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A shot of Camp Wawanakwa is shown as Total Drama Island host Chris McLean is shown; "Camp Wawanakwa on this good morning in northern Ontario... After 8 weeks; 24 campers are now down to 2 but who will be left standing to claim the check for 100 thousand dollars?" Chris asked to the camera. "Will it be the snowball American who has persevered through a bad break up to find love again on the island Lincoln?" Chris's voiceover asked as it showed Lincoln by a tree drawing on a notebook which showed him drawing Dawn running care free with deer with him hiding the notebook looking embarrassed when he realised that the cameras were there. "Or will it be the aura reading vegan friend of all animals who helped him find love again Dawn?" Chris's voiceover asked as it showed Dawn standing by the water on the beach petting a shark that came to see her. "Who will emerge victorious to claim the 100 grand? Will our adorable couple actually be able to compete with eachother? Will I get a call about if my pitch pilot for a Canadian version of Dr Who get picked up? Find out in the highly anticipated climax episode of Total Drama Island!" Chris told the camera as the show then showed the opening of the show.

The camera showed the outside of the cabins where Lincoln and Dawn were seated down laughing while playing with Edward the platypus. "We have both asked our lovebirds to record their finals thoughts before their final contest in the Confessional." Chris said making himself known to the camera.

In the confessional Lincoln was facing the camera; "what was my time here like?" Lincoln asked before signing and putting his hand to his cheek and his elbow to his leg. "Honestly... A mixed bag... Staying in the cabins with those beds and all the bugs and dirt... I lost count how many times I thought to myself that it seemed like the cabins were made for my sister Lana." Lincoln said before perking up. "But while the challenges were tough and some worse than others; I have had fun and I won't regret that I came here ever." Lincoln said.

In the confessional Dawn was smiling at the camera; "How would I describe my time here? Amazing! Being out here wih the nature on the island; spending time with all of those wonderful creatures and the challenges could be quite fun!" Dawn said with glee with her hands together before sighing. "Some were... Unpleasant though and I won't lie about the bad moments..." Dawn said cringing at the memories of the facing your fear challenges and the Brunch of Disgustingness which was by far her least favourite challenge.

"Serving all those ungrateful campers all these weeks... Thinking this is a 5 star restaurant in wanting less rat droppings... At least the white haired kid was appreciative and I never heard any complaints from the fat boy..." Chef Hatchet muttered.

"I am in the minority amongst the other campers but the food was bearable for me; not the worst and I got to enjoy my favourite sandwhich at the Brunch of Disgustingness though the rest wasn't exactly pleasant on that challenge." Lincoln said in the confessional.

"Didn't mind the food myself except for... Well... I hope never to be reminded of that Brunch again..." Dawn said and sighed at the end.

"I think I got on great with most of the people here; I soon found my own group of friends here and I may have had problems sure but I think we sorted them out or at least came to more of an understanding.." Lincoln said before sighing. "But if there is one person that is the lowest of the low who I would be a happy boy never having to meet again..." Lincoln muttered angrily.

"So many pleasant people with positive auras and some more misunderstood who I think that I have helped to be more true to themselves." Dawn said before glaring. "But if there is one person who I wouldn't spare a second thought if she got the worst humiliation imaginable... Dawn said her face showing a rare glare.

"Heather!" said both of them as there was a two way split between the clips so that their voices with sync up with eachother.

"I had to answer who my favourite person is?" said both of them with the clips synced up again as they were smiling with love in their eyes as they both said at the same time the other's name.

"What do I want to be remembered for? I would say more than just the 1 American but someone who overcame the odds against him to get this far and has been a good friend to help out the team and give you the truth you need!" Lincoln said thinking to himself on the question.

"What do I want to be remembered for? As Someone who is a friend to mother nature, it's animals and those seeking a friend to help them by reading their auras." Dawn said smiling in the confessional.

At the pit with the seats for the audience was where Lincoln and Dawn came to face eachother with Edward nearby. "So this is it... Our alliance is done and we are the final 2..." Lincoln said with a hint of sadness in his voice and Dawn had a sad look before she perked up.

"Glad that we could get this far together together. Let' let the best competitor win and not let the result come between us." Dawn said as they put their hands together and looked in their eyes. "Could I please give you a kiss for good luck?" Dawn asked and Lincoln grinned.

"Only if I could do the same to you!" Lincoln replied as they embraced eachother and they heard cheering as the 22 contestants came to get their seats in the crowd area where they made out an angry Heather.

"Get a room you two..." laughed Duncan as he sat himself between Duncan who was cheering the loudest and Courtney.

"I hope that our 3rd place contestant has no hard feelings?" Lincoln asked with a smirk to Duncan who grunted with his arms folded and Dawn just watched his reaction without reading the aura.

"I was doing fine until I got that dog food dare and I had to draw the line somewhere... Thanks a lot Cody..." Duncan ranted giving a look towards Cody who gulped fearfully as he was still recovering from his bear attack.

"Welcome to our power couple final 2." Chris said as he put their notice to a screen set up. "Since it's you 2 I thought that to mark the occasion that I show you something special. A little tribute put together online by Codyluver4life; the creator and admin of the "Dawncoln is best TD ship" blog." Chris said as Lincoln and Dawn were open mouthed.

"A blog shipping me and Dawn together... I know people can ship contestants on a reality TV but it always feels weird to be shipping real life people like that..." Lincoln said in the confessional.

"...On one hand a part of me feels flattered but the other part has heard of how intense shipping wars can get with characters so..." Dawn ended up admitting.

"Like we said we are showing your video and giving your blog a plug so can you please cool it with the fan messages... I mean seriously Codyluver4life! No one likes an overeager fan; believe me... That restraining order that Bret Hart still has quite a few years on it..." Chris said in the confessional irritated.

The video played and it showed clips of them together starting with their first meeting and all their moments together put together along with fanart which surprised the couple. It was all set to At the Beginning by Donna Lewis & Richard Marx and it ended with them kissing for the first time with the crowd bar one cheering for them.

"Looks really good... thanks..." Lincoln said and Dawn nodded but could feel the squeal of the fan in question who put it together in their hearts.

"Now here is what I want you to do... Show your dancing skills with a little dance off!" Chris said pointing to Chef Hatchet at a boombox which Lincoln and Dawn surprised that THIS of all things would be the final challenge.

(I've Had) The Time of My life by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes started playing and Lincoln and Dawn looked nervous but the looks from most of their fellow campers were encouraging them and then they started to dance together and started to really get into it as the music picked up. The campers were cheering and clapping (bar Heather refusing to look their way) and then the song turned to Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon with the couple easily adapting to the song change. Then the final song change was Footloose by Kenny Loggins which was the oddest choice but they were able to adapt well and posed at the end with the audience clapping.

The couples that got together smiled at them and eachother; "I wish I had someone to dance like that with; Dawn was lucky to get a guy to sacrifice himself without a second thought to save the girl from an escaped killer!" Izzy ranted with her arms folded looking at a sheepish Owen with it clear that she was still upset with him for the killer challenge.

"Thanks for that and allow me to explain what the final challenge is; if you recall I said that I wanted you both to dance so it wasn't me telling you it was a challenge!" Chris said with a grin as Lincoln and Dawn facepalmed but smiled as they did enjoy it. "Yep since you two were so popular; I wanted to make sure that your fans didn't get too scared about this final challenge ruining things. Plus to make sure that they are still tuned in!" Chris said as there were shakes of the head at this.

"Now here is the deal with this finale: this is in actuality a best out of 3 of 5 challenges! Each challenge win is a score for you and first to 3 wins; in the event of a tie at the end we will be looking to your 22 ex-campers who will be voting for who they want to win it all!" Chris explained and this was simple enough for them to understand.

"Now this sounds like a final challenge." remarked Gwen happy for them both to make it to the finals genuinely and just sat back to enjoy the show.

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Chris had Chef bring in two podiums with buzzers on them as if they were on a game show as Chris got out some cards for him to read and was setting some new tunes on the boombox. Chris motioned for them and Lincoln and Dawn took deep breaths before they took their places at one of the podiums and shared a smile at their direction.

"Now we are going to start off with a simple challenge to start off with but trust me the rest will not be as simple. Anyway this is a quiz of short: basically I am going to play some songs from TV shows and the first to buzz gets to guess the answer. Correct answer gets a point, after seven questions the winner is the the one with the most correct answers and if anyone from the crowd dares to try and give the answer then Chef Hatchet here will be throwing a pot of uneaten leftovers at their direction." Chris said directing to Chef grinning as he was next to a barrel of leftovers with a plot in his hands with the campers in the crowd grimacing and they then got the message.

"Should be a cinch for the white haired grandpa; does the hippie even have a TV in that treehouse she probably lives in." scoffed Heather with glares coming her way as she had no love lost from her fellow campers and burned bridges with her ex-alliance members. Lincoln glared at Heather for daring to make another dig at Dawn and Dawn also glared at her with her arms folded.

"For your information; I do live in an actual house with my family though I do have a treehouse. I do watch TV and streaming services which includes documentaries, nature shows and other fictional TV series that I like to watch either alone or with my parents!" Dawn informed her as she put her face towards Chris uncrossing her arms looking like she was ready and Lincoln gave a nod showing that he was ready as well.

"First up..." Chris said as most of the campers were confused as it played a cover of Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart with crowd sounds from the audio as well. Dawn was in thought struggling to think and Lincoln thought that it sounded familiar.

