Now here is the first challenge! I love the feedback I got from the previous chapter, and I hope that it keeps coming!

Savage Llama's Cabin

In their cabin, Leighton had had all the Llamas' attention on her.

"Okay, if we're going to win this challenge, we have to establish some kind of order. I nominate myself for leader!" Everyone stared at her blankly. "Come one guys! If we don't start out ahead, we'll probably stay behind!" More blank stares. "Ugh! I give up!"

Confession Cam

"All of these people have no team spirit!" Leighton said to the camera. "How can we expect to win if they can't even decide on a leader!"

"Leighton, calm down," Brent said smoothly. He was already bummed that he and Heather were on different teams, but now he had to deal with Leighton and Hailey. "I mean, yeah, I guess we should work together, we're a team, but not be all serious about it."

"Seriously, dude," Derrick agreed.

"Well," Hailey stood up and walked next to Leighton, "I think it's a great idea. We do need a good, strong leader, and I think Leah here would be perfect."

"It's Leighton, Hailey," Leighton corrected.

"Whatever, so who's with us?" Hailey asked. Still no one responded. Finally, Sapphire spoke up.

"Are you trying to form an alliance? HA! Didn't you watch last season? Alliances never work out!" Sapphire laughed some more.

Confession Cam

"If we lose," Hailey said, "that weird goth girl is going first. And my alliance will work, I'm sure of it."

Confession Cam

"I may not like Hailey," Leighton said, "but I really want to win. If that means forming an alliance with snobby cheerleader, then I will."

Fighting Mongoose's Cabin

Heather sat quietly on her bunk while the others around her talked about the upcoming challenge. She was really sad that her and Brent weren't on the same team, but the other people, except maybe Marietta, seemed really cool. On the opposite side of the room, she saw Allister sit by himself, staring at Jamie.

"What do you think the challenge will be?" Vinson said. After being with his teammates for a while, he was able to be semi-socially accepted.

"I don't know, but I hope it'll be something involving skateboarding," Jaro said. He tried to Marty McFly his board, but ended up hitting himself in the head.

"Dude, no offense, but your not that good." Terran patted Jaro on the back, who flinched slightly.

"OOH! I know!" Marietta squealed. She jumped up from her bed, where she was scribbling something a notepad. "See, I know this guy who used to be a roommate with another guy who owned a laundromat where the wife a producer of this show washed her clothes, and she heard that we'll do something similar to what they did last season."

"You really can't keep secrets," Jamie mused. Marietta shot him a menacing look.

Confession Cam

"So what if I have a big mouth? At least I'm not like my sister who has the bladder the size of a Capri Sun and wets the bed nearly every night!" Marietta's eyes grew wide. "Oops, sorry Megan!"

"So that means that we're gonna jump of a cliff? All RIGHT!" Raine said.

"I hope we don't harm any of the natural flora on the island! That would just be terrible!" Lena shouted. The nine other campers stared at her.

"Attention campers!" Chris' voice rang over the camp. "Please meet me at the top of the 'mountain' in the center of the island."

"Why did he say 'mountain' weird?" Jaro asked nervously.

"It's Chris," Jessie explained. "He'll do anything to make us nervous or scared."

'Mountain' Peak

The campers arrived at the summit of the mountain to find Chris standing with Chef Hatchet wearing yellow fireman outfits.

"This cannot go well..." Sapphire said under her breath.

"Welcome campers to the first challenge of the season!" Chris said over-enthusiastically. He was returned with silence and evil glares. "Okay! This 'mountain'," Chris made air-quotes, "Is actually an active volcano. Your challenge is to bungee jump inside the volcano, and survive." Chris turned to Chef and gave a small gesture with his hand.

Chef brought up a small doll and tied it to the long bungee cord. The campers came forward and watched as Chef dropped the doll into the volcano. As soon as the doll was halfway down, the bungee cord broke and the doll burst into flames as it hit the red-hot molten lava.

"Okay! First up is the Llamas! Who's going first?" Chris clapped his hands together and shrugged off the doll incident.

