Where it all began (english version)

by MonsterGraffiti

Years after the show the Total Drama contestants had parted ways on bad terms. But one morning, Cody, the old group's geek, ends up waking up in the past, one day before everything began. With the knowledge of a lifetime and the premise of a bitter future, he'll have to do everything possible in order to change the events that would ruin said future.

54. Celebrity Manhunt

Celebrity Manhunt

Act One: Preparation

POV. Cody

The taxi stopped, I got off at the entrance of my house along with my backpack and my suitcase. I saw how the taxi started and left, I kept thinking about something that I did not consider during the whole trip, "Who was driving?".

After thinking about it I shook my head deciding that it wasn't important, instead focusing my attention on the two-story house in front of me.

"Home, sweet home," I walked to the entrance and opened the door, I was greeted with a noticeable silence. My parents still had a week left on their cruise. So I would have time to settle down and think about all the possible excuses and lies that I am going to have to invent when they start asking why their son behaved so differently on television from the one they know at home, "not to mention the matter of the three girlfriends", I said sighing as I passed through the living room and went up the stairs. The ridiculous thing about all of this is that explaining my sudden change in behavior was going to be harder than explaining the fact that I had three girlfriends. It was no secret to them that their son was a horny teenager.

Well, we never talked about it, but they knew it, I'm sure, so on that side it won't seem so strange to them that I tried to pick up three girls, the strange thing is that they accepted.

"In fact... I didn't picked up any of them," I realized freezing in the middle of the stairs with my eyes wide open, "Izzy practically threw herself at me, Heather hates me more than she loves me, and Lindsay took all the initiative in the matter," I listed with my fingers, I didn't intend to attract any of them, they all stuck to me by their own decision, I just accepted... A drop of sweat slipped down my face, "weird", I spent my entire adolescence trying to get women to notice me. And it's just when I had given up on them that three of them look for me at the same time. I frowned and looked up at the ceiling, "Why do I have a feeling that you're also fucking me with this, fate?", the long-awaited response from the universe obviously never came, so I resigned myself and continued on my way. Well, it's their loss, I totally enjoy having three sexy and beautiful girls as girlfriends... no matter how eccentric they may be at times.

I'm getting off topic. Anyway, I can attribute my behavior change to puberty, and as for my crazy planning, strategic, and therapeutic skills... Well, it's not that it matters, they're never home, it's not like they know everything I do, I mean, they forgot my 17th birthday, and it's not because they are bad parents, it's just that they barely have time for me. Being an adult too, I now have a better understanding of how difficult it can be.

I went into my room, which was the same as I left it the two days I was here, I sat on the bed. My only real concern is that they want to meet the lucky girl, which in this case is lucky girls. And I don't even want to think about the disaster that could result from that. Izzy will say something very inappropriate as soon as she meets them, they will think that Heather has me as her slave and there is no way for them to believe that Lindsay is really my girlfriend, regardless of what has been shown on the show.

If they were watching it to begin with.

Although it seems that the Total Drama franchise had a surge in popularity if the constant video calls were any indication, added to what Taylor said about having a lot of influence on people. And I know she's right because she's the kind of person who doesn't miss any trends.

"Ah~... a problem for later," I said sighing, I'll take care of that when it arrives. I took my backpack and took out a piece of paper, they were instructions.

Training plan for dummies.

It said in the title, on one side was a simple drawing of an angry Eva with shark teeth.

~0~

Hotel of the losers, after the elimination of Beth...

I approached Eva in the pool while she exercised both arms with her weights, "hello Eva, I wanted to ask you a favor", she looked at me with a part of her eyebrow raised, she snorted through her nose like a bull, it was her way of saying 'I'm listening', "I'd like to know if you can write me a training plan".

"Do you want to die?" she asked nonchalantly.

"Ah...", what am I supposed to answer her?

"You wouldn't be able to follow my routine, you'd break in half like a toothpick just in the warm-up," she explained when she saw my confusion.

"Oh... No, I wasn't referring to your current regime, I was referring to whether you can make something that is more suited to... Someone who is just starting out?" I asked.

She looked my body up and down, "hm... I can give you my first training regimen, it's for rookies."

"That will do, thank you," I said.

"Why the sudden interest in training?" she asked me.

I was silent for a while, "well... I guess two seasons in Purgatory make you want to be more prepared for life's hard blows," I said, "Besides, it's a bit embarrassing to be one of the most physically weak in the cast," I said scratching the back of my neck.

She shrugged, "if you say so", dropped her weights and they cracked the floor, "I'll give you an exercise plan later, now if you don't mind", she took the lounger where Owen was sleeping, lifted it over her head and started doing squats with the boy and the chair on her shoulders, "I have to finish my warm-up."

That is just the warm-up?, I thought wide-eyed. I slowly pulled away from the iron woman as she squatted.

-0-

My face turned completely blue as I read Eva's rookie routine, "rookie regimen my ass, this looks like training for a marine," I dropped the scary list onto my bed. This is not going to work, Eva's routine is simply too intense and demanding, I would have to leave all the pending things I have in mind and dedicate myself fully to it if I want to have any minimum useful results and definitely a year would not be enough.

Sigh, the problem is that Eva's list was made for someone who wanted to focus on pure strength and muscles, even if I started doing the exercises right now, my body isn't going to have its late growth spurt until a few years down the road. Therefore, Eva's plan is actually counterproductive for someone specifically in my situation, who has time and genetics against them. Even with my maximum effort the result would be minimal.

If force were all I needed then perhaps it would be minimally plausible, but for World Tour, strength is not enough. It's not just about beating the other contestants, World Tour was the most physically and mentally challenging season for us due to the constant time zone changes, the extreme weather of each region we had to quickly settle into, the deadly challenges, the customs and dangers of each country.

To survive World Tour you need endurance, agility and physical strength, superior survival skills, ease of adapting to different life or death situations, the ability to sustain yourself... on guard... all the time.

My eyes widened, "Holy shit of course!" I said quickly realizing. I took the laptop out of my backpack, put it on the table and turned it on, "well before that there's something I need to do," I said cracking my neck, logged on to Facebook, "there are a few dozen friend requests I need to send."

-0-

"Uff, that was exhausting," I wiped the sweat from my forehead. I spent more than two hours sending friend requests to everyone I knew from Total Drama and the Ridonculous Race (although they didn't know me). Just like Taylor said, Total Drama is a sensation, my notification inbox was full of friend requests. And the vast majority of applications I submitted were accepted within a few minutes. This will help me keep track of everybody and what they were doing, it's not exactly CIA espionage, but it's something.

However, there were a few people I couldn't find, Scarlett, Sugar, Mike, Brick, Rodney, Jasmine, and Shawn.

I'm not surprised that the other psychopathic redhead on the show doesn't have social media, Sugar lives on a farm and by the way she was on the show I would say she's pretty isolated. I can't blame Mike for not having social media, any of his alters could take over and ruin his social life... even more. Brick must be enlisted in the military right now or something, I don't see him as someone with time for social media. Rodney... the same as Sugar, I'm actually a little surprised that they knew how to handle a camera to send their audition. Jasmine must not even have a computer... or spend much time inside her house, (Would she be in Australia when we went there?).

Now the one that really matters to me... Shawn, that's right, the zombie boy is my big plan for the competition, he was the only competitor who managed to make it to the finals only with his sheer crazy anti-zombie survival skill, no tricks, complicated strategies, or pretenses, even if his competition knew what he was capable of he was unstoppable from start to finish and only lost due to the Total Drama unpredictability factor that hit him in the form of an avalanche in the final stretch.

If there's anyone who can prepare me for World Tour effectively in a short amount of time, it's him. And it wouldn't even be hard to convince him, the real problem is finding him, because just as I feared, the zombie-phobic doesn't have social media.

I leaned back in my chair thinking, "How do you find someone as eccentric as Shawn? Hmm...", the boy might be hiding under a rock right now, where do you start?

"I want to try something," I started typing on the computer, I left Facebook and entered the news reviewing article by article, "bear on a unicycle surprises everyone, no. Geysers in Yellowstone erupt again, no. Does that blob look like a fish or a pig? Local library ends up on fire," I saw some curly red hairs in the picture, "NOPE!", and I quickly switched article. I sighed, "nothing useful... maybe if...", I typed the word zombie into the news search engine. And indeed something appeared, "local tramp announces that the end of the world is near and it will be for a... zombie attack", in the article there was a photo of Shawn screaming and a sign hanging from his neck that said "they are coming", I smiled, "I found you", the article was from a park, I looked up the name, and apparently that was not the only news of the zombie boy, there were things like teenager attacking an old woman thinking she is a zombie, or local lunatic steals cans from the supermarket, and even, homeless guy scares children in the nursery, "hell dude", there was one that caught my attention, teenager barricades himself in garbage dump and prepares for the end of the world, "bingo", the name of the garbage dump was in the photo and the date was recent, that means that Shawn is there right now, I looked up the name and got the address. I'll go see him later.

"Well, today is Friday, I have the weekend off and Monday... Back to school...", I slumped in my chair with a groan.

Of all the things I would have to face in my return to the past, I never thought that school would be the least I would want to go through again. High school wasn't that fun for me before Total Drama, there were bullies, I didn't have many friends and the girls completely ignored me, yes, the typical high school life, and that's why I hate it.

The thing is, I've already learned everything I needed to know about high school... and the university for that matter, moreover, could start working right now. Last time I had to split my time between being part of a famous band and going to school, but if I took the latter out of the equation I'd have a lot more time to spend on something more productive.

Instead of being locked in a classroom learning things I already know. Not to mention, I still have a million dollars to use anyway.

"Hmm... well, it's settled... I'm going to graduate earlier", for that I have to have the highest grades in everything (which is not my case) or take a super long special exam that was a fusion of all the final exams of the grades that I was supposed to still have to take to graduate normally and get a high average, that's more doable for me.

No one will believe that I can pass it obviously, which is fun, but just let me try, I could also take online courses to get a diploma in programming and robotics, the specialties I studied in college, dodging that bullet as well. Usually only graduates try this alternative method of college because it would be very difficult for someone in high school to pass.

"Well, that's fixed, and I've got Shawn's address, so what am I missing now...?" I could think of something I could do over the weekend... although I had my doubts really, "well, I've already done a lot of crazy things in the last three months, why not do one more?"

-0-

Act Two: Important Conversations

The next day, somewhere in Muskoka...

"I hope this wasn't a bad idea," I said as I looked at the house in front of me.

It looked like a normal two-story house, the most remarkable thing is that a small forest extended behind it for a few hectares. I was currently in another city far from Vancouver, I had to take two trains to get here, it was a long trip.

I went to the entrance and knocked on the door (because they didn't have a doorbell).

Knock, knock, knock *

I waited patiently with a bated heart, a few minutes later, a somewhat short woman opened the door. She was thin, had long, curly light brown hair, with a yellow scarf tied around her head like Lindsay, and she was dressed... Well, she actually looked like a gypsy. The kind that reads your fortune at fairs and bazaars.

She was smiling kindly, "oh welcome, I was waiting for you."

I stiffened, "R-Really?"

"No," she said with a smile, "I say that to everyone, it's hilarious."

I just stared at her, "uh...".

"I'm sorry for the joke, what's the matter?" she asked.

"I'm looking for Dawn, is she home?", yes, this is the auras reader's home... if I didn't get the wrong address of course.

The woman gasped putting her hands to her mouth, a second later she was in front of my face invading my personal space and taking me back a step, "Are you looking for my daughter? It could be that by chance... Are you a friend of hers?" she asked me quickly surprised.

"Ahhh... something like that."

"Aw, my baby has a friend, well... one without fur, feathers or scales", "Oh, where are my manners? Come in, come in!", she said beckoning me to come in behind her. It is ok... So far everything is going as I expected... I don't understand absolutely anything, "my daughter is not here at the moment, she must be in the park doing yoga with the local elders, but it shouldn't be long, you can wait for her in the living room, oh, by the way, my name is Charlotte."

The interior of the house was pretty ordinary, although there were a few odd ornaments here and there. Such as conch shells, incense, decorative candles with strange patterns, and tiki figures.

"I suppose I'll wait for her then," I said, sitting down on the couch. It feels weird to be here about to see someone you know so well but have never seen in person.

"Your face sounds familiar, have we met before?" she asked me as she brought a glass of lemonade.

"I participated in a TV show recently, maybe you know it, Total Drama Island or Total Drama Action?"

"Hm... I don't think so, I don't watch a lot of TV, that's my husband and daughter's hobby, although I may have seen you at some point."

That would explain why she didn't recognize me right away. Something on the table in the center of the room caught my attention, "Excuse me, what is that?"

"Oh, these? These are tarot cards," she took the deck of cards and began to shuffle them expertly, "although they are not original, there are many copies out there with different designs, fortune tellers use them to see the past, present, and future of a person," she said mysteriously.

"That sounds very cool," I said interestedly.

"Do you want me to do a reading for you?"

I looked at her in surprise, "You know how to do that?", I thought they were decoration.

She cascaded the cards from one hand to the other, "I used to do it, and I haven't lost my touch yet, interested?", I just nodded, after all I've seen a prediction doesn't seem so far-fetched to me, what will those cards say about me?

She shuffled the cards a couple of times, shuffling them completely, then spread them out in front of me, they were all flipped, "take three and don't turn them over", to make it more interesting, I took three cards quite apart from each other. She discarded the others and kept the three I chose, shuffling them. At this point I was totally into the matter at hand, she spread them out on the table, "okay, let's look at the past first", she turned the first card on the right in front of me, "the metamorphosis", in the card you could see the image of a butterfly coming out of a cocoon, "this symbolizes change", she looked at me, "That means you're not the same person now, as you were at some other point in your life."

I swallowed, okay, that was amazing and a bit creepy, "you're not wrong," I said without giving many details.

"Hm... let's take a look at the present," she flipped the middle card, "the pack donkey," the image was actually not that of a donkey, but of a person carrying a lot of luggage, "it symbolizes endurance, it means that you are working intensely or hard while carrying a heavy load on your shoulders."

Ok, I'm starting to get scared, "I... I guess I've been trying to do a lot of things on my own."

"You have to be careful, overexertion can come to collapse when you least expect it, and I don't say this as a guru, I say it as an experienced mother," she said, winking at me.

"Hehehehe, I'll keep that in mind," I said scratching the back of my neck.

"Okay, now a look into the future," she turned over the last letter, "the mirror," it was the image of a full-length mirror, "symbolizes the reflection, that means the future will depend on you, or rather, the kind of person you are when it comes, a reflection of yourself," she said pointing to me.

I contemplated her words, a reflection of me, the future is changing because of my actions, I think that means... that whether or not I succeed in my goal depends on whether I can change the future or allow it to change me.

"Hm...", she looked at the cards, "You know? If you put the three cards with these specific meanings together, they tell something..."

"A story of redemption".

"AHHHHHHHHH!" I shouted in a very masculine way and fell off the couch when a voice whispered in my ear.

"Baby you're back, welcome," Charlotte said.

A pretty face with a pale complexion, almost white blonde hair, blue eyes with dark circles, pointy ears, and purple lips stared back at me from above with an innocent smile, "hello Cody... nice to see you," Dawn, the aura reader, casually greeted me as if we already knew each other.

Seeing her now in person I have to say, she's very pretty, and incredibly adorable, in a much more visual way than Lindsay, who is more adorable in terms of personality than appearance.

"Hello... Dawn," I greeted her from the ground, maybe I should get up... On the other hand, this rug feels very comfortable.

She wasn't wearing her TV clothes, but a simple yellow tank top with a few butterflies at the bottom and almost black, blue leggings that reached the middle of her calves. On her feet were simple rubber sandals.

Now that I look at it she was sitting right next to me, "uh... How long have you been there?"

"Hmm...," she hummed, shaking her head, "since you picked your cards more or less..."

SHE WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME THE WHOLE TIME AND I DIDN'T NOTICE!?

"Honey, if you were going to be in yoga at least you could tell your friend that it was going to take a while," her mother scolded her, she didn't say anything about her sudden appearance, she must be used to it.

She held out her hand and I took her, she has small hands, she helped me to my feet, "I'm sorry, I think I forgot Cody was coming today", she apologized with a smile, I shuddered when she said it, "thanks for waiting for me, come... come with me," she began to walk down the hallway... Or float? I was afraid to look at her feet and find out.

"Ah yes," I followed her anyway, "goodbye Mrs. Charlotte," I said goodbye to her mother.

"Have fun, I'm here if you need anything."

...

Dawn took us to the back of her house, behind the fence was the forest, from here I could see the tree with the platform where she recorded her audition. As I walked beside her I realized how small she is, I'm used to being the smallest, it feels weird.

We walked to the tree and she began to climb some stairs, I followed her closely in silence. When we reached the top, she approached some bird feeders that hung from some branches, the birds fluttered around her trying to get her attention, "Would you mind helping me? I always recharge them when I come back from yoga on the weekends."

"S-Sure," I headed towards one of the feeders, this situation is so strange, she's treating me so normally, and she's not even asking me questions.

I put seeds from a bag in the feeder and immediately a bunch of birds came to eat.

"Pi, pi, pi (thank you very much)."

"You're welcome," I replied, that caught the attention of the auras reader, but she didn't say anything about it.

"... So, what does one of the hottest Total Drama competitors want with me?" asked Dawn without looking at me.

I looked at her and smiled, "My aura doesn't tell you anything?"

I could see how the corner of her purple lips rose slightly, she turned around and looked at me carefully, "you have a serene aura, full of pink and yellow... but... It is chaotically dotted with colors such as red, blue, and black. It's hard to decipher... I hadn't seen anything like it before."

I looked at her surprised, "So... You say you don't know why I came?"

A bird leaned on her finger, "Do you know why you came?"

"... I thought maybe you could give me some answers," I said scratching the back of my neck.

"Why?"

"This will sound strange, but... Have we met before?"

She smiled again, "Maybe? The world can be quite small sometimes," she turned around and turned her attention back to the feeders.

I looked at her incredulously, first she is super ambiguous, and now she ignores me openly, this conversation is not going anywhere.

"Do you know why you came?"

I breathed heavily, I think I understand...

Dawn?"

"Hm?"

"I come from the future...".

"..."

"And I don't know exactly how or why..."

"..."

"I've been keeping so many questions to myself, How can I stand the cold? Do I really understand what the animals say? Why do I have my old scars?"

"..."

"I thought if I came, you could help me understand," I said with my head down.

"..."

... A pair of sandal-clad feet appeared in front of me, I lifted my head to see Dawn smiling in front of me, "Alright... Doesn't it feel better like this? Finally getting that off your chest?" she asked, cocking her head.

I blinked twice like an owl, "...," I smiled at her, "you're very strange."

"Look who's talking," she said with a small laugh, turned around, walked over to a bag and pulled out some acorns. The squirrels descended from the tree and approached him, "I don't know why you're here... to think that someone is messing with the natural order of things, oh the humanity," she shook her head in disappointment.

"So, you say, 'Someone sent me here?' Do you know who it was? Or how?"

"No... but it's not impossible, you should know, you've seen a lot of things in a fairly short time, as for the rest, you must find out for yourself."

Great, I blamed fate for all this nonsense, but now there may be a real and very human culprit, "great, now I have even more questions," I complained.

"It may not be the culprit, but it's possible that fate may have been involved in one way or another," I'm not even going to question the fact that you just read my mind, "it usually acts mysteriously, and just as you imagine it is usually capricious, but... All their actions have a reason."

"Don't take offence Dawn, but I saw and am a first-hand witness to how capricious fate can really be, and I don't know what cosmic reason it could have had to justify what it did to me and my friends, beyond laughing in our faces, literally everything that could go wrong went wrong and there was no way to repair it," I admit that maybe I was a little rough, Dawn is not to blame for anything. But it's literally the first time I've been able to talk to anyone about this, there was a lot to vent.

She didn't say anything, she just walked silently to the mat in the middle of the floor and sat cross-legged, patted in front of her urging me to follow her. I took a deep breath and followed her by sitting on the mat in the same position.

"Let me ask you a question... What do you think you would have done if you had gone back to the past right after World Tour ended? What do you think that Cody would have done?"

"What would I have done?... pff, probably panic... and then... then...", I sighed, "then I would surely have thought 'this is my chance to make Gwen fall in love'... surely I would have gone after her, only much more insistent. At that point I had given up, but if I was immediately given the opportunity for a second attempt to hook her up, I would have taken it without thinking, and that would have been wrong... Because I would have ignored all the other problems again, I would have put my friends aside to go after her again, and she would still have a bad impression of me," I said collapsing.

"Do you know why you met Sierra? Of all the contestants, good, bad, skilled, cunning or impressive, she looked at the most common and ordinary. Whose greatest grace was being attacked by a bear, why?" asked Dawn.

"It was my karma... I'm sure," I admitted with a grimace, "now I know that she was kind of a punishment for all the time I was bothering Gwen. And worst of all, I refused to see it for a long time, I was stubborn with my attraction to her, and Sierra was the universe's indirect way of telling me to let her go. If it had been the adolescent self that returned to the past, everything would be worse, I have no doubt."

"If you had gone back in time at any time before that fateful day, the one that changed everything, that changed who you are...", she took my hands, which I didn't realize I had clenched into fists, and now relaxed them, "you wouldn't have thought of helping Lindsay to overcome herself, of taking Heather away from her loneliness, give Izzy the care and concern she needs, figure out the cause of Bridgette and Geoff's separation, help Trent and Gwen with their breakup, humble Noah, support Ezekiel, try to save Courtney from her darkness...", she smiled, "you wouldn't have tried to be the best version of yourself that you can be when you are struggling if you hadn't been through what you went through", she's right... I hate it anyway, but she's right, "all that happened because you learned... No, you remembered, that's the most important thing to you, and that was always your friends," she stroked my hands with her thumbs. My hands were quite weathered and rough, the result of all the stunts I've been doing since I came back to the show, since I went back to the past. Hers felt very soft, "It's amazing what a small change in motivation can do, don't you think?" she asked me with a sweet, comforting smile.

Dawn's words were encouraging me, they really were... but there was a doubt that had not yet been dispelled, and in fact was becoming more evident.

"What is it?" she asked, noticing that something was wrong.

I sighed, "...Do you think... I'm doing the right thing?"

"..."

"I'm pretty much lying to everyone, to my friends, to the girls, probably to my family as well, cheating the Total Drama system, shit, I stole a million dollars."

"..."

"The only reason Izzy, Lindsay and Heather fell in love with me is because I'm not the Cody they should have known, they don't know the kind of person I was when I was with them for the first time. They only got so close because I knew who they were better than themselves, I pretty much manipulated them all, and I'm still going to have to keep doing it... I tell myself that it is necessary... but to what extent? How will I know if I went too far? How will I know if I'm not avoiding something that would have been better like this? How will I know that I'm not becoming a villain?... Am I really doing the right thing?" I've always had these doubts, this is the first time I can tell anyone.

...

..

.

"... No, I don't think you're doing the right thing."

"...", I looked at her immediately.

She was smiling affectionately, "but... What is really the right thing to do?"

"..."

"Yes, it may be wrong not to tell your friends the truth, but they are changing, they are growing, they are learning. It wouldn't be the same if you just gave them the answers. Your decisions may be questionable, it's true, but you've definitely achieved positive things. It's true that you're not the Cody that Izzy, Lindsay, or Heather must have known, but it's not like you were one trying to take advantage of them. You are the one who helps them to overcome themselves, you give them normality, support, company, but above all genuine love, I know, and that was why they chose you and for many accepting the love of the three would not be the right thing to do...".

"But I did it... because that made them happy," I said to myself. I looked at our hands together, "... the three of them came to me... Because I wanted them to be happy instead of miserable," I smiled softly, "I want everyone to be happy instead of miserable. It doesn't matter if it's right or selfish to want that... it is what I want for them, for all of them."

Dawn smiled, "... you may not know who or why you are here, and the reason may have had nothing to do with what you have been doing... but I'm sure of this... you're the best Cody that could have returned, and the proof is in everything you've done so far. You did not hesitate in your choice when you were given this opportunity, you always had your goal clear and that was because deep down you are a good person who loves your friends and has lived what you had to live to know their value more than anyone else," she said while withdrawing her hands. I was encouraged by her words, "that doesn't mean that I approve of you falling in love with girls left and right, perverted and horny geek", she scolded me.

I blinked twice, "pff, hahaha... hahahahahahahahaha", and I laughed, I really laughed, this brought back some memories. I walked over and gave her a big hug, surprising her a bit, "thank you Dawn... for listening... again."

I felt her return the hug, "no one should have to face this alone, I did what I could".

I got away from her, "by the way, I think this is yours," I said, showing her the dreamcatcher I always wear around my neck.

She shook her head, "it's yours, don't worry about it," we both got up.

I was silent for a moment, "hey... I was thinking about it but... Do you know? What is going to happen to you when-".

She raised her hand cutting me mid-sentence, "I know... but I don't plan to change it."

I was surprised, "What? Why? I thought you'd do something about it now that you know."

She looked into nothingness, "I'm not like you, it's not my job to alter the order of things, I'm guided by what the universe says, you don't have to mess with a force like that."

I frowned, in a way I understand what she says, I don't like to push things away from what I know, but I don't like this.

"Dawn, your elimination was unfair, even if the universe was wise or not, Scott is an idiot, if you had gone further you could have participated in All Stars and Mal would not have hurt so many people, you could have helped many there with their problems", I kept thinking that many things could have been different if she had been there that season, Mal, Duncan's conflict with himself, Alejandro's lie, Courtney's grudge and... Sierra, could Dawn have helped her?

She seemed a little thoughtful, "for it is not meant to be, and I have already accepted it."

"I don't understand, why would you leave things as they are?"

"... you actually do..."

"Huh?"

She looked at me with a sad smile, "you and I are not that different, you listened to my mother didn't you?"

"Are you looking for my daughter? It could be that by chance... Are you a friend of hers?"

"aw, my baby has a friend, well... one without fur, feathers or scales".

"... you, you don't have any friends... Do you?", I realized, in a way it must have been something obvious considering how she is.

"Pi, pi, pi (Are we painted or what?)".

"Don't worry, he didn't say it with that intention," he placated the annoyed birds, "... I don't have friends my age, I'm the weird auras reader after all, people at my school stay away because I tend to say things about people they don't want others to know," she stroked a bird's head, "I don't do it on purpose, I just think it's better that people don't run away from their problems. However, no one shares my philosophy, and I'm not the kind of person who hides who it is, so I'm usually alone... well not so alone," she said as a butterfly sat on her finger, "but thanks to you I saw what awaits me... friends... B, Cameron, Zoey, Mike, Brick, Dakota, Sam... I long to meet them now, to be their friend," she said excitedly. But then it faded a bit, "however, to stay beyond that is to tempt fate. All Stars is a sea of chaos unpredictable even to me. And as you saw with Dakota and Scott, I don't always know what's going to happen," she looked at me sad, "now that I know them I'm scared of the idea of losing them, and in Total Drama that's a great possibility, especially... in that season."

I looked at the girl who just now was encouraging me, showing some of her own insecurities, the truth is that I always thought of her as someone capable of incredible things, but that doesn't mean that things will always go the way she wants.

