"Hello dudes and dudettes, and welcome to Total Drama Island." Chris began the intro a little different then usual with a phone in his hands. "Today's a little special. Here, we'd thought we'd give you the scoop on what the campers are up to after the Brunch of Disgustingness. The dudes at their sweet five-star resort weekend get-a-way, and the girls being forced to all live together in crappy Camp Wawanakwa. How are the girls doing after Dawn betrayed them? Are the guys still giving Linc the cold shoulder? Find out for yourself right now!"
Currently at Camp Wawanakwa, the tension was…thick to say the least. The girls were at each other's throats as usual. The tape still dividing up the two halves of the girl's cabins. In fact, the night after the boy's all left Gwen and Leshawna locked Heather and Lindsay out of the cabin with only the former two girls, Bridgette and Courtney sleeping in the cabin that night.
But what about Dawn some of you may ask? Well needless to say the girls weren't so happy with the aura reader and were all practically shunning her after the challenge. So the nature lover decided it was just best to take Edward and head into the woods until the boys were back to avoid any potential conflict.
And the girls didn't really voice any issues about this. Being upset as they were with Dawn for costing them the challenge, they didn't really care about this and chose not to even bring Dawn up let alone go look for all.
All except for one.
Bridgette was currently seen in the boy's cabin looking under the beds and under the sheets for any trace of Dawn. While the surfer girl was angry at the Moon child at first, being who she was, Bridgette's anger quickly dissolved and she just wanted to talk to Dawn about the issue. That feeling soon turning into worry as she realized the moon child hadn't come to bed last night and hadn't returned for breakfast that day.
So now the surfer girl was tasking herself with finding where ever Dawn could be. While praying she was safe. After looking throughout the boy's cabin, Bridgette determined that the surfer girl wasn't there. "Maybe she's in the boat house." Bridgette shuddered a bit at the mental image of that place. She didn't envy Duncan one bit for being sent there during the Boot Camp Challenge.
When she stepped out of the cabin, the surfer girl was quickly introduced to the sounds of the wilderness such as birds chirping and the sounds of the waves hitting the nearby beach. While she would have loved getting to go to that resort, Bridgette did overall feel more comfortable out here nature. Maybe not as much as someone like Dawn, but Bridgette certainly preferred nature to fancy city-like stuff and such.
"What were you just doing in the boy's cabin?" Bridgette looked to see Courtney passing by the cabin while on a walk. With no challenges, her boyfriend having the time of his life, and not having the time of her life either at a resort, the CIT had to pass the time somehow. And currently she was getting the weird sight of Bridgette coming out of the guys cabin. "You'll get the scent of dude on you."
Bridgette rolled her eyes at the statement before putting her hands in her hoodie pockets as she walked down the stairs of the boy's cabin and got in front of Courtney. "Sorry just looking around for Dawn." When Bridgette revealed this information, Courtney quickly scoffed and crossed her arms. "Would you quit that? She's our friend and she didn't turn up last night. You gotta be at least a little worried."
"As if." Courtney denied as she turned her back to Bridgette making the surfer girl frown at her. "She cost us the challenge. If it wasn't for her, we would probably be getting the best spa treatment ever. Instead we're still here picking bugs out of our hair."
"Are you sure?" Bridgette asked as she crossed her arms at Courtney. She knew how the CIT could get sometimes but she was sure that Courtney was improving her attitude. Now it was like she was back to square one. "Looking back at it I'm not sure we would have won it anyway. I mean they had Owen on their team and the tie breaker would have probably been a one on one."
"I can't believe you're defending her!" Courtney snapped as she turned back to Bridgette with an angry face. "Her along with Lincoln cheated. Broke the rules. And costed us our victory."
"Ok, well I just saw Chef release a box of about 3 dozen cockroaches this morning. Imagine what would have been done with those for the tie breaker?" Courtney quickly cringed and started gagging as she tried not to vomit at what those roaches would have been potentially used for. "Plus, you didn't seem to mind breaking the rules when you stole that food from Chef."
"That…That was different." Courtney claimed as she shifted her eyes away from Bridgette. An uncomfortable look on her face as Bridgette rose a brow at her. "I-It's not like it cost us the challenge."
"And who ended up being the reason we even won that challenge in the first place?" Bridgette asked as she narrowed her eyes a bit at Courtney.
"…Dawn…" Courtney mumbled as she looked at the ground.
