Let's continue on with the new version of Episode 1! Thanks for your review, Nicky Haugh, That British Guy (What makes her less worthy than the other finalists? And don't repeat reviews – the guest ones don't always show up for a few days), OmniPlanckInstant, yeezynight14 and RebelToasters12, Bloodylilcorpse, and Pokemon FTW.

"Greetings, old friends!" Chris said cheerfully.

Heather was the first to speak up. "I am not your friend."

Lindsay smiled at her. "Awww, somebody misses her honey bunny."

Heather shoved her. "Who? Alejandro? As if! I'm glad he isn't back, that handsome jerk."

"Well, that makes two of us." I murmured, shooting a sly smirk at Heather. "Chris, can you just get on with it and sort us into teams? And make sure I'm not with the Queen of Mean or the model with the weird face?" I purposefully directed my gaze at Justin.

The Hawaiian model gave a sigh. "I knew it! The agents said it would be fine, but it's obvious now. They only want my face because it's famous. Total Drama Action ruined it."

I laughed out loud. I couldn't help it. "Justin, stop stressing. The show didn't ruin your face. It was ruined before TD got to it. Nah, just kidding, you're still gorgeous. Just not my type, okay?" Hey, I might as well be nice, in case I did end up on a team with Justin.

There were a few things we needed to know before the show began, though. First of all, the toxic waste had been cleared. No more mutants or possible mutations. Awesome news.

Second, the cabin that our team was supposed to have had been reconstructed. Each night, the winning team (or individual winner after the merge) would get to sleep there and spend the free day there, too. Basically, they kept it from the moment they won a challenge to the start of the next challenge. Even better news!

Finally, the teams would be split into Heroes vs Villains, depending on our past performances. I glanced around at some of my friends. I hoped to be a Hero, but what if me happily splitting them up last season counted against me?

Chris started calling out names. "Justin, Heather, Duncan, Anne Maria, Lightning, Scott and Gwen. From now on, you guys are the Villainous Vultures!"

Gwen was the first to react. "Wha? Why am I on the Villain team?"

I spoke up. "Gwen, no one thinks you're a real villain, except maybe Chris. And Courtney. They needed one heroic teammate, and they used you hooking up with Duncan as an excuse."

Gwen relaxed a little bit, but she still looked upset. Duncan put a hand on her shoulder. "Being bad is cool, and now we're on the same team," he pointed out, "So that's good, right?"

"I guess." Gwen mumbled.

Chris called out the rest of the names – that's Mike, Zoey, Beth, Owen, Lindsay, Sierra, Brick and I. "You guys are the Heroic Hamsters!"

"Wait a sec!" Anne Maria called out, scowling. "No fair! They got more people than us!"

"I needed a seat on the plane for that Ezekiel prank." Chris argued. When he got no joy, he sighed. "Fine, you can have the robot."

Oh yeah, I forgot. There was this thing called the Drama Machine, and now it was on the island. And when Chris said that, it started beeping and wheeled itself over to the team. Then it edged up close to Heather. "Keep your distance, toaster!" she snapped.

Then, it was time to start the challenge. Since the season was going to be based on earlier challenges made harder, Chris told us that we'd start with finding the key to the spa hotel. And we'd have to do it involving the first part of the first challenge ever, which involved diving off a cliff into shark-infested waters (except when they did it, all they had to do was land in a shark-free zone).

"Meet me at the base of the cliff in ten minutes, chop chop!" And with that, an intern drove the host away, while we had to walk.

"Wait!" Mike called after him. "Shouldn't we change into our swimsuits or something first?"

"Sorry! No time!"

Pretty much everyone on my team walked in twos. I mean, on the Villains, Duncan and Gwen were walking together and the robot insisted on staying close to Heather, but in general, it was just the Heroes who were walking together. Since Mike and Zoey were together, Beth and Lindsay were chatting about something and Owen was introducing himself to Brick, I ended up with Sierra.

"So, did you have a contract to come back like us, or did you just want to?" I asked the taller girl. "I mean, I know the rest of your cast's contracts expired, but you joined the show later on."

"Well, both!" said Sierra in her usual bubbly voice. "I really don't like Chris, but my mom does. She would kill me if I didn't come back to this show! And plus, just cause I don't like Chris doesn't mean I don't like Total Drama! I really, REALLY wanted to see the island."

"So..." I paused, wondering if I wanted to bring this up. "You wanting to get on here originally wasn't just about meeting Cody?"

Sierra giggled. "I was a fan of Total Drama long before I realized how much I liked Cody! I mean, yeah, I started on the first season and he was my favourite by like Episode Four, but you don't stop loving a show when your favourite contestant leaves! I was still all like OMG when Owen won, and it was great!"

I couldn't help smiling. I already liked Sierra. I mean, she'd been OK on the show, but I'd really only associated her with the stalking-Cody thing. I didn't remember how exuberant and bubbly she really was.

She'd started talking again. "Anyway, I was hoping you'd be on here, Danni. I was going to tell you how cool it was that you were in the final two last year. The season, was, like, so suspenseful. You have got to show me. how to turn five cartwheels in a row! The best I can do is one, and once I did one while holding a sandwich, but I'd love to be able to do more than that!"

I grinned again. "Okay, I'll keep that in mind for tomorrow. I'm glad we've got free days again. We've got an awesome line-up this year, I have to say. We'll just have to keep in mind that the Villains have a pretty good one, too." I shrugged. "Oh well, at least we're not stuck with Alejandro this time!"

Sierra nodded. "That was the worst last time I was on the show! Although I thought it was cute how Heather was totally crushing on him, I hated having to be around him all the time."

It was almost surreal. Here I was, talking about the other contestants with Sierra, and she didn't focus on Cody! Luck was definitely on my side this season.

Waiting for us at the beach was two prams, and Chris with a jet pack.

Well, if this was going to be how the season began, this was going to be weird. Weirder than toxic waste,, weirder than Izzy becoming a genius momentarily, weirder than Trent's OCD, and much, much weirder than anything in Total Drama Island. Maybe not weird in the same way, but still crazy.

And at that moment, one thought filled my head: Who cares if I win? I just hope I survive.

I wanted to get another chapter out but I'm too lazy to do the challenge. So next, I'll do the challenge and try to fill the rest of that chapter with character interaction. Danni only knows about half her team personally right now, although she does like Beth, Lindsay and Owen.

A little bit about the way I write Sierra...I am unashamed to admit that Sierra is in my top fifteen as far as characters go. Before RR, she was in my top ten, but the Sisters, plus Ennui and Junior outranked her. Because of that, I write Sierra sympathetically. She's generally not as crazy as she was in canon, and I think the original All-Stars did her an injustice by making her more insane and less genre-savvy. Let's just say, Danni's interaction with her this chapter is an indication of the direction I intend to take with her. And let me tell you, later on, I've made a challenge (I made some up to eliminate the extra characters and take out double eliminations) that Sierra could really shine at, if she plays her cards right.