In my experience when the universe wants something to happen, it will happen no matter what. Like when she tried to help Dakota, but she still came back to the competition or when she tried to expose Scott and didn't expect him to set her up. I myself have not been able to change things completely, in that show everything can go wrong, in fact, I still have demons to exorcise. I don't blame her if she wants to take the few friendships she made and protect them instead of jumping into the eye of the storm, if she could, she would gladly do so. But Chris definitely wants his third season, even if that bus doesn't fall off the ravine, he'd find a way to make us come back.

I think in some ways, I see this girl as someone much more human now. I understand her... but still...

I put my hand on her shoulder, she looked at me, I smiled at her, "Dawn... Someone once told me that you don't have to think about things so much, sometimes it's okay to let yourself go", she looked at me with wide eyes, "I live my life based on the words of that person, they helped me in my weakest moment and they continue to do it now, she continues to help me even now. Maybe you should listen to it too, I'm telling you because you're my friend, and as such let me tell you that sometimes you have to be a little daring... and kick fate in the nuts if necessary."

"Hahahahahaha... you really hold a grudge against it, don't you?" she said while laughing. She wiped away a tear... and this time it was she who hugged me by surprise, "thank you... for calling me a friend...".

"Squeals (Waaaaa, I love you friend!)".

"Squeals (I love you too!)", the squirrels in the tree embraced each other in tears.

I hugged her back, her body is so small, seriously, she's too adorable, "and since we're talking about it... do me a little favor, when you see Scott... make Fang eat him."

"Hahaha, I'm not going to promise that," she said walking away, "but I'll make sure to teach him a lesson, believe me he won't get away with it," she said conspiratorially.

I put my hand on her head and tousled it to her annoyance, "that's all I ask."

...

Dawn accompanied me to the door of her house to say goodbye, "my mother liked your visit, she said you can come back whenever you want."

"I guess I'll come over from time to time then, she was very nice."

"She's married, you know?"

I almost choked, "I didn't mean it that way!"

"Hehehe, I know, I'm just bothering you."

"You know? As far as I knew you were a sweet and kind person."

"As far as you knew, that Dawn didn't have to deal with a perverted time traveler and all the problems that comes with that."

"... that... It's a good point, I'll give it to you," I said, scratching the back of my neck in embarrassment.

"And I'm not adorable," I stiffened, okay, I'm genuinely scared now, "by the way, Shawn is definitely in that dumpster, you'll find him if you go there," she said changing the subject.

I smiled at her, "mm, thanks, I'll keep that in mind."

"Good luck... and seriously... Have some restraint when it comes to the matter of chasing girls Lord Conqueror."

"Wait, are you scolding me fo-?"

"Yes," I squint at myself, "three girls, Cody, Mother Earth knows what you're going to do next if you're let loose."

"But I didn't do anything!"

"You say that... but you're enjoying it anyway, aren't you?", I swallowed, shit, that's true, "that makes you guilty", she accused me.

"Hey, hey wait, at least let me plead my case-."

I fell silent as warm, soft purple lips pressed against my cheek unexpectedly. She gave me a kiss.

She walked away with a mocking smile on her pale face.

I looked at her dumbfounded as I touched my cheek with a hot face, "What-?"

"That... it was a small reward for thinking I'm pretty," I blushed embarrassedly, "... see you Cody," she said goodbye from the door frame.

I looked at her even thinking about what happened, she is really a very strange girl... even so... she is a good person.

I smiled back, "... see you Dawn," she nodded slightly, then closed the door.

A second later a bird sat on my head.

"Pi, pi, pi, pi ~ (uhhh~, you like her~)""."

"Shut up."

-0-

Two days later...

"Uff... not bad... I can't prolong it any longer," I was sitting in the driver's seat of my father's car which was parked in the parking lot of my school, I'm supposed to officially go back to school today, but as you can imagine I'm taking my time.

And before they ask yes, I have my license, I got it yesterday, a small bribe and they let me take the driving test right away, obviously I passed it without problems. Money isn't as overvalued as many hippies think, it's actually quite useful.

"Well, here goes nothing", I got out of the vehicle and went towards the entrance, I had on my clothes of the show, there was no point in going back to the old ones, they were going to recognize me anyway.

I walked confidently, even though I hadn't set foot in this place in four years, I wasn't going to be intimidated by a bunch of brats. I'm not that kid anymore.

*Murmurs, murmurs*

"Is it him?"

"Is he going to our school?"

"Is that really Cody?"

"Did those beauties of Heather, Izzy and Lindsay really fight over him?"

"He'd better not get close to my girlfriend."

"Rumors say that he has a harem of 50 beauties."

"I heard that he hooked up with a teacher."

"I heard he went crazy, now he's completely someone else."

"Is he really the same one from the show?"

"Is this Cody really the one who appeared in Total Drama?"

"Why does he dress like a highlander?"

"Doesn't it seem like something cute to you all of a sudden?"

"It can't be, don't you remember he's a nerd?"

"Did he really have sex with that beauty Lindsay?"

A drop of sweat fell down my forehead when I heard the not at all discreet murmurs of my high school classmates. It really didn't take long for them to spread rumors. This also happened last time, but not in such a… scandalous way.

Of course they would have their doubts, the geek boy who toyed with robots, reads comics in class and plays with computers swept and trended on television while flirting with three beauties... they wouldn't even let it go.

However, despite the fact that I attracted attention with my entrance, none of them had the courage to approach me, they gave me as much space as possible. It's not like I was the most popular before the show, in fact, one of the reasons I wanted to be famous originally, is because I barely had any friends. So it would be very rare for them to approach me now out of nowhere, especially when they know I can face a bear.

Well, it's not that it matters, I don't plan to stay in high school for long anytime soon.

...

School Counselor's Office...

"Let me get this right, you want to apply for an early graduation?" the school counselor asked me as she adjusted her glasses in disbelief, it seemed like I was asking her to undress. Outside the window you could see the heads of some curious students.

"Yes, that's exactly what I said," I replied calmly.

"Well, your grades in general are pretty average, with some highs," she said, looking at a file with a face that this was too problematic, "that's not enough to apply for an early graduation."

"I know, I want to take the senior exam," now she looked at me like I had grown a second head.

"As a school counselor I am obliged to inform you that you are within your right to request that exam... And in the same way I am obliged to warn you that only 9% of people who request this test manage to pass at the first chance, if you fail you will have to wait three months to do it again. And for each test you have to pay a large sum of $500."

"I know, I have it right here," I said, pulling a wad of bills from my backpack.

The counselor sighed exhausted, "well, I'll start the paperwork for you to do the test next week," she said, taking the money, "by the way, do your parents know about this?"

"No, they don't know, they're on vacation," but it's not that I'm dropping out of school, but I'm graduating earlier, which is very different, "but I'm paying with my money, so I'm totally responsible," the counselor muttered something about "these kids now" and sent me out of her office.

As I left, people once again began to murmur.

"Why was he with the counselor?"

"To make his return official?"

"Was he trying to hook her up?"

"I saw that he gave her money, was he paying her for sex?"

"Has he gotten into trouble?"

"Is he a bad boy now?"

"That's hot, do you think he can help me lose my virginity? I need it to join the cheerleading team."

Alright... The comments are getting crazier and crazier, it's amazing what a little reputation does.

"Hey loser!" before I knew it, they pulled me by the shirt and smashed me into some lockers. I looked with huge owl eyes at the guy in front of me.

"Wow, wow, wow... wow, but if it's not Cony who comes back as if he were the king of the world", it was a somewhat muscular boy and much taller than me, he was literally holding me in the air with one hand. Short spiky hair, malevolent gaze and punk clothes, yes, the typical school bully.

Wow, who was this guy again? Oh yeah, I remember, he's the fool who stole my lunch money from time to time, and I'm not insulting him, he's really stupid, I had completely forgotten about him.

"So you come along and you think you're a big deal just because you're on TV, people are just talking about you, 'he got pretty far', 'he rode a moose', 'he conquered three girls', pff that's stupid."

"Well, now you're talking to me about just that, doesn't that make you doubly stupid?"

"Hahahahahahaha!", laughter erupted around us and the bully, I think his name was Jonah, now had a red face with shame and anger at the intelligent comment.

I feel a little bad actually, he's really doing his best to bully me, but I honestly couldn't feel scared of him if I was paid. I stood in front of a bear, I lived with people like Duncan and Eva, shit, I faced the latter the first day I was there.

I've just been with too many scary people, Heather is scarier and I made love to her in a seedy hotel.

"Grrrrrrr, fucking nerd, don't think you're the big deal, don't expect me to swallow the story that you did all that crazy stuff on the show, surely everything was set up or it was super easy if you got that far! There's no way those hot girls were real!"

*Murmurs, murmurs*

"Maybe he's right."

"What if they were paid actresses?"

"Did he really do everything we saw?"

"It's Cody, not even the flies stuck to him."

Ah~... The poor ordinary teenager mind, you know guys, I was once like you, the most ordinary of the cast, who met amazing people and the reality TV world, I got used to that and I'm currently maybe one of the weirdest of the weird, a time traveler, haha, it would be funny if I was introduced like that on the show, Cody the madman who claims to be a time traveler, would have been an interesting epithet as a contestant... Oh true he's supposed to be intimidating me, how unprofessional of me.

"Wow, you followed me through the entire show, it's flattering to meet such a committed and loyal fan."

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH".

"GRRRRRRR".

Oh, I think he got angrier.

"Stupid nerd!" he raised his fist and tried to punch my face. Now kids, a little advice, when you pick someone up and immobilize them to hit them...

*Clank*

"AHHHH!"

Make sure they can't move their head.

"Uhhhhhh~".

Jonah fell to the ground holding his possibly broken hand, after he tried to hit me in the face and I moved my head to the side causing him to hit the lockers very, very hard.

"Well, if that's all... I have some things to do so...", I said walking down the hallway, after all I still have to go to class, what a nightmare.

"You'll pay me for this, you geek!" was heard rumbling in the corridors.

"But I didn't do anything."

...

Several hours later...

*Ring*

I left the classroom of my last class of the day with everyone gawking at me, it was pretty funny, math was never that easy. I got ready to walk down the aisle, I'm not going to miss this place, in fact, a week already seems too much to me.

"Cony!"

I sighed, "That's not my name, you know?" I said turning around in the hallway to see Jonah with his hand fully bandaged looking at me hatefully, "man, don't do this, it's humiliating."

He came to me anyway and stood in front of me, "I don't care, you're getting a beat down," he threatened.

I looked him straight in the eyes, "I was saying it for you dude, you're starting to make me feel ashamed, you can't beat me up with one hand, it wouldn't look good."

"Uhhhhh~."

Veins gushed out in his neck, a little more and he might leak, that would be dangerous. He raised his other fist to try to hit me again.

*Murmurs, murmurs, scandal*

However, a noisy crowd behind us caught our attention, people were looking at something else.

"Uh, excuse me, let me in, oh you're so nice, did you happen to have seen Cody? Do you know where I can find him? He's this short and missing a tooth."

My eyes widened, "that voice...".

"Excuse me, pretty person passing by, thank you for stepping aside," the crowd opened wide like the waters of Egypt, and in front of me walking with a smile was none other than Lindsay. She noticed me immediately, "Cody!"

"Lindsay!? What-!?," she came running towards me, her arms wrapped around my neck, her huge breasts were crushed against mine softly and soft fruity lips crashed against mine as she kissed me.

...

..

.

Total silence and dropping jaws filled the hallway. You would probably notice that I am the same in this situation. If it weren't for Lindsay's lips against mine.

"Eh... Uh... that... Ah?... p...", yes, Jonah had a short circuit.

"Muack~," Lindsay finished our kiss and began to spin in circles as she hugged me, "Cody! It's you, I finally find you, we went to a couple of different schools, and you weren't in any, and then I came in here and there was a crowd and I didn't see you because you're too short and stuff!" she said happily.

Why don't you just kick me in the nuts? It would hurt less, we finally stopped and I realized something, "wait... Did you say 'we'?"

*Boom*

I turned around, Jonah was on the ground foaming at the mouth. Lindsay cocked her head like a confused puppy, "Is he okay?"

"Yes... I think," I shook my head, "forget it, you were telling me?"

"Oh yes, are your classes over yet? You know what? It doesn't matter, this is more important," she hooked her arm with mine and began to pull me, "come on, we don't have to keep them waiting."

"Hey... Who?"

...

Leaving school...

Lindsay cheerfully crawled me outside the school with a crowd following us, muttering and making noise, loud death metal music could be heard blaring on the street.

On the way out there was also a crowd outside and they were surrounding something on the street while taking photos. As Lindsay dragged us through the crowd I could hear something.

"To those who continue to take photos I am going to start charging them! Hey lunatic! If you're going to play the music loud then put on something good!"

"Hahahahahahaha! Shout louder, I can't hear you because of the music!"

We finally got to the front and I could see what it was. Heather was leaning against a green and black jeep with her arms crossed and an irritated expression.

Izzy was wearing sunglasses and was lying on the hood. The music came from the jeep.

"Heather? Izzy?" I said surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"Hey, I found Cody," Lindsay said as she hugged me.

"Finally, we had to go to three different schools," Heather complained.

"Hahahaha, yes, it was a lot of fun, they even called the cops on us," Izzy said getting off the hood and coming towards us, "but it doesn't matter, Izzy wants some love!" she pounced on me hugging me and smashing her rough lips on mine. Unlike Lindsay, Izzy didn't hold back at all and went for a wet French kiss.

The crowd behind us was made even louder by this to Heather's annoyance, "how annoying," she complained, "it's like they've never seen famous people."

In another life Heather would have enjoyed excessive attention, as it was what she craved the most, but now that she has so many people who genuinely love her I guess the attention of a lot of strangers must be exhausting for her... that and the fact that everyone is taking pictures of a Lindsay posing for the cameras. She was always very jealous.

Izzy cut short the kiss, "Heather come kiss Cody," she said as if it were some kind of ritual.

"Another time, I'd rather get out of here," she said, sticking her middle finger out of the crowd and pulling Lindsay by the arm.

"Before anything...", I said calmly stopping everything, "What's going on here!?", I demanded loudly.

"We need to talk," Heather said seriously. No, that wasn't worrisome in the least.

"We'll do it at your house!" said Izzy excitedly, well it can't be that bad if she's this happy.

"So get in the car," Heather said, giving no option to protest.

I sighed, "My car is over there, one of you can come with me."

"You have a license!?"

My eye trembled when the three of them said that with total surprise, yes, yes, I'm the youngest, make fun of it indirectly, why not?

"I want to drive too, let's have a race," Izzy enthused.

"You don't even know where he lives, I'll drive," Heather said, snatching the keys from her, "you, guide us," she told me.

Lindsay's arms wrapped around my neck from behind, "that means I'll go with you," she said excitedly as she hugged me affectionately.

I smiled at her, "Okay, let's go then."

"Izzy, get in the car," Heather told her.

"Goodbye people I don't know!", she said goodbye to everyone, "here is a little gift for you", without warning she lifted her top.

*Panting*

Absolutely all of us gasped at her brazen action, but my heart pounded again when I realized that this time she did have a bra on, a bra that said "I Love Pudding" on her breasts.

"Hahahahahahaha! Just look at their faces! They seriously believed that I would show my beauties to a bunch of strangers! Hahahahaha".

"Get in the car!" said Heather in a worse and worse mood. Izzy jumped out of the window of this one while Lindsay and I approached mine, people kept making a fuss.

"Why are they all so excited? Is there anyone famous nearby?" asked Lindsay looking around.

"Maybe they mistook you for a super model."

"aw, are you serious?" she asked me with red cheeks.

"Hahahaha, you better get in the car, Linds."

...

It felt good to finally leave that place for the day. As I drove, I decided to ask Lindsay a few questions.

"Aren't you supposed to be on your way to Paris or something?"

"Oh yes, I wanted Beth and I to leave as soon as we got home... but it turns out that you can't just pack up and go to a foreign country," she said surprised, "Beth told me that apparently you have to ask permission from the school... talk to our parents... Get a... ah...".

"Passport?"

"Oh yes, that... anyway, we'll be gone in a few weeks. Ah~, I can't wait to see that green lady raising her arm."

I shook my head in amusement, Lindsay is always going to be kind of airhead for some things. In a way it made sense that they would not leave immediately, despite now being rich, Lindsay needs advice to manage her small fortune, and traveling immediately to France without knowing anything can be very dangerous, the last time they ended up in prison.

"When you're there, you should hire a tour guide, to help you find everything."

"Oh, that's a good idea."

"But... Why did the three of you come to my school?"

"Hehehehe, that's a little secret~", she told me mischievously, great now they conspire behind my back. Oh the irony.

"Well, keep your little mysteries to yourselves, I just have to wait for Izzy to open her mouth and reveal it," I mocked her back.

She froze, then looked at me with a pout, "that's unfair."

"Hehehehe, you look so adorable right now," she turned red while smiling silly, "and we're here."

I parked and we got out of the car, on the street, Heather and Izzy's jeep braked with some abruptness.

Izzy got off quickly, then Heather, "pff", and I bit my tongue to keep from laughing.

Heather looked at us with a frown and kiss marks all over her face, "say a word, and I'll cut your tongues."

"Aw, I know you liked it," Izzy said, "I think you liked it.

...

"Welcome to my humble abode," we entered the door and everyone immediately began to browse.

"Where are the crocodile pits? And the entrance to the Batcave?" asked Izzy as she ran to a shelf of books and began to move them all.

"Why would you think I have something like that?", although it would be very cool.

"Ignore her, she drank two cans of energizer," Heather said as she wiped lipstick from her face, "she's driven us crazy the last three hours."

"Shit," I said wide-eyed, that's the equivalent of giving a squirrel coffee.

"Yes, shit," she said.

"Ahem," Lindsay coughed into her hand looking at Heather.

She sighed, grabbed my cheeks by surprise and smashed her warm lips against mine kissing me very slowly.

Some time later she parted with red cheeks, "say something about it and I'll kill you," she threatened me embarrassed.

I could still taste her lipstick, I smiled, I just couldn't help it, "What? No tongue this time?"

*Blow*

"Uff," I bent over when she hit me with her elbow in the stomach. It was worth it.

"Heather!" Lindsay scolded her.

"Don't call me out, he asked for it," she said, downplaying it, the blonde pouted.

"It's not that I'm not happy to have the three of you here, sniffing around and elbowing me," I straighten up after catching my breath, "but are you going to tell me why you're here?"

Lindsay and Heather exchanged a look, it seemed like they were saying 'Do I say it or you say it?' really, what are they up to?

Heather opened her mouth to speak.

"Hey everyone! Izzy found something cool!"

That came from above, did Izzy get into my room?

We went upstairs to find out what caught the lunatic's attention. We walked through the door and I could immediately see that Izzy had stirred up a lot of things in her curiosity.

It's a good thing I moved the money elsewhere yesterday, that could have been dangerous, however, what caught Izzy's attention then?

"Look what I found," she held up a magazine in front of us...

And immediately I turned pale.

Lindsay burst red and Heather had a very funny expression.

Yes, it was an adult magazine, on the cover of which there were several naked girls... with assorted accessories.

My sight shifted from the magazine to the open closet behind Izzy, many more magazines and adult DVDs were scattered on the floor.

Shit, it's all the adult stuff of the 16-year-old me, I'd forgotten that was hiding here in this day and age, and it had to be my three girlfriends who found out!

"Just look at the beauties of this magazine! They're all big-breasted hotties like you, Lindsay, don't you think they're sexy?" said Izzy as she turned the pages next to a stupefied Lindsay who made funny faces with each page.

Fate, I'm pretty sure you're getting revenge on me for the bad things I said to Dawn about you, in which case, I stand by absolutely everything I said!

"Well... I won't pretend I didn't expect this, you're a boy and a stupidly horny one, that wasn't a secret to anyone," Heather said, I couldn't help but feel a lot of drops of reproach in her voice, "but this is too much," she said holding up a magazine with her fingers as if it were dirty underwear, "the normal thing would be to find one or two of these things, not a complete collection," there was a large pile of things around her. She picked up a magazine that had only Asian women in open kimonos that didn't cover anything and her eye trembled, the reason? Most had more tits than her. She smiled cruelly, "I don't know whether to feel flattered or indignant, but I am clear about one thing, at this moment I want to hurt you, darling", her voice was a death sentence.

I swallowed, "now, I know this probably looks bad," I said with my hands up and taking a few steps back.

"This is bad! There are no sexy redheads anywhere," Izzy said, digging through the DVDs on the floor in disappointment.

"It's not that bad... I-I've dated guys who have of these," Lindsay said while checking a magazine with a sexy cowgirl, "but uh... I never ah... had opened one," her eyes widened and her nose bleed as the image of a page unfolded in front of her.

Izzy hung on to her neck, "Oh, a redhead! Well done Linds!"

"Uh...".

"Like I was saying, I know this isn't... nice, but to be fair I had forgotten that I had all this, many are quite old," I said while moving some things with my foot, "I haven't touched any of this in a while."

"And I was born in a magical kingdom called Narnia," Heather said.

Lindsay and Izzy gasped, "Really? / And now you tell us?"

She hit her forehead because of the pair of airheads she had for girlfriends.

Izzy now hung on my neck, "Izzy doesn't care, she loves Cody, even if he can't keep it inside his pants."

"That's not exactly a compliment," I said rolling my eyes.

Heather sighed, "I guess it's not that big of a problem", she held up a magazine with soapy girls on the cover and blushed, "I mean, it could have been worse, at least these girls are pretty sexy", it seems like she's embracing her own bisexuality pretty nicely just like Lindsay and Izzy. If it weren't for that she probably would have been in a lot more trouble, "but it still bothers me a little."

"At least they're not men's magazines," Izzy said.

I shuddered, "yes, it can definitely be worse."

"I didn't know they made edible underwear," Lindsay said as she flipped through a new magazine, "oh these cherry panties look like my red swimsuit."

Lindsay, edible swimsuit...

Something warm and moist slipped down my nose and I wasn't the only one, Heather and Izzy put their hands to their noses as well with red faces.

"I don't need any of this anymore, maybe I should throw it away," I said deliberately changing the subject.

"What!? No!" protested Izzy screaming in my ear and almost deafening, "Just look at all this reference material! I want to do everything in these magazines now!", I couldn't help but feel a little panicked at Izzy's enthusiasm in all this. Since we started dating her impulsiveness seems to have changed course, now instead of craving destruction and mindless madness, Izzy has become a huge pervert, even her bisexuality is due to this, I have a theory that Izzy is not completely crazy, it's just that when she becomes obsessed with something... she makes it very serious, "Tie Lindsay up while she's wearing a nurse costume!"

"What!?"

"Take a soapy bath with Heather!", the named opened her eyes wide, "Let you whip me with a belt on my butt!", don't get excited, don't get excited, don't get excited, "we can start when we're all living together".

"Wait, what?", Live all together?

"Haven't they told you yet? That's the reason we came," Izzy said.

I looked at Heather in utter surprise. She sighed, "We were going to talk about it, until she called us here and... yes, that," she said looking at the pile on the ground.

"What's this about?" I asked.

"Well, Heather told me she wants to move house at some point when she comes of age," Lindsay said, "and now that I'm a millionaire I thought that sounded like a cool thing, so it occurred to me, 'Why not buy a house where we can live together?'" she said excitedly, "we all come of age in another year or two... I think, but it wouldn't be a problem if we have money, right?"

"So that's the thing," Heather said, "we've been arguing about it, it would be best to do it when the four of us come of age, because while Lindsay has a lot of money to her name now, I wouldn't want to abuse that."

"I already said that doesn't bother me," the blonde protested.

Heather pinched her cheek and stretched it, "and I said if this were to happen, it would be an effort between the four of us, I'm not going to let you maintain us, don't argue with me," she scolded her, "so that's the way it is."

Wow, just wow, living together is already a big word. Living on my own wouldn't be a problem even now, just with the money from the Drama Brothers it would be quite plausible, but if we put my million together with Lindsay's plus what I know I'm going to earn next, not to mention my early graduation, it wouldn't be that difficult, plus I know that Izzy earned quite a bit from the films she participated in during her short acting career.

Heck, we could actually start living together right now and we wouldn't have any problems until we're old enough to officially work.

"Izzy and Lindsay want to start living together right away, Heather wants to wait until she comes of age, we came to find you to know your opinion," said the redhead.

I sat on the bed, "well, the truth is that I wouldn't have a problem living together", I got straight to the point, the blonde and the redhead began to get excited, but I cut it off suddenly, "but, I also agree with Heather that it can't be right now".

"Owww", they shut down a bit.

"I actually have some plans in mind taking advantage of the fame that the show gave us, and I'm not the only one, Lindsay, you're going to Paris in a few weeks."

"Oh yes... it's true," she said realizing.

"Now that you mention it, Izzy has plans too. I'm going to succeed on the big screen, Duncan stole the win from me in that performance, but I know I'm better at acting than him."

"and lying."

"And going crazy."

"And kissing... I think."

"aw, thank you, so yes, you three, sweets and Heather are dating a future actress," she said dramatically.

"Yes, so it can't be now, we'll all be busy," I said, "besides, there's something that worries me, did you talked about this with your parents? Moving out is a big step in a normal relationship and this is quite... special."

"I don't need their permission," Heather said stubbornly.

"I think mine might protest a little, they weren't very convinced when I talked to them about going to France, although maybe it's because it's so far away," I love you Lindsay, never change.

"Izzy has full permission," she said, "although we might have to move to a remote place, you know, so the military isn't knocking on our door to ask for sugar every day hahahahahahahaha."

"And I haven't spoken to mine yet," I said thinking about it again, "in fact I haven't seen them since I left for the island."

Heather frowned, "Are you worried about what they might think of this?" she pointed around us with her hand.

"Not really, it's unlikely that I'll be thrown out on the street, or that they would be disappointed in me as a person, I'm more curious than anything else," although they may worry when they know I'm going to leave school.

"I have a great-grandfather who is disappointed by everything," Izzy said, "he's old school and he doesn't like the way the world is at all now, he also doesn't approve of my parents' marriage, that we're Canadian, maple leaves, or that my hair is red, he's a decrepit old man," she reneged, but then smiled, "ah~ I love that old bag of bones."

"Yeah, very interesting... my point is that we can reach a middle ground, maybe next year, what do you think?"

"Izzy agrees."

"One year seems good," Lindsay said.

"That's more sensible than living together right away," Heather said.

The truth is that there was one more reason. When the third season ends... I will tell the truth to the three of them. I don't know how they're going to take it, and I can't do it before, even if Heather has changed a lot, this relationship is just beginning, even if I accept her feelings, a relationship isn't built overnight and she's the hard type, if I tell her about it now she'd just get angry. And with everything that is missing, that would not be good.

"Cody, do you have siblings?" Lindsay asked me.

"Uh no, I'm an only child. Why?"

"Oh I was just curious, don't you feel lonely here without your parents?" she asked innocently.

Izzy froze at Lindsay's words and looked at me, "Are your parents at home a lot?" my red-haired girlfriend asked me.

I started to get uncomfortable, "not really, they're busy people", Izzy stared at me, should I be scared?

"Oh, I just remembered something," she said, "you got a message while I was going through your things," she said, pointing to the laptop on my desk.

