Chris was eating popcorn while sitting in a large amphitheater. He was laughing to himself, just enjoying himself. The camera moved to show the audience that Chris was just watching a "Chris" Maxine whispered from offscreen.
Chris looked over at Maxine "ugh, another intro already? Finneeee"
"You're the one getting paid to do this" Maxine murmured.
"Yea, yea. Anywho!" Chris threw the popcorn over his shoulder "last time on Total Drama, we found ourselves in a special murder-themed challenge! But, with a twist, the person who solved one of those murders and the one who was sent home was our resident baker! Seeing as he was one of if not Aaron's only friends, we'll just have to see how our little German takes it. Hopefully not as poorly as the last German who didn't get his way" Chris snickered "but, find out that question and more in today's challenge of Total Drama Castle Chaos!"
Intro Plays
The contestants, as they always are, we're doing their own thing. However, something was different among the groups now. For one, Aaron had specifically started avoiding his team after Xavier had been eliminated. While over on the Peasant's side, Julia and Dino were hanging out with different groups. Julia was primarily just keeping an eye on Lester by her lonesome while Dino was third-wheeling in a game room with Vivian and Dan.
The two awkward 'friends' weren't giving Dino too much attention, rather they were playing a friendly game of ping-pong. Both faintly smiling at each other. Vivian tapped the ping-pong ball and accidentally hit it too hard, causing it to smack hard against his head but bounce towards Vivian's side. Vivian looked worried at Dan, hitting the ball lightly before Dan smashed it, causing it to bounce past her.
"Sweet got a point!" Dan cheered proudly.
Vivian sighed slightly "you only scored because I was worried I hurt you" she teased.
Dan raised an eyebrow before rubbing his head "oh, the ping-pong ball? Who cares? It's just a small ball I've not felt worse"
Vivian giggled slightly as the camera moved over to Dino. Dino was leaning back on a comfy-looking cushion. For once, he actually looked like he was… thinking?
Confessional: Dino
"I kind of feel weird not hanging out with Julia. I mean, that was my favorite part of the day!" He smiled a bit "but now, she's kinda been ignoring me to hang out with Lester… I mean I'm happy she's making friends… but I kinda miss when we went out camping" he chuckled a little "I mean, imagine if she wanted to camp with Lester more than me. That's kinda weird… no offense to Lester"
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A few halls away, Aaron was just sitting on his bed looking down. No one had come to console him since Xavier was eliminated. All of them were busy doing their own thing or just couldn't care less about his itty-bitty issues.
"Have you really been hunkering down in here this whole time?"
Aaron raised his head to see Vaughn was leaning against the entrance to the room.
"V-Vaughn, I d-don't need you here to make me feel better" Aaron murmured.
Vaughn scoffed as he walked a bit closer "you think that's why I'm here? To console you? No no no. I'm here to tell you that you better man up"
"V-Vhat?"
"Yea, man up" Vaughn repeats "Xavier was a good ally but if we just sulk we'll be on the chopping block. We got lucky enough that he went instead of us and that Phoebi and Olena still hate each other. If we can remove Haden we're golden"
Aaron looked at Vaughn, not saying a word for a few moments "v-vhy do you n-not care that Xavier is gone?"
Vaughn raised an eyebrow at him "of course it sucks. He was a good ally. But, I'm still here"
"D-do you only see us as allies?" Aaron stood up.
"Well. That's my main interest with you two" Vaughn smiled as he shrugged.
Aaron stared at him before quietly walking past the other boy to… just go anywhere else really.
"Wonder what his problem is" Vaughn rolled his eyes before sitting on his bed.
/
Julia was still keeping a quiet eye on Lester, making sure he wasn't going to try anything sneaky on her watch. She didn't really have a reason for Lester in particular, she just knew he'd be an easy distraction.
After a few moments a voice spoke up behind her "my my Julia, I didn't think after Dino's rejection you'd stoop to simping Lester"
Julia turned towards Harmonia, and showed her genuine annoyance at the fancily dressed girl "what do you want Hamonia?"
"Oh, that's such a cute nickname, Julia. I will make sure to make one that's just as charming, Mrs. Hughes"
Julia continued to stare at her in annoyance. Hoping her stare would just scare her off "what did you want? Just came here to mock me about nothing real?"
Harmonia shrugged "I just came to watch you. Someone has to watch the watcher"
"That's dumb, I don't need to get watched like an infant"
"And Lester does?" Harmonia tilted her head.
"If I don't watch him I'm almost confident Lester is going to run to Vivian's room and eat her underwear," Julia stated dryly.
"I see. That is a real concern" Harmonia nodded slowly "But perhaps I could take Lester watching duties?"
"Why would any woman want to do that of her own free will?"
Harmonia smiled "it's quite simple. You know my alliance with Penny and Violet no?"
"No" Julia raised an eyebrow "since when have you three had an alliance?"
