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DJ pulled his manual out of his bag and opened it to the first page. When the book started talking in Chris Maclean's voice DJ hurled the thing as far as he could. However, it flew right back to DJ and kept on talking.
"Now that one of you has finally opened your books I can announce the teams! Noah and Trent, Ezekiel and Sadie, Justin and Katie, Heather and Leshawna, Beth and Cody, Pinkie and Eva, Gwen and Harold, Lindsay and Jacob, Izzy and DJ, Courtney and Duncan, and Bridgette and Geoff."
If Chris had actually been there he would have been overjoyed at the reactions he inspired in some of the campers with those pairings. As it was, he watched it on tape later and nearly died of laughter. DJ was whimpering on the ground as Izzy jumped around him doing Xena, warrior princess calls. Heather and Leshawna were having a glare-off. Justin was looking utterly depressed as he covered his ears. He had to cover his ears because Katie and Sadie were clinging to each other while crying. Ezekiel was trying to make Sadie let go of Katie but was failing miserably. Eva was grinding her teeth in anger because she thought that Pinkie looked weak. Everyone else was wondering where they could buy earplugs.
Noah opened his book and started leafing through it frantically.
"Wow, this is really realistic," he thought," if this book includes the charm I'm thinking of then my eardrums will be saved! AHA! Found it."
"Silencio!" yelled Noah.
Suddenly nobody could hear anything. Everyone's mouths were moving but you couldn't hear anything coming out of them. All the contestants looked completely confused. Bridgette used her wand to scratch words into the sand.
Can anyone besides me not hear?
Everyone besides Noah started to nod.
Noah?
Noah had already sat down to look for another spell. Trent poked him to get his attention. Noah ignored him and continued to look through the book until he found what he was looking for. He picked up his wand and wrote in the air with flaming letters.
The counter-spell is "Nosious." If you think that really hard you will be able to hear again.
In a minute, everyone was able to hear again. Noah turned to Trent.
"Trent, we've got to really got to work at this. There are a lot of spells to memorize in here and you need to know the counter-spells to get out of them too. I'm not sure about the air head twins and Cheerleader Barbie over there, but some of these people will actually be good at this."
Trent nodded and the two of them headed off to study the manual in the cabins.
The Confessional: Where we find out about all the awesome spells!
Izzy: These spells are awesome! I can clone myself and make others blind and become invisible! It's so cool! I was born to be a wizard!
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DJ: While Izzy terrifies me, she's going to be a great person to have on your side in this game. I still don't really want to be near her when she tries out that cloning spell.
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Jacob: I found an infatuation charm in that book. It makes people become obsessed with the person they're looking at. *he smirks evilly* This should be fun.
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Lindsay: Coco put some weird spells in this book.
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Justin: I'm going to have to form an alliance with Ezekiel for this challenge. Katie will be hell to work with if she's not with Sadie. I'll take the squealing any day rather than the nonstop crying they've been doing.
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Ezekiel: I can't stand Sadie and Katie's crying, eh! It's giving me a huge headache.
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Pinkie: Eva seems to be really angry something and she won't tell me what it is.
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Eva: I can't stand weak people! And Pinkie looks really weak! Even her name is weak sounding!
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Gwen: Harold wasn't really one of my friends on the island. I'm not really clear about what's happening between him and Leshawna…… I'll have to ask her about that.
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Geoff: WOOHOO! I'm with Bridgette! YEAH! Could this day get any better?
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Bridgette: I'm not sure me being paired with Geoff is a good thing…. I mean whenever we're together all we do is make out. We forget about everything else…….
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Beth: Well, I don't really like Cody that much. I think he's kind of annoying and delusional. Like I used to be! He's always pretending he's really cool when he's not. I'm going to try and avoid him tonight. As long as we're both good at the spells separately, there's no reason for us to actually work together tonight.
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Cody: I can't wait to get to know Beth! I never really talked to her before… Maybe we could be friends? Something more? *he waggles his eyebrows*
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Duncan: Courtney is not going to be much use in this competition. Even if she recovers, she won't have enough time to learn all the stuff she needs to know…. *he sighs*
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Leshawna: I hate that bitchy white girl!
(Heather's voice comes from outside the confessional)
Heather: I hate you too!
DJ and Izzy's team
Izzy grabbed DJ and slung him over her shoulder.
"Wha-what are you doing Izzy?" DJ asked nervously.
"Well, since you seemed really nervous, I thought we'd go find Bunny," replied Izzy.
"That's really nice of you Izzy,"
"Why do you sound surprised?"
Pinkie and Eva's team
"Eva!" yelled Pinkie as she ran," Eva, wait up!"
Eva was angrily stomping into the woods so she could get away from Pinkie. No matter how fast she ran, she couldn't get away from Pinkie!
"Eva, we need to work together! We're a team!"
"I don't want to be on a team with you," Eva snarled.
"Eva, why don't you like me?" Pinkie asked, "You don't even know me!"
Eva sighed and turned around to explain it to her.
