The final chapter before we move on to the second season. This wasn't perfect but we are almost there, and this finale is jam packed with revelations, a controversial ending and a lot of setup for Season 2 and who will be on the next season will also be revealed. So without further ado.


Chapter 43: Battle of Love and Fate

Dock of Shame/Recap

Chris was standing on the dock of shame ready to recap "Last time on Total Drama Island, the final 3 of Sadie, Tyler, and Cody had to compete for a spot in the Final 2 in the triple dog dare challenge and for Sadie she had a day from hell when Tyler and Cody teamed up against her, and even after lacing a pancake with laxatives to harm Tyler, Cody still pulled out the final immunity challenge after Sadie refused to get her hair cut and still had it cut any way and for some people that was the ultimate karma for her. Cody then swiftly eliminated her right then and there. Sadie was stunned and left the game in disbelief and tears but she soon got reunited with her mother but while nice did spoil an important thing for today Today, two campers remain. By sundown, only one will be left standing, they will get reunited with family, face their former competitors and have to go through hell and back to win this game. The camper remaining will go home with a check for $100,000, so stay tuned because tonight it is gonna be like nothing you ever expected. Right now, right here on Total Drama Island"

Intro

Dear Mom and Dad I'm Doing Fine

Owen farts underwater making a shark cough the stench up.

You Guys Are On My Mind

Geoff is on a surfboard making poses and smells the fart and gets a disgusted look on his face as he falls into the water

You Asked Me What I Wanted To Be

DJ is peacefully meditating with the animals in the woods until Izzy jumps from behind and scares the animals and provokes them.

Now I Think The Answer is Plain To See

DJ runs away screaming as the animals begin to attack him.

I Wanna Be Famous

Duncan laughs at DJ's misfortune until Courtney glares at him.

I Wanna Live Close to the Sun

Heather is trying to paddle a canoe away from the waterfall until she falls in.

Well Pack Your Bags

Harold is doing ninja poses while Leshawna chuckles in amusement until the log they are on breaks sending them into the water

Cause I've Already Won

Tyler is running by and sees Lindsay fall out of the confessional stall and helps her up.

Everything To Prove Nothing In My Way

Chef is making something gross as Ezekiel looks nervous and Justin looks grossed out

I'll Get There One Day

Noah, Gwen, and Trent are all sitting around the Mess Hall table while Trent strums a guitar and Noah reads a book while Gwen looks at both boys confused.

Cause I Wanna Be Famous

Katie is looking down sad while Sadie looks annoyed at her BFF's constant sad mood

I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be Famous

Eva is lifting weights and rolls her eyes at the camera as she continues to lift weights

I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be Famous

Beth has a lit baton on fire and throws it into the air.

[Whistling]

Cody and Bridgette look at each other and blush until Chris pops up and scares Cody out of his seat.

[Whistling, end Theme Song]


Campground

Cody and Tyler had both gotten out of their cabins for the morning and sat by the Mess Hall waiting for the last meal.

"Good luck Cody," Tyler said.

"Same for you dude" Cody said, however at that moment Chris walked up to the two finalists with a huge grin and papers.

"What is it now Chris?" Tyler asked, sounding annoyed.

"Oh Tyler, always inquisitive. Hello finalists. You two are in for the day from hell. However me and the producers decided to start things off well. So we had a last second addition to your contract where if you made it to the Final 2, you can get someone around your age to help you in the finale from back home. For Tyler you picked this girl Jen." At the mention of Jen's name, Tyler's face lit up.

"Jen is in there?" Tyler asked in an excited tone.


Confessional: Tyler

"So Jen is someone I have not seen in like eight years, her mom and mine were close friends when we were growing up and we told each other everything, until her mom and her had to move when she got a job in Europe due to fashion. Trust me there is no attraction, but I lost all contact with her when she moved and the fact the show tracked her down. Just wow! I never mentioned her to anyone because I thought I would never see her again"


Right outside Mess Hall

Chris continued "As for you Cody, we have your friend from school Jay." The mention of Jay's name also got Cody to nearly tear up.


Confessional: Cody

"So here's the thing, Jay is one of the few people back home I talk to. Whereas my parents are barely in my life, his twin brother Mickey and Jay himself, their parents are super protective of them due to how according to Jay he is a walking bad luck charm. Dude can't even talk to pretty girls due to always getting hurt back at school and he is one year younger than me. We aren't super close but since he is one of the few people at our school who acknowledges me, I had to pick him, even if I am shocked this is happening."


Back to Chris, Cody, and Tyler

"There's a twist obviously. Because boys you need to read this section of the contract." Chris announced pointing at the paper as both announced simultaneously.

