I admit I am not really for aging up characters for pairings but Total Loud Island by Ninjamon1228 made me a fan of the story version of Lincoln X Dawn and with permission from Deviantart (sorry for being pushy about asking as I also asked on Fanfiction) so thanks to them and credit for them for the inspiration of the story as well as ownership of Edward the platypus.
Only major difference is that I changed who the winner was.
The 24 contestants of Total Drama Island were waiting by the Dock of Shame at Camp Wawanakwa for the boats that would take them back after the end of it all. After all those weeks of gruelling challenges and drama, it was nice for it all to end but it wasn't all bad. They enjoyed some of the challenges and they all have found new friends amongst their fellow campers at the island, except for a certain bald headed Heather.
Some not only had new friends but new loves as well.
Case in point the most popular newly formed couple in the show...
Lincoln Loud the only American among the 23 other Canadians and Dawn were embracing eachother wanting to make the most of their physical time together before they leave and Lincoln would be on a plane back to Michigan in the United States.
"You won't forget or lose the numbers to call me right? You will call regularly right and you won't forget me?" Dawn asked looking quite uncharacteristically frantic as she was talking to him. Lincoln started giving soothing words to her. "Sorry Lincoln, I never had a boyfriend before and I am scared of being in a long distance relationship." Dawn apologised as Lincoln smiled at her thinking back to when Lori when she was still dating Bobby 5 years ago would spend most of her time on the phone with him.
"Don't worry, Lori made it work when her now husband Bobby moved to a city and Ronnie was living there as well and we made it work... Before it fell apart..." Lincoln assured her his voice getting more awkward at the reminder of his ex-girlfriend. "Trust me, this work out as you are one of the best things that happened to me in a long time." Lincoln told her as they lessened their embrace while smiling at eachother.
"Why don't you two get a room or just go back to your old Bass cabin." Duncan teased with some snickers from the other contestants but most found it adorable to red cheeks of Lincoln and Dawn as the couple glared at Duncan.
"Going to miss you my bro from across the pond." DJ told Lincoln and he smiled at him in response; he did feel like a brother just as Clyde and Bobby did.
"The big party with my winnings, I will make your last memory of your trip here something to remember." Gwen the Total Drama Island winner told him hand in hand with Trent, the two the other big new couple formed on the show.
"Thanks Gwen and congrats again on winning, I will definitely miss all of you the friends that I have made here." Lincoln told them smiling but glared as his gaze went upon Heather who was by herself with her arms folded. "Most of you anyway..." Lincoln corrected himself but then there was a certain platypus running towards Lincoln and Dawn and they happily picked up the little platypus with a combined hug. "I will definitely miss you next to Dawn the most Edward, I didn't think that I would have to say goodbye to you." Lincoln told the little creature with tears coming from her eye.
"Don't be so quick to say goodbye Lincoln." The voice of the host Chris McLean said as he came forward with cameramen behind him along with Chef Hatchet who was carrying boxes. "I have a big surprise for you." Chris said handing over some papers and forms. "You will need to sign some stuff but the producers and I have arranged for you to officially adopt Edward so Lincoln you will not have to say goodbye to him." Chris said much to the stunned silence as Lincoln and Dawn were shocked but then Lincoln started happily hugging Edward.
"Wow! Thanks so much Chris! You are going to love it back home but I will need to teach you how to be safe which means staying clear from Lana's pets!" Lincoln said as Dawn was happy but then frowned as she came closer to Chris.
"I am thankful as well Chris but your aura suggests that you have an ulterior motive behind this." Dawn commented as Lincoln and the others looked at Chris suspiciously.
"This is nothing more out of the goodness of my heart." Chris claimed shaking his head.
Chris was in his luxury trailer sighing while on his laptop on his desk going through all his new emails and sorting them into the folders that he had to make. The folder names included: "ACTIVISTS COMPLAINTS", "NOTICES FROM THE PRODUCERS", "JOB OFFERS", "EX-GIRLFREIND NOTICES", "NOTICES FROM LAWYERS", "NOTICES FROM MY AGENT", "COMPLAINTS ABOUT LETTING HEATHER FIX THE VOTE TO ELIMINATE DAWN" and "DEMANDING TO KNOW IF I PLAN ON SEPERATING DAWNCOLN FROM THEIR SON". The last one had an overflowing number of messages.
"Chef, I have a plan and I am going to need to file some papers to make it work but when it's ready I want a camera team ready to pick up the footage for use for some major PR." Chris called out having spent about 24 minutes sorting through the messages and he was only about almost halfway done.
Chris glared at the looks he was getting from his statement as he said "I am too a generous and kind person, which I think you should know from how I am not having you lot billed for my dry cleaning from being thrown off the Dock!" he then cleared his voice and said "plus Chef and I have one last gift for each and every one of you all."
