Disclaimer- I own absolutely nothing, yeah, I know … sad day. Please do nothing that these characters do. Well, nothing extreme. I guess you fcould do the breathing part. But only do it sparingly.
Author's note – This is yet another addition to the ever growing category of OC/TDI cast competition fics. There are forty eight contestants, and there are going to be more than fifty challenges, most of which are planned. If you want to know what the new contestants look like, follow the link on my profile to my deviantart profile. Most of them are up.
Romance side note: all canon couples are intact for now. That means there will be Geoff/Bridgette, LeShawna/Harold, Duncan/Gwen, and Lindsay/Tyler. Of course, other romances are sure to blossom, while some are bound to crash and burn.
Time setting: This takes place after TDWT (note: I originally wrote this story as after TDI, so there may be some continuity problems in the first two chapters)
note: the winner of TDWT may be revealed, read at your own risk
Rating- This is a T rated story, and it is rated that for a reason. This story will contain peril, craziness, innuendoes, violence, a little gore, virtual death, more innuendos, A very OPEN character, back-stabbing, flirting, language, Izzy, bullying, some bad weather (no joke, I actually saw that on a movie rating), fictional creatures, kissing, and some thematic elements.
Final Author's note- This chapter is dedicated to Haily, as this is her birthday present…and yes, the character Haily is based on her. It is also dedicated to Sabrina, who the character Sabrina is based off, as it was also her birthday recently, though I am counting the next chapter as her present.
There's nothing else for me to say, though I'm pretty sure you all skipped this anyway.
It was a sight that was renowned around the world. People recognized it. They even longed for it in the long months of late winter and spring. It was the image of Chris McLean standing at the edge of the dock of Wawanakwa Island.
The host smiled his twenty-six thousand, seven hundred and seven dollar smile. "Welcome," He said, "To Total Drama Galore! The next installment in the Total Drama franchise! This season, we've pulled out all the stops. We're bringing back all the old contestants, thanks to some fine maneuvering by our lawyers. We're also going to bring on twenty-two new contestants!" Chris chuckled his signature laugh.
"That's right, folks, this season; we have forty-eight contestants. Of course with that many contestants, our kind hearted producers decided that we should do something about what the victors would get. That's right, victors. This season, we'll have two winners. Shocker right?"
"Not really. I knew you cut my paycheck for some reason." Chef mumbled.
"Why are you even here? Aren't you supposed to be fixing a confessional somewhere?" Chris snapped. Chef gave the host a blurred out hand gesture on his way to said outhouse.
"As I was saying before my airtime was so rudely interrupted, we'll have two winners, and both of them will win two million dollars, each!" The handsome host paused for a roar of celebration, then realized that it would never come. "Oh crap, I was supposed to wait till those other people were here to say that. Speaking of those other people, here comes the first one now."
Chris locked eyes with the contestant as he jumped off the boat as it cruised by.
"Hey Harold!" The host shouted. The shout distracted the lanky nerd, causing him and most of his luggage to miss the dock and go plunging into the depths below. Only his keyboard made it safely onto the dock.
Chris stood there in mock shock, "I probably should have waited to say…" Chris was never able to say anything because a fist clanged against the back of his head with all the force the owner could muster.
"That's for making me come back." Gwen spat as she walked over to the other end of the dock.
"You know you could have just cursed me out instead of resorting to hitting me." Chris complained, rubbing the back of his head.
"You're just lucky I didn't have any shears ready, otherwise you'd be bald right now." Gwen stated. The narcissistic host yelped in fear and covered his most prized possession with his hands.
"Now that's an interesting sight." LeShawna said as she got off her boat. "Bout time that man felt the fear we had to deal with."
"Hey LeShawna," Gwen said as she hugged her friend.
"Hey Girl," LeShawna hugged back. When the two let go, LeShawna noticed her boyfriend's keyboard lying on the dock. "Yo, you seen my man?"
"Nope."
"Oh yeah he went …. Somewhere." Chris said, forgetting where the nerd was, seeing as how that fact had nothing to do with hm.
A piercing shriek echoed over the island. Well, to be specific it was two shrieks, harmonizing into one. The next boat pulled up carrying a squealing Katie and Sadie.
"Oh my gosh, Sadie, we're back, I can't believe it, we're back!" Katie squealed.
"Oh I know right. This year we are so going all the way! No mean CIT is going to vote me off." Sadie exclaimed. The two BFFs grabbed their luggage and ran off the boat, squealing the whole time.
"Katie, Sadie, calm down." Chris said. Sadly, the twins couldn't hear him over their squealing. After a minute, LeShawna couldn't stand it anymore. The large sister walked over to the best friends and slapped them both clean across the face.
"OW!" Katie exclaimed as she rubbed Sadie's sore cheek.
"That wasn't very nice," Sadie said, rubbing Katie's sore cheek.
"At least she didn't throw you off a cliff. Not that she'd be able to lift you." Heather said as she got off her boat. Last season's winner flipped her stylish ponytail.
"Heather, good to see you again," Chris cheered. The host only received a death glare in return.
"Why is she even here?" Gwen asked, "doesn't she have enough money?"
"Shut it, Weird Goth Girl," Heather snapped, "If you'll remember, that home-schooled troll stole my money then dove into a volcano."
"Ah, dramatic teens with all of your dramatic conflicts, how I have missed ye." Chris muttered.
Another boat pulled up to the dock, carrying a bigheaded bookworm, who, as his nickname would suggest, was reading a book.
"Noah, awesome to have you back," Chris chimed. Noah barely looked up from his book to see the unsurprising smile on Chris's face. He just walked on past.
"Hi Noah," Katie and Sadie chanted.
This caught the egghead off guard. He looked questionably up at the two similarly dressed females. "Hi," he said monotonously.
"See, I told you saying hi would be pointless," Sadie scolded Katie.
"Well sorry," the skinny BFF said. "I was just trying t be friendly."
"Oh please, I know what you were trying to do. It was all you could talk about the whole boat ride over. You were trying too…." Katie clapped her hands over her best friend's mouth, silencing her.
The next boat came pulled up to the side of the dock. A loud BONK was heard when it came to a stop. A brunette CIT gracefully walked off the boat.
