Okay, so the party has begun! Thank you for reviewing, OmniPlanckInstant, Bloodylilcorpse and yeezynight14. Sorry about the chapter lengths...

Sammy nervously pulled at her peacock blue cocktail dress, staring down at her silver sandals (she didn't want heels). She really didn't want to go to this Total Drama party, but it was in her contract. Even worse, everyone was sent a name tag with their invitations (read: obligation). And the ultimate insult: Her tag read "Samey". She'd tried to ink the 'e' over with an m with marker, but it still showed.

"Don't you dare show me up at this party!" Amy hissed in her ear. "Stay as far away from me as possible, got that?"

Sammy was still shy and unsure of herself, but she'd stood up to Amy once, and ever since they'd finshed their season, she'd kept it up. She wasn't strong enough to do it when other people were around to defend her sister, but when it was just them, she could do it, no problem. She glared at her sister (who was in a more slinky deep red dress with matching high heels) and said "Like I'd want to hang around you all night. You better just hope people mistake you for me, then they'll actually talk to you. I'm betting people watched our season, and you didn't come out of it very well, did you?"

Amy flushed. She knew Pahkitew Island had showed her up badly. Sure, she always picked on her sister, and yeah, she wasn't particularly nice to most people on the island, but she actually had formed a bond with Topher offscreen. They hadn't stayed friendly after the show ended, but while they'd been hanging out with all the other losers at a resort on the mainland, they'd hung out together once Topher had recovered from Chris' blindside. She wasn't as bad as the season had shown. That said, she was still one of the meanest girls ever to be on the show. Worse than Taylor. Maybe a little better than Heather, but even there, she was outdone in brains.

Still, Sammy didn't have it great, either. Most of the fans seemed to like her, but a lot of them clearly just felt sorry for her. And...well...she was one of the more accurately portrayed contestants. She really was every bit as shy and underconfident as the show had suggested. She had gained more confidence when she finally stopped taking Amy's bullying and got her revenge, but she was still pretty shy.

That was the other reason she didn't want to go to the party. The twins both watched Total Drama avidly before their debut, and Sammy had liked most of the contestants. But they were all so dynamic and exciting. Sammy knew how drab she'd feel beside so many colourful teenagers. With just thirteen others including her sister, she could take it. But with eighty other contestants all packed in the same room?

Luckily, she and Amy were instantly pulled in different directions when they reached the venue. Amy instantly went to find someone to talk to, while someone tapped Sammy on the shoulder. When she turned, her anxiety faded from her face.

"Jasmine!" Sammy smiled. "I haven't seen you since the end of the season. How are things going?"

The taller girl grinned at her friend. "They're going great, actually. But I wanna hear more about you. How's things with that sister of yours?"

Sammy shrugged. "Terrible. But better than they were."

After a few minutes of their conversation, they heard the sound of a fork being tapped against a wine glass. "Excuse me, attention everyone!"

As it turned out, the producers had been able to pay Don to host the reunion party. Eyes all turned to him. He shot his charming smile at the group. "Welcome, former contestants! I am very pleased to be hosting this very special reunion party. Some of you I know, others I do not, but rest assured, I hope you all have a wonderful time creating that drama you are all known for!"

Some of the Ridonculous Race contestants rolled their eyes. They had less of a problem with Don than the old contestants had with Chris, but his enthusiasm was vaguely irritating. The contestants that had watched the show but had only competed on Total Drama looked more agreeable. After dealing with Chris, there wasn't much to complain about.

On the other hand, there was the sound of a whoop from the back of the room, making most of the contestants laugh.

"Yeah! Par-tay!" yelled another voice.

"So the producers and I hope that you enjoy tonight!" Don continued. "Don't feel you have to stick with people you know. Try approaching a few new faces – tonight is all about getting to know everyone!"

And with that, the party was soon in full swing, everyone talking to someone else, or yelling, or something else. Before long, almost everyone had someone to talk to. Sky was looking more relaxed than she ever had on the show, conversing with Zoey. Although B was still silent, he was nodding as Mary was talking about something no one else could follow. Emma and Courtney were talking rapidly, almost at the same time, while Izzy was greeting Emma's boyfriend ("greeting" meaning jumping on his shoulders with her hands over his eyes). Gwen was speaking to the Goths, neither of whom looked too impressed with her less hardcore style.

By this time, Jasmine had ended up in conversation with the Police Cadets. Amy, on the other hand, was busy flirting with Justin, who seemed to be enjoying it, but not actually interested in reciprocating.

