A mysterious young woman narrates from a dim room.
"I-LAND...a place which only existed in our imagination, has come to life to groom tomorrow's artists."
An oval shaped structure shines behind her as it turns revealing itself to be an elevator she steps on.
"Successfully debuting the global rookies ENHYPEN who are taking the world by storm,we are now back for another season, revamped to create a global girl group who will take the industry by storm."
(The lights shine in the producers' room,as Chairman Bang walks in)
"This Is I-LAND Season 2"
The light shines on Kim So Hyun-the narrator for I-LAND Season 2.
(Back to producers' room)
"Its great to be back!" Bang pd nim smiles.
He finds it hard to believe how fast a year has gone by, and here we are once again, to groom talent.
"Let us invite the mentors who will be guiding the girls throughout this journey!"
A tall and gorgeous lady enters the room.
NANA
"Annyonghaseyo!"She smiles gracefully as she bows to her senior.
"Its great to have you on the show Nana ssi"
"It is my honor too! Thank you so much for having me! "
"I have immense respect for you,your idealogy towards music, and the way you have a connect with artists, I hope to learn a lot from you too Chairman Bang!" She smiles.
"Nana ssi,you too debuted at a very young age, and you have come out so far in this industry building a successful career. You would be a huge inspiration for the girls. Thank you so much for being here."
"I cannot wait to work with the others too,who else is going to be here?" She asks in curiousity as he chuckles.
Next steps in Lee Hyun,HYBE's own man.
"Oh annyonghaseyo Sunbaenim!" She bows as he bows back too.
"Ah Hyun!Good to have you!"Chairman Bang gives him a bro punch.
"Ahh am I your sunbaenim Nana ssi?" Lee Hyun asks with a wrinkled forhead.
"Yes,you debuted in 2007, I had mine in 2009"
"Ohh, we really did debut a long time ago"He shows his surprise.
Bang pd laughs.
"This is nothing,just wait till you find out the birth years of some of our contestants." Nana and Lee Hyun have their eyes wide open.
Next steps in a dashing young woman.
"Sunmiii sunbaenim!"
"Nana unnie!!"
Both the ladies embrace each other leaving the guys confused with their introductions.
"Ah you see Sunmi debuted before me,so even though she is a year younger, I call her sunbae" Nana chuckles.
"But she is my unnie,so i say unnie"Sunmi grins.
"What year did you debut Sunmi ssi?" Lee Hyun asks,still confused about the hierarchy here.
"2007"she answers.
"Just to let you guys know , we have trainees here who are born after that" Bang pdnim chuckles.
"Aaah pdnim!" Nana laughs.
"Si hyuk hyung, don't make us feel old!"Lee Hyun pouts.
"Yeah we are only 29!"Sunmi laughs.
"Well-I-Am only 38....never mind...my point still stands!"Hyun's statement makes them chuckle.
After a light banter,they get back on board.
"I am really excited to work with the girls pdnim" Sunmi says.
"They are all immensely talented with a great personality, you will see for yourself" Bang pdnim smiles confidently.
"So how is it going to begin?" Nana asks as she stares at the cameras.
"Honestly, I don't know myself."Bang pd chuckles.
"Lets see how the production team has designed the show this year."
"I bet they have something new in mind!" Lee Hyun focuses on the cameras.
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(BE:LIFT ENTRY)
The BE:LIFT girls have a theme of blue,the colours of their company for this show. Hence they came in an outfit to represent themselves.
"Aaah!! We are actually heading in!" J's screech is heard.
"Lets gooooo!!" Madhu and Liane are on either side of her ,interlocking hands as they keep waving it in the air and walking down the grassy path.
"Aah...Who is the real maknae in this group?" Jia shakes her head looking at the crackhead unnies.
"Looks like we are the only mature ones here."Yoona chuckles as she lays a hand on the younger one's shoulder.
"Yeah we need balance so" Jia grins as they follow the other 3 to the entrance.
"Woah...though I had seen this door before...it is so gigantic..."Madhu stares up the huge wooden door of I-LAND.
"Probably because we only saw it on TV before" Liane's jaw is dropped.
It swings open majestically before them as they enter.
"I have a feeling we are the first ones in..."Jia whispers.
"And you are right!" J nods as she finds the empty room.
"Good for us-Lets go take up the centre then!"Yoona grins as she leads the way to the centre seat.
"And now we wait-for our competition to come!" Liane chuckles.
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(HYBE JAPAN Entry)
Girls dressed in green step into the frame.
"Breathe in and breath out Oneechans(sisters)!"Aera says.
"You are the one most panicking hear little miss Unnie!"Estella laughs.
"We will be good!!" SKY smiles.
As they walk towards the door,Hari whispers into Harumi's ears.
"I have a feeling we will be in for a surprise!"
"Like what?"Harumi asks.
"AAAH!" Aera screams as soon as they set foot in the room.
"Looks like we got our answer..."Both Harumi and Hari turn to check what the pandemonium is about.
(BE:LIFT GIRLS POV)
"Someone's coming...."Jia sits at the edge in anticipation.
When her eyes spot someone she gasps. Their eyes meet,and the girl screams.
