Hi everyone! This is my very first fanfiction written in English. I'm still new to the site as I started to write a few months ago but in Spanish. Now I want to try writing in English which will be a bit difficult considering the story I have in mind. I haven't checked if anyone has already had this idea but if so, well then, this is going to be an edited version of it lol. That being said, now I'll explain what this story is going to be about. Probably most of you noticed already but this is a 'crossover' between Rooster Teeth's YouTube series Camp Camp and the Total Drama series, but only featuring the former's characters. So, should I mark this story as a crossover? I mean, I won't be using any character of TD, just the competition idea. You tell me in the reviews. I hope you like it!
Camp Camp belongs to Rooster Teeth. Total Drama belongs to Fresh TV and Teletoon.
Keep calm and Campe Diem
A shot of a camp is shown where we can see a young man standing on a wooden pier from the distance. It was a beautiful sunny day, the birds were chirping and the waters of the Lake Lilac were being fanned by soothing winds.
"Welcome to Camp Campbell! My name is David and I will be hosting a competition between twenty-two kids who were signed up by their parents to..."
"You can cut the acting." Gwen interrupted grumpily.
"Oh, goooood morning Gwen! Here guys, meet my co-counselor Gwen who will be helping me run the activities and challenges we have planned for our campers." David continued with the speech.
"You know we aren't being broadcast by anyone. Also the kids are waiting for breakfast, what are you doing here?" The woman asked inquisitively.
"Yeah, I know, sorry. I was just practicing in case someday Cameron Campbell decides to make a reality show out of us." David answered with a big smile.
"I doubt that will happen seeing the state the funding of the camp is in." Gwen said showing a graph with red arrows and exclamation marks drawn on it.
"Oh no! Do we have to use the fun-riser again?!" David asked scared.
"No, no need to do that. I'm just showing you that Campbell will never do such a thing. Plus, don't you remember the FBI said he won't be in charge of this camp, ever?"
"I know but I would let him do it if he wants, as long as he follows our rules. Won't he accept my offer?"
"It seems not." Gwen said when a loud shouting could be heard from the mess hall. "Ok, the children went out of control. Thanks to you David." She gave a cold stare at him and left to where the campers were.
David started to gather some thoughts about the reality show idea. He remembered watching some TV shows in which the contestants were subjected to exciting challenges to win a big prize. Doing a competition between the campers will make Camp Campbell even more fun for him and the children. This surely will make his cherished camp greater than ever. That's it. He will definitely do it. The only thing he had to do was to convince her fellow counselor Gwen. And he knew how to do so...
Meanwhile in the mess hall, the children were doing just that, a mess. There was leftover food scattered on the walls and tables, the floor was all flooded with orange juice and some strips of toilet paper were hanging from the turned on ceiling fan. Most of the kids were food fighting, covering their backs with the benches; Ered was listening to music on her headphones, oblivious to her surroundings; Nurf was punching Space Kid's fishbowl head and Max was just laughing at all of that. The Quartermaster was looking at them from the kitchen, mumbling something inaudible. In the middle of the food war, Nikki grabbed a fork and was about to throw it when a slam was heard, which caused all of them to stop in their tracks.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Gwen yelled furiously.
"The same thing we always do, to rebel against your stupid rules." Max answered mockingly, leading everyone to continue with what they were doing.
"I don't care about this shit anymore." She said to herself, leaving the room. Just then, David appeared in front of her with an overly exaggerated big smile. "Why are you looking at me like that?" No response. "The kids are going insane in there just so you know" She said as a way to make him drop that creepy smile.
"I imagine so. But I'll deal with them later." David finally spoke, keeping his happy mood.
"And you will leave them there like nothing is happening?" It was weird for him to not care about the children. What was that that was catching his attention so much?
"Oh, don't worry!" He waved it off. "Just listen to me for a minute, I was thinking about the reality show idea..."
"Ah, it was that." Gwen interrupted, understanding now the reason of his grin.
"...yes, and I thought why expecting anyone to do it for us if we can do it for ourselves!"
"Please, don't include me in this. I have enough with..."
"Oh but you will like it! I can assure you that!" David's plan had just started.
"Aha, and how do you think you will convince me? Every thing you have made in this camp just worsens my life." She looked up in the sky as if praying for being away from this.
"Well, for starters, you won't have to worry about the challenges or the teams split."
"Yeah, what else?"
"Also, I will handle the elimination ceremony!"
