Total Drama Return to Wawanakwa

Day 1, Part 1: Revenge of the Chris

The cameras clicked on to reveal Chris McLean standing on a shabby looking wooden dock next to a sign reading 'Wawanakwa' in sloppily painted red letters.

"Welcome back to Camp Wawanakwa," Chris started his opening monologue, "It sure has been a while since we saw this beauty of an island! For the past two seasons, we've gone to the movies and then on a voyage around the world! After what was the most dramatic finale ever in Hawaii, our lawyers advised us to take it down a few notches. So we decided to return to where it all began: Camp Wawanakwa!"

"This season, all past twenty-five contestants are returning to the island for one mega drama packed season! For the next eight weeks, they'll be living in harsh conditions all for the sake of winning not one, but two million dollars! So," Chris said, "Make sure you set your DVR's because this season promises to be the most dramatic of them all!"

"Find out what happens next right now on Total Drama Return to Wawanakwa!"

Chris whistled the theme song of the Total Drama series as the cameras clicked back on and the cameraman gave him the thumbs up.

"Welcome back," Chris said, "It's time to meet our contestants again, a.k.a. the people I will be torturing for the next eight weeks," the host let out a mad sadistic cackle before stopping himself, "Here comes the first boat with the beautiful Lindsay!"

The blonde bombshell stepped off the boat, pulling her red suitcase behind her.

"Am I the winner?" Lindsay chirped, noticing she and Chris were the only two on the dock.

"Wow," Chris said, rubbing his temples, "I almost forgot how stupid you were. No Lindsay, you're not the winner. You're just the first to arrive,"

"But I'm the only one here,"

"The competition hasn't even started yet," Chris tried to reason, but soon decided it was a losing battle. He pushed Lindsay and her suitcase over to the other side of the dock, and turned around just in time to welcome the second contestant: Noah.

"This island still smells," Noah sniffed the air, "This time like toxic waste. What have you been up to McLean?"

Chris shrugged innocently.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Noah," he winked at the cameras, "Now move it. We've got other contestants to meet!"

"How rude of me," Noah rolled his eyes before moving next to Lindsay.

Confession Cam

Noah:"This place does seem different. Who knows what Chris has been up to since we left in season one?"

Lindsay:"How does this thing work again?"

"Here comes contestant number three, powerhouse player, Leshawna!" Chris pointed to the oncoming boat where the said loudmouth was pulling her cheetah skinned suitcase behind her.

"I'm getting too old for this show," Leshawna said, rubbing the back of her neck, "Aren't our contracts up yet?"

"You wish," Chris said, "Beth! Good to see you!"

"Hi guys!" Beth waved rather excitedly as she stepped off the fourth boat and over to the host, "I missed—"

"I know," the host beamed, "I miss me too,"

Beth shot Chris a confused look before continuing, "I was going to say I missed them," she stared back at Chris, "Why would I miss you Chris? You put us all through hell on this show,"

Leshawna and Noah both exchanged glances, and then burst out laughing at Beth's choice of words. For Lindsay, however, it flew right over her head.

"Nice to see you sister," Leshawna said, giving Beth a hug as she approached them.

"Did anyone miss me?" Chris said directly to the cameras before turning back to the oncoming boat, "Justin, long time no sees!"

The eye candy stepped off the boat holding a small compact mirror, analyzing his face. He cautiously looked around before taking each step.

"What are you doing, anti-me?" Noah asked, raising a suspicious eyebrow.

"The last time I was on this show, I got so injured I almost lost my modeling contract. I'm not putting my body at risk like that again!" Justin folded his arms.

"Please," Leshawna rolled her eyes.

Justin joined Lindsay, Leshawna, Noah, and Beth on the other side of the dock as another familiar face stepped off the sixth boat.

"Gwen, welcome back!" Chris said, extending his arms to where the Goth girl was stepping off.

Gwen loudly stomped past the host, ignoring his presence. She walked over to where the others were standing, and a slight smile crept across her face when she saw Leshawna and her open arms.

"Girl, it's been too long," Leshawna said, "How you doing?"

"Tired and annoyed," Gwen folded her arms.

"Story of my life," Noah chimed in from his spot on the dock.

Confession Cam

Gwen:"To be honest, I haven't had the best time since Total Drama World Tour ended. I thought that once the show was over, Duncan and I could just be a normal couple without Courtney breathing down our necks. But I haven't spoken to Duncan since we left Hawaii. I'm not even sure if we're still together,"

Chris chuckled, and extended his hand to help the seventh contestant off the boat. Her tanned skin and chocolate brown hair helped the others easily recognize her behind her black sunglasses.

Courtney took off her sunglasses, revealing that her eyes were glaring daggers at Gwen.

"Oh great," Gwen muttered under her breath.

