This chapter is long overdue in my opinion and it's was, by far, the toughest chapter to write, but it's here so sit back, grab a snack, and enjoy! Also readers that live in the UK might catch the reference in the Chapter's Title
"Last time on Total Drama Island; drama erupted in the last challenge! Viola squared off against a crocodile, Ruby and Astrid are still focused on their alliance, and Nikki and Johan are finally together! It's about time! Charlotte spilled the beans to Dutch, telling her about her alternate personality and that she's pregnant! Who knew! But the most shocking moment was Hayden letting his girlfriend fall off a cliff! Oh and Luis won! Didn't see that coming! Will Charlotte and Dutch become a thing? Will Tamara get back at Hayden? And who's the next to go? Find out right here on Total Drama Island!"
It was still night out, Corlissa and Tamara were crying in the girls cabin, the other girls were trying to console them.
"How!? How could you vote him off!?" Corlissa cried
"But we didn't vote him off!" Ruby replied
"You're lying!" Corlissa said, running out of the cabin, the girls looked concerned. Tamara and Charlotte left the cabin to try and help Corlissa
"Corlissa, I know you're upset about Damion, but now you don't have to go against him if you make it to the finale!" Tamara said
"Yeah... I know what it feels like to lose someone you love..." Charlotte added
"You do?" Corlissa asked skeptically
"Yeah, my boyfriend dumped me some time before the show began and I still really like him..." Charlotte explained
"I'm sorry to hear that, but I thought you and Dutch were getting together?" Tamara questioned
"N-no, Dutch is nice to me and all but I don't have any feelings for him. Honestly the reason he likes me at all is because..." Charlotte said
"Because why?" Corlissa asked
"A mistake..." Charlotte said
"I'm sorry to hear that Charlotte, I guess we're all having issues in our relationships." Tamara noted
"I guess you're right... I'm sorry about what happened with Hayden by the way. But you two seemed so nice together! How did you two break up!" Corlissa asked
"Well... he sort of let me and Luis fall of a cliff..." Tamara explained, the two girls looked horrified, then Corlissa looked sympathetic
"Thanks for telling me this, but we need to get back at Hayden! And we're gonna get the other girls to help us!" Corlissa explained, Tamara smiled at her words as the three girls went back to their cabin, however Hayden was listening in on their conversation from the shadows
*confessionals*
Hayden: If they think they're taking me down, then they have another thing coming! I WILL WIN THIS GAME!
Corlissa: How can he just let them fall!? They could've been badly hurt, or worse!
Charlotte: I'm going to have to tell Dutch that I'm not interested in him, it'll be tough but I have to... in the meantime I have to bring Hayden down, I just hope Lorraine doesn't mess it up for me again! *she looks anxious for a moment before coming to a realization about something* Oh yeah, Lotte real name is Lorraine, it seems really weird that I'm mentioning this now doesn't it!
*end confessionals*
In the boy's cabin, Dutch looked anxious and deep in thought, Luis and Michael looked suspicious, but they shook it off since he wasn't bothering them. They were instead talking about Hayden.
"You're serious?" Michael asked
"Very serious, he soon let Tamara fall as well!" Luis explained, Michael looked surprised, this even caught Dutch's attention, though he didn't join their conversation
"That's just cold! He needs to go down!" Michael stated, Luis nodded in agreement, Hayden soon entered the cabin looking nonchalant, Luis was struggling to fight the urge to give him a nasty glare, Luis stood up and headed to the door.
"Well, I'm going to spend the night in my trailer, Good night!" Luis said
Meanwhile in the interns cabin, the girls had just gone to bed, everything was silent until Sapphire's bed collapsed once she sat down on it.
"Ah! What the hell!?" She yelled, rubbing her head in pain as her head hit the wall when the bed collapsed.
"Who could've... The guys..." Ciana said, a noticeable annoyed tone in her voice
"This prank war needs to end... quickly..." Briar added, the other girls agree
"What we need is a prank that'll finally make the guys give up!" Nikki said "Who's with me!" The 4 girls all high-fived at the idea.
