All those good moments with Scott seemed so far away now as Dawn sat on the balcony of her room at Playa De Losers meditating. Every good memory that the two shared all seemed to be fake now, nothing but a lie. Finding out that Scott was a traitor was one thing, but for him to pin all the thefts on her was such a deep act of betrayal that Dawn felt like she'd been punched in the stomach. Since her arrival here everyone had been welcoming, fellow castoffs like Staci and B were a great comfort to her when she saw them, but most times she remained in her room mediating.

The past contestants of Total Drama were holed up in the hotel as well, according to Gwen their contracts with Chris stated that he basically owned them and he'd promised them 'good things' which was never a good promise from Chris. The past contestants were nice though, well some of them were at least. Sometimes Gwen, Lindsay and Bridgette would meditate with her, but they didn't go as far in as she did. But that was okay, the made great company. Brick had been voted off not long after Dawn and was soon followed by Mike. She could just imagine how upset about that Ana Maria and Zoey were. The two were probably ripping each other's throats out.

The sound of the nearby lake helped to lull her mind, it had taken awhile for her to recover from Scott's betrayal. Gwen and Bridgette had been nice enough to comfort her even though she didn't cry; they helped her talk it out which actually did make her feel a little better but the feeling of betrayal still lingered. As a child of nature she wasn't supposed to hold grudges, but this was something that she could not get over so quickly. There was a numb feeling inside of her. Of course B's gentle aura had been a great help as well, he was so silent but so helpful at the same time. Sometimes he would come out on her balcony with her and sit in silence, his presence was very comforting in her opinion.

Lost in her peaceful thoughts she didn't notice the passing of time from warm afternoon till cool evening. A knock inside on her hotel room door tugged her from her trance. She blearily opened her eyes and gazed out at the torches that were lit around the pool below and realized the time. She must've missed dinner; hopefully she didn't concern Bridgette and Gwen. Another knock was heard. That was why she'd opened her eyes in the first place. Slowly she stood, her legs partially asleep and waddled inside to answer the door. It couldn't be Bridgette or Gwen because they normally just walked in; it might've been B though because he was a gentleman. She smoothed her skirt and opened the door. The last person she wanted to see was standing there bruised up and dirty, Scott. Her first instinct was to widen her eyes in surprise but quickly regained herself and glared at him; she slammed the door shut and locked it. She crossed her arms over her chest, leaning against the locked door. Her heart was hammering in her chest, so Scott had gotten voted off. That was not the least bit surprising. But why was he at her door though? Did he want to rub it in her face that he last longer than she did? She felt a hallow knock against her back.

"Moonbeam, I want to talk to you." Scott's gruff voice came through the door.

Dawn fought herself, she had to remain strong. "Go away; I have nothing to talk to you about." She stepped away from the door slowly and walked over to her bed to lie down.

Scott knocked on the door again, rougher this time. On the bed Dawn stared at the door. She wasn't going to give in. He had betrayed her and there was nothing to discuss. The knocking got more and more insistent as she continue to lie on her bed and stare at the world just outside the balcony, though it was dark out she could still see the palm trees that shot up to the sky by the pool.

"Come on," Scott groaned, banging his fist on the door. It was starting to dent but Dawn still wouldn't come to the door.

"Hey, the hell are you doing?" a firm voice barked at him. Scott turned and just down the hall he saw Duncan, he was walking towards him with Gwen beside him, both were glaring at him.

Scott gave a haughty scoff and continued to bang on the door. "Trying to get Moonbeam to talk to me, but she slammed the door in my face."

The two stopped beside him, Gwen took a step towards him. "She doesn't want to talk to you. Not after what you did."

Anger welled up in Scott's chest, he raised his fist to bang the door again but Gwen stepped in the way. Who was she to stop him? Scott would have shoved her aside but with the deadly look on Duncan's face he held back the urge. He let out an irritated sigh and stomped away. Gwen and Duncan watched him disappear into the elevator before knocking on Dawn's door.