While most people would presumably seem nervous about revealing an alliance, Harmonia seemed as serene as ever "oh, it's simply an alliance against Lester" Harmonia smiled "and I feel like you could use the friends"
Julia glared, slightly insulted by the 'friends' comment, but Harmonia quickly noticed and smiled a little more friendly "oh no I don't mean it like that. I simply believe you and Dino could use some allies in this game. Lester is his own beast and Dan+Vivian is a voting block that could easily eliminate either of you"
Julia frowned a little "and how would I know your alliance wouldn't just dump me when you get the chance?"
Harmonia gave her a small shrug "trust is just something you must have. We're not far from the merge, so in the case that we continue to lose it is unlikely that you would even be in the bottom"
Julia frowned, still not being a big fan of Harmonia.
"Well, if you don't trust me you could always go and talk to the girls about it. I'm sure they're having their little playdate as we speak… I can watch Lester quite easily"
Julia eventually relented with a nod "fine. Your problem anyways" she started walking off.
Harmonia smiled to herself, before looking over to Lester who was basically drawing something on his hand with a marker. Harmonia raised an eyebrow at the little freakshow before walking towards him.
"Hello Lester"
"Oh, hey Hot-moans-a lot. Get it? Kinda close to Harmonia" Lester smirked a bit at her.
"Oh, how clever. I was almost concerned you didn't know how to talk to a woman but I was proven oh so wrong" Harmonia lost her smile and stared at him "I want to know why you're treating people the way you are"
Lester stared back, just smiling innocently "what do you mean? Wouldn't any guy act this creepy with so many hotties around?"
Harmonia hid her skepticism well "I just want to know what your plan here is. Pinning everyone against yourself is far from a plan that would be beneficial. And I find it hard to believe that you started the season as a meek baby to suddenly being a perverted scourge"
Lester chuckled weakly, sweating a little "Dan just gave me some confidence that's all"
Harmonia raised an eyebrow at him. Lester looked around nervously before giving a hard slap to her rump and running away. Harmonia stared as he ran away, smiling faintly as her eye twitched a little.
Confessional: Harmonia
"Lester is proving to be more and more annoying. I have no idea what his plan is though" she sighed slightly "but it's good to know that he is more than the little freak that the others think. But, I need to find a way to use his plan to keep myself from getting out…" she rubbed her chin a little.
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Confessional: Lester
"Harmonia is a lot more than just looks, I can say that much" Lester murmured in annoyance "but at least one of the girls here isn't as dumb as bricks. But she's still not my main concern. I already know who I've gotta eliminate" he had a smirk on his face "I really hope we find ourselves in a physical challenge today" he snickered a bit to himself.
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Harmonia wasn't the only contestant here that was talking strategy. Olena was currently seated with her usual ally Rosalina and was currently holding up a tissue box to Rosalina who was looked like she was near tears.
"They were so beautiful together!" Rosalina wailed before blowing her nose on a tissue.
Olena pat her shoulder "there… there? I'm sure Aaron will get over Xavier's departure soon Rosa"
Rosalina looked at her with a sad frown "that's not my problem, Xavier and Aaron were this close to swapping spit before everyone had to vote him out!"
"Well… he did lose the challenge"
"That's not the point!" Rosalina sniffled before pulling Olena close and pressing her forehead to Olena's chest, wailing pitifully.
Olena reeled back in surprise, looking around and showing a faint bit of confusion before awkwardly patting her head "this is so beyond my social understanding..." she murmured.
Rosalina wailed until they both heard a man clearing his throat. Olena looked over to see Vaughn leaning on the door.
"Oh, uh. Hi Vaughn, do you need something?"
"I was hoping to talk to you actually" Vaughn walked forward.
Olena looked at Rosalina then Vaughn "I'm kind of busy here…"
"Of course" Vaughn rolled his eyes "she took this harder than that other crybaby" he murmured before snapping his finger to get Rosalina's attention "hey, tubs, listen here"
Rosalina slowly raised her head to look at him, her lip quivering.
Vaughn stared blankly at her "you know Olena, if I remember right I think I saw Dino and Dan playing games together in the game room. Think Dino even nuzzled up to him on the couch"
"Vaughn, just let her deal with her-" Olena was cut off, feeling Rosalina run away from her, her smile is back in full force. "I guess she just wanted guys to ship…"
"Great, glad the adults can talk now" Vaughn walked closer to her, leaning close to her face and staring intensely at her "Olena, I feel it is in our own self-interests to begin working together"
"You want to work with me?" She tilted her head slightly "why would you want to do that? If you haven't noticed most of the people on the team don't like me anymore"
"Yea, well, it's obvious Haden doesn't like me either" Vaughn crossed his arm and leaned back "so here's the thing. You and I need allies. Phoebi is an annoying leader, at least you were easier to ignore."
"Gee thanks"
"And I know I can get her out. I just need you to help with Haden. I have Aaron with me, don't I? Sounds like this would be the perfect deal"
Olena rubbed her chin before looking at him "sure, we can work together. But if we work together I want you to get along with other people"
"Yea, sure, whatever" Vaughn smirked before extending his hand to her "fair deal right?"
Olena looked down at his hand, frowning slightly before taking it "fine. I hope this teamwork goes well"
"Yea. I'm almost sure it'll go well" Vaughn smiled, shaking her hand for a bit longer than Olena anticipated before walking off.