"Hi everyone," Courtney said, smiling sweetly at everyone, "It's so nice to see everyone, Justin, Noah, Leshawna, Boyfriend Stealer, Beth, Lindsay,"

Chris chuckled, realizing that the ensuing drama would be great for the ratings. He winked at the cameras, and turned back to Courtney advancing towards where Gwen stood next to Leshawna.

"How has everyone been?" Courtney asked to everyone, though she was only staring at Gwen, "I'd love to hear about your times off the show when we have the time," the Type-A winked at Gwen, "Especially yours, Gwen,"

Confession Cam

Courtney: "You know the saying 'forgive and forget'? I do. I don't intend on doing either when it comes to Gwen,"

"Save that conversation for later," Chris chimed in, trying to take some of the dramatic tension away from Courtney and Gwen, and back onto him, "Here comes contestant number eight, DJ!"

The gentle giant stepped off the boat, petting a cute bunny.

"Nice to see that you found a new friend," Chris noticed the bunny perched on DJ's shoulder.

"I thought I would bring Bunny back to the island," DJ said, looking around, "He's from here, you know,"

Chris blinked.

"You mean you took that animal off the island the last time you were here?" DJ nodded, "And it's still alive?"

"That whole curse is done and over," DJ said, "No need to worry,"

"Good," Leshawna folded her arms, "I don't want that messing up my chances of winning again,"

"Alejandro messed up your chances of winning last time," Noah said, "Not that stupid curse,"

Leshawna smacked Noah across the head, and turned back to where the next contestant was stepping off the boat.

"The Codemeister has arrived," Cody said, smiling at the other contestants as he passed Chris and headed over to them, "Nice to be back!" he stopped at Gwen, and winked at her, "Hey Gwen,"

"You know I'm dating Duncan, right?" Gwen said, taking a step back.

Courtney let out a loud groan, causing Gwen to wince.

Confession Cam

Gwen: "In retrospect, that probably wasn't the best thing to say with Courtney standing right next to me,"

"I'm aware. And I'm happy for you," Cody said.

"How 'bout you shut it, hon," Leshawna said, realizing the awkwardness of the situation with Courtney glaring daggers at Gwen.

"Contestant number nine, Trent!" Chris pointed to where the musician was stepping off the boat with his guitar case strung over his back. He gave Chris a handshake, and then looked over to where the others stood.

"Nice to be back," Trent said, and cautiously walked over to the others. He glanced over to Gwen, just as the Goth was looking up to look at him. The two both caught each other's eyes, and then quickly looked away.

Confession Cam

Noah: "Awkward,"

"Hi," Beth said sheepishly to Cody.

"Hey there," Cody said back, and then diverted his attention back to where the tenth contestant was arriving.

"Chris McLean!" Owen shouted as he jumped off his boat and onto the wooden dock. The dock shook upon impact, and even more so as Owen rushed over to Chris and wrapped him in a large bear hug, "I missed you so much! This is so awesome!"

"How he is so happy to see Chris is beyond me," Noah said without looking up from his book.

"Down; put me down!" Chris squirmed in Owen's arms, patting him on the shoulder to the best of his ability, "Down boy! Uncle! Uncle!"

"I didn't know Owen was your uncle," Lindsay said, massaging her temples, "I'm so confused,"

"When are you not?" Noah let slip.

Courtney glared at Noah, "Be nice. Lindsay's just confused," she walked over to Lindsay and smiled sweetly, "Uncle is a phrase you use as sort of a code word for someone to let you go, OK?"

Gwen and Leshawna both raised an eyebrow at Courtney's sudden kindness.

Confession Cam

Courtney: "Hey; I need some allies this season if I'm going to take down Gwen. Lindsay will be easy to manipulate—"(She blinks) "Maybe I'm the new Heather,"

"Welcome to Camp Wawanakwa, Sierra," Chris said as the uber-fan stepped down from her boat and onto the Dock of Shame.

Cody let out a heavy sigh as Sierra stepped off the boat. Noah noticed this, and raised an eyebrow. Sierra was nearly hyper-ventilating by the time she got to standing next to Chris. Chris opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the bright flash from Sierra's camera.

"What are you doing?" Chris shouted, blinking as his eyes struggled to readjust.

"I want to document my time on the island," Sierra giggled, "It's not every day a super fan like me gets to compete on the same island that the originals did! I was so excited when you announced season four was taking place at Camp Wawanakwa!"

"See! Why can't everyone have the same enthusiasm as Sierra?" Chris said.

"Give it two days," Noah shot.

"More like two hours," Gwen added.

From the next boat, came a red blur, as the contestant in question did a backhand somersault off the railing and ended up landing right on their face.

