Gwen had rolled her eyes at this big entrance that Chris had made her do but in all honesty; she could get the reasons as most of the Total Drama cast were still known and interest for the paparazzi with what they were doing so here she was: one of the most famous and infamous (depending on who you ask) cast members to have appeared on the show who dropped out of the public eye and not able to be tracked down after she swore off the show. She knew the talks and whispers wondering where she was.
However she looked to all the eyes on her and recognised a lot of faces that she hadn't seen in person in 6 years at least. "So you have finally came out of hiding; were you hiding as a hermit all this time?" Eva asked near the front row of the assembled guests and Gwen just gave a sigh; Eva still looked quite tall and scary and she heard of how she was running her own gym franchise now.
"Lay off her Eva; girl, age has definitely done you good! Nice to see you in good health Gwen!" LeShawna said going in front of Gwen with a smirk and extended a hand and Gwen accepted it.
"I could say the same of what you just said back at you LeShawna!" Gwen replied but was caught from behind as Owen excitedly pulled her up in a bearhug. "Don't worry Owen; I am glad to see you as well! Nice to know that you haven't changed!" Gwen told him and managed to get him to let her go; on the list of those from the show that she missed the men, Owen was definitely near the top of the list.
"Hello Cody... How are you doing?" Gwen asked looking to Cody who looked quite pleased to see her.
"Was hoping that you would turn up Gwen; you look amazing!" Cody complimented her and Gwen just took it; remembering the boy who was like an annoying older brother who was crushing on her hard.
"Understatement... You look better than ever babe; even with the hair change!" said a familiar voice and Gwen groaned as coming up to her was someone that she definitely wasn't looking forward to seeing today. None other than her ex-boyfriend Duncan who was doing his best to give a flirting posture.
"Sometimes I wish I can have the chance to ask Lisa if she can build me a time machine so I can go back to my time on World Tour and slap younger me on the face... This is the idiot you ruined a perfectly good friendship for?" Gwen thought to herself with a sigh. "Hello Duncan; I heard about you making an ass of yourself here. Tell me; have you matured at all since we last met?" Gwen asked with arms folded.
"Don't be like that Gwen... The trending scene had exploded when you were making your entrance and it has only gone up now that you and Duncan are now face to face!" squealed Sierra with her phone and Gwen knew that the obsessed fan and stalker had become a big paparazzi reporter on her online show as well as her blogs. "You could practically feel teh excitement of the Gwuncan fans and I am posting a link to all my pairing videos to my followers!" Sierra said as Gwen sighed agitated.
"So Gwen... I want to say that I have matured in that I am over the ex-CIT now; trust me... I am sorry that I was more focused on her than my villainous babe so how about it? I want to let you know that you were the reason that I agreed to come here; the chance for us to meet again!" Duncan asked giving a smile that had Sierra squealing but the guests looked uncomfortable and Gwen just glared at him.
"Yeah right... In your dreams; perhaps you would have a chance and my nightmares..." Gwen scoffed going past him and Duncan raised an eyebrow.
"Don't cause any more incidents Duncan!" Bridgette warned pushing past him and was embracing Gwen and she returned. "So glad that you came Gwen! I held out hope and was so disappointed that it seemed like there was no hope but... I appreciate that you could come and see us despite how you quit it all and I get it! Been too long since we could actually talk and last time was during the 2nd Aftermath and..." Bridgette said with tears of joy as Gwen just smiled.
"Water under the bridge so don't sweat it... Never held it against you!" Gwen told her and Bridgette looked very pleased and showed Gwen her finger with her engagement ring and this took her by surprise. So Gwen wouldn't bet he only engaged woman there; "Wow congrats Bridge... Would definitely want to attend to see you and Geoff tie the knot." Gwen said as Bridgette looked very pleased and along with Geoff.
"Hello Gwen. How about me; is it water under the bridge?" asked a voice and Gwen turned to her side and saw Courtney in her suit trying to look like it was a big deal. "I do admit that I was too competitive and wasn't honest to you. I just want to let you know that the time we had rekindled it; it was pretty and I was honest about wishing you would win if I didn't even if I let the chance of winning get to my head." Courtney said as Gwen looked at the tense eyes around them and just let her smile show. Any negative feelings of betrayal she was able to just let it go and thought about all her time trying to fix things; perhaps it was a full blown crush on the ex-CIT being born.
