Author's Note: Another early update lol. I might have to change the schedule to every Thursday now but I am not going to do it. This chapter is the longest chapter so far in the story. I like to make my chapters from five thousand to ten thousand words and this almost passes the limit. Enjoy the chapter!
"Last time on Total Drama Crowstillo Island," Chris said giving a summary of the previous episode. "The teams gathered to prepare a three-course meal for yours truly," The campers are making different types of dishes. "Oh, and of course Shawn and DJ," Shawn and DJ are shown talking with Chris in the gran mess hall. "The Dangerous Dragons worked together to complete their dishes," Henry is putting vegetables into Pixel's shrimp ceviche, Sara and Christopher are preparing the rice, and Casey is making her spicy sauce. "The complete opposite of what the Kind Knights did," Jared and Pharaoh are arguing over their salad, Ashley accidentally locked Lucy in a freezer, and Max ate the apple pie. "Which made the Kind Knights the bigger losers," The Kind Knights are sitting on stumps at the campfire ceremony. "In the end, Jared beats Ashley at a tiebreaker," Jared pushes the belle's cup causing it to fall onto the ground. "However, I made Ashley switch teams resulting in no elimination."
Chris finishes the summary. He is in the room with the telescope Janet found in the previous episode. Unlike other times when it is the day, it is still night. "Will Lucy figure out who eliminated Leon? Will Jared and Pharaoh ever get along? Will the Dangerous Dragons keep their winning streak? Find out now on Total… Drama… Crowstillo Island!"
It is night, not even a day after the challenge. Janet is on the roof of the girl's cabin gazing at the stars in the sky.
Confessional: Janet
"Tonight, there's this star call 'Clydescope' that tends to shine on Crowstillo island every twenty-two years," Janet informed the audience. "I found out while searching the island's history. It's going to be awesome watching its glow from here." She jumps up and down, accidentally hitting her head from the outhouse's ceiling. "Ow."
End Confessional
"Only a few more seconds before it appears," Chris said to Chef. They are both still in the room with the telescope and books.
"Chris, you really think these campers are going to find that hidden treasure chest?" Chef asked.
"They have to Chef, they have to," Chris assured. Seeing through the telescope, the host sees Clydescope star's light piercing somewhere on Crowstillo Island. "It's here. Wake up the campers."
Chef appears at the cabin area holding a mega horn. He chuckles sinisterly to himself. "I always wanted to do this." He turns on the mega horn. "Attention maggots! Get all your butts up and follow the light to meet Chris." He ordered.
"Chef," Janet called the big man's name from the roof. Chef looks up to see Janet trembling. "You really scared me."
Chef just mumbles some words and leaves.
In the boy's cabin, the boys wake up groggy except Christopher.
"A night challenge, this will surely help me with my training," Christopher exclaimed pump up not knowing what challenge it will be.
Pharaoh grabs his Nemes crown and is the first to get out of the cabin.
"I honestly thought he would complain about being woken up at this time." Pixel said to the boys.
"Me too," Jared said to Pixel standing up in his pajamas. "Let's put our regular clothes before heading out."
As Knick is putting his glasses on Henry walks up to him.
"Hey Knick, I need to borrow…"
Knick looks at him with a deadpanned look. "I got an extra spare of my clothing in one of the drawers. Use it for today only."
"Thanks," Henry said showing gratitude.
Confessional: Knick
"I don't like it when my siblings take my clothes for fun much less someone I barely even know," Knick admitted with a hint of annoyance. "Henry better not ask again."
End Confessional
The girls are already in their normal attires coming out from the communal showers inside the castle.
"The elimination was a total bust," Lucy said to her teammate Max.
"Of course, it was a bust," Max said, still agitated one of the boys did not go home. "Why didn't you vote for Jared?"
"Wait how…" Before Lucy can continue the energetic girl cuts her off.
"You are really underestimating your team," Max said politely. "Give us more credit, anyway…" She looks around to see Ashley conversating with her teammates then back to Lucy to make nobody else can hear them. "Why you didn't vote Jared off?"
"I honestly think Ashley would have been better gone because I warned her not to get so caught on Leon," Lucy answered, but does not watch what is in front of her and bumps into Ashley.
They both regain their composer. Max smiles, despite not being in the team anymore she really enjoys the belle.
"Oh, hi girls," Ashley said to them with a wave.
"Hey Ashley, how does it feel being on the Dangerous Dragons?" Max asked with a sincere smile.
"I don't know too much about the boys, but Janet and Casey are fun to hang out with," Ashley replied joyfully. "Their conversations are so much fun. Except for Sara, she hasn't said much to me."
"Glad to know your team is accepting you quickly," Lucy said.
"Yeah," Ashley replied turning her back away from the two.
"Is there something wrong?" Lucy asked, wondering what it is the trouble.
Ashley faces the two again. "Why did you vote for me?"
Confessional: Lucy
"Okay, I really need to stop thinking my team isn't at all intelligent," Lucy admitted. "I keep forgetting that there is stuff that people can easily pick up on."
End Confessional
"Well, I did warn you about taking the risk with Leon," Lucy said with authority, but deep down she is feeling somewhat guilty.
"Forgive me if I sound harsh," Ashley requested. "But I find it hypocritical you told me not to get distracted when you pretty much did nothing in the cooking challenge."
Lucy's mouth opens wide surprise by what Ashley just said. Max does her best not to laugh in front of her.
Janet runs towards the trio. "Ashley, let's go, we cannot miss the light show," The space geek said with glee.
"Right away," Ashley said and nods. "See you two at the meeting point." She waves goodbye to her ex-team members.
Henry, Christopher, and Pixel are walking and seeing Janet and Ashley get in front of them.
