Total Drama Dreamland Episode 7: The Birds and The Queens

The screen shows Chris in front of the warehouse as he begins the intro, "Last time on Total Drama Dreamland. The Contestants were sent to find fireworks in a firework factory. Which led to explosions, both metaphorically, and literally. Bullet played Spy in the challenge, which landed him in the hot seat on the Dreamers, and Carmen went ballistic on the Terrors even frightening resident psycho Mathias. But it was the Terrors who lost, and it looked like Danuja was going. But Wendell told her of a new target, which said target heard about. Tough break bra. After a tiebreaking game of trivia, it was Mr. Sexist Kevin, who is now staying at the Prison of Shame. Eleven are left. Will Wendell and Danuja survive in the minority? Will Bullet finally be called out on his villainous deeds? And who will be the next guest in the Prison of Shame? Find out right now on Total…DRAMA…DREAMLAND!"

Several cameras in all directions aim at the entrance to the warehouse while a familiar tune plays in the background.

"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine." The cameras go into the warehouse and immediately zooms past Chris and rotates around the Dreamcatcher 500.

"You guys are on my mind." The screen of the machine starts flickering until it shows an image of Benjamin on a rocket is space and riding the rocket like a horse and speeding off the screen

"You asked me what I wanted to be and I think the answer's plain to see," Another rocket appears and it's hit by a baseball which cause the rocket to explode. The screen then shows Mathias smirking as he was holding a bat. Touma stood by his left and falls down after having a panic attack from the rocket exploding and Mathias looks down and frowns at him in confusion.

"I wanna be famous!" The screen then moves to a tea party with several giant stuffed animals with Liz and Cara sitting in chairs. Liz is enjoying the tea and looking to scheme her next move while Cara is full of fear and runs away screaming.

"I wanna live close to the sun," The screen changes to a carnival where Maverick was winning at a ring toss game and throw his arms up in triumph.

"So, pack your bags, cause I already won," The screen changes to a giant nest where Eileen was taking care off several crows laying around her and one was pecking at her right hand for treats, which hurt Eileen and she yelps in pain.

"Everything to prove, nothing in my way," The screen changes to a forest where Sarah was running away from an unknown person. She trips and sees Kevin, who laughs at her before screaming and dodging a giant knife aimed at his head.

"I'll get there one day," The screen changes to a cafeteria where Chef was making something, and Wendell was depressed about it and lets out a sigh.

"Cause I wanna be famous!" Chef hears and was going to attack him, but Danuja pulled him out of the way before Chef connected and as Chef crashed into something, both Wendell and Danuja smile at each other.

"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na," The screen changes to a dark room where Makayla was staring down against four sets of eyes with one set of them being Katniss and has a sword ready and prepares to fight.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" The screen then changes to a musical stage where Carmen and Silver are entertaining a crowd. Carmen doing several dance moves and Silver slowly moving into a random pose. Both end in perfect symmetry to each other and doing jazz hands.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" The screen goes up to the sky where the moon appears and goes down to show a frozen wasteland where Felix was shivering while hustling by a fire and was given a jacket by Meredith and they smile to each as a whistling sound is heard and the screen pulls back to show all of the contestants and a neon sign that says Total Drama Dreamland. Then the screen fades to black.

(Wendell's Room)

Wendell has a hard time sleeping after the last elimination ceremony and is wondering how he and Danuja could get out of this mess. Just when he feels like he's going to sleep, he then feels a presence that made him nervous. He looks around his room to find it, but no luck. As he's about to give up, he feels the presence again in front of his door. This scares Wendell, but he nervously opens the door, closing his eyes as he fears an impending attack. After a moment or two, he opens his left eye and looks down, seeing a pot of white roses. "Phew." Wendell says in relief, he grabs the pot and sees a white note next to it. "What's this?"

"The instructions on how to take care of him."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Wendell screams as he hears an unknown voice behind him. He also throws the plant up in a panic, but the owner of the voice pushes Wendell on the ground and grabs the plant lands on the ground.

