Thank you for your patents with this chapter, it took me WAY too long to write it, and I take full blame. But for now enjoy the new chapter!
I don't own TD.
Chapter 9: Circus 101
"Holy s-shit, it's cold." Matt said shivering. Vince patted him on the back.
"It isn't that bad." He said. "I've seen worst winters."
"What? You're in a sweater and a windbreaker!" Matt protested.
"Yeah, mittens and a hat too." Vince said motioning to his white wool accessories. "Plus I'm from Alberta, where you from?"
"F-Florida." Vince laughed.
"If you're that used to warn weather you should have brought more than a jacket, Matt." Vince patted his back again and walked off.
"What do you think we'll be doing here?" Rose asked. She was in dark grey pants, a purple and black plaid jacket, a purple hat, and purple boots.
"I don't know but isn't snow awesome!" Baxter said rolling around in the snow.
"What are you doing?" Shika asked her. "You're not even in snow gear, get up!" Shika wore a white fleece jacket, white snow pants, and white boots.
"But its snow!" Baxter said. She started to dig a hole in the snow and sat in it. "I'm going to make a fort." She decided.
Shika sighed and Rose laughed lightly.
"How are you not cold?" Tristen asked. He was in a white, puffy snowboarding jacket, a black beanie, and fingerless gloves. "Its -5 out here."
"I'm pretty warm, bro." Ian smirked. Ian had on a red DC hoodie, grey sweatpants, red Jordan's, and black fingerless gloves.
"How?" Tristen asked exasperated. "I'm still cold." Ian smiled.
"Maybe I can warm you up." He said. Both of them blushed beet red.
- Confession Cam -
Ian: *Still red* He-he was cold, man! W-what do you expect me to do, bro...? Don't answer that. *Static*
Tristen: *Biting lip and blushing* He couldn't… could he? *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"S-sure." Tristen said. "If you want to!" He said as an afterthought. Ian smiled nervously and pulled Tristen under his arm. Tristen only blushed some more, though he smiled a little.
"They're so cute!" Kerri said to Rose, running over to her with Mari and Deborah trailing behind her. She had on a black hoodie with fur on the ends of the hood and sleeves, a pair of skinny jeans, and knee high boots.
"Who?" Rosie asked.
"Them." Kerri whispered pointing to Ian and Tristen. Rose smiled.
"I do have to agree." Deborah said. She walked up to them in a jade trench coat, thin black leather gloves, long pants, a green and yellow plaid scarf tucked into the front of her jacket, sleek black earmuffs, and small black boots.
"I just hope Ian or Tristen makes a move." Rose muttered.
"What do you mean?" Mari asked. She wore a white jacket, a white toque, black leggings, and a pair of boots.
Rose looked taken back. "Nothing." Rose said quickly.
Deborah was about to say something when Dove walked out of the plane with Gavin. Dove was in a tan parka with fur around the edges, a brown scarf around her neck, mittens, a furry wolf hat, and moccasin boots. "Hello everyone, you all remember Gavin." Gavin waved at them. He was in an oversized, puffy, purple coat with fur on the cuffs and hood, black, slim jeans, Timberland boots, black gloves, a black and purple stripped scarf, and a purple beanie over some earmuffs. Dove opened her mouth again to speak, but was cut off by Kaitlin.
"What's our challenge and why is he here?" She said. Kaitlin was in her regular clothes, shivering her butt off.
"If you would let me speak-" Dove started.
"Get on with it then!" Kaitlin sapped.
"Do you need a time out? Trust me; I'll give you one, a permanent one!" Dove sneered. Kaitlin clenched her jaw.
"Whoa, girls," Gavin said, stepping in between the two. "Let's just chill. Heh. Chill." Dove shook her head with a small smile.
"Anyways," Dove said. "If there are no further interruptions-" She glared at Kaitlin. "We'll get started. Okay, so since Chris is meeting us in our original destination, I got Gavin here to help out today. So today we're going on a hike the first portion of the day, and then since I have some connections here, I got us some special seats in a circus."
