Chef drove Chris for the next few hours. Chris was starting to get bored of the trek as he started throwing balls of paper at the back of Chef's head. After the third one Chef turned slightly with an annoyed expression "What are you doing!?"

"I got bored so I grabbed a notepad left in here and started throwing it at you. Isn't that obvious?"

Chef groaned and rolled his eyes "We're almost there, so try to not embarrass yourself the moment we get there"

"Please, how could I embarrass myself?" he scoffed a bit.

"Oh, I know you'll find a way," Chef grumbled, turning back to face the road. The co-host continued to drive for a while longer before they reached an abandoned village. Chris looked out the window a bit before stepping out.

"This place sure is…" Chris looked at the door on one building collapsing "Quaint..."

"Get your game face on. We're starting soon" Chef handed Chris a set of small cards "That should be their names in order. The producer knew you wouldn't care to look over them all"

Chris looked down, his expression becoming annoyed "I don't like how much this guy tries to control things"

"Look man, you take what you get. He could still replace you at the snap of a finger"

"Fineeee, but I will not put up with making this contest "safer" for the kids. No one would watch a show babying some babies"

Chef snickered quietly "I got a look at the challenges. I'll say they're in for a rough ride"

Chris raised an eyebrow towards him. He was about to say something when he noticed a camera man started filming. He flashed his signature smile towards the camera in an instant

"I bet you weren't expecting to see me again. That's right, it's everyone's favorite host Chris McLean back with a grand spanking new season at the…'' He looked down at a note "The Marlin Maner. Ugh, did it really have to be such a lame name?"

Chef smacked the back of Chris's head, bringing him back from his distraction "Right, spooky place! And what better way to start off a new season than with a brand new cast? Not much! This castle is chock full of traps and secrets to drive this kiddos luney!"

The first taxi cab pulled up. Out from the cab came a short and pudgy woman of African descent. She had black hair in ponytails with purple and pink streaks in it. But her hair was hardly the most noticeable part of her. For her attire she was wearing a Japanese school girl outfit. She also had a pink scarf around her neck.

"Ah, speak of the devil, our first contestant!"

She quietly looked at the two hosts before smiling a bit too excitedly "Ooo, it's great to meet you both! I was always a big fan of your relationship in the later seasons. I hope you two won't hold back while we're here"

"Oh don't worry, I wouldn't dream of holding back" Chris snickered a bit.

Chef rubbed the bridge of his nose "Why couldn't he have just read their applications…?"

The girl just smiled wider at the two before Chris pointed past them "Go stand over there a bit…" He looks down at the paper "Rosalina"

Rosalina nodded at him before happily skipping past them.

"Cute girl" He smirked at Chef, only receiving a roll of the eyes. Not long after, another taxi came by, dropping off a tall but scrawny boy. He had black hair that reached down to his shoulders and was wearing a baggy black hoodie and black cargo pants.

"Dylan! What's up my man?" Chris raised a hand for a high five while looking down at the small cards. Dylon just quietly gave him a high five before jumping standing with Rosalina.

Rosalina smiled excitedly at him as she soon got into his personal space "Hey, hey, nice to meet ya!"

Dylan looked down at her and just nodded slightly "Hi"

Rosalina wasn't deterred by his less than friendly attitude and just continued to smile excitedly at him "So, have you ever read manga? You know… maybe stuff they would have hidden in the back of a comic store perhaps?"

Dylan only looked more confused by her question. He didn't look like he had any way to respond to that as another cab quickly arrived.

From the taxi came a teen of average height. He had long blond hair that covered parts of his face. He was wearing a black hoodie over a white shirt, blue jeans that looked old because they are a little bit damaged, white tennis, and black sunglasses.

"I'm guessing you're Daniel?" Chris smiled at the new contestant.

The blond haired contestant smiled a bit at Chris "You can call me Dan if you want. Nice to be here though."

Chef quietly snickered as he covered his mouth. Chris stared skeptically at his co-host before just pointing at Dan to go stand with the other two. Dan nodded as he walked over and stood next to Dylan.

"What are you laughing about?" Chris whispered to Chef.

Rosalina smiled and waved at Dan "Hey there big guy! It's so nice to meet you, I like your shades!" She tried to jump up to his face to borrow them.

Dan flinched the moment he heard her voice, and just started using Dylan as a human wall to avoid her attention.

