I'm sorry for the delay, college and work keeps me busy. But I'm not going to stop this story until the final chapter is complete.


Chris was outside the manor, the morning sun was just beginning to rise. Chris himself was wearing a jacket since it was rather cold in the mornings, as the show was taking place in the mountains. It was time for Chris to give the recap.

"Previously on our season premiere of Total Drama Rosewood Manor, our twenty two contestants finally arrived at the manor, some managed to get along with each other pretty quickly, while others might still need a little more time to adjust. But even though the game hasn't officially started yet, the drama has already begun in the former of our two stowaways, January and Karlene, who arrived at the manor uninvited. But after a call to the producers, everything's been sorted out and our two stowaways are now a part of the show! We also took a tour of the manor to get everyone adjusted to where they'll be competing for the next few weeks. Finally, the two teams have been created, this season, it'll be the Bronze Bats against the Silver Scorpions. The first challenge starts today! Who will be the first contestant to take a ride on the Train of Shame and arrive at the Station of Loserdom? Find out on the first of many dramatic elimination ceremonies that you can only see here on Total Drama Rosewood Manor! ... Man its cold out here..."


The teens were peacefully asleep in their rooms, it was about 6 a.m. and Chris had just finished his recap of the first episode. Most of the teens were still asleep, except for Toshiko who was already getting dressed.

Chris was going into the office where Chef called the network in yesterday, Chef and some interns were already there having their morning coffee. Chris had a sly smile on his face.

"Ah, I love this job." Chris said before turning on the intercom system. The intercom gave off feedback that Toshiko could hear from her room, knowing what was coming, she covered her ears.

"Good morning contestants! Hope you all enjoyed your sleep! Get dressed and head on down to the mess hall for your breakfast, because today, you'll be doing your first challenge!"

The teens either jumped right up from the sheer volume of Chris' voice, or groggily woke up, trying to remember what was going on. Clara was shocked and slightly disturbed that Toshiko was already dressed and ready to go.

"How did you...? Are... are you a wizard?!"

"Hehehe, no, I just wake up early. We should probably head down for breakfast." Toshiko answered.


All of the teens were sitting at their respective team's tables for breakfast, the way the teams were arranged of the teams still upset the twins and best friends.

"So how did you all sleep?" Kenji asked his team.

"Like a baby!" Clara answered.

"The beds here are actually really comfy!" Felicity added. Andi noticed January crying as she ate her breakfast, more of her teammates noticed this as well.

"Hey, are you really that bummed out about not being on the same team as your friends?" Andi asked.

"Has she been crying all night?" Santiago asked Felicity, as she was January's roommate.

"I'm not crying because of them, I'm crying because this food is disgusting!" January sniffled. Johnny took a bite out his food, trying to get the exact taste of it.

"It tastes like... oatmeal mixed with asphalt." He said. "Hey Chef! What did you put in here?"

"Asphalt! Put some muscle on those bones. Some of y'all really need it." Chef replied. The teens either threw up, pushed their food away, or fainted out of pure shock. Eventually it descended into chaos with some of the teens having panic attacks and others trying to calm them down.

"We've only been here for a day and already things are going to hell." Hester said, sighing and rubbing her head with her index and middle fingers.

Chris entered the room and was about to announce the challenge but with everything going on, he didn't really know how to react. He then took out a megaphone and then cleared his throat.

"HEY!" Chris shouted, getting everyone to be quiet.

"Two things. First, if there's going to be chaos for any reason, I have to be the cause. Second, it's time for the first challenge of the season. And you better bring your A-game, because if you don't, you'll be sending one of your teammates home."

"Well what are you waiting for?!" David called out. "Bring it!"

"Glad to see you're excited. The challenge is simple, since you all seem like a simple bunch. We've hidden seven keys around the manor and in the backyard. Whichever team finds the most keys wins the challenge." Chris explained.

"Alright then, let's do this!" Santiago announced, he and David were about to dash out of the dining room.

"Wait a sec, guys." Chris said. Ben and Shawn held the two back.

"I'm not sure if I mentioned this yesterday. But there is another thing you need to be mindful about." Chris began.

"Is there another part of the mansion you haven't shown us?" Nanette asked.

"It's probably a secret floor where you and Chef keep all of your luxurious stuff, am I right?" Andrew added.

