Here's Chapter 7!

First off, I want to thank my new story team (SailorMarble14 and AwesomeAuthor13) for wonderful ideas, references, and dialogue. Thanks guys! :D

Second, thank you all for your reviews and appreciation for chapter 6. :) Y'all are awesome!

Third, sorry it's so late but I wanted to finish this and posted as soon as I can. This took me nearly all day to finish this. Plus I hope I did okay with this chapter so please don't hate me for repeated words and such. Okay?

References:

The beginning- "A Dog and Pony Show" from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Vito saying "Let's Party" in the flashback- "Friendship Is Magic Part 2" from MLP.

Best Night Ever- "The Best Night Ever" from MLP. XD

Songs SailorMarble and I thought of for this chapter:

I Will Always Be With You (All Dogs Go To Heaven 2)- The personalities will always be with Mike.

The Place Where Wishes Come True II (Clannad)- During Mikes explanation during the party.

And Then I Turned Seven- Jamestown Story

Goodbye (I'm Sorry)- Jamestown Story- Jamestown Story

In Loving Memory (Acoustic Version)

I'm Already There- Lonestar

The last three above are when Mike is missing them but they are in his heart, always. :)

Next Chapter: Vito goes too far with a prank which lands him in big trouble with the guys and possibly ending his relationship with Svetlana. Can he fix it? We will see (This chapter won't take too long either!). :)

Until next time, read and review and enjoy!

I don't own Total Drama or characters.

Same with the My Little Pony references

Chapter 7: Family Point Of View

Mike was in his subconscious bedroom about to take control and get ready for a date with Zoey when Svetlana knocked on the door.

Knock! Knock!

"Come in!"

"Hello Mike!" she greeted him with a hug, "You going somewhere?"

"Yeah. I have a date with Zoey tonight." Mike nodded, "We're going to see a movie, go out to dinner, and then we're going to the park and gaze at the evening stars."

"Oooh, sound like a big night." she smiled warmly, "Vell, I hope you have fun."

"Thanks. I'll see you guys tonight." Mike said before leaving the subconscious.

Svetlana went to the living room and joined the others in watching TV.

"Where's Mike?" Chester asked her.

"He left to go on a date with Zoey." she answered as she stood next to the couch, "You know, Mike and Zoey have come a long way since they first met. They are a perfect couple and they're so romantical!" she paused a moment before saying, "Too bad Vito almost ruined it by kissing a girl who would later be dumping him!"

"Hey, I learned my lesson." her shirtless brother added, "No need to remind me."

Manitoba then said, "Hey guys, remember the time when I led the other maggots and myself through the mines? Good times."

"Not to mention all the times Chester whined about unchangeable things." Vito adds.

"Why you whippersnappers! I wasn't whining, I was complaining! Do you want to hear whining? This is whiiiiiining!" Chester began, "Uhhhh! The night is too daaaark! I can't see anythiiiiing! Ohhh, and Vitos hair is too messy! Why does he use so much hair gel!" the grandfather figure said.

This causes laughter all throughout the family members.

"You remember when I took over and ummmmm...I ummmm...I-I-I...hehehe." Mal awkwardly laughs and frowned, thinking of his past sins.

"It's okay, we forgive you mate." Manitoba patted his shoulder for comfort.

"Thanks guys." Mal stated.

"Ya, I think I can remember the day that we pushed the reset button and what happened after." Svetlana remembered.

"Yeah. How can I forget?" Chester began, "So much walking!"

"It was a day like no other." Vito said.

"The day I was defeated." Mal sighed deeply.

"A day I will never forget..." Manitoba looked up at the ceiling and started to daydream.

Everything was dark and quiet as Manitoba, slowly, opened his eyes and tried to sit up.

"Oh my bloody head..." he moaned as he rubbed his head.

He looked around and saw the other personalities scattered all around the floor like discarded toys and they were in an unfamiliar area of the subconscious. He crawled over to Chester, who was the closest, and shook him.

"Chester? Chester! Wake up!"

