze puppet. Xylofreeze holds her arm up, as Samurai now floats in the air, brought all the way to shore. ''Xylofreeze uses her telekinesis to bring The Samurai girl to shore. Samurai isn’t breathing when Xylofreeze makes it to her, so Xylofreeze moves her arms, using her telekinesis to get all the water out of her lungs.'' Xylofreeze moves an arm, as a fountain of water shoots up, by Samurai’s head. Samurai coughs and sits up. Samurai: Cough. Cough.

''Samurai sits up, having her life saved by our new girl Kairi. Samurai looks at Xylofreeze, the two ogling at each other.''

Xylofreeze: Like, wow! You like, totally almost drowned out there.

Samurai: Yeah. Whatev. Who you?

Xylofreeze: I am Kairi, the girl who just like, saved your life.

Samurai: Yeah, sure. I be go now.

''Samurai goes walking off down the beach, when arrow shots fly at her, hitting around her feet. Samurai jumps back, falling into the sand like a loser.'' Entering stage right is Braig, the Somebody of Xigbar. He’s wearing a dark grey jacket with broad shoulders, with an eye patch over his right eye. He wields two toy arrow guns in his hands, loaded with toy arrows. Braig: (Silly, jester like voice) Hello, my pretties.

Xylofreeze: Xigbar? But, you are like, so totally wasted!

Braig: Hehe. Sure he did. I’m Braig, and I am alive as can be. I was going to take my 3 o’clock nap, when I teleported here. (Yawns) I guess I can take revenge. Samurai lifts a hand, as a monitor is wheeled down behind her, it flashing a picture of Chromastone. ''Braig raises his arrowgun, and he fires an arrow. Samurai moves in front of it, catching the arrow in her hand. Braig fires another one, and Xylofreeze holds her arm up, the arrow stopping in the air. The two fire the arrows back at Braig, hitting him. He drops to the ground, injured.''

Braig: Ooh, ow. It hurts. Ow. I will just lay here now.

Xylofreeze: Who like, sent, like, you?

Braig: If I see him or her, I will be sure to ask.

''As if on cue, the Galactic Gladiator drops from the sky. He spins, as Xylofreeze and Samurai are knocked backwards. Gladiator then pulls his arm in, as Xylofreeze goes in closer. Gladiator grabs Xylofreeze, turning her to stone.'' Asphalt pours from the sky, covering Xylofreeze in it. Xylofreeze is turned into stone, leaving Samurai alone. Samurai: You stop now!

Galactic Gladiator: We won’t stop. You have to stop us, and follow us.

''The Gladiator goes over, grabbing Braig and dragging him offstage. A portal opens, and they go through it.'' A black hole drops, as Gladiator and Braig exit the stage. Samurai falls to the ground, when the stone of Xylofreeze shakes. It splits down the middle, opening up. Will-o-Wisp flies out, sporadically flying over the place. Will-o-Wisp crashes into the sand, as Will-o-Wisp is lifted into the air, as the Kairi puppet comes down in its place. Kairi: That was like, so rude!

Samurai: It wants to follow.

Kairi: Then, like, let’s go. We can so crush those losers.

Samurai: Go ahead. I no interest.

Kairi: But, like, it is like, our like, job! Like.

Samurai: No care. I go home.

Kairi: Uuuuuuuuuuuugh! Sissy.

Samurai: Excuse me?

Kairi: You are like, so scared! Like, pee your pants scared!

Samurai: Am not. Just no want get involved.

Kairi: You’re, like, already involved. I am so going after them. And you are like, coming too. Kairi takes her stance with wide arms out, as she is lifted up off the stage. Granodite comes down where she was. Granodite: I can like, so track them down!

''Granodite lights up like a lantern, using her mana powers to track Braig and the Gladiator. The light fades, meaning that she found her target.''

Granodite: Like, Andata!

''And with that, Granodite releases a flash of light, blinding the beach and taking the two away! They follow the ones they call villains to their destination. But where are they going? Let us go to our celebrated warriors and find out.'' A pure black curtain drops over the stage, as Gladiator and Braig drop down with it. Braig now has dark purple strings pulling on him. Braig: Now, now, where are we now?

Galactic Gladiator: You shall take us to the World where memories are broken and confused. This world was once owned by your companions.