"Oh... I know!" Lincoln said his eyes widening as he pushed the buzzer. "The Masked Singer and it it was the banana that sang it!" Lincoln answered and Chris gave a nod.

"Correct! Next one!" Chris said as the next song was Maybe Tomorrow by Terry Bush with Lincoln completely struggling but there were eyes of realisation from the campers.

"I remember watching this with my grandad... Anyone want to make something of that?" Eva said and then glared at the campers daring anyone to make a snide comment but they didn't want to pick a fight with her.

Dawn excitedly pushed the buzzer; "I remember watch the reruns and VHS tapes with my parents: the Littlest Hobo! Such a brave helpful dog and I do hope after that second series ended; tomorrow came where he decided to just settle down after all the good he had brought to so many people!" Dawn excitedly said as Chris nodded giving her the point but Lincoln was still dumbfounded.

"The Littlest what?" Lincoln asked and Chris got to answer him before Dawn did.

"A childhood favourite of mine; basically a show where this wandering dog came to towns and people who needed help and would help them out only to go back to travelling at the end despite his friends for the episode wanting to take him in. The revival series had an episode that said it was still the same dog in that show decades later." Chris had answered as Lincoln took it in.

"That sure sounds like something..." Lincoln replied and was ready for the next song. He instantly knew it from the first few notes and answered "Off course it's ARRGH! One of my fave shows ever!" Chris gave a nod not happy as he had barely started the song.

The next song was I Can Make You Happy by Davy Jones and Dawn happily punched the buzzer as well; "I love Scooby Doo and this is from the Davy Jones episode on New Scooby Doo Movies! My friend Sham Sham the panda loves Scooby Doo as well; we met when I was filming my documentary Prancing with Pandas!" Dawn answered as Lincoln and the crowd took this in.

"So were you filming a student film or something and you have met pandas?" Gwen asked from the crowd as Chris looked annoyed.

"I would love if you could introduce me to Sham Sham some time Dawn." Lincoln said with a smile as he was just going with the flow of how Dawn easily got along with animals. Dawn was about to make a tangent about how Sham Sham would love him; Chris coughed to get their attention.

"Correct answer Dawn but I could do without you giving a life story when answering!" Chris told her and Dawn nodded understanding. "2 each to each lovebirds and 3 songs left." Chris said as it was the Nowhere King playing with the campers and Lincoln scratching their heads.

Dawn mournfully pushed her buzzer and answered "Centaurworld; a tragic villain the Nowhere King is born from a poor creature's self loathing and facing prejudice leading to a depressing end." There were eyes widening and Chris answered that it was correct.

"Wait... Are you saying this song came from some cutsey looking cartoon that I have just been scrolling past on my Netflix page is kind of deep and has this eerie tune? When I get home I should give this show a shot with my gal Jasmine..." Leshawna said surprised.

Next was I Don't Want to Wait by Paula Cole played and Cody forgot the warning from before and couldn't help but saying "oh I know this one! I watched it to try and pick up girls by relating to them that I watch Dawson's Creek!" The ones near him in the crowd stands moved farther from him and Cody was subjected to having a pot filled of leftovers thrown at him causing most of them to be grossed out as he yelled.

"Wait... Is that moving..." Noah asked pointing to a piece of the leftovers on Cody looking like he was going to be sick.

Then everyone gave Owen a look as he started picking off bits of leftovers from Cody to eat; "what? I only had 3 plates of breakfast back at the resort..." Owen replied as Chris coughed to get their attention again.

"Thanks to Cody no one gets that point and the last question so Lincoln buddy... You need this to at least tie with Dawn for this round." Chris told Lincoln as Lincoln did his best to prepare himself for the final song with Dawn even giving him a look for good luck.

The song played and it was...

I Wannabe Famous with Lincoln and Dawn stumped but the campers were anxious to keep it in as they had a look at prior episodes during their time at the resort. They ended up shrugging giving up on it and Chris laughed.

"This is actually the theme of the show here: Total Drama Island... I suggested this..." Chris laughed and Lincoln and Dawn facepalmed and glared at Chris for this trick question. "But that means that first round victory goes to Dawn!" Chris said pointing to Dawn with the campers cheering her on; Edward going to Dawn to congratulate her having just been sitting while the round was going on.

"Good work out there Dawn! Perhaps if your parents still have those Littlest Hobo tapes then we could see about watching them at some point together." Lincoln said giving Dawn a smile as she returned it.

"I would love it and we still have the tapes; I just can't wait to see about you having visiting home and getting to meet my family!" Dawn said excitedly and Lincoln grinned not really finding meeting the girlfriend's family a scary thought here. "Plus don't worry; I am sure that you can easily catch up in the next round." Dawn told him assuringly as Lincoln laughed.

"Not what you are supposed to say to your final opponent in a competition but thanks Dawn." Lincoln replied as Chris motioned for them all to follow him for the venue of the next round as the campers got up from the stands.

"Uh Chris... I think bits of Chef's casserole is melting my pants..." Cody brought up looking at his clothes in concern.

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They were all brought to a new area with new stands for the campers to sit as well as two sets of metal cages with each one having either Lincoln or Dawn's name on it and they were wondering what this round's challenge will be like. "Let me explain the deal for Round 2 and trust me: it sounds much more simple than it actually is. You will both be acting as matadors and you will only have your wits and skills to try and tame a bull and bring them into your respective cage to win." Chris said with much surprise to the campers.

"Wait... How long has there been a bull here on this island Chris?" Gwen demanded not happy to imagine this bull somehow managing to escape and running rampage.

"Now you're talking; this should be great entertainment! Bring on the bull!" Duncan cheered excitedly with Courtney not being impressed.

"You're telling me; this is something that I could do I bet!" Owen had cheered as Lincoln and Dawn had looks of horror on their faces.

"You might as well give this round to Dawn again because I have been through a lot but trying to intentionally wrangle up a bull when I know that Dawn could just talk to it... Dawn..." Lincoln was saying and Dawn's shock and horror turned to outrage.

"You really expect us to partake in a horrible example of exploitative horrible animal abuse such as bullfighting? I will be working to setting the poor creature free..." Dawn snapped with a tear escaping her eye with Lincoln ready to comfort her but then they heard a bull yell which sounded mechanical. Big stomps and everyone's eyes widened as they saw a robotic black coloured bull with yellow horns, bits of gold and red eyes with Lincoln and Dawn's shock turning to fear as Dawn calmly as she could went up to it and took a step back after it roared out.

"No trace of an aura..." Dawn muttered fearfully and they noticed Chris grinning with a remote control.

"Had you going there but no this is a special remote controlled bull; the producers when designing this challenge wanted no problems that would arise from using an actual bull. The angry responses would have been no fun at all. Don't worry it's not set to seriously harm you but good luck against Bull Bot here!" Chris laughed causing the couple/competitors to gulp as Bull Bot looked ready to go as the campers held their breath.

"Hello Bull Bot is it? I know that you are made of metal and not hair, skin and bones but I do hope that we can still come to an understanding. Despite your origin; I still believe you can have a place on Mother Earth's world so..." Dawn said stepping forward nervously with a wave but she ended up running out of the way as Bull Bot started chasing after her with Lincoln and Edward screaming for her.

Lincoln going in to push Dawn out of the way or cover for her but the Bull Bot looked his way, charged forward with Lincoln about to try and jump and make a break for it... But Bull Bot ended up nuzzling it's cheek against Lincoln's body as if it was an affectionate pet to its human owner.

"I think he likes you; not really hard to do." giggled Dawn as Lincoln was spluttering out words as everyone else's faces were wide open.

"Here is the problem; the stupid bull was programmed to view you as a friend. Must be the girl from America who built this stupid thing for the producers..." Chris grumbled with a glare as he set the Bull Bot to go after Lincoln as well. Lincoln and Dawn started to scream as they ran away with Dawn picking up Edward for saftey.

Most of the audience were afraid; Eva and Duncan despite their more respect for the 2 than what they started still wanting to enjoy the show and Heather was smirking as she was clearly enjoying herself most of all. "I said that those two messed with the bull and he will get the horns sooner or later when I got eliminated but I never imagined this..." laughed Heather thinking back to when Dawn was close enough to the confessional toilet when Heather was messing with the votes to catch her aura and hear her words so had her reported to Chris and the footage caught her in the act.

Lincoln and Dawn looked like they were more working together to try and survive than actually competing with eachother. Lincoln looked to the remote in Chris's hands after some few attempts to try and get on the Bull Bot to get him to be directed.

"Chris; look there is the photographers for your front cover for Sadistic Reality TV Hosts Monthly!" Lincoln yelled pointing to behind Chris and Chris's love for fame got over him as he allowed himself to be distracted.

"Really; they are early... What... Hey! I appreciate the deviousness but I while this isn't against any rules, I am not letting you do this..." Chris ranted as Lincoln tried to wrestle the remote control away from Chris only for it to end up breaking with their eyes widening and the campers becoming scared as Bull Bot was now charging at a direction of the Island.

"Uh Chris; Bull Bot is now heading to where your cottage is located..." Chef Hatchet said looking through his binoculars as Chris was aghast.

"Wait; Chris has a cottage here..." Courtney said taking the binoculars to take a look as the campers were surprised. "What? That's not a cottage; that's mansion!" Courtney retorted as Chris angrily looked to a sheepish looking Lincoln.

