Total Drama: The Mentorship
Stella = The Anime Freak (mentored by Cody)
Crystal = The Cheerleader (mentored by Beth)
Primrose = The Spoiled Brat (mentored by Heather)
Vivian = The Telepath (mentored by Dawn)
Riley = The Comic Nerd (mentored by Harold)
Leroy = The Furry (mentored by Izzy)
Patrick = The Evil Theater Geek (mentored by Alejandro)
Ai = The Grouchy Bookworm (mentored by Gwen)
Jenn = The Cynical Genius (mentored by Scarlett)
Ben = The Brony (mentored by Spud)
Raymond = The Weightlifter (mentored by Ryan)
Hana = The Gothic Muse (mentored by Trent)
Phillip = Prince Charming (mentored by Justin)
Richard = The Night Owl (mentored by Duncan)
Episode 1: The Great Train Snobbery
A train was pulling away from a train station marked as Vancouver. The sky was clear blue, the sun high up and creating a dazzling effect on the ocean beside the trackside, but the train and its passengers would not see the lovely oceanic sights for long. A few miles up ahead, there was a long underground tunnel.
On this train, under normal circumstances, there would be no one of extraordinary importance, but today fourteen teenagers were on their way to a very peculiar island: Pahkitew Island.
They had one whole train car to themselves, although the seating arrangements forced them to buddy up. Starting from the front of the car was Stella, a blonde hair girl who wore a pink top with a logo of a pixie on it and blue jeans. Sitting next to her was Crystal, who had dark blue (almost totally black) hair done up in two pigtails. She wore a light blue tank-top with a matching blue and white skirt. Crystal was giving Stella a creepy smile, and Stella squirmed closer to the window, regretting not choosing the aisle seat.
In the row next to them was Primrose, who wore a bright blue tank top, a sunhat with a white ribbon around it, and a long red skirt that went down to her ankles. She had sunglasses dangling from the collar of the shirt. Her hair was perhaps her most standout feature, as it was bright pink. She was on her phone scrolling and then growling when she got a notification indicating there was no more wifi at this point; wifi was only available at the stations. Next to her, her neighbor, Richard, was snoring loudly. He was leaning against the window, drool landing on his red top and some on his black shorts. He had short blonde hair, primarily on a point by his face. Primrose, annoyed already, threw her phone at him, causing him to jolt awake. "Woah, what even?" he rubbed the spot where the phone hit him.
The camera then turned away from them, and onto the row behind them, where Leroy was, wearing a partial grey fur suit. His hands covered to look like clawed paws, his calves were in grey fur and his feet were in large paws. On his head he wore the top part of a cartoon wolf's head. His black hair was messy and sticking out from below the hat. He looked over at his neighbor. Ai was sitting with her nose deep in a book. She had curly brown hair, with a purple shirt and black pants. She wore glasses and pushed them up on her nose. Leroy leaned over to see what she was reading, but the words were so small and the book so thick, he couldn't make anything out too clearly. "Hmph," Ai muttered and she turned so she now faced the aisle, her back to Leroy now. Leroy made a whimpering sound and looked out the window instead.
However, Ai got no relief on the row next to her. Next to her, on the opposite aisle, was Phillip. Phillip had blonde hair, a tight white shirt and tight blue jeans. His hair was slicked back and he gave a flirtatious smile. "Hello there, my beautiful sweet maiden." Next to him was Ben, who had dirty blonde hair, thin glasses, a black shirt with a pony icon on it and blue jeans. He just gave an awkward smile and wave.
Ai's eye twitched and she turned back away. "I'm surrounded by total idiots…"
From behind her, a girl with black hair tied up in a red ribbon leaned over the seat. She had a blue tube top on and glasses as well. "Don't worry, not all of us are so bad."
Ai turned around to face the stranger. "And you are?"
"I'm Jenn, taking a break from getting my PhD in nuclear physics right now. Glad to know that at least one other person can probably understand my big fancy words," Jenn replied, giving a toothy grin.
Ai's eyes twinkled. "I'm Ai, I hope we are on the same team, because otherwise I might go crazy from stress. I don't usually do group work well."