"The Final 2 of the first season will be automatically put into Season 2 along with the person from their past, and will keep the money but has to compete in Season 2 no matter what" both Cody and Tyler announced. Cody then raised his hand "So wait we are competing in the following season along with our friends Jay and Jen, and we can't say no?"

Chris nodded his head "Yeah boys. We were gonna make you guys lose the money regardless for this season, but I know that is a lawsuit waiting to happen somehow, so we decided to make the second season huge. But first things first, I'll leave you with your two friends who will help you later today." Chris said, walking away.


Mess Hall

To say Cody and Tyler were excited was the understatement of understatements. Tyler immediately brought the door down in excitement and instantly hugged Jen, but one thing Tyler did not know was that this Jen his childhood friend was the same that was best friends with Tom the guy who indirectly outed Tyler's bisexuality. But in that moment Tyler did not care as he saw his friend and one of the few people he trusted that he never thought he'd see again.

As for Cody even if it was not as emotional, he did give Jay a huge hug even though Jay was in some pain due to his even smaller stature than Cody. However both felt so happy to see each other, but both could sense something was wrong with the other.

Tyler was the first to break the silence greeting himself to Jay, same with Cody introducing himself to Jen, both duos then got to talking.

Tyler was in a state of shock "Jen you look amazing. What have you been up to?"

"Okay Ty, my mom and I toured Europe for a few years and moved back to Canada a few years ago. I met this guy Rock, not an actual rock" Jen said giggling "His name is Rock and he and I are dating. I also met this guy Tom." Jen said but the name of Tom got Tyler to stop smiling which Jen quickly took note of. "What's wrong?"

"This Tom wouldn't have to be in fashion, would he?" Tyler asked.

"Yeah he is. We started a fashion blog. Why do you know him?" Jen asked back.

"You've watched the show? Right, Jen?"

"Yeah that is why I came here as I recognized you and wanted to reconnect" Jen then realized what Tyler implied "Oh my gosh, I promise you Tom will apologize he hasn't seen you since but he regrets it, I promise."

"I get that Jen, but that event ruined me. I have grown to love myself" Tyler said

"Which is amazing. I am so proud of you." Jen reassured him.

"But I need to hear from him in order to forgive what he did even if we were both wrong since we were drunk." Tyler reasoned. Jen nodded in understanding.

Meanwhile with Cody and Jay the conversation was also interesting.

"Look at you, getting a girlfriend" Jay said in an attempt to sound cool but failing.

"Yeah, it's amazing. She's amazing. You don't mind being away from Mickey right? I know you are both very close and codependent to a certain extent."

"No, it's fine. Our parents are protective of him, although they don't know I am here" Jay said.

"Huh, someone has a touch of bad boy in him." Cody teased.

"Not exactly, my parents mean well but I ghosted them for this. Kind of scary, but back home is hectic with how overprotective they are, and even if I do have bad luck watching you on the show made me want to take an adventure. Also Cody, your parents are missing." Jay emphasized.

"Dude you're lying" Cody joked, but Jay's face was stone cold. "I what. Mom and Dad are missing? I finally have a good rapport with them."

"Yeah it's kind of nuts." Jay said "They just vanished, no signs of attack, no foul play, just up and left." Jay told him "At least that means there is still a chance."

"Yeah, yeah." Cody said, sounding dejected.


Confessional: Cody

"Just another thing to add to my stress level today: Missing parents, first girlfriend could have a man back home and I am the other guy."


Start of Challenge

Chris was standing in the middle of both Tyler and Jen along with Cody and Jay, "Now it's time to welcome the twenty campers who did not make it to the finals. Would everyone who's walked the Dock of Shame and left camp on the Boat of Losers kindly take a seat in the Peanut Gallery of Failure? The side you choose should represent who you would like to cheer on to victory in today's final competition." Chris said as everyone walked in the order they were eliminated Cody got support from Ezekiel, Owen, Katie, Trent, Beth, Geoff, Heather, Gwen, Noah, Bridgette, and Duncan (12 people in total) while Tyler got support from Eva, Justin, Courtney, Leshawna, DJ, Harold, Lindsay, and Sadie.

Jen, who was standing next to Tyler, had a huge gasp when she saw Sadie's wig. "Oh my gosh that looks horrendous. Whoever is your stylist should be ashamed."

Cody and Tyler though chuckled "Nice rug on your head Sadie." Cody said.

"Screw you Cody," Sadie said.

"Cody, why are you so mean to her?" Jay asked.

