AN: No. The names Donny says are not spelled incorrectly. That's just the way he says them. The best way.


Earlier On Total Drama Nialasach

"Welcome to Crios Cath!"

"We'll not only be basing every single challenge off the contestant eliminated in that place, but those contestants designed the challenges themselves!"

"Claude, Zaheen, Donny, Monica, Simon, and Christa...you are now known as Team Hayaji, named after the Japanese god of whirlwind."

"Aaron, Rashi, Phooko, Mirai, Raul, and Vanessa, you are now known as Team Ebisu, named after the Japanese god of fishermen and luck"

"Arnold, Ash, Zaiyrin, Cherry, Gran, and Ellie, you are now known as Team Inari, named after the Japanese god of foxes, rice, and agriculture."

"Mark, Erin, Gabriel, Jenae, Watts, and Alison. You are now known as Team Fudo, named after the Japanese version of the scary and intimidating Buddhist deity of fire and protector of wisdom."

"Remember...the first team to complete the challenge and exit the ruins will get to spin the Wheel of Reward to take a camp luxury from the losing team, who will be heading to the first Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony in the Ionad Desert, where one of you will become the first contestant to enter the Tomb of Shame, and earn the not-so-proud ranking of 24th place out of 24 contestants."

(The teams are seen running into the ruins)

We now return you to Total Drama Nialasach, Episode 1: Dia Dhuit Crios Cath!


Location: Nialasach Ruins Entrance

Contestant(s): All Remaining

"You've got to be kidding me." Erin groaned as all 24 contestants stopped in front of a small video monitor. Attached to it was a sticky note that said "Play the tape."

"Might as well play the tape then." Simon said as he pressed the play button on the screen. An image of all the camp luxuries appeared on the monitor and a gruff voice began to speak.

"Alright Nialasach contestants. I've got to make a starting challenge for you, so here goes. These are the Nialasach Ruins, known to have many winding twists and turns, as well as multiple pathways to and from the same areas. The ruins themselves have six main large rooms including the one you find yourself in now. In each of those other five large rooms is either a choice that you as a team must make between four of the sixteen camp luxuries, or less if you are the losers not in first place, or an area containing the biome in which your team will be sent to live, another thing I'd like to mention is that throughout the ruins, I've taken the liberty to hide clues to the Force, Fish, Fox, and Fire Medals, immunity medals hidden around the island only playable by members of the original Hayaji, Ebisu, Inari, and Fudo teams respectively. The first team to have obtained all their camp luxuries and have made their way back out of the ruins will win the right to spin the Wheel of Reward, stealing one of the luxuries from the last place team before they can even use it. In addition, the last place team will have to vote someone off. Finally, if you're still listening to this video and haven't started trying to win the challenge…"

The room began to shake as the ceiling of the ruin began to cave in. "Then you should really get on that." Victor could almost be heard laughing as the video stopped playing.

"Crap, crap, crap!" Jenae covered herself as she began to run deeper into the ruins. "There's no way I'm being caved into some cramped-ass ruins today! Fudo, down the north path!"

"There's no tomorrow without today, guys!" Mark agreed as he followed Jenae. "This way!"

"They aren't actually going to kill us, guys." Erin rolled her eyes as she calmly walked after them. "Everyone get a grip so we can finish this challenge and head back to our campsite and I can get back to my experiments. Science doesn't advance itself you know."

"You must not have seen this show much." Alison replied as she walked with Erin, careful not to let any dust fall down on her hair. "He almost always tries to kill the contestants."


Confessional: Erin: Team Fudo

"I don't believe that for a minute. He just says he does to boost his ratings.

Yeah. Yeah, he just says he does."

End Confessional


"Inari!" Zaiyrin announced. "We forge westward!"


Confessional: Zaiyrin: Team Inari

"I am at a bit of an impasse when it comes to how to make use of the team I have been given. I was hoping for a well balanced party, but there is not a single Fighter among us! We are Mages, Bards, and Acrobats. We don't have the tanking or offensive power necessary to do well in a strength-based challenge."

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"You, magic man!" Cherry said to Gran as the two ran with the rest of their team. Ellie kept supporting Ash, who kept tripping on rubble in the ruins a tad behind them. "You care to try some sort of trick that will keep us safe from the falling ceiling? Or should we never hold out hope for you?"

Gran sighed.

"Keep running forwards. I'll try to see what I can do."


Confessional: Gran: Team Inari

"And, hopefully it'll be one of the times where I'm not getting my face blown up."

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Gran lifted his hands in a strange pose as he looked at the collapsing ceiling. "Let's see if I can't move the chaoss towards another team…" He muttured.

As soon as the words left his mouth a giant piece of the ruins came crashing down towards him, and Arnold ended up pulling him out of the way.

"Don't you dare cave in and cost this challenge for us." He scolded Gran before the two began to run again.


Confessional: Gran: Team Inari

"Great. This is some first impression I'm making."

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"Haji!" Donny spoke loudly and sternly. "Follow me, 'kay? I've got a nose for ruins. The best nose. We go this way."


Confessional: Simon: Team Hayaji

"Hey, if we wants to take the fall if we lose, go ahead douchebag, lead the way."

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The rest of Team Hayaji began to follow Donny down the southern path of the ruins.

"Can't someone do something about these rocks?" Monica asked.

"Oh, allow me, darling." Zaheen smiled as she snapped her fingers, and almost instantly, the falling rocks stopped falling near Team Hayaji.

"All this dust everywhere." Claude observed as he reached into his suit and took out a dust rag. "I will not allow my team to be subjected to such filth. It is beneath us."

"Oh, I'll help clean too!" Christa responded.

"But of course." Claude smiled at his teammate.