Braig:  Ah, yes. You must mean Castle Oblivion. What do I get if I do lead you there?

Galactic Gladiator: Your life.

Braig: Just chillax, man. I’ll get you there. Better hold on. The black curtain pulls away, revealing a black background, with a large pop up brown castle. A trail leads up to the castle, which is where Braig and Gladiator land. Braig: Here we are! You want your memories erased or something?

''The Gladiator goes forward, and he raises his right arm. On the arm is a tattoo of six purple eyes, in the pattern of a V. This tattoo glows bright, as a Keyhole in the air flashes, becoming that tainted purple. '' The page on the stage turns, the Castle being pulled back into the page. On the next page, is a large white castle, hanging over a large gap underneath. Attached to the castle are four tower like extensions of it. The stairs leading up to it lead to a quadrant before it, where Braig and Galactic Gladiator appear. Braig: Huh. Who knew? Braig and Gladiator exit stage right, entering the castle. Samurai and Kairi enter stage left, seeing the castle. Kairi: Like, I thought this was, like, Castle Oblivion or something.

Samurai: No care. Can go now?

Kairi: Like, nuh-uh! We totally have to follow them! Kairi and Samurai walk along the trail, as the page turns, going into the throne room of the castle. The background is gold and blue, with a throne at the end. Sitting in the chair, is a limp puppet of a girl, with blond hair and wearing a white dress. She has no puppet strings, being slumped over. Kairi: Like, who is that?

Galactic Gladiator: The forgotten one. Galactic Gladiator and Braig enter stage right, standing by the girl. Galactic Gladiator: Long ago, she served a purpose, being a monster strong enough to destroy the other monsters. It is said, that she could rewrite the minds of her foes, to be her puppets or her pets. Sealed away in this world which was transformed, her mind alteration gift remained strong on those who entered her domain. And now, my strings go to her. Galactic Gladiator points his hand at the girl, as dark purple puppet strings descend from the heavens above. They attach themselves to the girl, her gaining life. Naminé: (Soft and scared) Where, where am I?

''Naminé, the girl in white, stands on her throne. She acts confused, as Galactic Gladiator goes to her.''

Galactic Gladiator: You are my servant, and I command you to release the restraints on this soul. The Time Lord sealed away its personalities, preventing it from making any decision, or use any of its powers that wasn’t its gift already. Free them and free this servant from its restraints!

Naminé: I, I cannot. I don’t possess that power. The strings wrap around Naminé’s neck, beginning to choke her. The strings pull up and up, then untangle themselves, allowing Naminé to drop to the ground. Galactic Gladiator: If you cannot restore this puppet, then you will give me more. Wipe their minds, make them mine!

Naminé: As, as you wish.

''Naminé holds her hand out, as Samurai and Kairi fall. They are enwrapped by her powers, of purple strings tying them up. They struggle, as their bodies lose the ability to resist.''

Samurai: I, fight back! My mind is mine! Samurai lifts a hand, as a monitor is wheeled down behind her, it flashing a picture of Brainstorm. Her head sparks with electricity, breaking the dark purple strings on her. Kairi transforms, being lifted up off the stage. Big Shot comes down in her spot, as she breaks the strings around her. Big Shot: Like, you can not get me! My mind is like a Big blank!

''Ugh! No! So close! Stubborn girls should just submit to forces they do not understand! Seize them! Leave them within an inch of their lives so I may take full control!''

Galactic Gladiator: Stop them!

Braig: (Yawns) Yeah, yeah. I’ll take the pretty one.

''With those words, Braig raises his arrowguns, firing arrows from them. Samurai’s head opens up, shooting green streamers, which knock the arrows off their paths. Annoying pest! Gladiator moves in to punch Big Shot, but its fist gets caught in her belly. Are you kidding me?! Tear through them already! Naminé! You shall do as I command!''

Naminé: But, they resist. I can’t!

''You shall do as I command! I pull the strings!'' The strings pull back on Naminé’s head, her screaming. A light is emitted from her, as all the puppets drop, all their strings cut. ''No, no, no, no, no! Well, I could use this to my advantage. Recreate all the strings and take them all!''

