"We've been on film," Chris announced, "around the world, and now we're back where it all started!" The camera zoomed to Chris standing on Camp Wawanakwa's rickety dock. An intern gave him a glass of lemonade. "A lot has changed since we've been here." A large tentacle came out of the water and smashed the dock, dragging the intern standing there underwater. Chris laughed at the sight. "But the rules remain the same. Campers will compete in challenges, with the losers booting someone out. Last one standing wins the grand prize of ONE...MILLION...DOLLARS! And here they come!" A yacht cruised by. Duncan and Gwen were making out while Leshawna, Harold, and DJ danced to some music. Eva just stood there, indifferent. Tyler and Lindsay were making out while Owen danced and Izzy twirled around some life buoys. Noah just stared with a dead-pan expression while Beth was admiring Justin modeling himself until a bird pooped on his chest. Cody was being hugged by Sierra while Katie and Sadie were hugging Trent. Courtney was glaring while Geoff and Bridgette were happily standing. An upset Heather was being held by a robot while a still-feral Ezekiel hung on the edge of the yacht. The yacht then cruised by the island. "NOOO!" Owen cried out when the yacht didn't stop.
"No," Chris explained, "not them. This season, we have an all NEW cast. And here they come. For real this time." A different yacht came by, with twenty-two new faces. "Meet Jo!" "Stay out of my way if you value your kiwis," she threatened the two people next to her.
"Scott and Dave!" "Right back at 'cha," Scott told her before he sniffed his armpit, making Dave recoil in disgust.
"Zoey and Mike!" "Can you believe we're here?" Zoey told Mike.
"Yeah," he replied, turning to her, "it's...beautiful" Their moment was interrupted by the next contestant. "Lightning!" "Hello, gorgeous!" he said, kissing his biceps afterward.
"Sky and Brick!" Sky waved while Brick saluted. "Brick McArthur reporting for duty!" he declared.
"Topher!" He smiled a smile similar to Chris's.
"B and Dawn!" B gave an air gun while Dawn meditated. "Your aura is exceptionally purplish-green," she told B, who gave her a confused look. "Oh, it suits you, though," Dawn assured him, making him smile.
"Leonard!" "This be my first encounter with a fairy," he remarked.
"Dakota!" "Hey, there," she giggled, "Dakota here, and I-"
"Anne-Maria!" "Aw, yeah," she said, spraying her hair, "three more coats otta do it." Dakota pushed her out of the way. "Hey!" she complained. "Who says you can pan away?"
"Don't touch me, blondie!" Anne-Maria told her as she sprayed her with her hairspray.
"Staci!" "Yeah, my great-great-great-aunt Maurice invented suntans, yeah," she babbled, "Before her, people smeared themselves with clay." She then got sprayed by Anne-Maria.
"Amy and Samey!" "Eww!" Amy scoffed. "Samey, switch places with me now!" The twins swapped, but Amy saw the next contestant tower over her.
"Jasmine!" "You better not get in my way!" she told her.
"Ah! Giant! Samey, switch back!"
"Ella!" She hummed a little tune to a bird.
"Cameron!" "Fresh air!" he exclaimed, "A real lake! Birds!" A flock of them flew at him, knocking him over.
"And finally, Sam and Shawn!" "Sweet!" Sam cried out while playing his GameGuy, "Those zombies won't know what hit them!"
"Zombies?!" Shawn panicked,"Where?!"
"Yep," Chris announced, "this will be our roughest, toughest, most EXPLOSIVE season ever!" He pressed a button, making the yacht explode. "This is Total...Drama...Revenge of the Island!"
(cue commercial)
Cameron had landed on a rock. "Is this what pain taste like?" he groaned. Anne-Maria swam by him. "This better not mess up my hair-do!" she shouted.
Amy had surfaced, looking relieved. Samey had splashed in next to her. "Fine, you can live!" Amy told her, annoyed.
"I wish my great-uncle Cletus was here!" Staci garbled while trying to keep afloat, "He invented life preservers!" She then sank underwater. "Hold on, I'm coming!" Mike and Zoey told her. They looked at each other. "Um, you first," Mike told her.