Chef just pointed backhandedly at them "Yea, that's why"

"Man, I hate to say this but I might have to watch their interviews during the challenge. These kids get freakier every season" The host slowly shook his head with an amused smile.

While Chris was distracted with the small show when he felt someone tap his shoulder. He looked back to where the contestants were entering "Don't touch me dude" Chris almost yelled in annoyance.

"Oh, my apologies Christopher. I was just wanting to get your attention but I didn't want to interrupt you" The teen bowed in apology towards the host.

Chris chuckled slightly as he waved his hand "Yea, don't worry about it… Vincent, right?"

"Yes sir, that's me"

Vincent bowed a bit deeper "Vincent Cartwright at your service"

Vincent looked like he was a pretty average boy, with a few weird choices here and there. Primarily his purple hair in a low bowtie. But he was also dressed rather nice, wearing a white shirt with a yellow vest over top, tan slacks, and brown loafers.

"Yea, thanks mr. charming. You can join the circus building behind us"

Vincent frowned slightly before walking over to the others, giving them a warm smile "I'm happy to be meeting you all"

Dan smiled a little bit as he nodded "Likewise"

Vincent smiled at the kid before turning to the other two contestants. He looked down to see Rosalina writing in her notepad. Vincent leaned towards her "May I ask what you're writing?"

Rosalina slowly looked up at him "Oh, I'm actually just drawing" she smiled excitedly at him "I'm sorry I didn't greet you sooner, I was just a bit distracted there" she giggled a little to herself. She discreetly hid the notepad, as he chuckled a bit with her.

Rosalina continued to awkwardly giggle with Vincent when she felt someone was behind her. Glaring silently down at her.

Rosalina turned around quickly and waved "Hey there!"

Before her was now a girl, she had purple hair in a bun and had noticeable similarities to Vincent. However, while he had a smile on his face, this girl was just a walking cloud of annoyance, which made her actually look somewhat intimidating, even with her weak looking body. Like Vincent she had purple hair but hers was done up in buns. She was wearing a dark purple sweater vest, black shorts, and sandals.

"I saw what you were drawing" she stated dryly. Rosalina just continued to smile, looking like she hardly even noticed her intimidating aura.

"Oh! Are you a fan of art yourself?" her smile became cheeky as she leaned towards her and pulled it back out to reveal she started drawing Dan ripping off Vincent's shirt.

"Pretty sweat hu? I really feel like I got their good sides but I'm not quite sure. I think I could have maybe given Vincent more muscles but then again I-" Rosalina continued to excitedly ramble on and on.

Chris quietly stared at the scene, before slowly looking up to Chef. The co-host just sighed "Yea, that's his twin sister Violet. She's not much of a… conversationalist you could say"

Violet just silently grabbed the paper she wrote and ripped it in half. Before Rosalina could protest, the other girl grabbed Vincent and pushed him to the opposite side of the group. Rosalina looked angry for a moment, before just going and drawing in her notepad again.

"Well…. If that's done and over with, our next competitor should be a… Dino?" He quirked his eyebrow looking down at this "did you let people use aliases this season? Who calls their kid "Dino"?"

"Me sir!"

Chris jumped a bit before shaking his head and turning to Dino "how do you kids keep sneaking up on me like that!?" He sighed as he rubbed his head "Whatever... good to see you Dino…"

Dino was one of the taller contestants, being 5'11". He had tanned skin and short blond hair that was shaved on the sides. He was wearing brown boy scout attire with a green sash covered with his achievements. All the other contestants could already see his confident smile on his face.

"I am happy to be here Mr. McLean. I am happy you accepted my application! I have over 100 badges already, but I thought this experience would be a good way to test my abilities even further. So I look forward to competing" Dino saluted a bit.

"Why's he so loud?" Dylan murmured quietly as he held his ears.

Dino noticed his annoyed look and just walked towards him with the same smile "I'll try to tone that down later, I'm just so excited to be here. But I won the quiet time badge last year. I didn't say anything for a full week! So I can stay quiet if you need that" Dino was 'nonchalantly' holding up his badges to show off the one he was talking to.

"Great..." Dylan looked down a bit "I'll keep that in mind…"

It wasn't long after he joined the group another taxi came along. The door opened and Chris looked at it, expecting to see another average sized teen only to see a girl with black pigtails. She was hardly even 4 feet tall and was wearing a red crop top, black leather jacket, black sweatpants, and black loafers. She looked over at Chef and Chris, not all too interested as she continued to eat from a bag of chicken legs. Surprisingly, she was very thin, even as she chowed through the food.

