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"Welcome back to Total Drama Island." Our host, Chris McLean addressed the audience from where he stood on the dock.
"All right. It's time to meet our campers." He continued.
"We told them they'd all be staying at this five-star resort, so if they seem a little annoyed, that's probably why."

A sleek, White boat with golden accents came up to the dock. Dropping of the first camper.
A Latina girl with short brown hair. A cropped purple and white hoodie, blue-gray jean shorts and black leggings.
"Luz! What's up?" Chris greeted her.

"Oh my gosh. I'm really here. It's happening. This is real!" Luz seemed very excited to be here. Then she took another look at the "rustic" camp farther in the Island.
"Hey, wait a moment. They said we'd be staying at a 5 star resort! What gives?" The excitement fell away for frustration.

"Yeah, about that." Chris started sheepishly. "We lied. Surprise! Welcome to Camp Wawanakwa!"
Luz looked at him in dissapointment. She walked to the end of the dock with her luggage.
"I sign up for this to escape one camp, end up at another. Great." She muttered to herself.

Another boat just arrived, dropping off a giant of a boy.
Short black hair, with a tuft of yellow in the middle. A black shirt with a skull and crossbones on it. Black shorts and brown boots.
"Ivan! Welcome to Camp!" Chris greeted him and extended a fistbump.

"Hey Chris. Nice to be here." Ivan fistbumped him back. "Uhm, not to complain. But this place looked very different on the application form."
"He lied!" Luz called out.

Ivan looked down at Chris with furrowed brows.
Chris grinned awkwardly at the giant looming over him.
Ivan just stomped past the host and went to stand next to Luz.

Chris composed himself again. Right when the 3rd Contestant arrived.
He jumped of his boat and looked around with a manic grin on his face.
He had short orange hair styled upwards. A scruffy beard. Wearing a black tank top with a monstrous looking scorpion printed on it. A reddish-orange flannel shirt tied around his waist. Brown pants and black combat boots.

His green eyes darted around. The Blue paint around his left eye, shaped like a clawmark didn't help making this guy look any less crazy.
No, not crazy. Insane? Psycho? No. The perfect description for this guy, was.
Deranged.

"Wow. Would you look at THAT!" He shouted that last part.
The contestants and Chris looked warily at the new arrival. Chris suddenly wishing a certain Chef was around.
"Either I'm hallucinating, 5 star resort means something very different in Canada, or somebody lied." He continued in a dangerous tone.

He walked over to Chris. "You know. I don't like liars. Not a fan." He got very close to the hosts face.
"Well, I wouldn't really call this a lie..." Chris tried to talk but faltered under the boys threatening gaze.
"I-i, I would. Call this a surprise..?"

Luz leaned to Ivan. "He's dead." "Yup."

The redhead stared for a moment. Then he stepped back. Then. He laughed. And laughed. And laughed some more.
A Deranged cackle which made everyone uncomfortable.
He finally got his breath back. "Oh that's a good one. You're funny. You're a funny, funny guy!" The boy told Chris with an accusatory finger.

He slid next to Chris and held him in a one-armed hug.
"I love funny guys. Love them just as much as I hate liars. Which you're not. Right?"
"Yes! Yes! I'm funny! Just a jokester. Never told a lie in my life." Chris stammered out.

The boy let the host go and walked over to Luz and Ivan.
"Man can you believe that guy, hilarious." He said casually. The other shared a look. This guy was nuts.
"So, that was Dagur everyone." Chris said shakily to the camera.

Noone noticed in the time that Dagur, "introduced" himself. A new camper had arrived.
A short Indian girl. With dark Curly brown hair. Red rimmed glasses. An off white shirt with a green bow at the front, a green skirt and red rain boots.

"Our next camper is Connie!"
Connie gave a small, nervous wave. "Uh, hi."
"Yeah, Dagur kinda took up your introduction time. So why don't you just join the others for now?" Chris asked. Thankful not to have to deal with another person's reaction to the camp.
Connie quickly shuffled down the dock. Where she was greeted by Luz and Ivan. Dagur wasn't paying attention.

The next boat dropped of 2 passengers. The two of them looked very much like opposites.
The first was a chubbier blonde in a pink dress straight out of the 1920s, with matching hat and feather boa.
The other was a taller black girl with her dark curly hair loose. She wore a green shirt with the letters "NOLA" on it. Dark green capri pants, and brown boots.

The blonde was bouncing in place and looked absolutely giddy.
"Oooooooh! Tia! Tia! Tia! Are you seeing this?!" She asked her friend excitedly.
'Tia' gave her friend an amused look. "I'm seeing it Lottie. It's a summer camp. Just like the boat driver told us."

Chris sighed a sigh of relief. Good. They were being informed of the true location. Better for him. And his heart.
"Charlotte! Tiana! Ladies. Welcome to Camp." The host greeted the new arrivals.

Charlotte gasped. "Oh my lucky stars. It's Chris McLean! In the flesh! Tia didn't I tell you he'd be the bees knees?" She elbowed her friend.
Tiana raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, you did tell me. And then I looked him up."

"Did you now?" Chris asked as the girls approached.
"Yup." Tiana confirmed. "That's how I know the last time you were on TV you lost an ice skating competition to a guy who dropped his partner on her head."

Chris ignored the amused snickers coming from the other end of the dock.
"Oh Tia don't tease him like that. I'm sure he's a great host." Charlotte assured her friend. Words she'd regret soon enough.
"Thank you Charlotte. It's nice to be appreciated." Chris said as he shook her hand.

"What a lovely moment, and I hate to interrupt. Really I do. But I believe it's time for my introduction." A new voice interrupted.

Things got awfully quiet all of a sudden as the new arrival silently demanded everyone's attention.

"Does anyone else hear an ominous 'ting'?" Dagur asked. No answer came.

The new arrival stood on the dock. Hands behind her back.
Dressed in a dark red track suit with flame accents. She looked athletic. But intimidating.
Her black hair was tied in the back into a topknot. In the front, it was parted to frame her face.

Cold, calculating eyes looked over the other Contestants. Already deciding who was worth keeping around and who would be gone first.
Nobody said anything. Frozen in fear yet they didn't know why.

