I'm back! And I've got some exciting news for this story. But that can wait until later.
Disclaimer: Total Drama and it's characters are in no way owned by me. The only things that are mine are my OC's.
The lounge-like waiting room is shown as well as the couches and snack tables that are present before every aftermath. The entire peanut gallery was seen around the room, talking to other people.
Over at one part of the room, Gwen was sitting with Leshawna, Trent and DJ.
Gwen sighed and said, "Well, my break was nice while it lasted."
"What are you talking about Gwen? We're not going anywhere any time soon," Leshawna asked, concerned for her friend.
"No, but my break from Courtney fighting with me is over," Gwen remarked.
DJ raised an eyebrow and asked, "I know she can get a little mad when she loses, but was she really that bad?"
Gwen nodded and said, "You don't know the half of it."
"It's true. Even though I left a couple days earlier, Courtney was still acting pretty hostile toward Gwen," Trent confirmed with a nod.
Gwen shook her head and said, "With any luck, she'll leave me alone if she's with Duncan."
"Somebody say my name," Duncan asked as he walked over, a can of soda in his hand.
"When Courtney gets here, keep her off my back. We fought enough on the show, we don't need to do it here when we could relax," Gwen stated.
Duncan pulled up a chair and said, "I'll try but you know her. When she gets going it's hard to stop her."
"Dude, you know the things Courtney is saying are wrong. Just let her know she's mistaken and to leave Gwen alone," DJ noted.
"I'll try, but again, she's stubborn," Duncan stated, his hands in the air.
Trent shook his head and said, "Still, her hostility toward Gwen is kind of sudden and harsh. It doesn't seem like Courtney."
Duncan nodded a little and said, "I noticed that too. I'll talk to her and see if I can find out if something's bothering her."
"And if she doesn't stop fighting with Gwen, she's gonna have to deal with me," Leshawna said, a small frown on her face.
Across the room, Jessie was sitting down with a smile on her face. Danny, who was walking to the snack table to get himself a soda, noticed this and said, "What's got you so happy?"
"Starting today, Nicholas is going to be staying here. We'll be able to spend plenty of time together. Just, please don't antagonize him or anything," Jessie said, the smile still on her face.
The honorable teen sat down and said, "Jessie, I promise I will leave him alone and drop our little feud so long as he does the same. I will not start anything in any way, you have my word."
The quiet girl smiled and said, "Thank you. I'll talk to him and ask him not to start anything either. Though I may have to say something like you'll leave him alone. You don't mind, do you?"
"I like to think that you're my friend Jessie. And I like it when my friends are happy. If saying something like that will make you and your boyfriend happy, by all means go ahead," Danny said with a nod, "Besides, with any luck he'll be over it because he beat me."
Elsewhere in the room, Rebecca, Harold and Alexander were sitting together. The slacker was relating a story about his time in Japan, something the anime nerd and dweeb had a significant interest in. "So you know how over here and in America, a lot of restaurants serve french fries with meals? Well in restaurants in Japan, almost every meal is served with rice. Not really an obscure fact, I know, but Japan has rice like North America has potatoes. Another interesting thing, and one that I enjoyed, is how much Japan embraces arcades. In Tokyo in particular, there are these five story arcades. I went into one once and it was packed. And these were huge arcades too. It's insane," Alexander said before taking a drink from a soda.
"What about anime? I've heard there are huge anime and manga stores. Is this true," Rebecca asked, bouncing slightly in her seat.
Alexander chuckled and said, "Huge doesn't even begin to describe them. There was one that I saw that had a life size robot from Gundam in front of it. And the building was taller than the sculpture!"
Rebecca's eyes went wide as she said, "I have to go to Japan now! If there's another season after this, I have to win so I can have tons of money to spend in Japan!"
"Unfortunately there is another season after this one, but the cast has already been decided. None of the new people this season are competing," Harold noted.
"What? That's total crap," Alexander cursed.
Harold shook his head and agreed, "Indeed. I would love to compete with you next season. Although, if I happen to win, I'll take you two on a trip to Japan."
"Really? Thanks," Rebecca shouted excitedly.