Confessional: Claude: Team Hayaji

"I am a professional butler. I take pride in doing the work that others do not want to do themselves, but extra hands are always helpful. That said, I would prefer Christa not spend much time with me. I doubt she would approve of a few of my...hobbies, and I did not come here to make an enemy of our team mom."

End Confessional


"Alright Ebisu!" Phooko announced. "That means we head down the eastern path!"

"Wait, who said we all had to head down different paths?" Aaron posited. "Chris said that Victor loaded this place with traps, so let's just pick a different team and follow them, then brush past them out of the ruins." He turned to Raul and Rashi. "The two of you look strong enough for it, what do you say?"

Raul scribbled down on his notepad before handing it to Vanessa.

"I like the way you think." Vanessa read. "Smirking emoticon."

"Heck yeah!" Rashi flexed. "Pick a team, sharktooth boy, and i'll keep 'em off of us!"

Raul did a similar flex and gave a somewhat excited expression.

Vanessa, having had a little time to get used to her team, let out a small laugh.

"Hey!" Mirai grabbed Aaron by the shoulders and turned him so that he was looking at her. "I can do it too! Let me help with the physical portion too!"

"W-well I…" Aaron began to stumble over his words. "I don't want to mate *blegh* make you feel unexpected-I mean unaccepted. If you want to help out you can. Phooko, Vanessa, and I will take the observer positions and watch out for any traps that might not have been triggered."

"Really?" Mirai's eyes lit up. "Yay~! Thank you Aaron!"


Confessional: Aaron: Team Ebisu

"I don't think I've ever encountered a girl like Mirai before. She's someone I should probably keep my eye on...for multiple reasons. That's what my idol would do. Huh? Who is my idol? Well, they're from Zero Sum, and the even semi-observant can probably already guess, but I'll tell you. His name is-"

"Excusez-moi." Cherry's voice called from outside the confessional. "There happens to be a line forming. This is not your personal latrine."

"I guess it's pretty obvious anyways." Aaron shrugged into the camera. "Gotta go. It looks like my time is up."

End Confessional


Location: Nialasach Ruins Antechamber A

Contestant(s): Alison, Erin, Gabriel, Jenae, Mark, Watts

"We made it!" Mark exclaimed with a smile as Team Fudo reached the first of five chambers. "There's another stand and a video monitor!" He pointed ahead of everyone.

Watts walked up to the monitor and pressed the play button, and as Victor's voice explained the choice between the four camp luxuries, Gabriel, Jenae, and Alison all looked over the four vouchers for each luxury on the stand.

"Here at this stand, in Antechamber A." Victor announced. "You can take your choice of Breakfast, Cabin, Charcoal Grill, or Water Bottles. You may only choose one."

"Um…" Gabriel began to think. "Which one is the most useful?"

"Let's get the cabin." Alison suggested. "I don't want to have to sleep outside."

"No." Watts shook his head. "Trust me on this one, breakfast."

"I agree with breakfast." Jenae nodded.


Confessional: Jenae: Team Fudo

"My body has a physical form to be maintained, and I'll be damned if I let some white-ass pampered English bitch starve our team because she didn't want to 'get her hair dirty'."

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"Breakfast would be nice." Mark agreed. "It would save a lot of work we'd otherwise have to do around camp every day."


Confessional: Mark: Team Fudo

"And to be honest, I'm more of a go with the flow kind of guy. The more time there is to chill and play music between challenges, the better. There's no tomorrow without today after all."

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"Erin?" Gabriel asked.

"I really don't care." Erin sighed. "Sure, breakfast, whatever. I guess I can't afford to experiment on an empty stomach."

"Then I guess we're choosing breakfast." Gabriel said as he took the Breakfast voucher. "Sorry, Alison. Maybe we'll be able to make a decent shelter with the materials in wherever we're sent to live on the island."

"Hmph. Fine." Alison crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing at Watts's back while Team Fudo walked down another pathway towards a different antechamber.


Confessional: Alison: Team Fudo

"Look James, and I call you James because we're not friends. I don't take kindly to your jealous and hostile takeover of my wonderful cabin idea. If it rains tonight, I hope you catch a cold, and don't let your jealousy get in the way of my comfort again!"

End Confessional


Confessional: Watts: Team Fudo

"Back on Zero Sum, the teams that had little by the way of food always, as a unit, performed the worst, so breakfast was an obvious choice to make. If we could get dinner too, that would be even better...and I suppose if Alison really wants a roof over her head we could go for the chicken coop or outhouse or shower when those options show up."

End Confessional


"Hey…" Mark nudged Watts in the shoulder as they brought up the rear of their team, and pointed to something sticking out of the wall. "What's that?"

"I dunno." Watts shrugged as the two both huddled as Watts pulled the rolled up piece of paper out of the wall.

"Congratulations, you have found the clue to the Fire Immunity Medal!" Watt's voice rose in excitement as he read it aloud.

"Oh, sick!" Mark smiled. "That's awesome! Hey, we'll be an alliance alright? That way we can share the medal when we find it!"

"Are you two just going to stand there all day?" Jenae called from where the rest of Fudo had gone.

"Right behind you!" Mark called as Watts shoved the note in his pocket.

"We can read it on our own time later."


Location: Nialasach Ruins Antechamber D

Contestant(s): Aaron, Arnold, Ash, Cherry, Ellie, Gran, Mirai, Phooko, Rashi, Raul, Vanessa, Zaiyrin

"Let-us-through!" Rashi pushed against the members of Team Inari, aided by Raul and Mirai as the rest of Team Ebisu rushed into the antechamber first.

"First!" Phooko announced. "We called it! It's official, we were first here!"