"No, please, after you," Zoey said, "I insist."
"Well, if you insist..." Staci reached her hand out and dragged Mike underwater. Zoey let out a small gasp before diving after them. A second later, she resurfaced with Mike, who was gasping for air and holding Staci. "Thanks," he told Zoey.
Confessional: Mike
He twirled the toilet paper roll before speaking. "Okay, my first confessional. So, Zoey. Nice girl. Okay, SUPER nice. I wonder if she'll go out with a guy like me. See, I have this, um, quirk. I just hope it doesn't ruin everything." He sighed.
Confessional: Zoey
"Wow! I can't believe I'm in the Total Drama confessional! It's so exciting! Everyone here seems so nice. I could use some new friends. Or friends, period. What if they hate me? Maybe this flower was too much. Am I trying too hard? You like me, right?"
End Confessionals
Cameron was still trying to swim. Scott, Shawn, and Topher all swam by, ignoring him. Lightning came up from under him and carried Cameron in one hand. "I'll save you, little girl!" Lightning declared.
"But I'm a boy!" Cameron told him. Dakota, on a lifeboat, was posing for the paparazzi. "Hi there," she giggled, "however did you find me?"
"Uh, we got your text?" one of them replied. Chris saw this on his flat-screen. "For crying out loud!" he exclaimed. He grabbed his headset and spoke into the microphone. "Uninvited guests, over." Chef, in a scuba suit, put a small explosive on the small speedboat. It went off, sending Dakota sailing. She knocked Cameron back into the water. "Rude!" she cried out.
Sky was also struggling to swim. "Help!" she choked out. Dave heard her and grabbed her hand. He tried swimming with her but he began to sink as well. Jasmine came over, the water only reaching her knees. She grabbed the duo and pulled them out of the water. "Pathetic," she mumbled.
Jo had reached the beach. "Ha!" she exclaimed, "That's what I'm talking about! First one on the-" She stopped when she saw Ella singing to a little bird and Dawn meditating with a starfish. "What the- you're not even wet!"
"Hmm? Oh, I used a shortcut," Dawn mysteriously replied.
"Thank you, my feathered friends," Ella told the birds. Brick then crawled to shore. "Ma'am," he said before collapsing.
Confessional: Brick
"I may be the strongest competitor here, but I'm all about the teamwork. Back at Cadets, I've gotten the Teamwork medal three years running, along with the Bed-Making medal, the Flag-Folding medal, and the Letters Home to Mom medal. I always get that one."
End Confessional
A little while later, B walked up to the shore, with a coughing Cameron on his head.
Confessional: Cameron
"I'm what's known as a "bubble boy". Growing up, my mom was REALLY overprotective, so I've never gone swimming before. Up until six hours ago, I've never done anything before, except read and sigh a lot." He sighed. "But that doesn't mean I'm not a force to be reckon with." A butterfly flew in. "No way! Danaus plexippus! The monarch butterfly!" It landed on his head. "Oh, it's so heavy!" The butterfly's "weight" made him fall over.
End Confessional
Almost everyone was on the shore. Staci was going on about her family. "And my great-great-great-uncle Marvin invented swimming, yeah," she babbled, "Before him, people flung their arms around like this and sank to the bottom. And my great-great-great-great-"
"Yeah, that's great," Mike said, ignoring her and staring at Zoey. Sam then washed up on shore, holding his console and coughing up a fish.
Confessional: Sam
"I knew I should've played that Swii fitness game before I got here. Ah, I just hope I'm not cut first; THAT would be lame. But if I stick it out to be cut sixth or even seventh, how cool would that be?" He resumes his video game.
End Confessional
"So stoked to be here!" Zoey enthusiastically told Mike and Dawn, "I've been watching Total Drama forever! Who knows, maybe I'll make some new friends."
"Yes, that would be good, considering you're an only child and all," Dawn calmly replied.
"Huh? How did you know that?"
