Autor's note:

Well just to be sure to explain, firstly I want to wish Dwayne Junior (From Rindonculous Race) a happy birthday, since 28th was his birthday, and when I was writing the chapter, It got me by surprise into knowing that his birthday is 3 days before Gwen's, so now I'm with a focus into writing this chapter as 4 day off, and tomorrow I will write what possibly the last official chapter of the Reality Collides Ezekiel Chronicles before writing full episodes on the next year. A bonus chapter I can write it down since there is a few more setups that I could write, but it won't be giant chapters like I always do. So prepare yourself for what's coming.

Also before doing a review, I want you all to wish happy Birthday for both Junior and Gwen since both deserved a lot of happiness on this fanfic (and then write your review after saying it.) XD.


Replying reviews:

MatiasND. That's right, many things will changes from now on, and most of the changes will be interesting since season 2 is going to be amazing, with the causes and consequences I always created in most of my fanfics, and with all the setups I'm doing I can't wait to write more after I finish my hiatus. XD

Austin . Austin, thank you for your suggestions, however like I said, I don't understand any of the references you just send to me, so I will politely say that I already have plans for everything I'm about to write in the future, thank you for giving ideas, however I will politely refuse and continue with my plans, I hope you understand. And to answer your question... In World Tour, this is where things will get the biggest season of their lives. I hope you understand. And thank you, have a good time reading the chapter.

KenWil2001. Thank you for liking the chapter, No, Ezekiel will not have his own communicator since it's a military device, and Izzy herself is pouting for her parents never giving her one and Heather was the only teenager girl having around the world. And as just explained before, animated movies where already created. Shrek is a known movie, so that's why when Ezekiel quote Shrek it wouldn't sound weird since they could guess he watched that movie. Since all the movies existed on that world, animated as well, classics like all the list you said, they were already known. Disney existed as a movie company, and Disney Land as well, but as a channel, the shows were a parody of a parody. I hope you understand that. And let Ezekiel focus only in the Cartoon Network and transform their shows into books.

gondwanaman1. K20 I'm so happy to know about you and the others. I hope everyone is fine and they have fun reading the newest chapter. I hope you also got my PM about the review you did so we can talk further, have good luck on the college and success as well. Enjoy this chapter because I struggled a lot from some scenes because I simplified went way better than actual writing dialogues. The dialogues I will be using on the future as flashbacks, but I deleted the dialogues because they won't fit on this chapter. Also I hope you got the theme of this chapter. It will be interesting to see you try to guess.

Rocky. Not only that, but Jen has a sister named Courtney, and had a girl who acts almost like her named Courtney as well. Talk about Meta over Meta, XD

CodeTalker69. Sorry it will not be about him on this chapter, but be ready for when it comes out. XD, you will love it.

Eccentric Guest. Thank you for liking the chapter. And sadly nobody is going to give a birthday gift to Gwen because they didn't have time, remember they were at the mall buying for themselves, and now they had 24 to relax before going into her party on the last day off. Also Ezekiel said it will take weeks if not months for the audio books being ready, it need the voice actors and the background music being written, so no, gewn is not going to have an audio book as a gift, sorry, but that's what happens when people need to prepare themselves in such rushed time.

Odd guest. They don't have time to buy a gift for Gwen, and all the Killer Bass had their own copies of the books, remember Noah having his own trio of books with the dedicatory for himself? Gwen and Bridgette also had their own in relation of Adventure Time and Steven Universe at the time Ezekiel got the physical copies. Just like DJ got his as well. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter.

Just Guessing. Well, Thorn and Serenity cannot disturb the path Dawn created for herself, she choose her own future, and also they have their personal reasons of staying on Vancouver Island. They cannot move away just because of Dawn, you will understand more on this chapter. Have fun reading it. Maybe someday I will write the chibi and the tattoos, who knows? XD.

Mad Guest . I'm so glad that you got all the references, even the ice age one, Sid is my favorite character of Ice Age. XD, I hope you like this chapter as well, I even add some good reference on it.

Hyper LOL Guest . Well, I'm glad that you liked the chapter, and sorry, I cannot write about the reaction of the books, because I really want to focus on the 4th day off. But still, to answer your question... who knows? It could be any waitress with 2 kids. I'm not saying yes, but also not saying no. XD

Just Guest. Hmm(hmmmm)... Izzy already told Ezekiel about Chef's alliance and she wants him in. At the time when she returned from the Hook Line and Screamer, and Ezekiel said no more secrets, when they were training and talking. Izzy told about him being part of the alliance with her and Chef, and since Ezekiel owned one for her, he accepted.

Guesthouse. That's Duncan's hooby dude, Duncan knows how to crave things with wood, Ezekiel is more an archer, writer and artist on paper and digital art. Craving he never did it before. Well I hope you understand and have fun with this new chapter.

Guest99. Well I cannot tell you yet, but things will get interesting. Also I hope you liked the last chapter of Hells Bells, I lost the inspiration but at least I managed to write something good for the chapter.

Mad guest. Well I cannot tell you about what's going to happen in the future, but you at least could read the new chapter now, have fun.

Ghostly Guest; I'm glad that you liked the chapter, and no doubt, the audio book of Courage the Cowardly Dog will be the savior of her father, because that way her daddy doesn't need to scream in panic whenever he reads the book, because he was doing wrongly. Letting an audio book being done by professionals while with a good setup of background music, it will make sure Lauren will have a happy time enjoying her favorite book. And with her parents enjoying as well.

Sleepy Guest; Well the Killer Bass already have their books, since they are friends of Ezekiel, he already gave them before being published by mail, and you are right, they worked so hard that Wyatt is still with a hoarsed voice which will take a day or 2 to rest. Now, enjoy the 4 day off before the season 2 start XD.

djinn ; Well there is a lot of things and setups I did, but I hope you guys like it. XD Have fun reading it. XD

Wolfang21 ; Oh the mask episode, yeah, it's one of my favorites, and it will be interesting to see how impactful the next book of Ezekiel will be XD. Hahahahaha.

Just a wee guest; No, Jonesy only worked for the place for 1 day or 2 at maximum, so he doesn't got compensation, and who knows? Life is going to be more chaotic when it comes about total drama, so get ready XD.

Mr. E Guest; Well it was an interesting way to put everything what happened, but you also need to have in mind that some of them came across from the entire Canada, which would take 1 if not 2 days of travel by car to reach their houses. So I wouldn't be surprise of not writing the reaction of the books, sorry, but we have to focus on the resting of the 4th day off. Anyway, have fun reading this chapter XD.

Benny Farr; Benny, that song already existed before, specially when that song was done by a guitarist Roy Clark, and once again... I repeat... he is a cartoon network fan... references I can write by myself, or joke around as him doing references, but writing about them... no. I hope you like the chapter, and have fun dude.

Anyway, have fun with the new chapter everyone, once again Happy Birthday Dwayne Junior and Gwen.


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Under the vast midnight sky, Vancouver Island stretches out like a serene dreamscape, bathed in gentle moonlight. The surrounding forest is dense with towering cedar and fir trees, their silhouettes etched against the star-strewn sky, the branches whispering softly as the night breeze stirs them. Silver light reflects off the calm waters of the nearby lakes and rivers, casting a delicate shimmer that dances with every gentle ripple.

The ocean waves lap quietly against the rocky shoreline, each wave pulling back as if reluctant to leave the shore. Occasionally, the faint cry of a distant owl or the rustle of nocturnal creatures echoes in the stillness, enhancing the solitude of the scene. The air is cool, filled with the earthy scent of pine and damp moss, and the faint tang of salt from the ocean.

As the mist begins to settle over the hills, softening the rugged landscape, the scene feels timeless, almost otherworldly, as though nature itself is holding its breath.

From the vast beauty and from the reflection of the stars, it had been a view that many would pay hundreds if not thousands of dollars just for the sake of having a picture, however, modern humans didn't actually appreciate nature as it should, simply by being busy on their ordinary lives, they couldn't stop for a single moment, just to appreciate on what the beauty they had was in front of them during all these years.

The ranger who was the guardian of the forest, protecting the animals, the plants, and even the people themselves, was a very important task Thorn didn't imagine that he would enjoy being such a part of society, as much as he loved to stay far away from the civilization and the cities, a good part of him was glad to actually have human interactions and even help and guide the people who comes to Mother Nature and have their own experiences to make good memories for themselves.

As many people would say such times were mostly annoying for him to have to clean up their mess, sometimes he could appreciate the image of some people actually giving their best to try to appreciate Mother Nature and create memories. Even if some failed spectacularly, Thorn isn't a person to judge… unless they were hunters or people who purposely tried to kill Mother Nature by spreading fire with the intention of destruction. Those not even Mother Nature would hold him to make them regret coming to destroy the place he always loved to call his home.

