Chapter 1: It Begins

**It Begins** is the **first chapter** of Act 1: Camp Wawanakwa, as well as the first chapter of Undead Drama.

**Next: Chapter 2: A Rude Awakening**

## Characters

* Chris *(First appearance)*
* Alejandro *(First appearance)*
* Heather *(First appearance)*
* Courtney *(First appearance)*
* Blaineley *(First appearance)*
* Lindsay *(First appearance)*
* Leshawna *(First appearance)*
* Sierra *(First appearance)*
* Cody *(First appearance)*
* Noah *(First appearance)*
* Duncan *(First appearance)*
* Justin *(First appearance)*
* Trent *(First appearance)*
* Katie *(First appearance)*
* Sadie *(First appearance) (Last appearance; Alive)*
* Ezekiel *(First appearance)*
* DJ *(First appearance)*
* Izzy *(First appearance)*
* Harold *(First appearance)*
* Eva *(First appearance)*
* Beth *(First appearance)*
* Gwen *(First appearance)*
* Bridgette *(First appearance)*
* Tyler *(First appearance)*
* Geoff *(First appearance)*
* Owen *(First appearance)*
* Chef Hatchet *(First appearance)*
* Russell *(First appearance) (Last appearance)*

## Plot

The story opens up with Chris announcing that, as Total Drama World Tour turned out to be a commercial failure, the producers decided to end Total Drama with one big final season where all previous 25 contestants return to compete. Alejandro and Heather start arguing, and Chris tells the latter that in order to bypass all the lawsuits the show got after Heather lost her money, Chef Hatchet threw all of the papers in a shredder. Courtney tells him that this is illegal, but Chris doesn't care. Blaineley complains to him that she should not be in the competition, but Chris ignores her. He goes on to say that the season will take place at Camp Wawanakwa, but he is interrupted again, this time by Lindsay who recommends that they move the show to Paris. Leshawna is quick to agree, as she is upset by the fact she was voted off before she got the chance to see the city of love. Sierra hugs Cody, and tells her that it was magical, after which she is insulted by Noah who asks Chris if he can eliminate him so he won't have to be near the rest of the campers whom he considers to be Neanderthals. Chris ignores all of them, and explains that this season will have five teams of five. The first team, Team Heartthrob, consists of Duncan, Cody, Justin, Alejandro, and Trent. Justin and Cody like the name, but Duncan does not as he is dating Gwen. Chris reminds them that they can use the confessionals.

In the confessional, Duncan says that he knows a lot of people are mad at him for cheating on Courtney, but he says that he doesn't care that much as he likes Gwen. Next, Cody says that he believes Gwen will fall for him in this season as she has a new love interest in every season.

Chris reveals that the second team will consist of Noah, Katie, Sadie, Ezekiel, and DJ. He names them Team Disappointment. In the confessional DJ reveals that he returned to make his mother proud after the animal curse in the previous season. In their confessional, Katie and Sadie wonder how Ezekiel became a human again. Sadie points out that he was sexist towards them back in season one and says that he'll be the first one out if they lose.

Team 3, named Team Crazies, consists of Beth, Sierra, Harold, Izzy, and Eva. Beth protests that she's not crazy but Blaineley counters this, saying that she bagged a guard in the Aftermath. In a confessional, Beth complains about being put on a crazy team while Harold says that he attented a camp where he learnt how to act like a crazy person.

Team 4, named Team Drama Queens, consists of Heather, Gwen, Leshawna, Blaineley, and Courtney. Courtney complains that she's not a drama queen, while Leshawna is annoyed that she's on a team with Courtney and Heather. In the confessional, Gwenstates that she wants to fix things with Courtney and that she wants to keep Duncan by her side, while Blaineley rants on how she has to lose challenges on purpuse in order to get either herself or her teammates eliminated.

The final team, team Dumb Luck, consists of Bridgette, Tyler, Lindsay, Geoff, and Owen. Bridgette states that she must be one of the unluckiest contestants since she's so clumsy, but Owen denies this, saying that she won Geoff. Geoff agrees and gives him a high-five. In the confessional, Tyler says that he's excited he gets to be on the same team as Lindsay. Bridgette also says that she's glad that she's on this team, because she likes Owen, Tyler, and Lindsay, and because she's gotten really close with Geoff.

