A/N: Wow where tf have I been right? To anyone at all invested in this story sorry for the delay! I know it's been a few months but I really liked this story and (with some inspiration from FizzyStarburst) I decided to try to progress it! If this chapter feels like it's a little off, I apologize! I began writing it months ago, sort of let it just sit there and then finished it today. I would also like to ask anybody who submitted an OC to let me know if you're still reading, whether that's by review or PM, just let me know! This is just so I know who to reach out to when it comes time to start voting people off! (Because like I mentioned previously I'd like you to vote for your OC to keep things more fair!) Anyways, sorry again for the delay and if I still have a few people reading I will do my best to update more frequently!
All of the campers were gathered around the campfire pit, some looking at it enthusiastically with wide eyes, as they had seen it on the show many times, others looking at it with distaste as they can remember the specific time they didn't get their marshmallow (whether or not it was deserved.) Calling all of the contestants out of their thoughts, Chris clapped his hands loudly directing all attention to himself.
"Alrighty, my camper dudes! It is time to assign teams! For those of you who don't know how this works I will now be dividing you up into teams, starting wiiiith," Chris paused for dramatic effect, "the Screaming Bass!"
Rolling her eyes, Heather interjected, "Are you really just using the same names from ten years ago? But slightly switching them around?"
"You bet your bottom dollar we are! So if I could continue without any more interruptions that'd be great!" Chris exclaimed, eyes narrowing just slightly towards Heather. "When I call your name, stand up, and walk over to the left side, where you and all your teammates will join forces. Starting with the newbies! Griff! Shelby! Frankie! Auden! Lucas! Aaaaand our lovely twins, Tia and Mia!"
The seven campers all stood up to move to where Chris has directed them. Once they were all gathered together, Griff went ahead an introduced himself again. "Hey! So uh, I'm Griff."
"Congratulations?" Lucas murmured to himself while Griff managed not to hear and continued.
"I guess we're a team, so that's pretty cool! It's gonna be rad getting to know everyone." He concluded with a nod.
"We're certainly...an interesting group so far." Shelby nodded and smiled politely, trying to not stir the pot, but not trying to pretend that she was overtly excited about it all.
"Let's not all sit here and agree to be friends though, alright? Never works out that way." Frankie surprised everyone by speaking up.
"Oh, he speaks." Auden's eyebrows raised, slightly but genuinely surprised.
"I'd agree with him, though. He's got the right mindset." Lucas piped up, but Auden was already preocupied with something else.
"So like," she was turned talking Mia and Tia, her arms crossed over her chest, "How often do you guys get asked for threesomes?"
Mia giggled at this, though Auden couldn't tell if it was just to be polite or not, and Tia opened her mouth, seemingly with an actual answer but was cut off by Chris.
"Ahem! This is not 'The View', and I am not Whoopi. It is Total Drama and I'm Chris and I need all eyes on me if you wanna hear the rest of your team!" He spoke loudly, but regained the crowds attention. "Our returning campers joining the Screaming Bass will be," the host once again paused for dramatic effect, "DJ! Bridgette! Duncan! Izzy! Cody! Aaaaand Eva!"
"Nice!" DJ called out, highfiving first Bridgette, and then Duncan, as they, along with their teammates made their way over to the newbies.
"I can't believe I'm stuck with you lot again," Eva grumbled, clearly already aggravated with her teammates.
"Hey, could be worse. We could have Ezekiel again," Bridgette spoke, cringing at the thought, but spoke low enough that only her fellow teammates could hear her.
"Wow, I was a Gopher for so long...I'm excited to have my new Bass family!" Cody exclaimed loudly.
"Yo, mini man, you're at a ten, and I need you at like...a six." Auden called out.
"Hey, take 'er easy, gorgeous. I'm here now, you can relax." Duncan spoke far too loudly, gaining the attention of everyone in the general vacinity as he made his way over, nudging Auden playfully as the other team (who hadn't actually been put into their team yet) all looked up at the scene.
"And I'm also here now," Auden paused before turning to hover her lips next to his ear, "SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL." She shouted painfully loudly into his ear.
