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I discussed the next vote-off with Sierra during the free day. However, she didn't seem as sure as I did.

"I mean, I can see your point." she said. "But do you really think either of them, you know, deserve to leave?"

I gave a sigh. "Of course not. I just think that if I want to take someone to the finale, I'd rather take someone who has proved themselves worthy of being a finalist who hasn't been a finalist. If I get immunity or Double B targets you regardless, that's what could happen. Anyway, who would you go up against – a former finalist or a former non-merger?"

Sierra thought it over. Then she let out a sigh, too. "Okay, let's make a deal. After the next challenge, whoever has the highest placing gets to choose who we vote out. Deal?"

I shook her hand. If nothing else, I wanted to stay on Sierra's good side. Besides, I trusted her judgement. We didn't always have the same ideas, but no one knew more about Total Drama strategy than Sierra. She'd studied it for years, after all.

Even though we didn't have a sleepover night in the cabin, Sierra and I still stayed up late, talking about anything and everything. We were still in Courtney and Bridgette's old bunks, and we talked a little bit about our Season 1 counterparts.

"You know, Gwen actually told me that I look and talk like Bridgette." I told my friend. "Do you think I'm like her?"

Sierra hesitated. "Maybe." she said. "Onscreen, you definitely do. I know that she's an honour roll student and spends most of her time doing a ton of charity work, and I know that's not you. But your general manner is the same." I could just about see her looking regretful in the dim light. "I wish I got to talk to her properly. But she was only on the third season for...less than a week, actually. I hardly even saw her, since we were on different teams and we were always up in First Class until the day she was eliminated."

"So, what about you?" I asked. "Do people tell you you're like Izzy? You said the blogs do, but anyone in real life?"

Sierra giggled. "I told some of the others that I keep in touch with. Izzy says she doesn't see it, but I expected that – you know, she looks at things differently. Cody says it couldn't be truer. If Owen had stayed longer on here, I would've asked him to let Cody know why dating a girl like me and her is a good idea!" She giggled again.

After that, we chatted a little bit about some random trivia. It was like we knew.

You know, having an island full of Heroes was awesome. About fifteen minutes before Chris called us (to the Chrisoseum this time), Double B visited us with a bacon sandwich each. Yeah, no one said they couldn't smuggle stuff out of the spa hotel. And while I usually avoided bacon (not good for the hips), I practically inhaled the sandwich. Who knew when I'd get food like that again?

Anyway, we got to the location, and there stood Chris. He was standing on a podium, which faced four smaller podiums, all marked with our names.

"Good morning, Final Four!" Chris greeted us. "Since you all did so well at the last physical challenge, I decided that this time, we're going to make your brains do the work. The good news is that this challenge won't kill you."

Beth and Brick gave sighs of relief, but Sierra and I knew better. There was a catch.

"But it might totally humiliate you!" Chris laughed. "I am going to move along the podiums and ask each of you a question about something that happened in a previous season of Total Drama. Answer the question correctly, and you are safe. However, once you get three answers wrong, you are out. But, because I'm a nice guy, I'll start off easy."

I quickly ran to the confessional for that. "Great. Just great. I've only seen every episode of Total Drama once. Sierra's seen them, like, fifty times! How can I compete with that?" I gave a sigh. "If Double B weren't gunning for me before, they will be by tonight. Looks like I'll have to resign myself to a tiebreaker."

Chris wasn't lying about starting the game off easy. It wasn't hard for Beth to name Heather's dare downfall as having her head shaved, for Brick to pinpoint Courtney's law suit as her reason for returning to the season, for me to remember that London was where Courtney and Gwen found Duncan. And it certainly wasn't hard for Sierra to remember that our mutant spider was actually Izzy in disguise.

But the questions got harder. We had to remember elimination orders in the next round, and Beth stumbled when she almost said that Harold had been voted out in the third season and only just turned it around when she remembered that DJ had been voted out and Harold had eliminated himself instead. It took me a few seconds to remember the name of the episode that the Screaming Gaffers got rid of Heather in, but Brick seemed to have no trouble remembering that we voted off Anne Maria in fifth place (even though he'd already been eliminated), and Sierra confidently relayed the story of how Cody was mauled by a bear in the first season and got kicked off afterwards (although she looked a little teary-eyed for a moment there).

