Review Responses
Critica7- Amy is gone, but her time spent was at least memorable. Glad that you enjoyed the chapter even if you don't have too much to say on it.
WeirdAlfan101-I knew many people would be glad that Amy was eliminated, and I especially expected you to be eager about this. Solid guesses for who's going to come back. Don't worry about the people coming back being eliminated immediately. Let me just say I do have plans for the returnees that I pick that'll hopefully be better than what canon did with their returnees.
ShadowJcreed- All really good guesses as to who could be returning with a lot of good logic to back up the guesses. It could really be just about anyone. Amy's punishment was fun to do, and it served as a good way to get rid of a pre-merge villain such as Amy. Glad you liked it.
Derick Lindsey- The twist at the end was a bit of a risk since it was an original idea not based in canon, but I think it turned out well. I regret not fitting in Leshawna chasing Heather, but I couldn't find a nice way to work that into the chapter. I did take Amy rather far, and I had fun with her before I felt she was growing stale. I don't think my initial idea to take her so far was bad, but she'd need a lot more development than what I'm willing to devote to her right now. Perhaps in a future season. As for the main villain, personally I see it as Heather, and I write it with Heather in mind, but I see how Alejandro could be the main villain.
Guest- Unique guesses on the returnees.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- Lightning seems to be a pretty popular returnee. I didn't know that he had so many fans, but let's just see how things turn out. Even if he doesn't return, there's still future seasons. Glad the chapter and Amy's elimination were good.
Amazing Brayden- Izzy and Dave could make a pretty good pair if they returned. Wait and see.
QueenAzulaThinksYourWorthless- Amy was entertaining to write, but there wasn't too much more I could do with her at this point, and I didn't want her to become a one note character. Glad you still liked her time on the island, and her departure as well. LeHarold isn't one of my favorite ships, but I do like it and since I had a chance to write it why not. I will be altering it a bit from canon in the future because I don't like some of the decisions made with them. That's all in the future though. Heather is keeping her eye on Alejandro, and Courtney is still a bit cautious as well. Those three will make for quite the plot points coming up. Like the guesses for returnees.
Phenomenal Ultra Instinct- Karma always delivers in Total Drama, and Amy's was overdue. Heather's rival may be out, but she still has plenty to do. We're not even close to being done with her. LeHarold is the first couple with many more to come. They're a canon couple so hopefully writing them together isn't too hard. I'm honestly not too good at writing romance. Hope you like who ends up returning.
KokoCraze- Really glad that you like my story, and that it's one of your favorites. Interesting explanation of the "Twin Problem." Most people in the Total Drama community hate Amy, so it's refreshing to see someone who likes her and defends her so much. I agree that Amy get's far too much hate even if that hate is deserved, and she's often treated unfairly in these stories. I know I haven't given Amy too much development, but I have ideas and plans for developing almost every character in this story. There will be other seasons she can get that development it in. I hope you'll enjoy it when we do get to it at some point. Feel free to PM me anytime you wish. Don't know how fast I'll reply, but I love to talk.
Last time on Total Drama Island. A note form a secret admire stumped the whole island with some wild guesses on who could've sent it. Alejandro "accidentally" pushed Trent out of an airplane, but luckily for him, Samey was there to break his fall. Leshawna showed everybody how to hang on for dear life on the moose ride. Harold proved himself to be an ace flag catcher, until he caught sight of Heather's unmentionables. Courtney pulled an underhanded move leading the teams into a round of EXTREME SUDDEN DEATH! Zoey won it for the Bass, while Amy fell down, fell down again, and repeated to fall down right into her elimination. Before the day ended however the most shocking revelation was Harold as the mysterious love note sender, and Leshawna as the recipient. How sweet for them. Now let's see what's in store for the campers on this episode of 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.
Early morning the campers walked into the Mess Hall. Chris and Chef stood by the door watching them enter. Trent looked around and noticed a lack of food for them.
"What? No breakfast?" He asked them shocked.
"Oh don't worry bro, there will be plenty of food later on." Chris told him. As Trent walked away, he and Chef started laughing.
"What are you two bozos so giggly about?" Leshawna asked them as she walked in. Her question however seemed to make Chris and Chef only laugh harder.
Once everyone had walked in and sat down at their table, Chris composed himself from laughing to address them.
"Congratulations to the remaining ten campers for reaching the halfway mark in the competition. You'll all be on the jury for the final episode." Chris told them.