But still the old ranger had his eyes wondering as what Mother Nature had plans over his little girl's life, since the time he had to accept that she is a growing up child, and how it was soon the time of the birds finally have strength to open their wings and fly… it had been a bit difficult feeling for him to accept, the feeling of an empty nest that was caused for the desire of Mother Nature's plans.

He always had good faith on Mother Nature, since she had been friends of his family for generations, knowing that the way that she would guide his family since his great grandfather, until his daughter, each generation of his family had been hermits, trying to find a good path to find happiness and their own lives.

All he could do was simply accept that his little moonchild had her own desires to find her own happiness, and as much he would say that he hated the terrible joke that Mother Nature had planned for his daughter, if was for the sake of her own happiness… He would never admit it, but he was happy that she decided to go after her own future, and not leave her towards the webs of the chaos leading to the worst decisions of her life.

She needed to accept her call, in the same way, the druid of the family had to accept his role as protector and helper of Mother Nature, even so, he was in the place he could be…

"Having a good night of work?" Suddenly a voice that he could easily recognize since passing years of listening to it, loving it, and enjoying every single second of passing near the woman who had approached him with a good tea cup in her hands.

"Hmm," Thorn nodded as he appreciated the sweet gesture of his wife visiting his work, and even accepting the good tea that she offered to him. "Nothing out of the ordinary, a few rangers decided to bring their families to visit the forest and have a good day camping, the school talking to my boss about their desire to make a school trip in the forest, a few hunters invading to try to hunt a few moose, me breaking every single of their bones, taking them to the hospital, yeah, the same good October."

"Hmm, you seem to be in good humor," Serenity commented as she could always treat her husband breaking the bones of the hunters as a good way of him showing mercy, since in times when he was very angry… he and Mother Nature wouldn't care about where they would leave the bodies. "So how is my grizzly bear of the week doing? Tired of moosing around?"

"That joke isn't fun since our teenager's day Serenity, but good pun nonetheless," Thorn scoffed as he could see his wife giggling from the way when he let Mother Nature take control of everything. Morality of Society? It can happen around the cities, but even Mother Nature has her own laws, since they are in her jurisdiction, they couldn't find anything related to what happens when people break her laws.

"And now you are thinking yourself like Batman?" Serenity commented as she could see her husband looking startled at her. "Oh don't look at me like that, I don't need to read your mind that you are monologue like a Mother Nature vigilant, that stopped to be funny in our teenagers day as well."

"Fine, no more monologues," Thorn said as she could see his wife smiling at him. "Did Dawn call you?"

"Yes, and Mother Nature seems to have great plans for her since now she decided to stay in Ontario," Serenity gave a sad smile, as she knew her husband was aware of what happened.

"Living in a mansion made in the middle of a forest," Thorn commented as Serenity suddenly blinked, but then she had a cheeky smile on her face. "And no… I'm not jealous. I know what you are thinking Serenity."

"Are you thought?" Serenity asked cheekly, as she could see the beard of her husband twitching. "From what I remember Dawn learned how to read minds from my side of the family, and I can see a little of envy coming from your aura… even as is slightly like a little spot."

"I refuse to answer this question," Thorn commented as he continued watching the view of nature where he always had been. "Since it was prepared by a rich person who simply decided to give it to whoever person lives in it, then if Dawn wants to live in a great mansion, where she didn't need to build the whole house or pass days if not months preparing to make sure everything was stable by her own hands, she could be my guest… at least she is grateful for the person who decided to give such gift for her."

At that moment, Serenity simply gave a hug around her husband's neck, and she even gave a small peck on his cheek.

"It was a painful decision dear, but that's how nature goes, children will grow and gather experiences, and then with the guidance of Mother Nature, they would need to leave their nest, and go around to check and create their own families." Serenity commented as she recalled how difficult it was… "Remember how it was when it happened with us?"

"I know… the challenges we had to face together, but in the end… we managed to pass through everything," Thorn commented as he gave a small smile to his wife. "We did our best, and now that she left, we don't know when she's going to return… only having faith in Mother Nature."

"Yes...but now, here's something funny my dear husband…" Serenity commented as she slowly approached her good husband. "Our nest is quite empty, and I think we should expand more… so that's why I made this tea full of aphrodisiacs…"

And as she said that, Thorn slowly had his eyes widen open, as she looked at his own empty cup…

"Oh you little minx," Thorn commented as his entire face was getting red, knowing that the trick clearly was done with mastery. The woman simply smiled.

"I think it's a good time for you to have a break on the night." Serenity commented as she gave a slight peak on his cheek, ready to have a good time with her husband again. "I think that's how it was the saying: when the kids go away, it's time for the parents to play…"

Clearly the sounds of the forest were enough to distract the campers and the rangers who could sworn that it wasn't supposed to be a matting period, but somehow the sounds of animals having a matting season clearly made some of the rangers question themselves if it was the good time to bring their families to camp around that week.


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As the night progressed, the man who finally returned from what would be an exhausting 6-hour car trip to take his son back to their lovable house, Junior had been so tired that he couldn't help but sleep in the car, and Dwayne at the time he got his son back home, he personally carried him towards the bedroom and helped to place his little boy in the bed.

And with seeing his little boy having a good night and sleeping like an angel, Dwayne felt happy to see on how wonderful time he had taken with his boy. Even after on the day before he had a good birthday as a good child would ever want, his mother baking the cake, him singing and talking with a few friends of school who came to play little games, and even as he had to dress himself as a clown to make sure they would have a great laugh.

He wanted to know what his little boy wanted for a gift, but to imagine that his little boy wanted him to take to the Mall in another city, and have a long car ride with only him. He would say that he needed to sleep pronto, but everything went so nice, that he couldn't say no to his little boy, and what a trip they both got. To see a celebrity of Total Drama Island, which he got the recorded episodes made by his coworkers, he wanted to know what kind of author would make such a terrifying book, but when he watched, he never thought it was so funny to see teenagers doing all the crazy challenges for the sake of becoming famous.

If it was on his own time, he would have done the same, but still kids being kids, those challenges would be too much for him to handle, but at least he could have fun watching them doing their challenges.

And when he met the author of the book, he couldn't help but say that he was a good child, he could imagine that his parents would have been great for the boy being so respectful and even having a good interaction with him and his son Junior.

But still he felt exhausted from all the hours it took for him to stay on the line with Junior, and then returning home just to go at work in a few days, but still he thought that maybe it was the best birthday present that he ever could give for his son, and for himself. Since the happiness of his son was the best thing that he would ever wish for, so his boy being happy made him happy as well.

But strangely, as much as he felt tired, he didn't have the desire to sleep.

"So how had been the trip towards the mall, Dwayne?" Until a female voice came from the kitchen, he passed by to see his wife having a warm-up milk waiting just for him to drink and get ready for bed.

"It had been wonderful, I never thought I would see such a well-behaved boy, he was so nice to me and Junior and even gave us recommendations of which book each of us should be reading," Dwayne said as he could see the woman with her arms crossed, and having a knowing look, she raised her eyebrows. "No, really, Junior never felt so happy, and I have to say he is a good child."

"Well, for you to say the writer who gave you nightmares to be a good child, then he must have done something really amazing." The woman said as she teased but gave a small kiss on his cheek. "Come on, the trip must have been draining, take a good warm milk, and let's have a good night of sleep. You deserved honey."

"Sure," Dwayne said, as he took the book he got for himself, he needed to prepare himself, he wanted to at least have a good night of sleep, so reading a chapter wouldn't be too bad for him.


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"Hup." The male voice of Curtis said as both he, Ezekiel, and a few workers of the farm used the hoes to plow the ground, which the group did in synchronization. "Hup, hup, hup, hup."

And the group of workers as the same of father and son, had been plowing the field, preparing for everything before the winter comes on the fields. Since it would be a good time for them prepare the ground to even make sure the ground remain soft as the snow would come and melt on March, everything needed to be taken care.

Specially as Ezekiel was passing the 4 th day off by helping his Pa, since as much he passed the time on the reality show, he kinda missed his time working on the farm, and even as the time passed, he couldn't help but admire his Pa, who had been giving instructions to the workers to work on the field while he was away. The service that their farm did to sell oranges and fruits clearly gave the confidence that they needed to make them have more workers, and even improve their services and the quality of the fruits.

And yet, sometimes working hard clearly paid off, since at the end of the day, he would have a good exhaustive smile on his face. Honest work, to get a good smile and happiness for the time they would go back to their beds, and enjoy the excitement of returning to work. The same eagerness that Ezekiel always felt when he wrote his chapters, the eagerness and excitement to go back to work, and then enjoy the company and the good time he was having with his parents.

"HUP." Curtis's voice shouted as the group continued to work until their exhaustion. "Enough, prepare the seeds, while you boys take the snow protection, we have 2 months before the snow comes. With the time we can have good lemons around."