"Huh?" I walked over to the desk, there was an email notification. I opened it to see what it was. It was a message from my parents.

"Hello son, it's us, we saw you on television, your father bet with other passengers all the time, it was total madness, that show was everything we talked about on the cruise, in a way it was as if you accompanied us throughout our vacation.

We are very proud of you, you really worked hard and made a lot of friends, you were amazing, we had no idea you were capable of so much, it was a shame you didn't win, but I guess in a way you did, you achieved your goal of being famous, everyone is talking about you.

We can't wait to see you, we're sorry we're never around all the time, but it seems like you've managed just fine if the feats you accomplished are any indication of something. Still, we can't wait to congratulate you in person in a few days, and maybe meet those... interesting girls you are dating now.

I can't believe I really just wrote that. Your father laughs out loud every time we talk about it.

Men.

I'd rather talk about this in person, but from what we've seen they're all pretty unique, I hope you know what you're getting into and the responsibility that comes with it. In short, we hope to see you in good health, we love you son.

Ps: Hello son, it's your father, well done.

"awwww, they think we're unique," Izzy said after reading hanging around my neck. She smiled as she looked at me, "hey... you're crying."

"I know," I said with a soft smile. Izzy rubbed her cheek against mine fondly.

"Oh right, that reminds me that my parents talked about having a dinner to meet my boyfriend... boyfriends? You guys," Lindsay said.

"My mom asked me the same thing, and my siblings can't wait to make fun of me," Heather said, rolling her eyes.

"Izzy's family can't wait to meet you," she widened her eyes, "I got it! My family loves barbecues! Let's have a barbecue with everyone! That way they can get to know each other and not just us!", since technically this is a relationship of four, not three girls of a guy, so it would make sense, although seeing that it will be a lot of people...

"Am I the only one who sees fire everywhere in that idea?" said Heather totally worried.

"That's part of the fun hahahahaha," Izzy said excitedly.

"I think we should," I said.

"Are you really going to support this?" asked the queen bee.

"If this relationship is serious and I imagine it is for you as much as it is for me, then this is something that must eventually happen, better to do it all at once than to try to manage it family by family."

"It doesn't bother me," Lindsay said worriedly, "but... It will be difficult to remember so many people, I would not want anyone to be offended if I do not remember their name... or nobody's."

Izzy gave her a hug, "no one has the right to make fun of Izzy's sweet blonde hottie, and if they do, I'll punch them in the face," she said in threat.

"Lindsay has a point, even I can't remember that many people," Heather admitted.

"Well, it looks like Izzy will have to hit a lot of family members, it happens more often than you think," she said, cracking her knuckles.

"Before we move on to inevitable violence," I don't know why, but I feel it's inevitable, "we could make everyone wear badges with their names on them, I imagine we won't be the only ones with that problem," I offered as a solution.

"That's actually a good idea," Heather said smiling, "now just the place and the food thing is missing. In my experience, everything can go to shit just because of a bad meal. Besides, which of the families would take care of that?"

I smiled, in fact I came up with something, "I think I have the perfect solution for that...".

...

Several hours later...

Lindsay and Heather left my house, we were talking about several things about the big presentation barbecue we planned to do until it got dark, none of them could stay because they had school, except...

"I'm staying," Izzy said, clinging to my arm lovingly. I could feel her soft breasts pressed against it.

"What?", all three of us said at once.

"I don't go to school, so I'll spend the night here, is that a problem?" she asked me with what I assume were trying to be puppy eyes, but actually looked psychotic.

"Uh... I guess it's okay," I replied.

"Owww, I envy you now," Lindsay said, she came up to us and gave us each a kiss, "I have school and I have to plan my trip with Beth, so I'm saying goodbye for now."

"Bye Lindsay".

"Good evening," Izzy said, "don't forget, the barbecue will be next weekend."

"I'm also leaving, I have school and if I stay, you two probably wouldn't let me sleep," Heather said, squinting at us.

"Pff, you act like you don't want it, but I know you love what Izzy does to you," the redhead accused her.

Heather shook her head with a blush, "anyway, I'm leaving, I've already given enough kisses for a lifetime," she said as she opened the door of the jeep.

"One day I'll make her kiss us at every opportunity, I swear," Izzy said conspiratorially.

"Hahahahaha, it'll be fun to see that happen," I admitted, a loving Heather... Dreaming is free.

Lindsay waved goodbye as she climbed into the jeep with Heather. We watched as the car drove away before going back inside.

"Well, why don't we eat something while we watch this movie?" said Izzy as she picked up a DVD she pulled out of my room, which had a chestnut lumberjack with her breasts exposed as she cut a log.

I stared at Izzy, "don't take this the wrong way Izzy... but why did you really stay?"

She froze.

"...," she didn't say anything at first, but seeing my expectant gaze, her demeanor changed, "I didn't want Cody to be alone," she said with a sad look, "Izzy didn't know you were home alone too."

"'Too'?" Izzy came over and hugged my head to her chest.

"Izzy hasn't forgotten, Cody lost his friends, his parents aren't home and he doesn't have siblings... he's completely alone, Izzy doesn't want Cody to be alone," she said as she hugged me.

Then I realized the conversation of the challenge of the castaways. Where I told her what happened to my friends... with us. She remembered it and put the pieces together when Lindsay asked if I was feeling lonely... She realized that I usually don't have anyone at home.

Not that bothered me, I had years living alone, but I guess from her point of view, it's kind of sad, especially considering that she has a large family.

I couldn't help but smile at her concern, she has also grown up quite a bit... in more ways than one. I walked away from her, grabbed her cheeks and gave my first girlfriend a slow and passionate kiss (because she is and always will be the first). I slid my hands down her waist and grabbed her ass, she pushed it against my hands delighted while she moaned reciprocating the kiss.

I walked away to see her eager expression, "you're a great girlfriend Izzy, and I love you so much," I said rubbing her butt.

She blushed completely with a silly smile, "Forget the movie, let's go to your room!" she said carrying me on her shoulder with crazy emotion.

"Hahahahahaha, maybe we should eat first."

"That can wait! Izzy wants you to fill her with love and other things right now!"

-0-

Act Three: Plans

In some unknown town...

"Well, if it's not the place, then this town has some serious issues," I said as I looked at the gated entrance to the dumpster where Shawn supposedly resided most of the time. On the walls was written in spray paint was "no brains here, get out", as well as wooden stakes around the fence and gate, and watchtowers at the top. Who knows what other traps will be inside?

I approached the closed door, on it was written "if you are not a zombie knock three times, no more, no less", alright...

Knock, knock, knock *

At first nothing happened.

...

..

.

But then a window opened at the door revealing suspicious eyes.

"Yeah...?"

"Uh... I'm looking for Shawn," I said knowing it was him.

He didn't lose his suspicious look, "For what purpose? Who sends you? If you're looking for brains, painting makes it clear that there aren't any brains here."

"...", wow... This guy is as conspiratorial in person as he is on the show. I pulled out a clipping from the newspaper where he was shouting, "I came across this article about him, about zombies attacking at any time. I wanted to meet him because I don't think he's as crazy as others think", well yes... but he's still cool.

Shawn's eyes widened, "Are you serious?" I nodded, "...Why did you want to see him?"

"... I want him to teach me how to survive the apocalypse," I mean it, who knows what Chris is capable of, that man is dangerous.

Shawn raised an eyebrow, looked me up and down, then closed the window. A second later, the door opened and a thin arm dragged me inside with ease.

I saw how the zombie boy quickly closed the door and looked at me.

The entire dump had been modified from the inside to look like a fortress, makeshift weapons, helmets, half-built escape vehicles, cans of beans hidden under a tarp, dated supplies, and hatches in strategic locations. Say what you will about Shawn, but if the end of the world comes, he'll no doubt be alive and kicking.

"I've seen you on TV," he said pointing to an old black-and-white TV, "you seem pretty skilled, why would you want me to teach you anything? You seem quite capable of surviving on your own," he asked suspiciously.

"Well, one is never prepared enough, right? My knowledge of... Real Zombies is quite limited, besides, if you saw me on television you will know that there are three girls I want to protect if the apocalypse comes."

"Hmm...," he rubbed his hairy chin as he considered my words, "I don't know... there are so many things I could spend that time on."

"I'll pay you".

"Hmm...".

"... and... Will I help you build getaway vehicles?" I said, pointing to the mountain of car parts, "I'm good at putting things together," I reminded him.

"Deal!" said Shawn shaking my hand quickly, "I've never had anyone else interested in anti-zombie training, this will be interesting, and here between us, those three girls of yours are a bonus. Someone must be in charge of repopulating the Earth in case everyone gets infected. If I'm honest, I was a little worried about that part, I haven't been able to find a girl willing to be a backup plan," he said with a surprised expression.

You haven't found it yet my paranoid friend, "by the way, I have this exercise plan from a friend, I was wondering if we could include some of this," I said giving him Eva's plan.

He read it, "wow, this is pretty good... If you want to be a Marine or a soldier, and those are the ones who are on the front lines when the zombies arrive, this is not suitable for a survivor but for someone who wants to die quickly... although... some of these we could implement," he said checking a few things off the list, "survival is about ingenuity, not muscle, if you have to choose between either of the two, then always choose ingenuity."

"Great, I'm glad the plan isn't a waste... so... When do we start?"

"How about right now?" Shawn pulled a whistle from his pocket and blew it, "...", however, I didn't hear anything.

"What was it for-?"

"Woof, woof!", my eyes widened, two Doberman dogs were running towards us.

"AHHHHHHHHH!", we ran out of them.

"Lesson number one! Velocity! Don't let them catch you!" shouted Shawn running beside me.

"¡Woof, woof, woof, woof! (¡Fresh meat! ¡Chase, chase, chase!)".

"Woof, woof, woof, woof! (If a squirrel runs at 90 km/h. Plus its weight, the angle of inclination of the earth, coupled with the fact that flies only live an average of 28 days... Who was the son of a bitch who urinated on my tree!?)"

"How long are we going to run!?"

"Until they get bored! It will be the first lesson of the day from now on!"

I'm already regretting this.

-0-

POV. Third person

Many days later... at night.

A taxi pulled up in front of Cody's house, a woman in her thirties (real age unknown for confidentiality reasons) with black hair and blue eyes, looking down at the house, as she debated whether or not to get off.

"And... Are we going to get down or what?" asked a man also with blue eyes, but with brown hair, while looking at his wife with an eyebrow raised due to her anxious behavior.

She sighed, "yes, yes, I know, it's just... We haven't seen him since he went to that camp and you saw him, I didn't recognize him in the least during that show."

"Yes... that was totally a surprise, did you know that he was capable of any of those things?"

"No... I didn't know... but when I think about it, what do we really know about him, we haven't spent much quality time together... I don't know anything about my own son," she sighed, "What kind of mother am I?"

"...Do you think the three girls thing is because I had the talk too early with him?"

His wife turned to look at him immediately with an angry expression, "No... you think!? Connor, he was twelve years old! The boy became a pervert because of you and yes, I'm blaming you for that! Now our son is going through very important moments in his life and not being there makes me feel bad!"

Connor raised both hands in surrender, "alright, alright, let's not look for culprits, especially since I'm not to blame, our son is growing up, not as we imagined he would be... seriously, I never imagined it. But it's not like he's joining a cult or running away from home to live a libertine life, he's not hurting anyone, in fact, it's the other way around, they're still a kind and noble guy, he helped those girls, they agreed to be with him, he's not forcing them, they seemed very happy... except for that Asian one. So... I guess we can follow through with the congratulations we promised, what do you say Rachel?"

She sighed, "I say you're taking this too lightly; one girlfriend comes with a lot of responsibility, I can't imagine three and Cody is just a teenager, what if he did this because he felt like we didn't love him enough? What if he hates us?"

"You were the one who feared not having grandchildren, now look on the bright side... you will surely have many."

"Yes, I feared it, but this is not the alternative I expected."

"I didn't honestly either, this might sound bad but, I thought our son was a complete nerd... and it turns out that I was wrong, very wrong... we owe him an apology at the very least... so, ready to face music?"

She exhaled, "No... but we have to do it," they got out of the taxi, and she approached the passenger window to pay, "we're sorry to hold you up for so long, you can keep the change."

The taxi driver was a very large, dark-skinned teenager with a red cap and an opaque black, almost gray coat and an oversized red sweatshirt underneath. In his ear was a gold earring, he nodded with his cap and a smile to the couple in gratitude without saying anything, then left.

"Did you hear him say anything at some point?" asked Cody's father.

"Now that you mention it, I don't think so," Rachel said as she also watched the taxi drive away with intrigue.

The two took their bags and approached the door, stopping before it for a moment, adjusting their thoughts. Cody had written to them after reading their letters, notifying them of his arrival home after the show ended, and replied to their mail from a few days ago. He said that a barbecue was going to be held next weekend, where he was going to introduce them to his girlfriends and their families simultaneously, and he also mentioned that he had plans to graduate before high school, something about a plan to return to the showbusiness.

If he had told them that before he went on TV they probably would have scolded him, but his son was always smart, at least they knew that, and on the show he was quite mature, so at least they wanted to hear what it was all about.

"The house must be a mess," Rachel said, both sighing at the idea.

Then they finally went in.

...

..

.

And they were greatly surprised to see a cleaner and tidier house than when they left. It looked like an entire cleaning crew had passed through the site.

They looked into the kitchen, and a cereal-filled Cody stared back.

"Hey, welcome, I thought you'd be out another day-," Cody didn't finish speaking when his mother ran over and wrapped him in a tight hug.

"We missed you so much, love! I'm so glad to finally see you again!" said her happy mother. All her animosity disappeared the instant she saw her son again.

Cody in a frozen state, slowly wrapped his arms around his mother and with a sad nostalgic smile, returned the hug, "mm... it's been a long time since we've seen each other, hasn't it?"

"We're sorry we're not always here," his mother said separating from him, "don't think we don't love you for that."

"It's okay, I get it, it must be hard," Cody said.

They both looked at their son in surprise, it seemed that a lifetime had passed since they had not seen him, he seemed more mature, more sure of himself, he always looked like a ball of nerves when he did not pretend to be a flirt.

"Hey son, it seems like we have a lot of things to talk about," his father said.

"Yes... I have a lot to tell you... Let me start at the beginning, where it all began, the dock of shame."

-0-

POV. Cody

"Today's exercise is pretty easy. You have to crawl through the vent, climb up those cartoonish construction scaffolds, evade the pendulums, slide down the zip line, jump and through the forest of poles without falling, do a backwards somersault on the balance beam, climb the smooth wall using only the strength of your fingers, crawl down a pipe, take the flag, do everything in reverse and come back here," Shawn said pointing to each obstacle, "oh, and you have to do all this always at the height of three meters above the ground, that's the optimal height so that the zombies don't reach you, any questions?"

I looked at him with wide eyes, "yes, does this seem easy to you!?"

He shrugged, "You'll thank me when the apocalypse comes and you have to go out into the zombie-infested streets to get supplies, now run!"

I sighed, I've survived worse, "at least you could tell me why did we have to sneak into a construction site to do this?"

-0-

"Okay, do you have everything you need?" the exam proctor asked me.

"Yes, I'm ready to go."

He raises an eyebrow at the apparent confidence I had that I was going to pass, he probably thinks that I don't know what I'm getting into. It's pretty funny to be underestimated in the real world. Unlike the show I don't have to keep up appearances as to what I can do, so I can freely exert myself, "Well, whatever you say, you have 8 hours to take the exam. And it begins...", he looked at his watch, "now".

I cracked my neck, well let's do this.

...

8 hours later...

"Ok, that's it, the time is up, I hope you're done," the proctor said as I took my exam.

"Yes, I managed to finish it on time."

"A letter with your results will be sent to you at a later date, please stay tuned."

"Mm, I'll keep that in mind," even though I think I've done well, I can't help but feel nervous about the results.

-0-

"Firearms are useless in the apocalypse. They run out of bullets, they need constant maintenance, they are ruined if you drag them through the mud and they are extremely noisy, you would have a horde on you when you least expect it. But this...," Shawn said as he lifted a slingshot, "rope-up guns are quiet, they don't need specific ammunition and you can repair them with just about anything. It can be a slingshot, a bow or a crossbow, and from the latter two you can even recover the arrows."

I made sure to write down what Shawn was saying. I had bandages on various parts of my body by now. Some of his survival exercises were quite brutal.

Once we got past the Dobermans, he made me run away from them carrying a backpack full of rocks to pretend they were supplies.

He always ended the day with a briefing, in which he talked about suggestions, ideas, or more useful ways to take advantage of the things at your disposal.

Almost all of this could be applied to the show, which made me acutely aware of the similarities of this one to a post-apocalyptic fate, one where Chris was in charge... terrifying.

-0-

Act Four: Family and Friends

I was sitting in the back seat of the car looking out the window. At this time we were on our way to the place where the meeting would be. My parents were much more nervous than I was about this.

It felt weird to talk to them after so long, on the one hand, I was an adult in the body of a teenager, on the other, I was interacting only with teenagers and Chris since I came back to the past. I'm pretty sure they noticed how different I was. But just as I expected, they chalked it up to puberty.

As for the issue of girls... well, they didn't know what to think.

For now, they have given me their support, but they are worried about what Lindsay, Heather and Izzy's parents may think of me, since a boy who puts together a harem would not be well seen by anyone.

But it's not like I'm the central axis of all this (if we were to point fingers then we can all point to Izzy), the girls love each other too and that's important. I had never met the parents of other competitors besides Noah's who were at his wedding, Owen's and DJ's mother. And this time I'll introduce myself as the boyfriend, so things are going to get interesting.

"It looks like we're here, is this the place?"

I looked out the window, it was a clearing in a forest with a lake and a pier, there was a small cabin and beavers everywhere, they had their dam a little far away in the water. There was a sign carved at the entrance that read "Happy Beavers Park." From here you could see the picnic tables and chairs that were set up for the meeting.

"Yes, it's here," I confirmed.

...

"Oh, you're the first to arrive, welcome," DJ said as he brought a large number of dishes on his own and put them on one of the tables.

"Thank you for doing us this favor DJ", while my parents looked around, I greeted the gentle giant. I swear I'll repay you this favor DJ, I won't let any curse fall on you.

We contacted him to see if he would be willing to cook for an important event, and he was more than delighted. He said it would serve as practice for the cooking show he's planning to do with his mom and Owen.

"There is no problem, I think it is very good that they make this type of meeting so that everyone knows each other, I can tell that you are taking it seriously."

"Hahahahaha, yeah, we try to take it seriously... at least until Izzy arrives."

"Don't worry, we have fire extinguishers everywhere in case something happens."

"Good to know", I greeted his mother who brought a tray with brownnies, "hello mama", she always insisted that we call her that, "it looks delicious", despite knowing the consequences I tried to take one.

*Blow*

"Not before lunch, boy," she scolded me after slapping my hand, "DJ, honey, we're missing a picnic basket."

"How strange," DJ said while scratching his head, "I would swear I left it with the rest here at the table."

...

POV. Third person

Behind some bushes...

"(Hmm~ you were right Yogi, these sandwiches are delicious)," said a small light brown bear who had a very large blue tie.

"(Don't underestimate my sense of smell, Boo-Boo I can smell a picnic basket more than a hundred kilometers away)," said a large brown bear who had a green hat and a green tie.

"(Aren't you worried that we might be discovered Yogi?)".

"(Not at all, I'm smarter than the rest of the bears, we just have to be careful)," Yogi said as he looked through the bushes for his next target.

...

POV. Cody

"Maybe, an animal stole it, possibly a raccoon," there are many in the vicinity.

"(Raccoon! That offends me... mm!)".

We looked around because of some weird noises, but there was nothing, just a few leaves flying from a bush, "Did you hear that?"

"Yeah... What could it have been?" said DJ surprised.

"Hi, we're Cody's parents, I'm Connor and she's Rachel," my dad said as they came to say hello, "we saw you on TV, you are DJ right?"

"Yes sir, nice to meet you," he shook hands with both of them, "my mama and I will be in charge of the food today, so you don't have to worry."

Without any of us noticing, a hairy paw stole a cake from the table.

"He's even taller in person," my mother whispered to me.

"Yep, he is," I noticed out of the corner of my eye as another car, a large red pickup truck, pulled into the parking lot, "it looks like someone else has arrived."

We all paid attention to the people who got out of the vehicle, which were seven.

"You have to be kidding, this can't be the place," said a rather irritated female and youthful voice.

"We missed the hockey game to meet our sister's master, couldn't they do this in a place with signal, air conditioning and beautiful waitresses serving shrimp?" said a young male voice.

"Today the Yukon panthers were playing!" said another somewhat nasal voice.

"He's not my master, you idiots! Another word from you and you'll be beaver food!", ah~ that's the sweet voice of my little angel of death.

"Guys, not everyone can afford the same kind of privileges as us, so don't judge," said a much more adult male voice.

"Gerard!" a mature female voice scolded him.

"Yep, there's our first impression," said a voice very similar to Heather's, but deeper and more indifferent.

DJ, DJ's mom, my parents and I watched as Heather's family got out of the car between arguments.

"They... they look quite sophisticated...", my mother said to fill the silence.

And she wasn't wrong.

I knew this from the mouth of the adult Heather herself. Her family is in what would be considered to be the first rung to the upper class of society (i.e. with a lot of money, but not necessarily rich), at least I know that they have a lot more money than average people and apparently had no problem sharing this with everyone.

Let's start with what seem to be the minors, it was a boy shorter than me and with a bored look. I'd say he was about 12 years old, his hair (and the whole family's) was black and straight like Heather's, black eyes with Asian features (like everyone except the father) and he was wearing a Panthers tracksuit, with expensive embroidery and it looked very expensive.

Next was a sharp-eyed girl similar to Heather's, her whole appearance was similar to her sister's, but more childish, she had a white blouse with dropped shoulders and thin black horizontal lines, jean mini shorts, and she had black leggings underneath, she was wearing boots that were definitely not for the countryside, and on her head a French beret. I would say she's about 14 years old.

The next one had short and well-combed hair, you would surely think that he is the president of the student council of some school, his clothes consisted of beige shorts, brand name sneakers and a shirt that probably belonged to some country club. I would say that he is 15 years old, he is quite close in age to us.

These are Heather's younger siblings, who she told me about at our little meeting a few days ago.

And speaking of the queen bee, she finally noticed us and her gestures softened a bit. I walked over to say hello first as it would be a bit awkward for the others. And because I'm the boyfriend after all.

"Hello, welcome to this presentation barbecue," I greeted them animatedly.

Heather opened her mouth to speak, "Hello! You must be Cody!", but before I knew it I had been grabbed by both hands and waved them hard as I saw the smiling face of a woman who was very similar to my girlfriend only much older, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you! I mean, we saw you on TV! And Heather hasn't stopped talking about you since she came back!" Heather's face was a crooked, red, petrified grimace, grimace of shame and fright.

"Mom!"

"Oh I'm sorry! As I said, we've heard a lot of good things from you! I thank you so much for loving my girl, she has a hard time opening up to people! So you must be very special if she really wanted to date you even though you were already in a relationship, I never saw her as excited as today!"

"MOM!"

"Here between us I think she can be a little shy, so thank you for understanding her."

"Pff, shy, yes of course," said the 12-year-old brother. Heather got angry and stomped on his foot, "Ouch!"

"Oh where are my manners!" said Heather's mother as she finally let go of my hands, "I'm Helen, Heather's mother."

"Nice to meet you," I said, still processing everything I had just let go. Call me crazy (no, really), but Heather's mom looks a little bit... more excited about our relationship than Heather herself. And we are talking about a relationship of four.

"And I'm Gerard, Heather's father, nice to meet you," her father said, extending his hand. He seems much calmer than his wife. He had a turtleneck and shorts, wore glasses, and his hair was gray.

"Is that all you're going to say? He's your son-in-law," Helen whispered in her ear without being discreet in the least.

"They're not married, don't exaggerate."

"But they could be, unless someone ruins our first impression."

"Again, you're just going to end up scaring him away with that demanding attitude and then we won't have anybody to take care of our daughter."

"Well, you will give him the wrong idea that you do not accept him with that indifferent attitude, it is as if you do not want to be here."

"I wanted to go to the game! Why did they have to schedule this meeting for today?"

I stood blinking as Heather's parents started an argument right in front of everyone... I honestly don't know what to think.

"It was today, because my sister's other girlfriends have engagements afterwards," said a somewhat deep voice behind me.

I turned around immediately.

*Boing*

And I could only think one thing as my eyes widened and my face slowly turned red, 'They're huge!'

Evaluating, curious black eyes stared back at me. She was as tall as Lindsay, and as big as Lindsay, but she had long black hair, her face was very much like Heather's... only more mocking and less furious. It was like seeing what would happen if someone put Heather's face on Lindsay's body, she even had very defined curves. She also wore short shorts, revealing her soft and slender legs, she had a white top that reached above the navel and a beige brand jacket with short sleeves that barely reached her waist. Her top was very low-cut. I know because I'm in front of her, her hair was a little curly at the ends, but I don't think it's natural. This is Heather's older sister, I'd say she's like 18 or 19 years old.

She looked me up and down, "Hi, I'm Harley, your sister-in-law, so you're the famous Cody who humiliated my sister on national television and put her in some kind of harem, huh?" she said with an intimidating, imposing look that honestly scared me a little. However, she put her phone in front of me before I said anything, "Do you want to see a picture of her after she gets out of the shower?", in the photo Heather was seen from behind staring at the camera in surprise, the towel barely covering her.

"AHHHHH!", the real Heather ran over and covered my eyes, "I told you to delete that!" she yelled at her sister.

"Aww, is so cute how you're embarrassed to be seen by him," Harley said in a mocking voice, "I have to thank you, Cody, it's easier to tease her now that she has a boyfriend," Heather growled at her sister.

"Hello uh... I'm Rachel, Cody's mother," my mother said a little nervously.

"And I'm Connor, his father."

"And I'm a DJ and... I guess I'm in charge of the food."

Despite the somewhat awkward situation, the others came over to introduce themselves and say hello, which gave me time to talk to Heather.

"You have an interesting... family".

"I hate them... each and every one of them," she said with her arms crossed and her brow furrowed. Harley stuck out her tongue while she showed her her middle finger.

"Something tells me that the feeling is mutual."

"Hello Heather," DJ greeted her.

"Hi DJ, I know I don't say this very, very often... unless it's offensive... but... uh... tha... thank you for... doing this f ... for... u... us...", I rolled my eyes at Heather's vague attempt to genuinely thank someone.

"Hey," I turned around to see Heather's younger male brothers looking at me.

"Are you really my sister's boyfriend?" asked the younger one with a doubtful look.

"Yes... I am."

"Are you rich?".

"Uh... No?"

"Then why is she dating you if you don't have any money?"

"Don't be rude," said the other boy.

"But Heather is just interested in money."

"I've had enough! You're dead!"

"AHHHHHHHHH!", everyone stopped what they were doing while an angry Heather chased the youngest of her brothers, oh yes, so far everything is going great. A second later the conversations continued, although a little more uncomfortable.