"N-no you weren't!" Ellie spoke up softly. "You just p-pushed past us!"

"How did you even get passed that large rock that magic man left behind anyways?" Cherry asked as her eyes narrowed.

"Oh that?" Aaron responded. "You should have seen the way Mirai handled that! For such a cute girl she's more fierce than a freaking grizzly bear when she wants to be!"

Mirai blushed with a bashful smile as Team Inari turned to look at her and giggled.

"Oh stop, you're making me blush."

"If she's the one doing all the heavy lifting on your team, I'm glad I'm on this one." Arnold snarked. "At least here it's clear none of us have muscle mass. What's tan, tall, and mustached here's excuse?" He looked over at Raul.

Raul slowly walked up to Arnold and crushed a rock as he did so.

"Oooh, you broke a rock." Arnold wasn't impressed.


Confessional: Raul: Team Ebisu

Raul is scribbling feverishly on his notepad before he rapidly shows notes into the camera. "I want to tell that little bitch off so bad, but I can't because of my throat injury, and if he was part of one of the gangs back in my hometown, he'd find himself missing an arm by now for all that sass he can't control. I am so glad he's not on my team, because I don't know how well I'd be able to put up with someone like him."

Raul finished his fervent writing and breathed heavily for a little while.

End Confessional


"Let's see…" Phooko said as he looked over the stand. "It's between the Shower, the Mattresses, the Snorkeling Equipment, and the Towels"

"Oof…" Rashi stretched out her back. "Considering my back already feels sore, I'd like to place in my vote for Mattresses."

"Anyone have any objections?"

"Yes, in fact I'm sure our entire team has objections." Gran stated. "We got here first!"

"Sorry!" Rashi called back to them as Ebisu left down a path. "But it's the Victor challenge! Sometimes you just have to get physical!"

"I hate that team already." Gran grumbled as Zaiyrin and Ash looked over the remaining choices. "Shower, Towels Snorkeling Equipment." Ash repeated the luxuries that were left.

"We shall take the towels!" Zaiyrin announced.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Gran stepped up. "Shouldn't we decide as a group first what we take and why?"

"I agree with the magic man." Cherry said as Ellie also gave enthusiastic nods.

"Mmhm! Mmhm! Mmhm!" She agreed with what the other two were saying.

"I've played all manner of survival strategy games." Zaiyrin smirked. "And I am a bona fide master at each one. The towels offer us the most versatility. We can use them for comfort, for protections from the elements, as tethers,"

"Or perhaps even as towels." Cherry smriked.

"Yes, or perhaps even as-." Zaiyrin stopped. "Mock me all you like, but my strategy is sage." He said as he snatched the voucher for the Towels. "Now, Inari, onwards! This way!"


Location: Nialasach Ruins Antechamber A

Contestant(s): Christa, Claude, Donny, Monica, Simon, Zaheen

"What the-?" Monica rushed up to the stand. "There's only 3 vouchers left on this stand! Way to go, Donny, you led us down such a long path that we're not in first place!"

"Look, no one else was leading, okay?" Donny responded calmly. "I don't see Claude or Simon trying to lead this team, and there's no way we'll be letting a woman run us into the ground, okay? I'm still the greatest leader this team could hope to have. The best, and look!" He picked up the voucher for the Cabin. "I just got us a shelter, free of charge. You're. Welcome. Go on, say 'Thank You Donny.' Say it."

Monica and Zaheen both folded their arms while Christa obeyed Donny's command. "Thank you Donny." She smiled.


Confessional: Christa: Team Hayaji

"Donny is exactly the kind of person I never wanted to see on my team, but me personally not liking someone is no excuse to treat them any differently than the others. They are all my valued teammates."

End Confessional


"I guess we keep going then." Simon said. "Which path this time/"

"Lead the way, Donny, darling." Zaheen crossed her arms with a smirk. "I'm sure you'll pull us into the lead this time.

"Alright, this way." Donny picked a path to walk down. "Women, you try not to step on any of the men's heels, okay?"


Confessional: Monica: Team Hayaji

"I just want to wring his thick fat neck!"

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Location: Nialasach Ruins Antechamber B

Contestant(s): Aaron, Alison, Gabriel, Erin, Jenae, Mark, Mirai, Phooko, Rashi, Raul, Vanessa, Watts

"Gogogogogogogo! Go!" Phooko yelled as Team Ebisu ran their way into an antechamber while they dodged darts coming from traps in the walls.

"Ugh…" Rashi had been hit with a good four of them.

"Rashi, are you okay?" Vanessa asked as she assisted Rashi into the room.

"Tell my family...I...love them…" Rashi yawned.

"Oh don't be baby." Victor's voice said as Mirai played the videotape in an effort to take all the attention off of Rashi. "They're just tranquilizer darts. The most they'll do is make you want to fall asleep."

"Huh?" Rashi blinked. "I thought these tapes were prerecorded."

"These tapes are pre-recorded, but obviously one of you would be hit by that trap, and even more obviously you'd be whining about it." Victor's recording responded. "Now, here we have your choice between Charcoal, Dinner, Fishing Spear, or Couch."

"Um...Hrm…" Phooko looked over each of them and turned to Raul. "What do you think?"

Raul scribbled down on his notepad and showed it to Phooko.

"Dinner." Phooko read aloud.

"Well, I'm a pretty good cook I think." Aaron began. "But sure, why not Dinner? It's not like we'll always have enough food to cook anyways, and this will help us get at least one square meal in a day."

Raul grinned with pride as Phooko snatched up the Dinner voucher while Team Fudo rushed into the room.

"Ew, it's the fish." Alison said as she noticed the opposing team. "Leave us, before we make fish sticks out of you. Go on."

