Hey everyone! Um...how are y'all? Uh...I decided to make a Total Drama Island/Resident Evil fusion...crossover...thing...
...Okay, look, about "Thin", I'm REALLY sorry. It's not canceled or anything like that, it's just that...I'm stuck. I've really been trying to watch some of the first season of Total Drama Island, but the problem is...look, does anyone know where I can find the first season episodes of TDI on the internet? Also, I've been kind of busy with my other story ideas, so I didn't have time to watch TDI...that, or I'm seriously lazy to look up where to watch it. I have looked at the Wikia for Total Drama though...
Actually, I do want to ask, do all of you like to see "Thin" continued? I mean, I might continue it either way, it's just that it'll take a long while for me to write it and plan out. I have the ending worked out, but the beginning and middle...not so much. D:
But anyways, this is an idea that came to me a while back when I saw clips and seen the demo for the upcoming Resident Evil 7 game. It looks like it has some great promise to be a genuinely scary game, and there's so many theories going around to what the plot might be about, that I decided to make something really unique by borrowing these theories and making this Total Drama story! :D How am I gonna do that when the game isn't even out yet? Well...to answer that, I'm taking creative liberties on the story! Also, I'll probably make two chapters for now, so it won't delve into the story all that much yet. In fact, if the plot of the real game sounds like I could incorporate it in this story, then I'll use it with little touches here and there! But if I can't use it, then I'll use what I originally planned...which is kind of in development still...as usual when it comes to my stories... D:
But yeah! I hope this will be interesting! Keep in mind though, that this is a build-up chapter, so the horror won't come into play yet. This chapter will show a little background how Cody and Gwen became good friends and how their relationship grew. So...without further ado...
THE DISCLAIMER! 8D
Disclaimer: The Total Drama Series is owned by Teletoon and Fresh TV Inc. The Resident Evil Series, and the upcoming RE7 game is owned by Capcom. Other chains and products are also NOT owned by me. Seriously. This is just an internet story. I'm not making money off of this. XP
...Go Tell Aunt Rhody...
She was happy that it's over.
Seriously, she was just glad.
After barely surviving the island collapse, floating on a cabin's rooftop, and luckily finding a fishing boat to take them back to the shore of Toronto, the contestants, but mostly Gwen, were completely relieved to finally be off the show Total Drama. The 17 year old girl just wanted to go home and plop down on her bed to sleep, erasing the memories that she had on this stressful reality TV show journey. But since they're in Toronto, she, along with the other contestants, can chill a little while. In fact, the producers of the show were nice enough to let them stay in a hotel and a day in Toronto before they can go home. And since she wasn't going to be in the new season, Gwen celebrated by going out on the town with Zoey, Mike, and Cameron.
"Man, that was amazing! The CN Tower really did had some phenomenal views!" Cameron commented in excitement as they walked the busy districts of the city. "I'm just glad I didn't get vertigo on those glass floors! Thanks again by the way for helping me walk on them!"
Zoey giggled as she held onto Mike's arm, which he chuckled. Gwen chuckled as well while walking next to them and said, "You were pretty brave for doing that, Cam."
Cameron turned to the Goth and blushed, "Heh, thanks. I've never been to a big city before, so being here can certainly impact your perspective if one has been in a bubble for so long. I'm just glad we didn't eat before we went."
Gwen chuckled. It's the beginning of the afternoon in their trip to Toronto, and they were walking around downtown Toronto in the financial district, enjoying the sights and sounds of the city, and using the money that the producers gave them(500 dollars each) as in a way to apologize for all the chaos they went through. They slept in for breakfast, and before, they went to the famous CN Tower to see the overlook of the entire city and Lake Ontario. They then decided to go to a McDonald's for lunch, which is a welcome taste on what they had to endure with the slop Chef calls 'food'.
While they were walking though, they have been stopped by many young viewers who were asking for their autographs, which although, while Gwen doesn't think she's all that special, she was flattered that they would look up to her. They especially thought her dumping Duncan was the right thing to do, as it portrays that she was a strong female character, which she was happy to hear. She always wanted to be a role model for young women, and she guesses she did just that, so that was a positive plus on her part for being on the show.