Alexander raised an eyebrow and asked, "I appreciate the gesture, but if you don't mind me asking, why me?"
"You've been to Japan before so you know about it. Having you with us would be beneficial," Harold explained.
As the three continued talking about Japan, the camera panned over to Justin, Owen and Tyler. "So Justin, are you excited to be hosting the Aftermath," Owen asked, taking a bite out of the piece of pizza he had.
Justin ran a hand through his hair and replied, "It'll be interesting, that's for sure. As long as Beth and I stick to the plan, it should be fine."
"Don't worry too much man. I thought hosting it was easy," Tyler assured the model.
"Oh, I'm not worried. You know, so long as nothing unexpected happens. That's a bit too much to hope for though," Justin said with a slight laugh.
Tyler smirked and said, "You said it man. Things can get hectic with us."
Owen laughed and said, "Haha, yeah that's true. Don't worry, Carl should keep things on track. Still, I can't wait for when I can host! It's gonna be awesome!"
In another part of the room sat Lindsay, Beth, Katie, Sadie and Julie. Beth smiled and said, "You know, one of the things I liked about coming on this show is all the friends I made from it."
Katie nodded and said, "Oh me too!"
"I was just about to say that," Sadie added.
Julie nodded and said, "It's been a great time. Too bad we won't see each other too much after the show ends."
"I have an idea! We can have a big slumber party at my house," Lindsay exclaimed.
"That would be so cool! Are you sure your parents would be fine with it," Beth asked.
Lindsay nodded and said, "Yeah! They always said they wanted my friends to come over more."
"OMG I love slumber parties," Sadie exclaimed.
Katie nodded and said, "Me too!"
Julie smiled and said, "That sounds like a fantastic idea."
Lindsay cheered and said, "Yay! And we'll have plenty of room because my house is like, really big. My dad has a lot of money. He told me to go on the show to make more friends."
At yet another part of the room sat William and Ezekiel. "Alright Zeke, my boy, I'm gonna teach you how to be a real teen. I won't lie to you, this isn't going to be easy. If you don't think you can handle it, tell me now because once I start, I'm not stopping," William said in a strange accent.
Ezekiel raised an eyebrow and said, "Why are you talking like that eh?"
William shrugged and replied, "I thought sounding like an older Scottish man would be appropriate for this somehow. In hindsight, it doesn't make much sense."
"Oh. Well in any case, if you're willing to teach me, I'm willing to learn eh," Ezekiel responded.
"Very good! We'll start tonight after the aftermath. You'll be like a regular teen in no time," William shouted excitedly.
Heather sat in a corner of the room, grumbling to herself. Eva, who was making another trip to the buffet saw this and smirked before saying, "Aw, is Heather sad because nobody wants to talk to someone as nasty as her?"
"Hah, like I care if any of those losers talk to me. I'm upset because I was cheated out of the game," the queen bee replied.
"Right. Didn't you make friends with Leshawna or something last season? What the hell happened to that," Eva asked.
Heather narrowed her eyes and asked, "Why do you care?"
Eva narrowed her eyes as well and said, "I actually respect Leshawna, and I was wondering what the hell was going through her head when you and her settled your differences."
"Like I know what she was thinking. All I know now is that in the time between seasons I came to my senses and realized what I was doing," Heather snootily replied.
"Whatever, have fun talking to yourself," Eva said as she walked away.
The teens talked to each other for a few minutes, waiting for their cue for the show to start. Carl the intern walked into the room and said, "Alright guys, showtime. Beth, Justin, you guys wait backstage for the announcer to introduce you. Everyone else, head out when the intro theme starts.
The camera changes perspective to show the set for the Aftermath. The long couch in the middle of the stage is present, as are the rows of seats on each side of the couch. The TV hung above the couch has the Aftermath logo on it as well. The theme to the Aftermath started to play and the various members of the peanut gallery started to fill in. To the left of the couch in the first row sat Owen, DJ, Tyler, Lindsay, Julie and Alexander. In the second row were Katie, Sadie, Trent, Eva, Harold and Danny. In the final row on the left were Gwen, Leshawna, Rebecca, William, Ezekiel and Heather. Duncan and Jessie sat by themselves in the first row on the right side of the couch.