"Uhhhh. What?" the old man opened his eyes, "Why are you shaking me?! Can't anyone get any rest around here?!"

"Chester! Do you know where we are?" he asked.

"How should I know?! All I know is we pressed that stupid button and-" he stopped himself when he remembered everything that happened, "Mike...where is he?"

"I don't know, but we need to wake up the others first." Manitoba helped Chester up and walked towards Svetlana, "I'll try to wake up Svetlana, you wake up Vito."

He picked up the Russian girl in arms and shook her gently, "Wake up beauty." he spoke softly, "Open your eyes. Please get up."

"Oh...ah...huh?" Svetlana opened her eyes and saw Manitoba looking right into her eyes, "Manitoba? Vhat has happened here?"

"I think we were all sent back here after we pressed the reset button." Manitoba answered her, "But I'm not familiar at all with this place."

The explorer helped her up and Chester and Vito joined the two, "Ey yo guys. Where the heck are we?" Vito asked.

"It's just a hunch mate, but I do believe that reset button pushed us back into the far recesses of Mikes mind." Manitoba answered, "As for how far back, I'm not really certain."

"Und vhat about Mal?" Svetlana asked fearfully, "Vhere do you think he is being at?"

"That's a good question." Chester spoke up and shook in fear, "And I don't want to know."

"I betcha anything that Mike kicked his sorry rump back to kingdom come." Vito said as he flexed his muscles, "Not that I couldn't take him myself."

"We can worry about Mal later, mates." Manitoba pointed out, "Right now we need to get back to Mike. He might be worried about us."

"He's right." Svetlana agreed, "Ve must go to Mike at once!"

"Yeah! Let's go get our little bro' back!" Vito followed Manitoba and Svetlana as they walked away.

"Yeah! Let's-Hey! Don't tell me we have to walk again!" Chester complained.

During the first couple miles, everyone called out to Mike hoping he would answer them.

"MIKE! Mike? Where are you?! Mike! Please answer! Where did you go?! Mike, answer us!" they all called out.

Suddenly, Vito tripped over something. "Ow!" he said as he tried to stand up.

"Vito!" Svetlana ran to her brother, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." he said as he brushed himself off, "But what the heck did I trip over?"

He knelt down and it looked like a wooden doll that was broken to pieces. He turned the doll over and stepped back, for he knew immediately what it was.

"It's Dominic!" he said.

"Oh!" The others gasped.

It was the dummy that Mal made when he forced Vito to perform in a puppet show for him. Dominic came to life whenever Vito disobeyed him or even attempted to escape. Luckily, before the dummy could do anything, Mike destroyed it when he, Chester, and Svetlana came to the rescue.

"It's not still alive is it?" Svetlana asked in a scared voice.

Vito glared at the dummy in anger and in with a single...STOMP!...it was smashed to even tinier pieces.

"Not anymore it won't." he said as he walked on, "Let's go."

The other three stared at Vito in shock before catching up to him.

A little while later, Manitoba decided to set up camp for the night and he made a campfire to keep them warm. While Vito and Chester were already asleep, Manitoba was still awake along with Svetlana who was lying down right next to him.

"Do you think ve'll be able to find Mike?" she asked very quietly.

"I'm not sure sheila." Manitoba shook his head, "But I do hope he's alright. I just wish I knew how long we've been gone."

"Me too." she nodded in agreement, "I bet he's worried sick about us."

"I know, but all we can do now is get some sleep and hope we'll find him soon." he yawned and closed his eyes, "Goodnight Svet."

"Good night Mani." Svetlana said before nodding off.

And everyone slept before continuing on their journey the next day.

Chester woke up first because he heard someone snoring. He was about to complain when he noticed that none of the other personalities were making any noise at all. He walked over to them and tried to wake them up.

"Wake up!" he said loudly, "Wake up, you lazy whippersnappers!"

"Ugh! Not now Chester!" Vito moaned in his sleep, "Five more minutes..."

Then, with all his lung-power, Chester began to yell, "WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!"

The sudden outburst cause everyone to jump up in surprise.

