Sorry for taking so long to update! Life's been crazy, especially since my USB corrupted. And I've had to rewrite all of my stories that had almost-completed updates before, which is a pain in the ass. Anyway, without further ado – the disclaimer.

I don't own Total Drama or 6teen.

Also, please note that for this fanfic, all the teenaged characters have turned nineteen. From Caitlin to Courtney to Cameron, they're all nineteen years of age.

"Alright everyone, attention please!" Blaineley said, clapping her hands to attract the attention of the teens before her.

Only a few people fell silent.

"Wyatt!" Jen whispered to her friend, having abandoned Trent for a few moments. "I thought you thought everyone on this show is unstable?"

Wyatt gave a smile. "I do."

Jen didn't look convinced. "You and Courtney seem to be getting awfully close."

Wyatt sighed. "I wouldn't say that, exactly, but we both got hurt by our exes and she's got a killer voice."

"Plus you two look cute together." Jen said, giggling.

"I wouldn't go that far-"

"You rubbed her shoulders." Jen smirked. "I think you're already that far, whether you're ready to admit to it or not."

"I . . ." Wyatt began. "have no comment."

Jen laughed. "I'll catch you later. I'm gonna go find Trent."

"Alright, bye."

"ATTENTION MAGGOTS!" Ron's voice silenced the entire crowd and they all turned to stare at Blaineley and the mall security officer.

"Perfect." Blaineley said, flashing her classic celebrity smile to Ron. Then she turned to the teens. "Alright everyone, this is going to be a fun one! You're all going to race to Camp Galleria! Then the season will officially begin! See Ron here for a map to Camp Galleria! And you have to show up in pairs! Anyone who shows up either alone or in a group of more than two is automatically disqualified-"

"Good! I'm not doing this!" Courtney said, glaring at the new host.

Blaineley frowned and continued. "-which means they lose their chance to win one million dollars! On my whistle, you can all start looking for partners!"

The whistle sounded and the entire group roared to life. Blaineley and Ron evacuated to the safety outside of the security office.

Courtney sighed, turning to Wyatt. "Wanna partner up? I mean, it's a million dollars."

"Sure." Wyatt said with a nod.

"Wyatt!"

"Kylie?" Wyatt asked in shock.

"Hey! It's great to see you!" the teenage pop sensation greeted him with a smile. "So, I was wondering, do you want to be my partner?"

Before Wyatt could respond, Courtney stepped up. "Sorry, Wyatt is my partner."

Then she grabbed Wyatt by the hand and dragged him away through the crowd.

"Hey, Jenny!" A male voice said, halting the brunette in her tracks.

"Hey Travis!" Jen greeted, subconsciously touching the scar on her forehead from where he'd hit her with a rock when they were children. "How are you?"

"Great! Hey, I somehow got roped into this competition and I was wondering. . ." Travis began, stopping dead as his eyes reached Jen's free hand, which was holding Trent's. "Actually, never mind."

"Who was that?" Trent asked curiously as Travis disappeared into the crowd.

"A guy I dated a while back. We had to break up because his schedule made it pretty much impossible for us to be together."

"You seem really okay with the breakup." Trent observed. "Didn't you like him that much?"

"Oh no, I was crazy about him. He was the first person that I really felt like I connected with. I was thrilled when he got chosen for the Olympics, although not so much when it started putting a major strain on our relationship."

"You. . . can be partners with him if you'd rather. I don't mind, really." He let his hand go lax.

Jen didn't let go of his hand though. Instead, she wove her fingers with his and held up their locked hands. "I already have a partner."

The devastated look that Trent had been trying to hide was replaced by a relieved smile, and he squeezed her hand. "Let's do this."

"Hey, Jo-" Brick began, before the blonde cut him off.

"Too late, maggot! I've already got Stick-for-a-Brain as my partner." Jo told him as she and the tall jock sprinted from the room.

Brick turned to the next person he saw, another girl with short blonde hair, but this one a great deal more girly than Jo. "Hello, I'm Brick, would you like to be my partner?"

"Hi!" the girl said, turning to him. "Sorry, I'm going to partner up with my boyfriend, Justin!"

"But Justin is my partner!" purred another female voice.

