Total Drama Dreamland Episode 5: All Rise: Part 1

Chris is seen in front of the warehouse and begins his intro, "Last Time on Total Drama Dreamland. The contestants all competed in a Talent Show where some step up and many others fell down hard. Carmen tried multiple time to get Mathias to join her, all of which Mathias refused. Wendell accidently uses his dream powers on Danuja, letting him know all of Danuja's private info. Heh, bet that's going to be a heck of a conversation down the road. Thanks to Mav's singing, the Terrors had a date with me in the elimination ceremony, and after a very close vote, it was Touma who took the plunge. Thirteen are left. Is Kevin going to start respecting girls? What characters will Carmen play as next? And what surprises await us for today's episode? Find out right now on Total…Drama…DREAMLAND!"

Several cameras in all directions aim at the entrance to the warehouse while a familiar tune plays in the background.

"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine." The cameras go into the warehouse and immediately zooms past Chris and rotates around the Dreamcatcher 500.

"You guys are on my mind." The screen of the machine starts flickering until it shows an image of Benjamin on a rocket is space and riding the rocket like a horse and speeding off the screen

"You asked me what I wanted to be and I think the answer's plain to see," Another rocket appears, and it's hit by a baseball which cause the rocket to explode. The screen then shows Mathias smirking as he was holding a bat. Touma stood by his left and falls down after having a panic attack from the rocket exploding and Mathias looks down and frowns at him in confusion.

"I wanna be famous!" The screen then moves to a tea party with several giant stuffed animals with Liz and Cara sitting in chairs. Liz is enjoying the tea and looking to scheme her next move while Cara is full of fear and runs away screaming.

"I wanna live close to the sun," The screen changes to a carnival where Maverick was winning at a ring toss game and throw his arms up in triumph.

"So, pack your bags, cause I already won," The screen changes to a giant nest where Eileen was taking care off several crows laying around her and one was pecking at her right hand for treats, which hurt Eileen and she yelps in pain.

"Everything to prove, nothing in my way," The screen changes to a forest where Sarah was running away from an unknown person. She trips and sees Kevin, who laughs at her before screaming and dodging a giant knife aimed at his head.

"I'll get there one day," The screen changes to a cafeteria where Chef was making something, and Wendell was depressed about it and lets out a sigh.

"Cause I wanna be famous!" Chef hears and was going to attack him, but Danuja pulled him out of the way before Chef connected and as Chef crashed into something, both Wendell and Danuja smile at each other.

"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na," The screen changes to a dark room where Makayla was staring down against four sets of eyes with one set of them being Katniss and has a sword ready and prepares to fight.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" The screen then changes to a musical stage where Carmen and Silver are entertaining a crowd. Carmen doing several dance moves and Silver slowly moving into a random pose. Both end in perfect symmetry to each other and doing jazz hands.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" The screen goes up to the sky where the moon appears and goes down to show a frozen wasteland where Felix was shivering while hustling by a fire and was given a jacket by Meredith and they smile to each as a whistling sound is heard and the screen pulls back to show all of the contestants and a neon sign that says Total Drama Dreamland. Then the screen fades to black.

(Kevin's Room)

Kevin is sitting on the end of his bed in a thinking position. Wendell and Felix are in the room as well as Kevin invited them in for an alliance meeting.

"Okay." Kevin starts, "Good news is that we gotten rid of a traitor in our alliance. Bad news is that it also means that we are tied with the girls again and that we are in danger. So, any ideas how we get out of this?"

Felix at the moment, is feeling glad that no one in the room suspects him of trying to blindside the alliance. Which is why he plays along and offers a suggestion, "Well, maybe we could recruit a girl to our team to bolster our ranks. Then eliminate her when the other two are out."

"That may actually be a good idea." Kevin replies.

Felix says, "Oh. Come on Kevin! I-Wait. What did you just say!?"

"I think recruiting a girl to our alliance is a good idea." Kevin says again.

"Am I asleep? Or are we already in a challenge?" Felix asks in bewilderment.

After this remark, Kevin stands up from his bed and firmly says, "I…I just been doing some thinking, and I'm going to try and let up on taking the girls out. Except for that Makayla chick. She's going down."

Confused, Felix just nods at this development, but then notices something, "Hey Wendell. You haven't said anything since the meeting started. What's up?"

Hearing his name, "Wendell comes out of his stupor and rapidly says, "Oh. Uh, nothing. I've just…been thinking of who else to recruit to our alliance. Yeah, that's it!"

Before Kevin and Felix could ask Wendell what's wrong, Chris' voice is heard across the hall and in the bedrooms, "ATTENTION ALL CONTESTANTS! MEET ME AT THE DREAMCATCHER FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE!"

Wendell then says, "Oh. Look at the time! Another challenge. Go team!"

'SLAMS!'

Wendell slams the door shut. Leaving Kevin and Felix very confused.

Confessional Start:

Wendell: Okay. I'm kind of losing it having to keep that secret of Danuja's past. I'm used to being so open about myself to everyone I meet. But now I know a secret that isn't mine to give. And it's my crush's secret! If it was something like Kevin's secret where he was going to tell me anyway, or Katniss when I only paid attention to her fears, it would be fine. But this, this could hurt Danuja if I let it out. Both in the game and out.

Kevin: Dang. I never see Wendell like this. Looks like the nervousness of the 'First Crush' are starting to get to him. I'm willing to help, but I think it's now time we focus on the game. I believe I made that clear when I said I'm willing to work with a girl.

