Disclaimer: I own nothing all credit goes to the creators of Total Drama. On the exception of the OC's I have. Thank you!

A/N: Thank you everyone for your love for the prologue. I didn't think I'd get so many reviews so fast :D

This chapter is going to be about Courtney and her life, this will help people get to know more of why she is the way she is. I did my best but I think it's pretty reasonable.

In case you need a recap of names here they are:

Larson - Courtney's father

Carol - Courtney's little sister (six years old)

Earl - Duncan's father

Janice - Duncan's mother

Please proceed with the chapter:

Courtney, holding Carol in her arms got off the bus Larson coming right behind her. The three traveled up two flights of stairs before returning to their small two bedroom apartment. Carol was set on the couch while Larson went to put Courtney's things to her room. Courtney turned on the television to keep Carol occupied while she started on making dinner. She was surprised how easily she fell into her normal routine. In a sense Courtney was glad that she didn't have to deal with the show anymore. She didn't have to suffer Chris' abuse any longer and she could get back to focusing on school and trying to make life better for her family.

Larson was once the president of a computer company, but the company lost a lot of money and things only went downhill from there. The luxurious life Courtney was used to was gone. She couldn't go to the best school anymore, she had to attend a public school. People there treated her differently. Courtney was raised to speak her mind and not take any crap from anyone, apparently speaking your mind turns people off.

But that didn't matter. She pushed herself as a straight A student, she became student body president, joined the debate team, elected to be valedictorian and joined the school chorus. She was an achiever and she loved working hard for the good things in life. She did it to make her parents proud.

"Courtney?" Carol said from the couch holding her doll in her arms. "When are we going back home?" she asked. Courtney bit her lip wondering how she planned on explaining that they wouldn't return to their home.

"Carol? How does meatloaf sound?" Courtney asked smiling to her baby sister. Larson stepped downstairs taking the tray of food from his daughter.

"Courtney, you've had a long flight. Why don't you rest?" he asked kissing her head.

"I can't do without my hands doing something dad. Besides you can't cook." she said chuckling. Larson huffed but returned the tray back to Courtney. "You go sit on the couch while I scrap up some dinner."

"Are you sure you're okay Courtney?" Larson asked concerned for her daughter. She was much more fragile than she let on but if she didn't say anything he couldn't do much to help her. Courtney liked to suffer alone and he wished there was a way to remedy that.

"Of course I'm fine daddy. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Finally I'm away from that asinine show and that brain-dead Neanderthal." she said turning her back to him and started cooking. "Now shoo! I need all the space of the kitchen." she said.

Larson, without a choice returned to the living room to play with his youngest.

Courtney cut into some garlic and onions she thought back to Duncan. She couldn't be angry anymore, now she was just sad. She hated to admit it, but she missed him. He may have been a rule breaker, an idiot, and loved annoying her but he was sweet, and good to her. She could only blame herself however, she should have known that it wouldn't have ended well.

When they dated Duncan treated her like a princess. Although he allowed her to appear the dominant in the relationship behind closed doors she swooned for him. When he won season 2 he bought her nice things. He loved giving her gifts and because of her situation Courtney pawned every single one of them. Duncan didn't know about her family's financial situation. He figured she still lived in the same house she lived in since season 1 and that's how Courtney wanted to keep it.

"Courtney the potatoes!" Carol jumped pulling on Courtney's green leggings. Courtney gasped turning the stove off managing to salvage the mashed potatoes before they burnt.

After dinner Courtney took Carol down the hallway to the small bathroom and filled the tub with water. The hot water ran out quickly and she eased her sister inside along with herself. Washing Carol's hair she thought about how she was going to find another job to cover their expenses until Larson found himself a job.

He was fired again a few days ago. Larson did well managing other people and running a company but manual labor and working for others was difficult for him. Especially since he spoke his mind often. Courtney got her attitude from her father apparently.

She was done bathing Carol and after the bath she put her baby sister to sleep in their bedroom. They shared a bed together which was difficult at times since Carol had a habit of clinging to her or taking the blanket for herself. Carol went to sleep without any fuss and Courtney tucked her in smiling warmly.

Going through her luggage she unpacked her things and her heart felt a jab of pain when she saw the hand carved skull Duncan gave to her first season. She never kept it from her possession. The wooden skull held dear and happy memories but it was all over now. It was only the second keepsake she held in her possession. The other was Duncan's black skull t-shirt he had given her to wear. She wore it to sleep often and hid it away with the skull when she woke. She couldn't help it, it smelled of him. Even when she washed it she could still smell the faint scent of Duncan on it and it drove her to tears how much she missed him.

Wiping away the tears she climbed into bed and closed her eyes dreaming sweet dreams of the happiest days of her life, the days when she was in Duncan's arms.

I think that I'm going to make chapters short, sorry that they are short. There are demands I must meet and I'm breaking chapters by transitions which come often between Duncan and Courtney. However thank you to everyone for reviewing and making this story a favorite. I'm truly grateful :D

On a second note, I've given a little view on Courtney's financial state, I felt that money issues was probably the drive she had for winning the shows. And when she couldn't win she got angry because well, her family was on the line. Of course Courtney's pride wouldn't allow her to play victim, she didn't let anyone know about it not even Duncan so of course Duncan just thought she was playing bitch like everyone else did.

Makes sense yes? :D

QUESTION OF THE CHAPTA:

Who is your favorite character on Total Drama and why?