Chris reminds everyone of the rules when he is suddenly distracted by a flash of light. He looks at Sierra, who tells him that she took this picture because he is the best host ever and she wants to give it to her mom. Izzy in the meantime wonders where Chef is, and asks Beth if she's seen him. Beth says that she didn't and starts slowly backing away from Izzy in fear. In the confessional, Izzy reveals that in Total Drama World Tour Chef lost a bet and as a result Izzy should of been allowed to control the plane, but he refused to hand the controls over to her. She adds that she's coming for him.

Chef is revealed to be walking through the woods, as he is supposed to capture the campers one by one. He is however distracted when he encounterns one of the interns, who is covered in scratches and has a bite mark on his neck. The intern tells him that a large hoarde of undead who came out of no where attacked him and the rest of the interns, with only him managing to escape. The two then spot a giant hoarde of zombies approaching them. Chef tells the intern to follow him to his shack where he's got weapons. He adds that they, along with the kids, have to flee the island as soon as possible.

Back with the campers, Chris introduces the cast to a giant obstacle course that if falling apart. Courtney and Gwen both refuse to parcticipate in the challenge, to the surprise of many as they couldn't believe that Gwen tried to get along with Courtney. Owen agrees with them, saying that he has been trying to avoid dangerous situations ever since he was crushed by a plane in Jamaica. Izzy tries to assure him the course will be fine, but the entire second half colapses mere seconds later. In the confessional, Owen reveals that he's trying to get Izzy back, reasurring everyone that they will be together again. Courtney also uses the confessional where she rumbles about Gwen and Duncan.

Chris orders the interns to fix the course, but to his surprise nobody shows up. The cast at first jokes that they might be having a workers' strike, but they become confused when Ezekiel points out that even the camera crew is missing. Chris calls Chef but fails to reach him. As none of his crew members are in sight, Chris becomes scared.

At Chef's hut, the intern (revealed to be named Russell) and Chef collect a large amount of weapons, but Russell suddenly starts coughing and shaking. The two realise that he is about to die and become a zombie. Seeing the pleading look in his eyes, Chef puts a gun to the intern's head and puts him out of his misery. He then walks outside and upon seeing the zombie hoard runs in the opposite direction.

Chris in the meantime cancels the challenge and brings all the contestants to the campground. He worriedly tells them that something must've happened since Chef would never just disappear. Beth and Leshawna are concerned about all the disappearances, but Heather dismisses this as one of Chris' challenges. On the urge of Courtney, who is ultimately supported by Chris, the campers head to their cabins while Chris himself waits for Chef in the meshall. After a couple of hours Chef bursts into the building and alerts Chris of the zombie attack, terrifying him.

At Team Unlucky's cabin the guys have varying reactions to the situation. Noah ignores everything and reads a book, DJ is terrified, and Ezekiel is constantly looking out the door to see if Chef came back. Noah yells at Zeeke to close the door since he's letting cold air in, but Ezekiel tells him that he's just trying to see if the girls are alright. DJ reminds him to be careful what he says around them so he doesn't get eliminated early again.

On the girls' side of the cabin, Katie and Sadie are both terrified of what's happening. Eventually Katie assures Sadie that Heather was probably right and that everything is just a challenge Chris was setting up. They then hear a knock on the door. Sadie is terrified at first, but Katie tells her that this is probably Chris or one of their teammates, adding that she hopes it's DJ since she likes him. Now excited, Sadie walks over to the door and opens it, only to find out that the person knocking was a mauled female intern. She asks her what she wants, and in that moment the zombified intern jumps on her and bites her in the neck. Katie screams in terror as Sadie is killed. She then notices another zombiefied intern outside, with him preparing to lounge at her.

## Deaths

* Russell
* Sadie

## Author's comments

* This is hyperborea's first work in years.
* The story takes place about a year after the events of Total Drama World Tour.
* Only first generation contestants will appear at first.
* Contestants from later seasons as well as the Ridonculous Race will appear in the future.
* Many characters are in the same relationships as in the main show, many are not in any relationships, and many relationships can change.
* A lot of people are going to die.
* The statuses of all characters will be listed at the bottom of each chapter.