Courtney, who of course had seen the whole thing unwind rolled her eyes dramatically before raising her hand high in the air. "Excuse me! Chris? Are we going to continue with this foolishness or can we please have the next team assigned?"
"Alright, alright, calm down. Moving on!" Chris once more clapped his hands together loudly returning the attention to himself. "On the Killer Gophers! Our newbies arrrrrre, Michael! Piper! Daniel! Madison! Steve! Aaaaand Robin!"
The six, newly-dubbed Killer Gophers all moved to the right side of the host, looking each other up and down carefully, before Madison began to speak. "I, for one, would just like to say I greatly look forward to being on a team with you all." She smiled sweetly.
"Heck yeah! It's gonna be great! It's gonna be like one big sleepover every night! Heck yeah!" Michael pumped a fist in the air, clearly overly-excited to be here.
"Did you really need to say 'heck yeah' twice?" Piper rolled her eyes, not trying to disguise her annoyance.
"Heck yeah!" Michael responded to her, a large smile on his face, not quite picking up on her annoyance.
"Leave, the kid alone. He's just excited to be here. Is that such a crime?" Robin spoke up, defending her new teammate.
"I'd have to agree. It's not worth stirring the pot just yet. If we want to succeed, for now, we're going to have to do it as a team, right?" Daniel spoke, a charming smile on his lips.
"Agreed." Madison nodded, a somewhat serious look on her face.
"Sure." Steve shrugged, not thinking much of any of it, as all of his teammates took a step away from him.
"MOVING. ON." Chris screamed over the contestants, struggling to keep the focus on himself. "This leaves you all as the returning campers on the Killer Gophers! Katie! Geoff! Courtney! Justin! Heather! And Ezekiel!"
The returning campers couldn't help but groan as Ezekiel's name was called with theirs, as they all slumped their way over to their new teammates.
"Nice to be here with you all!" Courtney spoke, clearly trying to make a good first impression.
"Yo, I'm just excited to be back with two of the ole' bass." Geoff chuckled, moving in to stand between Courtney and Katie, looking at them with somewhat of a smile on his face.
"And I'm excited to see my dock friend! Madison! Hi!" Katie called out ecstatically, waving her hand frantically.
"Do you two...know each other?" Heather sneered looking them both over, her eyes furrowed together.
"We just met! But we're already becoming super fast friends! Right?" Katie smiled wide, looking over to Madison with wide, hopeful eyes.
"Oh, uh, we sure are!" Madison smiled back, her smile only faltering for a second before she managed to pull it back together.
"Alright! Enough of the chit chat! You will all have time to meet and catch up as we move on to the cabins. Which we will be doing right now!" Chris spoke, flashing his typical host smile to the cameras. "Follow me, campers!"
The campers, all still relatively unsure of what to expect fully walked, looking around at their new teammates awkwardly, already trying to make up their mind on who they could align with and who to stay far away from.
Arriving at the old, rickety cabins the contestants all took a long look at them, most of them not speaking. Whether it was their first time seeing these cabins in real life, or giving them severe flashbacks to when they were here many moons ago, majority of the campers were left speechless.
"This. Is. Awesome!" Michael grinned widely, looking around. "Right guys?!" He turned to his teammates, met only with a pity smile from Katie and Geoff, a small forced nod from both Madison and Daniel, and confused, borderline judgmental looks from Heather and Piper.
"Glad you think so, Michael! Because this will be your home for the next few weeks - or for however long the other campers choose to keep you around." Chris smirked before further introducing the cabins. "Here on the left we have the Screaming Bass, and on the right the Killer Gophers! Boys get one side, girls get the other. There are 8 bunks in each cabin which means at least 2 of you on each side will need to be top bunk. Bathrooms are all communal and located right over there. Now go get settled and meet at the meal hall in 30 minutes!"
"Uh, Chris?" Griff rose his hand politely, though somewhat awkwardly. "What if we don't know where the meal hall is yet?" He laughed a bit, trying to still get a grip on all that was happening.