The girl raised an eyebrow. "Well, seems if you want to do something right. You gotta do it yourself."
"My name is Azula. And I will be the winner of this game. That's not hopeful wishing to be clear. It's a fact."
She walked past Chris and joined the others.
"But I'm sure we can become good friends in the meantime." She lied.

Azula joined the others in waiting, just in time for the next boat.
Again, 2 people stepped of this time.
A taller, white boy with black hair and blue eyes. Dressed in a blue jacket and blue jeans. Wonder what his favorite color is.
The other one was shorter and chubby. Another white boy with brownish-orange hair. Dressed in a red sweatervest over a yellow button up shirt and brown pants.

The blue one looked over the other Contestants as if he was looking for someone.
"Jim and Toby everyone!" Chris announced them.

The shorter of the two, Toby introduced the pair. "What's up everyone? It's great to be here!"
"Yeah, but it would be better if we actually were at a resort Tobes." Jim reminded his friend.
Toby scoffed at that, surprisingly. "5 star resort, crappy summer camp. What's the difference?"
"5 stars." Came the reply.

"Well boys, good to have you here." Chris said. And the 2 walked off just as another boat arrived.
A footstep and a metal clunk could be heard as the next Contestant arrived.

"Well then, I know the boat captain warned me not to expect much yet I'm still dissapointed." The new arrival snarked, earning some giggles from the others.
A scruffy mop of brown hair on his head, some stubble, dressed in a black leather jacket with some red accents, a red shirt, and green pants.
One leg ending in a brown boot. The other in a metal prosthetic.

"Camper number 10. For the life of me I can't remember your name. Care to remind me?" Chris asked, tauntingly.
The new guy gave the host an unimpressed look. As if he was used to this kind of thing.
If the snark didn't get the others to laugh, what came out of his mouth next certainly did.

"Hiccup. My name is Hiccup."
Some thought he made a joke, others just laughed. Azula looked caught off guard for a split second.
"Yeah, Yeah. Laugh it up." Hiccup said as Chris burst into laughter.
"Just so you know, my cousin is named Snotlout. So if you wanna laugh at something, laugh at that."

With that Chris fell over in laughter. Meanwhile most of the other Contestants what kind of parents came up with those names.
Dagur slid right next to Hiccup, and seemed he wanted to say something.
Hiccup just held out a finger and said "No. Not now." Which made the Deranged boy pout.

Luz looked surprised at the exchange. Something was up with those two. But then she got distracted.
She could've sworn she heard a soft, "mew" coming from one of Hiccups bags.
She didn't have time to think about that as the next arrival made themselves known.

Struggling with her luggage, a short, chubby girl with curly blonde hair with streaks of pink, blue and green in it made it of her boat.
Ivan came over to help her.
"Here, let me." He offered as he picked up her heavy suitcase.
The girl looked up at the giant and blushed. "Oh, t-thank you." She stammered.

She wore a moss green jacket over a light blue shirt with a white dove on it. Brown short, dark purple leggings and purple shoes. Her curly hair was held back by a pink bandana.

"H-hi. I'm Ivan." He said shyly.
The girl looked up at him with a blush on her face. "M-mylene." She introduced herself.

"Thanks for the help." She said as he lifted her suitcase.
Now it was Ivan's turn to blush. "No problem."
Luz and Charlotte let out a simultaneous "Aaaawwwwwww"

The next boat dropped of yet another pair of Contestants. Though looking at them it was clear they were siblings.
"Did you really have to bring your Boomerang?" The girl asked. "Yes, yes I did." Her brother answered before sheeting said Boomerang into its holster.

Both were inuit teens. The girl was taller, with her brown hair tied into a long braid. In the front, she had 2 hair loops.
A blue shirt held by a dark blue belt, a gray-blue undershirt, dark blue leggings and gray furry boots.
Her brother wore a dark blue leather jacket over a white shirt with blue accents. With blue jeans over brown boots. Across his chest was his holster for his Boomerang.

"Sokka, Katara. Glad you could make it." Chris greeted them.
"We probably would have been earlier if somebody didn't spend so much time in the bathroom." Sokka complained, not so subtly pointing to his sister.
"That was you!" Katara shot back. Sokka's face looking as if that was in fact, the truth.

"Excuse me, but you're in my way."
"Oh what, now I can't stand next to you?" Sokka asked his sister who complained.
Katara just looked puzzled. "That, wasn't me."
"Excuse me." "Katara" repeated from behind the pair.

A new girl, with mint green hair, her brown roots visible.
Wearing a long black shirt over dark red leggings. Black boots with a moon shaped buckle. And a crescent moon pendant on her neck.

"You're not Katara." Sokka said. To which Katara and the new girl just gave him a flat look.
"No, that. Would be Amity." Chris answered for them.
"Probably should have noticed in the audition tapes you sound exactly alike." The host continued. Then he shrugged. "Ah well. Move it along people."

The Siblings and Amity joined the other campers.
Katara ended up standing next to Azula. Who gave the girl the blue cold chills.
Amity stood next to Luz. "Hi." "Hey."

With the next boat, Chris looked surprised. Because he was certain no boats should be carrying 3 people.
An Italian boy in a blue shirt and shorts, with a magenta sweater around his neck stepped of. His hair slicked back into a pompadour and above his pouting lips, 2 sad excuses for a mustache.

He was followed by a boy in red and a boy in green, carrying a lot of heavy luggage by themselves.
Chris walked over. "Uhm, Ercole. What's happening?" Chris asked the new arrival.

Ercole looked as if Chris asked him what the big yellow thing in the sky was.
"Uh, I am grazing your sad little island with my presence. What else could it be?" He replied.

The other campers may be very different from each other with plenty to disagree on. But there was thing they all agreed on in that moment.
They hated this guy.

Chris frowned at him. "Eh, no. Who are those 2?" He asked and pointed to the 2 boys struggling with a heavy bag.
"Oh that's my entourage, Guido and Ciccio. Naturally they're gonna be help me with everything." Ercole answered as if it was a normal sentence.

"Yeah. No. That's not happening." Chris answered. "Fido, Chicken. Get back on that boat. You 2 are not staying here." He told the 2 boys who looked very relieved all of a sudden.
They dropped the bags were holding and jumped back on the boat. Urging to captain to get away as fast as possible.

