Episode 11: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Team Fairytale: Ai, Ella, Dawn

Team Renaissance: Patrick, Rodney, Jenn

Team Realism: Courtney, Eva, Samey, Ben, Noah

Eliminated: Shawn, Alejandro, Sam, Crystal, Dakota, Phillip, Leonard

The sun was slowly rising above Pahkitew Island. Owen was snoring, some drool coming out of his mouth. Every once in a while, he mumbled something like "mmm… macaroni" or some other food he was dreaming about. Suddenly, he started waking up as he felt himself being untied. "W-what…?"

"Okay, okay. I can't stand this horrible feeling inside of me anymore." Topher said, as he worked to undo the knot Noah had made. "Fine, Owen. You win. You can do more than just supervise the interns. You can start thinking of challenges…"

"You mean it?" Owen asked, finally fully awake.

"Yes, I mean it." Topher said, growling as he kept trying to untie the knot. Finally, it came loose and Topher fell back into the water.

After the opening credits, Topher and Owen were in the underground computer area of the island. Owen was munching on a bag of chips and nuts, while Topher attempted to reactivate the computer. "Now, if I could only just make a small whirlwind…"

"What's today's challenge?" Owen asked, spitting bits of food onto Topher while he spoke.

Topher cringed. "Don't talk with your mouth full Owen. You're leaving bits of everything everywhere."

Owen swallowed. "Oops, sorry. Here, let me clean that off…" He started wiping the crumbs off of Topher, but he then slipped and accidentally pushed a button on the computer. The computer gave off a 404 error screen, then a rainbow screen, then it began to flash different numbers. Topher did his best to resist glaring at Owen, but just as he was about to turn around and given Owen a piece of his mind, the icon of a tornado appeared on the screen.

"That's it! That's just what I was looking for!" Topher cried out.

"Um, but what do you need a tornado for?" Owen asked, scratching his head.

"For the start of today's challenge! Today, my dear Owen, we're off to see the Wizard!"

"But we just sent Leonard flying on the catapult." Owen said innocently. Topher just facepalmed.

Meantime, at the Tree House, Ben was tidying up his bunk bed when he noticed a pen lying at the end of his bed. "Hmm…" he didn't think anything of it, so he picked it up. The moment he did, all of the ink squirted out all over himself and the bed. "Oh, come on!"

Noah jumped down from his top bunk. "Oh my, that's quite the mess. How could you be so careless with a random object that just happened to be lying around?"

Ben growled. "This isn't funny!" he hissed, but Noah was already going outside and pretended not to hear him.

With little other choice, Ben changed into a fresh shirt and began to swap the blankets with what was once Sam's bed. Ben noticed that the bed felt a bit lumpy, more so than usual for Total Drama standards, but he didn't think anything of it. At least he'd have a clean sheet.

He went out to the balcony, to see that Samey was already outside preparing cups of fruit for breakfast for everyone. "Just how do you manage to get up so early?" Ben asked, kissing her cheek.

Samey frowned slightly but then quickly smiled. "It's a habit I guess I got from Amy. She always figured that if she was up bright and early, she could be more productive."

"I guess. But sleep never hurt anyone." Ben said, shrugging. Just then, there was a sudden surprising howl of the wind. The breakfast Samey had set up began to rattle ever so slightly.

There was a squeak from someone down below. Ben and Samey went over to the balcony to see Ella crying out as her animal friends hurried away from the strengthening wind. There was a sudden powerful gust and Ella struggled to keep her balance, with one hand at the bottom of her dress and the other trying to reach out to grab something.

"Come on Sammy, we have to get inside." Ben said, as the wind started knocking things over on the balcony.

"Wait, we should get Ella inside the Tree House too." Samey said, starting to climb down the rope.

Ben: Wait, why? She's on Team Fairytale, she should be back at the Wizard Tower!

Ella was hugging the tree, doing her best not to get blown away. "Oh… my darling prince Phillip always said I was as light as a feather…"

"Ella! Come on, let's go to the Tree House! It's not safe here!" Samey said, grabbing Ella's arm. Ella made minimal protests as she was all but dragged towards the Tree House. "Hurry Ella, the wind is getting stronger! Go up the rope!"

Once Ella was safely inside, Ben whispered to Samey: "I just don't get why we're helping the other team now."

The winds began to swirl and it wasn't very long before a cyclone formed and was inching towards the ground. Noah, whom had gone out to the outhouse, was trying to make his way back. He had just made it past the Wizard Tower when he could see the huge twister inching towards him.

