So...what happened at the Playa after the Triple Dog Dare challenge?Thanks for reviewing, Silver Writer 0927 (um...not yet – Heather hasn't gone yet), SuperKitty4789, and Gage the Hedgehog.

Chris came to the Playa the day after Duncan arrived. "Hey, losers." he greeted us. He said 'losers' in the way that meant we'd lost the game, not that we were actual losers, so we didn't care about the way he said it. "Hope you are all enjoying yourselves. Anyway, we've got a big challenge coming up for the semi-finals. We need you guys to all make up five dares for the other campers to do, in our challenge, which, I'll give you a spoiler...is called...I Triple Dog Dare You! Just think of how fun it will be to see Heather doing your dares."

That was a motivator! I liked Gwen and Owen and didn't want to make them have to do horrible dares, but the thought of Heather doing them made me write! They were:

Strip to your underwear and streak from the amphitheatre to the dock and back while singing the Song that Never Ends (that wouldn't be a problem for Owen, after all)

Do hand-to-hand combat with Chef (Izzy talked about how she'd done it in the hide-and-seek episode)

Pretend to be the last person who gave a dare for five minutes – and react exactly the way they would to everything

Listen to a smoke detector screeching for one full minute without blocking your ears once

Recite five nursery rhymes as enthusiastically as possible – with actions

I couldn't wait to see that last one happen, except I couldn't think that any of these apart from the combat one would faze Owen. Maybe the smoke detector one.

The next day, we all heard a scream that echoed across the island.

I looked up. "Did that sound like Heather to any of you?" I asked the others.

Lindsay gave a squeal. "Maybe she got one of my dares!"

Not long after that, the Boat of Losers arrived, and off stepped Heather. Most of us started snickering, and not just because she looked furious at having just barely missed being in the final two.

Her hair reminded me of a story Mom had told us about when she explained why there were no pictures of Maggie in our photo album, back when she was still a baby. Apparently, every time she told Dad she was pregnant, he tore out some of his hair. But even now, his three little hairs looked much neater than Heather's. I'll be honest, I'd envied Heather's thick, waist-length black hair. Now, her hair was chopped off unevenly. Some of it was just as long as usual, other locks were gone completely, her scalp showing.

"She got my dare!" Lindsay squealed excitedly.

"What was it?" I asked.

"Remember that torture I couldn't do?" Lindsay asked. "When Chef would cut off all my hair unless I eliminated myself? Well, before that, Heather threatened to cut off my hair if I went against her again...so I figured this was a good idea!"

In spite of myself, I gave Lindsay a hug. "The perfect payback! I remember you told Heather you hoped she got everything karma owed her...so she did!"

The tape of the episode Duncan was kicked off in also came, so we all watched it. In this case, Chef dropped the final four in the woods and split them into two groups, guys vs girls. Whichever group got to camp and touched the totem pole first got immunity.

In the end, the two teams started stealing supplies from each other. After encountering the legendary Sasquachanakwa (basically yeti) and got everything stolen, the girls admitted defeat, and the boys took pity. Owen even gave Gwen a sleeping bag and Duncan (unwisely) let Heather cuddle with him when she said she was too scared to sleep (Courtney shot him a death glare at that part). By the time the guys woke up, the girls had gone, and taken all the supplies with them – Heather had managed to take the map Duncan was keeping under his shirt. The girls ended up with immunity, and chose to vote Duncan off.

Heather didn't watch the episode, even though it was a good one for her, instead, locking herself in one of the rooms (as it turned out, she'd have to share with Eva – there were no empty rooms left and everyone else was too scared to share with her) and from what we heard, shaving what was left of her hair. At least everything was even, now. She got a wig sent to her the same day. It looked like her real hair, just scruffy at the top.

So far, everyone at the Playa was pretty friendly with at least one other person. When Lindsay wasn't making out with Tyler, she was chatting to Beth. Izzy bounced between moody Eva and sarcastic Noah, basically being their friend without their pemission. Even in the rare moments where Bridgette and Geoff weren't together, they had a ton of friends, because everyone liked them. Katie and Sadie had each other, and Justin seemed happy to let them drool over him, while he got better acquainted with his reflection. As for me, I was friends with pretty much all the guys that were on my team, apart from that sexist creep Ezekiel (although luckily, the only girl he paid attention to any more was Bridgette, and she'd made it plain she wasn't interested). Apart from that, I also had Bridgette and Leshawna, and although I would never actually have any kind of romantic relationship with any guy on this show, I still spent quite a bit of time with Duncan in particular.

The point I'm making is...well, twenty of us losing competitors had been welcomed (well, nineteen, since Ezekiel arrived alone). As for Heather, no one welcomed her. Barely anyone even spoke to her. Even Courtney was friendly with Bridgette! Lindsay and Beth were especially careful to avoid Heather.

It was a lot of fun to hang out at the Playa. We had about four days left at the Playa before the eight weeks were over, days where all twenty-three of us were hanging out. Gwen and Owen would be joining us very, very soon.

However, there was one more episode to go for this season. And we'd all be returning to the island for it.

Short chapter, I know, but next episode is the finale!