Olena frowned quietly to herself, not sure what to think of Vaughn just in general.
/
Lucy was sitting alone, looking as pissed as she always did at this point. She made sure to just avoid anyone on her way to her quiet spot. It was a balcony near the top of the castle, where she had a small wooden rocking chair as she looked over the small village around the castle. "Stupid Phoebi is going to screw me out of this game and I can't do anything to stop her…"
"Strong players on your team too huh?"
Lucy jumped slightly at the voice, turning around to see Penny walking over with a friendly smile. Lucy glared quietly at the other girl before standing up.
"Woah hey, you don't have to leave just because I'm here" Penny raised her hands, smiling still "I just wanted to hang out a bit" Penny walked towards her, taking a seat on a futon after dragging it to the balcony with her.
"Why do you want to hang out then? Want to use me to make my team suck more?"
Penny shook her head "I leave the scheming to Violet, I'm just here to have fun and make some friends. And I don't want to be rude but you seemed like you were having a bad time… basically whenever I saw you"
"You wouldn't get it" Lucy quietly growled.
"Well… maybe not exactly what you're going through but I might have an idea of it" Penny smiled sweetly at her "I know what it's like being mocked for how I am"
Lucy looked a little more interested "what are you talking about exactly…?"
Penny smiled as she pointed at herself "I don't like talking about… my problems, but yea, I'm obviously short and everyone here knows that"
Lucy rolled her eyes "who cares if you're short?"
"Well, I'm a kid. Everyone will find a way to mock you. That's just how youth is" she smiled a little "but I chose to not take that lying down. I started working out to show I'm not some small child. And now look at me" Penny smirked a little as she flexed her arms for Lucy.
Lucy blushed slightly at her biceps "well what does that have to do with me? Did you just want to gloat about getting over your problems?"
Penny brought her arms back down and shook her head "no not at all. I was just trying to encourage you. I got past my problems with pure determination, and want to show everyone that I'm just fine how I am. And I can tell you're just as strong as I am. If not more" she smiled softly.
Lucy frowned "well my problem isn't as easy as just working out. But thanks." She stated the last part sarcastically.
Penny opened her mouth to say something before the intercom over them turns on "hello campers! If everyone would be so kind I have a challenge for you all! Meet me at the drawbridge, and no one is going to want to be last here. Oh, and remember to bring your swim trunks!" it turns back off as the two girls looked at each other.
"Well, I guess I'll see you down there" Penny smiled before walking out of the room. Lucy just quietly stared at the door once she was gone.
Confessional: Lucy
Lucy frowned a bit, she was wearing a blue one-piece. "I don't know what that Penny chick was doing going up and bugging me. Did she just want more screen time or something?" Lucy rubbed her face slowly "it's whatever. Her advice was shit anyways. Nothing she said applies to me, so she was probably just trying to mess with me… somehow. I'll have to think of how" she shrugged.
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Confessional: Harmonia
"Ah yes, the swimsuit episode. A classic really. On here and just on tv otherwise. It's almost quite humorous that men can get so excited over drawings of almost naked women. It's quite honestly amusing knowing that they won't have any shot in the dark with a real female" Harmonia was also in her swimsuit already, wearing a black one-piece with purple frills at the waist, and three fake small purple roses across the chest.
XXX
Chris was waiting at the drawbridge with Chef holding a remote and standing next to him. It takes a while but all of the contestants made it to the bridge.
"What was so important?" Haden asked with a small scowl "I was in the middle of some important duties" Haden was currently wearing a black speedo and goggles.
"What were you doing that could be so important?" Phoebi raised an eyebrow at him. Funnily enough, she was wearing matching swimsuits with Lucy, just wearing a blue one-piece.
"And why do you have to wear a speedo?" Vaughn spoke, obviously disgusted. Vaughn was one of the few guys wearing a shirt, which was black. He was also wearing black swim trunks with blue dots on them.
"Everything I do is rather important. I wouldn't waste my time on something that didn't earn my interest. And with a speedo I can swim much more optimally" Haden smirked smugly.
"I think it looks great on him!" Rosalina smiled. She had a pink swimming top and bottom with a purple bathing suit skirt wrap.
"Their team has some real charmers" Julia rolled her eyes, she was wearing a black one-piece swimsuit. She got a small smile from Violet. Violet was wearing a purple one-piece that covers up as much skin as physically possible.
"Why does every girl besides the fat one have to be covering so much skin?" Lester looked like he was genuinely miserable about this fact. "Well… except for one" Lester smiled as he looked over at Vivian.
Lester was wearing a full-body, pink wetsuit and rubber ducky floaties. His swimsuit would be funny if he wasn't staring so creepily at Vivian.
Vivian looks seriously uncomfortable by his stare, trying to cover some skin with her hands. She was wearing a rather plain-looking white bikini, but with her body, it more than made up for the lack of frillyness.
Dan saw Lester start to drool before slowly taking a step in between them. He was wearing a normal black shirt and white trunks.
"Listen you, ankle biters! I don't care if you're all excited about the swimsuits or what but listen!" Chris yelled, not wanting any further distraction. No one said anything as Chris smiled "great. Now, this is your first challenge. All you need to do is make it to the end of the river connected to this mote" Chris pointed down and moved his finger towards an opening into a forest behind the castle.