"Your soul reads like an open book. You had such a lonely childhood. It must've been difficult." The loudspeaker's feedback cut them short. "Attention, fresh meat!" Chris called out. "See the trail leading into the forest? Race to the end and do NOT disturb the wildlife. That would be bad."
"Yeah," Lightning mocked, nudging Sam, "we wouldn't wanna upset the BUNNIES!"
"The slightest sound will provoke them...like THIS!" An air horn rang out. A fierce roar was heard, along with the sound of trees being knocked down. Everyone ran away from the sound. At the end of the trail, Lightning and Jo skidded to a stop. "Ha!" Jo exclaimed. "Sorry you had to lose to a girl."
"What girl?" Lightning asked, confused. "Lightning didn't lose, brah. Lightning never loses." Chris drove by on his ATV. "Yo, Jo, three steps to my left, you're on team A," Chris instructed. "Captain Modesty, you're on team B." As other campers ran up, he placed them into teams. "Pit sniffer, team A. Australian giant, team B. Corporal Brick house, team A."
"Sir, yes, sir!" Brick saluted. He was knocked over by the next person. "The icy twin, team B. Sinkable Sky, team A. Zoey the Lonely, team B."
"Only as a child!" Zoey told him, "Seriously!"
"Zombie Nut, team A. Slick Smiles, team B," Chris continued, "Silent treatment, team A." B then turned to show Cameron on his back. "Bubble boy, team B."
"Ok," he said to Chris as he ran to his team. Chris continued. "The Aura reader, team A. Leonard the wizard, team B. Germaphobe, team A. Soaking Samey, team B."
"Uh, it's...Sammy," Samey spoke up.
"But Amy says everyone calls you Samey. Because you're the second twin. The lesser Amy, if you will."
"But my real name is-"
"You're officially known as Samey! Besides, we already have a Sam, so you won't get confused with him." Samey sighed in defeat while her sister glared at her.
Confessional: Samey
"This is so unfair! I signed up for Total Drama to get AWAY from Amy. The only thing I can hope for now is to make some friends that like me and not her."
End Confessional
"The Fame Mongrel, team A. Tan-in-a-Can, Team A. Fairytale Princess, team B. Game jockey, team A."
"Yeah, my uncle once won a marathon," Staci panted, "because marathons were invented by my great-great-" She then passed out from exhaustion. "And Chatty Staci, team B," Chris concluded. "Only one missing. Not bad."
"Where's Mike at?" Zoey wondered.
"Um, is that him?" Sky asked, pointing at a nearby tree. Zoey looked where she was pointing and saw Mike snoozing on a branch. "Huh?" he stirred. "Sorry for worrying you guys. I'll come down." He leaped down and joined the others. "Thanks for the panic attack," Chris sarcastically told him. "Now go join team B." Mike turned to where team B was. "Hello, there!" Ella greeted. Jasmine glared at him while Samey gave a meek wave, which she stopped when Amy glared at her. He smiled when he saw Zoey with them.
"What the heck was that thing in the forest?!" Scott asked Chris.
"I'm pretty sure that sound did not belong to any known species," Cameron told everyone.
"All this fuss over a critter's noise?" Mike scoffed. "Can we at least see what made the sound?"
"Relax," Chris told them, "it'll all make sense eventually." He chuckled, which turned into maniacal laughter. "Now, this season will be a little bit different. For example, in each episode, someone WILL be eliminated." Everyone gasped at this. "It's never been that hard before," Zoey said.
"I know, I'm good. But since you're all first-timers, I'm gonna hide this baby somewhere on the island." He held up a wooden Chris head. "Behold the McLean Invincibility Statue, your one-way ticket back into the game. Even if your team votes you off, if you find this statue, you will be the most powerful player in Total Drama history!" He looked at the statue more closely. "Is the cleft of my chin really that big?"
"Yep," Scott sneered, "and it looks like a butt." Chris glared at him before continuing. "Moving on, onto team names."
"Team Lightning!" Lightning suggested, "No, Lightning Squad!"
"NO!" Mike shouted, to the surprise of his team. He quickly cleared his throat. "Um, just, no. It sounds like a bad idea."