Her eyes widened a bit as she dropped her chicken and ran towards Chef "Oh wow! I can't believe I'm meeting THE Chef Hatchet! I never thought I'd have the opportunity to meet such a man of cutlery skills!"

Both Chef and Chris were caught off guard by her sudden excitement. But it didn't take Chris long to start laughing at Chef as she jumped up to try and get closer to facing him "Your food always looked so yummy on tv when I watched Total Drama. I was so jealous that they got all that food but never ate it too!"

Chef nodded awkwardly "Thanks Mina…. How about you go join all the other maggots, yea?"

"Oh. My apologies mr. Hatchet. I probably took too much of your time there. I can't wait to have our first food challenge hosted by you" Her eyes beamed as she backed away from them, not keeping her eyes off of Chef. Chef just looked away from her awkwardly, not really sure what happened or why she was acting that way.

Once Mina was gone and by the others, Chris started laughing hard as he held his stomach "Ohhhhh, I never expected to see the day when you'd get a fangirl Chef. I cannot wait to see how you put up with one after having a laugh with Sierra and Topher"

Chef just rolled his eyes at him "Just continue before I go and recruit Sierra for a guest appearance."

"Yea, yea. Just let me enjoy your embarrassment for a little longer" Chris smiled as he just stood there to bask in the situation for a moment. He sighed a bit seeing another taxi coming in, shaking his head a bit "Just when I was really starting to enjoy this"

Next to arrive was a woman who looked very different to the one before her. She was 5'11", basically towering over her. She had short blond hair and a blue sweater with yellow jeans. She looked at Chris who waved with a smile.

"Nice to have you here Phoebi" She just scoffed in response and walked past both hosts.

"Yea, sorry. I don't like talking to cavemen. I consider it a waste of my time to explain anything to people like you. I'm sure you couldn't even read what I have in my notes without having a massive headache" She walked up to the other contestants and just grimaced looking at them. Dan was scratching his neck as he stood behind a bored Dylan, Rosalina was still drawing, Mina was eating, Vincent was waving with a smile, and Violet was scowling at her.

"Did I accidentally sign up for a show where neanderthals compete or am I mistaken?" She smirked a little at the group.

"Looks like we have a winner on our hands" Chris whispered back to Chef with a smirk. Chef just chuckled to himself before Chris continued "So! Thanks for that wonderful intro Phoebi. Our next contestant should be…. Vaughn. Hope I didn't offend with that pronunciation, is what I would say if I actually cared"

"Well, you pronounced it just fine Chris. I hear much worse all the time" He smiled warmly at the host as he walked towards him. He was a very pale boy of average height, he had freckles all along his body as well. He had short, messy red hair and was wearing a grey hoodie with an Irish flag on the back, the hood being down, red sweatpants that are very baggy, but somehow fit, and white running shoes. He raised his hand up to Chris.

Chris smiled a bit and gave him a high five "Good to hear, I guess. I like your jacket though, Ireland's a fun country. If the kids were older in World Tour we would've been going there for sure"

Vaughn just chuckled a bit "Sounds like that would've been a fun challenge. I hope this season is as eventful as your last few"

"You and me both" Chris smirked. He pointed back to the others and was about to say something when he heard a loud thud. Chris looked past Vaughn to see another boy lying face fist on the ground. The boy like the one before him was pale and had curly orange hair, however this one was wearing a green unzipped hoodie with the words "Fresh Bread" on them. Under the hoodie was a navy blue shirt and baggy black sweatpants.

"You ok down there dude?" Chris asked halfheartedly.

The boy just groaned a bit in response as he tried to lift himself back up. He looked over to the other contestants to see Phoebi and a few of the others chuckling a little from his wipeout.

Vaughn cracked a smile seeing him on the ground before going and extending a hand down to him "Need help up?"

The boy blushed slightly as he took his hand and slowly stood up "t-thanks" He smiled bashfully "I may have tripped on a rock…"

Vaughn just smiled reassuringly "Hey, don't worry about it. I doubt anyone will hold a silly trip against you. I'm Vaughn."

"I'm Xavier. Nice to meet you" He smiled a bit more before he heard a whistle. They both turn to Chris glaring at them.