Ercole could only stand there in disbelief as his sla- I mean. Entourage abandoned him.
They didn't even finish moving his luggage!
"You can't do this! What about my stuff?" Ercole cried out.

"Does he really need all that when he's not even staying the night?" Hiccup asked no one in particular.
His snark received a few more laughs. Except from Ercole. Who looked furious.

"Now listen here you beansta-" Ercole was cut off by the next arrival jumping onto the dock. Causing one of his bags teetering on the edge to fall into the water.
"Hey!"

"Astrid!" Chris announced the new arrival.
The blonde looked up. Her hair tied into a braid. Wearing a blue hoodie over a red shirt. A brown skirt over black leggings and brown boots.
Her blue eyes behind red framed glasses.

"Hey Chris. So where do I put my bags?" She asked and held up one of her duffel bags.
"Right at the end of the dock. Just ignore that boy with the whiskers. He's not important." Chris answered. Ercole looked even more offended.
"Didn't think he would be." Astrid replied.

Ercole wanted to voice his many complaints. But he was interrupted by loud arguing.
"That was my bag!" No it's not. I packed it!" "No you packed this bag. That ones mine." "I don't see your name on it." I don't see yours either."
The arguing continued as the next pair got of the boat.

Another pair of siblings, if their matching orange hair was any indication.
The boy wore a white baseball shirt with a red trim. And blue jeans. The girl wore a black shirt with blue sleeves. And gray pants.
"Zack, Ivy. Mixed up luggage?" Chris asked.

"No way. My sis here just can't remember what her bags look like." Zack replied.
Ivy gave him a look. "Just open it and I'll prove it's mine!"
"Alright fine! Here. It's, it's. Oh." Zack looked sheepish as he opened to bag to reveal a bunch of snacks they packed.
Ivy looked just as sheepish. "Guess it's both of ours."

The 2 awkwardly shuffled past the other Contestants.
Jim suddenly jumped to the front of the group as he saw who came out of the next boat.
A Latina girl with a blue streak in her hair, and way too many hairclips. A light purple shirt under a dark purple jacket. A blue skirt with gray leggings and black boots.

"Claire, welcome." The host greeted her.
Claire gave a small wave. "Hey, I am super excited to be here." She said with a smile.
Her smile dropped a bit. "Even with the location change." She added.

She joined the other campers. Jim looked like he wanted to talk to her, but chickened out.
Claire then noticed Toby.
"Hey, don't I know you?" She asked. Toby smiled. "Yeah, we go to the same school." He reminded her.

"Wow, what a coincidence we both signed up." Claire remarked. "I know, totally not planned." Toby said. Though it was clear this was in fact, very much planned.
Jim looked at the 2 of them talking, he was about to say something to get Claire to notice him.
But then the next camper arrived.

"Wow. I can't believe this!" The boy exclaimed as he took in the sights. Dressed simply in a black shirt, gray pants and red shoes.
His stylish brown hair bounced a bit as he looked around.
"You guys really outdid yourselves with this set! This looks exactly like a crappy summer camp!" He bended down and knocked on the dock.

"And this dock sounds so creaky and unstable. I almost think it's real!" He remarked.
"Thank you, Jamie. You're the first to appreciate the camp in all it's glory." Chris said.
Jamie walked up and shook Chris' hand. "Oh my gosh you're Chris McLean. I'm a big fan of your work."

Chris looked happy to hear that. "Really? Well thank you."
"Yeah. I mean, even with all those bad movies and horrible directing. I always admired your confidence!" Jamie explained.
Chris' smile dropped and he took his hand back. "Why don't you join the others now?"
Jamie seemed to catch on he hit a nerve. "Oh, sorry. Right. I'm going now."

The next camper jumped of his boat with a flourish. His yellow ruana, decorated with patterns of chameleons billowing as he landed.
Wearing a white undershirt, brown pants and sandals. He had curly brown hair and a mischievous smirk on his face.
"Everyone, our second to last camper. Camilo!" Chris announced.

Camilo kept his smirk as he looked around. "Not what I expected, but I can work with this."
"Well that's not ominous at all." Chris remarked as Camilo walked past.

The next boat was not the same as the sleek gold and white yachts that brought everyone else in.
It looked beaten down. The red paint chipped in places. The camper on the boat looked as furious as Ercole has been looking ever since he arrived.

"Alright. Here we are. Camp Wawanakwa!" The boat captain announced to his passenger.
The camper glared at the captain in annoyance. As he tried to get off, he tripped on a rope laying on the deck.
The other campers giggled a bit but most stopped as soon as they saw how angry this guy was.

His blonde hair, usually styled was out of place. A pair of sunglasses hung from his blue button up shirt. A lighter blue undershirt, blue jeans and black boots completed the agitated man's ensemble.

"So, Jesper. Had a good trip?" Chris asked tauntingly.
"Do I look like I had a good trip?" Jesper asked back, his voice dripping with contempt for the host, the camp, and everything really.
Jesper started ranting. "First my dad forces me on this show, then I get stuck on that crappy boat, with the most annoying captain I've ever met! And now I find out I'm staying at a crappy summer camp instead of a 5 star resort, which was the only reason I agreed to this in the first place!!!"

Jesper was breathing heavily by the time he was done.
"Wow. Sucks to be you I guess." Chris shrugged and went to ignore Jespers angry sputtering.

"Okay everybody! We need a promo shot for the network, so first things first." Chris started as he got on to the Jesper's boat, which for some reason, showed no signs of leaving.
"Everybody. Get Into a nice position for the camera, yeah right here on the right side."

The campers scrambled a bit but finally got into position.

Ivan was left in the middle with his arms crossed. On his left, Zack stood with Ivy leaning on her brother. Next to her, Charlotte pulled Tiana into a one armed hug, which her best friend gladly returned. Camilo posed next to Tiana, his arms posed as he was presenting something.
Next to him, Azula stood with her back to the group, her head turned to show a devious smile.

On Ivan's right stood Sokka, leaning onto Ivan. Katara stood next to him and leaned to the side. Next to her, Dagur held Hiccup in the right position to give him a noogie, luckily he didn't actually do that. Luz stood next to them, her hoodie pulled up revealing a pair of fake cat ears on top. She held her tongue out and winked.
Next to Luz, Ercole tried to recover from his anger and put on a smile. An unflattering smile but he didn't realize that. Jesper didn't even try to hide his frustration and stood there Scowling.

