Disclaimer: Total Drama, the songs from the season, nor its characters belong to be me, but they belong to Fresh TV. However, I do own the OCs/Self-inserts in this fanfiction, so I claim credit to them.
A/N: Howdy fellow readers! As you guys might've noticed, after the poll closed on Saturday, that TD: WTRIA won over TDR. And while that doesn't mean I won't get to rebooting TDR at some point, it means I'll just be focusing on the former first until my schedule becomes more manageable. I shall explain more in my ending A/N.
So with that, I now present to you the start of my remake of Total Drama: World Tour Redo It Again! :D
Total Drama: World Tour Redo It Once More!
Episode One: Walk Like An Egyptian! Pt. 1
The scene opened up to show an expansive runway, which was located next to the nearby airport. Suddenly, two familiar men popped up in front of the camera, the more cheery of the two particularly flashing the camera a grin. The other, a tall, physically imposing black man in chef's clothing who went by Chef Hatchet, simply scowled at the camera as he stood by Chris McLean.
"Hello, beloved viewers of mine!" Chris cheerfully greeted, continuing to grin at the camera as it focused on him. "I welcome you back to our newest season of Total Drama! This time, we've brought back fifteen original contestants, plus a bonus of five newbies, to compete against one another around the world!"
"Our twenty contestants will spend the next following weeks in our jet; putting up with Chef's near-inedible food, grueling challenges, and, most important to us, each other!" Chris continued, with Chef flashing him an indignant look at the mention of his terrible cooking.
Before either of them could say anything more, a loud HONK! drew their attention over towards a rundown bus pulling to a stop nearby them. The sight of it made Chris's grin widen even more as he quickly approached it. "Looks like our lucky contestants have arrived! Time to introduce them!" Chris exclaimed before giving a small chuckle, watching the bus door open. "And first up, Courtney!"
That person did turn out to be a determined looking Courtney, who had her arms crossed as she looked over at Chris. "Guess who's back and ready to win it, McLean?" Courtney asked in a rhetorical manner, slightly smirking at him.
Chris raised an eyebrow at her as he continued to perform his iconic grin. "I'm sure you are, Courtney." Chris nonchalantly responded, shrugging in response. "Will we see you survive though to win said contest, is the question?" Chris then added. His grin then turned smug as he saw Courtney gave a frown.
Courtney quietly huffed before walking over behind Chris to wait. "Oh you'll see alright. I'm a CIT." Courtney muttered under breath, crossing her arms under her chest.
"Next contestant is Lindsay!"
The next person stepped through the bus door, whom did happen to be Lindsay. She was smiling, as clueless as ever, as she waved towards the people present. "Hiiiii everyone!" Lindsay greeted enthusiastically, walking over towards the other three and glancing around. However, she then stopped in her tracks as she cocked her head in confusion. "Is Taylor going to be here as well, Rick?" Lindsay asked, looking back over at Chris.
"You can bet on it, beautiful." Chris replied, winking at her and seemingly unaffected by her mispronouncing his name. This was no surprise to anyone at this point.
Courtney started to eye-roll at said mispronunciation(s), but flinched as Lindsay gave an excited squeal over the news. After a few moments of squealing, an aggravated groan came from the bus and a certain queen bee stepped out, frowning at everyone.
"Will you be quiet, Lindsay?!" Heather growled, to which Lindsay gave a small frown back and stuck her tongue out.
Chris brandished an annoyed frown of his own as he looked at Heather and crossed his arms. "I didn't call your name yet, Heather!" Chris whined.
"Whatever." Heather curtly replied, walking over to take her position behind Chris. Lindsay promptly did the same and Chris, now regaining his grin, refocused his attention on the bus.
"Up next is our bad boy, Dunc-"
Chris was cut off as three figures suddenly shot out from the doorway. One of the figures, Duncan himself, was carrying an annoyed-looking Harold via wedgie while running away from the third figure, an angry LeShawna.
"Wait til I get my hands on your scrawny butt, white boy!" LeShawna yelled at Duncan through gritted teeth, continuing to chase after him and Harold with outreached hands.
Duncan, on the other hand, was cackling as he continued to wedgie-carry Harold. "In your dreams, sweetheart!" Duncan yelled back in response, also continuing to run.
"Will you just put me down already!? Gosh!" Harold interjected, shooting Duncan an annoyed glance.
"Not until I hear Uncle, Doris!"
"Hey!"
"Oh NO! I did not just hear you talk to my man like that-"
"A-hem!" The trio's bickering and running came to a sudden halt as they glanced over at Chris, who had an irritated look on his face. "As much as this is good for ratings, we are on a tight schedule. So zip up and get behind me."
The three, exchanging glances, then gave Chris a compliant nod before Duncan set Harold down on the ground. However, Duncan gave Harold's underwear one more tug before letting it slingshot back into his pants, making him wince in pain.
"Ow! Idiot…" Harold grumbled, giving Duncan a frown and walking towards Chris. Duncan snickered, but promptly stopped as LeShawna passed him and shot a glare. He returned said glare and the trio got behind Chris.
After the three gathered behind him, Chris gave a quiet sigh and his grin returned again as he looked back at the camera.. "There you have it folks. Duncan, Harold, and LeShawna! Up next is-"
"Yo, yo, yo!"
Chris promptly winced, both at being interrupted again and hearing the source of the voice, as Ezekiel stepped through the bus door. He had a bold, if not determined, grin on his face. "The Zeke, this seasoon's winner, is in the hoouse...uh, bus! I mean- runwaaaaay!"