Felix: You know, it's a weird but happy feeling to know that you try to backstab a group, and they never know you tried to in the first place. Thanks to Meredith botching the vote and despite losing Touma as a result, I'm in the middle of two alliances where I can go back and forth at my leisure. If one group gets wise, I'll just go over to the other group and vice versa. In short, I have the best seat in the house.

Confessional End:

"Welcome contestants." Chris says as he, Chef, Margaret, and Katniss are all standing right next to the Dreamcatcher 500 and the contestants are all across from them waiting for news about the next challenge.

"You know, the term is fashionably late. Not fashionably early. Right?" Asks Makayla, "Though I suppose you still have the late part down."

Margaret and Chef chuckle at this while Chris glares at Makayla, "Anyway," Chris starts and goes back to his smile, "Today's dream challenge is going to be a bit different from previous challenges. Mainly that it is going to start outside of the Dreamcatcher."

"Oh! Thank you!" Ben says in relief and points to the Dreamcatcher, "Only a psycho would try to go in that abomination!"

"Um…Ben." Eileen starts, "You k…know we used that ma…machine a lot, right?"

Ben replies, "Sorry scarecrow. I don't know where the farm is?"

Eileen looks hurt by this comment, but Mav goes close to her and says, "Hey. Don't take it too hard. Ben is…" Mav looks at Ben and sees Mathias and Bullet holding him back from tackling Katniss, and Katniss growling at Ben in return. Mav looks back at Eileen and continues, "Ben. He doesn't know what he says most of the time."

Eileen nods and says, "I'll try. Thank you, Mav."

"Anytime." Mav replies, "And it looks like you are getting better at speaking if only a little. Eileen smiles at this, while Sarah overhears this and glares at the two.

Confessional Start:

Sarah: Urrrrgh! I can't stand that usurper! He has gone and made me look bad and become an afterthought on my own team. I can't do anything to get rid of him either since he won the challenge for us last time. I've burned a lot of my bridges already, so I may go next if my team loses. So, I have to make sure that I and only I bring victory for my team this challenge.

Confessional End:

"Today's challenge will be a court case. Courtesy of Sarah and her dream of being a lawyer." Says Chris.

Confessional Start:

Sarah: Yes! Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Bullet: …Eh. I'll still vote for Sarah later if she somehow wins for us.

Confessional End:

"Pardon me, Chris." Meredith says, "But I believe that for a court case to happen, there has to be a crime. Unless you are going for a more civil case."

"Sorry Meredith." Chris replies, "This is a criminal case. Someone late last night has stolen something very dear to Margaret." Margaret looks at Chris with a hate-filled glare that causes Chris to cower a bit and says, "And Margaret made us swore to not mention what that 'something' is."

Margaret turns to the contestants and say, "I don't know if this is part of the stupid challenge, or if one of you bozos have a death wish or something, but someone went into my room and stole my stuff. That warrants a bullet to the head by itself, but I'll settle for eliminating the person who has it." The contestants gasped, "That's right! This is a sudden death elimination. The person who's found guilty will immediately be eliminated from the game."

"Um, excuse me." Felix says. Margaret to turns to him and gives a glare that can melt stone. But Felix simply smirks back and says, "What if the guilty party manages to get away with the crime?"

Margaret stares at him for a good minute till she finally responds, "In that case, they'll have until nighttime to give me back what was taken. And as long as they don't show off the 'something' in question, I'll leave them a warning and drop the matter entirely. But let's be clear, that's the only break they're going to get."

Before things become more tense, Chris interrupts the conversation and says, "Until a guilty party is determined, Katniss will be our fill in." Chef smirks at this and looks at Katniss with an evil grin. Katniss looks at Chef and growls back ready to fight. Before anything else could happen, Chris continues, "Dreamers! Your task is to clear Katniss' name and find out who stole the object. Terrors! Your task is to either prove Katniss did steal the item or prove that someone from the Dreamers did."

"Wait. What happens if Katniss is proven to be guilty?" Kevin surprisingly asks.

"Nothing." Margaret replies, "I check the footage on the cameras after the incident. She was busy trying to steal food from Chef again, which ended up in both of them going into one of their usual brawls." Katniss chomps at Chef in response to this, and both of them are now glaring at each other with every intention to fight.

Mathias picks up on what Margaret says and asks, "If you check the footage. Then that means…?"

"Yep." Margaret answers, and give a glare to everyone in the room, "I know exactly which one of you idiots stole from me. And I'm only letting it go for the sake of the challenge. But like I said, count yourself lucky, even if you are eliminated this challenge."

Chris interrupts again, annoying Margaret a bit and says, "If Katniss is found guilty, The Dreamers will simply go to elimination like usual. If another person who isn't Katniss or the culprit is convicted, they will take the culprit's place in the Prison of Shame." Chris checks his watch and continues, "It is now 9:30. You will have until noon to find as much evidence as you can find. You can search any of the floors, and that includes the Intern's Floor with Margaret's supervision. She made it clear that only her room will be looked over since that is the scene of the crime. Right?" Chris asks the last part for Margaret's approval. She nods and Chris continues, "Once time is up. All of you will come back here and enter our dream courtroom to present your evidence and argue your case. And with that, I wish you all good luck. The Investigation starts…now!"

Investigation Start

(9:32 am)

After Chris announces the start of the investigation, both of the groups huddle up to come up with different strategies. For the Terrors, it's a more laid-back approach.

