Author's Note: Hello Total Drama fans! It's been a while since I've been here, and I have no idea how long I'm staying this time, but I'm here right now! If, perchance, you're reading this and remember me from one of my other stories, I am so sorry that I'm starting a brand new one without finishing, like, any of the other ones! But hey, what's for anyway? I'd like to see the statistics of how many people actually finish anything they start! Not to worry though, I'm sure I'll get to it eventually!

If you're new to me, however, welcome! I hope you will enjoy whatever I actually am able to put out for this story. I just recently got back into Total Drama, and I found that this is giving me some much needed respite from my actual real-life writing, which was kind of bogging me down lately. Hopefully, I'm able to stick with this story though, I've already mapped out the first five seasons and I think I've got something pretty decent here!

I know it's incredibly original for someone to start their own version of Total Drama Island, but it is fun, truly I love it, so hopefully you won't be too mad at the lack of originality in story ideas. For the first couple of episodes (which I already have written!) I'll be sticking pretty closely to the script, with some minor changes to account for my OCs (Yes, I know, everyone's favorite!), as I feel like nothing much has differed from the show at this point. So hopefully that's ok, I promise once we get going though, things will be massively different than the show. Like, pretty drastic at times.

Anyway, I think that just about sums it up. I'll be talking more down after the end of this chapter, because I enjoy talking! Hope you enjoy!

Total Drama Island

Episode 1: The Not So Great Outdoors pt. 1

"Yo! We're coming at you live, from camp Wawanakwa, somewhere in in Muskoka Ontario! I'm your host, Chris MacLean! Dropping season one of the hottest new reality show on television, right now!"

The young, thirty-something man called Chris MacLean gave the camera a large, charismatic smile as he enthusiastically announced the reality show. The backdrop was that of a typical summer camp, complete with a scenic mountain in the background. Chris continued his speech to the camera as he walked down the pier.

"Here's the deal: twenty-four campers have signed up to spend eight weeks right here at this crummy old summer camp. They'll compete in challenges against each other, then have to face the judgment of their fellow campers. Every three days, one time will either win a reward or watch as one of their fellow teammates walk down the dock of shame, take ride on the loser boat, ha-ha, and leave Total Drama Island, for good!"

The camera cut to Chris popping up in front of a campfire pit with a podium and twelve stumps.

"Their fate will be determined here, at the dramatic campfire ceremony, where each week, all but one camper will receive a marshmallow."

Chris took a marshmallow and threw it into his mouth before continuing,

"In the end, only one will be left standing and will be rewarded with cheesy tabloid fame, and a small fortune; which lets face it, they'll probably blow in a week."

A montage sequence begins as Chris' voice can be heard over it,

"To survive, they'll have to battle: black flies, grizzly bears, disgusting camp food, and each other! Every moment will be caught by one of the over a hundred cameras situated around the camp."

The camera cuts back to Chris standing on the pier as he delivers the final leg of his monologue,

"Who will crumble under the pressure? Find out here, right now, on Total Drama Island!"

Music plays as the cameras cut to a pre-recorded title sequence. The cameras zoom across the camp in a fast overshot as it rushes past Chris and zooms up the mountain and jumps down into the waters below.

Tell mom and dad I'm doin' fine,

You guys are on my mind.

You asked me what I wanted to be,

And now I think the answer is plain to see:

I wanna be famous!

We see Owen swimming in the lake, farting giddily, and killing a fish in the process. The fish floats up to the surface, right next to Geoff and Bridgette on a surfboard, inching closer. They notice the fish and the smell and are disgusted, but an eagle soon swoops in to pick it up out of the water. The camera follows the eagle as it flies over the forest and drops the fish. The fish lands near DJ, who is sitting on a tree stump surrounded by animals. Upon landing, the fish provokes the animals to attack DJ, causing him to run away in pain. The camera pans to Duncan who is watching the scene unfold with hysteric laughter. The camera pans to Ella, who was sketching the scene, turning her head to look distastefully at Duncan.

I wanna live close to the sun,

Well pack your bags cuz I've already won,

Anything to prove nothin' in my way,

I'll get there one day,

Cuz I wanna be famous!

The camera pans up to the sun, where we see Leshawna and Heather cat fighting in a raft that falls off a waterfall. The camera watches as they fall, passing Harold performing martial arts on a broken log. Izzy comes swinging on a vine, knocking Harold off his log and slamming him into the confessional booth, which knocks Lindsay out of it and onto the ground. The camera pans over to the mess hall and zooms in through the window, showing Chef Hatchet stirring a pot with his bare hands. He grins evilly at Ezekiel and Noah, who are tied up and look at each other terrified. The camera pans over to Tyler, who is struggling in an arm-wrestling match against Eva, who beats him with ease and smiles triumphantly. The camera zooms out of the mess hall and pans over to Katie and Sadie sitting on the steps to the beach, watching Justin admire himself with an infatuated gaze.

Nah nanananah nananananah nanananananah!

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!

The camera zooms by to the amphitheater where Liam is performing a moving oration, a single tear sliding down his face. Only Courtney is in the audience, and she stands up to clap for him as he takes a bow. The camera then pans quickly back to the pier, where Beth is twirling her baton, which is on fire.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!

The camera follows the baton as it sails into the air and by the sun. The camera smoothly cuts to nighttime as the baton goes down and is replaced by the campfire, which is now lit up. Gwen and Trent are at the forefront, and seem to be leaning in for a kiss, when they are interrupted by Cody. The camera zooms out to overlook all the campers sitting around the fire, whistling the hook of the theme song. The camera takes one look at the whole campfire, with a wooden sign shining a neon light "Total Drama Island", before cutting back to the show.

