Episode 2: Going by the Book

Team Fairytale: Ai, Ella, Dawn, Alejandro, Phillip, Leonard

Team Renaissance: Jenn, Dakota, Crystal, Patrick, Rodney

Team Realism: Eva, Courtney, Samey, Ben, Noah, Sam

Voted off: Shawn


The morning sun began rising, revealing the outline of the Wizard Tower 2.0 and the Tree House. Topher then stepped in front of the view, with Owen trying to get into the shot. "Close up on me please." Topher demanded, effectively removing Owen from the shot. "Better! Last time, the eighteen worthy competitors took part in the Blind Luggage Parachute Challenge to determine who went on what team. Then they had to build their new homes while Owen and I judged who had the best home. In the end, it was Team Renaissance who lost because the zombie fortress sucked. Shawn went home, and now we wonder what happened to his teammates. Find out right now on… this will never get old… TOTAL! DRAMA! GENERATIONS!"


After the opening credits, Team Renaissance was shown sleeping on rocks in a cave. Jenn sat up, looking pissed off as she put her glasses on and took a brush out of her pocket to start combing her hair.

Jenn: That was the worst sleep ever. It's not fair that Ai gets a nice tower to sleep in. Speaking of her, I better prep her stabilizer...

Dakota was in the far corner of the cave, lying in a puddle of her own tears. She sat up and sighed in misery. "I wanna see Sam! I've been away from him for too long!"

"It's only been twelve hours, that's not that long ago." Crystal said, as she came back in from a morning jog. "Also, I brought back breakfast while I was out." She held up a basket, revealing a variety of fruit she had managed to find and safely harvest. Jenn took the basket and gave it a scrutinizing stare. "What's wrong, Jenn?"

"What's wrong? Are you nuts? There are loads of poison fruits in here!" Jenn snapped. She picked up the stem of a bright green apple, not allowing the skin to touch her. "This one being the most deadly of the bunch! It's a manchineel apple. I don't know how Amy survived it two years ago, but it could put you in a coma and make your blood acidic if digested."

"I... I'm sorry! I'm not the wilderness survivor, unfortunately for all of us, that was Shawn." Crystal said meekly.

"Great, now we go hungry this morning." Patrick muttered. He then grabbed Rodney by the ear. "Come on Wreck-It, let's go be men and hunt food for the ladies."

Patrick: Rodney was not my top choice for an alliance. But with some smooth moves and good acting, I'll control him better than a finger puppet. Mwahaha!

In the basement of the Wizard Tower, Ai sat up with dark rings under her eyes.

Ai: I got no sleep last night. Oh, the bed was fine… Or at least as fine as ancient springs and little bugs can get. But Ella sang a lullaby for every woodland creature that passed her window and sang with all the birds this morning. Phillip came down and tried to sit with me for a while which creeped me out. Leonard was up late practicing his "potion making" and being obnoxiously loud about it. - she sighs- The only good thing was when Alejandro gave me the massage of the century for my back at dawn this morning.

She walked up into the dining room on the upper floor. Everyone else slept up in the top-most floor, and Dawn had at some point gone out, gathered fresh fruit, and laid it out among the hamburger leftovers. "Good morning Ai." She said. "Your aura seems exceptionally shiny today."

Ai just yawned loudly. She sat down across from Dawn, and sleepily put a leftover burger on her plate. Ella walked in from another room, the sun reflecting and glittering off of her dress. "Good morning everyone~" she immediately sat next to Ai. Ever since the challenge yesterday, Ella had decided to stick to Ai closely.

On Ai's other side, Alejandro sat down. Ai blushed, remembering the massage from this morning.

Alejandro: Ai is the best person to take into an alliance. She did go to the very end last season. I shall eventually make her crack about Jenn and her weaknesses. It's the perfect plan since my team is full of simpletons.

After they ate breakfast, Ai yawned again. "I'm going for a walk." She stood up to leave, but Ella got up with her.

"Oh, let me go with you! Let's spend some time together!" Ella said brightly.

Ai rolled her eyes. "No thanks. I prefer to go alone."

Ella: I think that Ai needs some friends. Friends make everything better!

Ai wandered into the woods, shivering into her cloak. The morning air was nipping at her. She turned back, making sure no one was following her, but then she bumped into the back of Rodney. He turned around and offered her his hand. She gave a small smile and took it and he helped her up.