"Okay. So, what's our plan here?" Felix asks the question most of them are thinking.

Makayla replies, "Obviously, it's to frame one of the Dreamers as the culprit. And as an expert in smear campaigns, I could easily do the job."

Danuja wonders what Makayla just said and asks, "Why do you think we need to frame them? Couldn't one of them stole whatever Margaret lost?"

"I dunno." Makayla responds, "I'm just thinking that framing one of them is easier than actually solving the case." Makayla smiles proudly at her thinking, but then sees several of the Terrors glaring at her.

Confessional Start:

Makayla: What? I just wanted to help the team in a way I know how? And the smear campaign I was thinking of would be weaksauce compared to what I've done before.

Kevin: I should've expected that from a cheerleader. I know I'm trying to give the girls a chance. But cheerleaders like her are exactly why I keep them at arm's length.

Confessional End:

After the silence, Meredith fake coughs and begins to speak, "While we'll keep the idea in mind, I suggest that we split up and look for clues."

"Sounds good to me." Felix replies, "Any objections?" Kevin raises his hand. "That have nothing to do with the fact that it was suggested by a girl?" Kevin lowers his hand. "It's settled then."

Meredith begins to speak again, "I say we split up into three groups of two. One group goes with Margaret to her room. Second group goes to the Mess Hall where Katniss was last night, and third group will look in our rooms in case anyone was stupid enough to leave a stolen item in their room."

"In that case," Danuja says, "I'll go with Wendell to the mess hall. I think I can hold my own with either of them."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kevin laughs but Danuja gives him a glare. "Oh. You're serious…Still going to laugh. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Danuja grabs Wendell by the hand and goes to the elevator. But not before yelling "I'll show you *BEEP*" Wendell is still nervous at the time and hasn't said anything despite being dragged to the elevator.

After this Kevin says, "Me and Felix will go through the rooms…"

"Over my dead body!" Makayla shouts, gaining everyone's surprise. "Me and Meredith will look through the rooms. You and Felix go and see Margaret." Before Kevin could object, Makayla drags Meredith to the elevator, who unlike Wendell, is struggling to be released from Makayla's grip, but to no avail as the go to the Contestants' Hall.

Only Felix and Kevin are left on the floor for the Terrors and Felix looks at Kevin and says sarcastically, "Wow. You really turned over a new leaf in how you treat women."

Kevin shrugs and replies, "Eh, It's a work in progress."

Confessional Start:

Felix: (He slaps himself in the face in exasperation) And he survived two ceremonies. TWO! (He takes his hand of his face) Wonder what that says about us?

Confessional End:

(9:34 am)

Meanwhile, the Dreamers are also discussing how they are going to collect info. Are more accurately, Sarah is telling what the Dreamers should do. "The key to winning a case is to point out all the holes and inconsistencies in your opponents' argument. As long as set up a clear timeline and argue our points in a way that makes sense, we can accuse anyone on the other team regardless of facts."

Bullet interjects and says, "Umm. Excuse me Sarah. I think we are still going to need to find 'some' evidence for this case."

"SCREW THAT!" Carmen shouts in a very loud manner and obviously in another persona, "WE JUST NEED TO STOMP THOSE TERRORS WEAKLINGS IN THE DIRT!"

"YEAH!" Mathias shouts in agreement, "Let's frame the Terrors. Make sure they don't the same to us."

"HOORAY FOR YELLING" Ben shouts because it looked like everyone is having fun and want to be included.

Eileen is hiding behind Mav in fear though and decides to try and calm everyone down. "Alright everyone. I understand that it seems enticing to try and frame the Terrors, especially when this is a sudden death challenge, but we need to make sure that we know what happened. That way, we have a stronger conviction once the trial starts."

"I agree with the leader." Bullet says which causes Sarah to glares at him and Bullet to smirk back, "We should look follow the Terrors' example. Who, by the way, left while Sarah was going on and on about…"

Sarah goes up to Bullet and is in his face when she says, "I'm trying to help by sharing knowledge in an area I know. What about you? Or did you left your know how in the challenge you didn't even compete in?" This causes Bullet to glare back, but before anything else can happen,

"Enough!" Mav shouts and causing the Dreamers to all look at him. Mav then looks at Bullet and says, "I know you're frustrated with not performing in your dream last challenge. But it's no excuse to take your anger out on your teammate." Bullet looks down in shame and Mav then looks at Sarah and continues, "And I know you are trying to help us win. But fighting with your teammates like this isn't the way to help."

"And what would you know about it?" Sarah responds, "You take my leadership position, overshadow me, and made me look like the bad guy every single time! Well, if that's how it's going to be, then I'll solve this case by myself! Regardless of who the true thief is!" Sarah storms into the elevator to parts unknown. Leaving her team in silence.

"Wait! We have a thief in the building? Why didn't anyone call the police?" Ben asks.

Mav sighs at the remark and speaks, "Well, since Sarah decided to go on her own, we may as well split into groups of two. Eileen and Carmen. Can you search our rooms?"

"CAN DO!" Carmen shouts. Eileen yelps at the sound, but nods in approval.

"Good." Mav replies. "In that case, I'll go with Mathias to Margaret's room. Bullet and Ben, I want you two to go to the Mess Hall."

Bullet is surprised about the arrangements and asks, "Why am I going with Ben?"

"Yeah." Ben agrees, "How's a statue supposed to help me look for clues."

