Total Drama Switch
"Too many of today's children have straight teeth and crooked morals."
The sun was now high over the sky, draping the scenery below in it's golden light. The grass on the ground was coated in dew. And the clouds were perfectly puffy? Great, right?
Charlotte rubbed her eyes with the backs of her hands, moaning a bit as she brought herself into a straighter position on the bus seat.
Mark eyed her. "You're really supposed to be the host of this thing?"
"Yup. Deal with it." Charlotte turned around, all twelve contestants behind her already. "Woah…"
"You were sleeping." Mark informed her curtly.
"Ah…"
She turned again, deciding to introduce herself when they got to the house. She was unwilling to deal with the sass of teenagers who'd probably gotten up at two or three in the morning on a Saturday.
Phoebe was thrilled that she could have the back seat of the bus all to herself. Gil and Stefan were across the hall—but having a seat to her self was amazing. Some people were interested in getting to know their cast mates—and yeah, Phoebe was up for that. But what she'd noticed on this whole trip was that whoever sat next to another person would eventually have a drooling head dropping to their shoulder.
And because of her lack of a person to talk to, she spent her time observing instead. Luckily, it didn't seem like a majority of the girls on this bus were shallow bimbos. Maybe she'd actually get along with one or two of 'em. But it all depended—judging people by their covers was a big no no when it came to this show.
The young mechanic rubbed the side of her head, letting a sheepish laugh out under her breath. She was getting ahead of herself.
Gil was sitting closest to the window, his arms casually crossed behind his head. "This ride reeks."
Stefan had to nod his head in agreement. "The window next to that girl over there is broken… Hope it doesn't rain on her." Gil looked up for this broken window, and Stefan was pointing in the direction of Candace, who was sitting next to Tiana.
"Again. This ride reeks." Gil paused. The bus was kind of quiet… Maybe he could change that. No one seemed to be talking, but everyone seemed to be awake. "I have an idea." He smirked.
Stefan blinked, unsure of what his new friend was talking about.
The famous musician pulled his guitar case out from under the seat in front of them and opened it. "Mind letting me take the aisle seat for a little while, man?"
Stefan held his hands out, a smile coming across his features. "No prob."
It only took a few seconds for the two boys to swap seats.
Gil tapped the seat a few times, thinking of a good song to play before strumming on his guitar. The bus was suddenly filled with amazing music—it was just a tune of some sort, something with some rock mixed in. Catchy.
Several of the adolescents ahead turned around in their seats to find the source of this wonderful music. And ladies and gentlemen, that's when most of the girls on the bus fell for Mr. Gil DeLitz and Stefan; who just happened to be sitting next to the guy. The bus almost erupted in whispers along the lines of 'wow, that's good.' 'he's a great player.' 'I know this song!'.
Jessi-Ann didn't really hear the music. The airport made feel all bewildered and antsy. She was scared of planes and had her mom drive her to the airport rather than having to take a plane. But still… The feeling of being in an airport… and the feeling of everyone on this bus were in airplanes only a few hours ago just made her feel shaken. When fiddling her fingers wasn't enough, she grabbed her sketchbook and started to draw. That's the best way she knew to let her emotions free.
Phoenix, who was sitting next to her, glanced over for a moment. "What're you drawing?" He didn't really sound that interested…
"I don't know yet." She responded simply, unwilling to talk to anyone yet. Her dark, chocolate colored hair acted almost as a curtain to shield her face from the manipulator as she leaned forward to get a better look at her sketchpad.
"Something wrong?" Phoenix questioned, cocking his head to the side.
"Nope." Jessi-Ann popped her lips on the 'p'. She didn't want anyone to think she was overly depressing. But Phoenix… Something about him threw her off. She didn't really know what it was quite yet.
Candace was watching as Gil played his guitar. "Wow, he seems cool. Popular." Stars almost seemed to be dancing in the overachiever's eyes. "Really, really popular."
Tiana raised an eyebrow at the girl, taken off guard for a moment. "Seems like it." She crossed her arms. "It's probably just an act."
"An act?" Candace tipped her head to the side curiously. "How so? He just seems like he wants to entertain people with his music."
"Or he's an attention hog." Tiana rolled her eyes. "You're blind if you haven't noticed it yet."
"Well, you don't have to be so rude about this. Attention hog or not, he's probably popular." Candace glanced back at Gil again. When popularity was involved, she wanted to be involved.