And who knew that returning to the farm could be also very hardworking, but also something that Ezekiel could have missed for so long?

"How's holding up?" Curtis asked his son who was now cleaning his face with a fabric, since it had been quite an exhausting day for both of them. He didn't want to call Ezekiel to work, but the boy was very stubborn and insisted on coming with him. He also saw how the work was being done on the farm, and even yet the boy didn't complain.

"Doing fine, Pa, to be honest, after passing so much dealing with the show, and then resting inside of a resort for so many weeks, I kinda missed the hard work on the fields," Ezekiel commented as he was drinking a good portion of their hard work, a good orange juice, since had been a good way to take the citrus and prepare himself for what's coming.

Curtis gave a slight nod, but couldn't help but roll his eyes as well, since he could see his son once again. Ezekiel was without his winter hat, but also without his blouse, but still keeping insisting on using the weights on both wrists and legs, doing some personal training that he brought with him during all the time he was doing physical exercises, and with focus into still having them when he returns on the dammed show.

"Just make sure you don't stress too much your body," Curtis commented as he himself was also shirtless, both father and son were using the hoes to make sure the fields would be prepared for the winter. "Are you sure you don't want to rest before returning to that crazy show on television?"

"I'm doing fine, I can work for one more hour," Ezekiel said as he was helping to carry the farming tools, he himself was surprised at how he was managing to grab a few more tools easily, showing how the training that he had with his friend had been shown on how much he had been improving.

Especially on how he realized that he grew an inch, so maybe continuing his working out and special training, who knew how long it would take for him to grow up a few more inches? It would be a good surprise to see how much he would improve before going to the World Tour, a good chance for them to have a time skip and grow up as a person. He had ideas on how each of his friends could use the opportunity of continuing being famous after the Total Drama Action, being some of the first influences of the world.

Some become YouTubers or whatever video of social media like TikTok, or Instagram versions of technology, they could use to get the first steps into creating their own empire online. He could imagine who would actually enjoy it to be part of that. Or maybe they could go to have their own styles. He had time, showing that each of his friends deserved a better future and making sure that Total Drama Action would be the best season of their lives, enjoying their full potential.

It was now their chance.

"EZEKIEL, STOP DAYDREAMING, WE GOTTA WORK TO DO." Then the shout was what made the boy suddenly snap from his thoughts and quickly went in the direction of his pa who was now calling to continue and go back to work.

"COMING PA," Ezekiel said as he immediately smiled as he felt that he was going to have so much fun on season 2. Since it was now his whole area. Movies and cartoons, it's always had been his expertise, and he couldn't wait to show that things could be much more interesting and awesome in the said season.

Who's going to be on his team? He doesn't know, but one thing was sure, as much as his tattoo was on his arm, he will always have his great friends to backing him up. And everyone is going to be fine, without much drama.


"So all your friends of Killer Bass will be coming to your birthday tomorrow?" Reaper asked as the group saw Gwen now dressing in the new attires of clothes that she brought from the mall, a good combination of fishnets and skulls around her blouse, as even showing a ear rings of skulls.

"Yeah, I can't believe that they really said that they were going to be there, but some said they would get out early since they live far away and they need to be at home before the limousines would catch us once again," Gwen said as she nodded her head, she understood that it would take a lot of time for their car trip to especially being on her birthday. "So that's why my mom decided to make my birthday way earlier than it should. I had to call everyone and make sure that they wouldn't do something crazy like coming to my birthday dressed in costumes, I'm just glad that I was on time because Sadie and Harold were debating what they should be dressing, and I had to explain that it's not a good time for a costume party."

"You did the right thing, because nobody would have time to make a good last-minute costume, and you don't like to celebrate your birthday in a costume party. A birthday party starting from 6 a.m was indeed very crazy, but I can understand." Pixie Corpse commented as she saw the bat-shaped invitations, clearly showing that mother being so sure about wanting what was the best moment for her teenage daughter, even as embarrassing that it would be. Which also raised another question. "Also, did Ezekiel create Marceline inspired by you?"

"Not really," Gwen commented as she could see her friend already reading Adventure Time since the time she saw her friends already going to the bookstore, and each of them bought the book from Gwen's indication of how awesome they were. And having the question regards the vampire Queen, she also was curious if that's what happened. "The chapters were done way before I got on the Killer Bass, and I gotta say that her style is simple, but I kinda liked the idea of her using an axe as a bass, usually people would say guitars were the best, but from hearing Ezekiel he really says that Basses were awesome and people should give a try into hearing songs on having bass as main instrument."

"Huh, neat," Reaper commented as he could see Marilyn also having too much focus reading one of the books.

"Well, I gotta admit that this Steven Universe looks way too cheerful for me, but somehow I'm really curious about the plot of the book, there's something that it clearly is bringing me some attention. The pink, the yellow, the blue and the white. I don't know why, but there is something that intrigues me." Marilyn commented as she felt hooked by the idea of such a book existing, which Gwen chuckled from already feeling the same.

"Yeah, something is odd, I remember me and Bridgette asking about it, and all he did was chuckle and challenge us to figure it out," Gwen commented as she remembered how Bridgette and her kept reading a few times the drafts and chapters after being edited. When Bridgette wants so much to know about what happens in the next volume, Ezekiel becomes mysterious and wants to know that things will get serious in the next volume. "You are still on chapter 5, wait until you reach the end of the book, it will blow your mind."

"Okay, I think we are spending way too much time talking about the books, so what are your plans for the show? Since after tomorrow will be the day you return to the show with your friends." Pixie Corpse said as immediately the group looked at her in surprise. "I mean, come on, I'm not the only one thinking of that. Did you prepare yourself before going back to that nightmare?"

"To be honest? Yes, I did." Gwen said with a good smile on her friend. "It sucked a lot my experience on the Island Wawanakwa, but Courtney, Duncan, Bridgette, Ezekiel, and the others helped to pass through everything. It became a nightmare most of the time, but I mean if I go on their team that means everything is going to be okay." Gwen commented as she felt herself relaxed. "As long I have in mind that Chris will do his best to do all the crazy things beyond reason just for the sake of making us hurt and scared and to cause Drama on the show, as long we have that in mind we could be prepared for everything."

"Well, that explains many things," Reaper said as he raised his eyebrows at his friend. "It's just me or did you develop Stockholm Syndrome?"

"Fuck you Reaper," Gwen said as she raised her middle fingers, and the trio of friends laughed at her reaction.

"Also how did your mom take by seeing you with a tattoo?" Marilyn asked which the trio had to admit the tattoo looked very awesome as it represented how much Gwen liked her team, specially that her friends were the ones who insisted into making for each member of their team.

"She fainted a few times..."Gwen said as she couldn't help but smirk from seeing her mom who always dotted her, fainting in surprise at seeing her little girl with now a permanent image on her body. "Cody liked the idea of having one in the future, but my mom swore that if he did that she was going to ground him until he is 40, the same goes for me in case I do another one."

The goths chuckled, from imagining how the woman had freaked out.

"Well moms are crazy," Reaper commented which made the whole group of girls nod their heads at him.

"Yes, they are."

"Cody is probably planning to make one tattoo at the time he move away from home." Gwen said as she could see that someday they are becoming adults, and even they are going to get grounded by their mom, they are going to become independents in the future.

"The same way you are going at college?" Pixie Dust commented as Gwen nodded her head.

"Yeah, going to learn more about art and having my own independence from staying away from her. Also going to take some trips around the world to see how the art were developed in other countries." The Killer Bass goth commented as the trio gave side glances, and even having a smirk on their faces, which immediately Gwen groaned… "No...I don't want you three to start making jokes about the video message from home, about my Future Version coming to eat meatloaf."

"Oh come on, please tell me that wouldn't be accurate." Pixie Dust said as she smirked at her friend showing her tongue at her. Which made the group chuckle even more.

"Shut up." Gwen said as she clearly could see that video her mom did with Ezekiel's mom will be haunting her for a long time. "Ugh, now I'm desire to drink coffee, does anyone want to go with me?"

"Why? Just for in case you wanted to have bodyguards to protect you from your fans?" Reaper commented which Gwen simply rolled her eyes. "Well at least they offer us free coffee."

"Correction, they offer free coffee for Gwen, while she pays for our coffee," Marilyn commented as Pixie Dust simply shrugged.

"Well, it's free coffee for us anyway, so why not enjoy this?" The goth girl commented, as Gwen simply groaned, but couldn't help, they were her best friends. Even as annoying as they could be. She is sure the Killer Bass will like them.


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"It's all your fault." Martin who was enjoying a good muffin in the morning with his brother in law who was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper suddenly heard a voice coming to sit nearby them, which the rebellious detective slowly raised his eyebrows, just to cheek 2 people who he could recognize very well who would be, the long brunette hair which always made him rolls his eyes, and the sweet and kind smile of the other woman who is blonde just like him. "A tattoo, really?"

