Hi readers! I'd like to thank everyone who read this story and commented; you guys make my day! Sorry it took so long for the latest story my life is really busy right now, so I'll try to update when I can, but I can't guarantee it'll be as often as most people would like…sorry! There's going to be two changes to this story, the first is I'm changing the chapter names from the song title to the couple being featured and secondly I'm not going to add the lyrics that inspired the story. The first change is to avoid confusion to you, the reader, because I'm aware that everyone isn't a fan of every couple so this way if you don't like it you can skip it. The second change is because I was apparently reported or something for having lyrics in my story…I'm not really sure why I'm in trouble and songfics aren't, but oh well. Ok I think that's all you need to know so on with the story!

Couple: Scott and Dawn aka Dott

Song: "Howl"- Florence + the Machine

I don't own anything associated with the Total Drama franchise (aside from the plot of this one-shot), so please don't sue me.

Dawn stretched as she walked deeper into the forest. She was on a quest to find the moon before it reached the highest point in the sky. Dawn was slightly afraid of herself right now, as she had recently taken far too much energy from one of her woodland friends earlier that day and it died. This horrid event was a sign that she needed to hide from human contact and release her inner demon because if she didn't she would hurt someone or something she cared about.

Dawn and the others who followed her way of life became so in-tuned with nature that they could borrow energy from the wildlife and elements around them; yet every-so-often a feeling of desire to take overcame them and when that happened they had no choice but to obey their inner desires. Those who attempted to avoid their inner desire to take the power given to them only caused more harm later on when the evil within had enough strength to fight back and take over. Dawn was terrified of this feeling or craving rather for power and to control, as she had witnessed one of her best friends lose the battle and turn into an unrecognizable evil. She was afraid that one day when she enjoyed the feeling of power coursing through her veins too much and she'd lose the battle within herself to heal and help nature to the evil within that wanted to take power and control those around her.

Dawn ran her hand through her platinum blonde hair and inhaled the glorious fresh air surrounding her. She knew that she was getting close to the field where she'd have the best view of the moon as her body started to tingle with anticipation of the power she would soon possess stolen from the moon. She loved the moon and hated herself for the act she was about to commit, yet she couldn't choose the alternative and take the life of a harmless animal or if she was evil, the humans around her. She stepped into the clearing and immediately felt her core pulling her towards the center where she'd have the best view. She knew it was futile to fight against her nature so she closed her eyes and allowed her body to do what it needed to do. She felt weightless like she was floating through the stars and in reality she probably was; when the full moon's light hit her body she felt herself take far more energy than she normally would, yet she was helpless to stop herself from this heinous act.

She may seem like a kind and compassionate person and she is, but like most human beings she has a dark side the only difference is that hers is far more powerful than a normal person. She had to fuel her darkest self to keep it at bay for a little while before it became hungry again. Dawn felt tears fall down her cheeks; she didn't want to do this, but she had no choice in the matter as she promised herself that she'd never repeat what happened when she was a child. At the tender age of seven, Dawn felt her dark side for the first time and she was terrified of what she became; she stole the life energy of her pet kitty-cat and it died. To this day, Dawn still couldn't forgive herself for what she'd done to an innocent creature. That tragic event is why on a warm summer evening when everyone else was asleep, Dawn was up and wondering about in the forest…or at least she thought everyone was asleep.

Once the moon began to set and went behind a large group of clouds, Dawn plummeted to the earth. Her hair was floating all around her and her clothes were whipping around her form; that in itself was terrifying. However, seeing someone fall three stories from the sky wasn't what scared a certain freckled red-head named Scott. No Scott saw her eyes and veins glow an unnatural color, only for them to fade upon her descent. Maybe he was wrong and she was a worthy competitor, after all he couldn't fly or glow. Dawn made a light "thud" when she fell, how that happened and she didn't sustain serious injury is unknown. Scott spent the next ten minutes watching the moonchild waiting for her to get up, so he could figure out what the hell just happened and how he could avoid potentially dying; because if she could do that, who's to say that she couldn't incinerate him with her eyes or something equally destructive. It's just like his Pappy said:
"Scott, I know you'll try your hardest to win so I can pay off my debt…thank you for that, but be careful of the people there alright. You never know what the people there can do and you better make sure dammit that you avoid the innocent ones, because no one innocent wants to compete on a show like that."