"You don't even know the half of it" Cody told him


Confessional: Sadie

"Cody is going down. I still had some leftover laxatives so I put a loving note from Bridgette next to some food this morning when all of the people here got to the camp. It's amazing what you can do with stuff like that, like totally."


Challenge

Chris continued onwards. "Peanut gallery, I am sure you are wondering who these two people are…." Chris began to say until Duncan recognized one of them

"Holy shit! Jen! Long time no see." Duncan yelled out.

"Hey Duncan, once again thank you for setting me up with Rock." Jen said showing her best side to the camera fashion wise.

Courtney rolled her eyes at this "Of course he knows another girl."

"Ooh I love her fashion," Lindsay said.

"Thanks girl, I own a fashion blog online." Jen said confidently.

"Anyways!" Chris interrupted, "Yes that's Jen. Tyler's long lost friend we helped to track down and for Cody this is his friend Jay."

Cody looked over to Jay "Dude just say hi I promise they won't bite."

Jay nervously looked at everyone "Hi." he said very quietly and retreated back to where he was standing.

Chris continued to host and began to explain the final challenge "All right. It's time for the final challenge. The rejected Olympic relay race. Each of the three parts was pitched to the committee, but sadly rejected as an Olympic sport. First, each of you has to put on one of these." Chris explained, handing the cow head to Cody and the chicken one to Tyler.

Gwen and Noah who were sitting next to each other laughed with Gwen in particular, finding it amusing "I think it's clear why this event wasn't accepted."

"I would not be caught dead wearing one of those," Noah also said.

"Could work well with Sadie'' Heather chimed in with Sadie flipping her off as Chris paid no attention to what was going on in the stands.

"Dressed as a cow and a chicken, run to the first location and shimmy up the pole to retrieve your flag. If you don't have the flag, don't bother coming' down off that pole lucky for you two Jen and Jay will help you, along with anyone here in the stands willing to help! Next, you will cross a three hundred meter balance beam, suspended over a massive gorge, while carrying an eagle's egg. From there it is an outright run to the finish line back here. First person to the finish wins!" Chris finished.

Cody gave a huge gulp of nervousness with Tyler patting him on the back "Good luck Cody, no matter what we'll be fine. If I had to lose to anyone here, it'd be you"

"Same to you man, same to you!" Cody told Tyler. Soon Chris gave the go ahead to run for both duos, as for Tyler, he had Lindsay, DJ and Sadie helping him along with Jen. For Cody he had Bridgette, Noah, and Owen helping him along with Jay.


Flag Portion of Challenge

Tyler and his crew were able to get their first "Yo, does anyone have any ideas how to do it." Tyler asked. DJ had an inquisitive look. While Sadie just looked annoyed.

"I don't care, we need to make sure Cody loses." Sadie yelled out.

Lindsay decided to approach Jen while Tyler failed to climb the poll. "So you and Tyler are just friends right? He and I just recently got together, although I do need to talk to him."

"No I never saw Tyler in that light growing up, he was always like a little brother to me growing up. Today is the first time I have seen him in a very long time. By the way, I love what you're wearing." Jen told her as she looked impressed.

"Awe, oh my gosh you are so sweet." Lindsay said, hugging her.

Meanwhile

Owen was carrying Noah and Jay on his shoulders to the pole while Bridgette and Cody trailed behind.

"Okay fear of heights, I am okay" Jay told himself

"Jay, it's okay! Owen is a gentle giant!" Cody yelled out.

"I see the others." Bridgette called out.

"Okay great!" Cody said "Noah do you have any ideas?" Cody said asking his best friend trying to get his mind off of everything that has been happening all of a sudden.

Noah looked for a second and said "Pretty simple if Jay has to help we can get Jay on Owen and Jay get Cody onto the poll by throwing him"

Jay spoke up in annoyance "Uh, I have noodles for arms."

Bridgette looked aghast "Or we could all at once push Cody up there including Jay."

Noah sighed "Yep, that makes more sense."

Jay had a simple look on his face whispering to Cody "You really got a girl that is pretty and smart. Lucky!"

"Yeah" Cody said, sighing dejectedly.

Soon both groups got Tyler and Cody up to the pole at the same time and back down. Noah, DJ and Owen decided to head back to the rest of the campers, while for Jen and Jay they stood on the other end of the pit to encourage their friend and Sadie decided to root for Tyler but was also annoying him in the process by staying close by him and Lindsay. Finally Lindsay and Bridgette decided to help Tyler and Cody across the gorge.

Second Part of Challenge

Chris was on the other end of the gorge announcing the challenge "Okay. Tyler has his eagle's egg and is starting the second challenge."

Jen had a very confused look on her face "What are the eggs for?"