"Courtney good to see you, so how are you and-"
"Chris, I would suggest that you check everything that's under the dock. It felt like the boat hit something when it stopped, I'd hate for you to have a lawsuit on your hands," the CIT smiled.
"Oh that was probably just Harold coming up for air," Chris shrugged, remembering the fate of the lanky nerd.
"That was probably what?" LeShawna shrieked. The large sister charged toward the water and jumped in.
Gwen, Katie, and Sadie watched the water worriedly. A bubble floated up to the surface, and then another.
Courtney struggled to hide her grin. Noah happened to notice.
"Wow Courtney, try not to look so anxious," he begged sarcastically.
"The way I see it, that freak was the reason I was voted off the first season," She chirped. "It's nice to see karma doing its job"
"Oh, you're not going to go all psycho to get revenge on him are you?" Gwen asked, "You have had two seasons to get that over with"
"No," the CIT barked, "I'm saving all the psyco revenges plots for you, you boyfriend stealing, Goth obsessed freak!"
Heather, in an act of kindness that is so rare, we're glad we caught it on camera, wrapped her arms around Courtney's waist before the dark skinned girl could claw Gwen's eyes out.
"Wow, somebody sure knows how to hold a grudge," Heather groaned.
"Thanks...Heather," Gwen muttered, confused.
"Don't get used to it, Gwen. I'm just doing this because you might be on my team and I don't want to start at a disadvantage." The raven-haired beauty said.
"LeShawna sure has been under there a long time," Sadie mumbled, completely ignoring the conflict behind her.
"You don't think she drowned did you?" Katie asked.
Sadie gasped. "That would mean that both LeShawna and Harold drowned!"
"Hmmm, a double drowning would be good for ratings," Chris mused. "Especially if one was fueled by hormones."
"Why exactly would hormones cause somebody to drown?" A voice asked from behind the host. The voice belonged to a guitar carrying, OCD musician.
"Trent," Chris shouted, "Good to see you, we missed you last season."
"Good to be back, man," Trent said, hi-fiving the host. "Hey Gwen"
"Hey," the Goth replied as she swatted back Courtney's claws.
A loud, hacking cough came from the edge of the dock. "Anybody here know CPR?" LeShawna gasped. The large sister was holding an unconscious Harold in her arms.
"I do," Courtney pointed out, finally calm from her little spell. "It's a mandatory requirement of a CIT."
"Good, now come save Harold."
"Ew, I'm not letting my mouth get anywhere near that thing."
LeShawna started to get frantic, but calming hands held her down.
"Relax LeShawna," Bridgette said, "I'll take care of it." The blonde surfer ("When did she get here?" Trent asked) pumped the nerd's chest thirty times and gave him two breaths of life. The lanky nerd coughed up some water and opened his eyes.
All Harold could see was a blurry vision of a humanoid hunched over him. "Am I in heaven?" he asked.
"Oh, Harold baby, it's okay, LeShawna's here." LeShawna cooed.
Harold, thinking the figure above him was his chocolate goddess, reached up and kissed the unsuspecting Bridgette.
Nobody knew what to do. LeShawna gaped at the sight of her boyfriend kissing another female. Bridgette tried to push away, but Harold thought it was just LeShawna playing hard to get, so he just pulled her closer. Heather wore a surprised yet satisfied smile.
After a moment, Harold pulled away. It was then that he noticed the one he was kissing was not his girlfriend "You're not my luscious LeShawna!" He exclaimed.
"You're darn right that ain't me" The large sister retorted. She turned away, sticking her nose up in the air.
"LeShawna, I can explain, Gosh!" Harold tried to explain what had just occurred, but the large sister was choosing to ignore the nerd.
"And you," LeShawna shouted at Bridgette, jabbing her finger into the surfers chest. "First you make out with Alejandro, then you go after my man. What? Is Geoff not good enough?" Bridgette let out a soft whimper.
Chris smiled gleefully into the camera. "This season is going to be awesome!"
Owen was the next contestant to show up. The big lovable oaf gave a painful bear hug to the two closest people, which was bad news for Katie and Courtney.
"O …. wen … let …. Go." Courtney gasped. The two girls were gasping for air. Sadie was desperately trying to pull away the arm that was suffocating Katie.
"Oh, sorry. I'm just so excited to be back." He whooped.
"Owen, good to have you back, Dude!" Chris cheered. The host and the boy, who had dropped Katie and Courtney, started a complex series of hi-fives, low-fives, and the occasional mid-five.
"Think he'll go far again?" Trent asked the group of contestants.
"Of course he will," Heather scoffed. "He always goes far, he's a fan favorite, or at least the producers think so."
"What makes you say that?"
"How else do you explain Bridgette's vote off the first season? It was a three-way tie so the producers booted Bridgette so they could keep Owen and Duncan. Those two are also the only ones that were brought back the last two seasons. Both obviously fan favorites."
"Good to know. Now I don't have to try as hard," Duncan remarked from behind the Queen Bee.
Heather glared at the delinquent. "Oh look, Mr. Rap-sheet has finally shown up, and here I was hoping you'd have to stay in juvie."
"Actually, he's been rather tame lately," Gwen chimed, "Only broke the law to come see me a few times."
"But haven't you missed me Princess." Duncan said. The Goth smiled and gave the delinquent a light peck on the cheek.
Courtney winced, balling her fists at the sound of her pet name being used on a different girl. Noah was about to point that out, but a horn blared over whatever he said. Cody stepped off the boat. "And that's how you fix the horn with nothing but an I-Phone and a pair of headphones."
"Cody, dude, good to have you back, and don't worry, I made su-"
"Where's Sierra?" Cody asked nervously, looking back and forth for the purple-haired girl.
"That was what I was going to tell you," Chris said through clenched teeth, angered about the interruption. "I made sure Sierra didn't show up until tomorrow."
"Why?"
"I figured it'd be cool to have just the original twenty-two for the first challenge. That, and I couldn't decide what team they went on."
"Ok..." The tech geek droned off. He decided to leave the increasingly awkward conversation with the host and go stand with his fellow competitors. "Hey Gwen," the tech-geek greeted.
"Hey Cody," The Goth said, inching behind Duncan.
"You think he still likes you?" Duncan asked his girlfriend.