In front of Ivan, Mylene sat down with her legs crossed. Astrid sat on her left, her legs pulled up. Amity had her legs hanging of the side of the dock, fiddling with her necklace. Next to her, Jim and Toby say with their backs to each other.
On Mylene's right, Connie sat down with a book pulled close to her face. Jamie kneeled down on 1 knee and held his arms out in a showy fashion. Finally, Claire sat down and waving to the camera.

"Okay, looking good. Hold that pose." Chris instructed.
"My arms are getting tired." Camilo said through his smile. "Then why did you pose like that?" Ivy asked through her own gritted teeth. "Because it looks good."
"And got it!" Chris said, the picture taken.

Right then, exactly 1 mili-second after he said that, the dock creaked loudly and everyone's smiles fell just as fast as they fell into the water as the dock collapsed.

Chris took an extra picture of the campers struggling to stay afloat.
"Okay guys. Dry off and meet at the campfire pit in ten!" Chris told them.

-

The campers had dried off and sat around the campfire pit. There were only 11 seats so half had to stand up.
But Lottie and Tiana got around that by Lottie sitting on Tiana's lap. Ivan had tried to offer a seat to Mylene, but Ercole claimed it before the 2 could stop blushing.

Chris started his speech. "This... is camp Wawanakwa, your home for the next eight weeks."
"The campers sitting around you will be your cabinmates." Hiccup looked warily at Dagur.
"Your competition." Amity and Luz shared a look. Luz smiled. But Amity looked away.
"And maybe even your friends. Ya dig?" Katara looked over to Azula, the latter giving a fake smile.

"The camper who manages to stay on Total Drama Island the longest without getting voted off will win $100,000!" Chris finished.
"Any questions?" He added.

Connie raised her hand. "Uhm, what will our sleeping arrangements be?" The shy girl asked.
"And where will the more exceptional of us sleep to get away from the peasants?" Ercole asked with no hint of shame in his voice.

Everyone was taken aback by his ridiculous question. Chris rightfully ignored it and answered Connie's question instead.
"You will be assigned a cabin per team. Dudes get one side, girls on the other. And if anyone doesn't wanna sleep in the cabins, you can always set up in the bathrooms."
Ercole pouted as he was ignored again.

"Speaking of teams. Let's split you guys up!" Chris said.
"Azula. Dagur. Luz. Claire. Charlotte. Hiccup." Chris stopped to giggle for a moment. "Camilo. Zack. Katara. Amity. and Jesper. To the Right."
The 11 campers whose names were called gathered on the right. Lottie reluctantly parting from Tiana. "Oh, I'm gonna miss you."
"I'm just on the other team Lottie. Not the other side of the world." Tiana assured her.

"From now on, you will be known as, The Killer Bass." Chris told them and threw them a red flag with an icon of a angry looking fish.
"Ah yes, because Bass are known for their kill count." Hiccup snarked as he looked over the flag.

"The rest of you," Chris started. "Astrid. Jim. Sokka. Toby. Mylene. Connie. Tiana. Jamie. Ivy. Ivan and Ercole. You're, the Screaming Gophers."
Chris threw them a green flag with an icon of a rodent screaming.

"Great. They get Killer, we get Screaming." Astrid deadpanned. "Yeah, well, with that guy on our team, Screaming is accurate." Sokka said and pointed to Ercole.

"All right, campers." Chris continued. "You and your team will be on camera in all public areas during this competition."

[Confessional : Chris]
"You will also be able to share your innermost thoughts on tape with video diaries anytime you want. Let the audience at home know what you're really thinking. Or just get something off your chest."

-

[Confessional : Astrid]

"Okay. So far. Not bad. Could be better. Wish my team wasn't stuck with that entitled kid. Still, could be worse."

-

[Confessional : Jim]

"How doesn't Claire remember me? Am I that plain looking?"

-

[Confessional : Mylene]

"Okay. Super nervous about this. But I signed up for this show to boost my confidence. I know I can do this!"

-

Chris lead them to the cabins. Both of which looked quite decrepit.
"Wow, it really looks like those cabins are gonna fall apart at any moment. Props to your set designers." Jamie complimented Chris.
The other campers were a bit taken aback and wondering if he was actually serious.

"Gophers, you're in the east cabin. Bass in the west." Chris explained. "You got a half an hour to unpack and meet me back at the main lodge. Starting... Now!"
The 2 teams split up to each cabins, splitting further for both the girls and boys side.

The Bass girls looked around their cabin.
"Ooh. Bunkbeds! Nice." Luz said. "Who wants to bunk with me?" She asked her team.
"Well there's 8 beds and 6 of us so at least 2 people can sleep on their own." Katara commented.

"Oh I'll bunk with you Luz." Lottie took up the Geek's offer. "But I want the bottom bunk. It reminds me of the canopy I have over my bed at home."
Luz nodded. "Fine by me." And she climbed up on the top bunk. A cloud of dust coming up as she sat down.

After a bit of coughing, Azula opened a window.
"I would prefer a bunk for myself. If that's alright with everyone?" Azula asked in a tone that indicated she didn't care if people didn't care, she'd do it anyway.
"I would also request a bunk of my own." Amity asked.

Katara nodded, "Okay. Claire, do you want to bunk with me then?" She asked the punk girl. "Sure." Claire agreed.
Amity and Azula both picked the top bunk of the beds on the left side.

On the boys side, it was more chaotic.

All of the guys wanted a top bunk for themselves. Which could be possible. Except 1 guy had to take the bottom.
After a bit more arguing, Hiccup gave up. "Okay fine! I'll take a bottom bunk! You happy?" He said in exasperation.

"Works for me." "Whatever you want." "Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Hiccup just sighed and he moved his bags to one of the beds. Except he noticed on of his bags was partially opened.

Before he could investigate he felt someone's eyes on him.
He looked up to see Dagur smiling at him. "Hi bunkmate!"
Hiccup just sighed and ignored the Deranged guys staring.

The Gopher boys had a similar situation as the Bass girls.
"Okay. There's only one way to settle this." Sokka said. The boys except Ercole gathered around him.
Sokka held out 5 pencils. "Whoever draws the shortest has to sleep on Ercole's side." He explained.

