"One camp, 48 angst-filled teenagers, one incredibly charming host, and one million dollars! That's right folks, this year we've really upped the anti, if I do say so myself! And who might I be? I be Chris McLean, the host with the most, the five-time winner of the Favorite Host Award, and hottest_"
"Oh, shut it, Chris!" Chef shouts, throwing a rolling pin at him. Chris dodges and angrily shakes his fist at the frightening cook.
"In a minute!" Chris whines. "The impatient one who threw the rolling pin would be Chef Hatchet. In just a few minutes, we will be reunited with 24 old contestants, and introduced to 24 new ones. And where will they stay, you might ask? Camp Wawanakwa... Two! Yeah, that environmentalist league is still cleaning out the real Wawanakwa, so we rented this one just off of Montreal. It may sound like it would be nice, but trust me, it's not." He says, pausing to laugh maniacally. "After Chef and I got out of jail, we paid a little "visit" to Wawankwa, for old-time's sake. And by that, I mean we smuggled a few out the mutated creatures. We also brought a splash from the past, we brought a few grizzlies, wolves, and yetis! Oh, this is gonna be a GREAT season... And here is our first boat!"
Chris steps aside and Cameron steps off of the boat.
"Cameron! How are you, my nerdy friend?"
"I've been better..." Cameron states miserably.
"Love the enthusiasm!" Chris says as Cameron stalks to the back of the dock. The second boat docks and out walks Lightning, white haired and muscular as ever.
"Sha-Lightning! My man! I see your hair has stayed the same."
"Sha-Zam! I'm back in the game baby! I'm going for a back to back!"
"You do that, brother. You do that."
The next boat to show up was Dawn, and the one after was a now healed Scott.
"Oh right! I nearly forgot about the Confessional! And lucky you, it's in another outhouse!" Chris says laughing
"Yay..." The teens retort sarcastically.
***Confessional***
"Okay, so am I the only one who is sensing a theme in the order in which people are showing up? Cameron and Lightning; enemies. Scott and I; enemies. Chris is up to something. It's written all over his aura." Dawn states suspiciously.
***End***
Another boat pulls up and off steps Gwen.
"Gwen! Looking pale as ever! How's Duncan doing?" He asks slyly raising his eyebrows. Gwen glares.
"Fine."
"Ohhh, so you two still a thing?"
"In a way... We figured that we're better as friends. So we still keep in touch."
"Disappointing. Now scoot." He says shooing her away. She stomps off and slumps next to Cameron.
The next person to come off of a boat is Trent.
***Confessional***
"Oh yeah. Gwen followed by Trent? Chris is planning something." Dawn says confidently.
***End***
"Duncan!" Chris exclaims. "How's my favorite delinquent?"
"Fan-freaking-tastic, McLean!"
"Glad to hear it!"
The next boat comes carrying Courtney. Chris snickers
"Courtney." Chris says, still snickering.
"Chris. What are you laughing at?" She asks putting emphasis on the 'you'. "Oh, I don't even care. Knowing you, it's probably about an injured puppy!"
"And what exactly are you saying?"
"I'm saying that you are sadistic lunatic!"
"Eh, I would argue, but it's true." He says continuing to laugh. Heather steps off of the next boat. "Heather!"
"Chris." She says, then walks away.
"Nice talking to you, too." Chris says glaring after her. The next boat delivers Alejandro. "Well, well, well! Mr. Latin Passion! Looks like you're all patched up!"
"Yes, I am. No thanks to you!" He exclaims through gritted teeth.
"Right... No need to hold a grudge!" Chris says smirking. Alejandro storms off.
***Confessional***
"Duncan and Courtney? Heather and Alejandro? Is this season called Total Drama Romance? No... Cameron and Lightning kind of kill it... And Scott and I are enemies... Oh! It's Total Drama Rivals!" Dawn exclaims happily. Then, Chris bursts in.
"Really? No scream?"
"I sensed your presence. Not even Heather has that much evil in her spirit."
