Hey everyone, ultimateTORINOR here. Here to say that I really tried to make up for not putting the challenge in the last chapter. I think I made up for it, as this chapter features the complete first challenge ever of TDNC! I was tempted to stop at a halfway point, but then I thought I might as well write the whole thing in an attempt to make it up to you guys. So here it is: the first challenge of TDNC! I don't own Total Drama Island, and I hope you enjoy this enough to review!!!


Chris Maclean stood on the dock with the island in the background. Seeing that he was now live, the host began to recite the recap of the last episode. "Last time on Total Drama the New Challenge, we met the 24 campers that would participate in this season! There was romance, friendships, and also a free-for-all in the water! We eventually split them up into teams, and I can already see some drama! Today's the first challenge EVER on TDNC! Which team will win, and more importantly, which team will lose and have to send someone home? Find out today on…Total…Drama…the…New…Challenge!"


Intro to TDNC (to "I Wanna be Famous!" and I really should have done this in Chapter 4)

Our view of the island zooms to the top of the cliff where we see Gracie standing there. She smiles and jumps off, and while following her progress down, we see Alister and Addy climbing up the cliff. As Gracie hits the water below, Lyn's head appears above the water, as she was disturbed by the splash. We then see Jason sitting on the dock with Arbok, presumably watching Gracie, until Tyson pushes him into the water, and the culprit laughs wickedly, only to be pushed himself by Ethan. The camera sped away from the scene to eventually rest on Charlie, who is painting a picture of the sun. Mina is seen walking up to her, and she distracts the painter with her singing. We see the waterfall next, and Inola meditating beside the raging stream. Logan interrupts her calm state, as he was attempting to break into Chris' trailer nearby (as the host apparently likes the view from up there), but got caught by the almost impossibly fit security guard. Logan is thrown out, but he immediately attempts to break in again. The camera then shirts to the beach, where Ripley and Carsen are playing volleyball against Donnie and Kenny, with Samantha watching on the sidelines. The girls get a point after a fierce battle, and Ripley starts taunting the boys, while Carsen cheers. Lily is seen here, talking with a bunch of friendly woodland creatures near the campfire. The camera then shifts almost immediately into the kitchen, where the interns, Annie and Jonsey (and Chef Hatchet), are slaving over some sort of probably inedible meal, with Takbir and Rodrek as their captive audience, watching their progress with growing disgust coupled with fear. The scene shifts to one of the two cabins, and Caleb is discussing something with Alison, both of them looking slightly shifty. The camera moves over to the other cabin, where Zane and Zak are playing a game of chess. The two look to be in a deadlock of sorts, and while Zak is thinking about a move, Zane looks out the window to stare at Zarya, who is standing alone. The camera zooms in on his eyes, and they turn a fierce yellow color. Day suddenly becomes night, and the yellow eye becomes the moon. Chris Maclean is standing next to a now brightly lit campfire, with the 24 campers sitting in a circle around him. The camera zooms out slightly, and the letters TDNC appear, and you can faintly see the rest of the words inside their respective letters.

End of Epic Intro


The second episode officially starts, with Chris facing the 24 campers, now divided into two teams of twelve. The host looked at both teams, and then announced, "Campers, it's almost time for the first challenge!"

Everyone got a little tense at this announcement, even Gracie stopped trying to make her eyes change color.

"How does he do that," she whispered to the air beside her. "I will find out eventually!"

Chris, meanwhile, had continued with his important business. "Before we start the challenge, I'd like you to meet our "staff" here at camp, so without further interruptions or random outbursts, here's Chef Hatchet and our two surviving interns, Annie and Jonsey!"

The competitors didn't see anyone, although they did hear whip-like sounds and very realistic cries of pain coming from the mess hall.

Chris grinned wickedly. "They're a bit busy at the moment. We'll check up on them afterward!"

Lily stared at the door, horrified. "He's torturing them! We have to do something!"