"Considering the fact that he still has one of my bras, sucker punched you, and Sierra is kind of pushing him to me, yeah, I think he still has a crush on me." Gwen said scornfully.
"Just let him try to punch me again," Duncan muttered as he pounded his fists.
DJ was the next to arrive. The gentle giant carried bunny (well technically, Bunny 2.0) lovingly in his arms.
"Hey Chris, how's it going?" he asked.
"Good man," the host replied. "Um … You do know that can't come with you, right?"
"What? But I figured it'd be good for bunny to come see his home again."
"No Dude, I mean that." Chris pointed behind DJ. There stood a stout, older African-Canadian woman with long bluish hair under a purple hat with a peacock feather, DJ's mother.
"Who are you referring to as that?" DJ's Mama snapped. "I am a woman and you will refer to me as ma'am." Driving her point home, she smacked the host on the head with her dainty purse. "Now you be good to my little Poopydoo."
The woman gave DJ a good-bye kiss on the cheek which he happily returned. He then waved as the boat sailed away with Mama on deck.
"So DJ, did you bring any food?" Owen asked, rubbing his belly at the thought of some of DJ's famous home-cooking.
"Not with me, but if Chef let's me, I'm sure I can scrounge up some food," the big boy said.
"Cafeteria's off limits," Chris blurted. "can't let any of you in there."
The group of teenagers let out a collective groan.
"What's all the complaining about, eh?" a certain toque wearing teenager asked as he stepped off his boat, a large bulge protruding from his hoodie.
"Hunger," Chris cheered. "Good to see you fully recovered from the zombie state you were in, Ezekiel."
"Yeah, who knoo malnutrition could be so scary, eh," Ezekiel chuckled.
"Um, Ezekiel, Did you get … er … pregnant over the break?" Cody asked incredulously.
The home schooled boy chuckled again. "No way, eh. That's Izzy." He jokingly slapped the bulge, causing the psychotic redhead to come falling out.
"Oh wow!" Izzy said. "No wonder babies stay in there for nine months, it's so cozy." She started to giggle uncontrollably.
"Izzy!" Owen shouted. "Come to Papa."
"Owen, your little girl moved on remember?" The red-head said to her ex-boyfriend.
Ezekiel tried to meander casually over to the rest of the contestants, but only succeeded at looking awkward. "Hey there Bridgette," Ezekiel said, waving to the Surfer. She kindly returned with a death glare. "Yoo're not steell mad aboot the whole guys are better than girls thing are you?"
"Yes, that and the fact that you were the reason we all almost died!"
Before he could react, Ezekiel was suddenly picked up off the dock. "Yeah, and so am I" seethed a voice behind Ezekiel's ear, a voice all the more menacing given the homeschooled boys position.
"Too be fair," Cody piped in, "It was really Chris's fault that we almost died."
Eva, not putting any of what the tech geek said into consideration, threw Ezekiel into the lake. Ezekiel managed to scream something about sharks before he hit the water.
"Eva, you didn't have to do that," Bridgette said to the fitness buff.
"Shut it, Traitor!" she snapped back in return. Bridgette backed away slowly, saying calming statements to the easily angered girl.
"Does she seem a little bit hot headed, or is it just me?" DJ said as he cowered behind Sadie, who was cowering behind Katie, who was cowering behind Cody. So sadly, nobody was cowering very well.
"No, she seems just as rage-a-holic as ever." Noah remarked, "maybe more-so"
Trent tried to say a friendly hello to the Polish-Canadian, but only got a hard kick in the shin.
"Do you think she has some sort of secret kryptonite?" Cody asked.
As if to answer the (more than likely) rhetorical question, sweet dreamy music roared across the island. The next boat pulled up, a shirtless Justin standing on the deck.
The typical shirtless Justin antics ensued. Katie fanned Sadie. Gwen stared at him from the corner of her eye. Owen momentarily forgot how to breathe. Even Eva put on an enthralled smile.
"Justin, I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say we're all happy you were able to come back. Maybe this time you'll actually get to get a few words in." Chris said.
"I did speak quite a bit in the second season," The male model replied.
"You're already up to ten."
"I think he forgot," Trent pointed out.
"Hi Justin," all the contestants with two X chromosomes (with the exception of Izzy and the inclusion of Owen) swooned. Sadie fell backwards, knocking over a newly on the dock Ezekiel.
"Yo dudes!" the next contestant could be heard yelling from his boat. Geoff, the party-loving party animal, danced his way off the boat onto the dock.
"Geoff!" Bridgette screamed. The surfer didn't even give her boyfriend the chance to turn around before she jumped on him and locked-lips.
"Yeah that's right," LeShawna hollered. "Go make out with your own boyfriend."
Geoff pulled away to see his girlfriend blushing furiously. "What's she talking about Bridge?"
"N-nothing," she stuttered.
"That's cool." The party animal then returned to making-out with his girlfriend.
"Aw, they look tho thweet." Beth chimed as she stepped off her boat.
Beth gave all of her old teammates (minus Heather) a quick hug.
"Hey girl, why do you have braces again?" LeShawna asked as the farm girl hugged her.
"A little farming acthident, nothing to worry about!" Beth said as she took her place at the edge dock. Suddenly a wet hand reached up and grabbed the farm girl's ankle. Beth, taken by surprise, screamed.
"Beth, calm down, eh," Ezekiel pleaded, as he was the one that had grabbed her ankle. The braces wearing girl didn't hear him and started to blindly kick him in the face.
Cody saw what it was that was making all of the commotion, and ran to the aid of his fellow outcast.
"Beth you need to stop!" the tech geek ordered. She didn't hear him and continued to keep on screaming. Cody had to think quickly on his feet before Ezekiel suffered some serious brain damage. He decided he would do something he had only dreamed about, kiss a girl that wasn't Sierra.
The brunet grabbed Beth's cheeks and planted a big one right on her lips. The farm girl suddenly calmed down and let out a long sigh. Ezekiel took this time to quickly get up on the dock.
"This just isn't my day, eh," the prairie boy complained as he squeezed water out of his jacket.
Cody finally let go of Beth, who was slightly dazed. He pointed at Ezekiel. "You owe me," he grumbled.
"Get away from me!" a voice on the next boat shrieked. Everybody immediately recognized it as Lindsay's voice.
