Alright, Guys! New Season time! Yeah, I've actually been wanting to do something with OC's for a while, so It's going to be fun to see what you think of this season! I have a group of campers I have created, some were originally submitted for OC seasons, so you might have seen them before,
Also, "Here would be where I put my review answers... IF I HAD SOME!" (Sorry, I just thought of that reference while I was typing this opening bit into the document editor, I had to include it XD)
Now I should warn you guys about something, while it is no longer canon to one of my other stories (Total Drama Viewer's Decide – A New Beginning) there could always be the potential for a line of dialogue to call back to that season unintentionally, especially in this episode. It was my initial plan for them to be in the same universe when I started writing EI, but I stopped writing VDANB and I'm honestly not really feeling it being in this universe anymore, however some information will still hold up (such as one contestant's reason for competing).
Anyways, should we begin? Definitely, let's do this!
The scene fades into Chris walking into a board meeting, with his trademark confident smirk, but his eyes looking somewhat worried. Chris sits at a chair right near the end of a board table, he then confidently states, "So, What's up?"
"Chris, we need to talk to you about Total Drama," a producer starts, "the ratings suggest that-"
"Please don't cancel the show!" Chris fearfully states, "We can get the ratings up! We've had more than enough votes recently,"
"McLean!" Another producer annoyedly states, "That's not what we're here to talk to you about!" The first producer replies with,
"Exactly, what I was GOING to say before you interrupted me, was that the newest Exactly, what I was GOING to say before you interrupted me, was that Total Drama has been extremely popular on streaming services, like Rhetflix or whatever it is, and it has pulled in better ratings than any of the network's new shows from the past three years, so we have decided to greenlight a new season." Chris looks up, happily before he says,
"Really! How long after this season? Are people returning, or is it Newbies? Is it a new location?"
"Here's the deal," A third producer cuts in, "We've already set everything up, we used some of the tech from Pahkitew Island to create a group of new islands. We've also already sent out the audition requests and have chosen our eighteen competitors, we just need you to sign on and do the season."
"What if I refuse?" Chris asks.
"We'll give you one and a half times your pay," The second producer mentions offhand.
"One and two thirds and I'm in," Chris quickly jumps in,
"Fine," the first producer says before he smirks and says to Chris, "But a couple of changes are being made. We decided to give you a liaison with us to check to see if you actually keep the competitors, so you get an extra co host alongside Chef!" [1]
"I... guess I can live with that," Chris raises an eyebrow before he follows up with "who is it?"
"We thought you should get someone else with Reality TV hosting experience," Producer 3 mentions before saying, "Say hello to your new liaison, Don!"
"Hello Chris," Don says, stepping out of the shadowy background and making Chris yelp in surprise, "Surprised to see me?"
"Why him!?" Chris angrily complains!
"He was our backup choice for the host if you said no, luckily he also has a history in being a producer so he can help you do well in this season," Chris glares but nods as he wants to keep hosting the show.
"We also have a few base rules for you McLean," Chris frowns at the second producer for what he said, "Nothing that can murder the campers, hurting them is fine, injuries are something we can handle, but we can't take many more lawsuits like what happened with the feral kid. These kids are also eighteen so they're less likely to sue for harming someone underage. Also, Don will occasionally help you in a couple of episodes as well,"
"Fine, but I come up with the challenges," there is a couple of second silence before Producer One states.
"That should be fine as long as they don't kill anyone or cost too much, we'll send in the successful audition tapes to you later today."
"Good," he then realises, "I forgot to ask what the concept is this time?"
"I'm glad you asked…" The camera then fades to the intro.
(Intro Plays, will be shown next episode once all the campers have been introduced…)
The scene fades back into Chris standing at a new dock, looking on with a smirk on his face, saying, "Hello viewers! Welcome to another season of Total Drama! If you somehow don't know, Total Drama is a reality show where a small group of teens compete in challenges for a payout of ONE MILLION DOLLARS!" Chris walks to the edge of the dock and reveals a sign, similar to the sign that denoted Camp Wawanakwa, saying 'Base Camp' before he continues with "and with a new season, comes a new island apparently! Or more specifically, five of them!"
As Chris says that, it zooms out to show an overhead shot of all five islands, one appearing to be several feet above the water, one appearing rocky, one appearing to be on fire, the fourth being a small island appearing to have land underwater, and the final island in the middle, the one Chris was on, appearing smaller than the others (Minus the watery island).
"Welcome to the Elementum Islands. After all you guys have done to show your interest in the series, we decided to bring back the show you all know and love!" He smirks at that knowledge."
