Author's Notes: Hello to you fans of Total Drama fan-fiction, both those who have read some of my stuff already and those who haven't!

You can likely guess the premise and main dynamics at work just from the title and the main characters but I'll say them anyway. Heather has become 50 feet tall due to events after her cameo on Revenge of the Island because of the amble amounts of radiation. Cut off from most of the world and keeping this secret, Heather starts to form an unlikely friendship with Cody on-line, who's even more of a social outcast than he was when he joined the show. But then she can't limit her human interaction to a computer screen and decides to show him. From there, they form an odd but sincere bond as they struggle against personal demons that are different yet in some ways similar.

As you may not be aware, this story is one of three that will be published around the same time. And I must say, it certainly the strangest of the three to be sure. Given that, I feel like you deserve at least a brief explanation as to how it came to be. Firstly, the pairing of Heather and Cody as recently become one of my personal favorites. There's something about them being together that feels so right and looks so cute. Also, given that Heather's fate after her cameo on Revenge of the Island is unknown and the classic example of a woman being affected by radiation is "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman", it seemed like a logical fit and adds a unique element to this story.

Oh, and I'm sorry to disappoint you but Cody won't discover the truth in this chapter. That comes in the next one, which is already fully written and almost ready to go.

I'll have a little bit more in the endnotes but that's enough for now.

Now then, here's the first chapter of "Attack of the 50-Foot Heather": A Shocking Surprise on Skype

It was an early, lovely summer day, the sun shined brightly and the humidity was low. In other words, it was a fine day for a teen to either go to the beach or a hike in the woods.

As a red car was driving down the highway before turning onto a dirt road surrounded by mighty trees, it appeared as if one teenage boy in particular was choosing the later.

With his teal eyes looking every so often at a set of directions that were very unusual due to many turns and very specific landmarks that he was sternly advised to not deviate from, Cody's mind stayed focused on two things. One was mundane and the other was not. The mundane one was a seat cushion meant to elevate him the few inches needed to see clearly and not have to worry about being a greater possible road accident than any other. That was a minor thought when compared to the other thing, the one not mundane.

The reason for him to be traveling through the woods and what had brought him to this.

The sequence of events more or less replayed itself in Cody's mind, as sad as that was.

After the final episode of the latest Total Drama season (which Cody was very thankful to not have been a part of) had been filmed near the middle of April, both sets of casts were released from the chains of Chris MacLean. And despite rumors of a fifth season to come, most just wanted to either continue where their lives had left off before the show or enjoy the new additions to them. For Cody, neither of those options was a good one.

First there was what Cody was returning to. As much as Cody hated being on Total Drama (in particular Total Drama World Tour for a variety of reasons), it was the better option to him when compared to the situation that he had in his Canadian hometown. First there were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. Despite him truly believing that they loved him, Cody almost never saw either parent since both had busy, high profile careers. So Cody spent many of his days alone within his massive and expensive mansion house. While hating to sound spoiled, the Geek couldn't deny that the many rooms and vast space of his home created a feeling vaguely comparable to that of a massive crypt.

Large, silent, cold, alone, frozen in time, and filled with life replaced by melancholy.

And even though his high school was out for summer vacation, Cody's mind next traveled to that other great reason for his less than joy filled frame of mind from before Total Drama…his classmates. Just like before the show, Cody had virtually no friends. Some didn't like him because they assumed that he was a spoiled prep because of his parent's great wealth, others didn't like him because he was a tech geek and too smart, and yet others didn't like him because of a few one-time quirks blown out of proportion. For whatever the reason, the consensus was pretty much the same…no body liked Cody.

And the situation was even worse with girls. Ah, girls! They were amazing creatures that filled Cody with so much happiness and so much sadness just by him looking at them. The joy came from everything that they could offer the lonely but longing Tech Geek. He would imagine bodies and personalities of all shapes, descriptions, and sizes (well, most when it came to sizes anyway) and the happiness he would feel by making them happy. And then they in turn would make him happy, they'd help remove the great loneliness. But then, there was the reality…the sadness. Cody never had a girlfriend. Even worse, Cody was beginning to think that he never would find a girlfriend to love and cherish.

