A video camera was recording a keyboard when a boy's face suddenly appeared in front of the camera. He mused whether the camera was in focus. After the inspection, he quickly got behind the keyboard and began to play, but he stopped when there was a knock on his bedroom door.

"Hey, Cody," said the voice on the other side of the door, "hurry up and come down for lunch!"

The boy behind the keyboard, Cody, responded with a groan, "Not now Caelan! I'm busy!"

"Busy with what?" Caelan replied, "And why is your door locked?"

The camera was still recording when there was a bang at the door and the sound of wood shattering. Cody looked in horror as another boy walked into his room. The new boy, Caelan, had long, messy brown hair and a curious look on his face as he stared at the camera.

"What are you up to now, little brother?" Caelan asked.

Cody sighed in annoyance, "If I tell you, will you leave me alone?"

"Probably not." Caelan responded as he fiddled with the keyboard.

Cody tried shoving his older brother aside, but he was unable to move him an inch. As Cody continued his endeavor, he said, "I'm recording my audition for Total Drama Island."

"You were serious about that?" Caelan said, surprised.

"Yes!" Cody said. He gave up trying to push Caelan and simply gestured to the door, "Now please leave! You're bringing down my coolness."

Caelan chuckled slightly, "Trust me, Cody, there are a lot of factors that bring down your coolness, but I'm not one of them."

"Whatever! Just get out!" Cody said as his face began to look like a tomato.

Caelan looked at Cody for a couple of seconds and smiled, "Alright, tell you what. If you can punch me in the face, then I will leave you alone."

As soon as the words left Caelan's mouth, Cody instantly launched a punch at his brother's face. Caelan, however, quickly grabbed Cody's fist and sent it right back to his face. Cody groaned in pain for a second before doing an uppercut, but Caelan's kick was quicker and Cody was sent flying to the wall. There was a pause before Cody leapt into the air and toward his brother, but Caelan grabbed his brother's arms and slammed him into the ground.

"Don't you now regret not joining me for my morning workouts?" Caelan said as he saw Cody sprawled on the floor.

"I'm…not finished…yet." Cody groaned.

As Cody struggled to get up, Caelan smiled, "When is the last day to turn in the audition tape?"

"The cutoff date is in two weeks." Cody said, still trying to catch his breath.

"Then that gives us enough time to train you so you won't be such a push over at Total Drama Island." Caelan grinned at Cody's surprised look, "Now come on, we need to get some meat on those scrawny things you call arms."

Caelan grabbed his brother's feet and began to drag him out of the room. The camera was still recording until Caelan walked back into the room and turned it off.

2 weeks later

It was early in the morning when Cody stepped into his room. He had just gotten back from sending his audition tape and he was in bliss as he plopped back onto his bed. His peace, however, ended when his door slammed open and Caelan barged in.

"Good morning, little brother!" Caelan said loudly, "I've got a surprise for you."

Cody responded with a grunt. He then turned to face his brother and saw that he was holding a video tape.

Caelan grinned and said, "I spent all last night editing the crap out of your audition tape. Not to toot my own horn, but I would be shocked if you don't get chosen."

Cody didn't respond at all. He simply looked at the tape Caelan was holding in horror. Cody knew that he only recorded his audition twice. If Caelan was holding the rehearsed audition tape, then that meant Cody sent the first audition tape. The one with Caelan.

One week later, at a Canadian recording studio

Chris McLean was laughing heartily at an audition tape for Total Drama Island.

"Man, I hope they had plenty of aloe for that guy." He said as he wiped a tear from his eye. He took the tape from the VCR and tossed it to the 'Rejected' pile. He picked up another tape from bulging bag labeled 'Fresh Meat'. The tape was labeled 'Cody's Audition'. Chris popped the tape in and watched.

One month later…

Caelan was leaning on the rails of a ship as it sailed to where Total Drama Island would be filmed. He couldn't believe that someone actually like Cody's botched audition tape and that instead of Cody; they picked him to be a contestant. Caelan originally thought of declining the offer, but he couldn't after seeing how much the reward money was. So, even though his brother now hated him, Caelan decided to accept the offer and be a contestant. After looking out onto the ocean for half an hour, pondering what he would do with the reward money, Caelan got up from the rails, made sure his satchel and duffle bag were safely secured on his person, and decided to look for the other 21 contestants. Since he was here, Caelan decided he might as well make some friends.