"Dawn, it's Gwen. He's gone now." she said.

Inside the room Dawn still lay on her bed staring off into the dark night. She could hear mechanical sounds from her doorknob. She figured that Duncan was picking the lock. The door then opened, she heard Gwen lecturing Duncan about picking the lock as they entered. She shut the door tight and stepped over to the bed where Dawn lay.

"Are you okay?" Gwen asked, she climbed on the bed beside where Dawn lay while Duncan just leaned against the door with his hands shoved in his pockets.

Dawn looked at Gwen with a small smile. "I am fine, thank you." She said softly. Nodding Gwen brushed some hair from Dawn's face. "I really appreciate all your help."

"Of course, we are all here for you, even Duncan." Gwen said casting a glance to Duncan who was fiddling with his cell phone. He looked up and shrugged.


A few hours later Dawn sat on her bed reading, Gwen and Duncan had hung around for an hour and once she assured them that she was fine they had left. She debated going down to get something to eat but she really didn't feel very hungry so she just decided to read. Noah had lent her a book a few days ago. He had said it was good, she trusted his opinion. The book was about two rivaling villages that go to war. During battle a lonely baby is found on the battle field, a young solider from one of the villages finds the baby and while he is trying to get the baby somewhere safe an enemy solider attacks him and is shocked to see the baby in his arms. The enemy then stays by the soldier's side to care for the child and heal his wounds. Eventually the two find love and through many struggles bring their two villages together, mainly because both soldiers are the sons of the rulers of each village. Noah doesn't seem like the romance novels type, but because of the set-up of this story it was no wonder that he liked it. Well that and the fact that he and Cody were dating so it kind of softened his personality, only a little bit though. As Dawn read the part where the first solider, Klaus, found the baby, Crystal, in a ditch crying for someone's attention it brought tears to her eyes. How could someone leave such a precious angel like Crystal in a ditch in the middle of a war zone? She closed the book after marking her page and wiped her eyes, too much sadness overwhelmed her. Her stomach gave a low grumble, guess she couldn't put off eating anymore.

She stood from her bed and headed towards the door. Cautiously she peeked out the door to assure that the hall was empty. She didn't want to chance running into Scott; she just couldn't deal with him right now, or ever. The coast was clear. Feeling relaxed now she stepped out of her room headed towards the elevator. A nervous feeling filled her stomach, she was always so calm and rational but after Scott's betrayal all she had been feeling was sadness, anger and a deep bout of confusion. Especially after all the times they had shared together, and when he sought her out in the woods…no. She had to push those thoughts away. But now she felt nervous that she would stumble across him and be forced to endure some sort of conversation. What it would be about she didn't know, and she didn't care. There was nothing for them to talk about. Scott's words meant nothing to her. Not after framing her for theft, making her feel like an idiot thinking that she had found the immunity idol, and then getting her thrown off the island. Climbing aboard the elevator she leaned against the bar, the coolness helped calm her nerves a little. There was no reason for her to be worried about encountering Scott.

The elevator dinged when it reached the bottom floor. When the doors slid open Dawn spotted Alejandro, bandaged up, cuddling with Heather on one of the lounge couches. She smiled pleasantly as she passed them. They looked so peaceful. After seeing what they went through last season the two deserved happiness and some time to repair the damage. The two of them looked so cute cuddled together, it was hard to believe that the two had been bitter rivals covering their feelings during the entire third season, and Heather picking the money over Alejandro must have been hard for them both to deal with.

She entered the dining room, it was dark and empty. She wondered silently if Owen had eaten all the food making them have to close up early but she pushed it away with a smile and headed into the kitchen itself. It was cool in the kitchen; only one light was on and it flickered slightly. She sought out the fridge, it was near the back. Her stomach grumbled again, placing a hand over it to calm its grumblings she went to the industrial sized fridge. Grabbing the handle she tried to open it but the door was stubborn.

"Moonbeam?" a voice behind her sent chills down her spine.