"Welcome back to Total Drama Island!" The camera zooms up to Chris, standing by himself on the docks. "Alright, it's time to meet our first twelve campers!" He adds with a mischevious smirk on his face, "We told them they would all be staying at this five-star resort, so if they seem a little that's probably why!"

The camera pans over to the first boat, dropping off an excited looking stout girl with braces and a brown ponytail. She excitedly races over to Chris,

"Beth, what's up?"

She hugs Chris,

"It's so incredulous to meet you!" She takes a step back before adding, "Wow, you're much sthorter in real life."

Chris rubs the wrinkles out of his shirt as he replies dryly to Beth, who is waving at the camera,

"Uh, thanks."

The camera pans back over to the next boat as it drops off a tough, yet gentle-looking boy with mocha skin and a green t-shirt with the letter "D" on it.

"DJ!" Chris says enthusiastically, DJ walks over to him, high-fiving the host,

"Yo, Chris MacLean! How's it goin'?" He looks around confused, "Hey, you sure you got the right place here? Where's the hot tub at?"

Chris nods with a cheeky grin,

"Yo dawg, this is it: Camp Wawanakwa!"

DJ picks up his stuff, still confused, and walks to move it next to Beth's while muttering to himself,

"Hm. Looked a lot different on the application form."

Chris continues,

"Hey Gwen!"

The camera cuts to a miserable-looking gothic girl, who has just gotten off of her boat. She walks over to Chris in disbelief,

"You mean; we're staying here?"

Chris shakes his head,

"No, you're staying here. My crib is an airstream with A.C, that-a-way!"

As he points over his shoulder, Gwen walks up to him, fuming,

"I did not sign up for this!"

Chris produces a stack of papers from his pocket and waves it triumphantly in the air,

"Actually, you did!"

Unfazed, Gwen takes the stack and rips it up, tossing it aside with a winning grin. This time, Chris is unfazed, and returns a knowing smirk,

"The great thing about lawyers is, they make a ton of copies!"

He produces another stack, as a defeated Gwen storms over to Beth and DJ declaring, "Jerk!"

The camera pans over to another boat arriving, blasting music loudly as a guy with a pink button-up and a cowboy hat is seen pumping his fists in the air. The boat docks and he does a flip onto the pier, giving a thumbs-up to the driver as he throws his luggage out next to him.

"Chris MacLean!" He says with great vigor as he strolls over to give the host a fist-bump, "'Sup man? It's an honor to meet you man!"

Chris points to the new arriver,

"The Geoff-ster! Welcome to the island, man!"

Geoff raises his fist in the air,

"Thanks man."

The camera cuts to Gwen talking to DJ,

"They say "man" one more time, I'm gonna puke."

Geoff high-fives Chris as he walks to stand by the other campers. Chris remains to introduce the next contestant,

"Everybody, this is Lindsay!"

Some swanky music starts to play as the camera cuts to some brown cowgirl boots. The camera pans up, revealing the curvaceous figure of Lindsay, as she stands with a vacant expression.

Chris addresses the camera as Lindsay walks over to him,

"Not too shabby!"

"Hi!" Her voice is bubbly as she stops next to Chris, "Okay, you look so familiar!"

"I'm Chris MacLean?" Lindsay frowns, confused, and Chris continues after an awkward pause, "The host? Of the show?"

Finally, Lindsay smiles as she remembers,

"Oh that's where I know you from!"

Chris looks stunned as another boat arrives, leaving a thin, raven-haired girl in wedges and booty shorts looking menacingly at the other contestants. She takes off her sunglasses and looks around, disgusted. She storms past Chris, who announces her arrival,

"Heather!"

Beth rushes up excitedly to Heather,

"Hi! Lookth like we're your new friendsh! For the nextht eight weekth!"

Suddenly, the air is filled with the sound of punk-rock music. The contestants and the camera pans over to a tough-looking guy with a green Mohawk and multiple piercings, with one leg on an amp. His boat docks and throws a duffle bag over onto the pier, before jumping down next to it. He looks over angrily at Chris as his boat leaves.

"Duncan, dude!"

"I don't like… surprises." He punches his palm threateningly.

"Yeah, your parole officer warned me about that, man. He also told me to give him a holler anytime and have you returned to juvie!"

Duncan sniffed and smirked taking his bag and moving next to Lindsay,

"Ok then." As he passes Heather, he smiles and calls out, "Meet you by the campfire, gorgeous!"

Heather rolls her eyes,

"Drop dead you punk." Duncan sets his stuff by a worried Lindsay, as Heather storms over to her suitcase, "I'm calling my parents, you cannot make me stay here!"

Chris produces a copy of the contract and grins. Another boat speeds by, tooting its horn.

"Ladies and gentlemen: it's Tyler!"

The camera pans to an athletic looking guy in a red tracksuit waterskiing behind the boat. He waves enthusiastically over at the other contestants, but when the boat comes to a sudden stop, he is propelled into the air and lands in the pile of suitcases. One of the suitcases flies up and drops into the water, soaking Heather,

"Ugh! My shoes!"

The camera cuts to Chris,

"Wicked wipeout man!"

The camera cuts back to the pile of suitcases, and Tyler's thumb emerges from it. DJ and Geoff return the thumbs up, and the camera pans back to Chris, while Heather storms back over to the group and Duncan is hitting on Lindsay. Chris chuckles at the scene but is cut off by the sound of heavy breathing. Freaked out, he turns to see a lanky redhead, and grins,

"Welcome to camp, Harold!"