All in all though, they've really been through a lot. Among from all the horrible challenges and a sadistic host, they also had their morality tested. Now that they are finally out of Total Drama, they can breath a sigh of relief, no longer needing to back-stab people and do stupid challenges to fight for a bunch of paper currency.
Gwen had it the worse, however, what with having two rocky relationships, and fixing her friendship with Courtney. She blinked at the thought of Courtney floating off in the distance in one of those balloons. 'Oh man...I really do hope Court is okay. Even after all the crap we've been through on this season, I hope we're still friends. She had to have voted herself off, I would think...' She instantly felt bad for saying that to Courtney, but she guesses she did maintain her end of the bargain...she can only hope she was alright wherever that balloon took her. She did want to keep in touch with her after all of this...she still views her as a friend.
But either way, even though she didn't get the prize money, the biggest prize she ever had in the show was that she actually made friends. She was usually a loner, but seeing that she was with people that just wants to be friends as well, made her realize that she could have some friends every once in a while.
'Speaking of friends, I wonder how they're doing, and what they're actually doing right now...' thought Gwen as she kept walking beside Mike, Zoey, and Cameron.
They entered a McDonald's, the heavenly smell of burger and fries wafting into their nostrils as their mouths begin to water.
"Man, I am SO glad to eat some real food!" Zoey said relieved.
Mike laughed, "Tell me about it! I don't think that one course Chef cooked up when we were on Revenge of the Island was chicken at all."
Zoey made a disgusted face, "Eyuck! That was horrible! It tasted like it was a cross between fish and rubber."
"Ugh, I rather not think about that right now." groaned Cameron, "Now that I'm out of my bubble, I would really love to get me a Big Mac instead of the kids meal my mom always gives me." he says with his eyes rolled.
Gwen chuckled, but then she thought of her mom and brother back at home. She felt quite homesick when thinking of them, but she did told her mother that she was coming home tomorrow, which let her mother be relieved, also saying that her brother, Derek, was glad to finally see her come back home. That made her look all the more forward to go back to her small town in Ontario...
As they walked toward the cashiers, Gwen noticed someone sitting at one of tables at the corner of her left eye.
She sees one lone but recognizable teenager sitting and eating his Double Quarter Pounder with cheese.
Gwen's eyes widened, 'Cody?'
Cameron also saw Cody and squinted, "Hey, is that Cody over there?"
Mike and Zoey turned to where Cameron was looking. Mike then said, "Hey, it is! Wow, what are the odds?"
'Tell me about it.' Gwen thought.
"Wow! Cool! Hey Gwen, he's your friend now, right?" Zoey asked the Goth.
"Um...well, yeah, I...guess we're friends now." Gwen said with a shrug.
When Cody was about to take another bite of his hamburger, he looked up and saw Gwen. He lowered his sandwich, his face expressing shock.
'Gwen!?' Cody thought, his mind freezing at the sight of her.
Cameron then went over to where Cody was at with a smile and extended his hand out, "Hey! You must be Cody! The name's Cameron!"
Cody snapped out of his daze and stared at the hand that was offering him to shake, "Oh, um...h-hi. Yeah, I'm...I'm Cody." he shook Cameron's hand, "Wait, so...you're Cameron from Total Drama Revenge of the Island and that new Total Drama All Stars?
"Yeah!" Cameron said happily, "How did you know?"
"Well, I've been up to date with recent stuff on the show while I've been out of commissioned. So, how's reality TV show fame treating you?" Cody said with a smile.
While they were talking, Mike, Zoey, Gwen came over to his table, the latter almost hesitant to do so.
'Oh come on, you already confirmed he's not all that bad. Sure, he's a little weird when it comes to me...actually, he's still a little perv, I think...but we are kind of friends now...' Gwen thought. She decided to just at least wave to him, but keeping a monotonous expression. "Hey Cody."
Cody turned his attention away from Cameron to Gwen. He looked surprised, probably not noticing her, "Gwen! Uh, hey!" he then turned to Mike and Zoey. "Oh! Um...Mike and Zoey, right?"
"Yep! Howya doing?" Mike said as he shook Cody's hand.
"Nice to meet you!" Zoey said cheerfully as she shook his hand as well.