"You put on your application that you were considered 'the Man with the Plan' back home so you better come up with a plan to fix this Lincoln because if Bull Bot breaks so much of a wall on my cottage then so help me... I won't be held responsible for my actions..." Chris warned him as Courtney yelled that it's a mansion.

Lincoln had a glimpse of the other side of the broken remote control and his eyes widened; Dawn came to take a look with Edward. "Trademarked by Sidney Chang... Wait; I see it in your aura... You know her; Ronnie Anne's best friend!" Dawn said reading at what was on the other side and gasped.

"Wait that ex who broke up with you Lincoln? I guess if you were still together when she was building it; then it would see you as a friend." DJ pointed out.

"It was Sid who told us about this show and the spot for at least 1 American contestant; saying that she got hired for a small part. She isn't super brainy like Lisa is but she is good with robotics... Wait..." Lincoln said with a realisation as he began chasing after Bull Bot with the audience surprised and Dawn yelling at Lincoln asking what he was doing with Edward looking afraid as well.

"I know what to do; Sid told me about a special mechanism she built into the later robots she made. To make sure there isn't a repeat of when Ronnie Anne and her family wanting Breakfast Bot to do their chores for them ended up with him starting a robot uprising!" Lincoln said with the campers blinking at that.

"A breakfast robot led a robot uprising..." Beth said out loud as if she was trying to comprehend what Lincoln just said. They looked as he ran at the back of Bull Bot and got on them with things becoming more tense.

"The mechanism to reset his program should be right... Here!" Lincoln said hanging around Bull Bot's neck and moving his hand to find the mechanism and then it activated causing Bull Bot to stop its rampage to the relief of the campers and especially Dawn and Edward.

Lincoln was able to ride it safely and direct it to the cage with his name on it with the campers cheering; Dawn came to clap Bull Bot's head as Lincoln got off but then was treated to a crossed face and a light punch to the shoulder by his girlfriend.

"Lincoln! You had Edward and I worried; you charging in to run after a raging robotic bull like that and riding it...!" Dawn chided as he pulled Lincoln into an embrace with a smile glad that he was safe.

"Sorry for worrying you both; if there is anything I could do to make it up to..." Lincoln said and Dawn answered him by pulling him in for a quick kiss.

"So with that Lincoln wins this Round, ties with Dawn at 1 all and most importantly he prevented Bull Bot to get close to my cottage!" Chris announced to the campers.

"It's a mansion!" Courtney yelled out once again looking like she utterly refused to let this matter go at the moment.

"Now I will need you both to go get changed for the next Round at the beach!" Chris informed them as Lincoln and Dawn went to get changed and the campers going to the stands that were by the beach.

Heather however looked to the broken remains of the remote control on the ground; "This Bull Bot could have been useful but there has to be a way to ruin this finals for those 2 undeservings... I just have to be patient and find it..." Heather silently said to herself glaring at the couple's direction.

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The campers were taken to the stands set up in front of a wrestling ring that was set up with Chef Hatchet inside wearing a referee shirt; Lincoln and Dawn were led to the area by Chris and noticed the ring in shock.

"I must preface this to everyone watching at home that you shouldn't try anything you see here at home. Wrestling is for trained professionals and teens forced by contracts into these tasks for reality TV in hopes of cash prizes." Chris said to the camera and faced the uncertain looking Lincoln and Dawn. "Now this round's challenge is a simple 1 fall wrestling match with disqualifications and count outs in play; you have to try and pin your opponent for a 3 count or make them tap out." Chris explained as there were a mixed reaction from the campers with Owen, Eva and Duncan being the most enthusiastic about it.

"Oh no; they are going to get hurt..." Bridgette muttered not a fan of violence in the slightest; even sports violence.

"It's Dawn; who I would be most worried about..." DJ told her facing her way thinking about how peaceful and pacifistic Dawn was.

"Are you alright with going through this? I don't want to hurt you and I don't think you want to fight either; we can tell Chris we call it a draw and move onto the final round." Lincoln offered looking to Dawn with her head down as she put it back up with Dawn picking up Edward to clap him as he was in between them feeling anxious about what was going on.

"No; consider it a spar and neither of us will be looking to seriously hurt eachother and if someone does get hurt then we can forfeit or just make it a tap out." Dawn ended up saying.

"If you're certain Dawn; you know against anyone else I would find this exciting or fun as while I have been made my sister Lynn's sparring partner unexpectedly; I do like watching wrestling. I watched it on TV with Ronnie Anne before we... You know..." Lincoln said and Dawn nodded in understanding but then ended up smiling.

"I do think this could be fun and exciting as well... I have always enjoyed watching wrestling with my father." Dawn said stunning pretty much everyone.

"Did she seriously just say what I thought she said..." Cody muttered having gotten a replacement pair of clothes after his last pair was ruined by Chef's leftovers.

"I think she did..." Gwen replied taking it in.

"How is it that after all we saw her do and say; this is the most surprising thing that she ever did?" Tyler asked with the campers nodding at once.

Lincoln and Dawn hugged Edward and Dawn put him down so he could go to the stands and watch. They then entered the wrestling ring; "Are you both rrrreeeaaadddy?" Chris asked emphasizing the word and the teens nodded. "For the 22 teenagers and 1 platypus in attendance and the millions watching around the world... Wrestling fans... LLLLLLLEEEEEEETTTTTTTSSSSSSSSS GET READY TO RUMBLE!" Chris said into a microphone really getting into it.

"Wonder how much in the show's budget went to Michael Buffer for that!" laughed Tyler as he got looks. "Michael Buffer; the sports ring announcer who coined the phrase and trademarked it. He owns it." Tyler explained as they watched the couple in the ring.

Lincoln and Dawn circled eachother and Lincoln told himself not to hurt Dawn as he then charged forward but Dawn easily sidestepped him; this continued for 2 minutes. Dawn then ended up putting him through a clothesline, then picked him up for a body slam and a headlock. This one sided beating continued with the campers watching with wide eyes and open mouths.

"This girl never eat a bit of meat in her life and she is doing this?" Leshawna echoing what she said when she tried to hunt Dawn in the deer hunting challenge and looking quite glad that a challenge previously didn't require them fighting.

"Lincoln is being beat by his hippie girlfriend..." Duncan snickered before becoming full on laughter much to glares including from Courtney.

"If I knew she was capable of doing this, I would have demanded that we have a sparring session..." Eva muttered in awe.

Dawn got Lincoln up and everyone's shock increased as she got to the ropes and actually managed to pull off the move known as the 619. She then caused more stunned as she pulled off the wrestling move known as the Worm. "W! O! R! M!" Eva and Duncan shouted out as Dawn pulled off the dance and the move and put Lincoln into a headlock with him quickly tapping out and Chef called for the bell.

"Dawn 3:16 says that I just kicked your butt and that's the bottom line because the Moonchild said so!" Dawn called out excitedly before calming down and looking concerned as she helped Lincoln up. "Sorry Lincoln; got carried away... Are you hurt?" Dawn asked with worry as Lincoln smiled at her.

"I will be fine; I have had worse..." Lincoln told Dawn who had wide eyes but checked him over as she helped Lincoln outside the ring.

Lincoln sighed as he was in the confessional; "I am fine with Dawn beating me and it was unexpected but... What is worse is that... I know this is all being recorded a while before it airs but somehow some way... I think I just feel my sister Lynn's disapproval burning through the camera... Her giving me a look of shame as if I should have done better... That feeling kind of hurts more than any physical pain..." Lincoln muttered.

"Dawn wins in a surprising victory and so it is now 2 all tied! Going to give you all some time to recover before I take you all to the place of the final challenge!" Chris told them as Lincoln had his close friends in the campers going to check on him to make sure he was alright as well as congratulate Dawn.

"You know; I think your injuries are much worse than you think Lincoln. I think that what you need is Dawn kissing you all better..." Courtney said with a smirk as this smirk gotten to the other campers as they nodded.

"I have no complaints with that..." Lincoln said as he and Dawn went to have a make out hand in hand as Heather was watching.

Whatever this final challenge was; she had to find out what it was and how to ruin it for the both of them. Maybe if she had a look around she can spot it and make some changes; "You will both pay for what you have done... If I can't win this stupid competition then no one else can, especially not you two!" Heather muttered to herself smirking...

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After they had their time to relax (and for Dawn to kiss Lincoln's injuries all better); Lincoln and Dawn went with Chris to be shown the area of their 5th and final round challenge while Chef Hatchet had the rest of the campers follow him as apparently will all be watching somewhere else. They were hand in hand as Chris had shown them to a starting line with arrows directing a path that was cornered off with wooden fences on both sides.

"This is the final challenge of Total Drama Island; you start here and once I say 'go'; you both will be racing eachother down this path throughout the Island until you come across the finishing line where me, Chef and your fellow campers will be waiting. First to cross the line is the ultimate Total Drama Island champion!" Chris explained as Lincoln and Dawn looked at eachother.

"That doesn't sound too extreme; considering everything else we have gone through in this competition." Dawn said with a pleasantly surprised look and Lincoln shared it as well.

"Yeah; for being the last challenge in this competition with all the dangerous challenges, you would think that this last one wouldn't be so tame..." Lincoln said but shared a sigh with Dawn as they noticed a big smirk on Chris's face. "We spoke too soon; didn't we Chris?" Lincoln muttered as Chris nodded and passed them both rollerblading skates, elbow pads and helmets.

"You will be rollerblading down the path where you will be doing your best to go around the obstacles in your way. Especially what the native animals have left over as this area I have it on good authority that they use it to do their business a lot." Chris laughed as they both looked grossed out.

