Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, any of the characters mentioned, or any of the candy brands.
The air dwelled of peppermint and cinnamon.
Chris lead the group of contestants into the licorice and lollipop 'forest', his co-host (and secret bodyguard) Courtney was closely flanking behind him. The contestants followed, with Chef at the back of the pack.
A wave of excitement and nerves washed through the contenders. They were about to compete in their first challenge! This would prove if they were really cutout for this show after all.
It had gotten windy all of a sudden. The breeze so powerful, it almost blew Bob's cowboy hat off of his head.
The strong wind seemed to be attractive to one thing in particular though: Oliver's cape.
The red piece of fabric whipped around like a mechanical bull, hitting Ryan in the face repeatedly. After getting hit for a twelfth time, he was starting to get annoyed. Well, even more annoyed.
"If that baby blanket of yours touches me one more time, I'm going to strangle you with it." Ryan warned with a deadly tone in his voice.
Oliver turned quickly and fear immediately swept over him. Nervously, he replied "Whoa dude, you need to calm down! You act like I'm doing it on purpose." Then he added "I totally could though. You know, with my mind."
"Take it off." Ryan said flatly, as the cape got dangerously near his head.
"I'm not taking off my clothes!" Oliver yelled. "I don't even know who you are! Plus, you're a guy! I don't go that way bro."
"I meant the bib." Ryan replied. His anger was rising again, and he cracked his knuckles.
"I'm not wearing a bib! Are you crazy or something?" Oliver asked, his eyebrow began to rise. "Or is that a sexual innuendo? Get away from me freak, before I'm forced to laser beam you with me EYES!"
"Take. Off. The. Cape." Ryan said through his teeth.
"Oh, my cape! Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Oliver asked as he untied the knot from behind his neck.
I DID SAY-…you know what, I'm tired of you." Ryan replied and he took in deep breaths.
Ryan: "I want to stab him in the eyes so badly! Errrr!"
"I should be the one who's tired of you!" Oliver responded. "You were talking all crazy like and stuff."
Ryan growled and said "Shut up and get out of my sight before I kill you." To make his point he snatched Oliver's cape from his hands and tore it into two.
"No!" Oliver shouted. Realizing he had spoken, he quickly ran off before Ryan could get a hold of him.
A close by Lena overheard this conversation and frowned. Not that she was noisy or anything, she just happened to hear everything. And she couldn't even distract herself with the huge pieces of candy that surrounded her. There was just so much candy a person could take.
"You didn't need to do that." She spoke up.
Not knowing whether or not she was speaking to him, Ryan turned his head to see Lena looking at him. "Do what?"
"Threaten him." She replied, feeling like he was playing stupid.
"And you don't have to medal into other people's business." Ryan told her mechanically. "But like they say, nobody is perfect."
Lena blushed. There she was telling him that what he had just done was wrong, and he points out that she was doing something of the same sort. "I'll k-kick you."
"Go ahead." Ryan replied. "It probably won't hurt anyway." There was a small trace of a smile on his face.
As Lena pulled her leg back ready to strike him, Robbie luckily grabbed her by the shoulder and spun her around.
"Whoa, calm down Lena." She said. "The guy obviously had a reason for doing what he did."
When Ryan didn't say anything, Lena replied "He could have done it another way. Bullying is a horrible thing to do."
Ryan snorted. "And kicking someone you hardly know isn't?"
"You know, he does have a point." Robbie said. Then, after seeing the death glare her new friend was giving her, she added "But so do you!"
"Are you two done yet?" Ryan asked as he jumped over a giant Rolo.
"Yes, we are. There's no way we can ever get through to someone as dense as you." Lena finished. She walked past both of them angrily, stomping her feet along the way.
Robbie laughed. Loudly. "She burned you so bad dude!" She told Ryan as she tried to control herself.
Ryan kept moving forward, not saying a word. "Why are you so serious all the time?" Robbie asked.