"So we just have to walk there?" Dino leaned forward to look further down the stream. He didn't have his sash on and only had his orange trunks.
"Not exactly…" Chris smiled before turning his head to Chef, who snickered and tapped a button on the remote he was holding. Suddenly, the bridge they were on suddenly spun, launching the cast into the water below. "You guys will be swimming there! But don't worry, we don't have any sharks this season"
"Ow!" the camera cut down to Penny frowning "something bit me!" Penny's swimsuit wasn't necessarily swimming attire, instead just being a dark blue tank top with shorts
"Oh right. We don't have sharks… but we may have put piranhas in there!" Chris snickered
The contestants gasped in shock. A piranha jumped out of the water and bit the beck of Olena's head. Olena was another girl in a one-piece, with hers being purple. The contestants panicked and began to quickly swim away.
Aaron swam slower than the others, just trying to keep up as more and more piranhas jumped him and bit down on his exposed skin "ov ov ov" he was wearing blue and white swim trunks.
Chris laughed to himself "and so both teams have started their first part of the challenge! Which team will get their reward at their final destination? And what even is that final destination? Find out after the break on Total Drama Castle Chaos!"
/
It takes the teams a while, but the majority of them were making good progress to the other end of the river. Dino swam through the water like a knife through butter as Harmonia quietly rode on his back.
"I'm glad you told me about your allergy to piranhas before they got to you Harmonia" Dino smiled as he kept swimming.
Harmonia nods solemnly "it's a family curse, but I am truly grateful for the assistance Dino" Harmonia looked back to Julia, who was trying to not look obvious as she stared. Harmonia just gave her a smug smile before tightly hugging Dino's back "you're a true hero darling"
Dino blushed a bit before awkwardly chuckling "o-oh, thanks" Harmonia looked back, happy with her results when she sees Julia glare back.
The camera moves closer to the shore, where Penny and Lucy were speeding towards it, Lucy looked over to Penny with a competitive glare while Penny was still just swimming nonchalantly.
It takes them a few moments before Penny slammed face-first into a rock, slowly sinking into the water and Lucy came out the other side "did I win!?"
Chris stepped out from behind a tree and shook his head "no siree. You need your whole team before one of you gets your advantage"
Lucy smirked a bit before Violet floated onto land "that's not fair! They have fewer guys than us"
Chris shrugged "maybe don't do so well next time"
Violet quietly grumbled to herself as she sat down, watching Penny slowly trudge onto land before collapsing.
/
It takes many of the contestants a while to get there, but eventually, all the Peasants make it there. Aaron was the last one on the team to make it, walking nonchalantly as a squid wrapped its tentacles around his head.
"And it looks like the Peasants made it here first!" Chris announced.
"Who are we still waiting on?" Dan raised his head to the host.
Chris rubbed his chin as he looked over the contestants "let's see let's see…. Oh, that's right! We gotta keep waiting for Lester"
All of the Jesters groaned in annoyance. However, the team didn't have to wait too long for Lester to come in with a small wave, lying face down and in the sand.
"Hey there Lester!" Chris smiled, however, Lester didn't get up "Lester?"
Dino started quietly tapping him with a stick.
"Does anyone want to give that poor child CPR?"
No one responds for a few moments before Chris shrugged "all right, in that case, one of you has to carry him. See you guys there" Chris started walking along a path, quickly being followed by the Peasants.
"Well, who's going to-" Dan looked around to see everyone on his team had disappeared except for Vivian, who looked around just as surprised as he was.
"Guess they chose me" Dan murmured before picking his friend up and walking away with him.
/
The contestants followed Chris to a clearing in the forest, finding two large rocky mountains with waterfalls going down both. There were soccer nets at the top of both mountains with a slide going down the back. At the bottom of both mini-mountains was a pool of water.
"This place is rather pretty" Olena showed a small smile looking at the water.
The rest of the contestants were just as entranced by the location, besides Vaughn who was just trying to get his lighter to work again.
"That's right, welcome to our day's main challenge! To win, a team must climb all the way up the other team's mountain and simply score a goal. Do this just one time and your team wins today!"
"You said we got a reward for getting here on time right?" Phoebi crossed her arms.
"Ah… you remembered," Chris grumbled, "well yes, you do have an advantage" he pointed back to one of the mountains with a red slide "at the top of your mountain you already have a goalie. She's pretty much a pro so it shouldn't be too difficult for you"
"So we just have to score once?" Julia raised an eyebrow "that's too easy, you're hiding something"
"Well…" Chris shrugged "both teams have a decent amount of time to start setting up defenses for their teams. Then you all get to fight over this one ball" he holds up a large volleyball.
"How long do we got?" Rosalina asked quickly.
Chris rubbed his chin "I'll say… two minutes. But if I get bored I'll just start it so you all better start climbing!" He smiled as the teams sprinted past him.
Confessional: Dino
Dino had a slightly more confident smile as he raised his badge up "I have a badge for setting up forts" his smile became more confident "our troop leader had a freak out after claiming zombies were after his brain when he ate some brownies from his mom and then got us all to make forts. What a summer, I learned how to use a crossbow and everything!"