"Come on you guys pick up the pace," Janet said as she continues to sprint with Ashley.
"I can use a workout," Christopher said to himself. He begins to jog leaving Pixel and Henry alone.
"Hey," Henry said getting Pixel's attention. "You like swimming, right?"
"Yes," Pixel answered wondering where his teammate is going with this.
"Another time we can check out a lake nearby for a nice swim," Henry suggested.
Pixel thinks about it. "I'm down for that. Let us invite the chicks as well." He said, grinning at the part when he said chicks.
Confessional: Henry
"I need to start making allies," Henry stated. "I don't need to make friends; I just need their trust so they can vote with me."
End Confessional
The teams arrive at where the Clydescope star is shining on the island.
"Wow, that is really bright," Pixel said.
"It's so beautiful," Janet said joyfully captivating the experience.
"At feel at peace just looking at," Jared added.
Everybody is genuinely satisfied, looking at the light as it directly marks the ground.
"Yeah, its gorgeous," Chris said startling some of the campers. "Now is time for tonight's challenge,"
"I figured this is going to be a challenge," Sara said with a huff at the end.
"Is a treasure hunt challenge!" Chris announced.
"Treasure hunt?" Henry parrots.
Confessional: Henry
"When there is a treasure, there are bound to be pirates!" Henry exclaimed with exhilaration. "I have always been fascinated by them, once I win the million dollars, I will be joining the British navy, but for now," He adjusts his red bandana. "Is time to look for that booty me mateys."
End Confessional
"The challenge is simple," Chris assured the campers. Chef starts to toss orange backpacks at the contestants. "The light of the star is directly shining over there," Chris points to the light. He starts to do a terrible pirate accent. "Inside is a secret bunker that leads towards a cave. Exploring the cave, you will find a treasure chest on an abandoned pirate ship, come back and retrieve it."
"So, I am guessing whichever team brings back the treasure wins?" Sara asked making it sound obvious.
"Aye, you are correct," Chris confirmed. He stops doing his terrible pirate accent. "Dangerous Dragons, since you won last time, I was going to hand you a map," The host informed. "But Chef couldn't find it so both teams are going into this blind."
"It's going to take forever to even find the ship without a map," Jared complained.
"Won't it be too dark to see in the cave?" Lucy asked the host.
"Your backpacks carry a flashlight, some food along the way, and rope," Chris answered. "Chef and I will meet you all here at sunset." Chris and Chef leave the contestants.
"Hopefully, the food gives us plenty of energy." Pixel said to his team. "We barely slept at all."
"Chris was talking about a treasure map," Jared informed his teammates. He takes out the half-torn treasure map he took from Fang and shows it to his team. "Maybe this could help."
"I recognize that style," Janet said eavesdropping on the other team. "I found this torn map when I was looking for space decorations." She takes the torn map out of her left pocket.
Knick politely extends his hands to Janet and Jared. They both give their pieces to the journalist. Knick puts the two maps together.
"Well, this is nice," Knick said with happiness. "We actually have the treasure map with us the whole time."
Both teams begin to cheer knowing they will not get lost.
Confessional: Jared
"Finally, I actually feel useful for once," Jared exclaimed.
End Confessional
"That means we get to work together, how exciting!" Janet cheered.
The cheers stop as the Dangerous Dragons and Kind Knights gaze at each other.
"Was it something I said?" Janet asked everyone.
"I don't trust clothes stealer," Pharaoh said referring to Henry. "He would probably steal the map for his team."
"Max would probably eat the map," Sara said smirking. Pixel snorts at this.
"And I am going to make sure you eat those words," Max assured walking up to the sweet bad girl. Knick and Pharaoh restrain her from starting a fight.
"Janet is right," Lucy told everyone. "We all need a complete map to find that treasure. We have to work together."
"It's just like a crew!" Casey said. "We just need swords, pirate hats, and a talking parrot."
"I would love to have a parrot," Janet said.
"Alright, we stick together." Sara agreed. "Kind Knights first though," She pushes Pharaoh onto the ground.
The ground suddenly opens and the campers here a thud from Pharaoh.
"Pharaoh is in pain." Pharaoh groaned.
"We could have used the stairs." Christopher pointed out to the wooden stairs that lead to the bunker.
"He had it coming." Knick simply shrugged.
The campers head down to the bunker by using the stairs. It is so dark; everyone starts turning on their flashlights.
Henry turns on his flashlight and points to Jared. He screams at the perfectionist.
"Dude is just me," Jared said to him.
"I know, that's why I screamed." Henry casually told.
"Everybody, search for an entrance," Lucy instructed.
"I found one!" Janet said pointing up.
"Janet, that's the way we came in," Sara explained.
"Oh right,"
Confessional: Sara
"I know Janet means well, but dang this girl is so dumb," Sara admitted.
End Confessional
Casey looks around and sees a control panel with many buttons. "Ooooooo, what do these buttons do?" She starts pressing the buttons on the control panel.
One of the security systems activates revealing a naval cannon. Pharaoh sees this immediately.
"Everybody, duck!" He warned.
Nobody has time to duck as the cannon immediately unleashes a cannonball and hits Christopher's stomach landing the kung fu fighter into broken wooden tables.
Another trap activates catching Max and Jared into a net. Max's stomach starts to rumble.
"Don't you dare," Jared told her.
"If it comes out it comes out." Max sincerely said.
"Casey, stop pressing those buttons," Sara said to the unpredictable girl. Suddenly, a door opens, revealing an entrance to the cave. "Never mind."
Janet, Ashley, and Pixel help Christopher get up. The kung fu fighter thanks them.
"Uh, a little help up here?" Max asked everyone.
Knick searches in his bag for something useful. He finds a knife, but also a compass, grappling hook, and a pickaxe.