"Lindsay wait, it's me Tyler!" another, deeper voice that belonged to Tyler yelled.
The two teenagers appeared on the dock, the blonde beauty running away from the tracksuit wearing jock.
"What's up with Blondie?" Duncan whispered in Gwen's ear.
"I have no idea, but knowing Lindsay, it's probably something stupid," the Goth muttered.
The boat came to a stop, allowing the sprinting teens to depart. Lindsay cowered behind a still dazed Beth.
"Lindsay, what's going on girl?" LeShawna asked.
"I was just sitting on the boat," the blonde sniffled. "and all of a sudden, Taylor tried to kiss me."
LeShawna glared at the jock, causing him to jump to his defense. "The producers shoved us on the same boat for some reason. I haven't seen Lindsay since the end of last season so I figured I'd be a good boyfriend and put my arm around her shoulders. Then she just started to freak out."
"But you're not my boyfriend. My boyfriend's name is Tyler, not Taylor."
"Um, Girl," LeShawna began. "He is your boyfriend. You just forgot his name … again."
"Ohhhhhhhh, sorry Taylor … er … I mean Tyler." The blonde beauty smiled. Tyler smiled in return and gave her a hug.
"Awww," Katie and Sadie cooed.
"Chris, now that we're all here, can we go ahead and start the first challenge?" Gwen asking. "I want to hurry up and vote some certain people off." She didn't even try to hide the fact that she was staring at Heather, just as Courtney didn't hide the fact that she was staring at Gwen.
"but what about Al?" Owen asked.
"What about him?" Heather snapped.
"He'll be joining us tomorrow, after the first challenge is done." Chris chuckled. "Ok, now is when I'm supposed to make the big announcement."
Most of the contestants gulped, because they knew any big announcement Chris had to make meant calling the local funeral home to set up arrangements, just to be on the safe side.
"Well you see, the producers and I decided that this wouldn't be as exciting of a season if we just brought back all you old stinkers. That's why we're also going to have twenty-two new contestants!"
Silence was all the contestants could muster.
"Come on now, it isn't that bad."
"Seriously?" Noah asked. "Is all of us trying to tear each other limb from limb not enough for you?"
"Nope"
Noah stared blankly at the host. "Should have seen that coming."
"Oh, this should be good," Heather muttered.
"Um, Chris," Courtney said, raising her hand like the good girl she thinks she is. "If there are forty-four of us, where are we all going to sleep? You're not seriously considering shoving all of us in those sucky cabins?"
"Who said we're staying here?"
"If we're not staying, why are we even here?"
"This season, we're going to be staying at a quaint little bed and breakfast. From there, everyday we have a challenge, we'll take all of the remaining contestants to the location of that day's challenge. Today's just so happens to be on this island."
"What's today's challenge?" Duncan asked hopefully.
"Ha, like I'd be twisted enough to tell you before the noobz get here."
"eh, it was worth a shot." The convict muttered.
The first boat appeared on the horizon. The contestants waited with baited breath to meet the first of their new competitors.
When the boat was almost at the dock, Cody made a life-saving observation. "Um, guys, the boat's speeding up."
Everybody else noticed this fact. That, and the fact that it was heading straight for the dock.
"Everybody, off the dock!" Courtney yelled, leading the way to safety.
"Out of the way," Chris hollered as he pushed the teenagers out of his way, "My hair isn't bred to survive in the murky lake water."
The boat collided with the dock, causing it to crumble into the water. Only Chris and a few contestants made it to the beach in time, everybody else fell into the lake water.
"LeShawna," Harold gasped, "You saved me, now it's time for me to save you." The lanky nerd charged forward into the water.
A feminine figure appeared on the deck of the yacht. "Rocki," Chris shouted to the figure, "What happened?" The host cupped his hands on his ear but couldn't make out what the girl was saying.
Chris pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. "Yeah," he said, "when you pull up, throw your kid over board and tell the girl on the other boat she has to swim to shore, and tell the others to do the same."
Just as he hung up, the next boat pulled up beside the first. The captain marched out of the cabin, carrying a flailing figure that he threw into the water. Yelling could be heard followed by a splash, and then another, presumably from the other contestant landing in the water..
By the time the two new contestants got to the beach, almost all of the original campers had made it to shore. Only Gwen, Izzy, and Duncan were missing.
Chris marched up to one of the two new girls. This one was wearing a green top with black pants, her hair blonde with black strands. "Rocki, what happened? He asked.
"I was talking to the boat's captain and offered him one of the cookies I made to give to everybody. Apparently he really nasty hazelnut allergy and passed out. So I decided I'd try pulling up the boat and come to a nice stop right next to the dock." She looked back at the wreckage of the dock. "It didn't really work out."
"You think," Gwen spat out as she crawled out of the water.
"We need you to go and get Chef and tell him he needs to come and start building a new dock. We're only renting the place and the landlord won't be too happy if there's no dock when we leave."
"Ok," Rocki said. The teenager took off in down the beach at a mild sprint.
"It's the other way," Chris yelled.
"Oh, right"
The other twenty-three teenagers watched Rocki as she ran to the cafeteria. "Who wath that?" Beth asked.
"That, my dear campers, was Rocki."
"Well, she's certainly off to a wonderful start," Noah remarked. He was flipping through the pages of his novel, each page ruined by the fall in the water.
"Does anybody see Izzy? Maybe finding her will make her want to date me again." Owen said frantically. The big boy searched for his missing ex-girlfriend under pieces of debris that were obviously too small to hide the psycho.
"I'm right here, Owen," Izzy said. The psycho was piggy-backing on Duncan's back, much to the delinquent's chagrin.
"Would you get off of me!" He shouted, "and no, you can't take my shirt."
"But why?"
"Because it's weird"
"Aww, they're flirting," the other new girl cooed as she wrung water out of her reddish-brown hair. "They would make such a cute couple!"
"Excuse me," Courtney said, "what was that?"
"I'm just saying that the two of them would be amazing together. They could go on the run together as fugitives, it would be so romantic."
"And just who are you?"
"This is Fran," Chris said, popping into the conflict like only Chris can.
"Well Fran needs to know that what she is saying is pure nonsense," Courtney said, turning up her nose.