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"Ok, so…" Olena looked up at the large mountain, her team was quietly swimming in the water "some of us have to climb up and start defenses while the others are going to have to get ready for the ball whenever Chris hands it over.
"Um, Olena dear, I think you forgot that no one wants to listen to the pebble bouncing around in that fat head of yours. Now, for our actual plan-" Phoebi spoke before Rosalina stepped to face to face with her.
"That's not fair plenty of people on this team like to listen to her!" Rosalina looked angry for once.
"Are we having a problem now?" Phoebi stared back at her, but she looked like Rosalina wasn't worth her time.
"Do we have to do this every single time you guys fight?" Vaughn groaned angrily "seriously, you guys are such a pain I swear!"
Haden nods "hate to agree with him but arguing over leadership every time is such a pain"
Phoebi glared at them, before looking at Rosalina with contempt "fine, this time I'll lead, and then in the next challenge Olena will get her chance"
"Great, now we can actually try to win" Vaughn rolled his eyes "what shall we do now leader?"
"Vaugh, you and Haden can start climbing up to meet our goalie with Aaron. Olena, Porky, and I can deal with getting the ball first. Then, Lucy, all we need from you is to go screw with the other team's setup. By the time we're up there I want most of them thrown off or at least slowed down"
"Not a bad plan" Haden smirked a bit "and surprisingly above average for you. So well done"
Phoebi rolled her eyes and pointed at the mountain "you three just need to start climbing!"
The three boys turned around, ignoring her as they started climbing up the tall mountain. Phoebi turned around to see Lucy was already gone "well, I guess we can get ready then girls" Phoebi turned to start swimming closer to the middle of the pond.
Rosalina was about to follow her before Olena swam next to her "you didn't have to do that Rosalina…"
Rosalina just shrugged with a returning warm smile "it's nothing for me. She's always mean to you and I just don't like that one bit!"
Olena smiled more than usual "thanks…" Rosalina just returned the smile.
/
The camera cuts over to the Jesters, also sitting at the bottom of the water "so… do we leave our stronger people to grab the ball and score?" Dan asked the others.
"Sounds fair to me" Harmonia started swimming closer to the mountain "Dino, Lester, Vivian and I will climb up. Can you guys handle the ball?" Harmonia looked over at Violet, Julia, Dan, and Penny. Who all nodded. Well, except Dan who didn't seem too excited to be so close to a bunch of girls in swimsuits.
The group of four climbers made their way up as the other four made their way closer to the middle of the pond. Julia quietly glanced backward to see Dino and Harmonia talking before Violet tapped her shoulder.
"Yea, hey, I know you're crushing on Dino and all but can we focus here?"
Julia glared at her "first off I'm not crushing him, and secondly, I don't talk about all the time you hang out with Penny"
Violet shrugged "fair enough. Just don't let your head get dragged out of the game. I'd rather we lose and not have to debate who gets sent home"
"I'm sure not everyone minds your attitude that much if you're worried about someone besides Lester going" Julia spoke with a small smirk.
Penny just rolled her eyes at their conversation, not being remotely interested in their little catfight while Dan looked somewhat interested by it.
Confessional: Dan
Dan was nodding slowly "it's been a while since I've been a witness to girl talk, and it's a lot different than I remembered. Like, I know it's catty and all that but the sarcasm is new." he started writing this down on the toilet paper "Vivian spends all her time with me so maybe she would like to do more 'girl talk'..."
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It cuts to Vaughn, Haden, and Aaron started climbing up the mountain. Aaron was climbing away from both of them and kept quiet. Haden was climbing behind the Irish redhead who started slowing down and climbing a bit closer "hey, what's your face"
Haden slowly turned to look at him "yes?"
"I was thinking maybe we could ignore our problems until we get to the merge yea?" Vaughn smiled, however lost his smile once Haden started snickering.
"You serious there?" Haden rolled his eyes "I know you're mister strat and all, or at least that's what you try to come off as with your little group but I'm not the type to work with someone I know isn't going to be trustworthy. I'd rather be the untrustworthy one in a group"
"Look, detective. I don't care how much you trust me the fact of the matter is that our team is going underwater fast and the other team is just going to keep gaining on us"
Haden didn't say anything before Vaughn continued "most of the people on that team get along beside the little creep. So we need to cooperate at least til the merge to make things fairer"
Haden groaned a little "fine, I'll work with you. Just know that once the other is as difunctional as ours this whole thing is off"
Vaughn smiled and nodded "of course. I don't plan to talk to you more than I have to either way"
Haden just quietly rolled his eyes before he began to start climbing again.
Those two continued to climb, however, Aaron was the first one to make it to the top. Sighing a little as he collapsed forward. He looked towards their soccer net to see a woman quietly standing by herself. She had black hair that was tied up in a bun and looked rather athletic. She was wearing a purple hockey shirt with the number '09' on it and also yoga pants. "Bout time one of you guys got all the way up here seriously. I was starting to think you were just going to spend the whole game splashing around below."