Ezekiel's bragging and grinning then was replaced with a look of confusion as he glanced around. "Where's the plane, eh?" Ezekiel asked.
Before anyone could answer, a hyper-active green and orange blur sped out the door and popped up behind Ezekiel. The home-schooled boy gave a slightly surprised yelp and glanced over at the figure, who turned out to be Izzy. "Take me to our leader, Zekey!" Izzy shouted with a grin before promptly hopping up onto his shoulders. Unfortunately for the both of them, Ezekiel lost his balance and the two went falling to the ground with collective "hmphfs".
"Guess who? It's Izzy!" Chris gestured to the wild girl on top of Zeke, grinning.
Ezekiel, despite the dull pain his felt, managed to lift his head up to look at Chris. "You forgoot someone, eh!" Ezekiel noted, slightly wide eyed.
Chris gave an eye roll at Ezekiel's detail and gestured to him as well. "And Ezekiel." Chris reluctantly sighed, holding back a small frown.
Another person suddenly stepped off the bus, before Chris could continue, and offered their hands to the two fallen contestants. Both Izzy and Ezekiel both grabbed a hand and lifted themselves up, respectively looking at their helper with a grateful grin and a slightly confused look. "Thank you DJ!" Izzy exclaimed, while Ezekiel gave an appreciative nod.
The person, DJ, gave the two a kind smile and nodded back at them. "Don't mention it. I'm just glad to help those who need it." DJ politely responded.
"Like what your momma taught you?" Izzy presumed as she kept grinning at DJ.
"Yep, just like what momma taught me." DJ agreed, chuckling a bit and crossing his arms.
"As you see, DJ is our next contestant!" Chris exclaimed, grinning at the camera and gesturing to DJ. "How's our favorite momma's boy doing?"
"Can't say that I'm doing bad. I'm just eager to make up for my actions last season." DJ simply replied, shrugging and continuing to smile.
"Of course you are, bud." Chris remarked, refraining from glaring at Chef off to the side. "Now, go join the others behind him."
DJ gave him an understanding nod before walking over towards the group to join them. Ezekiel, who had been standing there awkwardly during the exchange, and Izzy closely followed behind him. As the three got settled, DJ and Duncan exchanged glances with one another and promptly fist-bumped each other.
"Hey man, good to see you." Duncan told him, smirking at him.
"Likewise, my dude." DJ agreed, smiling back as he looked back over at the bus.
Momentarily, two more contestants stepped through the bus door and onto the pavement. Well, more like one of them, as the know-it-all stepped onto the pavement and was struggling to pull the other, a lovable oaf, along with him. The former had an annoyed expression on their face, while the latter was close to borderline panic.
"Noah and Owen, ladies and gents!" Chris exclaimed, watching as Noah tried to drag Owen along.
"Oh sugar honey iced tea! I don't wanna go!" Owen cried out whilst he wildly glanced around and shook. "Anywhere but the plane, man! Anywhere but that!"
Noah, finally slowing to a halt and holding onto a still-panicking Owen, shot the host a glare and scowled. "Chris, Owen is afraid of flying and you really expect him to cooperate?" Noah asked in a deadpan tone.
"With due time, but I guess that's too bad for the both of you." Chris answered, grinning at him.
Noah groaned at this and rolled his eyes. "Oh joy. Another several weeks of absolute fun on a plane with my favorite teammates." Noah remarked with sarcasm dripping in his tone, earning him a couple of annoyed glares from the present contestants. He then turned his attention away from Chris and led a reluctant Owen behind him towards the group.
However, the two didn't get far, as Izzy suddenly started to up towards them. "Don't worry Owen-buddy! Give Izzy a big ol' hug!"
Noah's eyes widened, seeing the redhead approach, and he leapt out the way before she and Owen collided with one another in a massive hug. Immediately, the hug helped calm Owen down, though he still looked nervous.
The next person swiftly stepped off the bus and began to immediately walk over towards the group, looking miffed.
"Next, we have our local Goth girl Gwen!" Chris introduced.
"Eat it, McLean." Gwen gruffly replied, shooting him a frustrated glare and passing by him. As she stopped beside everyone else, Duncan took this opportunity to approach her. "How's it going, pasty?" Duncan asked in a flirtatious manner, slyly grinning at her.
Gwen returned the sly grin with an equally sly smirk. "Aside from being forced on for another crap-filled season, not much." Gwen remarked, rolling her eyes before looking back at Duncan. "I should ask the same about you, Mr. Punk."
Before Duncan could answer the question, Courtney suddenly stepped in between the two and glanced between them, an irritated look in her eyes. "Get your goth hooks off of him, Gwenie." Courtney warned with a frown.
Gwen, frowning back at Courtney, then quietly sighed and muttered "Whatever," glancing to the side as she did so. Courtney, satisfied, gave a small huff and glanced over towards the bus. Gwen and Duncan did the same, but not before exchanging small smiles with one another.
The next person silently stepped off the bus with a smile on her face, looking at everyone. Chris gestured towards her and continued to grin at the camera. "Our next contestant, Bridgette!"
"Hey guys! Good to see you all again." Bridgette kindly greeted, giving the present contestants a wave as she kept smiling. Some of the contestants politely returned her wave, including a slightly timid Ezekiel. He had glanced away as Bridgette stepped out and waved back in an awkward manner.
