Let's keep moving. Fairytale movies, anyone? That is, Disney and their knockoffs? I don't think there's anyone in the world who hasn't seen at least one fairytale movie. Thanks for reviewing, lordgemini, AnonBrowser, iwashere01, OmniUIShaggyOverexaggerated and Derick Lindsey.

Despite the fact that Courtney was definitely back with Duncan as of the end of the superhero challenge, she was in a mood for the rest of the night. The only good thing was that she wasn't constantly shooting me death glares. In fact, the only time she looked at me all night, she gave me a smug smile.

I couldn't ignore that, even though I knew she wanted me to rise. I wanted to, too. "What, you think you won something because Duncan still wants you?" I snapped. "Get real! He wanted you the whole time. We were just friends. I keep telling you that he never wanted me in the first place. You didn't have any competition. Everyone else told you that. As far as I'm concerned, what you did tonight just proves it. You won before you even started thinking there was something to win."

Courtney scowled again, but there was something in her look that made me think she was starting to believe it.

We got a break the next day, but relaxing was the last thing on my mind. I had social work to do. I was on my own, and I needed new allies, stat. There were six choices left.

I didn't want to align with Justin. We weren't good friends, anyway, and I suspected he'd turn on me if it looked like he was in danger. Leshawna and Harold were definitely in an alliance by this point, but it was still fragile, so I thought it might be a good idea to leave them alone. If they did break, I'd have to align with one of them all over again and the other could easily turn on me. That left the BFFs, and Courtney. While I sensed that having Courtney on my side might be a good thing, there were plenty of reasons not to align with her. Even if she agreed and actually meant it, I knew she would turn on me as soon as she thought it was a good idea. I already was reasonably in good with Beth and Lindsay, though. They were friendly and happy to include me in their social circle. I'd have to tread carefully, but if the three of us turned their unofficial alliance into three votes for one, we could control the game after the next elimination, which we all knew was tomorrow.

I spent most of the afternoon hanging out with the two girls. They weren't as much fun as Duncan, but they were both nice, friendly and genuine. Beth even made me a friendship bracelet, "In purple to go with your clothes!" she said, smiling. Well, purple did go with black.

I admired the bracelet and slid it onto one wrist. "Maybe I should get purple tints in my hair to match." I joked. "Also, it'll be something to take away from this show if I go home tomorrow. I"m a little worried now my alliance partner's gone." I gave a sigh. "I mean, I considered asking some of the others about voting with them, but I think just about all of them would turn on me in seconds."

Lindsay fell for it immediately. "Why don't you vote with us?" she chirped. "It would be great to all make it to the final three!"

Beth looked wary, but I smiled back at Lindsay and said "I'd like to. I think we should just vote together, though, no concrete alliance. If we can split the votes between all the others or get one of them to vote with us tomorrow, we should be able to control the vote. And don't look so worried, Beth, I'm not Heather and if anything, one of you is captain of the alliance, not me."

Beth's expression relaxed and she said "I'm okay if it's just voting together. As long as we discuss all our points of view first and then decide together if we don't agree."

"Deal!" Lindsay and I chorused.

The next day, we didn't exactly hide our new bond as a group. But considering the other seven were pretty much in the same groups they were before, no one really seemed to notice, apart from Leshawna, maybe. She was sending us some suspicious looks, but she didn't mention it or anything. Courtney didn't take her eyes off her PDA at breakfast, and Justin was only concerned that none of us seemed to feel anything for him any more. And on that point, I was starting to doubt that Beth's boyfriend was as imaginary as I'd first thought. She started to leave Justin alone just as she started talking about him, and even now, she still wouldn't shut up about him. That seemed like a weird coincidence.

We had burritos for breakfast. Chef seemed to be on a Mexican kick, and that's all we were having. I was getting worried he'd sneak some dynamite in as salsa one of these days. Okay, not really, but I was getting sick of endless burritos and nachos. Pretty much anything Chef cooked was terrible (for us, at least – I knew for a fact that the food for the producers that he also made was amazing), but I was starting to think he really didn't know any better with Mexican, because it was like spicy paper mache. That was a new low, but I choked some down. Probably a good idea with the challenge coming, I thought.

Justin, who was still stressing over having no effect on the girls, sat down next to Courtney and told her "You know, you're the only one taking the game seriously. I just wish I knew how you did it all. It's so inspirational." Clearly an attempt to manipulate her.