"Thanks! And I'm...doing fine actually!" Cody said with a smile, although half of the genuine smile looked forced for some reason.
'Fine' is kind of a loose term for Cody. After being on the show, things had been kind of...different for him. There was one crowd that felt sorry for him, and the other crowd who makes fun of him, which thankfully, the former had the most reception. Although, it didn't made him feel better, as he still gets ridiculed by the jerks at his school. Either way, it made him feel really self-conscious and embarrassed about the whole thing, making himself look like a fool on national television. He wished he could have another chance to redeem himself in another season to let everyone know that he wasn't the same weak dork everyone claims he was.
Actually, he has been working out in the gym lately trying to improve his scrawny stature so he can gain more muscle. He thinks it's working; he has a hard time lifting weights and doing crutches as well as push ups, but he's getting there. He does has some tone in his arms, which he kind of hopes it would attract a girl...just as long it isn't anyone like Sierra(heaven forbid).
Still, he made friends like Trent, Harold, Noah, and DJ to name a few while being on the show. They keep in contact every now and then with Skype instant messaging, and phone calls. Trent was actually the closest friend he talks to when it comes to stuff bothering him and other deep things. Speaking of contacting, the only thing that he regrets was not getting to know Gwen better, even though he knows she's already a cool gal...
He just hopes that jerk Duncan's not corrupting the poor girl.
But seeing that Duncan is not in company with Gwen, Mike, Zoey, and Cameron, and in Toronto nonetheless, was a great relief. Although, he wonders why Gwen isn't with him right now.
Gwen noticed that the smile that Cody gave them looked almost fake. She frowned, but stayed silent. Her new friends, however, didn't seem to notice, as Mike said, "Great! Man, the last season was crazy! We barely escaped the island from crumbling apart!"
"The island crumbled apart?" Cody asked in confusion.
"Yeah!" Zoey said, "It was on a fracking machine-"
"Whoa! Hey, this is a McDonald's, please, watch your language here!" Cody said in a panic, his hands holding up as if to quiet her down.
Zoey, as well as Cameron, Mike, and Gwen blinked. Zoey then laughed, as well as the two other boys, while Gwen couldn't help but smirked and snickered at Cody's misunderstanding.
Cody however, was more confused, "W-What? What did I say?"
Gwen was the person to explain, shaking her head as she smiled, "Cody, frack-ing. Not...the other word you thought."
Cody sat there, processing what his dream girl was explaining, "...Oh! Oh you mean...oh." he blushed, wincing at how stupid he must have sound right now. He tried to recover his initial embarrassment when he asked, "Wait, so...fracking machine? You mean...?"
"Yep. Chris would go that far." Gwen shook her head at the thought of it.
"Whoa...and you all survived!?" Cody said flabbergasted.
"Yeah, believe it not. We then got rescued by a fishing boat and were brought here. We're spending the day in the city before we go back home." Cameron explained.
"Yeah." Mike nodded, "So what about you, Cody? What are you doing in Toronto?"
"Well, I live in Mississauga, which means I'm basically in Toronto...kind of. Anyways, I've just arrived here for the Toronto Comicon." Cody explains.
"What!? Seriously!? That's today!?" Mike exclaimed in shock. He then remembers the date today, "Oh, man, that's right! Today is March 18th!"
"Wait, Comicon? The Comicon?" Cameron said in awe. "I've...I've always wanted to go there..."
Cody smiled and chuckled, "Yeah. You guys comic book fans?"
"Well, I'm kind of a, YEAH I am!" Mike said enthusiastically.
"Do you even need to ask!? Iron Man is my favorite Marvel superhero, as well as Batman being my favorite DC superhero!" Cameron says excitedly.
Cody laughed, "Sweet!"
The three boys talked for a couple of moments about their favorite superheros. Gwen was rolling her eyes humorously at their display of geekdom, while Zoey giggled.
"Uh, guys? We're kind of hungry, you know?" Zoey teased with a smirk.
The boys stopped their conversation, Mike and Cameron blushing in embarrassment, while Cody smiled sheepishly.
"Heh, uh, sorry. I didn't mean to keep you all from ordering your food." Cody said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Hey, no problem! Actually, how about after we order our food, we all sit with you and talk for a while? You seem like you need the company!" Zoey offers kindly.