"Ugh, really Diana? From everything happening to Duncan will always be responsible for it?" Martin said as he took a mug of coffee, knowing full well on even in their teenage days, Diana had always been yapping at him, about everything he did, at work, at interrogations of the suspects, at the police academy, to even on how to have a romance with Alex when they first started dating. He could see the man who was wearing the sweater nearby him simply shrugging and continuing to read his newspaper. "Oh no, Mathew, when Diana is around I'm not going to take this alone."

"Ugh, fine." The man said as he folded the newspaper and gave a look to the women who came to once again interrupt their breakfast. "What did you do this time Martin?"

"Oh come on, really?" The blonde man said as he crossed his arms and stared at his brother-in-law who shrugged helplessly. "I wasn't the one who suggested the tattoo. Wasn't his friend who made the entire group have their own customized team tattoo?"

"He got a point on there." The patriarch of the family said that it was all the support he could give to him, without involving himself in unnecessary headaches because Diana went to make sure their morning would be annoyed just because of Martin. Sometimes he could see they love each other so much that they hate each other as well. At least his wife was the only one sane of the family.

"Well of course that he would accept, specially that you have 2 in your arms." Diana said as she simply narrowed her eyes, not buying anything that. Since Martin always had been this eccentric type of detective who actually always preferred to have as hobby into learning a lot of myths, conspiration theories and supernatural rumors.

"I think you should let him be Diana, Martin always had been good for our family, and Duncan was really happy to be with his friends." Sheila decided to make sure that both her siblings wouldn't go at each other's throats like they usually do whenever Diana wanted to correct their brother.

Mathew nodded his head, as much he hated to admit, since the time he returned from the show, he actually had been more countained and more calm than ever, as he was simply enjoying a good time with his mom, and even giving slight helps into going at the supermarket, and surprisingly he didn't heard the police report of him destroying anything from there at least once.

It was even shocking for him that he actually had more than 2 sentences in a conversation without him having a headache from Duncan going out to make some sort of crazy prank or vandalism across the streets.

It was slight changes, but it was there, and if was something that could help him have fewer headaches in regard to one of his sons, then he would welcome the changes, even the girlfriend felt really nice, even from the surprise she came on yesterday, a tattoo? Well as much he hated to tell his sons, it was helpless, but he also asked Courtney if she wanted some help in finding a way to make her mom accept the idea, and from the despair and hope in her eyes, she clearly needed some help.

It was the least he could do for the girl who was actually being a good influence on him... If his other son could have at least a bit of transformation like Duncan had, he wouldn't need to worry about having constant pain in his head. One less worry of time will always be welcomed to him.

"Ugh, you have always been an enabler Sheila, where was the top elite detective who always went the first of the academy?" Diana asked, as immediately Mathew ripped the pages of newspaper in surprise, and Martin almost dropped his mug...

Dianna then saw the sharp glare of her sister, who made the brunette immediately shut herself up.

Mathew felt another headache comming... and he he thought he wanted at least one day without dealing with that. He looked on his wife, and he know that face... Sheila hated to talk about the time she was detective.

"She died a long time ago, just for the sake of Cheese take her place and do a lot better things for the community than simply going after solving crimes," Sheila said as Diana immediately shut herself up. While Martin simply continued to drink his coffee. Mathew followed his example and took one muffin and remained in silence. The sweet blonde woman who usually was the most kind of the trio stared at her sister dead in the eye. "You swore to never bring up that ever again, you know that me working as part of Banana and Cheese managed to gather enough money and pass a more positive message into how to take care of kids for years."

"Sheila calm down, please. Here, have a muffin."Martin got up he made sure to go to his youngest sibling and let her sit down while cutting a muffin in half. While he could see Diana who remained in silence. "Diana you sometimes let your big mouth cause a lot of ruckus, but come on, involving Sheila, you knew far better than me that we shouldn't talk about that time."

"We did our best to help the community before we went back to police academy but focusing on the other aspects. Sheila decided to be part of the traffic patrol because she wanted that. And you better not say about that period if you still want to remain in this house, Diana." Mathew said as he got up and looked at the brunette who knew that she messed up. "She may be an enabler, but you never saw Duncan, Jaxon, and Cole disrespecting my wife."

"I know…" Diana sighed, as she knew that she screwed up. Since seeing Sheila simply very touchy over the past she had on the police academy or the first year working on the police force. The Rush family suffered a terrible blow after finding out that one single case led to one of them simply retiring and trying to find a better way to help the community. Years before she returned to the police force, but differently than dealing with bringing criminals to justice, she preferred dealing with accidents of traffic and helping to bring the ambulances on the street. "Sorry to bring it up."

"You are excused," Sheila said as Martin even gave a small massage on her shoulders to try to make the mother of 3 delinquents relax. Which Sheila started to chuckle. "Come on Martin, we are not kids anymore, you don't need to try to do that whenever I'm angry."

"Also you have your own wife to do that, can't you leave that to me?" The man of the house commented as Martin smiled sheepishly. "You know what? Nevermind. I have to go to work. I heard the news about a company commiting tax fraud, and they are calling me to take a look on here. Have a good day."

"By honey... Have a good day of work." Sheila said as she gave a quick kiss on his mouth, and the man had to leave in worry. Now, she saw Martin taking a seat.

After that, he gestured for Diana to do the same, which the brunette did with gusto. As the trio sat and have their breakfast. It was rare to see the 3 members of the Rush family once again having a time only for them. And funny enough, they realized that.

"Wow, it had been a while since it was only we three around here," Martin said, as Duncan's mom nodded her head, enjoying the good breakfast that she made for the family who were probably sleeping until the next hour.

"Well, from a singer to working on the Economic Crime Unit, sometimes I don't understand the minds of the people," Martin said as he felt a slap on the back of his head. "Oh come on, why do you have to be so annoying?"

"Someone needs to keep you on the right track." Diana said as Martin simply showed his middle finger, which clearly infuriated Diana and was about to jump on him. But then the mother of 5 children knew that her younger brother was simply provoking him. "Ugh, why do you have to be so immature?"

Sheila simply continued to have her breakfast, as she could see Martin was actually smiling.

"It's so funny the fact that you made sure to leave Duncan's bedroom open for the whole night. Even as he was with his girlfriend and would try to find a spot to make out with her." Martin commented as he could see Diana raising her eyebrows in surprise to Sheila who simply went to drink her coffee.

"I'm not confirming, neither denying the accusation," Sheila said as it was exactly what her older brother would say in cases where he clearly did it but nobody had proof, which immediately Martin chuckled, and Diana stared at the blonde woman.

"Are you serious?" Diana asked with her eyebrows raised, as Sheila simply smirked.

"I'm too young to become a grandma, and I and Victoria had an agreement that we would do our best to make sure they wouldn't go at the second base until they engage. Or even get married." Sheila said as she clearly could see Diana paling and Martin laughing. "But I have to admit to seeing Courtney in her goth clothing and Duncan using a well-elegant sweater caught us by surprise. It was a good prank. His brothers thought it was a dream and had to pinch themselves a lot of times to try to get them to wake up."

"Only you to be okay with everything happening with your son." Diana said in exhasperation but Sheila simply shrugged.

"As long that my boy is safe and happy and doing the right thing. I will always support him." Sheila said as she knew that Duncan now was having the time of his life. "A good girlfriend that makes him focus on the right things, and good friends who made him enjoy life and go on the right path? He got out of the show and until now he didn't do anything to prove that he is a vandal. And for me, it's more than enough."

"Did Duncan tell you about..."

"Yes, and hearing from Martha had been even worse," Sheila said as she continued to eat her breakfast. "Sometimes when we think we already see everything on being part of the police force, it's way different when you become friends of the victims and can feel their pain by seeing the look in their eyes. I thank God for our schools never having the same problems as the United States, and I made sure to ask Jaxon and Cole to never be the reason for the pain and anger of someone. And I'm glad that all the people they had been doing pranks with forgave them since the boys knew how terrible it was being the reason for a tragedy... It was all I could ask for them..."

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The duo of siblings remained quiet, knowing how serious and delicate the situation was, a topic that neither of the siblings wanted to open such a can of worms, Diana raised her eyebrows at the blonde man who continued to finish the breakfast.

"When are you going to return to the United States?" Diana made the question as the eccentric detective, simply sighed.

"After tomorrow." Martin commented as both Diana and Sheila had their eyebrows raised. "Yeah it will be the same day when Duncan will returns to his show. Probably I won't be able to watch it with Alex, but they are going to make the full first season on the television which will help the popularity of the show."

"Good to know," Sheila admitted as she had passed a few seconds in silence as it was something that her children would always find annoying to see was the departure of their favorite uncle. But it was how he was, a good worker as much he was eccentric. "Hey Martin, why don't you go somewhere with Duncan and his girlfriend?"