"I love nature and the animals but even I have my limits..." Dawn remarked in the Confessions with her hands to her cheeks while her arms were laying on her legs while in her usual lotus position.

"Not only that but we dug a ditch that you will have to use a ramp to jump over or try your luck to use a vine Tarzan style if you don't want to step through it. This ditch was filled by leftovers and not just normal leftovers but leftovers from the Brunch of Disgustingness... Along with all the uncooked meat from that challenge which has gotten even more bad in the time since if you could believe it and all of Dawn's food she secretly tossed through that open window? It was scooped up and saved for this ditch as well." Chris explained as both of the finalists had faces of green disgust at this.

"What made you this way Chris?" Lincoln sighed as he took his place at the starting line after getting over his disgust.

Dawn looked over Chris's aura as she took her place; "Not excusing anything but his aura right now is quite mixed and it seems his nature is a result of childhood trauma." Dawn informed Lincoln as Chris coughed annoyed to end this conversation as they put their rollerblading gear on.

"One more thing; near the end of the track path here; watch out for the fireworks set off to scare you a bit just in case you get too comfortable. Don't worry about forest fires as we took precautions about that and them being at a safe enough distance. Plus Dawn before you even bring it up; we made sure all wildlife were cornered off away from the fireworks so they should be fine. Trust me I don't want any trouble from the animal groups that would throw a fit." Chris informed them as Lincoln just facepalmed and Dawn shook her head as she was about to bring that up herself.

They then got ready and smiled at eachother, silently wishing eachother good luck as Chris said 'go' with them struggling to start running down the path with the rollerblades but then they ended up holding hands to stabilise eachother as they went around the 'animal droppings'. They then ended up spinning around holding both of their hands as if this was a couples skating routine.

They then reached the ditch and just a glimpse inside made them sink; "at this point if a Frankenstein type monster made from everything in this ditch just came to life then that wouldn't be a surprise..." Lincoln muttered looking to the ramp and took a deep breath as he took a distance before starting to run in his skates jumping over the ramp.

He then found himself off the ground much better than what he thought that he did only to realise that he had birds hanging onto his arms and head as if he was a Disney Princess as they pulled him into the air and onto the ground. He then watched as Dawn did the same with a look that expected this. "Thank you for your help and please keep a distance from where the fireworks will be." Dawn told the birds gratefully as she went back down the path with Lincoln side by side smiling.

"You helped me out again; once again we are more working together than actually competing with eachother in a race." Lincoln laughed.

"If I had just let you to fall into that ditch so I could win this competition then I would be a downright awful girlfriend. But if me competing against you is what you really want..." Dawn responded as she started pacing herself faster while in her skates with Lincoln telling himself to keep up.

At the stands by the finishing line there was the campers sitting down to watch the race unfold on a viewing screen set up and Edward had joined them to watch. "Watch your parents go at it; you should be proud aye!" Ezekiel told Edward looking down as he had taken the platypus into his lap and put his hat onto Edward with him struggling to get himself free.

"For him to watch then that would require him to be able to see!" Noah told Ezekiel as DJ helped Edward out of the hat and put him onto his lap.

"Oh come on; the platypus has been wearing hats throughout the show and now it's suddenly not alright to be wearing mine?" Ezekiel complained with his arms folded.

"They should be coming up to the fireworks soon; I don't care what precautions Chris has made I am still scared..." Trent brought up as most of the campers were a bit afraid of what it would be like racing through the sounds of fireworks up close.

"They should be fine; Lincoln was the first idiot willing to jump off that cliff in the first challenge and Dawn was able to make an escaped killer change his ways." Leshawna reminded them as this seemed to ease their fears as well.

Heather however was smirking to eachother wishing that she had popcorn for what was next...

Lincoln and Dawn were neck to neck as they then saw the fireworks set up next to the fences outside the path but they seemed to be set up in weird different directions. They ran past but then the fireworks set off with some going to their direction and Lincoln was able to dodge and pull Dawn out to safety.

Some more dodging with them out of breath; "seriously Chris... This feels like you are trying to have us killed!" Lincoln yelled angrily as some more dodging by him was required by Dawn doing her best but Lincoln was able to react quicker and pulled her out of the way.

They noticed some were now firing up at the sky and would probably be landing down somewhere on the island; some fire broke out around them with them being scared but then they saw some deer with buckets of water in their mouths to help take them out. "I am not even going to question this... I thought Chris said not to worry about forest fire..." Lincoln groaned as Dawn gasped out loud after talking to a deer.

"They gotten themselves ready to deal with the fire after spotting a certain someone sneak by and move the fireworks about; trying to have us harmed or worse! A certain Screaming Gopher who we have no love lost with..." Dawn informed Lincoln and he instantly knew who she was talking about.

Lincoln had no time to react to this news as they both spotted coming their way from behind were the remaining fireworks so they ran off together.

Upon watching this the campers all glared at Heather's direction; "I knew you were low but what could be considered attempted murder?" Gwen muttered looking outraged as Heather looked defensive.

"What? Do you really expect to believe hippie girl... Whatever, you don't have any proof that I did anything of the sort..." Heather retorted with her arms folded but Chris smirked as he switched the feed from the screen for a minute to show the footage of Heather sabotaging the fireworks before setting it back with Heather mumbling excuses like that couldn't be her or it was out of context.

"We are always watching remember; I planned on dealing with you and reading the riot act after the race..." Chris laughed but then they saw Lincoln and Dawn jump out and rolled out to the finishing line with the campers watching close as...

They both appeared to cross the line at the same time and the campers saw the fireworks coming to the stands and they then jumped out of the way as it caught on fire and exploded with Heather screaming as she was caught by pieces of debris and her hair on fire.

The campers were snickering at Heather with her arms folded was furious as her hair had caught on fire and was ruined when it was let out by Chef who was now cleaning up from the destroyed stands. While this was going on Chris had Lincoln and Dawn crossing the finihsing line playing on the screen with zoom in and slowed down as fast they were able to.

"Can't seem to find who crossed the line to win the race and I checked a few times. Therefore it's off to the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet as all of your former campers except for Heather will be voting on who will be winning it all." Chris explained as Heather glared at everyone with Lincoln and Dawn smiling at eachother and then to the other campers except for Heather.

"Are you really excluding me?" Heather demanded as Chef got a call and then looked somewhere with his binoculars and went up to Chris before he could respond to Chris.

"Uh Chris... They found where the remaining fireworks landed..." Chef told Chris hesitatingly as he gave him the binoculars to look and Chris jumped and gasped.

"MY COTTAGE! IT'S ALL RUINED AND DESTROYED! ALL THOSE PICTURES OF ME AND MY STATUES... ALL GONE!" Chris cried out.

"It was a mansion!" Courtney yelled agitated still not letting this matter go but then joined all the other campers in taking pleasure as Chris looked at Heather with fury on his face as Heather was open mouthed scared.

It was at that moment; Heather knew that she f***ed up.

"Not only are you banned from voting in the campfire ceremony but I am also withholding all royalties to any merchandise with your name or picture on it to pay for a new cottage along with community service work! Look forward to a lot of community service which should take up the free plenty of time that you will surely have because you are also banned from the next season and from the show indefinitely! I bet your family's lawyer will be busy for the foreseeable future!" Chris thundered at Heather trying to think of anything to get out of the trouble she was in right now.

"Heather is in trouble! Heather is in trouble!" Gwen was leading the other campers in chanting as Lincoln and Dawn laughed at the display.

"Couldn't happen to a meaner girl." Dawn said with Lincoln in full agreement as they got ready for the final result to be decided by their fellow campers.

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The campers (except for Heather who was taken to the Dock of Shame and boarded the Boat of Losers where she will be taken to show staff to be held until the show was done filming) were taken to the campfire pit and they all sat down except for Lincoln and Dawn with the pieces of paper to cast their vote with Chef Hatchet holding the ballet box. "Why don't you both leave them to discuss their potential choices and let them have all the time to decide before we get on with the most dramatic campire ceremony yet!" Chris suggested with Lincoln and Dawn stepping away to let the other campers have their time as Edward followed closely by.

"Who do you think they are going to pick Edward?" Lincoln asked the platypus who shook his head, clearly not knowing an answer to that question. "Me neither Edward especially as I have had problems with some people who may still have some bad feelings from previous incidents even if I think we cleared most of them up. Duncan for example I don't know..." Lincoln admitted and Dawn sighed looking like she agreed.

"Definitely; most of the auras of our fellow campers read as undecided and uncertain. It could very well go either way but still... No matter who wins, no hard feelings?" Dawn asked with a smile which Lincoln returned as he held her hands with his.

"Silly of you to even ask that; we both agreed beforehand and I see no reason for that change!" Lincoln replied; "Besides no matter what I am going home a winner; I am able to get over a messy break up, I made it to the final 2 with the most amazing girl and I get to have her as a girlfriend." Lincoln told her and she giggled.

"Likewise for me; I promise you that you are not being broken up with again because your girlfriend couldn't honour an agreement. We both agreed to split the money, I would hate the idea that the prize money would get in between us!" Dawn replied with Lincoln grinning at that.

"Yep with you using your half and me... Probably using it on comics and games or some other thing... Maybe if someone I knew needed help..." Lincoln said as they just waited staring at eachother with their arms folded.

