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Chapter one - the arrival 

The contestants stood on the dock all twenty two had their eyes on Chris although they all had differing looks and emotions. Owen’s eyes shone with an enthusiastic energy. Heather was scowling, clearly angry about the switch up between the five star hotel and the run down camp. Duncan looked at Chris with an unnerving blankness that showed none of his thoughts. 

After a pause long enough to make everyone mildly uncomfortable Chris turned to fully face the group of assembled contestants and grinned maniacally making a few of the teens shift uncomfortably; Cody looked vaguely terrified. 

Then Chris spoke voice upbeat and even more animated than usual “welcome to total drama island where you will be spending the next eight weeks right here at camp Wawanakwa competing in challenges for your chance to win TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS” 

The contestants' moods shifted even Heather became more excited and joyful everyone thinking of the prize money. 

That’s when Chris spoke once more “I have a surprise for you all please welcome our surprise contestant Harry Potter”

An attractive teen with fluffy shoulder length hair, a soft aristocratic face and bright green eyes framed with round black glasses stepped off the yacht and gave Chris a hug not a death grip like Owen nor a hug that was awkward but a soft familial hug. 

Harry spoke, his voice soft and slightly nervous sounding his clear English accent differentiating him even more from the other contestants “hey Chris glad to see you again you look a lot better. Lighter.” 

Chris smiled not maniacal but genuine it made him look younger, more real almost. 

Chris then faced the original twenty two contestants “since we have uneven numbers Harry will be joining the first team to have a team mate eliminated in the mean time you will be split into two teams for the challenges” 

Now we’re going to take a group photo in a couple minutes in the meantime interact but remember these people could be your rivals. With that note Chris walked towards a large cabin in the centre of the camp. 

Harry was the first to move he walked towards the contestants stopping in front of Duncan “Hi I’m Harry nice to meet you” 

The other contestants stood still, the air thick with anticipation. They were all slightly worried for Harry. He seemed so sweet. And the boy he’d just approached according to Chris and as was evident from Duncan’s behaviour had just come from juvie and was very rough in behaviour and attitude. 

To their surprise Duncan smiled and spoke voice kinder than before “hey gorgeous it’s nice to meet you too I’m Duncan”

A faint blush rose on Harry’s tan skin as he registered what Duncan had said. Bridgette decided to save the boy some awkwardness and introduced herself. One by one the other contestants introduced themselves to Harry as well. Heather and Ezekiel both largely ignored what was going on Heather did give her name but that was it. 

Chris returned with a camera and told everyone to arrange themselves at the end of the dock Harry ended up in the back mostly hidden due to his shorter stature next to him stood Duncan who noticed how hidden harry was and spoke up “do you want me to lift you up so you can be seen a bit better?” He questioned. 

Harry looked mildly startled, obviously not expecting someone to notice how he was blocked from view by Tyler and Justin but agreed. 

Duncan picked him up, hoisting him onto his shoulders. Harry not entirely expecting that let out a squawk of surprise as he tried to remain balanced hands eventually resting lightly on Duncan’s head which made Duncan grin and Chris let out a barking laugh. 

Chris who was standing on the yacht to take the photo clapped his hands bringing attention back to him “ok everyone photo time! Smile and say Wawanakwa!” 

Suddenly the dock collapsed sending the contestants plummeting into the lake with Harry who had fallen off Duncan’s shoulders in the commotion giggled eyes showing clear delight was the first to recover and begin swimming to shore.

Now the campers were back on shore and dry Chris gave everyone the run down “ok campers! Time for cabin assignments Bridgette, Courtney, DJ, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Harold, Izzy, Sadie, Tyler and Duncan your team one the killer bass”

“everyone else your the screaming gophers now cabin arrangements are simple each team has a cabin the cabins are split in two with separate doors those are the girls side and the boys side additional things to note all common areas have cameras everywhere else is private with no cameras unless there is a challenge there that day finally there is a confession room in the outhouse near the cabins that has a camera you can say anything without your teammates or rivals knowledge anything goes thoughts feelings rants juicy drama any questions” 

Lindsay raised her hand “yes Lindsay?” Chris said, voice tinged with annoyance already expecting a ridiculous question. 