Mav ignores Ben and replies, "It's because I wanted to talk to Mathias while we search and hopefully keep his temper in check." Mathias grumbles about this, but say nothing else in response, "Any other objections?" No one else says a word. "In that case, all of you know where you are going. Let's move."

Confessional Start:

Sarah: I know now that I shouldn't have storm off like I did, but I just couldn't stand being around that golden boy any longer. I knew how much trouble he would be to me when I first met him, and now that I was proven right, it's been harder to stand around him.

Bullet: Okay, I'll admit I should have kept my temper in check. But I needed everyone to know that Sarah is the next one going, or at least will be after Mathias. I can't have either of them getting back in our team's good graces, because if either of them rises up, they could knock me down and that's unacceptable.

Confessional End:

(9:45 am; Mess Hall)

Wendell and Danuja are in the Mess Hall looking for clues about what happened with Katniss and Chef for the case. Specifically, the kitchen where the usual spar between Katniss and Chef took place. The kitchen itself looks like a mess with flower being all over the floor, multiple shelfs being clawed at, and several bags of food being open.

(State of Kitchen added to Notes)

"Hey. I found something." Danuja says as she looks inside one of the shelfs and finds a pointy rock and a small piece of wood tied together by a piece of red tape.

(Pointy Rock added to Notes)

"I'm sorry. What?" Wendell says as he hears Danuja.

"Wendell?" Danuja angrily responds, "Why are you spacing out. We got a challenge."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Wendell says rapidly, "I've just had a lot on my mind. I'll focus on the challenge now." As Wendell was going to look at the object Danuja alluded to earlier, Danuja grabs his arm.

"Not before you tell me what's going on with you." Danuja demands, "Ever since the talent show, you've been getting scared every time you lay eyes on me. I have an idea what it might be, but I want to hear it from you. So, tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Wendell stands in silent for a few moments, sweating buckets as he's wondering what to do, but seeing how concerned Danuja is, he sighs, and tries to speak, "Remember when you saved me after when the stage was changing." Danuja nods and is partially looking hopeful for the next few words, "Well, when you did, my dreams powers activated. Not by choice, mind you. Just a simple accident cause by blinking."

"Wait. You have dream powers too?" Danuja asks. Now becoming less hopeful, but more intrigued at where the conversation is going.

"Yep." Wendell says, "It allows me to see certain 'things' while I use the power."

"What kind of things?" Danuja asks.

"Private things. Very private things. Things that shouldn't been mentioned out loud." Wendell quickly says.

Danuja takes some time to process this, "Oh…OH! I see what you are saying now." And now has a noticeable blush on her face.

Wendell quickly goes to his knees and bows repeatedly, "I'm sorry for looking! I didn't mean to! I promise you I won't say anything about it!"

Danuja looks at Wendell, and picks him up and says, "While I can't say I'm happy to learn this, I'm at least glad to know what the issue is now. You swear it was an accident. Right?" she says the last part while poking Wendell's chest.

"Complete accident! 100% accident!" Wendell replies.

"…Then I see no reason to make a big issue out of it." Danuja says.

"You don't?" Wendell asks, surprised to hear this.

Danuja smiles and replies "Yep. And I'm hoping that we can put this matter aside and start talking to each other again. Okay?"

"Okay." Wendell says feeling a big weight lifted from his shoulders.

"Plus, on the bright side. I'm kind of happy you find me attractive." Danuja says in a flirting manner.

"Huh?" Which confuses Wendell since to him, it came out of right field.

Danuja is having fun with his reaction and says, "I mean, to be fair, it's understandable to be a little shaken after seeing someone without their clothes on."

Wendell tries to respond, "Wait. That's not…"

"Don't worry." Danuja says, ignoring what Wendell is trying to say, "Like I said, I'm not going to get mad over it. Especially when it's a mistake. But for now, let's get back to the challenge." Wendell desperately wanted to say something but before he could…

"IS DOGGY HERE!?" Both Danuja and Wendell here a loud voice coming from the Mess Hall and see it was Ben. And Bullet is there too shaking his head in annoyance.

Bullet sees Danuja and Wendell, and greets them, "Why hello you two. Found anything interesting?"

"Nothing I'm planning to divulge." Danuja replies.

"Now what's the reason for the hostility?" Bullet replies in a feign hurt manner, "We're just fellow competitors. No reason to not be civil."

Wendell, trying to diffuse the situation, says, "We are just more…tense at the moment."

"Oh. Do tell." Bullet asks.

"DOGGY!?" Ben yells again.

"Katniss is not here. Ben!" Bullet shouts at Ben and looks back at Danuja and Wendell and says, "Looks we're here to look for clues, so how about you let us take one side and you take the other. We won't talk to each other, and we won't get in each other's way. Deal?"

"Deal." Wendell and Danuja says, and the three of them look for clues while Ben still looks around for Katniss.

Confessional Start:

Danuja: While I can't say that I'm happy to know Wendell took a peek, I'm not going to make this an issue like those girls in romantic comedy animes do. At least Wendell admits to it, and thanks to that, we can put this matter behind and be friends again. Maybe even more based on his reaction.

Wendell: I think I just made everything worse. Didn't I?

Ben: (Looks at the camera with a confused look) Doggy! Are you in there?

Confessional End:

(9:56 am Contestants Rooms)

Meredith, Makayla, Carmen, and Eileen are all searching in several of the rooms to find anything out of the ordinary. And so far, they didn't have any luck.

"Anyone found anything yet?" Meredith asks looking in Wendell's room.

"Nothing yet." Makayla says looking in Kevin's.

