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"2 years since the Total Drama Reboot originally aired, and the 16 contestants are back!" Chris Mclean grinned, throwing his arms above his head. "We played on more nostalgia, and are bringing our new cast on a trip around the globe, you could say a world tour!"
intro music starts
"Returning on this years show, Axel"
She trudges out of the coach, head held high but pointedly not smiling.
"Bowie"
He winks at the camera, then going and standing beside Axel.
"Caleb"
Caleb smiles at Bowie and Axel, before letting his expression droop when neither teen returned the gesture.
"Chase"
The youtube star gives the camera thumbs up and blows a kiss into the coach. Presumably towards Emma.
"Emma"
The aforementioned Emma storms out, pushing Chase over. Except this plan fails, as she trips on his arm walking off the stairs.
"Damian"
Damian waves at the camera, before leaping over Emma and Chase, who had already managed to get into a fist fight.
"Julia"
The blonde girl had a new haircut, it was much shorter. It suited her, but her uncomfortable expression did not go unnoticed by Bowie, who was snickering. She gave him a death glare.
"Millie"
The journalist smiled, clutching her backpack tightly and running to stand next to Damian, who high- fived her.
"MK"
They immediately let out a burst of laughter, running over to Julia to make fun of her. Julia rolled her eyes.
"Nichelle"
She shook her beaded braids out, smirking at the other contestants.
"Priya"
The season one winner smiled bashfully. She hugged Millie the moment she could.
"Raj and Wayne"
The hockey players jumped off the coach the moment they could, unfortunately landing on the fighting ex's on the floor.
"Ripper"
The self- proclaimed 'alfalfa male' growled, until he saw Axel. He ran over and tried to hug her, which ended in him getting kicked in the crotch.
"Scary Girl"
Lauren skipped over to the other contestants, walking around them, taking in their every change since last year.
"And last but not least, Zee!"
Zee grinned stupidly, taking a sip of his soda, then spilling said soda onto the 4 slightly beat up contestants below.
Priya looks around, she knew they couldn't be the only ones there, it was all in her training. "Chris, shouldn't there be more? It makes sense as last ti-"
Chris shot her a look, he frowned and grumbled' "I was getting to that." He composed himself then continued, "As I was saying, I have decided to keep the tradition going, and add two new contestants to the mix! Please give a warm welcome to Iva"
The girl walks out, looking happy yet a little tired. She has short green hair, and mostly red clothes. Clearly a theme going on. She reaches down to the 5 dazed contestants on the floor, and helped everyone up, except Chase, who she dropped the moment he grabbed her hand
"Fuck no, I watched season one and two. We all know what you did to Emma" She had a British accent, something no one was expecting.
"Woah dude, cool accent.." Zee slurred, still with a grin on his face.
"And Jason..!" Chris said, with less enthusiasm as before.
A skinny white boy walked out, wearing a Metallica t- shirt and dirty jorts. His greasy black hair was almost past his shoulders, but was messily cut just before it reached that point.
"Heh.. I see all the females I had expected to be here are here... nice" His accent was decidedly not British, instead it was very American, including a slight lisp.
"Yeesh, hes gonna end up like Ezekial" Chris shuddered, remembering the teen- turned feral from almost a decade ago.
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The cast was shown around a rickety plane, not as bad as last times place due to the network refusing to pass it again. Instead, this plane had slightly more stable walls and a dirty carpet for loser class, yet in first class it was a whole other story. Chairs that turned into beds, tables, a lounge area and bar (with non alcoholic drinks, of course). This was even more motivating than last seasons reward, the gasps and overall shocked noises of the cast when they walked in almost drowned out Chris's next words.
"ahem.." The annoyed host started. "We will be preparing for takeoff to England in a few minutes. Get ready in loser class. Oh, and dont think I forgot about the singing aspect. You will be singing, rules of disqualification still apply!"
"Im not gonna be singing, thats totally gay" Jason crossed his arms. Bowie looked pointedly at him.
"Jason, I get your new here but its not hard to deduce that most of us here are queer in some way.." He glanced at MK and Julia, the blonde scowling at him, while MK smirked up at Julia.
"Wait- no I didn't mean it like that I'm not.. whats the word.. racist to gay people, I support you guys! Its just.. I like girls.." His words trail off.
Bowie bursts into laughter, while Ripper puts a hand on Jason's shoulder.
"Don't worry dude, I was there once too, I understand that you're not homophobic" He nods solemnly, not understanding why Bowie is laughing.
ding ding!
The first music bell rings. Music starts, unreasonably soft at first, but gets louder when Priya starts.
"I like pleasure spiked with pain" Caleb duets with his girlfriend
"and music is my aeroplane" Millie continues.