"I thought you said you were done talking?" Ryan asked, ignoring her question.
"I never said that dude. That was Lena." She replied. "And you didn't answer me, Grinch."
"I don't hate Christmas."
"I'm surprised. You sure look like you do." Robbie said with a smirk. "So, yeah, about answering that question?"
Ryan huffed.
"Am I annoying you Sir Ryan?" Robbie asked, even though she already knew the answer.
"Yes, yes you are." Ryan told her.
"Good," Robbie replied with an even larger smirk, while she nudged him.
He was about to tell her to get out of his face, but she already had ran off. And the weirdest thing happened: He smiled. It was a very small one, not very visible from far away.
Or then again, maybe we just imagined it.
"Are you okay?" Lena asked, startling Oliver.
He had taken another cape out from his pocket and put in on. Oliver was expecting Ryan would come to kill him any second now.
Oliver: "It's always good to bring extras! I mean, how else could I be a hero?"
"Uh, yeah," He lied. "I've dealt with worse, honestly."
"Really," Lena asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, totally," Oliver replied. "Like that one time I put this tiger from a zoo in a head lock to save the mayor. He gave me the key to the city!"
"You…did what now?"
"Wrestled a tiger. And it wasn't easy! I even got a scar!" Oliver said as he lifted up his shirt. On the side of his torso was a claw mark. Way too small to be from a house cat than from a tiger.
"Oh sweetie, you shouldn't tell fibs like that." Lena said. "I almost believed you there for a second."
"Fibs," Oliver asked. "Everything I just said was true." He started to laugh nervously.
"Don't worry. I'll break that bad little habit of yours." She replied. "You're lucky I came along, or you could have gotten someone upset at you again." Just then one of her eyes twitches.
"Whoa, whoa, wait!" I don't need you to break any part of me!" Oliver said. "I knew you Brits were freaks!"
"Excuse me?" Lena asked. There was a sparkle of anger in her voice.
"T-That came out wrong!" Oliver said quickly. "I love Brits! I mean, I almost got married to one!"
Lena sighed as he rushed off.
Lena: "Poor kid. If I can't get to that jerk Ryan, I might as well try to help him."
Someone taps her shoulder, and Lena turns to see Robbie standing there with a huge smile on her face.
"What is it?" Lena asked.
"You are so crushing on that nerd." Robbie replied as she started to laugh.
Lena blushed. "N-No I'm not!"
"You totally are dude." Robbie continued. "I mean, why else would you stick up for him like that?"
If possible, Lena blushed even more. "I was just trying to do what's right! And who are you to talk when you clearly have a crush on that jerk off over there!" She pointed, and Robbie noticed it was directed at Ryan.
"I do not!"
"Please! You defended him! You even stood back to have a chat." Lena explained. As Robbie opened her mouth to protest Lena continued "Don't even pretend you didn't. I saw you."
"T-That…" Robbie stammered. "Fine, I'll say that you don't like Oliver if you say that I don't like Ryan."
"Suits me," Lena answered.
There was a moment of silence, and then Robbie added "You so like him though."
"Hey, I wonder where Damien is." Bob asked aloud as the group continued to venture into the licorice forest.
"Yeah, I haven't seen him since that psycho Jade kidnapped him." Gregory said, as he tried to hold back a laugh.
"You think she killed him?" Bob asked. He took off his cowboy hat and began to brush some of the powder sugar off of it. "I wouldn't be too surprised if she did."
"Nah, she probably just turned him insane." Gregory replied. As he stepped over an M&M he winced and grabbed his arm.
"You okay?" Bob asked sincerely. He frowned when he noticed Gregory was holding on to his arm. "Still hurting you, huh?"
"Yeah, but I'm good." Gregory replied. "This has happened before. What can I expect, I'm an archer."
Gregory: "I hate lying to everyone like this. About my arm I mean. I feel fake and untrustworthy. But I can't let them all know about….stuff. I'll be the ridicule of all of us. So I'll just have to keep milking that my arm is jacked up."