"Don't worry," Chris told them, "I already have team names decided. Team A, you will be known as the Toxic Rats!"
"Killer," Sam remarked.
"And team B, I dub you the Mutant Maggots!"
"Um, what's with the reference to chemical waste?" Topher asked, confused. The roar from earlier cut his thoughts short. "It's the monster!" Cameron screamed. The noise drew closer. Zoey, Cameron and Ella huddled together in fear. "Would you COOL IT?!" Mike shouted. "I'll see what's up." He went to where the noise was. He pulled away some leaves to a bush to show a hairless squirrel. "Hey," Jo noticed, "it's just a stupid squirrel!"
"Aww..." Dakota cooed. The squirrel blinked, but it blinked vertically, making her squeal. "Oh, my goodness," Ella gasped, "What's wrong with him?"
"While we were away," Chris explained, "I rented the island to a nice, family-oriented bio-hazardous waste disposal company. Nice people, but the waste is having a little effect on the local flora and fauna." The squirrel then caught a butterfly with its tongue. "A little?" Dave warily asked.
"Weird," Dakota said as she knelt down to it, "I want one."
"The thing looks so cute and harmless," Mike agreed. The squirrel roared at them, then shot red lightning bolts from its eyes. Dakota squealed away in fear into Sam's arms. Mike stood his ground. "Well," he calmly said, "it's not harmless." The squirrel giggled at him before scurrying away. Chris only laughed at the campers' expense. "Most...Danger...EVER!"
Confessional: Dakota (Toxic Rats)
She cried. "Chris is the meanest! Hold on." She pulled out a compact mirror. "Okay, not too blotchy, take two." She cleared her throat before she resumed crying.
Confessional: Topher (Mutant Maggots)
"This has got to be Chris's BEST IDEA! And if I play my cards right, I will be the new face of Total Drama!"
End Confessionals
"Now," Chris continued, "before we start the first challenge, time to pass out rewards. The Maggots get a trampoline, and Rats get a hacksaw." Chef was jumping on the trampoline when he fell off. Lightning laughed until he was hit with the trampoline. Jo laughed at him until the hacksaw was flung at her. "What do these rewards have to do with this bomb?" Chris asked.
"He's not going to blow us up again, is he?" Dave wondered.
"Won't I? Find out after this."
(cue commercial)
Two totem poles were hanging from two trees. "Your first challenge is to get your team's totem down by any means, then plant it in front of the cabins. First team there gets their pick of the cabins."
"But how shall we move the totems there?" Leonard asked.
"You either got the steep hill or the river, your choice. And you might want to work fast. These totems have bombs rigged to explode if you don't plant them in seven minutes or less, starting now." The timer began to count down.
"Let's sha-do this!" Lightning rallied. He jumped down onto the trampoline and was flung into the river. Mike sighed, then noticed the tree that the totem was hanging from.
Shawn was trying to climb the tree to cut the totem's rope, but he kept sliding down. "Stupid tree," he mumbled as he slid down again. B was moving a piece of wood to make a see-saw. He grabbed Brick and pointed to the lower side of it. "You want me to stand here?" Brick asked.
"Whoa!" Sam told B as he pushed him to next to the tree. "You want me to stand here?"
"I get it!" Sky figured out. "B, may I?" B nodded yes. She ran up, jumped, did a few mid-air flips, and landed on the other side of the see-saw, hurling Brick onto Sam's shoulders. "B," Sam told him, "change your name to A plus!"
Confessional: B (Toxic Rats)
B rubs his fist and gives a proud smile.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
He tossed a rock and catches it. "B may be smart, but when my plan goes into action, he won't know what hit him!" He missed the rock, and it hit him in the eye.
End Confessionals
"Okay," Cameron figured, "if Lightning hits the center with fifty cubic pounds of pressure-"
"Move it, Four Eyes, I want to try this!" Amy demanded.