"Well yes and no. Yes because I haven't shown you the basement floors. But that wasn't what I was getting to. This season, we've brought back the McLean Invincibility Statue, and the Chef Hatchet Elimination Statue. If you find them, you're free to use them at any Elimination Ceremony. For those of you who don't know how they work, let me explain; This wooden statuette based off of yours truly, grants whoever uses it at any ceremony immediate invincibility, making any votes against them null and void. As for the one based off of Chef, it can be used to automatically have someone eliminated, no marshmallows, no ticket, you're put on the train and sent off. Any questions?" Chris explained, two interns showed everyone pictures of the two statues for reference.

"Yes, um, why are they called Statues even though their clearly just wooden carvings of your heads?" Karlene asked.

"Who's idea was it to have those things in the first place?" Hester added.

"Any important questions?" Chris asked, clearly annoyed with the ones he got.

"What's the basement like? And why didn't you show it to us yesterday?" Emma asked.

"I honestly forgot to show you the basement." Chris answered. "Slipped my mind. But it doesn't really matter, remember the door Chef came out of when you first got here? The one that was to your right? That leads to the basement, which is just a singular hallway with doors on both sides that are completely empty or locked. At the end of the hallway is a set of stairs that goes further down into the boiler room, which is just one room with the boiler and light system. That's about it... Also, there are no keys down there, in case you were wondering."

"But you did tell us about the basement though..." Brian told him.

"I did?" Chris asked.

"Yeah, you told us about the two basement floors, but you never showed us what they look like." Clara added.

"But since you described what they looked 'I guess that counts for something'!" Brian joked, making his voice sound cartoonist and over the top for the last part of his statment, which got a few laughs out of the others

"Oh... anyway you have a challenge to do people! Move, move, move!" Chris explained. The teens scattered out of the room to look for the keys, except for Edward.

"And will you be participating, Ed?" Chris asked.

"One of the keys is here isn't it?" Edward asked calmly.

"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." Chris responded, leaving the room. Edward turned to see Chef also had left, leaving him alone. Edward then headed into the kitchen to search for the key there.

*confessionals*

Edward: He's going easy on us. I don't blame him, there's not much you can do for challenges in this old place.

Jason: If you're wondering how I knew the taste of asphalt, I was out on my bike some time before coming here, I hit a pothole and landed face first onto the road. Just another day in the life of a biker.

Ben: I knew Chris was gonna pull something like that, I need to find those statues!

*end confessionals*


Emma was searching in the inside of the organ, though though she wasn't having much luck.

"Did you find anything?" Adrian asked her, to which Emma shook her head.

"Do you think there might be a key outside?" Shawn pondered.

"Do you want us to look for them?" Karlene asked, offering to search outside with Nanette.

"If you want to." Clara said, the two girls left to look outside, on their way they passed by January.

"Hey girls!" January greeted, sounding happy to see them but uneasy now that they were on different teams.

"Hey Januray!" Karlene returned the greeting, giving her best friend a hug.

"Listen, now that we're on different teams, we can't really be around each other as much. But let's not let this game get in the way of us being friends, ok?" Nanette proposed.

"Deal!" January replied, the three girls got into a group hug before going their separate ways.

*confessionals*

Januray: At least now I'm more at ease with being on the opposite team than my friends but this might be a good thing, I can try making new friends now. I just have to try to avoid getting myself booted off.

Charlotte (holding one of the keys): How did nobody see this? It's literally right beside as as we come into this dumb closet!

*end confessionals*


Santiago was currently searching outside for the Silver Scorpions, however, with the sheer size of the backyard, it wasn't going to be easy. He looked around to see where he should look first when he noticed a path going off into the woods. It was the same path that nobody noticed when they were getting their tour yesterday.

Santiago took the path, and after walking for about two minutes, he came across a graveyard. The trees in the graveyard were all dead and there was only one singular path to the graveyard. At the end of the path was a pile of dirt with a sign right behind it. The sign had the word 'HER' written on it in black paint.

Santiago took a deep breath before digging his way through the dirt, he tried feeling around for the key but he flinched and retracted his hand when he felt something that felt like a human skull. It was cold, and he could feel a worm wriggling around in the dirt. Santiago immediately turned tail and ran from the graveyard.