"So… there's no real challenge today?" Kevin asked sceptically. He had an orange parka on. Dove just shrugged.
"Sweet! No challenge!" Even high-fived Vince who was next to him. He wore a white coat, blue jeans, and black shoes.
"I don't believe it." Samuel said. "We've had our free time. We should have a challenge now." He wore a fake leather jacket, black pants, and black boots.
"Always the smart one, Samuel." Dove commented.
"So… there is a challenge?" Even groaned.
"Hey, you signed up for this. Follow me!" Dove turned and started walking down the hill but stopped. "Wait!" She yelled and turned around. "Where's Hanzo?" Everyone looked around, but they didn't see him.
"This isn't good." Dove mumbled. She felt a tap on her should and turned around, Hanzo's face was there which made Dove jumped.
"Ah! Hanzo! Don't do that!" He had swapped his black ninja attire for a full white one.
"I am sorry." He said.
Dove waved it off. "It's fine. J-just stay with someone while we walk. Don't feel like getting a law suit because we lost someone's kid." They resumed walking.
"How do you do it? Go invisible?" Jun asked Hanzo. Hanzo just kept walking, not saying a word. "Fine." Jun said walking over to Deborah. Hanzo looked over to her in mild confusion.
- Confession Cam -
Hanzo: *Blink* *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"Keep up!" Dove yelled. "And try not to trip." And that is when Matt fell face forwards into the snow. Dove muttered something and kept walking.
Vince grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him up. "C'mon man."
"I'm okay." Matt muttered.
- Scene Change -
"Hello." Jun said. She wore black pants, jacket, and boots.
"Hello, Jun." Mika greeted. Mika looked over at her. She wore a black jacket and tights over her normal clothes. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Jun said bluntly. She marched up ahead in silence.
- Confession Cam -
Mika: What happened to her? *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"Jun," Mika jogged to catch up with the fast paced girl.
"Yes?"
"What happened? You weren't like this a minute ago." Mika stated.
Jun shrugged. "I don't like the cold." Jun replied flippantly. Mika gave an analyzing look.
"Alright." Mika dropped it.
- Confession Cam -
Mika: *Crossed arms* I'm going to find out what's wrong. *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"Yo." Ivy said to the two girls, popping up behind them. Ivy had a black parka with fake fur on the edges, black snow pants, and brown fluffy boots.
"Hello." Jun said blankly. The other girls looked at her in confusion.
Ivy turned to her opponent and made signals motioning to Jun. Mika just shrugged. Ivy did the same and walked backwards.
"Well - ah - see ya later." She said slowly.
"Goodbye." Jun said. Ivy made a face and moved back to walk with Matt and Vince.
"Hey, how are my opponents today?" She asked the boys.
"Fine, thank you." Vince said.
"A-alright, I guess." Matt stuttered. Ivy smirked.
"Sure about that, bro?" She said.
"Yeah." Matt said stronger.
- Scene Change -
"You're not mad still right?" Mika asked jogging over to a disgruntled Whitney.
Whitney narrowed her eyes slightly at the girl. She had on a black jacket with a hoodie underneath, red gloves, and black hiking boots. "No," She said sarcastically. "Not at all." Mikayla rolled her eyes and smiled.
"You can't stay mad at us for long. You know that!" Whitney smirked and rolled her eyes.
"Sure, sure, whatever." Mika nudged her repeatedly.
"See! See! You're smiling!" She jumped up and down in joy. Whitney tried to suppress a smile, but failed miserably at it.
- Scene Change -
"So, how much longer do we have to keep walking?" Even panted and they walked up a steep hill.
"Not that much longer." Dove called back. "We just have about a kilometer to go or so."
"A kilometer?" Josh asked. He wore a black hoodie and a dark blue jacket with red mittens. (FINISHED!)
"Yeah, not that much longer." Dove said. "Though with those slow pokes we may never get up the hill." She jabbed her thumb back at Rose who was having troubles getting up the steep hill.