Geoff stood up and pumped his fist in the air. "We've got the power! Yeah!" He eagerly cheered.
"The two teams will become one next week. First, all the girls will be moved to the Gopher cabin, and all the guys will stay in the Bass cabin. This week's challenge is as old as history itself, a battle of the sexes." Chris announced.
Alejandro raised his hand to get Chris's attention. "Pardon me Chris, but we are only four males while the females still have six contenders. We aren't at even numbers for a battle of the sexes." He pointed out.
"Fair point Alejandro. First, I'll allow everyone to settle in. After that I'll announce the challenge, we'll do something about these uneven numbers, and you guys will all have a bite to eat." Chris said. As he finished speaking, he and Chef began to laugh once more. "Ready for a little good news?" He asked them once he finished laughing. "This week, nobody will be kicked off. It's all for reward and it's a good one." He announced. Everyone cheered knowing that there was no threat of elimination present for once. "Okay, time to relocate. Let's move." Chris said. Once everyone had walked out, he and Chef continued their laughing.
As the Screaming Gophers and Killer Bass walked over to their cabins, Heather walked over to Zoey smiling.
"Wow Zoey, your hair looks great today, so natural." Heather told her.
"Oh thanks.. I" Zoey began to say before Heather cut her off.
"You must take such good care of it, not to mention that flower looks perfect on you." She said.
"Wow, thank you." Zoey said smiling.
Before Heather could continue complimenting Zoey, Courtney stepped in, and dragged Zoey away. "Come on Zoey, we need to unpack quickly so we can move into the Gopher cabin." She said.
In the Bass Cabin, Zoey and Courtney were packing their supplies and preparing to move with the Gophers.
"Thanks for the help with Heather earlier. I appreciated her compliments, but they were a bit too much." Zoey said.
"Please, it's obvious that was just a ploy to get you on her good side. We've seen the down handed things that Heather can do. Don't be fooled by her nice girl act." Courtney warned.
Zoey thought for a moment as she picked up her luggage. "Do you really think that Courtney?" Zoey asked.
"I know it for a fact Zoey. You and I have to stick together through this because once we get to the other team's cabin it will be us against them and whatever schemes they have to get us to work for them." Courtney said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Courtney's smart so I want to take her advice, but I don't know. I want to think that the other team will be very kind and receptive to us joining with them. Besides, I think it's a real exaggeration when people say that guys all get along while girls are catty." Zoey said.
(Confessional End)
Zoey and Courtney opened the door of the Screaming Gopher cabin only to be met with an intense shouting match between Heather and Leshawna.
"Nobody is leaving until I find out who ate my pudding pockets." Leshawna yelled at Heather who stood with her arms crossed.
"I ate them. So what." Heather said indifferently.
"Whoa, pump the breaks a little, you're so whating me?" Leshawna asked Heather. "That's my food. Nobody touches my food." Leshawna said.
Heather rolled her eyes at Leshawna. "Whatever, deal with it. It serves you right for leaving your junk everywhere." Heather said. "Especially that." She added pointing to a purple bra Leshawna had hanging on her bed. "That is bugging me." She said.
Leshawna stepped forward, getting in Heather's face. "Yeah, it'd bug me too if I didn't have anything in the front or in the back to shake." Leshawna argued showing off her assets in the process.
"Yeah, well you've got so much junk in your trunk that your jeans should come with a trash compactor. Tell her I'm right about this girls." Heather told Ella and Sammy who were awkwardly watching the argument.
"Umm... sharing your food is important for building good trust in teams." Ella said.
"You could clean up a little bit Leshawna. You remember what the guys did to Harold when he didn't clean up his unmentionables." Sammy said.
Leshawna turned from Heather to Ella and Sammy. "You best not be taking her side when she's the one who started this by eating my food." She said before turning back to Heather. "As for you, you want a piece of this?" Leshawna asked Heather.
"Yikes." Courtney said getting the attention of the four other girls in the room.
The Gopher girls turned to look at the two Bass girls joining their cabin, and the tone of the room seemed to change entirely. "Courtney, Zoey, it's so good to have the two of you with us. Come in, come in." Heather told them kindly. "Welcome to our cabin, we're like a big family in here, isn't that right Samey?" Heather asked.
"It's Sammy, and considering how bad my family relationship is I can say this isn't too bad of a family." Sammy answered.