"Yeah?" Martin asked as Sheila simply stated the facts.

"Tomorrow they will be away to visit their friend's birthday, and you can take of his brothers tomorrow, but today I think Duncan really would appreciate to pass the time with you. Also you could take Alex and Courtney to make you 4 have a great time together." Sheila said as she could see Martin smiling wide at her.

"Really sis? Oh, that's awesome, he is going to enjoy the day, I know that he will." Martin commented that he had all the good ideas on where he could take his nephew to pass a good day off before both of them depart to their lives since one will be returning to work in the USA while the other will go to his tortuous challenges on the reality show. "I know some places to go, but where I could start?"

"Oh… I know…" Then a voice made Martin suddenly blink, and see Diana smirking at him, he clearly knew exactly what Diana was thinking.

"He's going to hate it, and I will place all the fault on you. But you have a point." Martin said as he grumbled and rolled his eyes.

"Of course you will. But you know the laws. And he already had a good day of rest. Now it's his time to go back to work." Diana said with a victorious smile, which immediately Sheila giggled.

"Well sure, but don't blame us the next year in case he pranks you on April Fools," The blonde sister commented as she secretly let her brother give a low five to the brunette woman who simply rolled her eyes.

"You know, I think you are a bad influence on Sheila, Martin," Diana said as Martin simply rolled his eyes.

"Here we go again," Martin said, as the same dancing of the same song over and over again, it was his sister, but it was one who never stops repeating the same things.

But what he could say? It's how his family works.


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Perched on a hillside in West Vancouver, an extraordinary mansion commands attention, its modern design harmonizing seamlessly with the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape. The exterior is a striking blend of sleek glass and rich cedar, reflecting the sky and the lush greenery that envelops it. Large windows invite breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the distant mountains, creating an ever-changing backdrop.

Approaching the entrance, a grand pivot door opens to reveal an expansive foyer, where high ceilings and an open-concept layout create a sense of grandeur. Polished concrete floors lead the way, complemented by minimalist decor that emphasizes sophistication and comfort. A stunning chandelier, crafted from crystal and steel, hangs above, casting a warm glow throughout the space.

To the right, the living area boasts a modern fireplace framed in marble, surrounded by plush seating that invites relaxation. Here, natural light floods the room, illuminating the curated art pieces that adorn the walls. Sliding glass doors seamlessly connect the indoor space to a spacious terrace, where an infinity pool appears to spill into the horizon, mirroring the ocean beyond.

The gourmet kitchen is a chef's dream, featuring top-of-the-line appliances, a vast island with a waterfall countertop, and custom cabinetry that combines style with functionality. A breakfast nook, with panoramic views, serves as a perfect spot for morning coffee, while a formal dining area, with a striking table and elegant lighting, sets the stage for intimate gatherings.

Moving to the upper levels, the master suite offers a private sanctuary with floor-to-ceiling windows that frame stunning sunsets. The en-suite bathroom rivals a high-end spa, complete with a soaking tub overlooking the landscape, dual vanities, and a rain shower that enhances the sense of tranquility.

The home also boasts a state-of-the-art home theater, a wine cellar filled with curated selections, and a private gym equipped with the latest fitness technology. Each bedroom is an oasis of comfort, with en-suite baths and personalized touches that cater to relaxation.

Outside, the meticulously landscaped gardens provide a serene escape, featuring native plants, walking paths, and cozy seating areas that invite outdoor living. A fire pit offers warmth for evening gatherings, while the nearby hot tub beckons under the stars.

This mansion in West Vancouver is not just a home; it is a masterpiece of design and luxury, perfectly situated to embrace the stunning natural beauty of its surroundings.

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"And that's where my bedroom is. Do you want to take a look?" Lindsay said that she was happy to see her best friends from Total Drama come to visit her. But she didn't know why, but Heather was having her eyes twitching a bit too much. "Are you okay Heather?"

Lindsay tilted her head, not knowing the reason of why Heather was that way. As she turned to see Beth, the blonde bombshell also couldn't understand why her farm friend was simply paled and trembling like she was cold.

"Beth?" Lindsay asked in worry, as she then felt someone touching her shoulder, which at the time she looked it was Izzy who whistled from the view.

"Wow, Linds, this place is amazing." Izzy was the only one who made the comment as the blonde could see at least that one of the friends wasn't also looking frozen. "Don't mind them, they are frozen in shock, it will take a few minutes for them to process all the things you showed. But I gotta say, this place is amazing."

"Thanks." Lindsay smiled as she looked in confusion to her friends. "Why are they like that?"

"I don't know, but after I got my first billion I got in my mind that nothing should surprise me, so I accept everything I'm seeing." Izzy shrugged as she could see Heather twitching and blinking before finally relaxing. "Oh here comes Heather,"

"Way richer than my family. What the hell..." Heather mumbled as she was way star-struck. She knew that there were a lot of famous and way richer families across the world, but even she could tell that she was a bit wealthy because of her parents. But seeing the difference in how Lindsay's parents must be that rich, showed how Lindsay usually doesn't mind having her favorite makeup being borrowed from her, but still, she looked humbled in some way when she talked with her and Beth.

Usually, the richer you got the more arrogant you became, but that went down the time she learned how Izzy's family got the support of the military government, and even her father got the first million-selling new product for Mexican fast food, and now Izzy as crazy she sounds, she showed proof that she got a very successful company, while Lindsay herself could be treated as a little princess and being a snobbish brat, and yet she went on the show and suffered the same humilations like them.

Heather had to admit that she was envious, jealous, and proud of being friends with Lindsay.

Beth, on the other hand, it was too much to take it. As she simply fainted.

"Oh my God, Beth." Lindsay helps the farm girl as she sees for the first time the real reality shock between the rich people and the humble people, and even so, Lindsay treats the whole group as good friends.

"Well, I gotta say that I'm really impressed," Izzy commented as she admitted that being rich was one thing, but Lindsay being that kind of rich also surprised her, probably not even Ezekiel who came from the future could even know about this kind of thing since most of them didn't reveal much about their lives. But even so, Lindsay was from one of the richest families in Canada, and from what she researched, Lindsay's family could rival Milton, one of the wealthiest families in Canada.

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"I love it when the shock is too much that they would even faint," Lucy commented as he watched the group of friends being shocked from seeing his mansion, his little chipmunk was a very sweet girl to even not realize that she was just showing a great part of their wealth to make her friends jealous of her, which was one thing that he would always be proud to do to whoever comes to visit his mansion.

"I think Lindsay saw you doing that so much that she got that from you," Lily stated the fact as the man who was wearing his good time to meet the girls, and the matriarch of the family was filling her nails but still with a good smile on her face. "I'm glad that they seem to be very happy for Lindsay, even as they felt intimidated from everything around the mansion."

"Well, things will be even funnier as the time I take the girls to my thematic park, it will blow their minds." Lucy cackled as he was excited to make the days of the girls one that they would never forget.

"Lucy..." Lily said in a warning tone which the patriarch pouted at her.

"Oh come on, I made sure the thematic park would be closed just for VIP access, and the girls needed to have a lot of fun before returning on the reality show," Lucy said as the tall woman giggled.

"Sometimes I find it funny that you always prefer to have fun with the friends of your daughters than you actually have friends," Lily said as the father of her children couldn't help but scoff.

"Lily, you gotta understand, we are rich adult people, most of the adults would never want to actually go to the thematic parks to enjoy the rides as we did as kids, and with all the money, to have true friends is almost impossible," Lucy commented as he could see Lindsay dragging Izzy, Beth, and Heather to her bedroom. "True friendship comes from the times of struggles, from the beginning, and not just so suddenly..."

"..." Lily could see that tone of voice, and she had to admit, being rich is both a blessing and a curse, since the times they had so much money that they got bored, and when what her husband always wanted was to simply fulfill the void inside of his heart of being alone. And she and her daughters had always been the reason for his joy... But sometimes she could see that he always had a child inside that always wanted to play with someone but nobody wanted to do it. "You are right... Well, I will ask our chauffeur to prepare for the trip. You can call Paula and Charlie after they return from their tennis classes."

"Wonderful, let's go, the girls will have a lot of fun. " Lucy smiled as he was clearly enjoying the idea of once again showing a thematic park to everyone who wants to have a great time with him and his family.


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"Come on Martin, it's obvious that the Loch Ness Monster it's a creature of the future, you already told the theories about how some modern technology came towards the time from all the photography proofs that happened towards history," Alex said as she was sure that creature could reveal so many secrets about the future, however, her husband simply rolled his eyes.

"Alex, you know I love you so much that I could die for you," Martin said as he patted the black hair of his good partner and wife. "If Nessy wanted to expose the future, it would have provoked the next village to show itself, that creature probably just wants to live in peace and away from the spotlight, leave the poor monster alone."

