Disclaimer: I do not own Total Drama, or anything familiar within the franchise.

Episode 1- Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!

In space, an astronaut attempted to fix a satellite marked 'TDI' which was scratched out and subsequently marked 'TDA' and 'TDWT'. Both were scratched out as well, and a big 'TDRI' was marked onto the satellite in black paint instead. While the astronaut fixed it, some panels came off, causing the astronaut to slap his hand to his helmet.

"We've been to the movies; we've been around the world," Chris McLean narrated as the scene zoomed in down on Earth, and displayed the Total Drama series' famous island. "And this season, we're going right back to where it all began- at Camp Wawanakwa!" Chris was shown standing on the island's famed Dock of Shame, which appeared to be suffering from wear and tear with several planks splintered or broken off. "I'm Chris McLean, and as you can see," Chris continued to say as he walked to the dock's edge towards an intern that was holding a plate with a coconut drink, "things have changed since we've been away." As if on cue, one side of the island's 'Wawanakwa' sign fell from its post. "And by changed," the host picked up the drink from the plate, "I meant gotten really, really dangerous."

A huge tentacle rose out of the water behind the pair, and slammed down on the dock's edge. Chris jumped back as the tentacle struck down, demolishing the edge to splinters and taking the intern with it. Whereas most would be horrified by the action, Chris merely laughed.

"Good stuff," he said before turning his attention back to the camera and becoming more serious, "but the rules of the game remain the same. A handful of unsuspecting teens will bunk with complete strangers." As he explained the game, the camera briefly flashed to inside one of the old cabins from season one, looking the same as two seasons ago, but with that same sense of wear and tear as the dock had displayed. "Air their dirty laundry in our outhouse confessional," the host narrated over a quick peek inside the series' notorious confessional outhouse, which was still fly-ridden as ever, "and compete in life-threatening challenges all over the island, and risk being voted off." In a throwback to the series' first ever challenge, the camera viewed the Thousand-Foot-High Cliff and the water below it. The water showed its life-threatening appearance by displaying some jagged rocks poking out of the water's surface. This was followed by a shot of the camp's campfire area, complete with stump seats and Chris's oil drum podium.

"Last one standing wins one million dollars!" Chris summarized as the viewers were shown a wheelbarrow full of money. "Speaking of our cast, here they come now!"

On a yacht sailing towards the island were all twenty-four of the contestants seen in the previous three seasons. On the ship's portside, Harold, Leshawna, and DJ danced while Duncan made out with Gwen, and Eva stood off to the side with her arms crossed. On the stern deck, Owen pumped his fists, Sierra snuggled a happy, compliant Cody, and Noah watched as Izzy played with the life preserver rings while she dangled over the ship's edge. Underneath a backwards baseball hat, Sierra's hair was slowly starting to grow back from being burned off in the Total Drama Jumbo Jet's explosion. Up on a deck higher up from them, Tyler and Lindsay made out like Duncan and Gwen on the railing while Beth admired a shirtless Justin posing for her. The moment was effectively ruined when a seagull pooped on Justin's shoulder. On the boat's bow deck, Trent found himself sandwiched between Katie and Sadie, Courtney watched with jealousy as Bridgette partied with Geoff, Alejandro (stuck in the robot suit) held Heather in his arms, and feral Ezekiel perched on the railing to feel the wind in his face.

Just as it seemed like the boat was going to dock at the island, it actually passed the island instead.

Owen let out a despaired cry of "Nooooo!" Chris couldn't help, but chuckle at the food lover's disappointment.

"No," Chris corrected the audience, "not them. This season, we have all-new players fighting for the million. Here they come now, for real!"

Another smaller yacht made its way towards the island, all of fourteen of the contestants in the camera's sight.

The first person on the bow deck was a black-haired First Nations girl in a pale olive and purple blouse and black athletic pants, around her neck she wore a purple bead necklace to match the purple on her blouse, and had red feather earrings. "Meet Sky!"

The newly named Sky held up a pack of gum, and turned to the shorter, pale boy next to her. He had purple hair, and wore a gray jumpsuit. "Want some gum?" She held out a stick from her pack to him.

"Max," Chris declared the boy's name.

"Your offer of simple confectionery will not save you from the evil of me!" Max scoffed, hunching his back and holding his hands out in front of him maniacally. His eyes took on a mad scientist look for only a moment before returning to normal, as did his posture. "But yes, thank you." He took the stick, and tossed it in his mouth. Almost immediately he began to gag, and clutched his chest. He coughed, and hacked the gum wad out into his hand. "Cinnamon, there is no need for you to be that spicy!" He scolded the wad.

Next to him, wearing a blue sweater vest and khakis, an Indian boy with dark hair chuckled awkwardly at Max's antics. "That guy's a little weird," he remarked to Sky.

"Dave, and Ella!"

A vaguely Asian girl with black hair dressed in a pink blouse, skirt, and bow leaned over to Dave. "I think it's lovely that he tried the gum even if he didn't like it afterwards," said Ella.

A bit weirded out by how close she was leaning near him, and her attitude in general, Dave mulled over how to respond. "Um, sure?"

"Sugar!" The host introduced the next contestant. As if hearing her name called, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, overweight girl in a pink top and blue jeans hurried on-camera, shoving Dave and Ella into Max and Sky. Max was rather irritated at being squished between three people.

"Move over, yer hoggin' the spotlight! It's my turn!" Sugar commanded as she did so, and then struck a pose for the camera.

"Oops, sorry!" Ella apologized.

As much as Chris would've loved to capture this dramatic encounter, he still had to introduce the other contestants. "Beardo!"

A fart sound rang out, and Sugar's eyes went wide. "Uh, that was not me! A pageant queen never farts… unless it's her talent…" She said, trying to defend herself.