"Yea, nice of you two to start getting along. Now go join your other freaks before we have ourselves a problem" The two looked at each other before walking over to the others.

"I hope we're on the same team" Vaughn whispered to the chef wannabe, which got a nod from Xavier.

"I couldn't agree more"

Chris just shakes his head "Let's just get moving. We shouldn't be far from the halfway point… I hope" It didn't take too long for the next taxi to come in.

"Everyone, welcome…. Strider? That's a name? That's worse than Dino"

Chef just shrugged a bit, standing there as they waited for the contestant to get out. However, she just doesn't come out. Chris slowly turned to Chef "Did someone miss the plane here or something?"

Chef just shrugged in response. Chris slapped his back with an annoyed look "Go and open it, maybe they got themself tied up or something. Wouldn't be surprised with Chef Boyardi back there"

Chef grumbled as he walked to the taxi and opened it, leaning in "Yea, no. No one's in here"

While he looked, someone snuck out from under the seat. She was very short, with slightly tanned skin, and had dyed white hair with a gray streak. She was wearing a white shirt with a grey sword on it, Black and Grey Shorts, White Socks, and Black leather boots. She also wears a black cape with every flag of the world on it. She wears a black fedora. She was also wearing black gloves that go up to her wrists.

Chef didn't see her sneak out, so was caught off guard by the door closing behind him. Chef quickly turned around inside the taxi, smacking his fist against the window when the short girl pat the back of the taxi, signaling for it to start speeding off as it left. The girl started snickering to herself as Chef disappeared into the distance.

"Oh, that was so good!" She giggled while wiping a tear away from her eyes. After a bit she turned towards Chris and extended her hand "It's a pleasure to meet you Christopher!"

Chris was chuckling along with her before shaking her hand "That was a good one ki-d!" He jumped a bit feeling a buzzer shock him. He pulled his hand away from hers and scowled.

"I can tell I'm not going to like you… Strider"

"I get that a lot" The short girl snickered as she skipped over to the other contestants.

"Well, Chef's still… on break. So I guess we'll just have to continue without him. Next out should be one who goes by… Julia"

"Uh, actually, my name is Lester" Chris looked up from the paper to see basically the walking embodiment of a geek, worse than Harold himself. He was only about 5'3" and had a brown bowl cut. It only got worse as it went down, to see he was wearing bulky glasses, a mlp shirt, and socks with sandals. This was the first time in a while he's really wished he had Duncan around.

"Hey… you don't get out much do you?"

Lester nodded meekly "I, uh, don't have too many friends….. But I hope to make some here" He smiled meekly at the other contestants. Most of the contestants didn't know how to respond to his… more than interesting attire. Dan, however, waved at Lester with a small smile.

Lester smiled back, awkwardly walking towards the ground and standing next to Dan "I'm happy to be meeting you. I was expecting to walk in here and have everyone laugh at me"

Dan just smiled and shook his head "Most of these guys seem nice. I'm sure you'll be making plenty of friends"

Chris cleared his throat "That's nice and all, but Julia was never dropped in and I don't have a Chef to tell me if their taxi got caught in traffic!"

"Oh, I'm right here"

Chris turned to the group of contestants to find where that voice came from. He saw a somewhat muscular teen girl with messy brown hair, with the ends dyed blue. She was wearing a plain blue shirt with a black jacket tied around her waist, black ripped jeans, white socks, gray worn down sneakers, and a black beanie. She had a blank expression on her face, not really seeming too excited to be here.

"Well… didn't miss out talking to you" Chris mumbled as he stared towards the group "half way done, half way done…"

He cleared his throat again as he pulled away two notecards. Just excited to get done with the cast intros.

"Almost there Chris… Ok! Next one up should be a… Vivian Chan" he looked around expectantly before seeing a half asian woman standing before him. She had what looked like a confident smile on his face, her hair was black and wavy and reached her lower back. She had on a pink, long sleeved shirt that clings to her body, a white skater skirt, black tights and white flats. However, most of the contestants were more interested in how the clothing hugged her attractive body than how the clothes looked on their own.

Chris looked her up and down before throwing out the note with her name on it "Got it, Lindsay 2. Good to know. Join the others and try to not feel jealous that we already have the sex appeal right here" he smiled and winked at the camera.

Vivian frowned a bit, before turning to the cast with what looked like a scowl. A portion of the guys were checking her out, with the exception of Dan and Vincent, with Dan looking away as Vincent smiled and waved.