In the boy's bedroom, Mike and Johan came to the same conclusion
"This is it Mike, Damion gave me a list of ideas for pranks, and this one has to be his best! We'll finally get the girls to give up!" Johan said
"How are we gonna do it?" Mike asked
"Simple! Here's what we'll need..." Johan said
The next morning Luis walked out of his trailer stretching, he looks fully rested, he went into the mess hall where he joined the others for breakfast. Everything seemed quiet with the boys, but the girls were all in a hushed conversation
"He did WHAT?!" Astrid said in a tone almost loud enough for the others to hear
"Is he crazy?!" Ruby hissed, all the girls began to cast death glares at Hayden, except for Tamara who was still hurt.
The interns quickly picked up on the tension between the competitors, Johan was talking to Chef however...
"I can't believe Hayden would do something that... what's the word?" Mike said
"Heinous?" Briar asked
"Yeah that's it!" Mike replied
"It just goes to show that some people would do anything to win." Sapphire noted, the others nodded in agreement
"Yeah, I'm crazy but I'm not THAT crazy!" Ciana added, trying to lighten the mood a bit, Johan sat down with the others, he handed Nikki a muffin
"Hey, I got this for you!" He said, smiling at her
"Aww thanks!" Nikki replied, kissing her boyfriend on the cheek, Chris then walked into the mess hall, he had his trademark grin on his face
"Hello campers! Today's challenge will be a long one, so if you want it to be over quickly, you'll have to really work for it! Anyway follow me!" Chris announced, everyone left the mess hall, everyone except Briar threw away their garbage, she helped Chef collect all the waste
"I don't get paid enough for this job!" Chef complained
"You work too hard, perhaps the others and I can help you?" Briar proposed, Chef smiled at her
"That'd be good, but you should get going. I don't want Chris on your case because of me!" Chef said
"It's no trouble, but you're right, I really need to get going!" Briar said before running off to join the others, Chef smiled at her as she went
Chris lead everyone to a cave in the side of a mountain, the cave had a dark green gem painted on a sign by the entrance, the inside had 5 separate paths, each numbered from 1 to 5.
"Welcome to The Emerald Maze! Your challenge is to make your way through the puzzles and mazes in the labyrinth and collect the emerald at the end, the first camper to get the emerald wins! Also some of the paths cross so you may run into each other, and once you step inside there are no rules, so you're free to help or hurt each other!" Chris explained, Hayden smirked at Chris saying that he was 'free to help or hurt' the other competitors, the girls however, glared at Hayden when Chris mentioned that.
"Oh, and one more thing! There are traps that will either send you back to the start or put you on a completely different path!" Chris said
*confessionals*
Luis: At last! An intellectual challenge! This is the perfect opportunity to show that I can be a fierce competitor!
Hayden: The girls are all against me, so it may take some persuasion to get them back on my side, or blackmail. Either option is fine for me... Although maybe I could use Dutch to my advantage!
*end confessionals*
"One more thing! This challenge isn't just a brain game! There are plenty of physical challenges here too!" Chris announced, Luis became upset at this "And... go!" The campers rushed into the caves, some went alone while others went in groups. Astrid, Ruby and Viola took the path #5, Corlissa, Tamara and Charlotte took path #3 Dutch followed Charlotte inside, Michael and Luis took path #1, Damion went after Dutch, he had an insidious look on his face... Chris looked a bit surprised
"Huh... I wonder why nobody took the 2nd path, it was the path with the least amount of traps! Oh well, that just means there'll be more drama!" Chris exclaimed cheerfully
Astrid, Viola, and Ruby were making their way through the maze, it was dark except for the soft green glow of the caves walls and the emerald green lights, they eventually came across a door, Astrid eagerly tried to force it open but it wouldn't budge! Upon closer inspecion, the door could only be opened using a specific numerical code, the numbers ranged from 0 - 9.
"So what do you girls think the code is?" Astrid asked
"It could be anything! We have to move quickly so we're going to have to guess!" Viola exclaimed
"Ok then, let's try... 7 - 0 - 6 - 4?" Ruby input the code... but was shocked with a minor electrical shock!
"Yeah, getting a wrong combination here will result in you getting zapped! Hehehe!" Chris said from a speaker placed above the door
"Well we're just going to have to keep trying Astrid said as the girls began to think of another potential combination to unlock the door
Corlissa, Tamara, and Charlotte were going through the maze's twists and turns, being careful not to get lost. Eventually they reached a dead end, they were exhausted since they were running the whole way.
"Crap! We're gonna have to turn back!" Corlissa cursed, she and Tamara were beginning to head back.