Panning past her, the fart sound's true source was seen. The source was an African-Canadian teen who wore a gray, greasy shirt under gray suspenders and gray jeans. Unbelievably for someone his age, he had a huge afro and a big beard. He smiled knowingly, and made the sound of a television audience's applause.

"Where's that applause comin' from? Are we gonna be in front of an audience? This just gets better n' better!" Sugar said off-screen.

Chris cut off Sugar's fascination with another camper's introduction, "Scarlett!"

Past Beardo, a redhead with green eyes and round glasses, wearing a yellow sweater and blue skirt, observed Beardo. "Interesting, you appear to have trained yourself to mimic the abilities of a lyrebird. I suppose the ability could be picked up by humans, but that would take a lot of practice." She noted, and Beardo shrugged at her.

"Rodney!" Chris introduced once more as the camera moved to Scarlett's right. Another redhead, this one a boy, was huge in comparison to her. He wore a white shirt underneath his blue overalls.

The tall, bulky farm boy gazed at Scarlett in awe. "Wow… you're so smart…"

Scarlett gave him a questioning look at his behavior. "Um, thank you, I suppose."

The scene switched to a lower deck on the yacht's side where a blonde-haired, green-eyed girl in a red and white cheerleading uniform stood. She also had a beauty mark on her face.

"Amy and Samey!" The host's voice narrated.

The girl waved. "Hey everyone, I'm Amy. Pay no attention to my sister, Samey, she's a loser."

A girl nearly identical to her walked up to her, only she didn't have a beauty mark. "Amy, will you please stop telling people my name is Samey, and not Sammy? I don't really like that."

"No one cares what you think, Samey. You're just a spare me," the first cheerleader with the beauty mark sneered. "Now get away from me, you're in my shot." Amy pushed her sister back, and Sammy fell to the deck floor.

A tall Australian girl in a slouch hat, wilderness vest and shorts, and a white undershirt, walked over with a glare directed towards Amy after seeing Amy shove her sister down. "That's a bit brutal to your own sister, don't you think?"

"Jasmine!" Chris introduced the new girl.

Amy squeaked upon seeing her. "Giant!"

"We're going to have problems, aren't we?" Jasmine quipped, still glaring at Amy.

"Topher!" Chris' voice announced, interrupting the confrontation.

The introduced teen hurried over to the scene. He wore a long-sleeved shirt with a color scheme identical to Chris's own, and khaki pants the same color as Chris's as well. His hair was a dirty blonde, almost brown, and his eyes were green. "We're not even on our first challenge yet, and there's already tension? I love this show!" He proclaimed, rubbing his hands together eagerly while Sammy hesitantly got to her feet between her sister and Jasmine.

"Leonard!"

On another deck at the back of the yacht, Leonard stood in a green wizard robe, complete with a gray, fake beard and a floppy, green wizard's hat. He appeared to be reading from a book. "Okay, time to review a few spells that I might need. Spells for boosting team power, page 75."

"And Shawn!"

Shawn had himself perched up on top of the boat. He wore a white sweater underneath an orange vest, jeans, and had most of his light brown hair tucked under a sickly green beanie hat.

"Hah! It's already impossible for zombies to get onto a boat that's out in the water, but I'd like to see them get up here." He boasted with a smug smile.

Chris stood on the dock sipping his coconut drink. "That's right! This season is our roughest, toughest, and most dangerous season ever!" Chris pulled out a remote and pressed the button on it. The yacht exploded, sending the contestants flying in every direction and screaming their lungs out. "Here on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!"

Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine. You guys are on my mind…

All over the island, hidden cameras thrust themselves out of their hiding places, ready to record action, including one that was being held by a tentacle in a tree knothole. A camera zoomed all over the island, briefly showing Chris standing on top of a totem pole with a whip while four interns struggled to carry the totem pole. The camera went up to the Thousand-Foot-High Cliff, and dove off of it, splashing into the water.

Max unhappily swam in the lake until a claw like machine grabbed him by his swim trunks, and pulled him up to the surface.

You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see…

Up in a canoe, Scarlett tinkered with the machine, and looked up as it pulled Max out of the water. Eyeing the ungrateful boy, Scarlett smugly pressed a button on the machine, and it flung Max far away. Max eventually reached his arc, and began to descend back towards the ground.

I wanna be famous…

Somewhere in the woods, Leonard tried to cast spells on a flower with a stick wand, but was interrupted when Max landed on top of him. Sky ran by while doing a jog, and passed Ella on her way. Ella was walking and singing to an assortment of mutated animals on the island, including a winged goat and a three-eyed frog, before a giant mutant gopher came out of the ground and roared at them, causing Ella and her animal friends to run away in terror.

I wanna live close to the sun…

The camera panned to a waterfall, where Amy and Sammy were in the same canoe, arguing until they both noticed the waterfall. They went over the edge, and both started screaming as they fell.

Well, pack your bags cause I've already won…

Jasmine stood on a branch acting as a bridge over the bottom of the waterfall, waiting patiently, and noticed the twins falling. With quick reflexes, she grabbed Sammy by the wrist, and pulled her onto the branch bridge, which the nice twin is grateful for. The action was quickly forgotten when the branch snapped in half, sending them both down into the water anyway.

Everything to prove nothing in my way…

Shawn leaned against the confessional while watching Jasmine and Sammy with approval until a shark with legs emerged out of the confessional, and he ran away out of fright. The shark raised an eyebrow at Shawn in confusion.

I'll get there one day…

Zooming into the mess hall, Chef was stirring some concoction together until Sugar threw him away from the pot. Sugar picked up the pot, and chugged down its contents.

Cause I wanna be famous…

Dave prodded a bowl of mush with a spoon nervously until his face took on an annoyed expression. Displeased, he put fingers in his ears, and a pan to his left revealed that Beardo was moving his mouth and making a bunch of noises. The scene switched from inside the mess hall to the beach as Sky arrived at the beach, jumping with joy as she completed her jog.