Cody blinked, "Well...y-you all don't really have to-"
"Are you kidding? I want to talk to you about the latest Batman movie!" Cameron said with a smile.
Cody, stunned, looked at Mike, Zoey, and Cameron each, until he locked his gaze onto Gwen.
Gwen blinked, looking at Cody. Should he sit with him? 'Well...eh, why not? If he ever does anything creepy I'll just kick him in the shin...but for some reason, I get the feeling that he really wouldn't do something like that now...besides, he does look kind of lonely at this table. I think he would need the company.'
Gwen shrugged, "Hey, we can sit with you...if...you know, you want us to." she said, feeling a little awkward upon saying that.
Cody looked even more stunned, his eyes widened, and mouth agape quite a bit.
Gwen tried her hardest not to giggle. 'Hehe! I got to admit, he does look kind of cute all surprised like that.'
Cody snapped out of his shock, and smiled widely, "Sure! I mean, if that's okay with all of you?" he said to them(but he mostly was asking Gwen).
Gwen smirked softly, "Sure." she said simply.
"Great!" Cody said ecstatically, "Let me warn ya though, I talk nonstop about geeky comic book stuff."
Gwen couldn't help but snicker that time. "Duly noted."
Cody beamed at making her chortle.
When they placed their order and got their tray of food to Cody's table, they all talked for a bit about comics, Total Drama, and other everyday things. Cody instantly made friends with the three contestants and learned more about their interests and their quirks, such as Mike's Multiple Personality Disorder, Zoey's love for indie theater and movies, as well as Cameron being encased in a plastic bubble at the time. Gwen sat there a little quietly, occasionally filling in what the others were saying to Cody.
The Goth, however, couldn't help but let her mind wander at times when she glances at Cody.
He seems...different. He's joking around, laughing, being excited by the stuff he's talking about...it's like he's not acting like that other version of Cody she met while on Wawanakwa Island in the first season. He's not even giving out cheesy pick up lines to her and Zoey(but maybe that's because he knows she's taken). It's like...he's being himself...and not acting like someone else.
'I wonder what made Cody started acting like this?' Gwen thought in curiosity. Granted, she knows Cody is a good guy. Sure, he tries hard when he flirts and acting like he's a 'ladies man', but Gwen would chalk it up to hiding his insecurities.
...Actually, when she thought about that, it made her feel pretty bad for Cody, sad even. He was really trying to fit in with the popular crowd, where if it was her, she didn't care to fit into any popular crowd(although, she did wanted friends). Still, Cody was just insecure about his traits, his real personality, and in an effort to mask them - thinking that no one will take the real Cody - decided to become a different person.
She blames the social groups of schools...
Come to think of it, she wonders what kind of friends Cody has back at his school? Were they good friends? Loyal friends? Or will they just laugh at him when he comes back?
She thought about how he acted during World Tour, and while he was still attached to her, he grown mature during the whole show, to the point that he became bearable during his participation in the team. And they have become friends...somewhat.
Gwen frowned slightly at how weak that sounded in her mind.
Now why does she think that? Of course they're friends...if Cody would just accept that. But maybe he has during and after these two seasons...maybe he really has grown mature during that time...
Either way, seeing Cody smiling and laughing without having to act like someone he wasn't...it was a nice change.
'Yeah...we are friends...' Gwen smirked, 'And I can tolerate his hormones.'
Cody turned to Gwen, whom she snapped out of her thoughts when she realized she was staring at him. "So, um...how are things going with you, Gwen?" he asks, his tone almost hesitant.
Gwen thought on how to answer that. She had a breakup with Duncan, her friendship with Courtney has been kind of repaired, and she escaped the island crumbling down as mentioned before...
"Well, for one thing, I broke up with Duncan." she said simply. Her eyes widened at what she said. 'What!? Why did I say that of all things!?'
Cody's eyes widened in shock. 'She...she broke up with Duncan!?' In his mind, he was doing excited back-flips, but he had to think of Gwen and how she felt, so he just said in a sympathetic tone, "Oh...I'm...I'm sorry."
Gwen sighed, 'Oh well, I guess what's done is done. I mean, he deserves to at least know.' "Don't be. I realized he was a jerk."