Heather's other brother sighed, "my name is Garrett," he seems quite normal, "national tennis champion, excellent chess player, president of the student council two years in a row and a horse-riding practitioner, nice to meet you," he said with a proud smile.

"...", well... At least it cannot be denied that they are siblings, "a pleasure... I guess."

"The boy my sister is chasing is Gleen, and she," he said, pointing to the younger girl walking along the edge of the lake trying to find a sign, "it's Hilda."

"Wait... so, men's names all begin with G and women's with H?", how strange, is this what they call the whims of the rich?

"Yes... that's right... Our parents did it that way because it makes it easier to remember our names," he said with his eye trembling. I guess I, too, would be offended if I was given so little importance as not to bother too much to remember my name.

*Uproar*

A loud noise in the cabin caught everyone's attention, "What's going on there?" I asked.

DJ scratched the back of his neck, "oh yes, I forgot to tell you, someone else came to help with the food."

"Scared squeals," a couple of raccoons ran out of the cabin with a few grapes.

"Miserable pests, come back here with the ingredient for the wine!", my eyes widened when I saw who came out of the cabin with a kitchen knife in his hand.

"Chef!?" Heather and I shouted at the same time. Glen took advantage of this to distance himself from his sister.

The cook skidded until he stopped in front of DJ and I smiling ominously, "hehehehehehe, in flesh and blood welded".

"Chef, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Are you kidding? I wasn't going to miss this," he said pointing around us, "besides...", he put his huge arm around DJ's neck, "I had to make sure that my old apprentice didn't screw up, you're still too soft, kid", Chef narrowed his eyes looking at the table with the food. Where Heather's father was about to have a brownnie.

*Throw, nail*

"AHHHHH!" and he freaked out as the chef's knife passed close to his hand and stuck in the table.

"There's no food for vermin!" the chef shouted.

"Excuse me!? My husband can be many things, but vermin is not one of them!"

"Yes... wait, what?" however, before Chef could explain his more than slightly rude behavior. A huge brown bear and a small brown bear ran out from under the table.

"(Run, Boo-Boo, they've discovered us!)"

"(I'm running Yogi, but I have short legs!)"

"AHHHHH!".

*Boom*

Heather's father fainted in surprise.

*Flash*

Little Hilda was taking pictures, "oh~ my friends aren't going to believe this," she said with sadistic humor.

"Did those bears have a hat and a bow?" my dismayed and confused mother asked.

"Nature these days is out of control," my father said.

"Not to mention," Chef said returning to our conversation, "that now that the show is over I didn't have anything better to do, and this seemed like a lot of fun, hehehehehe," he laughed ominously as he looked at the frightened faces of Heather's siblings.

Yes, Chef can be very intimidating when you first meet him. But it's not so bad when you know him for two lifetimes.

"I asked him for some recipes and told him the situation, so he was here when mom and I arrived," DJ explained.

"I suppose you can stay, too," Heather said skeptically as she returned to us after not finding her brother, "but none of that disgusting camp food," she warned him seriously.

"That offends me, witch, I can cook good food if I feel like it," said an offended Chef. You're right, who did you think cooked the first-class food on the Jumbo jet? And he even did it while flying the plane, "I didn't do it at camp on Chris's orders... besides, I didn't like you."

Heather rolled her eyes, "you can stay, but who the hell is he?" she said, pointing to a cameraman I remember seeing several times during the show, the one who looks like a pizza delivery man. He was deliberately recording us.

"I'm coming from Celebrity Manhunt, they want some shots to use during the year-end interviews during the Gemmie Awards," oh, so Blaineley and Josh are already starting to gather information early, "just pretend I'm not here and continue talking," the cameraman said as he backed away becoming invisible again.

Heather slapped her forehead and began massaging the bridge of her nose, "this is going... so good," she said sarcastically.

I patted her on the back, "okay, it's not that bad, besides, we've faced worse disasters on the show, if the worst comes, we can improvise," I kissed her on the cheek and she immediately turned red.

"How are you so calm?" she asked me.

Mental maturity, I imagine, "I just think about how crazy everything will get when Izzy and her family arrive."

Heather's face turned completely pale, "oh shit, this place is going to go up in flames."

"D-Don't worry, we have fire extinguishers," DJ tried to calm her down.

*Beep, beep*

Just at that moment a dark blue convertible pulled into the parking lot, and from here four blond heads could be seen.

Lindsay and her family have arrived.

A tall, blond, fit man in sunglasses and expensive brand camping clothes got out of the driver's seat, was on the phone, "no, you listen to me, tell that guy to start calling his lawyers, I'm taking this to court."

"..."

"What do you mean I'm exaggerating? The guy gave me a bad haircut, the left side is two millimeters taller than the right side, I look like a freak."

"Beep, beep, beep, beep."

"Hello? Hello? Pff, I knew I shouldn't have hired mall lawyers."

"Cody!"

*Boing*

Before I knew it I was pinned against a couple of soft, huge melons as Lindsay hugged me with great enthusiasm, by now this shouldn't surprise me anymore, but it still does, Lindsay is always going to be extremely affectionate after all. She walked away and her melons were replaced by her sweet, soft lips. A second later she cut off the kiss and looked at me, "I'm so happy to see you," she said with a huge smile. Her outfit consisted of her red top, denim shorts, her signature boots, and her usual headscarf.

"Hahahaha, I'm glad to see you again too, Linds," I smiled back.

"That's the girl that's dating our sister!?" said Garrett wide-eyed with a stunned look.

"She is~... so~... beautiful~," Gleen said dreamily.

"Heather wouldn't date her even in her dreams," Hilda said with wide eyes, Heather looked at her with complacency which made her angry.

"Heather!", Lindsay didn't think twice before going to hug the queen bee giving her the same treatment as me and surprising the guests a little with her audacity.

"Wow," Harley said as she recorded the scene with her phone.

"Why!?" shouted Gleen falling to her knees in dramatic fashion, I hate to say it buddy, but you'd be lucky if she remembers your name by the end of the day.

Lindsay ended the kiss with the queen bee who did her best to stay serious, "hello Lindsay, welcome," she said while looking everywhere but Lindsay, this did not discourage the blonde in the least.

Lindsay threw herself into the arms of the friendly giant, who spun her several times.

"Hey! Hi Lindsay, it's been a while," DJ lowered her and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "you look pretty good"

"Thank you, hello mama," she greeted DJ's mom, she returned the greeting. Lindsay was surprised to see Chef here, "Chef? Is Chris here?" she said, looking around nervously. Now that you mention it, I didn't consider that the presence of Chef could imply the presence of a certain host.

"Chris isn't here, he's trying to repair his reputation after you rambunctious guys ruined it in that last Aftermath... good that one by the way."

"Thank you," I said with a smile.

"Guys, let me introduce you to my parents and my sister," Lindsay said as two people came toward us, the man from before who was trying to comb his hair while looking at himself in a hand mirror, and a girl whose definition of beautiful falls short. Everything that made Lindsay beautiful and sexy she had, but bigger, I didn't think that was possible. Her hair and eyes were the same, only she didn't have the fringes Lindsay hides under her scarf. Her hair was cascading down from her head and looked very fluffy.

*Boom*

We all turned to watch Glenn faint with hearts in his eyes, oh dude, if you didn't stand a chance with Lindsay, you could only offer yourself here as a personal rug. She appeared to be between 19 or 20 years old.

"Cody, he's my father Louis," the blond man took off his glasses and looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Nice to meet you, sir," I said.

"Weren't you Tyler?" he asked me curiously, I stiffened.

"What happened to the one in the red tracksuit?" he asked his daughter.

"That was Tyler dad, I only went out with him for a few days, this is Cody my boyfriend," Lindsay told him somewhat annoyed.

He looked at me again with a bored face, "This one? Really? At least the red one had all its teeth," I rolled my eyes, okay, I think I know where this is going, if we were stereotypes on the show, then it stands to reason that the people who raised us in some cases would also be an extension of those stereotypes, in which case I fear even more for what Izzy may bring when she arrives.

"Dad!" Lindsay said very annoyed.

"What? Just point out that it looks bad, you must at least have money, right?"

"Yes... I actually live in a castle where we raise crocodiles for people who want to put them in their pits," I said sarcastically.

"Pff," Lindsay's sister, Paula, covered her mouth to keep from laughing.

"I see, that's a respectable occupation, who doesn't want crocodiles in their moat? Maybe we should build one, that would keep annoying people away from our mansion," on the other hand, her father... How did Lindsay end up being such an adorable and sweet person?

"And she's Heather," Lindsay introduced her.

Her father looked at her up and down, Heather looked at him boredly, I guess she didn't like his previous attitude.

"Now we're talking!" he said quickly shaking Heather's hand, "it's nice to see my little girl relate to someone who looks so good, you look like you're high class."

"Yes, the pleasure is mine," Heather said with a fake smile and a trembling eye.

ohhhhh... I get it, he's completely shallow, he doesn't even care about Heather's gender or the fact that she's the second person to date his daughter. That means he wasn't specifically looking down on me, just my appearance, social class, and economic situation... Good to know.

"I apologize for his attitude," Paula stood in front of me, "he doesn't usually talk to people who aren't business partners or important people in the modeling industry."

"I... see, that explains some things," I said a little nervously. Judge me if you want, but it's very difficult to talk to someone so beautiful and not have your eyes deliberately try to drift to others... parts.

Worst of all, I didn't expect in the least the big hug she gave me next, "I saw you during the program, thank you for taking such good care of my sister, I'm really happy for your relationship."

My whole body froze, softness and fragrance was all I could feel and smell, she was very warm. Shit, my face feels extremely hot.

"Hey Paula," my heart almost stopped when I heard Lindsay's voice right behind me.

Her sister let go of me and we both looked at her, "Where's Mom?" she asked looking around.

Paula blinked, "uh... now that you mention it, I don't see her anywhere."

"Help!" a high-pitched voice sounded from the convertible, "The car caught me and won't let go!"

Paula sighed, "Mom, you're wearing your seat belt."

"... Oh, it's true, how crazy, I mean, thank you darling," I blinked a couple of times. From the looks of it, Paula is the one who won the intellectual lottery in her family.

The car door opened and it was as if everything was put in slow motion with background music, from the car under a woman to whom the words beautiful, sexy or even hot, would fall short. Beautiful pearly blue eyes, golden hair that glistens in the sun and moves in the wind, smooth and flawless skin, huge breasts that bounced with every breath, totally exposed hourglass waist with flat abdomen, a butt that staggered from side to side with every step. All complemented with revealing country clothes similar to that of her daughters.

You can't tell me anything for gawking at Lindsay's mom when all the men and women in this place were looking at it with the same goofy face, partly because of the woman's impossible beauty, and partly because, in fact, she was a famous person.

"It's probably bad if I howl," said the chef, "but what the hell, AWOOOOOOOOO!"

"Uh, this forest is so like... green, wasn't there another color?"

"...", she's definitely Lindsay's mother.

"Heather has a nosebleed!" Lindsay said in alarm.

Heather covered her nose with a napkin, as well as many others covertly, myself included.

"I'm fine, I swear don't worry," Heather reassured her with a face red with embarrassment.

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! You're Esther! The most famous and beautiful model in all of Canada!" said Heather's mother as she stood in front of the blonde woman, "I'm a big fan of your fashion line."

She smiled at her, "thank you, even though I thought no one would recognize me, I'm incognito after all," she said.

"Incognito? Don't take offence, but it doesn't look much different from your magazines," Hilda said while acting as paparazzi, "oh I already want to see Elena's face when I show her that I talked to Ester and she didn't."

"Don't be silly, of course I'm incognito, that is, I'm not wearing my regular makeup and I have this fake beauty mark," she said pointing to a small mole on the upper right of her full lips, "I'm practically someone else, now where are my future daughters and son-in-law?" she asked innocently making Lindsay blush.

"Uh... that would be me," I said unsure after meeting his father.

"And me," Heather said as she avoided looking at her.

"And me," said Gleen who had returned from his swoon, Chef stood in front of him.

She walked first to me and held my hands, "nice to meet you Cody, congratulations on your relationship," she said with a big smile. My eyes widened in surprise, "muack~, muack~", she kissed me on both cheeks and then went to hold Heather's hands, "aw, you are a very beautiful girl", I could see from here how Heather's heart was beating ten times faster, "congratulations on making amends and reconciling, muack~, muack~", she also kissed her on both cheeks causing her to burst red. Well, now I know where Lindsay got her kindness.

It seems that Heather is leaning more and more towards her taste in girls than boys. Maybe it's because there's only one guy in this relationship.

"She's a big fan of the show, she's been trying to follow the advice you gave Lindsay, she used to be less considerate and kind," Paula told me. Oh... That also explains a lot of things now.

I felt a hand on my shoulder, my mother looked at me worriedly, "Hey Cody, all of you... girlfriends, are they high-class people?", she asked me nervously. It must feel out of place to see so many people with a lot of money and attitude.

"Well, Heather and Lindsay are from wealthy families, but Izzy..."

"Oh, nine hundred bottles on the wall, Oh thousand bottles on the wall~"

Time, great timing as always. We all watched as a bus of all things arrived at the camp. And a lot of people were singing 99 bottles on the wall.

"WOO~ HOO~! Hahahahahahahaha!" and standing as if she was surfing on top of some rafts tied to the top of the bus, was my number one lunatic girlfriend.

"Hello everyone! Izzy and her family have arrived! Hahahahahahaha!" she greeted us from above.

"That girl is missing a screw," Gerald said with a grimace.

"That seems fun," Glen's said.

"Yes... Why don't you try? I drive," Hilda told him with a sadistic smile.

"CODY!" shouted Izzy as she jumped off the moving bus right towards me... shit.

*Blow*

"Uff," I have to thank Shawn, his training is really helping me, otherwise that hit would have hurt a lot more. I stroked the head of the redhead hugging my waist, "hello Izzy, welcome."

"MUACK~", she gave me a loud and loud kiss, then stood up and went to hug Lindsay and Heather at the same time, "Hey girls!"

"Hi Izzy!" Lindsay returned the greeting just as happily.

"Hello," Heather said.

"Muack~, muack~," she gave each of them a kiss. Then he let go of them and began to distribute hugs among the assembled adults, "Hello fathers and mothers-in-law" I couldn't wait to meet you all! WOO HOO!"

"Wow, you're full of energy honey," my mom said in surprise as Izzy twirled over her. Okay, nothing has caught fire or exploded, I'd say everything is going well so far.

Izzy let go of my mother and went on high alert, "Chef!"

He smiled cheekily at her, "You didn't think we would meet in these circumstances, did you?"

She narrowed her eyes and made the gesture of "I'm watching you", then her attitude took a 180-degree turn, "Hey everyone! Izzy wants to introduce you to her family," the bus doors finally opened.

"Hahahahahahaha!", three children who were around six or seven years old, came out of the bus running and laughing.

"They are some of my cousins, don't try to remember their names, they are very confusing," said Izzy, then a girl almost our age got out who looked everywhere cautiously and shrank slightly "my cousin Sofia".

"Izzy, why are we in a forest? Don't you know that there are bears in the woods? And raccoons and...", she gasped in panic, "Is that a squirrel!?", said squirrel shrugged.

"(No, there are no bears here)."

"(Yogi, hide)."

"He doesn't leave the house much," Izzy said without losing his smile. Next up was a tall boy older than us dressed in effeminate fashion, "my cousin Michael."

"Oh hello everyone~! Don't we have a wonderful climate today~?" he even spoke in an effeminate way. He gasped, "Oh my god, oh my god, it's Ester!" he said looking at Lindsay's mother, "I'm a fan of your skinny pants collection."

"Aww, wow thank you", alright... now I understand why Izzy said to be aware of him.

"AHHH!", a tall and slightly muscular boy running off the bus, "Who put me in a vehicle? Don't they know that these things have engines? Engines explode!", his brother the motorphobic I guess.

"He's Henry, my brother. I think the sedative lost its effect."

"You sedated me!? Again!?", does it mean that it is not the first time?

"Sure, how else were you going to come?" said Izzy smiling. Henry left muttering something about Izzy under his breath, "my uncle David," a thin man with a bushy beard and paint stains on a Hawaiian shirt got off the bus. The most remarkable thing about him is that he was missing half of his left ear.

"Oh, there's so many different people gathered, and the lake is so beautiful, I feel so inspired to paint something," he seems... very chill.

"My aunt Gertrudis."

"KYAAAAAAAAAAA~!" a big, chubby woman ran down running down and pushing David to the ground inadvertently, "Where is he? Where is the lucky guy? AH! But you're a sweetie!" she said excitedly as she twisted Garrett's cheeks.

"AHHH, AHHHH, My face, my face! Madam, you're wrong!" howled Heather's brother. I swallowed hard, that could have been me.

"My mom, Margarita," a woman with her hair tied in a bulging, fluffy ponytail behind her head under the vehicle.

"Hello everyone, it is a pleasure to meet the families of the people who date my dearest Isabella."

Izzy froze for a moment, "Mom!", it really gets on her nerves that someone would say her name.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she apologized as she walked towards me, "aw, you're pretty handsome. And you have weathered hands, you have to be very active, I can't wait to have lots of grandchildren to hug."

Lindsay, Heather, and I burst red, as did many mothers.

*Boom*

Lindsay's father fainted, I don't even want to guess why. Is it my idea or are the parents in this meeting very delicate? So far no mother has fainted.

I guess I should have expected that someone who shares Izzy's blood would be as straightforward about her desires as she is.

"My father Bob", that sounds... normal, I expected something more... eccentric.

A huge man with a little potbellied and a thick bushy beard that prevented his mouth from being seen, arms as large as a trunk and legs as thick as... Shorter trunks? Got off the bus. He reminded me a bit of Santa Claus or Paul Bunyan, considering he wears lumberjack clothes similar to mine.

"Where is he?" he said in a rather thick voice, his eyes falling on me and I swallowed.

"AHHHHHHH!" he shouted.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!", and I shouted.

A second later he was caught in a strong bear hug, "Hahahahahahahaha! Welcome to the family, boy! Let me be the first to thank you!", Thank me?, "hey", he put me back on the ground and pushed me lightly with his huge finger, "you're a little skinny, you need to eat more meat, meat makes you a man, and gives you hair on your chest!", he said opening his shirt and showing his very hairy chest.

"I think I'm going to throw up," Heather said with a green face.

"And last but not least, Nana!" said Izzy.

...

..

.

However, no one else got off the bus, "Nana?" called Izzy.

"AHH!" the chef yelled when his butt was pinched.

An old woman with curly gray hair and huge glasses was standing behind him, "Are you the little boy? Come closer so Nana can see you better," she said while using her cane to bring the Chef's face closer to her, "oh... You're uglier than I expected, you're not like my granddaughter described you. At least you seem to have strong muscles," said the elderly woman who I suspect is senile.

"Madam, I'm not-".

*Cane blow to the head*

"Ouch!"

"Don't argue with Nana, I used to skin live sharks, with my teeth," when she said that, her teeth fell off.

"Ewwww," everyone said in the clearing.

"Piece of-," she said as she picked them up and put them back in her mouth.

"Ewwww".

"Now I want to throw up too," Hilda said.

"There are two of us now," my father said.

"Well, it looks like we're finally all here, why don't we put meat on the grill and start with this presentation lunch?" I suggested.

"Who were you again?" Lindsay's father asked me as he took his eyes off his phone.

Good way to ruin the moment.

His wife took the phone away from him, "What-?"

"I'll give it back to you when we're leaving," she scolded him. He crossed his arms throwing a tantrum.

"Don't you smell like something is burning?" said Sofi in panic.

We all saw how a tree caught fire, the three children from before had found the lighter and the fuel for the grill.

"And now there's a fire... great," said Heather defeated.

...

After DJ and Chef effectively controlled the fire and hid the lighters from the children, we proceeded to sit down at the table for lunch. The smell of DJ's good food was getting everyone to relax.

"Hey, that looks like a good watch," my father said while chatting with Heather's father.

"This old thing? It's just a $1000 trinket, it's not a big deal," he said.

"Your arm is very muscular for a girl," Nana said as she fiddled with a muscular arm.

"I'm a man, ma'am," Louis told her annoyed.

*Blow*

"Ouch!" Nana hit him on the head.

"Don't argue with me, I hid rebels for the resistance in my basement before you started wearing diapers."

"I like your hair, mine always fluffs up too much," Margarita told my mother.

"Oh... uh, thanks, maybe using some oil and a comb will help."

"You look like a toothpick," Bob told Heather, then put a big piece of meat on her plate, "eat more meat, you'll get hair on your chest!"

"Eh... pass."

I looked at the table where the brothers and cousins were sitting, "I deserved that master chef award! My boiled possum casserole would have swept away all the competition, but they didn't know how to appreciate my talent!" said Chef sitting with them.

"You're very big," said one of the children who started the fire.

"And tall," said another.

"And ugly," said the girl in Izzy's trio of cousins.

"Were you really a soldier?" asked Hilda, totally skeptical.

*Nail*

Chef stuck his kitchen knife into the table near Sofia totally frightening her, "Of course I was a soldier! I led platoons behind enemy lines!"

"What enemy lines?" asked Harley.

"Canada has rarely been at war!" said Paula.

"Yes, everyone loves us~," Michael said.

Chef looked at everyone at the table, "you brats have a lot to learn about the world."

"Oh, is it okay for that guy to be sitting at the children's table?" asked Uncle David.

"Don't worry, he has experience dealing with teenagers," I replied.

"awwww, you're such a sweet girl, my dear Izzy is so lucky to date such a nice girl," Aunt Gertrudis said while chatting with Lindsay.

"aw, thank you, but I have a doubt... I thought they were all going to be redheads," she said.

It's true, except for Nana, they all have brown hair, the only similarity with Izzy is the curliness of the hair and the eccentricities.

"No, everyone in the family has been brown, despite our Irish descent," Bob said as he licked the bones of a cutlet.

"The only exceptions have been Izzy and great-great-great-grandmother Mavis," Margarita said. He put a photo on the table, at first I thought it was Izzy, but the photo was somewhat old and black and white, the clothes were also very different from Izzy's somewhat exhibitionist style.

"She's just like Izzy," Heather said wide-eyed.

"I told you I was her reincarnation," Izzy said with a piece of steak in her mouth.

"Excuse me Bob, what exactly did you want to thank me for?" I asked the Santa Claus sitting near me.

"For reuniting us with our daughter of course," he said.

"We haven't seen her since she enlisted in the reserves a year ago, she couldn't go home because she became a runaway," her mother said.

That surprised me.

"Until recently, where she finally came home to tell us that she wanted to introduce us to the people she was dating and their families," said Aunt Gertrudis very happily.

"I... I see", the words of these people made me feel... bad. When Izzy disappeared, Owen showed me a missing person poster, made by Izzy's family.

They really love her. And yet, she disappeared. The worst thing is that I still don't know what caused it, I asked Dawn, but she didn't know either.

I just really hope I can avoid it.

"Wait, so was all that stuff about being a wanted criminal true?" asked Heather's father surprised.

"Alright, now that the food is over for now! It's time for some family activities!" said Izzy, deliberately ignoring the question.

"Was it true?" he asked again in panic.

...

POV. Third person

First activity: Hike through the forest...

"Eww, I think I stepped on bear poop," Cody's mother said.

"(It wasn't me)," Yogi's voice said from somewhere.

"aw, what cute squirrels," Nana said.

"We're not squirrels," Glen's said as she looked at him and Garrett.

"AHHHH! Talking squirrels!" she hit them multiple times with her cane.

Sofi moved some bushes and found Boo-Boo face to face.

"AHHHHH!".

"(¡AHHHHHHH!)".

"¡AHHHHHHH!".

"(¡AHHHHHHH!)".

"¡AHHHHHHHH!".

"(¡AHHHHHHH!)".

"(Excuse me)," Yogi said as he hurried past taking Boo-Boo away.

"AHHHHHH! Bees, bees everywhere!" shouted Louis as a bunch of bees appeared in the group.

"AHHHHHHH!" they all fled from the bees... except Izzy who had a beehive in her hands.

"What? They said there was honey here."

"AHHHHH!".

*Splash*

They all jumped into the lake to avoid the bees.

...

Second activity: pulling the rope...

"Is that what you call pulling!? My grandma does it better!" All the dads were at one end of a mud puddle as they tried to pull a rope held by Chef.

*Pull*

"Woah!"

*Splash*

Chef threw them all into the mud while yawning.

"Ewwww, it's ordinary mud, I'm going to get sick," Lindsay's father said.

"Did anyone see my glasses?" asked Heather's.

...

Third activity: Swimming in the lake...

Cody and the prepuberties were having the time of their lives. Paula and Harley looked absolutely sexy in bikinis. Although for Cody it was more of a bonus than anything else. However, everyone, humans, beavers and bears hiding behind bushes looked on with dumbfounded faces when Lindsay's mom arrived at the dock in a black two-piece bikini that made her look impossibly hotter than before.

"I'm so glad I came~," Gleen said with a bleeding nose.

"I'm so glad to have my waist underwater," Izzy's red-faced brother said.

Izzy clung to Cody's arm, "love, pinch me, I think I'm starting to hallucinate again," she said with a very red face.

"I can't, I don't think this is real either," Cody said just like Izzy.

"Ouch!", Heather's mother gave her husband a slap on the head for looking too much, "sorry".

"Something brushed my leg!" Michael said in the water.

"Relax, it must only be the beavers," Gertrudis said.

"Uff, what a relief," he said relieved.

Until a shark fin passed by everyone in the water.

...

..

.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", they all swam to the dock and out of the water.

Two sharks emerged from the lake and started playing with a beach ball, "Aren't those Chris's sharks?" asked Cody wide-eyed.

"Yes they are," Chef said as he arrived at the dock in his bathing suit and a tiny pink float around his waist, "they're on vacation, too."

"Aren't sharks saltwater?" asked Izzy's mother, who didn't seem too scared.

The sharks in the water shrugged.

...

POV. Cody

Fourth activity: Campfire...

After a busy day of family activities, full of disasters I must emphasize, the night finally arrived, and also our last activity, a campfire (supervised by DJ, of course).

Everyone talked and did silly things around the fire, mingling and coexisting with each other, despite the great differences between families, arguments, fights and the character of some people, most managed to get along quite well. It was as if they were all friends who get together once a year to camp instead of strangers who have just met because their children are in an odd relationship.

While people were talking, I walked away. I went and stood on the dock looking at the water. Things turned out pretty well here, it feels like the calm before the storm, and that storm will break out when we step on the red carpet at the Gemmie Awards.

I hope to be prepared for that.

"You look distressed," I was startled by a voice next to me, it was Nana, how did she get here without making a sound?, "you have the face of someone who has been through a lot. I know what I'm talking about, I've lived many years, and I've seen that face many times... They often become people who are always thinking about what's to come, and when they least expect it, they already look like me, hehehehehehe, cough, cough, it was worth it, cough."

I looked back at the lake, "Nana, what would you do if you knew that someone close to you was going to disappear and you don't know what to do to prevent it?"

"Pff, that's easy," I looked at her again, "you stay with that person as long as you can," she pulled something out from under her shirt, it was a pendant with the photo of a very mustachioed old man, "and even if you can't stop them from leaving... they'll know that you did everything you could, and I can assure you, they'll be grateful for that," she said as she patted me on the leg comfortingly.

