This will take place about three years after TDAS. This will focus on Gwen, the mistakes she made during her time on Total Drama and her getting it off her chest once and for all. This will be about two or three chapters long. I hope you all will enjoy the fic.
It was on a warm yet windy June evening, inside a large apartment building lived a young woman who was near the age of 21-22. She had raven black hair with teal blue streaks near the front of her hair. She wore a dark blue short sleeve shirt, a black open sweater, black jeans pants and had sandals on her feet. It was none other than former Total Drama competitor, Gwendolyn Woodlock. She competed in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th season of the famous reality tv series known as Total Drama. She was the runner up in Total Drama Island, made it to 12th place in Total Drama Action, 9th place in Total Drama World Tour and in her final season, in Total Drama All Stars, she made it to the final four and on 4th place. Gwen looked somewhat calmed as she was working on her latest sketch for one of her commissioners.
Ever since Total Drama All Stars, Gwen finished her studies in college and is now an artist, taking commissions from different museums owners and different artists near Canada. She gets paid nicely for each commission she works on but used her money for some charities she believed in while she was in a young teen. "Almost done... and there." Gwen soon finished her latest sketch and looked at it. "Okay then, seems alright so far. I bet Mr. Northwell is going to love this one." Gwen soon placed down her black ink pen and placed her sketch commission into her folder. "Tomorrow I'm going to show him what I have so far and tell me if there anything else I need to add to it." Gwen soon placed away her folder until she noticed an old photo from her teen life. "Hmm?" Gwen moved a few stuffs to the side and grabbed the photo that was inside her desk drawer. Gwen took only one look and it made her soul drop down like an anchor being stop into the seas to stop a ship from moving on. The photo was of herself, when she was participating in Total Drama Island, it was the same photo that Chris McLean first took when all 22 campers arrived to Camp Wawanakwa. "Hardly believed that it's been nearly three years since All Stars ended." Even though the photo was of her first time arriving to Total Drama, the Gothic Loner felt horrible during her time in All Stars. Gwen soon sat back down, leaning her chair back while she looked at her apartment ceiling and moaned with such sorrow in her tone.
"After all these years, was it really worth it going ton that island and even participating in that dumb competitions all for some stupid grand prize money that I didn't even won!" Gwen didn't care about the money or the fact that she even lost all the seasons she was in. The Loner Goth was more focused on the things she did during her time on Total Drama and remembering all of the mistakes that she made while she was still in the show. She remembered how her friendship with Bridgette and Geoff was destroyed after World Tour, she remembered how her friendship with Courtney was also destroyed after what Gwen did during World Tour but also what Courtney did during the final five of Total Drama All Stars. Gwen slowly started shedding tears after remembering what happened between herself and Courtney, but eyes kept going with her tears of sorrows as she soon remembered how her relations with Trent and Duncan all ended very badly and it caused herself the game during Action and All Stars. "Was it all... even fucking worth it?" Gwen soon cried onto her hands as her head felt onto her desk, bawling out in sorrow and pain after recalling all of her mistakes that she made during her time in Total Drama, feeling like she done nothing made it worse for those who were around the Loner Goth.