Ercole looked offended. Or that was just his face. It was hard to tell.
The boys drew their pencils.
Jim and Toby highfived as their pencils were longest. Sokka and Ivan let out a sigh of relief while Jamie groaned in dissapointment.

"You should feel honored you're sleeping on the same side as me." Ercole said proudly.
Jamie just ignored him. As was the norm at this point.

The Gopher girls already settled on their beds.
Connie above Mylene, Ivy above Astrid with Tiana on her own.

Mylene took note of the book collection Connie brought with her.
"So, I take it you're a bookworm?" She asked the bespectacled girl.
Connie blushed before answering. "Kindoff..." She said shyly.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of, hun." Tiana assured her.
"Yeah, who doesn't love a good book?" Ivy asked.
Astrid rolled her eyes. "I know a pair of twins at my school. They don't read books. But somehow their grades are top of the class."

Tiana raised an eyebrow. "How does that work?" She asked.
"I don't know! And it's infuriating! Especially since they're almost always in detention because of all their pranks!" Astrid answered with frustration.

Before anyone could comment, an ear piercing shriek could be heard from the Bass Cabin.
"LOTTIE!" Tiana shouted, immediately recognizing that scream.

Everyone scrambled to see what happened.
Looking inside, they saw Charlotte on top a nightstand, still screaming and pointing at something.

"What is that!? Get it out! It's disgusting!" She screamed.
Azula rolled her eyes. "Oh please. It's just a cockroach." She said.
Sure enough, skittering across the floor was a cockroach who was much more frightened than Lottie.

"I don't care what it has between its legs! Get it out!" Lottie screamed. Her comment gaining some snickers.
Mylene moved down to the insect, planning to take it outside.
"IVE GOT IT!" Dagur suddenly exclaimed. Brandishing an axe above his head.

Mylene's eyes widened and she screamed.
"Dagur put the axe down!" Hiccup exclaimed as he tried to pull him back.
Ivan instantly stood defensively in front of Mylene.

After a few minutes of struggling with Dagur, calming Mylene down, and escorting the traumatized cockroach out, peace was mostly restored.

-

The campers gathered at the Main lodge, aka the Mess Hall.
The 2 teams sat at their respective tables.

Behind the counter, an intimidating black man with an apron and a chefs hat stood.
"Listen up! I serve it three times a day... and you will eat it three times a day! Grab your tray, get your food, and sit your butts down now!"

"Well he seems friendly." Toby commented to Jim, the 2 snickering.
"What was that?! Come closer, fat boy. I didn't hear you." The Chef demanded.
Toby went pale. "Me? No, no. I didn't say anything. I'm not even important!"

Chef narrowed his eyes. Giving Toby a smaller portion of, whatever it was that he was serving.
Jim looked down in disgust. But he didn't want to risk making Chef even angrier. So he bit his tongue.

Tiana was having none of this.
"Excuse me. But do you mind telling me what the heck this is even supposed to be?" She asked incredulously.
Chef raised his unibrow in surprise. That any of these maggots dared to talk to him like that.

"Are you questioning my cooking girlie?" He asked.
Tiana was unfettered. "I wouldn't call this cooking. I'd call it an insult to cooking if it wasn't so far from cooking in the first place."

The contestants looked on in awe. And fear. But mostly fear.

"You think you can do better?" He challenged her.
"I know I can." Tiana responded, and she walked into the kitchen.

Charlotte quickly followed behind. "What can I do Tia?" She asked her friend.
"Look for anything that's edible and can be used." She instructed.
Chef looked on. Not expecting Tiana to actually proof she could do better.

After a few minutes, Tiana and Charlotte found fresh bread, veggies, meat and cheeses. And also a panini press.
"Alright yall. We're having Paninis for lunch! Lottie will take your orders." Tiana said.

The contestants cheered and immediately threw away the brown slop Chef tried to serve them.
Jim popped his head into the kitchen. "Hey, do you need any help. I'm kind off a chef myself." He admitted.

Tiana nodded. "Of course, any help is appreciated." She then turned to Chef.
"So, you just gonna stand there or gonna make yourself useful?" She asked.

"Alright then. What do you need me to do?" He asked. Gaining sudden respect for Tiana's assertiveness.
"You can cut veggies right?" She asked and nodded her head to the vegetable ready to be chopped.

Soon enough, Tiana, Jim and Chef prepared an actual good lunch for the campers.
Lottie making sure everyone got their order.

Chris walked in and was pleasantly surprised with the smell coming from the kitchen.
"Looks like Chef Hatchet found a new apprentice. Or is that the other way around?" The host said to the camera.

Lottie walked up to Chris and took his order.
As the 3 cooks were finishing up, they didn't notice some pieces of meat being swiped by a small, furry creature.

-

The contestants enjoyed the lunch. And Tiana was already asking for suggestions for dinner.
Toby and Lottie offered to come help in the kitchen, but Tiana assured them her and Jim had it covered.

"Alright. Hope you guys enjoyed lunch, because your first challenge will begin. In 1 hour!" Chris announced.
"Now, if you'll excuse me. I have a few calls to make." The host said and walked out.

"Wow. Our first challenge. Wonder what it'll be." Ivy commented.
"It's our first challenge. How hard can it be?" Her brother said.

-

The campers were gathered at the top of a large cliff overlooking the lake.

Ivy glared at the brother for seemingly jinxing them.
Zack could only respond with 2 words.

"Oh shit."

Chapter Text

(Theme Song Starts)

The theme song starts playing as shots of lights and cameras popping out of multiple places in camp are shown.
A pair of hands close a clapperboard and Camp Wawanakwa is shown.
The camera flies through Camp, surprising Chris, sitting on a director's chair drinking a coffee.

[Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,]

The camera flies up to the top of the cliff, then dives down into the lake.

[You guys are on my mind.]

Sokka is shown swimming in the lake, his diving is interrupted as he narrowly avoided a harpoon being thrown at him.

[You asked me what I wanted to be]

Sokka surfaces and glares at Ercole in a rowboat. Looking very sheepish as he holds a harpoon behind him.
Sokka knocks over the boat and throws Ercole into the lake.