"Oh great, what else could possibly go wrong today?" he grumbled.

Noah: Of course, that meant I totally tempted fate. As good old Bubsy Bobcat would say, "what could possibly go wrong?" while everything around him was going wrong.

Noah decided that he'd have to hide out somewhere that wasn't on the same path as the twister; that meant the Wizard Tower was his best bet. As he headed back along the path, the wind began to howl even louder and objects began to toss and fall all around. But the Tower was in sight, so Noah kept pushing forward. Suddenly, above him, a branch snapped and landed on his head. The world spun around for a moment, and then everything went black.

When he came to, everything was very silent. Noah sat up, finding that wherever he ended up, it was very soft and comfortable. That's when he realized there were all sorts of stuffed animals staring at him. "Oh god, what sort of purgatory did I end up in?"

"Oh good, you're awake."

Noah turned, only to see Dawn walking into the room. "After the storm passed, Ai went to look for Ella, but she found you instead and brought you here." Dawn explained. For some reason, she looked like she was struggling not to laugh. "Anyway, if you want some of our leftovers from breakfast, you can just come downstairs."

Noah sighed and lay back down. His head was throbbing. That was when he noticed something odd. Instead of his usual layers and sweaters, he appeared to have something pink on. Pink…? Noah sat up again, realizing that he was wearing a pink dress.

"What the…?" Noah gasped, tugging at the dress. "What happened to my regular clothes?" When he hurried downstairs, he found Ai and Dawn giggling about something. "Alright. Explain." Noah hissed at them.

Dawn and Ai both tried their best not to laugh. "Well, when I found you, you were in the river. Your clothes were soaked, so we have them hanging up to dry. You can't go around naked… And simply put, my shirts are too long for you," Ai said.

"And mine are too short," Dawn added.

"But Ella's dress was just the right fit," Ai said innocently. "You wear it really well, for what it's worth."

Noah's eye twitched.

Noah: You know, I wouldn't have minded wearing a long baggy shirt if it meant avoiding this! Oh universe, why do you hate me so?

"If we're lucky, there won't be a challenge today, you can change into your dry clothes, and go back to your team as if nothing ever happened." Ai said.

"Good morning campers! Hope you all enjoyed that little twist to your morning. I hope nobody died… That would be bad for lawsuits. Anyway, meet me at the cross-roads!"

"You were saying?" Noah asked, raising an eyebrow at Ai once Topher had finished his announcement.

"Sorry Noah. But it would be wrong to send you out in soaking clothes," Dawn said, as both girls headed out of the Tower.

"I only hope Ella is okay," Ai said quietly.

"And I only hope that Cody isn't watching this on television." Noah hissed in reply.

At the cross-roads the teams started to gather; everyone seemed to be in one piece after the tornado. When Ella spotted her teammates, she danced over to them. "Oh, I am happy once again~ Happy once again~ For I have found my team~" she ended her last note by hugging Ai. Ai gave a quick one arm hug back and then gently pushed Ella away.

Team Realism started to snicker when they spotted Noah wearing the bright pink dress. What Ai and Dawn had failed to tell him was that his hair was messed up; the gel holding it together was washed out so now it rested at about shoulder-length. Ella's eyes lit up when she saw Noah.

"Oh my! I always hoped to find a magic princess on this island! What princess are you supposed to be?" Ella asked.

Noah: What, is she completely oblivious to the fact that I'm wearing one of her dresses? –facepalm-

"I'm not a princess!" Noah hissed at her. "So unless you're totally blind, you'd figure out that…"

"You're from Narnia!" Ella squealed in delight. "How wonderful!"

Noah facepalmed again. Fine. Let her think what she wants. It's not like anyone takes her seriously. He turned his back towards her, hoping that she would take the hint. But, of course, his troubles were not over. Next to him, Owen was there with a bunch of flowers in hand. "Uh, Owen? Care to explain why you aren't tied up to a pole?"

"Did anyone ever tell you that you have the nicest eyes?" Owen asked, completely ignoring Noah's question.

"Um, Earth to Owen? It's me, Noah! …Why are you staring at me like that?" Noah asked, starting to feel uncomfortable.

Owen suddenly laughed. "I think I know who my best friend is! You may sorta sound like Noah, but you don't look anything like my little buddy."

Noah: -facepalm- Is everyone on this forsaken island blind?