"Chester!" Manitoba said as he rubbed the sand from his eyes, "What the koala was that all about?!"

"First off, if you young punks had just responded me the first time I wouldn't have yelled!" Chester snapped, "And second, I heard something when I woke up! Listen."

Everyone was quiet and heard the same noise their grandfather figure heard.

"You're right Chester." Svetlana said, "There is a noise, but where?"

"I think it's coming from over there." Manitoba pointed to the west part of the subconscious, "Let's go see." he puts out the rest of the fire before walking away.

Although reluctant at first, the others decided to follow Manitoba to the mysterious noise. When they reached a wall their hearts were beating like drums, their eyes grew wide, and all four personalities were shaking like leaves.

"I-It can't be!" Vito said in a hushed voice.

"It is!" Svetlana said.

Right in front of them, with chains shackled to his arms and legs, was the most evil of all the personalities: Mal! The very young man who had imprisoned his own family, took over Mikes body, and terrorized every single person during Total Drama All Stars. Next to him was a full sized mirror, just like the one Mike used when Mal took control at the time.

"Let's get outta here!" Vito turned to run away.

"I'm with you!" Svetlana was about to follow him.

"Ditto!" Chester did the same.

"Let's move!" Manitoba said.

As they ran for their lives, they noticed something very odd: Mal is not following them, yelling at them, or anything. They stopped and, slowly, made their way back to him. Upon close inspection, they could see that Mal was sleeping like a baby in its crib.

"He's out like a light." Vito said waving his hand in front of Mals face, "That must be why he ain't following us."

"Ya." Svetlana nodded and sighed with relief, "Thank goodness."

"And he couldn't chase us if he wanted to anyway. Not with all those chains holding him back." Manitoba added.

"Still, we should get out of here before he does wakes up." Chester said.

"Good idea." the others said as they walked away from the sleeping alter. They never even touched the mirror and paid no attention to it whatsoever.

After a few more days of walking, the personalities came across their rooms, including Mals, which hadn't changed since they were gone. The first room they went into was Manitobas room, which looked like a jungle or a rainforest and the walls were painted forest green.

"At least my room wasn't destroyed or anything." he said to himself.

Manitoba went to the calendar next to his bed and sat down in shock for he knew what day it was.

"What is it bro'?" Vito asked him.

"We've been out cold for two whole weeks." he answered in a soft tone.

Everyone in that room was shocked and didn't say a single word.

"Two whole weeks?" Svetlana finally said, "How is that possible?"

"Because today is exactly two weeks since we vanished during the finale." Manitoba answered and placed his head in his hand, "How can we just leave Mike like that?"

Svetlana walked over and gave him a gentle hug as he tried to fight the tears. After comforting her friend, they all left the room but not before Manitoba having one last look from the doorway.

The next room was Chesters which all there was are tan-colored walls, a T.V. and a couple of lounging chairs. Chester, who went in alone, walked over to his nightstand and found a picture of a younger version of him and two little boys were sitting down with him. The boys were Mike and Mal.

"Why can't it be like the good old days?" he said to himself. He felt a tear slide down his cheek when he heard the others at the doorway.

"Chester?" Vito asked, "You okay?"

"Yeah!" Chester said with his back turned to the boy, "I'm fine, so just...wait for me outside ok?!"

"Uh ok. whatever." Vito shrugged as he walked away.

Chester wiped his eyes with his arm, took a deep breath, and sets the picture back down before returning to the others.

"Soon Mike." he sadly, "Soon we'll all be a family again."

For the next two weeks, the four personalities walked on with barely any sleep and not a lot of food other then what they had in the kitchen. Each alter could only take what they could carry, but it wasn't the food they were really concerned about.

"Oh, vhere is he?" Svetlana said sounding more worried than ever, "I'm beginning to think this is hopeless!"

"We can't quit now sis'!" Vito tried to motivate his little sister, "He might be waiting for us!"

"We could at least take a break!" Chester said while holding his back with his hand, "I'm sick and tired of all this walking!"

"Shh! Hush it mates!" Manitoba shushed his comrades, "I think I see something."