"Oh...um...w-well..." Cody looked sheepish for a moment.
Gwen softly smiled, "Cody, you can express how you feel about Duncan, don't worry. It's not like he's in Toronto. In fact, he's in jail."
Cody looked surprised at the last bit, "He's in jail? Whoa, what did he do, kill Chris?"
That time Gwen laughed, although it was soft. The others laughed as well. Cody's insides swelled with happiness to know that he made her laugh as well as his new friends, but mostly Gwen...she has a beautiful laugh.
"Sadly no, but he trashed his quote on quote 'cottage'." Gwen said, using quotation marks with her fingers.
"Quote on quote, huh? Sounds like it's more than a cottage." Cody said sardonically.
"Heh, yeah. You know how Chris can be with subtlety." Gwen said as she rolled her eyes.
Cody laughed, "Well, I'll tell you one thing; I'm glad I'm not on Total Drama anymore. I just want to put that behind me."
"Tell me about it." Gwen agreed, "I vowed to never to be on that show again. I had to put bear poop on a portrait of Chris on one of the challenges."
"...What now?" Cody asked in perplexity.
"Long story. It got me eliminated." Gwen explained.
"Oh...well, whatever the challenge was, I should think that Chris would have been flattered that you added on the one thing that compliments his personality."
Gwen now full on laughed at the joke. The others bust a gut laughing as well. Once again, Cody felt happy to make everyone, especially Gwen, laugh.
They talked for a little while longer, reviewing the torture that was All Stars, as well as what happened in the show. They told him about Gwen's on and off again friendship with Courtney, Mike's evil personality 'Mal' almost taking over his body, how they saved Chris from Ezekiel, to the final challenge, where Mike and Zoey had their first kiss.
"Wow...man, talk about a season!" Cody said impressed.
"Yeah. And the best part is, we don't have to be in another one." Gwen said with a smile.
Cody smiled as well, knowing the feeling. There was a vibration in his pocket, indicating his phone was ringing. He fished it out of his pocket and looked at the caller ID. "Oh, um...hold on a second. It's my Mom. Got to tell her that I made it here okay." He hit the the answer button and put it to his ear, "Mom? ...Hey, yeah, I made it out here okay. ...Oh, okay. Tell Dad I said thanks...oh, I'm at a McDonald's right now with some frie-" he paused for a second before he frowned, "...oh...okay. I mean, yeah, you got to get that call...yeah. Well, I love you Mom..." He hung up the call and sighed almost forlornly.
Gwen, Zoey, Mike, and Cameron all glanced at each other at what just occurred. Zoey turned to him in concern, "Um...is everything okay?"
Cody looked up to them with a forced smile, "Ah, it's nothing. Mom and Dad are just busy doing their thing. My Mom was just checking up on me." He quickly changed subjects, "So, what else are you all doing today in the big city?"
"Um...well, we haven't really figured that out yet. We went to the CN Tower, but we don't know where to go next to spend our budget on." Cameron admitted.
"Oh..." Cody hummed, "...You know, I can go to the Comicon tomorrow, so why not I show you around some of the great places here?"
All four blinked.
"Really?" Gwen asked, a little surprised.
Cody shrugged with a smile, "Yeah. You may not know, but my family is loaded. They gave me their credit card, but don't worry, I won't overspend. Besides, I wanted to check out this art gallery that house an exhibit on modern surrealism art."
"Surrealism art?" Gwen said, intrigued.
"Yeah. What do you guys say? Does that sound like something you like to pass the time on?" Cody asks them.
Mike, Zoey and Cameron glanced at each other, the former shrugging, smiling as he said, "Hey, that's sounds cool. I like to challenge my mind."
"Yeah! That kind of stuff actually interests me." Zoey commented.
"Surrealism art...is that the art style that shows weird imagery, but has some sort of message behind it?" Cameron asked.
"It's kind of like that." Cody answers with a chuckle.
"Hmm...that sounds cool! I like to check that out! What do you say, Gwen?" Cameron said to the Goth.
They all looked at Gwen, who looked at them for a second until she glanced back at Cody. "I...never knew you liked that kind of art, Cody."