[and now I think the answer is plain to see, I wanna be famous.]

A hawk flies by and the camera follows it.
It lands in a clearing and cleans its feathers. From the bushes a black cat with a red bandana and missing a leg pounces.
The hawk flies of in fear as the cat chases it across camp.

The camera zooms out to see Hiccup resigning himself into being hugged by Dagur. Upon seeing the cat, Hiccups breaks free and chases after it. Dagur quickly following.

[I wanna live close to the sun,]

The camera cuts through the woods to a river running down a waterfall. Zack and Ivy are in a boat floating along, the two of them play-fighting with their oars each other. Neither of them noticing them going over a waterfall until it's too late.

[Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,]

Zack and Ivy are shown falling down the waterfall, unnoticed by Amity, carefully walking along an old log, Luz then swings in on a vine, a smile on her face until she notices Amity.

[Everything to prove, nothing in my way]

The two are sent flying through Camp as Luz knocks into Amity, they crash against the Confessional, causing Connie to fall out, dropping her book.

[I'll get there one day.]

The camera pans over to the Mess Hall, going inside, Tiana is lecturing Chef about kitchen hygiene.
Panning to the left, Jim is watching the tables. Where Toby and Claire are talking and laughing about something.
At another table, Astrid is eating some cereal, suddenly, the same black cat from earlier jumps on her food and gets it all over Astrid.

[Cause, I wanna be famous!]

Back outside the Mess Hall, Hiccup and Dagur are looking around for something.
The door of the mess hall slams open and the cat makes a run for it as Astrid chases it, quickly followed by Hiccup and Dagur.

[Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!]

As the camera pans along the beach, following the cat chasers, we see Jesper relaxing in a beach chair, raising his sunglasses to look what's going on.

Then the camera cuts to a seagull with a plastic ring around its neck, floating in the water.
Katara picks up the seagull and removes the ring, letting it fly away.
She doesn't notice a sharkfin swimming at her but Azula does. Just as the shark pops out, Azula growls at it. Scaring the Shark away. Katara not noticing anything.

[I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous]

A hand is shown pulling the camera towards the docks.
Camilo smiles at the camera before taking a few steps back.
He starts doing some poses before Jamie cuts in and tries to take the spotlight for his acting.
The two continue struggling for attention they don't notice Charlotte stepping in front of the camera and waving.

[Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!]

The Camera flies upwards towards the sun and transitions into the moon.

[I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous]

The camera flies back down and Ivan and Mylene are seen in front of the campfire, looking and blushing at each other.
The cat jumps between them and quickly jumps away again as Hiccup, Dagur and Astrid all stumble over each other trying to catch the cat.

The camera zooms out to show the trio on the ground, and the other campers sitting around the campfire.
Zack, Ivy, Sokka, Katara, Azula, Ercole, Luz, Amity and Camilo on the left.
Connie, Jamie, Jesper, Tiana, Charlotte, Jim, Toby and Claire on the right.
The camera zooms out further to reveal a wooden sign with the shows name on it. The cat perched atop it.

(Theme Song ends)

The 22 campers all stood at the top of the cliff overlooking the lake.
Wearing their swimsuits, they all looked pretty nervous.
Except Azula, who seemed bored, Dagur, who seemed eager to jump, and Jesper, who was laying down with his eyes closed.

Chris started to explain the challenge. " Okay, today's challenge is three-fold. Your first task is to jump off this one-thousand-foot high cliff, into the lake." He said. Confirming the contestants fear of having to jump.

"Dagur was right. Chris is a jokester." Hiccup snarked. Hoping that this, was in fact a joke.
Chris showed no signs of joking. Even with that ever present grin.

"If you look down, you will see two target areas." Chris continued explaining.
"The wider part area represents the part of the lake that we have stocked with psychotic, man-eating sharks. Inside that area is a safe zone. That's your target area. Which, we're pretty sure, is shark free."

"Pretty sure?!" Mylene repeated fearfully.
Katara glared at her brother. "What kind of show did you sign us up for?!"

"For each member of your team that jumps and actually...survives, there will be a crate of supplies waiting below. Inside each crate are supplies that you'll need for the second part of the challenge."

"Let me guess. Surfing down a Volcano? Breaking in to area 51? Outrun an avalanche? What else do you have planned you madman?!" Hiccup asked sarcastically. Though all those options started to seem like something the host would make them do.

Chris thought it over. "Hmmm, good ideas. But that's not it."
"What you are gonna do is, build a hot tub. The team with the best one gets to have a wicked hot tub party tonight. The losers will be sending someone home."

"Let's see. Gophers! You're up first."

Astrid was the bravest of her team and looked over the edge.
"Okay. Who wants to go first?" She asked her team.

Mylene's legs gave away and she fell down.
"Mylene! Are you okay?" Ivan asked worriedly.
"I-i can't do this. I'm terrified." The girl admitted.

"It's okay. You can sit this one out. Right guys?" Ivan asked.
The rest of the team agreed. Sure they were just as terrified. But at least their legs didn't give up in fear.
Well, almost everyone agreed.

"Please. If she can't even help in the first challenge what use will she be?" Ercole scoffed.
"Well if you think you're so great and important. You can jump first." Astrid challenged him.

Ercole paled. "Well, it's like you said. I'm too great and important. I can't risk jumping."
The team just stared at him. "Wow." Sokka said. "Just. Wow."

Chris walked over to the Gophers. "It seems we already have a few chickens here."
He pulled out 2 chicken hats and set them atop Ercole and Mylene's heads. "And chickens, have to wear these."

"I like chickens." Mylene muttered to herself.
Ercole tore his hat off. "There is no way I'm wearing that." He said indignantly.
Chris shrugged. "Sure, but that means you have to jump."

Ercole weighed his options. Chicken hat, or certain death.
Certain death has its obvious cons. But the Chicken hat is so humiliating. The thought of getting eliminated never crossed his mind. He was way too great and important after all.

"Well, I see a 2 chickens. And no jumpers. Gophers. Hurry up." Chris urged them on.
Sokka sighed. "Fine. I'll do it."

He walked over to the edge. The rest of the team watching in anticipation.
"Katara! If I die! Make sure Yue gets my Boomerang!" And with that, he jumped.
"Sokka!" Katara called out, and ran to the edge. Watching her brother fall.

