"We've been to the movies. We've been around the world. But this time, we're going back to where it all began! Our old stomping grounds, Camp Fazbear!" Marionette exclaimed, as he walked down the older than before dock. "I'm Marionette, and as you can see... things have changed since the last time we were here. And when I say ''changed'' I mean the island has managed to become more run down than before!" He exclaimed, before letting out a light chuckle. "But one thing has remained the same, the rules of the game. This season, twenty-two young men and women will bunk with complete strangers, air their dirty laundry in our returning outhouse confessional, and risk their lives competing in dangerous challenges across the island in hopes of avoiding that ever so dreaded elimination ceremony as they try to outlast each other all for the opportunity at walking away with one... a-million... dollars!" He finished.
"Now, lets meet our competitors this season!" Marionette exclaimed.
As he did, a yacht drove by carrying twenty-seven familiar faces partying and dancing along to music. Except two rabbits, who were too busy locked in a deep make out session on the top deck.
"No, no, no, not them. This season, we will be joined by twenty-two brand new competitors!" Marionette exclaimed, as a smaller and less nice looking yacht drove up, carrying the twenty-two previously mentioned competitors. "Meet, Buster!" He exclaimed.
"Wow, so this is where he stayed." Buster, a golden retriever wearing a pair of worn out blue jeans and an old white shirt with a faded black '1' on it, said as he leaned on the rail and stared at the nearing island.
"Rowan!" Marionette exclaimed.
"I wonder if they have food here." Rowan, a large, heavyset panda bear wearing a pair of blackish-green shorts and a white t-shirt with a blue lightbulb on it said, as he thought about eating a large cheeseburger and an order of French fries. He drooled at the thought.
"Alexa!" Marionette exclaimed.
"That is like, so gross." Alexa, a lioness, wearing a tight purple v necked, sleeveless belly shirt and a pair of jean short shorts, said, as she took a few steps away from him.
"Ray!" Marionette exclaimed.
"I'm just hopin' this doesn't end up bein'a waste of my time." Ray, a grey raccoon wearing a black robbers hat, a black button up shirt with a pink bandana tied around his neck, and a pair of black pants with a holstered belt, currently lacking guns said, wondering if he was wasting his time doing this.
"Candy and Cindy!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Oh Candy, this is so exciting!" Cindy, a purple cat wearing a purple skirt, white long sleeved button up shirt, pink bowtie, and a purple vest to match the skirt, said excitedly, as she looked over at her twin brother.
"I know it is! I can't wait to get a look around!" Candy, a blue cat wearing the same thing as his sister, except he was wearing blue pants and a blue vest and had a red tie on instead of a bowtie, exclaimed happily.
"Carly!" Marionette exclaimed.
"I hope they like me..." Carly, a grey furred cat with dark grey streaks and tan fur on her snout and paws, wearing black framed glasses, a pair of black leggings, black and white Chuck Taylor's, a white short-sleeved t-shirt with a picture of Yoshi from Super Mario on it and a light green hoodie over top of it, said as she nervously bit her lip.
"Baron!" Marionette exclaimed.
"*Huff* Why would you care if they like you? I don't." Baron, a dark grey hue and a white front fur, wearing a pair of skin tight black pants, black boots, a grey t-shirt with the sleeves cutoff and a picture of a wolf head bearing its fangs on the front, with a black vest with grey patches on it said in a gruff voice.
"Chester!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Yee haw! This is goin' to be great!" Chester, a brown furred chimp, wearing nothing but a pair of dirty green overalls and old black boots exclaimed in a high pitched southern accent.
"Jackie!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Hunny, that's going to get annoyin' real fast." Jackie, a dark brown furred kangaroo, wearing dark blue skinny jeans and a tight white t-shirt with "Brooklyn Strong" written on it in graffiti type letters, said as she looked over at Chester.
"Former Total Drama Aftermath hosts turned competitors, Ennard and Lola... or Lolbit! Whatever you want to call her!" Marionette exclaimed.
"I prefer Lolbit!" Lolbit, a greyish-white and orange furred vixen with purple lipstick and blush on her cheeks, wearing an orange dress that hung down just above the knees, and faded into purple down below her waste, and a pair of matching hoop earrings, exclaimed.
"Ennard here, arriving at Camp Fazbear to win a million dollars!" Ennard, a man wearing a white mask with a red nose on it and an all silver and grey suit, exclaimed in a show host-esq voice.
"Carson!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Dude, you're not hosting a talk show anymore. Chill." Carson, an average build, lightly tanned, human male with somewhat spiky black hair, wearing a pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt with a faded out Pac-Man design on the front of it, said.
"The sister to a former competitor, Moxie!" Marionette exclaimed.
"And Bonnet! You forgot Bonnet!" Moxie, a white and pink furred vixen, wearing a pair of white jean pants and a light pink blouse, said.
"I love you Bon-Bon!" Bonnet, her little pink furred bunny hand puppet, who was wearing a red bowtie and a ring around her paw like a bracelet, yelled, as she looked over at the larger yacht and waved as it floated further and further away.
"Chelsea!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Puppet, will you keep it down?! I'm trying to get some good selfies!" Chelsea, a white feathered chicken with a pale orange beak and pink blush on her cheeks, wearing a short pink skirt and a tight white t-shirt with a small pink vest over it, said in an annoyed tone, as she took multiple selfies of herself.
"Ness!" Marionette exclaimed.
"*Sigh* What's the point of that? Nothing changes about yourself day to day. Taking pictures is pointless." Ness, a black furred rabbit, wearing tight black pants with a black belt with a chain hanging off of them, black bolts with silver straps, a black t-shirt with a skull on it, and a black trench coat, said in a very, very emotionless voice.
"Mojo!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Cheer up, bro! We're getting ready to get the party started! Woo-hoo!" Mojo, a very large framed and muscular dark brown and black furred pitbull, wearing a white football jersey with the number "24" written on it in green letters outlined in dark blue, and a pair of black athlete shorts, exclaimed very excitedly, as he ran up behind Ness and threw his arm around his shoulder.
"Laura!" Marionette exclaimed.
"This isn't a party. This is a competition that's supposed to be taken seriously." Laura, a cream furred fox with black paws, who was wearing navy blue pants and a matching short-sleeved button up shirt, with her last name patched on one side and a gold badge that said "Officer in Training" on the other. She wasn't even a cop yet, but she was already dressed like she was.
"Rachel!" Marionette exclaimed.
"C'mon, the game hasn't started yet. No need to be so serious." Rachel, a grey and white furred bunny, wearing a jean skirt with black leggings underneath it, black boots, pink plaid button up shirt and a jean jacket with a guitar case strapped to her back, said, as she looked over at the fox.
"Doug!" Marionette exclaimed.
Doug, a brown furred dog with a white belly and a white stripe on his face, wearing tan cargo pants and a white t-shirt with a cartoony looking yellow bowtie on it, stood in silence staring at the island in distance.
"Betty!" Marionette exclaimed.
"I'm speechless, too!" Betty, a yellow furred rabbit, with large black eyelashes, wearing a black, high-waste, black blouse and a pair of skinny jeans, exclaimed happily, as she looked over at Doug. As she did, she twitched a little bit, before taking a deep breath. "You're going to be." She said in a quiet, dark tone. Doug looked at her curiously. She twitched and took another deep breath, before looking back at him with a friendly smile.
"And last but but not least, Shade!" Marionette exclaimed.
"Time for a new start." Shade, a purple furred bear, wearing a pair of black dress pants, a dark grey shirt, and a purple vest over top of it, and a black top hat to top it off, said, as he stared at the island.
"Now, how's about we start this season off with a bang." Marionette said, before letting out a light chuckle, as he looked over at Nightmare and pulled out a remote from his pocket. Nightmare chuckled back and nodded. "Fresh meat, welcome to the season premiere of..."
"Total..."
"Drama..."
"Fazbear..."
"RETURNS!" He exclaimed, before pressing the big red button on the remote.