Chef was snickering along with Chris "Oh, you'll see. Hehe." This freaked out both Jay and Jen in that moment

Sadie whispered to Tyler "Listen closely, Tyler. I really want you to be happy and for Cody to be miserable so I'm helping you as much as I can, but you've gotta lock up the win Got it?"

Tyler had an annoyed look but decided to stay listening to Sadie "Okay, sure, Sadie. Holy shit, that's a deep gorge! Mommy!" Tyler said before fainting.

Lindsay had just about enough of Sadie and started to rant, "Way to go Sadie, now he is passed out all thanks to you. Just leave, you're not helping anyone here. Because quite frankly you are an overemotional, whiny, snake, who is a bully, a bitch, a homewrecker and I don't care that you are rooting for Tyler because the only reason you are rooting for Tyler is because Cody eliminated you, and you want the satisfaction that if he doesn't win, that will make you feel better. News flash you still lost and I may be dumb, but I know that will eat away at you and most of all that thing on your head you call a wig will always remind you that I caused you to go. So please get the fuck out of my way, let me wake up my man, and get bent" Lindsay yelled out. Everyone in the camp was left in stunned silence after what Lindsay had said to Sadie. Sadie simply said nothing and walked away in shame.

Meanwhile with Cody he got ahead of the eagles nest with Bridgette and he took the lead, with Bridgette trying to compliment him as Jay kept up "You are doing amazing Cody!" Bridgette said.

"Yeah, wait!" Cody said, stopping dead in his tracks. " Jay go on ahead and stand lookout for Tyler." Cody ordered Jay who was now looking closely to see if Tyler was coming "Bridgette I need to know something. Sadie told me you were seeing some guy back home and you were living with them, is that all true? I know you don't know your parents, but I wanna know everything because right now my parents are missing according to Jay and my head is spinning."

"Okay yes it is true I am living with two guys actually. Both are a few years older than us." Bridgette began to explain.

"Ha! So I knew you were seeing someone else." Cody accused and in that moment he would regret.

"But they are both friends. Nothing more, they took care of me when I was at my lowest, and it is clear you still have some insecurities in regards to this working" Bridgette said emphasizing this in her speech.

"I am not insecure, but I never wanted my first girlfriend to be one where I find out that I am just the other guy. You and I both know I have never had a girlfriend until you and do you know how humiliating it would be to be played a fool? I trust you, and love you, it's just. Maybe I am insecure, but can you blame me? I am still so new to this whole dating thing. Anyways thanks for the note and cupcake you made for me this morning." Cody said explaining

Bridgette had a puzzled look on her face "What cupcake? I headed straight here when I got off the boat."

Cody now was equally confused. "The one you left for me. This morning I got your note and everything."

Bridgette remained stagnant in her stance "I didn't leave you a cupcake. Was it good at least, since I know you like sweets?"

Cody chuckled at Bridgette asking him that "I don't know, I didn't eat it. Jay wanted to give sweets a try and Jen is watching her figure. So he had it" Cody explained, and almost as if on cue, Jay's stomach began to rumble like a volcano.

"Cody I gotta go!" Jay yelled out "BATHROOM!" Jay took off like a lion into the confessional cam stunning everyone even more. With Chris in particular looking on in disgust

"Jay not the confession cam" Chris yelled out in horror but it was too late.


Meanwhile

Tyler had finally woken up after Lindsay got some water to wake him up by dumping it on him. "Waah what where am I?"

Lindsay told him "Finale challenge Cody is ahead, here get the egg" Lindsay instructed him "Cross the beam. I will be right behind you the whole time." Lindsay reassured Tyler.

"Thanks Linds, where's everyone?" Tyler said.

"Sadie stormed off, and Bridgette along with Cody are ahead." Lindsay explained as they were crossing the beam, unfortunately an eagle came in at the wrong point and freaked them both out. With Tyler losing his balance and Lindsay helping him.

"Oh Ty, you guys were like totes amazing!" Jen reassured the couple "Come on Cody could be a slow runner."


Back with Bridgette, Cody and Jay.

"How are you holding up their buddy?" Cody asked.

"Not good!" Jay said, screaming in pain "Just go on without me."

"No dude, I am not leaving you behind. Wait a minute" Cody said, having a slight smirk as he saw Sadie walking by in her own world still angry at Lindsay for cursing her off from afar. "Bridgette, did Sadie stop by the Mess Hall before the challenge?" Cody asked.

"Yep, no she didn't?" Bridgette said quickly, realizing what Cody was implying.

"Jay get out of the bathroom, Bridgette go get Leshawna and Eva, it is time for a little more karma." Cody said.

