Review Response
GlitchWarrior- Too bad for Zeke, but I guess it just wasn't his time. Amy and Sammy (you know I usually call her Samey too, but recently started using Sammy as I like her more) haven't had any arguments that are too bad yet, but we'll have to wait and see what happens with them. As for Courtney let me just say that her development is going to be quite different from what ended up happening with her character in canon. She doesn't have Duncan here, and she also has to deal with Jasmine taking the role of leader that she originally held. Things will work out much differently and I think it will be for the best since Courtney was one of my favorite characters at first, but ended up one of my least favorites by the end.
N8han11- I am having a lot of fun with Jasmine and Courtney. Only time will tell how the dynamic between the two of them will resolve. Good to know that Zeke at least had some memorable moments before he was eliminated. That is something I am trying my best at. I know some have to leave sooner than others, but if they can have some good moments or set up for future seasons then I think I did a good job. Sorry the last chapter was so similar to canon, but not much I could do. This one I think will be fairly different.
WeirdAlfan101- It's good to hear that I did better with Ezekiel compared to canon. Of course it's not much harder to do better considering the feral treatment he ended up getting later on. I feel like I should apologize for what I've done to Cody. I'm actually in a similar situation to you to be honest. Cody is one of my favorite characters and I really hate Amy. Don't think I'm having him crush on her because I like them. I hope you like how the Amy and Cody relationship will end up playing out by the end. I didn't consider Cody and Sammy as a ship, and I could see it working, but as you pointed out she already has feelings for Trent here.
Fear The Darkness Inside- Not being first is a good consolation prize. Courtney really wants to be leader, but she just isn't doing a good job. Jasmine is holding on to the leader position tight. The two clash a lot, but if they learn to work together I think that will be the best thing that can happen to the Killer Bass. Ella is a lot more willing to listen to Heather compared to Lindsay or Beth. That will be quite the advantage for Heather especially since Sugar has her own agenda in the alliance. Glad you liked the moment between Heather and Alejandro. While the two won't be a couple in this season, they definitely will have a lot of flirting and teasing between each other. They're just too prideful to admit their feelings so soon.
ThorBringsTheThunderBackup- Sorry about your account. I hope you can get that up and running again soon. I have to admit I'm not the biggest fan of Zeke either. That being said even if I don't really like the guy I still think he deserves better than what he got in canon. I didn't even notice that he was eliminated in the same place here. It makes the most sense though since his sexist remarks are inevitable in a sports challenge. Yeah your prediction on Owen and Heather didn't come out, but it was still a good guess. We'll have to see how your predictions for next boot go.
Phenomenal Excelsior- Without Duncan around Harold is going to have a much nicer stay on the Island. Maybe that means he'll go farther, or maybe it'll somehow get him out sooner. You'll have to wait and see what goes on there. As prideful as Courtney is, she's still a smart person. She knew that if she didn't ask Jasmine for help they would lose. Of course this doesn't mean she fully accepts Jasmine as leader yet. She still wants that spot for herself. It's good to hear that the dodgeball matches were well done. I was worried I didn't make them detailed enough to be interesting and entertaining.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- I'm glad the elimination didn't come off as forced. In canon there are a lot of times where the eliminations just don't make sense at all. My hope is that each elimination makes sense or is at least somewhat understandable. We'll have to wait and see what Heather has in store this chapter.
Yolotsin Xochitl- Sorry about Zeke. While he was doing good enough he just couldn't keep his comments to himself. Glad you still liked the chapter overall. We'll have to see how Ella reacts over time to Heather. She's a really kind and naive girl making her a bit different from Heather's canon alliance members.
Last time on Total Drama Island. The Killer Bass finally dodged their pathetic losing streak against the Killer Gophers. There was a lot of pain, a lot of tears, some risky moves, and dangerous plays. In the end Ezekiel said a bit too much about how he feels towards girls leading him off the island. This week, another challenge will send another camper on a cruise to loservile. Population: four. Who will sink? Who will stay afloat? Find out right here, on Total... Drama...Island!
The theme song begins with several cameras popping out of various locations. A cue card signals the start of transitioning through the island and past Chris
(Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine)
The camera goes past several trees and up the island's large cliff
(You guys are on my mind)
The camera goes under the water where Owen is shown. He farts underwater accidentally killing a fish.
(You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see)
The dead fish pops up along with the fart bubbles. An eagle flies by and picks up the bird. On the beach shore nearby Geoff is shown tanning while Lightning is working out.
(I wanna be Famous)
Ella is singing with her animal friends in the forest. The eagle drops the fish over her scaring away her animal friends. Sugar is shown laughing at Ella's misery while Jasmine glares at Sugar.
(I wanna live close to the sun)
In a raft Heather and Leshawna are having a slap fight. They aren't paying attention to their surroundings and the raft goes over a waterfall with the two girls screaming.
(Well pack your bags cause I've already won)
On a log near the waterfall Leonard is practicing his wizard spells. He is so focused on his spells that he didn't notice Izzy swinging by on a vine. She crashed into him and the two went flying off screen.
(Everything to prove nothing in my way)
Izzy and Leonard go past the camp and crash into Harold right as he was about to enter the confessional. All three of them landed on the floor in pain.