Sammy overheard Candace and Tiana's conversation from across the way and turned to Jake as a result. "What do you think of music?"
"It's okay, I guess." He grinned, looked back at Gil, and then turned back to Sammy. "The guy seems so popular, though. I'm a little hesitant to approach a guy like him."
"Yeah, I get that." Sammy nodded his head, "But it's good to try and be friends with everyone… Who knows, maybe we'll get along real well!"
Jake raised an eyebrow at the lucky charm. "Are you always this optimistic?" He was smiling, nonetheless. The weird guy thought it was great for people to be so happy all the time.
Sammy shifted a bit in his seat before smiling bashfully. "Kind of. Unless something bad happens."
"Something bad?" Jake rubbed the back of his neck, a bit confused.
"Yeah…" Sammy tugged at his shark tooth necklace. "Like stepping on a crack… or breaking a mirror… stuff like that."
Noticing he'd managed to make Sammy uncomfortable, Jake decided it'd be best to stray away from this conversation. "So…" there was a pause, "What do you think our first challenge will be like?"
Sammy seemed grateful, and the two boys began to chat about their thoughts of the future ahead of them.
A few minutes went by before the bus jolted to a stop in front of a nice looking, middle-class house. Almost everyone was thrown out of their seats from the impact.
Charlotte cleared her throat, deciding to take this as her cue.
"Welcome to the Greystone house! It used to be old and abandoned, so we decided to make something of it." Charlotte gestured towards the window at the house, "And hence the reason why we're all here today. Grab your suitcases and gather in the lounge."
"The lounge?" Jake questioned.
"First door to your right. Lets get moving people!"
It only took a few minutes before everyone had gathered in the lounge. There were purple couches and plush seats, everyone had managed to either take a seat, lean against the wall, or sit on the carpeted floor. Charlotte walked in, Mark trailing in behind her.
"Now for the teams—"
"Why isn't this place gross like most Total Drama events are?" Jessi-Ann observed, cutting the host off.
"Well…" Charlotte's eye twitched, "It was. Believe me, it was. I cleaned it up."
Almost everyone was taken aback at this. Of course, none of them knew that Charlotte was a neat freak. She had to clean everything.
"Of course you did. And that's the reason why she named all of the teams after cleaning products—" before Mark could continue, Charlotte slapped a hand over his mouth to keep him quiet.
"Shush shush! I have things to announce!" Charlotte clapped her hands together then sighed. "You'll all be put onto three teams of four."
Everyone was silent for a moment as Charlotte dug through her bag for a list of the teams that she wrote out when she was half-asleep.
"Firstly, The Magic Mops." Charlotte gestured to the area next to her; "Stand up here when you hear your names."
"Tiana…"
Tiana blinked. "That's the lamest team name ever…" She muttered, grabbing her bag as she did as Charlotte told her to do. She hoped right then and there that she wouldn't be on a team with a bunch of losers and nerds.
"Phoebe…"
The mechanic felt sick in her stomach. Would that mean she and that bimbo would be rooming together? Most the girls actually seemed nice… but Tiana was another story. She seemed like the worst one there. Nonetheless, the girl walked up and joined her teammate.
"Listen, I'm not that thrilled about this either." Tiana made her opinion known quietly so only Phoebe could hear.
Confessional...
"A closet? This is seriously the confessional? A closed filled with cleaning supplies… I hope we don't all die of inhalants." Phoebe sighed at the camera before kicking a bucket sitting near her feet.
Confessional...
"Jose…"
Jose grabbed tightly to Rocky, kind of scared of the girls he was on a team with. They both seemed to have a sort of commanding and tough aura.
"I'm not a wimp, Rocky! Don't say such mean things…" He murmured to his rock. He grabbed his suitcase before trudging up beside Phoebe and Tiana, who were both giving him astonished glances.
"And Sammy!"
Sammy just gulped, holding tightly to his shark tooth necklace as he made his way over to stand with his team. Jose seemed all right—they'd probably be good friends. Tiana also seemed nice when he first met her in the airport… Taking a deep breath, he decided to make the best of this situation and smile at his teammates.
"Your team color is purple." Charlotte handed each of the members purple wristbands.
"Do we have to wear these?" Tiana asked. She was dreading this… What if she wore something that totally clashed with purple?
"Yep! I thought it'd be a nice touch." Charlotte beamed.