As the group drew closer, they could make out a figure kneeling in a distance. But not just any figure...

"It's him!" Manitoba said happily, "It's Mike!"

"Finally!" Vito pumped up his fists, "Yes!"

"At long last!" Svetlana cheered and hugged Chester tightly.

"I'm as happy as you are sweetie, but would you please let go of me?!" Chester complained, "You're crushing my lungs!"

She lets go and was about to run to Mike when Manitoba stopped her.

"Vhat are waiting for, dear?" she asked him.

"Something's wrong." he answered her, "He seems all depressed and upset about something."

"About what, sonny?" Chester asked.

Before Manitoba answered, Mike was yelling how it was all his fault and he misses his personalities so much. All with heavy and heart-breaking tears falling out of his eyes. Each of the personalities felt sick in their stomachs because of the fact their disappearance had caused Mike to become all sad and depressed.

"I WANT THEM BACK!" Mike yelled with all his sorrow.

The four personalities just stood there, watching their beloved friend cry his heart out over his lost family. Svetlana wiped a tear from her eye and spoke up first.

"Oh the poor boy." she said sadly, "He thinks ve are gone forever."

"Yeah I mean, I didn't think he'd miss us that much." Vito agreed with his sister, "Not after all we put him through."

"I've never seen Mike this sad before." Chester added, "It's like he's broken beyond repair."

"We have to go to him and let him know we're alright." Manitoba decided. Everyone agreed and followed him towards the crying Mike.

They all stood behind Mike and rubbed his back to calm him down. Mike reunited with his personalities and he never felt so happy in his life, while the same could be said for the alters who loved him so much. After Mike talked to Zoey, he went right back to the subconscious eager to see his family again. When he returned, he was immediately engulfed in huge group hug.

"I missed you guys more than you could ever know!" Mike said.

"We missed ya too, mate!" Manitoba answered.

After about five minutes of hugging, Vito has had enough.

"Ok the Vito has had enough. We have been hugging too long." he complained like Chester. Then suddenly, he had an idea, "You know what this calls for?...A PARTY!"

"YEAH!" Everyone cheered at the idea.

They all had fun and enjoyed the company. To Mike, this was the BEST NIGHT EVER!

"Hey guys! I'm back!" Mike yelled making Manitoba jump in his seat.

"Wha-" the Australian adventurer snapped out of his thoughts as Mike came into the room, "H-Hey there mate! Uh...how was your date with your sheila?"

"It was great!" Mike answered with a wide smile, "The action we saw was amazing! I could talk about it all night if I wanted too but I don't want to bore you. Then we went to a nice restaurant where the food was great and inexpensive, and, finally, we went to the park where me and Zoey laid out on a blanket and looked up at the night stars." he sat down and sighed happily, "It was the most beautiful night we ever had."

"How romantic!" Svetlana smiled at her brother.

"Sounds like a great time." Chester smiled as well.

"Yeah." Mike nodded as he stood up, "Hey guys? I'm going to need the living room and kitchen for a while, so do you mind going somewhere else for a bit?"

"Why's that?" Mal asked.

"I can't tell you." he replied with a small grin, "But I'll let you know later ok?"

"Alright." everyone said and rose from their seats. That's when Mal thought of something.

"Come with me guys." he motioned the personalities to follow him.

Mal lead his family to his room, looked around his desk, pulled out a scrapbook, opened it, and showed them a few drawings he kept to himself for safe keeping. It all featured drawings that had gotten better over the years including ones of him, Mike, and some of the other personalities.

"You made all these yourself, Mal?" Chester said as he flipped through the book.

"Yeah. It was one of the only things I could do that made me happy." he answered as he pulled a drawing out.

It had Mal, Mike, and the others holding hands together and above them was the word "FAMILY" colored like a rainbow.

"This one is my very favorite drawing." Mal said with his voice nearly breaking, "No matter how mad or evil I was, I always look at this..." he paused for a second, "and it gave me hope that we'll be whole again. Just like always."