(I'll get there one day)
Inside the Mess Hall Chef is mixing something into his mess of a pot. Cody and Ezekiel are shown tied up and look concerned about what Chef is going to feed them.
(Cause I wanna be famous)
Next to Cody and Ezekiel, Beardo is making several noises. Chef annoyed with his sound effects shoves a spoonful of food into his mouth as well.
(Na nananana nananana nananana)
Outside of the Mess Hall Katie is holding onto Zoey and staring at a nearby Alejandro who is smiling back at the girls, his teeth sparkling in the process. Dave is shown nearby looking towards Zoey before turning and glaring at Alejandro.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
At the end of the dock Courtney is shown waving at the camera elegantly. She missteps though and falls into the water with the view panning straight up into the daylight sky.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
It quickly turns to night at the campfire ceremony. Sammy and Trent are sitting next to each other. They lean closer to each other, but Amy pulls Sammy's hair, knocks her down, and takes her seat. The rest of the campers are shown sitting around in a circle whistling along to the music.
Inside the Screaming Gopher's girl cabin most of the girls were already awake. Amy was going through her luggage looking for something. She appeared to be rather annoyed.
"Samey you didn't pack me enough lotion." She yelled at her sister.
"You said that you were going to do that yourself because I wouldn't know which one would be good enough for you." Sammy said.
"Don't make excuses. Now I'm going to have to take yours." Amy said. She dumped out everything in Sammy's bag and picked up her lotion.
Amy headed toward the door when Sammy grabbed her arm. "Aren't you going to clean that up?" She asked Amy pointing to the mess she had made.
"That's your stuff Samey. Don't expect me to clean up your messes." Amy said.
Sammy sighed and went to start cleaning the mess Amy had made. From outside an small horn could be heard being played over the loudspeaker.
"Alright campers, enough beauty sleep. Time to show us what you're made of." Chris announced from the speaker.
A while later the Screaming Gophers and Killer Bass were sitting outside on stands each built for their team. In front of them was a small outdoor stage.
"Oh I hope that we are going to see a musical today. All of the singing and dancing is truly wonderful. I would love it." Ella said awaiting to see what the stage was for.
"Well I'd love it if you shut your trap." Sugar yelled at Ella. Heather looked at Sugar suspiciously.
Sammy finally arrived after she finished cleaning up the mess that Amy had left in the cabin. She saw Trent waving over to her. "Hey Samey, I saved you a seat." Trent told her. Amy was sitting to the left of him, but there was an empty seat to his right. Sammy walked over took the empty seat.
"It's about time you got here Samey." Amy said.
"I only took so long because of the mess you left behind." Sammy said. Amy ignored her sister's remark. Cody sat down next to Amy much to her annoyance. Cody saw that Trent was lying back and he tried to copy him only to fall behind the stands.
Chris stepped onto the stage and got everyone's attention. "Welcome to our brand new deluxe state of the art outdoor amphitheater!" He announced. "Okay, this week's challenge is a summer camp favorite, a talent contest!"
"Yeah! Awesome." Owen cheered.
"Each team has eight hours to pick their three most talented campers." Chris continued. Several of the contestants were already eagerly cheering for the challenge.. "These three will represent them in the challenge tonight. Anything goes, as long as it's legal. You'll be judged by our resident talent scout, former DJ, VJ, and rap legend... Grand Master Chef, who will show his approval via the Chef-o-meter. The team that loses will send someone home tonight, so good luck." He finished. The teams dispersed and went off to pick their three representatives.
The Screaming Gophers stood outside of their cabin ready to see who would be in the talent show.
"Good news everyone you all have an easy day today." Heather told them.
The Screaming Gophers looked at each other confused. "What do you mean?" Owen asked Heather.
"Well we only need three people for the talent show. Sugar, Ella, and myself are more than capable of doing this." Heather explained.
"That isn't fair to the rest of us." Beardo said.
"Who cares about fairness. We aren't playing for fun we're playing for the money." Heather said. "You do want to win this challenge don't you?" She asked Beardo.
"Yeah I want to win, but we deserve a chance to show our talents. You don't know what we can do, and it might end up being better than whatever you already have planned." He argued.
"Ugh I think I liked you better when you didn't talk." Heather said. "Fine then. Sugar, Ella, and I will judge your talents. If none of you are good enough then we go with my plan of having us three compete." She said.
The Killer Bass meanwhile were having their own difficulties trying to figure out who to put into the talent show.
"Alright this shouldn't be too hard. We just take a look at what everyone can do and then pick our favorites." Jasmine said.
"Excuse me Jasmine, but I think I should take the lead on this challenge." Courtney said. The other team members groaned at her request.
"Hang on a minute let's hear her out." Jasmine said.
"Thank you Jasmine, now I think after last challenge you've proven to be good at leading, but this is something far more my area of expertise than yours. One of my responsibilities when running for class president was helping organize the school's talent show so I have plenty of experience choosing good talents." Courtney told her.
"Alright then Courtney you can pick who you think would be best, but we'll still pick the final acts as a team." Jasmine said.