"Can't we take a break for just a second?" Charlotte asked, she began leaning on one of the maze's walls when suddenly... The wall flipped backwards, taking Charlotte with it! All of this happened without the wall making a sound, on the other side of the wall was a slide! Charlotte screamed as the slide took her to a completely different cave! Corlissa and Tamara turned around to see Charlotte was gone!
"Charlotte? Where are you? Are you ok?!" Tamara called out, she wasn't answered
"How did she even dissappear? She couldn't have gone past us!" Corlissa argued
"It was probably one of the traps Chris told us about! We need to find her, quick!" Tamara said, the two girls ran off to find their friend
Meanwhile, Michael and Luis had gone past a large amount of puzzles and challenges, they went through them quickly and easily, though it was clearly that they had taken the longest path, Michael took care of the physical challenges while Luis got through all the mental challenges. They both eventually came across a large pool, there were 4 keys hanging from the ceiling by the center of the pool, below the keys however, was a shark's fin, it circled the key ominously.
"Well... crap!" Michael said, Luis looked terrified, Chris spoke up via the speakers again
"If you want to get through this room, you're going to have to grab a key and unlock the door! Seems simple enough, but you're going to have to get through my good friend Fang first!" Chris explained, Fang appeared out of the water and looked at Michael and Luis (Fang is not mutated at this point). Michael cracked his knuckles, he seemed incredibly eager to fight.
"Alright, here's the plan, you make a break for the key, I'll take care of Fang!" Michael ordered
"Are you crazy!? No human can defeat a shark!" Luis yelled, Michael gave him a confident smile, he then jumped into the water and swam towards Fang, who was speeding towards Michael, Luis looked shocked.
Dutch was going through the maze with force, he rushed through the maze section until he was stopped by a dead end, he turned around and was surprised to see Hayden smirking at him.
"What do you want?" Dutch asked, he had an annoyed look on his face
"I know you have feelings for Charlotte, I also know about her alternate personality!" Hayden exclaimed, Dutch looked shocked "But I'm not unreasonable, I'll help you win her heart, in return you will help me win the money!" Hayden finished
"And if I refuse?" Dutch asked
"Then I'll tell everyone that YOU got Charlotte pregnant!" He threatened, Dutch looked mortified, but to protect his crush, he agreed to help Hayden. "Now I said that I would help you won Charlotte's heart, but did you ever wonder that perhaps Charlotte is the alternate personality?" Hayden asked deviously, Dutch looked hopefully
"N-no... I guess I didn't! I'm gonna go find Charlotte, if you need any help... I guess you can let me know!" Dutch said as he ran off to find Charlotte
*confessionals*
Hayden: All according to plan! There's no chance Dutch and Charlotte are getting together, and if Dutch goes against me, his reputation will be finished!
Dutch: Hayden better not by lying, I really like Charlotte and if he does what he threatened to do then...
*end confessionals*
In the intern's cabin, the girls had set up a barrage of traps involving powder puffs with make up. They were in the kitchen, a trip wire was set up by the door.
"Ok, once the boys step through the door, they'll fall face first into the coconut creme pies, then the trip wire will tie around their legs, next we pull on the excess wire which will send them towards the ceiling where the powder puffs we set up will apply a healthy amount of blush, and we should let physics handle the rest!" Briar explained
"In English please!" Ciana argued
"Once the boys walk into the kitchen, we pull the wire and enjoy the show!" Briar said
"Oh, this is gonna be good!" Sapphire said excitedly, meanwhile Mike and Johan had also laid traps around the cabin, however unlike the girls, they rigged the while house rather than just one room.
"Alright so we've almost got the whole house covered, if all else fails, then we'll use this!" Johan said, pulling out a large white sphere
"And what is that exactly?" Mike asked
"This, my good friend, is the Baking Powder Vapor Barrier, me and Damion designed this to be a part of the ultimate prank! Think of it as a smoke bomb but with one thousand times more smoke. It just screams overkill!" Johan said excitedly
"You're going to blow us all up?!" Mike shouted
"What!? No! All it'll do is coat everything in flour and baking soda!" Johan explained, Mike breathed a sigh of relief "Now let's set this up by the front door, the girls said they were going out for a while. Now let's get a bite to eat, I'm starving!" Johan said as he and Mike headed for the kitchen.