"Thanks, I guess." Ai muttered. Rodney was staring at her funny. From his perspective, she was surrounded by pink hearts and cupids. She raised an eyebrow. "Um, are you okay?"

"I... Uh... Fall... Cloak... Bush!" He stammered.

"Rrrrright." Ai said, sounding unsure.

Focus Rodney, focus! Rodney mentally scolded himself. "Challenge... House... Cloak... Fortress... Bushes... Fall..."

"Um... I think I hear my dog calling!" Ai said, dashing off past him. She didn't want to stick around any longer. She went into a thick line of shrubbery, and this time she tripped over Patrick, who was bending down to get safe food. "Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting anyone... It's you!" She then pointed an accusing finger at him.

There was an awkward silence, as they stared at each other. Patrick was doing his best not to blush. There was something attractive in her intense stare with her red eyes.

"Still mad about me shocking you in the finale last season?" He asked knowingly, finally breaking the silence. "I am truly sorry about that..."

"How do I know?" Ai demanded. "You're an actor! A really good actor... Besides, Jenn warned me not to trust you. She told me all that you did last season, and I have to agree with her."

Patrick looked pained. He knew he'd get reprimanded at some point by her, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. Ai even sounded a bit hurt as she ranted to him. He decided to try distracting her. "Nice cloak. Looks like an authentic Maleficent one."

Ai blushed, surprised that someone had finally taken notice of it and know what it was from. She modestly looked at the cloak. "Oh, it is... It was a gift."

"Well, whomever it was must have broke the bank for it..." Patrick said. He sounded uncomfortable for some reason. Ai didn't pick up on this.

"Unfortunately, I don't know who sent it to me. It was my secret admirer." Ai said, with a mix of pride and disappointment.

"Oh? Must have been Phillip, although he's not much good at keeping secrets." Patrick replied. "Or maybe that other guy you liked..."

Ai cringed at the reminder about Ben and the memories of how she acted last season. "Let's not dwell on that. Although if it were Phillip, I wouldn't be surprised. After all, I made the stupid mistake of hugging him last season."

"Patrick?" Rodney called out, interrupting the moment. "I got a whole basket of these red apples! Patrick?"

"Duty calls, my evil queen." Patrick said, kissing her hand suddenly. "Let's meet again later?" Not waiting for her reply, he dashed off to find Rodney.

"N-not so evil! I'm really not evil..." Ai protested, though no one could hear her. She blushed as she looked at the hand he kissed.

Ai: Why? I'm not evil and why was kissing my hand necessary? I have been told I have "the touch of death" because my hands are so cold all of the time! -she sighs- Can I go back to bed yet?

Patrick and Rodney walked past the tree house, not noticing Samey watching them from above. She sighed. "Even that actor guy who messed with everyone has a friend... No, more like an ally. What do I have?" Eva walked onto the balcony, carrying her dumbbells with her. Without further thought, she pushed Samey aside like nothing. "Hey! What was that for?"

Eva didn't answer. She just gave a threatening glare at the cheerleader and began her daily routine. Samey sighed. No point befriending Eva.

"Samey, may I ask you a favor?" Courtney asked, still in her pajamas.

"Sure, what can I do?" Samey asked, looking eagerly at a chance to try to make a friend, even if it meant doing favors.

Courtney thrust a basket into her hands. "You're familiar with the fruits here. Go get breakfast and prepare little fruit cups for us. It should contain the layers in this order: apples, berries, apples, apples, berries."

Samey sighed. "Um... Sure thing."

Samey: Why does everyone think I'm their waitress? I mean I was a waitress last summer with Amy... Actually I was just the dishwasher... Amy just took orders.

Samey climbed down the tree and went off to forage.


She returned in plenty of time and was just finishing making the cups when the sound of feedback could be heard on the speaker system.

"Uh, morning everyone! Topher wants to you guys to meet up at the dock in ten minutes. Something about today's challenge."

Noah closed his book and sighed. "He shouldn't take orders from that jerk! It's his show to host! He should stand up to him and make him leave!" Sam and Ben both nodded. Samey overheard this and thought about her own situation. But unlike Owen, she had nothing to gain from standing up to Eva or Courtney. As far as she could see, she had everything to lose.