(Screaming Gophers)
Owen was the first up to audition his talent for the Screaming Gophers. He was chugging a large bottle of soda while everyone watched in anticipation.
"Are you going to audition?" Trent asked Sammy as they were waiting.
"Maybe... it all depends on if Amy wants to. I think you should definitely try out though. I heard you by the dock the other night and your music sounds great." Sammy told Tent.
Owen finished drinking the large bottle and took a brief pause. "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY-ZED" Owen burped out. While Cody, Trent, and Beardo were impressed by his burping the girls on the Screaming Gophers seemed disgusted.
"That was excellent man." Trent said giving Owen a high five.
"Well you are not going to do that in this contest." Heather said. "That's disgusting." She complained.
"Hey, do you know how hard it is to burp the entire alphabet in one go?" Trent asked.
"I can also toot Beethoven's fifth." Owen said.
"NO!" All the girls yelled out.
"Okay how about we let the cheer twins go next." Heather said.
Amy and Sammy stepped up holding a pair of pom poms. They got into position and started an improvised cheer for the Screaming Gophers.
"Gopher Gophers we're the best. We always rise above the rest." Amy and Sammy said raising their arms and legs in a pattern. "We rise above those Killer Bass. Yeah they're so lame we give them a pass." Amy did a cartwheel into a handstand. She used that momentum to jump into the air and Sammy caught her. "Gophers Win!" They said. Amy pushed down hard on Sammy causing her to collapse from the weight, and they both fell down.
"Nice going Samey you can't even hold me up for more than a few seconds." Amy yelled at her.
"That was your fault. You pushed down too hard, just like you always did at practice. That's why we took you off the top of the pyramid." Sammy said.
"I was not taken off. I chose to step down. Don't you dare spread lies about me." Amy yelled.
"You're the one who's always spreading lies. All you do is lie and make me look terrible." Sammy yelled back at her.
"You beg my pardon? Take that back right now. This is why nobody likes you. You're always so mean." Amy said.
"There you go lying again. Nobody likes me because of your lies. I'm the nice twin. You're just a monster." Sammy yelled.
Amy looked slightly behind her and saw her team was staring at the two of them. "How could you say such a terrible thing." She said fake crying. "I'm your sister." She said before running off.
"Yeah you're definitely the nice twin alright." Cody said before running after Amy.
"I know Amy is really hard on you, but that was just uncalled far Samey. I'm sorry, but I have to go make sure she's okay." Trent told her before he left to check on Amy as well. Sammy sat down holding her head in shame.
"Well that was quite the show. Now let's move on." Heather said.
(Killer Bass)
Katie was performing for the Killer Bass. She was showing them a dance she had worked on, but it seemed really awkward and out of place. When she finished most of the Killer Bass were covering their eyes at it.
"No offense Katie, but that was really bad." Courtney said.
"I always practiced it with Sadie. I didn't think it would work with just one person, but I guess there was no harm in trying." Katie said.
"Something tells me that another person wouldn't have made much of a difference." Courtney mumbled under her breath.
"Allow me to go next." Alejandro said.
"Alright let's see what you can do." Courtney said.
Alejandro picked up a soccer ball and kicked it into the air. He proceeded to keep it in the air alternating from one foot to the other. Once the ball had good momentum going he walked around the area keeping the ball with him by alternating each step with another kick to keep the ball in the air. After a while of this he kicked it up as high as he could, did a backflip, and caught it in his hands.
"Wow that was cool." Chris said as he was passing by. The Killer Bass all clapped for his talent.
(Screaming Gophers)
Leshawna was up for the Screaming Gophers. She was performing a dance that had everyone cringing over just how bad her moves were.
"Okay I think we've seen enough." Heather said.
"So am I in?" Leshawna asked.
"If you want to lose then yeah you're in." Heather said.
"Well what do you have to offer if you're so good?" Leshawna asked.
"I was going to save it for the show, but if you insist." Heather said. She went inside the cabin and came back outside dressed in a ballerina outfit. She began to perform a very elegant dance for the Screaming Gophers. Once she finished everyone clapped for her and she took a bow. "How about we take a quick break. Samey can you go find your sister so we can bring Trent and Cody back. We need to see how good Trent's music is for the show." She said. Sammy sighed and headed off to see if she could find where Amy went off to.
(Killer Bass)
Izzy pressed a button on a stereo and upbeat soft style music started playing. "I call this, the dance, of the rattlesnake." Izzy said moving her arms and hips back and forth to the music. "Look into my eyes, what do you see." Izzy said as she continued her eccentric dance.
"Thank you Izzy, but that will be enough." Courtney said cutting her off. "Who want's to go next?" She asked. Harold stepped forward and took a deep breath. Before he could do anything though Courtney cut him off. "Next." She said.
Jasmine moved in front of Courtney to get her attention. "Come on now Courtney that wasn't really fair. Give the guy a chance." Jasmine said.
"Sorry Jasmine, but you said I could lead this challenge. Trust me when I say I know what I'm doing. We only need one more person since we already have Alejandro and myself." Courtney argued.
"What are you even doing?" Dave asked.
"If you must know I'll be performing the violin. Now then Zoey, Jasmine do either of you have a talent worth showing for us?" Courtney asked them.