Vivian sighed a little and just stood on the other side of Rosalina and Phoebi, away from the guys. She crossed her arms a little in annoyance, before turning a bit to see Phoebi and Rosalina staring at her. She could only sigh a bit and slowly shake her head.

"A fast introduction, I love her already" Chris snickered in amusement before the next contestant was dropped off. Like a chunk of the cast, her skin was very pale, but she had long black hair done in two pigtails. both being held up by purple and black bows. Harmonia was wearing a grey gothic lolita dress with a black corset that has purple accents. She has long sleeves with small purple roses embroidered on the end of them. The skirt has two layers with the top one being grey and the one underneath being purple. There are embroidered roses along the bottom. Along with this, she wears stockings and black Mary-Janes.

She lowered her hands and bowed courteously "It is a pleasure to meet you Christopher. I am Harmonia, it is truly a delight to meet you"

"Oh, another polite one hu? Boring!" He rolled his eyes a bit as he pointed back to the others. Harmonia didn't seem to respond to his statement about her being boring, just walking past him with a blank expression. She eyed up the group silently, making quite a few feel uncomfortable before she decided to stand next to Lester and Dan. She smiled and waved a little at the two.

"Nice to meet you" Lester pushed up his glasses as he waved with a toothy grin. He didn't notice for a moment but Dan was quietly standing behind him.

"Yea…. hi" He murmured a bit.

Lester and Harmonia looked at him in confusion, but didn't feel like questioning him. Lester put a hand on Dan's shoulder to try and help him relax. Harmonia on the other hand was quietly tilting her head, not changing her expression much from a blank face.

Chris rolled his eyes a little at Dan's paranoia before turning back to where the taxis came in to see the next one park. Chris shot the next contestant's finger pistols as he got out of the taxi "Hey, Oscar my man!"

"Sup" He smiled and waved at him. Oscar looked generally fit, but his body was covered in mud and scratches. He had long frizzy brown hair and tanned skin. He was wearing a blue hiking shirt, a pair of brown khakis. He also had brown hiking boots, red work gloves, and a blue backpack filled to the brim with various camping equipment.

"You can go stand next to all the others big guy" Chris smiled a bit as Oscar walked over to the other contestants.

He stood next to Pboebi who immediately pinched her nose when he was close "Did you roll in mud before you got here?"

Oscar just chuckled a bit "Nah, this is basically a mark of my travels'" He pointed at a scratch on his cheek "Got this baby climbing over a large fence… I wana say two months ago now"

Phoebi rolled her eyes "Is that what's in with degenerates these days or are you just a special case?"

Oscar scratched his chin before shrugging "I think I'm just a special case. I don't think most of the guys here travel too much"

Phoebi rolled her eyes in announcing as the next contestant appeared. It was a tall and lanky man who easily stood over a chunk of the cast with brown messy hair that sticks up in random spots. He was also wearing a black deerstalker hat with a checkered pattern, A white button down, black dress slacks and black dress shoes. He had a smug smile on his face as he looked at Chris before walking over to the other contestants without saying a thing.

"Ok… Oliver everyone…."

"Actually" He raised a finger "I would prefer being called Haden when referred to. Seems more… I suppose you could say respectful. Or professional"

"Yea, sure, whatever. We'll call you whatever I feel like. So prepare yourself for that now sherlock"

Haden rolled his eyes a bit, but kept his smile on his face as he slowly eyed up a few of the other contestants. But unlike a few, he was a lot more subtel about it.

"Well… at least he was a little quicker." He scratched his cheek a little before turning back to see someone much smaller than him standing in front of him. She had a brown, short ponytail and was wearing a black short sleeve and shorts.

Chris chuckled to himself as she patted her head "Awwww, did the school bus drop you off here by mistake?"

She tried to just laugh off his taunt "Oh, uh, not really. I'm here to compete…"

Chris just chuckled and ruffled up her hair "Right, sure. You can stand over with the others while we wait for your mommy to get here"

Penny frowned up at him "I'm Penny. I'm on that list if you could read it at all" she started smirking a little at him, just getting a frown from Chris.

"Go stand with the others before I make one of your challenges having you in a diaper" Chris pointed to the others. Penny smirked and chuckled to herself as she went to the others, noticing Mina eating by herself and standing next to her.