"Same here." Carmen follows up looking in Danuja's.

"Ummm…" Eileen starts as she comes out of Felix's room and pulls out a stuffed walrus dressed as a naval commander. "Does this count?" Eileen asks.

(Stuffed Walrus added in Notes)

The other three go to Eileen and are surprised that she found a doll since it didn't belong to any of them. Meredith asks, "Where did you find this?"

"In Felix's room. In the cl…closet." Eileen replies.

"Didn't know that Felix have a soft side." Makayla says as she smirks.

"Good news for you. Right, Meredith?" Carmen says. Causing Meredith's face to turn bright red.

"We, We, We are not a thing!" Meredith retorts.

"You sure? Carmen says, "Because I've noticed that you've always be trying to have him, and you go on the elevator together."

"Th…That's for game related stuff. And what about you and Mathias? You're telling me you two don't have anything?"

Carmen simply shrugs and replies, "Yeah. We are just not each other's type. Any interest is purely for the game on both sides. Though I'm seeing more denial coming from you."

"You…" Before Meredith starts anything else, Sarah and a 30-year-old female Caucasian maid wearing a white apron and a black uniform walk down the hall where everyone is standing.

"Thanks for talking with me ma'am." Sarah says to the maid.

"You're welcome my dear. Good luck with the challenge." The maid replies as she goes back to the VIP room."

"Nice lady." Sarah replies, and Sarah looks to see the four girls in the middle of the hall, and quickly explains what she's doing, "She's one of the maids that cleans the VIP room. I asked her if she saw anything suspicious last night when the theft occurred."

The group waited in silence for a few moments with a random cricket chirping. "And?" Makayla asks.

Sarah replies "And I'm not going to say anything else in front of the opposing team. If you want to know. Ask the maid when she's done cleaning, but good luck. She said that she isn't going to be done till 12:30."

"Fine. Be that way. Hmph." Makayla says as she turns her nose upwards with a pouty expression. During this, Sarah sees the stuffed animal that Eileen is holding.

"I'm surprised that you have a stuffed Walrus." Sarah says while being confused, "I figured you would have several stuffed birds."

"The real ones plucked too many holes in the ones I owned as a child." Eileen admits without thinking. Everyone looks at her with a weird expression which left her cowering till Carmen steps in.

"She found that in Felix's closet. We assume it belongs to him." The other girls nod along with this, especially Eileen who is nodding rapidly.

"Hmmm…" Sarah starts thinking to herself. Until she says, "Could that stuffed toy actually be the 'something' Margaret talked about?"

"You're telling me that Margaret, who is able to beat up Kevin, terrify Chef, and be friends with a feral girl, actually has a stuffed animal." Meredith asks.

The girls all thought about this for a moment…before all of them laughing out loud. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." All of them are laughing so hard from the mere thought. Even Eileen is letting out a few chuckles here and there. After a few more moments of laughter, the girls calm themselves down.

"Man. I really needed that." Sarah says. "I haven't been able to have a good laugh like that since I got on the show."

"Because of your jealousy of Mav?" Carmen says, which causes Sarah to glare at her. This only causes Carmen to get uncomfortably close to Sarah, "Oh. Is it something else? Something more?"

Sarah immediately steps back and says, "Never mind. Jealously it is. Conversation done. Let's go and meet up with the rest of our team." Sarah then drags Eileen to the elevator, and Carmen follows clearly having an amused look on her face as she goes with them. Leaving Meredith and Makayla by themselves.

"So," Makayla starts, "Should we wait for the maid or?"

Meredith says, "Assuming that Sarah is telling the truth, the maid will be out for the day meaning it's pointless to wait for her." Meredith then begins to wonder, "But now that I think about it, we need to go and talk to the hosts for their testimonies. Especially Margaret since she was the one who was stolen from."

"Margaret is likely talking with Felix and Kevin in her room now." Makayla chimes in.

"Then we will focus on Chris and Chef." Meredith replies, "Hopefully they are still near the Dream Catcher." Both of them nod to each other and then head to the elevator.

Confessional Start:

Eileen: (She's still holding the stuffed walrus) I forgot to put it back in Felix's room before Sarah dragged me to the elevator. I'll give it back once the challenge is done.

Confessional End:

(10:32 am: Margaret's Room)

Meanwhile, Kevin, Felix, Mav, and Mathias are all looking for clues in Margaret's room with strict supervision from Margaret. The room itself looks well kept, with a freshly made bed, several posters about racing and old gangster movies hanging on the wall with a oak dresser right below them, and several guns in a glass case that Margaret expressively forbade anyone from touching.

"Arrgh. Can't we go already?" Kevin groans, "We've been looking here for hours and all we found that was weird with some long-broken stick that Margaret took from us."

(Broken Stick Added to Notes)

"Not until we talk with Margaret. Since she's the victim here, we should hear what happen last night." Felix says feeling annoyed.

"What's wrong you two?" Mathias says looking amused, "Are you two thinking of more ways for your team to lose?" And apparently his competitive side came out early.

Both Felix and Kevin are looking annoyed with Mathias' comment, and Felix replies, "We aren't in the mood Mathias. And frankly I'm surprised that you are to considering that mouth of yours is forcing you to be at the bottom of your team."

"Yeah. Yeah." Mathias waves off, "You just can't take the truth that we are so going to beat you this challenge."

"Boasting like that isn't going to help anyone. Least of all, you Mathias." Mav says walking up from behind him and spooking him a little, "I thought you knew that."

