"Chris? My name's Conner. I guess I really do need a haircut, ma," said the man as I sat across from him at the table.

I really could see how I could mistake him for Chris. If it weren't for that red shirt and his blue eyes, then he would look just like him. For some reason, the shirt itself looked familiar.

"Why's that?" asked my aunt as she set our plates in front of us on the table.

"I just got mistaken for a sadistic asshole named Chris McLean who doesn't give a shit about his contestants and even less about his interns. Is that barber shop down the street still open?" he asked.

"Chris is the greatest host that's ever lived! How dare you say that?" I asked angrily.

"Honestly, Topher... out of all the people that have ever had the displeasure of meeting that man, I thought that you would understand."

"What do you mean?" asked my aunt as she stared at me with concern while I tried to avoid her gaze.

"Chris was nice to you in the beginning because you idolized him. Once he got sick of you, he planned to get rid of you. Bastard was trying to hurt you with those challenges. Most of those challenges were rigged to get you out. Did you really think that Chris wouldn't notice that his phone was missing? The man literally calls his mother every single day!" Conner shouts as he stabs at his food.

"What? How is that true? Wait, how do you even know that?" I asked angrily.

"Dude, I was one of the interns! He tested out those challenges on us every chance he got! Stop defending him!"

"You know what I don't have to listen to this! I'm leaving!"

I ran up the stairs to my room to try to calm down. After a few minutes, I thought I was fine until I heard footsteps come up the stairs. I went to the window quickly and climbed out onto the tree in the backyard. I managed to get to the ground before whoever had come up the stairs could go into my room and see me.

I snuck out of the yard and onto the sidewalk with no one being the wiser. I hurried off into the more populated side of this new city, so even if they had followed me, then it would take them awhile to find me. As I walked around, I realized I made a big mistake.

I had no idea where I was. I had completely forgotten that I had moved in with my aunt, who lives in a city I hadn't heard of before. I decided to take a stroll at a nearby park so I could be easily spotted.

"It's just my luck to get so angry that I forget where I am until I'm in trouble," I say as I end up leaning against a random tree in the park.

"Dude, if people hear you talking to yourself, they'll think that you're weird," said a voice from the branches above me.

"Woah! Who's up there?" I asked as I turned around to look up at whatever was in the tree.

"Who do you think it is? Oh, right, you can't really see me, can you? It's me, Shawn," said the voice as something fell out of the tree.

The voice landed to my right and that's when I realized who it was immediately. I was so relieved to see him but I also wished that I hadn't run into his hiding spot. I was sent away to forget about Total Drama so the last thing I needed was to run into a former contestant.

"Hey, Shawn... what were you doing up there?" I asked.

"Oh, I'm just waiting for Jasmine to finish working so we can go on a date. What are you doing here? I haven't seen you around before," he said.

"I just moved here. I guess I got lost while looking for a place to relax. I heard that you won; congrats, what did you do with the money?"

"I split it with Jasmine so she can open her own business and I used the rest on materials to make my anti-zombie bunker. How have you been? Have you heard of the new Total Drama news? Everyone's been talking about it for awhile!"

"No... my family's been trying to get me far away from it as possible... guess they failed since I ran into you and an intern. So what's new?"

"Topher, I found you! Dude, you had my mom worried sick!" exclaimed Conner as he ran towards us.

"Is that Chris?" Shawn asked as he looked past me.

"No, that's my cousin, Conner. He was an intern for Total Drama which explains why he hates Chris so much," I say quickly as he approaches us.

"We have to go. Got an appointment at that barber shop that we have to keep," he says.

"They're not going anywhere near my hair!" I shouted as I reached up to my hair.

"The appointment's for me, Topher. I don't want people thinking that I'm Chris anymore. No offence, Toph, but I find it insulting. Come on, let's go."

"Well, it was nice seeing you again, dude! Always keep your eyes open for the undead or they'll get you!" exclaimed Shawn as he started to shake me violently.

As he was shaking me, I saw that he was trying to send me a silent message. I just waited until he slipped a piece of folded up paper in my right hand that was out of my cousin's view. I quickly shoved it into my pocket as he used my shoulders to launch himself back into the tree.

"See ya around, Shawn. Tell Jasmine that I said hi!" I shouted as Conner started to haul me out of the park.

"What were you thinking? You could've gotten hurt! You don't even know your way around the city, Topher. Nice friend, by the way. He's the one that won on Pahkitew Island's finale, isn't he?" Conner asked as we started to walk back in the direction we came.

"Yeah, and I know, Conner. I'm so not supposed to think about anything Total Drama related but-"

"It's cool, Toph. There's no need to hide because of old friends. Sure, your parents want you to put Total Drama behind you but you still need friends. Shawn's odd, sure, but he knows what you went through while on that stupid show. Maybe he and Jasmine can rehabilitate..." Conner said before he spotted someone. "We totally have to go to this store, cuz. Can't have you wearing such totally boring looking clothes!"

He grabs my arm and pulls me into the department store that he stopped in front of. I tried to catch a glimpse of whoever Conner was trying to avoid but with no luck. He tugged at my arm until we were successfully hidden behind a large pillar.

"Woah, what's wrong?" I asked as I tried looking around the pillar like Conner was.

"N-nothing's wrong! I just remembered that you should totally check out the clothes here!" he exclaimed as he tried to keep me from seeing whoever it was.

"Aunt Martha said that you use the word 'totally' a lot when you're lying or terrified."

"Fine, I just saw Chef and I'm sure that he saw me. Now he'll be after me, so help me hide!"

Suddenly, we heard the door swing open loudly. We peek from behind the pillar that we were using to hide and pulled back soon after. I watch as my cousin slides down the pillar as his face starts to pale. Standing at the door was Chef, himself, and he looked like he could kill someone at any given moment.