Chris stared at her. "Don't be crazy, Chef is the nicest man I know; those tabloids just have too much fun with him!"

Tyson grinned at this. "I read one of those, once. Apparently, Chef Hatchet isn't his real name at all, it's a fake identity, and he's running away from murder." He laughed. "Amazing stuff."

Everyone stared at him, while Zane replied, "You can read? For some reason, you struck me as illiterate."

Tyson charged at him, but Zarya stopped his path of soon-to-be destruction. "We need everyone for this challenge, you seriously injuring one of us isn't going to give us a victory."

Tyson glared viciously at Zane, and narrowed his eyes to slits. "Watch your back. I'll be there when you least suspect it…"

Kenny tried to play the mediator. "Everyone, just calm down. Let's just try to get through the challenge today."

Tyson just continued to glare at Zane.

Chris, smiling, continued. "Also, before we continue to our challenge site, it's time for me to introduce the most important object in any reality show…the Confessional Stall!"

The host pointed at the famous stall, which looked the same as it had last season. "Use it to vent your thoughts about the other campers, or even spill your darkest desires! Whatever it is, have no fear, the entire viewing world will love every moment!"

He glanced around, as if waiting for someone to immediately enter the Confessional and talk about their deepest secrets. After waiting for a moment, Chris Maclean started to walk up the giant cliff's trail in front of them. "All right, campers, let's get this challenge started!"

The campers followed their host up the path, trying to shake off the feeling that this was all horribly familiar.

Confessions

Samantha: …

…Hi. (She blushes scarlet and runs out of the stall)

Gracie: This camp is amazing! I can do anything I want here, and there isn't anyone telling me what to do! No 'Gracie, get off the roof' or 'Gracie stop dancing with the flamethrower'- (camera cuts out here)

Inola: Sometimes, I wish Tyson wasn't on my team. But then I remember he's going to be gone soon anyway.

Carsen: I am PUMPED for this challenge! I hope it is something physical!

End


Meanwhile…

Chef Hatchet saw that the campers were now following Chris, and abruptly ended the whip-like sounds and cries of pain by turning off the stereo next to him.

"Back to work, interns. The campers expect some kind of reward for completing their challenge successfully, and we're going to give it to them."

Alison and Jonsey nodded miserably, having been worked to the bone the last three days. After testing the first challenge multiple times, as Chris wasn't quite sure if it was survivable, they were then forced to clean up the giant crater that the airplane had caused in it's crash landing on the beach. After that hard and arduous two-day task, they had gotten a little sleep, and then were sent to the kitchens to learn the basics of cooking on the Total Drama series…which basically meant it wasn't done until it was a completely different color than it was supposed to be. Annie stopped working for a moment, and closed her eyes from the weight of sheer weariness. Jonsey did the same thing next to her. Chef Hatchet immediately walked over to the two of them. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my kitchen?"

They both stammered, "N-no Master Chef, sir. Nothing is wrong with your kitchen!"

Chef glared at them. "So, it's mutiny is it? I won't have mutiny in my kitchen!" He glanced at both of them thoughtfully. "Say, you both look hungry, maybe you'd like to try a sample of tonight's dinner!"

The chef stomped over to the faraway counter, and the two unfortunate interns could only watch him in fear. Grabbing a tray, Chef walked back over to them and slammed the tray on the table next to them.

"Eat," the chef said, chuckling evilly, "I insist…"

Jonsey looked back and forth between the chef and the tray, which was filled with a dessert of some kind. Taking one of said item, he put it hesitantly in his mouth, and Annie followed suit. They chewed, slowly, until their eyes opened in surprise.

Jonsey said, "Chef, this is good!"

Annie nodded her consent. Chef Hatchet looked at them, and slowly took the tray away from them and put it back where it was before.

He turned to face them both. "I don't know what you're talking about. All the food I make is disgusting."