"Ouch," Tyler said as he managed to climb to his feet. He rubbed his head, and looked over to see the others staring at him, "That seemed a lot cooler in my head,"

"Tyler, everyone," Chris said, jabbing his thumb in the direction of the athlete.

The jock quickly made his way over to where Lindsay was standing, staring at the island in awe, as if she had never seen it before. He rubbed the back of his neck nervously as he tried to catch her attention.

"Uh, hi Lindsay," Tyler said small.

Lindsay looked over in Tyler's direction, and nearly stared right through him.

"Lindsay, it's me," Tyler said again, "Your boyfriend?"

The dumb blonde cocked an eyebrow, this time staring directly at Tyler in the face. She tilted her head to the side, and Tyler soon realized she was utterly confused.

"Who are you?"

Confession Cam

Tyler: "Unbelievable! She forgot me again!"

Heavy breathing soon became noticeable from the other side of the dock where Chris stood. The host merely had a large smirk plastered across his face as Eva stepped forward, folding her arms.

"I'm not happy," Eva barked, making her way to the others.

"When is she not?" Noah said with a roll of his eyes.

"I thought for sure that I would be done with this show after season one. But I guess I was wrong," the fitness buff barked, and then did an intimidating stomp towards Justin, who squealed.

"Not the face!" Justin shouted, pushing Owen in front of him, "Take him! He's less beautiful!"

"Aw, thanks Justin!" Owen beamed.

Confession Cam

Noah: (He looks up from his book, and shakes his head, and then looks back down)

"Greetings, my chocolate goddess," Harold said as he quickly made his way to where Leshawna stood next to Gwen, "It's been too long,"

"Harold, baby," Leshawna giggled as Harold kissed her hand, "Not in front of the others,"

Eva and Courtney both rolled their eyes at the lanky nerd, and joined the others' focus back over to the other side of the dock where another familiar face was arriving. Bridgette stepped off the boat, holding her surfboard in one hand, and a small backpack in the other. A weak smile was all that was plastered across her face.

"Finally," Courtney muttered, "Someone I'm happy to see,"

Bridgette walked over to stand next to the Type-A, and was greeted with open arms. When the two parted, Courtney looked at Bridgette.

"What have you been up to, Missy?" Courtney said, chuckling.

Confession Cam

Gwen: "I'm really starting to worry that Courtney has developed some type of a split personality,"

"Nothing much," Bridgette said in a tone only above a whisper. She seemed troubled by something, and Courtney noticed this along with a few others standing around her. She stared back at the oncoming boat, and recognized a familiar party theme.

"This ought to cheer you up then," Courtney said, "I think Geoff's here,"

Bridgette's eyes widened all at once, and she soon fell quiet all together. Eva raised an eyebrow from her spot next to Bridgette, and looked over to where Geoff was shaking hands with Chris.

"Welcome back to the party," Chris said.

"Good to be here!" Geoff said, pumping his fists in the air, "Let's get this party started!" Geoff rushed over to where DJ and Trent stood, fist bumping all of them. He totally ignored the fact that Bridgette was present, causing Courtney to raise yet another suspicious eyebrow.

The next boat arrived, and Izzy did a somersault off the railing much like Tyler did, only with her, she landed on her two feet instead of her face.

"E-Scope has arrived!" Izzy exclaimed, smirking wildly.

"Don't tell me we're back to this," Noah sighed.

"Explosivo takes no orders from anyone," the redhead grinned, "Neither does Esquire; or Brainzilla!"

Confession Cam

Chris: (He is counting off his fingers) "I think I've lost track of how many personalities Izzy has had over the course of the show,"

"Katie, Sadie," Chris said to the two latest arriving contestants, "Welcome back,"

The twins pulled their matching luggage across the dock over to where the others were standing. Justin tried to wink at them, but both just turned their heads away in disgust. The eye candy gasped, and pulled out his mirror again.

"What's wrong with me?" Justin cried out.

"Gwen," came a voice from the next boat. The Goth looked up to see Duncan stepping off the boat, bypassing Chris, and walking straight towards her. Before Gwen could possibly say anything though, Duncan had his lips on Gwen's.

Courtney was fuming when she saw this, and turned around to stop herself from watching. When she turned though, she saw Trent staring at what was going on behind her. A look of hurt was in his eyes as he watched his ex-girlfriend kissing his greatest foe.

"Enough PDA," Chris said, appearing in between Gwen and Duncan. He forcibly separated the two, pushing Gwen back to Leshawna, and Duncan back to Geoff, "Save something for the rest of the season, geese!"

Chris popped back up to the other side of the dock where the next contestant was arriving. A familiar clicking of heels was heard as a blonde haired middle-aged woman stepped off the next boat in her skin tight red dress.

"You've got to be kidding me," Courtney exclaimed.