"Most of my talents are wilderness or survival based. Not really much I can do on a stage with that. I suppose I could try showing how to make some really good knots, but I doubt that would get us many points." Jasmine said.
"There's something that I can do, just give me a moment to get ready." Zoey said.
(Screaming Gophers)
Amy was sitting on a log still fake crying when Trent found her. He sat down next to her and quickly made his presence known to her.
"Hey are you feeling alright?" He asked.
Amy turned around and rubbed her eyes. "Oh hi Trent I'm sorry you have to see me like this." Amy said.
"It's alright." Trent told her. He pulled out a muffin and held it out to her. "I grabbed this extra muffin for Samey, but I think you could use it a little more than she can." He told her.
Amy grabbed the muffin and smiled. "I'm glad someone on the team cares about my feelings." Amy said.
"Come on, you know we all get along great on the team. I'm sure Samey didn't mean what she said. She's just a little frustrated with how hard you can be on her sometimes. I think she thinks you hate her or something." Trent said.
"I'm just trying to be a good older sister. I push Samey hard because I know she can do better, but she doesn't appreciate all that I do for her. She's so mean sometimes." Amy said.
"Hey all siblings fight now and then. The important thing is that you and Samey still care for each other at the end of the day." Trent said.
"Thanks Trent that means a lot to me." Amy said. She hugged Trent and he returned it. What Trent didn't manage to see though was Amy smirking evilly from behind his back.
(Confessional Camera)
"That will teach Samey to try and make me look bad." Amy said.
(Confessional End)
Samey found Trent and Amy and saw the two of them hugging. She bit her tongue to not overreact to the sight, and quickly got the attention of the pair.
"Trent, Heather wants you to come back so we can hear some of your music." Samey said avoiding eye contact with Amy.
"Yeah I can do that. We'll talk more later okay Amy." Trent said before heading back with Samey. Once they were gone Amy dropped her sad facade. She was about to leave when Cody sat down next to her, much to her annoyance.
(Killer Bass)
Back with the Killer Bass Zoey had finished getting what she needed ready for her talent. She created a makeshift balance beam and she balanced on it with her hands. "I'm pretty good at balancing, and I also have good flexibility." Zoey told her team. Once she was finished with the balancing act she did a flip off of the beam and landed perfectly. "What do you think?" Zoey asked Courtney.
"That was admittedly impressive, but I just don't think it's quite what we're looking for." Courtney told Zoey.
"Alright, then let me have a shot." Geoff said. He pulled out his skateboard and started showing off some of his skills with it. He used a few of the logs that were lying around as a ramp in order to perform some tricks on his board. Once he was finished he picked the board up and smiled to his team.
"Now that seems like a good closing act." Courtney said.
"So it's settled. We'll have Alejandro's soccer tricks, Courtney's solo, and Geoff's skateboarding." Jasmine said.
"I'm going to be on TV man." Geoff said excited.
"You're already on TV Geoff." Dave pointed out.
"Oh yeah." Geoff said. He ran up to the camera excitedly. "Hello out there dudes!" He yelled directly into the camera.
(Screaming Gophers)
Beardo tried out next for the Screaming Gophers. He was doing a variety of sound effects, but creating a music like pattern with them. From whistle, to bells, to even some sirens mixed in his sound effects created a great blend of music and sound.
"So what do you think?" He asked Heather.
"That wasn't terrible, but Chef has been hearing you make noises for days now. We need something that will surprise him so you you'll have to sit this one out." Heather told him.
"Well there's plenty of sounds that Chef hasn't heard me make. I can do a one man zoo performance." Beardo said.
Heather glared at Beardo. "Look I already listened to your dumb little audition and said you were out, so let's just move along." Heather told him.
"You aren't even making this fair. You've turned down everyone who's auditioned so far, and most of us have been doing good." Beardo argued.
"Fine. Sugar, Ella what do you think of the acts we've had so far?" Heather asked them.
"Well I think everyone has had a good talent. I wish we could send everyone in because you are all so talented." Ella said.
"I think it don't matter who else we send in since I can win this easy." Sugar said.
"There you go, now then Trent is the only one left who needs to audition since I doubt Cody can do anything." Heather said.
Trent stepped up and started playing his guitar. He strummed a few slow notes to begin. As he continued playing he started to get a bit fancier with the arrangement he was playing. It sounded as though he was playing a typical romance song from the music alone. Once he was close to finishing things off he slowed his playing down again and ended by holding the final note for a bit before releasing it. When he finished everyone clapped for him.
"That was the best act we've had so far. What a way to close things off." Heather said.
"Sweet so then I'm in the show?" Trent asked her.
Heather laughed and put her hands on her waist. "Sorry Trent, but Ella is taking care of singing for us. I'm sure you've heard her before and she's our strongest player in this challenge." Heather told him.
"Wait but what happened to wanting to surprise Chef?" Beardo asked. "I'm sure he's heard Ella sing quite a bit over the past few days just like he's heard my sound effects. If that's the case Ella should sit out." Beardo said.
