Authorss note: So this is my first attempt to write fan fiction, and I'm still getting used to the whole process. I created this as a way to cope with Total Drama being revamped with a new cast. I'm not against change, but we were so attached to the old cast and their stories. It's pretty sad to think that all their stories ended with a diasterous volcano explosion. So this is how I would have done season 4, I've tried to stick true to the original style and characters while exploring some new ideas. Hope you like it. And of course everything Total Drama related belongs to Teletoon/Cartoon Network.
Chris McClean stood with the camera focused directly on him. He was grinning his eccentric, eager grin as he greeted the viewers.
"Welcome back, to Total Drama," he announced. "This season we're doing something a little different: a whole new cast!"
After a few moments of silence the host cracks into howling laughter.
"Psych!" he laughed. "As if we would get rid of the cast that has been bringing in so many viewers and so much money for me. Don't worry, the guy who came up with that idea has been fired. Permanently. As in, forever. From every studio in the world."
"Sure that volcano incident could have gone a little better," Chris said. "And it was a costly aftermath full of medical bills, physical therapy, and plastic surgery. But no need to worry, since the contestant signed a contract saying that they responsible for paying their own bills."
"But enough about people who don't matter, let's get back to me…I mean my show," Chris continued. "No more fooling this time, we actually have returned to where it all began. That's right, welcome back to Camp Wawanakwa!"
The camera zoomed out to show that Chris was standing on a dock in front of a beach and forest. A shoddy boat approached the dock.
"Ah, here comes our first returning contestant," Chris commented. "She came close one season, but has yet to win the prize. She has one her fair share of drama, though. Let's give it up for Gwen!"
A pale goth girl made her way off the boat and onto the dock.
"Gwen, so nice to see you again," Chris said with his mischievous smile.
"If only I could say the same to you," Gwen said as she rolled her eyes. "After everything you put me through, I cannot believe that I'm coming back."
"Back you did," Chris said, "and that tells me that you really did miss me."
"What I missed was the million dollars," Gwen growled. "And can we clarify that someone will actually be getting the money this time? Not fed to a shark or thrown in a volcano or anything else unpredictable."
"I can't stop unpredictable things from happening," Chris replied. "I can make them happen, yes, but stop them, 'fraid not."
As the boat returned Chris's smile broadened, "This guy's really gone bring in the ratings. After spending nearly the whole season hiding on the plane he transformed into more beast than man. Yet he's still back for more. It's Ezekiel."
The scrawny boy with a toque stepped off the boat. He was clearly not a beast.
"Wait a minute, what happened to you? You were supposed to be a monster," Chris complained.
"I've been spending a lot of time in therapy, eh," replied to homeschooled boy. "I've practically forgotten whatever it was that happened, eh."
"So do you don't remember any of your…transformation?" asked Chris.
"My what?" Ezekiel said. "All I know, eh, is that I'm not losing this time, like all those other seasons, eh."
"Yeah, that's not gonna happen," sighed an annoyed Chris. "It's called Total Drama for a reason. Monsters bring drama, therapy patients also bring drama, but not the kind we're looking for."
As Chris talked he didn't realized that the boat had deposited another contestant, a red-headed girl with a wide smile.
"Hey everybody, it's so nice to be back," exclaimed Izzy.
Gwen rolled her eyes again in disgust.
"I'm just gonna take a moment of nostalgia here," Izzy said as she closed her eyes.
She was silent for a few seconds as the other three shot awkward glances at each other.
"'Kay, done," she laughed.
Taking note of Ezekiel she immediately ran over to him, "Oh my gosh, I'm like so thrilled to finally meet you. I mean the new you, the old you was like sexist and stuff, but the new you is like feral. You were
all like 'Rawr rawr' and everyone else was like, 'Aah! Run for your life.' Heh, heh, it was fun."
"Yo, I gotta tell you, I don't have a clue what you're talking about, eh," Ezekiel said as he backed away from her.
"Ha ha ha, I like you," Izzy continued to giggle.
"Izzy!" came the longing voice of the next contestant arriving.
The overweight boy had fluffy blond hair and excitedly ran to Izzy.
"Hey, Big O, I've missed you," Izzy exclaimed as she accepted a bear hug from him.
"And you get to meet my new boyfriend," she said as she gestured to Ezekiel.
"What?" cried Owen.
"What?" Ezekiel echoed.
"Yeah, we have so much in common, we just sorta clicked," Izzy explained.
"But I thought we had something special," Owen said with the hint of tears appearing in his eyes.