"That's right, it's me! Blaineley Stacey Andrews O'Halloran!" the ruthless blonde exclaimed, throwing her arms in the air, "I'm one of the contestants this season!"

"But she was on the show for like a second," Katie pointed out.

"Yeah," Sadie agreed.

"I qualified as a contestant," Blaineley said, "And so I'm here to win the two million bucks!"

Chris nodded, "She took the words right out of my mouth. I'm sure you'll all make Blaineley feel welcome here on Camp Wawanakwa," he said, smirking, "Which brings us to our next contestant, who I'm sure none of you will even try to make feel welcome, Heather!"

The queen bee stepped off her boat, and threw off her sunglasses, throwing them to Chris who caught them. He shrugged, and threw the sunglasses over his head and into the lake beneath the dock.

"I'm here to win," Heather snapped, "And don't anyone try to stop me, got it?"

"That's typically what every antagonist says before they lose," purred a voice from behind Heather. When the owner of the voice stepped out into the light from a dark crevice of the boat, almost everyone on the dock, including Heather, let out a mad gasp.

"Jalapeno…?" Lindsay squealed.

Alejandro smirked.

"I'm back," he said, taking a few steps off the boat and onto the dock. He stood behind Heather, smirking at the contestants on the other side of the dock.

"Weren't you cased in lava and sent to a hospital?" Leshawna tried to reason.

"I was, but now I'm healed and ready to win," Alejandro said.

Blaineley chuckled, "Sorry Alejandro; but the two million is mine. I already claimed it like two seconds ago before you arrived," she said.

"That's what you think," the arch villain winked.

Confession Cam

Heather: "I didn't Alejandro would be coming back this season. I don't have a good feeling about this,"

Sierra: "My very first confessional at Camp Wawanakwa! This is so awesome! I can't believe—"

"One last contestant to welcome back to Camp Wawanakwa," Chris said as the final boat came and went. When the said boat sped away, it revealed a long forgotten contestant causing everyone to gasp out of shock.

"How…?"

"But…"

"Is that really him?"

Ezekiel stood on the other side of the dock next to Chris; and he was perfectly normal again. His hair had grown back, and he was wearing his usual outfit of a sweatshirt and a toque on his head.

"Uh, hi, eh," Ezekiel said nervously.

The contestants all whispered among themselves as Ezekiel stood next to Chris, quiet. Finally, the silence was broken as Eva ran forward, and punched Ezekiel across the face. The blow was so intense that it knocked Ezekiel backwards and into the lake below.

"Good shot," Courtney nodded her head in approval as Eva returned to the group.

Chris chuckled at all of the ensuing drama, "I love it! Now how about we make our way to the island! I've got plenty of rules to explain on how this season is going to work," the host then led the contestants back towards the campfire area as Ezekiel struggled to climb back onto the dock.

Izzy stayed behind, and helped the prairie boy to his feet.

"My Zeke," Izzy chuckled, "Long time, no see!"

Ezekiel just stared at the redhead before him, "Izzy, uh, what are you doing?" he said as he looked around, "Why'd you help me?"

"That's what friends do," Izzy chirped as she ran off towards the campfire area, dragging Ezekiel along with her.

Confession Cam

Ezekiel: "After the finale, I woke up some hospital, eh," (He sighs) "They gave me some medicine and I was all better. Chris did a number on me during the season, eh. My parents aren't exactly the brightest so Chris managed to talk 'em out of suing the show,"

The twenty-five contestants were all seated around the campfire area as Christ took his spot behind the oil drum.

"Welcome back to Camp Wawanakwa, first of all," Chris said, putting his hands on his hips, "This season promises to be the best of the best! And—"Chris was interrupted by a loud flash from Sierra's camera. When the host glared at her, she sheepishly smiled and sat back down. The host then continued, "You twenty-five will be put through some of the toughest challenges ever to rock this island,"

Eva grinned, "Bring it," she said.

"Some of the challenges will be brand new; some will be repeats from previous seasons, but with a twist," Chris nodded his head, "So I hope you're ready for it!"

The host then through his hands into his pockets, and pulled out what appeared to be a small wooden carving of his head.

"This is the McLean Invincibility Idol," Chris said, tossing it back and forth from hand to hand, "One of these babies is hidden on Boney Island, just across the way," he pointed out across the lake where the familiar island sat.

"How are we supposed to get all the way over there?" Cody asked.

"I'm getting there, bub," Chris said, throwing the wooden idol at Cody, bopping him on the head. The tech geek rubbed his head where the idol had hit him, and listened as Chris continued, "You know how at the end of every elimination ceremony, it comes down to two players, right?"

Most of the contestants nodded their head, excluding Lindsay who was staring off into space.