"Sounds good so far." She added while filing her fingernails.
"And hey, don't you remember those TV shows with aaall the dramatic scenes and fights you love to watch? It would be like the living version of them, just imagine it!" David encouraged.
Gwen's eyes widened at the thought of being part of a dramatic competition just like those trashy reality shows she likes to watch. Clearly it wouldn't be 100% alike as they would be using kids for the 'show', but it sure aroused her interest in doing so. On the contrary, David wished it wouldn't be like those programs but at least he got what he wanted. Finally, to close the topic and be sure she was in, he asked for a final request.
"So, would you please gather the campers on the amphitheater so that we can explain them about this new project?"
"Yeah, sure. But remember what you said because I won't be taking the lead if you fuck this up...which he probably will." She added the last comment in a low voice and left.
"YES! My dream comes true!" He burst with joy. "Well, it wasn't a dream actually, because I just thought of it today. So I could call this an overnight success...although this didn't happen during the night. Maybe this was an instant success...hmm no, no, I had to convince Gwen after thinking for a short time at least sooo it technically wouldn't be an inst-"
Back to the mess hall, the children were still making a disaster when Gwen burst into the room again, this time glowering at them.
"Jeez, stop frowning like that or the wrinkles on your face will get more noticeable." Max scoffed.
"YOU, little bastard, head to the amphitheater, NOW!"
"Why should I?" He said settling down in one of the benches. "I'm perfectly fine here." Suddenly, Gwen grabbed him by the hoodie and tossed him out of the hall.
"You better go there or I will call David to make you do that" She threatened him.
"Fuck, why do you have to involve him in everything." The boy said while finally going to the mentioned place. Then, the counselor entered again and saw the rest of the children who had a confused look.
"You go there too!"
"Great! Guess we are going to perform again for Theater Camp!" Preston shouted with excitement. As Nurf passed by he shoved him making him fall onto the floor. "Ah!" A thud was heard.
On the stage, David was in front of a microphone, awaiting the campers; all was settled for his announcement. On his sides, the Quartermaster and Campbell were holding two folded flags. Next to them, there was a table on which there were some stuff to help him introduce his presentation, but the most eye-catching thing from all those was the big silver suitcase.
"I can't believe you are making me do this, Davey." Campbell scowled. "I also don't know why I still call you that way..." Then, he noticed the suitcase on the table. "Wait, what are the kids supposed to win? Is it...mo...money?" The mere fact of thinking about that made him shiver.
"It's nice to know you can call me like that." He said with a warm smile. "Aaand I can't tell you what the prize is yet!"
"B...but...if it is money...it should be..." He held himself back. Fortunately, David ignored him after hearing the noise coming from the children who were arriving to the place. They sat on the stairs and started to talk about what they were seeing onstage.
Five minutes later, Gwen arrived too and gave his colleague a thumbs-up to start with the "activity". David patted the mic, cleared his voice and when he was about to speak...
"ARE YOU GOING TO SING?! Hahaha a musical! I love it!" Preston burst into cheers, clapping loudly.
"Seriously David? You made us come here for that?" Max asked. "Well, it better be good because I feel like having a good laugh!"
"Good or not here I have a crate of tomatoes to throw at him when he finishes it, haha!" Nurf snorted.
Nikki grabbed one of them and threw it to David. "Here is an early demonstration." She said.
"Ah!" David dodged it in time but it hit Quartermaster's face who only muttered an 'ouch' but mostly stayed as indifferent as usual. The group started to laugh uncontrollably.
"Uhh, kids? Please stop laughing... I have something important to tell you...and..." Everyone on the audience was roaring with laughter as Nikki and Nurf continued throwing more tomatoes to the three men on the stage, this time not being able to dodge any of them. Incapable of handling the situation, David decided to take a short break. "Quick Quartermaster, close the curtains!" The old man did what was requested, ceasing the chaos.
"Haha that was a good one guys, my ears would have bled." Harrison said wiping a tear.
"Well, mine have although he didn't say a word." A happy clown-like boy showed up, showing them his ears covered in a red substance. The other campers screamed in disgust. "Haha, don't panic guys, it's just tomato sauce!"
"Not that! What are you doing out of your tent Scotty?!" Max shouted.
"Yeah, you should stay where we all agreed." Nurf joined, clenching his fists. "Your jokes are fucking lame and don't even make sense."
"I know you want me to be away from you but this time I had no choice. Gwen told me David was gonna do a new activity including all of us, and she kinda forced me to get out and come." He explained.