"The question you're probably thinking now is, who's competing? only a little of over 10 campers who previously competed would even consider competing this season, so who are we gonna use here?" Chris mockingly strokes his chin before he smirks and continues, "We have a cast of Eighteen BRAND NEW CAMPERS!" He then looks up and points before continuing, "Here comes our first Six!"
The boat pulls up with a girl standing at the bow, frowning, she walks off, looking exactly like the female intern from Revenge of the Island onwards except without her braces and wearing a black t-shirt and white shorts.
"Save it, Chris, let's just get into this season," she angrily states.
"Intern number two everyone!" he calls out, introducing her,
"It's Katrina!" Katrina yells out, off-screen.
Katrina: The Former Intern
Next to walk off the boat is an overweight, 5'9 African American guy, he is wearing a blue cap on his head, a murky brown t-shirt that barely fits over his stomach and long black pants. He is pulling a large suitcase behind him. Unfortunately, he pulls his suitcase too hard and falls onto his back, he gets up and then decides to just walk over to Chris.
"So, Myron, how's it going?" Chris introduces,
"Well, I didn't sign up for this show, so I guess I could be better." Myron comments.
"Meh, it was under your name and you sent in the audition, so it counts."
"Well, I may as well give it a go I guess," he states with a smile.
"That's the spirit!" Chris says before Myron walks off, Chris then shudders and says "Yeah, he's even worse than the intern,"
Myron: The Ungifted Nerd
Myron grabs the bag and drags it over to Katrina, who turns to him and says "So you didn't want to be here either? What's your deal?"
"My bullies signed under my name and I was told to make an audition by my mom since I supposedly signed up, how about you?"
"Forced by Chris," was Katrina's response.
"Ah,"
The third camper steps off with a notepad in her hand and walks up to Chris before she says to him,
"Hey Chris, it would be an honour if you let me interview you for our college's newspaper, what do you say?"
"Always down for an interview, but not now," Chris mentions, "Everyone, this is Jemma,"
"I'll get that interview after the season's over then," she winks in a friendly manner [2] before walking over to her two fellow competitors.
Jemma: The Newspaper Writer
"Hey guys, how's it going?" Jemma is wearing a pair of glasses with red ends and a blue shirt and orange skirt, she appears to be slightly darker-skinned, of first nation descent, about 5'4 tall and of average weight. She also has brown hair.
"Meh, could be better," Katrina responds.
Contestant number four steps off the boat at this point, with a look of utter contempt at the three campers in front of him. He is dressed completely formally, with a suit, dress pants and a tie on. He is wearing leather dress shoes and appears to only be 4'8.
"McLean I presume?" He begins, "These people appear too poor to associate with me, I must ask you to remove them from the premises and bring in people that earn within 10% above or below to compete with me."
"Yeah, that isn't going to happen, Alfred," Chris annoyedly states,
"You DARE to turn down a Stockton!?" Alfred angrily starts, "I am the SON of the creator of DOTATONE! We can sue you into bankruptcy, in fact, I should be hosting this! Not some poor fool like you."
"You obviously don't know how Total Drama works, everyone comes for yours truly, Chris McLean."
"And they have another reason now," Alfred smirks before he walks ahead and says, "Alfred Jeeves Harriet Stockton, you must be the people I'm going to defeat here," to the three campers at the dock.
Alfred Jeeves Harriet Stockton: The Influential Rich Kid
"Guess I'm not the first out after all," Myron whispers to Jemma and Katrina, making them laugh.
"I HEARD THAT!" Alfred yells, to which Myron shrugs.
"Alright, where are the last two on the boat!" Chris says, trying to rush things along.
"HEEEEEERE!" The fifth camper yells as she runs out of the waiting area and slides off the bow of the ship, landing on the dock with her bag. She is white-skinned and around 5'5 and is wearing a yellow shirt with a picture of a swan on it. She has blond hair, black running boots, yellow shorts and a yellow mask with pointed edges, her hair flows to about her neck.
"So… Here is contestant number five, Caro-"
"The Golden Swan!" The contestant cuts in, "You can't just reveal my secret identity like that Chris!" She cheekily states, nudging the host, Chris then annoyedly says,
"Carol Lance," Making Carol look at him surprised, "Your identity is revealed, now go and be annoying somewhere else." Carol nods and sadly walks to the others before she looks up at the others with a hopeful smile.