"Nothing I can do to help, Greg?" Bob asked.
"No it's fine, really."
"Maybe you can ask Chris-…." Bob started.
"BOB, I'm fine." Gregory told him angrily. Realizing he had just shouted, he decided to change the subject. "So, uh, I just had a crazy thought. Maybe the thing between Jade and Damien is just some sort of act."
"What,"
"Actually, uh, you know what that was a pretty dumb thought. You should just forget I ever said that." Gregory said quickly. "I'm sure he just got lost or something."
Gregory: "I can't believe I just did that to Damien!" He face palms with both of his hands.
"But you could be right." Bob told him. His eyebrows began to arch downwards. "What if those two really are friends? It could be a trick! Man you just found out their game plan!"
"I doubt all of that is true Bob." Gregory replied as he looked around to make sure nobody had just overheard that. "It was pretty clear from earlier that Damien can't stand her."
"Yeah, but what if-…"
"Bob, can we just drop this?" Gregory asked with a sigh. "Damien and Jade will never, EVER be in an alliance together."
"Then why did I see them both holding hands then?" A voice asked.
Alarmed, the two boys turned and saw that the voice belonged to Iris. She blushed as she realized that she had been eavesdropping.
"Holding hands? What are you talking about?" Gregory asked. It was obvious that he was puzzled.
"Well, I saw them both holding hands earlier." Iris explained. "I figured, you know, that they were dating…"
Gregory held out his hand to silence Bob, who about to say 'I told you so'. "Y-You're kidding me, right?"
"Nope…" She replied.
"I knew it!" Bob shouted. "Where is that little traitor?"
"I think he's up at the front with Chris." Iris answered. "And…Jade."
"That's it! I'm going to teach him a lesson for trying to use me!" Bob yelled. He started to storm off in Damien's direction, but Gregory grabbed his arm.
"Wait, not now." He said. "We'll just cause a scene. And maybe all of this is just…just…a big mistake or something. Let him come to us, and we'll ask him."
"You sure? 'Cuz I can put him in his place right now." He said, but Greg just shook his head.
"Wait, did I say something I wasn't supposed to?" Iris asked aloud.
Before anyone could answer her, Chris shouted into a loud speaker he had taken from the Chris Warper earlier. "We have reached our first destinations! Get ready for your first challenge you losers!"
They all heard it before any of them actually got to see it. A large river, about 25ft wide, stood in front of them. From the sound you could just tell that the current was strong. But there was something strange about this river. Like the fact that there was no water, only milk. And the fact that huge chocolate chip cookies floated calmly in it, each the size of a round dining room table, as if there were no current at all.
On the other side the lollipop and licorice 'trees' got closer and closer together, making it seem more "foresty" (If that's even a word.).
"Welcome to your first challenge!" Chris exclaimed. He ignored the confused looks on the contestants' faces.
"Um…is that milk, Chris?" Charlotte asked.
"Why yes it is Charlotte! Thank you for pointing that out." Chris replied happily. "But that's not the only thing it is! It's a river or milk! And cookies!"
"Okay…." Charlotte replied.
"That's not weird at all." Ryu commented, and some of the others laughed.
Ignoring the puppet's put-in, Chris continued "So, I bet you all are wondering what you actually have to do for this challenge. Well it's simple really! All you have to do is cross the river!"
"I don't think that's safe, Chris." Chef added. "Are you sure about this?"
"Oh, I'm more than sure. I'm positive!" Chris replied.
"B-But what if one of us falls in?" Nick asked as he wiped some sweat off his forehead.
"That's what Courtney's here for." Chris said as he patted her shoulder. "She'll dive in to get you if you happen to fall."
Looking alarmed Courtney said "Chris, I never agreed to this."
"Sure you did!" He said. Then he whispered "Do it, or you're fired."