Not wanting to ponder this for too long, it was too painful, Cody next leapt to what had changed in his life after Total Drama. And to be perfectly fair, there were a few upgrades. While not seen or talked to often, Cody could for the first time name a list of friends; Owen, Noah, Harold, Trent, DJ, Beth, Justin, and Izzy. Also, every now and then he'd run across Bridgette and Geoff or Lindsay and Tyler and have some nice conversations. While he did truly enjoy and was grateful for those things, they were deeply overpowered by two legacies of Total Drama that formed jagged, invisible, and painful scars in Cody.

They were legacies that had faces, one pale and one tan, and names…Gwen and Sierra!

Having been there longer, it was Gwen who first came into the Tech Geek's vision. He could see her now, a girl with a face and body more beautiful than he thought possible that was complemented by a personality whose depth and strength was equally attractive. Even after she went with and broke up with Trent, all the way until that TDWT episode in Greece, Cody had held Gwen up as a prime example of what he wanted in a girlfriend. But then, while dressed as the ruined Icarus, Cody fell into something worse than death…

Revelation!

In one moment, everything that Cody thought he knew about Gwen, everything he thought he knew about this girl who he had placed on the highest of possible pedestals, was torn asunder with a sentence so short and yet so strong from a panicking Tyler.

Tyler saw Gwen and Duncan kiss!

Tyler saw Gwen cheat on Courtney, on a friend!

Cody saw his dream girl morph in an instant right in front of him into an abomination!

It took until after Total Drama World Tour for all of this to sink in to its full degree but once it did Cody felt something almost akin to a slow death…he felt endlessly sick.

How could she have done such a thing? How could he have held her in such high regard?

Mostly by coincidence (though with a small amount of intention on Cody's part), he never saw Gwen or Duncan after escaping from the erupting volcano in Hawaii. Cody had heard fleeting rumors here or there from some of his few friends that the two were having relationship troubles and would likely be breaking up before the end of summer.

Cody was not shocked by this, or interested. It took her cheating on a friend and choosing a vile, amoral punk over him despite his unending loyalty but Cody finally no longer pined for Gwen. Just thinking about that Goth once so amazing left him feeling numb.

But as bad as that feeling was, it was leaps and bounds better than the ones for Sierra.

At first Cody didn't know where things went wrong. He had thought that he and Sierra had reached an understanding near the end of Total Drama World Tour while the two of them raced towards Hawaii in a makeshift hot air balloon. He thought he made it perfect clear that he didn't and would never consider her anything more than a really great friend. Hell, he even called her his best friend. Which wasn't wrong, there wasn't much competition. But a few weeks after World Tour but before Revenge of the Island, Sierra had reverted back into her stalker mode (the only mode Cody really knew from her).

The reason became clear while talking to Noah shortly after this started up again. By giving her best friend status, he only fed her delusions about them becoming a couple. Despite him not intending to and often saying that wasn't the case to her, it didn't matter. Noah, as often hitting the nail on the head with his cynicism, compared Cody's situation to him pouring gasoline over a fire in hopes that it would do the same thing water would. As much as Cody hated to admit it, Noah was right. Sierra was a wild fire only growing.

It took two separate invasions of his house by Sierra recorded on the security cameras (amid dozens of others which Cody knew of but couldn't prove with hard evidence) to get his parents' attentions for long enough to place a restraining order on Sierra. By the time that had happened, the stalker Uber-fan had stolen hundreds of objects from Cody. While nothing major was taken and everything could be easily replaced, Cody realized that this meant that he could never trust Sierra to be anything aside from a crazy stalker.

But as messed up as it was, Cody subconsciously almost thanked Sierra in a way. As pathetic as it is, she gave Cody a valid reason to not leave his house and thus face the inevitable arrows of rejection and being alone even in a massive sea of human beings. For at least a few weeks, he only ventured out less than five times to meet up with a friend or two for a few hours. While enjoyable, almost instantly afterwards he'd feel the full weight of his almost completely constant loneliness for then he could truly know its depths by comparing it to the feelings of friendship and companionship he just had felt.