The unknown announcer said, "Welcome to another episode of the Total Drama High School Aftermath! Please give a warm welcome to your hosts today, Justin and Beth!"
The two hosts walked out to tons of applause, though most of it came from the tons of squealing fangirls over Justin being host. The two sat down on the couch as they waved to the audience.
"Hello everyone, I'm Justin," the model said.
"And I'm Beth. Welcome to the Total Drama High School Aftermath," Beth finished.
"Justin! Take off your shirt," a random fangirl called out from the audience.
Justin didn't seem fazed by this exclamation and merely shrugged before saying, "Maybe when the show ends, because we've got four guests to talk to today, as well as some of the usual segments you're used to seeing from the show."
Beth nodded and said, "That's right! But before we get to the guests, let's give a recap since the last aftermath! There were four challenges based on Prom, Physical Education, Music and Art."
"Joseph has continued his plotting to win the game, though he's run into his fair share of obstacles. And Noah on the other hand has been working on a plan to get rid of Joseph. Jennifer has finally gotten over Trent's elimination, and just in time as a couple of the others have had their boyfriend or girlfriend eliminated and are in a similar state as Jennifer was," Justin recapped.
"Let's get this show on the road! Our first guest was part of Joseph's alliance, is Duncan's girlfriend and got into Total Drama Action due to a lawsuit. Give a warm welcome to Courtney," Beth stated as the CIT made her way onstage to a mix of cheers and boos.
Courtney waved to the audience as she made her way to the couch. "Hello Beth, Justin, it's great to be here," Courtney said, "I'll answer any questions you have for me, so ask away."
Justin looked at a notecard and said, "Let's get the obvious one out of the way. What did you think about your time in the game?"
"Admittedly, it wasn't my best season. I don't know why it took me so long to realize something was up with Joseph. I regret going along with some of the eliminations. If I could go back and redo everything, I wouldn't have joined that alliance in the first place. Hopefully next season I can redeem myself for some of the choices I made this season," Courtney replied with a sigh.
"What about the things that happened aside from Joseph and his alliance," Beth asked.
Courtney smiled and said, "Well, aside from Joseph I liked this season. It felt nice to be able to exercise my mind in challenges aside from having them all be physical. For the most part, I liked the new contestants. And with an exception or two, I was pleased with those of us who returned to the competition."
Justin flashed a smile and said, "Well that transitions to our next question nicely. What was up with your extreme attitude toward Gwen?"
"I figured this would be asked at some point," Courtney grumbled before she sighed and said, "As I've said before, I can't shake the feeling that she'll steal Duncan away from me."
"And how many times have I said I'm not going to do that," Gwen shouted from her seat in the peanut gallery.
Courtney waved Gwen off and said, "Oh please, you're probably lonely after breaking up with Trent and are looking for a new boyfriend. Besides, I saw how you acted toward him during TDA. Why wouldn't I be suspicious?"
Gwen grumbled and said, "Be suspicious all you want, it's not going to change the fact that I won't steal him from you."
From where he was sitting, Duncan asked, "Seriously Courtney, what's up with all the anger at Gwen? And not any of that 'she's going to steal me' bullcrap. I want the real answer."
All the attention was directed at Courtney who was silent for a moment before she sighed in defeat and with a blush on her face said, "Okay fine. I care about you a lot Duncan and I don't want to lose you. You're one of the best things to happen to me and if I lost you, I don't know what I would do. Happy?"
Most of the audience let out cries of "Aww" as Courtney's blush deepened. Duncan smirked and said, "I knew it."
Beth was smiling after the revelation of Courtney's true feelings for Duncan and said, "We only have one more question, then we can leave you alone."
"Oh thank goodness. Well ask away then," Courtney replied, her face beginning to return to its regular hue.
Beth nodded and pointed to the TV above them and asked, "Care to explain what you meant in this confessional?" The clip in question then started.
Courtney: I want to help Danny before he goes too far. I know what he's going through. I've done things I'm not really proud of, mostly due to what he did to me. (She sighs and looks down for a few seconds before she looks back up) Let's just say that I may have influenced who made it in this season.