The blonde gasped in shock. "Tricia! Justin is my boyfriend!"

"Not anymore." Tricia purred, before she sauntered off on Justin's arm. "Later, Cait."

Brick smiled hopefully, but Caitlin shook her head. "Sorry, but I'm partnering with. . . uh. . . Jude!" As the skater boy rolled past on his skateboard, Caitlin grabbed his arm. She made a face. "Jude. . . why are you orange?"

"Uh-uh, get your own partner, blondie." Ann Maria said, coming up behind Jude and pushing him to get his skateboard moving again. "This one's mine!"

Brick sighed and turned to the next person he saw. He didn't want to ask her but he needed a partner. "Uh, say, Dawn-"

"I'm sorry, Brick. B has already asked me to be his partner and I've accepted." the blonde said solemnly.

"Hey Fairy Princess-"

"I'm not even going to apologize for saying no to you." Dawn told Scott. "Because I'd say no to being your partner even if you were the last person left in this room!"

Scott seemed taken aback, but recovered quickly and rolled his eyes. "Whatever Fairy Princess."

"So how is this gonna work?" Owen said to his best friend, Noah, and his on-again-off-again girlfriend Izzy. "I wish we could be a fearsome threesome!"

Noah made a face at Owen's choice of words. "You know, I'm okay with you having Izzy as your partner. Don't worry, I'll find someone else, no problem."

"You mean it, little buddy?" Owen asked.

"Of course." Noah said, rolling his eyes. "Now you two run along and have fun!"

"Yeah! Thanks Noah!" Izzy said, leaping onto Owen's back and kicking him in the ribs like one would a horse. "Hya!"

The pressure that Izzy applied to his gut caused Owen to fart. The fart that ripped through the security guard's office was so powerful that it made the bars of the jail cells shake.

"Ugh! That's disgusting!" Heather said, gagging as she and Alejandro fled the room together.

"Nice one, man!" Jonesy said, giving the big blonde a thumbs-up. Owen smiled while a repulsed-looking Nikki gave Jonesy a hard-shove from behind.

"Get going, Jfantheawesome!" Nikki said, holding her nose at the stench of Owen's fart. "Ugh!"

"Hey Cody-" Noah said, but Sierra obviously saw his question coming and picked up the brunette.

"Partners!" Sierra declared, sprinting out of the room with Cody in her arms.

Noah looked around the room at the few remaining individuals who didn't have partners yet. Even Zeke had found a partner! How was it possible that a genius like himself was less desirable as a partner than a rehabilitated Ezekiel? And Noah certainly didn't want the ginger-haired guy who had been mauled by a shark in the last season. He wasn't an idiot. He'd watched the season. The guy purposely lost challenges.

By this point, Noah's eyes were watering from the stench and as he wandered up to a muscular female dressed in navy blue, he could barely see where he was going. "Hey Iron Woman - want to partner up?"

He wasn't sure if it was just the tear-blurred vision, or if she actually smiled, but she certainly sounded less hostile than usual when she responded. "Anytime, Bookworm."

"Then let's get out of here and away from all these noxious fumes." Noah said, taking off in the general direction of the doorway, followed by Eva.

"You still run like a girl!" Eva told him.

"Do you want to be my partner?" Beth asked the ginger-haired boy with a smile.

Nearby, Caitlin gave him a flirty wave, trying to attract his attention, but he didn't seem interested. Scott instead shrugged and nodded to Beth, who clapped her hands.

"But you've gotta try your best to win!" she told him sternly.

"Whatever." Scott said, fleeing the room with his partner.

"Yeah!" DJ and Cameron cheered in unison, giving each other a high five.

Cameron let out a gasp of pain at the strength of DJ's high five.

"Climb on, Cameron!" DJ said, squatting down so that Cameron could climb onto his back so that DJ's strength could carry them both to victory. "We are so gonna win this, man!"

"Doesn't anyone want to be my partner?" Caitlin cried out in desperation.

"My offer is still open you know." Brick said.

The blonde rolled her wide green eyes. "Fine."

"I won't disappoint you, Ma'am." Brick promised.

As the last duo sprinted from the stench-filled security office, the race was officially on.

Please review! :3

I am taking suggestions for team names for the new season! :D