Caelan walked for a couple of minutes before he met on of the contestants. She had her hair in a ponytail and wore glasses. Caelan walked up to her,

"What's up? My name's Caelan." He said.

The girl turned to him and smiled, revealing a set of braces.

"Hi!" She said vigorously, "My name is Beth. It's nice to meet you."

As she spoke, spit sprayed from her mouth and some got into Caelan's eye.

"Ah!" Caelan cried in surprise, "Say it, don't spray it."

Beth looked mortified, "I'm sorry."

Caelan rubbed his eyes and saw that Beth looked genuinely concerned. Caelan then chuckled "Nah, don't apologize. What's a little spit between friends, right?"

Beth looked relieved, "Yeah, friends."

"Sweet." Caelan said, "Well, I'm gonna explore the ship a bit more. I'll be seeing you, Beth."

"See ya later." Beth said as she waved goodbye to Caelan.

'Nice girl.' Caelan thought as he looked for other contestants, 'I hope her friendliness doesn't bite her in the ass later.'

Caelan walked around a corner when he walked into something big that managed to knock him down. He looked and saw a guy with wearing a green shirt that barely hid his bulging muscles. The stranger saw Caelan and lent a helping hand.

"My bad, bro." The stranger said, "I shouldn't be standing in the middle of the hallway like that. The name's DJ."

Caelan smiled and took the hand, "It's all good. My name's Caelan."

"Nice to meet you." DJ said as he lifted Caelan effortlessly and then gave him a bone-crushing hug.

"Too much!" Caelan yelled as he felt his back begin to break.

"Sorry, Caelan." DJ said as he set down the brown-haired boy, "Anyways, I better get moving before I accidently knock someone else off their feet. I'll be seeing you."

With a slap to the back, DJ left Caelan, who was still nursing his back.

'Maybe these people are a little too nice.' Caelan thought.

Caelan quickly walked away in case DJ came back to bruise some more bones. As he exited the hallway, he found himself back out onto the railings overlooking the sea. He also saw a girl, who was clearly Goth, leaning on the railing. Caelan leaned on the railing next to her and held out a hand,

"Hi, the name's Caelan."

The Goth girl looked at him for a second and said, "Gwen."

Caelan held his hand out for a while longer before realizing Gwen wasn't taking it. He retracted his hand and said, ""So, how are you?"

Gwen gave Caelan a raised eyebrow, but said nothing. Caelan became increasingly awkward as the seconds rolled by.

"So, this was fun." Caelan said as got off the railings, "I guess I'll be seeing you later." He stuck out his hand again.

"I guess so." Gwen said monotonously. She still didn't take the hand.

Caelan sighed, "Freakin' Libra."

Gwen turned to Caelan, "What?"

"Libra." Caelan repeated. "I just assumed your sign was Libra because you don't really convey emotions."

"Are you into astrology?" Gwen said curiously.

"Not really." Caelan admitted, "Just the horoscopes."

"Oh." Gwen said, clearly disappointed.

"Hey, if you're so interested in astrology, maybe you can teach an ignoramus like me?" Caelan said.

Gwen smiled briefly and said, "Maybe some other time."

Caelan smiled, "I'll hold you to it. Laters." He waved Gwen goodbye, and Gwen actually waved goodbye back.

'That started out rocky, but it ended nicely.' Caelan thought as he walked away. As he looked for more people, there was a large gust of wind. With the wind came a large hat flying over him. When he grabbed the hat out of the air, he heard rushing footsteps behind him. Caelan turned and saw a blonde guy with an open pink shirt rushing toward him.

"Dude thanks!" the blonde guy said as he saw Caelan holding the hat, "You totally save my hat, bro."

"No problem." Caelan said as he gave him his hat back, "The name's Caelan."

"Sup, Caelan. I'm Geoff." The blonde guy said as he took Caelan's hand and shook it, "Hey, when we get to the resort, I'm so treating you to whatever you want, man."

"That sounds awesome!" Caelan said.

"Sweet." Geoff said, giving Caelan a fist bump on his shoulder, "Be seeing you, bro." And Geoff placed his hat back on his head before rushing off to wherever he was going.