"Then why'd you break up with me?" Izzy laughed, completely oblivious to her ex-boyfriend's emotion.
"Well, that was just…I didn't think…" Owen stumbled to form a complete sentence.
"Well, well, things just got interesting," Chris exclaimed. "We might have a spot for you after all, Zeke."
Up next off the boat was a duo, an Asian girl with a ponytail and a Hispanic muscular boy.
"Ah, about time our evil contestants showed up," Chris announced.
"Hey, I thought I was a good guy last season," the girl, Heather, whined.
"Pshaw, compared to Alejandro maybe, but we've got 23 other contestants that are nicer than you this time," Chris pointed out.
"So, are you two officially going out yet?" Chris asked.
Alejandro shot a mocking smile at Heather who protested, "God, no. I may have let my emotions gotten the better of me once or twice last season, but I'm totally over any little speck of lust I had for this jerk."
"Is that what you think?" taunted Alejandro as he slid her arm around her.
"Hey, back off!" Heather shouted as she slapped his arm off of her. "I'm not falling for any of your tricks this time."
Another contestant was arriving now, a short boy with messy brown hair.
"Hey, Gwen," Cody greeted with a smug grin as he waved at his crush.
Gwen waved half-heartedly back. Cody's smile was wiped off his face as he saw who the next contestant arriving was.
"Codykins, I'm coming for you," cried a tall girl with long purple hair.
"Hey, Sierra," Cody sighed. "It's…good to see you too."
Cody was soon smothered in Sierra's obsessively loving hug.
"Sierra, I see your hair has grown back nicely," Chris commented.
"Actually this is a wig," Sierra explained. "I came up with the idea and I'm quite a bit of profit selling them to fans, they're surprisingly popular."
"And all those profits go straight to me," Chris remarked. "Since in this document you sighed, you gave away the rights to, among other things, your hair."
Sierra briefly frowned, but quickly perked up.
"I don't care about the money, as long as I have my Cody," she said as she gave Cody another embrace.
"And look who it is now, Justin!" Chris announced as the next contestant stepped off the boat.
The Hawaiian boy was tall and muscular, but looked quite unhappy.
"Justin, how have you been?" Chris asked.
"Terrible," replied the boy. "I've lost three of my model contracts. I've only got five left."
"That's a shame," Chris muttered sarcastically
Arriving next was a couple, both blond and fit.
"Bridgette, Geoff, glad you made it," Chris greeted. "What have you been up to?"
"I've been hitting the gym at least once every day," the girl declared. "I am winning this time."
"I've also been getting some gym time in," the boy added. "Granted, not as much as Bridgette here, but I'm managing…about once a month. No, not quite once a month. Maybe once a year; yeah, let's say once a year to be safe. Or at least I would if it had been a year since last season."
"So, what you're saying is, you haven't gotten any gym time in," Chris stated.
Getting off the boat next was another couple with their lips locked.
"Oh, jeez, Bridgette and Geoff already wasted enough time making out for the last two seasons, don't you two start," Chris sighed.
"Sorry, Chaz," said the girl, Lindsay, "I just love my boyfriend, Ty…Tyler, right…so much."
"You still haven't figured out your boyfriend's name?" scoffed Heather. "Pathetic."
Getting off the boat now was another pair, this time a pair of girls, one fat and one thin.
"Chris it's, like, so good to see you," exclaimed the thin one.
"Yeah, we totally missed you," added the fat one.
"Isn't it, like, the funniest coincidence ever that we weren't in the last two seasons?" giggled the first girl.
"Yeah…complete coincidence…that's what it was," Chris mumbled. "Welcome back Katie and Sadie."
A small, slightly geeky, girl came off next. She was busy chatting on her cellphone.
"I love you too, Brady," she gushed. "I love you more than that…more than that."
"Ahem, kinda have a show to get to," Chris urged.
"Sorry, I was just talking to my boyfriend, Brady," Beth apologized as she hung up. "He's my boyfriend. And he exists."
"We get it already," Heather barked. "You have a boyfriend and he exists, now stop mentioning it."
The boat then dropped off a Hispanic girl with a piercing frown.
"Hello, Chris," she sniffed.
"Hello, Courtney," Chris replied between clenched teeth.
Courtney joined the rest of the cast, but refused to look at any of them. No one seemed to mind.
"Ah, here's Eva," Chris exclaimed. "Eva, how does it feel to have gotten eliminated immediately…twice, then to miss out on two seasons."