Harold looks around awkwardly, making Chris frown in discomfort. Finally, the nerdy boy responds,

"So you mean this show is actually at some crappy summer camp and not on some big stage or something?"

Chris responds,

"You got it!"

Harold grins,

"Yes! That is so much more favorable to my skills."

He walks over Geoff and Gwen, as Chris gives the camera a look of great discomfort. Chris then announces the next arrival,

"Contestant number nine is Trent!"

A cool-looking guy in jeans and a long-sleeve shirt walks up to Chris with a lazy grin. He stops by the host, guitar in hand,

"Hey, good to meetcha, man. Saw you on that figure-skating show, nice work!"

Chris offers him a fist-bump, which Trent returns,

"Hey thanks man, I knew I rocked that show!"

The camera pans over to Beth talking to the other campers,

"I saw that! One of the guys dropped his partner on her head! Though they got immunity that week."

Much to everyone else's apathy, Harold responded,

"Lucky! I hope I get dropped on my head."

Lindsay responds with an enthusiastic,

"Me too!"

The camera cuts back to Trent, still over by Chris. The guitarist looks around, confused,

"So this is it?" The camera cuts to the other campers, and pans by them. Heather stands off to the side, wrenching the water out of her hair. Beth stands next to Gwen and DJ, her braces glistening in the sun. Harold stands in the middle and begins picking his nose. Trent continues with disappointment on his face, "Alrighty then." He walks over to Gwen, and they both look over at Harold in disgust. Trent wedges himself between her and Harold, smiling at the Goth girl. She looks away, angrily, but when he turns away, she looks back and smiles.

The next boat arrives with a relaxed blonde girl in a blue hoodie. She walks up to Chris and leans on her surfboard,

"Hey, what's up?"

"Alright! Our surfer chick, Bridgette, is here!"

The camera cuts to Duncan, who scoffs,

"Nice board. This ain't Malibu, honey."

Bridgette frowned and responded a bit defensively,

"I thought we were gonna be on a beach."

Chris exclaims, "We are!" as the camera cuts to a scene of a littered beach and small wave calmly picking up a bird with a plastic ring around it's neck. Bridgette sighs,

"Great."

She picks up her board as Chris continues talking, "Alright, that makes- ow! Darn it! That hurts!" Chris is cut off as Bridgette's surfboard hits him on the head. She walks over to the other campers, ignoring the host's remarks,

"Hey guys." She says lazily as she walks up to Duncan, Geoff, Harold, and Trent. Geoff sees her and coolly moves closer to her,

"Hey, I'm Geoff!"

Bridgette turns to him, her board almost hitting the other three boys,

"What's up?"

After quickly dodging the board, Harold stands up and points a finger at Bridgette,

"Dang! Watch the board, man!"

Beth walks up next to Trent and waves emphatically at the surfer girl,

"Hi! I'm Beth!"

Bridgette turns around to acknowledge Beth, once again the musician, nerd, and punk duck to avoid getting hit by her board,

"Hey."

The camera cuts over to Heather, still drying off next to Tyler,

"Ok, we've all met surfer girl. Can we get on with the show please?"

The camera cuts to Duncan, who smiles teasingly at the mean girl,

"Someone missed their double cappuccino macchiato this morning!"

Heather stares angrily back at him as the next boat arrives, "Get bent."

The camera cuts to the shot of the next boat dropping off a smaller, scrawny tan guy in a neat sweater vest. He walks up to Chris with an unimpressed look on his face, as the host rubs his head and introduces him,

"Our next camper is Noah!"

Not missing a beat, Noah dryly asks,

"You got my memo about my life-threatening allergies?"

Chris shrugs as Noah walks by him, not waiting for a response,

"I'm sure someone did!"

Noah rolls his eyes and continues until he stops in front of Duncan,

"Good. Is this where we're staying?"

Duncan smirks and cracks his knuckles,

"No, it's your mothers house, and we're throwin' a party!"

Unfazed, Noah snarks back,

"Cute. Nice piercings, original, do them yourself?"

Duncan grabs Noah by the lip and pulls him closer, a threatening smile plastered on his face,

"Yeah, you want one?"

Noah scoffs,

"Ugh, no thanks. Can I have my lip back please?" Duncan releases his lip and Noah responds dryly, "Thanks."

The camera pans over to the boat, dropping off another contestant. She stands on the dock, timidly clutching a sketch pad close to her bosom. She nervously walks up to Chris, who announces her in a booming voice that startles her,

"Welcome, to our twelfth competitor, Ella!"

Ella shuffles her feet around,

"Uhm, thank you?"

Chris nods and waits for Ella to move over to the other campers. She doesn't, and he begins to grow weary, finally shoving her off with a scowl. She stumbles into Duncan, who looks down at her and raises an eyebrow,

"Hey, watch it princess."

Ella looks up at him and shuffles back nervously, accidentally stepping on Noah's foot. His eyes go wide in pain, then he looks back angrily at her,

"Ow! Do you always get into people's space?"

Ella shakes her head and responds weakly,

"Um, no- I just-" Noah rolls his eyes,

"Whatever. Could you kindly just remove your foot from crushing my toes now?" Ella does so, "Thanks."

"What's up y'all? Leshawna's in the house!"

The camera pans over to a curvy black girl, who waves over at the thirteen people before stepping on the dock to join them. The camera cuts to Harold gasping with a shocked expression on his face, then cuts back to Leshawna walking past Chris, high-fiving him,

"Hey baby, how's it going? Feel free to quit now and save yourself the trouble, cuz I came to win!" She strolls up to DJ, "Oh what's up my brother? Gimme some sugar, baby!" they high-five, and Harold pops up behind her,

"I've never seen a girl like you in real life before."