She was silent for a moment, but then she finally said "Fine, I'll do it. I don't want to go home yet. Besides, I have to get my mind off of a few certain things."
Courtney looked at a piece of candy that just happened to look like a certain Goth girl. With a rage of anger she smashed it with her foot.
"Uh….well I guess I'll explain the challenge some more." Chris said. "Jump across the giant cookies to get to the other side of the river. Fall in and you are so out! Whoever makes it across gets to compete in the next, epic challenge!"
"Sounds easy enough," Isabelle said aloud.
"I'm still worried that something is gonna go wrong." Chef exclaimed. "This doesn't look safe at all."
"You're just a party poorer!" Chris retorted. "Nothing bad is going to happen! You just watch!"
"Well…I'm not doing any paperwork for the ones that die." Chef replied.
Robbie gulped. "T-The…ones that d-die?"
"Look at that. Now you've got them all nervous!" Chris complained.
"I was just stating the obvious." Chef replied in a matter of fact tone.
"Well now that some idiot has gotten you all freaked out, I'll give you all ten minutes to shake those dumb nerves of yours off." Chris told the contestants.
Hearing this, Bob smiled.
Bob: "Maybe now's the perfect time to apologize to that girl from earlier. Hope she's still not mad at me."
"Hey Greg, come with me. I have to do something important." Bob said.
"Like what?" Gregory asked.
Gregory: "I hope he isn't planning on killing Damien. There's no way I can do that…for personal reasons…"
"Oh just stop asking questions and follow me man."
Bob gazed around through the other contestants. He saw Agent Beezee looking up at a tree, Nick staring at the river trembling, and Michael showing off his muscles to Krystal. Finally, he saw Jessi-Ann standing next to a giant Blow-Pop with T.J.
As he and Gregory started to walk towards them, he found himself getting nervous and realized that he was starting to sweat.
Bob: "I can't really explain what was going on there. I blame the hom-he-humid…hot air."
As they both arrived, the two girls stopped their conversation and looked at them.
"So, uh, Jessi-Ann, right?" He asked.
She gave him a questioning look. "Yeah,"
"I just…w-wanted to say sorry about what happened…you know…earlier. With the chain…" Bob said quietly.
"I remember." She replied with absolutely no emotion.
"So, uh, will you forgive me?" He asked as he looked at her hopefully.
"It depends. Are you going to try and take it again?" Jessi-And asked with a smirk.
"N-No! I won't ever do that I promise! Unless you, uh, want me to! But I won't, honestly!" Bob sputtered.
Jessi-Ann laughed. "I was only messing with you! Of course I'll forgive you."
"O-Oh," Bob replied, and he started to blush.
Gregory: "I'm sorry Bob, but that was hilarious! Hahaha!"
Jessi-Ann: "Kid really needs to take a chill pill."
Bob: "I can't believe I made myself look like…look like such an idiot! Ugh!"
"You need to relax." She said as she punched him gently on the shoulder.
Bob grinned and started to laugh. "Yeah you're right! I do need to calm down." He punched her back, but with more strength than he intended.
"Ow!" She cried as she fell backwards.
Bob: "I hate my life."
"Are you okay Jessi?" T.J. asked as she helped her friend up. "You're not hurt or anything, right?"
"I'm fine," She replied as she brushed some dirt off of her clothes.
"I'm sorry!" Bob shouted. "I didn't mean to do that!"
"It's okay Bob." Jessi-Ann told him. "It was just a mistake, I understand."
"You sure? Maybe I can give you a massage, or a…."
"No! It's fine. I'm fine. You don't have to do anything." She said as she held her hands out in front of her in a defensive position.
"Okay…." Bob replied. His head sunk down, and he was unsure of what to say next.
"So, uh, you're Gregory, right?" T.J. asked after things got awkwardly quiet.
"Yeah," Gregory replied. "And you must be T.J.?"
"Ya-huh,"
"So…how are you guys planning on making it to the other side?" Gregory asked.