"Anything you need, we'll be here for you." Heather told them. Courtney eyed Heather suspiciously while Zoey smiled.
"This is such a great welcome isn't it Courtney?" Zoey asked her.
"Perhaps a little too great." Courtney mumbled to herself.
Heather walked Zoey over to the beds, and Courtney followed closely behind. Ella happily walked up to Zoey and Heather.
"You will absolutely love being on our team, and I'm sure you'll love having Heather as a friend just as much as I do." Ella said.
"Ella's right, we're all such good friends, and I can't wait to get to know you better Zoey. I made sure that your bunk would be next to mine." Heather said.
"But Heather, that was my bed." Ella said. Heather gave Ella a quick glare, and Ella stepped back slowly. "However I would be more than willing to offer it up to our latest teammate." She said.
"And where exactly will I be sleeping?" Courtney asked.
Heather shrugged. "Anywhere is fine, I just really needed to be close to Zoey so we could talk and share, and just get to know each other." Heather said.
Zoey smiled and sat down on the bed. "That's such a great offer Heather. I can't wait to get to know all of you." She said. Courtney however just eyed Heather.
(Confessional Camera)
"Heather's not dumb, she knows I wouldn't fall for any of what she's doing so she's going after Zoey. It's only a matter of time before she slips up, and when she does Zoey will realize what she's up to the way I have." Courtney said.
(Confessional End)
At the guy's cabin they were having a party to celebrate getting this far into the game. Everyone had a glass of what appeared to be Orange Juice, and Harold was playing music on a record player.
"I know I've already been crashing here a few nights, but I finally feel like I belong you know." Trent told them drinking from his cup.
"Of course dude, this wicked party isn't just for us, it's for you." Geoff told him.
"To our victory." Alejandro said raising his glass.
"To our victory." Geoff, Trent, and Harold repeated each raising their glass with him. They drank from it, and then once they had finished the drink, Geoff let out an insanely loud burp that shocked the island.
The other three guys looked at Geoff shocked and impressed by his feat.
"That was nice." Trent told him. "Where did you learn to do that?" He asked.
"I owe it all to my big bro back home, for teaching me how to pull back, and then let it rip." Geoff proudly said. He burped again, though much smaller this time. "Numbers advantage or not, those chicks are going down." Geoff said. The guys cheered, and got back to their party.
At the girls cabin, Heather was showing Zoey her variety of makeup.
"What's mine is yours. Nail polish, scrunchies, earrings, just help yourself." Heather offered.
"Oh, thanks Heather, but I prefer a more natural look. Makeup isn't really my thing." Zoey said.
Heather pulled out an eyeliner and smiled at Zoey. "Come on Zoey, it's like my mother always said. A lady can always use a little boost in the look department. Don't you think you'll look better?" She asked as she went over Zoey's eyebrows.
"Well my momma told me aint nothing free in this world." Leshawna said. "Be careful what you take from this girl Zoey." She said.
Heather stopped what she was doing, and went over to Leshawna. "Mind your own bushiness." She yelled.
"We're a team, and we got to live in the same cabin, so this is all of our businesses."Leshawna argued.
"We are a team, so why don't we try to get along and get to know each other better." Zoey suggested. "Courtney help me out here." Zoey asked Courtney.
Courtney shook her head and stood next to Leshawna. "Leshawna is right about this. Heather is just trying to get on your good side, but it's all an act. You need to realize that." She said.
"Who asked you for your opinion fish girl?" Heather asked.
"Zoey did, and last I checked she's a fish girl too. The only reason you're treating her like royalty and not me is because I'm too smart for your games. You want Zoey to kiss up to you the way those two do." Courtney said pointing over at Ella and Sammy.
Heather angrily walked over and grabbed a role of tape. "Fine, you want to be that way, be on her side." She said as she started to put tape across the cabin. This is my side, and that's her side." She said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Okay, I'll admit I could've played that better, but Leshawna seriously creases me, and Courtney wasn't making things any easier. I'll still be able to win Zoey over, I'll just have to play a little damage control first." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
Heather continued to put down the tape to divide the cabin as Leshawna and Courtney watched. "Yeah, you keep putting down that tape, and if you cross it I'll smack you down. Leshawna threatened.
"It's time for everyone to pick their side. Is it going to be me, or Leshawna. Just so you know, once you do you're like not allowed on our side. Isn't that right Ella?" Heather asked her.