"One of the players will be voted off and eliminated from the game and island for good," Chris said, "While the other will be sent to exile on Boney Island; we figured that would help the player considering the fact that they might have been voted off,"

"Love the idea, Chris," Blaineley chimed in, "Now what are the teams?"

"The teams will be decided at a later point; twenty-five doesn't divide evenly, does it?" Chris asked.

"Actually, it does—"Courtney started.

"No one cares," Chris interrupted, "Now everyone off to the Mess Hall! I'm sure you've all been missing Chef Hatchet's cooking,"

Owen was the first one up, and started stampeding towards the Mess Hall. The others slowly started getting up, and filed out of the campfire area.

"…get your slop!"

Chef Hatchet walked down the long line of the twenty-five contestants holding a pot full of slop. As he passed each contestant, he poured a pile of slop on their trays with a ladle.

"Still disgusting as ever," Noah observed.

Chef eyed him threateningly as he continued down the line of contestants.

"I've missed this so much," Owen said as he chowed down the slop once he was seated at the old Screaming Gophers table. He had sat there by force of habit, and was currently scarfing down his food.

"I too have always enjoyed your cooking," Alejandro said, winking at Chef once he gave him some slop.

Confession Cam

Heather: "Oh come on!"

"What are you doing?" Bridgette asked as she sat down next to Courtney at the old Killer Bass table. The Type-A was currently loading a pile of slop on her spoon, and bending it back. She was aiming it directly at Gwen's head. When Bridgette realized what Courtney was intending to do, she grabbed the spoon, "No Courtney!"

"Come on," Courtney said, turning over to the surfer chick, "Just one shot!"

"I take it you're still not over him,"

Courtney scoffed, and folded her arms, "I am so over him. I just don't like Gwen. That's all," she explained.

"If you were really over him, you would just let them be. He's happy," Bridgette said, pointing to where Gwen and Duncan were sitting together, chatting and not eating their slop.

"Fine," Courtney said, "Since you're so Zen, why don't we talk about you and Geoff?"

Bridgette was currently attempting to slip some of the slop down her throat when Courtney popped the question. She dropped her spoon and looked over to the Type-A.

"What about us?" she asked.

"You guys seemed a little…distant on the dock," Courtney noted, "Want to tell me what's going on?"

"It's nothing," Bridgette said quietly.

A bit farther down the table, Katie, Sadie, Lindsay, and Beth were sitting with each other. Lindsay was currently painting her nails to match her red heels, while Katie was flipping through a magazine she had brought with her. Sadie and Beth were chatting about some TV show when Justin arrived.

"Hello ladies," the eye candy purred.

"Did you hear something?" Sadie asked, not really realizing that Justin had spoken.

"Nope," Lindsay said, checking to see if her nails were perfect. She lightly blew over them, and then looked up to see that Justin was standing there, "Oh, hi Jeremy,"

Justin winced.

"It's Justin," he reminded her, "Hello ladies!"

"Hi," the four girls let out in a dry response, and then went back to what they were doing before Justin disturbed their peace. Justin blinked, and then walked off to try and figure out what was the matter with him.

Confession Cam

Justin: "Am I losing my touch? I think my injuries from season two had a lasting impact on me," (He glances at himself in his mirror) "Have I become average?"

Courtney: "Something isn't right when it comes to Bridgette and Geoff; and I'm going to figure it out!"

"So where have you been?" Gwen asked, stirring her spoon in her slop. She looked up at Duncan, shooting him an accusing look.

"You sound a lot like Courtney right now," Duncan said, and then blinked as soon as he said it. He looked over to see DJ and Geoff wincing as well. The bad boy sighed and turned over to Gwen.

"I've been busy," he said.

"You never called or texted me," the Goth tried to start up the interrogation again, "I was just worried,"

Duncan sighed again.

"Like I told you, I was busy. Things got complicated when I got back from the show, and I had some things I needed to take care of," Duncan let out.

Gwen stared at Duncan deep in the eyes, and finally let out a heavy sigh.

"Alright," she said, and then kissed Duncan on the cheek. She picked up her tray, and walked over to dump it off.

"Whew," Duncan said, and then grinned as he looked over to where Geoff and DJ were sitting across the table, "That was close,"

"So are you going to tell us where you really were?" DJ said, folding his arms.

"Like I said, I was busy," Duncan waved it away. DJ and Geoff exchanged glances, and then went back to eating.

Confession Cam

Izzy: (She flipped her eyelids up, and then grinned at the camera) "Did you catch that?"

Ezekiel was sitting by himself on a corner seat, swirling his spoon through his slop. He kept nervously looking up to see Eva glaring daggers at him from her spot across the room. He looked back down at his food, and sighed.

"How are you doing, my Zeke?"

The prairie boy looked up to see Izzy sitting across from her; he nearly jumped due to the sudden encounter.

