Total Drama Redux: Back To The Island

by Hideki Sohma

The winner of Total Drama Island has been decided, but now it's time for another season. Bringing in some old faces as well as some new ones, things are bound to get a bit wacky, but maybe also a bit romantic. Will canon characters and OC s mix on the island? To find out, you ll just have to tune into season 2 of Total. Drama. Island!

25. Chapter 22: These Three Ideas O' Mine!

Previously on Total Drama Island, We were down to our final four contestants. For a fun surprise, we decided to bring back some old season one contestants at random to be paired with the remaining four. The 4 pairs found themselves taking on three challenges. They were of land, air, and sea. In the end though, it was Nate, our lord of darkness, who scored the lowest and who had to leave the island, bringing out total number of campers down to three. We are here people! The semi-finals! Who will take home the bronze today? For that answer, you'll just have to tune into today's super exciting episode of, Total. Drama. Island!

(Intro plays)

The camera fades in with the three campers sitting on a log, patiently waiting for something.

*Confessional*
Charlie: It's a bit weird. It's past noon and just NOW Chris is calling us up. So use to getting the door knocked in at breakfast.
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
Vincent: I'm so glad that no matter what happens i'm going to see Katie really soon. No matter what, i've already won
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
Izzy: (nobody is there and all of a sudden, there's a puff of smoke and Izzy appears) Ahahahaha! ah... (silence) (She sits down and rests her head in her fist) eh...it's not the same.
*End Confessional*

Charlie looks over at the other two, who up until now had been silent. "So...how are you guys doing?" Vincent laughs. "Nervous, but happy." Izzy smiles. "What is there to be nervous about? We made the top 3! We're awesome no matter what!" Charlie and Vincent look between each other, smile, and nod.

It's at this point that Chris walks up, Lisa at his side. "Well, hey there guys, enjoyed your late morning? I know I did. But, now your little vaca is over. It's time for the semi-final challenge. Or should I say challenges. Today, there will be three events, just like yesterday. The catch is, they will be devised by you guys. You all pick an event you excel at and all three of you will compete in each of them. If you win an event, you get 3 points. 2nd place, 2 points, 3rd place, 1. Highest two scores make it to the finals. Get it?" Everyone nods, Izzy eagerly.

*Confessional*
Izzy: Whoo! I get to choose one of the events?! In that case, I know that i've got at least one in the bag!
*End Confessional*

Chris continues. "All right. You've got 1 hour. When you've decided on your challenge, tell me or Lisa secretly and we'll get it set up. Until then, see ya!" And with that, Chris takes his leave.

*Confessional*
Charlie: Now I gotta come up with a challenge? Man, I have no idea what challenge I could do that would give me an advantage. I bet Izzy will have something nuts...
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
Vincent: Finally! I can decide my own challenge! And I have JUST the idea...
*End Confessional*

We cut to an hour later as the three contestants are standing before Chris, Lisa, and Chef. "All right campers. We have our three challenges. And just like yesterday, it will have a different host for each challenge For the first one, we ill leave you with Lisa. See you at the next one!" With this, both he and Chef walk off. Lisa is beaming and turns to the three of them. "Hey guys! Okay, so looks like i'm up first. So, you guys had some interesting challenges, and i'm excited to see how this turns out. First up..." she gestures and a curtain is pulled back to reveal 3 Jeopardy-like podiums. "Vincent's Challenge!" Vincent pumps his fist down. Lisa smiles at this. "Contestants, to your podiums!" Charlie looks from Izzy to Lisa and shrugs, before taking his spot. Lisa goes up to the host's podium. "All right, Vincent's challenge is a good old fashioned trivia challenge! Buzz in if you know the answer!"

*Confessional*
Charlie: (rests his chin on his hand) I should have figured.
*End Confessional*

Lisa picks up a stack of cards. "First question! What is Hanatha's dog's name?" Immediately, Vincent buzzes in. "Choco-taffy!" Lisa nods. "Correct!" A point dings for Vincent.

*Confessional*
Charlie: Oh boy...
*End Confessional*

A montage begins to play of Lisa asking questions. "Metal Fanatic's first album's name?" Vincent dings. "Beyond the Life's Edge!" "Correct! When played backwards, what does 'Revenge of Death's Embrace' play?" Ding! "A recicpe for gumbo!" "CORRECT!" This goes on a few more times until the montage ends.

At the end of it, it shows Vincent with a score of 27 points, and Izzy and Charlie both with 0 who are standing there, looking extremely bored.