"I suppose this is how things must be until we can ease the tension a bit." Ella said walking next to Heather.
(Confessional Camera)
"I didn't want to join Heather's side since she's starting to remind me too much of Amy. Still, I did owe her for helping me with that so I kind of had no choice." Sammy said sighing.
(Switch)
"I thought we were supposed to be a team, but I guess Courtney was right." Zoey said.
(Confessional End)
"Can't we try to get along?" Zoey asked. "Is this really the only option we have left?" She asked.
"Take your pick." Heather said indifferently. Zoey looked back and forth unsure of what to do. After a moment of thought, she moved over with Leshawna and Courtney.
"I can't abandon Courtney after all we've been through." Zoey said.
"Too bad. You just dug your own grave." Heather said.
"Come on everyone if we don't work together the guys are going to beat us out in this challenge. Heather, Courtney, you're both smart. You have to see that." Zoey argued. Everyone however just walked away leaving Zoey by herself. Heather threw her luggage back at her from off screen. Zoey sighed and sat down on her new bunk.
After all the unpacking, and moving in, everyone reported to the Mess Hall, and the final challenge before the merge was about to commence.
"It's time... for today's challenge." Chris announced.
"Umm where's breakfast at?" Leshawna asked. Chris and Chef laughed in response just as they had all morning.
"Will you stop doing that." Heather complained.
"Let's just tell them." Chris told Chef who nodded. "Today's challenge is The Brunch of Disgustingness. Each member of each team must finish each dish. You will not know if the next dish is grosser than the last, not as gross, or just as gross, just that it will likely be... gross."
"Tell them what they'll get if they win Chris!" Chef said in a tone that sounded similar to a standard game show host.
"The winning team spends two days at a local five-star resort. Where they'll be pampered, eat gourmet food, and be given antibiotics against anything they may have caught while participating in this challenge! The losing team will go hungry tonight... and spent the next two days here... on Total Drama Island... with Chef." Chris told them. He pointed a thumb to Chef, who was giving the creepiest smile he had while waving at them. The campers gasped both at the reward, and the penalty of losing.
"We are going to win this challenge." Heather said determined.
(Confessional Camera)
"The reward sounds amazing, but on top of that winning will bring us closer as a team." Zoey said.
(Confessional End)
"Chris did you ever come up with a suitable solution for our numbers dilemma?" Alejandro asked him again.
"That I did Alejandro. Although having less people really would have helped you out in this challenge. Once per round, one of the girls can be exempt from eating. Whoever was chosen in the last round however must eat in the next one." Chris told them.
(Confessional Camera)
"I dread this challenge of eating terrible food. My body is my temple after all, and no temple keeper would dare contaminate this." Alejandro said. He tore open his shirt to reveal his bare chest, flexing his pectorals and wiggling his eyebrows at the camera.
(Confessional End)
The two teams were sat at their table, and prepared to eat.
"Take a whiff boys, because all I smell is victory for me and my girls." Leshawna taunted them.
"I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this my sweet Leshawna, but you'll find us guys have wicked eating skills." Harold told her.
"Let's begin the challenge!" Chris said eagerly. "First, some hors d'oeuvres!" He signaled Chef to go forward with the dishes, and Chef lifted the covers from the plates. Under each was a pile of grayish-brown lumps of meat, shaped like short and thick sausages.
"I was expecting far worse than simple meatballs. They might seem overcooked, but I can deal with that." Alejandro said examining the meatball.
"Technically they are meatballs Alejandro, but they are far from simple." Chris said.
Chef held up a meatball and presented it to them. "It's beef testicle, Bourguignon." He told them.
A shot of a bull crying on the ground with its forelegs over its eyes was briefly shown. Alejandro looked disgusted, and suddenly alarmed at what he was holding dropping it in an instance.
"May I sit out this round Heather?" Ella asked her friend.
"What you don't like meat?" Heather asked.
"While I'm not entirely a vegetarian, I would prefer not to eat this particular type of meat." Ella said.
The other girls looked at their plate disgusted and unsure of where to start. All the guys looked in pain as they prepared to eat.
"I don't know if I can do this to my bovine brother." Geoff sighed as he held up one of his own appetizers.
Trent forced one into his mouth and began to chew. Harold similarly was eating one holding back the look of pain.
"It's the hardest thing a man can do." Chris solemnly narrated.