"Oh that. I didn't think that would be brought up. Well, I promised I would answer so I would," Courtney said before taking a deep breath and saying, "As I'm sure many of you noted, Harold would have been one of the first picks for a season at a high school like this, right? Yet he wasn't chosen. That would be my fault. One of the clauses in the lawsuit I filed to get onto TDA stated that at I was to be on a season without Harold. Thereby if I were to be eliminated it wouldn't be due to an incident like when he switched the votes on me during TDI. Was it right? No, I suppose it wasn't. When I requested that I still felt cheated however and felt it was fair. So if you are upset by not being on this season Harold, I apologize."
"I'm not too mad. I mean, I did kind of cheat to get rid of you, so I guess this is karma for me. Besides, there's way too much drama going on this season for my tastes. It reminds me of being around my sister," Harold replied from where he was sitting.
Beth looked to Courtney and said, "That's all the questions we have for you. Would you please move to the peanut gallery?" Courtney nodded and moved to sit next to Duncan.
Justin smiled at the camera before saying, "Our next guest got a girlfriend, had a rivalry with Danny and lost due to an instant elimination, it's Nicholas!"
The mechanic walked onstage to a somewhat moderate amount of cheering. He sat down on the couch and Beth said, "Thanks for being here Nicholas."
"Thanks for having me," Nicholas replied.
"So what did you think of your time on the show," Beth asked.
Nicholas tapped his chin and said, "Well, it was pretty fun. I mean, the challenges were exciting for the most part. And I got a girlfriend too, so that's a plus. Yeah, it kind of sucked being eliminated, but since it was an instant elimination it's not so bad."
Justin nodded and said, "Speaking of your girlfriend, want to tell us why you went out with her?"
"What's not to like? She's cute, caring and she likes me for who I am, which is more than I can say for the girlfriends I had before this show," Nicholas replied with a smile directed to his girlfriend.
Jessie giggled a bit from her seat as the audience said "Aww" again. Beth giggled and said, "That's so romantic!"
"I try," Nicholas replied with a grin.
"Our final question is a little more serious. What was up with your rivalry with Danny," Beth asked once she got over her giggle fit.
Nicholas raised an eyebrow and said, "What's hard to understand about it? He kept getting in my way and I didn't like it."
From where he was sitting, Danny interrupted, "If I may, where I come from honor is more important than anything. All I was doing was trying to preserve that. I'm aware I've said this multiple times on the show, but you don't seem to get it. All I want is to keep dishonesty from the game in any form, be it trying to stamp out alliances or keeping people from having too many unfair advantages."
Nicholas nodded and said, "I see what you're saying and I understand. But where I come from, you do whatever it takes to succeed. If someone intentionally keeps you from doing so, how do you know you can trust them? It's one thing if you were on a different team and messed with me, but handicapping your own team? I don't know about the others, but I don't approve of it."
"A valid point. Unfortunately it seems our views will continue to conflict in any future seasons, since I doubt either of us will change," Danny said with a nod.
"Fair enough. Having a friendly rival is more than a lot of people can say. I look forward to competing against you," Nicholas said with a smirk.
Danny smirked back and replied, "Likewise."
Justin raised an eyebrow and asked, "If you wouldn't mind, could you move to the peanut gallery?"
Nicholas grinned and said, "Of course. I've been looking forward to spending time with my girlfriend anyways." The mechanic moved to a seat next to his girlfriend.
Beth looked to the camera and said, "Before we introduce our next guest, it's time for That's Going to Leave a Mark!" The screen above the couch lit up with the scenes of the contestants in pain.
Scene 1: Noah is being swung around the dance floor by Izzy during the prom challenge. Izzy accidentally lets go of Noah's arms and the know it all flies across the gymnasium.
Scene 2: Izzy is blown back by the force of her paint bomb from the art challenge.
Scene 3: After finishing the race from the second gym challenge, Emily and Cody accidentally step on an extra landmine and it knocks them off their feet.