"All right guys! We're at the final question! What fruit did Arachnada commonly bring on stage with them?" On this one, Vincent stops. "Oh...I...huh...i don't know that one."

Seeing this pause, Charlie boredly dings in. "Um...pff...an apple?" a buzzer is heard as Lisa shakes her head. "Nope!" Another buzzer chimes in. Lisa turns to Izzy. "Izzy?" "Ooh! Ooh! a kumquat?" Charlie snickers at the word only to hear a ding. Lisa smiles. "Correct!" Izzy pumps her fists in the air. "WHOO!"

*Confessional*
Izzy: I didn't even know that answer, I just really wanted to say "kumquat." (she pauses) kumquat. hahaha!
*End Confessional*

Lisa looks at the three. "Final scores, Vincent 27, Izzy 1, Charlie 0. 1st place to Vince for 3 points, 2nd to Izzy with 2, and 3rd to Charlie with 1!

*Confessional*
Charlie: Ugh...last place right off the bat. This is going well...
*End Confessional*

After she announces this, Lisa shoos them off their podiums to go to the next challenge. The three of them take off at a walk and head to an open field where they eventually come face to face with Chef who is crossing his arms. Three locations are covered in tarps. As soon as they all arrive Chef begins to talk.

"All right you bums, next, we will be doing Charlie's challenge!" Charlie inwardly cheers at this.

As soon as Chef finishes, the tarps drop. Beneath the tarps reveal 3 setups. 1 of a bar, 1 of 3 messy trash cans, and 1 of a pen revealing 3 sheep.

"Charlie's challenge is a 3 parter. Part one. Make a Manhattan. There are directions on the table. Part 2. Clean up that trash can and make it sparkle! Part 3. Sheer a sheep! the faster you do this, the better. Fastest time wins!"

*Confessional*
Vincent: Aw man, makes sense with Charlie's resume that he'd make it a bunch of stuff. He's been a sheep shearer though? Seriously?!
*End Confessional*

Chef points to Charlie. "First up. Your challenge, you're first." Charlie nods and stands at the bar, ready to start. "Ready...set...go!" Quickly, he picks up a shaker and starts working on a Manhattan with pretty impressive speed before finishing it and running over to the garbage can. Putting on the gloves provided he reaches into the can and pulls out the bag. Unfortunately as slimy as it is, he ends up dropping it, the bag opening, causing him to have to pick up the contents. After moving the bag he begins to scrub. Eventually it's cleaned and he runs over to teh third area. He picks up a shearer and goes to work methodically shearing the sheep. Within a few minutes he finishes. "And TIME!" Chef yells, a stopwatch in his hand. He looks down at the clock and nods. "And Charlie's time is 3 minutes and 13 seconds!" He looks over to a scoreboard which reflects this time after he says it. "Not too bad. Izzy. You're up!"

Smiling wide, Izzy steps up to the bar. "And...GO!" Looking over to the ingredients, she puts a finger to her chin and nods, and starts to concoct the drink, mixing everything together. She takes a bit longer than Charlie, but in the end finishes and runs over to the next part where she begins to clean up the trash. Without dropping it as Charlie did, she finishes a little ahead of what Charlie did. When dones, she races over to the sheep, and, to the surprise of everyone there, in a blur, the sheep is perfectly sheared.

*Confessional*
Izzy: It's a good thing I spent two summers at my uncle's farm! My mom said I should have spent it socializing, but look how handy sheep shearing came in!
*End Confessional*

Chef stops his watch. "Well then Izzy, Not bad maggot!" The score shows up as 2 minutes and 48 seconds.

*Confessional*
Charlie: Are you KIDDING ME?! I couldn't even finish first in my OWN CHALLENGE?!
*End Confessional*

"Last up! Vincent!" Vincent warily nods as he steps up to the bar.

*Confessional*
Vincent: Aw man, I've NEVER made a drink in my life!"
*End Confessional*

Sure enough, as he begins, he has to stop and look at the directions several times, before eventually mixing it very carefully, but it gets done. After finishing it, he puts it down and runs over ot the next part There he cleans up the garbage can in a surprisingly fast time. Within a minute he has it sparkling. Done, he runs to the final challenge. He shakily picks up the shearer and turns it on. Bringing it close to teh sheep it flinches, causing him to drop it. Taking a deep breath he picks it up again and slowly goes back to work. After what seems like a long time, He finishes and puts it down. Chef stops his watch. He looks over at the scoreboard. "4 minutes and 3 seconds. First place goes to Izzy, second is Charlie, third is Vincent!" The scoreboard changes to show the new overall points. 'Izzy: 5, Vincent: 4, Charlie: 3'.