Confessional: Knick
"No wonder I felt my bag really heavy," Knick said to his surprised. "But Chef should not have given me more items than the others."
End Confessional
Knick cuts the net, freeing Max, and Jared.
"To the cave!" Pixel called out, running into the cave with his flashlight on. "Whoa, you all have to check this out."
The rest of the contestants arrive inside the cave, seeing cyan glowing crystals all around providing great light. The campers remain in awe at such a magnificent sight. Knick looks around spotting a sign and reads it out loud.
"Crowstillo was here," Knick said.
"This was probably a path to enter the island without being detected," Janet said. "According to history, these crystals were what made Crowstillo Island wealthy."
"If I wanted a history lesson, I would be in school." Pixel said.
"Hmm," Lucy checks forward seeing a bunch of unstable pillars leading towards a rocky path straight ahead. "Knick, pass me the map." She ordered kindly. Knick gives the two half maps to her. "Just as I expected," Lucy concurred looking at the map then the pillars again. "We are going to have to cross these pillars." She told everyone.
"Those pillars don't seem that stable," Jared said nervously.
"That's what makes it fun." Pixel said. He immediately jumps onto the first pillar. "See?"
Confessional: Casey
"I really like how Pixel just lives for danger," Casey said. "I knew he was going to be fun when I picked him for my team."
End Confessional
The rest of the campers proceed to jump carefully on the pillars. Christopher jumps onto another pillar, but this pillar is more unstable than the others. The pillar begins to crack under Christopher's feet.
"Oh no," Christopher said to himself. Sara can hear him and turns around standing on another pillar. The pillar breaks causing Christopher to fall.
"Christopher!" His team shouted seeing him fall all the way down.
Everybody can hear him screaming until a splash of water can be heard. After this sudden surprise, Jared begins to panic.
"I knew I shouldn't have come here. We are going to die, the worst decision ever." Jared said continuing to mumble. His panicking is causing the pillar under him to break.
"Jared wait, you are going to…" Lucy tried to tell him, but it is too late.
Jared also falls into the water.
"I am extremely terrified right now," Janet said with fear.
"Me too," Max agreed as she begins to leap pillar to pillar fast. She ends up jumping onto where Janet is. They both hear the pillar begin to crack.
They say nothing, just look at each other, knowing that both are going to fall and that is what happens. Knick hatches an idea and 'accidentally' slips off from the pillar.
The last remaining contestants see him falling to his doom.
"Dammit," Sara said. "He had the map."
"What are we going to do?" Pharaoh asked, feeling nervous. He does not want to end up like the others.
Lucy collects her thoughts, looking at the remaining campers still on the pillar. Henry is in a fetal position, Sara is frustrated, and Pharaoh is doing his best not to look down while Ashley and Casey are figuring out which pillar to jump next.
"Attention," Lucy commanded the remaining five. All of them look at her. "We are just a few pillars away from landing on the rocky path. Let us get across safely and then talk about what just happen."
They all agree and soon after a few more jumps five of them make it to the rocky path. Henry is the last to jump but mistimes it leaving him to fall until Ashley quickly grabs his left wrist.
"I got you," Ashley said with a smile. She pulls Henry up easily, not that the kid was ever heavy, to begin with.
"You, saved me?" Henry acted dumbfounded. "Why? You don't even know me."
"I will do my best to help and save others even if I am a stranger," Ashley answered. "It's what Leon would have done."
Henry stays perplexed at what she said to him.
Confessional: Henry
"Why do I feel so happy and emotional right now?" Henry asked the audience starting to drip tears of joy. "There is someone that actually cares for me?"
End Confessional
"Okay," Lucy said to make sure everyone is paying attention. "As long as we stay on this path, we should find the ship. So, let us stay close."
"What about the others?" Sara asked referring to the fallen campers.
"They will be fine," Casey said relax. "This is Total Drama, the worst that can happen is they get into full-body casts."
"That does not help us calm down," Sara said to her teammate.
"We should keep going," Pharaoh said. "The sooner we head to the pirate ship the better."
"Let's make this more fun, shall we?" Casey grinned crazily.
Confessional: Ashley
"Pharaoh seems to be taking this very seriously," Ashley said. "So far he hasn't belittled anyone and is making sure everyone is alright."
End Confessional
Panning to where the fallen contestants are, Pixel is happily swimming through the lake he fell in. He soon meets up with Christopher who is also swimming.
"What's up, dude?" Pixel greeted. "What that awesome or what?"
"Forgive me, but I don't what is so fun about plummeting to our deaths." Christopher countered.
"Touché," Pixel simply said. "Have you seen the others?"
"No, they could be in great trouble," Christopher admitted. He looks a small space of rocky dry land. "Let us go back and search. We will meet here again."
"Got it Jackie Chris." Pixel understood with a thumbs up. Christopher just sighs at the dumb name and proceeds to find the other campers.
After separation, Pixel finds Knick holding onto a pickaxe that is picked into a rocky wall.
"What are you doing up there?" Pixel asked him.
"Making sure I didn't die," Knick admitted.
Pixel rolls his eyes. "Pretty sure you weren't. This is nothing compared to the cliff dive the first contestants did on the show."
Knick mumbles to himself something before speaking. "Yeah, your right." He jumps into the water creating a splash. "Where are the others?"
"Christopher is trying to find them as we speak." Pixel replied. "We found this spot to meet, follow me." Both begin to swim out of the camera shot.
Jared is seen sitting on a rock in the lake looking at his reflection.
"This stink, why do I still keep on trying?" He said to himself. "As soon as my team loses again there going to vote me off. Even at my best I still do horrible. Feel like quitting once I get back to the surface."
"Now why would you do that?" A female voice said. Jared looks around and sees Janet with her hair all wet. She has only her head and neck out of the water.
