CAMPFREAKMARE

CAMPFREAKMARE(jo) CAMP FREAKMARE

The camp bus driver growled at them to pipe down as the bus hit a bump causing them to bounce off their seats. Daisy the penguin stared out the window thinking about what her parents had told her before she got on the bus. Now, whatever you do honey, please try your very best. What a weird thing to say. why didn’t they just tell me to have a good time or something like that? she wondered, as she continued to stare out the window.

Hey check it out! Cookie cried out. I think I just saw a wild cat.

Huh? Are you sure? I didn’t see anything, Daisy answered.

Yah, it went behind those rocks, Cookie added.

Oh I wonder how much longer until we reach camp? Daisy asked.

I don’t think it should be much longer. we should be getting there soon Cookie shrugged.

Suddenly without any warning the bus came to a rough stop. Okay you little creatures, every one off the bus! The bus driver ordered as he pulled the lever and opened the door.

Hey why are we getting out here? Where’s the camp? Tommy the tiger cub asked the driver, who just ignored him and walked off the bus. Hey! I was talking to you! He angrily yelled after him. Can you believe that creep? He added, once they were outside.

Yah, I wonder why he’d tell us to get out here in the middle of nowhere? Is someone from the camp coming to pick us up? Vicky the dragonfly asked.

I’m not sure, but hold on, I’ll go and ask him, Cookie answered her. Umm, excuse me, but is someone from the camp coming to pick us up soon?

I don’t know and I don’t care, he growled, before he pulled the lever to the bus door and slammed it shut in her face.

Hey I was talking to you! Cookie yelled. she had to suddenly leap back because the bus suddenly took off. Cookie joined her friends a couple seconds later. That jerk just left us in the middle of nowhere! She frowned.

A few seconds later they heard an angry growl.

What was that? Sammy the turtle asked.

I don’t know, it could be one of those wild cats that I saw earlier Cookie answered.

Quick pick up some rocks, maybe we can scare them away Daisy said.

They had just finished gathering their rocks when they spotted the wild cats approaching them. Wow! They look hungry Sammy muttered.

Okay, on the count of three throw your rocks as hard as you can. Okay, ready, one, two, and before Tommy could reach three there was a loud bang causing the wild cats to spin around and run off.

Hey look at those wimps run! A loud laugh rang out from behind them.

You kids okay? Howdy, I’m your friendly camp director, Mr. Spooks. now grab your things and jump on the bus.

What where those things? Tommy asked, once they got on the bus.

Oh just forget all about those nasty little kitties and just enjoy the ride, Mr. Spooks smiled.

How far is the camp from here? Vicky asked.

Oh we’ll be there within a hop and a skip little lady.

Less than five minutes later they arrived at the camp grounds. Wow! That was quick, I wonder why the bus change? Cookie whispered over to Daisy. She was about to answer her back when Mr. Spooks got up from the driver seat and cried out, Welcome to camp Freakmare! Your camp counselor, Freddy, will give you kids your bunk number. And once you finish unpacking and grabbing something to eat I’ll see you later on at tonight’s campfire.

The girls were assigned to bunk A and the boys were in bunk B. once they finished unpacking they went looking for the boys. But they couldn’t find them.

I wonder where they disappeared to? Vicky asked.

Let’s go check out the mess hall. knowing those two they’re looking for some food! Cookie laughed.

A few minutes later they found Tommy and Sammy by the water shed. Hey where have you two been? we’ve been looking all over for you, Daisy asked.

We went to see the camp nurse, Sammy answered.

Why?

One of our bunk mates, Jay Fox, got his hand bitten by a snake, Tommy explained.

Oh my god! What? The girls exclaimed.

Yep, he was making his bed and it was hiding underneath his pillow.

Oh wow! Is he going to be okay? Cookie asked.

I guess his hand blew up like a balloon though, and he was pretty freaked out by the whole thing. But I’m sure he’ll be fine, Tommy shrugged.

How did it get inside the bunk? Vicky added.

Don’t know. the whole camp is probably filled with them. maybe you guys got some hiding in your bunk! Tommy laughed.

Not funny Tommy. so what did you do with the snake? Cookie frowned.

Oh we put it inside some bed sheets then we went out into the woods and threw it back. Hopefully he won’t find his way back, Sammy smiled.

Later on that night they all gathered by a bonfire by the lake, eating hot dogs and toasting marshmallows. after they ate Mr. Spooks climbed to his feet and said, Okay I’d like to welcome you all to camp Peace Joy. I hope you all found your bunks comfortable. And now that we got that out of the way, I’d like to go over some of our camp rules. First, lights out will be at nine sharp. now I’m sure that some of you may get an itch to break these rules and try to sneak out after lights out. But I’m warning you now that we don’t allow it and we have our ways of making sure that our campers obey our rules.

Some of the counselors laughed at this.

The other important thing, these woods are filled with wild bears and they’re unfriendly hungry little creatures. Someone made a loud growling noise that made them all laugh.

Okay settle down, you won’t be laughing when one of those bears rips your little head off, Mr. Spooks frowned. Okay I need two volunteers. Both Tommy and Sammy made their way towards him. Now I’ll show you all how to survive if you do bump into one of these creatures. First, lay flat on your stomach and cover the back of your head and try your best not to move. Okay, thank you boys. you can join your friends now.

Have there ever been any bear attacks here at camp? Daisy asked.