*BOOM!*
The air filled with screams as the yacht blew up, sending the brand new competitors flying up into the air.
"Ooooohhh, that's gonna leave a mark!" Marionette exclaimed through laughter.
(Cues Theme Music)
"Uhh... I think my butt got toasted in the explosion." Buster said, as he swam onto shore, rubbing his butt with his paws.
"You think that's bad, look at this!" Shade exclaimed, as he walked out of the water with a crab snapped onto his paw.
(Confessional -Buster)
"Hey, Max is the main reason I decided to sign up for this. He took part in three seasons of this show and is a celebrity now. I respect the heck out him for that and hoping I can follow his example." Buster said.
(Switch to -Shade)
"We've been here five minutes and I've already gotten blown up and bit by a crab. This is going well." Shade said, sarcastically.
(Confessional End)
"Oh heck naw! I know y'all didn't just blow me up!" Jackie exclaimed, as she walked onto the sand.
"Oh man, I'm going to be airing this out for days." Rachel said, as she dropped into the sand, holding her soaked guitar.
"*Sigh* We should all be dead right now." Ness said in his emotionless voice, as the current washed him ashore.
"When I find out who did that, I'm going to obliterate them!" Baron said in a very angry tone, as he walked out of the water.
"Not if I get to them first! They ruined my brand new phone!" Chelsea angrily exclaimed, as her sparkly, pink bedazzled phone sizzled out.
"Oh boy, I haven't landed on'a rock that hard since I was back at the farm." Chester said, as he hopped off of the large rock he landed on, rubbing his back.
"Woo-hoo! That... was... EPIC!" Mojo exclaimed, as he ran out of the water with his arms in the air.
"I disagree." Lolbit said, as she walked ashore in her now ruined dress.
"My suit! Oh man..." Ennard said, as he walked up after her, looking down at his soaked suit.
"Yeah, you guys probably shoulda dressed more to the occasion." Carson said, as he walked out of the water, looking over at the two former talk show hosts.
Carly crawled out of the water coughing. Carson walked over to check on her. He lightly started patting her back, and eventually she coughed up a small fish.
"I don't know how that got down there. Thanks." Carly said, as she looked up at him. Carson smiled and nodded.
"No problem. Glad you're okay." He said as he stood up and extended his hand, Carly blushed and nervously looked away, before slowly taking it, and allowing him to pull her to her feet. Baron huffed and shook his head.
"Idiots." He muttered in an annoyed tone.
"Candy! Are you okay?!" Cindy asked, as she dragged Candy out of the water and dropped him in the sand.
"Owwww..." Candy replied in pain.
"Get up and walk it off. You'll be fine, kid." Laura said in a hard sounding Sargent voice.
"I'm not a kid!" Both Candy and Cindy exclaimed in unison.
"That was like, so not cool." Alexa said, as she walked out of the water, before looking down at her now soaked outfit. "And this outfit was brand new!" She exclaimed.
Doug walked out of the water next. He cocked his head to the side and started patting the opposite side of it, causing water to pour out of ears.
"*Spits out water* Now I'm all wet and my beautiful ring is, too!" Bonnet exclaimed in annoyance, as she looked down at her engagement ring.
"It'll be okay, Bonnet. We'll get you and your ring dried off as soon as possible!" Moxie exclaimed.
Ray grabbed his hat as he swam towards the beach. He somehow flew farther out than the others, which annoyed him.
"Fricken ridiculous." Ray muttered in a very annoyed tone, as he neared the beach.
"It's not that bad." Betty started, as she popped up out of the water next to him, startling the raccoon.
"Gah! Don't do that!" Ray exclaimed.
"Sorry." Betty replied, before letting out a nervous chuckle. As she did, she twitched a little. "Yeah, sorry I didn't pull you under and leave you for the sharks." She said in a quiet dark tone, before twitching again.
"What?" Ray said, curiously.
"I didn't say anything." Betty replied, as she swam ahead.
(Confessional -Betty)
"Okay, something that I didn't tell the others was... I kinda sorta have multiple personality disorder." Betty said, before letting out a nervous chuckle. "But I have it under control... I think." She continued.
(Confessional End)
Once everyone had made it to the beach, Marionette and Nightmare road up on four-wheelers.
"Alright newbies, welcome to Camp Fazbear! I'm hoping you enjoyed your ride here." Marionette said, before glancing over at Nightmare. The two let out little chuckles as he did.
"Yeah, we did until it blew up." Rachel said, as she tried to shake water out of her guitar.
"Uh... is there food here?" Rowan asked.
"Yes-" Marionette started, before being interrupted.
"-Yes!" Rowan exclaimed, happily.
"But... dinner will take place AFTER today's challenge." Marionette said.
"Aww..." Rowan said in disappointment.
"We just got here. Aren't you going to show us our rooms or something first?" Shade asked.
"Nope!" Marionette replied. "Today's challenge will determine where you, and your soon to be announced teams will be staying this season." He continued.
"Woo-hoo! I work great with teams!" Mojo exclaimed. Marionette looked unamused.
"I'm sure you do." He said. "Anyways, today's challenge is a two parter. First part is a race across the island to where the second part will be explained. Advantage goes to whichever team the competitor who gets there first is on." He continued. "There are marks letting you know which way to go. So... good luck." He finished, before he and Nightmare drove off.
Everyone looked around at each other, before shrugging and taking off towards the first mark they saw.
(Confessional -Mojo)
"A foot race to a meet up spot where teams will be decided AND an advantage for the winner of the race?! Sweet! Three of my favorite things in one!" Mojo exclaimed.
(Switch to -Rowan)
Rowan somehow managed to squeeze his large frame into the outhouse to film his confessional.
"A race for the first challenge? Man I just wanted something to eat." Rowan said.
(Confessional End)
"Pick up the pace, ladies!" Laura exclaimed, as she easily ran past the others.
"You're a cop in training, not a drill Sargent." Shade said.
"I've been trained to be tough and disciplined, not weak." Laura replied.
"Better keep up, ma'am, 'cause Mojo is going all... tha'... way!" Mojo exclaimed, as he ran past Laura. Laura growled, annoyed at the fact that she managed to let herself get distracted. She quickly picked up her pace, to try and once again pass Mojo.
"So...*Chuckles* I like your shirt." Carson said, as he ran next to Carly. Carly blushed as she looked down at her shirt, before looking back up at him.
"T-thanks. I like yours." She replied. Carson let out a slight chuckle as he looked down at his.
"Back home, I was the Pac-Man playing master at my dad's bar. Still have the high score to this day." Carson said, proudly. Carly smiled.
"Out of the way, losers. I have a race to win." Baron said, as he ran in between the two, knocking them to the side.
Carly almost lost her balance, but Carson was quick to get to her and make sure she didn't fall.
"Are you okay?" Carson asked, Carly nodded.
"I'm fine, but he's a jerk." She replied. Carson nodded in agreement, as he narrowed his eyes at the back of Baron's head.
(Confessional -Carson)
"I don't know what that Baron guy's problem is, but he needs to cool it." Carson started. "I know this is a competition, but I didn't come here to be pushed around. Especially not by someone like him." He continued.
(Switch to -Carly)
Carly nervously sunk down in her seat, before trying to turn her focus to anywhere besides the camera.
"I-I... maybe I was in Baron's way?" Carly said, curiously. "I-I didn't mean to be... I j-just- I'm sorry." She continued.
(Confessional End)
"*Pant* R-running is so not my thing." Alexa panted, as she continued to run.
"You're competing in a game show that's primarily focused on it, so get used to it." Shade said, as he ran past her. Alexa groaned.
"*Sigh* running is just a waste of energy that leads you closer and closer to death." Ness said, in his emotionless tone.
"Dude, you need a snickers or something." Buster said, as he and Doug ran past. Doug nodded in agreement as they did.
"Come on, Candy! We're falling behind!" Cindy exclaimed, as she started slowing her running, waiting for Candy to catch up.