*confessionals*

Santiago: I thought the key would be down there! Why the hell is there even a cemetery around here in the first place?!

Chris: In all honesty I did not know there was a cemetery here. As for Santiago, a little mental trauma never hurt! I might think about using that place for a challenge though...

*end confessionals*


Meanwhile, Toshiko, Charlotte, and Josh were looking for the keys on the third floor of the manor, the two had just finished searching in all of the bedrooms and there was no key to be found.

"So where do you think it is?" Josh asked.

"Knowing Chris he would probably but it in a dangerous or disgusting location." Toshiko answered. An idea then snapped into their minds.

"The bathrooms!" They said in unison.

"Toshiko, did you find anything?"

The two turned to see Kenji, Cherry, and Felicity.

"Not yet but we think there might be keys in the bathrooms."

"OK then, Toshiko and I will look in the bathroom up here. Boys, you look downstairs." Felicity stated.

"And try not to do anything too naughty, 'kay." Cherry added with a wink.

"We won't, but knowing you, it might get frisky in the girls room." Kenji joked.

The girls entered the bathroom, the three immediately scattered around the room to check every sink, toilet paper roll, and the towel rack.

'Please don't be in the toilets. Please don't be in the toilets!' Cherlotte silently begged as she looked by the toilet paper holders.

Eventually when their search failed they turned to the only things they didn't check: the toilets.

"Ok girls... let's get this over with." Toshiko sighed as the girls went to check the toilets. Thankfully they didn't have to look very long as Cherry found the key rather quickly.

"I got it!" She called out. Toshiko immediately went over to the sink and began scrubbing her hands and forearms.

"I take it you're a germaphobe?" Felicity asked.

"Not really, but I don't know if any of these toilets were recently used..." Toshiko answered. The other girls joined her in washing up.

Kenji and Josh had just entered the boys room, they had searched every, including the toilets and found nothing.

"I hope I never have to dig in a toilet ever again!" Kenji groaned.

"Same here. Hey, I'm heading back to my room to put some disinfectant on my hands, just in case." Josh said.

"No prob, I'll report back to the girls, and is it OK if I get some too?" Kenji responded.

"Sure."

Josh returned to his and Adrian's room and saw something reflect light out of the window and onto his face. He followed the light and found a key.

*confessional*

Josh: So Chris had the interns hide the keys while he was telling us the challenge? Or did he set these up beforehand?

*end confessional*


In the library, Chelsea was skimming over some of the books in the library, not really caring for the challenge. Kazuki and Hester entered and saw her rummaging through the books.

"Do you need some help?" Kaz asked.

"Nope." Chelsea replied monotonously.

"You can't look for the key in this entire room by yourself." Hester noted. Chelsea simply shrugged.

"Forget it, she doesn't want any help. If we lose this you're going home!" Kaz hissed. Chelsea turned her back to them, silently thanking Kaz for what he said.

"Do you think Chris may have put one on the roof?" Hester pondered.

"It's not unlike him, can you look up there? I'm going to look for Edward, I haven't seen him since the challenge started." Kaz said. The two took one last look at Chelsea before leaving the room.

"Muda muda..." Kaz hissed. ["Useless useless..."]


Karlene and Nanette were searching through the flower patches for the key, both trying not to damage any of the plants.

"These Chrysanthemums are so beautiful! They go so well with my hair, don't you think?" Karlene asked.

"Karlene! We need to be looking for the key!" Nanette reminded her, sounding concerned. "But oh my gosh they so do go with your hair!"

"Wait, do you mean this key? I found it here about five minutes ago, I just wanted to find the best flowers!" Karlene said innocently, Nanette was shocked but she smiled at her friend enjoying herself.

"Well we should head inside, we still have a challenge to do."

"Oh, right, sorry!" Karlene said, heading inside with Nanette. The two passed by Kaz who was about to enter the kitchen when Edward stepped out of it, he was holding a key.

"Well what do you know, my roommate goes and gives us a point. You know, you just might be the person I've been hoping to find here..." Kaz said, Edward raided an eyebrow in intrigue.


Hester opened the door to the roof and saw the key tied to the flagpole that housed the U.S. flag on it, she cut the string that held the key and was about to leave when Andi, David and Jason arrived on the roof as well.