The buff girl just shot Chris a menacing stare and let out a curt grunt.
"Okay, no comment," Chris said. "I'm sensing a lot of negativity here, so let's move on. Here's Harold."
The skinny redhead boy was eagerly waving at everyone. Once the boat arrived he attempted to front flip onto the dock. However he got stuck halfway through and tumbled into the water.
"Little help," he sputtered as he floundered in the water.
The contestants each eyed each other then looked to Chris.
"I'd love to help you, Harold, but somebody's got to announce the contestants," Chris said without much remorse. "Speaking of which, here comes DJ."
"Hey, everybody," greeted the tall black boy. "Glad to be back."
"So, DJ, how do you think this season will turn out for you?" asked Chris.
"I think after doing this show three times, we've matured and learned to trust each other," DJ answered. "So I think we'll be having a nice and fair contest this year."
Immediately the cast burst into laughter.
"Good luck getting that to work out," Chris said. "And look who we have here now, it's Trent."
The tall good-looking teen left the boat and smiled at the cast. He received numerous high-fives from the other guys, then reached down and helped Harold up.
"Thanks," gasped Harold. "I'm glad at least somebody in this show isn't completely heartless."
"Really, you think your own girlfriend is heartless?" mocked Chris with false shock. "Well now's the perfect time to tell her, 'cause here's Leshawna."
Leshawna gave a quick smile and wave to her friends as she made her way down the dock.
"Leshawna, my one true love," gasped Harold. "It's been too long since I last basked in your beautiful glow."
"Harold, for the last time, I am not your girlfriend," Leshawna sighed.
"You tell him," added Heather. "Boyfriends are nothing but trouble."
As she said this she shot a deadly glance at Alejandro who just smiled back.
"Hey, don't think that you can give me advice on anything," Leshawna snapped. "We're back to square one, and that means that you and I are enemies."
"Actually for once in my life I agree with Heather," Courtney argued. "Boyfriends suck!"
"Not my boyfriend, Brady," Beth piped in. "He's the best boyfriend ever."
"Ooh, ooh, do you know who I think would be the best boyfriend ever?" Lindsay eagerly exclaimed. "DJ."
"Um, I'm standing right here," sighed Tyler.
Lindsay turned to look at her boyfriend, then replied, "Ooooh, hi Tyler."
"People, people, please, this is only episode one," Chris tried to calm everyone down. "Try to save some of the drama for the rest of the season."
"And now, last, and probably least," Chris prepared as the boat arrived one last time. "Here's Mildred."
As the boat left it revealed an adult woman in a red dress.
"Hey, hey, my name is Blaineley!" she shrieked.
"Really, is that so?" Chris said with a mischievous look on his face. "Because in one of my totally legal searches I came up with this birth certificate of yours, and look at this, Mildred."
"Hey, give that back," Blaineley protested as she reached for the document. "I demand that you return that to me."
"Maybe you could buy it from me," Chris smirked, "Once you win the million dollars."
"Oh, you are going down McClean, you are so going down," declared Blaineley as she jabbed her finger in the host's face.
"Wait a minute; you said that she was the last?" Courtney gasped. "Where's Duncan?"
Several eyes turned to look at her.
"Not that I care," she defended. "I'm just curious."
"Oh, I've sent Duncan on a very special mission," Chris answered. "But not to worry, I wouldn't leave out our biggest source of drama; he'll be arriving any second now."
Right on cue and red helicopter landed on the dock. Out came a scary looking guy with many piercings and green hair, carrying a smaller Indian boy.
"For the last time, Neanderthal, put me down," protested the captive.
"Noah, glad that we could force you to make it," Chris exclaimed as Duncan dropped his prisoner.
"I told you, McClean, I am not doing this show again," Noah declared.
"Yeah, sadly I can't let that happen," Chris retorted. "You see, it turns out you've got one of the biggest fan-bases, and I can't let any more viewers slip through my fingers after that 'New Cast' disaster."
"Okay, I brought the dork, where's my reward," demanded Duncan.
"Did I say there would be a reward?" Chris replied.
"You said it would be worth my while," Duncan answered angrily.
"What? Getting to kidnap the nerd wasn't worth your while?" Chris said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Duncan replied with a smile.
"So, now that we're all here, what's first?" asked DJ. "Can we get our cabins, or are we going to get divided into teams?"
"Nope, you've got a challenge to complete," Chris announced.
He was met with a collective groan.
"That's right, Total Drama Revenge of the Island starts…now!"