"Uh…" Katrina states, "I guess we've got a new Leonard on our hand's folks,"
"NO! I'M NOT LIKE HIM! I'm NOTHING like him. I for one, know I don't have powers," Her eyes go wide at realising what she said and turns to the cameraman and says "Hey, you can edit that last bit out, right? Oh, and the part where Chris revealed my secret identity?"
"No can do," The Cameraman states,
"Darn it," she complains before she takes off her mask and walks over to try and talk to the campers.
Carol: The Superhero in Training
Camper #6 chooses this time to step off the boat and say to Chris "oooh an Island, how original," in a sarcastic tone,
"Nice to meet you too Gary," Chris snarks back,
"Creative comeback McLean, how long did it take you to think of that?"
"Geez, this cast is a bright ray of sunshine," Chris annoyedly states.
"Yep, just like you were years ago," Which confuses everyone.
"I have no idea what you're talking about,"
"You probably don't, but I do," he smirks, then laughs, before he walks away to the other campers.
Gary: The Sarcastic Theatre Kid
Gary is about 5'7, caucasian and is wearing a red button-up shirt and black pants, he is also wearing a bow tie and dress shoes. He is of average weight.
"Finally," Alfred steps forwards, "Someone else rich, what's your net pay per year,"
"Uh… I have a part-time job if that counts?"
"Oh… Don't speak to me," he then turns around and walks to the back of the group of campers.
"So that's our first boat… And right on cue," the second boat then pulls up. A kid dressed in all black with a pair of black sunglasses is looking out over the dock, with a smirk on his face, he's also around 6 feet tall with a darker skin tone.
"Heh, an island, let's get this over with," The camper's smug tone rings out. "I'm the obvious winner here so you all should just get right back on that boat."
"You're one of THOSE people eh?" Gary comments from the group of campers.
"I have won absolutely everything I've done in my entire life" The newbie replies with, a smug look on his face. "You better hope you're on my team, that way you'll at least make the top half."
"Eh, whatever," Gary shrugs, "You're not going to win."
"This is Morgan," Chris then brings up to the other six campers.
"Good, now that that's over with, I'll just go back there," Morgan whistles while walking behind the other six campers before he turns to Gary and whispers to him "You're definitely out first in merge dude,"
Morgan: The Perfect Guy
"So, let's see who's next!" Chris comments as the next person steps off and walks over to Chris, extremely excited,
"Holy crap, holy crap, HOLY CRAP!" she says, starting to hyperventilate. "I can't believe I'm ACTUALLY meeting CHRIS MCLEAN!" She then holds her hand out, and calms herself down before she continues with, "Ok, alright, I'm calm now, let's do this, please Chris, introduce away!"
"That's the non-annoying enthusiasm I'm looking for!" Chris happily says, "You could all learn a thing or two from Lauren here!"
Lauren is around 5'4 with a fair skin tone and a purple shirt. She is also wearing shorts. Her hair is down to around her neck and brown and she has a small backpack with her.
Lauren: The Reserved Fangirl
"Hey, how's it going?" Carol says as she walks over,
"Pretty good, it's so cool to be on Total Drama," Lauren responds,
"If you ever need any help, then don't be afraid to ask your local superhero for help!" Carol responds happily, making Lauren look at her with a slightly confused face before she responds with:
"If we're on the same team, right?" to which Carol nods to.
Confessional:
"Chris let me use the Confessional early," Lauren starts with, "Look, I may be excited to be here, but I'm not going to just spend the game stalking one camper. Not to say I don't like Sierra or anything, but her plan in the game SUUUUUCKED, I'm here to win though, and I know exactly how to win,"
Confessional Ends:
"How are the rest of you?" She asks the other campers.
"Meh," Katrina shrugs, "Kind of crappy," When Lauren looks with a surprised look on her face.
"Oh shoot, are you that intern from-"
"Yes… I suggest you drop it now, the one good thing about being an intern is that I got stronger…" Lauren nods quietly,
"Very intriguing," a dull voice answers, making Chris jump as he is focusing on the eight campers in the background. Chris turns back around and says to the new camper.
"Oh yeah… The uh, the producers picked you, hey Richard,"
"Very interesting indeed," Richard nods, "Hello fellow carbon-based lifeforms, or as I should refer to you as," he then clears his throat, "dudes," He then walks ahead,
"That's it?" Chris questions, "Why did the producers even add you in!"
Richard: The Incredibly Boring
Richard is around 5'8 and has a skinny build, he wears glasses and has a slightly darker skin tone. He is wearing a plain white T-Shirt, with Black pants and shoes, he also has white socks.
"So…" Lauren asks Richard, "How's life…"
"Perfectly typical, aside from the reality show I am now competing on obviously..."