The next day, Gwen called Trent ask him to come over for a small chat. In which, her former ex now friend agreed and arrived to her apartment in only about an hour. Trent sat down on Gwen's living room couch as she gave him a cup of tea as she serves herself a cup of her own. "Trent, I really appreciate you coming over. I really need to talk to someone about this... problem I'm having." The Guitarist nodded back and said in a relaxing tone to his ex-girlfriend now friend. 'It's not a problem at all, Gwen. I always here if you need someone to chat to. So, what's been bugging you?' Trent sip on his tea while Gwen stared down at hers and soon sighed, looking like her usual sad self from her past. "Trent... it's about what happened to me during Total Drama." Trent stopped his tea drinking, looked at Gwen with a very concerned look as he placed it down and looked at her while she continued on, "Trent, I'm upset... not at everyone but I'm upset about what I did during those stupid seasons! I feel heart broken and betrayed that my attempts to try to apologize to Courtney for what I did during World Tour was a total waste of my own time and energy and it was all for nothing!" Gwen's eyes slowly teared up as she kept going,
"Trent, everything that I did during all those seasons, they were all mistakes that I shouldn't have done. But it's too late now, what's done is done..." Gwen looked down and was tearing up even more, this soon made Trent look and feel upset for his former girlfriend but he soon sighed and asked her a question he didn't want to ask but his gut was telling him 'It need to be known.' Trent soon looked at her and soon said in a calm yet worried tone. 'W-What about your breakout with Duncan?' Gwen looked at Trent with a questionable look as he spoke again, sounding more worried than before but tried to hide it in. 'Your breakup with Duncan? How did you feel after you broke up with him?' Gwen sighed once again but it was more depressing, but she soon replied back, "All honesty, I feel all mixed up about breaking up with him, but during All Stars, I felt different when I broke up with him. I felt more... free for some reason and like... I felt like I finally unchained these heavy shackles that were chained around my arms and legs. But again, during that time, I also felt upset. Because deep down, there was this small part of me that missed the friendship he and I had during Action and Island. Maybe... that part also missed being around him... I guess." Gwen looked up at Trent and soon said to him, "Trent, I know you hate Duncan because you believed he's the reason why we broke up in Action but..."
That's when Trent widen his eyes and quickly said, "No! No, Gwen, I don't blame him at all!" Gwen looked confused and very mostly surprised after what Trent. Trent calmed himself down and continued on, "Gwen, No. I don't blame him for our breakup in Action, he had no part of it. It was all my own fault that we broke up in Action. I was just... so jealous and confused, I thought he was taking you away from me... but, it's wasn't true. My jealousy caused our breakup... Duncan did nothing wrong that caused this in the first place." But Gwen then said, 'But... I know you don't like him at all.' Trent ruffled his hair and replied back, "Yes, that's true. But... I know deep down inside he did care about some of the others, but I knew very much that he cared about you and did nothing to hurt you during Action. He was your close friend during that time..." But Trent then sighed deeply as he kept going and told Gwen more, "But... the main reason why I don't like the guy isn't because he caused our breakup since wasn't true. I hate him... because he didn't care at all about what he did. He had no care for the actions that he did caused and effect people in so many bad ways... especially us during Total Drama." Gwen sighed again, looking more upset and more sadden as she sadly agreed with the guitarist as she nodded slowly.
"It's true... what Duncan did effect so many of us in horrible ways. But his actions affected me the most, I still feel horrible guilty about all the mistakes that I made during my time in Total Drama. I feel horrible about ending our relationship, I still regret kissing Duncan behind Courtney's back during World Tour just when she and I started becoming such good friends." Gwen sighed again while she pulled her hair a bit and soon admit to Trent, "Being honest, I did gain a small crush for Duncan after Total Drama Action ended. We just had so much in common... but I shouldn't have kissed Duncan behind Courtney like that. I shouldn't have done anything that I did that caused so much problems so everyone. Every single thing that I do is a horrible mistake, no matter that I do, I'll always make mistakes and ruin everything for everyone and it will always make me feel like I'm the horrible person alive!" Gwen soon started crying onto her hands, refusing to look up or stop crying while Trent looked on with a crush look on his face. Seeing the one person he once loved all those years ago was making him sadden and destroyed that he too started to tear up a bit. Trent only did was stand up, walk up close to Gwen, sat down next to her and soon pulled her in and held her into a comforting hug. Gwen didn't hug him back but pressed her head on his chest while she still whimpered deeply and cried even more. 'Gwen, I know you still feel horrible about these mistakes but... you're not the only one who made stupid mistakes that caused some trouble for others during Total Drama.' Gwen only said, "Yeah, like who?"