"Hurt any of my friends, and I'll make sure you're their next food source." Says the voice. The screen moves to the owner of the voice. A short, lanky and malnourished girl who looks to be in between 16 and 17. She has long curly unkempt black hair, and pasty white skin. Several of her facial features are small and she has hazel eyes with natural eyeshadow and milky white eyelids. She's wearing a torn-up black shirt and a pair of torn-up baggy jeans. She's also wearing a pair of yellow gloves, a pair of long black socks and brown work boots.

"Wendell!" Danuja shouts as she heard Wendell's scream, and she moves in front of him to defend him. The other contestants also get out of the room to see what the commotion is about. "Who are you?" Danuja yells to the girl.

"Ingrid Blackgame." The girl says keeping her creepy voice. "I'm the boss for the next challenge. The Queen of Clovers to be exact."

"Wait! Really?" Makayla asks. "Because you look more like those creepy goths at my school." Ingrid stares at Makayla in a cold fury and Makayla gets scared and hides behind Felix and Meredith.

"She is a queen." Margaret says as she's followed by Chris and Chef. "And one of the scariest women you'll ever meet. She can scare my top enforcers without breaking a sweat."

"Thank you, Margaret." Ingrid says and gives a slight bow to her.

Mathias then look around and sees a bunch of plants and asks, "So, what's with all the plants?"

"House warming present." Ingrid replies, "I wanted to give a friendly introduction since this is the first time, we seen each other."

"You did a good job at that." Makayla says sarcastically, which Ingrid hears and stares at Makayla again, which Makayla responds by holding Felix and Meredith in front of her.

"Wow." Eileen says, "Do I look like that wh…when I'm scared?" No one responds to this.

Margaret says, "Ingrid is a gardener who's been taking care of an abandoned greenhouse for years. I bought the greenhouse for cheap when Ingrid came out and begs me to not break down the greenhouse. I complied if she joins up with me, and the rest is history."

"Margaret is my savior." Ingrid adds, "And she asks me to take on any of you who dare to challenge me. Don't think it will be easy, nor will I go easy on you." Ingrid says the last part staring at all the contestants to show that she's someone who no one wants to mess with.

"That's all for now." Chris says, annoying Ingrid and Margaret, "Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes, and the challenge will start an hour after. Be prepared, and I'll see you at the Dream Catcher."

"And take care of my babies." Ingrid adds, "Or I will come for you." She and the hosts then walk away. But before they could get in the elevator, Mathias runs to Margaret and asks,

"How's Ben and Katniss?" Margaret looks annoyed at Mathias, but replies,

"Katniss is still in a coma, and Ben has been looking after her. Same as yesterday. Now move it." Margaret pushes Mathias out of the way, and the other hosts and Ingrid get on the elevator.

Confessional Start:

Wendell: So, she's going to be the next boss? I help take down Katniss in the last one, so why do I feel like she'll be a much harder opponent.

Mathias: Again. Why can't they just let me see him? If I know Ben, he's likely trying too hard and may not even be eating. I know I should focus on the challenge and boss. But…damn it!

Eileen: (Looks at instructions for plants). I know that I prefer crows over plants. But I don't want the scary girl to come and kill me in my sleep.

Confessional End:

(Mess Hall)

After the introduction of Ingrid, the contestants head to the mess hall to get some food. The Dreamers are all conversing with each other, but the Terrors are clearly divided between the alliance of Felix, Makayla, and Meredith, and the duo of Wendell and Danuja. In the latter, Wendell and Danuja are talking what to do to get out of the minority.

"So, I'm thinking that we need to split up this round." Wendell proposes.

Danuja raises an eyebrow at this and asks, "Wouldn't it be a better idea for us to stay together and show we're team players and have a better chance of winning the challenge?"

Wendell shakes his head and replies, "The alliance over there won't care. Felix betrayed us and we'd targeted Makayla and lost. And I think Meredith is likely the one who made that alliance in the first place."

Danuja then says, "Maybe we can pull off a challenge run?"

"That's hoping for the best-case scenario." Wendell replies. "But we still have a bit till the merge and I'm not counting on winning until then."