"Wait! I calculated for Lightning's weight!" Amy ignored him and jumped on the trampoline. She bounced up and hit the bottom of the totem. She fell and bounced up, hitting the totem again. This repeated a few times until Jasmine pushed the trampoline away, making Amy crash into the ground. Seeing the sight from a tree branch, Mike could only sigh.
Confessional: Mike (Mutant Maggots)
"Let's see... Amy's bossy, especially towards her own sister; Lightning's one of those jerky jocks; Topher's vain; Staci keeps running her mouth about her family history; Leonard looks like one of those LARPer nuts; Ella thinks she's a princess out of a fairy tale; and Jasmine's just a jerk!" He blew the hair out of his eyes. "Zoey, Cameron, and Samey are the only people on my team that I can tolerate, but who knows? Maybe I can be friends with someone on the other team, as well. Brick seems like the nicest guy there."
End Confessional
"Well, my great-great-great-grandfather Arnold invented trampolines, yeah," Staci rambled, "Before him-"
"WE DON'T CARE!" Jasmine, Lightning, Topher, Cameron, Amy and Samey shouted to her.
"Now..." Mike thought, "how to get the totem down." He saw the mutant squirrel from earlier crawl on the branch he was on. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a fish.
Confessional: Mike (Mutant Maggots)
"What? I always carry a fish and some walnuts in my pocket. It's for wild animal encounters or whenever I get hungry."
End Confessional
"Hey, there," Mike coaxed the squirrel, "would you like a treat?" He held out his fish to the squirrel. It tried to eat the fish but Mike pulled it away. "Easy," he told the squirrel, "You can have it, but first, can you cut that rope there?" He pointed to the rope. The squirrel quickly shot lightning bolts from its eyes and cut the rope clean, to the surprise of his team. "But how-" Cameron wondered.
"Thank you to whoever cut the rope," Ella sung, "Now our team is filled with hope!"
"Is that girl singing?" Mike asked the squirrel. It poked at the fish that Mike held. "Oh, right! Here you go." He handed it to the squirrel, who ate it in one gulp.
Confessional: Ella (Mutant Maggots)
A flock of birds, two raccoons, and a mutant squirrel were sitting with her. "I was a huge fan of Total Drama World Tour. And just because we don't have to sing doesn't mean we can't sing." The animals chirped in agreement.
End Confessional
"Hurry!" Jo ordered. She was on top of Scott, who was on top of Brick. Sky hurled Dawn next, who landed on Jo. "One more person should do it!" Sky told them.
"I, um, am scared of heights," Dave meekly told her.
"And I don't trust you," Shawn bluntly told her.
"That leaves Dakota," Sky reasoned. "Where is she?" Dakota was posing for the paparazzi when a tree fell near her. "Timber!" Chris shouted. "No time for a photo op, Dakota." B grabbed her and put her on the see-saw. "Take it easy!" she told B. Sky hurled her and the hacksaw to the top of the human tower. "Cut the rope!" Sky told her. Dakota tried cutting it but the saw was upside down. "It won't work!" she told them.
"Teeth down, Dakota," Sam told her, "DOWN!"
"You seriously can't be that dumb!" Jo scolded.
"Pretend it's Daddy's steak knife," Dawn suggested.
"Oh!" Dakota figured out. She turned the saw around and cut the rope. "There!" she cried out when the totem fell down. "Let's move, guys!" Sky rallied.
"Come on," Jasmine told her team as she pushed the totem, "let's get this into the water!"
"It'd be better on the hill," Mike countered.
"Listen, you wily dingo, I'M the leader of this team, and what I say goes."
"No, it doesn't."
"Yes, it does, and-" Mike pushed the totem towards the hill, flinging Jasmine on one end. "Everybody on!" he ordered. Once the rest of his team was on, he pushed it down the hill, climbing on the end as it began to slide.
"Why do you think they chose the hill?" Dave asked as the Rats cruised down the river.
"That's why!" Sky gasped. She pointed to a waterfall that the river led to. "Brace for impact!" she warned. They fell down and were flung in front of the sailing Maggots. "How-?" Lightning wondered, "Lightning ain't losing this!"