The interns both heard a note of despair in his voice, and wondered what it was all about.

Chef Hatchet looked at them for a moment, and turned away. "Get back to work. Follow the instructions. It's easy. Ruin everything. You'll know when it's done."

With that, the chef stomped out, and the two interns stared briefly at the closed door. Shrugging, the two interns turned back to their dismal work, wondering just how much of the tabloid articles that they had read before coming to the island were true.


Chris stood with his back to the cliff's edge, and again faced the two teams. He held his arms on up in the air dramatically, and then pointed at both teams.

"Campers, you're first challenge…is an insane cliff dive into shark infested waters!"

Zak stared incredulously at him. "Chris, mate, this seems like the exact same challenge from last season!"

Chris only smiled. "It's the exact same challenge with a twist!"

Logan glared at the host. "I don't like surprises…"

Chris tried to ignore this statement, and continued. "Since we were running out of money, we decided to use some of the same challenges from last season!"

Jason looked at Chris quizzically. "Why were you running out of money if the first season was so successful?"

Chris smiled wider. "You'll see soon enough!"

Ready to get on with the first challenge, the host started the pre-challenge instructions. "Your challenge will be to dive into the lake from this 1,000 foot cliff! The trouble this time," the host chuckled wickedly, "is that on this season of Total Drama, there is no safe zone! This lake is 100% shark infested, and none of you look like Justin did! Besides the occasional shark, how you jump will also affect how well your team does in the challenge!"

Mina said sorrowfully, "We will have to overcome many setbacks to reach the shining prize at the end…"

Donnie said, "Bring it on, Chris! I knew what I was signing up for."

Chris looked at the metal head. "Finally, some enthusiasm! Because of that, the Killer Ligers go first!

Ethan immediately stepped back and bellowed, "ZOMA FEGA!"

Running towards the cliff's edge, pendants flying in the wind, Chuck Norris' nephew jumped off the cliff without a second glance. Falling steadily, he hit the water below and sunk into the depths.

Chris looked over the edge, as if hoping to see a certain red liquid mingling in the water. Some bubbles appeared in the water, and suddenly, a shark flew up into the air, looking completely dazed and unconscious. Ethan's head appeared above the water. "I don't think the sharks will be a problem anymore," he announced, to everybody's relief.

Chris, however, looked less reassured. "Those sharks have some really good lawyers…"

While their host was worrying about a potential legal situation, Lily stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down in worry. "I don't want to do this…"

Kenny walked up to her. "Scared?"

She looked at him. "A little. What if there are still sharks in there?"

The extreme fighter looked sympathetic. "Don't worry, Lily. I'll be there the whole way down if that will make you jump."

Lily nodded, and Tyson came up to them both. "He's right, you know," the delinquent purred. "Sometimes all people need is a little…"

He shoved the two of them off the cliff, and watched them hurtle towards the water.

"Push."

He laughed as he watched them hit the water. "Now who else wants a push?" The rest of his team ignored him with an extreme effort.

Addy walked past him, and faced them all. "Here goes my first attempt at a back flip from on top of a cliff."

Leaping back, she managed to begin her spin, and made one complete circle before hitting the water. Her teammates cheering beside her, she smiled, and the four Ligers swam to shore together, as there was no boat in sight to pick them up.

Back on the cliff, Charlie jumped off without any reservation or facial expression. Carsen followed her, though she whooped and cheered enthusiastically the whole way down.

Donnie was about to follow them, but he noticed Samantha, who was on the other team, edging away from the cliff slowly. He walked over to her.

"Scared?"

The shy teen blushed, and then stared at the cliff with an obvious expression of fear on her face.

Donnie, being several inches taller than her, bent down to her eye-level. "Look, when the tough times come, you can't think, but only act. I'll show you how easy it is."

He walked to the edge of the cliff, and the rest of his team stared at him. Tyson was more animated. "She's on the other team! What are you doing?"