"Hurry up already!" Kevin yelled back at the fumbling girl. Vince looked back at him.
"Hey, cut her some slack." And he jogged down to where she was.
"Hey," Vince said to her. She looked up at him through her fogged up glasses.
"Hi." She said.
"Need help?" He held out a hand for her. Rosie blushed like a pink rose.
"Thanks," She muttered taking Vincent's hand. He tugged her up with a little too much strength. She tumbled down onto him, making it so he fell as well. Vince grunted as his back hit the ground.
Rose's blush intensified when she saw her position on top of his chest.
"Umm," She said. He opened his eyes just too see her face inches from his.
"Ah, hi." Vince blushed.
"Come on, Love Birds!" Baxter yelled from the top of the hill. "Get up! You can smooch later!" She made kissy noises making them blush even more and scramble up to their feet.
"We-I-um-" They said at the same time.
"Just get up here!" Dove yelled. "I can see the location!" Vince helped Rose run up the hill with the least amount of falling.
"Took you long enough." Even muttered to Vince once they got to the top.
"Sorry, I was helping her." He defended. Even smirked at him and said nothing more.
"Alright! Gather around!" Dove yelled. They all looked over to her. "Now that I have your attention let me show you the next challenge!" She motioned over the hill for them to look.
"Whoa..." Matt breathed.
"Welcome to Circo Della Notte!"
"LIGHTS!" Baxter yelled looking at the large tents at the bottom of the hill. She grabbed Shika's hand and dragged him down the hill with her.
"Hey! Let go, you trobleso-whoa!" Pineapple Head said as he toppled over and fell down the hill.
- Confession Cam -
Shika: *Spits out a bunch of snow* that troublesome girl. *Static*
- Confession Cam -
- Scene Change -
"Welcome friends!" A Russian girl in front of the main tent greeted them. She was in a ring-masters uniform. "I hope you had a good trip, yes?"
"You could say that." Samuel muttered.
"Good!" The Russian girl clapped her hands. "Follow me!" She tunes and walked into the large tent. The contestants shrugged and followed her in.
The lights were out when they came in. "Oof!" Ivy grunted. "Who put this log here?"
"That wasn't a log." A voice grunted. Ivy blotted up.
"Whoa, bro! Sorry!" She yelped.
"It's fine." The person got up and made rustling noises.
"Anyways," The voice said. "Lights! *Clap* *clap*" A spot light beamed on the middle of the tent, showing a young man next to a tiger. He opened the mouth and slipped his head in and let the tiger gently bite down. Some of the contestants gasped. The tiger growled and bit down a little harder. The man tutted at the tiger and the tiger let up. The man lifted his head out of the mouth of the tiger and bowed towards the contestants who clapped in return.
"Dom ogney , pozhaluysta!" He called up to the rafters. All of the lights in the tent came on and he walked over to them, closing curtains to cover the rest of the area behind him. "Welcome to my circus! I am Valentin Zeif, and I am the ring master here at Circo Della Notte, or in your language, The Night Circus. This is my sister, Zela." He motioned to the young girl.
"Today we will be testing your strengths and mind." Valentin continued. "We have set up some special events for you to complete. Any questions?" Hands shot up. "Okay, how many of you have worthwhile questions." More than half the hands went down. Valentin laughed. "Yes, you." He pointed to Kaitlin.
"Can we just start this already, please?" She asked nicely. Deborah glanced at her sceptically.
- Confession Cam -
Deborah: Where did this Kaitlin come from? *Static*
Kaitlin: *Smirking* I'll have them like putty in my hands *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"Yes, we must be starting." Dove cut in. "We do have a time limit."
"Of course. Follow me!" Valentin turned and walked through the curtains once more. The teens followed.
"What do you think we'll be doing?" Tristen asked.
"Not sure, man. But I think it'll be hella fun!" Ian told the shorter male. Tristen raised an eyebrow at him but said nothing. "What? Why ya looking at me like that?" Tristen chuckled. Ian grinned a little.