"I'm coming! At least we aren't in last!" Candy replied, as he finally caught up to his sister.
"*Pant* t-that w-w-would be m-m-me!" Rowan exclaimed, as he struggled more and more to keep up.
"Maybe if you cut back on the cheeseburgers you'd be able to keep up." Chelsea said, before pulling out another cellphone and snapping a selfie of herself.
(Confessional -Chelsea)
"One thing you need to always have an extra of when you're beautiful... like me, is a cell phone for taking selfies!" Chelsea exclaimed. "Nothing shows just how beautiful you are than pictures. Or, well, just how beautiful I am." She continued, before snapping another picture of herself. "That's why I always bring a spare." She finished, as she took another picture.
(Confessional End)
"Better luck next time! Maybe you need to focus more on your velocity, than your muscle mass, jock." Laura said, as she reached the finish line before Mojo. Mojo laughed.
"Ain't nobody better than Mojo! That includes you. I'll gladly take you on again, but next time, I ain't holding back." Mojo said, as he came to a stop next to her.
Marionette and Nightmare stood there watching as the competitors started showing up.
Everyone had been so close together, it didn't take long for them all to show up. Well, all except one.
"We're missing one." Marionette said, as he crossed his arms. The competitors looked back and saw Rowan tiredly making his way to them.
"I-I... *Heave*... I'm c-c-coming!" Rowan exclaimed. Almost a full minute passed, before he finally crossed the finish line. "I-I *Heave* h-hate r-r-running." He said, as he tiredly dropped face first onto the ground. Everyone looked down at him. Marionette didn't look at all impressed.
"Yes, well, now that you're all finally here, I'll get to announcing those teams I know you're all excited to hear." Marionette said. "These teams are based somewhat off of the order that each of you finished the race. Team one will consist of Laura, Ray, Baron, Alexa, Chester, Jackie, Moxie, Ennard, Carson, Carly, and Rowan. The eleven of you will henceforth be known as The Charming Lights!" He exclaimed.
"What?! That is the dumbest team name I have ever heard!" Baron exclaimed.
"That name is pretty... ugly." Alexa said. Marionette laughed.
"I figured you guys would like it!" Marionette exclaimed. "And now, team two! Mojo, Chelsea, Candy, Cindy, Buster, Doug, Shade, Betty, Ness, Rachel, and Lola! You guys will now be known as ''The Ghastly Shadows''!" He exclaimed.
"Woo-hoo! Team Ghastly Shadows is tha' team to beat! High five!" Mojo exclaimed, as he held a paw up for a high five. "Come on, bros!" He exclaimed, when his team left him hanging.
"Smooth." Marionette said, before letting out a chuckle.
"The team name is cool and all, but... I prefer being called "Lolbit" not Lola." Lolbit said.
"Don't care." Marionette said, completely blowing her off.
(Confessional -Lolbit)
"It's not that I hate my actual name, I just prefer going by my nickname. I don't see why.. Nester... can't get that through his head." Lolbit said.
(Confessional End)
"Now, for the second part of today's challenge!" He continued. "It's a race to the campgrounds! But, instead of it just being a plain old regular race, each team is going to have to carry a canoe with half of their teammates inside of it!" He exclaimed.
"Why the heck do we have a carry a canoe? What good is that going to do us in a challenge that doesn't even involve water?" Baron asked, clearly annoyed with the challenge.
"Because I said so, that's why." Marionette replied. "And besides, whichever team gets their canoe to the campgrounds first, not only gets first dibs on the cabins, but they also get an advantage for the next challenge." He explained.
"I'm all for a good advantage." Ray said, a sly smirk on his face.
"Speaking of advantages. Laura won that race, and since she's on our team, what's that advantage you were talking about earlier?" Jackie asked.
"I was hoping you would have forgotten about that, but since you didn't, I will tell you." Marionette replied. "Not only does the winning team get to choose which six competitors will have to carry the Ghastly Shadows canoe, they also get a one minute head start!" He exclaimed. The Charming Lights cheered as he did.
"Now that's an advantage mama would be proud of!" Chester exclaimed.
(Confessional -Laura)
"We were never awarded with "advantages" at the academy. We did what we had to because we were told to do so. So advantage or not, my team is going to pull through, and we're going to take this challenge." Laura said, confidently.
(Switch to -Ness)
Ness sat in front of the camera with his blank expression on his face.
"*Sigh* Yay, the other team has an advantage. Advantages don't mean anything. At the end of the day, advantage or not, we're all going to end up in same place." Ness said in his emotionless voice.
(Confessional End)
"So... Lights, which unlucky six competitors are going to be the carriers for The Shadows?" Marionette asked.
The Lights huddled around and started discussing what they thought. After almost two minutes of back and forth discussion, they finally made a decision.
"Okay, we've decided." Laura spoke up for her team. Marionette nodded. "Chelsea, Candy, Cindy, Lolbit, Ness, and..." She said, before stopping as she looked at the opposing team.
The Shadows were hoping she would say Mojo...
"Come on, we don't have all day." Marionette said, as he motioned for her to go on.
"...Doug." Laura finally said. The Shadows groaned.
"Woah! That means Shade, Mojo, Rachel, Betty, and Buster will have to be carried to the finish line!" Marionette exclaimed, before letting out a chuckle. "Evil, Lights! Very, very evil!" He continued.
(Confessional -Mojo)
"Puttin' Mojo on the bench during the game?! Not cool Lights, definitely not cool." Mojo exclaimed, as he shook his head. "Guess they were afraid of me! Mojo has that affect on people!" He continued, before chuckling.
(Switch to -Ennard)
Ennard sat in front of the camera with a large smile on his face.
"This is Ennard! Signing on to let everyone watching know, that The Ghastly Shadows don't stand a chance against The Charming Lights!" Ennard exclaimed. "And that's an Ennard approved fact!" He continued.
(Confessional End)
The two teams had each been given their canoe, and were now getting ready to start the challenge.
"This should be the easiest win of the season, don't screw it up." Baron said, as he looked around at his team.
"We could say the same for you." Carson said, staring directly at the wolf when he did. Baron huffed.
"Keep your mouth shut and get in the canoe." Baron said.
"No, I'm carrying." Carson replied.
"No you aren't. You'll cost us the challenge." Baron said.
"Really? Why is that?" Carson asked.
"Seriously? Just look at you." Baron replied, as he looked Carson up and down. "You have weak written all over you." He continued. Carson glared at him. They hadn't even been there an hour yet, and he was already fed up with Baron. And from the look Carly was giving him, she was, too.
"Cool it, ladies. We have a challenge to focus on. You two can worry about your childish bickering after we win." Laura said. "Alexa, Carly, Moxie, Chester, and Jackie-" she started, before being cut off.
"-Oh, uh uh. No way i'm being sidelined. I'm carrying." Jackie interrupted. Laura nodded.
"I admire your dedication, cadet." She said. "Okay, since Jackie wants to carry, Ray you can take her place in the canoe." She continued.
"Fine by me." Ray said, as he started to climb in the canoe.
"Wait, wait, wait. I can't carry the canoe." Ennard spoke up.
"Why not?" Laura asked. Ennard motioned at himself.
"Look at me. Look at what I'm wearing. This isn't a "carrying the canoe" type of outfit. I'll have to sit this one out." Ennard said. Laura sighed.
"Fine. Ray, you can-" Laura started, before once again being cut off.
"Whatever." Ray said, as he stepped back out of the canoe, allowing Ennard to take his place inside of it.
"Wait, who put you in charge?" Baron asked, as he stepped forward.
"No one put me in charge. I'm trying to figure out the best gameplan to allow us to claim victory in this challenge." Laura replied.
"No, it sounds more like you're trying to boss everyone around. I don't take orders, I give them." Baron said.
"Haven't you done enough complaining for one day, Baron?" Carson asked, getting Baron's attention. Carly, who had been next to him, kinda sunk down into the canoe.
