"Last time on Total Drama: Return to Pahkitew- we met and were introduced to the sixteen players fighting for the million dollars this year. Jake and Francesca made the first alliance of the season. (shows them making the alliance) Simon and Brooklyn, I mean Brooke- hit it off right away, and Denise earned the hate of most of her team. What will happen this time on Total Drama: Return to Pahkitew?"

The teams sat outside their cabins and spent most of the time talking to each other. "What do you think this challenge will be?" Christopher asked Alice, who held up the whiteboard saying, 'I don't know.' He shrugged and looked away from her, smiling slightly. Jake watched them, planning on how to get them eliminated, and was trying to wordlessly communicate with Francesca across the cabins. Simon and Josh were taking turns making Brooke laugh, but her eyes were mainly on Simon.

Sam was casually chatting with Emily, and they surprisingly both liked reading. Sam mentioned that she liked reading Disney Princess stories, and Emily said she'd read anything she found interesting. Jason was keeping his eyes on his sister from across the cabins, suspiciously eyeing Sam.

Baden was earning the trust of Denise, who currently was listening to her iPod and sitting on the cabin steps. He was saying things like "It wasn't your fault we lost last time," and "You're pretty cool for a Goth girl."

Denise just shrugged and went along with it, turning up the volume and getting purposely distracted.

Conan and Carson were chatting off to the side, which was a good thing since Conan was slightly an introvert. Francesca was occasionally seeing Jake watch her, and paid him no attention as she managed to get over the fact that most of the people on her team were idiots she couldn't stand.

Ricardio was playing some kind of sport outside, not far from the cabin steps where Denise stood. When the ball he was pushing around got near her, Denise kicked it back and said, "Watch where you kick that thing." Ricardio nodded and went back to playing ball.

"Good morning, campers!" Chris walked by them, stopping right in the middle. He paced back and forth. "Ready for your challenge?" Most of the campers sitting around him only sighed or groaned, mumbling things he couldn't hear."Good! Because you'll have to be! Follow me!" Everyone got up and followed him, and first chance she got, Francesca walked up to Jake.

"Um, why were you staring at me? I saw you, Jacob." Jake rolled his eyes and replied with, "It's called attempting to plan. Heard of it?"

"Yes, but don't do it like that." She walked away, following her teammates.

Brooke looked nervously at Simon. "What do you think he'll make us do?" she asked him.

"Don't know. It can't be too bad though." He cracked a smile, making her smile back.

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Brooklyn: That was so sweet, for Simon to try and help me. I still am a little nervous.

Simon: She is so cool! Plus she's really nice and pretty, which is harder to find than you think.

Jason: My sister talking to Sam? Is Sam trying to do something to Emily?

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Jason caught up to Sam, grabbing her arm and making her stop walking. "What do you think you're doing?"

Sam looked confused. "What do you mean?"

"My sister. Emily? What were you doing to her?" Sam looked shocked, and surprised. She said, "I was going to be her friend... that's it."

Jason let her go. "That better be it."

Alice gripped her whiteboard and marker, looking a bit worried about the challenge. Christopher asked her, "Are you okay?"

Alice nodded and wrote, 'I'm okay, thanks.' Christopher nodded. He said, "I just don't want someone nice like you getting hurt." He walked away, waving after he realized what he said. Jake laughed. "Bro, that was bad," he said when his brother got closer to him.

"I'm not good with girls... especially ones I like." Christopher looked embarrassed at what he'd admitted. "You won't say anything, right?"

"Of course not!" He playfully punched Christopher's arm. "Who do you think I am?"

Christopher looked relieved. Denise managed to catch up with Brooklyn, who'd waited for her after seeing her. "Hey, Brooke. Ready for day 2 of torture?"

Brooke smiled. "Hey, that makes it sound worse." She looked at Denise's iPod screen. "What is that band? I've never heard of them."

"Panic! At the Disco (1)." Denise lent Brooke one of her ear buds. "Like them?"

"They're good, yeah. Do you have all their music?" she asked after seeing Denise go to her selection of songs. Denise nodded.

"A lot of it. Not all." She heard Baden call her name, and waved briefly to Brooke before going over to him. "See ya, enemy."

Brooke waved and grinned. Jake, deciding to manipulate her, said, "Isn't Denise on that team?"

"Yeah, but we're good friends." Brooke waves her hand, as if she were dismissing any thoughts Jake may have of her forming a cross-team alliance like he had. "Nothing major."

"Okay, just checking." Jake still walked next to her, but didn't speak.