A while went past as Chris came to collect them; "Your fellow campers have all voted and they have all been counted; the final result is in." Chris told them and they both thought that this was it as they went to rejoin the campers at the campfire pit with the campers all trying to keep a straight face.

They then faced Chris waiting for the result; "Now here it is; THE most dramatic campfire ceremony in the short history of the show... The final result has been tallied and I will tell you that it was a wide margin..." Chris said and they young couple even with their agreement couldn't help but feel anxious and tense as they waited.

The teenage Canadian fans who would be watching at home and had gotten to this point were anxious as well.

A large boy by the name of Beverly but better known as 'B' was silently watching, Dawn was his favourite to win but Lincoln was a great guy who deserved to be with such a sweet girl so he will be okay with either result.

A girl called Zoey felt her spine tingling; "Come on Chris... The anticipation could actually kill me..." she muttered.

"This is like the final minute of a game where both teams are tied..." muttered a jock boy by the name of Randolph Jackson who was nicknamed 'Lightning'.

"This had better not break them up; I will actually kill someone if it does!" cried a girl by the name of Sierra who was watching in her room filled with photographs of Cody.

In Michigan, Royal Woods across the pond Lincoln's friends were watching together and were holding their breaths.

At the Sunset Canyon Retirement Home; Lincoln's maternal grandfather Pop-Pop and his second wife Myrtle were watching with the staff begging for Chris to just say the result already as the anticipation could actually kill the residents there who had weaker hearts. "Come on Lincoln!" Pop-Pop said having to root for his grandson despite liking Dawn along with the rest of his family.

"Lincoln better find a way to bring her here; I want to get to know my future granddaughter in law!" Myrtle swore thinking about everything that they had both seen on the show with her step-grandson and the girl who would become his new girlfriend.

The Loud family including the parents all managed to make it to the Loud House to watch this finale together as well; things were tense as well. "This had better not break them up; I would literally kill if it does..." Lori swore as she wondered how this anticipation was affecting her yet to be born child.

"Come on; they both agreed and Dawn is like super sweet! She won't let Linky down like Ronnie Anne did, no offense..." Leni said knowing how the break up was still a sore subject for her.

"Indeed; I bet she would never break Lincoln's heart. I have told Great Grandma about the show and she has been supporting Lincoln and Dawn getting together from the beginning as well." said Lucy who had been Dawn's biggest supporter amongst the sisters since the first episode.

"If she does then I am going to find a way to get to Canada and prank her so bad! It will be April Fool's Day times infinity!" swore Luan.

"I would so beat her up!" swore Lynn Jr as Luna snorted.

"That's if she doesn't fight back and kick your butt like she did Lincoln..." Luna commented as the Loud family were speechless about that wrestling challenge and Lynn Jr indeed took it the worst. They had to pause the TV for half an hour to give her time to calm down and then afterwards she promised that once Lincoln gets home she is putting him through mega training which made the rest of the family scared for the poor Loud sob. Lynn Jr glared at the rocker sister as they looked back towards the TV.

Back in the actual show Lincoln and Dawn held their breaths as Chris smiled at them; "Lincoln, Dawn..." Chris said using his hands to get them to to turn around to face the campers as he then held their wrists. They closed their eyes hoping that it would be over with.

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They both felt their arms being lifted up and stared at the cheering campers and then noticed the other hand their arm lifted up as well. "...Congratulations you both to being the co-winners of Total Drama Island!" Chris announced as they were both stunned and just stared at the cheering campers.

Duncan, Izzy, Harold, DJ, Eva and Leshawna had all casted their votes while the rest were struggling to come up with their choices. "This is like the hardest choice I have ever had to make in this entire show! Lincoln and Dawn have both been great friends and they have worked hard... I don't know what to do!" Bridgette almost cried as Geoff comforted her.

"My choice was clear; I went with the weird hippie girl as I couldn't believe that she was able to kick his butt so bad! Serves him right for almost costing us guys a shot at the spa!" Duncan said still not over that little incident as Courtney shook her head at her boyfriend.

"I went with her as well; as much as I appreciate Lincoln helping me out with my MP3 player... The wrestling challenge clenched my vote in favor of the hippie girl." Eva said simply.

"Yep; same for me as she just impressed me too much with what she could do with so little meat on her bones." Leshawna put in.

"I went with my bro Lincoln; he helped me realise how much of a bully I was acting and how I could be dissapointing my Mama. He helped me make things right with Harold and get a chance to apologise and forgiveness." DJ said with a smile.

"Same for me; he really helped me out and got you guys off my back!" Harold said.

"He got my vote as well; a boy who wouldn't give a second thought to putting himself to be killed by an escaped killer to save the girl he loves... I wish I had a boy like that!" Izzy said glaring at Owen as he mumbled what had to be the thousandth apology.

"Oh man; this is so hard... There is always the chance that this could come between them and I would hate that if Sadie and I got to the final 2 and this could break us apart again..." Katie said looking like she was about to freak out.

"I thought so too... If only I could vote for them both to win like I would want us both to win..." Sadie said as they blinked and excitedly put that down.

"Novel idea but you could just be wasting your votes as I doubt that the rules will let them both win." Noah brought up and the campers looked at Chris who was now grinning.

"Wait, are we able to vote for them both to win?" Gwen asked and Chris nodded shocking them.

"Why didn't you tell us that before?" Courtney asked with her arms fodled as she got up from her stump.

"You didn't ask." Chris replied simply as Courtney sat down agitated.

"I mean why not; they both said that they intended to split that prize money between them." Tyler pointed out and the rest of the campers came to the decision.

"You dude and dudette worked so well together and both impressed in many ways in the challenges; we couldn't decide who deserved to win more..." Geoff said with nods in agreement as Lincoln and Dawn looked speechless.

"Here you two are; we thought this might happened so here are your checks!" Chris said passing them both giant checks for 50 thousand dollars each as they both smiled at eachother. "Plus the final 2 marshmallows!" Chris said passing them both the final marshmallows as they tossed them into eachother's mouths.

Then they found themselves being lifted up onto the shoulders of their fellow campers as they cheered for them with Edward jumping up to jump into their laps. "Best result this could have gotten!" Lincoln told Dawn and she nodded.

"Indeed; we both go home to our families as winners but... Long distance relationship? We could message and email eachother and try to think of a way to meet up again?" Dawn asked Lincoln who thought about it and smiled as he nodded.

"My sister Lori made a shorter long distance relationship work with her boyfriend before she moved away when she went to college; they are now married with a child coming." Lincoln told Dawn as there were laughter from Chris.

"Looks like it will be the first kid that will be calling you 'Uncle Lincoln', plenty of more to come if how many kids your folks got is to be used as an example..." Chris laughed and grew nervous as the campers looked at him with an evil look on their faces.

"Come on guys... Please, do you know what the cleaning bill for these clothes are like or how much I pay to get my hair just perfect..." Chris cried as he was being forcefully carried up into the air by the campers to the top of the huge cliff that was part of their first challenge. They waited by the cliff as Lincoln ran up to join them as all together they made the big throw over the cliff.

The sound of his screams and big splash as he hit the water with the area with the sharks in them was music to their ears. "I have been waiting all Summer to do that..." laughed Chef who had joined them but then they were smirking at them. "Come on now; even together do you dummies think that you could push me down here?" Chef asked as Lincoln laughed.

"We know; the reason why I took a while to join the rest was that I was getting hope from my new friend." Lincoln smirked as the campers made room and Chef was stricken with horror as he heard the robotic sounds and stomps as Bull Bot made his appearance.

Bull Bot made his ran and charged as he pushed Chef off the edge; "My mother wanted me to work in day care, why didn't I listen..." cried Chef as he started screaming like a little kid once he was falling into the water.

"I... I am so proud of you Bull Bot! You see Breakfast Bot; what your brother just did?" said Sidney 'Sid' Chang amongst the Chang family in their apartment home in Great Lakes City when they got to this point in the finale. Sid's parents as well as her younger sister Adelaide watched along with Breakfast Boy as Sid was taking pride in what her newest invention had just done.

"That was for all the animals you brutalised making that disgusting Brunch!" Dawn yelled over the edge of the cliff as the campers laughed together.

"What should we do now that the show's over, wait for us to be picked up?" asked Justin as Lincoln and Dawn smiled at eachother as they ran off with Edward staying with the campers.

"I think they are going to have a victory make out." laughed Tyler as Duncan started leaving.

"I am going to go find Chris' cottage and dig through the remains; see if there is anything that survived worth stealing." Duncan said.

"It was a mansion... Ah forget it..." Courtney sighed finally giving up.

Lincoln and Dawn definitely felt like winners as they were on the boats to pick up the campers; saying goodbye to their new friends swearing that they will make this long distance relationship work. The Total Drama Island winners were glad to have signed up for the show as despite the obstacles and the challenges that they had to compete in; they both found new friends and found eachother to be better than their prize money.

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The Total Drama Island Aftermath show opening is shown with a recap of Lincoln and Dawn moments from the show. The crowd cheers as on the main sofa were the hosts Geoff and Bridgette; "What's going on everyone! Welcome to the Total Drama Island Aftermath show which is a brand new totally awesome show that you will see revisted when we go to Season 2! I'm Geoff!" introduced Geoff.

"and I'm Bridgette! We are coming to you live to dish you info and behind the scenes stuff about your new favourite reality TV show!" greeted Bridgette. "Here we are your 2nd favourite Total Drama couple and if you would look to the right then there are the other competitors on the show who will be joining us for the show!" Bridgette introduced as the other campers besides the winners (& Heather) were sitting at the seats on the right to the stage as Bridgette introduced them all by name.