Nana nana na nana na nanana…

On the Dock of Shame, Rodney appeared to be contemplating over pictures of Amy, Jasmine, and Scarlett. A purple, furry hand snatched away Amy's picture, to which Rodney gasped. As the camera panned over, the owner of the purple hand was revealed to be Sasquatchinakwa, one of the island's resident creatures. He made kissy faces at Amy's picture until Rodney hurried over to him. Cradling Jasmine and Scarlett's pictures in his other arm, Rodney extended his free arm over Sasquatchinakwa's shoulder, trying to grab at the picture the purple yeti stole. The sasquatch made an annoyed face at Rodney bothering him.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous…

A pair of hands, Topher's hands, turned the camera towards the Dock of Shame. He backed up, checked his hair, and spread out his arms like Chris does during his intro and outro. He raised them halfway up before Chris dumped a bucket of water on him. Drenched and indignant, Topher glared up at the host as he flew away on his jetpack.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous…

The scene changed to a bonfire and showed Dave and Sky sitting next to each other. They looked at each other with nervous smiles, wondering if they should get closer together or not. Both immediately disregarded the idea when Chef appeared with a toxic marshmallow, and Dave scrambled away. The scene got wider, revealing that Dave has hid himself behind Shawn while everyone whistled to the show's theme. In the last shot, a sign read "Total Drama: Revenge of the Island".

Leonard screamed as he slammed onto a rock breaching the lake's surface. "Force… field…" he moaned weakly as he slid into the water.

Topher swam past him, commenting, "Blowing up the boat? Awesome! That's going to be ratings gold!"

Clutching driftwood as support, Max and Sammy swam towards shore at a slow pace, their faces indicating how shaken they were by the explosion. Coming up between them, Amy smashed their supports to pieces.

"Have fun drowning, Samey!" She callously laughed, swimming on ahead. Along the way, she passed Sky, who had stopped to tread water.

The gymnast watched the mean twin's actions, and called out as Amy swam away, "Hey! That was uncalled for!" Unhappy with the mean twin, she returned to her original goal of swimming to shore.

Back at the rock, Leonard was having trouble keeping himself afloat with his wizard robes dragging him down. "Help! My cloak isn't durable for wading through water."

Dave swam past him with an uncaring look in his eye. "Should've thought of that before wearing it out here."

Leonard started to go under, but after a moment, Sugar rose out of the water, holding him in her arms. "I'll save you, Wizard!" she declared, not even noticing that her makeup was running from being underwater.

He sputtered out some water before smiling to his savior. "Thank you, kind maiden."

"You're welcome. Now come on, let's get to shore." Sugar held onto Leonard's body with one arm, and used the other to swim to the closest part of the beach.

Sammy smiled, watching Sugar's rescue. "Well, at least he's got someone looking out for him," she said, and then frowned at her words. "Now I just wish I had someone looking out for me."

"Oi, keep swimming!" Jasmine told her as she swam by. "Who knows what Chris has stocked in these waters?"

Reeling with realization, Sammy panicked. "Oh, right!" Hurrying, she swam after Jasmine.

Rodney sighed blissfully. "All the girls here swim like angels…" He trailed off for a moment, and then something caught his eye, causing him to raise an eyebrow. "Huh?"

The camera zoomed out a little to show Beardo's giant ball of hair swimming past him. Bubbles formed on the water's surface, and popped while making the sound of a submarine sonar.

(Confessional- Sammy)

"It's so unfair," Sammy sighed, her arms and legs crossed as she sat in the outhouse confessional. "I auditioned for Total Drama to get away from Amy."

(Confessional- Topher)

Topher sat in the outhouse with his hands behind his head and one leg propped up on the seat. "The Total Drama confessional, a series must-have. I have to say, Chris picked a good group of campers for this season; I can just feel the drama radiating off this group already."

Reaching the beach, Sky panted as she walked onto the sand. Looking around her, she began to cheer. "The first one on the beach? Yes!"

"Not quite," Shawn's voice interrupted. Sky glanced further down the beach, and saw Shawn sitting on a rock, wringing out his beanie hat.

"Whoa," Sky gaped at him. "I didn't even see you there. How'd you get here first?"

"I was on the highest point of the boat when it exploded," he answered while putting his hat back on. "It gave me good distance."

Sky opened her mouth to respond when Dave crawled onto shore. "I made it…" he gasped out before collapsing face first into the sand.

(Confessional- Dave)

The normal guy squirted hand sanitizer on his hands, and set his pocket-sized bottle aside on the seat, beginning to rub his hands together to spread the cleaning product. "Eugh, this outhouse is so unclean… anyway, that Sky girl, she seems nice. She looks saner than most of the other people here. If I have to get stuck on a team with one of these people, I'd prefer her."

Sugar came walking out of the water as if she had walked on the bottom of the lake the whole way there, and she had Leonard in her arms. Once they were on dry land, she dropped Leonard onto the ground.

She boastfully declared, "I brought the wizard!"

(Confessional- Sugar)

"I think it's obvious that I'm gonna win this here show," she told the camera. "I've got looks, brains, and enough muscle to tip over a cow. Combine those with that handsome wizard, I'm a shoo-in!"

Most of the new contestants had arrived at the beach by that point. Amy made it a point to sit next to her sister so she could make her feel bad, and Shawn still sat at his rock Sky found him on. Dave sat with Sky, and Rodney attempted to get all the water out of his shoe. Max was the most recent to arrive, as his washing ashore got the attention of most of the others. He coughed up a fish, much to Dave's disgust.

Standing up at Max's arrival, Scarlett started doing a head count. "I count thirteen. Are we still missing one?"

As if on cue, Ella appeared on the beach, except she didn't come from the water; she came from the air, totally dry. The others gawked as a number of little birds gently lowered her onto the sand. Upon releasing her, the birds quickly flew away.

"Thank you, my feathered friends~!" She sung, oblivious to the looks she was getting.