Samey passed out the fruit cups, with only Sam and Ben thanking her. Courtney looked at it carefully. "Huh. You actually got that order right. Nice job." She said with a smile. Samey grinned. Maybe things weren't so bad...


At the docks, the three teams found the water in the bay divided into a huge checkerboard, marked in pink, green and blue colored lights. While waiting for Topher, Jenn jabbed Ai with the stabilizer. "Owww... Give me a warning next time!" Ai protested.

"Just think of this as me keeping you on your toes." Jenn said with a wink.

Alejandro: Those two are thick as thieves. I must proceed with caution.

Topher then walked onto the dock, with Owen behind him. He then nodded at Owen, who then blared off the air horn long and loud. Everyone but Topher covered their ears and glared. Owen gulped and stopped. Topher then pulled out cotton balls from his ears. "Good morning everyone! I hope the island's accommodations were quite sufficient last night." He looked at Team Renaissance and smirked.

"It sucked!" Jenn said. "I slept on rocks!"

"As I said: quite sufficient. Anyway, time for another invincibility challenge! Who's ready for some good old pain and potential death in a sleek modern way?"

"What do you mean by sleek and modern?" Samey asked.

"I am so glad you asked! Today the challenge is called Who Actually Did the Assigned Reading?" Topher exclaimed, as Owen passed him a large pink book. "The challenge will have four (or three) dive into the water one at a time to each square, and pick up your puzzle piece. One person shall assemble the pieces. The last person will be trying to figure out what the puzzle represents and give me a nice summary about it based on these books. First team to finish wins dinner. Second team gets nothing. Last to finish goes to the elimination ceremony."

"The painful part sounds like the summary. I never did well on book reports." Sam muttered.

"Just don't hold us back, whatever you do." Courtney said, threateningly.

"Thirty seconds to decide who does what." Topher said, as Owen finished setting up a lounge chair for him.

After a brief huddle, Ai, Jenn and Noah took their place at the books. Leonard, Sam and Patrick took their places at the assembly table. Everyone else had changed into their bathing suits and lined up at the dock. "Alright, ready? Set, go!" Topher called out from his lounge chair.

Crystal, Ella and Eva dove in first. Ella's bathing suit was bright blue and glittered brightly. She even had matching blue slippers for the occasion. She went right for her pink square that was the closest to the dock and swam down into the depths. She spotted her puzzle piece and picked it up. This triggered an underwater land mine, sending her flying out of the water. She landed in Phillip's arms, still holding the puzzle piece. "Oh, my prince!" She said blushing.

"Give me the puzzle piece Ella! I shall use my wizard powers to unlock the secret of this piece!" Leonard called out. Ai rolled her eyes.

Phillip now dove in. By now, Eva had reached the blue square farthest away. She was making her way back when Fang swam ahead of her. She had to slow down to avoid slamming into his waiting jaw. "Ugh, I don't have time for this!" Eva snapped.

"Uh, what's with the oversized shark?" Noah asked, walking alongside Sam.

"That's Fang... Need I say more? You'd need all the power-ups in the world to survive his attacks." Sam said, thinking about Scott and his encounters with the mutant shark.

"Uh-huh, because your precious one-ups and fire flowers truly exist." Noah muttered with heavy sarcasm.

Fang tried to take a bite at Eva, but she ducked away, grabbed him by his tail fins, and picked him up. "I said I don't have time for this!" She then flung him aside, putting him in view of Crystal who was on her way back from the green square that was near Eva. Fang landed on top of her, causing her to sink and bubbles to start forming. Eva, not being the caring type, just swam back to the dock.

"That's it Eva! Go for the kill!" Courtney cheered. Her teammates gave her a look. "What? I'm trying to boost team spirit, people!"

Topher, who was sipping a tropical drink, watched with interest. "Will Crystal resurface? Will Team Fairytale maintain its small lead? Will Alejandro manage to win Ai to his side?"

Owen shrugged to the camera. "Guess there's only one way to find out."

"That's right Owen! We'll find out after a quick break!"


"Welcome back. Team Fairytale has now fallen behind into second place, with Team Realism taking the lead. Crystal had escaped Fang and is perfectly fine. The score is four to two to one! Dakota is currently having a boxing match with Fang, stalling for time." Topher said, standing on Owen's shoulders, trying to get the best view of the bay.

"Dakota! Stop fighting and bring back the puzzle piece!" Crystal called out.