Pappy was clearly right, because the happy and mellow moon-child couldn't be that happy all the time. She was beginning to figure out his game plan and that was unacceptable, maybe if she didn't scare him so much with the unknown power she possesses they could've been allies for a short while. Well, that was an option until he discovered that she could read auras or something, Scott didn't believe in that crap, but some of the other campers clearly did. And who's to say that she wouldn't share what her ideas are about his questionable behavior and they'd believe her rather than the story he'd have to make up on the fly. Scott wasn't sure as to how she knew everything that she did, and he honestly didn't care, well as long as she kept out of his business that is.

Dawn blinked and grabbed her head, all the power she just stole went to her head during her fall (no pun intended); she grimaced at the pain coursing through her skull. Tomorrow she'd be in a great deal of pain that's for sure. She quickly inhaled once and sensed another soul was nearby…oh my did he/she see? Dawn started to panic and in her distressed state, she didn't realize that her walls came down and she saw completely into another's soul. Under normal conditions Dawn tried to give others privacy by blocking out the majority of their aura, but every so often when too much power coursed through her veins, Dawn would lose the ability to choose what she did and didn't see and when that happened she'd see the entirety of another's aura.

A feeling of dread consumed Dawn as she saw the atrocities the person in question, who turned out to be Scott, had to endure at the hands of his father as well as the desire to save his Pappy's home from being foreclosed. Dawn felt awful having to witness what Scott was forced to experience as a child, because of the things she saw she began to cry for the second time that evening. She had finally found another soul who was as hated by its parents as she was by hers, and on the one hand it was exciting to know that another person felt what she did, but on the other she was devastated at the memories she was forced to witness. Parents are supposed to love their children and accept them, so why did both of their parents hate them so much?

Scott was very confused by the turn of events occurring in the field; one minute Dawn was unconscious and lying on the ground and the next she was standing holding her abdomen in what appeared to be an effort to hold herself together while she cried. Scott wasn't sure as to what compelled him to venture out of the shadows made by nearby trees and walk towards Dawn, but for some reason he did. By the time he realized what he was doing it was too late to return to the shadows, as Dawn had officially noticed his presence.

"What the hell just happened? You-you were floating and glowing, what the fuck are you?"

"Well Scott, I'm Dawn since you apparently forgot and I wasn't floating, glowing, or any other ridiculous idea you might have. I'm slightly concerned…did you accidentally inhale a questionable substance or eat the food here, because I think there's something wrong with your head."

Dawn felt awful for lying to such a pained soul. She could feel the venomous lie coursing through her pure aura begging her to confess the truth, but she couldn't because no one was allowed to know the full extent of her gift. She knew as a child that one day she would have to choose whether or not she wanted to follow this way of life, and against her parents' wishes and to her grandmother's delight she accepted. Since that day Dawn has been forced to push away friends and family to continue down the path of enlightenment, as well as, carry the burden of knowledge that she can't share with another soul.

"Oh fuck off hippy, there's nothing wrong with my head. I saw you and I'm going to tell the others to vote you off y-you freak!"

Dawn forced herself to take a deep breath and walk towards the angry and petrified speckled red-head; she knew what she had to do. Dawn allowed the power of her darker side to temporarily take over as she stood directly in front of Scott, part of her was surprised that he was so afraid of her, even if he wouldn't admit it, that he wouldn't or perhaps couldn't move. She allowed her eyes to glow ever-so-slightly and glanced up at him through her lashes then said:
"Lean down just a tad and I'll tell you the truth ok…"

Scott nodded and against his better judgment obeyed. He wasn't sure why he did, but some compelling force wouldn't allow him to disobey. The next thing he knew a pair of lips was on his and then everything went dark.

Dawn felt disgusted with herself for stealing his memories in such an atrocious way, but she made an oath of secrecy long ago and had no choice. She smiled because that was her first kiss, and then her smile dimmed ever-so-slightly when she realized that he wouldn't remember. Dawn shook her head to clear her thoughts and began her journey back to her cabin; her fellow campers would be awaking soon. She sent a silent prayer to Mother Earth and the Moon Goddess asking for both forgiveness for what she had done that evening and protection for the boy she just left stranded in the woods.

So how was that? If you couldn't tell, I made up a vast majority of Dawn's beliefs so if I offended anyone, I apologize from the bottom of my heart; I assure you it was unintentional. I haven't been on in a while, so I'm not entirely sure if anyone has written a story focusing on Dawn in a darker light before, if that's the case then I apologize profusely for this grave error on my part. I think that Dott is an adorable couple, even if I'm not entirely sure how they became a fan couple…anyone who can explain that to me, feel free to share! Please share what you thought in the comments section, and again I'm so sorry for how long it's been since I last posted in this story. Oh before I forget; I apologize for the course language and any instances where either character was OOC. Wow…I apologized a lot in this author's note didn't I?!

Thanks for reading
x Kelsey