"Why don't you keep your mouth shut and mind your own business." Baron said in a very annoyed tone, as he stepped towards Carson. Carson didn't back down.
"I'd rather listen to her than you." Carson said, as he pointed at Laura.
"This might not end well, Bonnet." Moxie said, as her and Bonnet stood back.
"I know." Bonnet replied, as she shakily moved her little pink paws up to her snout.
"Calm down and back off, hot head. We have a challenge to win and don't need you blowin' it for us." Jackie said, as she stepped in between the competitors. Baron huffed as he backed off.
Ray let out a light chuckle as he watched.
"What's so funny?" Jackie asked, as she looked at him.
"Do you really think we stand a chance at winning when the only thing you guys want to do is argue about the dumbest things possible?" Ray asked, rhetorically.
"Yes, we do stand a chance. Because regardless of whether they want to be or not, we're a team and we're going to act like it." Laura replied, sternly, as she looked around at everyone.
"Good thing teamwork is just my thing!" Chester exclaimed. "Back on the farm, me 'n my cousin Cletus are three time hay bail rolling champions!" He continued, proudly.
"Hmm... I could go for something to eat right about now." Rowan said, as he sat propped up against a tree.
"That's... nice to know." Jackie said.
"Now, are we going to pull through as a team, or not?" Laura asked, as she stuck her paw out in the middle of the group.
"Y'all can count on me!" Chester exclaimed, as he stuck his paw in.
"Me too." Carson said, as he stuck his hand in.
Carly looked at Carson, before slowly adding her paw to the stack. He looked over at her, small smile on his face, and gave her a nod. She bit her bottom lip nervously, before looking away.
"I'm in, if there's food to eat." Rowan said, as he stuck his paw in.
"Yeah, whatever." Ray said, as he stuck his paw in after.
"We're in, too!" Moxie exclaimed, as her and Bonnet added their paws to the stack.
"Of course I'm in. Ain't no way I'm lettin' those other guys beat me." Jackie said, as she added her paw to the ever growing stack.
"Oh, I'm in if I can make some cute team uniforms!" Alexa exclaimed.
"When we win, you can do whatever you want." Laura said.
"Yay!" Alexa exclaimed, as she happily clapped, before adding her paw to the stack.
The group looked over at Ennard, who was sitting in the canoe fixing his tie.
"Ennard?" Laura said, curiously. He looked up at the group.
"O-oh, uh... yeah. I'm in." Ennard said, as he climbed to his feet and added his hand to the stack.
Baron stood to the side with his arms crossed and an unamused look on his face.
"What about you? You're part of the team." Laura said. Baron huffed and shook his head, before looking away. Laura didn't look too amused with his response.
"Don't worry about him. We'll win with or without his help." Carson said. Laura smiled and nodded.
"Well, then lets go win." She said.
(Confessional -Baron)
A small smirk grew on Baron's face, as he sat in front of the camera with his arms crossed, slowly shaking his head.
"Those morons can chant ''Teamwork'' all they want. It's not going to get them anywhere." Baron started. "What they fail to remember is this is a game show solely about defeating your opponent and winning. And that's what I plan on doing." He continued. "I'm here for myself, not for them." He finished.
(Confessional End)
(With The Ghastly Shadows)
Unlike The Charming Lights, The Ghastly Shadows didn't get to decide which teammates would be doing what. It was decided for them. So they were already ready to go.
"Great. First challenge here and we already have a disadvantage." Chelsea said in an annoyed tone.
"It doesn't matter, we can still win." Shade said.
"Yeah! Come on! With that attitude, the other team is going to be celebrating their big win, while we head to the locker room with our heads down in shame!" Mojo exclaimed, as he ran up behind Chelsea and threw his arm around her shoulder.
"Eww. Number one rule, Meathead, don't touch me." Chelsea said, as she shrugged off Mojo's arm. "How do you expect us to win when the biggest people on the team are going to be riding in the canoe that the smallest are going to have to carry?" She asked.
Doug cracked his fingers and neck, as he walked over to the canoe. He was getting ready to carry.
"Well, you have Doug's help." Shade said, as he looked at the dog.
"Cindy and I are ready to do our part, too!" Candy exclaimed.
"Yeah! We aren't as weak as we look ya know." Cindy said.
"I'll believe that when I see it." Chelsea said.
"Maybe Ness secretly lifts weights and is hiding really muscular arms underneath his big, heavy looking trench coat." Lolbit said.
"*Sigh* The gym is for people who really think their appearance is the most important thing in life. What's it matter how muscular you are when one of these days we're all going to end up in the ground." Ness said, in his emotionless tone.
"Dude..." Buster said, as he took a small step away from the rabbit.
"It doesn't matter how "muscular" anyone is. I'm sure we can somehow still pull this off, even though we do have a slight disadvantage." Rachel said.
"I agree with her. If we focus on winning, I'm sure we can." Betty said, as she stepped up to Rachel's side.
"That's tha' spirit, team!" Mojo exclaimed. "Now lets get this game started!" He continued.
(Confessional -Rachel)
"Mojo sure does have a lot of energy. I guess that's a good thing to have when you're competing for a million dollars." Rachel started. "But Chelsea, she just seems snobby to me. And Ness... I don't even know what to say about him." She continued.
(Confessional End)
Once the teams were settled, Marionette got ready to start the challenge.
"Alright, newbies. Lets get this challenge started!" Marionette exclaimed.
"And are you sure we get food after this?" Rowan asked, as he stood by his team, ready to lift the canoe. His whole team groaned.
"Yes! Now will you please stop asking me about it?!" Marionette replied. Rowan nodded.
"Why don't you focus on winning the challenge instead of stuffing your face." Baron said, in an annoyed tone.
"Yes, lets get this challenge over with. You guys have somehow managed to give me a headache faster than the original cast did on their first day." Marionette said.
"Woo-hoo! That's how it's done!" Mojo exclaimed, as he threw his paws up. Marionette didn't look impressed.
"You know what? Lights, your one minute head start starts... now." Marionette said. As he did, The Charming Lights members that were carrying, lifted their partner-filled canoe up into the air, and started heading towards the campgrounds.
The Ghastly Shadows stood there watching, as their opponents took a major head start.
Marionette sat on his four wheeler staring at his watch. The minute seemed like it went on forever for The Ghastly Shadows.
"And... you may go." Marionette finally said.
The Ghastly Shadows members that were carrying their teams canoe, heaved it up with their heavy partners inside, and took off towards the campgrounds.
As they ran, Marionette and Nightmare flew past them on their four wheelers.
"See you back at camp!" Marionette exclaimed, before chuckling, as they disappeared in the distance.
"*Pant* What do you guys eat?!" Chelsea asked, as she struggled to keep the canoe up.
"There's no time to worry about that. J-just keep carrying!" Lolbit said.
(Confessional -Candy and Cindy)
"C'mon, carrying them isn't THAT bad." Candy said.
"Yeah! I don't see why Chelsea is complaining." Cindy said.
"Well, when you're not as strong as us, you have a reason to complain." Candy said, a grin on his face, as he flexed his non-existent muscles. Cindy rolled her eyes.
(Confessional End)
(With The Charming Lights)
The Charming Lights were a good distance ahead of The Ghastly Shadows. Their headstart really came in handy.
"See! This is that teamwork that I was talking about!" Laura exclaimed, as she continued to help carry the canoe. Baron shook his head, but kept his mouth shut.
"Y'all are doin' great!" Chester exclaimed, prompting to show his teammates support.
"If we keep this up, we've got this challenge in the bag baby!" Jackie exclaimed.
As they carried, Marionette and Nightmare flew past them on their four wheels. Nightmare almost knocked into the them as they did.
"Watch it ya little punks!" Nightmare exclaimed.
"You almost hit us!" Laura yelled. Nightmare ignored her, as he and Marionette disappeared in the distance.
"Ignore him and keep running!" Baron exclaimed.