"We're going to jump across, dun." T.J. giggled and Jessi-Ann soon joined her.
Gregory blushed. "Sorry, I know that was a stu-…"
Hey guys," A voice interrupted.
Standing before them was none other than Damien and Jade. She held on to him tightly, grinning. Damien on the other hand had a phony smile on his face.
"Where the heck have you been man?" Bob asked, breaking his silence.
"I've been….busy." Damien replied as he slowly looked at Jade.
"Too busy for us?" Bob asked. "I knew you were one of those fakes! Always lying all the time. You damn liar! Gregory was right about you."
"Come on Bob, let him at least explain." Gregory said shamefully. He turned to Damien. "We're waiting."
"I've…." Jade appeared to be squeezing his arm even harder. "I've been with Jade. The love of…my life."
Bob and Gregory's jaws both dropped.
Bob: "I knew it! The little weasel! I'll teach him a lesson!"
Gregory: "I can't believe Bob was right…"
"You say the sweetest things sweetie." Jade said as she rubbed her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah…" Damien replied.
"I can't believe y'all are the first couple!" T.J. said as she went over to congratulate them.
Jade pushed her back and said "Get away from my man."
"Um…what?" T.J. asked.
"You heard me sister!"
"Jade, come on…" Damien stopped as Jade glared at him. "I mean, sugah, stop being so…protective of me."
"I had to baby! The look in her eye! She wanted you!" Jade said.
"What…" T.J. said aloud.
"Wait, hold on!" Gregory said. "How did this even happen? "
"If you mean…our relationship…I guess we just…fell for each other." Damien said quietly. As he finished, Jade started to laugh.
"Well, I think it's strange." Gregory replied.
"We don't care about your opinion." Jade snarled.
Gregory backed up and hid behind Bob, who was cracking his knuckles.
"Did you see the way he ran away babe?" Jade asked Damien, who just nodded his head.
"Can I kill him now Greg?" Bob asked Gregory.
"You won't be killing anyone sweetie." Jade said with a grin on her face. "But we'll be killing you. In this competition that is."
"Oh, you did not just go there!" Bob shouted. "I rather die than see any of ya win this game. Rather die!"
Get ready to die then." Jade said with a wink. She walked away, dragging Damien with her.
"I told you man! I freaking told you!" Bob told Gregory. He punched the lollipop, breaking off a huge piece.
"I can't believe it…" Gregory sighed.
"OKAY YOUR BREAK IS UP!" Chris shouted through the loudspeaker. "TIME TO START THIS THING!"
"Whenever you guys are ready!" Chris called out. "Just go on up and try not to embarrass yourselves on national television!"
At first, nobody stepped up, but then Jade shouted "Come on, babe! Let's show them what we're made of!"
"Wait, what?" Damien asked. But it was too late.
Jade charged towards the river at full force, pulling him along. Damien tried to keep his balance, but it was too complicated due to him being so close to Jade.
She took a giant leap, and landed on the first cookie just fine. Damien fell on it right behind her.
"You okay baby?" She asked.
"No, I'm not!"
"Too bad!" She growled, and she began to run again. She leapt with proper coordination, and managed not to drop Damien all at the same time. In seventy seconds, they had both reached the other side.
"Look at that!" Chris shouted in amazement. "The first two up, and they already made it!"
"That's because we're the best Chris!" Jade shouted to him, sounding sweet as can be.
"Oh, are you guys going to take that from her?" Chris taunted the other contestants.
Suddenly Joe and Isabelle zoom forward. They both take a leap, and on the same cookie. It begins to crumble beneath them, and before they could jump, they both fall into the river.
"Chris, help!" Joe shouted as he tried to keep himself afloat.
"Courtney!" Chris yelled. She sighed as she dove into the river.
"I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles." Oliver said aloud. He started to laugh hysterically.
"He did not just make that pun." Robbie told Lena as she cringed from the bad joke.
"I think he did." Lena replied.
