"Don't worry Cody-kins! I'll save you! I knew that that CPR class would come in handy!"

"Sierra, stop! I do not need mouth to mou-mmphf!"

It was almost surprising the way that nobody even batted an eye as the purple-haired female basically attacked Cody on the beach, but considering all the previous seasons, as far as anybody was concerned that was almost as normal as the fact that Chef's cooking sucked.

A little further away Heather was just marching out of the water with sea weed clinging to her leg followed closely by Alejandro with an octopus wrapped around his face.

"Ugh! I am going to kill Chris for this! He ruined my new shoes."

She wastes no time in swiftly shaking her leg in an attempt to get rid of the unwanted plants.

"Worry not, mi amor,-ugh-"

Said Alejandro while trying to pry the(surprisingly strong and extremely stubborn) octopus off.

"once we-ugh-win the reward money-gah-you'll be able to-oomph-buy all the shoes you desi-iiire-guh!"

After finally succeeding in prying the tentacles off and flinging the offended creature back into the sea(where it'll proceed to tell its octo-family about the outrageous treatment that it received and hatching plans for revenge in the future) he turned to face his girlfriend only to receive a horrified gasp.

"Alejandro! Your face!"

Alejandro immediately threw his hands up to his face as panic started to set in.

"What! What's wrong with my face?!"

Heather only pulled out a small compact mirror as an answer. As he saw his reflection Alejandro's eyes widened as he stared at his previously beautiful-now spot covered face. He dropped to his knees as a cry of despair escaped his lips.

"GAAAAAAAWHHHAAWHAAAAA!"

Again, it was rather telling that no one reacted to the display.

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Alejandro is looking into a small mirror and touching the red markings covering his face worriedly, before turning around and glaring at the camera.

"Mark my words, Chris, you will pay for tainting my sexy face!"

Having said his peace, Alejandro turned back to looking at his poor face in the mirror and whining pathetically…

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Quin also just emerged from the water, practically carrying a dripping Lindsay and Beth with him, looking entirely unamused by the situation(though his hair was still impeccable).

"Wow Winny! You're like so strong!"

"Thank you so much for helping us out Quin!"

"I don't know who Quin is, but you're like the best Winny!"

"Yea, you're super cool!"

Letting out a kinda pained-sounding sigh Quin just put the two girls down on dry land and nodded to them before walking off, only to hear a loud splash and the sound of struggling as the twins emerged from the depts of the waters.

"Ugh! This is all you fault!"

"How is it my fault?!"

Amy glared daggers at her twin while she tried to wring out her hair.

"I'm not sure how but I just know that you did something to mess this up just like you always do, Samey!"

Sammy clenched her teeth as she returned her sister's glare, and to think that some people speculated online that their relationship might improve after the last season...

"I didn't do anything to mess anything up! And don't call me Samey!"

The twins looked ready to slap each other and probably would have gotten into a nasty fist-fight had a hermit crab not chosen that exact moment to close his sharp pinchers arounds Sammy's ankle. The nice twin gave a startled shriek as she tried to shake the crustacean off only to land but first in the water, while Amy just gave a smug grin as she started walking off.

"And that is why I'm the better twin."

Giving a heavy sigh, Sammy rubbed the spot on her ankle where the crab attacked and was just about to stand up when a looming shadow landed over her. Looking up she was taken slightly aback to see the new guy offering her a hand, his piercing grey eyes boring into the very depts of her soul.

Hesitantly, she grasped the other boy's slightly larger hand in her own petite one, his hands were surprisingly warm for someone who just took an involuntary dip in an ice-cold lake. With one swift motion, Quin pulled her up to her feet, only letting her hand go once he was sure she wouldn't fall over.

"T-thanks."

The boy merely nodded at her and crossed his arms in response. For a few very awkward moments there was only a tense silence between them until Sammy mustered up her courage to try and break it.

"My name is Samey-no wait! Sammy! My name is, uh ,Sammy…but everyone um calls me Samey- uh-"

Luckily, it seemed as if Quin decided to take pity on her as he quickly put a stop to her yammering.

"I'm Quin."

After Sammy made no immediate moves after his statement he started to turn around to leave, only to have her quickly blurt out…

"It's nice to meet you, Quin!"

Glancing over his shoulder at the blond, Quin nodded at her and started walking off, completely missing the girl's blush at his last words.

"Nice to meet you, Sammy."

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The camera shows a blushing Sammy smiling happily and giving a sigh.

"He called me 'Sammy' and not 'Samey'!"

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Quin sat still and stared at the camera annoyedly for a few seconds before rolling his eyes and standing up and walking away.

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Hermione was also just leaving the water, while pulling a piece of seaweed off of her head when she was struck by a series of unfortunate and embarrassing events.

1. After having just taken her first step on dry ground, her eyes were assaulted by a stray spray of Anne-Maria's hairspray as the latter walked past her while trying to fix her hair.