"Why do you want to leave so soon?" Janet wondered asking the same question, but differently.
"I have been an annoyance to my team since day one. I should have been voted off, not Leon. He deserves to stay more than me." Jared confessed.
"You are being too hard on yourself," Janet said to him. "Who had the other piece of the map?"
"I did." He answered.
"Who took that piece from Fang?"
"I did," Jared said surprise he forgot that.
"See, you are very useful to your team," Janet concluded. "If you are so weak, why are you still here? Doesn't this mean your team actually acknowledges how great you are?"
Jared thinks of the words the space geek just said.
"She's right you know," Christopher said, swimming towards the two. "There are no accidents, this is your chance to prove yourself and to everyone who is watching this show that you can make far into this game."
"Remember Cameron?" Janet asked Jared who nods knowing the bubble boy. "People thought he was going to be gone in less than five episodes. He pulled through, no matter what happened, and even manage to make it to the finale."
"Until you believe in yourself young Jared," Christopher spoke. "You will not prove to others how wrong they are."
Jared begins to think of all the words they said. "Your right, I can't give up now." He stands up proudly. "I may be no Leon, but I can be the best Jared I can truly be."
Confessional: Jared
"Who knew that people from the other team would treat me better than my own teammates," Jared said joyfully. "Now I wish I lost that tiebreaker." He chuckles.
End Confessional
On the rocky path, Casey is done tying rope onto everyone's waist including hers.
"Is this really necessary Casey?" Ashley asked her.
"Nope," Casey happily replied. "Just thought it would be fun to look like this."
"I thought it was because there is a narrower path up ahead," Lucy admitted pointing at the narrow path ahead. "That's why I allowed it."
"That was the second priority," Casey said. "Now, time to sniff for the treasure." She gets on her legs and knees sniffing dirt like a dog.
The order of who is in front goes Casey, Lucy, Henry, Sara, Pharaoh, and Ashley. Henry gazes at Casey's butt. Sara immediately smacks the back of his head and gives a harsh glare to him. They go down the narrow path slowly.
"So, Pharaoh," Ashley said to the royal. "You have been often quiet during all of this."
"Pharaoh has seen no mistakes made so he is in a good mood," Pharaoh said. "Plus, Pharaoh doesn't want to get lost."
"Yeah, you better keep your mouth shut," Sara said to him not realizing what she just did.
"You dare silence your king!?" Pharaoh said in anger.
"You just had to say that," Lucy said to Sara even though she cannot look at her.
"Yeah, I silence you," Sara rudely. "You're all bark with no bite."
"As the Pharaoh…" Pharaoh tries to continue to speak but is cut off by Casey.
"Alright, I'm bored." She quickly begins to run causing the other contestants to keep up with her.
Confessional: Casey
"As much as like drama," Casey said with a smile. "I felt like we were taking forever. It's not that narrow anyway so the others and I wouldn't be falling to our deaths anytime soon.
End Confessional
Pixel, Knick, and Max wait for the others to come to their meeting spot.
"What stuff you two like?" Pixel asked them to start up a conversation.
"Food, eating, farting, and burping," Max said proudly.
"Why am I not surprised." Knick retorted.
"I like doing parkour," Pixel said.
"That's really cool," Max said.
"Are you even good at it?" Knick said without a care.
"I like it better when you don't talk," Pixel told.
"Me too," Max added.
Christopher, Janet, and Jared arrive at the meeting point.
"Sweet, the gang is all here." Pixel said enthusiastically.
"Okay, we are all here, Knick you still have the map?" Christopher asked him.
Knick simply takes out the map from a pocket of his trench coat to reveal the map is all wet.
"I could still see a bit," Max said to brighten the mood.
"Since we are in a river, we will be heading towards the snapping turtle area that will lead us to the pirate ship," Knick instructed.
"Snapping what now?" Max said dumbfounded.
"Is there really no other way we can reach the pirate ship without passing through that?" Jared asked.
"Unless you want to climb," Knick suggested.
"Snapping turtles are good," Jared assured then chuckles nervously.
"The last one to the ship has to eat Chef's rotten egg." Pixel said and does an elegant dive into the river. He starts swimming amazingly fast.
"I will not be defeated," Christopher said out loud with fun energy. He dives into the river with the rest following as well.
"I do not do sports," Knick said to himself with bitterness then swims.
As they swim, the others arrive at another rocky place, but with skeleton bones all over.
"Looks like we made it to Davey Jones' locker," Henry said in a somewhat good pirate accent.
"Check out all these wicked bones," Casey said admiring the skeletons.
"This place gives me the creeps," Ashley said to the others rubbing her right arm. "I feel like we are being watched."
"We are being watched with cameras on the island all the time," Sara bluntly said. "What's the difference now?"
"Well,"
"It was a rhetorical question, Ashley," Sara admitted.
Henry finds a sword and grabs it. "Shiver me timbers, I actually found a sword."
"Where, where, where?" Casey asked repeatedly rushing up to Henry.
Henry quickly kicks a sword away from him. "Sorry I only found one."
"That sucks," Casey said arriving towards Henry.
Confessional: Henry
"Like I am actually going to give that nutjob a sword," Henry said.
End Confessional
"It's okay Casey, I found tons of swords for everyone," Ashley said. Henry face palms.
Everyone now has a sword and continues forward the path.
"You know what would be epic?" Casey asked everyone.
"No," Sara bluntly stated.
"Battling against pirates of the undead," Casey said ignoring Sara.
"For once I agree with you," Henry told her. "But first," Henry cuts the rope with his new sword connected to him so he can be free. "We must be free from the shackles."