"Ah! Great question, my dude. Which brings me to your first task! Old campers! You must find a new camper to take under your wing. New campers! Same thing but vice versa. This will help both you and your camper pal in the long run. And old campers, you will need to show the new campers around good ole Wawanakwa throughout the competition. Help 'em feel at home and all that. You will have until the first challenge to find your camper." Turning to the twins, Chris continued speaking, "Tia and Mia, since you're both working as one, you will only need one old camper."
"Full offence," Heather began, not afraid to show her distaste for all of this, "but what's the point of this?"
"The point, dear Heather, is that you will find an alliance. Someone to help you, who you will help in return. So choose wisely. Now go get settled and find your new best friend! I'll see you soon, campers!"
"Heck yeah!" Michael exclaimed excitedly once more, "Chris MacLean's best friend race!" He was once again only met with looks of pity, and then soon was pushed around somewhat as all of the campers made their way into the cabins to begin getting unpacked.
Running to catch up, the young male looked around excitedly as he became the first person to enter the male's side of the cabin. "Cool!" He grinned widely. "Dibs on top bunk!" He threw his things on the bed looking around.
"Sweet attitude, man." Geoff commented, setting his stuff under Michael's bed without thought. "You know, so many people come into this game and are just so...negative, bruh. But you're not like that. That's rad, man. That's rad."
"Thanks! I just don't see the point in being so negative! Life is a fun party and everyone's invited!" Michael laughed slightly.
"Yes! Dude! That's exactly it! Man, you're gonna be a riot." Geoff chuckled in turn, reaching up to high five the other male, but quickly pulled it away to cover his nose and mouth as Steve walked by.
Without much word or thought, Steve simply placed his bags on a bunk on the other side of the room. "Suh," he nodded as he walked by, Geoff and Michael nodding polietely back before looking at each other, both grateful that his bunk was on the other side of the room.
Following the smelly large man, Ezekiel walked in, placing his things on the bed next to Steve's. Geoff called Ezekiel over to him for a second before whispering, "dude...don't you smell that?"
"Smell what?" Ezekiel questioned, a confused look on his face as he looked back over to Steve, shrugging slightly then continuing to unpack.
Following Ezekiel was Daniel who smiled walking in, "Wow, it's almost a full house in here already." He noted, moving his things to the last free bottom bunk, closest to Michael and Geoff's shared bunk bed. "I look forward to bunking with you guys...and showering." He tried to hint at Steve.
Although Michael and Geoff nodded in agreement, Ezekiel didn't catch the drift and instead simply stated, "That's weird, eh."
Daniel, Michael and Geoff all shared a look, though they were soon distracted by the last male to walk in.
"Justin, 'sup man?" Geoff greeted with a smile and a small 'sup nod.
"Good to be here." Looking around at the available bunks, they were all top and he figured his best bet would be to bunk with Daniel than either Ezekiel or Steve. "Guess we're bunk buddies now." Justin smiled charmingly at the other male.
"Guess we are." Daniel smiled back just as charmingly, as all 6 males began unpacking.
On the female side of the cabin, Katie had been the first one in, and as soon as she saw Madison began calling out. "Hey! Hey Madison! Do you want top or bottom bunk?!" She waved her hands excitedly, despite the other female being a mere few feet away.
"Bottom." Madison stated sharply though not unkindly.
"Eeee! I'm so excited we're on the same team! And I'm even more excited because I can pick you as my new camper and I can be your old camper and it's gonna be so much fun!" Katie exclaimed excitedly moving to the top bunk.
"Oh. I mean, yeah! It'll be great!" Madison smiled, forcing the enthusiasm a bit, but knowing that at the end of the day Katie would be easy to work with.
"We're just gonna be super besties! I'm so excited!" Katie grinned, clapping her hands excitedly.
"Already replacing the old bestie are you?" Heather spoke smugly, rolling her luggage into the cabin, placing her bags on the bed closest to theirs.
"Oh, leave her alone." Courtney rolled her eyes, following Heather into the cabin. "She just likes making new friends." She smiled kindly.
"This is the only 'new' friend she's ever made." Heather rolled her eyes. "Besides, the 'new friend' is probably being held against her will."
"Guys...Katie and I are literally right here." Madison spoke up, laughing slightly trying to not show that she was getting somewhat annoyed at being talked about like she wasn't in the room.