"Welcome to the forest! Where you'll be located for this challenge." Chris aimed his arm at the darkness of the woods. "I have ten hidden rocks in the forest, all ranging in location. Trees, bushes, even on leaves. You'll split up into teams of two for this challenge, and work together to find them."

He took in the campers' shocked faces. "Yep! In the dark. Plus there are animals that can eat you. Begin!"

Simon walked towards Brooklyn, waving. "Brooke. Want to work with me?" She smiled and nodded.

"I'm a bit afraid of the woods."

"Don't worry." Simon smiled reassuringly. "You'll be okay."

Christopher decided to try and talk to Alice again. "Hey, Alice. Want to..." He directed his hand into the woods. Alice nodded and smiled. Jake looked around at his team, thinking there was nobody worth working with.

"Josh!" he called, but Josh was already walking off with Sam. The only person left was Emily.

"We going or what?" Emily asked. She tried to ignore Jason's suspicious look at Jake. "Let's go."

Meanwhile, Baden immediately walked towards Denise. "Hey, Denise."

Denise only waved and focused on a camper who was already talking to her- Francesca. Baden looked angrily at her. "Explain what you're doing?" he asked Francesca.

"I was simply asking Denise to work with me."

"That's what I was going to do."

Confessional

Francesca: Ugh! Can he ever just let me do what I want?

Baden: She is so annoying! Ruining my plans.

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"Well, you can't. So sorry." Baden watched Denise and Francesca walk away. Ricardio said, '"Hey! Baden?"

Baden sighed. "Ugh fine." Under his breath, he said, "Only because you are the most tolerable person here."

Emma was stuck with Carson, leaving Conan and Jason.

With Brooke and Simon, they were both talking while searching. "Why'd you audition?" Simon asked.

"For fun. I want to enter a TV show at least once in my life."

"I want to tell people I don't know."

"That is kind of..." Brooklyn began.

"Oh, I know. At least I'm not a millionaire who invented the pool noodle. My dreams aren't that stupid." Simon and Brooke laughed.

"Woah!" Brooke suddenly fell to the ground, tripping over something. "Is it... look Simon!"

"We found one! Awesome!" Simon held out his hand to help Brooke up. She smiled and blushed, not meeting his eyes.

"I'll hold it." Simon picked up the rock. "Hmm, painted gold. Probably fake."

"Obviously."

Christopher and Alice were also talking, with Alice writing on the whiteboard. "So, what do you like to do?" he asked, almost stuttering.

'Music,' Alice wrote back. 'You?'

"I like to do lots of stuff. Being a video game tester is my dream." Alice smiled.

"Sorry about that comment, earlier." Alice shook her head and wrote, 'It's alright.' Christopher seemed glad he hadn't made a fool of himself.

"See that? Look!" Alice looked up just in time to see a rock, painted gold, perched on a tree branch that looked like it were about to fall off. "Should we wait for it to fall, or-" Christopher began, until the branch fell. "Never mind."

Francesca and Denise weren't having much luck either. The only progress being made was Francesca managing to turn Denise against Baden.

"He told me he wants to vote you off. Plus, he is so... so... well, he's very rowdy." Denise nodded and selected a new song to play.

"I don't care. I'm here for Brooklyn."

"Brooklyn? You mean that girl on the other team?"

Denise nodded. "Yeah. She convinced me."

"Hmm... she must be very convincing then." Francesca was quickly in thought, seemingly distracted and unfocused.

Confessional

Francesca: Brooklyn could be of very good use. I can easily eliminate Jake using her. Or should I get to his brother?

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Sam and Josh were easily talking about their lives back home. "You have a little brother?" Sam asked. "Interesting."

"Yeah. I would do anything for him."

"That's so sweet. You must be very loving." Sam smiled.

"I am. Hey, have you seen any rocks?"

"No. Nothing..."

Chris's voice boomed from the loudspeakers. "Team No has two rocks! Team Nobody Gives a Crap has zero."

Francesca glared at the nearest speaker. She grabbed a nearby rock, ignoring Denise's attempts to stop her. "McLean..." she said as she threw it at the speaker.

"Francesca! That was a golden rock!" Francesca looked down, and next to the crashed speaker, was a gold painted stone.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Denise angrily growled and looked away. She stalked away, leaving Francesca all by herself.

"Hey! That's against the rules!"

Denise only grabbed the stone and walked away.

Jake was mostly trying to manipulate Emily. "You are the most sarcastic person I know."

"Oh, I know."

"So, how has your time on the show been?"

Emily rolled her eyes."Lay a finger on me, and Jason will have your head."

Jake sighed.

Ricardio was talking to Baden, and they were both making little progress. "Find anything yet?"