The rest follow suite and cut the rope much to Casey's disappointment. Suddenly, a bunch of skeletons start to stand up from the ground grabbing swords and forming a triangle. Lucy notices some wires and screws on the skeletons.
"They seem to be mechanical," Lucy said to the others. "Chris definitely set this up for us."
The scene cuts to Chris watching the campers through security footage. "Yeah, this time it wasn't me," Chris admitted. "Seems like Crowstillo was the craftsman type pirate."
Returning to the scene, the campers prepare for an attack.
"Blow the skeletons down!" Henry shouted. Nobody understood what he said. "That means take out the skeletons."
As the other campers begin to battle the skeletons, the other campers arrive at the snapping turtle area.
"Brace yourselves," Christopher said as they all see the snapping turtles ready to bite. One of the turtles starts brushing its teeth for a strong bite.
Christopher can defend himself at the start, slapping away turtles with their shell. Still, the turtles get the best of him and can get good bites.
Pixel, thanks to his great swimming, can dodge the turtle's attacks gracefully. Looking behind, he sees the turtles swimming up to him. "What the f…" A snapping turtle bites his right leg causing him to scream out his swear. Of course, it is bleeped out for the younger audience.
Confessional: Pixel
"I forgot turtles can swim faster than humans." Pixel said, holding an icepack on his right leg.
End Confessional
Knick stops swimming to think of a plan only for it to backfire as the snapping turtles take the advantage and bite him.
Most of the turtles underwater go for Max's stomach biting it rapidly. She screams in pain as she tries to swim. The turtles begin to get close to Jared. He closes his eyes ready for the pain only to open his eyes again, seeing the snapping turtles go after Janet.
"Even the turtles think I'm not worth it," Jared said to himself as he keeps swimming.
Scene changes back to the other campers battling against the mechanical skeleton pirates.
"Blow me down," Henry said slicing some skeletons. "These skeletons are putting up a challenge. Let us cleave them to the brisket buccaneers."
"Would you stop talking like a pirate?" Sara said as she slices two skeletons.
"We need to figure out a plan quickly," Lucy said while blocking three skeleton's swords with her sword. She pushes them away to gain some distance. "And Casey, stop singing with those skeletons."
Casey is casually sitting on a rock with four skeletons. The skeletons are holding jugs of oil as they and Casey sing.
"What shall we do with a drunken skeleton,
What shall we do with a drunken skeleton,
What shall we do with a drunken skeleton,
Early in the morning?"
Pharaoh is losing badly to one of the robots and is push down to the floor. The robot skeleton laughs as it prepares to strike the royal. Before the final blow is struck, Ashley blocks the skeleton's attack with her sword.
"Ashley?" Pharaoh asked confused.
"Nobody is getting slice today," Ashley told the skeleton. Just one rapid slash and the robot is cut in half. She turns around to Pharaoh. "I'll hold them off, go think of a plan quickly." Pharaoh nods and begins to leave the scene.
The other campers finally escape the snapping turtles and are now letting the water guide them to their destination.
"Well, that was something." Pixel admitted chuckling, having a few bite marks on his face.
"It was really great of you to use your stinky gas to make the turtles swim away Max." Janet complimented the tomgirl.
Max is about to retort but does not since she knows Janet did not mean it in a rude way.
"We should be getting close to the pirate ship," Knick informed everyone.
"You mean that ship?" Pixel pointed out showing the pirate ship close by.
"That was fast," Jared said pointing out the obvious.
The pirate ship is in terrible condition. Almost all the wood is moldy, and the broadside looks like it can break at any moment.
"There are no animals here I see," Christopher said making sure no dangerous animals are around.
"I guess this the moment we help our own team," Max said.
Everybody agrees and immediately start shoving each other either into the water or the ground.
The battle between the robot skeletons and the campers is still going strong. Pharaoh takes a rope out from his backpack. He grabs a skeleton robot's head from the ground and uses the rope to dangle its jaw. He begins to practice it like it is a mace. It only takes a few tries for him to get the hang of it. Ready, he rushes up to Lucy and uses his new mace at the mechanical skeletons knocking out the circuits in their brain. He continues the attack helping Sara, defeating more skeletons.
Casey finishes the song she was singing and immediately slices the skeletons next to her into pieces. Henry wins his battle also as he finishes the final blow by striking his sword into the robot's head releasing oil. One of the pirate skeletons cuts a bit of Ashley's classical blue dress. This causes her to get angry and immediately pierces her sword through its spine.
After the battle, the six campers settle down on the ground and take a break.
"That was awesome me mateys." Henry exclaimed excitedly.
"You were definitely a surprise back there," Lucy said to Pharaoh.
"A Pharaoh must-have skills for battles such as these." Pharaoh concurred. "Pharaohs just don't give orders."
"Alright, with that taken care of we should be heading towards Crowstillo's ship soon," Sara said to the five.
"I wonder if we can meet more skeleton people," Casey said enthusiastically.
"Gosh, I hope not," Lucy said.
Ashley looks at her torn dress. "I'm glad I brought an extra dress to the island." She said to herself.
At Crowstillo's pirate ship, Knick, Jared, and Max form the Kind Knights again and are looking for the hidden treasure chest at the east side of the ship. Janet, Christopher, and Pixel; from the Dangerous Dragons are searching the west side.
The other campers finally catch up and reunite with their team.
"I thought you three were goners," Sara said to Janet, Christopher, and Pixel.
"Yeah, good thing we landed in a river." Pixel said.
"Any signs of the treasure?" Ashley said to her team.
"Negative," Christopher answered. "The ship is really broken and out of shape. I am surprised none of us have found it yet."
Henry thinks for a moment and figures something out. "I'll search somewhere else."
"I will be going with you," Sara informed.
Henry looks at her frowning. "I want to search for it myself."
