Author's Note: Sorry, I took so long! I'm glad to say I have posted the last part of Challenge 2! Yay! Thanks for all the great reviews!
"Welcome back to Total Drama Heart Island!" Chris announced. "Last time we switched up the team's pairings for our Chris hunt, where contestants will hunt for statues of moi, by pairing them up with who they have the most problems with." Chris gave a toothed grin to the audience. "Who will succeed and who will lose? Find out on Total! Drama! Heart! Island!"
Jayce and Ashton were wondering around the forest, searching for statues. Ashton checked in the trees, whilst giving Jayce wary looks, and Jayce pondered their next action.
"I don't see any statues here," Ashton remarked, hopping down from the root he was standing on. "Do you have any ideas?"
"Well," Jayce said, pulling out a rolled up map from his back pocket. "I'd say Chris probably put one on the top of this cliff," He pointed to a marking of a mountain on the map. "Being the most dangerous and all."
"Ah," Ashton agreed. "Where did you get the map?"
"Oh, nowhere special." Jayce whistled and started walking towards the cliff while Ashton trailed behind.
Chef burst into Chris's trailer, looking haggled.
"Chef, where have you been?" Chris complained wearing a couple towels. "You were almost late for our couple's massages."
"Ah, sorry Chris." Chef said, laying down on the beds the masseurs set up, and a young black-haired girl started rubbing his shoulders. "It's just I couldn't find- a little to the left, ah, there we go – my darned map."
"Always losing stuff Chef," Chris commented.
"It wasn't my fault! I bet one of your darn contestants took it."
Chris shrugs, "Whatever. Gives one of them an edge."
Ricky and Cashmere had stumbled upon a small pond during their search of the area.
While Ricky cooed over the family of ducks that lived there, Cashmere busied herself by staring into the pond, tidying up her hair. She then noticed a faint silhouette of a figure and pulled it out, a Capillaries' Chris statue.
...Confessionals…
"I wasn't being vain!" Cashmere said defensively. "Just…observant."
….End Confessionals…
Lynn and Nathan were awkwardly, for Lynn, wandering in a heavily wooded part of the forest.
Nathan hummed the latest metal tune, occasionally making the guttural sounds that went along with some while Lynn kept time by tapping her fingers on her thighs.
"Nathan, are we even looking?" She asked when she noticed neither of them were really searching, just wandering around the forest.
"Oh," Nathan plunged his hand into a nearby by bush and pulled out a statue. "Found one!"
Tiana and Maggie wandered in an open plain, searching for one of their statues.
"There it is!" Tiana gasped, running to a statue sitting in the middle of the field. "We found one-oh."
The "statue" had flopped over by the vibrations Tiana's footsteps created, turning out to be a cardboard cutout.
...Confessionals…
"What's the fun if they're all real?' Chris asked rhetorically.
….End Confessionals…
Ashton and Jayce found the cliff, which wasn't very hard considering it was a cliff.
Ashton looked around the area, spying no blue Chris statue. "Well, I guess it isn't here. Maybe we could check the forest…"
"Hold on," Jayce interrupted, stalking to the edge of the cliff and peering over. "Well, well, well. Look at what's here." He motioned for Ashton to walk over.
Ashton apprehensively walked to the edge of the cliff and looked over to see a Chris statue sitting precariously on one of the ridges. "Boy, that's…steep."
"Mhmm," Jayce nodded. "Well, go get it."
"Me?"
"Yeah, I mean after you failed us in the poetry competition, you should be the one to get it."
Ashton fidgeted. "But we won."
"Yes, but you said you wouldn't disappoint me, and you did."
"Fine," Ashton succumbed, nervously making his way down the cliff face.
...Confessionals…
"The trick to manipulating people is to latch onto any little weakness," Jayce advised. "And make them feel so guilty about it, they would do anything to make up for it."
….End Confessionals…
Ashton made his way down the edge of the cliff, and slipped, letting out a gasp while Jayce had stifle a chuckle.
...Confessionals…
"People getting hurt is not hilarious," Jayce said seriously. "Not at all." Before letting out a laugh. "I crack myself up sometimes."
….End Confessionals…
Ashton managed to recover, and barely hanging onto the cliff, hoisted himself up to the edge the statue was on.
Grabbing it, he asked, "How do I climb up with the statue?"
"You don't," Jayce replied. "Here, just toss it up."
Ashton threw the statue up and Jayce caught it with ease. Ashton then started making his way up an eventually managing to make it up, collapsing on the green grass.