(Confessional- Ella)

"When the boat exploded, I made friends with some lovely birds that were flying by at the moment, and they were very kind to help me get to shore," Ella explained happily, and then frowned. "Though, they seemed to be in a hurry when they left. I wonder why that may be."

Max scowled as he emptied water from his shoe. "How dare that imbecile make the boat detonate with me on it? Chris should know that I will be ruling over the world one day, and he will serve me." He stated seriously. "Since this is our first meeting, I'll let him off with a warning."

"Agreed," Leonard nodded. "I didn't even get a chance to cast a foresight spell, or a force field spell to protect myself."

Dave glanced at Sky weirdly. "He does know he's not a wizard, right?"

Sky didn't even get a chance to respond before the island's intercom turned on.

"Attention fresh meat," Chris' voice boomed over the loudspeakers. "See the trail leading into the forest?" The contestants all looked further up the beach, seeing a path heading into the trees. "Race to the end of the trail, and do not disturb the wildlife. That would be bad."

Dave rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, we'll upset the bunnies. Fluffy little bunnies that eat carrots." Beardo and Sky chuckled along with the joke.

"The tiniest sound can set them off, like this!" Chris blew an air horn over the loudspeakers. The loud noise made the contestants wince, and cover their ears. The air horn quieted after a few moments, allowing the campers to hear again.

Not too far away, a primal roar echoed across the island, and trees could be seen getting knocked down.

Immediately afraid for their lives, the campers quickly got up and ran onto the forest path, screaming in fright.

In the forest, a bird skittered along a branch in a tree and was soon snatched up by a tongue that whipped out from a tree hollow, leaving behind a few feathers.

Over at a finish line on the path, Sky crossed first. "Oh yeah! Actually first this time, woo!" She cheered, pumping fists in the air. She looked behind her to see Jasmine and Shawn cross the finish line as well, second and third respectively. "Nice job, guys!" Sky praised the two.

Shawn stood tall with pride. "Hey, if you want to escape the walkers then you've got to run as fast as you can."

"I've just got really long legs," Jasmine shrugged.

Chris arrived on an ATV. "Not too bad. Little Gymnast, Zombie Survivalist, off to the right, you two are on Team A. Miss Wilderness, two steps to the left, you're on Team B." Jasmine did as he said and moved to the left of his vehicle.

"I'm here Chris, I'm here." Rodney crossed the finish line.

"Farm Muscle, Team B." Dave came screaming across the finish line, crashing into Sky and knocking her over. "Sir Scream-a-lot, Team A."

Dave quickly got up and helped Sky back on her feet. "Sorry about that, still freaking out over what we heard back at the beach."

Amy and Sammy came in next at the same time, sliding to a stop. "I won again, Samey, will you ever stop losing? Wait, let me answer that, probably not." Amy sneered in her sister's face, much to Sammy's displeasure.

"Victorious Twin, Team B." Chris said to Amy. Leaving her sister to be alone and depressed, Amy happily walked over to join Jasmine and Rodney. Hearing the screeching of tires, Sammy looked around for the sound's source. Beardo arrived fast and put on the brakes. Sammy looked at him oddly, and was about to ask him about it before Chris announced, "Human Beatbox, Team A; Second Amy, Team B."

"Do I really have to be on the same team as her?" Sammy asked Chris, pointing to her sister, who strangely looked like she was delighted by Sammy's team assignment.

Chris nodded happily, "Afraid so." Sammy sighed, and went over to join them.

"La la la," Ella hummed a little tune as she walked across the finish line.

"Pink Princess, Team A." Chris ordered, a little annoyed by Ella's cheerful singing.

"Thank you~!" She sang in response, joining her team, unknowingly irritating Chris further.

"Chris!" Topher ran across the finish line, and rushed up to greet his idol eagerly. "Chris, it is an honor to meet you! You've inspired me so much."

"Personal Biggest Fan, Team B." Chris said to Topher, patting him on the shoulder and giving him a thumbs-up and a smile. Topher accepted the assignment, and jogged over to join his team.

Sugar walked across the finish line tiredly. "So tired, can't walk much further." She crossed the white line just as she collapsed face down.

"Hahaha! Serves her right!" Max laughed as he walked past her. As if she had energy left to spare, Sugar lifted up her head to scowl at him.

"Wizard Saver, Team A; Purple Gnome, Team B."

"I still haven't forgotten your little stunt with blowing up the boat, future minion. Watch yourself," Max warned Chris as he walked past him. Disturbed by Max's look at him, Chris cringed.

Leonard walked across the finish line and greeted Chris. "Hello, sir, have the factions been determined yet?"

"Almost," Chris nodded to him, "Gray Beard, you're on Team A." Lastly, Scarlett came across the finish line, walking with confidence. "Quiet Genius, Team B."

Shawn looked between the host and both teams. "Great, now answer this? Just what the heck was that back there?!"

"I've never heard anything like that before," Jasmine noted from Team B.

Chris shrugged nonchalantly, and examined his hands momentarily. "Relax, it will all make sense eventually." He chuckled then laughed then went into a full cackle, worrying some of the contestants. He concluded his fit of laughter by wiping a tear from his eye. "Now, this season of Total Drama will be a little bit different. For example, in every episode, someone will be eliminated." This announcement received gasps and whispers from everyone.

Topher smirked at Chris. "Really making us work for that immunity this time, huh Chris? I like it."

"I know," Chris agreed, "I'm good. But since you're all first-timers, I'm going to cut you a break, and hide this bad boy somewhere in the campgrounds." He retrieved something from the dashboard of his ATV, and held it up. It was a wooden carving of his head. "A genuine McLean brand Chris head," he explained as the item was shown with a background of Chef Hatchet in an angel costume playing a harp. "Your free ticket back into the game. Even if your teammates vote you off, whoever finds it will become the most powerful contestant in Total Drama history!" He elaborated, earning curious looks from most of the contestants, and a look of awe from Sugar. Finished with his explanation, Chris frowned, and brought the carving down to eye level, and examined it while feeling his chin with his other hand. "Is the cleft on my chin really that big?"