Oh no, she thought. She refused to turn around and pretended she hadn't heard a thing. She tried the handle again as a way to distract herself. It still wouldn't budge. Behind her footsteps squeaked which made her entire being tense. She wanted to run away, but her body wouldn't move. A hand appeared in her vision and yanked open the large, stubborn door. Dawn quickly moved away from the fridge and towards the door to the kitchen.

"Where are you going Moonbeam? Aren't you hungry?" Scott asked. She halted, staring at the immaculate floor of the kitchen. "You can't avoid me in forever, and you can't sick your watchdogs on me forever either."

Dawn cleared her mind, thinking only of calming waters and dancing leaves. It calmed her slightly. Scott wasn't leaving. She felt him staring at her back. Once she relaxed she turned around and locked eyes with Scott. He stood there with that stupid look on his face that he always had, a smug smile with crossed arms. Way too relaxed for a traitor like him! Dawn kept her cool and glared at him.

"You have no right to talk to me like that," Dawn said glaring at him. "Not after what you did."

Scott's smug look was quickly wiped off his face, Dawn almost felt bad but she quashed that feeling. He did not deserve her to feel bad for him! Now after what he did! Scott took a step towards her from the fridge, the feeling of wanting to run away returned but Dawn remained rooted on her spot.

"Look Moonbeam…" Dawn cut him off.

"Don't you dare call me that!" she yelled, surprising even herself. "You have no right!"

Now Scott looked shocked. He had not expected such an outburst from someone like Dawn, she was always so mellow and soft-spoken, and during many occasions so mystical that it was hard to believe that she was sane. Scott knew why she was acting like this though, it was because of him. He stood there and let her vent. It was the only way he was going to get a word in.

"How could you do something like that to me?" Dawn demanded, she completely let go of wanting to flee and stepped towards him. "Y-you made me out to be a thief! A-and a liar! Why would you do something like that?"

Scott was silent. Dawn looked seriously hurt, anger welled in his stomach. He did feel bad about what he did, but her yelling at him was not something he would put up with. "You don't have to yell at me."

A deadly glare marred Dawn's normally serene features. Scott had never seen her look so angry, it was admittedly his fault but it still shocked him. "I have every right to be angry," she stepped towards him till there was not much of a distance. "You betrayed me!"

The words stung. They impacted Scott more than he thought that they would. Without responding Scott stormed past Dawn and out of the kitchen. She just watched him go. Of course, she thought. Rather than own up to what he did, Scott ran away. How could she think anything different of him? Tears gathered in her eyes but she refused to let them fall, though Scott was gone she refused to give him the satisfaction of her crying. This was the first time that she really thought about how what he did made her feel; sad, angry, frustrated, confused, betrayed, and so much more.

All the emotions were swirling inside her and wanted to get out. Her shoulders sagged in exhaustion; her stomach gave a low grumble reminding her of why she had come down here to begin with. The fridge door was partially opened from Scott opening it for her, it was nice of him…no. One small gesture did not make up for what he did! Dawn grabbed the first thing from within the fridge and slammed the heavy door closed as hard as she could, which was not nearly as hard as she would have liked. What she had grabbed was an apple; Dawn stared at it and shrugged. It was better than nothing, plus it was healthy. She took a sharp bite of the juicy red fruit. Delicious, she thought as she heaved herself up onto the counter to finish her apple. The stillness in the kitchen paired with the low, soothing hums of the appliances helped to clear her mind. She lay back on the cool counter. The sounds of the appliances lulled her mind to calm, anger was dissipating momentarily. In the midst of her anger she didn't even notice Scott's aura, vaguely she wondered what it had looked like. She had been so busy yelling at him, releasing her anger towards him that she didn't even see his aura. What color had it been? She found herself asking. Had it been closed off like usual? She kept eating her apple as she mulled these thoughts over.