"It's my aeroplane" Damian and Nichelle duet,
"Songbird sweet and sour MK" Julia sings, looking towards her implied crush.
"and music is my aeroplane" Mk sings, off tune
"It's my aeroplane" Iva and Emma accidentally sing at the same time, the British and Canadian accents clashing slightly.
"That motherfuckers always spiked with pain" Bowie looks at Chris as he sings, knowing it would be bleeped.
"Looking in my own eyes" Chase try's (and fails) to sing as masculine as he can.
"Hey lord" Ripper and Jason shout, Jason is all too familiar with songs like this.
"I cant find the love I want" Axel's scratchy voice doesnt register in her boyfriend's ears.
"Someone better slap me!" Lauren giggles, dangling from a loose pipe in the ceiling.
"Before I start to rust!" Zee finishes, flopping back on a wooden bench.
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The rest of the flight was mostly uneventful, a 7 hour flight from Canada to the UK. Most were asleep, (in scary girl's case) watching the sleeping contestants reuniting with old friends .
At the 6 hour mark, Jason woke up to a patch of turbulence. He looked around to see Lauren's face inches from his own.
"WHAT THE FUCK" He screamed, falling onto the floor.
The noise woke the others up, causing Chase to also drop off the bench and onto the floor.
Lauren giggled, clapping her hands as she snaked back into the vents around the plane.
Needless to say, Jason's first impression was not the greatest. People were actively avoiding him or talking about him. It's ok, he was more or less used to it. He never had many friends at school, due to his fascination with world war one army tactics. And the fact he never wore deodorant.
Now that everyone was awake, they started talking to one another, having small groups that they would sit in. The only ones alone at this time were Emma, Iva and Axel.
Iva was new, clearly. She needed friendships in the game to keep going. While never being a theorist of the show, Iva knew strategy. Axel was a good player, but had bad social game. Emma was ok at the game, and had ok social game. She knows people at least. Iva resigned herself to approaching Emma. Being around new people was hard for Iva, but if she wanted that money, something was going to be done.
"Hey, Emma right?" She knew her name, but it felt more natural this way. "Mind if I sit here?"
Emma looked up, swinging her legs a little. "Huh? Oh, yeah sure, go ahead" She moved up a little, as to make more room on an already empty stretch of bench.
Iva sits next to her, and they both go silent. Awkward.
"Uhh.. i like your clothes.." Emma says, not looking at Iva directly.
"Oh thanks! The network wanted to portray me in a similar way they did with Gwen from the original cast, so they gave me some things I wouldn't usually wear. I still have a kind of strawberry theme going on, but I never wear fishnet gloves, they're gonna be super uncomfortable the entire time."
"Yeah.. Hey I recognise that album on your shirt.. It's by Chloe Moriondo, right?" Emma points to the Blood Bunny album cover art on Iva's tank top.
"Yeah! Its my favourite album of all time. The songs are so good I cant let go of them. I managed to convince the costume person to let me wear it, just incase I met another fan, it worked in the end. What kind of music do you like?
Emma grinned widely, she loved talking about music. It got her mood up like nothing else. "My favourite song is 4EVER by Clairo, its such a masterpiece and gets so overlooked. Bags is nothing compared to it"
Iva and Emma end up talking the rest of the journey, silly banter about music and how they hate misogynistic music ("Apart from DONTTRUSTME by 3OH!3, that shit slaps" Iva explains)
confessional: Iva
"Im glad me and Emma have a similar taste in music, I think I would have killed myself if there was no one with the same opinions as me" She props her head up with her hand, looking around the cramped bathroom stall
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They had finally landed in Manchester, England. Iva recognised the airport they landed in immediately.
"Chris are we in Manchester?" She pressed her face against the tiny plane window, trying to get a better look at the familiar place.
"Well done Iva, we are indeed!" Chris leads the contestants onto a bus to their next destination. "For today's challenge you will have 5 items to collect. You will have a starting point, in Afflecks Palace, and you must make your way to the 5 places marked on these maps. Here are some clues to where each item will be hidden ."
Iva was in her element, this was her challenge. She knew her way around town, she knew how the tram systems worked. She was set.
The cast filed into Afflecks, standing in a line the film crew helped them into.
"Ready, Set, Go!" Chris shouted.
All 18 teenagers ran, running for places the clues gave them. There were a few groups they split into, Raj, Wayne and Bowie made up a notably good team.
"Iva! Wanna come with me?" Emma beckoned her over. Iva kind of wanted to do it on her own, but this worked.
"The clue says 'I stand out in a place with a punk'd image' well this has gotta be the easiest one, theres a shop in here called punk'd image. Follow me" The girls run up the stairs, searching for something that doesn't fit in. Easy enough, a gold statue of Chris.