"S-s-sorry…." Aaron whispered bashfully "v-v-vho are you?"
She smiled a bit at him "my friends call me Wyo. So you can call me Wyonetta"
"O-ok V-Vyonetta… y-you're our goalie yes?"
"Yep, even if your full team is as skinny as you I feel like we'll handle this just fine!" Wyo seemed to have a very confident smile on her face.
It takes a few moments but Vaughn and Haden pulled themselves over the edge before looking at Wyo.
"Oh great, we have a high school athlete on our team for our bonus" Haden snarked as he dusted himself off.
Vaughn just looked at her and smiled a bit "well she looks more capable than half our team so I can't complain"
Wyo just rolled her eyes a little at the two "ok, is that all I've got for backup?" Aaron just slowly nodded his head as she groaned "no wonder you guys had the losing streak"
/
"Alright campers!" Chris raised his hand "you all can start when the ball appears!" Chris announced from the grass by the small pond.
"What does he mean by that?" Penny wondered as she looked at Violet.
"Eh, probably nothing" Violet shrugged.
Chef was swimming under the contestants with scuba gear on. He had a small canon in his hands as he shoved a volleyball into it. He grabbed the rope on the back and pointed it up at a random contestant before launching it with a hard explosion.
The contestants back above the water look around for the noise when suddenly the ball slammed into Phoebi's leg "oh F*** that stung!"
Violet laughed a bit at her pain before the ball bounced onto Dan's forehead, causing him to reel back. The ball flew into the air and Penny quickly caught it as it flew down. "Hey nice save Danny"
Dan got back up and smiled a bit, not giving any mind to the large bruise on his head "oh, uh, no problem"
The group started swimming for the Peasant's mountain before Rosalina jumped from one of the rocks and onto Penny's small body.
It takes a few moments but Rosalina comes out of the water with the ball above her head "victory screech!"
Rosalina cheered proudly before Violet snuck up behind her and dunked the yaoi enthusiast's head under the water before pushing the ball over to Dan as they made their way to the mountain.
Phoebi looked at Olena as Dan and Violet got to the mountain "Olena, this may very well be the one time you're useful but go get your toad to throw some rocks at them until they fall"
"Don't call her a toad…" Olena glared at her.
"She had the mental capacity of one" Phoebi shrugged before she grabbed some rocks and chucked them at Dan, who didn't pay them any mind.
Olena genuinely scowled at Phoebi, showing her first bit of serious anger at the other girl before pelting the side of her head with a few pebbles.
"Oh grow up you big baby" Phoebi glared back just as angrily. Olena just tossed more pebbles at her.
Phoebi shoved Olena, before trudging after the two Jesters.
Confessional: Olena
Olena was dripping wet and still looked annoyed "I don't think I've ever disliked another human being as much as Phoebi. It feels like every step of the way she's been a serious pain…" Olena's eyes widened a little in realization.
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Dan and Violet were slowly but surely climbing the mountain, with Dan leading Violet even if he had the ball in one of his arms.
Violet sped up to try getting close enough to Dan to talk "hey there… dude"
Dan turned to her, sweating a little at how close she suddenly got "o-oh, yea? H-H-Hey… girl"
"You sure know how to talk to people huh?" Violet deadpanned.
"I'm getting better" he murmured quietly to himself.
"Right" Violet states, sounding like she wasn't paying attention "but hey, are you and Lester still tight?"
Dan shakes his head "I haven't hung out with him in a while. I usually chat with Vivian and Dino"
"So you wouldn't mind voting for him?" Violet asked nonchalantly.
Dan frowned "I don't want to talk about voting someone out Violet. Even if Lester and I aren't as close as we used to be I still rather not play that game"
Violet rolled her eyes "with that attitude you'll be his next victim"
"Cool," Dan stated before climbing faster to get away from his teammate.
"Was just trying to save you you worthless jerk!" Violet growled.
At the top of the mountain, the group of four were looking down at them "ok, v-v-ve need to do somezing fast"
Vaughn just grabbed a large rock and started throwing it down at them "just grab whatever you can get your hands on, no way they can dodge it all!"
Haden shrugged and just did his plan, throwing some small rocks down with them. They continued to throw rocks, which pretty quickly took down Violet, causing her to splash face-first into the water. But Dan kept climbing. With a face of determination on his face.
"We're not getting anywhere" Their assistant goalie frowned looking down at Dan's ascent.
Vaughn and Haden looked around to see they ran out of rocks. Before Wyo looked at Aaron and smirked a bit, picking up the German contestant and throwing him down at Dan. Aaron screamed as he fell, slamming hard into Dan as they both slammed onto some rocks below.
"Score!" Vaughn pumped his fist while snickering a bit.
Aaron didn't manage to get back up but Dan just leaned up as he fell back a few inches before getting back in the water to look for the ball.
In the water, the ball was quietly floating on the water. Rosalina slowly raised her head above the water before sneakily swimming closer. She looked around suspiciously before hugging the ball and quickly trying to swim away with it "I got it!"