"Har, har, har, come on, where is your sense of adventure? Aren't you curious about the future? About the answers that would shock the humanity?" Alex insisted, but she could see her husband simply chuckling.

"Nah, I don't want to get involved with time traveling, it's way too much headache, if it was me, I would actually preffer to have a stable and a happy life." Martin commented as he took a look on the magazine where both seemed to be focused on the next debate. "Okay here comes the next topic, Yeti protector of the Himalayan mountains or a Serial Killer dressed as Saskwatch's cousin?"

"Oh come on, of course, Yeti is a guardian. Why are you bringing that? You are not taking that seriously." Alex said as Martin laughed, from far away, Courtney blinked as she never thought to see someone having that kind of relationship before. And as much she tried to understand how those two were actually detectives, she could see that both of them had quite some amazing dynamic as they felt like a great couple together, even with their quirkiness.

"Are they always like that?" Courtney asked her boyfriend who was continuing to clean the street.

Duncan clearly was cursing his aunt Diana under his breath, that since he knew that his uncle would never force him into dealing with that kind of crap, especially with Courtney being with him. Thankfully his uncle chose one of the easiest spots for him to clean up just to do it quickly and to be said it was good for the day. 2 days done just 5 more to go, but he could think of that later.

"All the time, you get used to them," Duncan said as he was giving a knot on the trash bag, and looking at his girlfriend who was amused into seeing his relatives, he simply shrugged. "It takes some time but you listen their debates so much that you just know some of their stuff."

"So that's how you could explain some of the monsters of Ezekiel's books?" Courtney raised her eyebrow as she recalled the time when DJ asked how a shadow could separate from the body, and Duncan simply explained Peter Pan had their own shadow entity, so that meant there would be a semi-possession poltergeist inside of each soul. At that moment even Ezekiel looked in surprise at the delinquent. That night Duncan acted like he didn't say anything wrong.

"I'm not confirming, nor denying the accusation." Duncan simply replied in the same way both his mom and his uncle would say that he didn't want to admit, even as he could see his girlfriend looking suspiciously at him. But that would be enough to make Courtney roll her eyes but chuckle from the way he commented.

"Well, I'm glad that your family is very nice... even as your brothers clearly acted like you when you started at the show." The C.I.T. girl commented as she could see her boyfriend rolling his eyes at her. "Hey, I'm the one who is supposed to be doing that."

"Whatever you say Princess." Duncan said as he took the trashbag and finally placed on where it supposed to be. "And with that we are done."

"Well it wasn't that bad was it?" Courtney said as she crossed her arms as she could see Duncan simply muttering a few words, as she then see the duo finally coming towards their direction.

"All done Duncan?" Alex asked as she could see her nephew giving the thumbs up, and she immediately was happy to boy done with his community service of the day. "Alright, take off the gloves, and there is a deodorant and perfume on the backseat of the car, you can use it while we are going to our next stop."

"Well, I'm just glad that I don't have to think of this for the day since tomorrow we are going to Gwen's birthday party." Duncan simply commented as he was relieved that as much he would hate to admit it, he was glad the second season was coming, and since the worst was over, now he could enjoy the rest of the day with his relatives.

Courtney followed her boyfriend as she even had her nose wrinkle a bit.

"Are you sure that we don't need him to take the shower?" Courtney asked, to which her boyfriend simply rolled his eyes. But took the deodorant anyway and even saw a new shirt ready for him, one that he bought from the time he was in the mall.

"Trust me, you wouldn't need to worry much about smell where we are going," Martin said as he could see Duncan's eyes getting his eyes wide open in surprise.

"No fucking way," Duncan said as he could see his uncle smirking at him. "You got your license back?"

"Yep," Martin smirked which immediately Duncan felt now more excited than ever.

"Where are we going?" Courtney asked curious as she could see Alex then giving to her something that made her tilts her head. Yellow Raincoats?"

"Yeah, for you to get used with all the water from the Niagara Falls." Alex said which immediately the C.I.T. girl was surprised into seeing Duncan's aunt explaining where they are about to go. "Ever went there?"

Courtney shook her head, as much as she would say it sounded interesting, she was very much focused on her time with studies, and most of the time she had the opportunity she and her mother were so focused that they lost many times the chance of going there. Especially once when the school trip she was so sick that she had to stay home.

"I suppose that we can be there, it will be a few hours. Especially that it's almost 1 hour and half by car." Courtney commented, however she isn't sure if they would have a lot to do since depending on the trafic would be a very exhausting trip.

Which this time Duncan smirked as he was ready to give another good news.

"Well maybe on car… but in helicopter we can be there in half hour." Duncan simply commented as immediately Courtney's mind froze and stared at her boyfriend in surprise.

"What?" Courtney slowly turned her head as she saw the husband and wife chuckling from her reaction, which the blonde man simply stretched himself before driving the car.

"I have a pilot license renewed and I got an helicopter in an auction from ex-convicts, one of the vehicles came from a drug lord who just didn't paid his taxes. So I paid the beautify for one third of my yearly salary. Which being honest it was a steal." Martin said proudly as Alex simply rolled her eyes.

"Okay, okay, you made a drug lord go behind the bars because he didn't pay the taxes and then you catch his helicopter as petty revenge. We get it." Alex said as she simply winked at Courtney who raised her eyebrow. "Once he got the helicopter he is always excited into trying to create a lot of drama on how he got it… But now that we are going to take a good trip on Niagara Falls, so I hope you are excited."

"Well, I have to say that it would be my first time for everything, I can't lie if I'm not," Courtney commented as she remembered that it was known as being one of the most beautiful and romantic places in Canada, so being there with Duncan, she would love to have a few kisses with him on there, and she could see her boyfriend and even his uncle also very excited for their day going on a trip to see the waterfalls, it was going to be amazing. "So that's why we need the yellow raincoats?"

"Actually no… It's more like a tradition." Duncan said as he pointed out to his girlfriend who simply tilted her head.

"Also that reminds me… Duncan, Martin, nobody is going to try to go over the falls in a barrel." Alex then said those words, which imediatelly Duncan and his uncle who were ready for some action suddenly froze, and then seeing the look on the face of the detective woman, they couldn't help but pout and snap their fingers annoyed.

"What?" Courtney then looked at the woman weirdly as she simply shrugged.

"Well it's quite a long story, but one day when we were in the Niagara Falls seeing one of the criminal cases happening on there. Our family was there also to appreciate the view of the falls, when we were watching the falls when suddenly a group of security officers from the entire park went down the Niagara Falls in barrels, which suddenly everyone even us who were watching it, we cheered for their daredevil stunt." Alex simple explained while Courtney blinked in confusion as she looked at her boyfriend.

"It was awesome, it was at least 25 guards who went down the falls and survived, me and my brothers wanted to do that. But everytime I asked if I could they grounded me for trying." Duncan said as Courtney looked at the man who was driving the car.

"And what about your uncle?" Courtney asked.

"I said I was going to supervise them, but Alex always pulled my ear saying that if I even dare to touch a barrel in Niagara Falls, she would crack my nuts," Martin explained, as she simply looked at the duo who seemed disappointed for not going on the Niagara Falls in a barrel…

"Oh my God, my boyfriend is an idiot," Courtney commented in realization, which Alex giggled.

"That was my reaction when I married him. Diana still teases me that I should have gotten someone better, but still, it wasn't difficult to tame him." Alex smiled, while Martin simply rolled his eyes.

"Come on Alex, do you really think I would be doing that?" Martin said seeing his wife raising her eyebrows at him. "Nah, not this time… not with the new rush member coming."

"Huh, yeah, I heard one new member of the family is coming, which part of the family came from? Cousin Christopher? Cousin Edward?" Duncan said as he just heard the rumors coming from both Aunt Diana and from his mom. But then he just saw the silence coming from both of his relatives, but then he just saw both of them holding their hands and smiling happily. Immediately the delinquent had his eyes widening in surprise. "No way,"

"Oh, it's you two expecting a child? Congratulations." Courtney said as both detectives felt happy with the newest member of the family coming, and Duncan was now show an actual smile on his face.

"So is it a boy or a girl?" Duncan asked which simply smiled at him.

"Well, from what the doctor said, it's a boy starting to grow up. And we are debating which name we should give to him. Kozmo or Jack." Alex said as Courtney smiled happily, but then Duncan scoffed making her lose and glare at him.

"Seriously? Kozmo from Kozmotis Pitchiner?" Duncan commented which the C.I.T. girl looked weirdly at him, but then Duncan decided to tell the reasoning of his relatives. "Pitch Black, the boogeyman."

"What the hell? Why would name a child like that?" Courtney asked which immediately both Duncan's relatives scoffed. "And what about Jack?"

"Jack Frost." The trio on the car said in unisson, making the girl even more confuse.