(Confessional Camera)
"Judging from the way the guys were reacting to the... uh... dish I knew we could win the round." Heather said confidently.
(Confessional End)
Heather took a bite from her meatball and viciously bit into it so she could intimidate the guys. Leshawna popped one into her mouth, as did Courtney. Zoey struggled to eat, but kept herself motivated.
"I'm doing this for the team and the resort. For the team and the resort." She told herself repeatedly.
"What's the matter?" Heather asked the guys mockingly as she ate another meatball. "You big boys can't eat a little meatball?" She mocked.
"Come on, we can't let the girls win." Geoff told the guys. "Our manhood is at stake here." He said. Trent and Harold continued to eat while Alejandro just looked down at his plate nervously.
Heather noticed Sammy wasn't eating, and went up to her. "Samey, why aren't you eating?' Heather asked.
"I already told you it's Sammy, and I'm just taking some time to get through this." Sammy answered.
"You'd better eat faster if we're going to win that trip." Heather said.
(Confessional Camera)
"After everything Sammy had been through with Amy, I wasn't about to let her go through the same abuse with Heather." Trent said.
(Confessional End)
Trent went over to the girl's table and sat down next to Sammy. "Hey Sammy, I know you're having a tough time, but you don't need to rush. I don't think Alejandro is going to touch his plate anytime soon." He told her.
(Confessional Camera)
"I'm so glad Trent was there to encourage me. I feel like with him around I'm not as weak as I am by myself." Sammy said.
(Confessional End)
As much as the tried, the guys simply could not eat the meatballs, and spit out whatever they were still eating.
"Well," Chris said getting their attention. "It looks like the guys lost this round! The first challenge goes to the female campers!" He announced.
Sammy went over to the guy's table briefly. "Thanks for the pep talk Trent, it really helped." Sammy said.
"Way to help the other team." Harold said. "Gosh!" He added.
"Alejandro wasn't eating anyway. It's not like we were going to win." Trent defended himself.
"That is true, however you still helped the enemy team when you had no reason not to." Alejandro said.
"You guys seriously need to chill out. The challenge just started." Trent said. Their argument was cut off by a whistle from Chris. "Are we here to argue?" he asked them, "Or are we here to eat a series of revolting meals!" He asked.
"I guess we did get on your case a little too hard." Geoff said.
Alejandro nodded his head in agreement. "Apologies for overreacting." He said.
"No sweat guys, now let's go ahead and win this." Trent said. The four guys put their hands together and raised them in the air.
(Confessional Camera)
"That was the fastest I've ever seen an argument end. What do they have that our team doesn't?" Zoey asked herself.
(Confessional End)
Score now stands at one for the girls, and zero for the guys," Chris announced. "And now, the next course in the Brunch of Disgustingness!" He exclaimed pointing over to the side where Chef wheeled out a cart with another covered plate. "You guys like pizza?" He asked them grinning.
"That depends what's on the pizza." Courtney said.
"Well in this case what's on the pizza is live grasshopper with tangy jellyfish sauce and live anchovies." Chris said. The pizza shown indeed had the topics he listed, and the live parts were all moving around.
"Anchovies aren't really my thing. I'll sit this one out." Zoey said.
"You really sitting out for the anchovies out of everything on that dang pizza?" Leshawna asked incredulously. As she got her plate, she looked at it, and pushed it away. "Okay, that is straight up nasty. I ain't eating that." She complained.
"Oh yes you are I am not missing out on an indoor heated pool just because you can't keep down a few..." Heather starts to berate until she notices a grasshopper on her finger. She screams in fear shocking everyone around her. "Grasshoppers... okay I can't do this." Heather said standing up.
Courtney grabbed Heather's arm and sat her back down. "You do not get to walk away from this so easily, especially not after how you berated Same... er... Sammy over the bullballs." She said.
"Fine." Heather said breaking from Courtney's grip and sitting down. "Can I get a little Parmesan on this?" She asked Chef. He merely shook his head as he continued to serve dishes. Heather looked down at her pizza slice nervously, and took a bite from it. After she forced herself to swallow it down, she looked at the other girls. "Delicious." She said. "You're up next." She told her teammates.
The girls gathered around to cheer each other on as they ate the pizza. Courtney nonchalantly ate her pizza slice.
"How are you so good at this challenge?" Zoey asked Courtney.