"He's not even your boyfriend," Tyler blurted. "Why are you getting all in a tizzy about it?"
"What? I'm not! I'm just…" Courtney backtracked, "saying that he and Izzy would never work out."
"Well at least she's better for him than you. Thank god he left you for Gwen, at least she's decent for him," Fran retorted. At that, Courtney lost it. The CIT pounced on the newcomer, tackling her to the ground.
"Am I the only one that finds it funny that they're fighting over your boyfriend?" Bridgette asked Gwen, who shrugged.
"WooHoo, cat fight, reow!" Cody exclaimed, imitating cat claws. LeShawna gave him a disappointed look and slapped him over the back of the head.
"What's with those two?" asked an unknown male voice. The contestants turned to see the tallest teenager they had ever seen; even DJ had to tilt his head back.
"Godzilla, everybody run for your lives or he'll squish you like a cockroach!" Izzy screamed as she ran in circles.
"Izzy, calm down," Chris ordered, "it's just James."
"I'll never understand why people feel the need to compare me to a fictional fifty foot reptile." The new boy stated.
"Maybe it has something to do with your height, Dude," Geoff told the giant.
"I fail to see how such a detail could have anything to do with my statement."
"Oh, he's going to be fun," Noah droned.
Rocki, with Chef Hatchet following closely behind her, arrived on the beach. The chef gaped, looking down at his incredibly inadequate tool box, then up at the girl at the carnage. "You did this?" he bellowed.
"I said I was sorry."
"Well tell that to my fingers when I have to pull all the splinters out, Maggot!"
Rocki sulked over to the other contestants. "It's not like you meant to destroy the dock." Sadie said comfortingly. She and her BFF gave the poor girl a comforting massage.
"Yeah, but this always happens. First a tree falls on my house, then my school caught on fire, and now this."
"I'm sure those weren't your fault," Katie chirped.
"Well, I kind of hit the tree with my car, and I dropped a Bunsen burner into the paper recycling. So yeah, they kind of were my fault."
"Wow, aren't you just graceful," Noah murmured.
"Chip, when's the next boat supposed to get here," Lindsay asked.
"First it's Chris, C-H-R-I-S," the host said "and second, it should have been here by now. Why is it so late?"
A hacking cough came from behind the host. "That's because it's never coming," said a new girl. She was on her hands and knees, her dark ponytail dripping on her slashed up top.
"Vanessa, what happened?"
"I'll tell you what happened," the girl seethed. "Your idiotic captain got a call on his cell phone and then just pushed me overboard, yelling something about having to swim to the island! I almost drowned."
"Oh, that's not good," Chris said worriedly. "You wouldn't mind signing a waiver that states you waive all rights to sue would you?"
"She is not going to sign anything," Courtney said. "Not if she's smart that is."
"Bossy girl's right."
"Hey!"
"I'm not signing anything."
"How's this," said Chris. "Either you sign it or I find a loophole to kick you off."
Vanessa took one second to think it over. "Somebody, get me a pen," she demanded.
Chris happily pulled out a pen and waiver, which he had ready in his pocket. "The fact that he has waivers like that ready on the go is very unsettling," Bridgette muttered to Geoff, who nodded in agreement.
While Vanessa signed the waiver, the next boat pulled up, not that anybody noticed. They didn't even notice the boy who pulled himself out of the water and curled up in a ball behind his luggage, inspecting a shiny instrument in a case.
Chris noticed that something was amiss. "Hey Vanessa, wasn't there supposed to be…"
"Nope," Vanessa interrupted.
"But then where's…"
"I have no idea what you are talking about."
"… Okay …"
The campers, curious about Vanessa's evasiveness and still not noticing the newest addition, carried on light conversations with the few of the new contestants.
James told Owen (simplified from the terms James actually used for the good of the reader) that his body mass index needed to be lowered to prevent heart disease and other illnesses. Owen nodded in agreement, not understanding a word the giant said.
Fran was talking to Bridgette, telling her how she could picture the surfer having a long, happy relationship with Harold. This caused the surfer to look unsettlingly at the nerd, and her boyfriend to give her a puzzled look.
Rocki, trying not to do anything wrong, stood completely still, only breathing when Katie told her to.
Vanessa tried talking to Lindsay about both of their choices in clothing. Anybody watching could see the new girl clenching her fist every time the blonde spoke.
"Look, it'th the next boat," Beth pointed out as the captain shoved the next contestant into the water.
"It's about time, what took it so long?" Duncan asked. Chris shrugged in reply.
LeShawna and Beth went to help the new girl out of the water. Her normally frizzy hair was dampened down on her back and her glasses fogged over. She looked around at the island, slightly confused.
"This isn't a Jonas Brothers concert," she stated.
Courtney gasped. "Chris, did you lie to get people to sign up, again!"
"Maybe," the host murmured, not making eye contact.
"What's your name, honey?" LeShawna asked the still confused girl.
"Miranda"
"Um, Miranda, not that I hate any form of anti-conformitism, but why do you only have one earring?" Gwen asked.
The fan-girl snapped out of confusion. Her hand jumped to the earringless ear. "Oh my Gosh, that was my 'Team Tony' earring! I have to find it." With that, she dove into the water.
"It's just an earring," DJ stated, "Nothing to get in a fuss about."
Miranda popped out of the water. "That is where you are wrong. It is not just an earring, it is a collector's item. I paid forty bucks for that thing and I'll be damned if I'm going to lose it." After that, she popped back in the water.
"Sounds to me like she already lost something," Heather joked, getting some chuckles from her competitors.
Miranda jumped out of the water again. "I found it!" she exclaimed, holding a small, circular object in her hands. She tried to walk to shore, but was dragged under water.
The contestants stared in horror. Bridgette tried to go help her, but Geoff held her back, telling her it was too late.
Suddenly, a boy jumped out of the water, holding a rainbow shoe in his hands. He wore designer jeans and a black vest that matched his hair, which was partially covered by a gray beanie.
"Haha, I got it," he cheerfully shouted.
"To bad it was my shoe," Miranda, who had emerged behind him. The frizzy-haired girl jumped on the boys back, fighting to get her shoe. He kept his arm stretched out as he fled to the beach. The two struggled for a little while longer, until they both collapsed to the ground. The boy let go of the shoe which Miranda quickly grabbed.