This got them excited as Chef came over but soon it died down as Chef started handing them "I COMPETED ON TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS T-SHIRT" shirts. Chris saw their looks that were weirded out and Chris told them "just think of how big collector's items they are with how popular this show has gotten. You could probably sell them and make about four times as much as Gwen made actually winning this contest!"
"I am so glad that I never have to deal with you again Chris." Gwen told him and Chris grinned at her.
"About that, I expect a portion of you all to be back for Season 2 and before you say anything it was covered in the fine print of your contract." Chris replied much to their shock and Gwen's irritation.
"At least this means that we could see eachother again in person real soon." Dawn told Lincoln as they smiled at the thought as they then noticed the boats coming to take them away.
As they then left Chris went to a helicopter ride that would take him to a meeting scheduled with the show's producers.
Chris had made it to the meeting and was smirking as he was sitted with the producers as well as some bigwigs at the studio watching the presentation being done by an employee with graphs showing the ratings and critical hit that Total Drama Island turned out to be along with the projected sales of the merchandise coming with the royalties to the campers being outlined in the contracts that they signed.
Off course they would just choose who to market because with how he got eliminated, hardly anyone was going to spend much money on an Ezekiel shirt.
The charts showing the demand for Heather merchandise was quite astonishingly impressive indeed, for how in the negative numbers they were. Stores were estimated to have to pay people to take them off their hands.
Merchandise potential was quite high for the other high ranking contestants though, especially the winner Gwen. However the charts showing the popularity of Lincoln and Dawn was quite a sight to behold.
The episodes where they both individually got eliminated had the most backlash in terms of episodes (in terms of moments there was the accidental hawk shooting) and the episode where they finally got together easily was the highest rated and most popular episode. The final challenge episode only barely was close.
It was estimated that a DVD compilation release of just all their moments together and individually would sell as well as the first season set.
"On the topic of Mr Loud and Ms Moonbeam, the producers and I have come to talking about green lighting a spinoff featuring the young couple. See about having Ms Moonbeam travel to Michigan for the show to be filmed there." The bigwig executive spoke as Chris looked interested but the employee making the presentation looked nervous.
"About that..." he said nervously.
"Chris, can we expect you to host again?" one of the producers asked as Chris grinned.
"Well you see..." the employee continued speaking trying to get their attention.
"You bet you can, I have grown a soft spot for the young scamps." Chris answered without hesitation. "Lincoln having ten sisters back home and dealing with them would make tremendous TV and I now already am brainstorming so many ideas..." Chris continued on.
"There is a problem!" the employee shouted as their eyes then turned to him with Chris being especially unhappy about being interrupted. "We would need to convince them as the contestants contracts... They cover nothing about spinoffs..." He was forced to admit passing by copies of the two contestants in question's contracts so they could look through it over as well and sure enough nothing about spinoffs.
"What? What short sighted moron is responsible for this?" Chris demanded his ideas being dashed in his mind.
"That would actually be your Mr McLean." The employee had to admit as Chris glared at him wondering what he meant. "Don't you remember McLean, there was so much to cover in the contracts and you considered requirements for spinoffs being a non priority as you said that you didn't think the viewers would reasonably want to see more of them out of endangering themselves in challenges or tension amongst themselves." The employee said as Chris had a look of shock as he remembered saying something along those words himself.
With all eyes on him Chris gave a fake smile and assured them saying "don't worry about this, I will contact the two myself about negotiations for this and I promise that it will happen. We are all practically friends now."
"See that it does happen Chris or the timeslot that we were planning for the spinoff will be used to keep running the only episode of your little cooking show." The executive warned him and Chris cringed so hard that it physically hurt. He then nodded understanding but soon relaxed.
How hard could it be to negotiate with two teens?
Lincoln had gone off the flight and collected Edward in his carrying place, along with his luggage he was wandering about the airport before getting to the doors but found to his surprise a certain young adult couple: Bobby & Lori Santiago along with a baby in her arms.
"Hi Lincoln! We both offered to pick you up ourselves and this would be the perfect way to introduce you to your new nephew. Lincoln meet Leon and Leon meet your Uncle Lincoln." Lori explained and Lincoln took a closer look and smiled at little Leon who then smiled and laughed at Lincoln's face.
"Lincoln bro, I have been watching from the start and I am so proud of you! Those challenges were beyond unfair but you still pulled through and what Heather done to you and Dawn... Well, my family was shocked to say the least by my language. When Lori learned about what I said... Well I know now not to use it with Leon around." Bobby told him and Lincoln smiled at his brother in law though Lori shook her head at the last of Bobby's statement.
Then a thought...