Donnie stared at him, an expression of intense dislike on his face. "Tyson, for once, just shut up."

The metal head jumped off the cliff, shouting with excitement. Hitting the water with ease, he flashed a thumbs-up to one person alone.

Samantha faced the edge with a newfound confidence. "Thank you," she murmured.

Tyson was seething inwardly, and Inola jumped to avoid the additional conflict that was bound to happen. The rebel landed gracefully in the water, and swam to shore with the others in the water.

Zane and Rodrek approached the treacherous edge, and the reader watched as Rodrek jumped off the cliff and hurtled towards the calm lake below. Plunging into the depths, he eventually resurfaced, and had a tight hold on his mask to make sure it didn't slip off.

Chris Maclean, after an unusually long silent stretch, appeared to snap out of it. Getting out his megaphone, he announced to those on shore, "ONLY THREE PEOPLE LEFT TO JUMP FOR YOUR TEAM! CAN THEY DO IT, OR WILL THEY CHOKE UNDER THE PRESSURE?"

Smiling, the host turned to Zane. "Look's like you're up."

The reader, however, backed away from the cliff. "Cliff jumping and I don't mix…"

Tyson, with a devilish smile stretched across his face, snuck behind him and lifted the reader himself above his head.

Tyson, chuckling quietly, said, "This is for calling me illiterate, Zane."

Zane kept the fear out of his voice, but his eyes betrayed him, swirling a sickly pale green color. "Think you can help me out here, Zarya? Maybe make him less insane?"

Zarya stared at him a moment. "I'm staying out of it."

Zarya then shook her head, and jumped off herself. Landing in the water and surfacing to the cheers of her teammates, the loner swam to shallower water, not wanting to miss what was going to happen next.

Zane groaned inwardly, but that was cut off as Tyson threw him with all his might towards the water. The reader hurtled towards the water, screaming in a high-pitched voice the whole way down. Slamming into the water, Zane eventually surfaced, but was clearly not completely fine, as the impact seemed to have jarred him a bit. Swimming very shakily towards shore, he collapsed on the sand next to Zarya.

He glared at her for a moment. "I could have really used that support…"

Zarya looked genuinely sorry, but set her face into a hard mask before replying back. "I didn't come here to fight your battles. I came here to win."

Lily sat on the ground next to the injured reader. "Are you all right? Do you need anything to help with the pain?"

Zane shook his head and ignored her, and Lily looked slightly hurt.

Tyson, still on top of the cliff, laughed almost crazily at his handiwork and jumped off as the final member for the Ligers. Making a splash when he hit the water, Tyson looked at the rest of his team on shore.

"That wasn't hard at all."

Starting to swim towards shore, Tyson felt something brush against his foot, and was swiftly pulled under the water as the sharks, as if by magic, reappeared into the water. Tyson tried to fight them off, but the sharks appeared in great quantities to have a go at the delinquent. Tyson, clothes horribly ripped and badly shaking, finally managed to escape the sharp, piercing teeth. Crawling up on shore, he mercifully blacked out.

His teammates looked at him, and only Lily helped him slightly, the rest deciding to just ignore him. Donnie, however, walked over to the unconscious Tyson and kicked him hard in the chest. While making no visible effect, the metal head still smiled, and walked back over to sit back with Ethan and Kenny.


Back on the cliff, the narcissistic host announced to the last twelve campers. "Screaming Gryphons, you will need everyone on your team to jump to even have a prayer to win the challenge!"

Chris Maclean grinned, and his white teeth seemed to hide the darkness inside his heart. "So no pressure!"

Logan announced, "All right, people, let's get a move on!" Walking over to Lyn, he said, "If you're too scared, let me know. I'll let you hold my hand on the way down, gorgeous."

Lyn scoffed, and immediately jumped towards the water, her body arching into diving position. Hitting the water at the perfect angle, she resurfaced and shouted up at the bad boy. "Let's see you do better than that, Logan!"