"Hey! You followed us!" Iva whipped around, seeing Emma shouting at MK and Julia, who were smirking, each holding a Chris statue of their own.
"Never said we couldn't" MK's raspy voice taunted the green haired girl, who frowned and crossed her arms.
"Fuckin' fine. If thats how your gonna be, may as well tag along with us"
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Priya was, for once, at a loss. Her training had never prepared her for looking around Manchester City Centre.
"Priya, babe, it's ok if you don't know where to go, non of us do either" Caleb puts a reassuring hand on the small girls shoulder.
"I know, but i'm meant to know everything on this show, it's the only thing I know. Im not good at, say, being a teenager. I've never disappointed my parents on purpose and I'm absolutely not about too.." Caleb looks over at Millie.
Millie shrugs, she thinks she's the worst person to ask that. She had spent most of her teenage years hating herself and others around her. While she had many, many, notebooks on things other teens had done around her, all of the incidents are making fun of them. Analysing their moves, considering why. It had only been 2 years ago when she'd realised that there was probably no 'why' to people doing stupid stuff. They just did stupid stuff.
The trio fumbled through the narrow hallways and looking at all the shop names in the place, until they found the one they needed. There was only 3 Chris statues left by the time they'd got there, meaning that everyone else was ahead. Way ahead.
Priya smiled miserably at her best friend and boyfriend. "Let's just.. go. The map says place 2 is a place called the Arndale. Doesnt look too far.."
They trudged alongside each other, until they reached the shopping centre. It was huge. The clue read "in a place filled with gold covered sugar, lies a gold covered me"
"What the heck is that supposed to mean" Millie had never swore around Priya, or anyone for that matter.
"Well, it's probably a candy store, find somewhere that looks fancy and smells good I guess" Caleb was trying to sound optimistic, in hopes of keeping his girlfriend from completely giving up.
The team found somewhere that matched Caleb's description pretty quick, mainly thanks to loud snickering from Ripper and Jason, who seem to be eating everything in sight. This makes it easy to find the Chris statues.. Only 3 left once again.
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Iva, Emma, MK and Julia were the first to arrive, as expected. They stood on the green mat Chris had instructed them too. MK and Iva were still bickering over the legitimacy of MK and Julia's win, whereas Julia and Emma were exchanging slightly backhanded compliments. Not a friendly vibe.
"HEY CHRIS! WE MADE IT!" Raj shouted, running, holding Bowie's hand.
"We made it pretty fast, eh?" Wayne ran behind them, going to stand next to the rest, when Chris holds out a fist, punching Wayne in the chest slightly.
"Easy tiger, theres 3 teams, remember? You can start the second team" Chris grinned malevolently, pointing to the pink mat he had laid out, next to the green one.
"But.. me and Rajie have to be on the same team" Wayne's crestfallen face made Chris almost feel bad for him. Almost.
"Not according to the '6 person to each team' rule. Otherwise it would be unfair, no?"
Wayne trudged over to his pink mat, sitting down and hugging his legs. Raj went to the edge of his mat, as if the two were forced into different cages.
"Don't worry Wayner, i'll be here for you no matter what" Raj smiled softly down at the blonde boy, who was looking at his feet.
"I know Rajie, same for you"
It was a few hours until Ripper, Jason, Chase and Zee arrived. Ripper was still covered in chocolate.
"You four will go on Wayne's team, the pink mat" Chris grinned. Jason's jaw dropped.
"Im not going on a pink mat! Cant we have green? Its cool, like the army" He dropped to his knees, pretending to shoot a gun.
"That was pretty accurate, honestly" Axel walked up behind him, with Nichelle and Damian behind her.
"I know, I've researched everything about world war one that I can find. I can tell you every way the soldiers in the trenches relieved stress. One, a soldier would get close to another and they would-"
"Ok thats enough Jason, this is a PG show. Go stand on your pink carpet. Damien go join them. Axel, Nichelle, stand on the orange mat."
"Hello Chris!" He jumped, turning around to see Scary Girl smiling at him. "I made it!"
"Great.. Now please leave me alone.. You're on the orange team" As Lauren skipped away, Chris slumped into his chair, holding his heart. Jesus Christ, that kid was scary. Chef put up a chair next to Chris's, and put a hand on his. They smiled at each other for a second.
Chris immediately went back into host mode.
"Oh whats this? The last three approaching?" Chris pointed to an alleyway, where three sweaty and tired teenagers were walking towards them. Well, two were walking, Millie was getting a piggyback from Caleb. "You three can rest on the orange mat"
"Well, with part one of the challenge done, the episode ends. Will Wayne recover from being more than a meter from his bro? can Jason shut his mouth for more then 5 seconds? Can Scary Girl stop being so utterly scary? All these questions will be answered next time on Total! Drama! World tour!"