"Well that's a good thing to know," came another reply. Next to Jenn, Patrick leaned up and over the seat as well. "Now I know who a weak link is." Patrick had dirty blond hair spread out spiked around his ears, but the rest was more or less slicked back. He was wearing grey shirt and black pants. He then winked at Ai.
Jenn pushed him back to his seat and then she winked at Ai before sitting back down as well.
Leroy sniggered at Ai. "You really should be careful with what you say. I don't think anyone can be trusted once we reach the island."
Ai sighed and resumed her reading.
Beyond Jenn and Patrick sat Riley, who was also reading, but unlike Ai's thick tome, he had a stack of comic books on the floor in front of him. Riley was probably the most overweight of the group. His brown hair was tied up in a ponytail and he had a goatee. His shirt didn't even properly cover him (though compared to Owen, he wasn't that large). He had light brown shorts on. He heard the commotion and he rolled his eyes. "Ugh, what would it take to get some last minute peace with my vintage 1940's editions of Superman?" He turned to Raymond, but was disappointed. Raymond was a hulk, clearly spending all of his time in a gym pumping irons. He was listening to an mp3 player and had his eyes closed. He wore a white tank top and black shorts. His biceps and triceps were on full display. Riley decided against trying to pull a response out from his neighbor, and furiously resumed back to his comic book.
In the last seats were Hana and Vivian. Hana had jet-black hair with green highlights. She wore a black long sleeve shirt that was fluffed out on the sleeves. She had on a black mini skirt with fishnet stockings going up her legs from her black boots. Her lipstick was lime green, like her hair. She was humming a tune to herself and swinging her legs back and forth. She didn't let the others bother her.
Her neighbor, Vivian, was wearing a lavender colored kimono. Her hair was reddish-brown, and she had tanned skin, the darkest of the group. She was fixing flower clips along her hair and on the tray table in front of her, she had assembled a variety of make-up supplies. Her powder and lipstick were levitating, though when Hana turned to look and smile at her neighbor, she quickly lowered them back down and gave a nervous smile in reply.
At this point, the train was only a mile or so away from the tunnel. The conductor of the train, an old man with grey hair and a grey mustache, walked to the front of the car. "Excuse me," he said, but with the commotion the teenagers were making, no one heard him. Richard and Primrose were having a yelling match, Phillip was flexing his non-existent muscles towards Ben, as if to assert some sort of dominance, and others were flinging paper airplanes and such at each other. Ai had shoved her face almost entirely into her book trying to focus, and Raymond still was listening to his mp3.
The conductor sighed and then blew on his whistle loudly. Everyone paused and looked up at the old man. Ai and Riley looked up from their respective reading material, and Raymond's headset fell off his head. "What do you want old man?" Primrose snapped.
"I have a note here from your host, with instructions to read this before we reach the tunnel… AHEM!" He cleared his throat and opened the envelope. "It says 'Welcome contestants, to the newest season of Total Drama. Sorry, not sorry, that I'm not there to greet you in person, but I have to get your surprises ready for when you arrive. In the meantime, you're gonna get your teams formed and first invincibility challenge underway! When the nice conductor man…' wait, I'm not really that nice! Er-hem… 'calls your name, come forth and become Team Noble Skeletons: Stella, Crystal, Primrose, Vivian, Riley, Leroy and Patrick.'"
The group approached and the conductor tossed them a team flag, which was green and had a skull and crossbones logo on it. Leroy took it and howled loudly. "Arooooo! Aww yeah, that's so cool!"
"It's only cool if you're a pirate. This is a jolly-roger more than it is a team icon," Stella said.
"I demand a more attractive looking logo! I want one now!" Primrose hissed, stomping her foot.
"Look, take all your yap and bring it up to your host, not me," hissed the conductor, "now, let me finish the note… 'And the rest of you: Ai, Jenn, Ben, Raymond, Hana, Phillip, and Richard, you will all form Team Nutty Death Zombies.'"
He tossed to Raymond a red flag with a logo on it that had a decapitated leg with a bone sticking out. "Whatever, I guess it could be worse," Raymond muttered.
The rest of the team merely nodded except for Ai and Jenn, who both appeared uninterested.