"Now," Jayce said, admiring the statue's detail. "That wasn't so hard."
...Confessionals…
"This statue is really intricate," Jayce commented. "They even have his wrinkles down, but with an ego like Chris's, I wouldn't imagine any less."
….Break…
"I do not have wrinkles," Chris affirms.
"Chris!" Chef calls from outside of the booth. "Your maximum power wrinkle free cream has arrived."
"Chef!" Chris whines. "Shut up!"
"No need to get your girdle in a twist."
….Break…
"I'm dead inside." Ashton panted.
….End Confessionals…
Hans, Graham and Atlas had wandered into another of the forest's plains and Atlas had announced, "Now let's split up!"
"Why?" Hans asked.
"Because it's easier to cover ground that way." Atlas answered. "Graham, search near those thorny bushes,"
"Great," Graham muttered under his breath, but he didn't object as he walked towards the area Atlas directed him to.
"Hans, maybe one of the statues is hidden in those hollow oaks, so check over there."
Hans dutifully nodded and went over to the oaks.
"And I'll go over to those rocks," Atlas said to himself, before leaving.
Hans didn't really need to stretch to reach the top of the oak tree, but he was shocked that instead of rough wood, he felt a soft hand. Momentarily surprised, he recoiled and knocked over one of the Chris statues out of where it was placed.
"Found one!" He said to himself, and was about to call out to his teammates before realizing it was blue, not the Arteries' red. "Wait, this isn't ours," He muttered.
He then noticed a blonde head poking out from behind the trees. He recognized who it was before he could even see the rest of their face. "Annabelle."
"Hans?" The daydreamer said, walking around to meet him. "Hi."
"Hi," He found himself blushing. "Um, how are you?" He said at a loss for words.
"Fine," She said nervously, biting at her lip. "I found this." She pulled out a red Chris statue.
"Wait, did you find it there," Hans asked, pointing to the tree where he had found his.
Annabelle nodded.
"Weird, that's where I found mine."
...Confessionals…
"I got tired of thinking of new places to put them," Chris shrugged.
….End Confessionals…
Annabelle chuckled. "Strange, we managed to find each other and the statues."
"Yeah," Hans blushed again. "Speaking of which, considering we have the other team's statues, want to trade?"
"Sure." Annabelle and Hans took each other's statues, their fingers brushing against each other's during the switch, causing them both to blush.
Their perpetual blushing and staring was interrupted by Launa's distressed cries "Annabelle! Where are you? Are you hurt?" and Graham's almost bored ones "Hans. Where. Are. You." and Atlas's snips "Could you at least yell louder?"
"Guess I'd better go," Annabelle said before Hans grabbed her arm.
"Wait, can we meet again? Maybe near the outside of the bathrooms?" He asked nervously.
"Sure, but I need to go right now. Bye,"
"Oh, you're okay!" Launa cried, practically throwing herself on Annabelle. "And you found one of the statues!"
"With a little help," Annabelle admitted.
"Hmm?"
"Did you find anything Hans?" Atlas asked. "Because I managed to find one wedged between the rocks." He held up a dirty Chris statue. "It's a little worn, but it counts."
"I managed to find one," Hans smiled before muttering under his breath, "With a little help."
"What did you just say?"
"Huh?"
Tiana and Maggie had gone to the lake front to search for statues, and weren't doing so well.
"Oh, that poor bird!" Maggie exclaimed, pointing to seagull with a soda bottle ring wrapped around its neck.
"Oh," Tiana said, seeing the bird. "Maybe we should…"
In that moment, a shark jumped out of the waters and swallowed the bird whole.
"Get out of here," Tiana finished and dragged Maggie behind her as they ran.
...Confessionals…
"I didn't know lakes could have sharks," Maggie says, staring at the camera traumatized.
….Break…
"That was the most horrific thing I ever saw," Tiana shivered.
….End Confessionals…
Nathan had spotted another one of the Arteries' groups through the trees. "Jason! Settler! Over here!"
"Are we allowed to do that?" Lynn asked as Jason and Settler made their way towards them.
"Why not? Chris never said we couldn't."
...Confessionals…
"I hate it when contestants find loopholes," Chris grumbled.
….End Confessionals…
"Hey," Jason greeted. "Nice to see something other than rocks here."
Lynn smiled graciously. "Did you guys find anything yet?"
Settler pouted. "No. You?"
"Yeah!" Nathan pulled the statue out from his guitar case, which he had brought without the guitar for a carrying case.