Owen: I have no clue who that girl is, but she's totally got the nicest eyes. She's reminds me of like, the most amazing candy I've ever eaten! –he gives a nervous laugh-

Topher cleared his throat. "Well, I hope everyone enjoyed that little spin that was provided this morning. I know it made my morning all the more exciting."

"It nearly killed me!" Noah snapped.

"Now now. You're still in one piece with full mental capacity. No reason to be upset," Topher then paused and Owen quickly stood in place next to him. "Now, you probably figured out, but Owen and I resolved our disputes. So in some of the upcoming challenges, Owen is going to come up with his own challenges for you guys."

This was greeted with a small applause, since all of the contestants were supportive of Owen.

"Alright, time to move on to today's challenge. If the tornado alone wasn't enough of a clue, we're gonna go visit the Land of Oz!" Topher announced.

This was received with much disappointment. "You'd think with that sort of budget, they'd do something more like the movie Twister." Courtney grumbled.

"Well, correction. Only some of you are visiting Oz. One team is going to go to Neverland, and the third team is going to Wonderland." Topher said.

Jenn: Someday, there will be a challenge that revolves and utilizes science. Because lately, my science skills are going rusty from lack of use.

"The challenge today is a survival-scavenger hunt. If you can survive and bring me all the items, you win. No elimination today, but the reward for the winning team will be well worth it." Topher said. He tossed sheets of toilet paper to Jenn, Ai and Courtney.

"Ew, I'm not touching that! I have no idea where it's been!" Courtney said, holding the paper by the tips of two fingers. She then handed it over to Ben. "Here, you hold the list."

"The island is divided into three areas. Team Realism, follow the yellow brick road to get to the Emerald City. Team Renaissance, you have to just head to the swamp you were going to call home. Team Fairytale, you're off to the caves again."

"Ugh, seriously?" Ai groaned.

"Uh, yeah seriously. Hey, be glad the price of making a long enough rabbit hole was too expensive, or else you'd be falling to the other side of the earth," Topher said. He took a party popper out of his pocket and shot it off, the confetti landing all over Jenn, who by this point was no longer surprised by it. "Alright, survivors go!"

The teams all headed off where they were told to go. The path along the cross-road that led to the Wizard Tower was, without anyone noticing, altered to be painted yellow. Samey took a tentative step on the painted pathway and she made a face as she felt the wet paint squish under her boot. "Oh, ew, it's all wet paint!"

"Okay, change of plan; we're going back to the Tree House to get into clothes we don't care about." Courtney said, heading back.

Eva, of course, was having none of it. She roughly grabbed Courtney by the arm and pulled her back. "I ain't losing just because someone is afraid of getting a little dirty!"

Courtney cringed and meekly nodded at that.

They at last arrived to what appeared to be the Wizard Tower, only it had been painted bright emerald green. The paint was still wet, just like the "yellow brick road" was.

"I knew this show had a really cheap budget." Courtney muttered under her breath. "Can't even do a proper cardboard cutout of a city anymore."

"I've had about enough of your complaining!" Eva hissed, pointing a finger at Courtney's face.

"I'm only making an observation, no need to get all worked up over it. Like you've done anything spectacular on this team lately anyway." Courtney said, flicking a strand of hair at Eva before walking off to start looking for the shoes.

Eva's face turned bright red, and she snorted steam out of her nose. "Okay, that's it! You asked for it!" Eva began to push up her sleeves and stomped towards Courtney. Samey stepped into her path. "Get out of my way, or you'll get a good whipping too!"

"Woah, calm down Eva. Letting your anger out on Courtney isn't going to solve our problems. You'd be better off channeling all that energy into finding the stuff on our list. Or else Team Fairytale and Team Renaissance will win." Samey said, giving a determined look.

Samey: I'm not actually afraid of Eva, surprisingly. Even if she's totally capable of breaking every bone in my body, I know she doesn't want us to lose.

Eva: That girl is either brave or nuts.

"Ugh, fine. But only so that way we can win the reward. Which better be good." Eva hissed and she stalked off to begin the search.

Meantime, Team Fairytale arrived at the cave entrance. "Alright, let's review what's on our list. The Queen of Heart's crown, the White Rabbit's pocket watch, a make-shift hooka, and finally the Mad Hatter's hat." Ai read. She sighed. "How are we supposed to find all of those items in there? There's like three different pathways we can take!"