"Looks like you have something we want!" David said glaring at Hester who simply had an annoyed look on her face.

"Look Hester, I'm sure we can settle this calmly." Andi said, not wanting any confrontations.

"Says you! I came to win!" David shouted as he ran at Hester. David pushed Hester as he reached for the key but Hester pushed him down in retaliation, then stepping on his chest to keep him down just in case.

Hester looked at Andi and Jason, the former backed off while the latter gave Hester an impressed smile.

"I'll be going now." Hester said as she went back downstairs.

"She's pretty cool." Jason said.

David got up and brushed himself off.

"What's wrong with you?! You could have helped me! It's three against one!" He shouted.

"What's wrong with us? I'm not the one who tried to fight a girl." Jason responded, frustrated with his teammate.

"And I was trying to settle this calmly!" Andi added.

"Whatever! If we lose, I'll tell the team it's your fault!" David snapped as he went downstairs, Andi and Jason followed him.


Everyone except Chelsea regrouped in the foyer, the score was currently tied at three keys each.

"So the score is even." Chris said via intercom.

"We looked everywhere!" Andrew responded.

"Oh no you haven't, think. What's the on room you all haven't checked yet?"

The twenty three teens thought before a few of the teens suddenly realized where the last key was.

"So it is in the library!" David announced. The group rushed over to the library as fast as they could.


Chelsea was still skimming through some books when she found herself in the section for Manga, she eventually saw a back cover for one of the books jutting out of the shelf a bit and out of curiosity, she looked at it.

It was a Manga series called 'Jojo's Bizarre Adventure' and it featured two men on the cover, one of them was holding what appeared to be a mask made out of stone. Chelsea found a small gap in between some of the pages and opened it to see the last key!

The teens entered the library once Chelsea had already found the key.

"And that's game! Thanks to Chelsea, the Bronze Bats win the first challenge, which means the Silver Scorpions will be sending someone home tonight." Chris announced.

"Way to go Chel!" Karlene cheered. She and a few of the oothers went to go congratulate Chelsea, who was feeling like she was about to scream in frustration.

'Hmph, maybe I was wrong about her. But it's only been day one...' Kaz thought to himself.


Later that evening, Karlene and Nanette had brought January out to the flower patch, where the three had decided to tend to the flowers.

"Wow, you girls were right! These flowers look gorgeous!" January squealed.

"I know, right!" Karlene added. Nanette seemed to notice something was out of place.

"Hey look! One of the roses is missing!" She announced. The roses were all grown in neat rows, ranging in color from red to yellow to white. Sure enough, one of the red roses was missing.

"Hmm, maybe someone has a crush one someone else and took a rose as a gift for them?" January pondered.

"Oh I hope one of the boys picked it for me! Especially Edward, he's just so mysterious, I find it charming!" Karlene said in excitement.

"Attention Scorpions, it's time for someone to take a ride!" Chris announced. Nanette and Karlene gave January a concerned look and wished her luck as she went to the subway station for the ceremony.


The Silver Scorpions took their seats for the ceremony, some more nervous than others.

"Welcome Scorpions to the first elimination ceremony of the season. I said this yesterday, but I'll say it again, you'll make your votes and if you receive the highest amount, you'll get this." Chris said, holding up a red train ticket.

"This ticket means you've been voted off, if you're safe, you'll get a marshmallow. Now one at a time, you can make your votes."

*ticket booth confessional*

January: Andromita, told me what you did!

Kenji: You messed up dude...

Andi: You shouldn't have tried to fight a girl!

David: I'm playing for keeps, alright?!

Santiago: That freaking graveyard man...

*end confessionals*

"Alright, I've tallied the votes, if I call your name, you're safe. For now." Chris said.

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"And Charlotte. Andi, David, you two got the most votes but only one of you is safe, and that person is..."

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"Andi!" Chris tossed Andi her marshmallow and handed David the ticket. The Train of Shame promptly pulled up to the station.

"All aboard!" Chris said. David scowled at Chris and then at his team. He flipped them the bird as he got on the train, which began to leave the station. Once it was gone, Chris began to sign off.

"And that settles the elimination. Twenty three contestants remain, what will happen next time on the next dramatic episode of Total Drama Rosewood Manor!"


I hope you all liked this chapter and I'll try my absolute hardest to get the next one out faster.