"Is that true?" Max looked at Gwen who seemed to be not paying any attention. "Huh? This is strange, why didn't you complain as always when we were tormenting David?"
The counselor was reading a magazine but heard what the kids were saying anyway. "I told him I will help with the activity but I won't be taking care of it." She said, her eyes still locked on the pages.
"So, does this mean we are completely unsupervised?" Nikki asked, implying an obvious response.
"NO!" A loud shouting is heard from behind the curtains. Right after that, they got opened again with the same setting as before, except that the three men were cleaned up. David put on a serious mood. "Kids, I want to present a new activity to you. This is nothing like we used to do in the past years. This activity is about competition, team work, strategy and most importantly...a PRIZE!"
The children's attention sure got caught by that introduction but some questions were raised too. "Is that prize a stick again?", "Can we stab other campers during competition?", "Will you challenge us with epic quests?", "Is it going to be on TV?", "Is there any problem if I use magic to win?", "Can Ered be my teammate?", "Are we going to space?" Just a few words and he was being bombarded with questions. David felt this was going to the right direction so he went on with his explanation.
"Alright, I see you are getting into the mood so let me explain the rules of this game."
"Ugh, rules?" Space Kid groaned.
"Shut up. After months of torture with shitty activities and ridiculous games I've been through in this godforsaken place, I finally sense something good coming from his mouth, so let him talk." The Indian boy hushed him.
"Aw, that was sweet of you Max." David said returning to his regular self.
"You too shut the fuck up unless you want to be hit again!" He took a tomato, threateningly.
David sighed after hearing such words but continued anyway. "Um...well, as I was saying, I will split the group into two teams and you will be competing in exciting challenges in order to make the opponents eliminate one of them by voting them off. Gwen, the Quartermaster and Cameron Campbell will be my assistants during the competition."
"Wait, I have a question." Max spoke up again.
"You may ask Max."
"Are you saying that if we are voted off, we are considered eliminated from the competition, so we get the chance to get the hell out of here?!"
"Uhh, not quite."
"What do you mean then?"
"Gosh darn it! I should have thought about that before." David said to himself. "Well, while it is true that the eliminated campers go back to their home, it will only be for the time the competition lasts, not to mention that they will lose the opportunity of winning our fabulous prize!" Everyone gasped. "Yeah! That's it guys! So about the challenges-"
"You know we are waiting for you to say what this so-called big prize is, right?" Max interrupted and urged him with a smirk.
"Uh..." It was the only thing the red-haired man could say.
David found himself lost in his thoughts. He didn't want to admit the prize was money. He would have preferred to give them something symbolic and beautiful; something to remember their stay in Camp Campbell. But he knew no one would be interested in participating, so he said the truth. "As hard to believe it may sound coming from me, the big prize is one thousand dollars. Aaand something symbolic too." He finished with a smile. All people in there widened their eyes after hearing that.
"What?! So it was money all along! And...and...it must be mine! Hahaha!" Cameron Campbell went crazy, mentally laughing.
"For real?!" Max was surprised too.
"It is." The counselor nodded.
"And where did you get that amount of money from?" The boy continued questioning.
"Sorry Max, but I can't tell you that. Though it was acquired legally so there is nothing to worry about." David assured. "Now that we got that topic off the table, why don't we keep talking about the rules?"
"Ok but I have another question." Harrison raised his hand.
"What is it, little magician?"
"If we're being eliminated one per day, is the competition going to last...um...one, two, three...eleven days?" He inquired after counting his fellows.
"Of course not! The elimination ceremony will take place every three days. About the number of participants, you will be twenty-two campers in total."
"New kids are coming?" Nikki asked excitedly.
"I would love that Nikki but, they are children you already met. I just have to contact them and then I will announce the teams, but for now I'll show you the representative flag and name for each one!" He gestured Quartermaster and Campbell to unfold the flags. "Our beloved Quartermaster here is holding the flag for the 'Grumpy Bears'." It was a yellow cloth with a circular logo printed on it which displayed the image of an old bear wearing a pair of glasses and frowning angrily. "On the other side, we present to you the flag for the 'Dizzy Deer'!" It consisted of a green cloth with the same shape printed on it but with the image of a deer with dizzy eyes and some question marks around it.
"What are you trying to imply with those names?" Neil raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing kiddos! Don't take the names too seriously. Before I continue telling you about this splendid idea, I should get the other contestants. Let me make a call, I'll be right back!" With that, David took out his phone and rushed behind the curtains again.