"Well, for starters, what about Harold. He sabotaged the voting during season 1 and got Courtney booted off all to get payback on Duncan for every single prank he did to me in the island. He then got beaten up by Courtney at the resort then he got harassed and picked on by Duncan even more during Season 2. The there's me and Geoff, my feelings for you let me cause my own team some challenges and let your team won which then caused my own elimination and also... my jealousy caused us to break up. Plus, my own mistake, made you get yourself eliminated." Gwen soon said, 'I voted myself off because of it, you don't need to blame yourself because of it.' Trent made a small smile but continued on, "Then there's Geoff, his frame about hosting the aftermath show caused him to go crazy and almost made him become the new Chris McLean plus he showed a lot of our private stuff during that show. It even made him lose Bridgette after she dumped him because of it, but then... they all made him have a taste of his own medicine and it made it change back to his old self." Gwen soon sat back up but stay near Trent as he continued on
"Then there's Bridgette and her mistake during World Tour. Alejandro's affection and charm caused her to have an attraction for that devilish eel that she got tongue stuck on a pole, made her team lose and got herself eliminated... and what's worse, everyone and especially Geoff, saw the whole thing and it got Geoff to feel so much pain that he didn't want to even look at her." Gwen sighed a bit, she felt sorry for Bridgette, even she couldn't resist Alejandro's charm. But then... there-" Gwen stopped Trent as she said in a sadden yet enraged tone.
"Courtney and All Stars... that was the absolute worst mistake she ever made in her life. She and I finally became friends after the Boxing challenge... but then during the final five, she made that stupid chart. She wanted me gone 2nd last, she wanted Zoey gone very badly. But... Mal exposed her chart. Honestly, he only did it for himself but... what she did, wanting me gone 2nd last, it made my attempts of us being friends a total waste of my time and energy. After what happened... I careless of what she is up to now. But... deep down I still wished she never made that chart in the first place, because... I wished we were still friends back then." Gwen wiped her tears away and kept going, "Her mistake affected me badly... because of what happened, I don't think there is any hope she and I would be friends again." Trent soon enough spoke again after she was done and said, 'Gwen, that may be true. But all your mistakes made you become who you are right now. Think, when we first met on Season 1, you didn't care about making friends and wanted to leave the show already and throughout that season, you met some pretty cool people. Like me, Cody, Lindsay, Beth, Bridgette, Geoff, DJ, Leshawna, and even Duncan. Gwen, ever since Season 1, you became more open and caring to many of us. You became a more caring person that you form a friendship with Mike, Zoey and Cameron during and after All Stars, your old self wouldn't be friends with them, right?' Gwen nodded slowly and soon said
"Yeah... you're right. My old self wouldn't be friends with them. But... I did become their friends. I guess you're right, the mistakes I made helped me understood the errors I did and... well, it helped me grow to becoming who I am now. The friends I still have... they still support me after what happened after Total Drama. Thanks a lot, Trent." Gwen soon hugged Trent tightly while he looks surprised by her hug but soon hugged her back while he slowly strokes her hair. 'No problem, I'll always here to help if you need any, Gwen.' The two both smiled at one another until Gwen looked down and soon said, "Tomorrow, I need to make a call to someone... she and I need to do something about this." Trent knew who she was talking about and nodded. 'Good to know... I should be heading off now.' Trent stood up and walked to her door until he looked at her one final time and said, 'I hope things for you get better pretty soon Gwen Woodlock.' Gwen smiled softly and said, "I know they will... thanks again, Trent Franklin." Trent smiled back once more as he exits out the door and headed back home while Gwen looked at her house phone soon slowly picked it up. "I hope she answers..." Gwen soon dialed in a number and waited for the person she calling to pick up. It only lasted a few seconds but to Gwen, it felt like more than eternity as she soon heard a voice.
"Hello?" Gwen sighed a bit and said, 'Hey there, Courtney. Is it alright if you and I... had a talk tomorrow?'
Hello, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I had this story in my head for a while and found floresfire on DeviantArt and commissioned him to bring this story to life. Originally this was going to take place a few months after All Stars but florefire changed the time line to a few years after All Stars. The next chapter should be out hopefully soon.