Total Drama Switch
"Too many of today's children have straight teeth and crooked morals."
"Alright everyone, time for your first challenge!" Charlotte's voice blared throughout the entire house on an intercom.
Phoenix clapped his hands over his ears in irritation. "That's… annoying. Is there any way to turn down the volume on the speakers?" Sure, he was used to intercom systems—he had one to alert a maid or butler that he needed something. But of course, it never sounded as obnoxious as this.
"It's not really that bad, man." Gil raised a brow, stuffing one last shirt into the bottom drawer. He brushed his hands together before bringing himself up to his feet. "I'm itching for the first challenge. I wonder if it'll be gross."
Phoenix just sighed. "I hope not."
Gil glanced at the guy, receiving mixed signals from him.
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"I don't really mind Phoenix… It's just that… I don't know. There's something about him that makes me feel uneasy." Gil pressed his lips together before expressing a sigh. "And he's my roommate. I hope I get some sleep tonight."
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Everyone was gathered in the kitchen to find a large chest of drawers—each row was numbered one to four. The first row was purple, the second blue, and the third red.
Charlotte cleared her throat. "Well, here we are! Your first challenge." She smiled. "Okay, this is how it works."
She gestured to the chest before gesturing to the back door.
"In the back yard Mark and I have hidden twelve plastic eggs. Each egg is either purple, blue, or red and has a number on it—kind of like these drawers do." Charlotte clapped her hands together.
"Do they have candy in them?" Josie questioned, excitement ringing in her voice.
"No." Mark glared at her.
Charlotte cleared her throat, gaining the attention of the housemates again. "The first thing you need to do is find an egg. It has to be your team color. Report back here once you've found your eggs."
"Now go." Mark pointed to the door.
"Oh—oh!" Charlotte stopped everyone as they headed for the door. "Don't open your eggs yet either!"
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"An egg hunt?" Tiana scrunched her nose, unimpressed, "What kind of challenge is this?"
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Jessi-Ann began to walk through the yard, taking in her surroundings before venturing to look around. There were a lot of trees… And there seemed to be a tree house in one of them. Lots of space, really, just enough for future outdoor challenges. There was also a pool towards the left. An old shed… some bushes… A garden of drooping brown flowers. It almost made her heart ache to see those poor flowers.
Then crack!
She looked down to see that she had accidentally stepped on an egg, which was randomly sitting on the ground. And conveniently, it was red and marked with the number '2'.
"Beginners luck?" She asked herself, grinning as she made her way back to the house.
Josie climbed her way inside the tree house, squinting her wide set of blue eyes a bit as though it'd help her see a little better. She crawled around, trying to look for a blue egg. The tree house had a little table in it and a few other random objects.
"Oh…" She felt something prick her palm. The musician brought herself into a sitting position before checking her palm to see a little brown splinter. She hissed gently at the sight. "Owwie."
"Alright, we'll look up here, Rocky." Jose's voice came from the rope ladder. He set Rocky down on one of the wooden floorboards before pulling himself into the little house. Noticing Josie was already there, he smiled shyly. "Any luck?" He managed to say through his sudden bashfulness.
"Luck?" Josie blinked before looking at her splinter again. "Not yet." She huffed.
"Oh, that's too bad." Jose brushed off a few of the comments Rocky gave him about how smooth he was.
"You don't have tweezers with you, huh?" Josie smiled weakly, presenting to him her splinter like a child would do with his or her mother.
"Nope, sorry. I'm sure Charlotte has a first aid kit, though! It'll be okay." Jose offered her a reassuring grin.
Josie and Jose seemed to notice Candace and Tiana looking up at the tree house like hawks.
Josie rubbed the back of her head. "I guess we're not supposed to be making nice when we're on separate teams." She giggled. "I always thought that was kind of silly."
"Yeah, there's no point in being mean or anything…" Jose glanced at Rocky. "She's not an airhead, Rocky."
Josie blinked, just a little offended.
Jose glanced at Josie, worried. "It's okay! He's just grumpy!" He held to Rocky as though he was covering his mouth. "You're definitely not an airhead."
Josie tilted her head to the side before nodding slowly. She crawled around and moved some of the random books in a corner to find a purple egg. "Hey!"
Jose looked over in interest.
"It's not blue… Here you go!" She crawled over and handed him the purple egg she found. It had a number '3' on it.
He hesitated.
"I insist!"
He smiled at her, took it, nodded, and climbed out of the tree house.
"Rocky, you made me nervous!" Jose scolded his best pall, "I know you're grumpy, but Josie seems really nice."