"Courtney... I missed you and I just want to properly apologise for Duncan. I was petty after being found out and I wasn't being honest about him being single when we kissed and I am sorry that I ruined things the first time over that stupid jerk. Honestly we are both better off without him." Gwen said and Courtney's eyes widened and they gave eachother a hug with 'awws' from the crowd. Lincoln and Dawn smiled together as there was Zoey giving a big smile as well but Duncan was in disbelief.
"So are you still soft Gwen?" asked a voice and Gwen turned around after letting go and there was Heather who was smirking at Gwen with the crowd tense and Sierra whispering about it really exploding online now; after being disappointed over Gwen calling Duncan an idiot. "Here you are Gwen; how are you doing for yourself? Certainly not as a big time TV host like myself; here you are a loser hasbeen; only getting people talking by running out of the public eye. Couldn't take the heat; could you? Surprised you dared to show your face or did you want your big entrance to get your fame back?" Heather asked as they wondered what Gwen would say to her nemesis after all this time.
Among the guests was Josh the TV personality who had used to host Celebrity Manhunt and was squealing about a possible catfight; Lincoln and Dawn glared at his direction while wondering how Gwen was going to handle this. They still remembered about how excited Josh was of these 2 women getting into catfights when they were underaged teenagers.
Gwen however felt that she should have more negative feelings towards Heather than she actually did; in their first Season together Heather had kissed Trent her crush, read her diary to the entire Camp (to the point where even Chris had to call her out for this) and arranged for her underwear to be exposed on camera. But after all these years all this negativity; she turned to the show itself.
"Heather... You have made a career for yourself to be famous and you have one more season win over me but... I don't see any reason why we would ignite a feud that's been dormant for 6 years at least and came from when we were teenagers. Let's just be mature about this." Gwen casually remarked and Heather didn't know how to go about it and just muttered words and stormed off.
"Just wow... Are you really the same Gwen that sent ants to her bed while she was asleep?" Courtney asked Gwen surprised and she just smirked in response.
"...So far so good..." Lincoln muttered and he then noticed Dawn looking concerned and pointed to Chris who was grinning. "...Yeah he is taking this well... Gwen not stirring up old drama after all the effort of bringing the Reunion to her..." Lincoln muttered realising that something was still fishy.
"I sense a storm cloud coming... Chris definitely still has something planned..." Dawn whispered as she and Lincoln shared a frown. Their eyes widened as they felt being dragged by Zoey and Mike over to where Gwen was.
"Come on you 2; don't be shy... Gwen is cool and I think she will like you two!" Zoey told them assuringly and they thought about how much she already did...
"...Wasn't easy for me Gwen; getting home and seeing Keith having to find out on the TV that I wanted to dump him before leaving... I had my sister's support but I had a lot of people calling me the new 'Gwen'..." Sky was telling Gwen coming up for a chance to talk to her and Gwen had to feel sorry for the poor woman as the reactions she got and how Chris helped to make it harder than already was.
"Don't worry I get it; you may of didn't help with using his feelings and giving mixed messages like that kiss but Dave was an idiot who didn't respect boundaries, only listened to what he wanted to hear and didn't want to accept being turned down. Believe me; I had to deal with someone similar for 2 Seasons..." Gwen assured her and Cody looked nervous at the looks that Gwen was giving her. "Since Dave is with someone else; I hope he matured and you were able to not have your personal life harmed by this. Also congrats on winning your one and only Season." Gwen told her and Sky smiled at the praise.
"Oh hey Zoey; nice to see you and Mike again..." Gwen said spotting them but noticed Lincoln and Dawn being dragged with them. Because off course all this wasn't hard enough.
"Great to see you too Gwen and here's our new friends Dawn and Lincoln; you know Dawn from Revenge of the Island? This is her and her boyfriend Lincoln." Mike said as Gwen did her best to look like they had never met.
"Yeah... You had to deal with my ass of an ex?" Gwen managed to say and Lincoln gave a nod and right now Gwen wished that she could let Mike and Zoey have it.
"Okay everyone..." how about we have a group photo with everyone in your old teams?" Bridgette asked gathering everyone to the stage and they had them split in groups. The extra guests who weren't part of the original Season were given positions. Zoey and Mike were put with the Screaming Gophers' team half and given their flags with Zoey standing next to Gwen.
"What do you know Zoey; looks like we got to be on the same team after all." Gwen told Zoey and she was super pleased with this and after the photos were taken then LeShawna, Noah and Owen went to the front of the Gophers' half and did their 'Go Gophers' dance from the end of the 2nd episode and it was greatly amusing and nostalgiac.
They were soon off the stage and Gwen saw Alejandro giving a friendly smile to Lincoln and Dawn but they were smart enough to look away from him; years later and they all knew to be wary of him.
