Author's Notes: This idea came to be after reading A Dave in Time: A Pahkitew Island rewrite and Reality Collides: The Ezekiel Chronicles. So, with that said I'm just gonna go straight into the reason why I wrote this. Its interesting to think about what would happen if Dave decided to change the course of his life, despite his reputation being hated. Same goes for Ezekiel, since he got the worst of it all, eventually turning into a rabid feral beast after being hit with bad luck over and over again. It's nice that in a change of pace an OC Reincarnation turns his life better and also writes famous and well-known Cartoon Network shows. I suggest you all read both since they are so good. And now here's my work which was inspired by the two I just mentioned. I decided to tell it through the lens of my OC and my own interpretation of what Dave's early life was before Pahkitew by chronological order of course. Also, I don't own Total Drama or its characters. This is just something I thought of in my head.
The Total Drama Blimp was flying through the clouds. After the accidental destruction of Camp Wawanakwa caused by Chef using a fracking machine. The new season had to be moved to a new island. Inside were the sixteen newest contests of Total Drama who are anxiously waiting to begin.
A fit and athletic Cree girl takes out a packet of gum while another girl in a pink princess outfit is humming and rocking quietly through the trip. She takes one for herself and tries to offer some to a short boy wearing a grey tracksuit and purple hair sitting next to her.
"Want some gum?" she asked
Turning the seat on his swivel chair and said "Your offer of simple confectionary will not save you from the pure evil of me." He does an evil impression before doing a complete 180 "But yes, thank you." The boy takes the gum and chews it before choking a little bit and spitting the wad of gum into his hand and declaring "Cinnamon, there is no need for you to be that spicy."
Aside from him there were other interesting characters on board
One boy wearing a green tattered cloak and fake beard was trying to cast magic, the princess was beginning to frolic and sing on deck, and a shaggy looking teenager who could mimic sounds. Another one was a pair of identical girls wearing red cheerleading and high heel boots, the only way to differentiate one another was that the girl on the right who had a beauty mark right below her eye.
"Ugh, switch seats with me right now." She complained to the other girl, who just sighed and complied with her request. A tall dark skinned young woman raised her eyebrow at the exchange.
She gasped at her "Giant." The tall girl glared at her and said with a thick Australian accent "Are you and I gonna have a problem?"
She then grabbed the other girl again and demanded to be swapped back, but the other girl was unsure. A guy with cow licked dirty blonde hair and wearing the exact same shirt and pants was running frantically back and forth looking for Chris.
"Chris? Yo, Chris!" he chortled "What the-I don't get it? Chris? Chris, has gotta be here somewhere. Anybody seen, Chris? You seen Chris?" he asked a fat girl who was filing her nails and slowly getting irritated by his antics, who then grabs him by the collar and puts the guy up against the wall with her nail file dangerously close to his face and threateningly said to him: "Stop you're fidgeting! You scuff my pageant shoes and I'll toss you out the window! You'll be squished flat in two minutes."
An orange haired girl with glasses walked up to the two and began to kindly explain the science behind the fall. But quickly pans over to tall muscular guy wearing overalls and another teen wearing a beanie who was sleeping.
"Wow, that girl has some real brains, huh?" The farm boy commented on her advanced knowledge
"Brains?! Who's brains?! No one is getting my brains!" the teen began to coil up at the mention of 'brains'
"Can you please be quiet for just one second?" a gruff voice said off screen
Everyone looked to the back of the blimp where the source of the voice came from. Out of everyone onboard the mysterious newcomer had the most peculiar attire ever. Hunched over and looking down, he was dressed in a white boiler suit with kanji adorning its sleeves, black gloves, black boots, and white face mask, grey strap on motorcycle helmet with a vertical red stripe, and black tinted riding goggles covering his face and head.
"Who is that?" the Cree girl looked at the stranger critically
"Oh him, he came here early than us." The purple haired boy said helpfully
"Who is he?" she asked
"I don't know, he's not exactly the talkative type." He replied
The blimp then experienced some turbulence while flying through some storm clouds. "Hang on! This might get hairy!" said the familiar voice of Chef Hatchet over the intercom who was the unlucky one flying this tub. Parts began to fall out of place in the cabin and the teens clung desperately to their seats while dodging debris, except for the guy in the back who just sat quietly on his spot.
And lo and behold as lightning struck, The Host with The Most, Chris Mclean appeared. "Hello newbies!
Ready for some fun?!" he said to newest cast of Total Drama
The princess said "Yes!"