Sugar giggled as she finally got to her feet. "Yep, kinda looks like someone's butt!"

Scowling at the pageant queen's answer, the host tucked the idol away. "Moving on," he said, shifting the topic away from that. "Time for the team names!"

"Team EVIL!" Max immediately called out, getting dirty looks from Amy and Scarlett, along with a shocked one from Sammy. "No, Max's Minions!"

"Great suggestions, Max," Chris replied sarcastically, wearing a smile. "But, names have already been chosen by moi. Team A, you shall be known henceforth as the Toxic Rats!" On cue, the team logo- a six-pawed, angry rat in green was shown on-screen.

With the exception of Leonard, none of the team seemed particularly thrilled by the choice.

"Did he just say toxic?!" Dave asked his new team with increasing horror.

Ignoring Dave's concern, Chris turned to the other team. "And Team B, you are hereby dubbed the Mutant Maggots!" Their team logo- a three-eyed maggot with sharp teeth in red was displayed.

The newly dubbed Maggots did not seem excited by their team name either. Topher, who had been supportive of Chris thus far, was even disturbed by the name.

Adjusting her glasses, Scarlett interjected, "Um, not that the topic of toxic waste isn't fascinating, but why are the team names centered around that?"

Before anyone could answer her, a roar shook the area, making all of the new campers gasp in fright. As they looked around, they noticed deeper in the forest that several trees were getting knocked down, and each one that was knocked over was closer to their location than the last. Eventually, a nearby bush rustled, causing them all to tense up in preparation of being attacked. Amy prepared by holding her sister out in front of her like a shield.

Once the bush ceased to rattle, a tiny, pink, hairless rodent hopped out into the open.

"Uh… is that supposed to be a squirrel?" Rodney questioned out loud.

Several campers let out a squeak of shock and disgust as the hairless squirrel blinked, its eyelids blinking vertically instead of horizontally. "Oh poor thing, what's the matter with it?" Ella asked from off-screen.

"While we were gone, I rented the island out to a nice, family-oriented biohazardous waste disposal company," Chris told them all. As he explained, the camera showed off a group of toxic waste barrels surrounding a tree with a barrel jammed in its knothole. The barrel dripped waste onto the ground with every second. "Sweet people, but the waste is having a teensy bit of an impact on the flora and fauna." To prove his point, a butterfly passed in front of the squirrel, which promptly snatched it out of the air with its tongue like a frog catching a fly.

Ella visibly despaired at the unnatural occurrence while Sky frowned and Leonard smiled.

"How mystical," Leonard remarked, earning a strange look from Sky.

Beardo ventured close to the squirrel, and reached his hand out to pet it. In response, the squirrel roared in his face before its eyes turned red, and began to shoot lasers at his feet. For his part, Beardo jumped a foot in the air, letting out a scream and darting back to his team while accompanied by a cartoonish running sound effect. When Beardo fled, the rodent blew him a raspberry, and skittered back into the woods.

The camera then showed Beardo hiding behind Shawn, who had his arms raised and ready to defend himself. Off-screen nearby, Chris laughed. "Most danger ever!"

(Confessional- Beardo)

Beardo wiped sweat from his brow, and let out an audible "Phew!"

The attention returned to Chris on his ATV, holding his finger in the air. "Now, before we start our very first challenge of the season, let's give out some rewards. Jasmine, because you got up here before anyone else, your team gets a trampoline, and the Rats get a hacksaw."

Chef was shown bouncing on the trampoline, unenthusiastically showing off the prize while showing the Rats' prize in his hand. He let out a startled cry as he fell off the trampoline, dropping the hacksaw in the process. Sugar pointed a finger at him, laughing. The hacksaw then smacked her in the face.

"Dagnabbit, that hurt!" The pageant queen complained, rubbing her face with her hand. On the Maggots, Max laughed at her in turn, only to be run over by the trampoline being thrown at his team. He moaned in pain on the ground as nobody on the team moved to help him back up.

"What do these items have to do with this bomb?" Chris asked the camera, holding up a cube-shaped device with a detonator attached.

Rodney glanced down at Scarlett beside him. "He's not going to blow us up again, is he?"

"Won't I?" Chris rhetorically inquired, popping up between the two with the explosive in hand. Rodney instinctively recoiled while Scarlett carefully leaned away, taking on a curious expression as she stared at the explosive. "Find out when we come back!" The show faded to commercial.

When the show faded back in, two totem poles were shown hanging from a pair of thick, wide trees. The Rats' totem was on the left, and the Maggots' was on the right; the Maggots' totem also had an axe stuck in the bottom whereas the Rats' totem appeared to have nothing of the sort stuck in the same place. As the cameras panned downward to the ground, there was a sound of clapping.

"That was so good!" Topher cheered as he clapped. "A great cut to commercial break from the man himself."

"Thank you, Topher." Chris accepted the praise with a smile, and turned to address the challenge, holding his hand up in the direction of the totems. "Those are your team totems. You need to cut them down, and get them in the river, and ride them back to the campground. First team there gets their pick of the cabins, but hurry, the totems are rigged with bombs that will explode if you don't plant them in front of your cabin in seven minutes or less. Starting now." At those final two words, the detonator on the Rats' totem started to count down.

Already standing on a huge boulder next to the team's trampoline, Amy pumped her fist. "This will be easy! Just watch!" She jumped on the trampoline, but because of the angle she jumped from, she was sent flying into the river with a scream.

Meanwhile, Shawn picked up the hacksaw. "Leave this to me," he told his teammates as he shouldered it. "I'm an expert tree climber. I'll climb up and cut it down." Jumping up onto the tree's side, Shawn grunted as he began to climb. From down on the ground, Dave watched as he climbed. As he spotted Shawn, Sky walked over to him.