"Strength in numbers twig. If we happen to come across the treasure and the Kind Knights, you will need someone's help." Sara said.
"That is so sweet of you Sara." Janet complimented.
"Shut up space geek," Sara spoke to Janet harshly. "I am doing it for the stinkin team."
The Kind Knights are tossing away broken wood with no results.
"Nothing in here either," Jared said to Lucy.
"Keep searching a bit more," Lucy said.
"If I go any more down, I will drop into the water," Jared told her whining.
"Please do, that would be hilarious," Pharaoh said.
"Alright Knick let's think quickly," Lucy said to the journalist for help.
"Well, the accommodations to ship are pretty damage," Knick said.
Pieces of wood start to fall into the water immediately.
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious," Max said to him.
Knick ignores the comment and continues to discuss it with Lucy. "Pirates usually spend their gold quickly, if they ever even found them."
"Pirates barely buried their treasure as well," Lucy stated. "Crowstillo became king of this island after dethroning the previous one."
Max just looks at them in confusion. "It feels like they're speaking in gibberish."
"Is not hard to understand." Pharaoh shrugged.
"He had to use his treasure to make his kingdom." Knick concurred.
"What if King Podelio buried his treasure?" Lucy theorized.
"Huh?" Jared said, making into the conversation.
"The king could have anticipated the attack and buried the kingdom's treasure," Knick said.
"So, where's the dang treasure?" Max asked getting impatient.
"The treasure was never on the ship," Lucy concluded.
"It was under the bunker we came through the whole time," Knick stated.
There is a pause of silence for the team.
"Did we just go through all this for no reason?" Jared asked no one. It just came out of his mouth.
"What do you mean we have to go back to the bunker!?" Pixel said flabbergasted to his team, the Dangerous Dragons.
"Henry and I heard the Kind Knights thinking that the treasure is under the bunker we went through," Sara explained. A little annoyed she had to explain a second time.
"How are we going to bet back?" Ashley asked Sara. "There were barely any pillars left from where we came."
Henry examines his surroundings and notices some blue crystals looking like a pathway. "Follow me, I know how we can get out of here."
Confessional: Pixel
"If you are wondering how we are still awake and full of energy for the whole night," Pixel said with his eyes wide. "Chef probably put something in the food we ate in our backpacks."
End Confessional
Max sees the Dangerous Dragons leaving through a crystal pathway. "Hey, I see the Dragons leaving."
"They must have found a way out of this place," Knick said.
"Can you stop pointing out the obvious?" Max asked him with annoyance.
"No time, follow them," Lucy commanded. The Kind Knights race off behind the Dangerous Dragons.
As both teams race back to the bunker, they discover another skeleton in the middle of the path with a pirate hat.
"Stay back," Ashley said to everyone.
Ashley touches one of the bones and feels it. "This isn't mechanical."
"What?" Jared asked.
"Long story short, some of us were attacked by mechanical skeletons," Lucy told him.
Knick examines some of the crystals on the wall to his right. One of them seems to have a small silver color on it. Henry sees him and quickly rushes to the crystal and pulls it down like a lever. Suddenly, a secret passage opens, causing the other contestants to look that way.
"That looks pretty deep," Henry said earning a snicker from Pixel.
"There is a ladder we can climb down," Christopher said to everyone. Everybody climbs down the ladder and stumble upon a new area of the cave.
The area now is in the form of a circle, with water in the center and a pillar in the middle of the water. On top of the water is a treasure chest. There is also a pirate ship barely damage on the water and an exit of the cave that leads to the ocean floor of the island.
"All we had to do was follow the crystals?" Janet asked confused.
"I got this," Henry spoke with confidence swimming into the water to grab the treasure chest.
"Hold this," Knick said to Lucy as he tosses his trench coat to her. He jumps into the water to begin swimming.
Henry reaches the pillar and begins climbing up with Knick already arriving quickly.
Both begin to climb up the pillar. The Dangerous Dragons cheer for Henry as well as the Kind Knights is cheering for Knick.
Knowing he will not be able to get the treasure in time Knick develops an idea, smirking.
"Did you know that Crowstillo's treasure is real?" Knick told the orphan.
"What are you talking about?" Henry asked him still climbing up the pillar.
"I read in the map," Knick casually said. "Apparently, there is actually gold inside."
Henry smiles and his eyes sparkle imagining all the money he can make with the gold he will have. After his daze, he speaks in a pirate accent. "Arr! Handsomely I will be taking that treasure now." Henry grabs the treasure.
"Way to go Henry!" Christopher cheered.
"We will meet you at the pirate ship." Pixel said.
The Dangerous Dragons start to swim except Casey who is nowhere to be found. The Kind Knights follow suite. Henry jumps down into the water with the treasure. Knick decides to wait for his team. Henry is now on the deck of the pirate ship with the treasure chest.
"Ahoy Captain Henry," Casey said playfully at her teammate.
Henry is caught by surprise. "How did you…"
"I simply swam here to explore the ship a bit," Casey said with a goofy face.
"Well," Henry thought, rubbing the back of his head. "Can you start the ship so we can leave?"
Casey looks at him skeptically. Henry and her teammates are just about to arrive on the deck. If the ship leaves, they will not have transportation to get back to Crowstillo Island.
"Aye aye, Captain!" Casey responded heading to put up a sail.
"I can't hear you," Henry said still using his pirate accent.
"Aye aye, Captain!" Casey said with more excitement as she hoists up the sail.
Before Henry can continue to sing a bird flies by hitting his face. "Ow," He winced, rubbing his nose.
Both teams arrive next to the ship as it starts to move.
"What are those two doing?" Sara said with confusion and anger.
"It seems that they are leaving," Janet said.