“What about bathrooms?” Good question Lindsay Chris responded mildly surprised “there is a communal bathroom split down the middle one side for boys one for girls” 

“But what if I’m not Christian” Lindsay asked confused 

Everyone stared at her in stunned silence, utter disbelief and confusion written all over their faces. Chris sighed there was the idiocy he’d expected after seeing the blonde teens audition tape. 

After a pause Courtney spoke up “Chris said communal not communion” Lindsay stared blankly before Gwen sighed dramatically and responded “it means we share showers dummy”

Lindsay stood mouth agape, eyes widened with horror “but my hair iron where do I plug it in?!” “You don’t” Chris responded a bit harshly She looked ready to cry,  luckily Duncan interrupted with another question “where is he going to sleep before he gets a team” he said pointing at Harry “because I vote he sleeps near me. Preferably next to me” he said with a small smirk in Harry’s direction. 

Harry blushed at Duncan’s comment, his entire face feeling hot. 

Chris, annoyed at the mostly irrelevant question that frankly had far too much teenage romantic tension for his under-caffeinated overtired mind, responded in a harsh and exasperated tone that Harry would be staying up at the main house where he was until after the first task and the eliminations. 

“Any final questions?” Chris asked suddenly back to his normal excited self “no then…”

Suddenly Geoff spoke up “Are there any chaperones?”

Chris looked taken aback but managed to respond fairly quickly “You’re all sixteen the age of councillors in training at a normal summer camp I’m sure you’ll be fine with just me around”

This statement had varying reactions from the contestants; most seemed unbothered or even pleased (Duncan and Geoff looked especially pleased) and others (Courtney) looked rather displeased as though the idea of being unchaperoned was equivalent to being asked to murder their grandmother. 

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Chapter 1.5 - Harry’s pov 

Harry sat on the plane headed to Canada contemplating his life choices and questioning his sanity, not for the first time this plane ride. 

After all he was sixteen and travelling internationally for the first time ever and he was alone doing so. 

Why was he doing this? Simple he has the entire summer to kill with no desire to stay in the wizarding world if not strictly necessary; after defeating Voldemort with the help of Amelia Bones head of the department of magical law enforcement or DMLE for short and two unspeakables end of his fifth year his fame doubled something he wouldn’t have even thought possible prior to it actually happening. 

So when he got a letter from Sirius’ younger brother the middle child a squib who was abandoned and disowned by Walburga and Orion inviting him to spend the summer at a camp with a bunch of non magical teenagers to compete for prize money he jumped at the chance anything to get away from the reporters and rabid fans. Anything to get away from thoughts of Sirius who’d almost died and was now in a coma in St. Mungos Hospital for magical maladies. 

Even when he learned it would all be filmed and put on television he still wanted to join because even if he gets a bit famous in the muggle world it would likely just be small amounts of fame and in exchange he gets eight blissful weeks away from the stress and chaos of celebrity life. For Merlin’s sake he was in the tabloid magazine Witch Weekly four times in just one issue! He became aware of this when Ginny had shown it to him crying laughing at the monthly lunch Molly had started hosting for the family after the dramatic events in fourth and fifth year. 

When he looked at the page Ginny was showing him his jaw dropped it was a list of Britain's most eligible bachelors and he, barely sixteen years old was number one! 

Lost in thought Harry hadn’t noticed the plane descending so he was mildly surprised when they landed at Toronto airport. Getting off the plane with his carry on which contained everything he needed for the trip his trunk shrunken inside a pocket in the bag. 

He took a deep breath being in a new place free from reporters free from rabid fans was a breath of fresh air even if the air in question wasn’t very fresh and smelt of strong cleaning chemicals and something not describable by any term other than airport. 

Scanning the crowd he spotted Chef Hatchet, a tall incredibly muscular man with rich brown skin, an anchor tattoo and a small goatee. This was the man Chris had said would pick him up and take him to the island. 