"What do you guys think about this game?" Neil asked to his friends.
"Well, it's a little confusing. I mean, you know I despise every shitty activity David does in this camp but this time I'm surprisingly willing to participate." Max answered.
"It's obvious you feel that way because of the money." His friend reminded him.
"Yeah, I know. But there is something else that bothers me on the inside."
"Oh, do you feel like having bugs in your stomach?" Nikki asked.
"No, it doesn't have anything to do with that."
"Well, I do feel bugs inside me. Must be the ones I ate today earlier, have they survived?" The girl continued, patting her tummy.
"Nah, that feeling is just excitement." The science kid assured. "And it's not only happening in your stomach, it's the adrenaline running throughout your whole body and increasing your heart rate."
"You say I'm literally feeling excited for one of David's stupid activities." The black-haired boy couldn't believe it.
"Pretty much, but it's normal, I'm also feeling that way. Guess his speech hit us for the very first time, eh Max? ...buddy?" Max was shuddering while embracing his legs. Neil just stared at him, a little confused.
Meanwhile, in a military camp located across Camp Campbell, there were three boys inside of a huge tent doing some hard exercises as to improve their physical strength. Not that they were going to a war or something but it was part of the strenuous training they had to endure every day in order to earn badges and reach the highest rank. The shorter member was doing one-armed push-ups, the bulky one was doing pull-ups and their last joined member was trying to lift a birch branch with difficulty. Their leader was jotting down some notes on a clipboard while observing their performance.
"Great job troop, your results have improved a lot since last time. Snake, Petrol, you two can go rest." He commanded.
"Yes, sir!" Snake responded and Petrol saluted before leaving.
"As for you, Jermy..." The remaining member was still trying to complete his task. At one point, he was forcing himself so much that eventually he farted, ripping his pants.
"Aw, beans."
"...you don't need to keep trying to do that simple duty. It's worthless. And I have news for you..." Pikeman leaned in, moving his hand closer to his sash. "Now, you are completely out of..." Dramatic pause. "...the beginner's training because you have earned your first badge!" He put a shiny badge on his uniform.
"Oh, I can't believe it! This is better than when I found a twenty dollar bill in my underwear last week!" Jermy cheered up.
"That's the end of your training, Jermy. Prepare for the next level, but for now you may take a well-deserved break." The former beginner saluted and left to the cabins. Pikeman followed him with his gaze, proud of the achievement of his men. To his misfortune, he could notice a piece of green paper waving like a flag from the hole in Jermy's pants. "Blegh." He let out a disgusting sound and covered his mouth to avoid vomiting. A few seconds passed when he received a call on his phone. "Who's this number from? Hello?" He answered.
"Hi Edward! It's me, David from Camp Campbell!"
"How did you get my phone number?"
"Oh, it was at that meeting we had, remember?"
"Not really, when was it?" He scratched his head.
"Two weeks ago, when we were deciding who will be holding the next Annual Lake Lilac Camporee."
[Flashback plays]
"So, which camp do you suggest should hold the next Camporee?" The red-haired counselor asked.
"Considering that the last two games were hosted by Camp Campbell, it is our time to shine." Miss Priss prompted them while lighting up a cigarette.
"Um, is it necessary to smoke here?" Gwen held her nose with one hand and shook the other one to dispel the smoke.
Pikeman approached her and stroked her hair gently. "I'm glad you don't like the smell of that toxic gas, my dear. When we get together, we will fight against the forces of those disgusting chain smokers." The girl twitched her left eye several times before reacting.
"Holy fucking shit, stop touching me!" She punched him right in his face, leaving an unconscious Pikeman on the floor.
"Oook, the essence of this meeting has been lost sooo...why don't we just swap numbers and talk about this later?" David suggested, to what everyone agreed to. Even the Wood Scouts leader handed over his phone, unknowingly.
[Flashback ends]
"Oh well, I didn't remember that. Whatever, what do you need? It better be important." He hurried.
"Yes, I'm sure you will like what I got in mind!" David brightened up.
"I hear you."
"There is a new activity I'm doing in our camp which consists of a competition between twenty-two contestants, but the number of campers we have at Camp Camp isn't enough. So I wanted to ask you if you, Wood Scouts, would be interested in joining us. At the end, there will be a grand prize!"
"Hmm, does this prize involve us taking over your entire camp?"