"Thanks Bobby but... About Dawn and Ronnie Anne..." Lincoln brought up nervously but Bobby put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't sweat it, I love my sister but she was being petty. I was with everyone else in waiting for you and Dawn to get together." Bobby assured him and Lincoln smiled but Lori sighed. The fact that Bobby actually sided with Lincoln over the break up led to what was one of the few quarrel of his and Lori's married life.
Lincoln then nervously looked towards Lori who sighed and said "it took me a while to start to accept it but... I am happy for you and Dawn." She then followed it up with a small smile which Lincoln returned.
"Thanks Lori, great to hear it as we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things especially the break up but you're still my sister and it does mean a lot to have your support on it." Lincoln told her which was then followed by a someone making a brrbbb sound. Lincoln laughed holding up Edward's case saying "Lori, Bobby and Leon; please welcome the other newest member of the Loud family Edward."
"Wow the little platypus dude! Became your biggest friend after what happened with Heather in the deer and hunters episode! I couldn't believe that the show let you bring him home with you." Bobby said excited looking at his cage with Leon's arms reaching out to the cage.
"Sorry Leon but your cousin has to stay in his cage and you are too little to play with him." Lori said as they heard Lincoln's phone ringing and the number was registered as coming from Chris to their surprise.
Lincoln offered to put it on speaker so they could all talk to him but then Lori asked Bobby if he could take Leon to the car to wait for them as she didn't trust Chris not to say something that Leon shouldn't hear. Bobby nodded and Lincoln answered it with Chris saying "what's up Lincoln? I imagine your flight back home went alright?"
"Thanks Chris and it did, I am just being picked up by my oldest sister Lori and her husband Bobby." Lincoln replied wondering what the reason for this call would be.
"I can imagine that if they take after your parents then there won't be a shortage of kids calling you Uncle Lincoln." laughed Chris as Lincoln was taken aback but Lori glared at the phone.
"Very funny Mr McLean, Mrs Lori Santiago here with my brother." Lori said to the phone wishing he could see her glaring.
"Right... Wait Santiago? Sounds familiar...." Chris asked his face sounding like he was trying to remember something and they stared at eachother.
"Well my ex-girlfriend Ronnie Anne who also auditioned for the show. She's Bobby's little sister." Lincoln explained as there was a pause and Lincoln was about to ask if he was still there.
"Let me get this straight you were dating the sister of your brother in law? Is that even allowed in America? What were your plans if you two had ended up wanting to get married? A moot point now but still?" Chris asked in disbelief as Lincoln took this in and Lori glared at the phone with Lincoln sighing at the marriage part.
It was no secret that was her planned endgame for him and Ronnie Anne.
"Anyway, why are you calling Chris? Is this about the next season?" Lincoln asked wanting to get back to the point.
"Well Lincoln you should expect me to start singing Disney's You've Got a Friend Like Me as I am about to make your biggest wishes come true. I am offering you a spinoff to be filmed right in your hometown with Dawn as your co-star! Say the word and we can have the new contract for you to sign." Chris said sounding confident as Lincoln looked like he was about to blow from excitement.
Being able to see Dawn again so soon!
"That sounds great Mr McLean but our family can just arrange the travel arrangements for Dawn to come here." Lori said at once getting a thought and then covered Lincoln's mouth before he could ask what she was doing.
"No need for that Mrs Santiago, we would fully cover Dawn's travel expenses same as we did for Lincoln." Chris said his voice sounding a bit more nervous.
"We could always travel to meet her in Canada ourselves; we haven't had a big foreign vacation since we went to visit ancestors in Scotland half a decade ago." Lori continue don as Lincoln managed to force her hand from his mouth.
"No need to do that..." Chris asked this time sounding desperate which Lincoln caught.
"What does Dawn say about this and what does our contracts say?" Lincoln asked catching on.
"Well we contacted her first and she said she wanted to talk to you about it after we informed you. As for the contacts well..." Chris replied and Lincoln started smirking.
"You know Dawn and I didn't care much about the fame or the money especially Dawn and it would be nice to have more of our relationship to be just between us and not for the cameras." Lincoln said as there was panicked sounds from the phone. "Tell you what Chris, how about I contact Dawn to talk it over and then we can see about having a video call between us all for negotiations especially when we get our lawyer involved." Lincoln said thinking of the lawyer that Leni had gotten from her fashion job to look over Lincoln's contact for the show before he signed.
"Fine..." Chris muttered sounding not pleased at all as Lincoln looked at Lori smirking at him as they went to go to Lori and Bobby's car.
"You are welcome Lincoln and you are lucky to have a big sister like me to stop you from making such a big mistake and let the celebrity TV host hook you right in as if he was fishing for suckers." Lori told him as Lincoln thought about messaging Dawn once they had gotten to the car.