"Oh come on, that was a good one!" Oliver whined.
Ryan turned to look at him and noticed the red cape on Oliver's back. "I thought I tore that baby blanket to shreds?"
Oliver turned as white as a sheet of paper. "N-No you didn't, you just imagined doing that. Freaks do that a lot." He started to back away.
"No. I did. Give me the new one. Now," Ryan ordered as he starting moving towards him.
"No don't touch it!" Oliver shouted. He started to run to the river, but Ryan was faster than him. He grabbed Oliver by the shoulder, and turned him around. Struggling, Oliver elbowed Ryan in the face by accident.
"You're going to pay for that! Ryan yelled.
The two started to fight, rolling around on the ground. "Help me!" Oliver shouted. "Someone, please!"
"Come on guys, this is ridiculous." Lena told them. She ran over to them and attempted to break them apart. But the two boys kept at it. "Stop this!"
Trying to break free, Oliver lunged forward, but Ryan's grip on him was too powerful. Due to this, they all fell into the river.
Lena coughed as she broke the surface. "See what you two have done!"
"Lena! Are you okay?" Robbie called. She had run to the side of the river, and looked down at her friend with a nervous expression.
"No, I'm covered in milk." Lena replied and Robbie laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing, you've just have a milk mustache!" Robbie said. The camera zoomed in on Lena's face, and sure enough she had one.
"Just get to the other side. I rather one of us get there." Lena told her friend.
"Don't worry, I've got this!" Robbie said as she leapt onto a cookie. "See? This is a…piece of cake!"
"I think Oliver's puns have gotten to you." Lena said.
"You just shush." Robbie said as she jumped onto another one.
Lena heard a splashing noise and realized Courtney was swimming towards her. She looked behind her and saw that Ryan and Oliver were still fighting despite the fact they were in a milk river.
"What am I going to do with them?" She quietly asked herself.
"We've already got five wipeouts!" Chris said cheerfully into his megaphone. "This is the best challenge I've ever came up with!"
"I have to admit, it is pretty funny." Chef agreed.
"Whatever," Chris replied, not really listening to him. "Okay guys, next up!"
Nick looked at the fast moving milk and shivered.
Nick: "Out of all the challenges… I'm scared of water okay? Don't think I'm a sissy or anything, 'cuz I'm not!"
"Chris, I can't do this!" Nick shouted in panic. He took a few steps back from the riverside.
"Sure you can! It's simple!" Chris replied. Suddenly he walked over to Nick and pushed him forward. Nick stumbled and shouted as he fell face forward onto one of the cookies. "See, I told you that it was easy!"
"Don't ever do that again!" Nick shouted as he clutched his chest. "I could have died!"
"Oh calm your chizz." Chris replied as he rolled his eyes.
The cookie began to move unstably, and Nick held on to one of the chocolate chips. "C-Can you get me off of this thing? Please!"
"At least try man!" Chris said irritably. "If you fall, that'll get good for ratings!"
"Is that all you care about? Ratings?" Nick asked.
"No, I also care about money!" Chris replied.
As Courtney helped the contestants out of the river, Jessi-Ann turned to T.J, Bob, and Gregory and asked "How about we all go together? Maybe we can help each other out somehow."
"That's fine by me!" Bob said quickly as he pushed Gregory forward before he could say otherwise.
"This going to be so much fun y'all!" T.J. called out energetically.
The four of them charged forward, and landed on a cookie just flawlessly. As it wobbled beneath them, T.J. grabbed Gregory's arm for support almost causing them to both fall off. Bob grabbed them just in time, as Jessi-Ann leaped to another cookie.
As she landed, a piece of the surface broke off and sunk in the milk. "Whoa, watch out about that." She called to the others. T.J. jumped next, and the same process repeated, leaving a bigger gap.
Gregory and Bob looked at each other, uncertain of what to do. "Go ahead." Bob suddenly said.