"Fret not, team," Leonard assured him, "I shall use my magic to aid you. Victory is what we desperately need, so give our totem a boost in speed!" The totem suddenly sped up. Zoey was almost flung off but Mike grabbed her hand and stopped her. "Thanks," she said. "My, we're going fast!"
"A little TOO fast," Mike replied, "At this rate, we'll crash!" He turned around and dug his hands into the ground, slowing them back down. The Rats sped past them.
In front of the cabins, Chris was seated in a lawn chair when Owen from last season ran up. "Chris," he panted, "get this; the boat wouldn't stop."
"Oh, look," Chris remarked, "it's former competitor Owen, who's NOT competing this season."
"Yeah, I swam back to tell you- WHAT?! Not competing?!"
"I'm afraid you and the other 'Classic Players' have outlived your usefulness. Chef?" Chef placed a bomb on Owen's cheek. He screamed until Chris pressed a button, sending Owen flying. Chris and Chef laughed until the Rats slid to a halt in front of the cabins. "We're first!" Jo exclaimed.
"Tick-tock," Chris told them. The timer had thirty seconds left. "Which cabin do we pick?" Brick asked.
"They're the same," Dave told him, "Either will do." They placed the totem in front of the cabin on the right. The timer stopped at ten seconds. The Maggots came flying on their totem. It flung everyone off before crashing into the cabin on the left. The timer soon reached zero and the totem exploded. "What an EXPLOSIVE entry, Maggots!" Chris teased. Everyone groaned at that, except for Staci, who rambled on about her family, earning glares from her teammates. "Yeah, my great-great-great-great-uncle Lewis invented dynamite, you know. Before him, the only way you could dislodge big rocks was to push them away by hand. So sad."
"Regardless, the Rats win the the first challenge, and as an added reward, their cabin will have a heating and air conditioning unit installed in it!" All the Rats cheered at this while all the Maggots moaned. "Don't worry, you'll get your cabin back." A new cabin was placed on top of the rubble of the old one. "See you at elimination."
That evening, the Maggots were seated for their first elimination ceremony. Zoey, Lightning, Topher, Amy, Samey and Jasmine were seated in the back row while Cameron, Mike, Leonard, Ella and Staci were seated in the front row. "You all casted your votes," Chris explained, "Those that get a regular marshmallow are safe. But this season, the loser will get a special marshmallow." Chef, in a hazmat suit, opened a special box, showing a glowing marshmallow. "Whoever gets the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom is out of the competition and they can't come back. EVER. The following are safe:" He tossed a marshmallow to each name listed, "Topher, Lightning, Zoey, Ella, Cameron, Jasmine, Samey, Mike, and Amy. And the Toxic Marshmallow goes to..." Staci had a worried look while Leonard just polished his staff, "...Staci."
"Aw, I was doing so good," she sighed. She caught it and a second later all her hair fell out due to the radiation. Her former teammates quickly backed away. "I guess it's the Dock of Shame for me, then."
"Nope!" Chris told her, "We've got something new this season! You'll love it." At the dock a huge catapult was docked, and Staci was in the ejection seat. "Behold," Chris announced, "the Hurl of Shame! Patent pending."
"Yeah, catapults were invented by my great-great-great-great-great-great-GREAT-!" She was hurled off the island. "One down, twenty-one to go," Chris closed off. "Who's next in line? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Revenge of the Island!"
Votes:
Mike:Staci
Amy:Staci
Leonard:Staci
Samey:Amy
Staci:Leonard
Cameron:Staci
Zoey: Staci
Lightning:Staci
Jasmine:Mike
Ella:Staci
Topher: StaciEliminated: Staci (8-1-1-1)
Well, this is my first story, so it might need a tweak or two. Also, I did make some changes to the characters. Some will be minor, some will be major. Leonard's is probably the most obvious (being a real wizard, who knows, maybe a Leonard fan might read this) but I won't spoil anything else here. Also know that there is no set rhythm for any new chapters, so I thought I alert you to that. That SHOULD be it for now, so this is Dunsparce519 saying enjoy and have a good day.