Jay finally got out of the bathroom and he was white as a ghost. "What about winning?" Jay asked as Bridgette ran away to go find Eva and Leshawna.

"Dude this is about payback. No one messes with me or my friends and tortures them." Cody said.

"What are you talking about?"

"See the girl in the wig, Sadie?" Cody asked with Jay nodding, "That cupcake you ate she laced with laxatives. Now you see why I hate that girl."

At that moment Tyler, Jen and Lindsay were running by until Tyler noticed how awful Jay looked. "Oh my gosh that little guy looks horrible."

Jen and Lindsay both had confused looks "What about the race?"

"Look, I wanna help him. It won't be the worst thing." Tyler said.

"No!" Lindsay yelled. "Tyler you threw challenges near the end you can't throw this. We are this close to winning. We'll help Jay later." Lindsay said as she pleaded with him.

"What are you talking about? I never threw a challenge." Tyler said half haphazardly lying.

"Oop he's lying. I can tell. Growing up he would sweat like crazy" Jen said with a slight giggle.

"Tyler please don't play dumb with me. I know you threw the Final 4 challenge." Lindsay said, trying not to sound disappointed. "It hurts a lot but I still care for you."

"I care for you, and I am sorry I threw that challenge. I was just bursting at the seems to tell you everything and to lay everything out on the table and I wanted to that morning no matter what to tell you the truth. I messed up with throwing it but I don't regret throwing the challenge to get that moment with you.."

"You don't regret it? We could both be in the Final 2 together right now, have it be a true fairytale ending" Lindsay said sounding more sad.

"Look at the end of the day I am the one that is gonna cross the finish line so please either be with me to help Jay and Cody as Cody is my friend." Tyler said walking away.

Lindsay just sighed until Jen comforted her "Lets just do it. Besides I can totally pull a prank on him later with you if you want as payback."

"Deal." Lindsay said smiling.


With Cody, Jay and now Tyler

"What's taking Bridgette so long?" Cody asked in annoyance.

"Are you sure this plan will work?" Jay asked.

"Foolproof I know it." Cody said

"Look there they are!" Tyler said pointing at the object as Jen and Lindsay were whispering behind him plotting to prank him that night.

"What is up, Bridgette said you need me and Eva's help with something and why aren't you two chicken boys going to the finish line?" Leshawna asked, sounding annoyed.

"Okay Tyler and I are going, just we need you and Eva to find Sadie and stick her in this stall" Cody said as he and Tyler took off with Bridgette following them and Lindsay shortly behind

"Why would we do that?" Eva asked impatiently.

"Sadie put laxatives in a cupcake I ate" Jay said "And Cody wants some revenge to get even."

"Oh that girl is nasty" Leshawna said.

"Here she is now, on the count of 3 we all get her into the stall. 1….2….3!" Jen yelled out and they all grabbed Sadie.

"What the hell! What are you guys doing? My makeup, get off of me." Sadie cried out but Jay, Jen, Eva, and Leshawna managed to get her in the stall and were walking off with Sadie screaming in disgust as they got a stick in the stall to make sure she stayed in there "Ahh! Let me out of here! Ugh! Leshawna! Oh my gosh! Katie! Someone please!" Sadie cried out.


Final 2

Bridgette and Lindsay had found a shortcut to go back to their booths to cheer the two guys on while Cody and Tyler kept running to the finish line and that's when Cody got an idea stopping in his place

"Wait, Tyler stop" Cody said which Tyler did on impulse crashing face first into the ground. "Dude, why do we care which one of us wins at this point? I read something in the contract today that said if you really wanted to you could split the money." Cody said.

"No way, you're lying to me" Tyler said, picking himself off the ground and pulling out the contract from the show "If the finalists deem it so they can split the cash prize money no matter what. Once the money goes to the winner they decide what they wanna do with it." Tyler read out as he and Cody were nearing the finish line walking.

"So I have an idea, no matter who finishes we give the winner at least 40k of it. You can deal with 60k winnings between you and Lindsay right?" Cody asked.

"Yes, but Cody you aren't gonna throw me the win are you?" Tyler said as they kept walking and at this point the finish line was in sight and the result was imminent. Everyone in the stands looked confused as can be with what the two of them were doing but both Lindsay and Bridgette had an idea.

"Of course I am. Money means nothing to me, because as long as you have people in this world…." Cody began saying with Tyler continuing where Cody left off.

"Who care for you and will love you no matter what." Tyler continued.

"No amount of expensive clothes, jewelry, or any artificial artifacts" Cody spoke in.

"Can compare to having true friends in this world" Tyler finished it.