"When did you get there, eh?" Ezekiel said, shuddering.

"I've been here, Zeke," Izzy chuckled wildly, "Now, let's get down to business. Which lady in this place gets your yardstick working?" she looked around the room, as if she was trying to deduce the lady before Ezekiel said.

"Huh?"

Izzy's eyes widened, and her blank face was soon replaced with a knowing smirk.

"Ah, you swing the other way," Izzy said, patting Ezekiel's hand, "It's OK. Izzy doesn't judge. Izzy is very accepting,"

"No! I'm not gay, eh!"

"So you're in denial," Izzy mused, shaking her head, "I don't understand why people feel like they need to be in denial. It's perfectly normal. To be honest, I once had a threesome with Eva and Noah at the loser resort,"

Ezekiel's eyes widened, and looked over to where Noah and Eva were sitting. He shuddered at the very thought before Izzy continued.

"So tell me, who's the lucky guy?"

The prairie boy let out a heavy sigh, and got up to leave Izzy sitting dumbfounded at the table. Izzy watched as Ezekiel left the Mess Hall in silence, hanging his head.

Confession Cam

Ezekiel: "I'm trying to figure out who scares me more: Eva or Izzy?"

"What were you doing over there with that sexist pig?" Eva asked as Izzy cartwheeled into a seat next to her.

"Just seeing how he's doing," Izzy said, taking a spoonful of Eva's slop without asking, "I've never met an ex-zombie before,"

Noah rolled his eyes.

"Come on my Noah," Izzy winked, "You've got to admit zombies are cool!"

"I refuse to get into that whole zombie fandom," Noah waved it away, and went back to reading his book.

"What are you reading, anyway?" Izzy exclaimed, and reached over to grab the book Noah was reading. Izzy flipped through the pages, and as she did, the coverslip came off revealing the title of the book, "Are you reading The Fault in our Stars?"

"Loser," Duncan snorted as he walked past the bookworm.

Noah's face became red and he started stammering. He snatched back the book and the coverslip.

"I—I used the coverslip of another book so no one would know what I was reading," he stammered.

"You have got to be kidding me," Eva said, even cracking a slight smile.

"It's a good book!" Noah snapped, and stood up; slipping the book under his arm so he could grab his tray. He walked away from Izzy and Eva, leading them to laugh about the situation.

Noah walked past Katie's table, and the sweet girl looked up. When Noah noticed she was staring, she quickly looked away, blushing madly.

Confession Cam

Katie: "So I may have developed a teensy crush on Noah over the years," (She shrugs) "But I doubt it would ever go anywhere, anyway,"

"I don't get it," Tyler said, cupping his forehead in his hands, pushing back his hair, "How could Lindsay have forgotten me again?"

"She's sort of an idiot," Cody said, and then held up his hands in defense when Tyler sent him a glare.

Sierra nodded her head in approval.

"I hacked into her school files," the uber-fan said, "She literally the stupidest kid in her entire school,"

"I'm going to ignore that comment," Tyler sighed, and looked over to where Lindsay was sitting with her friends, "There has to be something I can do to jog her memory. I mean, I got her to remember once, how hard can it be to do it again?"

"You can try," Cody folded his arms, "But it probably won't work,"

Tyler let out another heavy sigh as Trent walked past their table with a tray in hand. He was looking for a place to sit, but almost all of the seats were filled up. He suddenly felt a strong hand on his shoulder. Trent spun around to see Alejandro smiling at him.

"Why don't you come sit with me, Trent?" Alejandro asked, pointing over to his table where Owen and Blaineley were sitting, "We could use the…uh, sanity,"

"Sure," Trent said, eying the arch villain suspiciously. However, as he started walking with Alejandro to the table, he felt another hand on his shoulder.

"Oh no, you don't Alejandro," Leshawna said as she pulled Trent back, "Don't you go manipulating everyone again. I know what you're up to,"

Alejandro raised an eyebrow.

"I have no idea what you're speaking of, dear Leshawna," he said, "I have turned over a new leaf. I have come to win fair and square,"

"I'm sure," the loudmouth said to Alejandro, and then to Trent, "Come sit with me and Harold, hon,"

Alejandro scowled as Trent walked away with Leshawna. He spun around and sank into his seat with Owen and Blaineley.

"So, I was thinking," Blaineley said, smirking, "How about the three of us form an alliance? That's always the way to win, huh? I mean, obviously I would be the leader and you two would carry out my plans—"

"I'm hungry," Owen said, his mind wandering off.

Blaineley sighed as Owen followed his mind back to the kitchen counter for seconds. She turned over to speak to Alejandro, but he was already gone as well.

Confession Cam

Blaineley: "Fine! They probably wouldn't have carried me far anyway!" (She groans and punches the wall, and then winces in pain) "OUCH!"