"It's really very easy~ When we work together~ Together~ Together~ Ai shall take the left, Dawn shall take the right, and Ella will take the center~" Ella started singing.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Dawn agreed. Ai just shrugged, and the three split up to explore the different paths.

Ai: I just don't know. There's something off about this. Didn't Topher say something about this being a survival-scavenger hunt?

Ai's path was the one with natural lighting from the glowing crystals and mushrooms. It was all familiar territory from when they did the Lord of the Rings challenge. She was taking her time; no point in rushing only to have to go back and look everything over again. Suddenly, something small raced past her. She gasped, feeling it run between her legs. The thing paused. Ai realized it was a white rabbit, and it had a pocket watch wrapped around its tail. "Oh great, and how do I out-run a rabbit?" she groaned. Then an idea had come to her; there were lots of glowing mushrooms. "Food. That's what an animal will want." she said, beginning to pluck at the stalks.

In the center tunnel, Ella was singing and dancing her way down the path. It was very dark and she couldn't really see where she was going. But as she was singing, fireflies started flying all around her. "Oh, hello there my small flying friends. Have you seen a hat or a crown around here?" Ella asked.

The fireflies made an arrow shape and began to lead the way. "Oh you have seen one of them? How wonderful!" Ella exclaimed as she followed after them, still singing.

Far away in the swamp, Team Renaissance peered down at the bubbling swamp waters. Patrick, Rodney and Jenn all made a face at it. "Do you think we really have to go in there?" Rodney asked.

"No, that looks almost acidic. There's no way a reed pipe, bag of pixie dust and a hook would be in the swamp water." Jenn said.

"Um, guys, I think we have problems bigger than the swamp water." Patrick said, pointing to a huge alligator. When it opened its massive jaw, all three items were in its mouth.

There was an awkward silence as the alligator began to swim around, as if to taunt them. "Well, that's one relief." Jenn said. The two boys looked at her confused. "We know the water isn't acidic after all."

Patrick: Oh, big help! Really impressive! Next time I need someone to play the part of Captain Obvious, I know who I'll call.

Jenn then disappeared from the edge of the ridge for a second and then came back with a huge stick. "You boys will prop the mouth wide open. I'll then jump in and grab the items. We make a run for it before the alligator knows what ever happened to it."

Patrick snorted, but Rodney nodded. "It's not like we exactly have too many other options."

At the Wizard Tower, Team Realism was now all covered in yellow and green paint. They had some success in finding items, including: the silver slippers, a broomstick, a picnic basket, and an ax.

"The last item on the list is a star wand." Samey said, looking over the list.

"We searched the entire outside of this place. There is nothing else left out here." Courtney snapped.

"Yeah, but none of us went inside the Tower." Ben pointed out.

Noah suddenly snapped his fingers. "Hang on. I know where the stupid wand is." He went inside the tower, not caring that he was leaving wet paint all over the floor with his dirty shoes. He made his way up to the bedroom area, went among Ella's stuffed animals, grabbed a star-shaped wand, and came back down. As he went to go back to his team outside, he spotted the baby seal that Dawn had rescued days ago. On its back were his clothes. "O-kay… How that thing got my clothes, I don't know. Um… thanks?" he said, taking his clothes back.

The baby seal just blinked at him and watched him leave.

Meantime, Team Renaissance was making their way back to the cross-road. Patrick and Rodney were looking beat up and their clothes were torn. Only Jenn looked okay as she carried the three items they needed.

Jenn: That wasn't so bad actually. I'm very pleased my plan went accordingly.

Patrick: That's the last time I ever take an order from Jenn! She's totally nuts! She barely did anything to help get that alligator under control!

When they arrived, they found that they were the first team back. "And Team Renaissance wins the special reward!" Topher announced.

As Team Renaissance cheered to their success, Team Realism arrived. "Oh, we were too late!" Samey cried out when she spotted Renaissance already there.

"This is all your fault! From now on, this team does what I say! Got it?" Eva snapped, looking directly at Courtney.

"No way! You have no experience with leadership. I'm the only one here qualified to be team captain." Courtney yelled back.

"And Team Realism makes it back in second place, getting a mediocre reward." Topher announced as Team Realism finally made it back to the cross-roads. As Samey went to hand him the collected items, Topher took a step back. "No, keep back! You'll get me all covered in paint!"

While that was going on, Owen went over to Noah, this time with a box of chocolates in hand. "Even covered in yellow and green paint, you're still like the sweetest piece of chocolate I've ever had."

Noah took the box. "Uh, shouldn't you be getting the items from Samey since your, uh, co-worker isn't going to take them?"