"No, no, no! It's much better than that."
"Well, what is it?"
"The winner will be rewarded with the unbelievable amount of one thousand dollars!"
"Wow, really? Where did you manage to get that money from though?"
"Well, to be fair..."
"Yeah, yeah, I know you won't tell me." There was a short pause.
"So...would you sign up?"
"Sure, I know my men won't be against it, but I see some unfairness in this competition."
"Why?"
"Don't you notice? There will be only four of us competing against however many of you are."
"Oh...you're right. Umm, then what do you think about..."
"Taking your second best camper? Yeah, that would make it up."
"Uhh...*oh noes*." He thought. "Alright but you will take him or her when the competition finishes!" After that statement, David covered his mouth, he knew he went too far.
"Deal." Pikeman smirked. "For now, get prepared for our upcoming victory. HAHAHA!" He laughed maniacally and hung up.
After the conversation, David remained silent for a couple of minutes, recreating his recent words in his mind. He just handed over one of his children only for the purpose of fulfilling his desire of doing a competition. Fortunately, he will have time to think about how to fix it until the end. At least he counted on the participation of the Wood Scouts; now it was time to convince the Flower Scouts.
Campers at Camp Campbell had gone out of control by this time: some of them had already left the amphitheater and the ones that were still on the stairs were talking about other topics. Gwen was still reading, a pile of magazines next to her. The Quartermaster wasn't in his spot anymore, who knows where he would be. That leaves us with the founder of the camp, Cameron Campbell, who was standing on the stage, staring at the suitcase.
"Gah, I can't let myself get tempted to do that. This goddamn addiction will make me go back to jail." He thought, then turned to see where David last was. "Where is that counselor? He's been on the phone for almost half an hour." Some thoughts came to his mind. "Hmm, well, I think I can handle this competition too." The man decided to proceed with the presentation of the activity. He clapped loudly to call the children's attention. "Alright kids, since Davey is having some problems contacting your fellow campers, in the meantime, I will be gladly honored to divide you into the two groups. But first!, I need all of you gathered here, so please Grace, can you call out the missing children?" He directed to Gwen.
"Yeah, sure." She said in an annoyed way. Then she pulled out a megaphone out of nowhere and shouted. "YOU SHITS GET BACK HERE NOW OR THERE WON'T BE PIZZA NIGHTS ON SATURDAYS ANYMORE, YOU HEARD ME?!" Immediately, Ered, Nurf, Nerris and Harrison showed up in a straight line.
"Thank you Gretchen, we shall continue with..."
"Wait, where is Space Kid?" Neil interrupted.
"He got stuck in the toilet." Nurf said nonchalantly while picking his teeth with a knife.
In the restrooms we see the little astronaut upside-down, his fishbowl head stuck into the toilet. "Hello? Someone help me? I don't want to miss pizza nights."
"I'll go get him." Gwen sighed.
"Good, now we can split the teams." Campbell smirked devilishly.
Five minutes later, David came back to the stage with the phone still on his ear.
"Oh good! ...yeah, we'll give out our next year's profits to your camp, don't worry about that. Thank you for your collab-, oh she hung up..." He looked up from the device and saw the children were formed in two separate lines. "Aww kids! Are you playing a game? What is it about?"
"We are not playing anything you dumbass." Max let out a loud groan. "You left us here for a fucking long time waiting like a bunch of idiots."
"Hehe, sorry." He giggled. "Good news is the Wood Scouts and the Flower Scouts are coming to join us. Wasn't it a great idea?"
"What...the...FUCK?!" The Indian boy yelled.
"In fact, Davey, you just increased my possibilities of getting that suuuit...I'm so eager to buy for the grand finale!" Campbell laughed nervously.
"Aw, shucks, it's nice to see you've changed despite our differences in the past."
"Yeah, whatever." He waved him off.
"So, what is this about?" David asked again.
"Er, while you were busy I had the wonderful idea of splitting them up, all done with good intentions." He raised both eyebrows twice while smirking.
"Why, that was really thoughtful! I assume those two lines are the teams!" The redhead stated the obvious.
"Nope, we decided to separate from the dweebs." Max referred to the team in front of him.
"HEY!" Neil, Space Kid and Nerris exclaimed.
"Huh, so you three consider yourselves dweebs, how coincidental." He shrugged.
"Wait, these are the actual teams?! But...I don't want to be in this one!" Neil complained.
"Calm down kid, the decision has been made, right Davey?" Campbell turned to the counselor.