I smiled, "thank you... that really helps."

She also smiled, "you seem like a good boy, take good care of my granddaughter, she has a bad habit of looking for trouble and making it worse."

"Hahahaha, yeah, I'm very aware of that."

She began to slowly leave back but stopped and looked at me out of the corner of her eye, "try not to get caught up in the future, or you will definitely be wasting this opportunity... time traveler."

I froze... I froze wide-eyed as I saw the sly grin on Nana's face, "H-How-?"

"I already told you boy... I've lived many years... Hihihihihi!", she continued on her way without giving me any explanation.

"...", all I could do was sigh... and laugh tiredly, "hehe, Izzy was right, intelligence seems to run in her family," I looked at my red-haired girlfriend as she forced Heather's mother to dance with her in front of the campfire.

I don't know what made her leave. But I'm already doing my best, and that's all I need to do.

...

I returned to the campfire as the last fathoms died down. Everyone was getting ready to leave. But I didn't see my mother with the rest. She was sitting staring at the extinguished campfire.

"Mom, is something wrong?" I sat down next to her.

She took a deep breath, "I was remembering the past... Seeing all these people gathered here, made me very aware of how lonely you had been all this time... and the fault that we have in part for that. Before you went to that camp I thought I knew who my son was... until I saw you on TV, and then I realized that I didn't really know anything about you, what you'd been doing, who you are now," it's not really her fault, but I can't tell her the truth either, "you have friends now," she said looking at DJ, "and people who love you so much," she said as she looked at the girls, "That reassures me and makes me feel guilty at the same time, probably when we get home your father and I will still be as busy as ever."

"But you were here today," I said, she looked at me, "you took the time to be present to meet the girls, and their families... maybe you can't be there all the time, but you were at a very important moment for me and for them," I smiled at her, "I don't need anything else."

"Hehehehe," my mom wiped away a tear, "it's scary how fast you're maturing, but that's puberty," not really.

The two of us exchanged a big hug.

"Are we going to help the others clean up?" I asked standing up.

"Yes, your father is terrible at it."

...

Lindsay hugged Heather, Izzy and me as we said goodbye, "I promise to call often when I'm in France," she said, then said goodbye to each one with a kiss, a kiss that Izzy prolonged for a long time.

"Izzy will see you all on the red carpet as a great actress at the end of the year!"

"Same, only I'll go for the music," I said.

"And I... agh, why am I the only one who doesn't have anything to brag about?" complained Heather.

"Brag about us," Izzy said.

"Pass," he said with rolling eyes.

DJ approached us, "well, it was fun, we should meet up like this with the others sometime."

"I can barely stand you guys," Heather said as always, what a tsundere.

We laughed at her attitude, it was difficult to take her seriously outside of the competition, "Izzy is going to miss you," she said while giving us all a last hug.

With all the goodbyes done, once again each one went their own way, not knowing when we would meet again.

-0-

Act Five: Calm Before the Storm

"Squeals, squeals!"

I rubbed my chin contemplatively, "hmm... this one is difficult, let's see... you're saying... that there are termites in the trunk where you live and very soon you will have to move to another tree," I crossed my fingers that I'm correct this time.

Juliet narrowed her eyes seriously, I was already resigning myself, but she nodded her head pleased.

"Yes! Uff, this is getting harder and harder."

"All right," I turned around to see Dawn planting seeds in a pot, "your performance is improving."

I sighed, "this feels so unreal," I said looking at the squirrel who clearly understood what I was saying.

I know I'd been doing this thing of talking to animals in my moments of loneliness. But I originally believed that it was just part of my slow descent into madness to believe that they responded or understood, so I didn't think too much about it.

Until Dawn simply said to me "Do you want to learn more about it?" and of course my response was a resounding "Huh?" and now when I came to visit her from time to time, she would give me the task of guessing what Juliet or any other animal that was nearby.

Now that I know I'm not going crazy, it's a strange feeling to give this any real importance... like most things in the show that don't apply to the real world.

According to Dawn, animals are always talking to us, but since we can't understand them, really understand them, we see them as simple-minded beasts, when the reality is that many are even smarter than us. It's not all of them, but we couldn't tell the difference.

It's like when you see several blondes with blue eyes being dumb and you immediately assume that they all are... Shit, that was a terrible example, sorry Linds.

As I said, it is not a matter of listening to their words, but of interpreting what they want to convey to you, of imagining it as if they were words. Dawn has always been able to do this because of her gift for reading auras. As for my case, well... According to her, it is most likely due to time travel. By this I don't mean that the trip itself gave me superpowers. But the impossible event added to the experience of two combined lives made my mind... open up, so to speak. And what I used to process as impossible now my brain tries to understand and make sense of it by considering all the possibilities and not just the most logical ones, such as animals not being able to speak.

... Actually, maybe this is just a very far-fetched way of saying that I did go crazy. Was that what Alice was like when she arrived in Wonderland and heard animals talk for the first time? I feel like a headache is coming.

I'm being very technical here, mostly because the way Dawn said it sounded more like witchcraft than science.

"Rude."

"Rude listening to people's thoughts."

She looked at me with an innocent smile, "rude to look at the butt of someone who trusts you enough to turn their back on you."

I stiffened, "... shit."

"Also, I'm not listening to your thoughts, I'm just interpreting your easy thought process," he sneered.

"Did you just call me an idiot without really calling me an idiot?"

"Yes."

"... I have a lot to learn," she laughed about it.

"For now it's better to just stay with the animals, people are abysmally more complex to understand, their actions and words are not always in line with what they feel."

I frowned, "that sounds problematic."

"If people were so easy to understand, you wouldn't have a reason to be here."

"... touché".

-0-

"Okay... This workout was planned to get you used to the cold weather, but... you're not even shaking," Shawn said.

Hey, I shrugged my shoulders inside the ice tub, this cold is nowhere near the Yukon.

"We could move on to something else," I suggested.

"Since you insist," Shawn brought in a high-powered tanning light, "we can move on to heat resistance training."

"Where did you get that?"

"It's not important."

-0-

POV. Third person

Harold walked through the door of a coffee shop and looked around, then noticed someone familiar sitting at a table, "Justin?"

"Harold?" the model asked him back.

"Was it you who contacted me?" the nerd asked as he sat across the table.

"What? Weren't you the one who contacted me?"

"What's going on?" the confused nerd asked.

Knock, knock, knock *

They both looked out the window to see Trent waving at them.

"Trent?"

...

"No, I wasn't the one who contacted you, wasn't it any of you?" the guitarist asked them.

"No, we didn't," Justin said.

"But then, who did it?" asked Harold.

"I did," the three of them turned to the side to see someone spinning supervillain-style in one of the seats in front of the counter, "hey guys."

"Cody?"

"Were you there all this time?" asked Justin.

"That was great," Harold said.

"What happened to your face?" asked Trent. Cody had bandages and bruises all over his face and hands.

"It's not important, I'm fine. As I said, I was the one who called you here."

"Why?" asked Trent.

"You don't want to get revenge for why Harold and I got you kicked out, do you?" Justin said with a cringe, "because I already paid for that," he said as he shuddered.

"No, that's in the past, I don't like to hold grudges," Cody said simply, then smiled, "I've gathered you here today for a business proposal."

"Business?" asked Trent.

Cody sat down with them, "As you may know, total drama gave us a good reputation in show business."

"And for you to say it, I've already dated and broken up with five girls in the last month," Justin said. The other three stared at him. The model frowned, "Or was it seven?"

"I've become a famous figure in my school," Harold said, "yes, a lot more people pick on me for cheating... but everyone talks about me."

"I continue and continue to receive love letters from fans all over the place," Trent said.

"Yes, that's what I mean, right now we're the sensation... but it won't last long now that the show is over."

"You might be right, now we're just normal people again," the guitarist said, "sooner or later they'll get bored of us."

Cody smiled, "not unless we give them what they really want."

Justin raised an eyebrow, "and... Would that be it?"

"We... entertaining them," Cody said, the other three widening their eyes, "tell me... Any of you... Have you ever dreamed of having a garage band?"

-0-

Dream.

That's all Cody could feel right now as he stared at nothing with dark circles under his eyes, 'maybe just five minutes... zzzz'.

*Fall*

"Wake uuuuuuuuuuuup".

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Cody shouted startled when Shawn woke him up by yelling at him with a bullhorn in his face.

He stopped a timer and shook his head, "10 minutes less this time. If you fall asleep during the guard shift you will wake up with your legs halfway through the esophagus of a zombie. Let's go again," the geek growled with his head against the floor.

-0-

Cody yawned as he sat at his desk in his room. At this time she was taking online language courses. Which language? A little bit of everything really.

After days of learning to control her internal clock with Shawn, added to the days of classes he still had to attend while waiting for his results, it was starting to take its toll. Not to mention, he now had to split his time in the band as well.

"I can't wait to get that letter...," he said, nodding with very marked dark circles.

*Ding, dong*

He woke up suddenly when he heard the doorbell, ran downstairs, and looked towards the front door. The postman had left several envelopes.

He went and picked them up anxiously, "bill, bill, advertising, bill, yes," it was the letter.

He put the others down on a table and went back to his room looking at the academic administration seal. He nervously swallowed saliva, "uff... here we go," he opened the letter and proceeded to read it silently, "...", when he finished his irritated red eyes opened like saucers. He fell sitting on the bed and collapsed back, "YES! YES! YES! Hahahahahaha!" he laughed with relief, "Goodbye forever school! ¡We are done... again!"

He had done it, he achieved an early graduation. Now that that weight had been lifted off his shoulders, he could devote himself to other things... As he continues with his online course at this time, he sighed, "I'd better keep going at once," he said standing up as he yawned again.

-0-

Cody staggered as he tried to cross a tightrope, Shawn's dobermans were underneath him, very expectant at the moment he lost his balance.

"When you're running away from zombies, high places will be your greatest ally, but not all high places are 100% safe, sometimes you'll have to cross through places as narrow as that rope.

"I'm fine," Cody said as he staggered, "this isn't too bad."

"That's because I haven't turned on the high wind simulator yet," the zombie boy said as he put a giant fan in front of him.

Cody's eyes widened in panic, "oh shit."

*Turn on*

Cody held on to the rope with his hands and held on for his life as the blast from the fan tried to blow him out of the dumpster.

"MAYBE IT HAS TOO MUCH POWER!" shouted Shawn in the strong winds.

"YOU THINK!?" shouted Cody, his lips and eyelids stretched back.

-0-

"Cody, Cody, hey, wake up".

*Snap*

"Huh? Who? Where?"

"Dude, are you okay? You fell asleep in the middle of rehearsal," Trent said as he looked at Cody worriedly.

"I... *Yawn*, I'm fine... Let's continue," he said, barely able to stand.

"I say let's incorporate more beatbox beats into the song, it will give it a more impactful touch," Harold said.

"H-Bomb, we already talked about this, we'll do it with the right song, but this one isn't about that," Trent said.

"I say I should front the band, that will attract more audiences," Justin said.

"You don't even play an instrument," Trent said, guitarist sighing, "Cody, help me with this bro."

"Zzzz," Cody had fallen asleep again.

-0-

"You need to rest," Dawn said sternly, something very rare for her.

A Cody full of bandages, bandages and black circles looked at her blinking wearily a couple of times, "Huh?"

"You're overexerting yourself too hard, you can't go on like this, or it's going to start to seriously affect your health."

"This *yawn* is fine... I've already left school, one weight less to worry about," Cody dismissed with a tired grin.

"Yeah, and now you're completely dedicated to the band and training, that's not healthy in any way, when was the last time you slept?"

Cody frowned, "I... I have to do... everything that's... possible...", he said on the verge of collapsing.

Dawn caught him preventing him from falling, the auras reader sighed, "... I know you're afraid of failing after what you learned at the barbecue."

"..."

"But going all out doesn't mean pushing without stopping until you pass out and can't take it anymore, you'll just end up burning yourself before you get where you want to go."

"..."

"You can go much further if you take the time to catch your breath, that's what it means to do everything you can, it will be useless to help others if you are going to end up broken, no one would like to see you like this, I don't like it."

"... I don't... want to... disappoint... them."

Dawn put a hand on his chest, "no one will reproach you for taking a breather, you're just a human."

"..."

"Cody?" Dawn widened her eyes as the boy she was holding suddenly felt heavier, "Woah!"

*Fall*

Then I knock them both to the ground.

"Zzzz," Cody slept comfortably on Dawn's soft breasts.

"I think I should have seen it coming," said the auras reader looking up at the sky with her pale hair scattered across the grass as the geek slept on her.

-0-

The geek panted heavily as he and Shawn ran through the woods in the rain in ponchos and backpacks full of rocks. Visibility was minimal, both had been running for more than three hours.

*Crash*

"Woah!"

*Splash*

Cody tripped over a branch and fell to the ground covered in mud.

Shawn turned around, "Come on, we've still a long way to go to get to the finish line."

However, Cody didn't get up, he just stood there panting heavily in the mud.

At this Shawn stopped and relaxed a little, he approached him, "maybe we should take a break," he said while taking Cody's backpack, 'it's already amazing that he did everything I told him without complaining once so far.'

"No," Shawn widened his eyes as he watched Cody stand up once again with an intense stare, "that's all the rest I need," he gasped as he walked past the zombie boy taking his backpack in the process. So he keep running.

Shawn just stared at him, "wow... that guy really wants to survive the apocalypse," he ran to catch up with the mountain geek and finish the tour.

-0-

Act Six: New Old Faces

Many months later, the day of the premiere...

We start in space with an obsolete satellite pointing at the earth and in the logo on one side you can see a magnifying glass with a star. Then the music begins and we move on to a limousine that closes in someone's hand, from a nearby trash can a camera appears and takes a photo. Following that we go to an airport with the logo from before on the screen and from a plant appears the hand of a yeti with a camera. We pass a restaurant where two extras are having dinner and one is choking, a tentacle comes out of a plate with a camera and takes a photo.

Someone kicks a clerk in the crotch and a huge fist hits a cameraman in the face.

Now there is a guy with black hair combed upwards who wears a tuxedo and is standing on his back. As he turns around, he smiles at the camera with shining teeth, he walks away, and on a big city banner above a sleeping homeless man his name appears.

Josh.

Then we have the shot of a hand to which they are putting red varnish, the shot moves away and we see a stunning blonde with blue eyes with large breasts highlighted by the neckline of her red dress and incredible curves. Behind her appears her name.

Blaineley.

Now we go to a studio with the aforementioned sitting in front of the cameras.

"Hey there, celebrity lovers. Welcome to a very special edition of Celebrity Manhunt!" announced Josh.

"Tonight is the night we've been waiting for all year, the Gemmie Awards! That's when our fav TV star get all dressed up and take home the gold," Blaineley explained.

"In about a half an hour, we'll take right on to the red carpet to meet all the hottest stars. And when I say hot."

"We talk about the hottest," Blaineley said as she fanned herself with her hand as if it were very hot, "I am so pumped for this! Are you, Josh?"

"Oh yeah."

"The shoes".

"The tuxes".

"The hair".

"The cleavages".

"What?"

"... I mean, the drama."

"AHHHHH!", both screamed together with excitement.

"We thought we'd pay tribute to this year's most famous reality show cast. The teens who braved it all on the set of Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action," Blaineley said.

"We'll catch you up on Beth, Owen, Heather, Trent, Duncan, Gwen, Lindsay, Katie and Sadie, Cody, Noah, Justin, DJ, Courtney, Harold, Tyler, Eva, Izzy, Leshawna, Geoff, Bridgette, and Ezekiel," Josh enlisted them.

"They're nominated in the category of Best Reality Ensemble," Blaineley said.

"I think they're gonna nail it, Blaineley," Josh enthused.

"No doubt," said the blonde.

"And when they reunite on that crimson carpet rug, Celebrity Manhunt will drain every last drop of drama from these uber famous teens," Josh said.

"Love it," they both said as they fist-bumped.

"Total Drama may have ended, but the drama goes on and on. Our crack team of undercover gossip reporters have been super busy this year, the farmer boy was arrested, the blonde and the nerd had a chaotic tour of the city of love, everyone's favorite geek, spent quality time with his lovers and is giving a lot to talk about lately with his band," Blaineley said.

"Meanwhile, has Duncney gone rabid?" said Josh.

A photo of Duncan about to fight with a raccoon in Courtney's hands is seen.

"The Celebrity Manhunt cameras caught them all! Including Harold trying to get back to LeShawna," Blaineley said. A photo of Harold bent over one knee with a huge bouquet of roses and a heart-shaped box of chocolates is seen, but LeShawna stood idly by, deliberately ignoring him, "that's it girl, assert yourself."

"Not to mention Gwen and Heather's now-legendary rivalry that seems to have transcended social media into a blogging war," Josh said, "Ooh, I can't wait to see those kiddies bare their claws on the red carpet. Rowr!" he enthused.

Blaineley looked him weirdly, to which Josh was a little discouraged.

"We've been measuring the popularity of this famous gang using our amazing awe-inspiring Celebrity Manhunt Drama Machine."

This machine was an old and obsolete robot which a mechanic who was seen to be in a hole was fixing at that time.

Both presenters were silent for a moment making strange faces.

"Let's start with Total Drama's newest BFFs, Lindsay and Beth went to Paris France ready to conquer the city of love and fine art," Blaineley said.

A selfie of Beth and Lindsay with duck lips is seen on top of the Eiffel Tower, in a second shot both look surprised as the camera falls from the tower.

"Unfortunately the international fame of the Total Drama franchise went with them to France," Josh said as Beth and Lindsay are seen surrounded by French people with signs of hearts, cuddles and flirting attempts, Lindsay looked uncomfortable while Beth looked at a muscular Frenchman with a goofy face, "ouch Beth, Didn't you learn your lesson?"

"After breaking up with her boyfriend Brady when he forgot who Beth was, the girl is ready to jump like a furious predator on the next handsome guy she sees, literally," Blaineley said.

---

Video evidence.

---

Lindsay was pulling Beth who was clinging to the neck of a very handsome boy with a beret, "Hmm! Come on Beth, let him go, this is already the fifth time today, I want to go see the pyramids," said the blonde.

"Just give me one minute, no, five, ten, one hour, I think this is the one!" said the other one desperately.

" Enlève cette folle de mon dos! (Get this crazy woman off my back!)," the boy said in French.

"You said the same thing about the last thirty," Lindsay complained.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Wow, Beth maybe you should bring that dementia down two lines," Josh said.

"On the other hand, Lindsay was facing the opposite problem," Blaineley said, "while Beth was hunting young Parisians, they were rushing at Lindsay."

---

Video evidence.

---

"Veux-tu monter sur la grande roue avec moi? (Will you ride the Ferris wheel with me?)".

"Tu as de beaux yeux (You have beautiful eyes)."

"Je suis français, tu n'as aucune raison de dire non (I am French, you have no reason to say no)."

"Êtes-vous intéressé par un guide touristique? (Are you interested in a tour guide?)".

"Ce n'est pas de l'infidélité si tu le fais avec un étranger (It's not infidelity if it's with a foreigner)".

"Tu veux que je t'apprenne le baiser français? (Do you want me to teach you the French kiss?)", a girl said that last one.

"Guys, guys, I'm flattered, but I have a boyfriend," said the blonde, however, that only made them more fussy.

"I think they don't get you, Linds," Beth said.

"Oh, ahem, Ho. Un. ragazzo (I, have, a boyfriend)."

"Lindsay, that's Italian!"

The blonde blinked a couple of times, then pulled out a dictionary from somewhere, "oh... I think I brought the wrong book," Beth slapped her forehead.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"What are you doing Lindsay? How can you turn away those foreign chocolates like that?" said Blaineley.

"She said she has a boyfriend," Josh said with a raised eyebrow.

"Pff, for French dudes like those? I would cheat on him any day of the week," said the blonde.

"That explains why she's never had a boyfriend," Josh whispered to the camera rolling his eyes.

"Did you say anything?" asked Blaineley, narrowing her eyes.

"That this isn't the only thing that's happened to our duo of friends," the co-host quickly said rolling his eyes.

Blaineley looked at him one last time, "You're right Josh, from drifting adrift on a boat in the Paris canal, to getting lost in the French catacombs, to even trying to buy the Mona Lisa, these two must definitely have left a trail of chaos wherever they went," Blaineley said.

"However, after months in Paris, both of them will return to turn heads on the red carpet tonight, I can't wait to see what kind of elegant designer dress Lindsay will surprise us with," Josh said dreamily.

"It's sure to be something that sets the fire off for her lovers, all of them," Blaineley said, "How do you think she'll react when she finds out about everything that's going on around the geek?"

"I don't know, but like everyone else I'm dying to find out," Josh said, "I'm a big fan of that guy."

"You're probably wondering what we mean, dear viewers, but we'll get to that, but now it's time to talk about a certain student at home who had to face the full weight of the law," Blaineley said.

"We're talking about Ezekiel, aka Zeke, aka future Pokémon master," Josh said.

"After his expulsion from Total Drama Island, Ezekiel dedicated himself to learning about the real world," Blaineley said.

"Unfortunately he went to Harold for this purpose, who showed him the darker parts of the real world," Josh said.

"And poor Zeke took it too seriously. The homeschool was arrested for illegal possession of exotic and endangered animals," Blaineley said.

---

Video evidence.

---

Zeke was on the ground being held down by a special forces soldier, "What's the problem eh? I was just trying to put together the best Pokémon team in the world," some policemen took a bunch of cages with rare animals from Ezekiel's barn, "Hey! That cow is ours!"

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Hahahahahaha, oh buddy that's hilarious," Josh said.

"Our team of reporters interviewed the officers who made the arrest," Blaineley said, "cadets Sanders and MacArthur."

---

Video evidence.

---

"I don't think it's right that they're recording this," Cadet Sanders said.

"Yes, a typical case of geek syndrome," MacArthur said ignoring his partner, "when you least expect it these crazy people appear out of nowhere trying to travel the world fighting with weird animals, disguise themselves as plumbers and get into sewers just to be eaten by crocodiles or follow moths to dangerous places saying they are having an adventure, they are the worst, in all cases the use of brute force is necessary."

"You're the only one who uses brute force," Sanders said rolling her eyes, "the commissioner has already called us out several times because of you."

"Pff, one of us must be willing to do whatever it takes to enforce the law, and you're too soft," MacArthur said.

"Let me go, I'm innocent huh," Zeke's voice was heard on the ground.

"He's resisting arrest!" MacArthur said, pulling out a taser.

*Zap*

"Ouch, that stings eh".

"MacArthur! Argh, not again."

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Ouch, Zeke's going to feel that tomorrow," Blaineley said.

"Fortunately, the police quickly got fed up with him and he was released two days later, the animals were safely returned to the wild. However, the pokémon master must still pay a fine and do community service," Josh said.

"Moral of the story, don't listen to Harold," Blaineley said, "the first three have given a lot to talk about, so we went looking for more."

"But when it comes to one Total Drama teen he didn't even show signs of life," Josh said.

A blurry photo is seen in which Noah appears with a briefcase and dark glasses.

"Noah, where are you?" asked Blaineley.

"This pathetic telephoto shot is all we got, but don't worry, folks. We'll hunt him down on the carpet tonight," Josh said.

"Okay, that's it with Noah, now...," Blaineley said.

"Next up, Gwen and Heather. They're epic hate-on hit the internet, where they had a full-on blog war!" Josh said.

"Can anyone tell me how Heather became popular in something that doesn't involve her romantic situation?" asked Blaineley.

"Simple, she got involved with the other person she's most shipped with, Gwen!" said Josh excitedly, "bad idea dude, fans of this imaginary couple are always waiting for more."

"They say that if you love someone you have to let them go, and if they love you they will come back to you. I don't know how good a thought it was for these two to bully each other just to screw each other up, they're giving the fans just what they don't want," Blaineley said.

"Well, love is blind, hate is deaf, and Heather is kind of masochistic, so she'll always come back for life to keep kicking her," Josh said humorously.

---

Video evidence.

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Gwen was in her room making a video for her blog, Katie and Sadie were standing behind her.

"Hey. Today I want to talk about going green. Basically, the world is going to die if we don't do something about it."

"Katie! Remember when we went green?"

"Guys?"

"Oh my gosh, Sadie! When you helped paint my bedroom green, and we got into that paint fight, it was so fun!"

"I know! And just because we got into one little paint fight doesn't mean we're not BFFs!"

"Guys, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!" cried Gwen.

"I know, and look," Katie turned around to show a hand-shaped stain made with green paint on her butt, "I'm still green!"

"UGH! You were supposed to wait for the signal before talking, remember?"

"Sorry Gwen," Katie said, "It's just that your show is kinda..."

"Bad," they both said.

Gwen became depressed, "Why did Leshawna bail on me?"

*Click*

"Oh look, someone wants to make a video call," Sadie said.

Gwen answered him. On the screen appeared a boy with pale skin, long black hair with red tips held in a ponytail, he had a shaped body, and he wore a black T-shirt that had a "Green Day" logo on it and underneath that shirt he had another, but with long sleeves and black and white stripes. On his nose he had a piercing and on his left ear he had 2 other piercings. What attracted the most attention were her eyes, she had heterochromia, her left eye was green and the right was brown. He seemed intimidating.

"What's up?", but when he spoke he did so in a relaxed way.

"Rafael?" said Gwen in surprise.

Katie and Sadie put in front of her, "uh~, who is he? Did you finally meet anyone else Gwen?" asked Katie.

"He totally looks like your type, you know, because he looks like Duncan and stuff," Sadie said.

Gwen pushed them both away, "he's not my boyfriend and Duncan's is irrelevant, he's a friend from years ago," she looked at the boy, "it's weird to hear from you friend I didn't see you since you moved to Los Angeles."

"Yes well, your name started popping up everywhere here, so when I heard about your blog I wanted to send my congratulations," he said.

"Am I famous over there?" said the goth excitedly.

"Yeah," he held up a box of Princess Gwen's doll in front of the camera, "these are selling like hot cakes around here."

*Blow*

Gwen smashed her head against the desk, "nooooooo...", she said frustrated.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

Blaineley and Josh put several boxes of the Princess Gwen doll on the desk, "call the number on the screen and you can get your own Princess Gwen doll too," Blaineley said.

"If you are one of the first to call you will be able to get one of the limited editions. Which have different colored dresses," Josh said.

"Call now, what are you waiting for?" said Blaineley.

"Well, Gwen may be having a hard time with her boring blog and unwanted advertising, but what about Heather?" asked Josh.

"Why don't we find out?" said Blaineley.

---

Video evidence.

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Heather is seen sitting at the desk in her room, "pff, you call that a blog? And Katie and Sadie really? She literally has the key to success in the palm of her hand," she said while holding a Princess Gwen doll, "and she spends her time talking about nonsense like the environment and reneging on her popularity. Pathetic, you don't have what it takes to be a star, weird goth girl, and what was that about Duncan being irrelevant? We all know how you really feel about him."

The door to Heather's room opened, and her younger sister Hilda walked in with a bitter look, "Heather! Did you take my phone charger!?"

"How many times have I told you to knock before entering my room!" the queen bee shouted at her.

"Why? Are you sending sexy videos to your nerdy boyfriend again?"