"I do." Mathias replies, "It's why I'm only lightly boasting. You know I can be a lot worse."

Mav sighs and says, "Sadly I do. And I'm at least glad you're toning it down a bit. Though it still needs work." Mathias lightly pouts at this but says nothing else. Mav turns to Felix and Kevin, "I've finish talking with Margaret. Your turn and good luck. To Felix, I mean."

"Screw you too! Traitor!" Kevin retorts and Mav and Mathias head to the elevator. Passing by Margaret as she's standing right next to the door to her bedroom. Kevin then goes to Margaret and shouts, "Now tell us what we need to know lady! Or else, I'll…!"

Before Kevin can finish his threat, Margaret grabs him by the hands and begins to crush it, which immediately makes Kevin go to his knees. And Margaret replies, "Or else, you'll be losing both your hands and force to eat them through a straw if you try to threaten me again." She then let's go of Kevin to look at Felix and gives him a cold glare to which Felix smirks at.

Confessional Start:

Felix: What can I say? I like feisty woman with a bit of intelligence to them. Especially when they lose to me.

Confessional End:

Margaret says, "Now, since the last blabbermouth took so long to talk to me, I'm only answering a few questions from you two. So, hurry up and ask your questions!"

"Alright." Felix replies, "Let's go with the obvious. When was your 'object' taken from you and did you know that it was going to be part of the challenge?"

Margaret immediately replies, "Obviously I didn't know it was going to be part of the challenge. Otherwise, I would've prepared something to steal in advance. Instead, someone, took something from me that shouldn't be seen by anyone. And to answer your first one, Between 10 pm and 12 am last night. That was when I was overseeing repairs on the Dreamcatcher."

(Time of Theft Added to Notes)

"Repairs?" Kevin asks, recovering from Margaret's death grip.

"After the big idiot went nuclear, the machine's having trouble with certain functions. Specifically, the function that allows people to come back after they 'die' in the dreamworld."

Felix and Kevin are horrified to hear this and Kevin yells, "And you only mention this now!?"

"Knock it off!" Margaret shouts back, "I got enough of a headache as is explaining it to Mav. Look! Other than that function, everything works completely fine on the Dreamcatcher. And that function I mention should be fixed by tomorrow. Hence why we are doing two dreams in a row. Neither of which are meant to risk anyone's life!"

Recovering from his shock, Felix says, "Still, isn't it risky to continue the challenges?"

Margaret gives a deadpan look at Felix and replies, "Did you ever watch Total Drama before you applied?"

"Okay. I heard how dumb it was when it came out of my mouth. Sorry." Felix apologizes.

"Anyway," Margaret continues, "Like I said, death shouldn't be an issue for this challenge. It's a simple court case. So, what else do you need to know to prepare for it?"

"I got one." Kevin says, "The missing object. Was it a gun by any chance?"

Margaret looks at Kevin as if he just grew wings and replies, "What are you talking about?"

"Your gun case." Kevin gestures to the said case, "It's missing a few guns." Margaret goes to check what Kevin meant, and sure enough, two spots where guns would be placed are empty."

(Gun Case Added to Notes)

(Missing Gun Added to Notes)

Margaret gets a better look and starts to smoke in anger, but then she calms down and looks at Felix and Kevin with a casual smile, "Why yes, Kevin. The gun is the object I'm missing."

"Gun? Not Guns?" Kevin asks.

Margaret holds a pistol out and Felix and Kevin immediately put their hands up, "As you can see, I always carry a gun with me just in case. Though I don't mind having spares for more 'serious' cases."

"Is it loaded?" Kevin nervously replies.

"Nope." Margaret replies, "But I also carry ammo for these kinds of guns at all times."

Hoping to change the subject (and to get Margaret to stop moving around with the gun) Felix asks, "Why did you not mention that you were missing a gun?"

Margaret again gives a deadpan look at him and says, "Boy, you are asking a lot of stupid questions today. I'm sure your current reaction to an unloaded firearm is clear enough reason why."

Confessional Start:

Felix: Okay. She won this round. But it wouldn't be much fun to beat her if she wasn't a challenge.

Confessional End:

Kevin looks relieved and puts his arms down and says, "Phew. Good to hear, but seriously, someone stole a gun? Should we really do a challenge now?"

"Like I said, it's unloaded." Margaret replies, "And all the ammunition has been locked up by my associates and the ammo I currently have is on me at all times."

Kevin starts, "Does that include…"

"Finish that thought, and I'll be more than happy to load my gun." Margaret finishes. Kevin keeps quiet after that, and Felix asks another question.

"We saw a broken stick in you room, likely belonging to Katniss, so could Katniss have actually taken the gun by mistake?"

"Hmmm…" Margaret wonders about this and replies, "I'm not too sure. Katniss is a pretty wild girl who would make a mess wherever she goes. And whoever took the gun left everything else intact." Kevin and Felix to see that Margaret is telling the truth. The room looks clean and there are no signs of any disorder or destruction in the room whatsoever.

(State of Margaret's Room Added to Notes)

(Margaret's Testimony Added to Notes)

"Now that's taken care of." Margaret says, "It's about time you two leave and return to your teams. Both of you should have enough info on this end."

"But what about…" Kevin starts,

"Me loading my gun? Don't worry, it'll only be a second." Margaret finishes. Felix and Kevin immediately leave the room and head to the elevator.

Confessional Start:

Kevin: I think Margaret, and my sister will get along very well.