Mina side eyed her and smiled "Never seen someone so close to my height before"

"Yea, I haven't met someone my age who's actually shorter than me… and so much so too" Penny couldn't help but compare their heights a little.

"Yea, I hear that a lot, but it's not so bad. Hungry?" She held up a handful of god knows what to Penny's face. Penny backed up slightly and shook her head.

"I'm… good. Thanks…" Penny smiled as best she could before Mina shoved the food into her mouth.

"Could you two keep it down please?"

Penny turned around quickly with a frown "our conversation doesn't concern you"

"It does when you talk that loud" The new girl stated coldly. They could tell the girl was only a bit taller than Penny and had her black hair in a bob cut. She was wearing pretty simple attire, with a white t-shirt, a black skirt, and black leggings. Chris almost immediately noticed her talking to the two and threw some of the notes on the ground.

"Stop sneaking into this! I have to give you your introductions!"

"I thought that would be a waste of my time" Her cold exterior didn't disappear once as she spoke to the host.

Chris sighed in annoyance "Whatever. Just know her as Olena campers. And if you want, no one will blame you for voting her out first"

Olena rolled her eyes as she glared a bit at him "They won't have a reason to when I lead my team to flawless victory after flawless victory"

"Right, I'm rooting for you guys" He smirked a bit "And we're also down to our final three contestants. Meaning, I can sick you all on a challenge and relax for the evening!"

"Jeez, he must've gotten lazy in his old age" Phoebi whispered towards Rosalina, getting a quiet snicker from her and a few others around her.

"I am not old first off! And second off, I wouldn't mess with me. I have thought up a lot of ideas on how to torment teens since Pakhitew"

"Guess that's what happens when no one wants to date you" Lester murmured with a small smirk.

"Oh, I am not hearing that from a guy with rainbow socks and sandals!" Chris glared towards the group, getting sick and tired of these teens already.

Chris felt a light tap on his shoulder "Z-Zis is Total Drama, n-no?"

Chris turned around with a deep glare, immediately making the teen shrink in fear. Chris breathed in slowly before nodding "Yep. This sure is. I presume you're that German kid. Aaron right?"

The teen just nodded meekly. Aaron had pale skin with freckles and well combed blond hair. Plain black hoodie with a German flag on it, orange jeans and black sneakers. He also wears an orange beanie. He was tapping his fingers together as he looked away. Chris noticed how scared he was and let out a sigh.

"Sorry, didn't mean to… scare you already. Just go stand with the others. Some of them should be nicer than me" He let out a little chuckle to lighten the mood. Aaron slowly nodded his head, before lowering his eye level and walking up to the group and standing next to a random group.

He looked up to the others and waved bashfully "It's… nice to meet you… I don't really make many friends…"

He was standing next to Rosalina, Vivian, and Phoebi. Naturally Phoebi was pretty unimpressed by him, while the other two waved with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you Aaron. I like your accent" The model to be, Vivian smiled.

The Foujoshi nodded with her "super cute too! I always found accents fun, I always really wished I had one if I'm honest. Like, a thick Japanese accent so when I go to Japan they might just think I was one of them and show me to all of their cute boys holding hands at school. Hey, is it too forward to ask-" Phoebi covered Rosalina's mouth with a soft groan.

"If you let her keep talking she'll never stop" Rosalina just continued to ramble on and on even though she was muffled.

Aaron just nodded meekly, not sure what he was expected to say towards these girls. "I hope ve have a good time here…."

Back with the host, he was just looking at the last two on his paper with a smile. He could rest soon. He looked up to see the last two taxis coming in together.

"Well… I don't really feel like doing both introductions…"

One of the taxis opened up, with a young girl walking out. She was on the shorter end of the cast and looked somewhat skinny, but still looked almost as attractive as Vivian. They had long black hair and was wearing a black unisex t-shirt with several fireballs on it. He also wears skinny jeans, white socks, and black boots. They also had several piercings on his nose and on his lower lip. She admittedly didn't look too excited to be there.

"Heyyy there! Lucy, right?"

They grumbled a bit as they glared at Chris "Yes... that's me. But I'm more than fine not being called that" Lucy stated dryly.

"Woah… she could totally win the beauty pageant badge if she was a boyscout…" Lester and Oscar just slowly nodded to Dino with small smiles.

Lucy heard him and turned with a scowl "I can't wait to kick your ass" She growled as she balled up her fist and stomped towards him.