*Confessional*
Charlie: Ugh! If i don't either win this next one or get second and Vincent Loses, i'm totally done for! And IZZY'S is the last one!
*End Confessional*

Everyone having finished, Chef points off in the distance. "All right maggots! Time for you to go to the final round! March!" Charlie and Vincent begin to walk normally in the direction Chef is pointing, but Izzy is excitedly sprinting.

*Confessional*
Izzy: All right! I'm actually in the lead! As long as I don't mess up my own challenge i'm guaranteed to be in the final to! Whoo!
*End Confessional*

After walkig for a few minutes, they arrive in the forest, Chris smiling, hands behind his back. "All right campers, good job so far! You have all made it to the final challenge. And it should be no shocker that this is" He gestures to Izzy "Izzy's challenge." Izzy beams. Chris points up. "Your challenge is to swing from vine to vine to get from here," He points to the tree next to him, "To there." He points to a tree a hundred feet in the distance. "If you fall off, you have to start at the beginning. First person there wins. Simple enough, right?" Izzy nods happilyl, the other two, not so much.

Chris gestures to teh three beginning vines on the separate trees. "well, they're not going to climb themselves!"

*Confessional*
Charlie: Yep, should have expected something like this from Izzy.
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
VIncent: Aw man, my upper body strength is like...non-existant!
*End Confessional*

The camera cuts back to everyone at the starting points, Chris smiling at them. "All right guys, remember, this one decides it all! So, with that being said, on your mark, get set..." He blows his air horn signifying the start. Immediately Izzy jumps on the first vine and begins to swing across as easily as if she were Tarzan. Charlie takes a slightly more cautious approach and goes at a normal pace. Vincent seems even more wary as she slowly reaches out to the vine and very slowly grabs on.

*Confessional*
Charlie: ok, as long as I'm not an idiot and fall off, I SHOULD be able to beat Vincent. If i do this, i can at least TIE.
*End Confessional*

Meanwhile, Izzy is swinging through like a woman possessed, already about 2/3 of the way through. Seeing her get this far though, Chris smirks deviously. Immediately as she reaches a certain vine, her hand slides down. Surprised, she tries to catch herself, but ends up sliding down the full length of the vine, hitting the ground. Seeing this, Chris laughs. "Oh right, I forgot to mention that at that point in the race, i MAY have greased some of the vines." Seeing Izzy fall causes Charlie and Vincent's eyes to go wide.

*Confessional*
Vincent: GREASE!? Are you KIDDING ME?!
*End Confessional*

Gulping, Charlie then sighs deeply as he continues to move steadily forward. Vincent slowly but surely makes his way forward. A few seconds later, Izzy climbs back up and begins to swing across again.

Within a minute, Charlie makes it to the greased vines. Taking a deep breath he slowly but surely grabs on to the vine, slipping a bit as he does so. The moment he grabs on, he instantly leaps to the next one, squeezing the vines as tightly as he could, causing him to go white knuckle.

Izzy passes Vincent and is gaining on Charlie, only now getting to the greased vines. As the two look forward, they see Chris standing at the finish line on the other tree.

Now neck and neck, Izzy and Charlie look between each other as they press on. A moment later they both cross the finish line, too close to see who won. Chris smiles as they cross. "All right you two! Congrats! We'll see in a minute who won." He then looks back over to Vince. "Ha! Vine, it's all right. You can relax." Vince looks over at Chris with an exhausted smile. "Oh thank god." and lets himself slide down.

Chris turns to the scoreboard. "All right, Vincent came in last, no shocker there. Which gives him a total score of 5." A 5 pops up next to his name on the scoreboard. "And from before, Charlie had 3 and Izzy had 5" Chris turns to Izzy. "So Izzy, it is safe to say that no matter what happens here, you have made it to the finals!" Izzy lets out a cheer "Whoo! All right!" Chris turns to Charlie. "Charlie, if you won this round, you're our other finalist. if you came in second, then you will face Vincent in a tie breaker." Vincent, having walked along the ground, has met up with the group at this point. As he arrives, Chris continues to hold for tension.

"And...the final challenge's winner is..." He receives an a card from offscreen which he looks at. "...

...

...

