Encore
Slight AU, eventual D/C, T/G, G/B. Total Drama Island redone, the same campers, but the challenges just got a bit more complex. But what's with some of the campers, they seem to hide secrets no one should know…but of course some people just can't keep their hands to themselves.
"Gone Forth" – Introductions/First Challenge
Chris frowned as he read over the script for this 'hot, new, crazy reality!' show he'd been cast in. He felt like a fish out of water; what was with these writers? Did they really expect him to organize all this for the campers while remaining a sadistical, yet annoyingly peppy, host who would 'capture the hearts of viewers with an always shiny smile'?
Bah, he wrinkled his nose in disgust as he walked from the crew cabin to the dock, memorizing what the campers' names were and in what order they were to be arriving, and also what to say when the campers challenged his authority and complained.
He'd never been good with improv, unfortunately.
The camera crew signalled to him, as he got into his position on the dock, that the cameras would be rolling in precisely thirty-seven seconds, and that the first camper, Cody, would arrive two minutes and four seconds later. His eye twitched at their need to be exact with the time, but he regained his composure and brought out his best fake smile as they counted him down from three.
"Haaaaallo, viewers! Welcome to Camp Wawanakwa, home to Total Drama Island!" He paused for effect, then continued, "this week, we'll meet our twenty-two campers who will be spending their summer here, all competing for the same thing: 100,000 dollars! The campers will be evenly split into two teams and every three days they will be challenged to use not only their brains and brawn but their ability to work together! We'll just see how that works out, huh?" He paused again, but pointed off towards the distance, where the outline of a boat could be seen.
"And here's the first camper!" Chris waited until the boat was close and then signalled the camper to jump onto the dock. They did so hesitantly, but made a safe landing. "This is Cody! Wave to the camera, Cody." Cody gave a geeky smile and opened his mouth (probably to say "Hi mom" or something to that effect) but was cut off when the camera zoomed back to Chris. "Now, Cody, you're the first camper here, what do you think of Camp Wawanakwa?"
"It seems...homely, I guess," he shrugged, slightly frowning at the obvious need to repair the cabins.
Chris, who was expecting such an answer, dragged the attention of the camera back to him (again, he's practiced this, you know) and announced the next two campers to arrive, both in the same boat. "Here's Katie and Sadie! These two girls are often referred to as 'the Twins who aren't twins' according to this, um, 'questionnaire' I received back from your parents."
The girls, who were chatting uproariously, freaked at the site of the camp. "Oh my gosh Sadie, do you think we even have beds?" Katie asked, completely ignoring both Cody's "hello" and Chris' speech about the camp.
Sadie just buried her head in her hands while Katie gave a comforting hug, obviously understanding (and maybe even sharing?) her pain. The two stood beside Cody, looking grim.
Chris, obviously knowing he would get nowhere with these two, began to announce the arrival of more campers. Following Katie and Sadie came Izzy; then Duncan, DJ, Bridgette, Courtney, Geoff, Justin, Eva, Noah and so on, until at last all the campers of Camp Wawanakwa were gathered in a group, trying to find out who was who and whether they knew anything about the game.
Of course, no one did.
Chris had to yell at the top of his voice to get everyone to quiet down, but he eventually managed the feat. "Right! So, everybody, welcome to Camp Wawanakwa, where you'll be staying (at least, some of you will) for the next few weeks. The way things work around here is as follows: there are twenty-two of you and two teams. I'll divide you into your teams in a few minutes. Every three days, starting tomorrow, there will be a challenge for both teams to work through. The team that completes the challenge first or scores the most points in the challenge is granted immunity and none of their campers will be voted off.
"The team that loses the challenge will meet me after dinner by the dock, where they will secretly vote for the team member they think deserves to be voted off the island. The camper who does not receive one of the marshmallows I hand out will leave the island the same way you came: by the Boat of Losers." There was murmuring among the campers, mostly about the challenges and who they thought would be voted off first.
"Now, the two teams are as follows. The "Marine Cows" team is; Beth, Gwen, Sadie, Geoff, Duncan, DJ, Courtney, Cody, Katie, Trent and Noah. The "Coral Fish" are; Izzy, Owen, Justin, Eva, Tyler, Ezekiel, Heather, Bridgette, Harold, LeShawna and Lindsay. There are four cabins in the center of the island. Two of them are for the boys, the other two for the girls. The cabins on the left will be for the Marine Cows, and the right for the Coral Fish. Lunch is in the mess hall in forty minutes, don't be late."
After the gargantuan task of carrying their bags to their respective cabins, all the campers met for Lunch, where they were forced to recite everyone's name before they could leave. Lindsay, who wasn't the brightest bulb, took a whole twenty minutes after everyone had left to get all the names, even though they were written down for her.
Chris decided to let the campers rest for the day, for they would need to be ready for tomorrow…
First Challenge
"Everyone UP!" Chris hollered at five a.m. the next morning, startling the campers who hadn't expected to be up before nine.
(Confession Cam – Geoff)
"So, I know the dude's crazy and all, but five a.m? What are we doing, catching roosters?"