Leshawna puts her hand on her hip and smirks over at Harold,

"Excuse me?"

The nerdy boy then motions with his hands,

"You're real big, and loud!"

Annoyed, Leshawna started going off on him,

"What did you say to me? Oh no you didn't! You have not seen anything yet! I'll show you big, baby!"

She prepares to launch herself onto the lanky nerd, but is held back by DJ and Bridgette. Harold begins to take up several martial arts positions, prompting Leshawna to call out,

"Oh yeah, you want some of this? Well come on then!"

Chris interjects as the camera cuts back to him,

"Alright, campers, settle down!"

The camera cuts back to Leshawna, who is fixing her shirt and Harold, who smiles weakly at her. The camera then cuts over to a pair of girls: a tan skinny one and a pale plump one, both wearing identical outfits. Chris walks up to them,

"Ladies: Sadie, Katie! Welcome to your new home for eight weeks!"

He extends his arm towards the fly-infested buildings, and the camera zooms in to get the girls' reactions. The taller one puts her hands to her face,

"Oh my gosh, Sadie look! It's a summer camp!"

The shorter one responded,

"Okay! I always wanted to go to summer camp, eeeeee!"

They clap their hands, grab their bags and rush over to the other campers, leaving Chris to frown confused to himself. The next boat arrives and drops off a pale boy in a green hoodie and blue hat.

"Ezekiel! What's up man?"

Ezekiel looks up and points to the sky, waiting long enough for an awkward pause before responding,

"I think I see a bird!"

The camera cuts over to Gwen, Trent, and Geoff. Trent laughs as Gwen and Geoff look on amazed. The camera returns to Chris, as he puts a hand on Ezekiel's shoulder,

"Ok, look dude, I know you don't get out much. Been homeschooled your entire life, raised by freaky prairie people, just don't say much and try not to get kicked off too early, ok?"

He prods Ezekiel gently towards the other campers as he responds,

"Yessir!"

The camera cuts back to Gwen, Trent, and Geoff, as Gwen responds incredulously,

"That's just… wow."

The boat then drops off another camper. A short, scrawny boy with a geeky part in his hair. Chris greets him,

"Cody! The Codester! The Codemeister!"

Putting on a cool guy act, Cody high-fives Chris and struts over to Leshawna, Lindsay, and Bridgette,

"Dude, psyched to be here, man! I see the ladies have already arrived! Alright!"

He motions to the girls, then walks up behind Leshawna. The two share a look, before Cody tries to flirt with her. He is stopped by Leshawna's finger,

"Save it short stuff." He smiles and steps back.

The camera cuts back to a tough girl in a blue tracksuit. She storms over past Chris without saying a word as he announces her,

"Eva? Nice. Glad you could make it!"

She walks past Cody, who tries to high-five her. She ignores him and drops her duffel bag on his foot. He reacts by clutching his foot in pain as the bag lands with a loud thud.

"Ow! What's in there? Dumbbells?" he asks half-jokingly. Eva looks at him and and replies coolly,

"Yes."

The camera cuts to Duncan, who looks to DJ and says,

"She's all yours, man."

The camera cuts over to Chris, who is startled by a loud holler,

"WOO-HOO! Chris, what's happenin'?" A large blond boy in a white t-shirt sporting a maple leaf steps off the boat and grabs his hair in excitement, "This is awesome! WOO-HOO!"

Chris returns the enthusiasm, "Owen! Welcome!"

Owen picks Chris up in a large, crushing hug, "Awesome to be here man! Yeah! Man! This is just so…"

The camera cuts to Gwen, who asks,

"Awesome?"

Cutting back to Owen, the large boy concurs vigorously, "Yes! Awesome! WOO-HOO!" He looks over at Gwen and asks, "Are you gonna be on my team?"

The camera cuts to her as she rolls her eyes, "Oh I sure hope so."

Owen responds with a loud and joyful whoop, "WOOOOOOOO!" He sets a now annoyed Chris down who asks,

"You about finished?"

Owen grabs his head with a large grin, "Sorry dude. I'm just so psyched!"

Chris smiles as another boat approaches, "Cool. And here comes, Courtney!"

A mocha-skinned brunette in a neat sweater waves politely at the people on the dock. Chris extends her a hand and helps her off of her boat. She responds with a curt "Thank you" and walks over to the other campers,

"Hi, you must be the other contestants! It's really nice to meet you all!"

Owen rushes up to her, large grin still intact, "How's it goin'? I'm Owen!"

Courtney returns his handshake and responds politely, "Nice to meet you O-wow!"

She stops and turns to watch as a tall, chiseled tanned man approaches on a boat. He gives the campers all a picture perfect smile, and a bright, dazzling song hook is played. The camera pans over to get the reactions of the campers. Owen stands staring at him with infatuation. Eva and Katie look dreamily at him while Sadie swoons.

He steps off of his boat and approaches Chris, "Everyone, this is Justin! Welcome to Total Drama Island!" They fist-bump and Justin responds,

"Thanks Chris, this is great."

Chris continues, "Just so you know, we picked based entirely on your looks!"

Justin smiles and shrugs, "I can deal with that."

He walks over to the other campers, and is greeted by an awestruck Owen, who points down to his legs,

"I like your pants!"

"Thanks man."

Owen continues as Justin walks past him, "Cuz, they look like they're all worn out. Did you buy them like that?"

Justin responded smoothly, trying not to lose his composure, "Uh, no, just had em for a while."

Owen gives a thumbs up, "Cool!" He turns around and hits his head chastising, "Stupid!"

