Total Drama Action: All-In

Eons ago, there was a season called Total Drama Action. And it was pretty great! Well... pretty great? Sure, it didn't contain all the campers of Total Drama Island, and it went a little stale close to the halfway mark, and occasionally severe OOC moments occurred but what matters is that it was season two and its theme was awesome! After all, what teen doesn't want to be in the movies?

Now tell you what, I've been thinking about doing a TDA rewrite for quite some time now, and I finally got enough courage to go through with it! It's probably been done before and it may not alleviate the problems the original had, but I want to try it myself and I'm confident it will be something good!

But before we throw in all the TDI contestants, we need to change the course of events a little to make that happen right? That's why this competition fic starts near the end of the special as it goes down a little different! So don't be confused why we don't immediately start with Total Drama Action, it's because there's a divergence in the timeline to be made first!

It speaks for itself with this being a rewrite, things will most likely go down differently! Gwent may never breakup as it did in canon, Gidgette may or may not end up hosting the aftermaths because of being eliminated first and Justin and DJ may just spontaneously hook up! Though you have all right to dislike changes in plots or relationships, just don't immediately throw a hissy fit when something happens you don't like okay? Quit reading or complain in the reviews if you want, but remember that things may always still change for the better!

And continuing on the account of this being a rewrite; episodes may be subjected to rewrites and challenges and episode themes may be moved, changed, rewritten, redefined, added or removed altogether to suit the different plots and the expanded contestant list! Though I can already assure you that the first challenge will still be the monster challenge and be kind of alike to the original! I hope it won't deter you from enjoying this!

Oh yeah, and there being aftermaths is unlikely as of now, for I plan to still get the whole season done in a 26-episode/chapter format!

Rated T because, say it with me, I always do!

Okay, let's see to what kind of beautiful this may lead to! Starting from near the end of Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Drama Island, and, action!

On top of the diving board over the pool of green jelly were from left to right Geoff, Bridgette, Sadie, Katie, Cody, DJ, Tyler and Owen as they were struggling to snatch the case containing a million dollars from Courtney, who was in the middle of the group, vehemently defending it as everyone was too busy either holding on or trying to get the case to notice Leshawna running to the bottom of the ladder.

''Oh I'm not letting it get away from me again!'' Leshawna determinedly stated before she quickly ascended the ladder.

With everyone still too busy straining to get the case from Courtney, Leshawna remained undetected even while climbing over some of the other teens up until she managed to almost snatch the case from Courtney's grasp. However, just as Leshawna managed to grab it, it slipped off her fingertips and it fell to the ground, to the agony of everyone present. The million dollar case, sturdy as it was, bounced off of the rim of the green jelly pool below towards the communal washroom, where it came to a halt just as Beth, Lindsay and Ezekiel walked out, not yet aware of the silver case.

''And I was like 'Yes, you can wear pink with red!' And she was like 'No you can't'!'' Lindsay lively told her company as she stopped walking and turned to them making a movement to gesture her displeasure. She then noticed the case and pointed at it. ''Wow, that's a pretty case!'' She complimented, seemingly unaware of its importance or its content. ''Anyway, so that's-''

''It's the case!'' Beth exclaimed excitedly, interrupting Lindsay. The latter picked it up and smiled until she looked up to the sky when she heard a engine of some kind. Above them was the single-propeller plane that was used more often during the season. Its door opened and revealed Justin to be the pilot, though he looked ready to parachute out as well.

''Now how the hell did he get the keys to the plane?'' Chris asked as he and Chef were watching on a TV.

Chef, who was admiring a photograph of Justin, quickly hid it away. ''I don't know.'' He replied with a sheepish grin.

(Confessional cam. Odd that shippers never really caught on to that. On second thought, maybe it's better that way.)

Justin remains quiet and shoots a confident smirk and a finger at the camera.

(End confessional cam.)

Justin jumped out and parachuted towards the communal washroom. The airplane lost altitude and fell to the earth to crash, but not before its wing hit the diving board's structure, damaging it badly. The contestants on the board shook as the structure swayed back and forth, but to their relief, it remained standing and didn't budge just as the diving board itself miraculously didn't succumb to the weight of the many teens standing on it.

Meanwhile, Justin has landed right in front of Lindsay and Beth, with his parachute now covering the washroom.