Bright and early the next day Dawn was seated out by the pool with everyone else, though after last night's interaction with Scott she decided to stay by Eva who, although she scared everyone, made for definite protector against Scott wanting to approach her. Eva was working out with Tyler who actually seemed to be improving. Almost matching Eva's reps in stride, but falling short of course because no one could beat her reps. Dawn was still reading the book she'd borrowed from Noah, almost finished with it now. She was at the part where Klaus and Toby, the enemy solider, presented Crystal to the two villages in hopes of ending the war. It was quite touching that no matter what the two lost they still continued to care for Crystal and hope for peace.

"Hey Dreamcatcher, are you done with my book yet?" Dawn tore her eyes from the riveting words in the book to see a shirtless Noah standing there with his arms crossed over his chest in his swim trunks. She smiled at the nickname; everyone here seemed to call her something unique. Probably because she was a little odd, like Izzy except sane.

"Almost Noah, it really is exciting." Dawn said marking her page and shutting it. "Do you need it back now?"

Noah uncrossed his arms. "No, just wanted to know if you were done with it. You can drop it in my room when you are finished. Take another if you want, just make sure you inform me and return it." Behind him Dawn spotted Cody, attempting to sneak up on Noah it appeared. He put a finger to his lips signaling her to keep quiet and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's waist from behind. Noah jumped in surprise while Cody chuckled at his reaction. "Must you do that," Noah practically grumbled.

Dawn couldn't help but smile; Cody and Noah were perfect for each other. Both their auras were a pleasant rose color that practically surrounded their entire beings. She was aware that some viewers didn't approve of their relationship but luckily there were people who thought they were cute. How could anyone think their relationship was wrong? Just watching them interact was magical, although Noah loathed public displays of affection and always seemed to shove Cody away when he did it. Though anyone with eyes could see he was halfhearted about it, there was a small smile on his face as Cody nuzzled his nose into Noah's tan neck.

"Dawn, you don't mind if I steal Noah away do you?" Cody asked pressing a kiss to his boyfriend's bare shoulder, Noah shivered slightly.

She shook her head with a wide smile. "Of course not, go right ahead. Your auras are reflecting a very bright rose color today. You are more than welcome to take him and I will I return your book when I'm done Noah." After a quick nod Noah was whisked away by Cody.

"You are so loopy," Dawn heard Eva say. She turned to see Tyler attempting a pull while Eva bench pressed.

Her words didn't bother Dawn. "You have to admit they are good together Eva." She saw as a pale blue colored Eva's aura. She knew that Eva, Izzy, and Noah had a strange friendship, they were like a weird little family but it seemed like it worked.

Eva just grunted and continued to bench press. Sitting back in the lounge chair Dawn went back to the book. The warm sun beat down on her shoulders helping her to relax. It was rather nice today, that paired with a good book helped her forget all about last night. The wind rustled leaves on the palm tree above her head, some stirrings of wildlife were within the leaves of the tree. A loud splash echoed on the active pool deck. A crazy noise was emitted which tore Dawn's from the book, Izzy had dive-bombed into the pool which had sent a title wave over Courtney who had been angrily tapping on her PDA. Izzy released another battle cry as she climbed out of the pool and did it again.

"Izzy will you please stop that!" Courtney cried as she wrung out her soaking hair and attempted to dry her PDA.

Izzy just smiled wildly and dove in again causing another tidal wave to soak Courtney again. Crying out in frustration Courtney stomped away. Dawn was surprised that Courtney was as dramatic as she seemed on TV. Bridgette and Gwen had been sunning themselves when Izzy's two tidal waves covered them and all they did was wring out their hair and start a conversation. Dawn could see her aura though as she retreated, it was a bitter yellow color. It was actually kind of sad. It seemed liked Courtney was still bitter about what Duncan and Gwen did as well as Alejandro's rejection when he picked Heather over her. Life was not being very generous towards Courtney when it came to relationships. Dawn felt sorry for her.

"Watch out Dawn," Eva grunted between reps. "Orange-top is coming. Want me to mess him up?" she halted her work-out to look at Dawn.