Heather's face doubled over in a frightened grin, "I-I never did such a thing!"

"Harley told me that's what you do when you lock yourself in your room," the younger said rolling her eyes, "You know what? I don't think you have my charger; I'll ask Gleen, see you," with that he closed the door.

"GRRRRRRR! YOU DAMN FUCK-!"

---

End of the video evidence.

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"Ah~, kids aren't adorable," Blaineley said.

"You've said it. Let's see how Gwen responded to Heather's attack," Josh said.

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Video evidence.

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"Heather bothers me with her false accusations, but did you know that before dating Cody, all of Heather's boyfriends cheated on her or had intentions with her mother? Imagine that. What's more, she couldn't even get a date for her prom."

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End of the video evidence.

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"Have you seen that lady? I don't blame those guys," Josh said, Blaineley looked at him weird, but he continued, "after a few more weeks of this, we invited them to the Celebrity Manhunt studio."

---

Interview.

---

"You've been through so much together. Sharing a cabin at a summer camp, a trailer at an abandoned studio and you've even kissed on national television, why not bury the hatchet? Isn't your friendship more important than this blog war?" asked Josh.

They both looked at each other.

"Oh, I want to bury the hatchet... But on her back!" said Heather.

"Just try it, Cody's simp!"

Heather became enraged and lunged at Gwen, both of whom began to fight on the ground, pulling each other's hair, scratching each other, slapping each other, etc.

"Cat fight, cat fight!" encouraged Josh excitedly.

---

End of the interview.

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"Heh, what is it with guys and cat fights?" asked Blaineley.

Josh was rubbing his hands excitedly, "Let's watch it again! Rowr!" he said excitedly.

"Uh, major celebrities arriving at the red carpet," Blaineley said as she held the earpiece to her ear.

...

Now we're outside the Gemmie Awards Hall of Fame, where a limousine came slamming on the brakes in front of the red carpet.

"Ouch!" Chris fell to the ground as he opened the back door. Chef got out of the driver's seat and walked over to the host as he stood up and dusted off. They both had their fancy clothes from the golden Chris ceremonies, "dude, where'd you learn how to drive? NASCAR?"

"Aw, suck it up, you big baby," Chef replied.

"Fine! You clean up the barf!" Chris told him.

"It's devil boy Chris McLean!," Blaineley said from the studio.

The former host adjusted his bun and greeted approaching the camera, "hey! Celebrity Manhunt! Gnash! Say, did you get my video?"

...

In the studio Blaineley and Josh were grimacing guiltily, the box with the CD was in the trash held by an angry rat.

"Yep...," Josh replied slowly.

The screen was split in two to see Blaineley in the studio and Chris signing autographs on the red carpet.

"Chris, you must be dying to see the Total Drama cast again," the blonde said.

"Who?" said Chris confused.

"The teenagers you abused for two seasons on national television?"

"Oh... You mean the ones who ruined my reputation at the end of the show?" said Chris sullenly.

"Yes, those," Blaineley said, totally indifferent to the host's annoyance.

Josh tried not to laugh.

"I had to juggle all year long to make people forget about it," Chris complained. A photo is seen where he is literally juggling, "but let's forget about them, can we talk about my new show now?"

The screen returned only to Blaineley, "we're going to take a break, but don't go away, next, we have the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of the Drama Brothers, the TDA band which climbed to the top over the last year and has remained at the top until now thanks to their greatest hits, such as 'Natural', 'Believer', 'Lose Yourself', 'Smooth criminal'".

"'Whithout Me', 'Throurgh the fire and flames', 'Pump it', 'When I cry', 'Take on me' and my personal favorite 'Everybody'", said Josh.

"And many more like that, wow, how do these guys come up with so many great songs so quickly?" asked the blonde.

"I don't know Blaineley, it's like they've already had them written down beforehand," Josh said.

"You can already listen to the new hit that the Drama Brothers recently released Discord."

"Here's a part of the song for you guys," Josh said.

---

Musical cut.

---

A light illuminated the stage, and three well-known boys were on top of it, Trent, Harold and Justin, however, the one in front, had his head bowed and was not recognizable.

Until he raised his head, but it was hidden by a cardboard box painted as if it were the head of a robot. He put his hands on the keyboard starting the song and when he started singing Cody's voice was clearly heard.

Cody: "I'm not a fan of puppeteers, but I've a nagging fear~, Someone else is pulling at the strings~, Something terrible is going down through the entire town~, Wreaking anarchy, and all it brings~... I can't sit idly~, no, I can't move at all~, I curse the name, the one behind it all~"

The Drama Brothers: "Discord~! I'm talking to you~, looking at you from somewhere in the palm of your hand~, Discord~! Whatever did we do~, To make you take our world away~?, Discord~!, Are we your prey alone~?, Or are we just a game for your amusement~? Discord~! We can't stand it anymore~! So give us back our freedom~"

---

End of the musical break.

---

"Throwing to commercial?" said Chris from the premiere, "I got this. Will Heather and Gwen's claws come out? Will Beth take Lindsay's advice and get a makeover? What is Cody hiding under that cardboard box? Will DJ take his mama to the Gemmies? So many questions! Find out the answers when Celebrity Manhunt Total Drama Red Carpet Reunion Special returns! Right after this! That's how you do it."

"Thanks," Blaineley said without much encouragement.

...

One commercial break after...

We go back to the studio with Blaineley and Josh.

"It's Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Red Carpet Reunion Special!" Blaineley said as an old spotlight fell behind them.

"Now let's look at what happens when the loving stops on Total. Drama. Breakups!" Josh said with a photo of Duncan and Courtney kissing.

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Video evidence.

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Duncan and Courtney walk hand in hand as paparazzi take photos of them and they wave.

"It all started out so well, with matching tats," Josh said, you could see heart tattoos on their arms.

"Cody is indisputably the king of Total Drama Romance, but Duncney certainly has its own charm for its fan base by defying the odds and taking a chance on love," Blaineley said cheesily.

Josh shook his head, "Bad idea. It didn't take long for the fiery, giant fire of passion that burns when those two are together, to run out of fuel."

A quick succession of photos is shown in which at first Duncan and Courtney hug, kiss, Duncan tries to get his hand on Courtney and she bites him, then they argue, they fight, they are angry with each other, they skip the reconciliation part and go back to the smooching once again, they are having dinner at a hamburger stand with bored faces, then Courtney checks an electronic agenda, while Duncan does a wedgie to a waiter who was a nerd and finally they are kicked out of the premises.

"It seems that Duncan and Courtney moved too fast and soon ran out of things to burn," said Blaineley, "the delinquent who had shown a notable decrease in his bad behavior thanks to the influence of the CIT, did not take long to return to his old ways and with more force than ever," a photo is seen where Duncan releases the animals from a zoo and they chase the visitors, meanwhile the criminal laughed while Courtney looked at him annoyed.

"Courtney for her part became increasingly strict and dedicated in her mission to correct Duncan and make up for what little progress they were making," Josh said. In several photos, Courtney is seen scolding Duncan for his bad behavior, while Duncan was only rolling his eyes or deliberately ignoring her. Which was a bad idea because in the last image, instead of getting depressed about being ignored, she was strangling him in a lock from which the criminal could not escape.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"That girl is the spitting image of an empowered woman," Blaineley said.

"They were certainly intense but theirs didn't last long, they broke up a week after she strangled him," Josh said.

"When we asked them what they thought of each other, this is what they told us," Blaineley said.

---

Video interview.

---

"I refuse to continue to be the babysitter for an immature brat who thinks a lion chasing a group of tourists is funny," Courtney said looking at Duncan.

"And I refuse to go out with her because she's crazy!" replied Duncan, "with that attitude you look like my mother."

Courtney gasped annoyed, "That's it!", then threw herself at Duncan beating him up on television.

"AHHH! Not the nipple, not the nipple!"

*Twist*

"¡AHHHHHHH!".

---

End of the interview video.

---

"Oh, that must have hurt," Josh said with a grimace as he rubbed his chest, "Courtney's still suing Duncan for the custody of their raccoon, Brittany."

"Come on, Duncan. Suck it up and take her back! Courtney, grow a heart. We know you can, honey," Blaineley said.

"While Courtney's team of lawyers prepare to wallop Duncan, did Gwen look just a little tempted?" said Josh suspiciously.

---

Video evidence.

---

Gwen adjusted her computer camera, "Okay, I'm still getting a lot of emails about Duncan. 'Do you like him? He's perfect for you.' 'Courtney doesn't deserve him, you do.' Enough already. He has a girlfriend, case closed".

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Then she heard about the big Duncney breakup," Blaineley said.

---

Video evidence.

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"Courtney is totally nuts letting Duncan get away like that. He is the best thing that ever happened to her. I mean, look at the guy, he's hot! I mean, uh, he's okay. For her."

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Sounds like we might be in for a little red carpet love triangle action," Josh said as he rubbed his hands anxiously, "Now, let's check in with another star couple."

"Bridgette and Geoff, the co-hosts of the Total Drama Aftermath Show. You just couldn't open a fan scene this year without seeing a picture of Geoff and Bridgette, or as we call them, Gidgette. Sucking face. With Geoff's popularity shooting higher than Bridgette's she had to put up with a lot of Geoff's stalkers," Geoff is seen signing the arm of a very tall girl with purple hair in a long ponytail, dark skin and a yellow top, Bridgette looked at him with a frown, then Geoff signed her abdomen which made her expression one of anger.

Both are in an airport and many girls surrounded Geoff and fought to touch or kiss him, to which he put up little resistance. Bridgette was furious again.

"When Geoff let his guard down, he was in for a smack down," Josh said.

*Blow*

The fans saw how Geoff collapsed on the ground, turned to see Bridgette and she raised her surfboard again. She then proceeded to chase them all over the airport.

"That's girl, protect what's yours," Blaineley said.

"But luckily for Gidgette, they packed it all up," Josh said.

---

Video interview.

---

"Let's all just chill out," Geoff said, "I never should've let my eyes wander from my little shmoopy-shmoo," he said as he took Bridgette's chin.

She gasped, "And I should always trust my cutie-patootie," she said in a cheesy voice.

Then they began to kiss.

---

End of the interview video.

---

"Cutie-patootie?" said Josh.

"Shmoopy-shmoo?" said Blaineley.

"Ewww/ Blargh".

"There's no bigger buzzkill than baby talk when it comes to celebs," the blonde said.

"Are you kidding me? They are still fascinating!" said Josh enthusiastically, "They ate salads, they tried on socks, they ironed! I'm excited!"

"Did you see the Aftermath show? Gidgette are total amateurs. Geoff was on the right track for a while, but he ruined it big by being sincere and apologetic, what self-respecting host regrets torturing his cast? Also, ironing? You have to earn gossip wordiness, you want a good example? Let's go back to some real celebrities, the guys who are the talk of the town, the Drama Brothers," Blaineley said.

"The Total Drama boy band ruled the music world doing different genres."

---

Video evidence.

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The door of a limousine opens and a yeti with dark glasses and an earpiece in his ear stepped out of it. Then the boys came out behind him with many screaming fans in the background, Cody still had the cardboard box on his head.

The geek spoke and behaved normally despite that, "it's incredible how high we've climbed, we're filling stadiums, our records are flying off the shelves, the fans are stealing our used hotel bedsheets, and I've already signed like thirty-four cleavages."

"Kyaaaa~ Cybergeek over here!", Cody left the screen for a moment.

"Thirty-five".

Trent put his arm around his neck, "It's all about touching people on an emotional level, plus a portion of our profits are going to a program to help yetis deal with their stage fright problems."

The yeti gave them a thumbs up and they did the same.

Harold showed his face on camera, "as well as helping to preserve endangered species, such as prehistoric beavers and geese, and the giant condor of Easter Island."

Now Justin appeared, "in addition to helping ugly people to be prettier".

...

We pass Justin in a studio trying to play a ukulele, "I don't even play an instrument, but the crazy groupie chicks don't mind."

---

End of the video evidence.

---

Blaineley looked dreamily, "Ahh... I am so crushing on Justin! He had enough flavor for the whole band."

"Like the typical band of teenagers, the Drama Brothers have done all kinds of crazy things, like pool parties until dawn, stealing a tiger from the zoo, no idea how, hijacking a bus full of old people and taking them to eat hamburgers and bad cooking tutorials at three in the morning," he said while the images were shown with the band and their bodyguard. Cody always had the box on.

"Those old men were so grateful that they knitted them sweaters with the band's logo," Blaineley said.

"Now I know what you're thinking, was that a real bodyguard yeti?" said Josh.

"And we know the other thing they're thinking, why is Cody hiding his face?" said Blaineley.

"A lot of stars do it because they value their privacy, but it's very difficult for that guy not to be known by everyone who has enough neurons to have seen Total Drama," Josh said while holding a photo of the geek without the box and signed by him.

"After the show ended, Cody and his lovers had to deal with the normal issues that come with being in a relationship," Blaineley said.

"But multiplied by four... Or is it sixteen?" said Josh as he looked at his confused fingers.

"Everyone's favorite geek along with Heather, Lindsay and Izzy, organized a gigantic family barbecue with the aim that each one can meet their many in-laws. And thanks to a little inside help," a photo of Chef was shown, "we were able to introduce a camera to this big event," Blaineley said.

---

Video evidence.

---

Some of the arrivals of the relatives are seen, as well as the different introductions of Cody and the girls, and a special close-up of the camera when Lindsay's mother got out of the car.

"Oh my god, that's Ester, the most famous supermodel in all of Canada?" said Blaineley completely surprised, "I almost don't recognize her in that good costume."

"I know it would look bad to howl right now, but what the hell, AUUUUUUUU! Who knew we'd find such a goddess at an event like that?" said Josh as he leaned on his hands and looked on dreamily.

"The event had its ups and downs as you'd expect with these guys," the tree is seen catching fire, bees attacking, Izzy's little cousins chasing Heather's siblings on a jet ski, and many other things, "but even so, our dear lovers could still find time for them," Blaineley said.

A recording is shown in which the men are carrying wood for the campfire that night, Cody was last. When he passed through some bushes an arm shot out and pulled him.

The bush moved frantically for a while. Then Izzy came out of there while swallowing something, she had leaves and twigs in her hair. She walked away, whistling surreptitiously. A second later Cody came out rolling his eyes and his lumberjack shirt backwards.

The camera zooms out to show Lindsay looking at the scene with her mouth open. It then moves further away to show Yogi with his mouth open, while covering Boo-Boo's eyes.

"Heck miss, that was very risky on your part Izzy, you're lucky only Lindsay saw you," Josh said.

"Of course, our darling, adorable blonde wasn't going to let it go," Blaineley said.

Lindsay was pretending that something had taken her leg in the water, Cody coincidentally was the closest to her, so he went to help her. But when he arrived, Lindsay held him down, and as in mermaid tales, she submerged them both in the water. All you could see were the bubbles. Almost a minute later they came out again. But Cody had lipstick all over his face. The camera zoomed out to show Heather with her mouth open, and then zoomed out further to show the sharks behind her covering each other's eyes.

"Izzy and Lindsay were very creative to have a moment alone with the geek, now the question is, 'Will Heather be able to get over that?'" said Blaineley.

In the next scene, Heather is seen taking Cody's arm and dragging him into the cabin bathroom with an irritated expression. The camera went on at super-fast speed after she closed the door, moving forward several minutes. Then finally the door opened, and Heather came out with a sigh, but when she turned to close it, there were many kiss marks on the back of her neck. Although she walked around like it didn't matter, she probably didn't even know they were there. This time Cody didn't show up again.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Heck, did she want to vent or try to kill him?" said Josh.

"As always, both are equally valid when it comes to those two," Blaineley said. "Two things here are important. One, this was the last time we saw Cody's face, after that our cameras lost track of him and we only saw him again in the band's debut where he was already using the cardboard box with a robot design."

"People started calling him Cybergeek and the name stuck," Josh said, "however, a lot of theories came up as to why Cody hides his face now and why he no longer appears in public beyond the band. Some say he had an accident and now he has a huge scar."

"Others say it's not actually Cody, but a robot that can mimic his voice," Blaineley said.

"and others that Cody never really had a head and we just imagined her all this time," Josh said.

"The things that some people make up for attention," Blaineley said shaking her head, "and the second important thing, is that Cody hasn't seen any of his girlfriends since Lindsay left for France, that means we'll have a very emotional reunion of those four on the red carpet."

"As far as the identity issue, we didn't want to leave them with these doubts, so we asked them directly when we interviewed the whole band," Josh said.

---

Interview.

---

"Hm? Why do I wear a box on my head? I wanted to make a character to give more attention to the band and this is what I came up with, in terms of what I do outside the band... I'm sorry I can't say that," was Cody's simple response.

"Ha, I thought it would be something more shocking," Josh confessed, "How do you think Izzy, Lindsay and Heather are going to react when they see you on the red carpet?"

"Well, they're certainly going to be surprised, I can assure you," the robot said humorously.

Trent put a hand on Cody's shoulder, "we thought it was a great idea that would give a unique touch to the band, so we supported him, surprisingly he has become a very popular character."

"I still think my face is more than attractive enough, but hey, I actually liked the design," Justin said with a shrug.

"I also tried to create something for the band and they denied it," Harold said, crossing his arms and throwing a tantrum.

The model rolled his eyes, "ask him what his idea was."

"What was your idea, Harold?" asked Josh.

Harold stood up and tore off his clothes, showing that underneath he was wearing the same clothes that LeShawna wore, only modified for his very scrawny size. Josh opened his eyes in fright.

"Uniforms in tribute to the sexiest girl who can rock the boat, my beloved LeShawna," he knelt in front of the camera, "Please forgive me!"

---

End of the interview.

---

Blaineley shuddered in dismay as Josh rocked in a fetal position in his chair.

"Does he want LeShawna to forgive him or kill him? That idea was terrible!" said the blonde.

"I know, and it's not even the craziest thing he's tried to get her back," Josh said.

---

Video evidence.

---

The Drama Brothers were sneaking around in the middle of the night through a neighborhood. They made their way to a two-story house and stood outside a tall window.

"Ready guys?" asked Harold.

"Harold, this is a terrible idea," Cybergeek said.

"It will work, believe me, no one can resist my beats," said the nerd.

Cody shook his head, but readied his keyboard anyway.

"Pupushi, pupupushi, pupupushi, pupupushi, yo, yo! "LeShawna-"."

*Crash, boom*

A vase crashed into Harold's head knocking him out, "IT'S 2:00 IN THE FUCKING MORNING!" shouted LeShawna's voice.

"Let's get out of here!" said Trent in a panic.

"AHHHHHHHHH!", the three boys fled.

...

..

.

"AHHHHH!", then they returned and carried the fainted Harold on their backs.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

Blaineley slapped his forehead and sighed, "Guys... Is it so hard to say I'm sorry in a non-creepy way?"

"If there is, please send it to us and we'll share it with every dumped teenager in the world," Josh said.

"Okay, next, food, cinema, competition, and big aspirations," Blaineley said.

"DJ, DJ's Mama and Owen started a food business together," Josh said.

"What does Owen bring besides a space to throw away leftovers? Who knows?" said Blaineley.

"They also started their own cooking show on cheap TV," Josh said.

---

Video evidence.

---

"Hey there, and welcome back to Mama's Heaping Helpings," DJ said as he reached into a pile of steaks, "where we don't count calories."

*Blow*

"Oow!" Mama tapped him on the hand, "we count smiles," Owen slipped away and tried to grab a steak as well.

*Blow*

"Ouch" but he couldn't beat Mama's reflexes.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Chock full of carbs, cholesterol, and calories, their food was to die for," Josh said.

"Only problem was, people did! DJ, what were you thinking?" said Blaineley.

"Owen, DJ and mom were about to lose everything they have. However, a certain geek who owed the kind giant a favor for helping him with his family barbecue wasn't going to sit idly by in the face of his friends' plight," Josh said.

"That's how the high-tech robot and Detective Harold got to work solving this culinary mystery," Blaineley said.

"After a few days of thorough research, they finally came up with something solid," Josh said.

"Sabotage...," Blaineley said dramatically.

"It turns out that the meat supplier who brings her products to mom's restaurant also takes them to her competition. Another restaurant called Daddy's Big Bites," Blaineley said.

"Those guys paid extra money to a mole at the supplier to not only give them the best produce, but they also paid him to give Mama's restaurant the expiring produce," Josh said.

"A whole gastronomic conspiracy," Blaineley said shaking his head, "fortunately our two brainiacs gave the evidence to the cadets Sanders and MacArthur and they acted immediately."

---

Video evidence.

---

MacArthur is standing in front of the camera while eating a piece of steak. Many people passed handcuffed behind her, "it was quite easy, once they gave us the green light my partner and I came to do a checkup, they didn't expect it, they had all the evidence in sight haha, poor fools," she said while chewing.

"Ah... you're eating the evidence," Sanders said appearing on screen.

"It's okay, we caught the criminals," MacArthur said nonchalantly.

"It's spoiled meat," Sanders said rolling her eyes.

Her partner's eyes widened.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"Congratulations MacArthur, another crime solved, I just hope you can survive for another appearance," Josh said.

"DJ, Owen and Mama were so grateful that now the Drama Brothers can eat for free at their restaurant for life!" said Blaineley.

---

Video evidence.

---

"Guk, DJ, DJ, I know you're happy, but... no... I can...", Cody tried to say while he and Harold received a big joint hug from Owen, DJ and mom.

"My... lungs... are... shrink... ing...", the nerd fainted.

"Thank you guys so much, come eat at our restaurant whenever you want," DJ said.

"Co... ol".

---

End of the video evidence.

---

After that hug I hope they have some stomach left to take advantage of their Premium membership," Josh said.

"Now we will move from the gastronomic to the cinematographic, Cody's personal Venus flytrap, that is, Izzy, took a giant leap in the world of cinema. Our little lunatic turned out to be an awesomely talented actor on the set of Total Drama Action. Post-elimination, she signed a stack of movie deals," Izzy is seen in some films such as Kill Bill, the Giant Woman, King Kong... Heidi... I think, " her career sky-rocketed and she promised to take it very far, but there was a little problem...," Blaineley said.

"And by little, we mean very big," Josh said.

"Our team recovered this from among the... remains left by Miss Lunatic," Blaineley said.

---

Video evidence.

---

"What did you say!?" said Izzy furiously, she lifted a couch and threw it at the cameraman.

*Crash*

"Izzy, calm down!"

"Calm down!? CALM DOWN!? Here I have your calm!"

*Crack*

She destroyed the camera, "AHHHHHHH!", people fled in terror while a violent Izzy destroyed the entire film set.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"But what happened!? That seemed like pandemonium," Josh said.

"Our team found out that in the new role that Izzy was going to play, she had to pretend to sleep with another actor and this was a man," Blaineley said.

"Ouch! But what a mistake, who was the rookie who thought that was a good idea? Don't they know how conservative that girl is with herself? She doesn't give that privilege to just anyone," Josh said.

"Whoever it was, he's very fired right now," Blaineley said humorously.

"Since we're talking about Izzy and her conservationism, why not mention the promoter of a certain specific fan group?" said Josh.

"That's right, we're talking about the P.C.P.C. (Possible Cody Partners Community), led by a fan of this specific topic named Topher," Blaineley said as Topher was shown leading a crowd with Cody signs, hearts and question marks.

Josh put on a pin with Cody's face on it, "I'm a member of that club. Topher posed a very interesting question in the latest Total Drama Aftermath: Why settle for only three? The unpredictable geek showed us that he is capable of conquering different girls regardless of their character or personality, and at the same time. So, is it possible that we will soon see one more hanging on the geek's arm soon? And if that's the case, who would it be? What is the most popular bride currently? Who gets along best? This community exists to ask and answer these questions."

"We interviewed Topher to learn more about the matter," Blaineley said.

---

Interview.

---

Topher was in the studio at the time, "so Topher, you're the founder of this interesting community, what can you tell us about it?" asked Josh.

"Well Josh, I realized that this was a goldmine of attention and fame, the formation of this relationship shook the world and still does, you may love it, wish to be a part of it, envy it, hate it or disavow it, but I guarantee that everyone is talking about it. And since I'm the one who started the movement, everyone is talking about me as well, sometimes, mentioning my name in the same sentence as Chris Mclean's, you know him, don't you? Of course you know him, what is it like to work with him? Are you close friends? Are you hiring right now?" asked the mini Chris excitedly.

"Woah, woah, calm down bro, I'm the one asking the questions," Josh said appeasement, "tell me, what exactly are you doing in this community?"

"Well, we interviewed the other girls who don't have a partner, since Cody is the only guy, he's the central axis of the relationship, so we started there."

---

Video evidence.

---

"If I would go out with Cody?" said Katie, "hmm, if it was just him, I'd try for sure, but Heather scares me," she said scared.

...

"Dating Cody? I don't think so," Sadie said, "well... maybe there would be a possibility if Justin and Katie were involved," she said dreamily.

...

"Dating the geek?" said Eva while bandaging her hands, "I have my own standards, number one, he has to be stronger than me," then she hit a sandbag making it explode.3

...

"It's not that I don't like Cody, I consider him a great friend, but he's not my type, I like more those who are tall, handsome and muscular, like Justin," said Beth dreamily.

...

"He's my friend, and I owe him a lot, but I don't see him in a romantic way," Gwen said, "and no, I don't like Duncan," she said, looking suspiciously around.

"But I didn't say anything."

...

"I like the guy, but dating Heather? Are you kidding? Do you think LeShawna is so cheap?"

...

"I already told you, I don't like him that way, plus I just broke up with Duncan," Courtney said annoyed.

...

Blaineley was filing his nails, "Me? With him? How famous did we say he was? Maybe for the cameras, but on a personal level? Hm... maybe if he grows another couple of inches and does something with that hole between his teeth."

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"You interviewed Blaineley?" asked Josh.

"She's single," Topher shrugged.

Josh looked at his co-host at the desk, "you're part of that community, don't judge me," the blonde warned him.

"We also have this chart, which says which girl is the one that fans want to see the most in that harem in real time," said the mini Chris, "this is the current order removing the ones that already are on it."

Katie: 19%

Gwen: 19%

Bridgette: 17%

Blaineley: 14%

Courtney: 13%

LeShawna: 9%

Eva: 6%

Beth: 3%

"Wow... I expected a different order," Josh said.

"It's constantly changing, people don't know what they want half the time," Topher said.

"I must congratulate you Topher, it looks like you know what you're doing," Josh said.

"Of course I know, I'm good at organizing things, presenting, directing a lot of people at once, so... If they ever need a backup host, I am always available," he said suggestively.

"We... we'll take into account," Josh said uncomfortably, "and tell me, are there any notable issues you had to face while putting this project together?"

Topher frowned, "well... We were all anxious that none of them have been in touch so far, but that only added to the excitement for tonight. If I had to point out a problem, then that would be the hater."

"The haters?" asked Josh.

"One specific group, C.D.N.N.A.H. (Cody Does Not Need A Harem), they have a clandestine website and they're far from being as popular as me, I mean, us. Their main argument is that Cody is too good for the girls he dates, and that he would be better off being exclusively from a single person who loves him and him alone, and vice versa. After all, if it doesn't have eyes just for you then it's not love," he said sarcastically.