"Ooook then…"
"We have the first half of our campers, who will be in our second half of people competing! Find out, after the break!"
"Ugh, why did I have to come on a BOAT, I get seasick on boats," the 10th camper steps out of the boat, her face green. She then leans over as it swaps over to the grossed-out looks of Alfred, Myron, Morgan, Jemma and Carol as vomiting is heard in the background.
"Ah geez," Jemma says as she recoils in surprise,
"Ew… the new girl says as she straightens up, "Of course that's the first thing I do on TV, can we redo that?" she says to the cameraman.
"Again, no can do…" The same cameraman that Carol asked replies,
"Crap…" was the response.
"How's it going Tegan?" Chris calls to her,
"Why did I even sign up to this! I should have totally waited for another Ridonculous Race season. Chris's face morphs into an annoyed frown,
"Over there…" he angrily says.
Tegan: The Complainer
Tegan is a slightly tanned girl, standing at around 5'6 and having blond hair. She is wearing a dark blue shirt and dark green pants. She turns to Chris and says "This island sucks, why couldn't we go to any of those other islands around here this season?"
"We are idiot," Gary facepalms.
"Then they REALLY should have told us about it ahead of time, maybe on the application forms?" was the response.
"They did though," Richard quietly mentions, dully.
"You don't have to be so sarcastic, loser" snapped Tegan.
"I wasn't," Richard replied, Tegan rolls her eyes before she walks over and waits.
"We're at 10 campers, which means that there are fewer and fewer people arriving, let's see camper 11 now!"
The next camper to step off is a tall camper, around 6'2 with a good amount of muscle. He is wearing a light blue shirt with a football on it, and a pair of black shorts. He walks over to Chris and gives him a fistbump.
"How's it going Chris!" he calls out in a Scottish accent, "I'm really excited to be here!"
"Thank the producers Rory, you looked too boring for me," Chris shrugs.
"Uh… Thanks?" Rory questions before he shrugs and walks over to the group of competitors near him.
Rory: The Soft Spoken Jock
"So guys, how's it going?' he asks,
"You seem like a threat, if you're on my team you're definitely going out first in merge unless he is as well," Morgan says, gesturing to Gary.
"Nothing I can't beat," Alfred then follows up with,
"Uh… alright then…"
"We're not all that bad, don't worry," Myron says, with a small smile, "It's just most of us are…"
"Alrighty then, that's good to know!"
"Yeah, if you don't want to deal with people trying to manipulate you, maybe you shouldn't go on Total Drama," Chris smirks,
"It's not that! I know Total Drama's like that, its jus-"
"I don't care, let's move onto our next camper!"
"bu-"
"Where's the last person on this boat,"
"Right here…" an annoyed girl comments. "Multiple islands is such a mainstream idea, so is one island even, couldn't you just do something other than just a stupid island?"
"Not my problem," Chris shrugs, "Cry to your exclusive internet blog,"
"Oh yeah," the girl says, "The jerk host trope also isn't TOTALLY overused either. You should totally keep that going!" The sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"Hannah everyone!" Chris calls out, to which nobody reacts to.
Hannah: The Jerky Contrarian
"Yeah, let me guess, this show's probably going to become some mainstream bullcrap that I'm now contributing to… damn it…"
"The show's been doing actually alright though since it returned," Lauren points out. "I don't get why you think its niche or anything."
"Ugh, I don't care loser," Hannah angrily grunts before she stomps over. Hannah is surprisingly short, around 5'3. She wears a beige and brown chequered shirt with red shorts and dark blue flip flops in the shape and with the design of computer keyboards on them. She is also wearing a turquoise jacket and she has contact lenses on.
"Fashion disaster," Tegan mutters,
"Ya want to start something!?" Hannah angrily turns to her,
"Maybe I do?" Tegan says as they get in each other's faces,
"We don't have to fight here, what if we're in the same team, we'll need to work together to win challenges," Rory attempts to play mediator.
"You better hope I'm there then," Morgan smugly says.
"Not helping," Rory, Tegan and Hannah all say at the same time.
"As much as I love this drama," Chris begins, "We need to welcome the remaining boats worth, speaking of which, here they are!"
The final boat pulls up as one camper runs onto the dock, holding a couple of instrument cases. She has a scared look on her face.
"Wait," a voice pipes up, "Megan? You're here too?" the bewildered face of Myron can be seen between the group of twelve.
"M-M-Myron?" She asks surprised but happy, "You're competing too?"
"At least SOMEONE I know is competing here," Myron happily mentions.
