The air whooshed through the small gaps on the big metal blimp, making eerie sounds within the bare, cold compartment. Shivers went through the body of a young girl despite the fact that she was cuddled up into the seemingly warmest section of the compartment. She would have gladly accepted a blanket at that particular moment, but unfortunately except for the collection of different sized crates scattered all around the place.

Several people could be seen sitting around the compartment in a similar fashion to the woman, however none of them made a move to talk to the others. The woman could feel an awkward atmosphere in the air but considering her naturally shy personality she decided that it would be much easier to just sit there for now and wait for the situation to resolve itself. Any friends and family that she did posses were more outgoing, and they had been the ones to approach her first and not the other way around. Her fears were only multiplied by the fact that the people surrounding her were some of the strangest people she had seen in her entire life.

To her right sat a boy dressed in a green wizard costume, complete with a wand and even the spells that he was either muttering under his breath or reading out from a little notebook in his hands. Next to him sat a pretty young girl. She almost seemed normal, but the bright pink dress and bow in her hair made her looks like some kind of weird version of snow white. She seemed friendly enough but she could not seem to stop singing which clearly annoyed many of the other passengers. Another curious case was of the big man with an afro, who still hadn't uttered a single word since he entered the plane. What did come out of him were various sounds including sirens, animals, and other things you would only expect to hear on a DJ machine and not from a living breathing human. These were the weirdest of the bunch though, although several of the other people did seem to have funny quirks despite their normal looking appearance. Some good examples of this could be the almost identical twins who for some strange reason insisted on constantly swapping seats, or a young boy in a hat who was cuddled into a corned constantly muttering something about how zombies will eat his brain.
Overall it seemed like the staff of Total Drama Island had picked a diverse group of people for this season, which made her wonder for a minute as to what challenges the host would think of this year. He certainly seemed enthusiastic enough on the promo tour, which made her quite worried for the others. Then again they had signed up for this in the first place, and 1 million dollars was a big prize to win for just any normal show. She supposed that the funny quirks of the campers were chosen for purpose. Watching the first few seasons over the years she noted that it was the interactions between the campers themselves that made the show interesting although seeing them completely fail was also pretty hilarious to watch on national television.

"Hey, are you ok? You look slightly freaked out."

Surprise flitted through her eyes at the sudden voice, forcing her to turn to see whether it really was her he was speaking to. Her eyes rested on a handsome boy around her age with a smile on his face, and deep green eyes that seemed to have the slightest concern directed at her. His blonde hair was slicked back with a certainly large amount of gel, but she had to admit that it looked good on him. To be truthful she didn't quite expect someone seemingly so normal on a show like this.

"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just not used to meeting new people in such large groups. Thank you for asking though."

"You're welcome, and besides meeting new people isn't that scary. You already know me so you're not alone when you have to meet the others, aren't you? My name is Topher, what about you?"

"My name is Melody, it's nice to meet you."
"You too. Are you here to participate for the million dollars as well?"
"No actually. I applied to the producers for the job of being a medic on the island since I needed a job for the summer, and because it would be a good experience for me."

"Do you want to be a doctor then?"

"Yeah. Ever since I was little I always wanted to make people feel better and to help them. What about you?"

"I want to be a host like Chris McLean, the host of Total Drama Island. He's the best host out there so I'm not only here to win the million but also to learn a bit about hosting from him. I mean I've clearly got the looks, but it's all about the technique as well. Do you think he would let me co-host the season with him?"

"I don't know. You should ask him though, at least then you know that you tried."

He was about to answer when the blimp gave a sudden shudder and gave a lurch to one side. Chest and people were flung to the side causing a flurry of raised voices. Topher's arms wrapped around Melody and held her close to prevent her flying through the air like the other people in the room. She gave him a grateful look but quickly tightened her grip on his arms when the voice of the pilot rose above the clamour.

"Hang on! This might get hairy!"

The blimp straightened out slightly, but the rain still pounded thunderously on the metal coating of the room. Lightning flashed and before their eyes a single figure of a man appeared in the once empty space. He looked to be in his thirties with coal black eyes and just as dark hair. This had to be the famous Chris mcLean that Topher was just telling her about, which explained his fascination. The man certainly knew how to make an entrance. He was clearly taller than her but that didn't come as much of a surprise. With her 5'5" stature, the only person that was smaller than her was the small purple haired boy that spent the journey glaring at everyone.

"Hello newbies. Ready for some fun?"