Ezekiel, among the others, then lowered their hands as Bridgette silently walked over towards the group to stand among them, her expression remaining positive. Next, the second-to-last original contestant on the bus stepped through the door and attempted to give everyone a sly smile, though it came out looking more silly instead. "What's up, ladies?" Cody suavely asked, grinning at the others and pointing finger guns at them.
At this, some of the girls giggled in amusement and Chris and a couple of the other girls rolled their eyes. "Give it up for the Codemeister!" Chris introduced, gesturing towards the techno-geek and grinning still.
Cody chuckled and grinned at Chris, walking past him. "Thanks, my man! It's good to be back here!" Cody replied as he took his place amongst the crowd, chipper as ever. However, his eyes momentarily glanced towards a certain goth girl among the contestants, who was quietly chatting with LeShawna and catching up with her.
"WOO! EXTREEEEEEME!"
Tyler's voice suddenly pierced through the air as the jock leapt through the door. However, his landing was less graceful than his introduction, with Tyler tripping and falling onto his front whilst he landed. He quietly groaned in pain and gave everyone a thumbs up, managing a grin to show that he was fine.
"And our last, but not least, original contestant, Tyler!" Chris exclaimed, unfazed by Tyler's interruption.
Tyler, quickly recovering, then leapt back up on his feet and let out a cheer, pumping his fist in the air. "I'm pumped to be back!" Tyler yelled with a grin. He promptly lowered his fist and ran over towards the group, particularly Lindsay.
"Hiya Linds! It's me!" Tyler greeted the blonde, who looked back at him and tilted her head. Momentarily, Lindsay's brows scrunched up before she gave a confounded look.
"Who?" Lindsay asked, sounding confused.
Tyler's face slightly fell, seeing that Lindsay didn't seem to recognize him, and he gently bit his lip. "Lindsay, it's m-me. Tyler, remember?" Tyler responded, his tone growing quieter with worry.
Lindsay's own face scrunched up again as she stared at Tyler. A couple of moments passed before she gave an apologetic look and shook her head. "You don't look like him." Lindsay explained, causing Tyler to lower his head miserably.
Nearby, Noah rolled his eyes at the sad scene as Chris simply smiled at it. "Ahhh, drama. Quite a wonderful thing, if you ask me." Chris remarked with a chuckle, earning him a couple of glares from the contestants. "But anyways, now it's time for introduce our last, spanking new five contestants!"
This remark caused a few of the contestants' brows to raise out of surprise. Chris, however, ignored the looks he was getting and gestured towards the bus. "First up, Alejandro!"
At the introduction, a teen of visible Latino descent stepped through the door with a charming smile on his face. He had a red button-up on, which went over a white shirt underneath. The teen had a pair of blue jeans, fancy leather boots and, to top it all off, a necklace of a cow skull around his neck. "Saludos, mis amigos. It is a pleasure to meet you all." Alejandro greeted, giving everyone a polite bow and smiling up at them.
A majority of the girls in the group, among with Owen, swooned or blushed at the sight of the Latino teen. The boyfriends of some of these girls shot Alejandro looks that ranged from annoyed to jealous.
The only girls who didn't appear to be swayed were Gwen, Courtney, and Heather, the latter of whom frowning at Alejandro and crossing her arms. "Big deal." Heather muttered, rolling her eyes slightly.
Alejandro, ignoring the glares a few of the boys were giving him, stood back up right and walked over to stand with everyone else. He stopped beside an annoyed Heather, who was looking away, and cast his smile onto her. "Why hello there, chica."
Heather's frown deepened as she heard Alejandro and she kept her gaze off of him. "And goodbye." Heather curtly responded.
Alejandro gave a small frown at Heather's reply, but simply shrugged. "If you must insist, then our talk will continue no more." Alejandro casually spoke, turning away from Heather and looking back towards the bus. No one saw the small smirk that had formed at the corners of his mouth.
Chris quietly chuckled before gesturing towards the bus door. "Next up, someone who is a dedicated Total Drama fan and blogger, Sierra!"
Immediately, an ear-piercing squeal of excitement cut through the air as another teen ran through the door and stepped on the pavement. The teen had on a simple yellow t-shirt, bright blue jeans, and a pair of green sneakers. However, the more distinct thing about the teen was her purple hair, which was in a braid that went down to her waist. "OMG, hi everyone! I'm so happy to be here! Eeeee!" Sierra squealed in excitement, making a few of the contestants wince.
Her squealing soon came to a halt as Sierra's eyes laid on a certain contestant among the crowd. An excited grin appeared on Sierra's face and she quickly ran up to Cody, who had been bearing a slightly nervous expression since Sierra stepped off. This did not faze her as she suddenly skidded to a halt in front of him.
"Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson! OMG, it's really you!" Sierra cried out, grinning at him and slightly bouncing on the heels of her feet. "I'm your biggest fan and I've been dying to meet you!"
At this, Cody gave a half-hearted, half-awkward chuckle as he looked up at her. "Yeah, nice to meet you too…" Cody agreed, rubbing his arm a bit nervously.
Sierra opened her mouth to say more, but Chris beat her to punch as he cleared his throat. "And finally, the dynamic sibling trio who came from America to join us, Ryan, Raven, and Seth!"
At the introduction, one of the mentioned teens slowly popped through the door and gave everyone a small smile. He wore a green t-shirt and a pair of blue shorts, on top of a pair of black sneakers. The teen had a shaved head, though fine brown hairs could be seen upon it, and a faint moustache above his lip.