'I do think that some restringing is in order. But not by you.' The view from the stage expands, revealing the Puppet Master standing behind the stage. He wears a black cloak, the sleeves being extremely long covering his arms. He wears a wooden mask on his face, resembling the face of John Smith. Only his hands are sticking out of the sleeves, dark purple mana extending to form puppet strings. Across from him is Paradox, who visibly puts on a gauntlet on his left hand, resembling his right hand. ''You! Professor Paradox. ''

I am surprised to see you have survived after all you’ve been through thus far.

''I am still powerful enough to destroy you! With my warrior at my disposal!''

'You mean that war criminal from the Time War, which you so blatantly tried to free? The Gladiator is worth nothing now. And your power has waned, since Naminé cut your strings. There are no strings on them now.'

''They will all have to be restrung! They will be mine!''

'Not if I can help it. Let’s try a battle between puppet masters.' Paradox holds his hands over the stage, blue strings extending down, as Puppet Master releases his dark mana strings. Paradox gains control of Samurai, Kairi and Naminé, while Puppet Master regains control of Galactic Gladiator. His strings extend towards Braig, when ordinary strings attach to him, keeping him out of his reach. Braig: Well, this was fun and all, but it’s time for my nap. A black portal drops, as Braig walks in that direction, attached to it. The black hole is lifted off the stage, Braig going with it. ''Uragh! I will end you all!''

Galactic Gladiator: You all shall fall before my might!

Kairi: (Confident and joyous) Yeah right! You’re a sad excuse for a villain if you ask me!

Samurai: (Filled with life) Watch out for its hands. It can turn you to stone.

Naminé: (Cheery) I may be able to get rid of that.

Kairi: In that case, let’s kick some butt! The Kairi puppet is lifted into the air, as Light Cream comes down in her place. Samurai lifts a hand, as a monitor is wheeled down behind her, it flashing a picture of Feedback. Naminé glows, as Gladiator’s power is removed. ''Try as you may. Your power will never be able to harm my puppet!''

'If you’re such a puppet master, you should know what my side can do. I’d be wary if I were you.'

''Bah! Destroy them, my puppet!''

'Eh, if I may, ladies and gentlemen,  I will take over telling of the story. As my opponent here seems to no longer have an interest in it.'

''Oh, stuff it! I’ll tell it, and it will end in my favor! The Galactic Gladiator flies up into the air, barreling at the girls.''

'Light Cream hops into the air, wind blowing after her. She collides with the Gladiator, the two being knocked back after their collision.'

''Gladiator goes forward again, and again and again! Light Cream charges each time, the two being knocked back each time. Gladiator is indestructible though, and doesn’t falter as Light Cream begins to weaken.''

After their next collision, Samurai shoots an electric blast, catching Gladiator’s attention. Samurai’s hands open, firing blue streamers that gets caught on Gladiator’s shoulder. ''Gladiator goes down, charging at Samurai. He swings a fist at her.''

'But Samurai catches it, light being emitted as she drains energy from Gladiator. The two are stalemated, as Naminé approaches.'

''Naminé? She can’t do anything more to assist you in this bout!''

'Actually, she can. You see, with Gladiator’s energy drained, his defenses are weakened. Which means she can do the task that you wished for earlier.'

No!

Naminé: Gladiator, I free your personalities from their bonds. I employ that they become peaceful, and to resist being another’s puppet.

''Oh, really? Are those the best lines you could come up with?''

'Paradox: You’re one to talk. You had Samurai barely speaking proper English, and you had Kairi squealing like a high school popular girl.' Naminé flashes with light, as Gladiator pulls back, suspended in the air. A black curtain covers the stage, with two green masks on it. The male mask wears a Roman helmet, while the female mask has snake hair and a glare of death. Spartacus: We’re free! We are actually free!

Medusa: Yeah. So what? It’s not like it’s going to last. I mean, he is here to stop us.

''Yes, destroy Paradox. He will have you back in chains if you don’t!''

Spartacus: Oh, shut up!

Medusa: Don’t you mean he’ll have us in Strings?

I, I only

Spartacus: You may serve the Fell One as well. But we serve no other than It. I move to toss the wench away like a rag doll!

Medusa: Seconded. A portal opens behind Puppet Master, devil hands reaching out and grabbing him. He struggles and resists, but is pulled into the void, his strings cut. Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! On stage, Gladiator has dropped, strings cut. Kairi is lowered onto the stage, as a blue portal is lowered down. Samurai: Well, that’s my cue to leave.