"Hurtful... Not really. Well congratulations, Dawn! You figured out this season's theme! Your price: Keeping your mouth shut or getting kicked off before it even begins!" Chris threatens.
"You have my silence..."
"Good Nature Freak."
***End***
The returning contestants came in the order: Eva followed by Bridgette. Geoff followed by Blaineley. Noah followed by Izzy. Zoey followed by Anne Maria. Brick followed by Jo. Sierra followed by Cody. Lindsay followed by Dakota.
The next people to arrive were rookies. The first one was a preppy looking guy. He had blonde hair and a checkered button-up.
"Leo! How are you?"
"Fine, thank you! Oh, is this where we're staying? It looks lovely!"
"Trust me. It's not."
"No matter, I look forward to this experience!"
"Right on!" Chris says after him. "Polite. Too polite... Either he is secretly evil, or he is going to get squashed like a bug. Hopefully both of them!" He says ending with an evil laugh.
The next boat let off a girl who looked like an absolute wreck. Mismatched patterns, clashing colors, messy light brown hair full of scattered high-lights.
"Mary. Hi." Chris says, stunned by her dysfunctional state.
"We're staying here? Gross." She walks off.
"Is it just me, or is this girl in serious need of a beauty team? And a better fashion sense?" Chris asks in disgust.
Next comes a immensely small girl carrying a book. She had blonde braids and a plaid shirt.
"Abigail! What's up?"
"Hello, Chris. Did you mean that question in a literal way, or as a conversation starter?"
"Yeah... Bye, Abigail."
Next comes a plain looking girl. She had brown hair and was wearing a light blue sweater. She didn't look nerdy, just intelligent.
"You must be Leah."
"Hello, Chris. I hope to have a nice time."
"Yeah, that's unlikely... But it's nice to hope."
Next comes a gorgeous girl we a boogie board. She had a bikini top under her shirt. She had dark brown curls.
"Marissa! How goes it?"
"Pretty great, Chris! This is gonna be wild!"
"It certainly it! But not in the way you think..."
The next one was a blonde dude with a serious sun burn. He was only wearing swim trunks, but it didn't matter much because he was pretty well built.
"Chad! What's happening, dude?"
"Nothing much, brother! This is a rad beach!"
"Yeah! For now... It'll be nice to have a Life Guard though! We all know we're going to need one..."
The next person was a really buff guy wearing a Varsity jacket. He had caramel hair and a confident smirk.
"Kevin! The quarterback!"
"That's right! I'm in da house! And I'm in it to win it!"
A small geek followed after him. He had glasses and a bow tie.
"Jonathan, hello..."
"Hello. Will there be any computers?"
"Nah, we have a strict no-connection-to-the-outside-world policy." He sighs and walks away.
The next person to step out was a rocker for sure. He wore a muscle tee, jeans, and carried an electric guitar. He had semi-shaggy brown hair and a beanie.
"Nico! What's up, bro?"
"Psyched to be here, man!"
"You realize that electric guitars require amps, right...?"
"Yep, I've got a mini one in my bag!"
"Well rock on, brother!" Nico holds up the rock sign and strides off to the others.
The next boat comes carrying another newbie, and guess what, another rock star. It was a girl with long cherry red hair. She wore a band tee and skinny jeans. She was carrying a bass guitar, and had a nose piercing.
"Kit!"
"Kat. My name is Kat." She states glaring at him.
"Right... Well how goes it?"
"Wonderfully." She says rolling her eyes and stalking off.
"Geez, testy much?" Chris taunts.
Next walks a guy wearing gold chains on his neck and a jumpsuit. He wasn't a rapper, or even the slightest bit cool. Just trying to be...
"Calvin! Nice... Outfit." Chris says laughing at how big it is on him. "I'm sorry, this is even worse than Harold!"
"Hurtful..." Calvin says walking away.
Next comes a guy who is wearing nearly the same thing, but actually looks good. He had dark hair and skin, and a confident stride.
"Jackson! Hey, bro!"