"If we lose, you're out!" Jenn added harshly.

At last Dakota came back, carrying a passed out Fang. Topher was surprised. "Hmm, well, if Fang can be topped, then... Unleash the Mecha Sharks!"

At that, a rock underwater opened up, and three mechanical sharks surfaced. They had glowing red eyes and sharp metal teeth. Everyone gasped. "I have to swim with those guys?" Rodney asked nervously.

"Well, I hope you're an Olympic swimmer. They are programmed to be incredibly fast and strong, and most importantly, lethal." Topher said.

Rodney gulped. "If I don't survive, please tell... Uh... Never mind!" He dived down, heading for the nearest green square. The Mecha Sharks locked onto him, until Ben dived down. He was right in front of the sharks now and turned pale. He headed towards the nearest blue square as fast as possible.

Samey, who was next in line, was scanning the bay for signs of Ben. "I don't see him!" She said with worry. She turned to Eva. "What if he doesn't make it?"

"Then he better hope that the Mecha Sharks get him before I do." Eva grumbled, her arms folded across her chest. Samey was about to dive in when suddenly he resurfaced and flung his puzzle piece into her arms. "I got this turn." Eva said, pushing Samey aside and jumped in. Samey watched from the dock as Eva beat up the sharks. Ben was then flung to the dock and Samey went to his side.

"Ben? Are you okay?"

He sat up and groaned. "That... Was something I hope to never have to repeat again." Samey, overcome with relief, hugged him.

Leonard was now assembling the three pieces that he had. "With my awesome wizard powers, and my extreme training in the house of Hufflepuff, I shall assemble this with but a thought of my mind!"

Ai was in no hurry with the challenge either. She was reading the book, Fairytale Grimm, completely engaged. Feeling a better mood while reading, she was willing to make conversation with Leonard. "Wow, this is incredible! Leonard, did you know that in the original Cinderella story, the stepsisters cut off their own feet to fit in the slipper?"

"Really? That's... Gruesome. Ugh, too bad my talent is not working for me right now, for the secret of the puzzle eludes me." Leonard replied, ignoring Ai's eagerness.

Ai looked over his shoulder, looking at the pieces. They each had a different fairy on it, one red, one blue, and one green. Dawn then returned with the fourth piece, this one of a black fairy with dragon horns. "Sleeping Beauty!"

"Hurry up Patrick, tell me what that puzzle looks like!" Jenn shouted. She was a bit shorter than Patrick, so she tried jumping around to look over his shoulder. "What is it a painting of?"

"Don't rush me! You know you can't rush art, especially when we only have three pieces!" Patrick retorted. "But from how I have it, seems like... A head."

"A head? A screaming head? A portrait of a head? Does the head have a regal air to it? Details, Patrick! I need details!" Jenn cried out.

Team Realism was still holding onto its lead. "Courtney, we're one piece short of a perfect puzzle!" Sam called.

"There are three blue squares left. How do I know what's going to work?" Courtney muttered. She jumped in, headed for the nearest blue square. Thanks to Eva, the Mecha Sharks were floating, looking out of commission, so the waters were once again safe enough. She found nothing in that square, so she surfaced before heading off to the next blue square.

Ella was swimming back from her pink square. Phillip and Alejandro watched her closely. "Look at her, she is truly a princess. If she only had a mermaid tail..." Phillip said, imagining her as a mermaid, only for Ai to appear, her mermaid outfit similar to Ursula the Sea Witch, and push Ella aside.

Alejandro just shrugged. "I suppose. I was just thinking strategy-wise though, that perhaps it would be wise to vote Leonard off."

"The Wizard of Oz? Why? He's harmless." Phillip said. Ella returned with another puzzle piece, and Phillip helped her up onto the dock.

Courtney also returned, handing Sam the last puzzle piece. Sam inserted the piece into his completed puzzle, and Noah started intently flipping through the history book he had.

Leonard, however, was still trying to put together his puzzle pieces. Ai had already thought out her summary of Sleeping Beauty, but until Leonard assembled the puzzle, there was nothing she could do. "Hurry, Leonard, hurry!" Ai called.

"One cannot rush my powerful magic!" Leonard said, finally finding some matching pieces.

Noah found the picture. "George Washington riding up the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776!" He called out.

"I need a bit of a summary of said event!" Topher called, sipping out of a pineapple cup.