While Gabriel tried to stop Alison from making a scene, and Erin looked over the luxuries left to choose from in the chamber, Jenae pulled Mark and Watts over into a corner, and held out her hand.

"Give it to me."

"Give what to you?" Mark asked. "And no! We know our rights. You can't take anything from us by force!"

"I don't need to." Jenae shrugged. "But if you want this team to trust you, I suggest you don't keep the medal clue I know you have to yourselves. Give it to me."

"But we haven't even read it yet!" Watts countered. "How do we know you won't just read it and look for the medal yourself?"

"How do I know you're not lying to me right now?" Jenae asked. "Look boys, we, as a team, can get along. I want us to get along, and the best way to do that would be to share the clue with everyone, as a sign of trust."


Confessional: Watts: Team Fudo

"She's really got us by our balls. If we don't give her the clue, we've got an even bigger target on our backs, and we aren't going to have enough time before the first Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony to find the medal, wherever it may be."

End Confessional


"Fine." Watts sighed as he handed Jenae the clue. "But we'll be keeping an eye on you."

"Oh don't you worry about it." Jenae smiled. "I promise we're in this together."


Confessional: Jenae: Team Fudo

"As in competing in a competition for a million dollars together, so yeah, I'm taking every advantage I can get." Jenae takes out the clue and scans it over incredibly quickly before ripping it to shreds and flushing it down the confessional toilet.

"There we go." She smirks. "In games like these you go big or you go home, and I sure as hell ain't going home."

End Confessional


"Hey!" Alison noticed as Gabriel pulled her away from an escalating confrontation with Mirai. "They took the dinner option already!"

"And?" Erin asked. "We have breakfast already, what's it matter?"

"Well we wanted Dinner too didn't we?" Alison asked.

"Ha!" Mirai laughed. "We got Dinner! We got Dinner!"

"Don't step up to me, bitch." Alison stepped towards Mirai.

"You're the one stepping up to me, bitch." Mirai mirrored Alison's energy before turning to her team.

"Aaaaaronnnnn...Alison's trying to start drama with meeee…."

"Alison, stop instigating Team Ebisu." Gabriel sighed. "We need to decide which of the other luxuries we're going to take."
"Oh, heehee." Alison faked a giggle. "Of course, Gabriel." She smiled.

Gabriel shuddered.


Confessional: Gabriel: Team Fudo

"It's not like Alison is lacking in the looks department. She's very very attractive, but I can see her true colors from a mile away, and I'm not hooking up with a gold digger. Not a snowball's chance in Hell."

End Confessional


"Let's take the couch!" Alison picked up the voucher before anyone could do or say otherwise.

"Uh-oh…" Victor's voice on the tap began to play as the floor of the room began to open up.

The contestants inside looked down to see a pit full of spikes. "This is what happens when too many contestants stay in one room for too long. It looks like you guys better hightail it out of there."

"Ebisu!" Aaron called as Team Ebisu all quickly ran down a path, Mirai carrying an only half awake Rashi. "This way, come on! Fudo, the path to your right is the closest one! Run!"


Confessional: Aaron: Team Ebisu

"Dang, Victor, I wasn't expecting a trap that dangerous. I'm almost impressed...almost. I'm actually really freaking pissed at you right now! What are you trying to do, kill us? O-oh wait...Total Drama….riiiiight. I'm still shaking with rage though." He holds up a furiously shaking hand and it accidentally hits the camera. "Ah, shit!" He pulls his hand back and cups it to his chest. "Man that hurt!"

End Confessional


"Alright!" Gabriel said as he jumped onto the part of the floor heading towards the right path. "Alison, Erin, you guys need to jump!"

Alison grinned as she elegantly double flipped over the growing gap and stuck a perfect landing in between Gabriel and Mark.


Confessional: Mark: Team Fudo

"Man...that was probably the sexiest thing I think I've ever seen."

End Confessional


"Erin, come on!" Gabriel called.


Confessional: Erin: Team Fudo

"Does this lab coat look like it was made for me to run and jump around in?"

End Confessional


Erin rolled her eyes before moving as fast as she could and jumping...just barely missing the other side with her hand.

"Eyahhh!" She screamed with fear before her wrist was caught and she was pulled up onto the pathway with the rest of her team. Her heart beating fast with adrenaline, she looked up to see that she was sitting in Watts's lap.

"You good?" He asked.

"I could have gripped the wall and free-climbed my way up." Erin responded as she stood up abruptly and dusted her lab coat off. "Please refrain from making contact with my skin again unless the following two conditions are met: I tell you it's safe to, and Hell's frozen over."

"I only asked if you were okay…" Watts lowered his head.


Confessional: Watts: Team Fudo

"I only asked if she was alright! Why all the hostility for trying to help a teammate out?"

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Confessional: Erin: Team Fudo

"Look. People suck. Plain and simple. As such, I do my best to avoid people. The reason I'm on this show is so that I can use the monetary winnings to further all sorts of scientific studies. I have no need for other people. They're to me, what black cats, spilled salt, and cracked mirrors are to people who believe in superstitious nonsense. Misfortune just waiting to happen. Besides, the experiments I plan to conduct are dangerous for the average idiot. This is as much for his own safety as it is for my comfort."

End Confessional


Location: Nialasach Ruins(Pathway #37)

Contestant(s): Arnold, Ash, Cherry, Ellie, Gran, Zaiyrin

"And there we go!" Zaiyrin smiled as he led Team Inari down another pathway. "We have secured the Hot Tub!"

"Yeah, but the chicken coop was clearly the useful option." Cherry argued. "You could not have chosen a shorter path, master strategist?"