He approached the man introducing himself Chef Hatchet or just Chef for short told him they’d be driving up to Muskoka before getting on a yacht to get to a small island with the camp on it. Chef was not the most conversational. He seemed like the quiet type which Harry respected. 

Arriving at camp he gave Chris a hug glad the man was looking healthier. After Sirius went into the coma Chris had been distraught and barely ate or spoke a stark contrast to the little brother Sirius spoke so fondly of. 

Even though Chris had been disowned Sirius being Sirius had secretly stayed in contact with him writing letters under the covers and sneaking out of the house into the neighbouring muggle town to post his letters. They were very close and had quite similar personalities at least from what Sirius had said.

The Chris Harry saw on the docks was much more like how Sirius spoke of him bubbly and energetic with contagious enthusiasm and a bit of the black family madness. 

After Chris went to go get his camera Harry panicked not quite knowing what to do after all he’d been instructed to say hi to people but that wasn’t exactly Harry’s strong suit he was great with social interactions after introductions but not so much before or during introductions. 

Eventually he decided to just introduce himself to the first person he saw wearing red which happened to be a boy by the name of Duncan who Harry secretly thought was quite attractive with his unbothered attitude, cool piercings and interesting hair. 

When Harry approached Duncan he noticed the other boy unashamedly look him over. When Duncan then proceeded to call Harry gorgeous he thought he’d die on the spot he was blushing so hard. 

A kind blonde girl named Bridgette saved him from any more embarrassment with her quick introduction. Harry liked her immediately; she was a lot like Ginny who he considered a sister athletic, loud, enthusiastic and social. 

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Chapter 2 - first challenge part 1

Readjusting the camera slightly Courtney sat in the confession room which was really just an old outhouse that still smelled slightly “Ok here goes nothing i suppose” she sighed softly. 

“this wasn’t quite what I was expecting” she began “but i will make it work starting with making some friends and allies for the competition. My team mates are an odd bunch, a surfer chick, a socially incompetent weirdo, DJ who’s actually relatively normal and seems kind, some others I don’t know what to think of quite yet, and Duncan the criminal who’s here on parole has some clear anger issues. Harry of course is a wild card; he seems nice enough but is also quite friendly with Duncan. He sat on the dude's shoulders for the photo. Who does that?! Harry also seems to know Chris on a more personal level from what I’ve observed and overheard they’ve met before and seem to care for each others well being” 

Heather sat on the seat, nose scrunched in disgust, tension and hostility clear in her posture. “This place is disgusting. What happened to the five star resort is Chris joking I'm not staying here with these freaks.”

She paused in thought considering her prior statement before speaking once again. 

“But I’m also not leaving without that prize money so guess I’ll be staying that doesn’t mean I’m happy about it you got that Chris” 

“I’m excited to be here, most of the contestants seem real nice and friendly, not too sure about that Heather girl though she seems like trouble. Real queen bee princess attitude” Bridgette spoke, her voice mainly excited but shifting to a more questioning and cold tone when she mentioned Heather.

“Now Harry I like he’s so cute reminds me of my brother all sweet and kind; he clearly likes that Duncan boy and while I think the crush is adorable Duncan better watch his back if he ever hurts Harry because that kid is my friend whether he likes it or not” 

Everyone was settling into their cabins, claiming beds, putting luggage away, when suddenly an ear piercing scream rang out through the camp. There was a second of pause before everyone bolted in the direction of the scream. Even Harry had come running from the house he was staying at with Chris. 

When they arrived at the source of the commotion aka the screaming gophers girls cabin they saw Lindsay standing on a stool shoulders hunched cowering away from a roach? 

The silence was broken by Leshawna’s voice “damn that white girl can scream” her tone both amused and incredulous. 

Lindsay, still cowering and stammering in fear, brought the attention back to the roach which was still sitting in the middle of the floor. 

Duncan stepped outside and came back in with an hatchet which he then used to cut the roach in half. 

“There you go princess I’m your saviour I’m amazing you're very thankful for my heroism” Duncan said sarcastically accentuating his point with an overly dramatic eye roll. 