Logan smirked. "Doubtful."

Jumping off, he didn't move a muscle the whole way down. Lyn looked at him. "You call that better?"

Logan shrugged, and swam to shore, with Lyn eventually trailing him angrily.

"She seems interested, and step one is complete," the punk said to himself.

1,000 feet above the water, Mina stepped up to face the water below.

"This is only the beginning of our struggle, and I am determined to make the audience cheer for my first scene!"

With that, the dramatic actress jumped off the cliff. She hit the water, and peering around for sharks (they were mysteriously absent), she resurfaced, and tried to curtsy while in the water. Alister tried to outdo Addy by attempting two rotations backwards, but only getting through one before he hit the water. Next to Mina, he shrugged to Addy onshore and shouted, "Looks like we're still tied!"

Jason looked around for a place to put Arbok before he jumped, and Gracie came up to him. "I can hold him if you want! Talking Staff and I will become best friends!"

Jason looked at her. He stammered, and after many attempts to make coherent words form, Arbok said wearily, "Just jump, Jason, before you make a fool of yourself."

Jason nodded, and jumped off the cliff, waving his arms around in the air. As the sound of him hitting the water reached those still on top of the cliff, Gracie looked at the 'Talking Staff' in her hands, and started talking animatedly about how Pickle and Arbok would be best friends.

Arbok could only groan.

Takbir, meanwhile, had jumped off the cliff, and hit the water. When he resurfaced, the comedian felt the top of his head to see how his Mohawk survived the cliff-dive. After gasping in horror, he shouted to the heavens, "THE END OF THE WORLD IS HERE! MY MOHAWK IS RUINED, AND MY HAIR NOW LOOKS LIKE CHRIS MACLEAN'S!"

Everyone laughed heartily at Chris' expense, and the host noticed, with no small amount of astonishment, how identical their hairstyles were.

Alison approached the cliff and chanted to herself. "You are not Courtney, you are not Courtney, and you most certainly will never be a CIT!"

Jumping off with a short scream, Alison eventually hit the water without incident. Ripley followed her, screaming, "Ligers SUCK!" all the way down. After she resurfaced, hair dripping, all of the Gryphons in the water swam towards shore, now leaving it clear for more jumpers.

Gracie stared at Caleb and Samantha. "Who wants to go first?"

When the other two didn't respond, Gracie's eyes suddenly lit up. "I know! Let's jump together!"

Caleb muttered, "I don't think that's a good idea…"

Gracie was unconvinced. "It's a GREAT idea! Let's do it!"

Suddenly seeing the other two hesitate, Gracie got another idea. "I'll even send 'Talking Staff' here to test out the water for sharks!"

Without thinking, She threw Arbok off the cliff, and he started to scream furiously, "I CAN'T SWIM! I DON'T HAVE ARMS! I'M A TALKING STAFF-"

The rest of the staff's tirade was cut off as he hit the water.

Unlike the campers, who had arms and legs, he didn't resurface.

Gracie seemed to realize her mistake after a few seconds of waiting for Arbok to come up for air.

"Oh no! We need to start a rescue mission! Hurry, we don't have much time left!"

Grabbing both Samantha and Caleb under an arm, they all jumped off together. Gracie was actually serious, looking at the water for any sign of movement. Caleb was screaming in horror, and Samantha had her mouth open in a silent scream.

Hitting the water at the same time, they went in different directions. Gracie and Samantha went down deeper to search for Arbok, while Caleb resurfaced, and, sputtering heavily, swam towards shore laboriously. Gracie resurfaced, with Arbok in her hands. Samantha also resurfaced, her face reflecting the relief in the hyperactive dancer's face.

After they got back to shore, she handed the staff to Jason who looked very concerned for his friend's safety.

"Is he all right?"