He sighed before making his way inside the house. "It's okay, Rocky. I forgive you." He smiled playfully, "But I might embarrass you in front of Jessi-Ann if you aren't careful."
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"I wonder if Rocky needs to see a therapist." Josie tapped her chin, looking up at the ceiling. "My brother needed one for his anger management a while back." She blushed. "Sorry Tony! Don't air this, he'll get mad at me!"
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Tiana made her way towards Candace, who was looking through the bushes to find an egg.
"It seems like our teammates get along pretty well…" Tiana brushed her fingertips together, chewing at her glossy lower lip as she tried to think of the best way to put what she was thinking into words. "I was just wondering if you'd be interested in a cross-team alliance of some sort."
Candace blinked before looking up at the preppy girl. "An alliance?"
"Yeah. We could knock out those Sassy Sponges and that way we'll all make it to the merge." Tiana let out a breath, "We scratch your backs and you guys scratch ours."
"Well, it's not up to me to decide." Candace noted. She wished she could be declared the leader of her team, but she hardly even knew her teammates yet. "I'll have to discuss it with my team first."
"Okay. Just let me know what you're thinking." Tiana nodded.
Candace inhaled and exhaled slowly before finally finding a blue egg in the bushes marked with a '1'. "Awesome!" She squeaked in surprise, smiling at the egg. She turned to Tiana. "I'll talk to you later." And with a bounce in her step, she made her way towards the house.
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"If I had an alliance, I'd be stronger. I like that. And I'd be popular with the other team too…" Candace tapped her forefinger to her chin, "But I still don't know if Tiana is someone I can trust. I'll wait and see how things go before I decide."
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Mercedes, Stefan, and Jake were all searching together in the old shed.
"A bunch of toilet paper?" Jake grinned playfully. "And old Christmas lights?"
Mercedes couldn't help but let a small smile cross her features. "Perfect for pranks." She brushed off a few dusty surfaces with her fingertips.
"Pranks?" Stefan laughed. "You prank people?"
Mercedes lifted an eyebrow. "Just wait. You'll see."
"Can't wait." Stefan smirked this charming, almost irresistible smirk. Mercedes had to summon all of her willpower to keep herself from blushing.
"Hey, two eggs! Red and blue." Jake smiled, tossing the red egg with a '1' over to Mercedes. "Sorry Stefan. Keep looking."
Mercedes eyes flashed with a little disappointment, as she kind of wanted to continue talking to Stefan. She smiled gently before shrugging her shoulders. "See you later."
"Yeah, see you." He returned her smile; also wishing he could talk a little while longer.
"So, what sorts of pranks do you usually pull?" Jake asked as he led Mercedes out of the shed.
"I'm not one to give away my secrets." She noted coyly, "You'll see."
Jake nodded his head. "I pull a few pranks every once and a while too." He smiled, "It sure makes class interesting."
"Pranking teachers is pretty fun. Especially if it's one of those old fashioned teachers who get really mad but can never really figure out who pulls all the pranks." Mercedes had a few fond memories of the sort. She's pulled so many pranks that she'd stopped keeping track.
"Maybe we could pull a giant prank together at some point… You know, stir things up a bit?" Jake had this hopefulness to his tone that sounded so naïve that Mercedes had to laugh.
"We'll see." She replied calmly as she stepped inside the house.
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"I have this urge to pull a prank…" Mercedes stared at the camera intensely, "I can't help it. I've got so many ideas and I just need to let them spill. And plus, I think I know who my first victim is going to be." She rubbed her hands together.
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Charlotte stepped in for an update. "So, we've got Jessi-Ann, Candace, Jose, Mercedes, Jake, Phoenix, and Sammy with their eggs already! Still looking are Stefan, Gil, Josie, Phoebe and Tiana!" She raised a fist in the air encouragingly, "Hurry guys!"
Phoebe was looking around by the pool area, chewing at her lower lip in her frustrations of not being able to find an egg. Which is exactly when she noticed a purple egg sitting at the bottom of the pool.
"Fun." She peered down through the water to make sure it was purple, shucked off her shoes, took a step back, and dived into the water. This was definitely the upside of not being a girly girl—she was perfectly fine with jumping into a pool with her clothes on.
She took a moment to adjust to the waters' cool temperature before opening her eyes. She swam further down towards the bottom of the pool and reached for the egg. It fit almost perfectly in her palm. She sprung up with a gentle push with her feet and almost instantly hit the surface.