This made Harry giggle incessantly only stopping after he was nearly doubled over tears streaming down his cheeks. 

Harry's laughter set everyone else off even Lindsay and Heather were giggling slightly. Duncan for his part looked very smug. 

The group eventually heard the speaker system come to life with a crackle and Chris’s cheery voice rang out “ok campers time for lunch after which will be the first challenge please join us in the dining hall” 

Reaching the dining hall the contestants noticed the two main tables, one for each team. 

“Hey guys and welcome to the dining hall this is chef hatchet. He will be making all the meals now everyone go get some food and be quick because the first challenge begins in one hour” Chris spoke. 

Everyone ran to get food as most of them hadn’t eaten since very early in the morning in order to get to the island on time. 

Gwen nearly got knocked to the ground when Owen came barreling through eager to get lunch, luckily Trent caught her before she could fall. 

Wait Trent caught her before she could fall 

Gwen’s brain short circuited and she stuttered out something she thinks might have been a thank you 

She was so distracted she only noticed her food moving when she was back at the screaming gophers table. 

Which then prompted her to well scream

Harry jumped up from his place standing in between and at the head of the two tables  with Chris waiting for everyone to acquire their meals and ran over face clearly showing his concern about the commotion before stopping to stare at the moving meat. 

After a moment of pause he looked scathingly at the meat. His expression is one that can only be compared to how a teacher or parent would look when you made a big mistake, anger being held back by sheer disappointment, the sort of look that makes you feel like you're eight years old. Harry then said “bad! Your food not a sentient being, get back on the plate and be food” which in any other situation would have been incredibly funny but with the harsh glare and absurdity of moving meat was somehow fitting. 

The meat didn’t move farther from the plate but it also didn’t go back on the plate. 

Harry glared at it once more before pulling a large knife with gleaming sharp edges out of seemingly nowhere “I said you are food” he said firmly, voice harsh and cold with an edge of unquestionable authority. 

Everyone froze as the air became tense as the contestants tried to correlate kind softly spoken Harry with the harsh knife wielding teen whose eyes promised pain to those who didn’t listen to what he said when he said it. 

The meat scurried back onto Gwen’s plate and the knife went back to wherever it came from and with the knife away Harry’s usual demeanor came back too. The air was still tense as everyone remained frozen  attempting to process the entire scene. 

Chris chose that moment to interject breaking the tension “the first challenge starts in twenty minutes” Chris then walked off Harry close behind him. 

Most shoved their plates away and went to prepare for the first task, previous hunger forgotten. with the notable exception of Owen who scarfed down his Justin’s and Katie’s food gaining him an approving look from chef hatchet not that Owen noticed as he was rushing out the door to prepare for the first task. 

The contestants and Harry stood at the top of a large hill next to the lake waiting for Chris to explain the first task “ok today’s challenge is threefold your first task is to jump off this 1000 foot high cliff into the lake” Chris started before Bridgette interrupted with a quiet “piece of cake”  

Chris continued not acknowledging her comment “if you look down you will see two target areas the wider of which represents the area of lake we have stocked with psychotic man eating sharks inside that area is a safe zone your target area which we’re pretty sure is shark free” Chris said with a laugh making even the boldest contestants look concerned 

“For each member of your team that jumps and actually survives there will be a crate of supplies waiting below supplies you will need for the second part of the challenge which is drumroll please” Chris did in fact not get a drumroll which made him sigh slightly disappointment clear before he once again continued in his usual chipper tone. 

“You will have to build a hot tub. The best team gets a wicked cool hot tub party while the losers will be sending one team member home. Killer bass you’re up first”

No one moved, no one dared breathe too loud for fear of getting selected to jump into shark infested waters. 

Harry stared at the groups for a second before turning to Chris “what if I jumped first to demonstrate the stunt” 

This made Chris look slightly nervous. “I’m not sure about that Harry. The stunts only really meant for contestants”

“Come on Chris I’ll be fine” after a moment of pause and careful consideration Chris agreed to let Harry jump off the cliff first. 