"What's up, McLean!" They high five and he walks away.
Next walks out a gorgeous guy carrying a baseball. He had a bright smile and some of the girls swooned when he flipped his hair golden brown hair.
"Jacob, brother! What goes on?"
"Hey, Chris! Great to be here!" He walks off.
"I'm sensing a lady's man in that one." A girl carrying a soccer ball comes next. She had brown hair and slightly tan skin. She was wearing a soccer jersey.
"Alison! Oh! Toss me that! I've been practicing!" Chris says cockily. Alison tosses it to him and he catches it. Duncan starts laughing.
"Yeah, sure McLean! Did you also develop a sense of humanity?" He continues laughing.
"I didn't tell you what I've been practicing." Chris says smirking. He spins and hurls the ball at Duncan. It hits him in a certain area...
"Ugh! Shove it, McLean!" Duncan squeaks out before collapsing. Chris burst out laughing.
"Right... Well nice talking to you..." Alison says walking to retrieve her ball.
The next contestant to show up was a skateboarder named Victor, Vic for short. He had brown skateboarder style and a striped hoodie. After him came a girl wearing a bicycle helmet, Ellie. She had blonde hair and a red cycling vest. Next was a girl with ginger red hair wearing a cheerleading uniform, Jennie. After her was a blonde cheerleader wearing a different uniform, she was Rachel. After them came two girly girls one had both dark brown hair, Jessica and Molly. After them came a guy named Darrin. He had black skater hair, and wore mostly black. Next came a snobby prep dude named Peter. Finally, there was a girl wearing roller blades named Valerie. After her came a nerdy white blonde boy named Alex.
"Alrighty, then! Well that's everyone! All 48 of you, well, 24..." Chris says with a slight grin.
"24? Having trouble with numbers, are we?" Courtney says snidely.
"Oh, I'll get to that in a minute." Chris says, expanding his grin. "For now, just look around. All of you, including the newbies will probably see that one person whose eyes you want to claw out." Lindsay raises her hand. "Yes, Lindsay? What don't you understand this time?"
"I don't have a problem with any of you!"
"Right, well you were a fan favorite, so we picked someone who you're bound to not get along with for you! You're welcome!"
"Umm, picked someone for what?" Heather interjects.
"You lucky little ducklings are going to play in partners! And who might your partners be? The one whose eyes you want to claw out! That's right! Welcome to Total... Drama... Rivals!" Chris grins from ear to ear. Every single competitor groans, causing Chris to be even more pleased with himself. "Well, since some of you people might still be confused, Lindsay, I will just go ahead and announce the teams. Cameron and Lightning. Scott and Dawn. Gwen and Trent. Duncan and Courtney. Heather and Alejandro. Eva and Bridgette. Geoff and Blaineley. Noah and Izzy. Zoey and Anne Maria. Brick and Jo. Cody and Sierra. Dakota and Lindsay. Got it?" All of the returning people nod.
"Good. Now for the rookies. Leo and Mary. Abigail and Leah. Marissa and Chad. Kevin and Jonathan. Nico and Kat. Calvin and Jackson. Jacob and Alison. Vic and Ellie. Jennie and Rachel. Jessica and Molly. Darrin and Peter. Valerie and Alex. So from this point on, you and your partner will be competing as one! You will be put on teams, too. Meet in the main lodge after you and your partner get situated. Okay, well have fun!"
***Confessionals***
Courtney: Duncan?! Seriously?!"
Duncan: Little Miss Overdramatic? Seriously?
Gwen: Trent and I aren't even enemies!
Sierra: Yes! The entire summer... With Cody! Thank you so much...
Cody: Sierra isn't my enemy, but after having to spend the entire summer "as one" she will be...
Noah: Spending the summer with Izzy? Oh, woohoo! An entire summer of getting trampled and talked at. Hopefully I don't catch her crazy...
***End***
"What will become of the dysfunctional pairs? Will they die of annoyance, or some other painful death? Find out next time on Total Drama Rivals!"