"And at least she never made anyone cry." Bridgette stated getting Courtney to flinch. Great, she was bringing that up. "Remember what you did to DJ during the Trust Challenge?"
"Ok, ok, I get it." Courtney relented as she knew that Bridgette was going to keep egging her on about this. "Ok maybe you have a point. I can't say I forgive Dawn, at least not yet, but…I'll be easier on her. Deal?" Bridgette seemed satisfied with this and nodded her head. "Look this is Dawn we're talking about. She's probably hanging out in the woods somewhere."
"T-The woods…" Bridgette gulped as her phobia of being alone in the woods start to come over her.
"I hope you find her." Courtney said as she put a comforting hand on the surfer girl's shoulder. "Good luck." Bridgette nodded and took a deep breath. Her fear was strong but her desire to find her friend was stronger.
"Brbrbr."
"Well…no we're not exactly in a relationship…" Courtney was indeed right about one thing. Dawn was isolating both herself and Edward in the woods. After the Brunch of Disgustingness challenge and seeing Lincoln depart with the rest of the guys, she couldn't bear to be around the rest of the girls. Not that they wanted to be around her in the least. While she couldn't care less about what Heather, and Lindsay to a lesser extent, thought of her everyone else giving her the cold shoulder hurt quite a bit.
So with Edward with her, she chose to spend her time in the woods until Lincoln came back. At least she had someone she could talk to. And the current conversation subject…Lincoln. Specifically, the aura reader's feelings about the boy. It may come as a surprise to literally no one, Dawn sort of has a crush on the Loud boy. And Edward quickly brought it up.
"Brbrbrbr?" Edward asked with the tilt of his head.
"I mean…I guess." Dawn answered with a blush coming to her face. Although her real answer was written all over her face. She did. "I guess it's just hard letting them out…"
"Brb…" Edward deadpanned at Dawn.
"I know, I know. I see the irony." Dawn grumbled a bit as the platypus was cutting rather deep into things. Damn this mammal knew how to get to people. "I'm the one always revealing a person's true feelings and I can't seem to do it myself. But…it's Lincoln…"
"Brbrbrb! Brbrbr! Brb! Brb!" Edward said loud as he got up on his hind legs.
"Now there is no need for that kind of language mister." Dawn claimed as she put her hands to her hips.
"Um, am I interrupting something?"
Dawn and Edward flinched, the aura readers guard in a rare state of being lowered, as the new voice made herself present. Dawn looked behind her as both she and the platypus saw none other than Bridgette approaching her. The surfer girl actually managed to find Dawn rather quickly due to finding some platypus tracks near the river.
"….No." Dawn squeaked out as she wasn't aware of how long and how much the surfer girl had heard. Edward, sensing that the two girls may need some alone time to talk, quickly waddled away and went to go gather some berries.
"Well if that's the case…" Bridgette began as she walked up to Dawn and sat down in front of the nature girl. "Mind if we talk?"
"…Why?" Dawn asked with a sad tone and frown as she looked down at the ground. "I thought you'd be avoiding me like all the other girls…"
Bridgette gave a soft smile to Dawn as she took the aura reader's hands into her own. "Look, I was upset at first but I don't like to hold a grudge." The surfer girl reassured the moon child. "Come on you know this. It was one of the first things you figured out about me."
"Yeah…" Dawn mumbled.
"…So, we're you talking about Lincoln?" Bridgette immediately asked with a small smirk on her face. Dawn's only response was to squeak with her face turning a bright red. "Hehe, I'll take that as a yes. Look Dawn, be honest with me. I'm not gonna tease you or anything. Do you like Lincoln?"
"….Yes." Dawn revealed as she shyly nodded her head.
"Well why don't you tell him then?" Bridgette asked with a soft and supportive tone, making sure not to say anything that would potentially insult the aura reader and/or her crush. "I mean you two are always together and, even if it was a little wrong, he went out of his way to help you the last challenge. I mean down all that…'food' that quickly couldn't have been easy. Plus you should be able to tell if he likes you or not right?"
"…No actually." Dawn revealed, greatly surprising Bridgette. Dawn should be able to figure out anything about anyone just by looking at them. Why not this. "The truth is…I stopped looking at Lincoln's aura a couple weeks ago."
"Wait you can do that?" Bridgette asked with a confused tone. She didn't know that Dawn could just stop looking at someone's aura. "Why?"
"It's…because…I'm scared…" Dawn revealed making Bridgette completely understand. "I guess I've been…too scared to learn the truth. Just in case it turns out…he doesn't like me like that."