I couldn't help snorting with laughter at the obvious flattery. Leshawna caught my eye across the table and looked amused. She winked, and I nodded, knowing she understood why I was laughing.

The thing is, Courtney seemed to fall for it. She actually looked up at him and smiled. "Just being me! I'm glad to help."

"You could help more if you told me your secrets." Justin went on. "Like, how do you even get through life with all your deformities?"

I tried to hold back my laughter unsuccessfully this time. Luckily, Courtney didn't even seem to notice, too struck by the question. "My what? I don't have any deformities!" That was true, at least. I was just glad I wouldn't have to explain to Courtney that I wasn't laughing at her, I was only laughing at Justin thinking someone who had hair and eyes I would die for was deformed.

Her obvious anger didn't deter Justin, however. 'So your answer is...denial? Okay."

"This is the part when Courtney starts to think 'so you have chosen death'." I whispered to my sort of alliance partners. Both of them started giggling.

At that moment, the challenge was finally announced. Chef arrived in purple medieval garb and ordered us to "rise for Sir Chris". The host himself arrived on a donkey, wearing a knight's helmet and holding...

"That's a glass slipper!" Beth exclaimed. "Which means today's challenge is a fairytale movie, my favourite!"

Chris scowled at her. "Beth, dude, if you ever steal my intro again, I'll have to personally boot you off the show."

"You can't boot Beth!" Lindsay insisted. Then she smiled. "Oh wait, he can, cause it's a glass boot!"

Yes, it wasn't a slipper. It was clearly a boot. Probably a man's one, despite how small it was.

"What, is it yours, Chrissy-rella?" I teased. "It looks like you outgrew it in fifth grade. Remember – your feet suddenly decided it was time for a growth spurt?"

I suddenly really missed Duncan. Everyone except Courtney snickered (and even she looked amused, though I could tell she was trying not to), but he always laughed the hardest whenever I pulled out one of my random memories of Chris, and it wasn't the same without his raucous laughter.

Chris ignored me, explaining to everyone that the boot was going to choose the princess for the challenge. However, he said that only Lindsay and Courtney qualified, since they won the superhero challenges.

"They think I'm only suited to be an Ugly Stepsister!" Beth whispered to me. "Seriously, now I have my braces off, I should be allowed to try.'

"Hey, they're not letting me try, either." I whispered back. "I suppose princesses aren't allowed to have wild hair either, unless Pixar made them." (Merida was the only animated princess I could think of with messy hair, and even hers was gorgeous).

As it was, Lindsay released giant feet from her cowboy boots and couldn't get the shoe past her toes, so she was out of the running. Shame, too – she had Disney princess hair and looked a little bit like Rapunzel, just her fair hair didn't trail on the ground. Courtney's feet were much smaller, but even she struggled to get it on. She looked more like Belle than Rapunzel, but I knew she wasn't as nice. As it was, she got the boot on just long enough to be dubbed "Princess Courtney" by Chef, who basically threw dusty glitter everywhere with the wand he tapped her with as he spoke.

"Eat my pixie dust, commoners!" Courtney declared, just as her boot shot off her foot finally, hitting Justin right in the face.

"Shouldn't talk like that about the people who are competing to rescue you, Princess." I quipped.

Honestly, Courtney was turning me into a bitch. Everything she said and did was so irritating. I had been pretty much nice and able to keep the peace during the first three weeks. Now, four weeks in and just starting the fifth, I'd said tonnes of mean things. Well, Chris was fair game because he was my cousin and even though I loved to tease him, I think we both knew that deep down, we did have a real fondness for each other (anyone who remembered my favourite cupcakes and went to the trouble of getting them for me had to at least like me a little). With Courtney, I really disliked her. I didn't like being mean, but half the time, she annoyed me so much that I couldn't stop myself. And I didn't even always think she deserved them afterwards.

Anyway, on with the challenge. Chris designed it like a fairytale rather than a Disney movie to start with. He told the story of how six brave knights wanted to save the princess in her tower. But first, they had to get past the "Terrible Toothless Troll", played by Chef. We all had to wear "disguises" Justin got a green closed in knight's helmet, Beth got a too-big wig as an Ugly Stepsister (I'm sure Chris made her that just to be annoying because he knew it was typecasting, although I personally thought "ugly cute" was not the right look for a stepsister), Lindsay received a sleep mask as Sleeping Beauty, and Harold a cone hat over his eyes as a dwarf. Leshawna got a red cloak and hood as Little Red, and me? Well, Chris made me wear a fake bearskin cloak with a hood falling over my eyes and said I was Rose Red.