"Luckies," Settler pouted again. "We haven't been able to find anything."
"Well, now we have," Jason said vaguely.
"Huh?"
"Look, up there!" Jason pointed to the tress.
The group looked up at the trees, and sure enough, a red Chris statue was situated on one of the tallest tree's branches. Birds and squirrels hopped on and off the tree, and subsequently glared at the group, as if guessing they were planning to invade their territory.
"Up there?" Settler asked in disbelief.
"It does seem kind of… dangerous," Lynn commented. "But, Chris wouldn't put a statue there if we would get hurt, right?"
...Confessionals…
Chris laughed, tears in his eyes. "These new contestants always crack me up."
….End Confessionals…
"How are we supposed to get up there?" Settler asked.
"We could climb!" Nathan suggested.
"Unharnessed? That doesn't seem very safe…" Lynn trailed off.
Settler and Jason voiced their worries about the safety factor of the idea while Nathan's left eye twitched.
...Confessionals…
"I don't take well to criticism," Nathan stated.
….End Confessionals…
"We could," Nathan said, somewhat frustrated. "Find a harness."
"But where?" Lynn asked.
"A tool shed? Chris's trailer?"
"Those do seem like good possibilities," Lynn pondered.
"We could split up and check them out separately," Jason suggested.
"I'll take Settler!" Lynn blurted out, grabbing the former's arm.
"Huh? But aren't we partners?" Nathan said, dismayed.
"Yes, but girls talk, and junk," Lynn said before dragging Settler off towards the shiny, giant trailer that none of the contestants had missed on their tour.
"Girl talk?" Nathan said, tilting his head towards Jason.
"Why were you acting so weird back there?" Settler asked, still being dragged.
"Weird?" Lynn said. "No, just awkward."
"Why?"
"I don't really want to talk about it." Lynn evaded.
"Ok,"
...Confessionals…
"Have you ever had that feeling were you want to talk about something, but also don't want to talk about it?" Lynn said. "That's how I'm feeling."
….End Confessionals…
"We're here," Lynn pushed Settler in front of Chris's gleaming white trailer.
"Uh, how are we going to get inside?" Settler asked, trying to discreetly peer through the window. "I mean, I guess they could have something to help us in there, but they're also in there too."
"They're?"
"Chris and Chef," Settler answered. "And two Swedish massage people."
"…"
...Confessionals…
Lynn slapped her face with her hand. "…I didn't think of that possibility."
….End Confessionals…
Lynn partially shrugged, before stopping. "Distract? Break in like spies? I kind of didn't really think this through." She sheepishly admitted.
Settler eyes sparkled as she focused on one piece of information Lynn had given her. "'Break in like spies?' We could do a spy movie montage!"
Lynn looked at Settler, perplexed, which prompted Settler to explain further, "You know, that part in movies where the spies plan and infiltrate a building, we could do that!" Settler starts motioning around with her hands. "We descend from that tree branch on a rope and land on the roof, then we take off a part of the roof to access the trailer, and we could get Nathan to play spy music during it…"
Lynn spoke up, "You do know that would take a climbing harness and equipment, which we don't have."
"…O-kay, Plan B!"
Nathan and Jason had found the shed and were digging through with hopes to find any sort of climbing equipment or material to make some.
"Ok, what kind of challenges did they do before this show?" Jason asked, holding up a bike handle bar and headset with a pink pony head attached to it. "Because I'd really like to know."
"Ooh, I think I remember this," Nathan said, pulling out a sticker of a giant eye from a bin. "It's pretty cool."
Nathan stuck the trinket on his guitar case before saying, "Chris must be really obsessed with this show to keep everything from it's past."
...Confessionals…
Chris scoffs, "Am not. Why would I ever miss those brats or even cherish my time with them?"
"Because they made you loads of money and deep down you loved them beyond torturing them because you got to see their lives play out like you wished your own did?" Chef remarked from outside the confessional booth.
"Shut up, Chef! Not true!" Chris whined, before taking out a picture of the original cast out and whispering, "I miss those kids."
….End Confessionals…
Jason pulled out a horde of rubber bats, marked "Might be used for 'Phobia Multiple'." from a cardboard box full of moldy green jelly. "When was the last time they cleaned this out?"
"Oh, hey! Vampire bats!" Nathan laughed. "Just like you!"
Jason looked at him perplexedly which caused Nathan to further explain. "Because Settler thinks you're a vampire. You know, cause you're… you!" Nathan exclaimed, for lack of a better word.