"Okay, I definitely liked you better when you didn't talk." Heather told him. "Trent can be in the show, but only if Sugar or Ella give up their spot in the show themselves." Heather said.
Sugar and Ella looked at each other briefly. "There ain't no way I'm giving up my spot to some sing song boy and his string music. You all need my years of pageant ex-pie-teas to win." Sugar said.
"You mean expertise?" Beardo asked.
"That too!" Sugar yelled.
Ella walked over to Trent and saw that he was looking kind of down after not being chosen to perform. "I can give up my spot for Trent. While it has always been my dream to perform on a stage for others, I think Trent deserves this more than I do." She said.
"Are you sure about that Ella?" Heather asked glaring at her.
"I'm positive." Ella said missing the subtle gesture that Heather was throwing at her.
Nearby where the Screaming Gophers had been practicing, Amy was walking back to them. Cody had been following her the entire way. While Amy was visibly annoyed by Cody's presence, he didn't seem to notice it.
"Will you stop walking so close to me." Amy told him. "Shouldn't you be off showing whatever dumb talent you have to Heather?" She asked.
"Well I can play the keyboard pretty good, but since I don't have one with me there isn't much that I can do. Besides, I think Heather doesn't really care about the auditions. She just didn't want to keep arguing." Cody said.
"What part of don't walk so close didn't you understand?' Amy asked him as he stepped closer to her. Cody didn't respond, but instead took the moment to smell her hair. "Eww you're such a creep!" Amy yelled at him.
"I'm sorry, y-you just smell really pretty." Cody stuttered out.
"It's called soap you freak." Amy told him.
They continued to walk towards the cabin and found the Screaming Gophers still gathered around. Though they had already chosen their three representatives, they all stayed by the cabin until the show would begin. Cody ran in front of Amy and opened the door to her cabin for her.
"Look you guys, it's the first hook up of the season." Heather said getting everyone's attention.
"Oh my gag will you shut up. I'm going for a swim." Amy said slamming the cabin door. When she came outside she was changed and carried a towel.
"Hey I'll go with you Amy." Trent said.
"Thank you Trent. At least someone on this team isn't terrible." Amy said. The pair walked off together. Sammy sighed seeing the two of them together and went inside the cabin to lie down.
"Ella, come with me. I see a perfect opportunity to gain a new alliance member." Heather said. Ella clapped her hands eager to make a new friend and the two walked inside the cabin to talk with Sammy.
(Killer Bass)
The Killer Bass were gathered around the stage getting ready to perform. Courtney was playing her violin while Alejandro was practicing with a soccer ball. Geoff was simply messing around with the wheels on his skateboard.
"It's too bad that you weren't chosen for the talent show." Dave told Zoey.
"It would've been fun, but we have three great acts. I don't think the Gophers will be able to match what we have." Zoey said.
"So how did you learn to do all those cool moves?" Dave asked her.
"Oh it was just a bit of practice. There's some more stuff that I can do if you want to see." Zoey said.
Dave nodded and Zoey began to show off some more of her skills. From balancing on her hands, to performing flips Zoey was demonstrating quite a variety of athletic and balance skills. Dave leaned against the wall as he continued to watch Zoey. He was distracted by watching Zoey though, that he didn't notice his arm accidentally got caught with a stage rope. When he moved his arm to clap for Zoey, the tangled rope got pulled and brought several lights crashing down.
"Courtney, Alejandro, look out." Jasmine yelled to her teammates. It was too late though. While there wasn't much harm done to either of Killer Bass from the falling light, Courtney's violin was completely crushed and broken. Courtney picked up the pieces of her violin tearing up.
"You... you killed my violin." She yelled at Dave tearfully.
"I'm sorry. It was an accident." Dave said.
"Maybe we can fix it." Zoey said. She picked up the pieces of the broken violin and tried to put them back into place. Unfortunately though, this just ended up breaking the violin even more. Courtney cried for her lost violin. Jasmine sat down next to Courtney to console her.
"How are you doing Alejandro?" Jasmine asked Alejandro.
"I am mostly uninjured, however I do not think I will be able to perform. The fall injured my leg slightly. It'll heal before the next challenge, but not by tonight." He said. Courtney cried even harder.
(Confessional Camera)
"First my violin, now our chances of winning. It's all gone." Courtney cried.
(Confessional End)
At the dock of shame, Amy and Trent were sitting with their feet in the water.
"Trent sometimes I think everyone on the team hates me except for you." Amy told him.
"Come on you know that's not true. I think Cody really likes you." Trent said.
"Oh how good." Amy sarcastically answered. "I mean yeah that's great to hear." She quickly said covering up her sarcasm.
"Hey Amy, this might not be the best moment since you're kinda feeling down, but I'm not sure when we'll be alone again." Trent said. "Can I ask you a question?" He asked her leaning closely towards her.
"Sure thing Trent." Amy answered blushing.
"Well you and I have gotten pretty close. I consider us to be great friends." Trent said.
"Wow Trent that means a lot to me." Amy said.
"Well I was just wondering if it would be okay with you if I asked Samey out sometime. I don't want to make things awkward between any of us, and I know she's your sister and all." Trent said.
"What!" Amy yelled standing up.