He still grew so lonely and depressed in his massive and hollow home. As good as his friends were in person, he needed more, more people and more constant interaction. Like many young people with social problems, Cody turned to the Internet for his salvation. But even there it was denied to him. His attempts only lead to fan-girls matching Sierra. There likely were other types of people but the rapid stalkers seemed attracted to him.

Finally, almost as a desperate final act, Cody decided to swallow what small pride he had. The Tech Geek had decided to send a e-mail to some of the "original" contestants. The only exceptions would be the people who he had talked to since the last season's end as well as Alejandro, Sierra, Duncan, and Gwen for obvious reasons. Even so, he had typed out a message to be sent to nine or ten people who he hadn't seen in person for a while. He had all of there e-mail addresses thanks to Chris but why he'd give them that nobody knew. Maybe it was for the best that they didn't. It was short and straight to the point:

"Hey, Cody here. Please let me know if you'd like to talk by sending me an e-mail saying that you would and if you'd rather communicate by e-mail or Skype or something else. I'd like to hear from you."

A few days passed without any responses from any of the others. Cody's mood went even lower as a result (which he honestly didn't think was even possible but seemed to be). He was on his e-mail account yet again, this time making a similar message to the pervious one for the new contestants from the latest season. He didn't know any of them but most of them seemed nice, and at this point he'd talk to anybody who wasn't a creepy stalker.

He was about to press send when he noticed something he hadn't before…he had a new message. After debating it in his head for a few moments, Cody decided to see who sent the message and thus deleting the group one he was about to send out. It didn't matter. He could always make another one if this just turned out to be junk e-mail or something. One thing Cody had a lot of these days, aside from loneliness and sadness, was time.

Cody saw who had sent him a message. To say that Cody was shocked would be an understatement. He wasn't sure that anybody would actually answer his e-mail but even so there were some people who he thought might do so regardless. If he had had to bet on it, he would have picked Katie and Sadie easily. They couldn't resist talking to others. After them, Cody would have picked Ezekiel, from what he heard he was starting to become like his normal self now that he was receiving treatment. Hell, even Courtney might have sent Cody a reply so she could have somebody new to complain and shout at.

But never in a million years and a billion dollar bet would Cody have guessed who was the first (and possibly only) person to respond to his e-mail. It was none other than…

HEATHER!

Rubbing his eyes a few times to make sure he was seeing things correctly, Heather's e-mail address remained their on Cody's advanced computer screen. Still not entirely believing his own eyes, the Tech Geek opened the Queen Bee's e-mail and read it.

"Yes, let's talk. On Skype. Your Skype is working, right Cody?"

Despite this message being nothing more than three very short sentences (well, two sentences and one sentence fragment, to be technically correct), Cody read them many times. He couldn't believe that Heather of all people actually wanted to talk to him. Also, he was trying to see if there were any hidden and potentially harmful intentions within.

While it was true that Cody was perhaps the only Total Drama contestant who truly believed that Heather had largely been reformed of her worst features and was a generally speaking nicer person (the only other possible exception might have been Harold, Cody wasn't sure), he still had some stubborn suspicions nagging him. The main reason for this was him seeing Heather's old behavior return during her cameo in Revenge of the Island. She threw Chris and Chef out of their blimp (to Cody's pleasure) and tried to steal the million meant for the winner of this season before bringing the blimp crashing down. Though Cody could understand and even slightly sympathize with Heather's goal to get the money that had been denied to her after World Tour, it was something noteworthy.

However, several factors overpowered those suspicions (even if they weren't erased). These were: Heather's generally good treatment of Cody during Total Drama World Tour, her subtle but still noticeable acts of compassion for both Courtney and Sierra, and the fact that she was actually willing to talk to him!

Cody quickly typed up a reply saying that his Skype was working just fine. After pressing the send button, the Tech Geek felt the sting of nervousness. He worried that this might be some kind of trick. That maybe this wasn't the real Heather but somebody playing some kind of a sick joke on him or maybe it was Sierra somehow hacking his computer!

Thankfully for him, Cody didn't have long to entertain these paranoid worries. Less than thirty seconds after sending his reply, with a speed that truly shocked Cody, a new reply from Heather's address came into his inbox. He read another short and direct message.

"Good. Well, I'm on Skype waiting Cody. I'd like to talk today!"