The camera pans over to a redhead girl standing on her boat, waving cheerfully as Chris announces her,

"Hey everyone: Izzy!"

"Hi Chris! Hi!" She runs up to the edge of the boat, still waving as the boat stops abruptly, causing her to trip and fall off the edge. She hits her chin against the boardwalk and bounces into the water. The camera cuts to Tyler wincing and grinning,

"Oooo, that was bad!"

Courtney rushes over to where Izzy fell and pulls her out of the water,

"Guys! She could be seriously hurt!"

She brings Izzy back onto the pier. Izzy shakes around like dog, drying off and spraying Courtney with water. Izzy muttered, "That felt… so… good! Except for hitting my chin!" She continued to bark as Courtney watched confused, "This is summer camp? This is so cool! Do you have paper Mache here? Are we having lunch soon?"

The camera pans over to Owen, who points and declares,

"That is a good call!"

Chris strolled over to Izzy and answered,

"Yes, but first, we have one more contestant! Ladies and gentleman, in his debut television appearance, please welcome, the illustrious, the talented, the amazing: Liam!"

A boy with curly black hair and a sharp, unbuttoned blue suit stepped off the boat and next to Izzy. Without removing his sunglasses, he smiled and walked over to where Chris stood,

"'A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.' That's the appropriately named Francis Bacon; it's a pleasure to be here, Mr. MacLean!" He turns and looks over slyly at Courtney, "And yes, I am a bachelor." He winks, and Courtney rolls her eyes. The camera cut to Leshawna and Bridgette smiling, the former commenting,

"Mmh-mmh. That boy is smoother than my lotion!"

Courtney, Izzy, and Liam all walk over to the rest of the campers as Chris announces, "Alright, now everyone gather round; we need a group photo for the promos! Everyone to the end of the dock!"

They all get into a pose as Chris hops onto the deck of Liam's boat, camera in hand.

"One… two… three! Oops, forgot the lens cap!" Chris removes it and continues, "Ok, hold that pose… one… two- oh no wait! Card's full! Hang on!"

The camera pans to Leshawna, who is standing in between Eva and Lindsay, as she gets agitated, "Come on man, my face is starting to freeze!"

Cameras cut back to Chris as he triumphantly declares, "Got it! Ok! Everyone say: Wawanakwa!"

Right as the campers do so, the pier begins to creak and collapses under their weight. They let loose a cry for help as Chris takes several photos. The pictures flash before the scree, showing the campers submerged in the water.

Unfazed, Chris announces, "Ok guys, dry off and meet at the campfire pit in ten!"

The camera cuts to ten minutes later at the campfire pit, where all the campers have gathered. Chris stands at the podium and speaks to the campers, half sitting and half standing,

"This is camp Wawnakwa, your home for the next eight weeks! The campers sitting around you will be your cabin mates, your competition, and maybe even your friends. Ya dig?"

As Chris monologues, the camera cuts to several shots of camper interactions, notably a disinterested Noah standing by an attentive Courtney and relaxed Geoff, a smirking Liam winking over at a disgusted Heather, and Duncan threatening Harold with his fist.

"The camper who manages to stay on Total Drama Island the longest, without getting voted off, will win one-hundred-thousand dollars!"

The camera cuts to Duncan walking by Heather and pointing coyly at her,

"'Scuse me, what will the sleeping arrangements be? Because I'd like to request a bunk under her!"

Heather looks startled and asks,

"They're not co-ed, are they?"

Chris shakes his head, "No. Girls get one side of the cabin, and dudes get the other."

Lindsay, sitting next to Eva and Izzy, raises her hand and aridly asks, "Excuse me, Kyle? Can I have a cabin with a lake view since I'm the prettiest?"

Chris responds, "Ok, you are. But that's not really how it works here, and its Chris."

Katie chimes up, while sitting on a stump next to her best friend, "I have to live with Sadie, or I'll die!" She grabs her hand and Sadie responds, "And I'll break out in hives; its true!"

The camera pans to Gwen, slumped over on a stump, "This cannot be happening." She is then head locked by Owen, who also grabs Tyler, and pulls them both in for a tight hug,

"Aw, come on guys, this is gonna be fun! It's like a big sleepover!"

Tyler mutters to Gwen, "At least you don't have to sleep next to him."

The two look over to Duncan, who's giving a noogie to a deer. The two look back at each other nervously.

The camera cuts back to Chris, who proceeds to explain the deal, "Here's the deal, we're gonna split you into two teams." He picks up a piece of paper, "If I call your name out, please stand over there." He points to the (left/right) side of the campfire pit and proceeds to read off of the list as the camera cuts to each of the people whose names are called, "Gwen… Trent… Heather… Cody… Lindsay… Beth… Katie… Liam… Owen… Leshawna… Justin… and, Noah!"

The twelve campers all move closer to each other as Chris tosses Owen a green banner, "From this moment on, you are officially known as: The Screaming Gophers!"

Owen unfurls the banner to reveal a symbol of a gopher in a boxing stance and mouth open wide. Owen chuckles, "Yeah, alright! I'm a gopher! WOO!"

The camera cuts to Katie, who stands off to the side of the gopher camp next to Noah and Leshawna, "Wait," she asks worriedly, "What about Sadie?"

Chris continues, "The rest of you, over here: Geoff… Bridgette… DJ… Tyler… Sadie… Ella… Izzy… Courtney… Ezekiel… Duncan… Eva… and Harold! Move, move, move, move!"

Several of the last twelve begin to rush over to the other side of the campfire, only Sadie stays behind near Katie, and Courtney by her. Sadie cries out despondently, "But Katie's a Gopher! I have to be a Gopher!"