"Alright, last paragraph… 'Now, the train is due to arrive around 3:15pm to Pahkitew Island. Your challenge is to search the train for a bag of loot Chef stashed away somewhere. Whichever team arrives to the island with it to the designated spot will be safe from today's elimination ceremony. And as for the team name selection, hey it wasn't all my idea, I just put in a search on a random name generator and that's what I got.' Well, that's just my luck! Having a bunch of whippersnappers' ran-sacking my train!"
"Do you have any idea where the loot may be?" Hana asked.
"No! Don't care to know either! Just stay out of the way of the other passengers and myself. And I don't want to find any wrappers and junk on the floor! I just swept the floor," the conductor hissed and stomped his way back to his booth.
Vivian giggled slightly. Patrick noticed this but didn't speak up just yet.
"Well, logically let's start from the front of the train and make our way back here," Jenn said. Her team nodded and they dashed off. Once the door connecting the cars was shut, Patrick turned towards Vivian.
"What do you know? I know a trickster when I see one," Patrick said.
"The loot is hidden with the luggage in the caboose," Vivian said, smiling innocently.
"How do you even know that?!" Leroy asked, excitedly. Now that he was standing, a tail was seen attached to his pants.
"Uh… a hunch?" Vivian replied, nervous and starting to sweat.
"Well for now, it's better than just wasting time against the other team… Gosh, I'll never get used to saying 'the Zombies'," Patrick said. The group made their way to the caboose, a few cars in the opposite direction.
But little did they know that Jenn and Ai had actually stalked the doorway, overhearing everything. They nodded to each other. Though they didn't know each other that well, it would appear that they were at least able to work together. Jenn whistled for the rest of the team. Raymond and Hana came right away, but Ben's foot caught on the area rug carpeting, and he tripped. Hana held out a hand and helped him up, while the other three just sighed. "Wait a minute, where's that other guy?" Raymond asked once Hana and Ben joined them.
Richard had wandered into another car, and he couldn't help but feel sleepy. The sun was up just too high for him right now. He did his best work at night. This car happened to be the sleeping car for the passengers who had come from a far off destination. He laid down on one of the empty beds, but as soon as his head touched the pillow, something felt off. "Huh?"
He shook the pillow and piles of jewelry fell out. "Aw, sweet! This must be the loot! … I better wait til the rest of the team gets here. If I run off someone from the other team may think I have something." And with that, he re-stuffed the pillow with the jewelry, and drifted off to sleep…
Meantime, at the caboose, the Noble Skeletons were tossing their way around the various luggage, making a complete mess of the place. Riley was standing on top of a crate trying to dig through an upper shelf, when Crystal suddenly popped out of the shelf. "Hi!"
Riley, startled, tripped and fell backwards. "What the…? What the hell are you doing up in the luggage rack?!"
Crystal gave him a dreamy grin. "I just wanted to cheer you on, face-to-face. It's my specialty. Back home, I'm the head cheerleader."
She gracefully jumped out of the luggage rack and onto the crate, towering right over Riley. The front of her body was now covered in darkness, except for her eyes and smile. Riley began to sweat. "What are you going to do to me?" he whimpered.
"I'm gonna give you an N! Then give you an O! B! L! E! Go team Noble Skeletons!" Crystal said, shaking two blue and silver pompoms and jumping up in the air and doing a split.
Riley took the opportunity to crawl away and when Crystal regained her composure she looked disappointed. "Why does everyone run away from me?"
The camera flashed over to Patrick who was tossing everything haphazardly. "This is taking too much time! Those Zombies are gonna be here any minute. Let's move on to another area, this is a waste," he turned and glared at Vivian who closed her eyes and looked away ashamed. "What gave you that stupid hunch it would be here anyway?"
"It's going to sound crazy, but…"
Crystal then jumped up between them and began waving her pompoms in both of their faces. "Hey, we can't afford to fight now! Not on the first challenge! After all, we are the N! O! B!..."
She was cut off by Patrick throwing an empty luggage bag over her head. "What a creep…"
"Hey, we have company!" Stella said, who was peeking from the caboose door towards the other car. "Five of the six Zombies are headed this way."
