Episode 8

"Last time, on Total Drama Island! This time, our campers were faced with their worst challenge yet – they all had to face their worst fears! Some of our campers were able to prosper, while some failed to conquer fear. Michael had an interesting day, as he continued to grow ever closer to Bridgette and mended bridges with Gwen. In an adventurous bet, Courtney flashed him! And his alliance member, Heather, began plotting against him. In the end, it was the lovable jock DJ who walked the Dock of Shame, due to his inability to deal with his water problem. Who will take the Dock of Shame and be kicked off of Total Drama Island next? Tune in and find out!" Chris says in the recap. He chuckles than. "And for all you people out there who hate Michael? Trust me, his time is coming soon."

Confessional

"You see, princess isn't that fond of me. But I've got a plan now, and I've got help." Duncan said, leaving a note atop the camera.

Michael walks in and takes the note. He grins. "The plan? Don't ask, and I won't tell you." He says to the camera.

End

Michael walks in and shoots a sly grin at Courtney before joining Izzy. "Wow," Courtney sighed, "He's something."

Duncan laughed. "Yeah, princess, he really is something."

Courtney violently turned to Duncan. "I am NOT your princess!"

As she stormed off, Duncan whispered to Geoff, "She is so my princess."

(SCREAMING GOPHERS TABLE)

Noah notices Katie glaring over at Michael. "Hey, Katie, what are you looking at?"

Katie smiled at him. "Oh, nothing!" She kissed him on the cheek and said, "I'll be right back!"

Confessional

Michael sighed. "Katie hates me, for no reason. But soon, she won't be the only one. You owe me big time, Duncan!"

End

Cody comes over and sits next to Noah. "You're so lucky that you have a girlfriend," he sighed wistfully to Noah.

"Are you going to admit your huge crush on Gwen and tell me all about her? Because that's exactly what I need to brighten up my day." Noah said sarcastically.

"How can she not like me? I like her so much!" Cody exclaimed, completely oblivious to Noah's obvious sarcasm.

Noah sighed, and it was as if the sigh said why-must-Cody-come-to-me-with-his-problems. It wasn't that Noah didn't like Cody, it was just that he didn't care about his problems. Desperate to avoid talking about feelings (for Noah had recently had a conversation about the subject with Katie), he randomly suggested, "Just try flirting with her. But don't try to hard like you seem needy or something."

Cody looked like a huge light bulb had gone off over his head. "You're right! That's what I'll do!"

Noah looked as Cody ran off. "What have I done?" he called out to no one in particular.

(ELSEWHERE)

Michael stroked Izzy's hair. "Izzy," he began, "Would you still like me if I did something risky and stupid to help a friend?"

Izzy smiled at him. "Such a silly question! Izzy will always like you! Why do you ask? Did Michael do something bad?"

Michael made a judgment call. Than he ran with Izzy out of the mess hall.

Confessional

Michael whispered into Izzy's ear and she nodded along. When he finished, she stared at him. "You're manipulating Courtney by being nice to her and flirting with her so that way you can totally hurt her somehow and she'll go running into Duncan's arms?" Izzy exclaimed. Michael clamped his hand over her mouth and the message was clear – Somebody might be listening.

End

Outside the Confessional

And indeed someone was. "Looks like I have some news for Courtney," Heather said smugly.

Mess Hall – Killer Bass Table

"How could you just flash him?" Bridgette asked angrily.

Courtney smiled. "It was something adventurous! He thinks I should be more adventurous!"

"But I doubt he wanted you to just expose your chest to him!"

"He didn't seem to have any complaints!"

"But WHY?"

"Are you actually jealous? WOW! Maybe if your chest wasn't flat he'd want you to be more adventurous too!"

That pushed her over the edge. Bridgette jumped on top of Courtney and the two started wrestling. Michael and Izzy walk back in and see a huge circle around the table.

"What's up?" Michael asked Gwen.

Gwen looked grim. "Courtney and Bridgette are in a giant fight to the death."

"Crap." He pushed his way through the ground to try and stop the fight. But when he got close enough, Bridgette accidentally kicked him in the kiwis and Courtney accidentally punched his head. He passed out.

Michael's Dream

"Wh-What happened?" Michael asked.

"Get up!" Somebody kicked him and Michael rose from the ground. It was Trent.

"Trent? But didn't you get eliminated?"

Trent smacked Michael in the kiwis. While Michael was cringing on the ground, Trent said, "Duh, you moron! All because of you!"

As Michael regained his composure, he asked Trent, "Than, where are we?"

"Your subconscious, captain idiot!"

"And why am I in my subconscious?"

"Because Courtney and Bridgette beat you up."

"I understand that. But why this?"

Trent sighed. "Listen, fans have been calling you a womanizer. So we're going to clear the air here."

"What?"

Trent waved his hand, and before them appeared images of Izzy, Gwen, Lindsay, Bridgette, and Courtney. "Now, let's start with the crazy chick."

"I still don't understand the point in this!"

"It's your dream, dumbass! And I'm your dream guide!"

"That makes it clearer. Continue on."

"Now you're just dating the crazy girl, so that's that. Now the Goth girl? She kind of liked you, but than you got me voted off!" The Izzy and Gwen images disappeared.