Confessional End:

(11:15 am Dreamcatcher 500)

After exploring the three rooms in question, the Lucid Dreamers and Night Terrors regroup to discuss their findings and to make a case for the upcoming trial.

Currently the Dreamers are together in a circle, except for Ben, who's still looking for Katniss, until Mathias grabs him, and points to one of the ports for the machine that is being used by Katniss, "She's already in the machine, Ben. She isn't going to be able to talk now."

Ben gasps at this and shouts, "Doggy is in that machine! I'LL SAVE YOU DOGGY!" Ben starts to run at the machine, but Bullet and Mathias tackle him to the ground and try to hold him down. The rest of the Dreamers are discussing on the info they found.

"Before we go in." Mav starts, "I need to warn everyone here that due to Ben's 'explosion' during the nightmare challenge, the function that allows us to not die in the machine is out of commission. In short, we could die in there now." The other Dreamers' reaction to this is of shock and fear, Eileen in particular faints on the spot and even the fight between, Ben, Mathias, and Bullet stop for a second.

"DOGGY IS GOING TO DIE IN THERE!?" For a second till Ben gets even more worried and Bullet and Mathias is doing everything they can to hold him back.

Ignoring Ben's outburst, Carmen asks, "Is this why we are doing Sarah's dream rather than a nightmare challenge today?" Mav nods and then she remembers something, "I'll keep it in mind, but for now, I need to ask, Sarah, what did that maid say to you when you were talking with her?"

Mav and Carmen look at her in intrigue while Ben, Mathias, and Bullet continue wrestling, and Eileen is still on the ground unconscious. Sarah replies, "I asked her if she or the other workers here saw anything or anyone suspicious while they were off cleaning the VIP room last night."

"So, did they?" Carmen asks.

Sarah replies, "She herself didn't see anything. She wasn't responsible for cleaning it during the night, but she talked to the one who did during breakfast, and he said that he saw two things last night. One before he went to clean, and one after."

Mav thinks about this, "Kind of late to ask the cleaner now. But you said that he saw something before and after. What were they?"

"I was getting to that!" Sarah said hating being interrupted. "The cleaner saw Katniss and Chef fighting on the elevator right before he went to clean. This is a regular occurrence for the workers by this point, so the cleaner ignored it. Though he also claimed to see that there was something small and black in the elevator, but the object was too far away that he couldn't make out what it was."

"And what time was this?" Carmen asks.

"Assuming that the cleaner worked when he was supposed to, around 10 pm. His schedule according to the maid is supposed to be between 10 pm and 2 am."

(Cleaner's Schedule added to Notes)

(Fight Between Chef and Katniss added to Notes)

"And you also said that the cleaner saw something after cleaning." Asks Carmen.

Sarah replies, "The guy said he saw one the contestants go out and going back into their rooms. But he didn't know who since the surrounding lights were off and he himself was tired from working for four hours.

(Unknown Contestant seen at 2 am added to Notes)

"So, in short," Mav says, "The cleaner saw a fight with Katniss and Chef and saw someone go back into their room. This could be very useful for the trial. Though nothing that can clear Katniss yet."

Carmen shrugs and says, "I think will be fine, let's just get ready for what we're going to say during the trial." Mav and Sarah nod to this and then Eileen wakes up.

"What did I miss?" She asks.

Confessional Start:

Sarah: Looks like my team is all set for the trial. And now that I proved myself by getting the lion share of our info, I just need to prove my skills in the courtroom. Once I do, I'll secure my spot as an asset to the team, and we can focus on the actual problems on our team.

Mathias: Yeah, it was hard for me and Bullet to hear everything since Ben was still crying about Katniss, but I think we have the gist of it. Though honestly, I'm mixed about this challenge since Sarah wants me gone. Do I really want to win the challenge then if she proves herself?

Eileen: So, what did I miss again?

Confessional End:

Meanwhile, the Night Terrors are going info that they've collected themselves.

"So," Wendell starts, "Chris told one of us to steal Margaret's gun in the middle of the night and hide it for the sake of the challenge?"

Meredith says, "Chris didn't specify whether or not it was a gun. But yes." Kevin and Felix already told the Terrors about what they heard from Margaret, and they are now going over info they were able to get from Chris and Chef when Meredith and Makayla spoke to them after searching the rooms.

"Did he say anything else? "Felix asks.

"Just that he wanted the culprit to do so without anyone else knowing. Even erased some of the camera footage from last night. Though he also admitted about forgetting to erase the footage from the elevator and contestants' rooms.

(Chris' Testimony added to Notes)

(Deleted Footage added to Notes)

"Why would Chris forget to erase footage?" Kevin asks.

"It's actually more of a 'didn't have enough time to'." Meredith replies, "The usual associate who watches the cameras went to the bathroom for ten minutes and Chris was trying to erase any footage that related to the challenge as to try and keep it secret from Margaret. Unfortunately, the associate came back, and Chris had to hide."

(Attempt to Delete Footage added to Notes)

"Sounds like the associate was a smart guy to figure out that the footage was tampered with." Kevin remarks with an impressed look.

"Actually, it was a woman." Meredith corrected.

"Hmmm…Well, I guess everyone is entitled to a lucky break." Kevin says, which Danuja promptly smacks him back in the head for.

Confessional Start:

Danuja: If it wasn't for him being Wendell's friend, I would have done a lot worse.

Confessional End:

Wendell asks, "What about Chef? What did he have to say?"