"Hmm, yes but...let me write your names down and check..." He examined them. "I'll be right back!" Everyone grunted.
It was around 6 PM and all the campers were gathered in the mess hall. Both Wood Scouts and Flower Scouts had already arrived to the camp and were with them too. They were waiting for David's final decision of the teams. Nobody knew why he was taking so long to do so since Campbell had already helped him earlier.
"Why would he wait until now to tell us the teams? Do you guys think he freaked out of his own idea? Oh, or maybe he was kidnapped by a mysterious murderer wandering around the camp!" Nikki said while swinging her legs playfully.
"I'm starting to regret this." Max sighed.
"I only hope he fucking switches me or he will face the wrath of a science expert." Neil grumbled.
"And I hope we are in the same team, handsome." He felt fingers running through his hair; he knew who it was. "Oh shit." He spat.
The gang turned to see the three annoying girls: Sasha, Erin and Tabii. "Oh, look who we have here. I'm actually surprised you showed up." Max confessed.
"What else could we do if there is money at stake." The leader of the group spoke in her usual accent. "You know how much I have to spend to keep my beauty every day?"
"Nope, and I don't give a shit."
"I didn't expect you to reply." She crossed her arms.
"If someone is clever enough and prepared to beat you in a competition like this that someone is me...I mean, us!." Erin pointed her thumb at themselves.
"I wouldn't say that." A voice came from behind. "Heavy duties and tough challenges are part of our daily training schedule, and this is no different!" Pikeman revealed himself with his group. "What is more, I'll go as far as to say this is a child's play."
"Well, of course it is, we're talking about David's idea." Max rolled his eyes.
"But I thought you were interested in-" Neil's mouth was covered by his friend.
"I don't care how prepared or tough you are because, in the end, me and my friends will definitely kick your ass in this fucking nightmare of a camp!" He turned his gaze back and forth to both groups. They stayed in silence.
"Aww." All of them noticed Dolph was hearing Max's last words.
"I was talking about the three of us..." He intended to make it clear holding Nikki and Neil closer.
"Need I to remind you that there's only ONE winner?" The senior scout pointed out. "Besides, we already got what we wanted. So winners or not, one of you will be our new rec-" He was cut off by a loud air horn.
The lights went out for a while, the doors opened and a figure could be seen. "Ladies and gentlemen!" David's voice sounded more cheerful than ever.
"Ugh, why does he have to do this so dramatic?" Max face palmed.
"Ah! I'm loving this!" The theater boy exclaimed.
"It is time for the big announcement!" He entered the room. "After lots of changes, hours of thinking and a short nap to clear my mind, I decided to leave things just as they were!"
"Wait, WHAT?!" Neil shouted.
"And you keep smiling like an idiot?!" Max put his hands on his head as if wanting to pull his hair out.
"Well, I haven't changed anything that Cameron Campbell did but I had to include the rest of the campers, you know, the ones I invited." The counselor explained. No one added a word. "Anywaaay, there is a little surprise for you!" He continued. "As the number of campers this activity requires and the number of participants we already have don't coincide, I felt obligated to make a last call to a certain group of kids you probably remember! It wasn't easy to contact them though, and that's why this got delayed so much hehe." He scratched the back of his head. "Uh, convincing them to join us was rather difficult too but I don't want to get into much detail so, allow me...to introduce your next fellow campers!" He moved away to show a group of three kids. All Camp Campbell campers gasped in unison while the rest just looked at them curiously.
"You gotta be kidding..." Max said, concerned.
"Now, don't fear us Camp Campbell campers..." The tall girl spoke in a thick Russian accent. "...we came in peace."
"I don't even know how and when they left!" The Indian boy got fed up.
"Don't worry Max, they left on good terms after we shared the ice-cream, don't you remember?" Neil reminded him.
"Oooh now I remember. It was that day you fucking locked me inside a safe until night!"
"Hehehe, that too. But you deserved it."
"Yeah, our intentions of blowing up this entire camp and kill Cameron Campbell stay in the past." Dang stupidly disclosed their former plans.
"You what now?" Cameron widened his eyes.
Vera elbowed him and giggled. "Oh, you don't need to recall those stupid plans."
"Yeah, the Great Leader doesn't care about this bullshit anymore!" Hwan added in a happy tone.
"Who the fuck are these awfully dressed weirdos?" Sasha stuck her tongue out in disgust.