"I've always had a strong stomach. This isn't too bad." Courtney shrugged.
(Confessional Camera)
"The challenge was disgusting, humiliating, and will probably ruin career opportunities for me in the future, but I've gone too far to give up now. If eating this food is what it takes to win, it's what I'll do." Courtney said.
(Confessional End)
The guys were having a much easier time in this round compared to the first one.
"This isn't too bad you guys." Harold said as he was the first one to eat from the pizza.
"Well once we have all eaten a slice, feel free to eat the rest of it yourself." Alejandro told him.
Ella looked at her slice and broke down in tears trying to take a bite. "I can't eat it, it's too painful on the poor animals that are still living on it." She said.
"Ella if you don't..." Heather began to say before Courtney stopped her.
"Let me take this one Heather." Courtney said. She walked over to Ella and sat next to her. "It's okay Ella, just take a deep breath, and close your eyes." Courtney instructed. "There you go, once you're calm focus your mind on the goal you want. You want to win. You want to win for the team, and for the trip. Forget about everything else, focus on winning for us, and you can eat it no problem." Courtney instructed.
Ella did exactly as Courtney instructed. With her eyes closed and her mind focused entirely on winning to make Heather proud Ella was able to eat the slice of pizza no problem.
"I can't believe that worked." Heather told Courtney.
Trent and Alejandro were the only two left to eat their slice of pizza for the guys. Trent tried to take a bite, but couldn't go through with it.
"I've got a weak stomach." Trent said gagging. "I'll be right back." He told them before dashing out. He went to the nearest tree and threw up immensely.
(Confessional Camera)
"When I was a kid, my parents would hold me down and force-feed me broccoli. They only did it because broccoli is," he paused to gag, "good for you." He said.
(Confessional End)
Trent met back up with the guys determined to get through the challenge. "I can do this." He told them. "Alejandro, I need you to hold me down, and Geoff I need you to shove the slice into my mouth. No matter how much I scream, or beg you have got to feed me that slice." Trent told them.
"Sure, I'm in." Geoff said.
Moments later sure enough, Alejandro had Trent well restrained and Geoff was getting ready to feed him. As Geoff got closer, Trent began to panic "Wait stop it was a joke!" He said. "I was kidding. Ha ha. I'm warning you my dad's a lawyer!" He yelled. Geoff ignored him and stuffed the slice in his mouth forcing Trent to eat it. "Good job guys." Trent mumbled to the as he passed out.
(Confessional Camera)
"It wasn't that bad," Trent said seeming back to his normal, cool self. "I was just playing it up for the camera. I don't really mind beef testicles or live grasshopper jelly fish pizza." He said before gagging again. Outside of the confessional, his sounds of vomiting could be heard, some vomit was even beginning to leak out of the confessional itself.
(Confessional End)
"Alright Alejandro, is it your turn to be fed?" Geoff asked him getting another slice ready.
"No need Geoff, I shall tackle this dish at my own pace." Alejandro said calmly before looking down nervously. "It's for a much needed trip and time away from this island." He reminded himself.
Leshawna was the last one left to eat for the girls. She tried to take a bite, but the grasshopper jumped startling her. "Okay you know what, I can't be doin' this," she said. "Little grasshopper minding his own business, what I wanna go an eat his little head off for?" She cried out. As she did this, Alejandro finally managed to force down his slice.
"The winners of this round are the guys." Chris announced causing them to cheer in victory.
(Confessional Camera)
"I was excited about the next dish." Chef said smiling at the thought. "I made it from scratch." He said scratching himself in the process.
(Confessional End)
"Alright who's ready for the third course?" Chris asked as Chef revealed the dish. "Spaghetti! Actually live earthworms, covered in snail slime sauce and hairballs." He told them.
"No!" Geoff yelled out standing up. "I can't take it anymore." He screamed running out of the Mess Hall.
"I won't allow him to ruin this after what I just endured." Alejandro said. He stood up and went outside, restraining Geoff in a similar manner to how he had restrained Trent earlier.
"Okay, okay. I'm good. I'm good." Geoff told Alejandro calming down.
The guys strategy to get through this dish was to blindfold themselves, and cover up their noses while they ate the dish. The girls tried to keep up, but the strategy was simply too good and they finished in no time at all.
"And once again the winners are the guys!" Chris announced.
"How did they finish that one so quickly. It was probably the worst one yet." Heather complained.