"Alright the wire is in the living room, be careful not to trigger any part of the trap!" Briar warned as the girls left the kitchen, as they did so however, they unknowingly set off one of the boys' traps. But they boys also set off the girls trap. From the outside, sounds of screaming were heard, pies and cakes splattered the walls ketchup, mustard, relish, and shaving cream splattered the windows! Once the chaos was over the cabin was a mess! The boys were had makeovers that looked similar to Corlissa's in the phobia challenge, the girls were coated in condiments, feathers, and shaving cream.
"Well that was... insane!" Nikki said
"Truce?" Mike asked
"Truce." Briar agreed, the Prank War was over.
"Well this was certainly an interesting escapade!" Briar noted
"Yup, it was a ton of fun though!" Sapphire said, dusting herself off
"Hehe, yeah! Well I'm gonna go to the mess hall and get something to eat!" Mike said, walking to the front door.
"NO MIKE DON'T OPEN THE-" Johan shouted to Mike, the Baking Powder bomb was still there and intact, once Mike opened the door however, it set of a wire that set the bomb off! The bomb exploded, breaking all the windows in the cabin in a cloud of white smoke, the inside of the cabin changed from the splattered mess of the traps, to a pure white!
Back inside the maze, Astrid group solved the door puzzle and met up with Tamara and Corlissa
"Tamara? Corlissa? Thank goodness, at least we ran into people we can trust!" Viola said
"Sorry to cut this reunion short, but have any of you seen Charlotte?" Corlissa asked
"We haven't, she got lost didn't she..." Ruby answered
"She just vanished, we've been trying to find her..." Tamara said
"Well try to find her, but don't forget that this is still a challenge and we need to find the emerald!" Viola replied, the other girls nodded and continued their search
At the same time Charlotte wandered one of the neighboring caves aimlessly, she didn't come across many challenges and she became increasingly more anxious since the caves were not very bright and it wasn't exactly spacious in there either. Dutch eventually found her and caught up with her.
"Charlotte!" He called out, he was smiling
"Oh... um... hi Dutch..." Charlotte replied uneasily
"Charlotte, I need to ask you something important!" Dutch told her, Charlotte looked anxious, as she had a feeling about what Dutch was going to ask
"Charlotte, are you the alternate personality?" When Dutch asked this, Charlotte was shocked and a bit insulted, she backed away from Dutch
"No I am not!" She hissed, before Dutch could respond, Charlotte changed into Lorraine, and ran off, glaring at Dutch as she ran off. Dutch looked ashamed of himself as he pressed on through the cave.
Luis had just grabbed one of the keys he needed to unlock the door as Michael fought Fang underwater, despite the size and speed difference, Michael had the upper hand and with one final punch to the eye, Michael beat Fang! Michael and Luis met up at the door leading to the next room, Luis was gobsmacked at the fact the Michael beat a shark, Michael didn't even take to much damage from the fight!
"How did you ... But that was ..." Luis stammered
"Don't question it Little Man, let's move!" Michael responded, the two boys continued through the maze
*confessionals*
Luis: He bested a shark in a fight! Michael may very well be the strongest person I know!
Michael: Hmph! Dutch puts up more of a fight than that overgrown Tuna!
*end confessionals*
As the two boys were walking Luis spotted a green glowing object in the distance
"Can it be?" Luis questioned
"Please tell me it is..." Michael responded
"The emerald!" The boys said in unison as they charged for the emerald
The girls continued to solve the challenges in the maze until they ended up regrouping again
"Hey! Did you girls find Charlotte yet?" Tamara asked
"We still can't find her, she has to be here somewhere, if not then Chris will probably get her out safely once this challenge is over!" Viola noted, something glowing caught Astrid's eye
"Over there! What is that?" She asked
"That's the emerald! Let's go!" Corlissa exclaimed, the girls ran towards the emerald, but they were stopped when a cage made out of wood fell on them!
"Haha! Gotcha'!" A voice called out, the girls turned to face the voice and gasped
"Charlotte!?" The girls all gasped
"My name is Lorraine! And that money will be mine!" Lorraine laughed as she ran towards the emerald
"Argh! We trusted her and she stabbed us In the back!" Ruby hissed, she tried to break the cage, but she failed
"She didn't totally betray you!" Another voice called out, this time however, it was Hayden
"What do you mean?!" Astrid asked
"Charlotte has an alternate personality! Or maybe Charlotte is the alternate personality? I'm not sure, but you being in this position means I have a better chance at getting the money! Later losers!" Hayden taunted running for the emerald. The girls began to lose hope, but they were surprised when the cage began to rise! Someone was freeing them! The girls turned to see who was freeing them and were once again shocked to see that it was Dutch!