Cody was somewhat put on edge by the aggressive reply. But relief overpowered that. There was no way that Sierra (even pretending) would ever be so abrasive to Cody!

Feeling some nervousness but greater relief at realizing this, Cody quickly exited out of his e-mail account and logged onto Skype. True to her word, he saw that Heather was already on-line. A few clicks of his mouse later, Cody saw Heather appear before him!

The Queen Bee looked identical to how Cody remembered her to be. Her smooth black hair seemed to have finally returned to its original length just above her waist as it was before it has been shaved off at end of Total Drama Island as it continued off-screen. The features of her face were telling of Asian descent and highly maintained up keeping by her. Though only her top was visible, it was the same lavender tube top with a metal ring.

Despite looking exactly the same, two things seemed slightly off to Cody. Firstly, while her top was clearly the same, something about it just didn't look right. He knew it was likely his imagination but it seemed subtly different and slightly smaller than before. But the more unusual thing for Heather was to be found in her grey, cold, and icy eyes. For possibly the first time ever, Cody could have sworn that her eyes were not truly icy. Instead, they looked like that they were a wet grey, truly human and fearfully vulnerable.

Cody probably took note of this for longer than he should have since Heather asked in a clearly annoyed voice, "Are we actually going to talk or just stare at each other all day?"

Due to both Heather's comment and her eyes becoming the hard grey glaciers that they normally were, Cody was snapped out of his almost trance.

"Uh…no. No! Talking is good! Why would I ever want to just stare at you all day?" Cody said, clearly nervous.

However, mere microseconds later, Cody's eyes widened as he noticed Heather glaring at him. It was only then that Cody realized the possible implications of what he just said.

"Um…that wasn't what I meant! I'd be perfectly fine with staring at you all day. You look beautiful Heather. But it's not any different from before! You always were, even when you were mean and bald…and you were both of those things for a very long time. No wait I…!" Cody says, realizing that he was making himself a fool and unable to stop.

Fortunately for him, Heather was able to stop him with a raised hand to the screen. If he hadn't been experiencing diarrhea of the mouth, Cody might have noticed that her face had gone through a gambit of expressions: shocked, angry, knowing, and accepting.

"Ok Cody, you can stop now. I get it. You've become even more of a social buffoon. You don't talk to many people these days, especially girls I'd guess. I assumed that's the reason why you sent me that message in the first place. Isn't that right?" Heather asked.

"Is it that painfully obvious?" Cody asked, ashamed of his own apparent inadequacies.

"Let's put it this way. The last time that I saw a display of social awkwardness that bad was when a friend of my brother got drunk and loudly said he was the president of jellybeans and even the other drunk tweens stared at him like he had grown a extra head." Heather said matter-of-factly with a smirk on her face at seeing Cody squirm.

Her answer made Cody's expression worse. Normally, she wouldn't have cared much. But for reasons unclear Heather seemed intent on continuing this discussion regardless. As such, her expression became more serious and even slightly apologetic, only slightly.

"Come on Cody. I was hyperbolic. If it was that bad, would I still be talking to you?"

"No…I guess you wouldn't. But why are you talking to me? I was shocked to see that you wanted to talk to me. True we were never enemies but we weren't chums either." Cody asked, feeling slightly better at realizing that.

"Forgetting the outdated and geeky "chums" comment…" Heather said with noticeable restraint in her voice due to her overlooking such a dorky thing to rip apart before continuing in a much softer tone, "I'm in a similar situation to you, believe it or not."

The Queen Bee then took a deep breathe before speaking, clearly having trouble at it.

"This is very hard for me to say but after my time on Total Drama, in particular my cameo on the latest season, I've been transformed from a popularity queen to a pariah. My hold over the cronies and wannabes who I once called my friends is nonexistent while those who already hated me now do so with the benefit of convenient righteous. And those who have never seen me in-person view me as a true modern day devil. Even my own family, who were never the most attentive people, don't even acknowledge me."

"Heather, I'm so sorry to…" Cody began to say, his heart going out to her until…

"I WASN'T DONE YET! AND I DON'T NEED YOUR PITY YOU PATHEIC HOPELESS LITTLE RUNT OF A GEEK!" Heather shouted on an angry impulse.