"What did you say?" Vera approached her. "You don't want to see me mad, you get that?" She pulled her closer by the shirt, threateningly.
"Ew, I don't want to SEE you."
The Russian girl just shoved her and stepped back. "You won't if you keep bothering me. Is that clear?"
"Ugh, shut the fuck up."
David interfered and stood in the middle of them while they were giving each other dirty looks. "Haha..." He laughed nervously. "...why don't we just forget about this and start over girls?" After hearing him they just went back to their previous spots, not taking their eyes away from each other. Everyone in the room could feel the tension among them. David took out a pencil from his pocket and made some corrections in a piece of paper he had. "Hehe, let's just separate these two to avoid any other conflict." He said in a low voice.
"Wow, this is getting good." Max rubbed his hands together.
"Alrighty kiddos! Now that everything is back to normal, I hope, I'm going to tell you the definitive conformation of the teams! The campers belonging to the Grumpy Bears are: Nikki, Ered, Snake, Sasha, Max, Erin, Petrol, Hwan, Nurf and Preston! So the remaining campers belong to the Dizzy Deer, and they are: Harrison, Scotty, Jermy, Space Kid, Dang, Vera, Tabii, Pikeman, Dolph, Nerris and Neil!
"WAIT A SECOND! I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS TEAM!" Neil shouted at the top oh his lungs.
"Huh, why?" David asked.
"Ho ho, you feel vulnerable without your friends' companion, don't you?" Pikeman scoffed.
"Aww, the crybaby is gonna cry?" Sasha mimicked the whimpering of a baby.
Most of the campers started to laugh loudly, still making fun of him, until Tabii silenced them with David's air horn. "YOU ALL SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTHS!"
"Can't these goddamn kids stop arguing for every stupid thing?" Cameron shrugged and raised his palms.
"Hey Neil, you don't have to feel alone for not being with us in a competition." Max approached him and put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "It isn't as if we are going to be separated forever."
"Oh well, I know but...it won't be the same without you guys."
The Indian boy sighed, recalling some memories in his mind. "I know how you feel, that's why I want you to get over this. This won't last much, trust me." Neil's eyes lit up.
"Thanks Max. I kinda feel better now."
"Good, because that's the last thing you heard from me. Good luck 'Dizzy Losers'!" He laughed and left. Neil didn't mind because he knew that deep down Max really meant what he had said.
"Hey, hey, hey! I may not be good at math...but I'm sure we have one less member in our team." Nikki remarked.
"What? Are you serious?" Sasha counted the number of members in her team. "Wait, it's true. What do you think we are, some cavemen from a third-world country?"
"No, girls! The last member of your team is in our cabin! He said he wasn't prepared to make a full appearance after what he did last time." David explained. "I forgave him about it, of course! And you should too when he decides to come out."
"Yeah, but why didn't you tell us his name?" The Flower Scout leader questioned.
"Well, he expressly said he wants to introduce himself when he is ready!"
"You already said that..." Suddenly, a knock on the door was heard.
"Why, that must be him!" David ran to the door and opened it. An Asian-American boy with pale skin and black hair entered the room; he only mumbled a single word. "Hi." He waved.
Everyone stayed silent for a few seconds.
"KIMCHI!" Nurf whooped.
Brian sighed. "Not again."
"Well children, the teams are complete, your first challenge is ready, but the competition starts tomorrow! For now, you can make up your strategies to defeat your opponents and also meet new friends! This is going to be a magical experience!"
"What strategies are you talking about if you don't even tell us what our first challenge is?" Max prompted.
"Oh haha, how silly of me! Well, skip that part!"
"What a moron..." He face palmed.
"I'm sooo happy to be on your team Ered!" Nikki looked at her with dreamy eyes.
"I know, right?" She flipped her hair. "My team is the coolest."
"It sucks we've been cut off from the rest of our group." Snake said to his friend Petrol. "But I'm glad we are in the same team buddy." The big guy gave him a thumb-up.
"Poor, poor Tabii. She won't last much without us." The Flower Scout leader commented to Erin while watching her from-now-on opponent.
"Yeah I feel bad for her." The blue-haired girl agreed. "...but, on the bright side, we now get chance to relax from her obsession with that boy." She took out two drinks from her back. "Yaaay!" Both of them cheered up.
"Where have you been man? Tell me about all your adventures with the colonel!" Nurf asked excitedly.
Brian just sighed again. "Look dude, I don't want you to be around. Leave me alone and go mind your own business."