"…."
"Hey, look!" Nathan exclaimed. "The equipment!" He pulled out a couple of harnesses and rigs from another moldy cardboard box. "Now we can get the statue! Let's go grab the girls!"
Nathan whistled and walked out of the room while Jason followed.
...Confessionals…
"I said something wrong, didn't I?" Nathan said in an afterthought.
….End Confessionals…
Nathan and Jason snuck up around Chris's trailer and found Settler and Lynn sitting clueless on the ground next to the trailer, trying to think of their own plan.
Nathan tapped Lynn's shoulder and she turned around to face him, alarmed.
"Oh, it's you guys," She said, visibly relieved.
"We found the equipment!" Nathan exclaimed, dangling the equipment in his hand.
"Cool," Lynn said, still a bit startled.
"All right!" Settler said, before getting up. "Now to get the statue!"
She marched through the forest and led the group to where the statue was.
"Now does anybody know how to set up climbing equipment?" Lynn asked. She looked eagerly around the group and when all of them shook their head as an answer, her face fell. "Darn it."
"Does anybody in these woods know how to rig a harness?" Nathan yells, wandering around the forest by himself. The group had decided to split up, with Settler and Lynn going back to the shed to see if there were instructions, and Jason and Nathan going their separate ways to find any Arteries that might help.
Suddenly, Atlas pops out of a thick bush, startling Nathan. "I know how to rig a harness!"
"Cool!" Nathan said, recovering from his previous fright. "We need to do some climbing to grab a statue, you mind helping?"
"Not at all," Atlas said, getting up and brushing off his shorts. "I was just searching for a statue myself." He frowned at the bush. "It was a dead end."
"Oh," Nathan remarked. "Well, now all of us can find one together!"
"All of us?" Atlas echoed.
"Yeah, me, Lynn, Jason, Settler and now you!" Nathan exclaimed.
Graham popped out from behind a tree nearby with leaves in his hair. "That seems like a gross misuse of the number of teammates we have."
"Wow!" Nathan said. "Are you guys like ninjas, or something?"
Atlas looked around. "Well, let's get going." He looked at Graham. "Where's Hans?"
Graham shrugged. "I think he was checking the trees over there again."
Hans then bursts onto the scene, haggled with acorn shells in his hair. "Squirrels…are…very…territorial," He panted.
Atlas had finally managed to rig the harnesses on Settler and Lynn, who they had chosen to climb, with Atlas and Nathan holding them up.
"Okay," Atlas said. "As long as Nathan and I hold up these ropes, you'll be fine, even if you fall , you'll be fine, because the rope will catch you."
"Okay," Lynn said nervously.
"Let's get that statue!" Settler said excitedly and she grabbed a tree branch and raised herself up, with Lynn following.
Settler had made her way up to about midway up between the ground and the statue. She started to feel around for any place holders as the branches got thinner.
"There we go," She grunted as she stuffed her hand in a hole in the tree. "Okay- Ow!" She shrieked as a set of razor sharp teeth bit down on her hand. She pulled her hand out and glared at the bite, which was now swelling.
"Are you okay?" Lynn called.
"Fine," Settler called back before glaring at the hole. "Stupid animals."
She continued on her way before she felt something drop on her forehead.
"Hey!" Settler looked up to see a very angry squirrel.
The squirrel looked down at her and held up another acorn before chattering and causing half a dozen more squirrels to come at its call.
"Oh no," Settler said as the squirrels released dozens of acorns into the air.
"Ahh!" Settler screamed as she lost her grip.
"Noo-wait," Settler said as she looked down. "I'm okay!"
The rig had worked its charm and Settler was now practically floating on air. "Woo, this is actually kind of fun!"
The first squirrel smacked it's face as it looked down at the okay Settler. Another squirrel said something to it hopefully before it got it's acorn slapped out of it's hands.
"Squirrels are very territorial," Hans repeated looking up at the scene.
"Fine! I'm sorry for not believing you about the squirrels." Graham said.
"Mhmm."
"Settler!" Lynn called. "What happened?"
"Just a bit of a fall," Settler called back, latching onto a tree branch before she floated to the ground any further. "I'm fine."
"Okay," Lynn said before she continued to climb.
5 minutes of exhausting climbing later…
"I've got it!" Settler called, grabbing the statue from its resting place. She started to bounce down to the ground with Lynn.
On the ground…
The boys congratulated the girls on finally getting the statues before the group split up into the original pairs, or trio in Graham, Hans and Nathan's case, and went to search for more statues.