"You sure?" Gregory asked. He looked at the two girls on the other side, who were urging them to hurry. "Maybe you should go instead."
"No Greg, just go. I don't think I can make that jump." Bob replied as he nudged him. "Just do it." Gregory followed, and daring leap. As he landed a piece of cookie beneath him began to crumble, but the two girls grabbed on to him before he could fall in.
"Good luck guys!" Bob called to them as he jumped into the milk.
The three of them jumped across many more cookies, helping each other along the way. Soon enough, they had reached the other side.
"Yes! I actually did well in my first challenge!" T.J. said happily as she began to hug both Jessi-Ann and Gregory.
"Yeah, I'm pretty surprised too." Gregory said as he blushed.
Come on! If my brother can do this, so can I!" Iris told Matthew as they both jogged towards the river. She took a dancing leap and landed on a cookie successfully. "That wasn't so hard!"
Matthew then jumped, video camera in hand, but he made an error. He crashed right into Iris, and they both flew off.
"No my video camera!" Matthew shouted as he impacted the milk. He raised his arm right above his head just in time. "Are you okay baby? I'll never let something like that ever happen again!"
As Iris's head broke the surface of the liquid, she turned to see him kissing his camera all over.
Iris: "…Today has been the weirdest day of my life."
Meanwhile, Robbie landed on the other side and brushed herself off. "That was actually a pretty sweet challenge!" She said aloud.
"A pun! She told a pun! Why doesn't she get punched?" Oliver shouted angrily as he glared at Ryan.
The cookie spun slowly, leaving Nick in his agonizing state.
Nick: "Is this what my life has come to? Stuck on a giant cookie for the rest of my life? Scared of milk? I didn't even get to say goodbye to my tools. Screwdriver, if you're watching, you were always my favorite!"
Nick moaned as he continued to spin again and again and again….
"Chris, you've got to do something." Ted said. "You can't just leave the guy there."
"I'm not doing anything!" Chris replied angrily. "If he wants to be complicated, let him! See if I care."
Shaking his head, Ted hopped down to the cookie that Nick was on and patted his shoulder. "Bro, you gotta get up."
"No, I can't. I'll die." Nick replied quietly.
"You're not going to die man." Ted told him. "If you fall in Courtney will get you."
"Yes I am. And seriously who trusts Courtney?" Nick said and Courtney gave him one of her famous death glares.
"What's the worst that could happen?" Ted asked. Behind him there was a commotion, and Ted turned to see Charlotte and Alexis bump into each and crash into the milk.
"That," Nick replied.
"That was just a freaky coincidence." Ted said, as he gave a shaky laugh.
"It was a perfect coincidence." Nick replied. "I hear the milk calling for me. It wants my soul bro. Did you hear me? It wants my mother fucking soul!"
Ted shook his head.
Ted: "I've seen people break down in scary movies before. It was way worse, but this is still kinda close to those situations. Too bad I never seen a movie where they stop going crazy… Hollywood, you need to work on this!"
"So, the river wants your soul, huh?" Ted asked. "Well, staying here isn't going to help you. I can see that this cookie is already starting to get soggy. You'll fall in soon."
"It's not soggy. Stop lying to me." Nick retorted.
"I'm not lying. It's getting as soggy as grandma boobs." Ted explained. "Are you willing to let soggy grandma boobs be the end of you?"
"No…."
"Then get it together bro. You can do-…"
"Get out of my way!" Michael shouted as he pushed Ted off of the cookie. There was a loud splash, and coward away as some of the milk touched him.
"It burns!" He shouted.
Michael laughed as he continued on, Ted cussing at him the whole time. Just then Krystal jumped right in front of Nick, and he looked at her nervously. "Please don't push me in."
"Now why would I do that sweetie?" Krystal said as she helped him up.
"I don't know….that other guy just did it." Nick replied shamefully.
"Come on, just follow me." She said as she leapt to another cookie. "See, it's easy." Nick looked at her, and then at the milk between them. He bit his lip in concentration. "We don't have all day now." Just then he jumped…..and landed beside her.