Lester and Oscar were more than happy to quietly move away as Lucy walks up to the boyscout with a harsh glare "Talk about me like that again and I'll end you"

Dino was sweating a little as he saluted with a nod "I-I apologize ma'am. I will give up my honor badge if you wish"

Lucy slowly shook her head "As long as you realize your mistake I might be willing to forget this little interaction"

Dino quickly nodded "Thank you for being understanding. I will not disappoint you and I will do my best to make this up to you"

Lucy just turned around and crossed her arms "See to it that you do"

Chris ignored the little conflict and noticed, like with Strider, no one was coming out. Chris let out an annoyed groan "I'm not falling for another trick like Chef." He looked over the cast, thinking.

"Uhhhh, you, Dan. You go and fall for it"

Dan frowned but nodded as he walked over to the taxi. They were down a guy so this last one would probably just be another dude, at least in his head he hoped that made sense. He slowly opened the taxi door before flinching a bit and falling on his back.

In the taxi sat a girl with her face glued to a computer. She had pale skin, freckles, and ginger hair with a fringe dyed pink. She was wearing a Burnt Orange and Dark Teal sweater over a band tee. She has a white tennis skirt and striped coral and white socks that go to her knees. She has white sneakers with orange stripes on them. She didn't seem to notice or care about Dan being there.

"Sorry everyone, but I have to sign off now. I won't be streaming for a while, as I'm competing on Total Drama like I said. Don't expect to see me until I win." She smiled before closing the laptop and jumping out of the taxi. Finally noticing Dan on the ground and extending a hand towards him "need some help up?"

Dan just skidded further back before turning to Chris "C-Chris, where will the confessionals be?"

The host just stared down at him "Think you're jumping the gun a little bit there kid? I haven't even set up the location for you all yet"

Dan just stared up at him. Chris rubbed the bridge of his nose before pointing towards the castle "Fineeeee, there's a confessional outhoust near here you can use"

Dan got up and started running to the outhoust. Chris turned towards the girl with a smile "nice to have you here Claire. I think you'll get along just fine"

Claire had no clue what just happened, so just awkwardly nodded her head.

Confessional: Dan

He sat down in the confessional, a little nervous "I, uh, really like some of the guys here so far. Lester and Vincent seemed pretty friendly, Dylan seemed chill, and Oscar's cool..." He smiled a bit as he started to realx as he spoke.

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Confessional: Harmonia

She had her hand in a thinker pose as she quietly looked past the camera "I'm starting to believe Dan is an incel. Or, well, something close to that. Then again, Gynophobia is a real thing. He'll be an interesting one to examine. I hope I'm placed on his team."

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Confessional: Mina

Mina was still eating out of her bucket, which almost seemed endless. "This place is pretty cool. I'm bummed I didn't get to see much of Chef so far… but that one kid, Xavier I think, was a chef. I hope we're on the same team."

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Chris stood with all the contestants outside of the castle, he was scratching his head as he looked up to a draw bridge. He looked to his side to see a small machine. There wasn't anything on it besides a keycard slot and two separate buttons. One red and one green. He just scratched his head slowly.

"Well… first challenge time!" Chris turned back to the contestants "Go find some keys! Either there's enough for everyone and it decides the teams. Or there's just one key around town and they get to pick their own team. Get looking kiddos!"

All the contestants just quietly looked at each other. No one really knew where to start.

"You really didn't plan out this season did you?" The Ice Queen Olena mumbled.

"I'm learning along with all of you. Now get looking before I just start finding out what this does" He pulled out a remote with a sadistic grin. All the contestants got the hint and immediately started running back into town.

Chris snickered to himself "I missed this"

Chris head footsteps, quickly turning to see an annoyed Chef sweating "Well, nice of you to join us again Chef"

Chef didn't respond, just picking the host up and dropping him into the water below "I'm getting some rest" He pulled out a keycard and put it into the machine, cauisng the drawbridge to drop.

The co-host turned to the camera with a scowl "Will all the contestants find their keys in or will they fail? Seeing the kids I saw earlier, I'll just guess now only half of them will come back. But, make sure to tune in next time on Total Drama Castle Chaos!"

"That's my line!" Chris yelled from down in the water.

AN: yea, not much to really say here. I'm hoping this wasn't too bad, but I'm not the best at intros, but I'm excited to start working more on character dynamics next chapter