"Hi everyone...my name's Ryan." Ryan kindly greeted, glancing around at everyone. "It's nice to meet you a-"
Another teen, a female this time, jumped through the door and landed beside Ryan with a big grin on her face. She had long, wavy brown hair and wore an outfit that consisted of a red Pokémon shirt and blue skinny jeans. The teen had flip-flops and, interestingly enought, a unicorn-themed fanny pack around her waist.
"Hi guys! I'm Raven!" Raven interrupted inadvertently, grinning at everyone and glancing around.
Before she could also continue or before anyone could reply, the last teen practically flew through the bus door and knocked both him and Ryan onto the ground. The two males quietly groaned with pain, but the one on top lifted his head up and also grinned at everyone, like Raven. He had a bad case of bed head, as his brown hair was frizzly and slightly tangled. He was wearing a slightly messy white t-shirt and a blue pair of loose jeans. Additionally, the teen also had on a pair of brown loafers and glasses.
"Howdy everyone! Seth's the name and don't wear it out!" Seth exclaimed, waving from on top of Ryan and grinning at the surprised-looking crowd. "And I just want to say, if you're watching this right now mom, hello!"
"Seth, can you please get off me?" Ryan asked from below him, his voice slightly muffled and face-first on the ground. Raven chuckled with amusement as Seth quickly got off of him and offered a hand down to him.
Meanwhile, quite a few of the other contestants watched this scene with amusement, with Noah shooting Chris a glance. "What'd you do? Rope the Three Stooges along with us for the ride?" Noah dryly asked, quirking a brow.
Chris chuckled in response to the know-it-all's comment and flashed a grin. "Maybe, maybe not." Chris commented, letting out another chuckle before clearing his throat. "Anyways, you three, behind me as well. I've got a show to host."
Hearing the host's instructions, the sibling trio (all of them now standing properly) gave understanding nods before speed walking over towards the group behind Chris.
"Now that everyone is here, it is time for us to roll out the red carpet for our season's mode of transportation!" Chris continued, grinning at the contestants as he gestured to something off screen. Everyone looked over at what Chris was gesturing at and, at the sight of it, felt their eyes widen at it.
The camera panned over to show a hulking, worn-down jet making its way down the runway behind Chris. The host's face was painted onto the jet's rusted wings and the plane creaked from age and use. Overall, it looked pretty shoddy and about ready to fall apart.
"Presenting the Total Drama JUMBO JET!"
Reasonably enough, the contestants all looked terrified by the sight of the falling-apart plane rolling and stopping nearby. Owen, ever so horrified, let out a nervous fart and a couple of people near him had to step away.
"Chris, this violates so many health and safety regulations!" Courtney suddenly cried out, wide eyed out of fear.
"Yeah, it looks like it's not suitable for flight, judging by the state it is in." Harold spoke up, looking slightly nervous himself.
Ryan added in his own concerns, blanching and ringing his hands slightly. "W-what if it falls apart mid-flight?!"
"Don't care, don't care, and probably not." Chris simply shrugged off, unfazed as he looked back at the nervous contestants. As if to contradict his point, a metal plate attached to the side of the plane fell off and landed on the ground with a CLUNK! A raccoon that was attached to the fallen plate gave a quick glance around before quickly scattering off.
"All aboarrrrrrd!"
"No, no!" Owen started to panic, fear in his eyes as he took a step back and glanced around wildly. "You can't make me go on that t-thing! It looks scary! Unsafe! Unclean!"
Now beginning to look annoyed at Owen's panicking, Chris pulled a frying pan out of nowhere (cause why not) and walked towards Owen offscreen. The following CLANG! that followed made most of the contestants cringe as Owen fell to the ground, a red bump forming on the back of his head.
"Mommy…"
Chris stood behind the fallen Owen with a grin on his face again, still brandishing a grin. "Anyone else have any complaints that they wanna share?" Chris cheerfully asked.
The contestant's complaints fell silent, though a few of them frowned at Chris.
"That wasn't really nice…" Raven quietly muttered, glancing over at Owen and back at the ground. Izzy, who was nearby Raven, heard this and gave her an assuring pat on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Owen's a tougher guy than he looks! He'll be up in no time." Izzy assured with a grin.
Raven glanced back up at Izzy and gave her a small smile, looking relieved. "I'm glad for that...Izzy, is it?" Raven replied with relief, tilting her head curiously.
"Yep! Besides, that's not that most painful thing you can experience!" Izzy remarked, giving a cackle and throwing her arm around Raven.
Despite Izzy's attitude, Raven couldn't help but awkwardly chuckle as she slightly glanced down, continuing to smile at Izzy. She wasn't too sure if she wanted to find out how she knew that, figuring what little she did know about Izzy.
"Anyways, now it's time for us to board the plane!" Chris shouted, gesturing to the plane and grinning at the camera.
(Cafeteria, Total Drama Jumbo Jet)
The scene now switched to the cafeteria inside of the plane, which consisted of multiple tables and benches to sit at. And aside from the line counter to get food from and the door leading to the outside of the plane, there wasn't really much else to behold in the cruddy cafeteria.
The contestants inside were now looking around as Chris, who had guided them into the area, stood in front of them. "Contestants, this is the cafeteria!" Chris explained aloud. "This is where you all will gather before every challenge you'll f-"
Chris was cut off as Ezekiel raised his fists in the air and gave an enthusiastic cheer. "Woohooo! Man, this is awesoome, eh! Everyoone, prepare to loose to the Zeke!" Ezekiel declared, earning him a few irritated glances.