CHARLIE!" The scoreboard reveals Charlie 3, Izzy 2, and Vincent 1. It then calculates the final score to be "Izzy: 7, Charlie: 6, Vincent: 5"

Chris puts his hands behind his back, "Vince, my man. so close, yet so far. Sorry to say, this is wher eyou get off the bus." He points his thumb offscreen. Sighing, Vincent smiled tiredly. "Hey, I had a hell of a run. I mean, I got THIRD! That is not even on the same PLANET as last season."

Hearing this, Charlie walks up to him, extending his hand. "Vincent. Amazing game." Seeing his hand, Vincent smirks and shakes his hand firmly. "You too."

Izzy looks a bit upset as Vincent turns around. "Well, it looks like team AMORE is over." Vincent shrugs with a smile. "Guess so. Kick butt Izz." She smiles widely. "Oh yeah!" and, with their elbows pointed down, they clasp each other's hands. A moment later they release as Vincent begins to walk forward. A fe steps later he waves before turning around and walking away for good.

Chris turns back to Izzy and Charlie. "Congratulations you two! You have made it to the finals! Tomorrow will be your last day on the island regardless of what happens. I know you're all anxious to see your pals. Don't worry, they'll all be here to see you tomorrow at the finale. until then, congratulations you two." And with this, Chris finishes. Izzy and Charlie turns to each other, and, smiling, give each other a high five. "YES!" They announce in unison.

*Confessional*
Charlie: Oh my god! YES! I can't believe it! I made it to the finale! This is insane! I'm keeping up my end of the bargain Gwen! Whoo!" (he stops) Wait! Not that i'm saying that you DIDN'T! I mean... aw man.."
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
Izzy: Ooh! The final two! I get to be in the finals! I didn't think I as going to make it past that time with the RCMP, let alone make it to the finale! Oh! And I get to see Walt tomorrow! I can't wait! Spy drones just aren't the same, you know?
*End Confessional*

Chris turns to the camera. "And here we are! Next time will be the finale! Are you all ready for the matcup between Charlie and Izzy? Well you better be! Because next time we are going to be having the final challenge and wrap up this season! Who will win the $200,000? Will it be the eternal foot-in-mouth Charlie or our wild girl Izzy? For the answer to this, you'll just have to tune in next time to the final episode of season two of Total. Drama. Island!

Eliminated

24th: Courtney
23rd: Trent
22nd: Jaylee
21st: Grigory
20th: Ana
19th: Friedrich
18th: Caden
17th: Geoff
16th: Katie
15th: Danielle
Courtney and Friedrich Return
14th: Dawn
13th: Simon
12th: Walter
11th/10th: Courtney/Gerdie
9th: Ezekiel
8th: Friedrich
7th: Eva
6th: Alice
5th: Gwen
4th: Nate
3rd: Vincent

Remaining Campers: CHARLIE AND IZZY

Final tally: Izzy: 7 points, Charlie: 6 points, Vincent: 5 points

AN: FINALLY! We are going to to finale! Whoo hoo! So, I have to ask. Did anybody see this matchup coming? Now that we're at the finale, I can talk about the poll results in the past. Not only did nearly EVERYONE THINK that Charlie was going to be in the final matchup (9 out of 10) a whopping 7 out of 9 of you WANTED him to be in the final 2. Which, I think it's pretty cool that you guys ended up liking Charlie so much, and if he hadn't had received so much support and love, i never would have DREAMED of putting him in the final two. Now when it comes to Izzy, if the polls were ANY indication, you guys did not see Izzy come at ALL. ZERO people thought she would make it to the final FIVE let alone the final two. Every single time I put up a "who do you think is going home next?" poll, she always gathered either the most, or second most votes. I think it's safe to say that no one expected her to make it this far. The reason I have done so is actually very simple. I love her as a character and she has NEVER gotten in the top 2 either in any canon or any fanfic I have ever read. I think she's a terrific character and out of all the canon characters I had on the list, with the exception of Ezekiel or Dawn, she deserved to be here the most. Her being here MIGHT not be the most crowd pleasing choice, but it's one I've had in mind for a long time. Besides, Izzy vs Charlie will be a wacky, wild ride.
As for the remaining chapters, I'm going to do what I did last time. I will do the next chapter, followed by one more epilogue/author's notes chapter. Lots of loose ends will be wrapped up in the next two chapters. Anyway, what do you think of the matchup? Did you like this chapter/homage to the Pahkitew semi-finals? Let me know! So, on that note, see you next time!

P.S, Extremely important poll!