The attention was away from this situation though, as Piper walked in, looking around with a somewhat displeased look on her face. "Well this is...quaint." She sneered slightly.
"That's putting it lightly." Heather rolled her eyes, but looked at Piper with a small smirk. She had remembered her from her dock arrival and decided she wanted to work with her. "You get used to it. Sort of." She shook her head.
"Still sounds like a crap deal to me." Piper muttered, but was interested to see that Heather hadn't completely dismissed her. "Mind if I bunk with you?"
"Be my guest." Heather half smiled, "I feel like we could get along great."
"You mean the way you got along with Beth and Lindsay?" Courtney raised a skeptical eyebrow.
Although she had opened her mouth to retort, Heather was interrupted by another camper walking in.
"Oh, uh, hi!" Robin smiled. "Oh sweet, I get my own bunk!"
"Congrats? And you're welcome." Piper retorted, nodding to the fact that she and Heather had decided to share a bunk.
"Um, thank you?" Robin smiled awkwardly.
"Just ignore her! Enjoy your own bunk!" Katie grinned kindly trying to make Robin feel welcomed.
"Thanks...it's Katie, right? Thank you. This whole day has been somewhat overwhelming, so thanks for being so kind. It's really nice!" Robin grinned gratefully.
"Don't get used to the nice. That's not the name of the game." Heather murmured, earning her a small snicker from Piper.
"Cool, great, it's all good." Robin smiled, saying that more for the sake of herself than anyone else, knowing that it was going to be a long few weeks - if she could make it that long.
In the Screaming Bass cabin, things were going about just as well.
The first on the boys side was Griff who happily walked in placing his things on the first top bunk he saw. Although he was somewhat sad that Michael, his first friend here wasn't on his team he knew that he would still meet lots of others and things would work out. Or at least that's what he thought until, Duncan strolled in, practically growling.
"Just as crappy as I remembered. Great." He muttered. Literally throwing his things onto the top bunk furthest from Griff's, Griff decided it would be best to be quiet and not say anything until at least the next camper walked in.
Unfortunately for him, the next camper made him feel just as uneasy. Frankie walked in the same sort of way that Duncan did, except that he was far more quiet, opting to not say anything as he threw his things on the bottom bunk next to Duncan.
"Hey guys!" A cheerful voice boomed through the cabin next though, as DJ strolled in. "Aw, this place hasn't changed a bit!" Although he initially moved to bunk under Duncan, the mohawked young man stopped him.
"Oh. No. I don't think so big guy. I love that we're on the same team, I really do. But if someone gets to have their own bunk, it's gonna be me." Duncan explained, his voice dry.
Simply shrugging DJ looked around, one of the only people who did not want to bunk alone. Looking over at Griff he began to speak. "You cool if I bunk here with you, man?"
"Yeah, dude!" Griff grinned, speaking perhaps a bit too excitedly, "Go for it!"
"Yeah! Digging the energy!" He high-fived Griff before taking a seat on the bottom bunk.
As Lucas entered the cabin next, the men who were already inside barely heard him enter. "Hey guys," he spoke nonchalantly, taking the last free bottom bunk (since Duncan was set on nobody using his bottom bunk) and looked around at the people he would be living with. "We're...certainly a different group aren't we?"
"Hey, different can be good, right?" Griff smiled, shrugging slightly.
"That sounds like the kind of bull your mom told you when you said kids at school made fun of you being different." Duncan half scoffed and half laughed.
"Dude, take it down a notch," DJ shook his head at his old friend, who only shrugged in turn.
Before anyone else even had a chance to say anything, the cabin doors once more flung open. "The kid is back!" Cody exclaimed too excitedly.
"Just because you keep saying it, doesn't make it cool." Duncan shook his head not even bothering to look at Cody or pay him any kind of attention.
"Hey, you just don't get it. But it's cool, it's cool. Now which one of you lucky gentleman get to share a bunk with me?" Cody chuckled confidently before looking around the room and seeing that neither Duncan nor Frankie seemed interested in having a bunk mate, so looking at Lucas desperately, Cody was happy that the other male offered a shrug and a small nod before hopping on the top bunk. "Look at us! We're all gonna be such good pals!"