"Hey, don't dis a hot tub!" Arnold argued. "Or are you too chicken to get in a bathing suit since girl, I've got more curves than you."

"For instance-" Cherry's brow furrowed as she continued to chastise Zaiyrin. "Shorter than the amount of time Arnold can stay silent?"

"I sort of agree with Cherry." Ash spoke up. "Zaiyrin, you've been leading us really well through the ruins, I mean, since the rock challenge we haven't encountered a single trap but...well, that was our last luxury. We have the Grill without any Charcoal to speak of, we have the Fishing Spear, the Towels, and now a Hot Tub, but each time we made it to an area, there's never been all four vouchers still remaining. Maybe we should let someone else lead?"

"And who among you can see traps a good half a mile away and take measures to avoid them?" Zaiyrin asked as he rose his hand.

While he, Ash, and Cherry all argued about what to do next, Ellie walked up to Arnold.

"Hey Arnold…" She said as she fiddled with a bound scroll in her hands. "I-I found this as we left the room and I wanted to share it with-"

"A piece of paper?" Arnold tilted his head. "Ellie, you don't need to win my friendship with a piece of paper. You're a nice girl, so we're already friends, got it? You just stay away from Gran, who'd probably get stuck in his own magician's hat if he tried to pull something out of it, and watch what you say around Cherry or she'll make a clown out of you."

"Um...well, actually…" Ellie fiddled with the scroll some more.

"Don't worry Ellie!" Arnold grinned. "Once I tell everyone about your adorable way to become friends with me by showing me a random piece of paper, they'll all love ya, girl! Now come on, the team's heading to our last stop. We need to get to the last chamber and pick a biome for our campsite!" He smiled and turned around, leaving Ellie mortified


Confessional: Ellie: Team Inari

"Um, okay, so this was the Fox Idol clue, and I wanted to share it with Arnold since he seemed nice, but now it looks like he was too nice, and I can't let him tell anyone I have this! Oh, why me, Crios Cath island gods?"

End Confessional


Location: Nialasach Ruins Antechamber E

Contestant(s): All Remaining

"Go, go, go!" Phooko announced as Ebisu ran out of the room down the pathway that Hayaji had just come in from.

"Quickly!" Monica announced as Simon hurried over to the stand of the antechamber. "We've got the Cabin, the Charcoal, the Canoe, and the Shower. We only need to pick a living space and then we can get out of here, overtake Ebisu, and win this challenge!"


Confessional: Monica: Team Hayaji

"Okay, is it just me? Or does Simon run weird?'

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Confessional: Simon: Team Hayaji

"It's probably going to come out eventually, so I'll let all of you know now." he lifts his pant leg up to reveal a transtibial prosthesis which he snapped off and held in front of the camera. "Yeah, these people may have a 'leg up' on me so to speak, but that doesn't mean I'll be easy to take down! I've been wrestling for practically forever, and my 'fake leg' as some might call it has never gotten in the way before. I guess that's one of the advantages of having been using it since birth. In any case, it's not a problem my team need concern themselves with. Merely a... a fun fact, I guess. After all, my main shtick is computers and software. Like say...the video monitors in these ruins for example."

End Confessional


"Well, considering that Team Ebisu just took the bog area…" Simon said as he fiddled with the monitor while looking at the other notes. "What do you say we go for the mountains? If we get used to camping up there, we'll perform much better during challenges down on the island, where the air is thicker and easier to breathe."

"A mountain resort is one of the best kinds of resorts." Donny agreed. "I mean, not as great as a few beach resorts I happen to own. Those are the best, okay? But I guess mountain resorts are good too, and I did get us that Cabin. You guys remember? I got us that Cabin, so we won't have to worry about shelter because I got us that Cabin, which of course, I got us."


Confessional: Zaheen: Team Hayaji

Zaheen is laughing for a while before she finally speaks into the camera. "What was that, Donny? I didn't quite catch it the first few thousand times, darling." She then returns to laughing.

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"Mountain it is then." Claude nodded as he picked up the campsite voucher.

"Alright, Haji." Donny spoke as he took the voucher from Claude and pointed. "Let's overtake Ebzu and win. No excuses."

As Team Hayaji began to run down the the corridor, Christa tripped, and found herself looking at a small bound scroll.

She picked it up as she stood back on her feet and unfurled it as the continued to run again, Her eyes widened.


Confessional: Christa: Team Hayaji

"I found...I found the clue to the Force Medal? That's wonderful. It means no one else has the clue. I'll keep it tucked away in my bag and I can rest easy knowing that the medal will never be found or used for evil purposes. Huh? Why don't I look for it myself? Oh, no I don't believe in using those things. I feel like it's a form of cheating to be honest. You shouldn't be able to negate votes against you. That's just my two cents on the matter though."

End Confessional


"Okay, here we are!" Gabriel announced to Team Fudo as they rushed into the final antechamber.

"You see?" Zaiyrin turned to Team Inari as they entered at the same time. "We've made it here at the same time as Fudo! I am an expert navigator of these ruins!"

"No, I'm, like, pretty sure we got here like, a few seconds before you." Alison responded.

"Like, ohmygod, who cares?" Cherry mimicked Alison's mannerisms. "Zaiyrin, just choose a place and let's get out of here."

"Sorry Fox Team!" Jenae said from the stand with the monitor as she picked up the voucher for a campsite in the Neart Highlands. "Fudo's got to roll out now!"

"Oh hey…" Victor's message on the monitor began to play. "That was the last voucher."

"What?!" Gran exclaimed. "No it wasn't! There's still that one for the Upper Ceol Fields left!" He pointed as Ash grabbed the voucher, only to be blown towards the wall of the antechamber by a small explosion coming from the monitor.

"What the-?!" She screamed before hitting the stone.