"We will be stuck here if they leave!" Jared said anxiously.
"Max, the Pharaoh demands you to give your rope to him," Pharaoh told the energetic tomgirl.
Max quickly takes out a rope from her backpack and gives it to the royal. Pharaoh turns the rope into a lasso. He swings it high up. Casey catches it and ties it to a flagpole.
Confessional: Casey
"If you thought I was going to abandon my teammates here, you're wrong," Casey stated. "At least, not yet of course."
End Confessional
While Henry is driving the ship to leave the cave and Casey on board, the twelve campers hold onto the rope as tight as they can.
"This wasn't in the contract," Jared exclaimed as the wind picks up strongly.
The sun begins to rise as we see Chris and Chef relaxing by the shore, sitting on beach chairs. "Any moment now," Chris said to Chef relaxing at seeing the sunrise.
Like Chris predicted, a pirate ship comes up to shore. Chris stands up from his chair and gets closer to waves and uses his mega horn to grab the camper's attention. "Good morning campers!" He greeted. "First team to arrive and have the treasure chest will… huh?" Chris said with a confused look at the end.
He sees twelve campers holding on to a rope tie to a flagpole on the deck where Casey is, and Henry steering the ship. Instead of arriving at the island's shore, Henry is going the opposite direction.
"Crap, did they figure out that the treasure is real?" Chris asked himself, beginning to panic.
"What is Henry doing?" Sara questioned her teammate. "He's going the opposite way."
Confessional: Henry
"All I have to do is find land and cash on all this gold," Henry grinned. "I can ditch the others when we get there."
End Confessional
Christopher, being the one on the rope on top shouts out Casey's name. The unpredictable girl looks at him.
"You need to tell Henry to turn this ship around!" Christopher shouted.
Casey nods and runs up to Henry. "Avast Henry, you are steering the wrong way."
Henry scoffs at her. "I'm going the right way, this treasure if full of gold!" He exclaimed.
Confessional: Casey
"Real gold or not, I still want to have more fun on the island," Casey spoke. "Looks like I have to throw the captain overboard." She giggles at the thought of throwing her teammate into the ocean.
End Confessional
Casey grabs a rope from her backpack and then tackles Henry to the ground. Henry struggles to get off her grasp but to no avail. Fully tied to the mast, the orphan is defeated, and Casey begins to steer back to the island.
"Fool, don't you realize Chris will now take the treasure chest for himself," Henry told her.
"I'm okay with that," Casey shrugged still steering the ship.
"You're an idiot," Henry told her with a hateful glare.
At the shore, Chef is comforting Chris as the host is currently crying.
"It's over Chef," Chris told his partner. "The treasure, the contestants, this show, everything."
"There, there Chris," Chef said rubbing his friend's shoulder. "Maybe they will let you co-host with Don on that racing show."
"I will never work with him." Chris hissed. He then covers his eyes with his hands and begins to sob more.
Chef notices the ship returning to the island. "Chris, look!"
Chris wipes his tears away with his arm and then sees that Chef is right. The ship is coming back.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Chris cheered like crazy. "Total Drama is still in this!"
"Land, ho!" Casey shouted. The campers holding onto the rope begin to cheer.
"Honestly, I'm surprised this rope hold of for so long," Jared admitted.
The rope breaks and he and the other eleven drops into the water. After a few minutes, everyone arrives at the shore. Christopher is holding onto Henry tightly with a bear hug.
"So, you are the one who decided to try and escape the island?" Chris asked Henry.
"You have them all fool Mclean, but I know the truth! Knick told me!" Henry begins to laugh like crazy scaring some of the campers.
"Well consider this, thanks to you, your team is up for elimination," Chris told him with irritation. "Have a nice ride on the catapult of shame."
Henry stops laughing and realizes the situation he is now.
Confessional: Max
"What did Knick exactly said to Henry for the dude to steer away from the island?" Max wondered.
Confessional: Sara
"That was not cool," Sara exclaimed in annoyance. "He cost our team the challenge, he definitely has my vote for sure." She huffs and crosses her arms.
Confessional: Janet
"With everything that went down in that cave, this was really fun," Janet admitted joyfully.
Confessional: Christopher
"I feel sad that Henry is going to leave," Christopher said with a frown. "He had so much potential to unlock still."
Confessional: Ashley
"I always dislike it when I have to vote somebody off," Ashley said. "Even so, this challenge will have a special place in my heart."
Confessional: Pixel
"This will scar me for life, but that's what makes it so cool!" Pixel cheered.
Confessional: Henry
"I am so done for," Henry said with desperation. "Chris locked up the treasure somewhere in the castle and I won't be able to break in if I go home today." He looks around believing somebody is hearing him. "He allowed us to sleep through the whole morning so everybody can rest and go to the campfire ceremony in the afternoon. This gives me time to play the sympathy card." He frowns after he said that. "I just wish I didn't have to play the sympathy card so soon."
End Confessionals
It is two in the afternoon and Henry has gathered all his teammates in the gran mess hall.
"Now, all of you might not know why you're here," Henry said to his teammates.
"Is it to give us a reason not to vote for you?" Janet guessed correctly.
"Uh, yeah so…"
"There is no way you can convince me not to vote for you," Sara told him. "Just accept the fact you're leaving."
"But I can't leave, I need the money," Henry said starting to sound desperate and sad.
"Join the club," Sara told him harshly.
"The orphanage I go to needs it." Henry pleaded.
Janet, Christopher, and Pixel's eyes widen in surprise. Casey seems not to pay attention while Sara looks at him unamused.
"I am an orphan," Henry confessed. "The orphanage I go to is horrible." He begins to cry fake tears. "The workers torture me every day, there are barely any funds for the children and me to eat. So, we must head to the streets and steal food from markets, I feel so awful."