- Confession Cam -
Ian: I'm not really sure what the fucks happenin, but hey? I'm not doin so bad. *Smirks then face goes blank* T-that's not what I-I meant, bro. You know I don't roll that way. Heh. *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"Whoa..." Baxter breathed out once more. Shika heard this and backed away from her. "It's a tight rope! And a diving board! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She tried to run up to the latter but was caught by the waist by two sets of arms.
"PUT ME DOWN! IWANTTOGOUPTHELATTERANDGOACROSSTHETHINGYTHENGOTOTH EDIVINGBOARDTHENJUMPOFFOFTHEBOARDTHENGOWHEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Baxter yelled.
"Ah, no." Two twins said. The twins set her down and moved away from the upset girl.
"Everyone over here!" Valentin called them over to the latter. "This is where you shall start. You will climb the latter and go up to the top with a partner. There, as you can see, are two ropes across from each other. You will be supporting each other while you move across the rope until you reach the next part. If you fall, don't worry, there is a net. All though, the rope is thirty feet up into the air, and the net is twenty feet below it, so be careful. Lillianah, would you like to continue?" Valentin asked Dove. She glared back at him.
"Lillianah?" Even snickered. Lillianah turned her glare onto him, he shut up.
"For the next part of your challenge you will be diving from fifty feet up in the air into a pool that has a suitable depth. You must make it through this whole course to get a single point for your team. That means both of you have to make it threw to get one point. Understood? Yes? Good." She looked over the group. "Now, who wants to go first?"
"We'll do it!" Baxter grabbed Shika's hand and tugged him up to the front.
"What?" Shika asked waking up. "Oh, fuck no!"
"Perfect!" Dove clapped. "Up you get!" Valentin helped them start up the latter.
"C'mon!" Baxter yelled down to Shika. She was already at the top.
"I think I'll take my time." He hissed underneath his breath.
- Confession Cam -
Shika: That little troblesome*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!* girl. *Static*
Baxter: *Jumping up and down* this is so fuuUUUUuuuUUuUuUuUuuUuUn! *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"Alright, I'm up here." Shika grumbled.
"Cool! C'mon, grab my hands." Baxter held up her hands and stood on her side of the platform. Shika twisted up his face but took a hold of her hands. They slowly stepped upon the ropes.
"Whoa." Shika said falling slightly forwards. Baxter pushed back on him.
"Hey! No pushing! TEAMWORK, PINEAPPLE! TEAMWORK!" Shika rolled his eyes.
"Whatever." They inched across the rope until they were on the other side.
"Okay," Shika said. "That's over. What's next again?" He leaned against a pole, his chest heaving.
"We dive now!" Baxter took a hold of his hand once more and pulled him up a few more flights of stairs. "And this is where we jump!"
"Okay!" Valentin yelled up from the ground. "Now you just have to jump into the White Russian!"
"Excuse me?" Shika asked taken back.
"It's a drink!" Dove yelled. "But it's alcoholic, so don't open your eyes!"
"Are you kidding me?" Shika muttered under his breath.
"Nope!" Baxter yelled. "Let's go!" She jumped off the platform pulling him off as well.
Shika yelled in surprise at the fast approaching pool of vodka and coffee. (It said there was some sort of coffee liquid in it, I skimmed.) He belly flopped as he hit the liquor.
"Ahhhh-gggggggh." He groaned as he sunk into it. Baxter jumped up out of the liquid and did a dance.
"That was sooooooooooo COOL!" She sniffed her arm. "And I smell like vodka!"
Dove laughed as they got Shika out of the pool. "And who will be the next two?" She asked.
"Come on! It'll be fun!" Kerri tried to persuade Deborah. But she wasn't having it.
"Not right now, in a few more goes." She told her pouting friend.
"What?" Kevin called over to her, his voice teasing. "Can't take heights?" Deborah lifted her nose in the air and crossed her arms.
"Of course I can!"
"Then go up there!"
"Maybe I will!"
"Then go!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Grea-!"