"Now a moment to laughter to Heather who got herself banned from Total Drama indefinitely due to her actions on the season finale." Geoff explained as the hosts, campers and audience all laughed with the monitor showing a clip of the moment in question of Heather sabotaging the fireworks, Chris discovering the fate of his 'cottage' and then laying down the law to Heather.

"But you know we are missing 2... The 2 who made it all the way to the final 2 and ended up becoming the winners after already agreeing to split the cash money reward!" Geoff said.

"So let's bring them out right now our special guests... The co-winners of Total Drama Island and our very good friends: Lincoln & Dawn!" Bridge excitedly said with the crowd bursted into strong applause as Lincoln & Dawn came into view holding Edward as they sat down togeth on the guest seats. "We are so excited to have you both on the show! I bet that it was a surprise to hear about this." Bridgette said as they both nodded.

"Very surprising as I was going to ask when I was going to be able to take my plane ride home but to find out about the show which I am contacted to attend especially as a winner. Along with other appearences like at conventions so it looks like I am staying in Canada for the time being." Lincoln sighed with the crowd giving boos as Geoff and Bridgette gave him odd looks with Dawn giggling as Lincoln straightened himself.

"Don't get me wrong; Canada is cool and I like you all... It's just that after 8 weeks away from home, I am homesick as I miss my friends and family..." Lincoln explained and the audience gave an 'awe' reaction with sympathetic faces from Geoff and Bridgette and Lincoln felt his hand being held by Dawn. "But this amazing girl being with me makes it a thousand percent times more bearable!" Lincoln said as Dawn rested her head on Lincoln's arm with the audience finding this adorable.

"Yes; it was a surprise for me as well as I was done with donating my money to animal and enviroment causes. I would be happy to take part if I wasn't contractually obligated to... Though, I think trying to ask to reconsider would be pointless as I doubt Chris would have been in the mood to negotiate..." Dawn pointed out with Lincoln nodding and the monitor showed the clip of all the campers tossing Chris off the cliff to laughter from everyone there.

Then the monitor then showed Bull Bot pushing Chef Hatchet off the cliff as well; "Yeah you all loved Bull Bot for that and would you believe that his new popularity got him a rap album deal?" Lincoln asked as the monitor showed the concept art for an album cover with Bull Bot having sunglasses, golden chains around his neck and the title was 'TAKIN' NO BULL FROM YOU!'

"Thinking about what happened and if I could go back and stop ourselves from doing that to Chris and Chef... I wouldn't; it was worth it and I have no regrets after all we were forced to do!" Dawn said with her arms folded and Lincoln did so as well with the other campers nodding along with them.

"Looks like we have a webcam call from a fan!" Geoff said and the monitor showed a teenage girl in a pink princess dress with blue birds on her arms as she had the biggest smile; Gwen gasped and looked away.

"Hello Lincoln and Dawn; I'm Ella and I couldn't help but fall in love with your love story! I found myself rooting for you Dawn from the introductions after seeing your gift with animals like mine and seeing you go out of your way to help Lincoln after finding out how much he does. Plus Lincoln finding his broken heart fixed; it has been great to watch and I could sing! Plus my little winged friends are big fans of Edward." the girl introduced as Dawn smiled but Lincoln looked weirded out.

"Well thanks Ella; nice to meet a fan!" Lincoln said as Edward gave his brrrbbrr sound.

"LIkewise always great to meet another lover of Mother Earth's lovely creatures!" Dawn smiled as Ella looked to the screen.

"Hello Gwen my favourite cousin! Don't worry I haven't forgotten why I decided to watch the show in the first place!" Ella waved to the camera as Gwen buried her head into Trent's chest groaning with everyone's eyes widening; this girl that looked to be a real life Disney Princess and the snarky but good heartened goth were cousins? "I have spoken to your Mum and would you believe that she hired a neighbour to pretend to be you around the house?" Ella asked as Gwen groaned some more with Geoff motioning with his hand to cut it off.

"Wow how embarassing..." Lincoln muttered as Geoff grinned getting up a card.

"You know Lincoln; we had an email message from someone saying that they are a friend of one of your sisters. The sister being called Lucy and this girl goes by Haiku. Talked about you including a story about you both going to the Sadie Hawkins dance only to find out that she wasn't your only date to that dance!" Geoff said grinning as Lincoln slowly had his face turned to horror as he pleaded with Geoff to drop it as the audience were giving 'ooh' sounds.

Geoff read it out loud with Lincoln covering his face with judgemental looks from the other campers; "Wow Lincoln; I love you but it does sound like you were trying to be a player when you were in elementary school..." Bridgette said shaking her head but Dawn suddenly glared.

"Context: Lincoln didn't want to go to that Dance because he wanted to go to the Arcade and some of his sisters misunderstood about him not being asked so 4 of them hooked him up with their friends without telling anyone else. Upon finding out his true intentions; they ganged up and forced him to go on the dates." Dawn clarified shaking her head with Lincoln looking up and mouthed 'thank you' to her; hooray for his aura and mind reading girlfriend!

"Wow... Sorry about that... Sounds like your sisters can be jerks..." Bridgette muttered but realised that this was live TV. "You know what; I said what I said..." Bridgette sighed.

"Anyway; it's time for Truth Or Hammer! We give you questions and lie gets you literally hammered!" Geoff said as Lincoln and Dawn looked uncomfortable as they were outfitted with the truth detector attachments to their faces. "Now Dawn; what's your least favourite aspect about Lincoln?" Geoff asked as Dawn gulped and Lincoln held her hand and gave her a reassuring smile.

"...I can accept and deal with people eating meat even though I refuse to but seeing those disgusting sandwhiches he said was one of his favourites during the Brunch... I can't see myself wanting to kiss him right after he had one..." Dawn admitted and Lincoln laughed as the campers looked like they agreed with her.

"No arguments there Dawn; anyway next is up for Lincoln and... Wow... If Dawn wasn't part of the show; who would you see yourself getting together with?" Bridgette asked and Lincoln's face froze as he refused to listen and ended up dodging the hammers coming his way. Dawn looked at him encouragingly but Geoff snickered.

"I have this footage taken from the day after Duncan got eliminated and it was just you two..." Geoff said as Lincoln jumped.

"Just you and me; no one else I would rather be in the final 2 with..." Lincoln sighed as he and Dawn were sitting together with his arm around her shoulder.

"Not even Bridgette?" Dawn asked as Lincoln jumped and she giggled; "Yeah sorry Lincoln but I saw your thoughts saying that you had moments where you considered that maybe Bridgette would have caught your eye if I wasn't there. All your moments close together and when she taught you how to surf... Don't worry; I won't judge you and I know you stamped those thoughts out soon after. Plus Bridgette is a great girl." Dawn assured him as Lincoln was just red in the face.

Right now the audience were 'oohing' as Lincoln refused to look at Bridgette's direction as Bridgette looked uncomfortable and red in the face.

"Wow Lincoln; I don't know what to say... I'm flattered but..." Bridgette muttered as Geoff laughed.

"Don't worry Lincoln as I don't blame you; Bridgette is the best and I know you two are just friends. I would never think that you were trying to steal her away from me; maybe if you ended up telling her that I was helping Duncan to pick on Harold..." Geoff said assuringly as Bridgette looked at him alarmed as Geoff realised what he had just said.

After a little talk between the hosts; Geoff sighed and said "Okay we have another webcam and this one is actually not only from America but from Lincoln's hometown of Royal Woods!"

This got the audience and the guests interested; "Wow; who is it? Someone I know?" Lincoln asked excited along with Dawn.

"Says here that she was a substitute teacher for you in elementary school; a Ms DiMartino." Bridgette said as Lincoln's face froze and there was a smiling Ms DiMartino on the monitor smiling.

"Lincoln; it has been so long and how have you grown! I was watch Total Drama Island from the beginning and I couldn't believe the boy I taught would not only get onto the show but make it to the co-winners! I am proud of your performance and finding a nice young girl to date; so glad to get to talk to you Dawn!" Ms DiMartino spoke as Lincoln was mumbling at her appearance.

"Thank you very much Ms DiMartino and Lincoln wants to say thanks as well and it's nice to see you for him as well. Though he wishes that he wasn't." Dawn giggled not looking jealous and turned Lincoln's head to the left so he wasn't facing the monitor to the laughter of the crowd.

"Thanks Dawn... Would you believe that my grades suffered when she was teaching me because I was so distracted, even with a tutor... Had to retake a test in a locker!" Lincoln groaned to more laughter.

The other male campers were mumbling at the look of Ms DiMartino and Courtney was furiously shaking Duncan to get him to stop. "Wow Dawn; so great of you to be so understanding because the looks of the boys here..." laughed Bridgette as she put her arm around Geoff's shoulder. "Well Geoff here only has eyes on one girl..." Bridgette said only to glare at Geoff as Ms DiMartino ended the call and the males and those others who were into girls got back to normal.

"Uh... We have another email..." Geoff said getting a card as Bridgette shook her head. "From someone called ChandlerIsKing832 and it's asking Dawn... What is it like kissing someone who eat those disgusting buffalo testicle meatballs?" Geoff asked alarmed as Dawn shook her head not wanting to answer the question.

"Gee... I wonder who could have sent that message with an username like that..." Lincoln said sarcastically with a shake of his head.