Nearby, Gwen couldn't help but roll her eyes slightly as she stepped up towards Ezekiel. "I don't mean to sound rude, but weren't you the first one eliminated during the first season?" Gwen questioned, raising a brow at Ezekiel.
Ezekiel returned it with a small grin and nodded at her. "I knoow, eh, boot I've made sure that woon't happen ag'een. Now I'm faster, stronger, smarter-"
"Blabbier, chattier, can't-shut-up-ier?" Chris interjected with a scowl, making Ezekiel flinch nervously. "Now will you be quiet?! I'm trying to give a tour here!"
Ezekiel gave a timid nod of compliance and glanced down, feeling embarrassed. Ryan, who was looking at Ezekiel from nearby, walked up towards him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "If I can make a suggestion...maybe I'd try to not be so vocal about your confidence like that." Ryan quietly suggested, watching Ezekiel glance at him as he spoke. "You don't want to give people the wrong idea, do you?"
Ezekiel glanced away, thinking this over for a moment, before looking back at Ryan. "Proobably not, eh...ookay." Ezekiel agreed, nodding at him and managing a small smile. "I appreciate the advice, hoomie."
"It's no prob at all. I just wanted to let you know that, for your sake." Ryan assured, smiling back at him before glancing to see Chris leading the rest of the group away to another area. "Let's go catch up with the others."
Ezekiel, again, nodded in agreement with Ryan and the two dashed to catch up with the others.
(Economy Class, Total Drama Jumbo Jet)
Chris and the contestants were now in the next area of the plane, the accommodations room. A row of benches ran against opposite sides of the long room and, above each bench, were containers for luggage storage.
"This here is the Economy Class, where losers that fail to complete their challenge will go and stay until the next one." Chris continued to explain out loud to the contestants.
Ezekiel started to open his mouth to say something. However, his eyes widened slightly with memorization and he slowly closed his mouth, staying silent.
Heather glanced around the Economy Class area and groaned in disgust at the sight of it, frowning. "I'm not sitting here. How can you even sleep on these things?"
Chris chuckled in response and grinned at Heather. "Watch as Owen demonstrates for you!" Chris replied, gesturing to something offscreen.
Indeed, Owen happened to be sitting on one of the benches while strapped to the wall and out cold. He was drooling and muttering, which sounded a little panicked. Heather scoffed at the sight. "I'm still not going to be sitting here." Heather huffed, crossing her arms.
Heather then flinched slightly as Seth suddenly stepped in front of her with a wide grin. "Then you're going to have to suck it up!" Seth yelled, making Heather's eyes narrow dangerously. Unfazed, Seth's grin then turned mischievous as he added. "And also, that's what she said!"
A couple of the contestants, Gwen especially, snickered at this and Heather growled at Seth. "You better watch yourself, weirdo." Heather warned, glaring down at him.
Ryan and Raven both frowned at Heather and looked ready to step in, but Seth merely stepped back as he kept grinning at her. "I could say the same to you, dingus!" Seth remarked, giving an excited cackle.
"Woo! You go crazy boy!" Izzy cheered, cackling along with Seth.
As some of the contestants continued to chuckle at Heather's expense, Heather's fists clenched tightly and she was hissing through teeth in irritation. She felt someone step beside her and heard them give a quiet sigh. "Such ungentlemanly behavior is such a disappointment, isn't it senorita?" Alejandro remarked, glancing down at her.
Heather, in response, glared up at him and silently shoved him away. She then glanced away again and huffed, frowning to herself.
Chris was frowning at the delay and cleared his throat, regaining everyone's attention. "Anyways, let's keep moving on!" Chris exclaimed, turning towards the next area and leading everyone into it.
(First Class, Total Drama Jumbo Jet)
The group was now inside of the adjacent section of the plane, looking around with wide eyes of amazement. Even Heather, despite being pissed off about earlier. This section of the plane looked way nicer than the previous area, as it looked cleaner overall and had a nice shine to it. There were actual airplane seats to sit in and the area even had a little bar to sit at, which would surely provide some edible food.
"This is the top-notch First Class section of the plane. Here, the winners of each challenge get to stay and ride in style!" Chris continued, grinning and patting the countertop at the bar. "That is, until they get to their next challenge."
Ezekiel was quick to flop himself down on a seat and stretch his limbs, smiling as he did so. "Yo, the Zeke coould get used to this!" Ezekiel remarked, sighing contently and setting his arms on the armrests.
Raven saw Ezekiel sitting on the chair and speed walked her way over towards him. She stopped besides him before collapsing onto the seat next to Ezekiel and promptly grin, feeling how comfortable the seat was. "I know, right?" Raven replied, glancing over at Ezekiel and chuckling heartily. "I could get used to this too."
As the two exchanged a chuckle, Alejandro walked past and looked around to take in all of the detail. He stopped nearby Bridgette and Lindsay and flashed them a charming smile. "Now this is the kind of comfort that a lady deserves to be treated with." Alejandro smoothly remarked, his smile widening a bit.
The two girls giggled at Alejandro and blushed faintly, glancing away from him to keep their blushing down. Nearby, Tyler was watching the scene and sadly frowning at the sight. The way Lindsay was giggling and smiling at Alejandro made his heart ache with a mixture of sadness and jealousy.