'What a nice guy.' Caelan thought with a smile.

Caelan continued his search for more people. He rounded another corner and, once again, bumped into someone. This time, however, the person he bumped into was the one knocked down.

"I'm really sorry." Caelan said quickly as he helped the person, who was a blonde girl with a blue bandana, up.

"That's okay." The girl said, "I was thinking too much, so I couldn't tell where I was going. Oh, I'm Lindsay."

"I'm Caelan." Once the girl was standing up, Caelan couldn't help but gawk at her body. She was way too skinny. He was amazed that her miniscule waist was able to support her large breast. As he continued to observe her body, Lindsay giggled and began to turn a bit, as though modeling her body. Caelan decided to finally speak, but there was only one thing he could think to say,

"You need to eat a burger." Caelan said bluntly.

Lindsay giggle, "You're so silly, Kyle-"

"It's Caelan."

"Don't you read any dieting magazines?" Lindsay continued as though she didn't hear Caelan, "They say that all you need is to drink water and eat an orange daily to maintain a healthy figure." She then modeled her body again as though to prove her point.

"Oh honey." Caelan said sympathetically. He reached into his satchel, pulled out a sandwich, and handed it to Lindsay.

She eyed it suspiciously, "Does this have carbs? I'm on a 'no carb' diet."

"This is a special kind of sandwich." Caelan assured, "This has absolutely no carbs, and it gives you a lot of energy. Try a bite."

"Okay." Lindsay said. She took the sandwich, bit into it, and her face lit up, "OMG! This is really good. Thanks, Kevin."

"It's Caelan." Caelan corrected.

"That sounds hard to remember." Lindsay said, "Can't I just call you K?"

"But there's no…You know what, sure. K's fine."

"Yay! Thanks K."

Lindsay continued to eat the sandwich. Caelan smiled at Lindsay, quickly patted her on the head, and walked away.

'Oh honey.' Caelan thought. He wondered whether Lindsay would be able to last long in the competition.

Caelan's journey continued and he met a new face. It was another girl and she had long black hair.

"Hey, I'm Caelan." He said as he extended his hand.

As the girl turned to face him, Caelan got a glimpse of her eyes and he suddenly felt a chill go down his spine. The girl saw the hand and shook it briefly.

"Heather." The girl said.

"So, Heather, how are you doing?" Caelan asked.

Heather eyed Caelan for a while, like a judge at a dog show. After a while, Heather simply shook her head and left.

'That was…weird…' Caelan thought. He decided not to think about it, so he walked away.

Caelan walked for a while until he met another contestant. The new guy was wearing a red track suit and was stretching his legs.

"Ready for the marathon?" Caelan asked.

"Always." The guy said enthusiastically, "I'm gonna run a lap around the ship and see if I can beat my time." He then looked at Caelan, "Hey wanna race me? Excising is boring by yourself."

"Sure. By the way, I'm Caelan."

"I'm Tyler." He said as he got into position. Caelan adjusted his luggage and also got into position.

"Go!" Tyler yelled and the two were off. Caelan was off like a rocket, giving everything he had. Tyler was doing a good job keeping up until he tripped on his own shoelaces. Caelan wanted to help him up, but his competitive side was in control, so he continued on.

He was halfway around the ship when someone ran past him. He thought it was Tyler, but it was actually a girl in a tight blue track suit. Caelan now raced against the girl, but it was obvious he was no match. He began to slow to a halt, and when the girl saw him slow down, so did she. As Caelan tried to catch his breath, the girl past him a water bottle.

"Thank…you." Caelan panted as he took a swig of water. Once he finished, he past the water back to the girl and held out a hand, "I'm Caelan."

The girl took his hand and crushed it with her grip, "I'm Eva." She said in a gruff voice.

When she let go, Caelan massaged his hand and said, "Well, Eva, looks like you beat me this time. How about we race again?"

Eva glared at Caelan, "If we race now, I'd easily beat you. Come and see me when you're rested, and then you can have your rematch."

"Deal." Caelan said with a nod. Eva nodded as well and left. Caelan stood in his spot and rested. While he was resting, he heard someone behind him.

"Excuse me." They said.

Caelan turned around and saw a girl with brown hair and freckles.

"Hi, I'm Courtney. Nice to meet you." She said as she extended her hand.