Patrick looked around. Primrose was sitting on a crate filing her finger nails, Crystal was wandering around with the bag still over her head, and Riley was opening another piece of luggage. Vivian had waded her way through the rest of the luggage, towards another door. Patrick rushed past and opened the door. "Everyone com on, hide in here!"
"I don't take orders from anyone, except my daddy. And you aren't him," Primrose said. She held up her phone again, and snapped a selfie.
"Do you really want to deal with the Zombies here? Besides, if you cost us this challenge, you'll be the first one out!" Patrick hissed.
"Ugh, fine, it's not like I enjoy being in this messy place anyway," Primrose huffed as she and the others made their way into the next room over.
The room was small and dark, so everyone was pressed close. "Ugh, hopefully they don't decide to come checking in here," Stella said.
The five Zombies entered the caboose. "There's no one here," Hana said dejectedly.
"Either that or this is a trap of some sort," Raymond replied, easily hefting up the luggage and crates.
"Let's do a quick sweep and be sure we aren't missing something!" Jenn hissed and they began, unknowingly, cleaning up the mess the Skeletons had made.
"Hey, has anyone seen Richard?" Ben asked, but just as he said that, Hana accidentally dropped a luggage piece right on him and thus no one paid any attention to him.
Inside the smaller compartment, the Skeletons were starting to get antsy. "Don't lose hope guys! We got this!" Crystal said, but she at least restrained herself from shaking her pompoms.
Just then, someone let out a loud RIIIIPPP.
"Ugh, okay, who did that?" Primrose hissed, pinching her nose in the dark.
"Uh, wasn't me… Totally wasn't me…" Riley said, but just as he finished another RIIIPPP sounded.
"It stinks in here!" Primrose cried out before dashing out of the booth.
"Wait, Primrose!" Stella called out, but it was too late. Primrose had already opened the door and gasped.
The room was totally cleaned. Not one spot of luggage was out of place. It was as if the Skeletons had never been there, and whoever cleaned up had already gone. Or so Primrose thought.
As she stepped out she turned back towards her teammates. "Coast seems clear here. Maybe it was just that old man and some of the train crew. Either way, I want out of this caboose and I want out now!"
Just then, she felt herself being picked up from behind, and as she turned to see who was doing this atrocity, she found herself face-to-face with Raymond. The weightlifter just sneered at her before the rest of the Zombies came out from their hiding spots (except for Ben, who was still unconscious and stuffed behind a crate).
"Alright, hand over the loot, and we'll let you have her back," Jenn said, a triumphant smirk on her face.
"Let me go, you big sweaty beast!" Primrose protested.
Patrick pretended to think about it. "How about you can keep her and keep Crystal, and we'll just be on our merry way?"
"Wait, what?" Jenn scratched her head confused.
"You guys can't be serious! You can't abandon me!" Primrose said, and she realized who else he said he would leave behind. "And not with that creepy girl!"
Crystal stood over by Phillip, and once again, the front of her body was dark, except for her eyes and smile. "I have to admit, it's cooler to know how daring you Zombies are. I think I'm gonna have more fun with you instead!"
Phillip sweated in nervousness. "W-what sort of fun?"
"Oh, nothing too impressive… Just… Give me a Z! Give me an O! Give me an M! …" Crystal started cheering, all bright and sunny again. As she went on, Jenn snapped her fingers and Raymond dropped Primrose.
"You can keep them both," Jenn huffed and the Zombies walked out, barring Ben.
Phillip looked disappointed. "Aw, I had been hoping we could keep the pretty pink-haired lady with us."
Jenn rolled her eyes and directed her team to leave.
After they left, Raymond rushed back in and picked Ben up and carried him over his shoulder. Back in the now empty car, the Zombies re-grouped (except for Richard). Ben finally woke up. "What happened? Did I miss something?"
"No, that Vivian led her team wrong. So no one has found that bag of loot yet," Hana said. She looked up at the clock on the wall. "It's already 3pm, we should be stopping soon."
"And where is that idiot Richard? He hasn't shown up at all," Jenn huffed, crossing her arms.