Before Amy or Trent could continue their conversation Owen and Cody ran on the dock past them. The two jumped into the water and created a large splash completely soaking Amy. She angrily stormed off from the dock.
"Nice going you guys. She was just starting to cheer up." Trent said.
Back inside the Screaming Gopher's girl cabin Heather and Ella were sitting on the bed across from Sammy who was lying down.
"So Samey, I've noticed that things aren't that great between you and Amy. I can't believe she's managed to convince everyone that she's the nice twin and you're the one who's mean to her." Heather said.
Sammy sat up quickly. "You mean you believe me that I'm the nice twin and she's a monster?" Sammy asked.
"Of course I do. Amy might have everyone else fooled, but I can see through her little trick so easily. I think it's unfair what she's doing to you and I want to help you out." Heather said.
"Oh thank you Heather." Sammy said.
"Not so fast. My help doesn't come easily. I want you to be a part of my alliance with Ella and Sugar. Though you'll be fitting a different role. While everyone knows Ella and Sugar are working with me you'll be more of a secret member." Heather said.
"What would I have to do?" Sammy asked.
"Not much, just everything that I tell you to. I'll be having Ella convey our messages. Nobody will suspect anything since she likes to talk to pretty much everyone." Heather said.
"Wait but if being in this alliance means I have to do everything you say that's not much better. I'd just be trading Amy for you." Sammy said.
Heather glared slightly before smiling. "The difference is I would treat you much better. See Amy and I are opposites if you think about it. She pretends to be nice, but is actually very mean. I act like I'm tough and hurtful, but when you get to me I'm a great person." Heather said.
"It's quite true Samey. Heather has been my absolute bestist friend since we got to the island." Ella said.
Sammy thought it over for a moment and then shook Heather's hand. "Okay I'm in." She said.
"Perfect. Now how about I repay the favor by helping to expose your sister. Any dirt you have on Amy would be great." Heather said.
"I don't know. Amy would kill me if she found out." Sammy said unsure.
"Relax, Amy will never know. I'll take the blame for anything. I don't really care if she likes or hates me anyway. Together we can take Amy down." Heather told her.
Sammy smiled and went through Amy's bag. She pulled out what appeared to be a diary. "If you want dirt on Amy it will be in here." Sammy said. Heather grinned grabbing the diary and heading out with Ella. Not much longer after they left Amy came in still soaking wet.
"Samey, go get a hot bath ready for me, and do it now." Amy yelled at her.
"I'm on my way Amy." Sammy told her. Before she left she turned around to face her sister. "Oh, and Amy, I'm sorry that I tried to make you look bad in front of the team. I promise that it will never happen again. Sammy said.
The Talent Show was only a few hours away from starting. All six of the chosen performers were currently backstage. To replace Courtney and Alejandro, the Killer Bass decided to go with Jasmine and Zoey.
"Okay so we might have lost two of our best acts, but I have faith that we can still do this." Zoey said confidently.
Heather walked up to Killer Bass. "Zoey, I heard about the accident. it looks like Dave made sure you would get your fifteen seconds of fame after all." She said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Zoey asked Heather.
"Oh nothing. Nobody would sabotage their own teammate. Unless of course they wanted to help a girl out at any cost." Heather said.
"Hey. I don't know how you Gophers do things, but the Killer Bass have more class than that. We're a team." Zoey said.
"Well then you'll go down as a team too. Tell your leader I said hi. Which one is it again Jasmine or Courtney?" Heather asked.
(Confessional Camera)
"What a bunch of losers. It's so easy it's almost not fun. Almost." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
The talent show began and Chris stepped on to the stage. "It's the TDI Talent Extravaganza!" He announced. "Welcome to the very first Camp Wawanakwa talent contest. Where six campers will show their skills and desperately try not to humiliate themselves. First up for the Screaming Gophers, is Trent!"
Trent sat down with his guitar ready to play. "This one goes out to a special someone at camp." He said before playing his guitar. Along with the music he also sang a small song.
They say that we've only got summer
And I say that's really a bummer
But we'll swim in the sun and have lot's of fun
It'll just be the two of us, nothin' to do but just hang
So let me say only this
Stick around for just one kiss.
"Nice work!" Chris complimented, "I'm linking your style, and so does Grand Master Chef. Eight points!" He said. Trent sat on the stage smiling and waving at the audience. "Alright, quit hogging my light buddy," Chris said as he pushed the musician off stage. "A great first act. Let's see how the Killer Bass follow up with Jasmine.
Jasmine stepped onto the stage holding a few stands of rope
"Hope everyone is having a good day. I'm gonna be showing you how to tie a few of the best survival knots." Jasmine said. A brief montage followed of Jasmine trying the two ropes and then undoing the knot only to tie it in an even more complicated manner. By the time she finished she had shown off eight different knots.
"Well that was quite the informative act Jasmine, but it seems Grand Master Chef says you get five points. Gophers take the lead so let's see if they can keep this momentum going." Chris said.
Heather walked onto the stage dressed in her ballerina outfit. For some reason though she sat down on the same chair Trent had used.