Ricardio cut off his talk about sports. "No." He kicked at the ground. "Ow!" He ended up holding his foot in pain. "That hurt me!"

"You idiot..." Baden muttered to himself. "Great!" He picked up the thing that hurt Ricardio, which was a rock.

"Both teams are tied!" came Chris's voice over the speakers.

Francesca happily walked through the woods. She was more relaxed since Denise walked away from her. She suddenly saw something shiny in a bush. "Is that..." she said, getting closer. "Yes!"

"Three-Two, team NGC!"

Jake kicked at a tree in anger. Emily didn't seem to care, and a golden rock fell out of a hole in the tree.

"Three all!" Emily and Jake cheered, and the rest of the team did as they stood around the forest.

"We're so going to win this!" Brooklyn exclaimed, smiling and looking at Simon. He smiled back. "Yes we are!" Simon said happily in excitement.

Christopher and Alice were carefully pushing through bushes, and suddenly Alice tripped over something like Brooke had. The leg of her pants rose a little bit, and she quickly pushed them down.

Confessional

Christopher: Am I going crazy, or did I see something on Alice's legs?

Alice: *writes* 'That was a close one'

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"Alice! We did it!" Christopher wrapped Alice up in a hug, making her smile and drop her whiteboard and marker. "Oh, sorry."

Alice smiled as if she were saying, 'It's okay,' and picked up her stuff. Christopher grabbed the golden stone.

"Three-Four team No!"

Baden furiously kicked at a tree. "Ugh! Stupid Team No!" Ricardio didn't seem surprised at this, and suddenly Baden was overcome with a trap hitting his face from a tree. "Ow!"

Chris laughed from the loudspeaker. "And Baden suddenly gets trapped. That'll be great for ratings!"

Baden yelled through the forest, "McLean, I hate you!" Chris only chuckled until the speaker was broken by Baden hitting it with a piece of wood he found on the ground.

Francesca had just walked by and seen Baden throw the rock. She gasped and walked away, impressed. When he followed her, she said, "Impressive. I love how his voice completely crackled."

Baden grinned, smirking. "Well, you know me." He leaned against a tree. Francesca looked away, and he only grinned wider.

Confessional

Baden: Typically, I wouldn't give a damn about a girl on my team. But she can be a lot of fun to mess around with and tease.

Francesca: That idiot! He honestly took my compliment the wrong way. Still, he can be fun to tease.

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Conan, being a junior detective, managed to track down two gold stones, much to the delight of Carson who was working next to him. "Five-Four team NGC!"

Simon sighed. "One more, and they win."

Brooklyn looked at him in disbelief. "You said we would win. Are you denying that now?"

"I'm just saying, it looks like they may win."

Brooke leaned against a tree. She took deep breaths. "Yeah. Simon, can we take a break? I'm so... tired..."

Simon nodded. "Sure." He helped her catch her breath. Brooke smiled at him, relieved.

Denise made the NGC team win. She was simply wandering around, with her iPod, when she tripped over something. "Is this..."

Chris's voice rang out over the speakers. "Team NGC wins!"

Jake met up with his team. He narrowed his eyes at everyone, and said in a demanding voice, "Emily."

Emily gasped. Jake pretended not to notice and grabbed Brooke, Simon, and Christopher. They all looked unsure of what they had to do.

Jake whispered to Brooke and Simon, "Vote Emily. If you don't, I'll use your secret crush against you." Brooklyn looked shocked, and Simon quickly made a joke to calm her down.

Christopher looked scared. "Jake, don't make me do this. Please!"

"You said you wanted to help, right? Help me win?"

Christopher nodded.

"Okay! Team No! Welcome to the elimination ceremony. As you know, you get a marshmallow if you are still in the game. I have seven marshmallows on this plate. They go to: Brooklyn, Simon, Christopher, Sam, Josh, and Alice."

Emily and Jake glared at each other. "The final marshmallow goes to...

Jake!"

Emily gasped. "Just let me go." She waved goodbye to her whole team, and said her goodbyes. Jake looked away from Emily and only waved as she was taken away.

"That's it for a new episode, and I'll see you next time! Will Brooke and Simon ever admit they like each other? How will Jason fare without Emily? Will Denise's team accept her now that she helped win a challenge? And what is up with Baden and Francesca? Find out next time on Total Drama: Return of Pahkitew!"

Eliminated: Emily

Team No: Simon, Brooklyn (Brooke), Jake, Alice, Christopher, Sam, Joshua

Team Nobody Gives a Crap: Jason, Baden, Ricardio, Conan, Emma, Denise, Carson, Francesca

(1) You should really listen to them! P!ATD is crazy awesome.