Cody then gave Tyler a pat on the back talking to him "True happiness and fate Tyler, for us, all of us here is about finding ourselves in life. You are bisexual, proud of it, an inspiration to so many. I am confident in myself and we both can take on the world as friends"

Chris however was not pleased "WHAT The FUCK is going on here?" Chris asked in anger. "You two are supposed to be running" however Chef pushed him aside to the ground..

Cody and Tyler were right on the edge of the finish line and then Courtney spoke up, "You know I read the contract coming in. If you guys want, you can tie and split the money. That is an option" Chris gasped at this.

Tyler and Cody looked at each other and then at their girlfriends "What says both of you girls?" Tyler asked.

"Eh 50k is still good money. You cool with this Lindsay?" Bridgette asked.

"Sure I can still get a lot of lip gloss and even buy a country" Lindsay said and both Tyler and Cody were about to say something when Noah gave a hand motion to indicate not to say a thing.

"What! This is an outrage, especially since you two are already locked in for Season 2!" Chris yelled out.

"Season 2!" Everyone sans Tyler, Cody, Jay and Jen yelled out.

"That's right, Season 2. But these two bozos are ruining my show. Chef make one of them the winner." Chris ordered.

Cody then fast on his feet decided "Chef I will give you 5k of the money if you let us tie." Cody offered.

"Well since this cheap bastard Chris, scared me a few weeks ago and paid me nothing this whole damn season. Aw what the hell, let them tie Chris, this will warm people's hearts" Chef said.

"It will be terrible for ratings. No winner. This is crap." Chris yelled even more annoyed as he was now standing up and had an annoyed look. But eventually he just gave an annoyed sigh "Fine! But" Chris began to say pointing at Tyler and Cody "You two fuckers are in Season 2 where you will have to be both contestants and interns. Deal?" Chris asked, extending his hand out.

"Eh, Cody what do you think?" Tyler asked.

"Let's do it. We both get the money and let's have fun with this whole thing, it'll be a good distraction." Cody said. With that final statement, Cody and Tyler decided to both finish at the same time therefore splitting the money.

Chris grumbled to himself "Note make sure Season 2's contract makes it so no one can end in a tie."

Both Bridgette and Lindsay gave their respective boyfriends a huge hug and a kiss but for one it was a bit reluctantly. There was a lot of celebration for a lot of people, but despite Chris grumbling and anger, Chef whispered in his ear "Remember Season 2 time to drop a bombshell." Chef snickered and Chris had a huge evil grin on his face.

"Attention campers!" Chris announced which got everyone to stop celebrating, "You all know how I mentioned Season 2 a couple minutes ago?" Everyone nodded. "Well, we have a cast of 25." Chris announced.

"25?" Noah asked "Last time I checked even with fashionista and Cody's friend we are only at 24, what is their another add on and we all do it?"

"Nope Noah." Chris laughed. "First of all I wanna say the prize money for this second season is for a million dollars."

"Eeeh! OMG Beth I can buy a country with that" Lindsay said giddy as can be.

"Anyway, as a lot of you know, throughout the season, you guys have been mentioning people from well your past, which gave me and the producers a great idea around the time of the bike challenge." Chris began saying.

"What lamebrain idea could you have?" Gwen asked.

"Well the past is gonna come back to haunt some of you." Chris said evilly. "That's right, along with Jay and Jen here, we have contacted 10 people from some of your guys' past for worse or for better to take part in Season 2 along with some of you."

"Some of us?" Harold said, sounding offended. "Some of us are just not gonna make the cut?"

"That's right. Now can someone please go get Sadie out of the stall?" Chris asked. Duncan volunteered for that and soon Sadie came back with her wig still on but also smelling rank and everyone staying far away from her.

"So here is how this will work. First of all Tyler, Cody, Jay, and Jen, you are all on Season 2 whether you like it or not." Jen looked a bit excited as did Tyler, while Cody gave Jay a pat on the back for reassurance.

"As for the remaining 20 of you. The producers and I have decided to have 13 of you return while the other 7 will manage an aftermath show where you will interview those eliminated, and try to keep the viewers entertained at home."

"Ooh sounds fun!" Lindsay said.

"Well Lindsay you won't be taking part in that because you were one of the first locks for Season 2." Chris told her which Lindsay did not mind. "Anyways, Sadie, Duncan and Courtney, you three love birds are also in the next season."

"I don't want to be in with those ogres." Courtney protested although one could tell her anger towards Duncan was fading ever so slightly.

"Too bad, so sad. Suck it up. Bridgette you are gonna be in this season as well." Bridgette just nodded along for that. "Let's see here, Harold and Leshawna you two are in as well."