''Wow, you can even fly!'' Lindsay told Justin. Being, along with Beth, completely amazed at Justin's spectacular entrance and his beauty.

''Ah, Beth, Lindsay! Can I please have the case sweeties?'' Justin kindly asked, holding his open hand out to them.

''Don't do it eh! He's tri-'' Ezekiel frantically warned the girls before Justin effortlessly covered Ezekiel's mouth, muting his speech as Lindsay was moments away from handing Justin the case, still in awe. When Justin carried the case, she flashed a wink and a smile at the camera, along with gleaming teeth.

''Not so fast pretty boy!'' Izzy called, coming from behind the washroom. ''FIRRRRE!'' She yelled before Eva and Noah appeared on top of the washrooms and the contents of their buckets at Justin.

''Ah! Ah! My hair!'' Justin wailed as he was stunned by the lake water that doused him, fish included. ''Someone? Anyone? What gets the smell of fish out of my hair?!'' He asked in panic.

''Even when he's wet he's still so pretty!'' Beth told Lindsay, still too much in awe over Justin to sensibly react to his anguish.

''Try this!'' Izzy cackled before she unceremoniously put a pail of what looked like chum on his head and ran off with the case. ''Woohoo! I'm a zillionaire! Alright yeah!'' Izzy cheered as she left Justin behind to shuffle around aimlessly.

''Hold on, we are zillionaires!'' Eva angrily corrected her as she and Noah ran after Izzy. Eva's correction was to no avail as Izzy was too busy cherishing the case she held. However, she failed to see a rock in the grass and tripped over it and saw the case bounce off again so shortly after retrieving it.

''Was this part of your plan too?'' Noah cynically asked Izzy as they ran past her before Izzy quickly shot up and followed them.

Back at the washrooms, Beth and Lindsay were broken out of their trance as they saw Gwen and Trent run past them chasing the case and promptly the girls and Ezekiel followed suit, leaving Justin behind.

The campers on the diving board had been fortunate enough for the structure to keep standing so far, but everyone gasped in terror when the structure folded up at the exact halfway point. The structure fell flat on the ground as the diving board the campers were standing on fell down and slid along the ground after getting a speed boost from a piece of airplane wing leaning against the pool.

At the same time, Duncan was holding on to a stampeding moose for dear life and Justin was aimlessly walking around trying to get the bucket off of his head. The campers on the diving board sped past him, but his parachute was caught in the board's path and he was dragged along with them.

The madness would soon end as the moose ran onto the dock and bucked Duncan off its back, sending him flying into the lake as Beth, Lindsay and Ezekiel, Gwen and Trent and Eva, Izzy and Noah were also present while the runaway diving board and its campers too came speeding towards the end of the dock too. Owen yelped in terror at the sight of the end of the dock, right when the diving board bowled everyone present into the water, including Heather and Harold, who were pushed in by Leshawna earlier. The force of the crash even startling Chris and Chef a little, who were watching from above in a helicopter.

Izzy was the first one to surface from the lake. She frantically looked around for the case and saw it floating a small distance away from everyone. Soon after, everyone else saw it and attempted to get a head start, but immediately after a shark emerged and swallowed the case whole, along with a seagull who had the guts to caw mockingly at the contestants instead of flying away.

''Great, now what?!'' Leshawna roared before she, along with everyone else turned their head to look at Chris, who exited the helicopter.

''So… you lost the case! Way, to go!'' Chris said, gravely disappointed as she frowned and crossed his arms.

''We can still go dive to kill the shark and filet him!'' Courtney pleaded before she stuck her head underwater before a second. ''Did anyone see where it went?'' She asked as Ezekiel swam up to her.

''Face it, it's gone eh!'' Ezekiel remarked disappointedly. Courtney, not feeling like tolerating Ezekiel right now, proceeded to dunk him underwater and swim away from him.

''I didn't want to have to do this, but since none of the 22 of you officially won, it means that all 22 of you officially tied!'' Chris continued, still looking very disapprovingly as he uncrossed his arms and gradually looked more happy again. ''Which means that you get another shot at winning the million dollars!'' He announced, sticking a finger up.

''Oh yeah!''

''Woohoo!''

''Yeah!'' Was the general response to Chris's announcement.

''In season, two!'' Chris added, sticking up another finger, quelling most of the campers' happiness.

