A/N: I have partly read a couple of fan fictions about the Geniuses and the Fashion Bloggers surviving their canon eliminations and lasting longer in The Ridonculous Race, and they gave me my inspiration to try my own hand at it with the Vegans. This fanfic starts with the end of episode 5, where the Vegans ate meat, came in last, and were not yet eliminated in canon.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Ridonculous Race or Total Drama. Fresh TV has that honor.

Taylor and Kelly were impatiently waiting out what was left of their penalty.

"For sure, our penalty is up now?" demanded Taylor.

"Ooohh, no, noooo! Oh, Look! Here they come now!" announced Don, the host.

Laurie and Miles, the Vegans team, and Rock and Spud, the Rockers, were rushing to the Chill Zone side by side, carrying their plates that had once held their "feasts." They both tried to pick up speed, until…

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"Penalty up!" said Don. Kelly and Taylor promptly stepped on the Carpet of Completion. Then, Laurie and Miles just barely got on the Carpet before the Rockers did. They didn't look altogether happy about it, and that was because they, a couple of vegans, thought they had to eat meat in order to stay in the race.

"My little meat-eating Vegans," said Don, "you're in fourteenth place! Rockers, I'm sorry, you came in last place."

"Ohhh!" said Laurie, "We made it! But just think what we had to do. We just ate so many animals! So many!"

Miles puked on the Carpet.

"Oh, man!" said Spud.

"That's a bummer," said Rock, "I was hoping we could stay in longer. Next time I tell you, Spud, that you've gotta help me with a challenge, you've gotta listen!"

"Don't worry, man," said Spud, "I got this in the bag! Maybe we'll still win this!"

"We just lost, dude," Rock replied.

"Oh yeah, right," said Spud.

"Not necessarily," said Don, "This happens to be a non-elimination round! You're still in the race! For now."

"Oh, MAN!" said Rock. "You hear that, Spud? We haven't lost yet!"

"Told ya maybe we'll win this," said Spud, smiling.

They air guitar together.

"Wait a minute!" Laurie said suddenly, in a voice that could only be described as furious, "Are you telling me… I, ate, animals… FOR NOTHING!?"

"Uh, not necessarily, Laurie," Don tried to reason with her. "You see-" But he was interrupted by Laurie tackling and assaulting him on the Carpet. Laurie, hardly her usual serene self, growled and screamed as she bruised Don and gave him a black eye.

"SECURITY!" yelled Don, "A LITTLE HELP HERE! See you next time – on – The Ridonculous Race! HEEELLLPPP!"

As Laurie carried on her assault, Miles stumbled over to the others at the Carpet and puked again. The Rockers and Mom/Daughter recoiled.

A/N: Yes, I decided to let the Vegans come in not quite last, to make them feel like they accomplished something, but I thought it might still be amusing to see Laurie introduce Don to a world of pain, which I think should've happened to Chris McLean long ago. The only spoiler I'm giving readers is that the Vegans are, evidently, going to last longer in the Race than in canon. They also won't suffer nearly as much abuse in episode 6 as they really did. But they are in for a wild ride, particularly with other eating challenges in the future, most of which also involve meat. But no clues will be given as to how far they will get, or whether or not they win.

I'll be writing the first full chapter soon, so stay tuned!