"Why would you-?" Corlissa began to ask before Dutch interrupted her
"Hey, I'm not a total jerk, now come on!" He replied, they all ran for the target
Luis and Michael were the first to reach the chamber that the emerald was in. The emerald itself was placed on a pedestal atop a flight of stairs.
"Why don't you go for it, I'm pretty sure I'll be safe without invincibility!" Michael said
"Are you sure?" Luis asked, Michael nodded at him, Luis went after the emerald and began to reach for it...
"Not so fast!" Hayden shouted as he dashed for the emerald, he grabbed Luis by the collar of his shirt and tossed him out of the way and down the stairs. Luis was battered and bruised when he reached the bottom, Michael was furious at this and charged at Hayden.
"Oh no you dont!" Lorraine yelled as she also charged for the emerald. The other girls and Dutch also arrived, everyone was almost at the top, but it was too late...
"And Hayden wins immunity!" Chris announced over the intercom, the boys groaned, the girls all glared at Lorraine, who had changed back into Charlotte
In the boy's cabin, Hayden pulled Dutch aside.
"The girls are now aware about Charlotte's personality." Hayden said
"What!? You said you wouldn't tell them!" Dutch argued
"I never agreed to that, and besides, the girls all found out on their own!" Hayden responded, Dutch looked uneasy "But that doesn't mean our alliance is over, you will still work for me or I'll tell everyone you got Charlotte pregnant!" He threatened, Dutch nodded his head sadly.
At the Elimination Ceremony, the interns were still a bit dirty, due to the mishap earlier. Chris was handed the marshmallows and was about to speak.
"Well, today was certainly... interesting! Since Hayden won immunity he gets the first marshmallow!" Chris announced, everyone glared at Hayden
"As for the rest of you... Michael!" Chris tossed Michael his marshmallow
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"And Ruby! Dutch when are you not going to be in the bottom two?" Chris asked jokingly, Dutch seemed too upset to respond. "Charlotte, can't say I'm surprised, you betrayed your friends and trapped them just to win! The final marshmallow goes to..."
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*Dutch looks at Charlotte with guilt in his eyes, then he gives Hayden a nasty glare*
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* Charlotte looks incredibly guilty about what she did, she tried not to look at Dutch*
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* close up of Hayden smirking deviously*
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"Dutch! Oh and Dutch it was sooooo nice of you to help the girls out!" Chris joked as he said this, Dutch finally glared at him
"Yeah, thanks Dutch!" Tamara said, smiling at him
*confessionals*
Luis: Did Dutch really help the girls? Perhaps he does have a heart...
Dutch: Helping the girls may be out of character, but if anyone's gonna cause trouble on this show it'll be me!
*end confessionals*
Charlotte stood up and headed to the Boat of Losers but Dutch stopped her.
"Charlotte wait!" He said "You're an awesome girl and I don't really say this often but... I love you Charlotte!" He called out, he was visibly blushing, everyone except for Hayden and Chris looked genuinely surprised
*confessionals*
Luis: I'm surprised Dutch actually announced his feelings for Charlotte, perhaps Dutch really is changing!
Nikki: Dutch and Charlotte? That's a shock, but they should definitely get together!
*end confessionals*
"Oh... um... Dutch, I can't be your girlfriend!" Charlotte answered, Dutch looked crushed
"B-but why?!" He asked, everyone's shocked expression came back, even Chris looked surprised
"I just cant alright!" Charlotte said, she rushed onto the boat which went off before Dutch could say anything else, leaving him at the dock. Chris joined him, ready to end the episode, but Dutch left before Chris said anything.
"And so ends another elimination, this was definitely one of the most dramatic yet! Will Hayden's plan succeed? Will the girls bounce back after this loss? And is Dutch really changing? Find out next time on Total Drama Island!"
Well, there goes Charlotte, and Lorraine (Lotte) too. Charlotte was certainly an interesting character, but she was fun anyway! But how will Dutch fare with his heart broken? Also, did you enjoy the Prank War? I wanted to have it end here because, to me, it felt rather tedious. It was mostly there to ease the tension and put some comedy into the story. Well, either way, I hope you enjoyed the chapter!