Courtney places her hand on Sadie's shoulder, "Sadie, is it? Come on, it'll be ok!" She guides Sadie over to the other side as she declares,

"This is so unfair! I miss you Katie!"

The camera cuts to a teary-eyed Katie, "I miss you too!"

The camera cuts over to the twelve campers on the other side, as Chris throws a red banner over to Harold, "You guys will officially be known as: The Killer Bass!"

Harold unwraps the banner to reveal the logo of a large bass snarling angrily. The camera pans up to Harold as he comments, "It's awesome. It's like… amazing."

The camera returns to Chris as he continues with the instructions, "Alright campers, you and your team will be on camera in all areas during this competition!"

Confessional Booth

Chris: You will also be able to share your innermost thoughts on tape with video diaries anytime you want. Let the audience at home know what you're really thinking. he adds a wink Or, just get something off your chest!

Gwen: Uhm, ok… so far this sucks.

Lindsay: facing backwards so that the camera is level with her butt I don't get it, where's the camera guy?

Goose: applying lipstick but then notices the camera and looks surprised

Owen: Hey everyone, check this out, I have something very important to say. he places his hand proudly on his chest and waits a tiny bit. Then he releases a juicy fart and giggles

End Confessionals

The camera returns to Chris at the campfire pit, "Alright, any questions? Cool. Let's find your cabins!"

The camera cuts to Chris walking the campers up to their shack-like cabins. "Gophers, you're in the east cabin; Bass, you're in the west!"

The camera cuts to Heather opening the door to her cabin. She looks around and scoffs, "Bunk beds? Isn't that a little… summer camp?"

Gwen walks in behind her, stepping on her feet, "That's the idea, genius."

Heather replies angrily as Lindsay and Cody enter, "Shut up, weird Goth girl."

Cody approaches Gwen as she sets her stuff down on her bed, "You're so smart, I feel that." He stands with a confident smirk as Gwen turns to him,

"Shouldn't you be on the boy's side?"

He gives her a coy grin.

The camera cuts to outside the cabin, as Leshawna is walking up to the door. She stops before Cody sails out of the door right past her and lands in the ground, by Trent and Chris. Lindsay exits her cabin alongside of Gwen, and asks, "Where are the outlets? I have to plug in my straightening iron."

Chris responds, "There are some in the communal bathrooms, just across the way!"

The camera cuts to a nasty old building as Lindsay replies puzzled, "Communal bathrooms? But I'm not Catholic?" Chris corrects her, "Not communion, communal."

The camera cuts back to Gwen and Lindsay, as the Gothic loner sits down on the steps to the cabin, "It means we shower together, idiot."

Whether responding to the definition of "communal" or the poorly veiled insult, Lindsay cries out, "Aw, no! C'mon!"

On the other side of the cabin, the Gopher boys: Trent, Noah, Liam, and Owen, stick their heads out of the door to look at the commotion. Owen speaks up first, "I'm glad we're in our cabin with just guys, you know what I'm sayin'?" Noah and Liam glare up at him before popping back into the room. Trent looks at him as if to tell the fat guy to stop. Owen realizes his awkward phrasing and tries to recover, "I mean, no, I didn't mean it like that! I love chicks! I just don't wanna sleep near 'em!" He realizes again what he said as Trent walks back in and he rushes inside to try and clear up his meaning, "I mean-!"

The camera cuts back to Chris, as Geoff pipes up from the Bass cabin, "Excuse me, Chris?" Chris looks over to the party animal as does the camera as he coyly watches Bridgette walk into her cabin, "Is there a chaperone of any kind at this facility?"

Camera cuts back to Chris who responds, "You're all sixteen years old, as old as a counselor-in-training at a regular summer camp. So, other than myself, you'll be unsupervised! You've got a half an hour to unpack and meet me at the main lodge; starting now!"

Cutting back to Geoff, he fists the air and replies, "Nice!"

Just as the camera cuts to Leshawna and Heather, a piercing scream startles them. The two of them, along with Tyler, Gwen, Duncan, Harold, and DJ crowd around the entrance to the Gopher girl's cabin, as Leshawna remarks, "Oo, man that white girl can scream."

The camera cuts over to a frightened Lindsay, who is standing on a stool, looking down at a cockroach. "What is it? Kill it! Kill it!"

The camera shows the cockroach, and then cuts to DJ, who lets loose a terrified, high-pitched scream and jumps onto the nearest bunk, snapping it in half. Gwen remarks to Leshawna, "That was my bed." Harold moves up from behind them and approaches the cockroach in a fighting stance. He and Leshawna attempt to stomp on it, as it scurries over to Duncan, who is somehow brandishing an ax. He raises it over his head, and brings it down on the bug, slicing it in half. Gwen smirks as Tyler hides behind her, "Well that's one way to kill a cockroach."

Harold looks down at the severed bug and mutters, "Awesome."

Tyler rushes over to Lindsay, who is standing behind DJ, and smiles at her, "If you ever see one of those again, just let me know, ok?" He sniffs proudly, "Cuz, y'know, I could do that too!"

The two share a moment and the camera cuts back to Duncan, who rolls his eyes and snorts, "They always go for the jocks."

The camera cuts to the main lodge where the campers all stand in a line to get their food. They listen as a large, intimidating black man in a chef's hat and apron yells at them in a drill sergeant manner,

"Listen up! I serve it three times a day, and you will eat it three times a day! Grab ya tray, getcha food, and sit ya butts down now!"