"We can't give up yet. That was a smart move on their end with the blindfolds, so we'll have to be just as creative." Courtney said.
"Yeah, finally some real teamwork." Zoey cheered.
Chris got everyone's attention for the next dish. "Alright everybody, time for course number four. No nine course meal would be complete without soup." Chris told them as Chef revealed the dish. "Today's special is french bunion soup with hangnail crackers."
(Confessional Camera)
"I think they just used stuff from Chef's bathroom floor." Geoff said.
(Confessional End)
Everyone struggled to get the soup down with it's terrible taste being too strong for their senses. Courtney suddenly came up with a brilliant idea, and grabbed a nearby funnel. She tried it out herself first, and realized that with it the soup would go directly down their throat and bypass their taste buds. The girls passed the funnel around until everyone, except Leshawna who sat out this round had finished their soup.
"That was so smart Courtney, I didn't even taste the soup." Sammy told her.
"The girls win again." Chris announced. The girls cheered for their victory, having tied the challenge up once more. "The score is now tied up at two." He said.
(Confessional Camera)
"This is exactly what I was talking about. We had a rough start, but we're finally being a real time." Zoey said.
(Confessional End)
"Only five more coursed left. Bon apetite."Chris told them.
What followed was an intense montage of the next four meals set to rock music. First Chef chewed up several wads of gum putting them together in a ball and presenting it to Sammy. Secondly he held a skunk, and squeezed it's spray into a shaker. He shook it up, and poured it into a cup for Ella to drink from. While she drank it, her face was filled with pain from disgust. Third he drew a smiley face on a sandal and had Harold attempt to eat that. Harold tried, but it was far too difficult and knocked him down. Finally, he gathered a soup of trash and looked joyful as he served the rotten food to the guys.
"Wow, it's still tied up. We're down to the last course in the challenge." Chris told them. "It's delicious dolphin wieners. Hot dogs, made of dolphins." He nonchalantly explained.
Ella gasped and looked at the hot dog before her. "How could you do something so cruel to an animal so kind?" She asked Chris who just shrugged.
"Ella it's already dead so stop being so sentimental. If you don't eat it then we don't win." Heather said.
"But Heather..." Ella started.
"No!" Heather yelled. "Do not but Heather me right now. We are a single dish away from the best time on this island and I won't let you mess it up for all of us." Heather said.
"But.." Ella started again.
"What did I just say. Eat the dolphin now." Heather yelled.
Zoey had enough of Heather's bullying, and stepped in front of her. "I'm with Ella on this one. I won't eat a dolphin." Zoey said.
"Neither will I." Sammy said joining their cause.
"Courtney, tell them something." Heather said.
Courtney shook her head and pushed away her plate. "They're right. I don't care about the trip anymore, I won't degrade myself to eating a dolphin simply for this challenge." She said.
"When did you decide to get a conscious?" Heather asked. "What happened to focusing your mind on the goal you're trying to achieve." Heather yelled at Courtney.
"Sweet dudes, I guess we've won." Geoff said. "Though I do feel bad about this one." He said looking down at the dish.
Alejandro stoop up and began to walk away. "Apologies gentleman, but the ladies are correct. My ethics simply will not allow me to eat this dish.
(Confessional Camera)
"My ethics and the fact that even a single more dish would have been too much to bear." Alejandro said.
(Switch)
"I slave all day over a hot stove cooking dolphin. No appreciation." Chef complained.
(Confessional End)
Chef looked at the arguments, and defiance annoyed. "Okay, enough." He said getting their attention. "We'll solve this by having an eat off." He announced.
Both teams sent in their best player for the eat off. The girls elected Courtney who had the strongest stomach, while the guys sent in Geoff hoping his party stomach would pay off. "Whoever can drink the most shot glasses of fresh, delicious blended cockroach will be the winner." Chris announced. He continued to explain the dish as Chef blended up the cockroaches. "This unlikely satisfying blend of eight different cockroaches is vitamin rich to fit your active lifestyle." He told them. "On you marks, get set, go!"
The two grabbed a shot glass, and quickly drank it down. While they had a strong reaction to the taste, they kept going trying to be the winner of this final round. After several shot drinks later, there were three drinks left on the table. They each grabbed one and were barely able to keep themselves from throwing up. As only one shot glass remained, they both looked at it unsure if they wanted to commit to eating it, or just forfeit the challenge and accept the loss. Finally, Courtney reached out grab the glass and took the last shot.