"Well, yeah. I like art too. Comic illustrations got me into art, so I can really appreciate the traditional stuff as well. Plus, I do like the modern influence on surreal fantasy pieces." Cody said with a shrug and smile.
"Oh...but...are you sure? I mean, we don't want you to miss out on all the...uh, comic stuff." Gwen said, feeling kind of strange about letting Cody court them around the city.
"Hey, it goes on for three days, I can miss one." Cody says with happy grin, "Besides, I'm basically a Torontonian, so I know this place pretty well. Also, after the art gallery, I can show you all this great arcade complex. It's huge and has the best entertainment there is, to shooters, fighting games, dance games, as well as classic games."
"Wow, that sounds like fun!" Cameron grinned.
"I can go for that!" Zoey said with an approving smile.
"You had me at arcade complex!" Mike said excitedly.
Gwen kept staring at Cody, actually touched that he would go all this way to let them have a good time. "Wow...that's...really cool of you, Cody."
He smiled warmly, "Hey, we're friends. It's the least I can do."
Gwen didn't know how it happened, but she smiled a kind smile at Cody. She then smirked and said, "Okay, sure. Why not? I do want to ask, is there any zombie shooters in this arcade complex?"
"I think they're plenty, but they just came out with the HD remastered version of House of Zombies."
"Seriously!? I'm sold." Gwen grinned.
Cody grinned as well. 'Wow...I'm doing great! Maybe I should've just been myself a long time ago. And I'm gonna hang out with Gwen! And I also made even more friends! Who says I need to be someone else to be cool?'
Soon, they exited out of the fast food restaurant and began to go out on the town, with Cody as their guide...
"Dang, you were right Cody! That was the best ramen I've ever tasted!" Mike complimented at they all exited out of the restaurant and into the night air.
After looking at the arts, playing arcade games, and having some Asian cuisine for dinner, they started to head back to the path where Gwen, Zoey, Mike, and Cameron's hotel is.
"Man, this day has been great! Much better than any other day spent on Total Drama!" Cameron complimented as well.
"Thanks for showing us around the city, Cody! You really didn't have to do all of this for us though." Zoey said gratefully and sincerely.
"Hey, don't worry about it! I'm just glad I made new friends, as well as get in touch with old ones!" Cody commented happily.
Gwen smirked, "It has been a pretty entertaining day. I never knew you were a good virtual shooter. I think you popped five zombie's heads off in one level."
"Heh, thanks! You were pretty great yourself too, Gwen. I think you got every zombie in the game!" Cody praised her.
Gwen chuckled, "Well, House of Zombies is my favorite game growing up. I already practically know when the zombies will come out of their hiding places."
As soon as they reached their hotel, Mike, Zoey, and Cameron all said their goodbyes and thanks to Cody, but Gwen however said, "Um, you guys go on ahead. I need to talk to Cody for a moment."
Cody turned to Gwen in surprise, "You do?"
Gwen looked at Cody oddly, "Well, yeah. What, is...that okay?"
"Oh, uh, sure! I, um, just..." Cody had nothing to say to that.
Zoey, Mike, and Cameron glanced at each other curiously. Cameron turned to the the Goth and Tech Geek while saying, "Well, okay. Thanks again for showing us around, Cody! And thanks for giving us your Skype!"
"Yeah, thanks man!" Mike said with a smile.
"Thank you so much! We'll see ya soon!" said Zoey with a grin.
They waved as they left the two alone, all going to their hotel. While being out of earshot, Zoey asked Mike and Cameron, "What do you think Gwen wants to talk to Cody about?"
Mike shrugged, "Don't know. Maybe she just wants to personally thank him."
"I heard that they kind of have a decent friendship going on. Maybe it's just personal stuff." Cameron speculated.
Back at Cody and Gwen, the latter turned her attention to the former, "So, um...yeah, thanks for showing us around."
"No problem." Cody smiled.
Gwen however, was a little hesitant to say anything else, but she found the courage to say, "I...do want to ask though...are we...really friends?"
Cody then frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Well, what I mean by that, is...well, we didn't really start off...well on Total Dram Island, and..." she rubs the back of her neck, "...Cody, you could've just acted like that when we were on the first season."