"Oh Dawn." Bridgette let out as she pulled the aura reader into a comforting hug. Probably magic girl or not, Dawn was still a teenage girl that was worried and scared about feelings such as love and romance. And she could relate to it herself as she was still trying to figure things out with Geoff. "It's alright. It's perfectly normal to be feeling like that."
"Thanks Bridgette…" Dawn said as she leaned in close to the surfer girl's hug. Dawn really needed this right now. While she normally talked to animals about pretty much everything, she really appreciated having another human being to talk with this about.
"Now I want you to look me in the eye right now." Bridgette asked the moon child. Dawn did as told and separated from Bridgette a bit and looked the surfer girl in the eyes. "Trust me when I say this, Lincoln really does like you. Not just like, but like likes. He always spends time with you, blushes whenever he gets near you, and I can't count the number of times I caught him drawing you in his journal."
"…Really?" Dawn asked with a smile and blush coming to her face.
"One hundred percent." Bridgette nodded her head without a doubt in her mind. "He wants this as bad as you if not more. So, when he comes back to the island, I want you to do you best and ask him out alright?"
"…Yeah, alright." Dawn shyly smiled and nodded her head. "I'll…I'll try my best."
"You don't need luck. I know you got this." Bridgette told Dawn before standing up and stretching out a bit. "So, you ready to come back to camp."
"I will but…later. I think I'll stay here for a bit." Dawn stated as she patted the ground. "But I promise I'll be back by dinner at the latest."
"Alright, sounds good." Bridgette was satisfied with this and started walking away. But made sure to say one last thing. "And look…Courtney said she'll go easy on you. So you just gotta work a bit for her forgiveness ok?" Dawn nodded at the surfer girl's words. And with all that done, Bridgette headed back to camp.
THE BOYS
Currently, the five guys of Total Drama Island were having the time of their lives…at least most of them were. The cruise ship they left on had taken them to where Chris promised. A local five-star resort. And once there they were free to enjoy whatever the resort had to offer all for free. Right after they got their shots of course…
But now they were all partying it up like there's no tomorrow. From receiving deluxe spa treatments, eating the most delicious food ever, and dancing with some fine ladies. They were having nothing but total and absolute fun.
Well…all except one.
Lincoln Loud.
Currently the Loud boy could be seen at the pool area of the resort. While many other people there were swimming in the large pool, relaxing in the hot tub, or just sitting down on a lawn chair, Lincoln was sitting down at a table all by himself slumped down on said table with a saddened look on his face.
No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't enjoy himself. He should be, this was literally the most luxurious place he's ever been to and it was all free for him to do whatever he wants! And his sisters weren't around to get them kicked out! He's gotten spa treatments, eaten some gourmet food, and relaxed in the hot tub just minutes ago, but he just couldn't really enjoy himself or have that much fun.
Maybe it was because of the other guys. His fellow men of Total Drama Island, especially Duncan, had been avoiding Lincoln quite a bit. He couldn't really blame them. He did sorta almost jeopardize their team and almost prevented them from spending the weekend here. So the white head couldn't blame them for being mad at him.
But the most likely reason why…Dawn. This was the first time since the competition started that they've been apart. Lincoln would easily say that Dawn was the reason he's been in the competition for this long. When he first stepped on that dock, though he might had hidden it pretty well, Lincoln would say he was a mess of insecurities and self-doubt. His girlfriend just dumped him right before the show started, and he's already struggled with being compared to his sisters. He really didn't think he'd be of use to his team and they would have kicked him out quickly.
But Dawn kept him going. She pushed him past his limits and insecurities and allowed him to actually use the skills he had to prove to be a worthy competitor. Even helping him work past his issues with his break out with Ronnie Anne and…maybe even getting new feelings for…
"You thinking about a certain someone brother?" Lincoln, with his face a bright red, was cut off from his thoughts by someone placing a drink in front of him. Looking up at who it was, the Loud boy was met with the kind smile of the gentle giant DJ who was carrying around Bunny in a little baby carrier attached to his chest. "Your face looks like it was dipped in Kool-Aid."
"Oh, hey DJ." Lincoln greeted the Brickhouse with a glum tone as he took the drink that was given to him. DJ took a seat at the table Lincoln was at with his own drink and never stopped smiling at the Loud boy. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be avoiding me like the plague like the rest of the guys?"