Kairi: It was great to meet you. You should totally come back and visit.

Samurai: I may. Though, I can’t wait to get home. Samurai goes to the portal, exiting the stage with it. Another portal opens for Kairi. Kairi: And what of you, Naminé?

Naminé: I shall remain. I am too dangerous to be out there, though, I will have some companionship. Right, Professor?

'''Indeed you shall. ''' Kairi goes to the portal, exiting the stage with it. The curtain closes, the castle and Naminé disappearing. '''And this is where this tale comes to an end. And I know what some of you are thinking. What the heck is this? Well this, my fine story readers, is a segmented section of the shattered universe. What happened to the puppets happened in real life to these characters, and if I didn’t interfere, the Puppet Master would’ve succeeded. Well, now. I wish you all a wonderful day.'''

The End

Brandon's Entry
A New Dawn...

It's an early one today. That never happens. Well, almost never. I just came stop but think. I've been doing that a lot reccently. Times are changing and so is everything around me. Always jumping about. Always running around. I never really had enough time to really think to myself. Now it's early. There's a lot of time to think. I didn't wake up but maybe I did. I wasn't sleeping but maybe I woke up. I've been dealing with a lot lately. So many things happening. Where did this all begin? At first, I was nobody or at least no one as important. Then it happened. My life changed forever and I had a blast. It didn't seem to end even as I got older. But then reality hit me hard and I lost it. I lost something important to me and I let that one moment define me. Then I moved on but things didn't move on from me. Things got, well, complicated. I got some unexpected friends, went through new experiences and got into some serious fights. I was reborn. And just when you think that things would cool down, life only got even more unexpected. I wasn't a somebody pretending to be a nobody anymore. People knew me and I knew people. I went to new places, had some fun and reached a new level of what I could do. Then it started getting dark. I couldn't make things out too well. I starting loosing those close to me because I couldn't see them anymore. But I did see something. A danger, approaching. This one was bigger and I wasn't sure what to do. So I did what I could, with some help, of course. And we did it. We won. But at what cost? Imagine you had a choice between your life now or a life where you can make anything happen. What would you choose? I know what I chose. And I know it was the right choice. Apparently, I deserved better and I got it. Or that's what I thought until I really did loose my friends. It's like I said. Things change. People move on. And so did I. This wasn't a time for working together. I had to look out for myself. I'm not really sure how that was working out because it didn't take long until I found someone or they found me. When you're forced to work with someone you hardly know, it feels like you're not the main focus anymore. And that attention I gained is starting to move away too. Maybe I don't need it. Maybe I don't need him. Too many maybes. Of course, I needed him or, at least, someone by my side. I can't do this thing alone. I never could have. But that's the fun part of it. I never have to. My friends were never gone. They're still there for me. And whatever the universe threw at me, I made the best of it. Until it was time to think about my future. Who do I become in the future? What's it like? Times change. For the better or for the worse. Sometimes it feels like you're in a loop or not in the loop. Like everything is just written out for you. For me. But after a final experience, here I am. Face to face with something truly amazing. So yeah, I see it now. This is who I am. This is who I become. This is where I'm from. With so many things to do and places to go. With the beauty and wonder that makes it whole. There are no words to describe this. So I'll just say it. I'll say what's on my mind. And who cares what'll happen next?

"This is the most amazingest thing anyone could ever see."

Toon's Entry
Beyond bestow of a presence is a light, the eternal flame that glows through night. What is there and what is not is merely of belief. For those that are aware beyond it have truly felt relief. When awake once more, it comes back for a greeting, but when the moon stands above the highest mountain, it goes for a retreating. Do not fret, it does not say goodbye until unaware, for when a full day's work is put to the test, it only leaves when truly unstressed. It is with you through good and bad, through all things beautiful and all things sad. However, those who only use it are quite bland, for to truly enjoy life, you must first give imagination a hand. What is this presence, what can it be? Quite simply it is anything and everything, an unknown gift that can be taken for granted - for some, it is but scanted. Wonder no more, because it is with you now. It is with you whenever, don't ask how. It is all things bright. It is all things in the night. What is it? It is sight.