"While he does that, maybe we should come up with a backup plan in case his doesn't work," she suggested.

Dave smiled at her. "That is a great idea! I mean, the plan would have to make sure I don't get splinters or dirt all over my fingers, but yeah. We can do that." Sky gazed at him, not sure whether to smile or frown.

Back with the other team, Scarlett examined the trampoline. "Hm, this isn't going to suffice. At this angle, whoever jumps will not be in optimal position to grab and remove the axe from its wedge."

Scoffing, Max shoved his way past her. "Nonsense, it is perfectly evil as is. Watch!"

"I wouldn't recommend jumping with the current trajectory-" The redheaded genius tried to tell him, but before she could finish, Max jumped onto the trampoline.

Just as she suspected, he slammed right up into the base of the totem face first and nowhere near the ax. He fell down to trampoline, which bounced him back up, and caused him to slam into it with his back before falling again. The team watched in growing discomfort as Max repeatedly hit the trampoline and the totem back and forth. After a few more collisions, Rodney took matters into his own hands, and pulled the trampoline out from under Max before he could hit it again. Instead of bouncing on the trampoline once more, Max's face met the ground and his body fell flat against it.

(Confessional- Max)

The villain huffed as he folded his arms over his chest. "This is why minions do all the work, and not the evil masters themselves. Just look!" He held up one arm, and pointed to his elbow with his other hand. "I got a boo-boo!"

Shawn let out a scream as his grip slipped, and he fell back down to the ground. "Forget it, this tree isn't climbable. I never thought I'd meet a tree like this."

"Looks like we're going to need that backup plan after all," Sky spoke up, getting her team's attention. "Anyone got one?"

"I can get our totem pole down for us." Leonard stated confidently.

Dave glanced at him warily. "You can?"

"Wizards can do magic. He can magic the totem pole down. Do magic, Wizard." Sugar answered Dave, urging Leonard to prove himself.

Raising a stick wand, Leonard pointed it at the totem pole. "Totem pole: gravitatus downus!" Nothing happened to the pole. "Hm, let me try again, gravitatus downus!" He got the same results.

"Leonard, magic isn't real." Dave said to the wizard role-player.

"Magic is real if you believe it is." Ella said. "But if Leonard's powers aren't working, then perhaps I should call some bird friends if Shawn can't make it up there."

Sugar glared at Ella. "Of course the wizard's powers are working. Just give him a chance. Wizard, try again."

(Confessional- Sky)

Sky sat with her hands resting in her lap, unsure of how to phrase her thoughts. "The team is… quirky, but nice." She started off before making her thoughts more assertive. "I know we can win challenges if we work together well enough."

"You better not mess this up, Samey!" Amy ordered to her sister as Sammy took a turn on the trampoline.

Sammy bounced up, and managed to grab onto the ax. "Got it!" She tried to pull it out, but it wouldn't budge. "Um, now what do I do?"

"Just try to wedge it out or something, anything helps." Jasmine hollered up.

Amy made a noise of annoyance. "Ugh! Samey, you're useless!"

The outback explorer immediately rounded on her. "You hush up, and give her a chance. She's part of the team too."

"You say that like it's a good thing. She gets picked last at everything at school since she sucks," the mean twin answered flippantly. Jasmine narrowed her eyes at her.

(Confessional- Jasmine)

"I don't like that girl, not one bit." She told the camera. Since she was so tall, she was hunched over as she sat on the outhouse toilet. "I think she's bad for the team, and as soon as we lose our first challenge, she should be the one voted off."

Sky stared at the tree, tapping her chin in thought, and then turned her attention to the totem, also taking that into consideration. She made a few shapes with her hands, and traced invisible lines with a finger. Nodding to herself, she faced her team. "Okay, I think I got an idea."

Sammy had somehow pulled herself up to the totem base, and pressed her feet against the underside, attempting to pull the ax out as if she was still on the ground. A chittering sound caught her attention, and she looked over to the tree, watching as a hairless squirrel, possibly the same one from earlier, scurried out onto the branch next to her height. She squeaked nervously, and let one hand go of the ax to wave at it. "Hi… don't mind me." The rodent roared in response, and she began to scream fearfully.

"Well, that's not good." Rodney stated the obvious, watching with Jasmine and Max. Amy lazily examined her nails, not caring about the danger her twin was in.

"Perhaps what we need is a little mayhem. Evil mayhem!" Max cackled, picking up a stone and chucking it at the squirrel.

The stone clonked the side of the squirrel's head. Infuriated, the squirrel's eyes turned red, and it began to shoot lasers down at the Maggots. Max yelped in fright, and started running away as his teammates ducked out of the way.

A flash cut over to the Rats, and it showed Sky taking a few steps back towards where Ella was standing. "Okay, ready?" She asked Beardo, who was standing near the tree. He gave her a thumbs-up and a 'Ding! Ding!' before kneeling down on one knee and cupping his hands to make a foothold. "Here goes!" She took the hacksaw from Ella, shouldering it, and sprinted towards Beardo. He leaned in as she placed one foot in his hands, and threw her upwards towards the tree over his shoulder. Sky somersaulted through the air, pressing her feet against the tree's trunk, and using it as a launching point up at the totem. She latched onto the totem, and clung to it tight. "I made it!"

Her team cheered down below and out of the camera's view.

While the Rats made progress, the Maggots continued to run around the site, screaming in terror. Topher made a show of covering his hair with his hands, and yelling out, "Not the hair!"

Up on the branch, the squirrel paused in attacking the campers, and gave a look to Sammy. The nice twin whimpered as it glared at her, and started shooting beams at her. "Please don't hurt me!" She pleaded, dodging the blasts until one hit the ax, bounced off, and cut through the rope holding up the totem. The totem fell, and landed on the ground with a thud. Sammy managed to get onto the base's side so she wouldn't be squished, and clung to it. "I-I got it…" She announced shakily.