"Huh? Oh yeah!" Owen then hurried away.

Ben started laughing, having seen the whole thing, only for Noah to toss the box of chocolates in his face.

At the caves, Ai and Dawn were waiting at the entrance for Ella. Ai had managed to get the pocket watch, and Dawn had gotten the makeshift hooka (which was really just a lava lamp with a hose sticking out of it). But there was just no sign of Ella anywhere.

"Oh, I hope she didn't get into serious trouble," Ai said.

"I see her, she's coming now!" Dawn said, pointing to the center pathway.

Sure enough, there was Ella, singing and dancing her way towards them, with an army of fireflies and bats with her. Ai's eye twitched.

Ai: She… she was… singing… and dancing… the whole time… -she bangs her head against the wall-

Ella: I had an excellent adventure with all of my cave dwelling friends. –she is surrounded by the bats and fireflies- I even found the crown and the hat!

"Ella, where have you been?!" Ai snapped. "I was afraid we'd lost you again… I mean, that we'd have to go on without you!"

Ella pointed to her head. She was wearing a large crown with a red heart on the top of it and she had the hat tucked under her arm. Ai just sighed and Team Fairytale made their way to the cross-roads.

When they got there, the handed their things to Topher. "So we lost again?" Ai asked.

"Team Fairytale, I think it's safe to say that you aren't destined to be getting any more happy endings. But you do get the honor of watching what the other teams are going to get for their reward." Topher said, handing the things to Owen. Owen put on the Mad Hatter's hat and grinned.

"What is our reward anyway?" Jenn asked.

"Congratulations Team Renaissance. You no longer suck number-wise. Crystal is back!" Topher announced. Swinging in from a vine, Crystal landed safely next to Jenn.

"Woohoo, I'm finally all better!" Crystal announced.

"And that's not all. I'm going to do everyone here a favor. I'm sure three teams were getting a bit confusing and taking too long to deal with. Team Fairytale, because you've been on a horrible losing streak lately, I'm going to put you out of your misery. Ella and Dawn, you'll be joining Team Renaissance!"

"What?" cried out Jenn, Patrick, Dawn and Ai all at once.

"Wait, what about me?" Ai asked.

"Team Realism's second rate prize is going to be getting Ai to join! That's an even six for all teams." Topher said smugly.

"No!" cried out Jenn, Patrick, Ai, and Courtney all at once.

"You can't do that, she's totally a perfect candidate for Team Renaissance. Put Ella on Realism instead." Jenn said.

"We don't need a second rate person on this team." Courtney hissed.

"Wow, way to make me feel totally welcome." Ai snapped in reply to Courtney.

"How on earth will I ever get to tell Ai that I'm in love with her now?" Patrick cried out. Everything fell silent. Ai blushed bright red. Patrick covered his mouth.

Ai: -still blushing- He… he loves me?

Patrick: Oh now I've done it. I've ruined every chance I've had with Ai.

Courtney: This is terrible! As if things with wannabe Eva weren't bad enough, now we have a second rate person on our team who's buddy-buddy with the rival team. I've got my eye on you Ai.

Ben: As if things weren't awkward enough between me and Ai. Now it looks like I'll have to deal with her head on.

"Well, I guess we're off to live in your cave." Dawn said meekly to Jenn.

Jenn shook her head with vigor. "No no no and no! You guys have a totally awesome Tower! We're going to live in there from now on."

Ai, still blushing, nervously walked over to Team Realism. They all glared at her, except for Noah. Ai gulped.

Ai: It's going to be a long night.

"And that's today's episode. How will Ai deal with being on a team that hates her and with the confession of Patrick? Will Ella ever do something useful for her team? Find out next exciting episode of TOTAL. DRAMA. GENERATIONS!" Topher said, before the camera went dark.

That night, Noah and Ben were sitting in their beds when they saw Courtney pushing Ai out of the girl's side of the Tree House.

"We don't have room for you in here. So you can just sleep here with the guys." Courtney hissed.

"I don't want to sleep co-ed though." Ai protested.

"Well tough. Sleep well, because the moment the sun rises, you're off to work and earn your rank on this team." Courtney said sinisterly.

Ai groaned and looked at what was Sam's bed. She cringed and then sighed. "Yeah, it's going to be a long night."

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the ep! Everything is really going to get more dramatic from here on out... Look forward to ep 12 in August. Love, PrincessPrimeroseChekov