"Woohoo! Yeah Harold baby!" Leshawna cheered out loud, "Give me some sugar," Leshawna said, wrapping Harold in a huge hug.

"Okay on that note we have 3 more guys here that will be on Season 2 and same for the girls. Next couple in is Trent and Katie"

"Ooh yay!" Katie said, sounding excited as she finally got a bit more competitive edge in her during her long stature out of the game.

'4 spots left. The last 4 spots are going to Geoff, DJ, Izzy" Chris began to announce "and Beth"

Everyone gasped at Beth being mentioned "Me? Oh my gosh. I don't know what the producers see in me but oh my gosh." Beth was beyond words as Lindsay gave her a hug

"Bestie, we get to do this together!" Lindsay cheered happily.

"As for Owen, Gwen, Heather, Noah, Ezekiel, Justin, and Eva, your journey ends here. The producers and I decided to cut each of you for Season 2 but good luck to each of you."

"What?!" Heather and Eva yelled out with Heather continuing on "I'm a star. I brought the drama when I was here." Heather protested.

"Sorry Heather, the producers and a certain producer wanted to make sure you weren't on the show" Chris told her which quickly got her to shut up.

"For the 15 of you, In exactly two days, you'll all report to a brand new location for a whole new challenge and the last one standing will receive one. Million. Dollars! So don't forget to tune in… to Total. Drama. Action! For tonight, just celebrate the first season. Oh and those 8 people from your guys past some of you have no idea what's in store for you."

"Oh we have an idea for that Chris" Owen said chuckling as he, Geoff and Duncan soon approached him as the sun was now setting at this point


Dock of Shame/Nighttime

Duncan, Geoff, and Owen were carrying Chris to the water and were ready to drop him in while Sadie, Cody, Tyler, Lindsay and Jen watched with Chef coming by to see what was happening. "1, 2, 3!" the three boys yelled as Chris was thrown in

"My hair!" Chris yelled out as he got out of the water.

Chef was enjoying Chris being in the water "I've been wanting to do that all summer! How do you like that, pretty boy?! Huh?! Give me my money"

Geoff and Duncan gave each other huge smiles as Owen approached him "Oh, Chef… you're next dude!" At that mention Chef began to run away as the three guys came together to get him.

Tyler looked out at the water on the dock after the guys walked away "Guess this is the last time we'll be here Lindsay, right Lindsay?" Tyler asked thinking Lindsay was right next to him but then he was shocked when Lindsay instead, along with Jen pushed him in the water. "What the heck" Tyler said popping out of the water

"Jen and I decided to do that as a prank for the heck of it." Lindsay said. "Now we're even Tyler and I forgive you for that throwing challenge thing."

Cody, seeing that was going on, decided to walk to his cabin to get some time to himself after the insane day.


Screaming Gopher Boys Cabin

Cody walked in and so many thoughts were going in his mind. The friends he made, the money he won. His parents where all he can hope is that they were okay. But most of all he thought about Bridgette and how much she meant to him.

As if seemingly on cue Bridgette showed up "Hey, I was looking for you." she said.

"Where's Jay, weren't you supposed to keep him company?" Cody asked.

"Don't worry I got Harold to bond with him and have him and Leshawna keep him company. I mean we are gonna be on a new season together, even if you and your boy Tyler have to double as interns. Not to mention some people will get people from their past" Bridgette said walking closer to Cody "I doubt it's me since well the guys I live with are out of age range, heh."

"Yeah, about that Bridgette," Cody began speaking "I am sorry again for that whole thing, you know getting jealous and thinking the worst. I just came back here to remember where it all began. Lindsay screaming at a cockroach, us interacting shortly after, now we get to do this whole crazy thing I guess again. I just wanna know are we okay"

"We're okay, it's just with this new season, another 2 months under this high stress situation, I think and I know you'll initially say no to this but if we put our relationship on pause. I just sense with even more stress on a second season what we have here will crumble. I know neither of us want that so for now you focus on being a part time intern which I imagine for Chris it will be his servant. We can do this, but our dating clouded all your judgment near the end so for now let's take a break." Bridgette explained

Cody looked shocked but after a second he sighed "If this is what you want I will do it, but we both love each other and we both want this."