"I thought she married the bear's brother in the fairytale and her sister Snow White married the bear after he turned human." I muttered to Beth. "I don't think he ever got skinned."

"Snow White?" Beth said in confusion. "I thought she was the princess from-"

"Yes, I know, there's two Snow Whites." I explained. "This one was a peasant girl and she had a sister. Snow White stayed home and helped her mother and Rose Red used to run around outside and pick flowers and fruit to bring home. I don't think she even hunted anything."

I hope you notice that all of us were blindfolded by our accessories. When Chris explained that was part of the challenge, we were all cross. He could've at least told us beforehand, but at the first sign of protest, he cut us off with "Nowhere in this story does it say 'the cowardly knights complained'! So get it together, and get crossing!"

As it was, Beth and Lindsay both failed to get past. After I heard Harold yelling, I guessed he was blindly running, and copied that technique when it was my turn. I think Chef threw something at me, but I was across quickly enough that I was safely through with the two guys.

Leshawna went last, and went more cautiously. She did, however, eventually make it across, and we were all allowed to take off our blindfolds. Beth and Lindsay had to be bandaged up by the onsite paramedics, but then they just got to sit with Chris and watch everything else.

Once the four of us were there, Courtney returned to the group. She was wearing a little silvery tiara and a poufy purple dress. I hate to admit it, but she really suited it. I could see an extra reason why Duncan liked to call her Princess.

In case this wasn't Disneyish enough, Courtney got her own song about her prince and dreaming about him. I didn't listen properly, which enabled me to hear the others.

"She is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Justin murmured.

"Well, you sure changed your tune from this morning." I muttered back.

"We'll be the best looking couple in the kingdom!" Justin added to his first part.

I frowned. "Say what?"

"Duncan doesn't deserve to be her prince." Justin shrugged. "He's not here, anyway. You should know, shouldn't you?"

I scowled this time. "What is that supposed to mean? Just because I'm friends with Duncan?"

"Courtney says you made out with him," Justin said, "And she doesn't make stuff up. I'm sure she'll see I'm worth more than him once you've learned your lesson."

"It's called acting!" I whispered furiously. "I didn't make out with him, I just kissed him a few times, and it was part of a script! Like the way you had to walk in the woods in the same challenge, remember? I can't believe you changed your mind so easily – you know, you were there, but now you believe something just because Courtney said it?"

Justin just smirked at me, then returned his eyes to Courtney, just as she was singing her last line to a toad. "When we kiss, my prince will be you!" She pecked the toad, but then tossed it away, gagging.

It landed on Justin's face, and he started to panic about warts. I couldn't help enjoying it a little. From what he'd said, I had a feeling he was planning to do something to make me lose the challenge, so I'd have to watch him carefully, and myself, so that he wouldn't be able to carry out whatever it was. He'd already slipped up by hinting at it.

Chris took the moment to advertise a Princess Courtney CD, because to be fair, she sang well.

"I'll take one!" Harold said immediately. "I'm gonna listen to this beautiful love song and–"

"Harold!" Leshawna interrupted him. "If you were about to say you're going to listen to that skinny rich girl's song and think about me, I'm gonna have to kill you."

"I..." Harold looked worried. '"I wasn't gonna..." he mumbled, clearly lying. He finally looked up and muttered "Sorry, Leshawna."

The girl's face softened and she reassured him that she wasn't mad at him yet and he was forgiven, while the next part of the story happened. Well, Justin spent some time telling Courtney that he was wrong about her deformities and that she was the prettiest and smartest girl he'd ever met. But after that, Chef arrived with the donkey from the Western challenge and set Courtney on it. Apparently she was taken to a tower by the villain and the knights had to fight a dragon and then climb up to rescue the princess.

"Ooh, I love a good dragon tale!" exclaimed Beth.

"I can't wait to see a real dragon, so scary!" added Lindsay.

We were actually reusing the monster from the first challenge, but I pointed out "You know there are real dragons in the world? But they don't breathe fire or anything like that."

Lindsay looked a little disappointed, so I hastily added "But they are scary, Linds, so you were right about that. They have poisonous saliva. They live in Indonesia, mostly. But today is a fairytale, so hey, dragons exist in the challenge."

"Sir Justin," called Courtney as she was carried away, "I want you to know I hope you rescue me!"