"So glad you came Gwen..." said a voice and Gwen gulped recognising it and there were mutters and happy looks from the crowd as she turned and saw Trent looking at her. All she could do in front of her first ex was flash him a friendly smile.
"Thanks Trent; so glad to see you..." Gwen replied as there was Geoff and Bridgette coming.
"Trent has a song to play and he was super hopeful that you would turn up Gwen." Geoff flashed her a smile.
"The girl he decided that his relationship with was more important than a chance to try and win a Million dollars." Bridgette finished with a smile and wink off her own.
"Wow, how subtle..." Gwen thought in her head as Trent got onto the stage with his guitar and everyone silent and he started singing with great skill, talent and a great voice. Gwen felt Bridgette nudging her elbows as she was just conflicted; she could tell that Trent remained a sweet guy and she still liked him all these years but in a friendly way. But she moved on and gave her heart to someones else and why did Trent hold a torch for her all this time.
Would have been so much easier if he did the same...
Sierra was looking at her phone and then to Gwen to see her reaction to Trent's singing and saw how nervous she was acting. Sierra was curious but ended up catching something on her finger. Gwen felt her wrist being grabbed and glared at Sierra but panicked as she clealry saw on her finger the engagement ring; the one that Lincoln's Pop-Pop had given to his first wife and then to Myrtle the Loud family 'Gran-Gran' and then she had given to Lincoln to propose to Gwen.
"GWEN? IS THAT AN ENGAGEMENT RING!" Sierra screamed out stopping Trent's playing and getting everyone's attention; with that moment Sierra became 2nd of her hate list right under Chris himself. Gwen heard the shocked gasps, the stunned looks on the faces around her and why did she glance at Trent to see the crushed look he had. Bridgette was muttering about having made a mistake.
"Wait... You got engaged to someone else?" Duncan demanded and Gwen glared at him.
"It has been 6 years and I moved on, found new people and..." Gwen retorted and looked up to Trent and sighed. "Sorry Trent but... You deserve someone to love a great guy like you but... I had moved on and..." Gwen said but the mutters that continued didn't make anything easier and she ended up running out of the hall with tears in her eyes. In the confusion no one noticed a couple leave as well.
"Oh my... We were helping to egg Trent on and encourage him but Gwen... We messed up..." Bridgette muttered with great guilt to Geoff as Trent had gone down and was contemplating this.
"If you bothered to ask me; then I could have told you that it would have been foolish to just expect Gwen to spend 6 years pining for Trent wherever she was..." Courtney pointed out and they looked up at the screens to spot Gwen running and to the steps outside the back entrance.
Gwen was on her knees muttering and crying about it being a mistake to come there with some guilt there from Trent, Bridgette and Geoff. Their eyes widened as they saw Lincoln and Dawn find her and offered a hand to help her up which she accepted.
Then confusion came as Dawn was giving Gwen pointers on deep breathing exercises to help calm her down and then they asked if she was alright. "It looks like they already know eachother..." Alejandro pointed out as their eyes widened as they saw Gwen put her arms around their shoulders.
"Mike... You don't think..." Zoey muttered to Mike as they had the same thought forming in their heads. Gwen was engaged and they didn't get much details about Lincoln's fiance who was also dating Dawn.
"Amazing how having you both here with me can make me feel even a tiny bit better... I don't know what I had done if you two had never came into my lives..." Gwen's voice was picked up by the camera and she let go showing her smile.
"We are with you Gwen; you gave us these and..." Lincoln said as he and Dawn took out necklaces and the camera zoomed in to show that they were halves of a heart that said 'Gwen's Heart'. Then Gwen took out two halves of a necklace she was wearing and the others had their halves together to show the other 2 completed hearts saying 'Lincoln's Heart' and 'Dawn's Heart' respectively.
"That is one of the most romantic things I have ever seen in my entire life..." Zoey muttered as most were stunned silent as it was settling in.
"Gwen and Dawn... Would never thought of it... Thought if she was with a Revenge cast member then it would have been Cameron..." DJ muttered as it was still settling in.
"No way... The loser and the weird hippie..." thundered Duncan not taking it well and the three then shared a 3 way kiss.
They let go and noticed the camera and their eyes widened as everyone heard Chris's laugh picked up by the camera. Chris was on a microphone smirking at the screens and said "don't stop on our account; thinking about showing your love on live TV..."
They then glared fiercely at the camera after getting over their shock and then Gwen yelled as she picked up a rock and then threw it hard at the camera breaking it.