Scene 4: Joseph is waiting backstage during the music challenge and an extra light that wasn't used falls and lands on his foot.
"Glad that wasn't me," Justin remarked from his seat on the couch, "I don't think my modeling contracts would be happy with me injuring myself."
"That would be a shame if you injured yourself," Beth mentioned with a dreamy stare before shaking her head and saying, "Moving on, our next guest was in the final 6 of Total Drama Island, was a former aftermath host, and is one of the most relaxed people ever, it's Geoff!"
The crowd erupted in cheers and Geoff ran onstage, pumping his fists. The party boy shouted out, "What's up dudes! It's good to be back!"
Justin exchanged a fist bump with the party boy and remarked, "This is a bit different, isn't it? Usually you're the one interviewing the losers, not the other way around."
"Yeah man, this is weird for me," Geoff agreed with a nod.
"So what did you think of your time on the show," Justin asked before taking a sip of water.
Geoff pumped his arms in the air and said, "It was totally awesome dudes! I got to spend a ton of time with my girl, there were some rocking challenges and overall the new guys and gals are pretty cool. Plus I made it more than halfway through the competition. Way better than last season dude."
Beth nodded and said, "I see. What did you think about the alliance Joseph made with Noah and Courtney?"
"Whoa, they made an alliance? I know Noah hung out with Joseph a lot, but I didn't think it was an alliance. Well hopefully the others get to figure that out before it's too late," Geoff commented.
"What if I told you that Noah has recently been trying to plan against Joseph, since he regrets working with him," Beth followed up.
Geoff scratched his head under his hat in thought and said, "Well, I hope he's got a good plan. I know I didn't really talk to him much, but Joseph's like, insanely smart dudes."
Justin nodded and said, "That he is. But moving on to our final question. How do you feel knowing that Bridgette is going to be on next season and you won't?"
"That's gonna suck dude. I'm gonna miss her and she's gonna miss me. I just hope the way she plays isn't going to suffer because of it. Though she has friends that are going to be there so maybe it won't be so bad for her. I just hope she tries her best," Geoff responded honestly.
Beth smiled and said, "That's so sweet of you to say. Well, that's all we had for you today. Would you please go sit in the peanut gallery?"
Geoff nodded and said, "Not a problem dudette." The party guy got up and sat down on the bottom row of the seats to the right.
Justin gestured backstage and said, "Now we've got our last guest. She's in a relationship with Cody, is the shortest contestant yet and was voted off due to Joseph's manipulations, it's Emily!"
The dancer made her way onstage to a fair amount of applause. She sat down on the couch and Beth asked, "So, what did you think of your time on the show?"
"It was great! I got to meet most of the people I was rooting for during season one and two, there were tons of fun challenges and best of all, and I'm going out with Cody! Sure, winning the money would have been nice, but I think I'm walking away with enough to be satisfied," Emily said with a happy smile on her face.
"That's a good way to think about it," Justin noted before having a sip of water and continuing, "Now you're a dancer right? How come we didn't see much of that during the show?"
Emily sighed and said, "Well, a lot of it had to do with the challenges. I didn't have a lot of time to show off my dancing because a lot of the challenges weren't appropriate. Another thing is despite dancing in the audition tape, I'm not dancing as much as I used to. My life's getting more hectic and I have less time to dance, which is a shame. And I have a feeling that once I get to college, unless there's a dance team or something, I'm not going to be dancing. I really hope that's not the case, as I love dancing, but there are some things that just can't be helped."
"Well, what about now? Would you mind performing a short dance for us," Justin asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Sure, can I get some music to play with it," Emily asked.
The person controlling the audio started to play an upbeat song with a fast tempo. Emily got up and started to dance along with the beat. The dancer performed a number of spins with the occasional flip mixed in. The song soon ended and Emily finished her dance with a split, the audience exploding into applause as a result of the performance.
Emily wiped some sweat off of her forehead as Beth passed her a bottle of water and said, "That was amazing!"
Emily took a sip of water and replied, "Thanks. It felt good to be dance for once."
Beth waited until the dancer was done having her drink and asked, "So for our final question, why do you like Cody?"