When she got to the tower, she actually blew all of us kisses, calling the boys "Sir" and Leshawna and I 'Lady". I mean, she did it with distain when she did it to me, but she still called me 'Lady Antonia'. I guess she'd seen the footage of Episode 1 and remembered Chris calling me that. I didn't like it much, but "Lady Toni" wouldn't have sounded right. I could admit that much.

I didn't win the challenge, by the way. I found out later that Justin had made a deal with Harold that he'd let him or Leshawna win if he helped take me down. I hadn't been all that nice to Harold when we were Gaffers together, I'd admit. I thought he deserved everything I gave him, but it was enough to make him happy to help Justin out. I'd kept an eye on Justin and saw him talking to Harold, but I hadn't realized he was making a deal specificially to take me out. He literally got the monster to fall on me. Well, not enough to kill me, but enough that my feet were trapped underneath it and I couldn't pull myself out.

As it was, once I was done, Justin knocked Harold down before he could disable the monster and did it himself, saying "Sorry, Harold. If Leshawna were the prize, I'm sure you'd do the same thing. Courtney, your prince is coming!"

"Harold!" Leshawna exclaimed, running to him. She picked him up, but it was too late for either of them to do anything. Justin was already halfway up the tower.

"Princess!" he greeted Courtney, and leaned in to kiss her.

"Wait, wait, there's no kissing!" Chris called out. According to him, Courtney and Justin had to sword fight to choose the immunity winner.

Except Justin then refused to fight Courtney. "I refuse to raise a sword to Courtney." he said, handing his wooden sword to her. "I give up any chance at immunity to spare her." And he didn't expect this to backfire on him? Of course it was going to.

He closed his eyes, expecting a kiss, but met the point of his sword instead. "Sorry, Justin." Courtney said emotionlessly. "I just can't let immunity go. You understand." And then she used the sword to push him off the tower.

"I forgive you, Princess!" Justin cried out on the long way down. He had to go and get bandaged up in a body cast before the elimination, while Courtney won immunity.

One thing that also happened that I forgot to mention was that Chris was also selling Princess Courtney dolls (that weren't in the purple princess costume, but Courtney's usual ensemble for some reason. Lindsay, Beth and I all sat down on Lindsay's bunk (the top one) and played with them like voodoo dolls to see if there was any effect. I didn't think there would be, but it was kind of fun to pretend.

"Maybe this will make me stop being bitchy towards her." I commented to the girls. "I really hate that she gets to me so much. I was trying to be nice back in the spy challenge just to mess with her, but then she got to me so much that I stopped. Maybe I should try again."

"You're not that bad." Beth told me. "All you're saying Is what everyone else is thinking." She paused. "So, I guess we should discuss who we can vote off, since Courtney's immune again."

"I want to go for Justin." I said immediately. "I know he's not a threat any more in his cast, but he's armour for Courtney, and he's got it in for me."

"Justin, definitely." Lindsay agreed. "But you know, I don't think Courtney's as into him as she made out." Beth and I looked at her. "What? She was flirting all day. Didn't you notice? I think she was doing it just so she could push him off the tower there."

It was rare for Lindsay to have that much insight, but she was talking sense. Beth and I agreed with her, and since we all decided Justin would go, we didn't have to argue about the vote. Now we just had to hope the other four wouldn't band together to take one of us out.

Chris declared at the elimination ceremony that the Princess Courtney line was being discontinued because the lawyers called about the profit cut. So he replaced them with the Princess Beth line instead, since she was the only other brunette (Yeah, I had black hair, but brown was brunette) and got her to sign something so she wouldn't get any of the profits from it, but got her own doll.

Justin did get eliminated, by the way. He looked up "Courtney?" The girl didn't look up from her PDA, just waved. "Beth? Lindsay?"

None of us looked up, either. We were too busy admiring the dolls. "Princess Beth is so cute." Lindsay commented.

"Is no one even gonna miss me?" Justin asked. Leshawna and Harold gave their goodbyes, but eventually, Justin interrupted Harold and said he was going ."But you'll regret it. Without me, this show has become eighty percent less handsome." He then hit his head going into the Lame-o-sine. "All right, seventy-nine!"

(I later on found out that Lindsay was right, and that Courtney was playing Justin all that time, but not until after the show).

I know, Justin's elimination was predictable, and this was a pretty boring episode. But I hope someone at least has read Snow White and Rose Red and so enjoyed Toni's fairytale blindfold.