"You poor thing," Janet said to him. She gets close and gives him a hug. "You must have been through a lot."
"Is not easy having a life like that." Pixel said.
"But what can we do to stay?" Christopher asked Henry. "We cannot vote ourselves off."
"But that's exactly what each of you needs to do," Henry said with a smirk. His teammates stare at him with confusion. "If we all vote for each other, Chris would not eliminate anybody of us."
Sara shakes her head in disapproval, waiting for Henry to finish his plan.
"He can't eliminate the whole team, that would not be good for the ratings of the show." Henry finished saying his plan.
"It makes a lot of sense." Pixel admitted, a bit skeptical still.
"Very well Henry," Christopher said with a smile. "We will exactly do that."
"We?" Sara questioned to her teammate. "Unbelieve, you people are buying this!?"
"But it's true," Henry said.
"I know is true since you came with rag clothes," Sara said to him. Her voice starts to rise. "But the fact you are playing the sympathy card is disgusting. Everybody here wants to win the million. You are not the priority," She said to Henry and continues to talk. "How do we even know you are not going to backstab one of us at the vote?"
Chef is eating popcorn at the kitchen, seeing, and hearing the conversation.
"Well, because uh, we are a team?" Henry tried to say convincingly which makes his teammates more skeptical about the plan except for Janet.
"A team that is in a competition you dolt," Sara says to the orphan harshly. "You should play the game fair instead of relying on the conditions you live and guess what? I'm an orphan too,"
This is met by gasps from the entire Dangerous Dragons team.
"And what you are trying to pull is a filthy way to get around life, but I will vote for myself just to help you out." Sara finally concluded, softening her tone at the voting part.
"Really?" Henry said with a smile.
"Of course," Sara assured.
Confessional: Sara
"Not!" She exclaimed upset. "I still cannot believe Henry tried to pull that crap at my team. He has my vote and I can't wait for him to be out of here."
Confessional: Henry
"I know Saraphine is lying," Henry stated with a look of mischief. "She's the only one that knows my plan, so I will convince a teammate to help me vote her off. She won't see it coming."
End Confessionals
As the Dangerous Dragons walk to the castle, the Kind Knights watch them from the cabins.
"It feels weird not to be the team heading for elimination," Jared admitted.
"Yes," Lucy affirmed. "We got lucky, next time we need to work together to win."
Jared and Pharaoh look at each other with uncertainness. Max eyes Knick with suspiciousness to which the journalist does not like.
Inside one of the hallways of Crowstillo's castle, Henry pulls Casey into a corner.
"Hi Henry," Casey greeted with a whisper.
"I need your help," Henry told her. "I need your vote to eliminate Sara."
"I don't know," Casey teased. "What's in it for me?"
"I vote with you the next time we lose, how about that?" Henry promised.
Casey looks at him suspiciously but then shrugs. "Sure, seems easy enough."
Campfire Ceremony
Unlike other times, the campfire ceremony is taking place in the afternoon instead of night. Henry and Sara are sitting on a log in the middle, but this time with space between them. To the left, Christopher, Ashley, and Pixel are sitting on stumps. To the right are Casey and Janet also sitting on stumps.
Chris has a plate with five marshmallows on it. Chef is standing next to him. "Dangerous Dragons, welcome back," Chris said. "Let's get this over with, shall we? All of you are safe except Henry and Sara." He tosses the marshmallows to the campers that were not named.
"Wait, wasn't everybody supposed to vote for themselves?" Pixel asked the host.
"That was the plan and a good one at that too," Chris answered the harpist's question. "This would have definitely been a defining moment in Total Drama history if every camper voted for each other so no one can leave but seems like somebody couldn't keep their promise."
Sara gets up somewhat shock and angry. She looks at Henry with fury. "I knew it, you voted me off because I figured out your scheme."
"And good riddance," Henry smiled deviously. He gets up to look at Sara to show confidence. "Have fun on the catapult."
"Actually Henry, you are heading to the catapult of shame," Chris informed him.
Henry begins to laugh thinking he won. Once he understands what Chris said, he looks at the host surprised by the outcome. "What, how, this doesn't make any sense." He begins to his cool. "No, I will not leave. I know the treasure is real Mclean and I will take it from you with my…. whoa!"
Chef grabs Henry and puts him on his shoulder. The orphan tries to break free. "No, let go of me."
Chef drops Henry onto the catapult and Chris immediately pulls the lever, launching the kid onto the sky. The host looks at the remaining Dangerous Dragons.
"You all are safe, for now," Chris warned. "Head back to the cabin area and enjoy the rest of the day." The Dangerous Dragons do as they are told.
Confessional: Casey
"Tricking Henry into thinking I will vote for him worked like a charm." The unpredictable mastermind said. "Sara is a better ally to have, she's not the type of person to backstab people unlike him. Now, she owes me, and I have an extra vote just in case we lose again." She smiles delightfully. "The fun can finally start."
End Confessional
"Whoa, what a move!" Chris said astonished. He and Chef are still on top of the roof of Crowstillo's castle. "Henry is eliminated by his own downfall, what kind of crazy schemes Casey will do? Can the Kind Knights actually win since the first challenge?" Chris narrated to the audience. "And most importantly, who sabotaged the votes to Leon's elimination? I hope the last question is answered in the next episode." Chris admitted out loud. "Find out next time on Total… Drama… Crowstillo Island!"
Teams:
Dangerous Dragons: Casey, Janet, Sara, Ashley, Christopher, and Pixel
Kind Knights: Lucy, Max, Jared, Knick, and Pharaoh
Eliminated:
14th- Livia
13th- Leon
12th- Henry
A/N: Make sure to leave a review or PM to me what you think of this chapter.