The Mess Hall door opened, and Chris stepped inside with a huge smirk on his face.

"Campers; I trust you all enjoyed your lunch, yes?" Chris said, and then continued before anyone could respond, "Good! Then it's time for the first challenge!"

"…already?" DJ asked.

"It's simple, really," the host continued, "It's a footrace across the island to the finish line. The first twenty-four to arrive will be safe from elimination. The last contestant to arrive, however, will be eliminated from the game,"

"Why are you doing it that way?" Blaineley asked, raising her hand, "If were hosting, I would—"

"But you aren't, so get used to it," Chris shot back, "As for everyone else, get moving! The challenge starts now!"

Eva was the first one on her feet, and she quickly rushed out the door followed by Tyler who was shouting out "I can do that too!" as he did so. The other campers quickly followed suit, with Izzy bringing up the rear. Just as she was about to exit the hall, she stopped to ponder something.

"Ezekiel doesn't know about the challenge," she whispered to herself, "Izzy must find him!"

Izzy ran out the door as Chris cringed.

"Darn it," he said, "I thought for sure Ezekiel would end up losing,"

Just outside the Mess Hall, some of the contestants were forming groups.

"If we arrive together, then he'll have to put us on the same team," Sadie suggested to Katie, Lindsay, and Beth.

"Great idea," Beth said.

The four rushed off on the trail highlighted by neon green cones. The trail in question led into the woods, and soon disappeared around a row of trees.

Courtney looked around for a person to team up with, and noticed that Bridgette was starting to go down the path by herself. She quickly rushed over to the blonde and linked arms with her.

"What are you doing?" Bridgette asked, staring up at the Type-A.

"Just teaming up with my bestie," Courtney smiled.

Confession Cam

Courtney: "Did I just say 'bestie'? Who am I?"

Gwen: "I swear I just heard Courtney say 'bestie'. Who is she?"

Gwen walked out of the Mess Hall, looking for where Duncan had gone to. Her faint smile fell as she saw Duncan had already paired up with Geoff, DJ, Tyler, and Owen. She walked over to them, only to have the group of guys run off into the woods.

"You've got to be kidding me," Gwen muttered, and kicked the ground in frustration, and felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Leshawna.

"You wanna come with us, hon?" Leshawna asked, pointing back to where Harold and Trent were standing awkwardly with each other.

Gwen stared at Trent, and then back to Leshawna with a look of 'are you kidding me' on her face. She sighed, realizing it was her only available option: everyone else had already paired off and had run off.

"Sure," Gwen said reluctantly, "What other choice do I have?"

"That's the spirit," Leshawna smiled, and pulled Gwen over to her group, "Alright boys, let's go. I ain't gonna be going home tonight!" she grabbed Harold's hand and led him towards the path. Trent and Gwen were left to stare at each other.

"Hi," Trent said, breaking the awkward silence.

"Hi," Gwen returned.

Leshawna turned around to see the two talking with one another. She smiled softly before whistling to them.

"Are you coming or not?" she shot.

"Coming," Gwen quickly said, turning away from Trent and after Leshawna. Trent blushed slightly and followed the Goth.

Confession Cam

Gwen: "Can you say awkward?"

"So, Codykins, what have you been up to?" Sierra chirped as she, Cody, and Noah walked along the path in the woods. Several campers were ahead of them, while there were still a few groups behind them.

"School," Cody shrugged, "That's about it,"

Sierra raised an eyebrow, "Is something wrong, Codykins?"

"Can you stop calling me that?" the tech geek stopped in his tracks, and looked directly at the uberfan standing next to him. Noah raised an eyebrow at this exchange; things were definitely getting interesting.

"Why are you snapping at me, Codyki—Cody…?" Sierra caught herself, still looking at Cody with a look of shock on her face.

Noah took a step back from the two, realizing that this may be heading in the wrong direction.

"The funny thing is, when I got back to school everyone kept teasing me about some girl I met on the show. I was the biggest joke in school," Cody folded his arms.

Sierra's eyes widened.

"I didn't realize everyone hated Gwen that much," she said.

"No Sierra, it was you!" Cody snapped, stomping his foot on the ground, "Everyone made a big joke out of me because of the stalker girl I had! You made my life miserable!"

"But I thought we were best friends…"

"I guess I said that in the heat of the moment; after I got off the show, it really opened my eyes," the tech geek said, folding his arms, "I'm sorry I misled you, but I have to end our friendship. You're not good for me,"

Noah started to slow clap, causing both Sierra and Cody to turn their heads towards him.

"Sorry," he said, taking a step back, "Thought you were done,"

"Just leave me alone Sierra," Cody said, and then turned to run off. Noah and Sierra both exchanged glances, and then Noah followed after Cody, at a much slower pace.