"We didn't have a lot of time to speak with him if we're being honest." Makayla replies, "All we got from him was that he fought with Katniss throughout the whole bunker, and he cleaned it up when he was done fighting with her."

Meredith chimes in and says, "We didn't get an actual time they started or stopped either. Though when we talked to Chef, he looked sleep deprived, so he was likely up all night."

(Chef's Testimony added to Notes)

(Chef's State added to Notes)

"ATTENTION BOTH TEAMS!" Chris shouts through a megaphone. "YOUR TIME IS UP AND BOTH TEAMS MUST GET INTO THE DREAMCATCHER FOR THE CHALLENGE!"

"Well," Danuja says, "Guess it's about time we get going." Each of the contestants are moving to the machine, except for Ben who rather than going for Katniss again, is trying to get away from the machine.

"You can't make me go into that deathtrap! You hear me!?" Ben shouts in rebellion.

Having enough of dealing with Ben, Mathias puts his hands on Ben's shoulders and have Ben face him. He then says, "Look at me, Ben. Those machines are safe to use." Mathias points to the machine. He then stares back at Ben, "Katniss is safe. As long as we're not stupid, no one is going to get hurt this challenge."

Ben becomes less worried though he's still unsure. He then looks at Mathias and says, "How do I know you're Matt and not Mathias trying to get me in this scary machine?"

Mathias sigh at this, but he decides to play, "Because Mathias only wants to win. I want to help my friends. Trust me, we will be safe."

Ben looks conflicted, but he relents and say, "Ookie-dookie, Matt. I'll trust you." Ben then walks to the machine and puts his helmet on.

"So, you accepted the nickname huh?" Bullet says in amusement and Mathias just stares at him in annoyance. Bullet then says, "Come on, let's not keep the others waiting." Both Bullet and Mathias go into the Dreamcatcher and head to the next dream.

(Sarah's Dream)

"Hey. Why can't I see anything?" Shouted Makayla in frustration.

"It's probably for dramatic effect. Just give it a moment." Mav responds. As he says that, the contestants see a light shine to their right and they all head towards it. At the end, they see that it's a courtroom with a marble floor, several gray statues, three dark brown court chairs facing across from the contestants, and sixteen small, brown podiums in the middle of the room. Three of these podiums have pictures of eliminated contestants, representing Liz, Cara, and Touma respectfully.

"Well," Meredith says now being nervous, "This is too familiar for comfort."

"Let's just pick a podium and get this challenge over with." Felix says and each of the contestants pick a podium. Felix goes to the right of Touma's podium, and Meredith goes to the podium in between Touma's and Cara's. Makayla goes on the left of Cara's, and Kevin goes next to her, which makes both of them turn away in anger. Wendell goes next to Kevin, and Danuja is next to him, which also happens to be the right of Liz's podium. Eileen goes to the right of that podium, followed by Mav and Sarah. Bullet goes next to Sarah, and Mathias goes next to Bullet. Ben goes to the podium besides Mathias and Carmen rounds it up by going in between Ben's and Felix's podium.

(Danganronpa Theme Start)

Once everyone is standing in their podiums, the podiums themselves rise up, and so does the courtroom. The courtroom itself changes to a gray layout and a green fence appears around the courtroom and tons of half-black, half-white bears are all sitting on stands, making noise like it was a baseball game.

Then Chris appears in the top court chair wearing a black robe and a white wig. Margaret appears on Chris' right, and Chef appears on his left. Katniss also appears in a compartment under Chris stand and is in handcuffs, which makes Ben worry, but Mathias puts his hand on Ben's shoulder to calm him down. Chris then clears his threat and says, "Welcome to Total Drama Courtroom. The accused today is Katniss Monroe. For the crime of stealing an important object from the victim, Margaret Diablo. The prosecutors are the Night Terrors who will attempt to prove Katniss is guilty of the crime. The defendants are the Lucid Dreamers who will attempt to prove that someone other than Katniss did the crime. Both sides will have an hour and a half to argue their cases. At which point, me, Margaret, and Chef will render a final verdict. And remember, guilty or not, if anyone other than Katniss is accused and found guilty, then they will automatically be eliminated from the game. Now, let's begin the trial."

*BANG!*

*BANG!* Chris hits the stand with a gavel he's now holding in his hand and the trial begins.

Confessional Start:

Chef: Man, you don't know how long pretty boy kept rehearsing that speech. Barely had enough time to answer those girls' questions. Forget to set the death function up on the machine too. Which is weird because he was looking forward to this one because of it. Good thing I was there to set it back up.

Confessional End:

…To be continued.

Clues:

State of Kitchen

Pointy Rock

Stuffed Walrus

Broken Stick

Time of Theft (between 10pm-12am)

Gun Case

Missing Gun

State of Margaret's Room

Margaret's Testimony

Cleaner's Schedule

Fight Between Katniss and Chef

Unknown Contestant seen at 2am

Chris' Testimony

Deleted Footage

Attempt to Delete Footage

Chef's Testimony

Chef's State

Author Notes:

First off, I'm sorry for taking so long for this. I honestly didn't mean to. I'm just hoping right now that this part is worth both your time and patience. The second part will be released way earlier than this one, so I hope you can look forward to it. I'll also show who's my second pick for next season, and as for the spinoff I had planned. I'm going to scrap that one in favor of a different fic that I plan to release in a few days. I hope you all look forward to that as well. But now, questions.

What do you think happen?

Who do you think the culprit is?

Who do you think is going to be eliminated?

See you all real soon!