Cashmere and Ricky had walked into Heart Island's resident swamp, where a blue Chris statue lay in the center, on a lily pad. The swamp waters were gurgling threateningly, while mosquitos buzzed about.
Ricky scratched his head. "There's a swamp here?"
He then reevaluated the situation. "Okay, so maybe we can get a ladder and crawl across the waters to get the statue…? Cashmere, what do you think?" He then did a double take. "Cashmere, what are you doing?"
Cashmere had jumped into the murky waters, splashing the area around her and causing a few, now disgruntled, animals to leave.
Cashmere responded, "What do ya' think I'm doing? I'm gettin' the statue."
"But," Ricky gaped. "The mud…"
"Yeah, it's a cesspool, alright," Cashmere grunted. "But it's not goin' to stand in the way of our victory."
She slogged to the center and snatched the statue form where it sat. She sauntered to Ricky, as well as she could with the muck hanging on her and presented it to him.
"Two statues for us!" Cashmere eyed Ricky. "You better start pulling your weight teammate." She punched him in the arm.
"Ow!" Ricky cradled his arm. "What was that for?"
"It was a friendly punch, you know friends," She pulled up her arm again and Ricky flinched, "Please, don't."
Cashmere sighed.
...Confessionals…
"I got a bit caught up in the moment there," Cashmere apologized. "Sorry, Ricky!"
….End Confessionals…
Maggie and Tiana wandered around the woods, before Tiana gave up and sat on the ground.
"It's no use!" She groaned as Maggie watched curiously. "We've been wondering around for hours and we've found nothing!"
"Aw, come on, Tiana," Maggie said as she sat down next to Tiana. "I'm sure we can find something before time runs out."
"This is your third time saying that."
"Well…" Maggie said weakly. "It's still true. You know, third time's the charm?"
"Third time is the charm," Tiana rationalized with herself. She stood up and smiled. "I guess a few more hours of searching can't hurt!"
Maggie gave a small, weak cheer and the two walked side by until they stumbled upon a particularly leafy area of woods.
"I wonder why there are so many leaves here," Tiana said as she glanced at the trees, who still had a good amount of leaves on them for all the leaves on the floor.
SNAP!
"It's very hard to stay optimistic in these situations, isn't it Maggie?"
"Mhmm,"
"I'll try!"
Atlas, Graham and Hans had broken off into individual searches again, and Graham was searching by the rocks on the beach.
Graham didn't have a luck until a red Arteries' statue washed up nest to where he was searching. He picked it up before gagging, "Is this covered in shark guts?"
...Confessionals…
"I had to wash my hands so many times just to get rid of the stench," Graham shivered.
….End Confessionals…
Settler and Jason had taken a rest on one of the groups of rocks scattered throughout the forest, after searching for more statues in vain.
"Vampire, huh?" Jason asked.
Settler found herself in a rare moment of silence as she stared at the ground.
...Confessionals…
"He knows," Settler said in a haunted voice. "How does he know?"
….End Confessionals…
Launa and Annabelle were walking around in the forest, until they came upon something startling.
"Maggie, Tiana! What happened to you?" Launa gasped as she viewed the sight.
Somehow Maggie and Tiana had gotten their selves stuck in a net, which had them dangling from a tree.
Tiana shrugged. "I have no idea how this happened."
"Please help!" Maggie begged.
Tiana nodded. "Yes, please!"
"Of course! We just need to find something to cut you guys down." Launa turned to Annabelle. "Ideas?"
"I saw a tool shed on the way here. Maybe…" Annabelle hypothesized.
"Somethings in there that we could use to free them!" Launa finished. "Genius, Annabelle! Let's get there fast!"
"Yes, please do," Maggie interrupted.
While Annabelle and Launa ran to the tool shed, Tiana turned to Maggie. "I still don't know why the net was here in the first place."
...Confessionals…
"Stupid kids! Messing up my traps," Chef grumbled. "Now how am I supposed to get dinner?"
….End Confessionals…
Launa and Annabelle had managed to get some yard clippers from the shed. They made their way back to Tiana and Maggie.
"And…one last snip," Launa stated as she readied the scissors for one last time. "Are you guys ready?"
Tiana and Maggie nodded as they braced for the fall to the ground.
Launa closed the scissors, finally letting the net reach the ground. As the net landed, a blue Capillary statues fell down from the tree where the trap had been strung.
Tiana cheered. "Yay! We're free! And we finally have a statue!"