"Courtney wins it for the girls." Chris announced. The girls cheered hugging each other while the guys solemnly comforted their loss.
"Hey you did your best Geoff." Trent told him.
"I don't feel so good." Geoff mumbled. He threw up several times to the disgust of everyone around. A single cockroach survived his vomit and crawled around causing everyone else to begin vomiting as well.
(Confessional Camera)
"To any opponent of mine when I run for Secretary of Sate or President who tries bringing this footage up as a way to shame me, this was not a sign of weakness." Courtney said. "This was a sign of determination and strength. It takes a lot of strength to eat bull testicles, and live anchovies, and bunion soup, and cockroach shots." She said before gagging and holding back vomit. "So today was not a something against me, but rather something to show how willing I am to accomplish my goals. Vote for Courtney." Courtney said. As the confessional cut out, the sounds of Courtney vomiting could still be heard.
(Confessional End)
That evening the boat arrived for the Spa trip, and the girls eagerly boarded it.
"The ladies are the big winners today, while the guys go off hoping to party another day." Chris announced. "Will the guys stay strong during their time on the island, and can the girls finally come together as a team on this trip? What shocking surprised are in store for our campers next week as they head for the big merge? Find out next week on Total Drama Island." He exclaimed ending it off.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
21. Lightning
20. Ezekiel
19. Beardo
18. Izzy
17. Dave
16. Cody
15. Owen
14. Sugar
13. Katie
12. Jasmine
11. Amy
Remaining Contestants
Male: Geoff, Harold, Alejandro, Trent
Female: Courtney, Leshawna, Heather, Sammy, Zoey, Ella
Elimination Explanation: ...There was no elimination...
A/N: First and foremost, I want to offer my deepest apology for the long hiatus. I was given the opportunity of a lifetime when my friend invited me to work abroad with him as part of a work/study program. We applied hoping for this experience, and to our surprise we made it. We spent the last three months out of the country working, and also just experiencing somewhere new and different from what we usually have available. It was never my intention to abandon either of my stories while I was away, but between doing the work I was there for, hanging out with my friend and general sight seeing I guess fanfiction was the last thing on my mind. I flew back very recently, and knew that since I was done with this awesome experience I needed to make things right here. I want to thank everyone who sent me kind DMs during the few months that I was gone. As for those of you who sent me some not so kind DMs, yell I don't hold it against you being mad but be nicer next time. Honestly I'm a bit mad at myself about this debacle.
Speaking now of the story itself, this chapter was honestly so dull to write. I hated having to write it. While it was a fun episode to watch, a lot of the fun moment's don't really translate well into writing. It's a very visual based episode where the jokes work due to the reactions on everyone's face. This isn't helped in the slightest with a musical montage. That's so hard to do in writing, and do it well. Another thing I hated was how much recycled dialogue from canon I used. The last few chapters have been filled with original moments, but for this one I was at a loss for how to change it up. I hope that this still managed to be enjoyable even if I didn't enjoy writing it too much. Honestly, a lot of this chapter ended up just being filler before the merge. By far, my least favorite to write and also the worst chapter I've written in my opinion, but hopefully it was good enough to read.
The part that mattered the most about this chapter had to be the beginning of it, and the new dynamics now that the teams are merged. Trent has already been staying with the Bass, so there's not too much there worth exploring. The girls on the other hand are a fun mess. With Amy out Heather knows she's a target again, thus recruiting allies is a necessity. Sammy already owes her for dealing with Amy, while Zoey is kind enough to give anyone a chance. Leshawna is firmly against her and Courtney is playing a bit smarter when it comes to dealing with Heather. We'll see how this all plays out for her.
Nothing else really to say, but I'll mention that someone has correctly guessed the two returning characters. I won't say who it was so as to not spoil the surprise, but the correct two guesses are in one of the reviews. I did promise that whoever guessed properly I'd write a one-shot for them, and I will still be doing that. I'll just wait until next chapter to provide details and reach out about that since again, I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone. Sorry about the painfully long wait again, but weekly episodes should be returning now and I'll try to get another episode out this week as well. I know it's been a bit slow at times, but not much more until we finish this and move onto RNGA. My RNGA ideas are still in brainstorming mode, but slowly there are becoming more and more concrete. That's all of course in the not to distant future.