"Oof…" Gran winced. "That had to hurt, are you okay, Ash?"

"I...I'm fine!" Ash gave a thumbs up as she dizzily got back on her feet. "Come on, Fudo's getting away. We need to catch up to them if we don't want to go to elimination!"

She ran into the wall again, before shaking her head, giving the rest of her team a thumbs up, and running down the pathway.


Confessional: Simon: Team Hayaji

"No, I wasn't responsible for the computer exploding, but I was responsible for when it happened. I had a feeling Victor would program a trap for a team in last place to deal with. I've seen the Nui Kaua trilogy. I know the type of guy he is. My apologies to Team Inari. I did not realize it was that dangerous a trap. I had expected something more along the lines of goo or perhaps the flooding of a room."

End Confessional


Location: Nialasach Ruins Entrance
Contestant(s): All Remaining

"We're here by the Nialasach Ruins Entrance." Chris exclaimed into the camera with a smile as Kaede feverishly looked into the ruins, hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the teams to make sure they were all alright.

"The teams have all grabbed their luxuries and their campsite vouchers!" He continued. "Team Hayaji will be staying in the Cloch Mountain Range, and will have a Team Cabin, a bag of Charcoal, a Canoe, and a Team Shower.

Team Ebisu will be staying in the Cailleach Bog, and will have the Self-Filtering Water Bottles, Dinner made by Chef, the Chicken Coop, and Mattresses.

Team Inari will be staying in the Upper Ceol Fields, and will have the Charcoal Grill, sans any actual charcoal, hah hah hah, the Fishing Spear, the Hot Tub, and Team Towels.

Finally, Team Fudo will be staying in the Neart Highlands, and will have Breakfast made by Chef, a Couch, a Team Outhouse, and Snorkeling Equipment! Now all that's left to do is see which team, if any, makes it out first!"

"If any?!" Kaede asked, incredibly worried.

"I was kidding!" Chris called back, before the camera zoomed in on him.

"No I wasn't!" He whispered to the camera with a smile. "Victor sure can make a challenge! A-hunh hunh..."

"I see a team!" Kaede announced. "I see one!"

"And the winning team of the first challenge is…" Chris announced as the 1st place team rushed out of the ruins.

"Team Ebisu!" Chris announced. "Congratulations, you're the winners of Total Drama Nialasach's first challenge!"

"Wooo!" Phooko cheered as he shared a high five with a still groggy, but celebrating Rashi.

Raul and Vanessa smiled at each other and nodded calmly.

Mirai and Aaron cheerfully jumped up and down while hugging each other.


Confessional: Raul: Team Ebisu

Raul says nothing, but smiles into the camera as he opens his palm to reveal a bound scroll. The look on his face says it all. He's incredibly proud of his finding.

End Confessional


"Here comes another team!" Kaede announced.

"Team Hayaji!" Chris proclaimed as Team Hayaji joined the others outside the ruins.

"You might not be first, but you aren't last. You're all safe tonight!"


Confessional: Monica: Team Hayaji

"Do we have to be safe tonight? I can't have Donny leading this team if we aren't going to win. The sooner he leaves and I can take charge, the better."

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Confessional: Donny: Team Hayaji

"I know why we lost. One word. Chrishta." He begins to gesture with his hands. "She's too submissive for a competition like this. She probably whored her way onto this show, and is going to whore herself to stay on. Her kind is like that, since they're ultimately unskilled. I feel bad for Ebzoo. They've got that Rule guy. He's giant, like, too tall to be any normal human, and he doesn't do shit for them. He hasn't even spoken, and that's proof, okay? Proof of how lazy he is."

End Confessional


"The other two teams are coming, the other two teams are coming!" Kaede announced as she saw Team Fudo and Team Inari both racing towards the finish line.

"They're neck and neck!" Chris announced.

"It's Team Fudo,

Team Inari,

Team Fudo,

Team Inari,

Team Fudo,

And…

The lucky…

Third place…

Team….

Is..

"Team Fudo!" Chris announced with a smile. "Which means, Team Inari...you'll be heading to our first Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony, right after Ebisu decides which of your luxuries will instead be brought to their camp!"

"Woo!" Jenae cheered as she quickly hugged Gabriel, before just as quickly shoving him away.

"Gee, way to lead us to 3rd place." She criticised him. "I guess there's no way around it. I'll have to help you with taking care of the others, as it seems you can't quite do it on your own."

"Um...okay?" Gabriel asked.


Confessional: Gabriel: Team Fudo

"Now Jenae is also very, very attractive, and unlike Alison, she isn't trying to seduce me for my father's money. I'm much closer to going out with her, but, well... competition first you know. Besides, it's not like she'd like me back."

End Confessional


Confessional: Jenae: Team Fudo

"No. I'm not here for relationships. Not even with a take-charge boy with a delicious ass and-. Look, like I said, no relationships! It'll screw up my game. First time we lose, I'm voting his perfect butt off this island. No mercy!"

End Confessional


"Crap!" Gran kicked up some sand. "Some strategy, Zaiyrin! We lost!"

"But none of our team is physically hurt or mentally shaken." Zaiyrin countered. "We have the advantage of superior health to the other teams."


Confessional: Zaiyrin: Team Inari

"And health goes a long way in this game. Just ask Oswald from Zero Sum."

End Confessional


Confessional: Arnold: Team Inari

"Well, I know who I'm voting for for sure! No one really cost us the challenge, because it's not like any of us could have done a better job leading than Zaiyrin did, but Cherry is too mean."

End Confessional


"Raul!" Chris turned to Raul. "You were the first of Team Ebisu to leave the ruins so… Kaede?"