"Woo!" She exclaimed happily, holding her egg up in the air as she swam towards the ladder. Josie, Stefan, and Gil all cheered for her from where they were searching.
Phoebe brushed some of her wet, dark hair out of her eyes, smiling. That rush of cold water sure gave her an adrenaline boost.
"Good luck, guys!" She called to the rest of them as she made her way towards the house.
Inside the house, Jessi-Ann, Candace, Jose, Mercedes, Jake, Phoenix, and Sammy were sitting at the kitchen table. Phoebe was about to step inside, dripping wet—until Charlotte blocked her path.
"You're all wet! Mark, take her shoes somewhere where they can dry… And grab a towel. Please." Charlotte pointed down the hall.
Mark gave her the evil eye before shrugging. "You're the boss." He muttered before taking Phoebe's shoes and making his way out of the kitchen.
"It's nice to know that everything is going to be spiff and span while we're here." Candace grinned brightly, appreciative of Charlotte's keenness for a tidy room. "The other seasons seemed a lot more… disgusting."
"You understand." Charlotte nodded her head. "Mark doesn't seem to agree, though."
Mercedes rolled her eyes. "You are a bit of a neat freak, though."
"Yeah…" Jake agreed as Sammy nodded his head bashfully.
Charlotte crossed her arms, letting out a gentle huff. "I've been called that before and it doesn't faze me!"
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"What were they thinking when they picked the host for this season?" Phoenix crossed his arms and looked to the side. "This lady is bonkers!"
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"Um… Guys?" Stefan was pointing up in a tree—which had all the rest of the eggs up in its' branches. "Anyone a good climber?"
"Shoot, are you serious?" Tiana shielded her eyes and squinted as she arched her neck to look up in the tree. "How are we going to get all of those?"
"I know!" Josie leaned over, grabbed a stick, and threw it at one of the branches that held an egg… And it missed. She snapped her fingers in disappointment. "Aw nuts."
Gil rubbed the back of his head, somewhat puzzled. "Well, we could make a human ladder of some sort."
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"Josie is a bit smaller than I am." Tiana looked disgusted. "I don't want her feet on my shoulders!"
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"Hold on…" Stefan instantly noticed Tiana's dislike of the idea and began to climb the trees. "I'll get 'em."
"Are you sure?" Gil called up as Stefan made his way higher and higher up. "I don't think I could catch you if you fell, dude."
"It's fine, I can do this!" Of course, the heartthrob wasn't exactly used to climbing—spending time outside wasn't something he did that much.
Josie hopped up and down hopefully and Tiana set her hands on her hips.
Stefan wiggled a few of the branches as he climbed his way up and managed to knock them all onto the grass below.
"Yes!" Tiana exclaimed thankfully, clapping her hands together before reaching for the purple egg.
"Thanks man!" Gil grinned, tossing Josie one of the blue eggs before taking a red one for himself.
"Ahaha, yeah, no prob." Stefan sounded uneasy, "Now could someone help me down?"
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"If it comes to a point where my team looses this week… And we have to eliminate someone…" Josie paused, "I'm not voting Stefan out. He was so nice about getting my egg!"
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Charlotte clasped her hands together as everyone gathered in the kitchen with their eggs. "Now for the challenge." She gestured to the drawers. "Based on what number is on your egg, you'll have to open the drawer with the same number and color."
Mark returned with a towel and handed it to Phoebe. She wrapped it around her shoulders before making her way inside and joining the others at the table.
"Open your eggs!"
Everyone did as they were told—finding little tiny slips of paper in each of the eggs.
"Those are your roles for the next three days. Inside the drawers are your costumes." Charlotte grinned a somewhat evil grin, "Good luck."
Woo, fun! Things are finally getting started! The first challenge is kind of an acting challenge. The housemates will have to dress up as what their role was and stay in character for three days. (They'll also be faced with scenarios and mini challenges that'll test their ability to stay in character too.) I start school on the 29th, so I only have about week left of freedom... ); Chapters will probably come up once a week or once every two weeks, depending on how hectic life gets for me. I'll try my best to update as much as I possibly can, though.
So, what do you guys think so far? Good? Bad? Please tell me if I'm doing something wrong. I've gotten awesome feedback so far and I wanna thank you guys for that! :) I really appreciate all the kind words.
I'm off to watch Buffy! :) And to play some Persona. Persona's an awesome game, but its' wicked scary too. Gives me nightmares...
And then later this afternoon family friends are gonna come over... Crazy family friends... Oh boy. Ahahaha, I'm done rambling now.
-Evangelline