Danuja wonders about this and says, "So, are you saying we shouldn't try to get one of them to flip?"

"I didn't say that." Wendell says and Danuja looks confused, "I don't trust Felix, but I think he'll vote with us if we can convince him, it's within his best interest. And Meredith has voted against her alliance before, which is why Touma went during the talent challenge."

"How do you know that?" Danuja asks.

"Because Felix liked Touma and Meredith wanted revenge for Cara." Wendell replies, "She may value knowledge but she's also an emotional player. If we can convince either of them, we can get out of this in one piece."

Danuja thinks about this and asks, "But why do you want to split up this round."

"Because one of us needs to stay with the group, both to help and to try and convince those who stayed to vote our way. The other one needs to win the challenge, or at least make sure that no one from the alliance of three there win it. If we somehow can convince them to change the target, then we need to make sure the target is immune."

Danuja looks at Wendell in wonder, "You've put a lot of thought into this."

Wendell sighs and says, "Last round, we were caught off guard and my friend paid the price for it. I don't want that to happen to me or you." Danuja nods and grabs Wendell's hand.

"Just make sure that you don't lose yourself in the game, like I lost myself in my emotions." Danuja replies Wendell slowly nods and both of them remain silent for several moments. Not having anything else to say.

Confessional Start:

Wendell: I hate to admit it, but I distracted myself from the game so much that I didn't notice that Felix was just as untrustworthy as Touma. But I also considered it a wake-up call. I need to start playing this game, and stop letting my emotions get the better of me.

Danuja: Wendell took last round pretty hard. And I can't blame him either. Nor would I have any right to since it's partly my fault. I don't know who's going to stay with the group or fight against the boss, but I need to redeem myself and show my team that I am a force to be reckoned with.

Confessional End:

Meanwhile, the alliance of Felix, Makayla, and Meredith are talking about their plan for the upcoming challenge. "So, what do you think the next challenge is going to be?" Makayla asks.

"I'm thinking that it'll be a nightmare, since we just did a nightmare and we had two dreams in a row." Meredith replies.

"It might be a dream." Felix says, "Since a new boss is going to be in a challenge and given Ingrid's personality, there will likely be a lot of plants."

"Speaking of the boss," Makayla asks, "Is anyone planning on taking creepy girl?"

"I don't think we should ignore it." Felix replies, "If either Danuja or Wendell win and the team loses, we could be setting ourselves up for disaster."

"What do you mean?" Makayla asks, "If one them is immune, then will just go after the other. Simple."

"Unless you're having second thoughts about this alliance." Meredith says to Felix with a glare. Felix puts his hand up in defense and says,

"I just think we should make sure neither of them wins against Ingrid. They're at the bottom and they know it. Neither of them has anything to lose going after the boss. And both of them are not going to go quietly either!"

"Then they should focus on helping the team win the challenge. Going after the boss will just alienate them more." Meredith responds. "We stay focused on the challenge. End of discussion." Meredith then sits up carrying an empty tray and walks away with Makayla walks with her.

"Hey!" Felix calls out to them but they are already gone. Leaving Felix frustrated and nervous.

Confessional Start:

Meredith: I can't let Felix get any ideas to wander off and stop Wendell and Danuja from destroying their games. He needs to be with the challenge with me! …And Makayla too. Also, Makayla. Heheh.

Felix: I finally threw Kevin away, but now I'm under the thumb of Meredith and she's keeping me on a short leash. While I think it's hot, I prefer beating these kinds of girls, not having them push me around. But I'm in a good position now and I'm not planning to jeopardize it. For now.

Makayla: Like, I'm feeling great! I finally beat that gorilla known as Kevin, and I'm in an alliance that has the majority. I'm all but guaranteed to get to the merge at this rate. And if Felix is right and Kevin somehow comes back later. No problem! Because I beat him once, and I'll do it again.

Confessional End:

While the drama on the Terrors is showing no signs of slowing down, it appears that the Dreamers also has some trouble brewing. Like how Mathias is mad at Carmen and is looking at her angrily while she's looking for more music. Carmen notices this and asks, "Are you satisfied with the show, or are you going to talk to me?"