Chris suddenly clapped his hands together and chuckled. "Last, but not least, it's time to see our new method of elimination!" Chris told the contestants with a sly grin, which made some of the contestants exchange nervous glances. "Trust me, you all are gonna like it."
Cody gave a nervous chuckle and glanced at the others. "I'm sure it can't be that bad, r-right?"
(Elimination Area, Total Drama Jumbo Jet)
"Me and my fat, sugar-loving mouth…" Cody groaned, wide eyed as he looked out the open door in the Elimination Area. He and the rest of the contestants were in the Elimination Area and looking around the room. In the back, there was a set of bleachers, a straw roof above it, and a couple of tiki heads on each side of the open door.
"Welcome...to the Elimination Area!" Chris exclaimed with a grin, standing in front of everyone. "This is where the losing team will go to eliminate one of their fellow teammates! Whoever is safe will receive a bag of peanuts-"
"I have a peanut allergy, yo!" Ezekiel interrupted, raising a hand as he spoke.
Chris shot Ezekiel an annoyed frown, at his interruption, before looking at everyone else and ignoring Ezekiel. "Whoever does not receive a bag of peanuts will be forced to take the Drop of Shame-"
"I don't think you have to eat your peanuts, Zeke." Ryan quietly interrupted, glancing down at Zeke next to him. "If anything, you might be able to give them away to someone else…"
Suddenly, Chris's hands shot over and grabbed the front of the duo's shirts, causing their eyes to widen with alarm. "Like this!"
Chris roughly tugged the two over and threw them out through the open door. Some of the contestants collectively gasped in shock, wide-eyed.
"RYAN! EZEKIEL!" Raven cried out with worry, covering her mouth and staring at the door. "Why'd you do that Chris?!"
"You stupid pingas! How could you!?" Seth yelled at Chris, glaring at him.
Tyler nodded in agreement with the two, frowning at Chris. "I second that. That was pretty uncalled for, dude."
By this point, Chris had an irritated look on his face and cleared his throat. "The next person to make a complaint will join Ryan and Ezekiel on the Drop of Shame." Chris warned.
The threat made everyone, some reluctantly, clam up. However, that didn't stop Seth from frowning at Chris and Raven from sadly looking at the open door. She didn't notice Izzy popping up next to her, though the comforting pat on the shoulder she gave made Raven feel a bit more relaxed.
(Cafeteria, Total Drama Jumbo Jet)
The remaining contestants were now standing/sitting around the cafeteria and looking at Chris, who was standing in front of them with a grin on his face again.
"And that was the tour of the plane! I did forget to show the cargo hold, but you all will see it when I 'accidentally' lock you all in it." Chris told the contestants, winking at them as he mentioned the locking bit.
Again, the contestants shot Chris nervous glances about what he said. LeShawna promptly rose from her seat and raised her hand. "Excuse me? Is there a ladies' restroom somewhere here that I can use?" LeShawna asked.
Chris then gestured in the direction of the restroom and nodded at her. "The bathroom is over yonder. Make sure to be quick about it!"
LeShawna rolled her eyes at the host and began to walk over towards the bathroom.
Confessional Cam
LeShawna: /LeShawna enters the bathroom and starts to unbuckle her pants. However, the camera catches her eyes and, ceasing her unbuckling, leaned in towards the camera./ "There's a camera!? In the bathroom!?" /She groans in frustration and frowns at the camera./ "Chris, I swear to the Lord!"
Raven: "Well, I wish I could say this was off to a good start, but Chris seems like a big jerk already and he threw two people, including my older brother, off the plane." /She quietly sighs and glances down, looking sad./ "I hope they're alright right now."
"Another thing that I should mention is that, for this season," Chris continued, "you all will be singing everytime you hear this sound!"
Out of nowhere, the contestants heard a sudden ding-ding rang through the air, indicating it was the sound Chris was referring to. Courtney gave a delighted gasp and smiled at hearing what Chris said. "I love musicals! They're always so fun to listen to-"
"No! No way!" Duncan interrupted, glaring at Chris and standing up. Courtney shot Duncan an annoyed glare and crossed her arms. "You mentioned nothing about singing! I refuse to sing!"
"And why not, Duncan?" Chris asked, grinning at him.
Duncan gave a growl and threateningly pointed a finger at Chris. "You wanna KNOW why? Little birdies sing! Girls sing! Duncans do NOT sing!" Duncan yelled at Chris, narrowing his eyes at him.
Unfazed, Chris simply shrugged at him. "Suit yourself. The Drop of Shame is free for those who refuse to sing, especially for Duncans like yourself." Chris replied.
Duncan audibly groaned at this, feeling stuck between a mental rock and a hard place, as Courtney cleared her throat and spoke up. "When we do sing, what are supposed to do to avoid elimination?" Courtney asked, slightly raising a brow.
Chris shrugged his shoulders at Courtney again. "All you have to do is make up the lyrics and melody as you go along."
"And speaking of it…"
The ding ding sound went off again and the contestants glanced between each other. Courtney, quietly, stepped towards and took a deep breath.
Courtney: Up!
Courtney and Izzy: Up!
Courtney, Izzy, and Sierra: Up!
Courtney, Izzy, Lindsay and Sierra: Up!
/Harold and some of the other guys start to stand as they sing./
Harold: Sing!
Cody and Harold: Sing!
Cody, DJ and Harold: Sing!