Jasmine, Rodney, Scarlett, and Topher all cheered while Max showed an expression of indifference and Amy appeared downright annoyed.

"Let's move, Maggots!" Jasmine rallied the team.

Sky quickly scaled the Rats' totem, and soon reached the head. Taking the saw from her shoulder, she called out, "Look out below!" Quickly, she sawed through the rope, and the totem was soon free.

The team, except Sugar, cheered once the totem was on the ground.

"Hooray," Ella exclaimed, clasping her hands to her cheek sweetly. "We did it!"

Sugar snorted, folding her arms in front of her and rolling her eyes. "The wizard could've done that if ya let him."

(Confessional- Shawn)

The conspiracy theorist sat on the toilet, entirely serious. "That tree was hard to climb. If I was in the zombie apocalypse and had to climb that tree to safety, I'd have probably been zombie chow. I'll have to add really thick trees like that one to my apocalypse training regime."

When the focus returned to the challenge, the camera showed the river the totems were to float down on. Soon enough, the Maggots cruised down the river on their totem. Jasmine, as the unofficial team leader, took the front, and was followed by Sammy, Amy, Topher, Rodney, Scarlett, and Max. They all cheered as they went downstream. Their cheers faded out, and were replaced by the cheers of the Rats. Beardo sat in front, followed by Sky, Dave, Ella, Shawn, Sugar, and Leonard as they passed the camera's view.

Sammy looked back at the other team, her eyes wide with worry. "They're gaining on us!"

Amy snorted derisively. "What else is new, Samey? The sky is blue?"

"Um, guys, we might have a little problem." Rodney pointed ahead. The viewpoint changed to the team's of what was in front of them. They were headed towards a waterfall.

"What? A waterfall?" Jasmine questioned out loud as the camera passed over each team member's scared looks.

Topher was apparently the only one unafraid as he smiled. "Oh, so that's why Chris wanted us to ride these down the river. Great challenge layout!"

The Maggots let out hollers as they flew over the waterfall's edge, and down into the trees below. They crashed through branches, and eventually landed on a hill their totem continued to slide down on. In the process of landing, their totem bounced a bit, causing Max to fumble out of his seat.

"Ah! Help! Evil genius about to go overboard here!" He shouted as he whipped behind the totem pole like a flag.

Scarlett twisted around, and took his arm, pulling him back on. "Hang on, I've got you." She helped him settle back on, and told him, "Try to keep a firmer grip next time."

"Thank you," Max replied, tightening his grip like Scarlett suggested. "You know, you'd make a good sidekick."

She raised an eyebrow at him, wondering if she heard correctly. "Pardon?"

Back up at the top of the waterfall, the Rats and their pole flew over the edge the same way that the Maggots did. Again, branches were snapped, but when they were next seen, their totem was firmly on the hill and sliding down. They all cheered at their relative safety. Standing up so she could see over Beardo's afro, Sky soon sat back down.

"The other team is still ahead of us. We need to speed up. Lean forward!" She commanded, and the team complied, each person leaning in closer to the next. Dave seemed pretty enthusiastic about leaning in close to Sky, and Sugar gave a little smile as Leonard leaned into her. As the team began to speed up, Beardo trumpeted a charge.

Just as Sky planned, the Rats became faster, and soon passed the Maggots.

"And it looks like the Rats have made a comeback," Topher narrated, though a bit worried. "Can the Maggots make a comeback of their own?"

Down at the campgrounds, Chris and Chef relaxed in lawn chairs. Behind them was one of the cabins from the first season on the right, and a newer, bigger, and fancier cabin to the left.

Chris reclined in his chair while Chef read a book. "Ah," he sighed contently, "feels good to be back."

Right as he finished that thought, Owen ran up to the two of them, panting. "Hey, Chris! Get this, the boat wouldn't stop!"

"Oh look," Chris said to the viewers at home, "it's former player Owen, who's not competing this year."

"Yeah, so I swam back to tell you," Owen continued to explain until the implications of Chris' words caught up to him. He clutched the sides of his head in shock. "What?! Not competing?!"

Chris nodded. "I'm afraid you and the other classic players have outlived your usefulness. Chef!" He snapped his fingers.

Chef slapped one of the explosive devices from earlier onto Owen's face. As it beeped ominously, Owen panicked, and ran off while screaming. As soon as he was far enough away, Chris took out a remote, and pressed the button on it.

The view switched to the Thousand-Foot-High Cliff, at the base of which a small explosion rang out, and Owen could be seen flying through the distance as a trail of smoke arcing over it.

Back at the campgrounds, the host and his cook shared a laugh at Owen's expense. Their laughter quieted when they heard more voices, and turned their heads in the direction they seemed to be coming from.

At the bottom of the hill, the Rats came zipping down, and soared off a small ledge. They cheered as they came to a stop near the two men.

"That was amazin'! Let's do that again!" Sugar gleefully shouted, throwing her hands in the air.

"Tick tock!" Chris reminded them.

The timer on the Rats' totem was under fifteen seconds, and quickly approaching ten.

"Quick, grab the good cabin!" Dave shouted, his panic increasing.

The team lifted up their totem as one, and carried it over to a stump sitting in the middle of camp. As they set it on the stump, the countdown timer stopped, flashing at one second to spare. Seeing as their totem did not explode, the team saw reason to start cheering, believing they had won the challenge. They stopped cheering, however, when they heard the cries of the other team.

Like the Rats, the Maggots came down to the bottom of the hill, and flew off the same ledge they did, only they lost control of their totem and fell off of it. The totem itself crashed into the good cabin that the Rats had just claimed, and exploded as the timer ran out, taking the cabin with it. Chunks of wood rained down as there was nothing left standing of the cabin itself.

The Rats stared at the remains, flabbergasted that had just happened.