And she had a slight impression of how a big headaches she was having on the moment. Her boyfriend's family are nice, but now she could understand why her boyfriend is completely crazy.


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The girls lounged in the plush limousine, feeling like they'd stepped into a dream. The seats were velvety soft, the scent inside a luxurious blend of new leather and faint hints of vanilla from a hidden air freshener, and the low hum of the engine seemed to purr along the scenic road as they rode in comfort. Through tinted windows, they could see rolling hills and tall pines stretching alongside the winding path toward their destination. Lindsay's parents led the way in a sleek, cherry-red Ferrari that practically glided down the road. Her father, Lucy, took pride in that car, and it showed with every careful turn and subtle acceleration.

Inside, none of the girls, aside from Lindsay's sisters, had ever experienced such luxurious travel. They marveled at every detail: the miniature fridge filled with sparkling waters and fancy sodas, a spread of snacks arranged on a tray, and even tiny velvet pillows for extra comfort. Lindsay's parents had promised to take them to a special place, and the curiosity among them was thick. They couldn't help but imagine what awaited them as the limousine gently rocked with the curves of the road.

The conversation inside buzzed with excitement, laughter spilling over as the girls recounted stories and dreams. Fame had changed things for them, and Lindsay gleefully told her sisters about the thrill of winning, although she admitted it hadn't come without its share of challenges. She talked about the prize money and what she'd once dreamed of doing with it—buying France and becoming queen, though that fantasy had eventually given way to the idea of owning a mall. The very thought lit up her face; being the queen of her own mall was a new kind of dream, one that felt like a thrillingly big adventure.

Paula and Charlie chimed in, playfully debating which stores should fill Lindsay's future mall, tossing out ideas and laughing over what would make it the best spot in town. Izzy then jumped in with her own business dreams, mentioning her family's budding maple syrup company. She talked with bright eyes about Ezekiel's idea to use two sibling beavers as mascots, giving the syrup a whimsical, rustic appeal. The playful rivalry between the beaver siblings became a running joke in their advertising, and Izzy lit up as she shared her enthusiasm for their antics and the fun they had bringing the characters to life.

Beth's story was gentler, sharing glimpses of her modest life back on the farm. She'd taken her mom's advice about getting her braces removed and embraced the confidence it gave her. Charlie, hearing this, pulled Beth into a warm, enthusiastic hug, cheering her on with such genuine excitement that Beth couldn't help but beam back. It was clear how much her friends' support meant to her, their acceptance wrapping around her like a cozy blanket.

Heather, though she wore her usual confident expression, couldn't help but reveal some of her own hopes and plans for the future. She mused aloud about starting a vlog or even getting back into ballet, buoyed by the idea that her popularity might make these dreams a reality. She remembered her old ballet teacher mentioning the spike in enrollment after her appearance on Total Drama. It was a reminder that her performance, though grueling, had been a testament to her dedication and ambition. She spoke of it with pride, and even Beth, with a warm smile, recalled how they'd given their best effort on the show despite coming so close to victory.

Izzy, ever the wildcard, interrupted with a sigh, rolling her eyes and saying it all would have been better with more explosions. The others groaned, knowing Izzy's explosive streak, but couldn't help but laugh along.

As they approached their destination, the limousine slowed, and the girl's eyes grew wide in awe. Before them stood an expansive amusement park, owned by Lindsay's father. It stretched out before them like something out of a movie, with signs and themed decor that paid homage to all things maple, apple, and, unexpectedly, ducks. Each section of the park had its own unique charm—maple leaf arches colorful apple-themed games, and enormous duck statues scattered around for an extra quirky touch.

The amusement park sprawled out before them in vibrant colors and whimsical designs, a tribute to Lindsay's family's playful creativity. At the entrance, an enormous arch fashioned like intertwined maple leaves and apple branches welcomed guests with bright lights that flickered in a gentle, inviting rhythm. The paths leading into the park were lined with tall lampposts shaped like maple syrup bottles, a nod to Canadian pride, with amber lights glowing warmly as if filled with syrup.

The rides each had their unique charm and theme. One of the main attractions, The Maple Leaf Whirl, was a towering Ferris wheel with seats painted to resemble vibrant autumn leaves. As it turned, the wheel looked like a spinning tree, its "leaves" gently rotating high above the park, providing a stunning view of the entire landscape. Nearby, a roller coaster called The Duck Dash wound through faux lakes with giant, colorful ducks scattered along its tracks. Each time the ride passed a duck, water would spray up, adding an extra thrill and making the ride both a fast-paced dash and a lighthearted splash zone.

To the side, Apple Orchard Falls was an elaborate log flume ride winding through an apple orchard, with each boat shaped like a hollowed-out apple barrel. It was a fan favorite, with bursts of laughter echoing through the park as the boats tipped over miniature waterfalls and curved through twists lined with animatronic animals that winked and waved at riders.

The Carousel of Critters was another delight, designed with Canadian wildlife in mind. Instead of the usual horses, riders could hop on beavers, moose, raccoons, and even loons, each with their own unique, whimsical expression. The animals were all brightly painted, some wearing scarves, hats, or even tiny maple leaf pins, giving them a humorous and endearing look. The carousel itself was decorated with maple leaves that spun in gentle arcs above the riders' heads, while the organ music played a merry tune with hints of folk-inspired charm.

Heather couldn't help but feel more at ease knowing the amusement park wasn't technically Lindsay's—it was her father's prized investment. There was something oddly reassuring about adults holding onto their own treasures, much like her dad's strict attachment to his golf clubs. Heather remembered the fury in her father's eyes when one of her brothers accidentally broke a television with one of those clubs; he barely flinched at the shattered screen, but the damage to his favorite club? That brought down the harshest punishment Heather had ever seen. It almost made her appreciate the roots of her own intensity; her father's quirks had certainly rubbed off on her. Her brother, Jin-Soo, hadn't been as lucky—therapy had been his punishment, designed to shake off his kleptomaniac tendencies, and their father doubled down on sessions when he thought it was "character-building."

While Heather mused about her own family's strange rules, Beth remained in awe. She'd never dreamed of spending a day in an amusement park closed off for just her and her friends. This experience was pure magic. The thrill of having endless rides, treats, and games to themselves brought a kind of excitement that left her speechless. It was almost surreal, knowing her best friend's father actually owned the park, and the morning felt enchanted, like it had been designed just for their friendship.

Even Izzy had to admit that she had ideas on how she could buy some things around the future just for amusement, but seeing Lindsay's father having his own park for any day he wants, was something that she had to admit that she now had a new view on how rich people could be beyond her imagination. Ezekiel buying the Playa Del Losers and his plans to buy Wawanakwa had been something that she always wondered why he decided to do such a thing. But from seeing Lindsay's family having their own way of enjoying their time. Like Lindsay's new dream of buying a Mall only for herself. It seems the apple didn't fall off the tree.

Charlie, meanwhile, was brimming with excitement. Lindsay had half-jokingly suggested that Charlie would look fantastic in a hotel manager's uniform, complete with a warm smile and helpful demeanor. The idea delighted Charlie, who began envisioning herself running a place of her own, not only hosting guests but also creating a welcoming space for the community. Her warmth and optimism could blend with her ambitions to make something truly special.

Then there was Paula, ever the forward-thinker, who already had her sights set on becoming an investment champion. She admired the amusement park but viewed it through a future-focused lens as if each ride and stall represented a stepping stone toward a well-rounded business portfolio. Her focus and drive to secure financial freedom one day revealed the ambition within Lindsay's family. But, even as they talked about careers and futures, the girls maintained a light-hearted camaraderie, their ambitions intertwined with laughter and optimism.

"Welcome everyone." Lucy said as he was dressing himself on his favorite suit for whatever ocasions he liked to visit his little world. "On my amazing Lu Lu World, this amusement park will be for our total access, but I recommend for you girls to remain close as we will have a long schedule of places to go inside here. Follow me for the first roller-coaster."

Heather raised her eyebrows and looked at Lindsay. Who was so eager to show the place to her friends. Then looking for Izzy who simply shrugged, and had her grin as she couldn't lie that she was also excited to see how it would go.

With a sigh, Heather rolled her eyes, but she couldn't help but admit it. A whole place just for them, it feels really nice.


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"Alright everyone, let's get ready to take off, the trip will be very fast since we will be by helicopter," Martin said as he used his special goggles, since he was very excited to take his nephew and his girlfriend to Niagara Falls.

"Hell yeah, this is going to be awesome." Duncan could say this day was getting even better, as he could see his girlfriend making sure that she would be secure and ready for everything. "Don't worry Courtney, this is going to be amazing, I promise."

"Well, okay, I'm just surprised because I never went by helicopter before," Courtney said as she was feeling nervous. But then a flash made both couple stop and look to see Alex smiling at them both while holding a camera on her hands.