"Codykins," Sierra said, shedding a single tear as Cody and Noah disappeared out of sight.

Justin was walking along the path in the woods, closely examining his face in the small pocket mirror he always carried around with him when he felt a presence behind him. He put the mirror down and turned around to find him face to face with Blaineley.

"Ah!" the eye candy let out, jumping out of fear.

"Calm down," Blaineley said, putting a single finger to her mouth, "We need to talk, Justin,"

The male model raised an eyebrow, confused as to why Blaineley would possibly want to talk to him.

"I think me and you are the best players this game has ever seen," the former hostess of Celebrity Manhunt said with a sly smirk, "I think we should form an alliance,"

Justin started to snicker.

"You're joking right," he said, "Why would I form an alliance with you? I have more problems on my plate than dealing with you," the male model turned on his feet and started back down the path leaving Blaineley alone.

The blonde's eye began to twitch as Justin left her alone.

Izzy swung through the trees on vines, searching for the prairie boy she so desperately desired to find.

"Zeke!" she exclaimed, trying to keep a good pace up. She finally spotted the boy sitting on a rock by himself; "There you are!" she leapt off a tree, doing somersault midair, and landing on her two feet directly in front of Ezekiel.

The prairie boy looked up to see Izzy standing in front of him.

"How'd you find me, eh?" Ezekiel asked, shuddering at the thought of Izzy hunting him down.

"I just swung through the trees until I found you," Izzy waved it away, "Now c'mon Zekey! We've got a challenge to win!"

Ezekiel's eyes widened.

"A challenge?" he asked, "When did that happen, eh?"

"When you left the Mess Hall," Izzy said, "Now c'mon; let's get moving! The last person to cross the finish line gets themselves a one-way ticket on the Boat of Losers!" she stepped behind Ezekiel and started to push him forward.

"Just let me be," Ezekiel said, swatting her arms away. He started walking in the direction Izzy had intended him to go in, "I want to be alone,"

Izzy stayed behind dumbfounded at Ezekiel's words. She sighed, and then chased back after the prairie boy.

Heather was stomping along the path, clenching her fists. She assumed she was on the right path, but she hadn't seen any other contestants in a while. As she walked, she blew a strand of hair out of her face.

"I miss my ponytail," the queen bee said to herself; since leaving the show for the break, she had grown back her hair to its' regular style she had it in during the first season of the show.

CRACK!

Heather stopped in her tracks, and turned around. She thought she had heard someone behind snap a branch.

"Who's there?" she called out.

Chris was waiting at the finish line, sitting on a lawn chair. Chef Hatchet was currently fanning him with a long leaf while another intern fed him grapes.

"This is the life," the host said, smiling. He put on his sunglasses, and was just leaning back in his chair when he heard the patter of feet advancing towards the finish line. He sat up, raising an eyebrow, "What that…?"

"We made it!"

Chris stood up from his lawn chair to see Lindsay, Beth, Katie, and Sadie running across the finish line. They all started to jump up and down, giggling and celebrating with one another.

"How did you guys get here so fast?" the host questioned, putting his hands on his hips.

"We just followed the path," Katie said, "It wasn't that hard of a challenge,"

Chris rubbed the back of his head, "I would have thought for sure it would have been difficult, especially with all of those booby-traps and explosions I had Chef plant along the path," he sighed, and turned back to Chef to shoot him a glare.

"So where do we stand?" Beth asked, pointing over to the giant red '1' and green '2' painted on the grass.

"Beth, Lindsay, stand behind the '1'," Chris pointed to the red '1', "Katie, Sadie, stand behind the '2',"

Lindsay's lip began to quiver as she looked over to Katie and Sadie.

"I guess this is goodbye," she said, and wrapped the two into a loving embrace.

"I'm going to miss you," Sadie cried out as Beth joined the group hug.

"Oh come on," Chris said, rolling his eyes at the entire ordeal. He turned back to his lawn chair and sat down. He looked up at Chef Hatchet, "And make sure those explosions go off next time! We need the ratings!"

Confession Cam

Chef Hatchet: "First I have to cook lunch for these maggots, now I have to set off explosions? I tell you, Chris is a demanding son of a—"

"Four campers have somehow managed to cross the finish line," Chris said to the cameras, "How will the other twenty-one campers fair as the game continues? How will the teams shape up? And who will be eliminated from the game first? Find out when we return to Total Drama Return to Wawanakwa!"

A/N - I started writing this about two weeks ago, and I completely finished the episode this morning. The final product was 40 pages exactly, but I figured that was too long, so I decided to split it into two parts. The second half will be posted within the next week, possibly after I finish the next episode.

I start high school in a week, so I'm excited to finally be going to the big leagues!

-Reading10