"Well, it's not."
Confessional...
"Well, I'll tell you the truth. Little miss I'm-so-tough Phoebe worries me. But Jose and Sammy?" Tiana laughed, "They'll be easy to manipulate. I'm not that disappointed."
Confessional...
Charlotte frowned. "Don't mess with me, missy."
Shaking off her slight disappointment, Charlotte turned towards the others again and smiled. "Next is The Deathly Dusters… You all stand here." Charlotte gestured to the area in front of her.
"Candace…"
Candace smiled at her name being called. A team called the Magic Mops was so humiliating… But she could deal with being on a tough-sounding team like the Deathly Dusters. And plus, she had to be positive if she wanted to get along well with her teammates. Popularity was everything in this game. Getting up from where she was sitting, she made her way towards where her team was supposed to stand.
"Josie…"
Josie perked up, adjusting her guitar case on her back before hopping up and making her way over so she was standing next to Candace. She was a bit disappointed that she wasn't on a team with Mercedes, but she was sure she'd manage to get along with her teammates.
"Stefan…"
The heartthrob shrugged his shoulders before making his way over to stand with his team. Candace and Josie were cute and they didn't seem as bad as Tiana was. That was definitely a good thing.
"And Jacob."
Jake cleared his throat to correct the neat host, "Jake. Call me Jake."
Charlotte blinked before nodding her head. "Jake."
He smiled and made his way over to join his team. "Cool to meet you all."
Candace and Josie just smiled and Stefan bumped his fist against Jake's.
"You're the blue team." Charlotte passed around some blue wristbands next.
Confessional...
"I can do this. My team seems cool. Josie's a bit oblivious, but nice… Jake's kind of weird… But Stefan…" Candace sighed happily, "He's the epitome of popular."
Confessional...
"And the last team—The Sassy Sponges!" Charlotte grinned.
"Mercedes…"
The tough girl slapped her forehead. Were these seriously the team names? The Sassy Sponges? Magic Mops? Deathly Dusters? What was this host smoking? So many questions… With a sigh, Mercedes stood up.
"Jessi-Ann…"
Jessi-Ann smiled a half-smile. Mercedes seemed nice. Kind of quiet and withdrawn, but nice.
"Gil…"
The rock star adjusted his guitar strap before smirking, walking towards his team.
Confessional...
"Mercedes and Jessi-Ann are cute. Really, really cute." Gil smiled, "I think I'll have some fun this season."
Confessional...
"And Phoenix!"
The manipulator shrugged before making his way over to his team.
Confessional...
"I have complaints. Lots of complaints. Mercedes is this 'bad girl', which I think is kind of overrated. Jessi-Ann has the eyes of a hawk and will probably see through my strategy, and then everyone pays attention to Gil. Are the producers trying to make this difficult for me?" Phoenix sighed. "I guess I'll just make do with what I have."
Confessional...
"Your team color is red." Charlotte passed the red wristbands around.
When everyone seemed to settle down with the realization of his or her teams, Charlotte cleared her throat.
"The first challenge will start soon, but I'll show you all to your rooms first."
Everyone trudged up the stairs with their luggage, following Charlotte as she gave them the grand tour of the place. On the fourth floor was a long hall. Each door had a red, purple, or blue dot on it.
Charlotte gestured right then left. "The guys take the right side of the hall, girls take the left."
Tiana and Phoebe share a room at the very end of the hall—Jose and Sammy share the room across the hall from them.
Candace and Josie share the room in the middle of the hall—Stefan and Jake share the room across the hall from them.
Mercedes and Jessi-Ann share the room at the other end of the hall—Gil and Phoenix share the room across from them.
And with that, everyone began to unpack. Charlotte and Mark began to set up the first challenge together downstairs in the kitchen.
This chapter was mainly to introduce those who weren't focused on as much in the first chapter... And I decided to give you all an idea of where the contestants are residing and what the teams are.
Thanks so much to those of you who've reviewed so far, I really appreciate all the kind comments! I'm glad to hear that I've been writing your characters parts the way you want them.
In the reviews, I'd like to hear how your character feels about the person they're rooming with. (Also, add some info about your character's room... Like are they clean, messy? Pictures all over the walls? Stuff like that.)
Oh my goodness... This is so random but I'm actually excited for iCarly this weekend. I'm a hardcore Seddie fan and proud of it. :)
Until next time!
-Evangelline