"Great, we've got people who know each other again," Gary mutters.
Megan starts to speak again "I-uh… Well, it's good to see all of y- she then starts going red and says, "Sorry guys, I really hate talking with new people".
"Then why did you sign up for this show?" Lauren asks,
"I uh… well," her face goes even redder.
"Lay off of her!" Myron calls out.
"So as they had to say before," Chris rolls his eyes, "This is Megan,"
Megan: The Quiet Band Girl
"Megan is surprisingly tall, standing at 6'0 with white skin and wearing a band uniform coloured dark blue, red and yellow. She is also wearing black formal shoes and as previously mentioned, she is carrying a trumpet case in one hand, with a guitar case in the other. She walks over and tries to slink into the crowd as much as she possibly can while staying near Myron, which is kind of hard considering her height. However, all eyes are drawn off her by the herculean man that steps out behind her.
This man stands at approximately 6'8 and is built to match, looking stronger than even Rory. He wears a grey shirt and pants. He walks to McLean and says "I made it," even Chris seems a little intimidated by the newest camper,
"So…" Chris starts, turning to the 13 campers, "This is Bob,"
"What an unfortunate name," Tegan nudges Jemma, but Jemma doesn't respond, however Bob does by simply walking through Alfred, Myron and Lauren (knocking them to the ground in the process) and saying to her.
"Don't…" Tegan shuts her mouth.
Bob: The Powerful Guy
"So… uh, how's it going?" Rory asks Bob, who looks down at him with eyebrows raised before he curtly replies,
"Fine enough," It's now Rory's turn to look at him with a raised eyebrow, but he doesn't continue talking to him.
"Interesting…" Gary mutters under his breath.
After getting up, Alfred turns to him and angrily says "You inferior, this suit cost father more money than all the performance-enhancing substances you've ever used combined!" Bob's hand balls into a fist and he tenses up before he exhales and steps away from everyone else, especially Alfred. Chris then turns to the boat and says,
"Guess we're seeing the next camper then," Chris sighs before he starts motioning to the next person on the boat, "Hurry up, come on!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming," The next girl says, stepping out while tightening the straps on her backpack. She then says to the other campers, "How's it going, guys!"
"Meh, fine enough," Richard dryly mentions.
"Alright then," She then walks over to the campers and puts her hand out to Carol, who was caught off guard,
"Huh- wha?" The Superhero Nerd mentions, shocked.
"It's a high five," The Girl says before Carol quickly nods and finishes the high five.
"Everyone, this is Susan," Chris comments,
"Nice to meet you," Megan comments quietly, to which Susan smiles and nods at her,
"Likewise," she comments.
Susan: The Social Brain
Susan is around a 5'5 Asian girl and wears a black dress with red polka dots on it alongside a red shirt. She has hair down to about her neck, she looks at the other campers with a smile.
"Alright everyone, good luck in the game!" She says, "Hope we can all at least have fun here."
"Same to you I guess," Tegan shrugs, as Susan walks over to mingle with her fellow competitors. Tegan then looks with a raised eyebrow. "She's going to be obnoxious," she says.
The third last person gets off the boat now. He appears to be an African American male. Standing at around 5'11, wearing a black shirt, with a light grey hoodie with the hood down and a pair of navy-blue shorts on.
"How's it going, Chris?" This guy says, high fiving the host,
"Pretty good Jake," Chris smirks, rubbing his hands together. Jake turns to his competition and waves to them, "Hey guys! Great to be here! Hope I can lead my team to victory!"
Jake: The Problem Solver
"So you're one of those leader types," Lauren says,
"Is that… a problem?" Jake replies,
"No, not at all, I'm just saying that because they always seem to make it far for the most part," her eyes slightly move towards the campers around her, who look at the two of them, some of them paying attention.
"oookaaaay then," Jake makes a small, uncomfortable smile towards Lauren before he turns to the campers. "How's it going, everyone?" He says.
"Perfectly plain," Richard drawls.
"Cool! How about the rest of you?"
"Not half bad," Jemma says, shaking his hand. "Jemma Flynn, future Pulitzer winner, honour to meet you,"
"Nice to meet you, Jemma," Jake says before he walks over to mingle with the others.
"Why didn't you introduce yourself like that earlier?" Katrina asks her,
"Eh, only really thought of saying that now," she says.
"Two campers to go, can the last girl get off now?"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, I'm almost here," she says before she gets to the bow of the boat.
The final girl is Hispanic and stands at around 5'7, she is wearing a grey shirt and yoga pants. She has ginger hair that goes to her neck. She gets off the boat and walks over to Chris.