Indeed Scott was strolling over with a bitter look on his face. Dawn could see his aura; it was a pale orange color with tinges of blue. He obviously wanted to talk. But was she ready to talk to him? Especially after last night? A part of her said yes, but currently she felt like there was a rock in her stomach. She wasn't ready.

"Yes please, well don't hurt him. I'm just not ready to talk." Dawn said scooting down in her seat to bury her face in the book.

Nodding Eva put the bar down with a grunt and walked over to Scott to stop him before he reached Dawn's chair. "This is as far as you go, she doesn't want to talk with you." Eva put a hand to his chest to keep him from stepping around her.

Scott sent an annoyed look at Eva and would have sent Dawn the same look but she still kept her head buried in the book. This was really getting old.

"You know Moonbeam, for someone who was ripping me a new one last night you sure lack the confidence now." Scott called, trying to get a rise out of Dawn.

Begrudgingly it worked; Dawn slowly raised her head for the book. A smug smile tugged his lips where her teal eyes met his blue ones. He had never been so happy to see her eyes. He could see the angry fire in them though. Dawn sharply closed the book and stood up. She stomped over to Scott.

"Fine, if you want to talk. We'll talk." Dawn said bitterly. Eva stood beside her.

Scott grabbed her wrist. "Not here," Eva grabbed his wrist to keep him from pulling Dawn away.

"It's okay Eva," Dawn told her, she let go of Scott's wrist. She locked eyes with him. "Fine, lead the way."

Scott pulled her away from Eva, past the pool where Izzy had abandoned dive-bombing in lieu of climbing the palm trees like a monkey while Owen chowed on some food watching, towards the hotel. Dawn caught Bridgette and Gwen sending her twin looks of concern. She sent them a weak smile before Scott pulled her through the doors of the hotel. Just inside the doorway Lindsay and Tyler were making out, Scott scoffed and pulled Dawn past them. He headed into the dining room which was empty. He closed the door tightly, his back to Dawn. She crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against a table.

"You wanted to talk Scott, so talk." Dawn snipped. "Unless you wish for me to do the talking. Because I very much liked doing the talking last night."

When Scott turned he had a pained look on his face, his aura reflected a dim blue. Depression. Dawn pushed away her concern, he didn't deserve it. "Look about the island…"

Just him mentioning it made the numb feeling inside Dawn build. It wasn't so much that Dawn had been thrown out of the competition, it was the fact that Scott had betrayed her when she had really started to think…that he had feelings for her. Her heart clenched.

"I was…" Scott shrugged his shoulders weakly.

"Scott, will you please form complete sentences?" Dawn asked sighing impatiently. It wasn't in her nature to be impatient but something about Scott got to her. It had been that way since they first met on the island.

He sent an annoyed look her way, she looked away towards the kitchen door where she could see people bustling about through the window. The dining room was dead quiet. It was almost uncomfortable. Dawn's eyes flickered up to Scott's face. It was a mask of confusion and disgust. His aura flickered an uncomfortable red color with mixes of orange. Dawn looked away again. As she stared at the tacky hotel carpeting she heard Scott's shoes squeak. Suddenly she was embraced, arms wrapped around her lithe waist.

"I'm so sorry Dawn," he murmured in her ear. Dawn's eyes widened, this was unexpected! Weakly she lifted her limp arms and clutched the back of Scott's shirt. "I never wanted to do that…I just…"

Dawn pulled from his embrace enough to look at his aura. It was the same pale blue as earlier except with spots of white. He was telling the truth. The numb feeling went away, it was replaced with a spreading warmth. Dawn's mind flew back to when Scott had embraced her in the forest, after spending hours looking for her out there he had held her so tightly that Dawn thought he would never let her go. That had made her feel warm then too. Tears stung her eyes, but she held them in. Scott was staring into her eyes seriously, searching for answers. The look on his face clearly reflected his remorse towards his betrayal and his hope that Dawn would forgive him.

A slow, weak smile tugged her lips. "I-I forgive you." she said softly.