A/N: In case any of you don't know, stays are the laces on a corset. I hope you all enjoy this chapter!

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Applause2014-I am so happy to hear you like this! I was kind of nervous how this fic would go over since it deals with racism and slavery, even when I said I don't agree with any of this in the last chapter. I would love to read your version of Gone With The Wind. I absolutely love it when people do stories with Total Drama characters, but sadly, I've seen very few done with classic movies. I considered making this a Aleheather fic, but for some reason I just saw Courtney as Scarlett. I think it's because later in the movie, Scarlett starts becoming frightened and more emotional, and Courtney was a bit more emotional than Heather. Heather usually only cries when she's trying to manipulate someone, but Courtney has cried on occasion when she was upset. It would mean so much to me if you would spread word of this fic! Thank you! :) I also saw you might make Total Drama versions of Anna Karenina and The Help. I haven't read the book (though I really want to) but I think the movie is fantastic. And Anna Karenina is a great novel! I finished reading it in December. It's one of the best works of fiction ever written (though towards the end of his life Tolstoy didn't like it that much). I plan on doing a Total Drama story, though I want to base it off the 2012 movie. And maybe do one off the mini-series with Helen McRory.

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Part One, Chapter Three

Dressing Courtney

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Courtney gripped the bedpost with a dreamy look on her face. She was brought back to reality with a painful "Oh!" as Leshawna laced her corset.

"Just hold on and suck in," Leshawna said.

The door to Courtney's room opened and a slave named Katie walked in holding a silver tray.

"Leshawna, her are Miss Courtney's vittles," she said.

"You can take that back," said Courtney. "I won't eat a bite."

Katie started walking out of the room.

"Yes, ma'am, you is," said Leshawna. "You's gonna eat every mouthful of this."

"No, I'm not!" Courtney said through gritted teeth. She bent over and picked up her hoop skirt and started tying it around her waist. "Put on the dress, we're late already."

"What's my lamb gonna wear?" Leshawna asked.

"That," said Courtney pointing to a green and white dress with no sleeves and a low neckline.

"No you ain't!" Leshawna exclaimed picking up the dress. "You can't show your bosom before three o'clock.

Courtney yanked the dress away.

"I'm gonna speak to your ma about you!" Leshawna said.

"If you tell one word to Mother, I won't eat a bite!" Courtney threatened.

Leshawna turned around.

"Well…" she said.

Courtney smiled triumphantly as Leshawna helped her put on the dress.

"Keep your shawl on," said Leshawna. "I ain't aimin' for you to get all freckled after the buttermilk I done put on you all this winter, bleachin' them freckles."

Courtney pulled the frilly straps down so they rested below her shoulder. Leshawna pulled them up,

"Now, Miss Courtney," said Leshawna, "you come on and be good, and eat just a little, honey."

"No," said Courtney. "I'm going to have a good time today and do my eating at the barbecue."

Courtney walked over to the bed and grabbed a straw hat with a green ribbon.

"If you don't care what folks says about this family, I does!" Leshawna declared. "I has told you and told you that you can always tell a lady by the way she eats with folks. Like a bird! I ain't aimin' for you to go after Mr. Wilkes and eat like a field hand and gobble like a hog!"

"Fiddle-dee-dee!" said Courtney. "Mike Wilkes told me he likes to see a girl with a healthy appetite."

She walked to her bed and grabbed her green parasol.

"What gentlemen says and what they thinks is two different things," said Leshawna. "And I ain't noticed Mist' Mike askin' to marry you."

Courtney's head turned slowly, revealing a glare at Leshawna. Leshawna was smiling smugly and nodding. Courtney continued to glare as she threw her parasol and began eating, sitting on the steps below the door to her room. She was stuffing food into her mouth.

"Now don't eat too fast," said Leshawna. "Ain't no need of havin' it come right back up again."

Leshawna ran up to Courtney and put a napkin around her neck.

"Why does a girl have to be so silly to catch a husband?" Courtney asked with a mouthful of food.

"Courtney, if you're not down here by the time I count to ten, we'll be going without you!" Geoff called from the carriage below.

Courtney stood up and ran to the open window.

"I'm coming, Pa!" Courtney called.

"One," Geoff started counting from below, "two, three, four, five, six…"

All while he was counting, Courtney was racing across her room. Before she exited her room, she remembered her parasol and rushed to get it.

"Oh, dear," Courtney grumbled. "My stays are so tight I know I'll never get through the day without belching."

Courtney got off the floor after picking up her parasol and rushed out the door.