Cody knew where she was getting at, "Oh...um...well, yeah, I..." he looked down shamefaced. "...I don't know, I just...I was just afraid that no one will be friends with the 'geeky' me."
Gwen now frowned, "What makes you say that?"
"My school...kind of runs on social status."
"Hey, mine does too. Why do you think I'm called the Goth girl?" Gwen joked.
"Yeah, but...you were different. To me, you were like...the coolest girl I've ever seen."
"Me? Cool? What made you see that?" Gwen asked curiously.
"Well, like I said, you were different. Not only were you...well..." Cody blushed, "...pretty, but you have a great personality, and you didn't care what anyone else said. You also don't take any prisoners. I learn that the hard way." he chuckled softly, "You really are...I mean...you're definitely my..." Cody faltered there, rubbing the back of his neck, blushing another shade of red.
Gwen had a feeling she knew what he was going to say, "Your...dream girl?"
"Um...y-yeah..." he said softly. He then sighed, "Look, I know I screwed up our first meeting, and you know, I really blame myself for that. Really, all I wanted was just friends. My Mom and Dad are too busy for me, I kind of have a sucky school life, and I'm not...really all that good with girls, as you can plainly see. I wanted to be on Total Drama just to see if I can be someone different, someone that people can relate too..." Cody scoffed, looking at the ground, "I guess I had a lot to learn." he then looked thoughtful, "...You know, Total Drama did teach me one thing; to be myself. To be who I really am..." he glanced up at Gwen with a soft smile, "Actually, you taught me that as well to, Gwen."
Gwen blinked, "I did?"
"Yeah. You acted like yourself during the whole show, and I really should've caught that..." Cody looked back at the the ground again with an unsure frown, "I'm just wondering...but...do you think things would've been different between us if I'd...acted like myself?"
The Goth softly frowned, silent for a moment to think what to say to that.
"...Maybe..." she said, looking at the ground in contemplation.
Cody was silent as well, until he took a deep breath, "...You know, I wouldn't change this. This was a life lesson that I had to learn myself; by just being myself." he looked up at Gwen with a smile, "And you helped contribute that."
Gwen felt...flattered by that. "T...Thanks, Cody."
Cody nodded, still having the same warm smile. "No prob."
The pale girl stood there with a thoughtful expression, "You know...we may not have hit it off or anything, but...I can easily say that we are friends." she said with a smile.
Cody smiled understandingly, "And that's cool with me. I really wouldn't have it any other way."
Gwen's smile turned warmer. "You know...I can give you my Skype if you want?"
Cody's eyes widened in surprise, "Really?"
"Yeah. But don't expect a free show." Gwen said the last part in a half-teasing but half-serious tone.
Cody raised his hands up in defense, "Hey, don't worry! I may be a horndog, but I won't stoop that low!"
Gwen smirked, "Good."
And so they exchanged Skype addresses, and were about to go off their way, until Gwen called out to him, "Hey Cody?"
Said boy stopped and turned around, "Yeah?
She smiled gently at him, "It's good to know the real Codemeister."
Cody chuckled, "Thanks. It's good to see you again, Gwen."
Gwen nodded with the same smile. They went onto their separate ways after that...
'Huh. It's good to see Cody finally coming out of his shell. I'm glad I bumped into him today.' Gwen thought in content as she walked to her hotel.
'Wow...that was the best conversation I had with Gwen ever! Things could be looking up for me here! Maybe...we can become something more as time passes on. But I don't want to rush it though. I don't want to ruin what we already have. Just...be yourself. The real you...' he nodded with a smile, feeling complacent as he walked off to where his hotel was.
Scary, ain't it? Lol, don't worry, the horror will come into play in a little while. However, I'm still waiting for the game to come out in the next two months to see what the plot will be about, so it'll be a while for me to write this...like all of my other stories...(sigh) I got to stop thinking up potential ideas for stories, man. XP
But still, how was this? Of course, this is just the prologue, but things will get interesting in the next chapter, believe me! There will be a time-skip and everything! :D
But yeah, what do you all think? Does it have promise? Did I do the characters right? Tell me with a review! And if you're interested, leave a fave or a follow! :)
I'll see you all around! Keep on rocking everybody! ^_^
-TSP