Cody, DJ, Harold and Tyler: Sing!
Bridgette, Courtney, Heather, Izzy, Leshawna, Lindsay, Sierra: We're flying!
Alejandro, Cody, DJ, Harold, Noah, and Tyler: And singing!
Everyone (except Duncan, Ezekiel, Ryan, Gwen, and Owen): We're flying and we're singing!
/Sierra is seen running down the aisle in First Class with a cart. Cody is sitting on said cart with a nervous expression on his face./
Sierra: Cooooome fly with us!
Cody and Sierra: Cooooome fly with us!
/Izzy pops out of an overhead luggage storage container with an excited grin on her face./
Izzy: We've got a lot 'o crazy tunes to bust! Haha!
/Izzy then cackles and leaps out of the container. Bridgette, nearby, leaps up onto a seat./
Bridgette: Come fly with us!
/Also nearby, Lindsay steps up onto a seat across the aisle./
Bridgette and Lindsay: Come fly with us!
/Alejandro slips in between the two and offers his hands out to them with a polite smile./
Alejandro: It's a pleasure, and an honor, and a must.
/Lindsay and Bridgette both accept Alejandro's hand and step down, giggling and blushing as they did so. Alejandro glances at the camera and gives a smirk. The camera then pans to Duncan, who is sitting with an annoyed look.
Duncan: /annoyed/ Dude, this is messed up. You're singing in a plane.
/Harold is swinging nunchucks around, close to Duncan./
Harold: What did you expect? Chris is freaking insane. Ah!
/Gwen shoves Harold out of the way./
Gwen: Yeah, but, guys, you're singing on TV!
/Courtney slides in on her knees, stopping in front of Gwen and smiling./
Courtney: Haven't you always wanted to? It can't just be meeeeee!
/Courtney dances around as she sings. Raven then pops out from underneath the nearby table, unable to help but grin cheerfully./
Raven: Yeah!
/DJ and LeShawna are jamming it out nearby, dancing to the beat./
DJ: Come fly with us!
DJ and Leshawna: Come fly with us!
/The plane suddenly jolts and Heather, in the cockpit with Chef, grabs onto the chair for support./
Heather: Do you know how to steer this thing!?
Chef Hatchet: I try.
/In the cargo hold, a random bag opens up and, both, Ezekiel and Ryan rise out of it. They're standing back-to-back./
Ezekiel: They thoought they coould leave us and depaaaart-
Ryan: But these stowaways have victory in their heaaaaarts!
/From a window, Noah and Seth watch one of the engines outside explode and go up in smoke. Noah and Seth promptly exchange glances, the former looking nervous and the latter giving a grin./
Noah: Coooome fly with usssss!
Noah and Seth: Coooome die with ussss!
/Owen is standing at the adjacent window, looking terrified out of his mind./
Owen: We're flying?! I hate flying! Stop the plane!
/Owen is promptly hit in the back of head and knocked out with a frying pan, courtesy of Chris. Back in the cafeteria, Gwen and Duncan are sitting besides each other, frowning with their arms crossed. Some of the others pop in beside the two./
Cody, DJ, Heather, Raven, and Sierra: Come fly with us! Come sing with us!
Duncan and Gwen: No!
/Chris steps in from the side with a stack of papers in his hands./
Chris McLean: Anyone care for a copy of the season three rules? Because in order to escape instant elimination-
/Bridgette snatches the papers from Chris and reads off of them./
Bridgette: All contestants must sing in each shoooow!
/Courtney steps in front of Duncan, hands on her hips and a frown on her face./
Courtney: Duncan, do it! Let's go!
/Mirroring Courtney, Cody steps in front of Gwen, thought his expression was more pleading./
Cody: Gwen, sing it! Don't go!
Gwen: Well, I don't wanna go home…
/Gwen suddenly stands up on her feet and takes a deep breath./
Gwen: Cooome fly with usss! Cooome fly with usss! Coooome and flyyyy with ussss!
Courtney: Duncan, come on! Please?
/Duncan gives a defeated sigh and finally steps up, closing his eyes./
Duncan: Thisssss suuuuucccccks!
/As Duncan sings, the camera zooms out to show most of the contestants standing together with their hands out./
Everyone (except Ezekiel, Ryan, and Owen): Yeah!
As everyone posed and the song came to an end, the PA system blared to life. The contestants heard Chef's voice over the system.
"Listen up campers! We're only a few more hours away from Egypt and your first challenge! So you better be ready!
A snort came from over the PA system as Chef started to ramble. "Musicals...sometimes, Chris has the stupidest ideas that I've ever heard. Wait, why is the red light still on?...Oh sh-"
Chef's voice was cut off as the PA finally shut off. Chris, having heard all of this, had an annoyed expression on his face and looked back at the camera. "We'll be right back…"
(The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt)
The scene was now switched the contestants standing outside of the Jumbo Jet in, what appeared to be, the middle of the desert and nearby a makeshift starting line. Not too far off in the distance, the Great Pyramid of Giza could be seen, standing as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
However, it didn't seem like too much of a wonder to the sweaty, weary contestants close by, whom were looking exhausted under the Egyptian sun. Chris, on the other hand, was standing in front of the contestants and sipping from a cool glass of lemonade. The sight tortured the contestants who were watching him and certainly earned a couple of glares.
Chris then stopped sipping from his lemonade to take a moment to speak to the irritated contestants. "Welcome to your first challenge, contestants! For the first part, you all will have to complete the 'Pyramid Over Under' challenge!"