Seeing the tears about to fall, Svetlana opened her arms for Mal. "Come here darling." she said as she hugged her brother, "Shhhh, there there now. We have forgiven you, so there is no need for you to weep."

"I c-can't help it Svetlana." the boy sobbed as his sister stroked his hair, "I'm so ashamed of the way I treated you guys and I wanted so badly to come back to this family again."

"Shhhh." Svetlana spoke in a motherly tone, "Don't think about that now. That's all in the past und no one holds it against you anymore. You're home now und ve'll never lose you again."

The others smiled and nodded silently as Mal pulled away to wipe the tears off his face.

"Here mate. Dry 'em with this." Manitoba held out a handkerchief to Mal.

"Thanks bro'." Mal said as he dried his eyes.

"No problem and you can keep it too." he gave a small grin to his brother.

For the next hour and a half, Mal and the others sat down and talked to each other about how much they've missed since Mal was defeated and while everyone was away.

"Okay guys!" Mike yelled from a distance, "Come in here! I have something for you!"

Everyone looked at each other and shrugged before heading into the living room where Mike was waiting for them. Suddenly...

POP!

Confetti flew all over as Mike appeared in front of them, "SURPRISE!" he said excitedly. The living room was covered with decorations and the coffee table had delicious party food, most of which were made from scratch.

Everyone stared at him in shock and surprise for they had no idea why he did this for them.

"Mike, vhat is all this?" Svetlana asked her brother.

"It's a party." Mike said with a soft smile, "A "Thank You" party for everything you guys did all these years."

"But why?" Mal questioned, "What did we do to deserve this?"

"Because you're my family." Mike said, "And there's nothing wrong with doing something nice for your family, you know?" he looked away from them and frowned sadly.

Svetlana took one look at Mike and she could tell something was wrong.

"Mike, vhatever is the matter darling?" she asked in concern.

"Oh nothing." Mike shook his head, "It's just...I overheard you guys saying that you missed me and it made me think." Mike stops for a while to think of what to say but sniffled a bit.

"M-Mike." Manitoba said softly.

Mike, then, looked at the others with a smile and some tears in his eyes.

"Mike, is anything wrong?" Chester asked. Mike then ran to him, hugged him, and started to sob a bit.

"Mike..." was all Chester could say as he hugged his grandson.

Svetlana and the others were worried, and they went up to Mike to try and comfort him. He hid his eyes in Chesters shoulder and sobbed very softly. Vito went over to his brother and wrapped his arm around his shoulders as Mike continued to cry.

"It's okay little bro'." he said to his younger brother, "Don't cry. We're not going anywhere and that's a promise."

"I know Vito." Mike said through his grandfathers shoulder, "But, you guys don't know how miserable I was while you were gone."

"Of course we do Mike." Vito rubbed his back, "We missed you too and I was worried we'd never see you again." he lets go and looks at Mike with shimmering eyes, "I don't ever want to lose you again. I love you little bro' and so do they."

Mike looks at the others who gave him comforting smiles of their own. He smiled as he hugged his brothers neck with one arm, while still hugging Chester, and a single tear ran down his cheek.

"Thanks guys." he voice broke, "I love you too."

Each of the other personalities came up to Mike and hugged him at the same time, just like when they reunited.

"Don't be all sad Mike." Mal said, "That's all behind us now."

Mike nodded as he lets go, "It's alright. As long as I got my family, I'm alright."

"Aww!" the others said.

And for the rest of that evening, there was nothing but celebration and interacting with each other. It was one of the best celebrations Mike had ever done for them or anybody for that matter. As soon as it was over, Mike and his family went to bed but not before he received a lot of thanks for throwing a fantastic party and being good to the personalities.

Later, Svetlana came into Mikes room to check on him and smiled warmly when she saw him fast asleep. Being very quiet she walked next to her brother, petted his hair, and gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead, just like the what his mother would do.

"Pleasant dreams my dear, sweet brother." she said as she walked out of the room.

Soon Svetlana went to bed and, like her family, is happy that everyone is together just like always. And this time, they are never leaving Mike ever again.

To Be Continued...