"I know we want this. I want this so badly, but I know that with how competitive you got near the end, it could ruin all of this if we have another go at it which we will, and you'll be stuck there with Chris for the whole season, so even if you are voted out I know you will stay competitive for your friends and me. Cody I love you so much, but I wanna take this relationship and see where it goes after we are done with all of this and there is no stress." Bridgette said and she noticed Cody was distressed so she decided to leave him alone, "I'll see you in a couple days. This will work out between us if we do it right, I promise"

"I promise too." Cody said dejectedly as Bridgette soon left and Cody talked to himself pacing around the cabin room "50,000$ is mine when this ends but we're only halfway there now due to Season 2 which I have to be on. Freaking Chris. My parents are missing, my girlfriend wants a break, and I just don't know what to think. Universe, give me a word, give me a sign tell me what to do and how will it go! I am so lost right now and my mind is racing out of control at this point."

The episode soon zoomed away with the noise of everyone sans Cody celebrating the season as Cody himself laid in his cabin bed one more time contemplating everything that not just happened today but the past 8 weeks and what that would mean for him the next 8 weeks.


So I imagine this is a lot to take in. First of all the tie for the win was always gonna happen no matter who was in Final 2 it was just a matter of getting it that way. Simplest way was through contracts, rest assured Season 2 will have a proper winner who, I don't know. But I wanted Cody and Tyler to tie since they have both went through a lot and wanted both of them to have their sort of happy ending while both keep trying to fully realize their relationships.

Now as for Jay and Jen. Two characters I loved from Ridonculous Race and while Jen was mentioned in the past I wanted her to be connected to Tyler somehow and having it being a lost friend made sense. As for Jay, having him was kind of shoehorned in last minute but I felt having a connection to Cody was the least messy way to go about it as i want him in a regular season for fun and this is was the best way to do it.

That is also why there is no huge TDI special hunt for million dollar briefcase episode because of the newbies coming in and having the special would have made it even more confusing getting newbies.

Finally onto Season 2 and why each person is cast and each person well wasn't and I will say in order of where they place from top to bottom in canon TDI and give a bit of an idea for the viewers of where I am going with Season 2 with these people:

For Owen I had no place with him in this season at best he'd been absolute filler again and I did not want that. Gwen was someone I debated back and forth on letting in for Season 2 but it was hard to find where she can go story wise right now so I decided against it. Heather is someone who I do have something big planned for but that is not until Season 3 aka the final season. Duncan was always a lock for Season 2 as he was one of the biggest characters this season and he still has a lot of unresolved stuff in regards to Courtney and Sadie same reason why those 2 are in the season. Leshawna was a must for me as I first of all love her and Harold and Season 2 will explore their relationship a lot more. Geoff is someone who I decided to include once I had the idea to bring in new people as a couple people from his past will play a role in his story next season and help him in a unique way. Izzy is just fun to write for so I had to include her. She will have a fun story I will say for Season 2. DJ was almost cut but I do like him so I will have him in Season 2 and I do have an idea of what to do with him in the season. Lindsay was always a lock and she is gonna keep having her moments of both naive thoughts and smart points. Bridgette is a main character enough said. Trent is someone who I was always gonna have in Season 2 and rest assured his arc won't be as controversial as it was in Action. Eva is just someone I feel like would be filler and have no use for besides an early out. I already discussed why each of Harold, Courtney, and Sadie are on. Beth is someone most associated with Action so she was always a lock and while she won't know someone from her past of the 8 newbies one of them will be relevant to her time in the game (also no Brady) Cody and Tyler are both main characters and as such were always gonna be on, both will go on separate journeys and exciting ones too. Since Trent was always gonna be on Katie was gonna follow since in this universe their stories are very much interlocked together and she will be a lot more relevant and competitive this next season. Finally for why I did not have Noah, Justin, or Ezekiel. Noah was due to Gwen not being there I could not feasibly have him in there, but what happens this season will play a role when Noah returns for World Tour keep that in mind. Justin for the longest time was gonna be in Season 2, but him as a villain was pretty weak canon wise and while I could have had him as an antagonist Season 2, the only of the OG girls on this season he probably would have manipulated would have been Beth and eh that's pretty boring. Lastly Ezekiel would have like Owen and Eva would have been pure fodder.

Now as for why I ended the story the way I did with Cody and Bridgette that will play a role in Season 2, they are still gonna be together in the end but it is not just gonna be happiness, sunshine and rainbows story wise.

Lastly as for the 8 newbies I will leave them a mystery for now, most have been mentioned in this story here and there. Two of them have not been mentioned and one will be an obvious first boot fodder. But all of them along with Jay and Jen will be in the game, have their own stuff to go through and contestants.

So that is the end of the story. The second story will come out sometime later this year, so stay tuned for that and it will be called Total Drama Action (and Complicated Chaos), as the end of this story I found it so much better not solely focusing on Cody and as such the second season will be much more ensemble.

Thank you to everyone reading this and please leave a review and commentary on it. See you all soon!