"Well, I've always had a thing for geeky guys I guess. And he's really nice, handsome and he's a true friend. Probably the one thing that caused him to become my favorite was when on the island he helped get Trent and Gwen together, despite liking Gwen. Just seeing that made me realize I kind of had a crush on him. I never expected that I would make it on this show and that he would ask me out however," Emily explained with a smile on her face.
Suddenly someone shouted from backstage, "You bitch!"
"Hey what are you-," Someone had begun to say before they were cut off and shouted in surprise.
A tanned girl wearing a yellow tank top and green pants with her purple hair in a long ponytail ran full speed onto the stage and tackled Emily, sending the two girls to the floor. "How dare you steal my Cody from me! He and I were going to be together forever! But now we're not, and it's all your fault," the new arrival screamed while pinning Emily to the floor, trying to injure the short dancer.
Emily was struggling to get the taller girl off of her and shrieked, "Somebody, anybody, help!"
Geoff, Leshawna and Nicholas all got off the couches they were on to assist Emily but the other girl was fighting back. Nicholas backed up and said, "Guys, get out of the way."
Geoff and Leshawna looked to each other and shrugged, moving away as Nicholas charged at Emily's assailant. The mechanic tackled the girl and knocked her off of Emily, who quickly got up and stood next to Geoff and Leshawna.
Much of the audience looked amazed and Beth said, "Whoa, that was incredible."
"It wasn't that cool. I'm just in shape because my high school had an American football team and I was on it," Nicholas casually remarked.
"There she is! Thanks for your help Carl," Alejandro said as he walked onstage with Carl the intern. The two went over to where Nicholas and the girl were and proceeded to take the girl.
Carl looked at her and said, "Look Sierra, I don't care what grudge or whatever you have with the contestants. The contract you signed stated that you couldn't interact with them until the next season began. If you pull a stunt like this again, I'm sure the executive producer would have no trouble finding someone to replace you."
"Fine, I'll leave. But before I do, I just want to say one thing. You had better watch your back Emily. I will have Cody, one way or another," Sierra said before getting escorted off stage by Carl.
Alejandro looked at everyone present and said, "Sorry about that," before quickly hurrying offstage.
Justin and Beth looked to be at a loss for words before Justin said, "Um, that's all the questions we had for you."
Beth nodded and added, "Normally we would have turned things over to the peanut gallery to see what they think about everything that's happening, but we're just about out of time."
Justin continued, "So be sure to sure to tune in to the next episode of Total Drama High School, where there will be more romance, more exciting challenges and above all, more drama!"
"The next aftermath will be hosted by Duncan and Owen! Thanks for watching! I'm Beth," Beth exclaimed.
"And I'm Justin. Goodnight," the model finished.
"And cut," the cameraman said as the stage lights dimmed and everyone exited the stage.
Author's Note: Yes, I'm back! This chapter should have been up much sooner, but I had so much stuff going on during the summer than things just didn't work out for me getting a lot of writing done. But that's beside the point. What is the point? Just that I'm putting all my other fanfics aside to commit as much time as possible to this story. That big announcement I mentioned earlier? I plan on writing a bunch of chapters for this story in quick (by my standards) succession. Ideally, I'll get a chapter up every month from now until December or so. Then I'll take a break for Christmas and New Years. Once I go back to school for my spring semester, I'll be back to writing, again hopefully having a chapter up every month. I won't promise that I will get the chapters up on time, but I can sure as hell try to.
Now for some stuff that's actually important-ish to the story. Sierra has finally made her first appearance, and once I eventually start work on the sequel to this, she'll have a semi-major plotline. If you couldn't tell, she'll have a major rivalry with Emily. And in future appearances, Courtney will be much less hostile to Gwen. She still won't completely trust her, but she won't be as harsh toward her. As for Danny and Nicholas, they still have their rivalry, but they'll be more of a friendly one.
Well that just about wraps up everything for this chapter. Hopefully I'll be back here next month with another chapter for you all. Until next time!
Next Time!: Apparently Chris ran out of classes to make challenges out of, as the next challenge is based off of a type of school club. It'll be interesting, that's for sure.