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Chris Mclean had chosen 20 vict- I mean, contestants to compete for the one million dollar prize. The female portion of those campers were settling down in their cabin.

Hope Lynn, one of the smaller girls, sat down on her bed with a short sigh. She had just finished unpacking some of her belongings. She brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. She felt good in this position, weirdly, and it felt natural to do this from time to time.

On the bed directly across the way, there sat Sarah Raine, Mirra Deluna, and Alyssia Pernall. They were chatting about their families... until Sarah changed the subject.

"Any guys you are interested in? Any competitors, maybe?"

Hope had been only half listening until now. She glanced over with a raised eyebrow.

"If I could find out what their weaknesses are, then I could use them in the competition," Sarah said, folding her arms and a snicker escaping her lips.

"Seriously? I mean really?" Hope rolled her eyes, "Suddenly, I think I won't like this Sarah girl."

Alyssia glanced over at Mirra with a shrug, and the brunette tried to hide the redness that had spread across her face.

"Well?" Sarah asked. Hope could see that the camper was being over interested. This wouldn't be fun.

Meanwhile, the guys are unpacking their belongings as well. Jackson Santos, a cute, maybe hot even, boy sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. He just wanted to get this contest over with. He didn't want the drama.

Dean James, a teen with dirty blonde hair, had already finished unpacking his items and was now lying down on his bed.

"So bored," He murmured.

"Don't be," Jackson retorted, "Mclame always has something up his sleeve."

Dean sat up and raised an eyebrow at Jackson.

"I know, big guy, calm down. Heesh... take a chill pill, man."

"Alright," Jackson murmured through clenched teeth before turning to his bed and sitting down.

"So, any girls on your mind?" Dean asked casually. Aiden Powell, a 15 year old brunette, had just set aside his suitcase.

"Nope," Jackson leaned against the wall beside his bed, closing his eyes.

"Come'n, not even one?" Aiden asked curiously.

"I said no," Jackson snapped, though he didn't move. Aiden rolled his eyes.

"Heesh!" Aiden bit his lip, "There was no need for that."

"What about you?" Dean asked. Aiden shook his head.

"Not yet."

And back in the girl's trailer, Mirra's face was red as a tomato.

"Hey," Alyssia gently rubbed Mirra's back in a motherly fashion, "You don't have to tell us if you don't want to." Hope let out a soft breath of boredom before getting up and walking into the other room.

"What's her problem?" Sarah asked bitterly, staring after Hope.

"To listen in on our conversation, then getting up and leaving when it gets good?" Sarah asked, a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

Hope walked into the next room where it was quiet... except for quiet conversing. Hope wished she could have been in here and not with that Sarah chick.

There were two girls, Theresa Beau and Jennifer Smith, quietly talking. Hope wasn't normally one to eavesdrop (The other conversation had been too loud to ignore), so she just decided to sit down with them. Besides, these two girls seemed more of her type.

"Hey," Hope said, quietly sitting next to Theresa. The seventeen year old Theresa had a pixie cut that complimented her entire form. And Jennifer, who had wavy blonde hair, sat on Theresa's other side. When nobody responded to her comment, Hope tried again. And this was saying something, for she really wasn't one to socialize.

"My name is Hope," She said quietly.

"My name is Jennifer, but you can call me Jenn. This is Theresa," Jennifer said with a friendly smile.

"Hope seems nice. Well, nicer than some of the other contestants," Theresa said, folding her arms, "And she doesn't seem as bubbly as Jenn."

Several girls were asleep on their beds: Brianna Campbell, Gracie Meadow Smith, and Scarlet Reyes. And they were peaceful. As long as the conversing girls kept it down, at least.

Back at the boys trailer, Aiden sat down on his bed with a nervous sigh. Suddenly, a bickering was heard. Two boys- in fact, twins!- entered the room. They were arguing over something small- well, according to Jackson's guess.

Dean lied back down on his bed, rolling over to try and block out the fighting.

Aiden got to his feet. This would be a long fight.

"He started it!" Lucas Wilson muttered, biting his lip and not looking at the camera, "If he hadn't been snoring so loud in the first place, I could have gotten some sleep around here!"

"Will you stop it?!" Jackson finally snapped, getting to his feet. Anger was blazing in his normally calm sapphire blue eyes.

Munro Wilson froze while Lucas blinked in surprise. Jackson turned away and stormed off into the other room. The only reason he was so grumpy was because he was in denial. He was in denial that about a certain girl.

He came into the other room where James Smith and Matt Siegfrids were fast asleep, their loud snoring shaking the trailer a little. Jackson rolled his eyes and just sat down on an empty bed. But even the snoring couldn't block out his problems: both at home and here.

"ATTENTION CAMPERS!" Chris Mclean announced loudly through a microphone , "You are ALL to meet in the main trailer in ten minutes!"

After ten minutes of scrambling, everyone was at the main trailer: the trailer that happened to belong to Chris and Chef.

"I wanted to gather you all together to give you a hint about our first challenge," Chris said, folding his arms confidently. The camper's eyes rounded with interest. Even Jackson seemed interested.