Launa slowly climbed down from the tree. "Well, at least it wasn't too bad."
Maggie nodded. "Yeah, um, can you cut us out of the net?"
"Oh, sure!"
A long time of statue finding later…
The speakers spread throughout the island crackled to life. "Attention contestants! One of the teams have found all of their statues. Report to the front of the mess hall to find out which team will vote off one of their one!"
Chris stood in front of the campers while interns went around and collected the statues. "Well, I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of injury considering where we put those things, but job done well. But one team did better. And that team was…"
Chris held out a long pause before announcing, "The Capillaries!"
The Arteries groaned while the Capillaries cheered but Chris shushed them all. "But that's not all!"
"It isn't?" Tiana asked, allowing Chris to jump right with his memorized speech, "It isn't! The lovely producers here at Total Drama Heart Island thought a prize was in order for the winning team and you guys get to open one of these mysterious treasure chests," He paused for Chef to wheel out five treasure chests on a cart in front of the campers. "All which can be opened by this key," He said, whipping the key out from his pocket.
"Inside of each is either a prize or something to help you guys in the game." Chris glanced around before shoving the key in Launa's hand. "Now Lana-"
"Launa," Launa corrected.
"Right, still memorizing faces, since you were the closest in my field of vision you get to open the chest for your team!"
...Confessionals…
"Wow," Graham remarked. "He doesn't even try to sugar coat it, does he?"
….End Confessionals…
Launa went up to the chests before picking the one furthest to the left with her team's approval. She stuck the key in the lock and opened the chest. She plucked a scroll from the bottom of the chest and read, "'You opened the lucky chest! Now you all get to stay! Arr!'"
"'Arr'? But this isn't a pirate challenge," Tiana said, confused.
Launa shrugged. "That's what is said on the paper."
Chris groaned. "I was hoping you guys wouldn't open that chest! I told the producers it shouldn't have been an option but they said it would make the stakes 'higher'."
He started to stalk to his trailer before Tiana questioned, "Is that it?"
"Yes, you all get to stay," Chris rolled his eyes. "Now go tell the camera what you learned and leave me alone!" He left the contestants alone with Chef who was slowly and strenuously starting to load up the chests.
Chef sighed and looked at the cast. "Six seasons of this can really stress a man out."
...Confessionals…
"I learned that leafy areas are not safe areas," Tiana recited.
….Break…
"I learned Chris is easy to tick off," Jayce said. "And that Ashton is easy to manipulate."
….Break…
"I learned that sometimes a bit of empathy goes far longer than a lot of apathy," Graham stated. "Basically, be nicer or everyone will hate you."
….Break…
"I learned that unexpected places may hold an Annabelle," Hans blushed.
….Break…
"I learned that this island is far more dangerous than I thought it was," Ashton shivered.
….End Confessionals…
"Lynn, Lynn, Lynn!" Settler yelled, bursting into the Arteries girls' room. Her yelling caused Lynn to look up from playing her guitar, the activity she had chosen to indulge before dinner.
"Yeah?" Lynn said, moving her guitar away to focus on the distraught Settler.
"Jason knows!" Settler said eerily. "He knows."
"Knows what?"
"That I kind of, sort of, thought he was a vampire!" Settler exclaimed.
...Confessionals…
"It was just goofy fun!" Settler admitted. "I didn't meant to freak him out…"
….End Confessionals…
"Settler," Lynn said gently. "I hate to break it to you, but pretty much everybody knows."
"They do?" Settler said, more haunted than before. "How?"
"Well, you said it in the athletic challenge, and the confessionals," Lynn looked a little guilty. "You're kind of… loud."
"I knew that," Settler dismissed. "But I didn't know that they heard me say that!" She collapsed on Lynn's bed. "What am I going to do?" She wailed.
"Um," Lynn stalled. "Act normal? Settler, everybody else knew and they didn't really care, so I'm sure Jason will get over it," Lynn bit her lip. "Eventually."
Nathan swung his legs on the top bunk of his bed, watching Jason stare at the wall with glassy eyes, going over the whole "Settle thinks I'm a vampire" thing. "I think I understand the consequences of my actions now."
Author's Note: So another chapter of Total Drama Heart Island ends. I'm sorry that I couldn't squeeze in all the statue findings, but I hope you guys like this. And don't worry, Hans and Annabelle's meeting will be covered next chapter. I'd like to have a beta for this story, and if you're interested, can you please PM me? Until the next chapter!