"Hngh!" Kaede grunted as she pulled out a large Wheel of Fortune looking wheel with pictures of all four of Team Inari's luxuries on it.

"You get to spin the Wheel of Reward!" Chris exclaimed. "Which of Team Inari's luxuries will become Team Ebisu's?"

Raul nodded as he put his hands on the Wheel of Reward and gave it a giant spin.

The wheel spun as the pictures the needle was pointing at changed from Grill to Fishing Spear to Hot Tub to Towels to Grill to Fishing Spear to Hot Tub to Towels to

Grill

To
Fishing

Spear

To

Hot Tub.

"The Hot Tub!" Chris announced as Ebisu cheered while Inari groaned. "Alright, Teams Ebisu, Hayaji, and Fudo, you all head to your camps, where everything should already be waiting!" He tossed maps to Aaron, Donny, and Gabriel, before turning to Team Inari.

"Team Inari, you're coming with me. The sun's almost down, and to avoid freezing to death in the desert, we'll be having our Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremonies in the evening hours before it gets too cold."


Location: Tine Naofa Bonfire Elimination Ceremony

Contestant(s): Arnold, Ash, Cherry, Ellie, Gran Zaiyrin

"Let's cut to the chase, Team Inari." Chris grinned. "You've all got some pretty big problems that, in this host's opinion, are enough to send you home. Arnold, dude, learn when to stay quiet. Ash, you seem to be so klutzy that production contemplated putting a large cage around the bonfire so that you wouldn't fall in. Cherry, you have the same problem Arnold has, only French-ier, and therefore weirder. Ellie, you have the opposite problem of Cherry and Arnold. If you don't speak up or spend time with your teammates, this game's going to get a lot harder for you. Gran. Do I need to say it? I will anyway, your magic tricks suck. Finally, Zaiyrin, for a master strategist, you sure don't seem to be doing a good job of selling yourself by letting your team lose the first challenge."

All at once, everyone on Inari began to defend themselves against Chris's statements, but the host rose a hand.

"Up-up-up!" He exclaimed. "I don't want to hear it. I was just giving you reasons to vote each other out! One of you has to be our first loser after all. Now, go ahead and walk up to the voting area when I call your name and cast your vote, leave a message for your vote if you want, and come back here. After everyone's voted I'll tally them, at which point I will then award safe contestants with commemorative Crios Cath medals. The player who does not receive a medal must immediately walk...into there!"

Chris motioned towards a large hill covered in sand, with a barely visible cave carved into the side of it. "The Tomb of Shame!" Chris smiled as a bat flew out of it.

"And you can rest easy knowing that you've lost your chance at winning this game for good. Any questions?"

Everyone rose their hands.

"Good!" Chris exclaimed. "Then let's start the votes! Zaiyrin, why don't you start us off?"

Zaiyrin cast his vote,

And Ellie after him,

Arnold after her,

Gran after him,

Ash after him,

And Cherry after her.

When Cherry had finished casting her vote, and sat back down, Chris went to go tally the votes.

"He takes longer than normal on purpose." Kaede informed them as she walked up to the bonfire pit.

"Kaede, why are you here?" Ellie asked.

Kaede pointed to a large tent a few desert hills away. "I wanted to say goodbye to the interns before I left." She responded. "But I'll stick around here because I know how tough it is to be at your first elimination ceremony. I was super worried when I went to my first one. In fact, a single vote changing, and I would have lost right then. So don't be like Victor and beat yourself up over your place. Be proud of the game you played, and proud you were chosen. I'd have loved to have competed with all of you. You have the ability to be a wonderful team. All of you. Remember that, please."

"Oh, it looks like Kaede's eased the tension a little." Chris grinned as he returned from tallying the votes. "I'll be sure to break that quickly enough with this! Ellie, Gran, Ash, the three of you are safe with 0 votes for each of you! Here's your medals!"


Confessional: Ellie: Team Inari

"Oh, oh thank goodness, I'm safe! Woo! Heehee!"

End Confessional


Confessional: Gran: Team Inari

"Well, that's one magic trick I didn't expect to pull off. No votes against me!"

End Confessional


Confessional: Ash: Team Inari

"Well, I was a little worried my klutziness would get the best of me, but it looks like my cheerful personality's saved me this time! I'll be sure to milk this chance for all its worth!"

End Confessional


"Arnold, Cherry, Zaiyrin…" Chris grinned. "You three each got votes.

In fact…

For the first time in Total Drama History...we have a 3 way tie!"


Confessional: Cherry: Team Inari

"Great! Just Great. Barring this ceremony, where we don't know each other very well, I was planning to just vote with the flow, but how do I go with the flow when everyone on this damn team is running in different directions?"

End Confessional


Confessional: Zaiyrin: Team Inari

"Ah, yes, the three way tie. I've always wondered what would happen should more than two people tie in votes. So far, my game has been going exactly as I've planned."

End Confessional


"In the event of a 3 way tie or higher…" Chris opened a dusty rule book. "The tied contestants will state their cases for why they should be kept, and the remaining contestants then vote again on who to eliminate. The tied contestants do not get to vote. If the vote remains a tie, the tied contestants will then compete in a footrace of a distance designated by the host, with the loser being the eliminated contestant."

He looked up from his book.

"So...Let's start with Cherry. Why should Team Inari keep you around?"

"Because I haven't done anything in any way to cost our team the challenge. Those who voted for me did so because they couldn't handle valid critique, and while yes, it may be a negative quality of mine, if given the chance, you will see my many positive qualities as well."

"Arnold?" Chris asked once he was sure that Cherry was finished.