Chris went to go stand over the boy. "Tsk Tsk, Vince, you just lost to a girl."
"To be fair, she is a fan girl," Cody pointed out.
"True, very true," Chris mused as he walked away.
DJ went to go help the boy up. "So why were you fighting with her over a shoe, man?" The giant asked.
"It was designer and would go with this frikkin' sweet shirt I brought with me," Vince said enthusiastically. He noticed the look on several of the contestants' faces. "I'm straight by the way."
"Great, because we were all wondering," Duncan said jokingly.
While all the contestants laughed, another boat came and dropped off the next newbie. The girl that arrived was a brunette with medium length hair and conservative clothes.
"Elaine, sorry about the forcing you to swim," Chris said.
"Gosh, no you're not," Harold stated.
"True"
"It's alright," the girl said in a cheery voice. "I needed to get in some exercise anyway." She then introduced herself to every contestant, pointing out the many good qualities of each person. She then reached Heather.
"I'd be careful around her if I was you, white girl," LeShawna said.
"Yeah, she's like really mean," Lindsay added.
"Oh, I'm sure she's a beautiful person on the inside," Elaine mused.
"Um, you did watch the last few seasons, right?" Heather asked, not sure what to make of the girl.
"Of course I did," Elaine giggled, "And I just know that all you need is to have a friend." She then did something that surprised everybody watching, she hugged Heather.
The queen bee looked worried. She had no idea what to make of the display of affection. She looked to the other teens for help, but they all just smiled and waved.
Elaine opened her eyes to see a puzzling sight. "Now who is that?" She let go of Heather and walked over to the mysterious sight. "Hi there," she said.
The boy jumped at the sound. He was tall, Chef's height, and very skinny. He pushed up his wire-rimmed glasses. In his hands was a shiny saxophone.
"Harvard," Chris shouted, "when did you get here?"
"A-about three b-boats ago," the boy stuttered.
"How did we not notice?" Gwen asked.
"Beats me," Tyler replied, "maybe he arrived when Chef was yelling at Rocki."
"What's with those glasses? He looks dorkier than Doris over here." Duncan barked, jerking his thumb in Harold's direction.
"Hey," the lanky nerd protested.
"Duncan, that was really mean," LeShawna chastised, "can't you see that your scaring the guy?"
Elaine noticed that what the african-canadian said was true. "What's wrong Harvard?"
"I-I'm not g-good with at-tention."
"Well then, how about I get all of them to turn around and then you can tell me all about your saxophone. Does that sound nice?"
The boy frailly nodded. Elaine turned around and gave them a 'turn around' sign with her fingers.
They reluctantly turned, mostly because the next contestant was pulling himself onto the shore. He was incredibly short, wearing a striped hoodie and khaki pants.
"Lyle, good to see you could make it." Chris said.
"Awwwww, he's so cute." Katie, Sadie, and Izzy cooed.
"So cute in fact, "Izzy said as she hugged the boy, "I could eat him right up. In fact, could somebody pass me some salt and pepper?"
"No," Lyle screeched. "Somebody help! I don't want to be eaten, get me away from this girl!"
"Why is overreacting so much, eh?" Ezekiel asked. "It's not like she's actooally gooing to eat him"
"It is Izzy," Noah pointed out, "I wouldn't put it past her."
Lyle managed to get away from Izzy and went and cowered behind DJ.
"That's not a really safe place to hide," Tyler told the midget.
"Says you," Lyle retorted. "With his bulk, nobody can find me."
"Yeah, but if he gets scared he might curl up in a ball on top of you."
"Oh," Lyle pondered where to hide next, and then hid behind Tyler.
The next boat came; this one's contestant willingly dove into the water. Everybody waited for the person to make it to the shore.
The person made the mistake of swimming by Chef, who was working on constructing the dock. The chef dropped a plank of wood, which hit the person on the head, knocking them unconscious.
"Someone, go get Yael before a shark eats her," Chris said passively.
Bridgette ran to where the girl had been hit and dove. She emerged, carrying the unconscious girl bridal style onto the shore.
"God, that's hot," Geoff murmured, fanning himself.
The surfer set the girl down on the sand, using a rock as a pillow. She wore a black t-shirt with khaki shorts. The contestants that cared circled around the unconscious girl.
"What was her name?" Cody asked.
"I think Chip said Dartmouth," Lindsay suggested.
"Seriously?" LeShawna asked, "That wasn't even close. Try Yael, Honey,"
"Oh that is such a pretty name, Dartmouth should really think about changing hers to that."
LeShawna face palmed.
"Wha', what happened?" Yael asked as she was coming to.
"Chef dropped a piece of wood on your head and K.O'ed you," Lyle said.
"Wow, what a way to make a first impression," the girl said. She raised her hands to her face to wipe water out of her eyes, but noticed that something was missing. "Oh my God, where are my glasses."
Everybody looked around for the glasses. Rocki was the first to see them. "I see them ,they're floating in the water. Don't worry I'll go get them." She was halfway there when a shark appeared out of the water and swallowed the glasses.
"My mistake," Rocki said as she returned to the group, "it was a hermit crab."
"That can't be right," James said, "Pagurus armatus isn't indigenous to this area."
Before Yael could ask what really happened to her glasses, a loud shriek covered echoed across the island, the origins: Katie, Sadie, and Miranda.
The three girls were staring at the next contestant as he pulled himself out of the water. He had perfectly stylized hair, designer clothes, and a physique I could stare at for hours (description by Katie)
"Oh my God, it can't be," Katie gasped.
"But it is," Sadie finished.
"It's, It's…"
"TONY DELALUNA!" Miranda shouted. The three girls charged at the boy before he even had a chance to stand up. (1)
Tony saw his fans charging at him. "Ladies, good to see.."
"I love you Tony!" Sadie shrieked.
"Your work in The Time Before Dark was … Oscar-worthy" Katie swooned.
"I am your biggest fan!" Miranda bragged.
"I'm sure you are but if you would excuse …" Tony tried to say again.
"Quick, you two, hold him down while I get a lock of his hair," Miranda ordered.
"You can have his hair, we just want his shirt," Sadie said.
