Hiya. ^^ I bring you a story preview to my upcoming AU rewrite of Gilligan's Island, which may or may not follow the episodes exactly, since I'm going for one big story instead of individual episodes.

I haven't decided what to call the story yet, and if I can't think of something clever I'll just call it "The Story of Gilligan's Island" or something... XD Anyway, this little scene I wrote is the opening scene in the story. There's more to the chapter, yes, but I wanted to show you just this one scene I wrote last night... I'm really happy with it. It introduces Gilligan to the audience. I daresay a person who knew not the slightest thing about this show could read this story and enjoy it without knowing who the characters are. It's designed to be that way.

Anyway, on with the preview. :D "Introducing Gilligan"

.~GIAU~.

September 25, 1964

It was a bright, sunny Thursday in Hawaii. The weather was great, and, as usual, hot.

Willie Gilligan, a 21-year-old sailor, strolled down to the marina, a dimpled smile on his face. He had been working as first mate of the Minnow, a tiny tourboat, for about two months, and he loved it. He got to meet new people and be where he liked to be, and that was on the sea.

Every day from nine to six, he was on the Minnow, taking care of the passengers' needs or doing whatever work his skipper ordered him to do. He didn't get paid a whole lot, but then Gilligan didn't need a lot of money, just enough to pay his rent and buy his food. He was content with his job, and was glad that Skipper Jonas Grumby hadn't kicked him out for being clumsy.

Gilligan was what some called a "one-man disaster area" and couldn't get through a single day without knocking something over, bumping into someone, tripping, or spilling food or drink on a person.

This last clumsy act is what had gotten him fired from his last job. He had worked at a little restaurant as a waiter. Not only were some orders accidentally dumped on a customer, but other orders would get mixed up, messed up, or sampled by a graze-inclined Gilligan. The restaurant owners didn't even give him a chance. He'd just been booted out.

He felt so glad when the Skipper hired him on the same day he'd been fired. Two months later, the Skipper had become Gilligan's best buddy. Sure, the Skipper yelled a lot, and maybe he could seem a lot like an older brother sometimes, but the dynamic worked out well. The Skipper cared about Gilligan and Gilligan cared about the Skipper.

Gilligan arrived at the Minnow's docking site, where the Skipper was waiting. Another ordinary day of work was about to start.

.~GIAU~.

That's the opening "section" of this little project. It should be pretty fun. :P I know the show didn't air on September 25, I just think the storm went on for a very long time... poor little Minnow. :'D

The first and second chapters will be mainly focused on the opening, while the rest will be loosely based on the episodes with my AU twist... again, I won't be sticking to a bunch of the episodes, just the important ones that kind of tie in with the main story.

Fun... :'D Please review, especially if you would read a story like this.

I'm planning on posting another preview to this story sometime, set in the second chapter.