"That's all you have to say after last challenge?" Mathias responds back.

"What about it?" Carmen says.

"Come on!" Mathias shouts, "Do you really saw no problem with the way you acted?"

"This coming from you?" Carmen asks.

"Yes, coming from me! That should be a major red flag right there at how badly you acted!" Mathias shouts.

"Why didn't you stop me?" Carmen simply asks.

"Huh?" Mathias questions.

"You were there. You saw me. You could've stopped me. You didn't. Why?" Carmen asks.

Mathias wondered why himself. He eventually tries to speak, "Because…"

"Were you afraid of me?" Carmen cuts off. Angering Mathias.

"No!" Mathias shouts in denial. "I was…"

"You were hoping that I succeeded and take care of the competition. Right?" Carmen replies.

Mathias slams the table in anger and shouts back, "Don't you dare suggest that! I may be a competition freak! But you, you almost killed her!"

Carmen remains undaunted and says, "It was…"

"Being virtual means shit and you know it!" Mathias shout again, "What happened to Katniss is proof of that! Her life is in danger and my best friend in the game is now watching her probably putting his own life in danger as well!" Mathias scoffs and looks at Carmen with hate, "You know what, I'm done! Screw you! Any chance of an alliance between us is done and over!" Mathias begins to walk away.

Carmen still doesn't look like she cares and says, "I wonder…" Mathias stop when he hears what Carmen is saying, "Are you this angry because someone almost died, or because your friend is no longer here?" Because with your little tantrum, now you are truly alone." Carmen went back to fiddling with her music and Mathias leaves to go anywhere but where Carmen is.

Confessional Start:

Carmen: It's a shame that me and Mathias couldn't work something out. But hey, if he wants to go next, then who am I to stop him?

Mathias: It's official, Carmen and I are done and I need to find a way to take her out. And…sigh…To do so, I may need to work with another person I really don't like. Looks like Sarah is getting her alliance.

Confessional End:

Speaking of Sarah, she and Mav are sitting together, but are not really eating and things became awkward fast as neither of them know what to say to each other. So, Sarah tries to break the ice, "You know, I'm surprised to see that Eileen isn't sitting with you."

"I told her that she needs to try and start conversations on her own." Mav replies, "So, she's trying to practice with the plant she received from Ingrid.

The scene changes to Eileen's room with Eileen talking to a Venus flytrap.

"S…So," Eileen starts, "D…Do you k…know how to…conf…confess to a boy?" The flytrap quickly chomps his mouth up, making Eileen scream and run away. The flytrap snickers afterward.

Scene changes back to Mav and Sarah.

"Something tells me that she's still going to have a hard time." Sarah retorts.

"She's been making some progresses, so don't count her out yet." Mav chuckles as he says the last part. Then he frowns and tries to say what he wanted to say, "Look Sarah, I know that we have our differences in the game, but…"

"Save it." Sarah says as she put her hand up, "Don't patronize me. The fact is, the team chose you over me. Every time I tried to be the leader or step up in the game, I either don't deliver, or I'm overshadowed by you. Don't think that I can't see that. So, as much as it pains me to say it, you won. You're the leader. So, congratulations." She puts her hand down and stands up. "But know that I haven't given up the game yet. And I will make sure to make up for this embarrassment." Sarah leaves the table and Mav looks down in shame, then Bullet comes to sit next to him.

"I take it that your talk with Sarah didn't work out." Bullet says,

Mav nodded, "Sarah plans to make a comeback in the merge."

"I hope you're not planning to let her get there." Bullet wonders.

Mav sighs and replies, "She would likely be even angrier if I did that. She made her stance as my rival, and I'm going to need to respond in kind."

"Glad to hear that one friend." Bullet says as pats Mav on the shoulder. "But that aside, what do you think about the boss fight this time?"

Mav wonders about this, "Hmmm…let's see what the challenge is first, we can make a choice on what to do after."

"Deal." Bullet says.

Confessional Start:

Mav: Well…I tried. If me and Sarah can't work together, then I'll just have to be ready for when she makes a move.