"Nadia, good to see you!"
"Same to you Chris," she says with a confident smile before she looks at the other campers and says "Hey," meanwhile, friction seems to be happening between two competitors,
"Ugh, can you get your hipster crap out of my face?" Tegan angrily asks Hannah, who turns around, ready to punch the former.
"My style is based on someone you probably won't understand the brilliance of!" Tegan is not impressed by Hannah's retort.
"Oh what? Grabbing random clothes from your wardrobe? Very smart person to be inspired by," she sarcastically smirks at her enemy.
"You two shut the hell up," the two girls turn to Nadia, who is looking at them with a glare.
"What are you going to do about it!?" Tegan talks to her. The two then go back to arguing, to which Nadia sneaks up behind and pushes Tegan over. Hannah managed to step away after realising what was going to happen and she starts laughing at her rival.
"You may find I'm not really into the whole 'being intimidated' thing, so screw off with that,"
"I'm definitely going to get you out of here," Tegan snarls,
"That goes for you too," Nadia points to Hannah, before she turns to the other 14 campers and says, "Sorry about that, how's it going,"
Nadia: The Hot Blooded
"Pretty good," Jake says, nodding at her,
"I'm guessing they've been really annoying you all?" she asks,
"YES!" Katrina calls out,
"Definitely," Myron says,
"Alright, if you want someone to call them out on their bullcrap, call me, I'm free." She then shoots a smile at the campers before she goes and hangs out with everyone.
"One camper left! Who's it gonna be!" Chris says excitedly, The last contestant then steps off the boat. He then gets off the boat dressed in a black suit with fake glasses and a fake moustache.
"Officer Xavier of the FBI, I'm here to arrest you McLean!" he yells in a very gruff voice.
"Crap, not prison!" he steps back in fear as the guy suddenly starts laughing, revealing a normal voice.
"Just kidding," he says, taking off his sunglasses and moustache. He appears to be Indian-Canadian and stands around 6'0.
"Wish I did something like that," Katrina chortles.
Xavier: The Impressionist
"There'll probably be more of that where it came from," Xavier says, this time in a stereotypical 30s Mob boss voice, "Ya just need to give me the win." He then changes to his normal voice and says "Just kidding,"
"You're still gonna be destroyed by my perfect skills!" Morgan smugly says,
"Is that pretty much all you say?" Gary asks him,
"I prefer not to lie," he shrugs.
Gary then walks up to Xavier and says, "Fellow actor type here, it's a pleasure to meet you as the two shake hands, Xavier says to him,
"Same to you dude!"
"Alright, so that makes 18," Chris says, annoyed at Xavier, "Let's just go around and show off this island!"
The scene changes to Chris walking the campers around the island, before he starts with.
"So, uh, you're an uh… a weird group of newbies," He then turns to the cameraman, "Let's redo that,"
"WE CAN'T, HOLY bleep," the intern says, surprising Chris, "Geez…"
"Oooook then," Chris says before he continues with "Congrats! You made it through the audition tapes! That was the easy part!"
"Get on with it!" Nadia says.
"You eighteen have been selected for the toughest season yet!" Chris starts before he's cut off,
"All offence meant, but you literally say that all the time," Katrina snarks.
"I'm not lying this season though," Chris rubs his hand together. "The producers have created the roughest season of Total Drama EVER! The contracts never covered the actual twist of the season. Those Islands aren't just for show, you will be travelling between all 5. The other islands correlate to the four elements. Earth, Fire, Water and Air," Everyone looks at the host with looks of either surprise, slight interest, annoyance or in the cases of Lauren and Carol, excitement.
"We also have a couple of surprises hidden in each island… But I'm not going to say what,"
Chris then stops in front of a familiar sight for anyone who previously watched the island seasons of Total Drama.
"This here, is our confessional, familiar sight for all of you isn't it? Well, it's actually the old confessional! Saved from a lifetime of not being used on Pahkitew Island!"
Confessional:
"I'm the first confessional of the season, LET'S GO!" [3] Myron happily says, "This season's looking up, the people here don't seem TOO bad and Megan's here, so we have the advantage of knowing each other outside the game! I don't like Morgan that much though… He's like… The exact opposite of me,"
Next Confessional:
"Bob kinda gives me bad vibes, y'know?" Rory thinks out loud, "It's because of how quiet he is most of the time… It feels like he spends his free time doing terrible things to small animals. I probably shouldn't be so presumptuous though,"
Next Confessional:
"I am basically being given an extra million for father right now…" laughs Alfred, "And even if I do 'Get eliminated' as they call it," making sure to use air quotes, "Father can sue the winner into oblivion," he then starts laughing hard.
