A/N: The part that comes after Chris uses the director's clapboard is completely made up. I decided to do this according to something I read on the Teletoon website. According to their synopsis of TDA, DJ isn't even mentioned even though he is in the picture of the competitors. HOWEVER, Courtney is not only mentioned in the synopsis as one of the characters, she is featured in the picture as one of the competitors. Do I smell something fishy going on...? Nevertheless, Courtney somehow works into TDA, and this is how I'M going to do it. There'll probably be something else, but I'm not so sure what it is. So just enjoy this ending, because I think it's AWESOME! Chris's "real name" is a name I thought up. Review, disclaimer is in the first chapter.
My POV
"Oh my God." I heard screaming, and it was getting loud fast. "RUN."
"Why should we? So you can leave us to fall into the water?" Eva asked. I could now see the other campers, and the first thing I saw was Duncan on a moose. And they were approaching fast.
"You asked for it." I backed away from them, stepping onto the Dock of Shame, and I held onto the suitcase as tight as I could, bracing myself for the worst yet to come. Sadly, it did no good, and the suitcase "accidentally" slipped out of my hands as I felt myself being plunged into the water after hitting another person. I opened my eyes in the water, and I saw a shark coming towards the suitcase. I swam towards the suitcase, but the shark was too fast for me, and the shark ate the suitcase. I rushed to the surface for air.
"Great! Now what?!" Leshawna yelled. She too had a crazed look in her eyes. I turned around at the sound of a helicopter to see Chris standing at the edge of the dock.
"So…you lost the case. Way…to go." Chris wasn't joking with us. He looked dead serious about losing the case. "I didn't want to have to do this, but since none of the fifteen of you officially won, you all officially tie, which means," and Chris started smiling during what he said next. "That you will all have another shot at winning the million dollars!" the other fourteen cheered when they heard the news. I wasn't smiling though, because I knew what he'd throw at us next. "IN SEASON TWOOO!"
"Ah, fuck this. I didn't agree to season two." Duncan said, completely forgetting what I had told him four hours ago.
"Actually, you did. It's called the fine print. Read it, live it, love it!" Chris looked at us all evilly. "And you would've known it too, if only Julie here had told everyone about it!" Chris chuckled. "Sucks to be you right now huh?" I could feel fourteen evil glares boring through my skull.
"Shut…the fuck up CHRISTOPHE." I smiled when I used his real name.
"What?! You used my REAL NAME?!"
"Yup, and now I can see why you'd never tell us about it. Just a wild guess really." The campers forgot how mad they were at me and started laughing at Chris.
"Drop it!"
"Then we'll drop you on your head." I got out of the water and up on the dock to stand right in front of Chris.
"As for the rest of you, your treasure hunt ends here!" Chris plastered a smile on his face and looked at the others who weren't in the water. Courtney had just run up to the group. "Along with all your hopes of ever winning money from being on this show! The good news though: you'll be watching all of the action on season two…from the sidelines!"
"WAIT A MINUTE! I WANT TO BE ON SEASON TWO!" Courtney yelled.
"Tut, tut, tut, tut! Fine print." Chris chided.
"Yes this is so awesome! Escope is coming back! Escope is coming back!" Izzy yelled.
"This is so exciting! Lindsay, if you win and buy France, will you invite me over?" Beth asked.
"Sure!" Lindsay dumbly responded.
"In exactly two days, you will all report to a brand new location for a whole new challenge AND the last one standing will receive one million dollars! So don't forget to tune in to TOTAL…DRAMA…ACTION!" He held up a director's clapboard and…well…clapped it.
"Hang on." I touched his shoulder just as he was about to leave to his headquarters. He turned around to face me, and just when he was about to speak, I grabbed him by the front of his shirt and lifted him up into the air. I heard the campers collectively gasp. I whispered through clenched teeth in a threatening tone, "In a heartbeat, I will turn you over and drop you on your head, breaking your neck. I'm sure more than a few campers would be happy to help me too. But, since I am the one who found the suitcase first, and you overlooked the fact that I stepped onto the Dock of Shame with it, I'll compete in your silly little show, on one condition." Chris looked petrified now. He's probably never seen me so angry.
"Okay okay! What do you want?!"
"I want you to bring back one more camper onto the second season."
"Okay! Simple enough! I'll choose—" Chris was about to point his finger at a camper on the dock.