"I'll go!" TJ said. He ran up and had Chef tie the bungee cord to his left ankle. He waved bye to his fellow Llamas as he jumped off the edge, only to return about ten seconds later.

"WHOO! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" he shouted as walked back over to his team. Seeing that TJ was able to survive, Brent, Sapphire, Todd, Damon, Nikki and Derrick were able to jump.

"Okay, so the score rests Llamas five, Mongooses zip. Anybody else on the Llamas want to go? If you don't, you'll have to wear the dreaded chicken hat and possibly be ridiculed by your teammates.

"Come on you sissies!" Nikki screamed at Leighton, Hailey and Cassie. "You want to win don't you?!"

"Whoa, I've never seen that of you before...I kinda like it!" Sapphire gave Nikki a high-five.

"Yeah, I can get pretty competitive...but honestly, SOMEONE NEEDS TO JUMP!"

"No way! I am not jumping!" Hailey walked forward and willingly out on the chicken hat. She crossed her arms over her chest and stared at Leighton.

"I'll do it," Leighton sighed. She closed her arms and acted like she was diving into a pool. Without a flaw she came back up.

"That wasn't as bad as I though it would be," Leighton said happily. The only one left to jump was Cassie.

"COME ON CASSIE!" Nikki screamed. "Your our last chance!" Cassie remained perpetually silent and stood her ground.

"Come on! You can do it!" Terran cheered from the other side. Jessie elbowed him in the ribs.

"Don't help them!" she hissed through her teeth.

Confession Cam

"I know Cassie has a thing for Terran or whatever, but seriously, we need to win!" Jessie said to the camera.

With that little bit of confidence that Terran gave her, Cassie boldly had Chef tie her to the bungee cord and she jumped. Her world raced past her as the heat of the volcano grew. Suddenly, her life was pulled back and she landed perfectly on the mouth of the volcano. Terran gave her a thumbs-up and she walked over to the other Llamas.

"Okay, the score is now Llamas nine, Mongooses nothing! And who will the first Mongoose be?"

"That'd be me!" Terran walked up and jumped like it was no big deal. After Terran, Jessie, Raine, Allister and Jamie were able to jump.

"Who's next?" Chris pushed. Slowly but surely, Heather walked forward. Brent gave her a slight smile, which she returned as she plummeted into the volcano.

"Llamas eight, Mongooses six! If the Mongooses can get only three more jumpers, then they win the challenge!"

The Mongooses looked at their last remaining teammates: Jaro, Marietta, Vinson and Lena.

"You know what? Let's do this the hard way..." Raine stepped forward and grabbed a screaming Marietta and forcibly threw her down into the volcano. Her creams echoed the whole way down, and up. When she came up, her face was frozen and she could only say one thing to Raine: "I hate you."

"I'm sorry, but I can't let man's artificial rubber save me from mother nature's wrath," Lena said. She quickly put on her chicken hat and stood near Hailey and Leighton.

Suddenly, all eyes were turned on Vinson and Jaro. "You can count me out. I actually, slightly, like my life." Vinson took a chicken hat and went over to the other chickens.

"Oh, this is just great! You're going over dude!" Terran yelled at Jaro.

Confession Cam

"I don't lose my temper a lot," Terran said to the camera, "but this is the first challenge!"

Jaro walked over to the mouth of the volcano. Chef tied the cord to his leg and laughed maniacally.

"You know, maybe I shouldn't—," Jaro began. The Mongooses who jumped ran over and pushed him over. He came back up, sweating profusely.

"YES! WHOOHOO!" the Mongooses cheered.

"Don't be so sure," Chris said. "You still only had eight jumpers, and the Llamas had nine. Sorry, but the Mongooses lose the first challenge."

The Llamas cheered loudly as the Mongooses mourned their loss.

"So I'll be seeing you at the campfire tonight for the first elimination of the season." With that, Chris, Chef and the Llamas left the volcano while the Fighting Mongooses remained, staring at each other and deciding who to vote off.

REMINDER!!!!: Please go to my profile and vote in the poll there for who you want to vote off! You don't HAVE to actually be in the Mongooses to vote, but it would be better if you were!