"It involves the fear of all human beings, and it happens most on vacations," Mclean said, his voice quavering just enough to scare the campers. Hope just yawned and Jackson folded his arms in boredom, while Jenn's eyes were wide. Brianna froze in fear, while Scarlet was stiff. Aiden gulped, though hiding his fear pretty well.

"We will start in the morning, since it is dark out," Chris finished, dismissing the campers.

About five minutes later, you could find the girl's trailer quite disturbed.

"What do you think he meant?" Hope asked Teresa and Jenn.

"I don't know," Teresa said slowly, "But whatever it is, I don't think it will be pleasant. You've seen the show, he has done things that only mad people can do."

"That's because he is mad," Hope muttered.

"Do you think... that it has to do with heights?" Jennifer asked nervously, her dyed red hair pulled up in a pony tail.

"I don't think so," Teresa assured, "This is vacations! Not all vacations are in high places."

Hope sighed, brushing a lock of raven black hair out of her face.

"I say we should just go to bed," She suggested, "Besides, I think we are starting bright and early."

In the other room, the lights had already been turned out. Alyssia and Mirra were asleep, but Sarah lied awake.

"No, I wasn't freaked out about Chris' message, alright?!" Sarah snapped, shooting a glare at the camera.

Over at the boy's trailer, every light was out as well. The guys had been tired, especially Jackson. But Jackson couldn't get to sleep.

"Ignore me, just move on," Jackson muttered, "I am not thinking about a girl."

About an hour later, everyone was asleep. But something was awfully strange about everything.

A creaking sound came from one of the windows of the girl's trailer. A lean person stepped through the window, their eyes looking around. They landed on Hope, who was fast asleep. After a long pause, the person slowly approached the sleeping teen.

In a moment, Hope was stuck inside a burlap bag. The movement startled her awake. She couldn't see much, but she knew that something was up.

So, out of instinct, she screamed. But then everything went dark again.

The scream had been heard by some of the campers. The lights were turned on by Gracie, and her eyes widened when she saw that one of the girls were missing.

It took everything Gracie had not to scream herself. She simply turned, and heard a groan. Sarah sat up, glaring at Gracie.

"Haven't you ever heard of something called BEAUTY SLEEP!" Sarah snapped. Gracie narrowed her eyes.

"Haven't you ever heard of something called A GIRL IS MISSING?" Gracie snapped back. Sarah froze and looked at Hope's empty bed.

"I was excited and worried at the same time: excited that the bratty girl was gone, but worried for myself. I mean, if someone killed Hope, wouldn't they come after the prettiest girl in the trailer as well?" Sarah said, flicking her hair in an almost snooty fashion.

Theresa stumbled into the room, her eyes narrowed so that her eyes could adjust to the light. Resa had only come because she had been woken up. But before Theresa could open her mouth to speak, Gracie inturrupted.

"Hope is gone!" Theresa's shocking blue eyes widened, and she turned around so that she faced the other room.

"WAKE UP!" She yelled out. Normally, Theresa would have kept her cool... but the fact that Hope was gone wasn't cool.

There was a knock on the door. Sarah opened the door to see young Aiden with Jackson right behind him.

"Can't you girls keep it down?!" Jackson snapped, pushing himself in front of Aiden.

"Would you keep it down if one of your trailermates were missing?" Gracie said, shoving herself in front of Sarah. Jackson froze, his face going paler than it already was, if that was possible. Aiden stiffened, but was able to get in front of Jackson again.

"Are you sure she is gone and not just in the bathroom?" Aiden asked, forcing himself to keep cool.

"I am sure," Theresa murmured calmly from behind Gracie, "And you better-" Her suggestion was inturrupted by a girlish scream that pierced the air.

"..." Jackson raised an eyebrow at Theresa.

"That wasn't Hope," Theresa finally said, "Hope has a lower voice; we heard her scream earlier."

Aiden looked over his shoulder at Jackson.

"We better go see what happened," He suggested.

"Let's just hope that it is those twins fighting again," Jackson muttered under his breath and started back towards the boy's trailer.

After Aiden finally caught up to Jackson, they came to their trailer again. There was a soft buzz from the trailer, signalling that the whole trailer was up.

"What's going on here?" Jackson demanded when he opened the door. Aiden's deep green eyes flashed around the room, and landed on one of the camper's empty beds.

"Uh, Jackson, Dean is gone too!" Aiden said nervously.

"I am right here," Dean muttered, coming out of the bathroom, "Munro is the one who is missing!"

So, what do you think? I tried to keep the campers in character as much as possible, so sorry if it isn't what they would act like. Also, that gives you an introduction to the characters. I didn't do a 'getting off the boat' intro, because it is overwhelming. But I did try to introduce each character one by one.

So, now you have met the characters! (There are still a few I need to properly introduce, but overall this is the introduction chapter.) Who do you think should get eliminated? Who's your favorite?

And what will happen to Hope and Munro? Find out next time on Total Drama Vacation!