The moment she yelled that Penny and Violet looked back to Rosalina running for the mountain. Penny was just trying to help Violet up before quickly chasing after the Yaoi enthusiast. Phoebi and Olena quickly swam up to Rosalina as they make their way up the mountain. Penny however was quickly climbing after them.
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At the top of the mountain Vivian, Harmonia, and Dino were more or less sitting in a circle at the top. Around them was a pile of junk, apparently getting the worse mountain. Dino slouched forward and flicked a rock "man, I was kinda expecting this to be super action-packed"
"I admit I do regret the choice to stay up here but I'm sure our team is doing wonderful" Harmonia smiled at Dino, sitting close to him.
Vivian frowned a little at Harmonia before looking over the side of the mountain, her eyes widening in surprise at the sight of the three Peasants "guys!"
Harmonia and Dino quickly looked over "oh shoot, they're going to get here in no time!" Dino panicked.
While they were thinking of what to do, Lucy slowly crept from behind some old junk. She slowly got closer until she grabbed the back of Harmonia's collar and flung her off the side.
Lower by the bottom of the water, Julia was about to chase up after the three Peasants when she saw Harmonia plummeting to earth "shit-" she could see out of the corner of her eye that Chris was glaring at her for swearing on his family show "I-I mean shoot, I got you, Harmonia"
Julia started swimming in circles to catch her, her arms extended. However, when she was about to catch Harmonoia she moved her hands back to make Harmonia splash hard into the water. The wave was strong enough to slowly push Julia onto the coast, where she looked up to see Lester with a foam finger and a 'Lester #1' on it.
"Hey, you guys are doing great!"
Julia lightly raised her head with a glare before dropping her head back on the ground.
Back at the top of the mountain, Vivian and Dino quickly turned around to face her before Lucy raised her hands with a smirk "Woah Woah Woah there guys. I'd rather avoid a fight. I feel a compromise is much more beneficial…"
Vivian and Dino quietly looked nervous at each other.
"I could always throw you two off anyways"
They both quickly shake their heads "we're in!"
Confessional: Lucy
She had a large smirk on her face as she leaned back "Penny trying to talk up a challenge made me realize Phoebi's gotten too big for her own good. And she keeps thinking she can boss ME around! No-ho way. I'm going to win, and if I can get her out discreetly so be it! Oh, and if you're wondering why I threw Harmonia… well she creeps me out"
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As the three girls climbed up to the top, they find no one was in the way of the goal.
"Oh, we did it" Rosalina smiled as she was quick to try and kick into the goal before Phoebi grabbed her shoulder.
"Settle down smooth head" Phoebi pushed her back before walking forward "Harmonia was up there, and we saw all the Jesters in the water. Meaning, up here there should at least be Dino and-"
Before Phoebi could finish her statement a couch was slammed into her back, pushing her off with the couch on top of her. Olena and Rosalina quickly turned to see Lucy dusting her hands.
"W-why did you push her off?" Olena frowned.
Lucy rolled her eyes "you know why. None of us wants to win if it means Phoebi is stuck with us for the rest of the season"
Olena slowly softened her expression "w-well, uh, hurting Phoebi might have been a bit much for that Lucy…"
"Yea, she's a meanie but we're not the baddies!" Rosalina nods to Olena.
Lucy rolled her eyes "look, you can play all high and mighty but if you try to play above other people you're not going to get anywhere. So either side with me or we'll have our own problem" Her expression slowly hardened into a scowl.
Rosalina turned to start climbing down, however, Olena stood there, quietly tapping her fingers together.
"Lena?" Rosalina tilted her head innocently. Olena turned to look at her, then at Lucy before eventually relenting to her friend's innocent smile. Olena started climbing down, leaving Lucy to walk back to Dino and Vivian.
Dino had made a faulty slingshot, with Vivan slowly pulling the sling part of it back. Vivian looked over at Lucy, obviously showing that it took a bit for her to pull the slingshot that far back. Lucy rolled her eyes at Vivian's strength before pushing her aside and easily pulling it back further.
"Alright, get the ball in" Lucy demanded as she turned the ball to aim it directly at her own team's goal. Dino slowly put the ball in the middle, before Lucy let a-rip.
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Haden and Vaughn were just sitting at the edge of the mountain knowing the ball was all the way on the other mountain, while Wyonetta stayed prepared by the goal.
"Why are you two relaxing during your challenge? Aren't you afraid of losing?" she raised her eyebrow.
"I mean, we don't want to lose, but if we've got our ball over there then I'm not really-" before Vaughn could continue the ball whizzed past Wyo and straight into the goal.
"The Jesters win again!" Chris announced.
Wyo groaned loudly before glaring at Vaughn and Haden. Vaughn chuckled nervously while Haden just facepalmed.
The Jesters would have been cheering, if it weren't for the fact that most of them didn't quite feel like winners.
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Olena was drying herself off, with Rosalina just shaking the water off like a dog. Lucy came in with a towel covering the top of her head "you two are siding with me here right?" The athletic girl squinted slightly at them.
Olena frowned "Lucy, we can't just sabotage ourselves like this just because Phoebi can be a pain"
Lucy scowled "I thought you took getting her out seriously. We can't let her stay!"