"Maybe he's off exploring the other cars. At least that would be productive," Ai muttered.
Just then, there was the sound of an overhead speaker coming to life. "Attention, to anyone wishing to stop at Pahkitew Island, the train will pass by in approximately fifteen minutes. The train actually stops at Toronto. So if you want off at Pahkitew, that's on you!" came the gravelly voice of the conductor before the speaker switched off.
"Wait, so we have to get off of a moving train?! That is totally not safe!" Hana cried out.
"Well, even if we don't have the loot, we better make sure we are somewhere we can escape from in fifteen minutes. Let's hurry to the engine of the train; there should be a few steps we can walk down from," Jenn said.
Further up in the train, Richard had been startled awake once he heard the announcement. The sleeping car had no lights on, which he found odd, because upon going to sleep, the shades at the windows were rolled up and the lights were on. He turned onto his back and was about to gasp when a finger went over his mouth to silence him. He couldn't tell, but he thought it was the cheerleader girl from the other team, with the two pigtails and a creepy smile.
"Shh, don't make this harder for us," she said, now getting onto the bed and straddling him. "I knew the moment your team gathered in the other train car without you that you had the loot. Now give it to me, so my team can respect me and let me cheer for them!"
"You're crazy!" Richard said pushing her off and he grabbed his pillow, trying to be nonchalant. "I just came in here for a snooze, that's all."
Crystal's teeth seemed to become demonic in the darkness. "Why are you taking the train company's pillow with you then? Give it to me! Give me the L! Give me the O! Give me the…"
But Crystal was interrupted when the lights went back on, and the Nutty Death Zombies walked into the room.
"What's going on here?" Raymond asked, pushing Crystal aside easily.
"I got the loot; now let's get ready to get off this train!" Richard said, holding up his pillow.
"Good job! Let's go!" Raymond replied and as the team started heading out, Crystal suddenly tackled Richard with amazing agility.
"The best part about being a cheerleader is that we are so athletic. Boys have a hard time escaping from me," Crystal said, swiping the pillow from him and jumping along the seats towards the back of the train.
The Zombies gave chase, but once she reached the formerly empty train car, the rest of the Noble Skeletons came out from hiding under the seats, and she tossed it to Primrose. Primrose then tossed it down to Stella, who tossed it away towards Riley. However, in terms of running, Riley was probably the slowest due to his lack of regular exercise. Phillip and Raymond caught up to him easily and Phillip grabbed back the pillow. He tossed it over to Hana, who tossed it to Jenn. Patrick wasn't about to let this chance escape him again, so he jumped over and grabbed the pillow. There was a tug of war between them, and no one noticed the intercom system activating again.
"Pahkitew Island upcoming. It's now or never."
Stella went and opened one of the windows. "He said it's now or never, so let's go!"
She tumbled out first, followed by Leroy, Vivian, Richard, Phillip, Riley, Ai, and Hana. Primrose stood at the edge of the window next, but she hesitated. "I can't go along with this. I want the train to stop now!" But as she went to stomp her foot, she slipped and tumbled out of the train. Raymond was next, but before he stepped out he picked up Ben and tossed him out, causing him to land head first into the ground.
Jenn and Patrick both arrived at the window still tugging on the pillow. "Let go of it Patrick!"
"You first!" He hissed back.
Just then, Crystal kicked the pillow outside of the train. "I'm not about to be left behind!" Crystal cried as she jumped out the window. She grabbed the pillow and began to run away, leading to everyone chasing after her. Jenn sighed and she jumped out, and finally Patrick did as well.
They both sat on the ground, dazed for a moment. Jenn was then back on her feet first, and Patrick was not far behind either.
Up ahead, Crystal led the way up a long winding hill. At the top, she could see Chris McLean and Chef Hatchet waiting for them and she gave a genuine happy smile. "I can't believe it! I'm gonna lead my team to victory! I'm going to be praised! I'm going to make one of the boys be my boyfriend!"
"Nah, not today," came a reply. Crystal was surprised that Hana had caught up to her. Hana pulled the pillow out of her hands and took the lead.