(Normal Perspective)
"Well, well. Seems we have some tired campers today! But that's alright, the first challenge will be a piece of cake. Unless you have bad balance that is."
(Confession Cam – Heather)
"Balance? What does balance have to do with anything, does he think we're circus freaks?"
(Normal Perspective)
Cody decided to be a bit curious and shouted from the middle of the surge of campers, "Balance? What's the first challenge?" Everyone else either nodded in consent to his question or added their own opinions.
"Calm down, everyone, today's challenge has three parts. The first part is a one-legged relay race starting at the dock and ending back here. Three campers from each team will hop on one leg while attempting to pass off a baton so that it would reach the other eight members of the team here at the mess hall. The first team back gets a point. After the first part is over, I'll announce the second part of the challenge." The campers looked annoyed, hoping on one foot was obviously not a hobby of anyone. "The Marine Cows will have Trent, Beth and Noah running the relay, in that order. The Coral Fish will relay Harold, Izzy and Tyler."
Heather, being the snobby girl she was, glared daggers at Harold, Izzy and Tyler, only saying "Don't fail, losers."
Trent and Harold were sent by Chris to the dock to receive a baton as they would be running first. Beth and Izzy were placed about a quarter of a mile beyond them while Noah and Tyler were another quarter further, so that they were also a quarter of a mile from the mess hall, where the other campers waited. Both Trent and Harold were given leg slings to keep themselves on one foot, which they would have to pass on to the following relay runners, along with the baton.
(Confession Cam – Trent)
"So, I've never been the best runner, not that I'm not athletic, just not the runner type. But I don't think that'll matter here, since it's all on one leg, I think we have a good chance of winning."
(Normal Perspective)
Harold was sweating and biting his lip as he saw Trent prepare for the relay by doing some stretches. He was about to launch into a splurge of martial arts kicks when Chris walked over with two leg slings. After helping both boys get the awkward position holders on and showing them how to take them off and help their teammates get them on, he held their shoulders so they wouldn't fall before the relay began.
Chef appeared with a model gun and, aiming it at Harold, shot water at his shirt and yelled "Go!" Harold, after frowning about his shirt, jumped forward a few steps and fell on his face while Trent kept a slow, steady pace and some first-class balance. Both boys soon figured out how to avoid a lot of unnecessary falling, but Harold kept tripping every ten steps or so. Due to this, Trent managed to gain a huge lead and was at Beth before Harold was even two-thirds to Izzy.
The other girl tapped her foot as Trent took his time explaining to Beth how the sling worked. After getting it on, the girl took the baton and started with the same slow-paced, balanced hops she had seen Trent use as he came within visible distance. Trent watched the girl stumble a few times, nearly fall once and then correct her hopping to an steady bounce. After calling out a "Good luck!" to her and waving good-bye to Izzy, who was frowning, he ran to the mess hall.
It took Harold a good five minutes to get to Izzy and the girl was mad. "Give it!" she commanded, already knowing how to put it on after watching Trent. She began hopping forward at an extreme, fast-paced but still amazingly balanced tempo. Frowning and hoping they didn't lose the challenge as whole for fear of being kicked off first, Harold joined the remaining members at the mess hall.
Beth was within sight of Noah, who, even though he would prefer to be reading, was actually prepared to take the challenge: he wasn't going to be humiliated by being voted off first. Izzy, speeding behind her, soon came neck and neck with the other girl. They both reached their third relay runner simultaneously and fumbled with the leg sling. Seeing how long it was taking Tyler, Noah declined it from Beth and just grabbed the baton and began to hop.
Tyler, now worried, put the sling on as fast as he could and began to hop forward as well. Beth and Izzy, both worried, looked at each other and laughed, then headed back to the mess hall together.
Inside the mess hall, anticipation was building, Beth and Izzy could tell that from outside, as Harold was being yelled at by Heather for being so slow. She calmed a bit when Beth and Izzy entered together, telling her that Noah and Tyler were currently tied. "Well, hmph, that Tyler better not lose this for us."
Almost ten minutes later, they gathered outside when Chef announced he could see one of them coming. The Coral Fish were flabbergasted when it turned out to be Noah, not Tyler, who arrived at the finish line first. Tyler arrived just ten seconds later, depressed. As the Marine Cows were celebrating, Chris stopped them. "Not so fast, we have cameras following the relay runners all over the island and we have this footage here which might change this victory a little."
He played a DVD of Noah, hobbling without the leg sling. The boy suddenly tripped and, shocked, used both legs to get up. "By not wearing the leg sling, Noah used both feet here to get up, which means he is disqualified from the relay and the Coral Fish win the first part of the challenge!" The Marine Cows glared daggers into Noah, all thoroughly maddened by his action that led to them losing.
"Now! The second part of the challenge is a Blindfolded DDR event, we'll need two campers from each team to partner up and compete."
Katie and Sadie squealed. "Oh my gosh," Sadie said, "Katie and I play DDR all the time, let us dance!" The rest of the Marine Cows just shrugged and nodded, glad they had stepped up to the plate.
Heather, eternally bossy, immediately called out Justin and Bridgette to dance, despite LeShawna's claims at being a DDR expert.