"We have one more surprise for you two before we end the show..." Bridgette said as they were both interested. "We have Dawn's parents invited here to the studio! They are outside waiting to get to meet Lincoln in person! Plus Edward as well!" Bridgette said as there were 'oohs' from the audience and campers and Dawn was excited but Lincoln's eyes widened.

"Isn't this wonderful Lincoln; you are going to love meeting..." squealed Dawn going to embrace Lincoln only to find herself hugging air; she got up with an annoyed sigh upon noticing that Lincoln had done a runner. "No need for this Lincoln..." Dawn shouted running off.

Bridgette, Geoff and the campers listened awkwardly as they heard Dawn's voice yell "get out of that janitor's closet Lincoln...Locked? From the inside? Who designs closets that locks from the inside... Doesn't matter; you can't stay in there for long!"

"Want to bet? I stayed in a closet much smaller for 6 hours to get out of my sisters dragging me to clothes shopping!" Lincoln retorted out loud as the hosts faced the camera.

"That's our show; we will see you for Season 2..." Bridgette said facing the crowd and cameras as she and Geoff waved to the clapping audience.

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The Loud House in Royal Woods; Michigan and the Loud Family were extremely proud of the only boy Lincoln for being the co-winner of the Total Drama Island TV show; they were excited and so were their friends and other family members. Pop-Pop, Myrtle, Gramps and even Aunt Ruth contacted them to share in the excitement. Lincoln's friends were ecstatic as well and even Mr Grouse went over to admit what Lincoln pulled off.

Plus seeing Lincoln share the win with his new girlfriend (who they were excited to eventually get to meet in person)! Still they were starting to miss him more than the already did before; probably helped that it seemed that by winning (even co-winning) Lincoln was now contractually obligated for appearances which included this new talk show with the first episode to help promote the next season.

They were getting ready to watch this TDI: Aftermath show and Lily the youngest was already at the couch anticipating the show to begin, ending up missing Lincoln the most. They soon ended up on the couch ready with the snacks; "You think Lincoln has already spent his half of the prize money?" Lynn Jr asked as they shook their heads at her focusing on the money.

"Still Lincoln is now a big time TV star now which is sure to bring him more fame and money; another star in the family!" Lola commented as some siblings rolled their eyes.

"I am just wanting to see how Lincoln is getting on with Dawn." Lucy said and they smiled at that.

Soon it was starting...

The Total Drama Island Aftermath show opening is shown with a recap of Lincoln and Dawn moments from the show. The crowd cheers as on the main sofa were the hosts Geoff and Bridgette; "What's going on everyone! Welcome to the Total Drama Island Aftermath show which is a brand new totally awesome show that you will see revisited when we go to Season 2! I'm Geoff!" introduced Geoff.

"and I'm Bridgette! We are coming to you live to dish you info and behind the scenes stuff about your new favourite reality TV show!" greeted Bridgette.

"Wonder why they were chosen to host?" asked Lana perplexed; not that she didn't like either of them but she was just wondering.

"Probably the producers wanting the hosts to have their cool factor." Lisa stated.

"Besides; would you rather that they had chosen Heather to host? If she wasn't literally banned that is." Lori asked and they shook their heads; they sympathy for Heather in her punishment was at a negative 100.

"Here we are your 2nd favourite Total Drama couple and if you would look to the right then there are the other competitors on the show who will be joining us for the show!" Bridgette introduced as the other campers besides the winners (& Heather) were sitting at the seats on the right to the stage as Bridgette introduced them all by name.

The Loud family smiled at the contestants who showed supportive for Lincoln and Dawn during that finale and so it seemed that Lincoln had found friends in at least most of them. No Heather was a plus again.

"Now a moment to laughter to Heather who got herself banned from Total Drama indefinitely due to her actions on the season finale." Geoff explained as the hosts, campers and audience all laughed with the monitor showing a clip of the moment in question of Heather sabotaging the fireworks, Chris discovering the fate of his 'cottage' and then laying down the law to Heather.

The Loud family decided to share in the laughter and the joy at being reminded of her ultimate fate after all that she had pulled in the show and especially the finale alone.

"But you know we are missing 2... The 2 who made it all the way to the final 2 and ended up becoming the winners after already agreeing to split the cash money reward!" Geoff said.

They were holding their breaths in glee.

"So let's bring them out right now our special guests... The co-winners of Total Drama Island and our very good friends: Lincoln & Dawn!" Bridge excitedly said with the crowd bursted into strong applause as Lincoln & Dawn came into view holding Edward as they sat down together on the guest seats.

The Louds joined in the cheer and getting to see Edward again and seeing that he was still with them.

"We are so excited to have you both on the show! I bet that it was a surprise to hear about this." Bridgette said as they both nodded.

"Very surprising as I was going to ask when I was going to be able to take my plane ride home but to find out about the show which I am contacted to attend especially as a winner. Along with other appearences like at conventions so it looks like I am staying in Canada for the time being." Lincoln sighed with the crowd giving boos as Geoff and Bridgette gave him odd looks with Dawn giggling as Lincoln straightened himself.

"I can tell that you miss us but wrong phrasing bro." laughed Luna and they giggled as well.

"Don't get me wrong; Canada is cool and I like you all... It's just that after 8 weeks away from home, I am homesick as I miss my friends and family..." Lincoln explained and the audience gave an 'awe' reaction with sympathetic faces from Geoff and Bridgette and Lincoln felt his hand being held by Dawn.

The Louds smiled sweetly knowing that Lincoln missed them as well.

"But this amazing girl being with me makes it a thousand percent times more bearable!" Lincoln said as Dawn rested her head on Lincoln's arm with the audience finding this adorable.

So did the Louds.

"Yes; it was a surprise for me as well as I was done with donating my money to animal and enviroment causes. I would be happy to take part if I wasn't contractually obligated to... Though, I think trying to ask to reconsider would be pointless as I doubt Chris would have been in the mood to negotiate..." Dawn pointed out with Lincoln nodding and the monitor showed the clip of all the campers tossing Chris off the cliff to laughter from everyone there.

They laughed at the reminder; "I would hate to be a negative nancy; but as entertaining and well deserved as this was... Dawn would have a point that this certainly didn't help if they tried to argue to Chris about being able to go home without the contractual appearences." Lisa pointed out and they sighed knowing that she had a point.

Then the monitor then showed Bull Bot pushing Chef Hatchet off the cliff as well; "Yeah you all loved Bull Bot for that and would you believe that his new popularity got him a rap album deal?" Lincoln asked as the monitor showed the concept art for an album cover with Bull Bot having sunglasses, golden chains around his neck and the title was 'TAKIN' NO BULL FROM YOU!'

"I am definitely wanting to check that out!" cheered Luna.

"I must say that I still am impressed with Sid's own invention here. That she was contacted to build something for the show as well." Lisa noted.

"Well it was this that brought the show's existence to Ronnie Anne and Lincoln so we have her to thank for the dominos to fall as they say for Lincoln meeting Dawn and them winning together." Luan said and they knew that this was a good point; something to thank Sid for when they got the chance.

"Thinking about what happened and if I could go back and stop ourselves from doing that to Chris and Chef... I wouldn't; it was worth it and I have no regrets after all we were forced to do!" Dawn said with her arms folded and Lincoln did so as well with the other campers nodding along with them.

No one could blame them.

"Looks like we have a webcam call from a fan!" Geoff said and the monitor showed a teenage girl in a pink princess dress with blue birds on her arms as she had the biggest smile; Gwen gasped and looked away.

"Nice dress!" complimented Leni and Lola nodded in agreement.

"Does Gwen know this girl?" Rita asked noticing Gwen's reaction.

"Hello Lincoln and Dawn; I'm Ella and I couldn't help but fall in love with your love story! I found myself rooting for you Dawn from the introductions after seeing your gift with animals like mine and seeing you go out of your way to help Lincoln after finding out how much he does. Plus Lincoln finding his broken heart fixed; it has been great to watch and I could sing! Plus my little winged friends are big fans of Edward." the girl introduced as Dawn smiled but Lincoln looked weirded out.

"...This fan seems weird like a Disney princess brought to life..." Lynn Jr managed to say as most didn't know what to say but she seemed nice.

"Well thanks Ella; nice to meet a fan!" Lincoln said as Edward gave his brrrbbrr sound.

"LIkewise always great to meet another lover of Mother Earth's lovely creatures!" Dawn smiled as Ella looked to the screen.

"Hello Gwen my favourite cousin! Don't worry I haven't forgotten why I decided to watch the show in the first place!" Ella waved to the camera as Gwen buried her head into Trent's chest groaning with everyone's eyes widening; this girl that looked to be a real life Disney Princess and the snarky but good heartened goth were cousins?

Their eyes widened; "They are cousins? But they are so different..." Luan asked astonished.

"We are all different and we are siblings." reminded Lisa and that was a good point.

"I have spoken to your Mum and would you believe that she hired a neighbour to pretend to be you around the house?" Ella asked as Gwen groaned some more with Geoff motioning with his hand to cut it off.

"...That was a bit much and embarassing..." Rita spoke with most not sure what to say about that.

"Wow how embarassing..." Lincoln muttered as Geoff grinned getting up a card.

"You know Lincoln; we had an email message from someone saying that they are a friend of one of your sisters. The sister being called Lucy and this girl goes by Haiku. Talked about you including a story about you both going to the Sadie Hawkins dance only to find out that she wasn't your only date to that dance!" Geoff said grinning as Lincoln slowly had his face turned to horror as he pleaded with Geoff to drop it as the audience were giving 'ooh' sounds.