"Sorry, just recording this moment, because I promise it will be saved in your family book. Trust me." Alex said as she could see her nephew rolling his eyes, and Courtney nodding her head.

"Alright let's g-" Martin was excited to finally take flight, but suddenly one of the phones started buzzing, which immediately surprised both detectives.

"Rush and Rush, detectives first class, mysteries easy solved. Alex speaking." Alex said in a tone that immediately Martin turned off the mechanical flight, which immediately the expression on her face showed nothing more than seriousness. "Yuri, what's the problem, we were clear that we were on days off..."

Martin sighed as he raised his hand in the direction of his wife, while Alex was speaking to the phone, when suddenly she became serious and passed to her husband.

"Martin Rush, talk to me." Martin said as Alex turned her face to the couple who seemed unsure on what to say, but good news wasn't.

"Sorry kids, it seems something horrible just happened... and it's related to one of your friends," Alex said as immediately both Duncan and Courtney had their eyes wide open and something terrible coming. "It seems someone named Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson had disappeared days ago since he didn't appear at his house a few days ago, and since it has already been 72 hours someone opened an investigation to try to find your friend."

Courtney was shocked as she started to pale while Duncan also felt horrified...

"Holyshit, th- wait a minute..." Duncan then blinked, as he realized one thing... "Did you said he didn't appeared on his house? Just that?"

Courtney then blinked, as immediately realized what Duncan meant.

"Ohhh... did you guys try to check Katie, his girlfriend? She said Cody was going to spend the 5 days off with her and her mom before returning on the show." Courtney commented as immediately Alex blinked a few times. The C.I.T. girl scratched nervously her neck as she tried to find a way to make it less awkward. "Do you want me to call her?"

Alex nodded her head, as Martin was also hearing part of the conversation.

"Yuri, hold on, there's some crucial evidence with me, wait for a while." Martin commented as Courtney looked at Duncan who simply shrugged, and let the girl try to have a conversation with the tan girl.


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"Okay Cody, just for a few more seconds," Katie said as she was helping to sew a fabric Cody was holding the line to make sure isn't messed up. "I hope Gwen likes this neckerchief for her birthday, I tried to use the color palette and come up with something like a skull, but it was difficult to find fabric like that."

"I'm sure that she will like it Katie, I mean you are making sure it would look nice for her to use it." Cody smiled as he could see Bugsy sitting in one of the fabrics the midnight blue on it.

When suddenly the pink flip-phone that was near Katie was buzzing, and Katie was very much focused on the sewing.

"Cody, can you take it for me? If is Sadie you can tell her that she can get inside, she doesn't need to always keep calling me whenever she needs to get inside of my house." Katie said as the geek boy simply smiled and accepted the call.

"Hello," Cody said on the flip-phone.

"Cody? Is that you?" Courtney's voice asking immediately made the boy smile for the voice.

"Courtney, how are you?" Cody answered the call, not realizing the sigh of relief coming from the other side.

"Well we are fine... about going to Niagara Falls b-"

"Oh that's awesome, hey Katie, it's Courtney, she said she and Duncan are going to Niagara Falls," Cody said as immediately the tan twin had her eye sparkling as she was gushing as well.

"Awwwww, that's so romantic, can you tell them that I wish them a good time?" Katie said as her boyfriend nodded his head.

"Katie said for you and Duncan having a great time on there... Courtney?" Cody commented but then he just heard the silence of the flip-phone. "Hello?"

"Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson?" Then a very mature voice, from nobody he heard before suddenly said his full name made him pale.

"Yes? How did you know my name?" Cody said as he dropped the line, and stared at the flip phone like something bad just happened.

"My name is Martin Rush, detective of America Police's 21th force, and I got recently call from the Canada Police of Vancouver that you had been disappeared by 72 hours." Martin said as immediately the boy paled in fear. "I want to ask you where have you been during this time."

"Oh my God, I have been with my girlfriend during all these days, who was the one who opened the search request?" Cody said in an alarm tone, which immediately Katie who was sewing to stop and look at her boyfriend almost hyperventilating.

"In accord with a reliable officer. A person named Sierra had been insisting on your disappearance after 72 hours." Martin commented as Cody groaned like it was the bane of his existence.

"Are you kidding me? I don't even know her, how did she even know I wasn't at my house?" Cody said as he never thought someone would be that obssessive with him, in a point that could even scary him.

"I have no idea Mr. Anderson, but in any case, I will tell the officer to take the search as closed, drop the forces, and make a report about this case having as a keyword to not trust the name of the person who made the request." The detective explained about the next procedure, and Cody nodded his head with good relief.

"Yes, please do that sir, from what I know, that girl had been a troll in the forums of Total Drama Island, and had been harassing my girlfriend all this time, could you also tell your friend to detail that?" Cody made the request, which he could hear the man humming on the other side of the call.

"Will do that, sorry about the disturbance on this day, and thank you for your understanding," Martin said as Cody could feel a weight on his shoulders that he didn't know he had been dropped as he finally could breathe in relief.

"No, you don't need to thank me, I thank you, Mr. Rush," Cody said as he turned off the flip-phone, and when he looked at his girlfriend, she was feeling anxious, but with a good and a tranquil smile, Cody went to hug his girlfriend, knowing that she had saved his life.


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"Nice kid," Martin said as he nodded to his wife, as she finally gave the details of the explanation for her coworker.

"Next time why don't you bother to ask his girlfriend instead of calling us okay? We were in the last 2 days off, now fuck you." Alex said as she flipped back the flipphone, which both detectives had to sigh. "Thank God it was a false alarm."

"Yeah, you tell me. Well, can we just take flight now?" Martin said as the question was rethorical which when someone was about to reply. "Nah, just kidding, let's take light now everyone. Attention everyone, Martin's Rush speaking. The temperature of the flight is very sweet, we are about to have the best time of our lives, let's forget the jackass who came to annoy our day, and let's go straightly to Niagara falls,"

"Pff..." Duncan who was already preparing himself, he couldn't help but chuckle a bit, which he could see his girlfriend looking at him. "Emmett Jameson, who the hell name their children like that?"

"Duncan..." Courtney crossed her arms as she gave a deadpan look at him, as she even turned her face to the couple who was finally taking flight on the helicopter.

"Oh no, don't you even dare." Duncan said as he could see Courtney smirking at him. "Now come at me girl, you need to see the view."

Courtney smiled, and with a good kiss, the couple went back to start their day going to Niagara Falls. To enjoy their whole day and have fun. Knowing that on the next day they are going into a birthday party. And enjoy the last day off they could have before returning to the season 2.

Only a few had an idea on what Chris were about to do with them. And only the future will tell if they will be able to survive that show once again.


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2 day, it took 2 days until both Sky and Jane reached their destination, their house that it was in British Columbia, on the other side of the country. A whole journey that it took days driving, 2 days to go, and 2 days to return. In the end everything was worth it, since they not only meet one but two members of Killer Bass, but also one of them being the one which Sky developed her crush on.

Jane had to say this week had been nothing but worth it for the two cree girls. Since it was very difficult to process that she had both the phone numbers of both Courtney and Ezekiel, she felt like even as they were celebrities, she doesn't mind to have them sending messages just to help Sky cheer up and focus on her task to train for the olimpics.

And with the 2 new books, she was happy to read them all when she finally recover from exhaustion, enjoying a good reading time when she isn't done helping the college. As much it was painful and humiliating, she knew that her days were counted, but she needed to keep trying to find a way to pay for the bills on the next month, she had 30 days, something would be enough to make her stable into helping to raise her little sister.

"We are finally home," Jane said as she looked at the back of the car, seeing the little lump of her sister who was using a jacket as a blanket since it took long hours of the trip just to make sure they would return. Jane knew the responsability of taking care of her sister, and living idependently of the culture of her families and leaving her clan was something that she knew the risks. But one choice that she didn't regret it. "It had been a crazy year... but nothing that I couldn't take care of... I will find a way, I just hope I could find something soon."

Jane said as she hoped that someday, the conections she did with networking with anyone would give her a new direction on where she could find an interniship or an actual job to help her being stable in life and raise her sister.

She didn't have time tobe hopeless, she was too tired to think about the bad things on the future, all she want now was to take a shower, and go back to sleep... That after she wakes up her sister and make sure she would sleep on her bedroom as well.

The job she will have in the future? Who knows? At least she can talk to her classmates about the time meet the duck Howard again and the girl who made him bring the book for her. And how she became friends with both Courtney and Ezekiel... And looking on how her little sister was also smiling on her sleep. Jane knew she will not be the only one who will brag the right of meeting the author of her favorite book.

"Well, maybe I will call the cable company to ask if the next season of Total Drama will also have Pay-Per-View," Jane said as she was happy with the new possibilities on how things will go in the future. "Tomorrow will be the last day off, and people probably will be very excited to see the first episode. Good luck Courtney and Ezekiel. We will be cheering for you both."