"Aww, seems you have been bullied too much back in your country that now you are venting." He messed up his hair. "Don't worry Kimchi, because I'm going to stab each one of those motherfuckers!" The bully exclaimed, lifting his knife up to the sky.
Meanwhile, in the other team.
Harrison cleared his voice. "Ok fellow campers, this competition isn't going to be easy, but you're lucky to have someone who has been trained in the hardest ways of magic. I will lead you to the final, or to the merge I guess. Because right after that you will fail miserably as none of you is good opponent enough to fight me in a magic duel."
"Is 'magic' the only thing this jerk says?" Vera asked. Nerris growled in annoyance, ready to confront him.
"There is only one of you that might face up to me." The sorceress held herself back. "And that one is Ered!"
"What?" Nerris gasped. "But she is not even in our team you dork."
"Oh you clumsy fool, that's because any of you will be able to defeat me." He stood on a table proudly.
The girl pulled him off the table which made he fell to the floor. She then whispered on his ear. "Listen you idiot, don't make a fool out of yourself in front of everyone."
"Huh, why?"
"You and me are the most experienced ones to survive in this game, and if you keep yourself by my side we will for sure make it to the merge. But we have to trust each other." She extended a hand to him with a smile.
"Okay...?" He accepted her help and got up. Then they just exchanged nods.
Neil was staring at the ceiling, probably thinking how to overcome the situation. Next to him, the blonde Flower Scout was playing with his hair in an attempt to call his attention. "What do you say if we sleep in the same tent?"
"What?!" He was cut off from his thoughts.
"Now that our friends are away from us, we have aaall the time to be alone." She continued.
"I'm going to stop you right there. I think you need to stop watching those crappy teenage TV programs and focus more on learning about how to interact with people." He shivered. "Specially...from guys...that are not...interested in you." He pushed her away with difficulty but she returned and started to stroke his head again. The science kid sighed. "This is going to be a looong summer...again."
"Hey, do you need a hand?" Pikeman offered. Without any response he snapped his fingers and Jermy came to distract the girl. He was wearing an eye patch.
"Hey gorgeous, what do you say *cough* if we make an alliance." The kid breathed heavily. "Just the two of us." He winked.
"Ew gross!" Tabii screamed. "Keep this one-eyed monster away from me!"
"Ha, ha, ha. See, we have a lot in common." The girl rushed off. "Now *cough* I have to find a way to match that blue-haired girl." And with that he left.
Neil just observed the scene and thanked Pikeman. "Uhh, I appreciate your help."
"Any time, Neil." He patted his shoulder. "Whenever you feel you are in need, do not hesitate to call me." The senior scout gave him a card.
"Uh thanks, I guess." He took it and put it in his pocket.
Suddenly, a funny circus music was heard. "Woo-hoo! At last, I'll be participating in one of your activities!" Everyone turned to see Scotty riding a unicycle. "You'll have so much fun with me!"
Vera and Dang approached him. "What are you supposed to be good at? With that outfit I'll asume you like to scare kids, kidnap them, murder them, remove their guts!" The latter exclaimed.
"That's it!" Nurf said and took out an old chainsaw. "Whoever bothers my friend Kimchi will be torn apart!" Preston threw up after hearing that.
Hwan showed up and replied to what Dang had said. "Oh, if he does that, then that's why the burgers of that horrible clown's restaurant taste horrible." He pressed his stomach.
"Wait, you went to McDonald's?" Neil asked him.
"Uh...yes. But don't tell the Great Leader." He smiled widely.
"Aww, aren't they sweet? They are getting to know each other!" David grinned.
"I still don't know who those foreigner kids are and why they are here." Campbell recalled.
"Well, let's just begin with this shit." Gwen tossed her last fully-read magazine.
"Y'all are gonna pay me for this someday." Quartermaster threatened.
Finally, after so much work, here I have the first chapter of TDC! I'll admit it was rather difficult to come up with the right words to express what I intended to. There is probably going to be grammar errors, misplaced prepositions, unrelated words, but I tried really hard to do my best. If you feel like correcting these mistakes, go ahead please! Next chapter will surely take much more time to write, so expect it to be finished in two/three weeks. I'll be updating any news at the bottom of this chapter if needed.
EDIT (8/31/19): Forget about the weeks, it'll probably be more than a month :(
About the story, I'll try to develop the characters as much as I can, well, except for those who won't last much in the competition. That's all! See you in the next chapter!