Beth and Harold stand at the front of the line. Beth looks at the slop in the chef's hands and unwisely asks, "Excuse me, will we be getting all the major food groups?" The chef ignores her and proceeds to place the slop on her and Harold's food. The nerd continues Beth's inquiry, "Yeah, cuz I get hypoglycemic real bad if I don't get enough sugar."

The camera closes in on the chef's twitching eye before he yells at Harold for annoying him, "You'll get a whole lotta, shut the Hell up!" Harold runs over to his table. The camera pans over to Owen and Noah as the fat guy mutters to the scrawny guy, "Have a cow!"

The chef overhears and startles the two, "What was that?" He beckons Owen to him, "Come closer, fat boy, I didn't hear you." Owen nervously gets his food and walks away, "Uhm, I didn't really say anything important."

The chef responds, "I'm sure you didn't." The camera cuts across to Noah, who stands alone and afraid. The chef beckons him forth, "You, scrawny kid, gimme your plate!" Voiceless, Noah allowed the chef to serve him an extra helping of the brown goop. Before he could leave, however, the goop animated itself and jumped back onto the ladle. The chef simply shoved it off harder, and Noah walked away disgusted.

Leshawna approaches Eva as the camera pans to the fitness buff getting her plate, "Hey what's up girl?" Eva looks at her, gets her food, and walks away, ignoring the loudmouth and angering her, causing her to call out, "Oh, its gonna be like that, is it?" The chef the yells out, "Next!" which startles Leshawna.

The camera cuts to Lindsay and Gwen getting their food. Lindsay, unaware of the previous interactions with the chef sergeant, bubbly asked, "Excuse me, my nutritionist said that I shouldn't eat any white sugar, white flour, or, like, dairy." The camera cuts to the disinterested chef as he crushes a nearby fly in his hands. Gwen looks up to Lindsay stating dryly, "I don't think that's gonna be a problem." She then looks down at her food in time to see it twitch, needless to say, she looks disgusted.

Lindsay saunters off with a cheery, "Cool." Gwen stays behind and addresses the tasteless chef, "Ok, I hate to be predictable and complain on the first day, but I think mine just moved." At the end of his patience, the chef merely looked the Goth girl dead in the eye and slammed a mallet on top her her sludge. The sludge splattered all over the two of them, and Gwen smiled weakly, "Right, ok then!"

The camera cuts to a zoomed out shot of the campers eating their "food". The Killer Bass sit on the table closest to the kitchen while the Screaming Gophers sit closer to the door. The camera pans over to Chris as he enters, "Welcome to the main lodge!"

The camera cuts back to Geoff, who asks, a little too loudly, "Yo, my man, can we order a pizza?" He is answered with a large butcher knife flying past his head and sticking itself into the door post. Geoff quickly backtracks, "Whoa, it's cool, G! Brown slop is cool! Right guys?" All the campers nod nervously in agreement as the chef brandishes a long knife and crosses his arms.

The camera cuts back to Chris, "Your first challenge begins, in one hour!" He raises one finer and proceeds to step outside the door, laughing to himself. The camera cuts to Sadie, sitting next to DJ, who asks nervously, "What do you think they'll make us do?" DJ crosses his arms and smiles comfortably, "It's our first challenge, how hard can it be?"

Bass Table

After DJ had said that, Harold spoke up, index finger raised, "You know, you shouldn't say things like that, otherwise karma will make it the opposite." DJ looked over nervously at Harold,

"Fo' real?"

Courtney rolled her eyes, "Oh please, that's just a superstition. Don't worry, guys, DJ's rights, they can't make the first challenge too difficult."

Bridgette frowned, "I dunno, Courtney. I wouldn't mess with karma. That stuff is pretty legit."

Courtney scoffed, "You don't seriously believe that stuff, do you?"

Bridgette shrugged, "Maybe. My mom's a Buddhist, so I've always grown up around that kind of stuff."

Ezekiel looked over at Bridgette and Courtney, confused, "Wut's a karma, eh?"

Bridgette looked over at the home schooled boy, "It's the force that balances action. So, like, if you did something good, the universe rewards you for it. Or if you say something won't happen, it will."

Ezekiel scratched his head, still confused, "Wut does it look like?"

Bridgette shook her head, "It's just a force of nature, you can't really see it."

Courtney rolled her eyes, "You can't see it, because there is no such thing! Just relax, guys. Everything's gonna be fine!"

Geoff spoke up next, keeping a calm and good natured attitude, "I agree with Courtney on this, dudes. Let's just all chill out and have fun!" He looked over at Bridgette and tipped his hat, adding in a wink for good measure. Bridgette smiled back at him. Duncan got up from the table, arms crossed,

"Whatever, man. I'm gonna go finish unpacking." He proceeded to walk away when Izzy stopped him, pointing at his tray,

"Hey, you gonna finish that?"

Duncan looked back at the tray, then smirked, "Nah, I've eaten trash that tasted better than that." He walked out of the lodge and Izzy began eating away at his tray. The Bass watched the criminal depart, then Tyler broke the silence,

"Hey, I'm gonna go too." He got up, dumped his plate by Izzy, then added, "I brought a football, if anyone wants to go play?"

Geoff stood up enthusiastically, "Uh, yeah! It's so on dude!" DJ stood up as well, both leaving their trays on the table. Tyler frowned, "Wait, we need one more player." He looked over the Bass table, eyes falling on a certain prairie boy, and grinned.

"Yo, Zeke, my man, wanna play some ball?"

Ezekiel looked up with a puzzled expression, "How do you play, eh?"

Tyler, DJ, and Geoff looked dumbfounded. The jock then grabbed Ezekiel by the collar and pulled him up, "We gotta teach you, bro, this is unacceptable!"