"And that camper is my choice." His hand fell to his side.
"And we all know who that's going to be." Chris said sarcastically.
"SHUT UP BEFORE I THROW YOU INTO THE LAKE!" I screamed in his face. He started trembling. "On second thought, I need my hands to help me pick who's coming back." And with that, I threw him into the lake, completely at the mercy of the other campers. He screamed because his hair was now wet…again. "Now…who to pick?" I turned around to the campers on deck. They looked genuinely scared of me. I softened my eyes.
"Katie and Sadie, I'm not going to separate you two." The girls sighed and hugged each other. "Ezekiel…I just don't think you're ready." I moved onto Eva. "Eva…I'll think about it." I walked up to Noah. "Maybe Noah. Maybe." I walked to Cody. When he tried to speak, I shut him up. "No. Just…no." I walked to Tyler. "Probably." He smiled. "And Courtney. What to do with you?" I smiled at her. "So far, I'm thinking Eva, Noah, Tyler, or Courtney. I wish I could bring back all of you…but I can't. Now, the four I just called out, step to me and stand side by side." They obediently came up to me and stood side by side, Eva and Tyler in front of me. "Okay…Eva, you're not in. Sorry." I smiled, and she grumbled and went to Katie, Sadie, Ezekiel, and Cody. "You three. Hm…no Noah. You're not in." He shrugged and left to the others. "And you two. Tyler…and Courtney." I smiled at them. "Just about as suspenseful as a marshmallow ceremony no? Chris?"
"Very suspenseful. Yeah." He chuckled nervously.
"If only you actually meant it." I sighed. "The name that I call will NOT be going to season two. Now, I'm going to analyze you both VERY carefully. And Tyler! You're first." He looked very nervous as he stood in front of me. "Now, I know you're not talented at sports, but you could prove to be very useful to any of us. And there's that relationship with Lindsay. Sure would be a bummer to not be with her hm? And for the awful long time she could be in the competition too. I'm still thinking about it. Next, Courtney." She glared at me. "Now, glaring is not going to help you get into season two, and I know how much you want to be in it. Hm…you can be very resourceful, quick on your feet, very useful in the competition." I smiled at her. "But, there is always the chance that you could stir up trouble because you'll be competing against Harold, and we know how much we don't want that. Right everyone?" The others grumbled and muttered in agreement. "Good. So that's one strike against you. And also, you could go making friends with the wrong kind of people, and someone will see that and take advantage of you, someone like HEATHER would have no problem manipulating little ol' you."
"Oh please! Like I'd team up with her!" Heather spat.
"Oh, I think you'd be very surprised by what measures desperate people take in desperate times. After all, we all know that you've done your fair share of that kind of work Heather. But then again, there are the fans. I don't like to say this is a factor in my decision, but if I'm being caught on camera right now (which I am, so drop the act Christophe, you're being a whiny baby), then the fans won't like it if I terminate your relationship with Duncan. And we all know we wouldn't want that, right Chris? It just takes the DRAMA out of TOTAL DRAMA ACTION."
"R-r-right." Chris trembled as he spoke.
"Now," I turned around to face the campers. "If there's anything you'd like to say to help me in my decision, speak now, or forever hold your peace. This includes Chris and Chef."
"Julie, this is cruel and unusual punishment. People shouldn't be tormented like this!" Bridgette said.
"But that is what Chris has been doing all along to us. Is there anything you'd like to say about the MATTER AT HAND?" Bridgette glared at me, and then her eyes softened.
"I'd pick Courtney."
"Anyone else?"
"Courtney." Duncan used her real name. He winked.
"Tyler." Lindsay got his name right.
"Tyler." Gwen said.
"Tyler." Trent followed.
"Courtney." Geoff trembled.
"Tyler." Owen said.
"Court—Tyler." DJ spat out with disgust.
"Courtney." Heather proudly declared.
"Tyler." Harold trembled like Geoff.
"Tyler." Leshawna said.
"Courtney." Beth said.
"Courtney!" Izzy exclaimed.
"Hm…" Justin thought. "Courtney."
"Interesting. A tie. Chris? Chef?"
"Courtney." Chris said.
"Tyler." Chef said. "What? I've had it with her whining!"