"Originally I was going to dance for you," she started, "but instead I wanted to celebrate team spirit," she held up Amy's diary, "with a collaboration. Amy glared at Heather but did not say anything. "So with words by Amy, performance by me. Please enjoy." Heather said before clearing her throat to read from the diary. "I've tried so hard to get him to notice me, but it's just not working. Sure we've talked, but it's never felt personal. He's the only person here who really gets me. He's all I want, but all he seems to want is to be with Samey. My worthless sister is not going to steal him away from me. That pathetic waste of space better watch herself. In the end I'll be the one he plays his music to." Heather read. If looks could kill Amy would have killed Heather several times over. Sammy hid her smile at her sister's embarrassment. Cody was early grinning thinking that Amy was talking about him, while Trent was unsure how to react.
(Confessional Camera)
"She is so dead. Heather you chose the wrong person to mess with because your time on the island just got much shorter." Amy yelled.
(Confessional End)
"Now that was just uncalled for." Jasmine said.
"Seriously. I feel bad for the Gophers being stuck with her." Zoey agreed.
Chris walked back onto the stage getting everyone's attention. "Well it seems Grand Master Chef might have something against Amy because Heather somehow managed to score three points. Zoey's up for the Killer Bass." Chris announced.
Zoey stepped onto the stage and waved towards the audience. She smiled and began her routine. She started off with a few simple spins and twirls. She then continued with flips in the air. Her performance continued to have more intensity in the skills she was showing. She finished off with a fabulous cartwheel into handstand.
"Yeah Go Zoey!" Dave cheered.
"Now that's what I call a talent Zoey." Chris said. "It seems you've earned six points. I would've given a bit more, but what can you do. The score is tied with each team having eleven points. Let's see the Screaming Gopher's final act with Pageant Queen Sugar." He announced.
Sugar stepped onto the stage covered in a towel. "Dear fans! You know me as Sugar," the pageant queen began. "But my farmies on the farm call me," she threw off her towel to reveal a slightly different outfit than her usual one. It was a white blouse and pink pants with matching hat and a gold cowbell around her neck, "Sugar Silo. The only artist ever to combine rap an' country. I call it, Craptry!" She snapped her fingers and music started to play – a harp at first, but it quickly changed into a hip-hop beat. Sugar began to terribly rap along with the awful music.
Sugar Silo, I'm wicked sweet. I tap it when I rap it with a wicked beat.
I don't like milk from a Jersey cow, I'm the Queen of Craptry, you all should bow! Sugar Hollaa!
Sugar Silo go, dosey doe! Sugar Silo here to win the dough! Sugar Holllaaaa!
Like a talking horse, the truth I speak, I'll beat out all those fishies and I'll make em weep!
Am I trippin'? No way, I'm bein' for real! I'm gonna win this pageant like aint no deal! Sugar Holllaaaaaa!
Sugar's final note was so loud and off pitch that everyone covered their ears at it. She finished and took a bow not noticing the scowl on everyone's faces.
"Wow I don't know what to say. I don't think Grand Master Chef does either seeing as how you didn't get a single point. Let's hope that Geoff can end this on a good note." Chris said.
"What this is rigged. I demand a recount!" Sugar complained before storming off.
Backstage Geoff grabbed his skateboard and was ready to go. Unfortunately, he jumped on it a little too hard and ended up breaking the whole board in half. "Well, that kind of wrecks the ride." Geoff said.
"What are we going to do? We need to someone in fast." Courtney said.
"It's okay Courtney, we just need one single point and then we'll win this." Jasmine said reassuringly.
"But Izzy and Katie are terrible. Chef has insanely high standards since Zoey should've gotten way more points. Who can we send in." Courtney said.
The two looked at the Killer Bass stands and saw Harold sitting there.
"We never got a chance to see his talent." Jasmine said.
"Jasmine please you have to be kidding me." Courtney said.
"Come on Court, I trusted you to lead this challenge, now you need to trust Harold to perform for us. You never know if he could end up surprising us the way he did last challenge." Jasmine said.
Courtney sighed and then nodded her head in agreement. They quickly grabbed Harold and informed him of what was going on. Harold stepped onto the stage and stood in front of a microphone. At first it was unsure what he was doing until he blew into the microphone. He started performing basic beatbox sounds, but soon formed a pattern with them. He repeated the pattern before making more complex sound and speeding up the flow. He kept this up for a good while until ending with a simple "Booyah." The Killer Bass all cheered for Harold and even some of the Screaming Gophers were cheering over his performance.
"Wicked beatboxing dude!" Chris told him. "You got a perfect score. You only needed a single point, but with that epic performance the Killer Bass win!" Chris announced. "As for the Gophers, pick your favorite loser, and I'll see you at the bonfire." Chris said.
(Confessional Camera)
"I'm sure some people think I was mean to Amy, but her true colors will show soon enough. All that matters is now I've got Samey on my side too. Sugar's act was terrible, as I expected, meaning that instead of voting against me they'll vote for her. Of course she's not going home either. Thanks to Samey, Ella, Sugar, and myself I have enough votes to send whoever I want home. It's time to teach someone a lesson." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
At the campfire ceremony most of the Screaming Gophers had their marshmallows already. "Kudos to you all for an incredible night of entertainment. Music, drama, painful singing. There are two marshmallows left on this plate," Chris told them. "Sugar your act was just plain terrible for a supposed pageant queen. Heather, you're full of surprises. Reading another chick's diary out loud to the whole world, man that is whack. No kidding that's really messed up dude." Chris said.