Next Confessional:
"Look, I may not be quite there when it comes to strength or being a physical threat in any major way," Susan smirks, "But the parts I excel at are intelligence and social skills, and they're really all you need 90% of the time here, did you see the finale of Revenge of the Island?"
Next Confessional:
"Confessionals are such a normie concept…" Hannah rolls her eyes before she goes and sarcastically says, "Oh, let me tell you how I have this crush on camper A and how camper B should die in a fire… See?"
Next Confessional:
"This is the first time I've actually used the confessional, and wasn't cleaning it," Katrina dryly comments, "Yeah… Screw you, McLean, I wouldn't have to be here if it wasn't for you…"
Confessionals End:
"This island is known as Base Camp. This island doesn't have any major elements to it, and it's where you'll be spending most of your off time. On this island, we keep the iconic losing cabins from season's past, alongside something similar to the McLean Spa Hotel from All Stars and A New Beginning. There is a major twist to it though, that is, only one team will be occupying it the entire season… The winner of the first challenge, alongside avoiding elimination, will be spending their nights in luxury, while the losers get the same old musty cabins,"
This reveal shocks and surprises everyone,
"Sweet, free luxury," Morgan smirks.
Chris waits for the murmuring to cool down before he continues with "Once the merge hits, you'll be stuck in the older cabins for the rest of the game while I enjoy my mansion. Aside from that, nothing else really that big needs to be mentioned aside from the fact that each island has it's own confessional, so you don't have to worry about not being able to say your darkest secrets in the challenges."
Confessional:
"This made things a lot more interesting," Lauren smiles wide, "Just hope my team doesn't have the bad luck Team Victory or the Toxic Rats did earlier,"
Confessionals End:
"Now… Is everyone ready for their teams?" Chris asks.
"Meh," Richard shrugs.
"Let's do this!" nods Jemma,
"Not like we have a choice in the matter," Bob quietly mentions.
"I-I guess?" Megan stutters.
"All of us are ready Chris," Jake happily states fist-pumping.
"Well okay then," Chris states, "Team one consists of…
Hannah," Hannah walks over, not saying a word.
"Tegan,"
"Greeeeat," Tegan complains before she walks over.
"Bob," Bob nods quickly and walks over.
"Carol,"
"Super!" she happily says, "See what I did there," she chuckles to the groaning crowd, including Chris.
"Xavier,"
"Bro, let's do this!" he says in an over the top meatheaded voice.
"Gary,"
"Not the WORST team so far," he says as he walks over.
"Katrina,"
"Sure," she states, bored as she stands with her team.
"Megan," Megan walks over and stands with the team, though she flashes a concerned look back to Myron,"
"aaand Jemma."
"I can work with this team!" Jemma happily states as she walks over.
"You guys are officially known as… THE FROZEN LIONS!"
"Otis probably came up with that name." Katrina mentions, smirking and thinking of one of her intern buddies.
"Shush," Chris says, curtly "Team two consists of… Alfred,"
"First announced in the team, as it should be," a smug Alfred walks over.
"Morgan," after a small laugh, Morgan walks over.
"Rory,"
"Let's do this!" Rory happily mentions as he jogs to the team.
"Lauren,"
"Sweet!" Lauren comments as she walks over and high fives Rory.
"Richard,"
"Fascinating," Richard sighs, walking over.
"Susan,"
"Not bad, this team ain't bad," Susan nods, before standing between Rory and Lauren.
"Nadia," Nadia nods and walks over,
"Jake,"
"Let's do this!" Jake walks over and high fives a couple of his other team members,
"And Myron!"
Confessional:
"Why can't I be on Megan's team?" Myron says, rubbing the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
Confessional Ends:
"Team 2 will be officially known as… THE ELECTRIC TIGERS! About now is when I send you off to do your first challenge, but before you go off," Chris excitedly rubs his hands together, "I need a volunteer from each team for something special,"
"Obviously me!" Alfred steps ahead for the tigers, a smug look on his face. Meanwhile, the lions are having a tougher time. Gary grabs Hannah and Bob (The latter was about to step forwards) and says somewhat out loud,
"Look, Chris has probably planned something bad, wouldn't it be such a HEROIC sacrifice, to take one for the team and step forward and take this?"
Overhearing this is Carol, who bites her lip in annoyance, before she sighs and says, "I'll sacrifice myself! Stuff like this is what heroes do!"