On the other side of the cabin, Mia and Tia were the first to get inside, claiming a bunk bed as their own with Tia taking the top, and Mia the bottom. "I can't believe we have to do this whole competition as a team." Tia grumbled, still trying to wrap her head around everything that was happening.
"Is it really that bad? I feel like this could be beneficial for us! Plus, with an old camper, we could really make it work. Three heads are better than one." Mia smiled, unpacking her things.
"Only if we get a good third head." Tia mumbled.
As if on queue, running into the room, Izzy practically screamed, "THERE YOU ARE!"
"Where else would we be?" Mia giggled slightly.
"Where are any of us really? But NOT THE POINT! I have called dibs on you as my new camper. Campers? Whatever! We're gonna be a great team and no take backs now! Great! I'm gonna bunk right next to you guys!" Izzy once more practically screamed as she began unpacking, taking the top bunk.
"Well...that was easy." Mia shrugged, laughing slightly hoping that Tia agreed, though seeing the somewhat scared, shocked looked on her face, she had a feeling that Tia did not agree.
Walking into the room next was Bridgette, who simply smiled, saying "Hi!", before moving all of her stuff to a bottom bunk on the far side of the room, not thinking too much about being back here again.
"Bridgette! Hey! We could get to be cabin mates again! How fun is that?!" Izzy spoke loudly and ecstatically.
"It's uh, it's great Izzy." She laughed, shaking her head.
Stepping into the cabin, Auden looked around skeptically before looking over at Izzy and asking, "Yo, can I bunk under you?"
"Of course you can!" Izzy grinned widely.
"You're...voluntarily sleeping under Izzy?" Bridgette questioned, trying to not come across as rude, though she definetely came across as confused.
"Yeah, I mean, it'll be the weirdest experience ever, which is great. Plus, it makes it a lot easier to do this." Auden put a finger up as if telling Bridgette to wait, as she moved one bunk over, now sitting on Mia's bunk, right next to her. Turning to the twin she simply asked, "So where do we stand on this whole threesome thing?"
Still not getting her answer, Shelby walked in next, stating her entrance with a simple, "Oh. This is...both exactly as I expected it would be and nothing like I expected. Interesting."
"Yeah, this camp is like that. It's always just as bad but somehow worse than you imagine it." Bridgette laughed lightly.
"Well, I appreciate the forewarning if nothing else," Shelby chuckled lightly in turn, placing her things on the last free bottom bunk, next to Bridgette.
Just as Auden was opening her mouth to repeat the same question she was interrupted by heavy, stomping foot steps, looking up to see Eva seemingly scanning the room.
"Hey. You." Eva stared straight into Shelby's eyes before continuing, "Move. That's my bunk."
"I-" Shelby started but was interrupted by Auden who was still sitting on Mia's bunk.
"Hey, in her defence, she was there first. You should have got here first." Auden shrugged.
"Excuse me?" Eva narrowed her eyes.
"Dude, just take a top bunk." Auden rolled her eyes, before turning to Mia who was now turned away trying to look away and clearly not be a part of this at all.
After a few long silences of the two alpha females staring at each other, Eva muttered, "Fine. But you're going to regret crossing me. Mark my words."
"Consider them, marked." Auden rolled her eyes once more. Before nudging Mia slightly, "Ha. This kid, right? Total riot." She chuckled. "Anyways take your time with that threesome answer but hopefully do it before Eva kills me. Cool, thanks."
Standing up, she moved back to her own bed and continued unpacking leaving an uneasy air in the cabin, as each camper in each cabin spent the next 20 minutes unpacking, trying to make the best of the situation and mentally preparing themselves for whatever awaited them in the meal hall.
A/N: So once again would like to apologize if this chapter seems off or rushed or anything, but I really wanted to get it up so we can kind of progress and get to the next, more fun parts! I'm also going to ask again for reviews or PMs if your OC is in this story and you're still reading it / plan to continue keeping up with it. Other than that reviews are always welcomed and encouraged, and thanks for reading!