"Hey come on don't be like that man." DJ tried to cheer Lincoln up as the Loud boy took a sip of the drink DJ got him. "Look, remember when you stopped me from bullying Harold? You said guys often make stupid mistakes. At least your mistake was to protect someone ya care about while I was picking on someone. At least you can say your still a bigger man."
"I guess…" Lincoln mumbled after taking a sip of his drink. This didn't do much in cheering him up though. "But still…I screwed up bad and now nearly everyone is against me."
"Hey try not to worry so much about it dude." DJ reassured the Loud boy as he patted his shoulder a few times. "We're still cool. And I'm sure Bridgette doesn't either, you know her. And ya can't forget a certain someone~" Lincoln blushed a bit as DJ sent him a bit of a teasing grin. "Be honest with me bro, you were thinkin bout Dawn weren't ya?"
"…..Yes." Lincoln admitted with a sigh and red face. "I was."
"Man dude." DJ couldn't help but chuckle a bit at Lincoln's face. "You got it for her bad."
"…Yeah…I really do." Lincoln fully admitted to having a massive crush on Dawn. It truly couldn't be more obvious.
"Then why don't ya tell her man?" DJ asked as he stopped chuckling and got into real talk with Lincoln. "It's obvious she likes ya back, so what's holdin ya back?"
"Well first off, I massively screwed up the other day with the challenge." Lincoln began his explanation as DJ crossed his arms under Bunny and gave Lincoln his undivided attention. "A doubt she's gonna wanna get together with me after I just got all the girls against her and painted a giant target on her back. And then…there's my ex…"
"Ronnie Anne?" DJ asked, remembering the time Lincoln told him about how his old girlfriend broke up with him.
"I just thought me and Ronnie…had something special." Lincoln began with a pained expression, this being a subject that was hard for him to talk about. "We've known each other since we were eleven and we had a rocky relationship at first but as time went on, we…really developed something. And then it just ended because of this God damn show. I thought she would have been happy for me getting in. If our positions were reversed I know I would have done my best to cheer her on. But…she just yelled at me, told me I couldn't be on the show if she wasn't and…just dumped me."
DJ shook his head with sympathy. He could tell this was an experience that really hurt his friend. "Man…I'm really sorry that happened." DJ said to Lincoln as the Loud looked into his drink. "You don't get more rough then that."
"Yeah…and when I came to the island, I didn't expect to make it this far one bit." Lincoln continued. "But for some reason Dawn just…clicked on me ya know. I don't think it's the whole rebound thing anymore. She just had this way of…pushing me to do my best. Breaking my limits and insecurities and actually doing well. At first I thought she was just a really good friend but then…"
"You started thinking of her more then that?" DJ finished for the Loud boy.
Lincoln was silent and simply nodded his head. After a moment or two, he spoke again. "This is the first time we've been separated since the competition started and…it just sucks!" Lincoln snapped a little bit and banged his fist against the chair he was sitting in. "I like her…a lot. Maybe even more then I did Ronnie Anne. She's just…a really special girl. I…I wanna be with her."
"…" DJ was silent at first and nodded his head. He then got Lincoln's attention as he pointed at the table. "After this vacation. When we get back on the island, after the challenge we have, you're gonna tell her."
"What?" Lincoln was taken back a bit by DJ's sudden and rather firm commands. "But-"
"Ah." DJ cut Lincoln off.
"Why do-"
"Uh-uh." DJ did it once again.
"Stop doing-"
"No more excuses man." DJ went on as he looked DJ right in the eye. "You want her, and I'll be damned if she doesn't want you. You got no excuses, if you wanna be with her, then you got to take action. No excuses, no avoiding her, no nothin. You're gonna go to her, and tell her how ya feel."
Lincoln was certainly surprised. He's never seen DJ act like this before. But…he was right. About everyone. "Yeah…Yeah you're right." Lincoln began nodding as he stood up from his chair, DJ beginning to send his friend a smile. "I can't just sit back anymore. If I want this, then I gotta take action! I have to seize the day! Carpe, freakin, diem!"
"Yeah man! That's the attitude!" DJ got up as well and he and Lincoln shared a high five. He was proud of his white-haired friend. It was finally time for him to get that girl and he was glad to help in any way he could. "But for now, we still got plenty of time here. Wanna join for a spa treatment? Gonna get my alligator elbows all fixed up."
"Ya know what…that sounds pretty good actually." Lincoln quickly finished the rest of his drink as he and DJ set off towards the spa. "Thanks DJ."