Michael scratched his chin. "It's my dream, right? So, two things." Michael looked at a spot and Noah materialized. "WHAT THE HELL!" Noah screamed.

Mess Hall

As Noah went to get Michael, he too accidentally gets beat up and falls unconscious.

Michael's Dream

Noah sees Michael, and than runs and strangles him. Trent looked on with an amused expression as Michael's face turned blue. "Now, dumbass, I recall you saying two things. And last time I checked, one thing is not two things. Unless in your crazy fruit-loop world math is wrong too?"

Michael managed to shake his head slightly, an extreme effort as his face was now a deep shade of purple and Noah was violently strangling him. Out of nowhere, a unicorn fell out of the sky and landed on Noah, forcing him to release his grip on Michael. Looking at Trent, Michael pointed to the unicorn and said, "Meet Charlie. Charlie the Unicorn."

Charlie looked pissed. "Yo! Hey! Where the hell am I? Did those idiots put you up to this? And who is the string bean underneath me?"

Noah squirmed. "GET THE UNICORN OFF OF ME!"

Michael wagged his finger. "Not unless you promise to be a good little boy!"

"FINE! I promise!"

Michael motioned for Charlie to move. "Hey, moron," Charlie began, "I ain't no dumbass unicorn! I can speak!"

Noah got up. "Why the hell am I here? And is that Trent?"

"Well, Courtney and Bridgette knocked you out," Trent began to explain, "And to piss you off, Michael willed your subconscious to come visit his dream."

"GREAT!" Noah exclaimed. "First Cody, than Katie, and now this! WORST BEST FRIEND EVER!"

Michael sighed. "I'll admit, I did bring you here to torment you. But I also need your support as Trent reads my fate." Before Noah could ask any more questions, Michael motioned for Trent to continue.

"All right, now Lindsay. You saved her fine ass in dodgeball, and than turned her down when she threw herself at you, much to her pleasure. She thinks you're cool, she can't remember your name, she kissed you once, but she feels nothing romantic to you." And than Lindsay disappeared, leaving only Bridgette and Courtney.

"Now, with Bridgette, you've been flirting with her in every episode since the Awake-A-Thon! She is feeling one major crush for you, dude!

"Courtney, meanwhile, is fond of the terms of endearment you have for her, and thinks you're sweet and a real gentleman. She wanted to be more adventurous when you suggested it to impress you, and she flashed you. But you're only leading her on, because now you've got that plan to crush her and send her running to Duncan."

Noah sighed. "So in this dream, Trent the Dream Guy tells you about your love life?"

Charlie agreed. "This is a lame dream!"

Michael stomped his foot. "Annoy me once more, Charlie, and you will be gone!" He muttered, "I knew I should've taken Carl the Llama!"

"I heard that!" called Charlie.

"Before we go on," Trent said, "I need to know. Why the unicorn?"

Michael smiled. "This may be the only chance I get to meet him!"

Trent rolled his eyes. "All right, dude, now the real reason you're here." He waved his hand, and the Izzy image reappeared.

"You've got some choices to choose between:

1.) Dump Izzy and go with Bridgette.

2.) Tell Courtney about the plan and hope not everyone hates you.

3.) Get with Courtney and forget about the plan.

4.) Stay with Izzy.

5.) NEITHER, HE SHOULD…"

"Is that it?" Michael asked.

Trent nodded. "Charlie, what do you say?"

Charlie nodded. "Go with Bridgette!"

Noah shook his head. "Stay with Izzy and forget this dream ever happened!"

Michael was ready to announce his decision when Trent covered his mouth. "Dude, didn't you get the memo? This episode is being split in half to let the fans decide on this one!"

Michael was aghast. "But they all hate me!"

"Well, fans would use this time to remodel you and redeem yourself!"

"BUT THEY ALL HATE ME! JUST BECAUSE I'M A GOOD PERSON!"

Noah snorted. "Yeah, if betraying Gwen, leading Courtney on, and forming an unofficial dictatorship in your team are all nice things," he said sarcastically.

Charlie nodded. "Yeah, you try to be nice, I mean you just voted off Trent to get Heather in your alliance and you're leading Courtney on as a favor to Duncan. But dude, fans won't see you that way. They'll see you as an idiot for who you're hurting."

Michael realized that his fate was up to a bunch of people he didn't know that hated him. He turned towards the camera. "Charlie, who I'm sure represents my brain here, has led me to do this. Fans of the show, I beg you to choose the right path for me! I'm sorry if my actions on the show have upset you. I really am. Please don't send me down a path just to mess me up. I can change!"

"CLIFFHANGER!" Trent screamed. And Michael, Noah, and Charlie agreed.

Fans! Michael's fate rests in your hands. Either leave a review, vote on the poll on my profile, or send me a pm, and after a day or two, Michael's fate will have been decided. And for all of those people who still totally hate him, rest assured. Each path will involve him getting messed up down the road. And people choosing path 5, please be creative! And if you have any ideas for another fictional cartoon character like Charlie the Unicorn to appear in Michael's subconscious, include it.

His fate rests in the fans.

And knowing the fans, things won't end well for him.