2. The spray caused her to stumble backwards and accidentally knock someone down.

3. She was now lying on top of Noah, back in the water they just came from.

Immediately clambering to her feet, she started spouting out apologies left and right and ducked down to try and help him up…

"Shoot! I am so sorry! It was an accident! I'm sorry! I was sprayed! I swear it wasn't on purpose! I'm so sorry! I really didn't me-ouch!"

"Ow"

Only to have their heads collide painfully and cause them both to have yet another painful meeting between their rears and the ground.

Noah gave an annoyed glare at the girl in front of him while they simultaneously rubbed their foreheads, Hermione shrunk back a little and swiftly resumed her apologising and made to stand up and try to help him again only freeze in her tracks as he held up a hand.

"Sorry…I-I don't know what's wrong with me today…Let me hel-"

"Yea, because getting slammed into the ground the first two times were soooo enjoyable. Tch, just don't do anything, thanks."

With those words, Noah stood up himself and stalked off leaving Hermione behind, who muttered out one last dejected…

"I'm sorry…"

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Hermione was curled up into a ball with her knees up to her chest. Her head was ducked down and her face hidden from sight.

"I knew this was a bad idea…I should have just stayed home…"

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As Hermione was left behind by Noah, she let out a deep sigh and stood up slowly and was about to walk to the bonfire when a hand suddenly slammed down on her shoulder. Her eyes widened in surprise and she spun around.

"Yo yo yo, dudette! What's shaking?"

Behind her stood one of the other new contestants, Lo, who was holding the arm of a very reluctant looking Quin tightly. From the marks on the sand it would be a reasonable assumption that she dragged him over from wherever he was standing at the moment.

"Uhm…hi…"

That small response from Hermione was all Lo needed before continuing.

"I was hoping that you'd be kind enough to lend me an ear over here, brah?"

Not even waiting for a response Lo's smile widened as she swung her free arm around Hermione and started leading her away from the other campers ignoring the poor girl's protests and never once relinquishing her hold on Quin's arm

"Great! Follow me Dudios! Ya won't regret it!"

Having reached a secluded enough spot, Lo ceased her dragging and pushing of the other two and turned to properly face both of them.

"Okay guys, I know ya might be wondering why I dragged you over here, and the answer to that is…history!"

"…"

Quin crossed his arms and simply glared at the girl who just popped up out of nowhere and proceeded to nearly pull his arm off. Hermione raised her eyebrow as confusion as well as a semi-annoyed expression crossed her face.

"I'm…not following…"

Lo started making wild gestures with her arms to try to get her point across more effectively.

"Look around you bromegos! All these dudes here have already like competed together before man! They've got like a but-load of history together, man! And with history comes friendship and the ship of friends naturally brings…"

Quin frowned and Mione's eyes widened as they understood what Lo was implying. For a second it was silent and then Hermione finished the other girl's sentence.

"Alliances…"

Smiling widely, Lo made an exaggerated movement with her arms and pointed at the other girl.

"Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!"

A more serious expression then crossed her face.

"And well, when it's time to vote someone off, I don't think they'll vote for their amigos… We're the new guys, they don't know us, they don't trust us, what do you think the chances will be that we'll be some of the first to go?"

Hermione frowned as she processed Lo's question.

"The chances would be high…especially after everything Alejandro did in World Tour, it would be hard to get the others to trust us…"

Quin remained silent but he gave a nod to show that he agreed with what the girls were suggesting.

Lo simply observed the others, all seriousness left her expression and was replaced by pure excitement.

"Which is why us noobs should stick together! What sayeth you Hermy? Q-dog?"

Hermione nearly choked.

"H-Hermy?!"

Quins glare intensified.

"…!"

Lo merely cocked her head innocently to the side, her big brown eyes shining up at them.

"Yeah! They're my nicknames for you! Friends gives their buddies nicknames and we're buddies now! Right?"

Quin sighed annoyedly but dropped his glare nonetheless and started staring at a tree. Hermione averted her eyes and gave a long suffering sigh.

"Sure…"

Lo smiled and jumped in the air while fist-pumping.

"YESSS!"

Turning to them, she once again asked.

"So Hermy, Q-dog, wanna be official members of the Newby-alliance?"

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Lo was sitting in the confessional, attempting to cross all her fingers on both hands.

"Please say yes! Please say yes!"

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Hermione crossed her arms and sighed.

"Okay…"

Quin simply rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"Whatever…"

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Lo threw her hands up into the air in celebration!

"YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! WOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOO! BOOOOOYYAAAKKAASSHHAAAAA!"

Pulling a piece of paper and a pencil out of her pocket, she crossed something off of a list, smiling happily.

"Number 75: Form an alliance… complete! This is going to be so awesome!"

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Hey guys! First I want to thank you guys for the great reaction the first chapter got! 2 favs and 4 follows and 1 review might not seem like a lot, but it made me really happy! Secondly, what do yall think of the new chap? Feel free to leave a review!