Next were questions about random contestants, stuff learned in various episodes. I did a little better, remembering instantly one of Owen's Aftermath confessionals (I had to give any, so I relayed him pushing one brother down the stairs and blaming it on his other brother). Brick was able to recall Geoff's fear of hail. Sierra had no trouble answering a question about B's ambition to build a computer with the prize money (yeah, they televised me talking with him and Dawn early on). Beth was the best this time, though. It took absolutely no pause for her to answer a question about the reason Lindsay gave for being so insistent that Team Victory could win (the amount of lip gloss she'd brought with her was barely used).

But as the questions got harder, we started to drop out. Brick was the first, because he was too caught up in training to watch that much of Total Drama and missed a lot of the stuff he didn't see live last season. Then Beth, because although she knew everything about the first two seasons and the people in it, she knew very little about Sierra and Alejandro, as well as those in my cast who didn't compete this season. I was starting to struggle by that time, and had even managed to get two questions wrong, but Sierra had every answer right, every time. It was like a nightmare. I was determined to keep going, but beating Sierra was an impossible task. She had an incredible memory and an extensive knowledge, way beyond what I knew.

In the round that became the last, we had to answer questions about each other. Sierra was able to relay my most embarrassing moment easily (the time my skirt blew up after the squad's cheer for the soccer team), but when Chris asked me which member of the original cast had been feeding Sierra information, I was completely stuck. I knew it wasn't any of the guys, and I eliminated several girls immediately.

But it didn't matter. I made a wild guess (Lindsay, since she was kind of easy to get secrets out of), and Chris just smiled wider and said "Nope! Danni, you're out! Sierra, you've got immunity and a night in the spa hotel!"

Sierra squealed happily, but stopped long enough to whisper to me "The answer was Izzy!"

I mourned my stupid mistake later on that evening. "How did I not remember? I saw you on the special! You had a voice modifier, but then Izzy turned up and you were immediately exposed! I remember now, but how did I forget, even once?"

"You did better than Double B!" Sierra reminded me, putting an arm around my shoulders. "Stop beating yourself up about it – I would've felt seriously cheated if anyone but me had won a trivia challenge. I wouldn't be shocked if Chris was trying to get me into the final three." She giggled. "Except he doesn't actually like me, so I'm guessing that wasn't the plan. Point is, you got second anyway. You are the average Total Drama fan with a good memory. I am way past average."

I gave a sigh. "I guess you're right. Anyway, that means you get to choose who we vote off tonight, and I'll have to resign myself to a tiebreaker. Or a double elimination."

"It won't be a double." Sierra said confidently. "Chris is definitely going to have two more episodes planned, and it's not like Mutiny on The Soundstage. There was always going to be an extra episode after the race through the season was over. It was just that half of it was used to break an unplanned tie."

"Okay." I sighed. "So...have you changed your mind, or are we still voting..." I paused just before I said the name, "Brick?"

Yeah, Sierra had wanted to vote for Brick, but I would've chosen Beth. For me, I just thought it was only fair. While I would have rather gone against Beth, she'd already had a shot at the finale. I had too, of course, but I was biased on wanting to win. If someone else had to win, I would've wanted someone who had lost their first chance unfairly, like the girl who just wanted to give her crush a good birthday, or the guy who had been voted off for saving a few lives. Besides, Brick was disciplined and honourable, and it would be easy to use that against him in the finale.

But Sierra was adamant. "He's the biggest threat. I wouldn't want to go up against him in the finale."

So we did. But as I had guessed, Double B had both voted for me. And as for Chris' choice of tiebreaker? Well, he exercised his usual oh-so-wonderful habit of making up rules, and sent me off to get flushed, because...I'd won less challenges this season? Well, I was mad. Double B both gave me sympathetic looks, and I knew they weren't happy with it either, because although they'd chosen for me to go, they didn't think it was fair to take me out that way. Sierra's dark eyes flashed, and she walked me down to the Flush of Shame, talking at length about how unfair it was.

I didn't get into the elimination device until I'd said my last words. I smiled at the final three. "I'll miss you guys. At least I made it to the final four. Play hard. And Sierra, I'm counting on you to win this one!"

And then, one minute later, I was spinning in the clear water, mouth clamped shut and hoping I would survive the trip.

Not the greatest of endings, but hey, Danni was never going to make it to the finale a second time. I didn't think it would be fair for her to pull a Zoey and make it to the final three twice, either. So...next up, an exclusive clip, a happy reunion, and a look at what everyone else has been up to.