"The painting was done in 1953 to honor him and his surprise attack during the American Revolution! This resulted in the Battle of Trenton!" Noah said. He was about to say more when Topher cut him off.

"I hate history, so that's more than sufficient for me." He said. "Team Realism wins immunity and dinner!"

Team Realism cheered while Jenn flung her book at Patrick. Patrick fell to the floor groaning.

"Team Renaissance, you guys came in second place for a last second completion of the puzzle. You are safe from elimination today." Team Renaissance let out a sigh of relief, except for Jenn who was eyeing Team Fairytale closely. "Team Fairytale. I hope you enjoyed the taste of victory while you had it, because one of you is going home today. See you at the ceremony tonight!"

As the teams departed to go to their camps, Jenn hung back and grabbed Ai's arm. "We need to talk."

"What's wrong?" Ai asked.

"Just wait, okay? You have to trust me on this." Jenn said. When the beach was at last cleared, Jenn finally let go of Ai's arm.

"What's going on Jenn?" Ai asked, concern in her voice.

"You can't eliminate Leonard!" Jenn said intensely.

"What? After that horrible challenge? We couldn't trust him with anything important again!" Ai replied.

"I don't care about that. I want you to convince your team to eliminate..." Jenn whispered the name into Ai's ear. Ai gasped.

"You... You're joking right? I don't know if I could..."

"You must! Eliminate threats now before they become harder to beat." Jenn said. "And if you fail to do this, I won't give you a stabilizer tomorrow. So that's your incentive."

Ai groaned but nodded. Jenn watched her go back and smirked.

Jenn: Don't get me wrong, Ai is my friend. But she's in no position to deny me anything either.


At the campfire ceremony, Team Renaissance sat on the left side peanut gallery, and Team Realism on the right, with Owen serving them hot dog dinners. Jenn stared at Ai intently. Ai gave no indication of any emotions. Dawn was meditating next to her, seemingly oblivious to her surroundings. Alejandro seemed confident, and Phillip was checking his reflection in the mirror. Only Ella and Leonard, having a sense of deja vu, seemed nervous.

Leonard: I guess I kind of messed up today. But I hope my team understands it was my powers that failed me! ... I wouldn't have failed at Magic Steve's Dungeons and Giant Reptiles game.

"Team Fairytale. I assume we all know why you're sitting here today. Thanks to the antics of one certain person... I won't mention any names... *cough cough*Leonard*cough cough*... So, this is a no brainer." Topher paused as the losing teams stared at Leonard. Topher tossed Ai a set of gold beads, Ella a set of silver, Phillip green, and Dawn got purple. Alejandro smirked in triumph, as Leonard started to resign into his fate. Topher held up blue beads. Leonard looked at them as if they were precious gold. Topher rattled them in a teasing way. "The keeper of the blue necklace is..."

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Leonard suddenly felt something land onto his lap and gasped. The blue necklace! Alejandro gasped. "But... ¿Por que? What did he do to deserve to stay? I pulled my weight and more!"

"You're labeled as a deceiver. We have no proof of your trust." Ai said. "At least Leonard has a chance to redeem himself."

Alejandro groaned and he went up to the Wheel of Elimination, which Owen had pushed into place. He sighed as spun the wheel, he hoped he would get lucky with the boat ride. The wheel stopped at the icon of the cannon. "At least it wasn't the toilet..."

"Alejandro, your chapter has ended." Topher said, as he pushed a button, the end of the dock disappeared, and the cannon from the original Pahkitew Island season was brought out.

The camera flashed to Alejandro in the cannon, wearing a helmet. "Any last words?" Topher asked.

"Yes. There is an inter-team alliance, and maybe they should be cut apart and..." He was then cut off as Topher fired the cannon. Alejandro screamed loudly as he disappeared into the night sky, disappearing in a glint of light.

"And now there are sixteen survivors left. Who will be tortured next? Find out next time on TOTAL. DRAMA. GENERATIONS!"

Jenn: Alejandro was my biggest threat. He's smart and was probably going to use Ai's feelings to get further along. I couldn't allow that. Who do I go after next? -she holds up a sketch of Patrick- He's going to get payback for last season, if I have my way. Muwahaha!


A/N: Hi guys! Hope you are enjoying TDG. Next episode is a Christmas special episode. Don't forget to read and review!