"You're weak!" Eva told her," and I don't like weak people!"
"Oh, you think I'm weak?" Pinkie looked Eva up and down, gauging how strong she looked.
"You don't think you're weak?" replied Eva," Then let's have a match. You. Me. Arm-wrestling."
"Okay," Pinkie agreed, "But if I win you have to work with me. If I lose you can do whatever you want."
"Sure," Eva said while trying to hold back laughter.
Cody and Beth's group
Cody was walking around looking for Beth.
"She's disappeared completely!" he thought.
He walked past the mess hall when he heard Eva laughing.
"Eva's laughing?" Cody thought, "It's kind of a creepy sound. Better see what's happening."
Cody walked into the mess hall right when the match was about to begin. Pinkie saw him and waved him over to where she and Eva were sitting.
"Cody, right?" Pinkie said.
"Yup" he replied while giving her an uncoordinated wink. It looked more like blinking.
"Are your eyes okay?" she asked.
"They're fine," he muttered.
"Well, could you ref our arm wrestling match?" she asked him.
"You're arm-wrestling Eva?" he asked incredulously.
"Is that so hard to believe?" she responded.
"Yeah," said Eva," Around here everyone is afraid of me."
"Whatever," said Pinkie, "I'm not afraid of you. Tell us when to start Cody."
"1, 2, 3, Go!"
Pinkie and Eva started the match. Eva's face started to get angrier and angrier as she realized that she couldn't move Pinkie's hand. Pinkie smiled at Eva and said:
"Wow, you really are strong!"
And then promptly won the match.
Cody and Eva stared at Pinkie in disbelief.
"What?" she asked.
The Confessional: Their opinions on the match
Cody: (He is still shaking his head in disbelief) That girl is amazing.
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Eva: (She looks like she's in shock) Really amazing!
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Cody: But what happened next was even more amazing.
"Where do you train?" asked Eva excitedly, "If you're this strong, I want to train under your master!"
"My master is dead," she said quietly.
Eva's happiness was immediately toned down a few notches.
"I'm sorry," said Cody sympathetically.
"Yeah," said Eva awkwardly, "Me too."
Pinkie stood there silently. Cody noticed she was scratching her wrists a lot and they were red.
"Pinkie," Cody said," You have a rash on your wrists."
"Oh, shoot! My bracelets are giving me a rash."
"Why don't you take them off? Here, I'll do it for you!" said Cody.
"No no-" she started to say, but it was too late.
Cody pulled one of her bracelets off her wrist. The bracelet dragged his hands to the ground and crushed one of his fingers.
"OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!" he screamed.
"Sorry," Pinkie said, "I tried to warn you."
Eva picked up the bracelet (with some difficulty) and turned to Pinkie.
"You beat me at arm-wrestling with these on your arms? These things must weigh 50 pounds!" Eva said with an amazed look on her face.
"I thought it wouldn't be fair if I didn't give myself a handicap in this competition," Pinkie said in a small voice. "I wear them on my arms and legs so my strength will be somewhat near a normal person's strength."
Cody moaned on the floor and the two decided to take him to the infirmary.
Gwen and Harold's team
Gwen and Harold are sitting in the Ex-Screaming Bass cabin.
"Gwen, we need to talk about a strategy for the game tomorrow," said Harold.
"Not now Harold. I need to focus."
"If we come up with a strategy then we might have to study less and you can get some sleep tonight! Gosh. Don't bite my head off."
"Don't be so over-sensitive, Harold"
"Who's the one being over-sensitive, Gwen?"
"You are, Harold!"
"Gosh!"
"Why do you say gosh like it's some sort of expletive? It's so dweeby, Harold."
"Why do you say my name like it's an expletive, Gwen?"
"You're doing the same thing, Harold!"
"Gwen!"
"Harold!"
"Gwen!"
Leshawna walks in but the two don't notice.
"Harold!"
"Gwen!"
"What the heck are you two doin?" asked Leshawna.
"He started it!" accused Gwen.
"No, you did Gwen!"
"You were being oversensitive, Harold!"
"Who's the one being oversensitive, Gwen?"
"You are, Harold!"
"Gosh! Whoah, Déjà vu!"
"You two are behaving like two Owens fighting over the last donut!" said Leshawna sternly. "Apologize!"
"Sorry, Gwen," said Harold.
"Sorry, Harold," muttered Gwen sullenly.
"So is the goddess taking a break from her lying, cheating partner?"
"Yeah. I needed a break from the Queen of all Evil. But don't change the subject. Why, exactly, were you two fighting?
"I don't really know, actually," said Harold. "Gwen was suddenly mad at me and that made me mad at her."
"I'm sorry," Gwen said sincerely, "I have a really short fuse when I'm tired."
"That's okay," replied Harold.
Katie and Justin's team and Ezekiel and Sadie's team
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
As the two girls squealed, their partners were quickly forming an alliance.
"Ezekiel, I can't stand their constant crying!" complained Justin.