"Oh please, just give me my marshmallow already." Heather said.
"Either one of you would have made a good option to get rid of. Personally I think this is really wrong, but today it seems neither of you are going home." Chris said handing them both a marshmallow. "Beardo it seems you're out. Time to catch the boat of losers." Chris told Beardo.
"It was really nice to meet all of you." Beardo said. "Well almost all of you." He said looking at Heather. She just smiled and waved him goodbye.
The Screaming Gophers all headed back to their cabin to rest for the night. As they were going Amy grabbed Sammy's hand.
"Samey we are going to make Heather pay. Go find that dweeb on the Killer Bass team. I think he has something we can use." Amy told her.
Sammy knocked on the Killer Bass cabin and Harold opened the door. "Hi this a weird question, but you have a red ant farm don't you?" Sammy asked him.
"Yes." He answered.
"Do you think I could borrow it?" She asked.
Later that night Heather could be heard screaming. She ran out of the cabin completely covered in Harold's ants.
"I'm glad you did something right for once Samey. This is just the start. Heather just started a war that she has no hope of winning." Amy told her.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
21. Lightning
20. Ezekiel
19. Beardo
Remaining Contestants
Screaming Gophers: Heather, Ella, Amy, Cody, Samey, Owen, Trent, Sugar, and Leshawna
Killer Bass: Geoff, Courtney, Alejandro, Izzy, Zoey, Dave, Harold, Katie, and Jasmine
Elimination Explanation: If I thought getting rid of Ezekiel last time was going to get some people upset I can only imagine what will happen now that Beardo is out as well. Another canon first boot who didn't seem to have much to do. Similar to Ezekiel he will get a bit more time in future seasons, but now just wasn't his time. At least he went out for arguing with Heather so much this chapter, unlike Justin in canon who just seemed to be randomly voted off here. I think Beardo's elimination is also a bit more believable than Justin's. Here the votes were split between those voting for Heather because she was cruel towards Amy, and those voting for Sugar because her act was terrible. Due to this split Heather needed far fewer numbers to get a majority against Beardo. Too bad for him.
A/N: Overall I'd say this chapter has quite a few differences from canon. I think the most notable one is that it is a bit longer. In canon only a few of the talents were shown. Here I made sure that almost everyone had a talent shown, and if they weren't shown then have them at least mentioned. Hopefully that made things a bit more entertaining. It was a bit harder to find a good reason for why the Killer Bass sent Harold in, but I think I made it work. He wasn't as important to their win here compared to canon, but he was still their strongest act. I was also unsure of how to keep Heather's diary reading in this, but I'm quite proud of how I managed to include it, and have it make sense. From here I will officially announce that the Heather and Gwen rivalry in canon is being substituted with a Heather and Amy rivalry. Amy sure does seem to be taking a lot of Gwen's roles in this story. She's Cody's crush, has feelings for Trent, and now she's Heather's rival. Having Amy fill in for Gwen admittedly doesn't make the most sense at first since their characters are so different, but I think I can make it work. Does this mean Amy is getting second place? I won't say yes, but I also won't say no. I'll just say keep reading.
The Screaming Gophers this week had quite the focus on Sammy and Amy. I felt that the talent show would be the best challenge to have their sibling rivalry come to it's first explosion. Amy is doing a pretty good job of fooling her team. While she's still openly mean and demanding towards Sammy she's able to cover it up as tough love. Currently only Heather sees through her act. We'll have to see how things continue to play out with the two of them. Speaking of Heather she was a bit different here compared to canon with how she handled leading the challenge. Here she was determined to have Sugar and Ella perform along with her rather than giving any of her teammates a chance. My reason for this was that I figured she'd be more willing to trust her alliance with performing her. Ella is really good, and Sugar is bad enough that she can use that to split the votes against her if they lose. It just made sense to me, but let me know what you think of that change.
As for the Killer Bass this week, they continue their tale of two leaders. Jasmine let Courtney take over as this was far more Courtney's area of expertise. While it seems like a small action, this is the first major step towards the two girls ending their feud for the leadership role, and instead having mutual leadership over the team. Jasmine and Courtney working together would be quite the advantage on the Killer Bass so hopefully for them it happens sooner rather than later. Dave and Zoey's relationship was also touched on just slightly once more. Too bad it ended up costing Courtney her violin. This episode was much more Gopher focused in canon and I think that's true here as well. For the Killer Bass talents they were a bit harder than the Gophers but still not too bad. Alejandro has demonstrated Soccer skills in canon and Zoey has shown to be really agile and flexible. As for Jasmine she's just a good survivor. Hope the talents were good.
I don't think there's much more to say about this chapter. It was fun to write and I think had just enough deviation from canon while keeping some of the best moments there. Next time we get to take a camping trip. I think I am going to enjoy working on that one since it is much more dialogue and interaction focused rather than action focused. We'll just have to see how things turn out.