Katara barely managed to see her brother splash into the water. Right into the safe zone!
"Whoo! I'm alive!" Sokka cheered. Katara let out a sigh of relief, then she stood up angrily. "If you ever pull a stunt like that again I'll kill you!" She yelled down.
"Love ya too sis!" Sokka called out as he swam to the boat.

Jamie walked up to Chris. "Wow, I didn't even notice the swap with the stunt double." He complimented the host.
Chris raised an eyebrow. "Uh, that wasn't a stunt double." He said.
Jamie's eyes went wide. "But, reality TV is fake. Everyone knows that. You can't expect us to actually jump of a cliff right?" He asked with panic rising in his voice.
"Oh it's real. And yes, yes I do." Chris said. "Who's next?"
Astrid walked up. "Let's get this over with."

She jumped down and the camera followed her as she fell. Trying not to, she still ended up screaming.

Jamie was shown next. "Everything I know is a lie!" He screamed.

"Cannonball!" Ivy yelled as she fell next.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!!" Jim fell next with flailing arms.

"I'm coming Jimbo!" Toby screamed as he was next.

"And that's 6 points for the Gophers. And 2 Chickens. Are the other 3 gonna jump?" Chris asked the remaining Gophers.
Ivan was still comforting a shaken Mylene. Connie and Tiana were looking over the edge.
"Everyone has hit the safe zone so far. It can't be that hard." Connie said.
"I guess not." Tiana said unconvinced.

"Are you gonna be okay?" Ivan asked Mylene as he helped her get up.
Mylene nodded. "I'll be fine. I'll just, walk back down. I'll see you at the beach." She told him.
"Okay. I'm gonna jump. Wish me luck." He said, and started walking to the edge.

He looked down at the safe zone below. "Wow. Did the cliff grow or were we always this high up?" The Gentle Giant asked the girls.
"No. That's one-thousand-foot alright." Connie confirmed.
Chris spoke up, "Gophers. If I don't see some jumping soon you're getting hats. So what's it gonna be?" The host asked.

Tiana took Ivan and Connie's hands. "Let's jump together."
"That works." Connie said. Ivan nodded.
The three of them jumped down, screaming all the way.

[Confessional : Connie]

"I can't believe I just jumped of a cliff!.....My mom's gonna kill me."

-

"And that's 9 points for the Gophers." Chris announced. "Bass. Your turn. If you beat the Gophers score you get some carts to pull your crates with."

"You heard the man. Everyone is jumping. No excuses." Azula instructed.
Katara raised an eyebrow. "Who died and made you team leader?" She asked.
"Noone. Yet. But I don't see anyone else stepping up." Azula answered.

"You can't just boss people around like that." Katara told her.
"Well I fail to see why anyone on this team wouldn't jump unless they're scared." She answered. She looked at her team with a warning glare.
"And I assure you if you don't jump I will be much scarier then the sharks." The Chessmaster warned.

Hiccup raised his hands. "Yeah, love the threats but I actually have a good reason not to jump."
"Do tell." Azula said. Hiccup merely held his leg up. His prosthetic leg. "This good enough for you?"
Azula's expression remained unchanged. "Very well. You're excused."
"Thank you, oh glorious leader." Hiccup said with a sarcastic bow.

Hiccup walked up to Chris. "One chicken hat please." The host handed it over with a smirk.
"Anybody else got a problem with jumping?" Azula asked again.
Nobody answered. But the attention was drawn to Jesper who was still lying down.

Jesper noticed the looks. "What? I'm not doing it."
"You're not gonna stick around for long with that attitude." Amity informed him.
"I know. That's the idea." The slacker responded.
Luz looked at him confused. "Wait, you want to be voted out?"
Jesper nodded. "The sooner I'm out of here the better."

"Well unfortunately that kind of behavior is unacceptable on my team." Azula told him.
A few seconds later Jesper was flung over the cliff with a scream.
"Anybody else need some motivation?" Azula asked her now terrified team.

Dagur took of with a running start. "Cowabunga!"

Luz and Zack clung to each other as they fell. "I regret nothing!" "I regret everything!"

Amity held her necklace close as she fell silently. Struggling not to scream.

Charlotte attempted to do a graceful swandive but ended up flailing her limbs around clumsily as she screamed.

"Don't try this at home kids!" Camilo yelled to the camera as he fell.

Katara actually succeeded in a swandive.

Claire let out a stream of curses in Spanish as she fell.

Finally Azula silently fell across the screen with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.

"And the Bass win the first half of the challenge!" Chris announced.
The winners cheered as the Gophers groaned in dissapointment.

The wet Gophers met up with their chicken-gopher hybrid teammates.
Ercole scowled at Mylene. "If you had jumped we would have won! Way to go coward!"
Mylene cowered under his insults. But Astrid quickly jumped in.

"Excuse me?! Are you actually stupid?! Delusional? I know you didn't hit your head because, in case you somehow forgot, you didn't jump either!" Astrid ranted at the Egomaniac.
Ercole gave her a blank look. "Scuzi?"
Ivan and Sokka had to hold Astrid back from hitting him.

Ercole turned his back to them. "Well, I can clearly see this team doesn't deserve to be graced by my presence. I'm heading back to the cabins and you better do a good job with that hot tub!"
With that, Ercole started walking away from the group.

"Well good riddance." Ivy said. And she began pushing a crate. "Come on guys. Now that he's gone we might actually stand a chance."
Astrid still stood there flabbergasted at Ercole's audacity. "Yeah. Yeah Ivy's right." She recovered. "Let's get going. The Bass are already ahead."

"Ivan. Do you think you can carry 2 crates?" Astrid asked the Gentle Giant.
"Sure, no problem." He said and put 2 crates on top of each other.
"Great. Okay. Tiana, you're with me. Sokka help Ivy, Jim and Toby, and Connie, Mylene and Jamie can get the last one." Astrid instructed.

Jamie saluted her. "Yes ma'am!" And he joined the girls with their crate.
"Probably a good idea to put the 3 physically weakest on 1 crate." Connie commented. Mylene looked down. "Yeah. Smart." She said with barely a hint of emotion.