"Okay Chef, calm down. It's a tie again. You make this hard!" I looked at the two campers again. "I have reached a decision. And the person not joining us for season two is……………………………Tyler. Sorry man, I really am. But think of it this way: at least you don't have to put up with incessant whining and a two faced backstabber." I gestured to Courtney and Heather. He smiled at me, and he left to the other ousted campers.
"YOU SAVED ME!" Courtney hugged me. "THANK YOU!"
"Uh…still in mean mode here." I said.
"What?" Courtney asked. I realized she was oblivious to everything I said, and apparently, she had forgotten about my insult to her back at Playa des Losers.
"Never mind." I smiled at her. Just as she was about to run to the other campers, who had stepped out of the water, I jerked her hand close to me and whispered into her ear, "I saved you BIG TIME. Don't do anything stupid in the next two days, and I'll keep you for the second season. I kept you because I like you, despite your incessant whining, and I also like your relationship with Duncan. Be thankful for that, because that was the main reason I kept you on. Actually, I would've picked you right away, but I'm not risking my hide next season. But…you might be in a spot of trouble. I had no idea this many people hated you! So good luck, don't trust Heather and keep Duncan no matter what." She nodded. "And one more thing: you owe me…BIG TIME." I let go of her hand, and she ran to Bridgette and Duncan. Chris walked up to me after he stopped the cameras.
"Did you ever think about being a reality TV host?"
"I always thought about being a reality TV judge." I sighed, then looked at Chris. "What do you want Chris?"
"I have a proposition for you. In case you didn't know, you're one of the most popular CAMPERS on the show, tied with Duncan. And I'd really like to keep you on if you're ever voted off."
"What are you getting at?" I glared at him.
"You can become my co-host! Just think, you get TV time, I get an extra hand around the show, and we get to watch campers suffer in the lap of luxury. So…what do you say?"
"If I choose to accept, I have a few terms: no trying out ANY challenges, if you plan on doing something that involves the girls picking out clothes, I'm the girl for the job in terms of modeling the clothes, I get to announce things once in a while, and I get to torture you if you piss me off, so DON'T PISS ME OFF. GOT IT?" He was still smiling, and I thought for a brief moment that the shininess of his teeth could blind me.
"Got it. But if you get voted off, you're in, okay?"
"Okay." I tactfully agreed.
"And NO HELPING THE OTHER CAMPERS ONCE YOU'VE BEEN VOTED OFF. Unless, of course, I tell you to." His face suddenly got serious at this point, but then lightened up.
"Completely understood." I remarked.
"Good." Chris looked at me once more, I smiled at him, and he walked off the dock and through the campgrounds.
Gwen's POV
"I have no real problems with Courtney, but if she whines too much, I'm going to wring her neck." I told Trent.
"Come on, it'll be okay. So Julie decided to pick Courtney. Think: she'll probably be making out with Duncan half the competition, so she can be of use to us if she's on the opposing team."
"But what if she's one of our teammates?"
"Then pray Duncan's not on the same team."
"Still…I have a feeling Julie did something that got us all in this mess, but I'm not quite sure what it is." I looked at Julie, who was now talking to Chris, and glaring at him. They must be talking about something she doesn't like, a deal perhaps. "Do you get the feeling that Julie is slowly turning into Heather?"
"A little. But then I think about how much she cares for us and would protect us against Heather, Chris, Chef, and anyone else who annoys us, and the feeling goes away." Bridgette interrupted my conversation. "But she was right Gwen. We were like animals back there. I was standing on a flimsy diving board with nine other people and Owen, Tyler, DJ, and Cody were tied to each other out of the fear that one of them might take the money and run."
"You HEARD her?" I asked.
"Yeah, and she was pretty loud too."
"She dropped so many curse words, it scared me a little." Cody butted into our conversation.
"And it was all caught on camera." I added. "She was trying to send a message. She was trying to help us see the errors of our ways. And we still didn't believe her. After all she's done for us."
"But don't worry! I'm sure this season will be fun!" Julie came up to me and scared all of us. "Okay, so maybe it won't be. But there's a million dollars at stake. And we'll be fighting for it—in two days. So may the best camper win!" she punched her fist into the air, and I smiled.
Me: You think this is a good ending?
Gwen: Sure.
Cody: Julie freaks me out!
Julie: Be glad it wasn't you standing right by me when I was screaming!
Me: Well...
Gwen: It's not over is it?
Me: Nope! One more chapter to go! Hehehe...