(Confessional cam. You'd think this all to be one big setup right?)

''Did he just say season two?!'' Leshawna worriedly asked.

(Static)

''Nuh-uh, no way! I'm not coming back here!'' Heather firmly declared.

(Static)

''Season two? Season two?! I'm gonna be so much more famous than I thought!'' Lindsay ecstatically stated. ''I hope I have chance to get my roots done first!'' She added a little concerned.

(Static)

''We would've been better off if we split the million dollar 22-way after all!'' DJ remarked sourly. ''Maybe we shouldn't immediately disregard any idea Beth gets anymore if it means we stay out of trouble!''

(Static)

''Yeah? I think it was all a big setup, and we walked into it with our eyes wide open!'' Noah dully suspected, leaning his body on his legs.

(End confessional cam.)

''Argh, forget this! I didn't agree to a season two!'' Duncan protested.

''Actually, you do! It's called the fine print! Read it, live it, love it!'' Chris replied, holding a stack of contracts before making a heart with his fingers.

''A season two? How lov-'' Cody suavely said as he slowly approached Gwen.

''I, hate, the fine print!'' Gwen snapped, splashing water in anger and startling Cody

''Never mind.'' Cody muttered as he backed off again, getting the clue.

''Yes! E-scope is coming back! This is so awesome! E-scope is coming back! E-scope is coming back!'' Izzy muttered contently, followed by a unsettling chuckle. ''And so is team E-scope!'' She continued, happily looking at both Noah and Eva.

''I'm afraid we are.'' Noah miserably agreed.

''I think so.'' Eva indifferently replied, rolling her eyes.

''Throw everything you got at me, season two! I'm unstoppable!'' Tyler shouted vividly, raising a fist in the air.

''You couldn't even stay in a chicken coop for one minute.'' Eva flatly noted before Tyler's enthusiasm drained.

''This is so exciting!'' Beth lisped before turning to Lindsay next to her, shivering a little from the cold lake water. ''Lindsay, if you win and buy friends, will you have me over?'' Beth eagerly asked.

''Sure!'' Lindsay agreed.

(Confessional cam. Do you feel like you're missing something? That's correct! After all, no one's watching from the sidelines!)

''This all sucks! I wanted the money, not to appear on another season I have a only one in 22 chance to win!'' Courtney complained before she sighed and leaned forward on her legs. ''I showed my worst side to a lot of people for nothing, I hope they won't hold it against me next season!'' She expressed, sounding slightly concerned before she shot upright again and groaned irritably.

(Static)

''O,M,G, Sadie! Another season? Pinch me, I totally must be dreaming!'' Katie told Sadie as they had squeezed themselves into the confessional together. Sadie gleefully did as she was asked and pinched Sadie's shoulder.

''Ouch! Not for real!'' Katie pointed out as she rubbed her sore spot.

''Oh, sorry!'' Sadie quickly apologized, feeling awkward.

''It's okay Sadie! We overcame a lot of stuff on Total Drama Island, like our first real fight!'' Katie confidently said.

''Yeah, we are lot more resilient, definitely! Nothing can break us now!'' Sadie agreed.

''Nothing! For real!'' Katie agreed in her place before the two leaned against each other's backs.

''Season two, here we come!'' The two conclusively squealed in unison.

(Static)

''And then there's that lawsuit! I got unfairly eliminated and everyone knew it!'' Courtney whined, the confessional following up immediately from where it was cut off. ''Hypothetically speaking; If I'm voted out again, if I sense only a bit of foul play from anyone, they'll get a real piece of justice!'' Courtney angrily declared.

(End confessional cam.)

''In exactly two days, you'll all report to a brand new location and a whole new challenge! And, the last one standing, receives one, million, dollars! So don't forget to tune in for Total, DRAMA, ACTION!'' Chris announced as he picked up a clapstick and clapped it as he finished his announcement.

And there you have it! Total Drama Action now has 22 contestants!

I'll apologize again if you're bothered by the fact that except for the big divergence, the chapter wasn't very different from canon, but I saw no other way I'm afraid! The next two chapters will probably resemble their canon counterparts too, but after that, and I promise, it will begin to deviate from canon TDA!

Speaking of next episode, expect it in a few days! You heard that right, days!

So, with that, I hope you'll enjoy Total Drama Action: All-In!

:D

L.W.