"What do you think we're doing?" Carson asked, clearly annoyed. Baron growled and was getting ready to say something, when Jackie stopped him before he could.
"Best keep your mouth shut and focus on the challenge." Jackie said. Baron huffed, again deciding to keep his mouth shut.
(Confessional -Jackie)
"Man, dealing with these guys is goin' to be tough! But it'll all be worth it when I'm ridin' down the street in my brand new ride after I win the mil!" Jackie exclaimed, before letting out a chuckle.
(Confessional End)
(With Marionette and Nightmare)
Marionette and Nightmare had parked their four wheelers and taken seats in the beach chairs that were set up by the finish line.
"Mark! Where's my ice tea?!" Marionette asked.
"Coming right up, Mr. Sir!" Mark, Marionette's brand new assistant, exclaimed as he walked up carrying a tray with two drinks on it.
"We've been over this. You know what I told you to call me." Marionette said, flashing a somewhat annoyed look at his assistant.
"You're right. I'm sorry, your majesty boss man Mr. Sir." Mark replied, handing Marionette his drink. Marionette's annoyed looked vanished, as he gave Mark a nod.
"That's better. But get it right the first time next time." He said. Mark nodded. Marionette took a sip of his drink, but quickly spit it out.
"This is awful! What did you put in here!?" Marionette asked, observing the contents of the cup.
"It's tea, your majesty boss man Mr. Sir. I put sugar, ice cubes, and a freshly squeezed lemon just like you told me to." Mark replied.
"Well, it tastes like urine. And I told you to put THREE ice cubes in here, there or four!" Marionette exclaimed, noticing the incorrect number of ice cubes in the cup. "Take it back, and bring me another." He said, holding the cup out for Mark to take back.
"Yes, your majesty boss man Mr. Sir." Mark replied, as he took the cup, before running off back towards the dining hall. Marionette sighed in annoyance.
"Why is it so hard to find good help these days?" He asked. Nightmare rolled his eyes.
(With The Charming Lights)
The Charming Lights were still in the lead. They figured at this point they didn't have anything to worry about.
As they ran, they heard Rowan's panting becoming louder. This annoyed Baron.
"Will you quiet down?!" He asked, in annoyance.
"S-sorry. *Pant* I-I-I can't he-*Pant*-help it." Rowan replied.
"Leave him alone." Carson said. Baron growled again.
"I wasn't even talking to you, so stay out of it." He replied.
"Stop!" Laura yelled. "Stay focused!" She continued.
"Yeah! What's wrong with you guys?! Stay focused!" Ennard exclaimed, halfheartedly from the canoe, as he sat there continuing to fiddle with his tie.
"Why are you still messing with that? It looks straight to me." Bonnet said. Ennard looked up at her.
"Yours is crooked, that's probably why you couldn't tell mine was." He said. Bonnet quickly looked down at her small bowtie.
"My bowtie isn't crooked!" She exclaimed.
"Ya'll'er doin' great, team!" Chester exclaimed, continuing to play cheerleader.
"Of course we are, hunny." Jackie said, not surprised at all.
Carly looked over the side of the canoe, down at Carson. He was too focused on carrying the canoe to look up.
(Confessional -Moxie and Bonnet)
Bonnet looked down, frantically trying to straighten her bowtie. Moxie watched on, feeling bad for her small companion.
"The nerve of that egomaniac! Telling me that MY bowtie was crooked!" Bonnet yelled, before letting out a huff in announce.
"Bonnet, you're bowtie isn't crooked." Moxie said, trying to calm down her nerved up friend.
"It is! You don't have to pretend its not!" Bonnet said, as she continued to mess with her bowtie. Moxie rolled her eyes.
(Confessional End)
(With The Ghastly Shadows)
The Ghastly Shadows had been behind the whole race, and they were all starting to grow very frustrated.
"Come on, team! Mojo can't lose his first challenge here!" Mojo exclaimed from the canoe.
"M-maybe if you were d-down here helping, we would be w-winning!" Chelsea yelled back, as she struggled to carry the competitor filled canoe.
"*Sigh* Winning. Does anyone actually ever win?" Ness asked, in his emotionless voice.
"We're going to. I'm positive we will." Shade said, as he looked down towards his struggling teammates.
"Yeah!" Both Candy and Cindy exclaimed in unison, as they continued to carry the canoe. Doug smiled and nodded along with their cheer.
"That's the spirit. But maybe we should save the cheering until after we win." Rachel said.
"See! Guitar chick gets it!" Mojo exclaimed, quickly throwing his arm around Rachel. When he did, he made the others almost drop the canoe with the way the weight shifted. Buster had to grab onto Betty to keep her from flipping out of it.
"Hey! Meathead! Stay still or you're going to cost us the challenge!" Chelsea yelled. Rachel put her paw on Mojo's arm, before pushing it off.
"Yeah, maybe you should calm down a little, Mojo." She said.
"The last thing we need to do is to make it easier for them to drop us. We'll definitely lose the challenge then." Shade said.
"We a-aren't going to drop I-it!" Lolbit yelled, as she struggled just like the other carriers.
"*Sigh* Our life leads to us dropping at one point or another." Ness said. No one was paying attention to him at this point.
(Confessional -Buster)
"Hey, we may be in last now, but I have a feeling we'll catch back up! At least... I hope we will." Buster said, starting to look a little worried as he did.
(Switch to -Chelsea)
Chelsea was in the middle of taking another selfie of herself, when she stopped and looked at the camera.
"We're not even through the first challenge yet, and I'm already wishing I was on the other team." Chelsea said, before shaking her head.
(Switch to -Mojo)
"Mojo definitely has confidence in his team! He has to if he's going to captain them to victory!" Mojo exclaimed, excitedly.
(Confessional End)
(With Marionette and Nightmare)
Marionette and Nightmare were still sat in their beach chairs outside of the cabins. Marionette was starting to grow very annoyed with how long it was taking Mark to bring him his tea.
He sat up and pushed his sunglasses up, before looking back towards the dining hall. He groaned, before looking at his watch.
"Ya know, if that Felix guy was still here, I'm sure he would have got it right the first time and wouldn't have had to go back a second." Marionette said. Nightmare, let out a grunt as a response, before taking a sip of his tea. Marionette frowned.
"Rub it in why don't you." He said, as he looked away. Nightmare smirked.
Marionette leaned back in his chair and pulled his glasses back down over his face, trying to relax, when he was interrupted.
"Marionette! Marionette! Bro!" He heard someone yelling.
"What the-" Marionette started, before cutting himself off, as he sat back up. He was unamused with what he saw.
"Marionette! I want-want another chance at winning the million, bro!" A soaking wet Axel exclaimed, as he quickly approached him. After, he put his paws down on his knees, trying to catch his breath.
"Oh look, it's Total Drama Classic competitor, Axel. Who's NOT competing this year." Marionette said, in an uninterested tone.
"I want another shot, bro!" Axel exclaimed.
"Aren't you supposed to be on that yacht that the network agreed to pay for so we could get that shot for the beginning of the show?" Marionette asked. Axel nodded.
"I was, bro. But, I had to come and see if you would let me compete this season!" He replied. "The Axeman was screwed the last three seasons and I want another chance at winning!" He continued.
"Dude, you had two chances to win last season. The only other competitor that had that was Randy, and that was by force." Marionette said.
"Yeah! But, like I said, the Axeman was screwed! I got cheated by Roxy in the first season, didn't even get to compete in the second, and you unfairly eliminated me twice last season!" Axel exclaimed. Marionette rolled his eyes. "Come on, I'm begging you. Just one last chance. Please?!" He continued. Marionette groaned.
"Fine. I'll make a deal with you. If you can find the source of the that ticking sound within the next five minutes and prevent the after affects that are going to happen if the timer runs out, I'll let you compete this season." Marionette said. Axel smiled from ear to ear.
"Yes! You won't be sorry, bro!" He exclaimed.