Gracie nodded sorrowfully. "I think so, but he won't talk to me…"

Jason looked at Arbok. "You know, Gracie could have just left you down there. You probably would've drowned if it wasn't for her."

Arbok snapped back at him. "It was her fault that I ended up in the water in the first place!"

Gracie's eyes started to fill with tears, and Jason looked at his friend angrily. "The Arbok I know wouldn't snap at people. He also wouldn't make people cry. Change your ways now, or I'll throw you back into the lake!"

The group gasped.

There was a long silence from the staff. Arbok finally said, "I'm…sorry, Gracie. It was…my fault that I didn't tell you I didn't have arms."

She sniffed, trying to blink the tears away. "Really?"

Arbok sighed, and then replied, "Yes."

"YAY!"

Gracie immediately perked up and began to dance, occasionally throwing Arbok up in the air.

The 'celebration' was cut short, however, when Chris Maclean, who had gotten down the cliff via the escalator, walked over to the twenty-four campers on the beach. "Congratulations on surviving your first challenge! Every single one of you jumped, which is a big improvement from last season! However, that was not the deciding factor in this challenge!"

Everyone stared at the host.

Chris smiled, glad that the focus was on him again. "The purpose of the challenge was to see which team could jump off a cliff in the most creative way. There were some interesting jumps, but which team did the best job? Ligers or Gryphons?"

The two teams were now staring at one another, as if trying to remember how each of them jumped off the cliff.

Chris waited a few moments, and announced dramatically. "The winner of the first challenge of TDNC is…"

The two teams waited with bated breath as the host pointed back and forth between the two of them. Eventually, the host's hand stopped on one team in particular.

"The Killer Ligers WIN!"

The team announced cheered and celebrated, while the Screaming Gryphons protested. Logan shouted, "This is total CRAP, Maclean!"

Zak nodded, glaring at his rival, Zane. "Why did they win, anyway, mate?"

Chris Maclean waited for it to quiet down slightly, and answered. "It all came down to Tyson completely launching Zane at the water. If that doesn't give us ratings, I don't know what will!"

The delinquent in question woke up for a moment. "What's going on? Where am I?"

Chris smiled at him. "You've just won the challenge for your team!"

Tyson simply fell unconscious again.

Chris stared at the winning team. "Ligers, since you have won today's challenge, you also receive the reward: first pick of the cabins and the hot tub from last season!"

There was scattered cheering at this announcement, and the Ligers went to change out of their wet clothes and put their stuff in the better of the two cabins.

Chris Maclean turned and smiled even wider at the losing team. "Gryphons, since you have lost today's challenge, not only will you not get an awesome hot tub, but you will also have to be sending someone home tonight at the Campfire Elimination Ceremony! Figure that out, and I'll see you at the campfire tonight."

With those haunting words, the host left the losing team standing on the beach.

Beginning to walk up to the mess hall, Chris suddenly turns around to face the camera for the first time in a while. "What awaits for the losing team tonight? Who will be the first person kicked off the island for good? Be sure to stay on this channel to find out!"


So how was it? Did I do a good job? Please, remember that I like reviews, especially when I work as hard as I did on this one! I would have gotten done with it sooner, but I had a lot of work over the last few days. Anyway, it's my birthday in three days, so as a birthday gift to me (if you want), if you could review that would be great. I hope you enjoyed this, as I think I did an all right job. Please remember to review, and I thank you for spending a few moments to read my story! You are ALL AWESOME!

Remember to vote in the poll who you want to be kicked off the island in the first elimination ceremony. Also remember that the person who gets voted off must walk on the Dock of Shame, board the Boat of Losers, and leave the island for good. So no pressure.

Also, for those of you who want to know, according to the poll that 19 people visited, the top five favorite campers are Gracie, Alison, Takbir, Tyson, and Zane. Four campers got absolutely no votes: Adelina, Alister, Carsen, and Zarya.

All right, that's it for me. REMEMBER TO VOTE AND REVIEW! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!