"Girls and Gran…" Arnold began to sweat. "Have you seen the competition I'm sitting next to? Zaiyrin was so great at strategy that he figured out the surefire way to make us lose, and Cherry was here to keep morale at an all time high with her constant complaining. I on the other hand, am great with roasts and can actually keep our team's morale up. Pick me over these two, please."

"And Zaiyrin." Chris grinned.

"Ladies, Gentleman." Zaiyrin looked at Ash, Ellie, and Gran. "You just heard Arnold's piece did you not. Tell me, would you really keep him around when he will inevitably have to work with at least one of us for at least one more episode. He just voiced quite the distaste for the both of us. However, I can tell you right away that I have never met a girl as beautiful or been more smitten with than Cherry here. I love her outlook on my plans as that is what makes her all the more attractive to me. We as a pair have greater chemistry than either of us with Arnold could hope to accomplish, and our team surely will not lose again, as this loss was merely a fluke. That is my piece, and I hope it has reached your ears."


Confessional: Cherry: Team Inari

"Look, he can say he likes me all he wants, but I never noticed something like that." She begins to blush. "Still, I always was fascinated with those boys who could be so unabashedly nerdy, and enjoying my teasing is a plus as well."

End Confessional


"Now that you've heard everyone say their piece." Chris turned to Ash, Ellie, and Gran. "Go ahead and cast your votes again."

Moments later, Chris had two more medals ready to be handed away.

"Good news, I've tallied the votes again, and this time, there was a definite loser," he smirked "but, it's not Cherry." He said as he tossed Cherry her medal.

"Arnold, Zaiyrin…" Chris held up the final medal.

"This is the final medal of the night…

And it goes to…

"Zaiyrin." Chris said as he tossed Zaiyrin his medal and turned to Arnold.

"Sorry bro. Tough luck."

"You know what?" Arnold stood up. "That's fine. Like Kaede said, I'm proud of even being on this show, and if placing any higher meant having to act like either Zaiyrin or Cherry has, I'm glad I placed this low. I happen to have standards after all!"

Kaede giggled as she brought her sleeve up to her mouth. "It looks like he managed to get one last roast in." She said as Arnold strutted into the Tomb of Shame, waving his red fedora behind him as if to bid his team a 'so long'.

"He was a good kid." Chris said as Kaede nodded. "I guess the nice guys really do finish last!" Chris laughed as Kaede's eyes widened and she shook her head.

"Don't say that so loudly, he might still be able to hear you!"

"Don't you have to, I dunno, go back home?" Chris asked, his patience with Kaede wearing thin.

"Aw come on, can't she host and you go home?" Gran asked.

"No, I wouldn't make a very good host." Kaede smiled. "It was nice to meet all of you, good luck!"

She gave them all a bow before leaving the area.

"And they're going to need the luck!" Chris announced into the camera.

"We have achieved lift off here at Total Drama Nialasach as our Feminine Ball Buster, Arnold, has just had his own balls busted. Can Team Inari recover?

Will Monica gain control of Team Hayaji?

Will Alison succeed in seducing Gabriel before Jenae's thoughts of him seduce herself?

Who is Aaron's obvious idol?

Find out the answer to a few of those questions next time on…

Total!

Drama!

Niiiiiiiiialasach!"


*Arnold's Final Confessional:

"I...I really wanted to get over my nervousness and make a bunch of friends and have a good time. I can only imagine all the Girls' Nights I'm going to miss out on now, and it really really sucks to be the first one to leave, but you know what? I can also go home to the friends and family I do have and love already. One things for sure though, none of those Inari members are being invited into my cult anytime soon. Oh, it's not really a cult, it's just me and my siblings in snuggies playing video games. Oh hey! The Tomb of Shame has the same game station that I have at home! Sweet! Good luck to all my girlfriends out there on the other teams, except you Alison, you can do what you're best at and suck a dick!" Arnold snaps his fingers as he moves his head around sassily. "Arnold, out!"

End Confessional*


The Votes(for those who are curious)

Arnold voted for...Cherry, NA(2nd time)

Ash voted for...Zaiyrin, Arnold(2nd time)

Cherry voted for...Arnold, NA(2nd time)

Ellie voted for...Arnold, Arnold(2nd time)

Gran voted for...Zaiyrin, Arnold(2nd time)

Zaiyrin voted for...Cherry, NA(2nd time)


AN:

Whew, and that's a wrap on Episode 1.

A HUGE Thank You to Michaelfang9 for sending in Arnold! I really REALLY loved him as a character, he was absolutely hilarious! Unfortunately, someone had to be the first to go, and well, Arnold's personality just clashed with the timing of everything a bit too much for me to justify keeping him over the others of his team. It pains me to see him go so early, but I did my best to do his personality justice for the whole time he was on the show. And he'll definitely be back for the finale, so there's that to look forward to.

For those who wish to know, Arnold's alignment was: True Neutral

Having gone over his actions this season, Arnold has been awarded the status of: Hero

Why: Look, there wasn't much anyone could have done in the amount of time that the contestants were given before the first elimination, but Arnold successfully called out everyone on any bullshit he might have been present for, and he did so without remorse. Finally, he might have clearly been a little angry, but he left the game with dignity, in the best way he knew how, roasting people. He never lied, never cheated, never stole, heck, he didn't even try to look at Ellie's medal clue. So yeah, he gets to be a hero in my book. If only just barely, and I mean just barely.

Arnold's Best Moment: In my opinion, I like his very first roast, the one of Chris, the best. I couldn't think of a more perfect way to introduce what his character was all about than that.

But all of that's just me. What did you guys think of Arnold? What status would you give him? What do you think his best moment was?

Alcott's Challenge is up next! Do you think he's finally showered since Zero Sum?

Any predictions for things that might happen in the future?

And as always, thank you for reading!