His question seemed rhetorical, but that didn't stop Topher and 'Snow White' from running up to him in excitement and shouting yes at the top of their lungs. Despite their reactions that smirk never left his face and it made melody grow worried about what was to come. From the previous seasons she learned that Chris liked to torture the campers even before the show started, and the fact that she was currently sitting with his chosen victims didn't make her feel any better, especially since they were traveling thousands of feet off the ground in a flimsy blimp that looked ready to fall apart at any moment.

"Huh, a couple of keeners. I'm sure that a little pain and starvation will fix that. Let's get started."

That foreboding comment quickly quieted down the excitement and complaints, and everyone was instead focused on his ever present smirk. Melody hoped that he would go easier on her since she was the medic and not a contestant but her hopes seemed slim to none. Noting that he now had the attention of the entire compartment, Chris walked smugly towards the big metal doors to his left.

"This aircraft stinks and is only equipped with two emergency exits. Here," he said pointing at the door behind him " and at the end of the cabin. At said exits you will find parachute packs. Only half of them contain actual parachutes. The other half of them contain surprises that will be utterly useless while falling from the sky."

There was a clear reason why he was telling us this, and it made Melody all the more frightened of what will happen soon enough. She watched as his gaze scrolled through the people present, stopping on her eyes for a second before continuing. He seemed to be baiting the campers into taking the bait, and unfortunately for them he didn't have to wait especially long to get one.

"Well hopefully we won't need them."

The person who took the bait turned out to be one of the normal looking girls, with shoulder length black hair and tribal looking feather earrings. Melody almost groaned at her stupidity but held it in as not to offend her before they even had a chance to meet. Chris seemed to have noticed her grimace though and his smirk only widened at the sight. Both of them knew that the girl had played right into his hands.

"Who knows. This season is full of surprises, like this."

From his pocket he took out a small remote before pressing the only button that was located on it, creating an explosion at the side of the blimp. The blimp started losing altitude and began falling to the ground, which only caused panic within it. Even the pilot abandoned his post to find a parachute, turning out to be the infamous Chef Hatchet, Chris's accomplice though she doubted that he knew about this turnout of events. It seemed that the only one who wasn't panicking was Chris himself which was weird as he was on the blimp as well, but at that moment she didn't exactly have the time to worry about that. The panicking campers and Chef grabbed the parachutes like crazy, even pushing out some of the others outside the now open exit doors in their hurry. Melody followed their lead and jumped out of the aircraft with a parachute on her back. She vaguely noticed Topher still in the blimp with two parachutes but he seemed to know what he was doing so she just left him alone.

As she was falling she noticed that people were starting to already pull their parachutes. the lucky ones managed to get one, however like Chris said, some of them got completely useless objects. Afro boy had live chickens in his backpack instead of parachute, which didn't seem to worry him at all since he just imitated their sounds. A chubby blonde girl had trophies and tiaras in her backpack which she seemed perfectly happy with despite her situation, while the boy obsessed with zombies had hot dogs in his. Hoping for the best, Melody pulled her shoot happily discovering that she did in fact have a parachute and that she wasn't going to fall to her death. Sighing in relief she relaxed, only now noticing the rescue missions that the others were ensuing. A tall african girl managed to grab zombie boy and the wizard slowing down their fall with her parachute. Following her advice Melody grabbed onto the closest falling person next to her, which just so happened to be the girl that started all of this. Her face seemed extremely grateful for her actions.

"Hey thanks for that."

"It's ok."

"What's your name? Mines Sky."

"Oh I'm Melody. It's nice to meet you."

The conversation was cut short when the ground got closer and we all fell onto the soft sands of a beautiful beach. Fortunately for the others without parachutes, they managed to land in the water which would have softened the landing a lot. After everyone managed to pull themselves out, we all congregated around Chris who was miraculously standing on the beach instead falling onto it like the rest of us. He seemed to be giving weird looks to 'Snow White' who was flown down gently by birds out of all things, though he didn't seem to be the only one to consider it strange. Shaking his head he turned back to the clip sheet he held in his hand and started counting them.

"Huh only one missing. That's not bad."

A sudden thud behind us made everyone turned around where the small purple haired boy lay, cursing out a tree and saying evil every second word. Either he was just another contestant to make things interesting on this island or he had a particularly bad concussion. Melody however got the impression that unfortunately for the rest of the campers, it probably was the first, which meant that they would have to deal with him like this for the rest of the show. She was beginning to have doubts that it would really be ok like Topher said. Looking back at Chris she saw that devilish smirk on his face again, which only served to intensify the worried feeling. Yep. This season is definitely not going to be something that she would enjoy, and she was just the medic here.