Followed by the Chris imitator "Yeah!"
"Huh, a couple of keeners." Chris commented at their enthusiasm "I'm sure a little pain and starvation will fix that. Let's get started. This aircraft stinks and is equipped with emergency exits. Here and at the end of the cabin. At said exits you will find parachute packs. Only half of them contain actual parachutes. The other half contain surprises That will be utterly useless while falling from the sky." He finished explaining
"Well, hopefully we won't need them?" the Cree girl questioned his logic, unknown to all of them the mysterious guy at the back perked up when Chris explained the blimp and the mixed parachutes. He stood up and quietly opened up a small crate next to him taking out a large black duffel bag and parachute.
The man shrugged "Who knows? This season is full of surprises." he then pulled out a detonator and just before pushing the button the guy at the back sprinted pass them with a parachute and jumped out the emergency exit while carrying a large duffel bag. He jumped just in time for Chris to blow up one of the turbines and send the blimp falling out of the sky.
But the question on your mind is, who was that guy at the very back of the blimp? How did he know that Chris was gonna blow it up anyway? And where did he get that large duffle bag? To answer that question and many more we all have to turn the clock back to…
15 Years Earlier in another time and another place
"Another day, another job." I sighed as I closed up the office for the day. It was cold that night, but I could take the cold. I mean its not like I had any plans tonight
Walking down the dreary streets late at night in my hometown. I thought I conquered the world. Turns out I still had to start small after finishing law school, meaning I have to be back here. But being back here, brought a rush of memories from my childhood back when times were good. After walking for a little bit, I arrived back to the old apartment I use to call home. Since my parents left to live in their retirement home I got stuck with this place. It may not be much but it beats staying anywhere else. After climbing the stairwell and making sure to put the padlock in the gate I dived headfirst into the couch to get some rest.
After a few hours or so my stomach grumbled. I unconsciously woke up and dragged myself up. Since I had no food in the fridge, the 7-Eleven next to the town hall was the only convenience store open this late at night.
So, I walked down the stairwell again and made sure to put the top lock on at the door. As I began to walk past my home it began to rain. That's odd? I thought, because last I remember there was supposed to be no rain today. But not wanting to be drenched I headed back to door and unhooked one of the umbrellas. It was old and some of its top portion was standing up anymore it was better than nothing I supposed. Lightning and thunder roared in the distance like crackling artillery shells. The streets began to be filled with small puddles which I mostly avoided. There just halfway through my journey, lightning struck and everything turned black in an instant.
I woke up again. This time I felt groggy and rubbed my eyes to wake myself up. What happened? I asked myself. All I remember that I was walking to 7-Eleven and it began to rain before thunder and lightning happened. I couldn't remember it anymore, like my mind was going dizzy trying to remember that night. Stranger still was that I was lying on something soft. Was I at the hospital? How did I even get here? I slowly stood up and my muscles yearned me to go back down but I shoved it down in my mind. Was I on a bed? I mean this wasn't a hospital bed, this was an actual comfy bed. Okay, that's weird when did hospitals decided to go back to using these things? I slowly scanned the room and I faintly thought I was seeing things
Instead of a hospital room with a curtain cover and plain white walls. The walls were decorated with what looked like a pattern of blue and green colors with little trains on each side. Not to mention the room I was standing in had carpeting, a drawer next to the bed with a small lamp on top, plus a walk-in closet. This seems to be pretty strange how I got here all of a sudden. Maybe someone saw me get struck by lightning or something that they brought to their home to help me. There was no aircon inside, but at least the door was open. Guess I better thank them for taking care of me. I walked out the door and down the hallway. The place was carpeted like the room and the walls were tiled, kind of gives a really ominous vibe to it if I'm being honest. Gonna have to renovate the apartment later. As soon I passed by a hallway mirror was that I noticed something was off. 'Okay that's weird.' I thought, when I gave a slight glance to the image in the mirror when I walked by. As I went back to I got the full view of myself. I was no longer tall and instead was just short at 3 feet tall and wearing what looked like a pair of button up dark blue pajamas. In fact it looked like I was turned back into a kid and quite frankly there was something about this body I was in that looked familiar.
"What the-? Who is this? Am I dreaming?" I said as I tried to rationalize myself. But then it clicked! This was Dave from Total Drama Pahkitew Island! The character who was panned and hated a lot for not doing that much on the island and ruining his two chances at romance with Sky and Ella. Now I'm in his body.
"Ah shit. Here we go again." I said to myself