"Hi Courtney, I'm Caelan." He said as he took her hand, "What brings you around here?"

"Well, I'm trying to find the other contestants to introduce myself, but you're the first one I've seen."

"Really?" Caelan said, "I've been seeing the others everywhere."

"So you already had the first impressions?" Courtney said, "Impressive. Looks like you're my campaign rival." She gave Caelan a competitive smile before going on her way.

'That girl probably eats, drinks, and sleeps politics.' Caelan thought.

Before Caelan could leave, he was smack by something long that knocked him to the ground. He looked up to see what hit him and he was surprised by what he saw; a surfboard. His momentary confusion ended when he saw where the surfboard came from; a blonde surfer girl.

"Sorry about that." the girl said as she helped him up, "I really gotta learn how to carry this thing around people. I'm Bridgette."

"I'm Caelan, and no worries. I've always wanted to know how it felt like to be hit by a surfer girl with a surfboard. I can now cross that off the list."

Bridgette laughed, "Well, I'm glad I can help. Hey, if you want, I can also teach you how to surf when we get to the beach. Something tells me that's also on your list."

"How did you know?" Caelan said, "I'd be honored if you teach me."

"Right on." Bridgette said. She waved goodbye and went on her merry way.

'What a nice girl.' Caelan thought.

Caelan walked for another minute or so when he suddenly heard music above him. He found stairs that led to the upper level and followed the music. As he got closer, he realized that it was a guitar making music. And not just any music, but beautiful music.

Caelan rounded a corner and finally found the source. It was a guy, who could only be described as cool-looking, sitting against the wall as he continued his melody. He played his guitar for another minute before finishing, and that was when Caelan applauded.

"That was amazing!" Caelan said. The guitarist was slightly taken back by the sudden applause, but he smiled gently.

"Thanks man." The guy said, "But that wasn't much. I was just strumming some chords. The name's Trent."

"Hey Trent, I'm Caelan. Don't sell yourself short; you're great. How long have you been playing?"

"A couple of years now." Trent said, "I mostly like playing romance songs."

Caelan chuckled, "I bet your girlfriend loves it when you play for her."

Trent laughed awkwardly, "Actually, I don't have a girlfriend."

"Not yet, you mean." Caelan said, "I'm sure you'll find romance fast in the islands."

Trent smiled, "You think so?"

"I know so. You're just radiating coolness."

Trent laughed, "Thanks, Caelan. You're pretty cool yourself."

"I think adorkable is a better word." Caelan admitted. The two laughed and started to talk more. After a while, Caelan's stomach began to growl, so he bid farewell to Trent and went off to search for food.

After a couple of minutes, it became apparent that there were no buffets on the ship. Lucky for Caelan, he packed some snacks. As Caelan searched for a good spot to eat, he heard someone moaning. He followed the sounds and it led him to a big girl with a ponytail. She was sitting against the wall and rubbing her stomach.

"Hey, are you alright?" Caelan said.

"Not really." The girl said, "I missed breakfast this morning and there's no food on this crummy place. I mean, what kind of big, fancy ship doesn't even have one lousy buffet."

"I know, right?" Caelan said as he took the seat next to the girl. He then took a bag of cookies out of his satchel and handed them to the girl.

"Thanks, honey." The girl said, "I'm Leshawna."

"I'm Caelan."

Leshawna took one of the cookies from the bag and bit into it. After the first bite, she exclaimed, "This is banging! Where the heck did you buy this?!"

"I made them."

Leshawna's eyes widened, "For real? Listen here, Caelan, you're a culinary master, and don't let no one tell you otherwise."

Caelan laughed, "You know what, just for that, you can have the whole bag."

Leshawna chuckled, "So you're generous and a cook. Well aren't you a man after my own heart."

The two continued to laugh and talked for a while. After the two finished the bag of cookies, they said their goodbyes and parted ways. Caelan didn't get far when he met the next contestant. He was walking down a hallway when he heard noises right below him. He looked down and saw an air vent. He blinked and a girl's face suddenly appeared on the other side of the vent. Caelan jumped back in shock as the vent flew open and a girl with bright orange hair popped out.

"Is it my turn yet?" she asked excitingly.

"W-what are you talking about?" Caelan said, completely confused.