"You can have his shirt, I just want him shirtless," Katie growled. With that, the twins tackled the celebrity down to the ground. Tony tried to fight them off, but they proved to be much stronger than they looked. Fangirls tend to do that.
"Ladies, get off of him," Chris ordered. "Don't make me go get Chef."
Each of the girls reluctantly got off of him. Miranda gave Tony a 'call me sign' and walked off with the others.
"Hey, thanks Chris," Tony said.
"No problem, Dude, us mega-celebrities have got to stick together," Chris said, fist bumping the other male.
"Chris, why did you let one of the most famous, untalented people on the planet join the show?" Gwen asked, glaring at Tony.
"Because the producers thought that having a celebrity on the show would boost the ratings. You saw what those three did. Now multiply it by all of Canada!"
"That, and I think this would be a great time to expand my fan base." Tony added.
"Whatever, just know that this is one fan that you will never get," Gwen spat," You ruined vampires for this generation."
"You're entitled to your own opinion I suppose."
"It's not an opinion if it's right."
"Everyone, look, it's Anna!" Chris said, diffusing the situation before it could get any worse.
The new girl was glaring at Chris, her arms crossed across her chest. "Chris! You better have a spare change of clothes! My shirt is see through because you made me swim."
"Sorry, maybe you shouldn't have worn white," the host chuckled.
"Hey new girl," Duncan hollered, "put your hands where I can see them. Them and other things!"
Anna gasped. She stalked over to the delinquent, who was chuckling at his inappropriate joke. She raised her hand, the other still covering her chest, and slapped him clean across the face. She turned to Gwen, "Sorry."
"eh, he deserved it," the Goth told her. The two girls giggled at Duncan's writhing pain.
Fran placed her hand on Duncan's shoulder, "See? This is why you belong with somebody else, Gwen's better than Courtney, but I think you can do even better."
"You've already pissed Courtney off, do you really want to piss me off too?" Gwen asked as he soothed her beau's back.
"Wow, I just got here and people are already pissed, that can't be good" a voice coughed. It belonged to a dark-haired boy on the ground, a boy clad in what looked like basic gym clothes.
"Ethan there you are. I was wondering where you were," Chris said.
"I had to swim the whole way here," Ethan panted.
"Wow, that's weird, Vanessa had to do the same thing," Owen blubbered.
"That's because him and Vanessa had the same captain," Chris told them.
"Oh, wow, what a weird coincidence. Hey look the next boat." Vanessa said changing the subject.
"Thanks," Ethan mumbled, "a lot"
"Ladies and gentlemen, Haily," Chris introduced the girl as she walked on shore. She had light blonde hair and a bust size that rivaled Lindsay, and she was proud of it, too.
"Hey Chris," she said, "Wow, you really need to shave."
"You think," the narcissist said as he rubbed his chin.
"Uh huh" Haily smiled. She the walked over to stand by LeShawna. "You have a very pretty bra," she told the sister.
"What was that?" LeShawna asked incredulously.
"I said you have a pretty bra."
"And why are you looking at my chest?"
"Well can you blame me? I mean your boobs are just like WA-BAM!" As if to prove her point, she thrusted her chest forward.
"Oh, so that's how it's going to be. Bring it white girl," LeShawna struck a kung fu pose, one that she would reluctantly say that Harold taught her.
"Isn't this the same way she and Harold interacted when they first met?" Lyle asked. "I'm a little rusty on my first season facts."
"Yes it is," Noah answered, "and based on how both of them ended up, this could lead to some interesting developments later on in the season." In return for his statement, LeShawna hit the bookworm over the back of the head.
"Where's the bathroom?" Haily asked, crossing her legs "Because I really need to pee."
"Well that's just lovely to know," Vanessa said, taking a step away from the girl.
"You can't pee till everybody is here," Chris told her.
The next boat pulled up out in the water, and the contestant could be heard arguing with the captain. "There is no *censored* way I am *censored* jumping into that *censored* water! Don't you *censored* touch me with your *censored* hands. Whoa!"
The girl's swearing could be heard under the water, which is quite a feat considering it was scientifically impossible.
"Thoundth to me like thomebody needth to get her mouth wathed out with thoap," Beth chimed.
"Yeah, Cartoon Network censors are going to have a field day with her on this season," Cody stated.
"Yeah, Diana's audition was surprisingly G-rated," Chris pondered as Diana made it to the shore.
"You have got to be-"
"Shut it," Eva snapped, "or I'll pound you into dust." Diana, knowing not to get on Eva's bad side, did as she was told. Everybody gave Eva a surprised yet pleased look. "What? Even I was raised not to speak like that!"
"Power to you," Rocki said, raising her hand for a hi-five. Sadly, Eva ignored the sign of comradery, forcing Rocki to hi-five herself.
"There is nothing more disrespectful than a dissed hi-five," Cody said.
"True that, my brother," Harold agreed, knocking fists with the tech-geek.
The next boat pulled up, this one's contestant willingly dove into the water. Lyle sniffed the air, as if a foul smelling scent were lingering in the air. "Evil," he seethed.
Out of the water emerged a well dressed teenage boy. He had red hair, a little goatee, and glasses.
"Everyone, this is Jonathon," Chris introduced.
"Evil," Lyle repeated.
"Yo, why does the little dude keep sayin 'evil,'" Geoff asked, not particularly to anyone.
"Because, he is … evil," Lyle answered.
"What makes you say that?"
"We go to the same schoo-OW!" Lyle rubbed his neck in pain, where there was suddenly a big red welt.
Jonathon chuckled a chuckle that even Chris thought was maniacal, and that's saying something. In his hands, Jonathon held a fine leather whip. "Oh, that felt incredibly satisfying."
"Chris, you let him bring a whip?" Heather asked, flabbergasted.
"Well, yeah, I guess I did."
"Why?"
"Research shows that the more pain and distress you guys are in, the higher the ratings, and thus, a bigger paycheck for me," Chris chuckled. The host gave Jonathon a hand motion to put the whip away, which he did, but we're not telling you where.
"Lyle good to see you again," Jonathon said to the little munchkin.
"Evil," he seethed one more time.
The next boat held a surprise, this one was carrying two contestants.
"Chris, why are some of the boats carrying two people?" Owen asked as the two new contestants swam to shore.