Noah gave an unamused snort and rolled his eyes. "Original much?" Noah mused.
Chris ignored Noah's remark and continued to explain, gesturing to the pyramid behind him. "For this part, you will either have to go over, go through, or go under the pyramid in order to complete the challenge and move onto the next part."
Chris then gestured towards the contestants and flashed them a grin. "At which, the order of the contestants that make it out of the pyramid will determine which team you'll be on."
The contestants collectively nodded in understanding and glanced at each other, some with anticipation and some with fear. Chris took another sip from his lemonade and rose a hand, looking at the contestants. "Your challenge starts...right about…-"
"WAIT!"
The contestants immediately turned their heads towards the source of the voices and felt their eyes widen with shock as they saw Ezekiel and Ryan dash towards the starting line. The two then skidded a halt in front of Chris, with Ryan leaning on his knees and looking more out of breath than Zeke.
"Ryan! Zeke! You both made it?!" Raven shouted with delight, seeing that the two were alright and present.
"Wait, Rianna and Edward? Did you two teleport here?" Lindsay asked with confusion, tilting her head and looking at the two.
Ezekiel, who was panting slightly, put a hand to his chest and looked up at Chris. "We ain't giving up, eh!" Ezekiel declared, while Ryan nodded in agreement.
"Y-yeah...it'll take more...than t-that to rid of us…" Ryan panted out as he propped himself up on his fist, looking up at Chris.
Chris's own expression was one of surprise, but hearing the two speaking to himself snapped him out of it and he gave them an annoyed look. "Didn't we leave you both in Ontario or Whitehorse or somewhere?" Chris questioned, looking back down at them with a frown.
Ezekiel nodded up at Chris with a small frown of his own. "Yeah, eh, but we climbed the landing gear and hid in the cargo hoold!" Ezekiel explained, giving his chest a proud pat.
Ryan raised his hand and took a deep breath. "Well...it was more like he climbed the cargo hold. He helped me get on and climb up the landing gear before the plane took off." Ryan clarified.
This raised a couple of surprised eyebrows among the contestants, though Chris still looked unimpressed. "Impressive...but you both are still out of the game!"
The duo's faces fell at this news and Ryan looked at the ground, crestfallen. However, Ezekiel got onto his knees as he clasped his hands pleadingly. "Aww c'moon, guy! You gootta let us back into the game!" Ezekiel begged, looking up at Chris with widened eyes.
Bridgette, silently, stepped forwards and looked at Chris with a small frown on her face. "It wouldn't hurt to give them another chance, would it?" Bridgette calmly spoke up, crossing her arms.
Hearing Bridgette speak up for Ezekiel, the prairie boy looked back over at Bridgette with a surprised look in his gray eyes. Before he could say anything though, Chris gave an annoyed sigh and shoved Ezekiel onto the ground, landing besides Ryan. "Fine! You two are allowed back into the game!" Chris caved in, frowning down at the two.
Ezekiel and Ryan both glanced at each other, wide eyed, before grinning at the news and exchanging hi-fives. Raven and Seth, who were tensed up, immediately relaxed while Bridgette's frown turned into a small smile.
"Now, go back to the starting line before I change my mind!"
Nodding compliantly, the two contestants hopped back up onto their feet and dashed back over towards the starting line. Once the two took their place behind the line, along with everyone else, Chris gave another grin and raised his hand again.
"On your mark, get set...GO!"
Upon hearing Chris's signal, every single contestant dashed past the running line and rushed over towards the pyramid. Each of the contestants thought to themselves as they ran, deciding which route they should take to complete the challenge.
Contestants: Alejandro, Bridgette, Cody, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, LeShawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Raven, Ryan, Seth, Sierra, Tyler
Eliminated: None
A/N: Twenty. Five. Pages. I was aiming to make the chapter longer than the original, but dear lord. Whether you feel like this is an appropriate length for my first chapter to this story, feel free to tell me or otherwise in a review lol. And some of my longtime followers may have noticed, but the layout of the chapter is pretty similar to the original. And that's because I wanted it to be, essentially, a better version of the original chapter. From there, I'm gonna base the layout of my future chapters on the remake chapter and etc. So I hope you guys didn't mind that too much.
Anyways, since I've already made this chapter long enough, I'll keep my explanation for my return brief. Recently, I've been rereading some fanfics of TD that I read a few years back. And as I reread some of the works of The Kobold Necromancer, Imagi, and StayOuttaMyShed, I thought back to my own fanfics and thought about how I basically abandoned them. It made me feel a little guilty...yet, seeing these great works made me inspired to give my hand at writing once more and improve my writing skills. Not only that, but to try to contribute to the TD fandom once more and write a tolerable fanfic.
So yeah, that's basically why I'm back and ready to finish what I started :)
And last, but not least, I have a new poll on my profile that addresses that issue of having musicals in this remake of TDWT. So if you can, feel free to check it out and select the answer that suits you best. The poll's gonna be up until the 13th and, whichever option gets the majority of votes, I'll go along with the option. Unless there's a tie, which then I'll have a runoff vote for the tying options that'll go for a couple of days.
But other than that, expect the next chapter within the next week or two. I can't promise a consistent writing schedule, considering I have high school stuff in the way, but I shall do my best to make up for it with my improving writing abilities. Feel free to R&R, meanwhile, and I'll see you guys next time! :D
-RFtheGreat