"I'm talking about how you're bonding with all of the other contestants, and I was wondering whether it was my turn. Whoops, I almost forgot to introduce myself. I'm Izzy."

"I'm Caelan."

Izzy grabbed Caelan's hand, which he hadn't yet extended, and shook it vigorously, "Well Caelan, now that we're friends, I know of a certain rat who owes me some bet winnings." And with that, Izzy hopped back down into the vents, leaving behind a baffled Caelan.

Caelan walked some more and met the rest of contestants with mixed results. There was Justin, who seemed more interested in himself than Caelan, Ezekiel, who didn't get any references Caelan made, Harold, a guy who said he would lend Caelan his 'mad skills' anytime he wanted, Noah, who just read a book the whole time Caelan was talking, Katie, who couldn't stop talking about her friend Sadie, and Sadie, who couldn't stop talking about her friend Katie.

Caelan continued to walk around when he thought he saw the last contestant. The guy was wearing a skull T-shirt and had a green hair. Caelan walked up to him and prepared to introduce himself, but the other guy held up a hand and said,

"Listen, buddy, I know you're gonna try to be all nice and after-school special-ly, but I'm not interested. I rather not associate myself with some poser."

"Um, okay." Caelan said unsurely, "Can I at least get a name?"

"Duncan." The guy said. He then walked away without another word. Caelan just stood his ground and thought, 'Geez, kind of a dick move.'

It was then that the speakers on the ship came on. The voice on the speakers then said, "This is your captain speaking. Everyone, report to the front deck immediately."

Caelan followed the captain's orders and walked to the front deck. Once he arrived at his destination, he saw that every other contestant had arrived as well. He even saw someone he didn't get to introduce himself. Caelan walked up to the guy, who was three times his size, and said, "Hi, I'm Caelan."

The guy turned around and he had a big smile on his face, "I'm Owen, and I'm really stoked to be here."

"Right on. Do you know why we're here on the deck?"

"Nope." Owen said, but that didn't stop him from smiling.

"Hey look!"

Everyone turned and Caelan saw that it was Beth who spoke. She was pointing at 22 speed boats that were a little farther ahead of the ship they were currently on. It was then that Caelan noticed that the ship stopped moving.

"What are those for?" Trent said curiously.

DJ, who was next to Trent, said, "Well, there 22 speed boats, and 22 of us, so one for each of us."

"So is this our first competition?" Harold asked, "Do we have race with them?"

When Caelan heard the word competition, his mind suddenly became more focused.

"If it is our first competition, then how are we supposed to get to the boats?" Gwen asked, "There's not a ladder in sight. And what idiot would be willing to jump off?"

That was when everyone heard rushing footsteps behind them. They all turned in time to see Caelan sprint to the railings, hop on them, and then dive into the water below.

"Well, I got an answer." Gwen said as Caelan's body disappeared into the sea.

"Hey guys," Courtney said, "don't you think we should help him? He might be hurt."

"Or dead." Gwen stated stoically.

Caelan resurfaced and was inhaling deeply,

"That was an awesomely bad idea." Caelan yelled. He then looked up and waved, "Come on, guys, the water's great!"

No one followed suit, so Caelan shrugged, "Fine. Last one there's a rotten egg!" And with that, Caelan used his luggage to help him float and swam to one ofthe boats.

As Caelan got closer to the speedboats, Tyler said, "You know what, I'm not losing to him again." And jumped off.

Next was Eva, who said, "Well, I did say I'd race him again." And she jumped off.

Bridgette looked at the sea and smiled, "Might as well get some time with my board." And she jumped off two.

Geoff yelled out, "Party!" for some reason and he jumped into the water as well, closely followed by Izzy, who yelled, "Banzai!"

"So," Duncan said, "Anyone else want to follow Head Dork?"

Everyone looked at the waters and said in unison, "No."

They all leaned against the railings and saw that Caelan was the first to make it to the boats. Leshawna then said, "Looks like that boy is gonna make this a pretty interesting eight weeks."

Trent laughed, "Well, at least it won't be boring."

Just then, the captain of the ship appeared and said, "If you will all follow me, I will lead you to the life rafts that we will use to take you to your speed boat."

Owen then said, "Alright, let's start this adventure. Yeah!"