[Confessional : Mylene]

"I feel so useless. It's only been the first challenge but I already let my team down. I gotta do everything I can to make up for it!"

-

The Bass arrived at the cabins.
"There. Now let's get started." Azula said.
Before the team could start opening their crates, Chris arrived on a Quad Bike. "Not so fast. Did I mention you have to open the crates with your teeth?"

"No you conveniently left that out." Hiccup responded.
Chris shrugged. "Ah well. Now you know." He said before driving off.
"He just has to make it difficult for us. How are we supposed to open these with our teeth?" Amity asked in annoyance.

Luz shrugged. "I guess we start doing our best Beaver impressions."
"Or," Hiccup offered, "Let the crazy redhead do the work."
Dagur grinned maniacally before attacking the crates.

"That. Works." Katara said.
"Considering how he attacked his lunch I'm not surprised." Charlotte noted.
"Hey. Where'd Jesper go?" Zack asked as he looked around.
Azula waved it off. "Forget him. He's not gonna be usefull anyway."

At that point, Ercole arrived.
"Where's your team?" Camilo asked him.
"Those losers are pushing the crates." He answered.

"Shouldn't you try to help them?" Amity asked.
Ercole scoffed. "Ha! Pushing crates. Something like that is beneath someone like me." He said before walking into his cabin and shutting the door.

[Confessional : Luz]

"Pretty sure I know who's gonna get voted out first. Guess it depends who has the better Hot Tub to find out if it's Jesper or Ercole."

-

The Bass were making good progress with their Hot Tub when the Gophers arrived.
"Alright guys Hurry! Ivan! Get those crates open." Astrid instructed.
Ivan nodded and slammed his arms down on a crate, falling apart after a second.

"Hey, they're not opening them with their teeth!" Zack protested. Camilo sushed him. "Don't tell them. If we're lucky they might get a penalty for it."

"I've found the instructions!" Connie shouted.
"I've got tools!" Toby announced.
"And I've got experience with stuff like this." Ivy told Astrid. Who looked much more confident in her team.
"Alright. Let's do this!"

-

Near nightfall, Chris stood in front of the teams and their finished Hot Tubs.
"Alright. It's time to judge your creations. And find out who's the winner of the first challenge of Total. Drama. Island!"

"Is he gonna do that everytime?" Jim whispered to Toby.
"Gophers! Show me what you got." Chris told them.

Astrid pulled the sheet off to reveal....a very good looking hot tub. If a bit plain. "Ta-Dah!"
Chris inspected it. "Mmmh. Waters warm. Looks sturdy. Good job. But, did the Bass do better? Let's find out!"

Camilo pulled the sheet off with a flourish.
The hot tub looked exactly the same as the Gophers.....except for the pink fish swimming around the tub painted in pink...lipstick?
Charlotte just finished applying the same shade to her lips and smirked.

"And the winner of the first challenge. Is the Bass! Winning by their creativity!" Chris announced.
The Bass cheered and hugged Charlotte. "Way to go Lottie!" "I never doubted you!" "Yes you did" "shush"

"Gophers. Sucks to be you. I'll see you at the campfire." Chris told the defeated team before walking off.

"Oh come on!" Astrid groaned. "We lost to Lipstick?!"
"If he had got here sooner we would have time to decorate ours." Sokka said.
"I, did bring some paints." Mylene said meekly.

"Guys. It doesn't matter now." Tiana told her team. "We lost. And I think we all know who we're voting off."
Mylene looked down in shame.
"Wait. Where is Ercole anyway?" Toby asked. Just now noticing he's been gone since the cliff diving.

The door to the cabin opened and Ercole stepped out with a yawn.
"Ah. There you are. Did we win already?" He asked.

"No. We lost." Ivy informed him.
Ercole sneered. "Hm. Well obviously. If you woke me up I could have instructed you to do better."
Astrid looked like she was imagining all the ways she could kill someone as he talked.
"No matter. We'll just vote off the Chicken and you'll have to try better next time." Ercole said.

Mylene gasped. Before anyone could respond. Ercole spoke again. "Now, I'm hungry. Tatiana! Make something tasty tonight hm?"
"It's Tiana." She corrected him.
"Who cares, now hurry up. Chop, chop." Ercole demanded.

The rest of the Gophers just glared at him and walked away. He wasn't worth the effort.

-

The Gophers were gathered at the campfire pit. The fire was lit and Chris stood at a podium in front of them.

"Screaming Gophers, at camp, marshmallows represent a tasty treat that you enjoy roasting by the fire. At this camp, marshmallows represent life. You've all cast your votes and made your decision. There are only ten marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately return to the Dock of Shame, to catch the Boat of Losers. That means you're out of the contest, and you can't come back... ever."

Chris ended his spiel. "The first Marshamallow goes to, Astrid."

"Ivy."

"Jim."

"Sokka."

Connie."

"Ivan."

"Tiana."

"Jamie."

"And Toby."

Mylene and Ercole were left. The Egomaniac looked smug but the Shy girl looked terrified.

"And the final marshmallow goes to, to absolutely no one's surprise. Mylene." Chris tossed the marshmallow to the girl.
Mylene looked very relieved.
Ercole looked on in shock.

"WHAT?!" Ercole screamed.
"Chef!" Chris called out. And before Ercole could go on a rant of how undeserving he is of being voted out and how there must be a mistake, Chef Hatchet put a bag over his head and lifted the squirming boy up.

"Yeah. Really wasn't looking forward to hear him talk even more." Chris admitted to the surprised Gophers.
Chef carried Ercole to the Boat of Losers. Unceremoniously dropping him.
"Captain Mogens. He's your problem now." Chris called out to the boats captain.

It was the same captain that brought Jesper to the island in the same boat. "Aw, and I hoped to see the blonde kid again. Ah well. Let's go kid."
Ercole struggled out of his bag and yelled. "YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME! I'LL BE BACK!"

"No you won't!" Chris called out.
He turned to the camera.
"And this has been, the first episode of Total. Drama. Island!"

[Confessional : Camilo]

"Thank God he's gone." The Trickster said. "If he stuck around longer I might have to copy him."
"And I'm far too humble to think of myself as so important and special." He said in a perfect Imitation of Ercole's voice.
"No, I have other plans." He said in a scarily perfect Azula impression.