Bullet: Phew. I was worried there for a minute, but thanks to Sarah's refusal to reconcile with Mav, she just made herself the main target. I should remember to thank her once she gets thrown into the prison.

Confessional End:

(Dream Catcher 500)

At the Dream Catcher, Chris, Chef, and Margaret are standing by the machine and the contestants are directly against them. Ingrid is also there and is already in the dream world, likely preparing for her boss battle. Chris then starts talking, "Alright. Everyone's here and you all know the drill by now. Each of you get into a machine, and get ready for today's challenge. All of them complied without any complaints this time, though quite a few of them still have nervous looks on them. They reluctantly put the machine on and they are transported to the next dream.

(? Dream)

The dream this time is lush rainforest covered in dense trees and luscious grass. There are also three different paths. The left and right paths look like a simple dirt road and each leading to a grass circle with several giant bird's nest in both circles. The middle path on the other hand, appears to be a giant hedge maze, with an extravagant gate blocking the way.

As the contestants look around the area, Chris starts to speak, "Welcome to Eileen's dream!"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH!" Eileen screeches in sheer joy but then stops and looks around to see everyone staring at her. Eileen blushes in embarrassment and Mav pats her shoulder to comfort her. And she smiles and blushes because of it."

Looking annoyed, Chris says, "Moving on…" He then goes back to his TV host face, "The challenge is simple. Each team must collect eggs of crows and put them into our giant's bird nest. Kind of like our challenge back in All Stars." Nobody said a word, "Episode 6, everyone went to Boney Island." No reply, "Heather was voted out." Nada. "Nothing!? Really!?"

"It was a bad season, Chris. Let it go." Chef says. And Margaret nods in agreement.

Chris sighs and says, "Whatever. At least this will be new to all of you then. Each team gets their own circle to look for crow eggs. Some are in trees, while others are on the ground. But know that eggs will only appear in the circles. And that there are some things added to hinder your attempts to get eggs." The camera changes to a snake seeing an egg by the nest, "Like snakes coming to eat any eggs you already collected." The snake the grabs the egg and slithers away. The scene then changes to a giant crow, "Or mama crows swooping down attacking anyone threatening their young." The crow swoops down and attacks a wooden dummy. It rips the dummy's head off and spits it out before flying back up.

The contestants look nervous at this, except for Eileen who silently says, "Serves that dummy right for hurting those crows."

Chris ignores what Eileen says and continues, "You have 2 hours. The team with the most eggs will win immunity. While the losing team sends someone home." Lucid Dreamers, you get the left circle, Night Terrors, the right. Now…"

"Ahem." Margaret says as she glares at the host,

Chris looks nervous and says, "I was just about to mention the boss, Margaret. I didn't forget." Margaret keeps an eye on him, but doesn't say anything else. Chris relaxes and continues, "Like I was saying, for those of you who don't like their chances in the challenge, or just wants to score a free night in the VIP room, you are free to take a chance and go fight Ingrid, who's in the middle of the hedge maze right behind me. Remember though, if you take the chance, you won't be allowed to undo it and you are not allowed to take the chance if you already go in your team's circle. Chef will stay here and open the gate every ten seconds for those who take it." Chef nods and is waiting at the entrance. "You have until the main challenge is over to find and defeat Ingrid, but if you die, you'll go back to the Dream Catcher and you will not be allowed back in. So, with that out of the way, make your choices and head to your respective places. The challenge will start once everyone competing in the main challenge is in the circle."

Cliffhanger! But seriously, sorry about taking too long on this, I've been working on the first official chapter of Grand Prix, which, assuming I time it right, will be released the same time as this chapter. Grand Prix has been something I really wanted to do for a while, so I can't promise that an update for Dreamland will come quickly, which is the norm now. But hey, I'm not planning on leaving this and I hope people won't leave them either. But for now, Questions.

1. Now knowing the challenge, to you think your character will compete in it, or go fight Ingrid?

2. Who do you think will win the challenge and the boss fight (Assuming the boss fight has a winner?)

3. Who do you will be voted off next?

Hope you all like the chapter.