Cody stopped speaking instantly and froze up from fear of Heather's sudden outburst. But it wasn't just the suddenness of it that had startled Cody so greatly. Even though Cody could tell from her face it was only somewhat shouting, it sounded like she was yelling at the top of her lungs. Actually, it might have been higher than the top of her lungs. Cody didn't notice that illogical thought; he was simply too startled and scared.

Seeing this, Heather's face for the second time today showed vulnerability and regret.

"But thank you for your concern. While it's hard for me to show it, it does mean a lot." Heather said softly, even sporting a slight smile for a microsecond before realizing it.

Despite only bearing being noticeable, Cody had noticed Heather's slightest of smiles. The Tech Geek couldn't help but show his gap-toothed smile when he discovered this.

Feeling good for the first time in a while, Cody said to the vulnerable looking Heather, "I'm sorry for interrupting you Heather. Please continue, I can tell that you need to vent."

Heather looked genuinely shocked at Cody, who couldn't help but grin as he saw the Queen Bee who was a master of strategy and manipulation look truly dumbfounded. Cody actually found it kind of cute, a word he never thought he'd use to describe her.

"Yo-you still want to talk to me after I shouted at you and insulted you? W-why?" Heather asked, despite her best efforts her voice cracked a little.

"I do. You were right earlier in that I've become even less social than I was before. Honestly, just hearing the voice of another, something that I haven't heard in a week, is such a simple and yet such a great reward in and of itself that you could be talking to me about inflected bunions on your aunt's feet and I'd still sit here and eat it up. Though I would prefer if you didn't talk about that." Cody said with a smile, finding a small piece of his former and optimistic self. This got another quick and slight smile out of Heather.

Cody wasn't entirely sure why seeing Heather smile so reluctantly made him feel like his old fun-loving self more then the times when he was out with friends. Maybe it was because of knowing what Heather was like and seeing her not only be sad but also made slightly happier by him gave Cody a sense of satisfaction that he never felt before? Or maybe it was because he could ignore his own problems when he was cheering someone else up and in the process cheer himself up? Whatever the reason, it felt very, very good!

And Cody still had more to say on this matter to Heather, who was now listening intently.

"Besides, even if that wasn't the case, just by accepting my offer and caring enough about my feelings to correct yourself when you shouted show that you deserve a chance. But more than that, you deserve a friend. And finally, though I can't get a date to save my own life, I can "read" girls in a way. Chalk that talent up to years of being 'the best guy friend' to every girl I've actually liked. I'm now an expert on girls having problems and needing a safety valve to blow off steam. While I can't say why, I can tell that you've got a lot of steam and really need a friend. I do have some friends and I still feel so alone. I can only imagine how lonely you feel after everything that's happened on Total Drama."

"You have no idea Cody. You really don't." Heather said, simply yet knowingly.

"Well then, we'll just have to fix that, won't we? Come on in and have a sit on my figurative couch. Dr. Cody, doctor of girl's emotional issues, will see you now. Please, tell the good doctor everything. Let's find the good buried under all of that old bad." Cody said feeling his mouth become a full smile and his previous optimism in full bloom.

"Dr. Cody? My God you're such a geeky little dweeb! But… th-thanks…nerdface…" Heather said, switching from confusion to something else while refusing for a moment to look at the image of Cody on her computer screen. She was fighting against a new smile.

This would prove to be the start of a friendship that no one could have seen coming. But come it did. Despite having personalities almost polar opposites, the two actually clicked. Though different in many ways, there was just barely enough overlap to make this work. The two of them would spend the majority of their time from that point onward on Skype with each other. It would be impossible to know in advance how their talks would ensue. Sometimes they would speak mostly about contestants they hated and made fun of them (Alejandro was a favorite target of theirs during these types of discussions). Other times Cody would reveal to Heather the full depths of his loneliness and though the actual advice given was pretty minimal, the Queen Bee still listened and took it seriously. And yet other times Heather would list off a seemingly endless series of issues and fears. Cody would always listen diligently, offering advice and an occasional well-timed quip.