"Wow, these guys sound like a pain in your butt," Josh said.

Topher shrugged, "Meh, it's like Bridgette said, there's always one who hates. But as I said, it's a small group and its founder is completely anonymous. She sometimes tries to sabotage or defame us," Topher smiled maliciously, "but as I said any publicity is good publicity. Thanks to this conflict, my community is only expanding."

"Her?" asked Josh.

"I have a theory that the founder is a girl, a fan of Cody's who fell in love with him completely after seeing him on TV, and now she probably wants him just for herself, that's why she hates us," the mini Chris looked at the camera, "Cody belongs to everyone, bitch, and he's my ticket to fame," he whispered that last part.

"Wow, this whole thing is just getting crazier and crazier, I wish we could keep talking about this, but it's almost awards time and we still have to talk about some guys, so we're back with you Blaineley," Josh said.

Topher got in front of the camera, "I don't know who SawFanNumber1 is, but I'm going to unmask you," declared the aspiring host.

---

End of the interview.

---

We go back to Blaineley, "Well, it seems like even the fans have their own rivalries, and you know who else does? These guys," Tyler and LeShawna appeared on screen, "Post-Total Drama, Tyler and Leshawna hit the celebrity reality TV circuit. You've seen them on shows like 'Celebrity Stunt Driving', 'Doctor for a Day', 'So You Think You Can Eat That?', and 'Extreme Chess: Pillar Edition'. We caught up with these... celebrities on the set of 'Sharp Things Flying at Your Head'."

---

Video interview.

---

LeShawna and Tyler are running on a couple of treadmills while all kinds of trash are thrown at them.

Tyler dodged a typewriter, "My awesome athletic abilities went to waste on Total Drama," he crouched down again as a lit chainsaw passed over his head, " But other shows, I could really use my actual physical talents," a tennis racket and a missile were thrown at him, "LeShawna too."

LeShawna dodged a trash can, "Talents, schmalents! I'm doing this for the cash money!"

*Blow*

A can of ketchup hit Tyler in the face off the treadmill, "yes!" LeShawna celebrated.

---

End of the interview video.

---

"I thought Tyler had left sports to be a mathlete," Blaineley said.

"So did I, so we decided to interview him about it," Josh said.

---

Interview.

---

"Why did I return to sports? Well, since Lindsay and I broke up and now she has someone else, I thought it was time to make my big comeback."

"But at the end of the show you said you wanted to be a math mate," Josh reminded her suspiciously.

Tyler became very uncomfortable and began to sweat under the host's gaze.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"... Tyler."

"...Okay! I was kicked out of the team!" he finally broke down and began crying on the floor, "I couldn't get past the multiplication table of 12, Multiplications with two digits! What kind of monster can think of something like that!? waaaaa".

Josh came over and patted him on the shoulder, "I understand you brother", now the host was also crying, "I completely understand you, waaaaaaa".

---

End of the interview

---

"Wait, don't you know how to multiply double digits?" asked Blaineley looking at the other host.

Josh looked around, "uh... of course I can, I was just trying to support Tyler hahahahaha," he laughed awkwardly.

Blaineley looked at him for a second longer and then continued with the program, "while Tyler's career plummets, Eva's rises."

"The iron woman of total drama has entered the boxing world, and she's been sweeping the competition left and right, literally!" said Josh excitedly as he threw punches in the air.

"You can count on the fingers of one hand the very low number of people who have survived more than two minutes to an encounter with her in the ring," Blaineley said.

"There are even rumors that she plans to enter the men's category since she has no opponents left, watch out guys, Eva is coming for you," Josh said pointing to the camera.

"Unfortunately, not everything is rosy for the iron woman, ironically. Her newfound fame has made her very popular among sports fans. And for a person with such an explosive and impatient temper as her, fans can be a real nuisance at times," Blaineley said.

"Here we have some shots that someone uploaded to the internet," Josh said.

---

Video evidence.

---

Eva was surrounded by a bunch of hands with pens that wanted her autograph and she didn't know what to do.

"Eva, will you sign my field hockey stick? Eva, can you, huh? Can you, can you, can you?" said a very insistent fan.

But the iron woman was fed up, she snatched the jokey stick from him, "Shut up!"

*Bite, Crack*

And he broke it with his teeth, "Now get lost before I have to bust some chops", then she looked at the camera, "What are you looking at?", then she punched it.

---

End of the video evidence.

---

"But if there's one rule we've discovered at Celebrity Manhunt, it's the bigger the freakout, the greater the fame," Josh said.

Now a website was shown with lots of photos and videos of Eva angry or attacking people.

"Soon, a bunch of competing websites sprang up with the wildest, most insane Eva freakout photos," Blaineley said.

"We tracked down one webmaster for this live interview. She asked that her identity not be revealed to protect her from angry Eva," Josh said.

"So, you know everything about everybody from the cast?" asked Blaineley.

---

Anonymous interview.

---

The person who appeared on screen was in the dark, "Duh. I'm the one who leaked the story about Noah's false teeth," she said in a distorted voice.

"Would you call yourself a gossip-crazed Eva fan?" asked Blaineley.

"It's not just Eva. I have websites for everyone from Total Drama."

"Wow. I'm in the presence of gossip royalty," Blaineley said.

"That's why it's important to keep my identity a total secret."

The light suddenly came on, showing that it was the tall, purple-haired girl who had already appeared before.

"AH!" she was startled when she was revealed.

"There you are, silly beans!" Izzy said, coming out of nowhere.

"So much for my anonymity," she said defeated.

"You saw the doctor? I'm so happy it's cleared up. Anyway Sierra, Lindsay told me she has four ingrown toenails," Sierra made the gesture of silence.

"Hold on. All along, Izzy, you've been feeding Sierra the dirt on your Total Drama castmates?"

"Course not, you're crazy. Hahahahaha, hahahahaha, hahahahaha... Okay, yes," she admitted at the end. Sierra made a betrayed expression, "I needed to pay off the RCMP creeps who are on my tail. Those guys aren't cheap."

"Ooh, your friends are not going to be happy about that on the red carpet," Blaineley said.

"I can live with that," the redhead said with a shrug.

"What if Cody gets mad at you?" asked Josh.

Sierra flinched at the mention of the name, and Izzy's eyes were wide open.

"Give me that tape!" she shouted and began to chase the cameraman. Cody had never been mad at her, and she wasn't eager to find out what that would be like.

Another cameraman arrived to replace the one fleeing from Izzy, "You!", Sierra was startled when Topher appeared out of nowhere and pointed at her.

"M-Me?" said Sierra.

"Your name is Sierra, right?" said Chris's fan with narrowed eyes.

"Y-Yes," she said with beads of sweat falling down her forehead.

"You know everything about the contestants, don't you?"

"M-Maybe?"

"And you're a creator of multiple Total Drama websites, right?"

Sierra was starting to panic, "M-Maybe?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"That's perfect!" the boy said excitedly.

"What?" said Sierra confused.

Topher put his arm around her neck, "You can help me unmask that infamous SawFanNumber1 who's causing me so much trouble."

Sierra sighed between relieved and anxious, "I don't think she's that bad, I mean, she's just a random person on the internet, who possibly doesn't leave the house for days, eats a lot of sugar, has a Cody altar and many, many photos and very justified theories, how do we know that her arguments don't have some truth to them?" she said smiling nervously.

"Are you kidding? That girl is totally crazy, and I bet she doesn't even bathe, in fact, I can smell her stench right now," he said inhaling deeply, "she's close, I can feel it," he said as he tightened his grip on Sierra as she tried to walk away.

The fan sniffed her own armpit at Topher's words, and grimaced in disgust.

---

End of the not-so-anonymous interview.

---

"Izzy, shouldn't you be on your way to the Gemmie Awards? You haven't seen Cody in months, you must be anxious," Blaineley said.

The lunatic froze in her tracks, which gave the cameraman a chance to escape, "Oh it's true! Cody, here I come!" she said as she ran off in a random direction.

...

At the awards ceremony, many limousines were arriving.

...

"The limos are coming! Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!" said Josh anxiously.

"Limos!", shouted the two presenters excitedly.

"Who's up for a celebrity grudge fest? Join Josh, me, and hardcore fans Sierra and Topher on the crimson carpet," Blaineley said as she lured both boys alongside her.

"Really?! I get to be Celebrity Manhunt's red carpet interview diva? That's so cool," Sierra said excitedly as she gave Blaineley a big hug by disheveling her hair.

"This is perfect, I'm sure SawFanNumber1 will be in the audience, I swear I'll find you," Topher said pointing to the camera. Sierra swallowed hard.

"Wait, where's Izzy?" asked Josh looking around.

...

"Hahahahahahaha!" she was already on the red carpet, as if she had teleported from the studio, "Okay. Here I am on the red carpet. It's so red, wow! Why are they red anyway? Shouldn't it be, like, black or something? Or purple, that would be really great!"

...

"Uh, thanks, Izzy. We'll be right back," Josh said, "hopefully with some cat fights, after these messages."

...

A commercial break after...

We return to the studio with Josh and Blaineley, a mouse walked in front of the camera, "Welcome back to Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Red Carpet Reunion Special," Blaineley said.

"This is it, people! Months of Total Drama cast in-fighting, back-stabbing and breakups are about to pay off right here as our reality stars strut there stuff on the Gemmie Awards red carpet," as Josh spoke two limousines and a bicycle crashed at the entrance to the red carpet, Sierra and Topher were already there.

...

"Thanks, Josh. Sierra here."

"And Topher too."

"We got the carpet completely covered," said the crazy fan.

"When those guys arrive we won't let a single piece of gossip escape," said the mini, Chris, "pay attention to any suspects in the audience," he whispered to Sierra as he slyly looked around. Sierra looked anxiously.

"Oh look, here's reality's most famous BFFs, Katie and Sadie!" Sierra said quickly as a limousine arrived and Katie and Sadie got out of it in their previously pink mini shorts now green. Sierra approached them, "ladies."

"Celebrity Manhunt? Oh my gosh! Hi, Josh!" said Katie.

"Hi Blaineley!" said Sadie.

"We love you!" said Katie.

"Looking smokin' hot in green," Sierra said.

"Yeah, with the whole 'save the planet' vibe," Topher said after checking the audience for the fifth time.

"Why don't you tell our ten million viewers about your outfits?" said Sierra.

Katie and Sadie froze with their eyes wide open, "ten... million?" said Sadie.

"And those are the ones we can count," Topher said proudly, then winked at the camera while smiling Mclean-style.

"They all wanna know," Sierra said, putting her microphone in front of them, but as they didn't answer, the crazy fan began to despair, "it's a pretty simple question."

"Ahhhhhh... I don't know," Katie said, backing away.

"¿ten... million?" said Sadie again, Topher shook his head.

Fortunately for both parties the bus from DJ's restaurant arrived at that moment, DJ, Owen and Mama went down the door.

"I told you we'd be late, DJ," Mama said.

"I'm sorry, the soufflé took longer than planned," the big man apologized.

"Hmm... soufflé, it was delicious," Owen said.

"Did you eat it? It was supposed to be for everyone," Mama reproached him.

"Ah... No?"

*Blow*

Mama hit him with her purse.

Topher approached them, "DJ, Owen, Mama, you were involved in a gastronomic conspiracy, tell me how did it feel to see your rival restaurant lose at its own game?" he asked anxiously.

"Well... I felt hungry... although I always feel hungry hahahahahaha," Owen laughed.

*Blow*

Mama punched Topher in the face with her purse, Sierra grimaced, "What's wrong with you boy? What is that way of asking someone things? Do you think I raised my son to enjoy revenge?"

*Blow*

She hit him again, knocking him to the ground, walking with DJ and Owen down the red carpet and also hitting Sierra when she opened her mouth.

Topher approached her rubbing his cheek, "two out of two, this isn't going very well, Chris makes it look so easy."

...

In the studio Blaineley shook his head, "guys, we're here for the gossip, not getting hit in the face with a purse, is that Drama Machine working yet?"

The old mechanic was having a coffee while resting.

"It looks like you're going to get another chance, as Duncney has arrived! Fresh from their breakup," Josh said as Courtney stepped out of a limo with her raccoon Brittany and Duncan out of a different one.

...

This time it was Sierra, "Duncan, Courtney," who came up.

"Hi / Hey," they both said, turning their backs to each other.

"First the messy breakup, then the custody battle over Brittany. You two must just hate each other," Sierra said putting the microphone on them.

"My lawyer says no comment," they said at the same time.

Courtney looked at Duncan in surprise as he walked away, "Do you have a lawyer? Really?" they both walked away, ignoring Sierra.

"Ah...".

"Look! It's Lindsay!" said Topher. Sierra twitched momentarily. Meanwhile the mini Chris approached her, "and she's wearing her incredible... Normal clothes?" he said surprised, Lindsay was the same as always, "Lindsay, and your dress? The one that would cause an attack on Cody and Izzy."

"I didn't wanna get my Christian L'Ebuson outfit wrinkled at the dress rehearsal," she replied innocently.

"But this isn't a rehearsal. It's the Gemmie Awards," Sierra said.

Lindsay got excited, "Really? Is Cody here yet? You don't know how much I miss him," she said, automatically forgetting about the dress. Sierra's eye trembled, but no one noticed.

"Well, he didn't, but there's someone else who's definitely dying to see you," Topher said.

"¡AHHHHHHH!".

*Crash*

A green blur slammed into Lindsay causing them both to roll across the carpet. When they stopped, Izzy was sitting astride Lindsay, "Lindsay! Izzy completely missed you!" said the emotional psychopath.

"Hahahaha", Lindsay was totally disheveled but she didn't care, "Lindsay missed you too Izzy".

The redhead lunged at her by taking her lips while devouring her on the red carpet. It was several months since they saw each other and the redhead was in abstinence all that time.

The camera recorded them while both beauties kissed on the red carpet without much care or subtlety.

Sierra grimaced as Topher spoke, "Well, it's not what we expected, but I don't think anybody's going to complain."

...

Blaineley tried to wipe the blood from her nose while Josh looked dreamily leaning on his hands, "Let's hope those two don't go past first base in the middle of the red carpet, or they might cancel us," the blonde said.

"I think it would be totally worth it, come on Izzy, unleash all that accumulated love," Josh encouraged.

"Josh needs a cold shower and we need to keep an eye out for the next celebrity coming to the awards. And by celebrity, I mean celebrities, the rest of the gang is coming to the red carpet," Blaineley said as a pile of limousines was seen dropping off Geoff, Bridgette, LeShawna, Gwen, Heather, Beth, Ezekiel and Tyler on the red carpet.

...

Izzy and Lindsay froze when they realized everyone else was watching them kiss in the middle of the floor.

*Boom*

Tyler passed out, this time with a bleeding nose.

"Really?" said Heather with narrowed eyes.

Lindsay turned very red, "oops... I think I got carried away."

"Heather!" Izzy shouted unashamedly as she lunged at her other lover with pursed lips.

But the queen bee stopped her in her tracks by putting a hand on her face, "hey, what's wrong with you? We're in public, you know?"

"Happy to get the attention you wanted Heather?" sneered Gwen.

"Good girl," LeShawna high-fived.

"Happy to finally have Duncan at your fingertips?" the queen bee returned. Gwen crossed her arms angrily without saying anything, "And where the hell is Cod- mmm!?", Izzy finally caught up with the queen bee and claimed her lips in a fiery kiss.

Lindsay was fixing her hair, "he hasn't arrived yet."

"AH!" Heather managed to get Izzy off her back, "How dare he leave us hanging on the red carpet? I'm going to punish that nerd," she reneged. Everyone looked at her with knowing smiles, "Not that way! Argh! I call dibs on the front row seat!" she said starting to run.

"Oh no, you don't," LeShawna said following her.

The others also began to run. Tyler came back to the land of the living, "Front row is where I go," he ran to catch up with the rest.

*Trip*

But he tripped over a wrinkle in the carpet and ended up rolling towards Beth, who bumped into Zeke and so on.

*Traffic accident*

Topher and Sierra grimaced as all the competitors fell into a pile of bodies, including those who had arrived beforehand.

"AHHHH! My leg is broken!" said Zeke, looking at his slender, bare leg at an odd angle.

"Ezeloser, that's my leg," Heather said from under the pile of bodies, "And who's grabbing my ass!?"

...

"Hahahahahahahahaha," Josh laughed at the comical situation.

"Sierra, Topher another limo has just pulled up," Blaineley said.

...

"Lactose free, non-fat, half-caff, cocoa sprinkles," Noah said as he arrived at the event listening to his earpiece.

"It's the man of mystery himself, Noah!" said Sierra, "Where have you-" she tried to ask him, but he just cut her off by raising his hand.

"And a gluten free muffin. Yeah," he said, passing by.

"But..."

"Well... that was rude," Topher said.

"Looks like Noah landed himself a super important job in the industry," Sierra said.

"Nothing says power like a phone and a latte," Topher said.

...

"Sierra, Topher, you guys know what would be better than nothing? Something!" complained Blaineley.

...

Drama Brothers limousine...

Trent, Justin and Harold watched the show live from the limousine's television.

"Damn, they're all still as chaotic as ever," Trent said as he stared at the screen.

"It looks like this event is going to fall apart at any moment," Justin said.

"Yes, it seems that we have to save the day with our music," Harold said.

"Guys, guys, remember that this is about Total Drama not the band, besides, others will be mad at us if we brag about our success," the guitarist said.

"Can I still brag about my beauty?" asked Justin.

"I guess you can."

"And about my mad skills?"

"Only if you don't overdo it," Trent said with his eyes rolling, "we're almost there, Harold, wake him up."

Harold shook a body lying on the seat next to him, "hey, we're almost there Cody, get up."

"Mmm...", the geek slowly woke up, "*Yawn* Are we there yet?" he said while scratching his head, his cardboard box was on his lap so everyone could see his face.

"Not yet, but it's going to be crazy when we show up," Trent said, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Cody looked at the cardboard box on his lap and smiled, "Yep, Cybergeek is exclusively from the band, it's Cody they want to see walking that red carpet."

"And Justin."

"... and Justin. Besides, Izzy would destroy it just to get to my lips," the geek laughed.

"They're going to get the surprise of their lives," Harold said.

"Well, what better way to return to the world of television than as a phoenix rising from the ashes?"

"Dude... that seems like the perfect lyric for a new song," Trent said.

"Then write it down quickly," Cody said with a smile that showed the hole between his teeth as he looked out the window, "because we're there."

...

Celebrity Manhunt...

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", the crowd around Topher and Sierra went wild when one last limousine rolled onto the red carpet.

...

"Wow, what's going on?" asked Josh.

...

Sierra began to breathe erratically, "Oh God, oh God, oh God! It's them! It's them!"

"The Drama Brothers!" said Topher as he grabbed Sierra and shook her erratically, the yeti bodyguard got out of the driver's seat and opened the door for the boys, "There's Trent!"

"And Justin!" said Sierra, now she being the one shaking Topher. The model got off winking at the camera.

...

"¡AHHHHHHH~!".

*Fall*

In the study, Blaineley fell from her chair, screaming with excitement.

...

"Ah... it's Harold," the two interviewers said borelessly. The nerd came down waving to the cheering audience.

"¡You suck!".

*In the story, boom*

Of course there was some people who wanted to throw things at him. Trent and Justin dragged their fallen partner out of the way.

"Wait a minute, where's Cody!?" cried Sierra in desperation as she shook Topher.

"Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath, I'd looooooooveeeeeeee to knoooooowwwwwwwww", said the boy.

...

Cody was looking at the red carpet from inside the limousine, his friends were there waiting for his appearance, from here he could see Izzy's eagerness. He still remembers when she made them swear that they would not see each other again until the premiere, when the four of them could finally be together again. There were many times when he wished he had had at least one of them around. But he could bear it, now he doesn't have to do it anymore, they are there waiting for him.

"I wonder what they will think when they see me," he laughed humorlessly, a part of him fearing that they would not accept him in the same way. He had no reason to believe that, I knew them better than anyone. But it was something that was always going to be there. He didn't want to lose them, he had become very fond of them. The real reason he hid his face originally was so that no one would ask him why he looked so beaten up or because he had bandages on his face. What he said in the interview was just one of the consequences of using the box.

He saw Sierra shaking Topher at his tardiness, the audience was starting to shout "Cybergeek, Cybergeek", Cody squeezed his dream catcher, which already looked a little deteriorated. He had seen Sierra multiple times throughout the year, at concerts, parties, stalking him outside his hotel. He was lucky that she wasn't able to follow him to the dump. It's easy to escape when you know who you're running from. At first, it caused him some panic attacks. The idea that no matter who he became, he wasn't going to be good enough to escape it. But with the passage of time and the fact that Sierra never approached him to speak directly. He was able to control his panic. He still didn't want her near him, but now he could bear her.

"Even if she was my stalker, she was also my friend," he reminded himself, "I just hope I can help her this time."

"Codyyyyy!", Sierra cried.

The geek shuddered, "well, here we go again."

...

The geek came out without his box showing his face to the world after almost a year.

Her hair had grown wild and tousled, the baby fat on her face had completely disappeared, showing a much smaller and firmer chin.

His body was no longer scrawny, but it was not muscular either, it was toned, with compact and strong muscles. It was also a little taller.

His clothes were the same as always, only his pants were now somewhat torn from wearing them in training. The sleeves of his plaid shirt were ripped off by Shawn's dogs, he now wore it open, underneath he had a black T-shirt that said "there are no brains here" along with the drawing of a brain covered by a red forbidden mark.

It looked very different from a few months ago and the public and their friends let it know with the stony silence that filled the red carpet.

Her friends had their jaws dropped, while Izzy turned completely red, Lindsay smiled excitedly, and Heather widened her eyes.

...

..

.

"Uh... Nice to see you again?" said the insecure geek.

"¡KYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!".

Cody covered his ears as the crowd erupted in noise.

"Oh for God, oh for God, Oh for God, Oh for God, Oh for God, Oh for God! / I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!", said Topher and Sierra at the same time.

"AHHHHH!".

*Boom*

Sierra fainted.

...

Josh also had his mouth open, a fly flew inside.

Blaineley returned to his chair and looked wide-eyed, "That's Cody!?" she said in disbelief.

...

POV. Cody

I watched the crowd go wild at my new makeover. It felt a little weird, after all it was hard for me to notice the change, it wasn't until Dawn showed me a picture of me from the show and a hand mirror that I realized how much I had changed. At least it seems like the fans like it, I just hope that-.

"Cody!"

*Boing*

"MM!", my face was caught against two big soft melons. I missed this situation so much.

"Cody! Hahahahahahahaha", while Lindsay hugged me Izzy lifted us both up making us spin in circles.

"Ah! Hahahaha! Hello girls, I missed you," I said with difficulty and joy to be able to hold them in my arms again... or that they hold me in their arms again.

Izzy brought us down to earth, "Hi Cody!", she wrapped her arm around my neck, her rough and hot lips crashed against mine and her tongue invaded my mouth giving me a passionate reunion kiss. After a full minute she cut it off, "muack~, you haven't changed anything love, hahahahahahahaha, by the way, if someone tells you that I was divulging information they are lying to you".

I rolled my eyes with a smile, gave her a big hug, "yeah, sure."

"Hey! I can see you face-to-face! Now we measure the same!" she said excitedly.

"Yeah, now I can look you in the eye," I said, touching her nose with mine. She blushed with a silly smile.

"My turn," Lindsay's hands took over my cheeks and she claimed my lips next. Her lipstick smelled so sweet, and her tongue was so soft. A minute later she separated looking at my face, "I missed you so much being in France, there were many boys, but none of them were you".

I smiled and kissed her several times on the cheek, "now you have me here once again."

She smiled, "You look like a scarecrow," she said laughing.

"You think?" I said, touching a few strands of my hair.

"You're late."

The three of us looked at Heather, who looked ready to kill, "leaving one girl waiting is unforgivable, and you left three girls waiting," she said as an increasingly dark smile appeared on her face. Izzy and Lindsay hid behind me, "Do you have anything to say in your defense honey?".

Well, she's still as aggressive as ever, but...

I approached her, "yes," I said as I put my hands on her cheeks.

Heather widened her eyes, "don't you dare-".

"I missed you so much, you sexy bitch," then I tilted her back and caught her soft lips in a French kiss.

"MMM! MM!", she tried to walk away at first saying something, I have no idea what it must have been. Since I missed messing with her, she's so sexy when she's angry, "mmm~, mm~", slowly her arms stopped fighting, instead, she used them to hold on to my shirt while she kissed me back.

The crowd and our friends were screaming cheerfully, mostly because I was embarrassing Heather on television again.

I missed them all so much.

I finally let her go, Heather was panting heavily as I made her stand up, she immediately started hitting me in the chest and insulting me with a red face, "Damn, idiot, pervert, wretch, fool, animal!"

I know I shouldn't laugh, but this was so funny, "I love you too Heather," I said happily.

"DIE!" she said giving me one last push and walking away angrily with a red face and muttering something.

"aw, she misses you," Lindsay said.

"Hahahaha you have a weird definition of 'missing' Linds."

Topher stood in front of the camera, "well, after the most outrageous reveal of the night, the Gemmie Awards are finally about to start, and my partner and I will be inside to comment on what happens," said the Chris hopeful. Then he grabbed Sierra by the ankles and began dragging her.

Would it be too much to ask that Sierra faint every time she sees me?

Izzy clung to my arm, "Come on, we'll miss the awards! Izzy wants to take home the gold," she said excitedly.

We grouped with the rest.

"Dude, what happened to you? You look a little different," Geoff said.

"Just a little? How do we know he's even the nerd?" said Duncan.

"Courtney, could you kick him in the nuts?"

"Decisions, decisions, decisions," she said thoughtfully.

The criminal shuddered and closed his legs, "alright, it's you."

"I like the new you, it looks more masculine," Owen said.

*Step*

"Ouch! I meant even more masculine than you already were," Owen said after Izzy stepped on his foot.

"Thank you pal."

We approached the entrance door of the hall of fame where Chef was already waiting for us, let this charade begin.

"Stop, famous people only," Chef said.

"Ah?"

"And as of about five seconds ago, that excludes you."

"Are you serious?" said Heather, "come on Chef, what about the barbecue?"

"I keep my private life away from my work life," the cook replied with his arms crossed.

"Who died and made you doorman?" asked Gwen.

"I did," Chris said walking out the door.

Lindsay and Topher gasped, "you died?" the blonde asked.

"It's Chris... Chris Mclean himself..."

*Boom*

And... Topher is fried, perhaps it was too early for him to meet his hero.

"Noah, coffee," said the diabolical little man. The know-it-all came running over while bringing him his coffee and bagel, "Is that my muffin?"

"You're Chris' assistant?" asked Gwen mockingly.

"Hahahahahahahahaha," Duncan laughed heartily.

"Dude, you kiss Chris' butt? For money?" I know I said it the first time, but I'm saying it again now, because that's a very low level of desperation.

"Traitor!", Izzy shouted at him.

Noah looked at me for a moment trying to figure out who I was, "cut me some slack. Everybody has to work their way up in this biz," I know, but there's like, millions of other ways. I don't know why you would choose this one. I would have taken him to the band with me, but he would have been suspicious of me all along. In addition, he will have his moment in the Ridonculous Race.