"Well, we needed to cut back on some things in the budget, so we decided to save some cash and gas and have some people arrive on the same boat." Chris returned. "It's saving money and the environment!"
"Environmentalists everywhere worship the ground you walk on," Gwen remarked as the two new girls washed up on shore.
Both were blonde. One was relatively chubby with her hair in a ponytail and a plunging neckline. The other was skinnier with her air down between her shoulder blades. The odd thing about her was she was sobbing.
"Amanda, what did you do to Kayla?" Chris asked.
"Nothing, her boyfriend br…" Amanda, the chunky one, trailed off. "Sorry, I got distracted by the amount of product in your hair." A couple of the teens laughed.
"What about her boyfriend?" Katie asked, worried.
"He *sniff* he broke up *sniff* with me! *sob* IN A TEXT MESSAGE!" Kayla wailed. She then broke down into louder sobs. Many of the girls, feeling sorry for the heartbroken girl, rushed to her aid, telling her about how stupid her boyfriend was (which is odd, because they had never met the boy).
After ten minutes of trash talk, Chris was starting to get annoyed that the camera wasn't on him. "Eh hem," he grunted, "If you would mind, I would like to get some face time here."
"Why, so you can put more product in it, cuz you have enough in there to season a wok," Amanda joked. Most of the contestants laughed at this joke, even Eva cracked a smile.
"Do you think so?" Owen asked, excitedly. "Hey Chef, fire up the stove, we're having Chinese tonight!" (2)
"We'll have what I serve. Got that, Tubby?" The burly man growled.
"Got it"
"Now where is that next contestant?" Chris mused.
"I'm right here," said a boy from behind Chris. He had long brown hair, green pants, and an oddly designed capital L on his shirt.
"CJ, it's about time you got here."
"I've been here for a few minutes. You made me feel like Canada on Hetalia." (3)
"Um…what?"
"It's my way of saying you ignored me."
"Oh, sorry about that," Chris said, not looking the least bit sorry.
CJ rolled his eyes. He went to go stand with the other contestants, and made the mistake of standing next to Duncan. "Hey Harold," Duncan hollered at the nerd, "I found your soul mate."
"Shut up, Vidaldus from Fairy Tail," CJ snapped.
"Yeah you tell him, my fellow otaku," Harold said, hi-fiving the anime nerd.
"Our next contestant, Sabrina," Chris said, pointing to the girl as she crawled out of the water.
"Hi Chris," she wheezed. "I just want you to know, when we get married, our castle fountain will have tomatoe juice running through it, even though I'll be wearing a white dress, because I know it's your favorite."
"…Okay, how do you know this?" The host asked, taking a step away from the girl.
"Let's just say I paid really close attention last season, I need to know everything about my future hubby." Sabrina closed the gap.
Chris tried to widen the gap. "What about that boy you were stalking—I mean following—in your audition tape?"
"William? He was nice, but I've moved on to bigger and better things." The gap suddenly found itself closed, again.
"What a loss for him, hehe, Eva would you mind coming and grabbing her, please."
"Why, I'm actually enjoying this," the fitness buff growled.
"Chef?"
"No way, Pretty boy, that's your problem," Chef Hatchet barked.
"I'll give you a pay raise."
Chef glared at the host. He set down his nail and hammer on he partially completed dock and went to get the stalker away from the host. He picked the girl up and slung her over his shoulder. "Come on crazy girl."
"Chris, I'll be waiting," Sabrina cooed, giving her best (which really wasn't that great) seductive smile. Chris shuddered.
"Now that girl has one seriously *censored* up mind," Diana muttered.
"Looks like she could give Izzy and Sierra a run for their money," Sadie told Katie.
"Are we all here yet, I cuz I still need to pee," Haily whined.
"No Haily, we still need two more contestants to show up," Chris snapped, "one of which is pull—"
A blood-curdling scream cut off the handsome host. It came from the flailing figure in the distance.
"Bridgette," Chris said, never taking his eyes off the figure, "go save Phillip before he drowns."
The surfer rolled her eyes but dove into the water anyway. She made it to Phillip, who was wary of the surfer at first, but seeing his current predicament, latched on for dear life.
When the two reached the shore, Phillip was shaking uncontrollably, mumbling to himself. "Hydrophobia, Thermophobia, Anthropophobia, so many phobias, it's like I'm in a living nightmare. This is why I never went to camp! Oh my god!" (4)
"Phillip everybody!" Chris said cheerily.
"I think he's going catatonic," Anna noticed.
"Yeah, he'll get over it," Chris said, knocking the catatonic teen over. "Meanwhile, our last contestant is pulling in."
What Chris said was true, the final boat was pulling in, literally. The boat pulled up to the shore, let the next contestant off, and pulled out to the lake.
"Grace good to see—"
"You mean we could have pulled up to the beach the whole time?" Vanessa snapped.
"and my saxoph-phone d-didn't have to be d-damaged," Harvard tried to say sternly.
"*censored* *censored* *censored* *censored* *censored* *censored* *censored* *censored*" Diana shrieked.
"And I didn't have to have Duncan try to sneak a peak?" Anna sneered.
"I can't see," Yael said," but I'm assuming something happened that means we didn't have to swim!"
"And I have no idea what's going on," Grace spoke up, "But I love following the crowd so I'm pissed too."
Chris frightened by the mass of sopping wet youth marching forward on him, searched for a way out of the situation. "Haily, you can go pee now!"
"Oh thank the lord!" She said. The girl darted for the building, slamming the door behind her.
"That," Heather groaned, "was the cabin."
So, there you have it, the first chapter of what has got to be the biggest project I have ever started. I now have a new found respect of anybody that even attempts to write one of these stories. I plan to upload the next chapter soon, as well as the remaining profiles on my deviantart.
Thanks for reading!
1. Tony's last name is pronounced (day-la-loo-na) for all of you that were wondering.
2. A wok is a type of pot traditionally used in the cooking of Chinese food. Just in case you didn't know
3. I know nothing about anime, all anime references are coming from the friend that CJ is based on, so if none of them make sense, blame him!
4. Hydrophobia = fear of water, Thermophobia = fear of heat, Anthropophobia = fear of people
Up next, the first challenge of Total Drama Galore!