While all of the types of discussions were worth it to Cody, it was the ones that focused on Heather's issues/fears that seemed to be most full and yet the most incomplete to him. Some of this was due to a few trends that he caught; the most constant one was Heather refusing to talk about what happened on Revenge of the Island or anything else recent. But there were also examples of behavior that Heather would sometimes display, like how there were times where when she was clearly angry or offended but it was held back. Almost as if Heather was going out of her way to not do something to truly offend Cody.

And that was something that Cody couldn't fully grasp. He was fine with it but it felt a little off to him. He could buy Heather craving friendship like he did but he still felt like there was more to it than just that…like she wasn't telling him everything of importance.

Cody soon would have these gut feelings validated in a sudden and earthshattering way. It was roughly two weeks after their first of many multi-hour conversations on Skype. In that time, the two had established a base that could hopefully support a true friendship. Whether it was indeed a true friendship or not was about to be put to the ultimate test.

Cody remembered like it was yesterday. The most likely reason for this was because…it was yesterday!

It had started out normal enough; the two were talking on Skype, this time about Heather. However, the Queen Bee for some reason unknown to Cody did not seem fully focused.

In the middle of a rant about some unpleasant experience from before the fourth season, Heather sighed and stopped as if she had been running on steam and now had run out.

She just stared into the screen for a few moments, unsure of what to do right now.

"I-I'm sorry Cody but I can't keep this up." Heather reluctantly admitted.

"Heather, what's wrong?" Cody asked with concern before he thought he discovered what the problem was (the key word being "thought").

"Did I do something? Did I talk too much? I bet I talked too much! Do I sound clingy? I'm sure I must so sound clingy and desperate to you. Or maybe its because I…" Cody began to say in an increasingly manic matter, afraid that he somehow offended the only person who he had significant interaction with in the longest time.

"Cody! Get a grip you manic little twerp! Its not because of you goddamnit!" Heather shouted. While trying to be patent with Cody (and more often succeeding than not), there were still moments when Heather's old and bossy self would wear its ugly head.

Her shouting, once again sounding much louder than looking at her face would indicate, did get Cody to stop his downward spiraling of doubt and self-criticism.

Even so, Heather inwardly cursed herself for losing her temper like that again. She knew that most people would have stopped talking to her a long time ago because of her temper (which though greatly lessened than during Total Drama Island was still more than most would tolerate). But as odd as it might sound to the average person not in the situation, Heather was almost thankful for Cody's very isolated and friend-craving demeanor. Heather always did her best to regulate her temper but Cody actively wanting her friendship took some of the stress off of her, she had more leeway with him than she would be able to have with others not in such a socially dry existence.

After breathing in deeply and trying to figure out how to structure her statements, Heather said, "Its because of me Cody, you've done nothing wrong or too disgustingly geeky. I'm not complimentary and likely never will be but my on-line conversations with you have been a major real bright spot in my life. Its just…just…"

The Queen Bee then stopped again for a few moments, struggling to convey her point. After a few more deep breaths, she attempted to finally say what was so difficult to say.

"Its just that this isn't enough, talking to you through a computer screen I mean. I've barely interacted with anybody in person since my cameo in that horrible episode of the latest season of Total Drama. Just seeing someone's image is not the same thing as seeing and talking to them in person. So I'm truly sorry to say Cody but I…" Heather says, her voice becoming more reluctant with every passing word until…

"What if I come see you then, in person?" Cody asked, interrupting what he was sure was some attempt by Heather to end their recent friendship despite not wanting to it seemed.

Heather merely stared at Cody for a solid ten to fifteen seconds with the wheels in her head turning to comprehend the simple statement that the Tech Geek had just made. Her truly shocked expression made it seem like Cody was saying he wanted to go into outer space instead of just paying her a visit. Cody knew Heather didn't live that far away.

"Y-you want to come and see me?" Heather said, her mind still splattering from this.

"Yes, I do. I already know you won't tell me why you feel so isolated. You haven't the times in the past when I've tried to pry it out of you. But maybe if I could see you and spoil this big secret, whatever it may be, it will allow you to move beyond it. What do you say Heather? Will you let your little friend Cody in on your big, bad secret?" Cody says, hoping to finally get Heather past whatever has been brothering her so badly.