Chris shook his head as he and Chef walked over to them. "Too bad," he said to them, "it had an eight-person hot tub and air conditioning."

The team groaned at the loss of their new cabin and its amenities. One of them brightened up quickly, though.

"No worries, brethren," Leonard proclaimed, taking out his wand again. "I can just cast a fixing spell, and make the cabin fix itself." He waved the wand around, chanting, "Wibbly-wobbly woo, put this shelter back together like brand new!" Nothing happened and he frowned, looking down at his wand. "Why isn't this working? It worked back home. There must be some non-believers blocking my magical energy." As he mused, he failed to notice the irritated scowl he was getting from Dave, the skeptical frowns from Sky and Shawn, the blank stare from Beardo, and the genuine interest from Ella and Sugar.

"Regardless," Chris said with a smile, clearly enjoying with Chef the attention Leonard was getting from his team. "As the only team with a cabin still standing, the Mutant Maggots win the first challenge!" He shot finger pistols at the winning team, and the camera zoomed out to show the team recovering from their crash. They weakly cheered in response, still in pain.

"Where are we supposed to sleep?" Sky inquired, walking up to Chris.

The host held up a hand. "No worries, we have a backup cabin for you. It's as every bit of nice as the one you lost."

Sharply contrasting what they were told by Chris, a helicopter flew over the campgrounds and dropped a cabin identical to the remaining one in the place the other, nicer cabin once stood. The Rats groaned in disgust at their new cabin.

Sky shrugged uncertainly. "It's better than nothing, I guess…"

"Team Rat, I'll see you at the first campfire ceremony of the season." Chris informed the team, drawing their attention away from their new abode. He concluded the instructions with a high-five he shared with Chef, both of them lightly laughing at the campers' misfortune.

Later that night at the bonfire ceremony, the Toxic Rats were already gathered. Dave opted to sit in the front row next to the campfire with Sky, and Beardo sat next to them. Shawn also sat in the front row, but a stump separated him from Beardo. In the back row, Leonard sat in the middle with Ella and Sugar on either side of him. Chris stood at his oil drum podium, a plate of marshmallows sitting on top of it.

Chris announced, "The votes have been cast. Those who receive a regular marshmallow can stay, but this season, one person will receive a very special marshmallow- a marshmallow you do not want to eat." At that point, Chef walked up to the bonfire, wearing a hazmat suit and holding a metal box. He opened the box to reveal a glowing, green marshmallow. "Whoever receives the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom is out of the game, which means they cannot come back. Ever!" Chris proceeded to pick up a marshmallow. "The following players are safe- Sky!"

Sky happily caught a marshmallow, and Dave smiled in support.

"Beardo!" The hairy teen cupped his hands, and caught the marshmallow.

"Shawn!" Though not really interested in the marshmallow, Shawn caught it anyway.

"Sugar!" She happily caught the marshmallow with one hand, and immediately stuffed it in her mouth.

"Ella!" Sugar frowned at Ella as the fairytale princess received her treat.

Leonard and Dave, the only two team members without a marshmallow, tensed up as they realized their position. Only one marshmallow remained on Chris' plate and the other was a marshmallow that symbolized their elimination.

"And the Marshmallow of Toxic Loserdom goes to…" the host began to announce. Dave started to sweat, causing him to grimace and quickly take out his hand sanitizer. Behind him, Leonard clenched his eyes and fists shut while whisper-chanting "Don't pick me, don't pick me." Using tongs, Chef plucked the glowing marshmallow out of its box. "Leonard!"

Dave exhaled a sigh of relief, and Sugar stood up, raising a hand to her forehead.

"No!" She cried dramatically, falling in front of Leonard.

"Leonard, pack your potions," Chris said as Chef lobbed the glowing marshmallow in Leonard's direction.

"Me?!" Leonard cried out, briefly shrieking as he dodged the marshmallow. The marshmallow sizzled as it sunk into the ground behind the stump seats. Everyone was quick to distance themselves from the spot. "This can't be!" He raised his arms, and closed his eyes, concentrating. "Magic moats and armpit smells, bring forth a time-reversal spell!"

Some footsteps sounded as feet marched toward him. One arm was seized by the gloved hand of Chef Hatchet, and the role-player was tugged off-screen.

Chef marched over to Chris with Leonard slung over one shoulder.

"Nothing? So weird," Chris joked. "Don't worry, Leonard. I think I've got something that fits your era. You'll love it."

A flip transition switched the scene to the Dock of Shame, where a giant, wooden catapult stood. Leonard was sitting in the bucket of the device while Chris and Chef, now out of his hazmat suit, stood off to the side.

"Say hello to the Hurl of Shame, patent pending." Chris introduced.

"You know what? You're right. I do love it," Leonard spoke up, patting the rim of the bucket. "It reminds me of the catapults back home."

As Chris walked around to the lever of the catapult, Sugar ran up to Leonard. "I love you, Wizard!"

Leonard smiled at her. "I'll miss you too, fair mai-deeeeeennnnn!" The catapult flung him into the night sky, and his voice faded with distance.

Chris smirked at Leonard's exit and Sugar's sadness at Leonard being gone. Chuckling he told the camera, "One down, thirteen to go! Who's next in line? Find out next time right here on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island!"

As Chris did his outro, the last scene on camera was a view of the island against the night sky.

Fade to credits

Leonard- 14th Place

And thus begins Cast Swap. I came up with the idea back in 2015 when I was still fresh from Pahkitew Island. I had drafted the original elimination order, but I had some favoritism issues. The idea eventually fell into the back of my mind, and only recently came to the forefront again. Looking over my original drafts, I knew I had to make tweaks, and made them. Leonard was not one of those tweaks. Sorry, Leonard fans. If you want a story where Leonard is not out first, check out my friend Fangren and their 'Total Shuffled' series. They are a fantastic writer, and comes up with the best twists in their take on a shuffled cast.

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