A limousine pulled up to the red carpet and a bunch of random individuals Chris used on the show walked out of it, including...

"You? Really?" I said when I saw Kevin, Butchie, and Dennis walk together at the end of the group. They looked at me and then ran inside. I rolled my eyes.

"Traitor!" Izzy yelled at the prairie dog.

"Bros! Come on in, my peeps," Chris said.

"How are they famous?" claimed Gwen.

"They're the stars of my new reality show, Total Drama Dirtbags!" the host said dramatically.

"Uh?"

"A bunch of nasty jerks living in a huge mansion and get all bored and back stabby," the know-it-all explained. Although none of those who passed were teenagers... or entirely human for that matter.

"I'm nasty! That should be me," Heather said.

"These guys are up and coming! Not down and going. I.E. you losers," Chris said.

.

.

"Excuse me."

.

.

"...", I froze.

That voice... that deep, masculine and seductive voice.

"Ah?".

*Blow*

I was incredibly still when a big, strong, muscular elbow hit me in the side with the intention of throwing me, but it didn't succeed.

All I could do right now was look at the back of one of the most important people I've ever met... and not exactly in a good way.

Someone for whom at this moment, I was nobody.

"Alejandro".

"Alejandro! Buddy! How's my next big star?" asked Chris as he passed by, ignoring his raised hand. None of us was aware of the importance of words in that question. The host frowned at the lack of attention and proceeded to drink his coffee.

*Spit*

Then he spat it in Noah's face, "Agh! This latte's cold!" said the host, "You're fired!" he said pushing him towards us, "Well guys, I'd say 'later', but uh... there isn't gonna be a later. So..."

*Slam*

Yep, he slammed the door in our faces... figuratively. They even turned off the lights and I have no idea when the crowd left. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of a cricket.

*Crush*

Cricket that Duncan crushed. Survival of the fittest.

"Aw! Why'd you go and do that for, man?" asked DJ, but the criminal only shrugged his shoulders.

"Should we find a way to get in?" asked Lindsay.

"Leave that to me," Izzy said, then left in a random direction.

"Well, this is going to take a while," I said as I sat on the floor. Many followed my example.

"What's up with that radical change?" Noah asked me.

"What? Can't a boy try to look more like a rock star?" I said jokingly.

"Maybe, but this is a crazy change, you're as tall as I am now," he said.

"You're not tall, your head is huge," I said mockingly.

"Wow, thank you, I pride myself on my intellectual capacity, whatever, it's good to see you again."

"Same bro."

*BOOM*

We both jumped slightly in the air as Owen sat behind us, the big man wrapped his huge arms around our necks, "I'm happy to see you guys too."

"Yes... I say the same," Noah said with difficulty.

I realized something, "Owen, did you get fatter?"

"No... Maybe?... yes... I did," he confessed, "but it's not my fault, DJ's Mama's food is delicious."

*Blow*

"Ouch!", Mama hit him again with her bag, "don't try to blame my food, boy, this is because you don't stop eating the ingredients".

"But they're so delicious," Owen cried.

*Click*

Izzy walked out the door of the hall of fame with a bag of popcorn. The others stopped.

Wait for it...

"Izzy, the door," Courtney said.

*Close*

"Owwww," they all said with disappointment.

"Quick, do that again," Heather said.

"Do what?" she asked.

The screen that happened to be above the entrance, lit up showing the awards.

"If we win Best Reality Ensemble, we'll be famous again. Right?" said Courtney.

As the categories progressed I began to remember...

~0~

A few days before the awards...

"Congratulations Cody, today I declare that you will survive," Shawn said as he tossed a handful of confetti with his hand.

"AUUUUUUU! (Congratulations!)"

"You survived everything I threw at you for almost a year, no one has put so much effort into preparing for the zombie apocalypse... aside from me of course," he said, noticing.

"Thank you Shawn, I really wanted to give up many times," I admitted covered in bandages.

"But you didn't, now let me give you this pin that makes you an official survivor", said pin had the drawing of a brain, "here is your personalized t-shirt...".

I took it and looked at the front, it said "There are no brains here" and it had the drawing of a brain covered with a red mark of forbidden, "hey, this is neat".

"And your axe," he said, handing me a small, sheathed axe.

"Wow, why this?" seemed to be of good quality.

"What do you mean? You'll need a weapon when the end comes," he explained his reasoning, "since you're a lumberjack, you have an axe."

"If you know I'm not a real lumberjack, right?" I asked.

He shrugged, "It's still a good weapon and tool, and thanks to its size, you can carry it under your clothes without any discomfort."

I blinked twice. I arranged it behind my back, "What the hell? I don't even feel like it's there."

"I told you... and tell me, what will you do now?"

I smiled, "test everything you taught me of course."

-0-

I moved covertly, I still didn't feel uncomfortable with the axe. It's going to be a very useful tool. I can already think of many situations where I can use it. And no, nailing it to Duncan's back is not one of them... as tempting as it sounds.

"Getting a talking car was a real challenge. Thank you."

Wow, it's almost our turn? Like time flies when you wander.

Izzy sat on my lap, "Aw, he was awesome in that show 'please fasten your seatbelt. Wow' hahahaha".

"I know, I wish I could transform into a talking car," I said, that would be great.

"So do I," Harold said, sitting on LeShawna's lap. But she frowned and sent him flying with a push.

"Next up, Best Reality Ensemble," announced Alejandro.

"This is it," Courtney said, we all woke up expectantly.

It's at times like this that I really hate knowing the future, the lack of intrigue.

"Envelope, please. And the winner is...", Al-ejandro, took the envelope and began to move it giving the impression that he was trying to open it, just to create expectation.

"Ah? What? Where?" Topher woke up.

"Cody!", just like Sierra... that's great.

"How hard is it to open an envelope!?" complained Courtney.

"Golden Oldies in Their Undies!" It's one thing to mess with our pride, and it's another to throw it on the ground and then kick and trample on it.

"Aw, that's so cute," Lindsay said, I have no idea how she likes that show.

"That means we lost," Gwen told her.

"Oh. So not cute."

"Oldies in Their Undies was the only reality show me and Tyler weren't nominated for," LeShawna complained.

"This has to be a mistake," Trent said, "I mean, they can be wrong, right?" he asked hopefully.

"And the Gemmie for best reality show host goes to... once again, Chris McLean!"

"What?"

"Are you serious!?"

"A fully deserved award," guess who said that.

"Wow hey, uh, thanks, again. Hahahaha, but uh, I couldn't have done it without a great bunch of people from Total Drama Action."

"Awwww," Katie and Sadie said, thinking he was talking about us.

"The interns, uh, the caterers, the camera crew, and the real stars of the show," they all leaned forward expectantly, "my stylists."

"What about your long suffering assistant?! Schmuck," Noah yelled at the television.

"GRRRRRRR," Courtney took the TV, "I... hate... that... diabolical... and small...!", she tore the television out of its place and threw it over us, "Little man!"

"Ah~ I miss that girl," Duncan said, I slapped my forehead.

The television was still working, "Tomorrow, I'll introduce the cast of my new reality series, Total. Drama. Dirtbags! On the Oprah Show," Chris announced, this was undoubtedly one of his best scams.

"So... Is it over? Won't there be a Topher show?" he said dumbfounded.

"Dudes, you heard the guy. We're nobodies again," Geoff said.

"Well, some of us are still famous," Harold said.

"Honey, you're not doing yourself any favors here," LeShawna told him.

"You called me honey, finally!" said Harold excitedly. The big sister hit her forehead.

"At least I'll be able to survive on the streets," Duncan said.

"What a surprise," Courtney said sarcastically.

"Me too," Zeke said as a homeless man stole his wallet.

"Well, all that's left is to get back to being the face of the band," Justin said.

"I would buy any record with Justin's face on it," Sadie said.

"So do I," Katie said.

"And I," Owen said, Duncan looked at him funny, "What?"

"I can't go back to being a normal person, being bad only works if there are a lot of people who likes it," Heather said.

Izzy hugged her from behind, "aw, don't worry Heather, Izzy will love you even if you get boring and everyone leaves you."

"We have to be famous again now!" said the queen bee a little more desperately.

"Well, I still have my restaurant, I think I'll be fine," DJ said.

"I'm going to continue my training," Eva said, "that championship belt isn't going to take itself."

"Well, we tried, does anyone want shawarma? I know a good place around here," I said hopefully.

Most began to murmur in favor of the idea, Will it really be possible to leave it all here? Some don't even need fame anymore.

"What's the matter with you?!", on the other hand, Sierra is still here, and for her it's total drama or nothing, "No one deserves to be more famous than you guys! You can't just give up", Do you want to bet?

"She's right," Topher said, "Chris is the reason you all became famous in the first place, you can't let him just walk away from you like that after everything you've been through."

"I think I'm going to throw up," Gwen said with a green face.

"Do you have any idea how many millions of fans there are out there? I've been watching, blogging, DVR'ing you since the first episode! I, I mean, we have fan sites about each and every one of you. We know everything about you and we are rooting for you! We know your eating habits, your hopes, your fears, your dental records!", I shuddered at each of the things Sierra said and even Topher took two steps back from her.

"Stalker," Heather said, you have no idea, honey.

"You can't let us down now," watch me try, "What do you say?"

"And how exactly are we going to be famous again?" asked Courtney with a bored look.

"I say beat those dirtbags to Orpah Studio, hijack the interview, and voila! You're all famous again," Sierra said.

"Hijacking a show to steal Chris' attention?" said Duncan doubtfully, "I'm in!" he finished excitedly.

Courtney rolled her eyes.

"Hahahaha, yeah totally, let's do it," Gwen said smiling at Duncan. He smiled back at him and they fist-bumped.

I really hate my life.

"But she's in New York, how are we going to get there before tomorrow afternoon?" asked Harold.

I sighed, "we can drive over there on the DJ bus," I said reluctantly as I pointed to the vehicle parked on the street.

"Hey yes, everyone go up, we'll go to Oprah's show," DJ said.

"Yes!", everyone was encouraged.

"Wipe your feet first," Mama said.

"Owww".

"Good thinking, Cody," Heather said as she gave me a hug. At any other time, receiving an uninterested show of affection from the queen bee would lift my spirits. At this time... Well, it still felt good, I'm not going to deny it. But right now I just wanted to sleep. There's a long way to go to the ravine after all.

Topher took some pictures of us, "the boys will go crazy with this", it looks like this time he will be part of the trip... awesome.

-0-

Act Seven: I Wanna Be Famous Again

POV. Third person

Celebrity Manhunt...

"Breaking gossip news, everyone," Josh said.

"This is Total Drama Comeback," Blaineley said.

...

Chris was recording the boys' bus from a helicopter, "They have one dream to claw their back to fame, no matter what it takes! Cheating, shameless self-promotion, sabotage. I love those kids."

"You said they were washed up," the chef reminded him.

"That was before they sent off on an unforgettable comeback adventure... I also wanted to take revenge for what happened last year," he said sadistically.

...

"We have a feed from inside DJ's bus," Blaineley said.

...

Sierra was sitting next to a sleeping DJ, "I told you these people were gossip-worthy."

Further back Topher was leaning over looking at the back seat of him, "Now that you have a wilder, more youthful new look, the popularity ratings of the P.C.P.C. are going to skyrocket again," said the mini Chris, "it's also possible that the survey of future couples will change drastically, but I want to know this directly from you, which girl are you going to conquer now?" I ask Cody.

"Topher, I'm not going out with a new girl just because, having so many girlfriends wasn't even my intention, it was just something that happened due to certain... circumstances," Cody said.

The aspirant rubbed his chin, "If I understand what you are saying... Will you only date someone who falls in love with you naturally and vice versa?"

"It's not that simple either," the geek said with his eyes rolling.

"But it's something that fans are going to take very seriously. So let me change my question, Which girl, whom you don't date, do you like the most?"

Sierra appeared out of nowhere startling them both, but for different reasons, "maybe we should talk about another topic, it's very clear that Cody is uncomfortable with the topic of multiple couples, so, I say let's not mention it again for the rest of the trip, now come with me, we have to show what the others are doing," she said as she took Topher by the arm and pulled him.

"Wait, my gold mine," the other boy tried to protest before he was taken away.

Cody breathed again once Sierra left, it was still uncomfortable to be around her. Just like last time, I wasn't trying to get close to him. He didn't do it until he knew he would be a participant. But this time he's definitely acting a little weird, that can't be any good.

"Can't this thing go any faster?" complained Duncan, approaching the driver's seat.

"It's a bus, genius, they don't go any faster," Courtney said as she drove.

"Give me the wheel, I bet I can make it run for real," he said.

"Just try to get me out of here," she threatened. The two of them grunted in each other's faces.

"We should give Duncan a chance," Gwen said, "he knows quite a bit about this stuff," the criminal smiled.

Heather held Izzy by the waist preventing her from falling down the window she was leaning over feeling the wind, "yes, he must have driven so many getaway cars. Unlike you I like to be alive, thank you," said the queen bee, "besides, who do you think you are fooling?"

"I don't know what you mean," Gwen said, looking around.

"Of course not," the queen bee said sarcastically.

"Oh no. I think I'm gonna be, bus sick," Beth said with a green face.

"Don't you get sick all over my new upholstery now," Mama warned her.

"You are something else, Mrs. M." LeShawna said as she placed a glass on the table where they stood.

Mama stared at her intently, "Put a coaster under that, girl", LeShawna rushed to do exactly that, but due to the unstable path the glass spilled. Mama ignored her as she sniffed the air, "What is that?"

Owen was trying to close a trunk full of chocolate on top of the seats, "Whazzawha? Uh, nothing."

The chocolates spilled in piles on the floor, how did everything fit in the trunk? It's a mystery.

"What are you doing with all those caramel chewies on my bus? My food's not good enough?" complained Mama.

" I always have a stash handy for emergencies," Owen said.

"Hey, guys! There's the Dirtbag bus, up ahead!" said Bridgette looking out the window.

And driving him carelessly was none other than a certain Latino gallant.

Cody's head appeared on top of Bridgette's, "We've gotta find a way to slow them down."

"Get closer," Harold told Courtney.

"And then what? I crash into it?" the CIT asked.

"I like that idea," Duncan said.

"Because you're a savage," she told him.

"I learned some battle tactics at Pirate Camp," Harold said.

"You went at a Pirate Camp?", Trent said.

"When? You were always with us because you don't have any other friends," Justin said rolling his eyes.

"That explains why he disappeared every Tuesday," Cody said.

Courtney stepped on the gas to catch up with the other bus, and just for the fun of it, she crashed into it on its side. Causing Alejandro to put himself on guard.

"That was for turning us into old news!" the angry CIT driver shouted.

"Haha! That's it, baby! Let it out!" said Duncan.

"Argh," Alejandro reneged from his bus.

"This sabotage attempt has become an anything goes speed race," Topher said.

"I know! It's amazing!" said Sierra.

DJ's bus went ahead of Alejandro's and stood in front of him.

"Now, if we just had some kind of catapult... Like a bra!" said the nerd.

"Wow... genius," Noah said sarcastically.

"I'll take care of it!" said Izzy, "Oh Lindsay~!", the blonde opened her eyes wide and ran away, "come here hahahahahaha".

"Here's a bra!" LeShawna said, a huge bra, or maybe a pink parachute, fell on Noah's head, "What? You ain't never seen Triple D's before?" she asked.

"I want mine to be that big one day," Izzy said from her place astride Lindsay.

Gwen kicked the back door of the bus open, Owen pulled the pink bra as far as he could.

"Tyler, ammunition," Harold said.

"I'm all over it!" he said.

"Don't even think about getting chocolate on my nice, clean floor," Mama warned him.

*Fall*

"Woah!", Tyler being Tyler, proceeded to do just that, but luckily for him, the chocolates fell into the bra.

"I can't hold it much longer," Owen said.

"Aye, matey. Fire in the hole!" said Harold. Owen let go of the bra and the ammunition shot out into the windshield of the other bus. Alejandro opened his eyes wide at the sweet bombardment.

"Good shot," Cody said.

...

"Whoa-ho-ho! It looks like our Total Drama heroes are launching caramel flavored cannonballs!" Chris said from the helicopter.

...

"Chris, in your entire career, have you ever seen anything so underhanded?" asked Blaineley from the studio.

...

"Nothing as depraved as this, Blaineley. Nothing as depraved as this," Chris said as he wiped away a tear from laughter.

...

Tyler put more ammunition in his bra, "Eat chocolate!" shouted Owen.

"Fire!" said Gwen from the doorway. Heather appeared next to her.

Alejandro turned on the windshield wipers and looked at them all with hatred, "Ugh, you're gonna regret this!"

"You messed with the wrong reality show cast, mister!" Heather told him mockingly.

"Hurry it up!" Duncan said impatiently to Courtney.

"Back off! It won't go any faster than this!" she replied just as angrily.

"What we need is a man behind the wheel!" said the criminal.

"Oh you didn't just say that!" she said furiously.

"What does it matter! It's not like you ever hear anything other than your own voice giving orders!"

"I'm doing it because you're out of control! You are a danger to yourself and to everyone!" she said to his face as she stood up.

"Control freak!"

"Manchild!"

...

..

.

They both threw themselves on each other's mouths and began to kiss.

They separated for a moment, "You're the worst!" she told him.

"You drive me crazy!"

...

..

.

So they moved on.

"Okay, the Dirtbags are way behind us," Geoff said, looking out the window.

However, the bus began to shake, "Why is the road so bumpy all of a sudden?!" asked Gwen as she closed the door. Unfortunately for her, she fell on top of Heather.

"Get off me, you gothicc bitch!" complained the queen bee.

As Duncan and Courtney made up for lost time, the bus began to veer off the road into the desert, straight into a ravine.

...

"Where did Courtney learn to drive?" asked Chris, then saw the ravine, "oh-oh."

...

DJ stuck his head out the window, "Courtney! Look out! Left!"

She stopped kissing Duncan and quickly grabbed the steering wheel. She tried to swerve, causing the bus to lose a wheel as it slid into the ravine.

"Ahh! I can't steer!" she said in panic.

"What'd I tell you about crashing my bus?!" complained Mama.

"Hit the brakes!" said Duncan.

"The brakes don't work!" she replied desperately.

"I'm too important to die!" shouted Topher, clinging to Sierra's leg.

"AHHHHHHHHH!", they all shouted while hugging whoever was closest to them. In Owen's case it was Noah. In Heather's it was unfortunately Gwen, in Cody's it was actually Bridgette and in Geoff's, Izzy.

...

"Total Drama Inc. waives all legal responsibility for the sudden and gruesome demise of our cast," Chris said while holding a stack of contracts.

"Told you those would come in handy hahahaha," Chef said.

"We're all gonna die!" shouted DJ.

The bus floated over the void for a moment. Then it collapsed.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", as they fell, LeShawna's bra caught on a branch jutting out of the ravine and stopped the fall before they crashed to the ground.

"Now I have motion sickness!" said Beth about to throw up.

"Oh no, you don't," Mama said, covering her mouth and causing her to swallow the vomit.

"I hope Leshawna doesn't need her bra back," Gwen said looking up.

The stretched elastic band of the bra retracted lifting the bus (that is a quality bra), lifting it into the air. They all floated for an instant.

"Hahahahahaha, I feel like this all the time," Izzy said.

"That explains a lot of things," Noah said.

"WOOOOOOOAH!", they all fell again.

"Cut the bra, cut the bra!" said Courtney from under Owen.

Duncan used his knife and cut the elastic of LeShawna's bra in one fell swoop.

*CRASH*

The bus fell to the ground.

*BOOM*

And then it collapsed on his back.

Cody stood up as he shook his head, shaking off his daze. Owen went through all his parts, "I'm alive, I'm alive! Amazing!"

The geek grimaced as Owen stood up showing a crushed Noah underneath.

...

"Hm. Would you look at that. They're not dead," the chef said.

"Yeah, but they're probably all banged up, you know? The kind you never really heal from? Maybe I should call for help...", said Chris.

"... Hahahahahahahaha!", the helicopter left.

...

Cody opened the hood of the bus and checked inside, "Can you make it go again?" asked DJ.

"Well, I have good news and bad news," the geek said with his head inside.

"Oh great, let's hear the bad ones first," Courtney said.

"I'm not a mechanic... but the brake fluid ran out, the tank has a leak, there are two cracks in the engine."

*Pff*

"Cough, cough, cough... let there be three. We're missing a tire and ah... the bus is upside down," Cody said pointing out the obvious as he pulled his sooty head out of the hood, shook a couple of times, "this won't get us anywhere anytime soon."

"And what's the good news?" asked Heather.

The geek smiled, "if we survive I know someone who will leave it as good as new", 'I'm sure B will have no problem fixing it... once I know where he is.'

"AHHHH!"

"Gak, ak, Heather, my neck," Cody would say as the queen bee tried to strangle him.

"Heather, you're hurting him," Sierra reneged.

"Oh believe me," the queen bee put him in a key by unintentionally pressing the geek's head against one of her breasts, "he's not that easy to kill, he's like a cockroach."

"Agh, get yourselves a room," Duncan reneged.

"I came here to party," Geoff said, "But this seriously lacks partaciousness. So I'm going to get help. Then, we're all gonna party. Whoo-hoo!"

" I'll come with you, Geoff," Justin said.

"Me too," Katie and Sadie said.

"Great! Anybody else? Bridgette? Babe?" asked Geoff.

She was lying on a blanket sunbathing without her sweatshirt, just a light blue "ah~ I'm gonna catch some rays, 'kay, sweetie?", Cody looked at Bridgette.

"Who am I to come between a hottie and her rays? All right, let's go!" said Geoff.

"Well, I'm leaving too," Topher said, "I'd love to stay and see how this plays out, but the P.C.P.C. guys would be lost without me, besides, Chris isn't here," he whispered, "see you Cody I'll be waiting to see which girl falls for your charms," he said goodbye.

Those who would accompany Geoff were Justin, Trent, DJ's mom, Eva, Katie, Sadie, Beth and Topher.

"And I will stay to continue reporting on what happens," Sierra said determinedly.

'Nooooo, please take her, I prefer the egomaniac', Cody asked the sky, then remembered who exactly was listening to his prayers, and became depressed. He looked at Geoff from his spot under Heather's arm before he left, "Hey Geoff."

"What's up, brother?" he stopped.

"... you're going in the wrong direction," said the geek pointing in the opposite direction, 'I'm sorry Geoff, but I need Bridgette in the competition, I promise you not to let her fall into Alejandro's hands'.

"Thank you brother, follow me guys!", with that said they left for the unknown.

Heather let go of her boyfriend's head by dropping him to the floor, "loser."

...

Many hours later...

Everyone was resting or sleeping in the shade of the rocks or the bus. Lindsay had fallen asleep on Cody's lap who was stroking her head.

*Yawn*, "Did Geoff get back yet?" asked Bridgette waking up from her nap.

"Hmmm~, that smells awesome," Owen said.

DJ was cooking something in a pot, "You thought I was gonna let all you guys go hungry?"

"Ooh, what is it? Please say back bacon," Owen said.

"Fried rocks with tumbleweed!" DJ said, stuffing the ladle into Owen's mouth. A crunchy sound was heard when he tried to chew, "you don't like it?"

"Oh no, it's awesome," Owen said, "Bluagh!" then vomited into the same pot.

*CLINK*

Everyone woke up in surprise when a huge magnet, attached to Chris's helicopter, stuck to the bus.

"It's Chris!" said Sierra.

"They don't call me "best reality show host" for nothin'! Hahahaha."

"Yes!"

They all got on the bus, Chris took them from there and they lived happily ever after... Pff, yeah, of course, not in this life.

...

Movie lot...

Chris gathered them all at the craft and services tent, "I have an announcement. Now, we all know that nobody does drama like you guys."

"If that's the case, why did you replace us with those Total Drama Dirtbags?" asked Heather.

"It was a trick! There never was any Total Drama Dirtbags," Alejandro said from the kitchen.

"Is that true?" asked the queen bee.

"Well... mostly. I did come up with the name. But anywho, I needed to find out if you kids still had it," Chris said.

"And what about Alejandro?" asked Heather again.

"A dupe," the host said as he rubbed Heather's head with his knuckles, "Just like the rest of you. I needed someone on the inside, but to make it up, I told him he could join you guys next time."

"What next time?" asked Noah suspiciously.

"A no-holds barred race around the world in a jet!" said Chris excitedly.

"After all the crap you put us through? As if," Gwen said.

"Don't you wanna be famous again?" asked the imp.

"I'm already famous," Harold said.

"What about cash? A chance to win… oh, one million dollars?!"

"YES!", that was what was needed to buy them all.

Cody sighed resignedly.

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Confessional.

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Courtney

"I didn't think I'd get another chance on this show, but since I'm here, it seems like the perfect opportunity for Duncan and I to rekindle a little bit of our old fire."

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Duncan

"Well, another chance to win a million dollars," he said rubbing his hands together, "it'll be easy."

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LeShawna and Harold

The nerd put his arm around the big sister's neck, "Get your hands off of me!" she said, pushing him to the ground.

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Sierra

"O.M.G. This is my first confessional ever! I am so excited! I never thought I would be on Total Drama, my favorite show in the world! Talking to all my favorite TV stars and being part of the main plot is so fab," she looked both ways, "there's going to be some changes around here, after all, I have a super secret mission," I whisper to the camera mysteriously.

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Owen

"Woo hoo! Season three folks, I can't wait for it to start!"

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Zeke

"Oh yes, one more chance for the million and this time I won't be kicked out first huh."

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Bridgette

"I miss you already, Geoff," she cried, "Wait for me, schmoopy-boo! I'm gonna win it for both of us," she finished between tears.

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Gwen

"You know what they say, third time lucky. This could be my season."

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DJ

"Mama."

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Noah

"I promised myself that I would not return to this show, past me must be disappointed, but hey, it's a million bucks."

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Izzy

"Hahahahaha... haha... ha... pff, hahahahahahahahaha".

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Lindsay

"Aw, I can't wait to travel the world with my friends and lovers, this will be amazing," she said excitedly.

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Heather

"I don't trust the new guys ... On the other hand, I don't trust the old guys either, but rest assured, I'm the one who's going to win this time."

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Alejandro

"Watch out, Total Drama nerds... the new guy is going all the way to the top."

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Cody

"Well, you know what they say, what doesn't kill you just makes you stronger, and this show... already tried to kill me sooooo many times," he said smiling mysteriously.

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End of confessional.

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...

Unknown airport...

Chris was dressed as a pilot in front of a huge wrecked plane with his face on the side, "Sixteen teens, a trip around the world, and a million dollars," Chef got off the plane dressed as an air hostess, "What more could you possibly want?"

"How 'bout music?" said the cook/air hostess.

"Yeah... everybody's doing the musical thing now. Sure. And… music. See you next time on Total Drama...World Tooooouuuuur~!"

...

Chef and Chris were on top of the control tower, "Tooooouuuuuuuur~!"

...

Now advancing on a luggage cart, "Tooooouuuuuur~!".

...

In front of the plane,"Tooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur~!".

*CRASH*

The front of the plane detached and fell, "uh, maybe not," the host finished.

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End of Celebrity Manhunt