The four Bass boys left the lodge abruptly, leaving only seven people left at the Bass table, all female. Well, mostly.

"So does anyone wanna see my red ant farm?"

Bridgette looked worriedly over at the alpha nerd, "You brought a red ant farm with you?"

Harold nodded, "Yep, sure did! Wanna see it?"

Bridgette shook her head, "Uh, no thanks, I'll pass."

Harold shrugged, "Suit yourself."

Gopher Table

"Hey, do ya think Tyler'll let me play with his ball too?"

"You might wanna rephrase that, Owen."

Owen stopped midway through a spoonful of Noah's food, before looking down at the bookworm and trying quickly to backtrack, "Oh, uh, I mean, I just wanna play some sports, ya know?"

Noah shook his head and replied dully, "Not really. Sports aren't my forte."

Heather scoffed, "So what're you gonna do then, read Chris a bedtime story and take the money from him?"

The bookworm shrugged, "Not a bad idea."

Liam interjected, "What're ya reading?"

Noah replied answered without looking up from his book, "The Hunchback." Liam nodded in admiration,

"A fine novel, you know they recently put out a musical form of it? It's no Les Miserables, but that's to be expected from Disney, I suppose." Noah shrugged, and Liam turned to Lindsay, "It's really quite the delightful tune: Morning in Paris the city awakes to the bells of Notre Dame!"

Lindsay gasped, "Did you say Paris? Oh my God, I've always wanted to go to Paris!" Katie replied from the other side of the table,

"Really? So have Sadie and I! Isn't that right, Sadie?" Katie called over to her friend on the other side of the room who replied in kind, "That's so true, Katie! Ugh, I wish we were there now, at least we'd be together!"

"I know, right? I miss you, so much!"

"I miss you more!"

Unsatisfied with no longer being the center of attention, Liam turned to find Gwen sitting quietly to his right. "Have you seen the Hunchback?"

Gwen cocked an eyebrow, "Why, cuz I'm Goth?"

The actor rolled his eyes, "No, because it's a good film? Any response is acceptable, even the animated one is among Disney's finest work."

Gwen looked back down at her food, "No, I haven't seen any of them." Liam gasped with shock,

"Shut up! But you must watch them with me, it's such a compelling tale of a hideously disfigured bell ringer enslaved to hypocritical archdeacon who both lust after a gypsy rabble rouser! Not to mention, a handsome yet arrogant captain of the guard, a wisecracking lawless beggar, and a heroic playwright all get their hands thrown in the mix!"

Gwen gave another puzzled look at Liam, who was now too engrossed in his description of the story that he probably had forgotten that she was even there. She stood up, tray in hand, as the actor prattled on about the plot.

"I'm going to the cabin. Please, no one follow me."

As the Goth girl exited, Cody stood up and declared triumphantly, "I'm gonna follow her!"

Noah snarked, "Yes, because that's going to go exceedingly well."

Trent watched Cody leave, then turned to Noah with a worried expression, "Hey, do you think he's gonna bug her?"

The bookworm rolled his eyes, "I dunno, does blatantly going against the wishes of someone still bug people?" Trent started getting up, "I'm gonna go check on her." Liam stopped him,

"Hang on there, Romeo. The bookworm is right; you're not doing yourself any favors by disregarding Gwen. Just sit back, and let the geek fail on his own!"

Trent looked at Liam, and relaxed, "You're right, thanks man."

Liam flashed a smile, "Of course, I'm always right!"

Suddenly, a loud siren wailed and Chris' voice was heard through what sounded like a loudspeaker,

"Attention campers, meet me at the top of mount Wawanakwa by challenge time! Oh, and bring your bathing suits, you're gonna want them!" The loudspeaker went out and the room fell silent. It was Beth who broke it,

"I don't like the thound of that."

AN: Ok, hopefully I made up for the copy-paste mindset a little with the little "team bonding" at the end. I'm trying to develop more characters and relationships a bit better earlier on so that I can utilize it for later. Like I said, it'll get shaken up later. If you'd like to see more of that interaction, I can try and post chapters inbetween episodes. So, since every challenge is supposed to be a couple days apart from each other, I could do a chapter with the charaters interacting during those days off. They wouldn't be as long or developed, and I would avoid putting major plot points in them, but I think they'd be a fun little thing to read while waiting for the next challenge! Let me know what you think!

Suuuuuuper sorry for the sudden tense change! Yeah, I started writing it in the past, then shifted to present, then shifted back to past, ugh, I suck! I promise, from here on out I'm sticking with past-tense. For whatever reason, present-tense seems a bit odd. I thought it would make better sense since it would be like watching the show live (but it's a gameshow, it's pre-recorded) but I think I'll stick with my comfort zone.

Also, if you hate my OCs, I sincerally apologize. Fair warning though, they will be prominantly featured in this story and (assuming I can even make it to episode three of season one) will continue to be featured quite prominently throughout the series. That being said, let me know what your thoughts are on Liam and Ella, I think it's kinda odd that Total Drama hasn't yet had a drama kid or artist stereotype yet, so I thought they'd make sense and fit in nicely with the high school theme. If you would like more information on them, I'd be happy to give it to you!

Chapter two will come out when I finish with chapter three. I know it seems odd, but I don't want to get too ahead of myself in terms of updating. Next chapter will be similar, again, to the episode it mirrors. I won't tell you how, that would be spoiling it! Keyword: similar.

Thanks for reading this, I, as everyone on this site, would very much appreciate it if you left a review of what you thought! Hope to see you back for chapter two!

-That1guyeveryonehates.