"Lets hope." Marionette started, before looking off to the side. "But, before you start, bring it in..." He continued, before opening his arms for a hug. Axel was confused, but stepped towards him and hugged him. Marionette gave him a few pats on the back, before the ticking started. Axel quickly broke away from the hug and started looking around.
"The ticking! It's close!" Axel exclaimed.
"Yep. So you better go find it." Marionette said. Axel nodded, before taking off running. Marionette laughed as he did.
"What's so funny?" Nightmare asked, not bothering to look over at him.
"I planted a small timer bomb on his back with some old bubble gum that you cleaned off of the bottoms of the tables in the dining hall." Marionette replied.
"You keep that stuff with you?" Nightmare asked.
"Not usually, but I figured it would come in handy." Marionette replied.
Marionette turned and watched as Axel ran around. Axel was so caught up in trying to find the ticking, that he wasn't paying attention to Mark, who was on his way back with Marionette's second tea. Axel ran dead into him, causing him to spill the drink all over the ground.
"Sorry about that, bro! I'm trying to find that ticking!" Axel exclaimed, before getting up and continuing to run around.
"Noooooo! Oh gosh! That was it! That was the *Bleep* right drink! *Bleep*! *Bleep*!" Mark yelled in frustration, as he stared at the now empty cup. Marionette closed his eyes and shook his head.
(With The Charming Lights)
As The Charming Lights continued running, Rowan's panting got heavier and heavier, and Baron was on the verge of being fed up with it.
"Seriously, can you put a cork in it back there?!" Baron asked.
"I'm *Heave* sorry!" Rowan replied.
"Stop complaining and keep carrying. We have to be close to the finish line by now." Laura said, annoyed by all of Baron's complaining, just like the others were.
"Hey! I've been doing more than he has. And the difference is, I don't sound like I'm about to have a heart attack." Baron scoffed.
"Enough, dude!" Carson exclaimed.
"Enough? Seems like I'm doing more than you, too, nerd." Baron said. Carson growled in annoyance under his breath.
Ray smiled in amusement and shook his head at the constant bickering between his partners.
"C'mon, y'all! We gotta stop all this arguin' if we're goin' to win!" Chester exclaimed, looking over the side of the canoe, down at the rest of his team.
"Tell that to Mr. Lone Wolf up there." Carson said. This time Baron growled in annoyance.
"Can't y'all stop bickering like kids long enough for us to win this challenge?!" Jackie asked, just as fed up as everyone else.
"I agree! We're all on the same team!" Moxie said, Bonnet nodded in agreement.
"Yeah! We are!" She exclaimed. Baron snickered.
"If I wanted to hear the opinion of a puppet, I'd talk to Elmo." He said, causing Bonnet to growl in annoyance.
"You should be talking to Oscar the Grouch instead." Carson said.
"Enough already!" Laura exclaimed. "This is not what a team should be doing! I'm tired of wasting my breath trying to get that through your thick, stubborn skulls." She continued. "Baron, Carson, please just stay quiet and work with us! This challenge is almost over! We have it won, the only thing we have to do is get on the same page! Can we do that?!" She asked.
Both Carson and Baron stayed quiet for several seconds, before Carson finally spoke.
"I'm already on the same page." He said. Carly once again looked down at him. He was still very annoyed with Baron's attitude.
"I know I'm not going to get an answer from you, but as long as you keep your mouth shut and don't do anything to cost us the challenge, I'll assume that you're with us." Laura said, looking back ahead at Baron. He huffed in response.
(Confessional -Laura)
"Keeping this team together has been harder than anything I ever had to do at the academy. It's ludicrous!" Laura exclaimed. "But, I was able to keep a squadron of fifteen officers in training in order, so I'm positive I can keep a group of ten civilians with absolutely nothing in-common besides the fact that they're all here to win a million dollars." She continued, very confidently.
(Confessional End)
Laura had somehow managed to keep the piece after the almost team breakdown. She knew as long as she kept Baron at bay, everything would be fine. At least show hoped it would be.
Alexa was sitting in the canoe, drawling on a notepad. She was designing team uniforms...
"How do you think this looks?" She asked, showing the notepad to Carly, who was sat next to her. Carly looked at it, before looking back at her.
"It looks... good, Alexa." She replied. She was more concerned about winning at that moment, but she didn't want to be mean.
"Let me see. If there's any purple or blue in it, I can't wear it." Ennard said, reaching for the notepad. Alexa handed it to him.
"Y'all, I'm all for them team costumes. I mean, my cousin Cletus and me wore matchin' overalls when we competed in tag-team tractor racin' back home. But, can't we worry about them later?" Chester asked. Baron overhear this "costume" talk, and didn't take it too lightly.
"You're telling me we're down here doing all of the work, and you're sitting up there designing costumes?!" He asked. Alexa looked over the sighed.
"Don't worry, I'm designing one for you too. Duh." She replied.
"I don't want one!" Baron exclaimed.
"Uh... g-guys, I don't *Heave* know how m-m-much farth-*Heave*-farther I can g-go." Rowan said.
"Stay with us, Rowan. We're almost there." Laura said, trying to keep Rowan with them.
"It's a shame, too. I'm actually enjoying myself." Ray said. He knew the bickering was coming, that's why he thought it was so funny.
"Hunny, I saw this comin' too." Jackie said, looking over at Ray as she did.
Ennard had given Alexa her notepad back, and she went back to doodling prototype sketches of team uniforms.
"Do you think this looks better with pink, or baby blue?" She asked, showing the notepad to Moxie and Bonnet. They looked at it, before looking at each other.
"Pink." They replied in unison.
"I, like, totally think so too!" Alexa exclaimed, excitedly.
"G-guys, I n-need to-*Heave*-to sit down." Rowan said, tiredly. But no one heard him.
As they ran, they hit a bump in the path, causing the canoe to rock. When it did, Alexa lost grip of her notepad, sending it over the side. When it fell, it smacked Rowan in the face, causing him to trip and fall.
Since he was holding up the rear by himself, all the weight shifted to the back when he fell. The others, including Baron, tried to re-grasp it, but couldn't. The canoe fell, landing on the other five carriers, pinning them underneath.
Jackie, Ray, Baron, Laura, and Carson all groaned in pain, as they were crushed by the combined weight of the canoe AND their remaining five teammates. As they did, Rowan lay first first on the ground, trying to catch his breath.
(With The Ghastly Shadows)
The Ghastly Shadows had been running for what felt like an hour now. They didn't know how the heck it was even possible that The Charming Lights got this far ahead of them with a one minute head start.
"How far ahead did they manage to get?!" Shade asked no one in particular.
"I don't know." Buster replied, just as surprised as Shade was.
"They did have an advantage. They had all of their strength carrying for them. No offense to you guys, but we don't." Rachel said. She was being honest, but she didn't mean to offend her teammates that were carrying.
"I guess you for-*Pant*-forgot that it wasn't up to us. If it was, you would be down here. Not me." Chelsea said, as she started struggling to keep her grip.
"Man this is why Mojo needed to be on the field for this play." Mojo said.
"We're confident that they aren't THAT far ahead of us." Cindy said. Candy nodded in agreement.
"Yeah! They probably had to stop and take a breather or something, and we're going to be passing them any minute now!" He said. Doug nodded, agreeing with the twins.
"I hope. I've done enough damage to this dress already for one day." Lolbit said, looking down at her less new looking dress. She frowned in sadness when she saw it.
"That was a cute dress." Betty commented, looking over the side.
"I know it is!" Lolbit exclaimed, becoming more saddened by the way it currently looked.
(Confessional -Lolbit)
"This was such a nice, expensive dress!" Lolbit exclaimed. "If I knew we were going to get blown up, thrown in ocean water, forced to swim back to a beach, and thrown into a race, and a canoe carrying challenge right away and not given a chance to change clothes, I would have worn something different." She continued.
(Confessional End)
As The Ghastly Shadows carried on, Buster, who had been paying attention to what was in the distance, saw the other team.