"As much as I love seeing this, please just get your asses up there." Samuel cut them off.
"Fine!" Deborah and Kevin snapped.
"GO!" The rest of them yelled back.
Deborah glared one last time at Kevin and followed Kerri up. When they were at the top they began making their way across the rope.
"So you hate him right?" Kerri asked Deborah.
"Yes, what type of question is that?" Deborah snapped. Kerri shrugged. "Watch your feet."
"I don't know, I was just clarifying." Kerri told her friend.
"Well I-AH!" Deborah screamed as they lost their footing and fell into the net below.
"Aww, that's too bad girls," Dove told them lowering the net. "But, alas, no point!" Deborah scowled at the host and marched off to the bleachers where a wet Shika and Baxter sat. Kerri followed her fuming friend.
"Next!" Josh and Kaitlin went up next. They made it across the rope fine but almost missed the pool. Almost.
"AH! My eyes!" Josh yelled as he stepped out of the pool. Dove handed him a hot towel to press to his eyes.
"Just hold that there, it'll help." Dove told him. "And so far you are tied with one, next pair!" Ivy pulled Ian up with her.
"So..." She drawled as they made their way across the rope.
"Sooo... what?" Ian said back.
"Do you like him, Tristen I mean?" Ivy cut to the chase.
"W-what?" Ian sputtered almost falling backwards. Ivy leaned back a bit to steady them.
"Watch it will you?" She told him. "And ya heard me, man." Ian's face went red.
"Well-I-um-we-um-I-" They hit the side of the platform and fell onto the wood. "-Let's go!" Ian said running up the stairs.
Ivy narrowed her eyes at him but ran up too. They jumped into the pool and made it.
"Whoa," Ian said stepping out of the pool. "That stuffs strong." He coughed.
"Yup, now get your butt over there." Dove pointed towards the benches. "Next!" She shrieked.
"What the hell?" Even covered his ears.
"I'm Fowl. Now UP!" Whitney grabbed Kevin's hand and yanked him up out of fear for what the host might do.
"Did you have to do that?" He hissed at her. "I was having a very nice conversation."
"I'm sorry if I panicked." She snapped back.
"Sorry doesn't cut it sweetheart." Kevin lashed. Climbing up onto the platform.
"Come on." Whitney said stepping onto the rope watching as Kevin did the same.
"Couldn't you have picked someone else?" Kevin snapped at her.
"Can you just shut up for once?" She asked him.
"Can't you? I wouldn't mind never hearing your voice again." He hissed. Whitney was getting fed up with him.
- Confession Cam -
Whitney: This kid is getting annoying. *Static*
- Confession Cam -
"And you know what-" Whitney cut Kevin off.
"That's it." Whiney said pushing forwards so Kevin would fall off. The fault to her plan was that Kevin brought her down with him.
"Oww," She groaned as she fell on top of him.
"Please," Kevin coughed from beneath her. "You're not the one with a girl falling on you."
"Oooh, sore spot got hit, Whitney?" Dove teased as the two got off. "But sadly, нет смысла."
"What?" The contestants asked her.
"No point." Valentin translated for them.
"Oooh..."
"Next two?" No one stepped up. "So I have to pick now? Fine. Mari and Even you're up!"
Even didn't get across the rope without trying to flirt with Mari and Mari didn't make it across it either.
"Vince and Matt!"
"Crap." Matt muttered. Vince patted his back.
"C'mon, dude." They made it across the rope but Vince had a hard time getting Matt to jump into the pool.
"I thought you were scared of planes!" Vince exclaimed.
"It's high up though!"
"Suck it up and go!" Vince yelled. LOUD.
"Oh sh-" Matt kind of fell off the platform into the pool.
"Well, that worked." Vince mumbled to himself and jumped into the vodka.
"Good job, boys!" Valentin congratulated them. "Your teams are once more tied for two!"
"Pick the next two for the S.A.'s, I need water."
"Ah. You," Valentin pointed to Hanzo. "And you." He then pointed to Tristen.