Olena looked down "ok… we'll vote her out this time. But if you keep sabotaging us I won't have a problem telling the others"
Lucy shrugged "that's all I need"
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The contestants were all sitting together by the graveyard. Aaron and Phoebi both had injuries, with Aaron having an armband and Phoebi having a cast on her head.
"Well Peasants, you guys are just falling further and further behind huh? It's like some of you are just asking to lose!" Chris smirked, not getting a reaction from anyone "you kids need to lighten up I swear. But whatever, we got our votes tonight and it was a closie, with twist and turns!"
"Can you get on with it?" Lucy scowled.
"I'm getting to it!" Chris whined "for that, Vaughn and Haden get marshmallows before you Lucy" Chris tossed the two boys marshmallows, making them smile. Lucy then got hers, but she just silently ate it.
"Olena, you're also safe" she catches hers and smiles softly.
"Rosalina, I hate saying this but you're gonna creep people out for another day" he throws the marshmallow at Rosalina, but she was too focused on staring at Vaughn to catch it.
"Right… now that leaves us with our last two!" Chris continued "Aaron, you're just stuck without any friends on a team where everyone is going at everyone. And Phoebi, you took charge of this challenge and just failed miserably."
"Whatever" Phoebi scoffed "this team is either too dumb for my time or they just got close to making a huge mistake"
Aaron didn't say anything to Chris, just quietly sitting. Waiting for what he would say.
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"Phoebi, the marshmallow is yours" he smiled as he tossed the marshmallow to Phoebi, who stuck her tongue out at Aaron.
Aaron frowned silently.
"Well Aaron, it is time for ze launcher. Any last words?" Chris spoke in a mocking German accent.
"M-m-maybe one word…" Aaron murmured before standing up and raising an idol that was Chef's head.
"W-what!?" Chris sounded shocked, while the rest of the Peasants looked confused.
"What does that mean?" Haden looked annoyed at not being 'in' on this.
Chris chuckled nervously before calling Chef over and whispering something in his ear. Once Chef was gone Chris cleared his throat "well, uh, Aaron congratulations on finding the team swap idol!"
"He what!?" Phoebi and Vaughn yelled at the same time.
"Since when was that a thing?" Olena was better at hiding her annoyance.
"Not important… what is important is that there's a full-blown invincibility idol lying around still!" Chris smiled and waved dismissively.
"Well… since that was an idol does it mean Phoebi is out now?" Lucy genuinely asked.
"To… avoid a lawsuit we'll just swap him to the other team, any complaints?" Chris smiled. Almost the entire team raised their hands, but Chris just ignored them "well Aaron, our interns should be getting your room settled, so you can just head on over to your new room!"
It cuts over to Maxine and Darla, they had a suitcase lying at the top of a long staircase.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Max asked nervously.
Darla just smiled "oh yea, totally safe"
"Oh that's good" Max sighed in relief as Darla leaned forward "wait, does that mean-"
It cuts back to the elimination ceremony, where Aaron softly nodded, beginning to walk to his new room as he quietly glanced at Vaughn. Who just glared back.
"And for the rest of you, well, you can enjoy your time sleeping in your rooms. Knowing your numbers advantage could just continue to get worse and worse!"
They all more or less grumbled to themselves as they got up and started walking back.
"Next vote I'm deciding the target" Haden whispered to his ginger ally.
"Sure, not my problem who goes next" he shrugged.
Vaughn then felt someone tapping his shoulder. He turned around to see an excited Rosalina, causing him to sigh.
"What's her problem?" Haden frowned.
"Vaughn promised me something" she crossed her arms "and I expect to get paid in full"
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Later in that evening, Vaughn and Haden were lying together in the same bed with Vaughn spooning Haden.
"I hate this" the detective grumbled.
"Oh relax. You're lucky I even worked a deal with a potential future partner"
"I get that, but I still don't get why you're the big spoon"
"Oh, and you would be?" Vaughn scoffed.
"Less talking more snuggling" Rosalina whispered, revealing that she was lying in the bed next to them with a wide happy grin.
"I was really hoping to forget she was here" Haden mumbled.
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Chris was back to watching his movie from the beginning, but this time Darla and Maxine had joined him as they munched on some snacks.
"Well, that was an eventful one" Chris spoke with his cheeks stuffed with food "Aaron got lucky today with that idol, but that still leaves us with a full cast looking for the other! But, with Aaron gone will the Peasants have a better chance at winning? How will the Jesters welcome Aaron? And will Daniel ever go a challenge without physically hurting himself? Find out next time on Total. Drama. Castle Chaos!"
After he spoke Chris quietly went back to watching the movie "I love this part"
AN: and another chapter done, I feel a bit bad that it took this long only for a non-elimination challenge, but oh well. Been getting a bit distracted with the college semester coming close to the end. I just hope the wait was worth it lol.
Eliminations
22nd- Strider
21st- Claire
20th- Dylan
19th- Vincent
18th- Mina
17th- Oscar
16th- Xavier
Peasants: Rosalina, Olena, Vaughn, Haden, Phoebi, Lucy
Jesters: Aaron, Vivian, Harmonia, Penny, Violet, Julia, Dino, Dan, Lester