"Wait, what?" Lily asked and there were guilty looks from Luna, Luan, lucy & Luan.

"Wish Haiku told me that she was sending a message..." muttered Lucy awkwardly.

"It's a long story..." Lynn Jr told Lily who looked like she wanted to know more.

Geoff read it out loud with Lincoln covering his face with judgemental looks from the other campers; "Wow Lincoln; I love you but it does sound like you were trying to be a player when you were in elementary school..." Bridgette said shaking her head but Dawn suddenly glared.

"Off course Linky is a player; he always liked video games!" Leni said and most shook their heads at Leni not understanding what was meant.

"Context: Lincoln didn't want to go to that Dance because he wanted to go to the Arcade and some of his sisters misunderstood about him not being asked so 4 of them hooked him up with their friends without telling anyone else. Upon finding out his true intentions; they ganged up and forced him to go on the dates." Dawn clarified shaking her head with Lincoln looking up and mouthed 'thank you' to her; hooray for his aura and mind reading girlfriend!

Lily's eyes widened and the four sisters refused to meet her gaze; "Trust us Lily; we were not thrilled when we learned what had happened as well." Lynn Sr said shaking his head at this bad memory.

"Glad that Dawn was able to clear this up and this didn't' affect things between them." Lola said and they agreed that it was a good idea that Dawn was both understanding and could use her aura reading to get the context herself.

"Wow... Sorry about that... Sounds like your sisters can be jerks..." Bridgette muttered but realised that this was live TV. "You know what; I said what I said..." Bridgette sighed.

Their eyes widened and mouths were wide open; "I liked her before..." Lynn Jr said with her arms folded and a glare on her face.

"She's not wrong Louds!" yelled Mr Grouse from next door as they heard through the windows; he must be watching from his own TV.

"Anyway; it's time for Truth Or Hammer! We give you questions and lie gets you literally hammered!" Geoff said as Lincoln and Dawn looked uncomfortable as they were outfitted with the truth detector attachments to their faces.

"He had better have used 'literally' like I 'literally' do..." Lori swore promising vengeance if Lincoln got hurt thanks to this stupid game and the family didn't like where this is going.

"Now Dawn; what's your least favourite aspect about Lincoln?" Geoff asked as Dawn gulped and Lincoln held her hand and gave her a reassuring smile.

They wondered what Dawn could possibly dislike about Lincoln...

"...I can accept and deal with people eating meat even though I refuse to but seeing those disgusting sandwhiches he said was one of his favourites during the Brunch... I can't see myself wanting to kiss him right after he had one..." Dawn admitted and Lincoln laughed as the campers looked like they agreed with her.

"Can't blame her..." Lola spoke making a disgusted face as none were too keen on Lincoln's choice of sandwhiches either.

"No arguments there Dawn; anyway next is up for Lincoln and... Wow... If Dawn wasn't part of the show; who would you see yourself getting together with?" Bridgette asked and Lincoln's face froze as he refused to listen and ended up dodging the hammers coming his way. Dawn looked at him encouragingly but Geoff snickered.

"Oh my... If Lincoln was with any other girl; this could make or breath this relationship..." Luna gulped and things became tense.

"Who chose these questions?" Rita asked outraged.

"I have this footage taken from the day after Duncan got eliminated and it was just you two..." Geoff said as Lincoln jumped.

"Just you and me; no one else I would rather be in the final 2 with..." Lincoln sighed as he and Dawn were sitting together with his arm around her shoulder.

"Not even Bridgette?" Dawn asked as Lincoln jumped and she giggled; "Yeah sorry Lincoln but I saw your thoughts saying that you had moments where you considered that maybe Bridgette would have caught your eye if I wasn't there. All your moments close together and when she taught you how to surf... Don't worry; I won't judge you and I know you stamped those thoughts out soon after. Plus Bridgette is a great girl." Dawn assured him as Lincoln was just red in the face.

...

"Awkward... Especially with Bridgette there..." muttered Luan as they were just silent at this.

"I wouldn't mind if Lincoln got with Bridgette." Leni admitted.

Right now the audience were 'oohing' as Lincoln refused to look at Bridgette's direction as Bridgette looked uncomfortable and red in the face.

"Wow Lincoln; I don't know what to say... I'm flattered but..." Bridgette muttered as Geoff laughed.

Things were still tense in the Loud living room even if it was slowly going away.

"Don't worry Lincoln as I don't blame you; Bridgette is the best and I know you two are just friends. I would never think that you were trying to steal her away from me; maybe if you ended up telling her that I was helping Duncan to pick on Harold..." Geoff said assuringly as Bridgette looked at him alarmed as Geoff realised what he had just said.

"Busted!" Lola said and they started laughing at this.

After a little talk between the hosts; Geoff sighed and said "Okay we have another webcam and this one is actually not only from America but from Lincoln's hometown of Royal Woods!"

This got their interest; wondering who this could be.

This got the audience and the guests interested; "Wow; who is it? Someone I know?" Lincoln asked excited along with Dawn.

"Says here that she was a substitute teacher for you in elementary school; a Ms DiMartino." Bridgette said as Lincoln's face froze and there was a smiling Ms DiMartino on the monitor smiling.

Their eyes widened and Luna and Lynn Sr were drooling with Rita giving her husband a glare and Luna having to remind herself that she had a girlfriend. "Oh yeah; this was a long story as well..." Lana told Lily.

"Lincoln; it has been so long and how have you grown! I was watch Total Drama Island from the beginning and I couldn't believe the boy I taught would not only get onto the show but make it to the co-winners! I am proud of your performance and finding a nice young girl to date; so glad to get to talk to you Dawn!" Ms DiMartino spoke as Lincoln was mumbling at her appearance.

"Thank you very much Ms DiMartino and Lincoln wants to say thanks as well and it's nice to see you for him as well. Though he wishes that he wasn't." Dawn giggled not looking jealous and turned Lincoln's head to the left so he wasn't facing the monitor to the laughter of the crowd.

"So Lincoln likes this old teacher of his?" Lily asked and they thought in a manner of speaking.

"Thanks Dawn... Would you believe that my grades suffered when she was teaching me because I was so distracted, even with a tutor... Had to retake a test in a locker!" Lincoln groaned to more laughter.

They laughed at the reminder and their eyes widened; "I just realised; did you ever tell Bobby about Hugh Lori?" Luan asked Lori who refused to meet her gaze to laughs from the sisters besides Lily.

"All part of this long story youngest sibling." Lisa told LIly.

The other male campers were mumbling at the look of Ms DiMartino and Courtney was furiously shaking Duncan to get him to stop. "Wow Dawn; so great of you to be so understanding because the looks of the boys here..." laughed Bridgette as she put her arm around Geoff's shoulder. "Well Geoff here only has eyes on one girl..." Bridgette said only to glare at Geoff as Ms DiMartino ended the call and the males and those others who were into girls got back to normal.

More laughs at this.

"Uh... We have another email..." Geoff said getting a card as Bridgette shook her head. "From someone called ChandlerIsKing832 and it's asking Dawn... What is it like kissing someone who eat those disgusting buffalo testicle meatballs?" Geoff asked alarmed as Dawn shook her head not wanting to answer the question.

Groans at this; "He is still at it even after all these years..." muttered Lynn Jr shaking her head.

"I never wanted to think about that episode again..." muttered Lily.

"Gee... I wonder who could have sent that message with an username like that..." Lincoln said sarcastically with a shake of his head.

"We have one more surprise for you two before we end the show..." Bridgette said as they were both interested. "We have Dawn's parents invited here to the studio! They are outside waiting to get to meet Lincoln in person! Plus Edward as well!" Bridgette said as there were 'oohs' from the audience and campers and Dawn was excited but Lincoln's eyes widened.

This got their interest; "I wonder if they are weirdos like Dawn is..." wondered Lynn Jr only to get slapped in the shoulder by a glaring Lucy. "Come on; I like the weirdo as well!" Lynn Jr protested.

"I bet Lincoln will make the best first impression with them." Lynn Sr said with a smile.

"I still remember when I got Bobby to meet mum and dad for the first time; had to drag him to the house..." sighed Lori at the memory.

"Isn't this wonderful Lincoln; you are going to love meeting..." squealed Dawn going to embrace Lincoln only to find herself hugging air; she got up with an annoyed sigh upon noticing that Lincoln had done a runner. "No need for this Lincoln..." Dawn shouted running off.

"Come on bro; nice on live TV..." Luna muttered smacking her face as there were sighs of how Lincoln was reacting to this.

Bridgette, Geoff and the campers listened awkwardly as they heard Dawn's voice yell "get out of that janitor's closet Lincoln...Locked? From the inside? Who designs closets that locks from the inside... Doesn't matter; you can't stay in there for long!"

"Want to bet? I stayed in a closet much smaller for 6 hours to get out of my sisters dragging me to clothes shopping!" Lincoln retorted out loud as the hosts faced the camera.

"I concur that he had done so..." Lori sighed as Leni frowned; she had her eye on something that she really wanted Lincoln to try on.

"That's our show; we will see you for Season 2..." Bridgette said facing the crowd and cameras as she and Geoff waved to the clapping audience.

"Well... That was quite an ending..." Rita managed to say.

"Hope Lincoln managed to suck it up and make a good first impression on Dawn's folks." Lana said and there were nods at this.