"Aera yah?! OMG!" Jia gasps.
"Jia!"Aera still in shock,walks over.
"Wow,you guys know each other?" Liane asks and they nods.
"We are besties."They laugh.
"Yet,you didn't know you were going to be here-"Yoona chuckles.
"Yeah,how could you not even tell each other?" Hari asks.
They smile sheepishly.
"We couldn't somehow hehe..."
"Anyways I think we all are not as awkward around each other now...thanks to you guys..."Sky smiles.
"True!"Madhu nods.
Team Hybe Japan walks over and sits adjacent to the BE:LIFT girls.
"Wow...you look like a christmas tree..."Jia pokes fun at her friend who pouts.
"Speak after you see our performance miss!" Aera grins.
"Ooh...are we frenemies or somethin now?" Estella laughs.
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(Ithaca Girls Entry)
"Lets go get this girls!" Achara cheers as the youngest ones follow!
"So what say, how do we make our grand entrance?" Juliet asks as the walk down the grassy lane.
"Lets turn our backs and suddenly turn to the light!" Poppy suggests.
"You mean like...walk backwards until then?"Deep quickly imagines how that would be like.
Naturally the young one Sara loved the idea.
"lets do it unnies!"She giggles.
"Sigh these crackheads...count me in" Achara smirks.
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The BE:LIFT and Hybe Japan girls quickly get up in anticipation.
"Why are they umm...walking backwards.."J chuckles.
"I love the energy already!"Liane grins wide.
The girls jump and turn together and gasp finding 10 pairs of eyes staring back at them. Their faces turn bright red with embarassment.
"I thought we would be the first ones here...hehe"Poppy sheepishly admits making the other two teams laugh.
"Yeah why didn't we think there might be someone here already...."Achara buries her face in her hand.
"Welcome, you guys were so cool lol!" Harumi laughs.
"Hehe,thanks unnie" Sara grins as they quickly take their seats too.
"We just wanted to make a grand entrance..."Deep chuckles.
"Ah,you definitely created a strong impression though."Yoona winks.
"Yeah,we did, I am sure we did" Juliet grins sheepishly.
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(Pledis Girls Entry)
"This is our chance,and we are gonna take it!" Aria says with determination.
"Yes unnie!" Neon cheers.
"Wow...how beautiful it is here..."Artemis admires the beauty of nature around her.
"The building aahhh!!" Violet shrieks as she spots it from the grassy path.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Sunny interlocks hands and the others follow suit as they walk hand in hand.
The other girls here voices and get up to receive them.
"Woah,they all look super close already..."The girls notice them holding hands.
"That's cute though...aww..."they smile.
"Hi everyone! We are from Pledis!" Aria introduces them as they bow to each other.
"Wow,I think they are the only ones who actually gave an intro!" Poppy says.
"Yeah,we were busy making a grand entrance!" Juliet laughs.
They quickly introduce each other and keep chatting as they await for the next batch of girls to come in.
"So,there might be 2 more groups I believe!" Sunny says and everyone nods.
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(SOURCE MUSIC Girls Entry)
"Okay,remember our image,I am pretty sure they are more people in there,let us show our charisma from the very beginning okay?" Mirae says.
"Don't worry,we are all pretty calm people here."TiAmo responds.
"But let's burn it once we get in there!!"Rainey smirks.
"Ooh la la yess we will!"Jeevitha grins."
"Let's go girlies!"Jina says as they gracefully make their entry into the show.
"Woah...they have charisma..."the other trainees observe as the enter the room.
"Hi! We are the Source Girls!" They introduce cheerfully as the go to sit down.
"Hey,what is that by the way..."TiAmo asks pointing to a digital screen which displayed number 3.
"Don't know...everything is new now..."Mirae shakes her head.
"Okay,so last set of girls,bring it on!" Jina exclaims.
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The KOZ girls suavely move into the room,taking everyone's breaths away as they start whispering among themselves.
"They have an average training period of 4 years..."
"That's like more than all of us put together!"
"Hi! We are the KoZ girls!" They bow and smile.
"EunBi,Katty,Ryun,Suzy and AJ!" They introduce themselves respectively, before they go to settle down.
"Really excited to be here now."Suzy smiles at the others.
"We got this KoZers! Let's go!"EunBi cheers.
"All girls here are extremely talented,so let's give our best!" AJ says as the others nod.
"Like we always do!"Ryun ads
"Hwaiting!" Katty smiles.
They hardly seemed to have settled for down and in the next moment ,the female narrator voice speaks out.
"Dear trainees,welcome to I-LAND"
"We having a Ms Jigumbuteo this season?" The trainees chuckle softly.
"Not all of you can however enter I-Land. Only 3 teams among you will pass the introductory test,which starts...now."
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A/N
In the next episode the introductory test will finish,and the first voting will be up through Google forms! For you all to vote.
Also I wanted to say one more thing. I am going to try to give as equal screentime as possible to each and every trainee. So if you don't get enough now,you will get more later :)
And if I get these 'unnie terms' wrong , I am sorry😂 I am still trying to remember who is who.
Please do vote on this chapter and the previous ones! That would be so encouraging 💖
Saranghae💌
~✌️V