"Good," Chris says, "Alfred, Carol, you're both eliminated!"
"WHAT!?" They both yell, with even the other campers looking shocked, Carol looks downward, looking ready to cry, meanwhile Alfred has a very different reaction.
"McLean, I swear to god, you will be sued to homelessness if I get sent home it such a stupid way," Alfred steams, before Chris bursts out laughing,
"Just kidding, you're both still in," he then wipes a small tear of laughter from his face, "You should have seen the looks on your faces! Na, you're not out, you two, are SWAPPING TEAMS!"
"I… I'm still in?" Carol asks,
"Yes, now go to your new team!" Carol then walks over, before she quietly says,
"Hi fellow heroes!" to her new team, some of the team don't look too impressed, while others give her small smiles. However, with Alfred, the team look at him with varying looks of annoyance or apathy.
"You should all be thankful, you have my plentiful skills,"
"So that's that over and done with, now it's time, for your first challenge, and probably the only challenge on Base Island. I will explain what to do when you get to the tops of these two hills. Lions go to the right, and Tigers to the left.
"Why don't you just explain now?" Nadia confusedly asks,
"Because we need to sign off the episode. Now LEAVE!"
Confessional:
Carol starts by sighing, "That was close, I thought I was actually going for a minute there! But hey, I swapped teams, that's not going to be too bad I don't think, this team doesn't look like it has many vile villains. I uh, I just hope they aren't too hard on me…"
Confessional Ends:
As each team walks towards a hill each, Chris stands smirking "Eighteen new campers, islands based on the four elements, and more new drama than you can think of! What alliances will be formed? Who will go home first? What will the first challenge be? And who will win the show! Find out in the second part of our introduction on TOTAL! DRAMA! ELEMENTAL ISLANDS!"
Frozen Lions: Alfred, Bob, Gary, Hannah, Jemma, Katrina, Megan, Tegan, Xavier
Electric Tigers: Carol, Jake, Lauren, Morgan, Myron, Nadia, Richard, Rory, Susan
New Contestant Labels:
Alfred: The Influential Rich Kid
Bob: The Powerful Guy
Carol: The Superhero in Training
Gary: The Sarcastic Theatre Kid
Hannah: The Jerky Contrarian
Jake: The Problem Solver
Jemma: The Newspaper Writer
Katrina: The Former Intern
Lauren: The Reserved Fangirl
Megan: The Quiet Band Girl
Morgan: The Perfect Guy
Myron: The Ungifted Nerd
Nadia: The Hot Blooded
Richard: The Incredible Bore
Rory: The Soft Spoken Jock
Susan: The Social Brainiac
Tegan: The Complainer
Xavier: The Method Actor
Author's Notes:
[1] I'm being completely shameless in saying that this plot point is to write out the stupid self-insert I wrote for the original Viewers Decide and brought in as a reference to the original in the 1st chapter of A New Beginning. I have grown to absolutely hate him, so yeah, I just wrote him out. Not the best way to do so, but eh, what's done is done.
Update as of 17.8.23: This is no longer an issue! I've changed this line to disconnect this first scene from Viewers Decide A New Beginning, so you don't have to worry. This Author's Note is staying as a final memento of that old self-insert though.
[2] Get your minds out of the gutter
[3] *Insert sad trombone sound effect here*
So some of these characters might be a bit familiar to some users. I have used some characters I have previously submitted to SYOC's. Most of the stories I submitted characters to never update anymore or never even started anyways, however one story is the exception. I have talked to the Writer of that story and we're both fine with each of us using the said character so I think it's alright. My version has a bit of a different execution anyways.
I'm curious about the story, so I'm going to ask a couple of questions.
What do you think of the season's twist?
Who are your favourite campers?
Who do you think is going to win the whole thing?
And who do you think will be the first outs on each team?
Also, for most of these guys, I don't have a specific voice in mind, but I'm figuring them out now. You can put your own general voices for them.
It feels so good to finish the first chapter of this story! I hope you all like it!
This is probably all I wanted to talk about, though I could have still missed something idk, so I'll see you all when I finish the next episode.
Update: February 8th 2021: Added in a little bit to help tell people what some of the camper's races are. Plus also made a couple of Grammatical Edits and fixed up the Labels of the people I said I changed in episode 3 or so.
Next Update: Will probably remove this from the Viewers Decide Timeline...
Update: August 17th 2023: It took me two years but I did at the very least remove Viewers Decide references from the first scene, as well as change the confessional dialogue. As that's the VD references I can find in this chapter, I'm hoping this can disconnect the two universes enough.