Tristen made an internal noise. Hanzo walked up next to him and motioned to the latter. "Oh, yeah." Tristen muttered. They made their way up the rope where Hanzo let Tristen take his time (He's a ninja, he could get across that thing one second tops). Not much talking happen, only Hanzo's encouraging nods to Tristen whenever he'd slip a little.
"Now here comes the fun part." Tristen said as they stepped up to the edge of the diving board. "Ready?" He asked Hanzo who nodded. "Alright. Jeromino!" (Let's pretend I spelt that right!)Tristen yelled as he and Hanzo jumped. They landed in the pool.
"Good job, boys!" Dove said coming back. "Now Rose and Samuel, go!" They made their way up, moving across the rope slowly.
"Scary, right?" Rose said softly to Samuel as they reached the end.
"Mmm." Sam acknowledged. They made their way off and onto the diving platform.
"On three?" Samuel asked looking over the edge. Rosie nodded.
"One..." Rose said.
"Two..." Samuel said. Rose grabbed his hand and they prepared to jump.
"Three!" They jumped. Sam's arm hit the edge of the pool and there was a crack.
"AH! My arm!" He yelled. Dove and Valentin rushed over and got him out. They looked at him arm, it wasn't bent. But when they touched it Samuel cried out in pain.
"It may be fractured." Dove told him. "I'll take him, you take over Valentin." He nodded and Dove ushered Sam out of the room.
"Now," He clapped. "We just have you two left, yes? Well, up!" Mika scrambled to the latter as did Jun. They were almost half way across the rope and had a pretty good chance of winning when something started to snap. And no, not the jazzy snap, no, no, the bad snap of a rope. They fell with a scream.
"Hmm, I knew we needed something new." Valentin muttered to himself. "Any who! Tiebreaker time! We must get Estrella out once more! Out! Out!" He yelled at Jun and Mika who were still in the net, tangled.
"Hurrying!" Mika yelled back. They finally got out when Valentin came back with the tiger.
"This is Estrella. He is an Indian tiger I picked up, very nice looking. You have to pick someone to stick your head into his mouth."
"Crazy guy say what?" Kaitlin said.
"I agree." Even said.
"Pick someone already!"
"I'll do it!" Baxter stepped up,
"Are you crazy?" Shika hissed at her. She stuck her tongue out at him and stepped up.
"No, no, not you." Valentin objected.
"Awwwe, why not?" Baxter whined.
"I changed my mind, I will pick." He pointed to Whiney and Deborah. "You two, both annoying, come over her." The two slowly walked up to the ring master and the large tiger sitting on a stool.
"Open." He commanded. The tiger complied opening his large jaw. Whitney and Deborah paled.
"Come forwards." He walked towards them when they didn't move and pulled them until they were in front of Estrella. "Now, get your head as close as you can." The tow stunned girls started to lean in slowly. Estrella started to growl. Whiney flinched away a little, but kept going. The growling got louder and the girls tried not to move away. Estrella didn't like them apparently and bit at their heads. Whiney screamed and fell back. Deborah was frozen in place.
"Yelling girl's team wins!" Valentin called out. The Untouchables cheered for Deborah, who in return was still frozen in place.
- Confession Cam -
Ivy: Well, that sucks, man *huffs* *Static*
Shika: I did that for nothing? *Static*
Whitney: *Rocking
back and forth* Tiger… good tiger… *Static*
- Confession Cam -
- Shows Dove outside the Tent -
"Seems like someone may have a new fear. Join us next time for our bonfire ceremony on, Total. Drama. Return to Wawanakwa!"
This took way too long for me to finish. Sometimes I wish there wasn't such thing as school and friends and work and all of that stuff. But yes, I hope you liked it, it was pretty fun to write, and I'm trying to find more spots for Deborah Dove fights. And my Word is fixed so I will be able to write more frequently for this story.
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Ian, Tristen, Kevin, Hanzo, Shika, Jun, Ivy, Mika, Whitney, and Baxter.
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