"H-hey, guys! Look!" Buster exclaimed, getting the others who were sat in the canoe to look ahead.
"That's The Charming Lights." Rachel said.
"Well, what are they doing?" Chelsea asked, not able to see as far as the others could.
"They're stopped. I don't know why." Shade replied.
"Probably stopping for a breather just like I said they would!" Candy exclaimed.
"This is our chance to counter their play and take the game!" Mojo exclaimed, inadvertently rocking the canoe as he did. The others held on, before flashing him annoyed looks.
"What did I tell you about rocking the canoe, meathead?!" Chelsea asked, more annoyed this time than the last.
"Everyone needs to stay focused! We still have a chance to win!" Betty exclaimed, trying to prevent the impending argument that she felt was about to ensue.
"*Sigh*-" Ness sighed. He was about to follow it up, but didn't get to before he was interrupted.
"We're getting ready to pass them. Don't say anything to any of them. Stay focused on winning!" Shade exclaimed.
"Yeah! What he said!" Mojo exclaimed.
The Charming Lights who had been in the canoe, had climbed out and started lifting it off of their downed partners.
As they were lifting the canoe, Chester looked back and saw The Ghastly Shadows quickly approaching.
"Uh... y'all?" Chester said.
"Nows not the time, Chester. We need to get this off of them so we can get moving again." Moxie said, as her and Bonnet lifted on the canoe.
"No, uh... I think this is kinda important." Chester said. Carly looked over in the direction Chester was, and saw The Shadows closing in.
"The Ghastly Shadows." Carly said. Laura looked over and saw them, before going wide eyed.
"Hurry and get this thing off of us!" She exclaimed. The five teammates went back to lifting the canoe. But, they didn't do it fast enough.
The Ghastly Shadows came running up along side them, cheering as they did. Baron growled as they did. As they were passing, he grabbed ahold of Ness' ankle, causing him to trip and fall. Since he was in the back, as he fell, he fell into his partners.
They all fell to the ground, dropping the canoe as they did. Since they were on a small slope, as they dropped the canoe, it continued sliding down the path. The Shadows who were in the canoe screamed as it flew down the slope, headed towards camp.
The Ghastly Shadows who had been knocked down, quickly looked up, watching as the canoe quickly slid away from them. Baron smirked when he saw their reactions.
The other members of The Charming Lights finally managed to get the canoe off of their partners. As soon as they did, they pulled Rowan to his feet, before the riders climbed back in and the carriers lifted it back up.
"Better go catch that." Baron said, sarcastically, as he and the rest of The Charming Lights headed towards camp. Doug glared at him, before motioning for the others to follow. They did.
(Confessional -Doug)
Doug sat in front of the camera with an annoyed look on his face. He shook his head, before balling his fist and shaking it.
(Confessional End)
The Ghastly Shadows that were in the canoe screamed as it flew towards camp. Shade moved up to the front and took control, trying his best to make sure they avoided all of the trees and rocks in their path.
He avoided a couple of trees, before a large ramp-like rock appeared on the path.
"Look out!" Rachel exclaimed. Shade tried to curve, but it was too late. The canoe ramped up the rock and flew the rest of the way down the path.
Marionette sat up in his chair as screams filled the air. He looked up and saw the canoe flying towards him and Nightmare.
"Ahh!" He yelled, as he jumped up and off to the side. The canoe fell right on the chair he was sitting in, with Rachel, Shade, and Betty landing roughly inside of it. Meanwhile, Buster fell and landed right on Nightmare, sending both of them through his chair and down to the ground.
Buster groaned as he pushed himself up. He didn't realize where he landed until he came face to face with Nightmare's angry mug. He was getting ready to quickly get up, when Mojo came falling out of the sky, landing right on top of both Buster and Nightmare.
Mojo sat up and shook his dizziness off, before looking down at Buster.
"Mojo thanks you for padding his landing." Mojo said, before standing up.
"D-don't mention it." Buster groaned out in pain.
Marionette stood up and dusted himself off, before looking at the competitors.
"Hello?! Did you not see me sitting there?!" Marionette asked, clearly annoyed with what just happened.
"No, sorry. We must have missed you." Shade replied, sarcastically, as he sat up in the canoe, holding onto his head as he did.
"Clearly not!" Marionette exclaimed, motioning towards where his chair used to be.
"So... do we win?" Mojo asked. Marionette glared at him.
"No you don't win!" He replied.
"But we made it here first!" Mojo exclaimed.
"Yeah, but where's the rest of your team?!" Marionette asked. Mojo looked back towards the path hoping to see the missing members of The Ghastly Shadows. But he didn't. Instead, he saw The Charming Lights rushing down the trail with their canoe.
"Crap..." He said. The Charming Lights cheered as they approached the campsite.
"Head towards the big cabin!" Jackie exclaimed. Her team listened. They were happily approaching it, when Axel ran out of the woods and through the front door as the ticking continued. He wasn't in there for five seconds, before there was a huge explosion.
The Charming Lights stopped in their tracks, watching as bits and pieces of what once was a nice cabin flew around them.
"Not cool, brooooooooooo!" Axel exclaimed, as he was blasted off of the island and into the horizon.
Marionette broke out into laughter as Axel turned into a small star in the sky.
"Man! That was so much cooler than I thought it was going to be!" He exclaimed.
As he laughed, the remaining members of The Ghastly Shadows finally appeared from the trail. They stopped once they reached their other team members.
The Charming Lights dropped their canoe, as they continued to stare at the large black mark on the ground that was left in the place of their cabin. Once Marionette finally calmed his laughing, he looked over at The Charming Lights.
"That sucks! There was a jacuzzi, personal bathrooms and king sized beds in each room, AND a pool table in there." Marionette said, causing The Charming Lights to moan and groan in disappointment. "So... since The Ghastly Shadows are the only team left with a cabin, they win today's challenge." He continued. The Shadows cheered, as The Lights continued to moan and groan in disappointment.
"That's not fair, we made it back with our full team first!" Baron argued.
"Yep! You did! But, as I just said, The Ghastly Shadows are the only team left with a cabin. So they win." Marionette said.
"Then where are we going to sleep?" Carson asked.
"Don't worry. I've got you guys covered!" Marionette replied. "We saved the other cabin from the original season just in case something like this happened." He continued, as the Netcopter hovered over them, dropping the old cabin into the spot where the two-story one previously stood.
As it crashed to the ground, one of the doors fell off, and a few large bugs quickly exited it. The Charming Lights all looked very disappointed with their cabin.
"Anyway! Charming Lights, I have more good news for you!" Marionette exclaimed. "You guys will be taking part in our first Bonfire Ceremony of the season, tonight!" He continued, disappointing The Charming Lights even further. "Ghastly Shadows, you guys win today's challenge!" He finished. As he did, The Ghastly Shadows cheered.
"*Sigh* Does anyone ever really WIN at-" Ness started, before being interrupted.
"-SHUT UP!" All of The Ghastly Shadows exclaimed in unison, startling him.
(Confessional -Baron)
"Great! First challenge here I lose because I got stuck with a load of awful partners." Baron said in annoyance, shaking his head as he did. "I'm not a loser. I never have been, and I never will be. And I'm not going to let the rest of them pull me down with them. Especially not Carson." He continued. "And as far astonight's elimination ceremony. Whether they want to admit it or not, they need me. So I'm not going anywhere. But, I'm sure I know who is." He finished.
(Switch to -Carson)
"I can take a loss, and I don't usually like pointing blame at anyone in particular. But, I blame Baron for this." Carson started. "If he would have just worked with us instead of complaining the whole time, we could have easily won this challenge." He continued. "Regardless, with or without his help, we're going to win the next one." He finished.
(Switch to -Carly)
Carly was kind of sunk down in the seat, avoiding eye contact with the camera.