(Confession Cam – Katie/Sadie)
"I am sooooo excited we get to do this challenge together Sadie!" Katie exclaimed while Sadie just nodded.
"We'll knock out the other team with out amazing dance styles!"
(Confession Cam – LeShawna)
"Heather has got to go, she just takes control and throws Justin and Bridgette into the contest even though both Lindsay and I claimed to be great at DDR. If we lose, she has got to leave!"
(Normal Perspective)
Chris had brought two DDR pads into the mess hall and four blindfolds were placed on the contestant, completely rendering them blind. As he and Chef helped the four to their pads and started the beat, Katie and Sadie hugged. "Like, oh my gosh, we love this one! We totally know it by heart!" Katie said excitedly. Bridgette gulped while Justin frowned, neither of them sure whether they could win.
As the game started, Katie and Sadie proved they really did know it by heart, missing few steps. Bridgette took to the song almost instantly and was actually doing quite well. Justin, however was completely lost, so while doing a random 'hands-in-the-air' he secretly raised his blindfold a tiny bit, allowing him to see where to dance.
With Justin being able to see what was coming, he got a Perfect score on almost every note, and Bridgette wasn't far off. Even with both of their 'almost-Perfects', Katie and Sadie lost out by twenty points.
"HAH! We win this challenge!" Said Heather, "which means we win the whole thing!"
"Not so fast," Chris, who had noticed Justin's trick, frowned. "Justin raised his blindfold just enough to see what to dance to, that was how he got a perfect score. I'm afraid that this disqualifies him. Bunch of cheaters around here!" He glared at Justin and Noah. "Which means that Katie and Sadie, the Marine Cows, win."
The two jumped in the air and their team congratulated them, while the Coral Fish just shunned Justin. "Since the score is 1-1, we have to use our third challenge to decide the winners! Get ready for a jumping jack contest!" The campers groaned miserably. "Any camper who has not participated yet in either the relay or the DDR, which should be six from both teams, please make your way to the beach. Those of you who have competed already will watch from the sidelines."
Gwen, Geoff, Duncan, DJ, Courtney and Cody all gathered by Chris at the beach for the Marine Cows, while the Coral Fish had Owen, Eva, Ezekiel, Heather, LeShawna and Lindsay to represent their team in the contest. "Now," said Chris. "This challenge is simple, all twelve of you will do jumping jacks until only one of you is left. The camper who is left wins the challenge and grants their team immunity. The team who loses will be meeting me at the campfire after dinner tonight."
Chris had them all line up so that they were a good five feet away from each other and started the timer. Immediately, all twelve began to do jumping jacks at a slow pace so they didn't tire as fast. After ten minutes, Courtney, Cody and DJ from the Marine Cows and Owen, Ezekiel and Lindsay from the Coral Fish had dropped out. Gwen and Geoff dropped out shortly after, Eva and LeShawna leaving soon after.
Duncan and Heather glared at each other. Whoever dropped out would lose the challenge for their team, and whoever won would be a hero. Despite her tricks and cunning, Heather was unable to make Duncan leave, due to his time in juvy having to do exercise exactly like this. Heather, eventually and with a scream, began to wobble and fell, making the Marine Cows the winners of the challenge.
"Very nice! Now, everyone, off to dinner. The Marine Cows will spend tonight in a Jacuzzi over by the camera and crew cabin, while the Coral Fish will report to the docks tonight for their elimination. Who will be the first to go home? I don't know, it's your votes that count!"
(Confession Cam – LeShawna)
"So I know I said Heather really needed to go, but maybe Harold should leave…he nearly lost us the relay, whether Noah cheated or not…"
(Confession Cam – Heather)
"Well, at least I can say with pride I was the last one standing for my team, I say Owen should go, he dropped out of the Jumping Jacks first."
(Normal Perspective)
"Well, campers of the Coral Fish. Here you are at the first Campfire Ceremony. I have here ten marshmallows, which I will hand out to those of you who are safe from elimination. The person who receives the most votes will not get a marshmallow and will have to take their things along the Dock of Shame and sail home on the Boat of Losers. And you can never come back. Ever."
The campers frowned, all worried who would be safe and who wouldn't be.
"Izzy, Bridgette, Heather," Chris called first, throwing each one a marshmallow. "Tyler, Owen, Lindsay," throwing more marshmallows, he called three more names. "Ezekiel, Eva, LeShawna."
Harold and Justin glanced at each other.
"Harold, Justin. You two are the last ones left. One of you will go home tonight, and one will stay on Total Drama Island for another round."
"The last marshmallow goes to………Harold."
Justin, frowning angrily, grabbed his stuff and boarded the boat that would take him home without a word. The other campers all sighed, safe for now.
I hate the blah-ness of this chapter, but I wanted to get it done. Actual relationships between campers (both good and bad) will start to develop in the next chapter.
Challenge ideas are accepted if anyone has some good ideas. :D
"Next time, on Total Drama Island…the twenty-one campers face off in a Water Balloon fight which will decide who's wet, who's dry and who's gone. Tension begins to build in both teams as Heather tries to boss around Eva and Ezekiel."