Heather looked like Cody was pointing a flamethrower/grenade launcher combo at her. Again for reasons that the Tech Geek couldn't understand, the Queen Bee looked torn. Also out of Cody's understanding was why Heather was actually smiling a little bit.

He couldn't know it but the reason was because of the comments "little friend Cody" and "big, bad secret". But her smile barely lasted two seconds before the torn looks returned.

Cody waited for a solid minute before asking, "Well, Heather? What do you say?"

Heather sighed as if she were about to jump off of a hundred story building into the sea. She was about to make a leap of faith nearly as frightening if not slightly more so. For whatever reason, Heather was about to give in to Cody's request to discover the truth.

Maybe it was because Cody's commitment to her wellbeing convinced her that he might be able to take it? Or maybe it was because the slim possibility of him reacting well was simply too great a factor given her near total isolation from actual human contact?

Either way, Heather's resistance had been wore down to nothing by Cody's persistence.

Sighing the heaviest she has yet amid several heavy sighs from her, Heather says, "Ok Cody. You win. I give up. I will show why I've been so evasive while talking to you and what has been bothering me so much. But you won't find me at my house though. I'm currently somewhere else, but it's within reasonable driving distance from your home."

"Great! Where are you? I'll visit you tomorrow and show you that its not as big a deal as you think it is." Cody says, smiling fully at finally being help to help his unlikely friend.

"I'm doubtful of that, very doubtful. But I'll tell you where to find me. Go get a pen and paper. The directions are very specific and you must follow them to the letter Cody." Heather says.

After returning with a pad and pen, Cody jotted down Heather's complicated directions. True that Cody had to do this a few times because he kept messing up, to Heather's ire. However, eventually Cody was able to write down the confusion directions correctly.

Finally having that cleared up, Heather added, "Alright. If you leave your house at 9, you should be able to get here by 10. I hope to see you before that point though. I have to get off-line now; I need to get a few things ready here for tomorrow. If you follow my instructions, you should be able to find the place and to get to past the security here."

Heather paused and stared at Cody, her eyes were between thankful and doubtful. Cody was about to ask her if there was anything she had to say but she beat him to the punch.

"Two final things Cody. One, you can't, I repeat CAN'T tell anyone that your coming here! I can't say why secrecy is so important but you'll see for yourself, won't you?" Heather said, her voice now was devoid of doubt and dripped with iron strong certainty. Matching her voice, her eyes were the coldest grey glaciers imaginable to Cody.

But then, as if by global warming on steroids, the grey glaciers melted significantly. Now Heather's eyes were far more wet and vulnerable. Her voice when she said her final point was sincere in a way that Cody almost never heard from the former TD villain.

"And two…thanks Cody." Heather said, showing a smile but this time not hiding it.

With that, Heather got off line. Though Cody didn't like the idea of not having anything to do today now that Heather wouldn't be on-line, he smiled and breathed easy.

He knew he made the right decision and he felt even better than when he saw the happiness in Gwen's face when he got her to ride with Trent in the canoes during TDI. What was even better was that this time there was nothing bittersweet about this action. Well, unless of course one counted going to see Total Drama's first great villain as bitter.

And as his on-line chats with Heather showed, Cody did not feel that way anymore.

And there you have it, the start of my strangest story to date! I hope you liked it.

Those you who have read "Mad Mikey" have likely already noticed this but one of my many goals with this story and the other two that will be published at around the same time is much shorter chapters! While I do think that long chapters work best for "Mad Mikey", it will be nice to have stories that hopefully won't take nearly as long to write and update.

Just like the other two stories that will be publish around the time this one is, this story will not be my primary concern as a fan-fiction writer. That honor belongs to "Mad Mikey", which I highly encourage you to read even if you don't like most M stories. The reason is because that story was only made M with the last chapter. But please know that I am thinking about this story and the others as well. It's simply that I'll focus more on "Mad Mikey" first. So while updates will happen for this story, they will not be my main concern.

Also, if you like what you see, please give "Mad Mikey" and the story "Total Drama: What is Real?" by theGunmaster (which I'm a co-author on)a try! Both stories are awesome and deserving of your time…at least I think so. :)

Not much else to say here aside from next time Cody will discover the BIG reveal!

Until then, please read, review, alert, favor, and spread the word!