"You get back here! Give me my P! Give me my I! Give me…"
"Give me a break already! Enough with the cheerleader chanting," Chris interrupted, as everyone finally made it up to the top of the hill. "Congratulations Team Nutty Death Zombies. Since Hana got up here first, and I really hate Crystal's constant cheerleading, you guys are safe from elimination today."
The Zombies cheered in relief. The Noble Skeletons, on the other hand, all glared at each other, though most of their focus was on Crystal.
"Noble Skeletons, you put on a good fight, but not good enough apparently. Time to make your first of many hard choices while on the island: who is going to get a one-way ticket home? Everyone follow me elimination area," Chris said, pointing down the other end of the hill.
Once everyone reached the bottom, the Noble Skeletons sat on the logs in front of the fire pit, while the Zombies sat on a row of seats off to the side.
"Welcome survivors to the new season of Total Drama, this time, Total Drama: The Mentorship. Don't worry; those of you who will make it through the elimination ceremony will meet your mentors later today. Now, Skeletons, it's time for you to cast your votes." Chris said, as Chef walked up with paper for the team ("But its toilet paper!" grumbled Primrose), and everyone began to write out who they wanted off.
"Alright, I have the results. This season, we decided that variety is the spice of life. So each episode will feature a random symbol of being safe," Chris said, snapping his fingers. Chef walked up holding a box, which when it was opened was revealed to be a Barf Bag filled with peanuts. "If you don't get some nuts, you're out."
Barf Bags were tossed to Leroy, Stella, Riley, and Patrick. Crystal, Primrose and Vivian looked at each other nervously.
"Vivian, you're 'hunch' turned out to be a total dud. I guess leadership isn't really a good match for you. However, that being said, you only had one vote against you, so you are safe," Chris said, tossing a bag to her. Vivian let out a sigh of relief. "Primrose, I have to hand it to you, of all the spoiled little princesses we had on this show, you certainly take the cake for being the worst of the lot. Letting the other team know your hiding spot was probably very un-cool to your teammates. And Crystal, what can I say? You're a creep, plain and simple, however you do offer exceptional athletic abilities. But did your teammates see it that way?"
Primrose closed her eyes, crossing her fingers. "Please don't let me go home… Please don't let me go home…"
Crystal was shaking her pompoms. She opened her mouth like she was about to speak, but then she piped down.
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Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Primrose got a barf bag tossed onto her lap. Crystal jumped up in fury. "What?! I'm going home already?! I didn't even get to meet my mentor!"
"Your mentor was going to be Beth, but I guess she'll be going back to her family farm now, thanks to you. Now time, to get on out of here. Welcome to the Whirlpool of Shame!" Chris said, leading out to a dock where the Cannon of Shame used to be. Crystal gulped upon seeing it. "Any last words?"
"Yeah! I'll make you all pay! All you boys who shunned me! I'll get my… oh!" Crystal never could finish, as Chef pushed her down into the Whirlpool, where she was spun around and around multiple times, screaming all the while, before she disappeared under the water.
"And where that Whirlpool leads, even I don't know. Ah well," Chris then turned to face the camera. "I think we're gonna call this episode a wrap! Tune in next time for more drama, more action, and even more humiliation! Only on… TOTAL. DRAMA. THE MENTORSHIP!"
Crystal's Audition (Bonus):
The camera turns on to a room full of pentagrams and small candles. On the back wall is a shrine with different pictures of boys. Crystal is in front of the camera, though all you can see is her eyes and demonic smile. "I'm auditioning to Total Drama: The Mentorship so that way all the boys back home will take notice of me."
Crystal then comes into the light and she continues her demonic smiling. "My skills include cheerleading, agility, endurance, and stealth. I'm an asset to you, Chris McLean! An asset!"
Just then, the room light goes on and a door is heard opening in the background. A man's voice can be heard. "Crys? Just what are you up to in here? You're not doing one of those Satanic rituals again are you? My lawyer just redeemed your soul back from the devil, I can't afford for that to happen again!"
"Ugh, nothing dad! I promise no more selling my soul," Crystal said, sighing in relief as the door shut. "What? That's, uh, totally just an in-house joke here. Ha ha ha…"