The other contestants looked nervous as Harry approached the edge of the cliff Duncan and Bridgette especially looked panicked. Duncan more so than Bridgette he looked ready to grab Harry and pull him back from the edge whereas Bridgette was more resigned. 

Harry jumped plummeting off the cliff at rapid speed. Chris rushed over to the edge, his movements jerky and jaw clenched in clear agitation. 

Chris breathed a sigh of relief posture relaxing and jaw unclenching relief exuding from his every movement as he walked back towards the campers announcing “Harry landed in the safe zone now who volunteers to be our first current contestant to attempt the dive” 

Suddenly the reality of the situation came crashing down on everyone once more after a quick glance at the lake Bridgette volunteered to jump. 

Ezekiel scoffed watching her jump mumbling something about feminist women thinking they’re better than everyone else which made everyone turn to stare at him. leshawna laughed not a kind genuine laugh but a laugh that promised pain she started to approach Ezekiel but was stopped when there was a loud splash and it was time for another contestant to jump. 

Tyler, Geoff, Eva, and Duncan all jumped with minimal problems, well minimal if you excused minor injuries caused by Tyler hitting the boundary buoy with a loud bang. 

DJ froze before backing away from the cliff “I can’t do this man no way” Chris patted his shoulder sympathetically “It’s ok big guy unfortunately that is a loss for your team so you’ll have to wear the chicken hat” 

“aww man are you for real”

Ezekiel and Harold jumped next Harold yelled in pain as he hit the water hard and in the splits. 

Courtney was up next after looking down at the lake she turned to Chris “ummh I have a medical condition” “what condition” Chris replied voice almost monotone “a condition that prevents me from jumping off cliffs” “you can chicken out if you want but it might end up costing you the win and then they’ll hate you”

“it’s a calculated risk I’ve seen the other team and I don’t think nine of them will jump” Courtney stated tone sharp and pointed 

“Okay here’s your chicken hat so let’s tally up the results” chris stated pulling a whiteboard out from behind a tree after a second he paused head tilted slightly his brow furrowed is confusion “Hold on that’s eight jumpers and two chickens were missing one” 

“I’m not jumping without Katie” “and I’m not jumping without Sadie please Chris we have to be on the same team” they begged Chris while clutching onto each other as though their lives depended on it. 

“I’ll switch places with her” Izzy offered 

“Fine you’re both on killer bass Izzy your on screaming gophers your up girls” 

Sadie and Katie jumped still holding onto each other. 

“ok that’s nine jumpers two chickens screaming gophers if you beat that you’ll get a reward of a pull cart to transport your crates”

“ok who’s up first” Trent questioned there was a pause before Heather spoke up “nuh uh I’m not going this” “why not” Leshawna demanded “national television duh I’m not getting my hair wet” “if she’s not I’m not either” Lindsay replied 

“you’re doing this” Leshawna said getting in Heather‘s personal space 

“says who” Heather spat back “says me cuz I’m not not losing a challenge because some daddy’s girl doesn’t want to get her hair wet” 

“back off ghetto glamour too tight pants wearing rap star wannabe” “mall shopping ponytail wearing teen vogue reading peaking in highschool prom queen” 

“Well at least I'm popular” Heather said with a scowl “you’re jumping” Leshawna responded still fuming “make me” Leshawna picked up Heather and threw her off the side of the cliff into the safe zone. 

“you’re so dead” Heather screamed indignantly 

Leshawna jumped closely followed by Lindsay Gwen Cody Izzy and Justin.

All landed safely except for Justin who landed outside of the safe zone everyone gasped and braced themselves for disaster as the man eating sharks swarmed ready to attack only for Justin to turn and smile at the sharks which made them friendly? The sharks safely delivered him to shore. 

“it appears the man eating sharks decided not to eat Justin because he smiled at them” Chris said amusement clear in his tone 

”Beth you’re up next”

 “I.. I I can’t do this Chris” “alright then here’s your hat the way down is that a way” 

“ok big guy for your team to win you just need to jump no pressure” Chris said “actually yes there is pressure a lot of pressure your teams win is up to you” 

Owen cringed at Chris’s words clearly uncomfortable “ok i can do this” he said pulling on some arm floaties “god i wish i was a better swimmer let’s just hope I don’t drown”

Then he ran and jumped, landing in the centre of the safe zone splashing water everywhere even knocking one of the man eating sharks into a nearby tree. 