"Neither can I. It gives me a headache. Even their squealing sounds better that their crying," replied Ezekiel.
"Please form an alliance with me…. It would save my sanity," said Justin tiredly.
"Of course! It would save my sanity too," replied Ezekiel, "but you know, they haven't really told us how the fighting actually works. We don't know if we'll be fighting one on one, or against everyone. And we don't know if the winner is the one with the most wins against others or the one who survives, eh!"
"Well, this alliance only says that we support each other until we are the last two left in this challenge, if that's how it works."
"Sure."
Izzy and DJ's team
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA! DJ, isn't this fun!"
"If you think running away from a bear is fun, then sure! Personally, I prefer not having the chance of dying or getting mauled!
"DJ, why are you worrying about what might happen? Keep your mind in the present!
With that said, Izzy jumped up the nearest tree and pulled DJ up with her.
"Why didn't you do that when we first started running from the bear?" he asked her.
"Two reasons, DJ, my dear!" she told him. "Firstly, I was having fun and I thought you were too! Secondly, by running that far, we made Fuzzy Wuzzums tired enough that he doesn't want to chase us up the tree!"
"I thought you said to think in the present?"
"Well, unless you're being chased by a bear."
Duncan and Courtney's team
"Princess, you need to go to sleep now."
"Bedtime? Whhyyyyyyy Duncie?"
"Because…… you, ummmm need your sleep for tomorrow's competition."
"Okaaaay. Gimme a kiss Duncie?"
"Sure, Princess"
Duncan bent down and kissed her on the cheek.
"Awwww, Duncie won't gimme a lip kiss?"
"How about this. I'll give you a lip kiss when you go to sleep and wake up tomorrow, okay?
"Oooooookay!"
Courtney closed her eyes and wiggled deeper into the sheets. Duncan sighed.
"I can never kiss her on the lips when she's like this," he thought," It'd be like kissing a little sister."
Bridgette and Geoff's team
Bridgette and Geoff were making out on top of the cliff. They had been locked together for an hour after Bridgette suggested coming up to the cliff to study. Finally, Bridgette summoned the willpower to push Geoff away.
"Geoff!"
"Babe, what's wrong?"
"We need to work! We have a competition tomorrow!"
"Bridge, all we need to do is come up with a strategy for tomorrow and it'll be fine."
"No! We need to actually work on this! You can't be so laid back about this.
"Wait. Why am I getting angry at Geoff for being laid back?" she thought," I think that's one of his best qualities! Aaaaah! I don't understand myself!"
"I'm going to take a walk," she said quickly and walked away.
"I don't understand her," thought Geoff.
Lindsay and Jacob's team
"Hey Lindsay…"
"Yes, Joe?"
"Are you actually that dumb?"
"Yes, thank you!"
"Why are you thanking me?"
"One of my friends told me that, when it describes me, dumb is a compliment!"
"Oh."
Jacob searched Lindsay's face for a glimmer of intelligence. However, he saw nothing but the face of a vapid cheerleader.
"Okay, Lindsay, tomorrow during the competition, will you do whatever I say?
"Of course, Jack!"
"Whew. I thought he was onto me there.," she thought.
Izzy and DJ's team
Izzy and DJ were still stuck in the tree.
"When do you think Fuzzy Wuzzums will go away, Izzy?" asked DJ.
"Probably when he gets hungry," she replied nonchalantly.
"What if that's the reason he's still sitting there?" DJ said while looking panicked.
"Don't worry DJ! It's only a bear," she said, trying to calm him down. However, it had the opposite effect.
"It's only a bear! ONLY A BEAR! Did you see what a bear did to Cody last season!? I need to live so I can win this contest!" he screamed.
"Does winning this contest mean so much to you?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah. It means I can pay back my Mama for all she has done for me."
"You're lucky that you're so close with your Mama," Izzy said while smiling sadly.
"Yeah," he replied, "Are you close with your Mama?"
"My mother?" Her face and voice was lacking any emotion, "She doesn't approve of anything I do."
"Are you sure she just doesn't like the way you're living?" DJ asked. "It could just be motherly concern!"
"It's not."
Izzy pulled her wallet out and showed DJ a picture in it. The picture was of a little girl who was around 8 with pigtails and glasses. She was holding a bunch of awards, some of which included an Honor Roll award, a Young Pianist of the Year award, and a Child Cook of the Year award. She also had a big smile for the camera that showed off her braces.
"That was me," Izzy said. "I was the perfect child. I did everything she asked and she never showed any approval for it. I wasn't good enough. After this I tried to be average because I thought she might think I was too perfect. When that didn't work, I became what I am now. I'm uncontrollable. Of course, this worked even less than the others. If I can't get my mother's approval then I will live the way I like. I'll have as much fun as I can!"
Izzy turned to look at DJ and found that he was crying silently.
"DJ? Are you okay?"
Suddenly, he gave her a big hug. It startled her for a moment. Then she made herself comfortable in his arms and smiled.