"It does stink that we lost. But what's worse than that was having to listen to that j-jerk Baron the whole challenge." Carly started. "I can call him a jerk, right? I-I'm sorry, it's just... he is." She continued, before sinking a little further down in the seat. "I just hope we can win the next challenge." She finished.
(Switch to -Chester)
"Awe man, losin' the first challenge sure does suck. But I just hope Carson and Baron can start workin' together. 'Cause if not, our teams as screwed as my neighbor Patty after'a night of moonshine." Chester said.
(Switch to -Jackie)
"Having to listen to Baron and Carson's arguing was worse than the challenge itself. The only thing they did was bicker like my two nephews arguing over the front seat. And hunny, I can't deal with that." Jackie said.
(Switch to -Moxie and Bonnet)
Moxie looked over at Bonnet, who had her arms crossed in annoyance.
"It's okay, Bonnet, we'll win the next challenge." Moxie said. Bonnet shook her head.
"It's not that. I had my bowtie perfectly straight again, and the others messed it up when they dropped us." She replied. Moxie put her free paw over her face, shaking her head as she did.
(Switch to -Ennard)
Ennard was sat in front of the camera, still readjusting his tie. Several seconds later, he smiled and looked up.
"Finally got it just perfect again!" Ennard exclaimed. "Oh, yeah, and me losing is a tragedy that will probably be on some sort of talk show tonight. Don't know which one, but one of them." He continued.
(Switch to -Alexa)
Alexa was continuing to draw in her notepad, when she stopped and looked up at the camera.
"Oh, are we filming?" She asked. "Okay, these are some designs I've managed to come up with for team uniforms! I think they're all so cute! What do you think?" She asked, showing some of her sketches to the camera. "Cute, right?!" She finished.
(Switch to -Rowan)
Rowan once again managed to squeeze his large frame into the outhouse to film another confessional.
"I think I let my team down today. I hope they don't vote me off because of it." Rowan said, before his stomach let out a loud growl. "Maybe I should have had an extra burger or two at dinner." He said, looking down at it. "If I'm still here after the elimination ceremonytonight, I'll do better. At least, I'll try to." He finished, looking back up at the camera.
(Switch to -Ray)
Ray sat in front of the camera with his arms crossed and an amused smirk on his face.
"What did I say? The way they were biting each others heads off before the challenge started made it obvious enough that there was no way they were going to last as a team." Ray started, before shaking his head. "Laura must have taken a bad fall or something at that academy she's been nonstop talking about, because if she was insane enough to believe that she could actually get all of them on the same page, she must have skipped out on going to the hospital." He continued.
(Switch to -Laura)
Look sat there, shaking her head in disappointment. She eventually looked up at the camera.
"Failure is not acceptable to me. It wasn't acceptable at the academy, so why should it be any different now?" Laura asked. "My team has their differences. And right now, they aren't on the same page. But, with my skills in training, I am determined to get them all whipped into shape and working together." She continued. "Out on the field, if everyone's not working together to solve a problem. They will fail. There's too much on the line to fail. So, Captain, if you're watching, I'm going to make you proud." She finished.
(Confessional End)
(At Elimination Ceremony)
"I can't believe we had the advantage, and we STILL lost." Baron said in an annoyed tone, as he shook his head. Carson was annoyed about losing too, but he was also tired of hearing Baron's voice.
"Charming Lights, you guys have the honor of being apart of the first elimination ceremony of the season! How great is that?!" Marionette asked, none of the competitors said anything. "Anyways, so let me explain how this thing is going to work. I have ten of these nice stale breadsticks that were left in the Dining Hall from the first season of the show-" he was explaining, as Nightmare walked up carrying a tray with the breadsticks on it, before all of the competitors let out a nice, chorussed "Eww." He let out a chuckle as they did. "I know! Gross, right? Regardless, I have ten of them, but there are eleven of you. What that means is whichever one of you doesn't receive a breadstick, you must immediately take the dreaded Walk of Shame all the way down the Dock of Losers where, get this, you will be launched off of the island by our newest means of elimination! A nice big catapult! How cool is that?!" He exclaimed.
"Umm... Marko-" Alexa started, before being interrupted.
"-It's Marionette." Marionette said in an unamused tone.
"Umm... Marionette, can't you, like, give us lipstick... or cute outfits instead of old breadsticks?" Alexa asked. Marionette still looked very unamused.
"No." He replied, plainly. "Now, if little miss lipstick is done, I'll get to handing out the PERFECTLY FINE breadsticks." He continued. "First breadstick of the season goes to... Carson." He called, as he tossed Carson the first breadstick.
"Next up... Carly." Marionette called, as he tossed Carly a breadstick. Carson looked over at her, with a small smile on his face. Carly blushed, before nervously looking away from him.
"Next up... Baron." Marionette called, as he tossed Baron a breadstick. Baron sneered over at Carson as he caught it. Carson didn't look too enthused.
"Laura, Chester, and Ray." Marionette called, as he tossed the three competitors breadsticks.
"Jackie, Moxie, and Ennard." Marionette called, as he tossed the three of them breadsticks. Moxie smiled and gave Bonnet a high five when she caught hers.
Alexa and Rowan looked over at each other, realizing there was only one breadstick left.
"Alexa, Rowan, one of you has spent your first and last night here." Marionette said, as he stared at the two competitors.
(Dramatic Music Starts Playing)
Rowan and Alexa held eye contact for several more seconds, before looking back towards Marionette. Both of them were surprised that they were the ones in the first bottom two of the season, and they were both worried about being the first one sent home.
(Music Gets More Dramatic)
Alexa and Rowan continued to grow more nervous as the time passed. They weren't use to Marionette's tension building, so this was a new and unpleasant experience for them.
Marionette moved the final breadstick back and fourth between the final two competitors. A grin on his face as he enjoyed their reactions. It was like old times for him.
"And the final breadstick goes to..." Marionette started, before stopping, as the final breadstick slowed.
Rowan and Alexa were both wide eyed and shaking nervously at this point. Neither one of them wanted to be forever known as the first new generation competitor eliminated. They'd feel just as awful as Mike felt.
"Hmmm..." Marionette hummed, as the breadstick came to a stop in the middle of the competitors.
Marionette once again maintained his silence for several seconds, watching as both Alexa and Rowan shook at the front of their seats.
"...Alexa." Marionette finally called, before tossing Alexa the final breadstick.
"Yay!" Alexa exclaimed, as she caught her breadstick.
"Rowan, you're out." Marionette said.
(Elimination Music Starts Playing)
Rowan looked down towards the ground, realizing that he was this seasons Mike.
"Aw man." He said.
"Walk of Shame time. I've been reallllly looking forward to trying out that new catapult!" Marionette exclaimed. Rowan stood up and sadly started walking towards the dock. Marionette excitedly followed him, with Nightmare behind him. He just wanted to see the launch. When they got there, Rowan hopped up into the catapult.
"This is going to be epic!" Marionette exclaimed, before letting out a chuckle. "Any last words before we see how far you can fly?" He asked.
"Yeah, actually... can I have a sandwich for ride home?" Rowan asked.
"Nope!" Marionette exclaimed, before pulling the lever, launching Rowan into the distance.
"AHHHHH!" Rowan's yell got more faint as a disappeared into the horizon. A small star appearing in his place as he did. Marionette and Nightmare broke out into laughter as they watched.
"So worth selling the boat for!" Marionette exclaimed through laughter. He and Nightmare high-fived, as they continued to laugh.
"What'll happen next time?" Marionette started. "Will Laura be able to get all of her new teammates, including Baron and Carson, on the same page? Will Bonnet be able to straighten her bow tie back out? And will Ness ever stop being so... edgy?" He asked. "Find out all of these answers and more, next time on Total... Drama... Fazbear... Returns!" He finished.
And that's a wrap on the first chapter of the season! I hope you all enjoyed it, and are looking forward to the rest of the season.
So, after meeting our new cast, who's you're favorite new character/characters? I'm generally curious about your guys' opinions.
Anywho, again, I hope you enjoyed and I will see you guys next week!