"See! That wasn't so hard!" Krystal said happily as she grabbed his shoulder. "Think you can do it again?"
"Y-Yeah….I think so." Nick replied as he grinned.
"Would it help if I hold your hand?" Krystal asked as she held her other hand out.
"Yeah, actually it would." Nick said as he grabbed it, and they jumped to another one.
Krystal: "Ugh. The things I have to do to keep my cover."
Soon enough Michael reached the other side, with Krystal and Nick following behind. As they landed on the ground, Krystal let go of his hand.
"I made it! I can't believe I actually made it!" Nick said as the others cheered him on. He turned to Krystal "Thank you."
"You are so welcome." She said as she gave him a huge grin. When she turned around she rolled her eyes in disgust.
"There are nine of you on the other side of the river!" Chris shouted into his microphone. "Come on! You all could do way better than that!"
Gracline looked to the left of her to see Everett in the fetal position. She sighed as she walked up to him. "What's wrong with you?"
"I can't do it." Everett replied without turning to her.
"Do what?" She asked.
"I can't do the challenge. I'm going to fail. I just know it." Everett replied sadly.
"You haven't even tried yet." Gracline responded. "I need an explanation as to why you cannot complete this task."
"Isn't…Isn't it obvious?" Everett asked. "Just look at me…"
"That response doesn't answer anything." She replied. "Come with me. I'll prove you wrong." She led him to the edge of the river. "On the count of three, we'll jump."
"Okay…" Everett said.
"1, 2…3!" Gracline shouted, and they both jumped. They landed on the cookie with a thud. "One down, approximately five more to go."
"Yo Everett!" Ryu shouted as he and Jordan jumped on the cookie that was right in front of them.
"Ah!" Everett screamed as he slapped the puppet away and bumped into Gracline. The two of them, along with Ryu, fell into the milk.
"No, Ryu!" Jordan shouted as he dove in after him.
"Looks like that's it." Chris said. He was sitting on Chef's back as he swam to the other side of the river. "I can't believe only nine of you made it across. I'm disappointed in you all."
"Hey, where's Agent Beezee?" Jessi-Ann asked.
"I'm right here!" Agent Beezee yelled from above her, hanging upside down from one of the licorice 'trees'.
"How did you- never mind." Chris started. "The ten of you will be moving on to the next part of the challenge! Hope you all are ready because this one is even more epic!"
"And by epic, I'm guessing you mean harder." Robbie said.
"Yup," Chris replied as he snickered. "It's gonna be a real jawbreaker!"
"A pun!" Oliver shouted from the other side.
"So…follow me and I'll explain everything." Chris said as he walked inside the 'forest'.
Now that they were closer, the contestants realized something.
This 'forest' looked different.
It looked….
Deadly.
I AM SORRY FOR MY PROCASTINATION I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON AND YOU SHOULD ALL THROW ROCKS AT ME!
Now that that's done, I really am sorry about the wait. I've been out of it lately, but I'm trying to get back on track. With my grandmother leaving, school starting, and homework I've had a lot of distractions. But I'll never quit this story. I just hope you all haven't given up on me yet.
So there are a few things I have to point out.
First, there may seem like I spend way too much time on some characters. This will happen for each dimension. I'm trying to get some character development to happen, and with 24 different characters it's kind of hard. If your character isn't speaking much right now, do not worry. I have stuff planned for them in later chapters. Also, the less your character speaks the bigger chance they won't be eliminated in the chapter.
Second, Nick was sort of out of character in this chapter. But I figured that since he was in the face of his fear it'll be an excuse for him going all crazy like that. He'll be back to normal in the next chapter.
Thirdly, I'm still worried that I'm not getting Robbie or Lena right. If I haven't, the creators of them can yell at me. I deserve it.
Hopefully they'll be a quicker update next time. Once again, sorry. See you all soon!