Sammy was still on the sidelines. She wasn't sure who she could approach. Apart from Jasmine, she didn't really have a good relationship with anyone else on her season. Who would she have anything in common with? Her eyes scanned the hall, looking for someone, anyone who wasn't busy.

The first person she saw was Jo. Okay, not a good idea. She'd seen enough of the fourth season to know exactly how the jockette would react to her. Jo wasn't even dressed up properly that night. She was possibly the only girl not wearing a dress, although she'd switched her sweats for jeans and a top that at least accentuated her curves. No one could mistake her for a male in that, but still, it was pretty masculine (Even Eva had a skirt on).

Sammy kept looking. Her eyes fell on Alejandro next. Definitely not! World Tour had been pretty insane, even by Total Drama standards. Alejandro could be okay, but she didn't want to take the risk of talking to any of the trickier contestants. Besides that, Alejandro wasn't her type, anyway. Too perfect. Besides, he was confident enough for someone as shy as Sammy to find him intimidating to approach.

Finally, she saw Scott, who wasn't talking to anyone either. Ugh! No way! She knew from All-Stars that Scott wasn't the worst of the worst, but he was everything the younger twin considered a turn-off. Gross, sneaky, a cheater...

Sammy sighed. She hated being so shy, but there was no way she could just join a conversation. Luckily, she was startled out of her depression by something else.

"Not into the party scene, huh?"

Sammy looked up in shock, her voice soft. "Are you talking to me?"

The speaker spoke teasingly. "Do you see anyone else here? I recognize you from the Pahkitew Island season."

Sammy finally took a look at the speaker. She recognized him instantly, from his spiky dark hair, tan skin and gap-toothed grin. And having watched both seasons he was in, she didn't have to look at his nametag to know who she was speaking to (not that it would always be useful in his case).

"I recognize you too." Sammy admitted, her voice gaining slightly more confidence. "Mike, isn't it? From Revenge of the Island and All-Stars."

"That's me." Mike smiled his gap-tooth smile again. "You were the nice twin on Pahkitew Island, right? Your nametag looks kind of smudged, so I can't read it..." He paused. "Oh! I remember your name now! It's Sammy, right?"

The blonde jumped. She was so shocked to hear Mike saying her real name. "How do you remember that? I mean, not that I'm complaining, but no one called me that."

Mike shrugged. "I watched the season. You said that was your real name in the first episode, after Chris first called you Samey. I assumed him saying that was your official name meant everyone had to call you that in the season, but we're not on the show anymore."

Sammy's eyes narrowed for a moment. "Speaking of the show, what was up with those sequences in All-Stars? How did they get into your head?"

Mike paused, looking puzzled for a moment. Then he brightened. "Oh, those scenes! They weren't real – they were recreations. I had to talk to the producers after the show about what I saw happening during those chunks of time when I wasn't in control, and I know what I told them, but I think they tried to dramatize things too much. That or my other personalities told them stuff I didn't know about. There's a lot of editing. You probably know how selective the producers are."

Sammy frowned. "So you didn't go on an epic trip with most of your personalities and ended up killing all of them, including Mal? I mean, if they could tell the producers..."

Mike sighed. "No. They're still in there. Don't get me wrong, I've got better control over them than I used to have, but I'll never be able to have complete control."

Sammy looked a little nervous. "So Mal could still take complete control again?" she asked in almost a whisper.

"No." Mike said quickly. "That's not going to happen. It wasn't like how it happened on the show, anyway. I was actually in control some of the time when the cameras were off. Something about the gameplay during the challenges just kept bringing Mal out, and I'm not sure why, since he only came out once during the fourth season – luckily, I came back before anything significant happened. He still keeps trying to come out, but my other personalities usually keep him down. He hasn't been able to take a chance to hurt anyone since the finale."

Sammy smiled, then. "Wow. Sorry I asked all those questions. You must think I'm totally tactless." She blushed a little.

Mike shrugged. "I'm used to it. I mean, you might as well get those questions out of the way first, so we can move on to talking about the important stuff."

Sammy laughed, and instantly, their conversation turned to lighter topics, or as Mike had called it, "important" topics. He turned out to be really easy to talk to. And before the night was out, they'd exchanged mobile numbers.

So there you have it! Sammy and Mike have met. And in this version, Mike wasn't magically reset. He does have better control over himself, but when the cameras were off in TDAS, Mike was sometimes in control. Mal isn't gone, but he's nowhere as strong as he was then.