“Honestly I did not think he was going to make it but hey he did good on ya big guy” Geoff said fiddling with his hat in the confessional room. 

the knife i attempted to describe can be found using this link Knife i pictured

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Chapter 3 - the first challenge part two

“Screaming gophers congrats on your win the carts are over there killer bass better get hauling” 

The teams ran to grab their crates. The gophers quickly loaded the crates up onto the wooden carts and started moving towards the main camp with little difficulty. 

Duncan kicked the crate he was supposed to be moving now he didn’t want to brag but he was decently strong he worked out pretty regularly and enjoyed exercise as a stress reliever not that there was much else to do in juvie pretty boring place but damn the crates were heavy of all the people on his team Eva was the only one who could lift them and if that girl did anything but lift weights he’d eat his shoe. Not actually because he quite liked these shoes; they were red converse and one of the only things he got new without having to steal them. They’d been given to him by a shop keeper one winter who decided that his old shoes weren’t acceptable footwear for the weather and refused Duncan’s offer of payment; it was the first true kindness he’d been shown in years. And wasn’t that a sad thought. 

He shook his head trying to focus on his current task. Looking around at his team mates he saw Courtney screaming at Eva about being a CIT. Seriously, what was the girl's obsession with that CIT’s aren’t even full councillors? It doesn't make her better than anyone else. Trent was missing his crate left abandoned on the sand and the not twin twins were screaming about poison ivy? 

He heard Chris’s amused voice ring out “no way they squatted on poison ivy! That’s priceless” Harry was sitting next to Chris looking distinctly unimpressed with Sadie and Katie and Duncan definitely understood where he was coming from being in nature 101 look where you step. 

He heard the other teams voice far ahead saying they could see the camp ground and  sighed it was going to be a long afternoon. 

The gophers got their crates open and were pulling tools and materials out a pool liner, hammers, wood, and what appeared to be plumbing. 

Heather walked up to Leshawna her expression soft “I’m sorry about calling you a ghetto rap star wanna be I really didn’t mean it and I love your earrings they’re really pretty”

Leshawna paused before her shoulders relaxed and she smiled “straight up? Well I’m sorry for throwing you off the cliff it was really uncool of me”

 “It’s ok I needed the push. Truce?” Heather responded “truce” Leshawa agreed, giving Heather a fist bump.

Walking back to her box Lindsay close behind her “Did you really mean all that stuff you said to leonda back there?” Lindsay asked after a minute “Leshawna. And of course not she and her ugly ass earrings are going down.” Heather snapped back irritation barely held back “keep your friends close and your enemies closer that’s the entire point of these types of shows”

“but I’m your friend right” “Of course Lindsay” Heather responded after she finished applying a fresh coat of her nude lipstick. 

Eventually the killer bass team arrived at the cabins they were tired but excited to get started now they were all here. Except as leshawna quickly pointed out they weren’t all here Katie and Sadie were missing. 

“Where are they” Tyler questioned scratching his head 

“probably still running around like headless chickens because they squat in poison ivy” Courtney snapped irritated 

The screaming gophers conversation quickly turned to everyone trying to talk over each other arguing about how to continue with the challenge until one voice broke through the chaos 

“SHUT IT” Duncan screamed and the team silenced almost immediately “We’re wasting time here let’s just start the second part of the challenge if they show up with supplies great if not we’ll make do”

Chris stared at the killer bass team. Their hot tub was a mess. There were random pipes sticking everywhere, loose boards, ripped lining, and bent nails. All together It looked like a bunch of drunk raccoons tried to make a hot tub and two of their members were still missing. 

“Well I think we have a clear winner congratulations screaming gophers enjoy your hot tub party killer bass meet me at the campfire deck for the first round of eliminations”