A few, but let’s not worry our pretty little head about that. Okay, before we break up for the night please do your best to have a great time during your time with us. You’re all dismissed. enjoy the rest of your night and I‘ll see you all in the morning.

The next morning they quickly got dressed and went to breakfast. When they were done they went by the lake for a day of water sports. On their way back Tommy and Sammy heard a horrifying scream coming out of the woods.

What was that? Sammy asked.

I don’t know, but it sounded like someone getting their head ripped off or something like that, Tommy shrugged.

When they reached their bunks they noticed that Jay’s stuff was missing.

Maybe he just went back home? Daisy shrugged, once the boys told them the story.

Then why didn’t he just tell us that he was leaving instead of taking off without saying a word to anybody? I just think that it's a bit weird, that’s all, Tommy answered.

Well, did you guys ask Freddy? maybe he knows what happened to Jay, Cookie suggested.

Later that day the girls ran into Tommy and Sammy. So what did Freddy say? Cookie asked.

He didn’t. when Tommy asked him if Jay went home or not he just shrugged and said that there’s never been any camper by that name staying here, Sammy answered her.

What? Are you kidding us? What do you mean he was never here? we all saw him! Vicky exclaimed.

I know, that’s what we told him, but Freddy only laughed. he thinks that we’re pulling a fast one on him and told us to get lost, Tommy added.

Oh really? we’ll see who is pulling a fast one on who. let’s go see Mr. Spooks. Maybe he can tell us what really happened to Jay, Daisy frowned.

And as Cookie and her friends walked over towards the camp office her mind was racing. There’s something very weird going on around here, but what?

Well, that was a big waste of time, Tommy sighed, as they walked back towards their bunks.

Yah, I can’t believe he denied even knowing anybody named Jay. He just laughed at us like it was a great big joke, Sammy added.

Yah, real funny. well I guess they’re not going to tell us anything. It looks like it’s going to be up to us to figure out what’s going on around here, before we all disappear right along with Jay, Daisy told them.

The next day the boys were surprised to see that the girls were waiting by the lake.

Hey what are you guys doing here? I thought you were supposed to be on a nature hike this morning? Tommy asked.

Yah, us too, but after we got dressed Freddy popped into our bunks and told us to report to the lake, and that our hike was cancelled, Vicky explained.

Yah, that jerk just walked away smiling when Cookie asked him why they cancelled our hike, Daisy frowned.

A few minutes later Freddy walked over towards them and asked, Okay who’s ready for an awesome water rapids ride? Then, after he instructed them on the rules, they drifted from the shore and started down stream.

Hey look at the cool fish, Freddy said. I bet I can reach over and grab it.

Umm Freddy, I don’t think that you should be--- And before Cookie could finish her sentence Freddy leaned over and fell into the cold water.

Oh crap! Do you guys see him anywhere?! Tommy cried out.

No! And how do we stop this thing?! Sammy yelled, as the canoe started drifting farther away. Without thinking Cookie suddenly jumped into the water and started to swim back.

Cookie! Come back! where are you going?! Daisy cried out.

I’ll be okay. I‘m going to see if I can help Freddy. don’t worry about me, I’ll meet you guys back at camp, she yelled back. A few minutes later Cookie found Freddy a few feet away. She quickly swam towards him and pulled him back to shore, they rested for a few minutes before they started their way back to camp.

Do you think the others will be okay? Cookie asked him after a few minutes of silence.

Yah, I’m sure they will, he shrugged.

An hour later they arrived back at camp.

Where have you two been? I‘ve been worried sick. I was just about to send a rescue team to go look for you guys, Mr. Spooks cried out.

Umm, we had an accident. I fell out of the canoe and Cookie here saved my life, Freddy explained.

Have the others come back yet? Cookie asked.

Yes, they just got back a few minutes ago and told me the whole story Mr. Spooks answered her. Now hurry up and get dried up, we’ll be leaving in half an hour for our nature hike.

Umm, can’t we just skip the hike? I’m wiped after what happened. I don’t think any of us are in any mood to go on any hiking trip, Cookie mumbled.

Skip the hike? don’t be silly! it’ll do you good. now I’ll see you all a bit later, don’t be late! Mr. Spooks laughed.

I can’t believe we have to go on this stupid hike after what happened, Tommy mumbled.

Hey Mr. Spooks, is this going to be a long hike? Vicky asked. But he just pretended not to hear her and kept walking towards the woods. Then after a few more minutes she asked again. Freddy was about to answer her when Mr. Spooks interrupted him.

Okay kids, it seems that we’ve a runaway. one of you kids decided that it would be funny and broke our camp rules and now they must be punished for it.

And what are we supposed to do when we find them? I don’t remember any of us running away from camp, Cookie frowned.

Mr. Spooks reached inside his bag and took out a couple of hunting rifles and handed one to Cookie. And what are we supposed to do with this? You really don’t think that we’re going to shoot anybody do you? She asked in a disbelieving tone of voice.

Well, of course we can’t allow them just to break the rules without any punishments, he answered her back.

But we can’t just kill someone because they ran away from some stupid camp!

Kill them? Oh you’ve got it all wrong silly pup, these guns are full of sleeping darts, Mr. Spooks laughed. her,e let me show you. He then pressed his rifle against Cookie’s chest and was about to press the trigger when Daisy suddenly stepped in front of them and cried out, I can’t let you do that!

Sorry kid.

And before Daisy could answer him back Mr. Spooks pulled the trigger. Cookie shut her eyes and was about to scream but the sound of his laughter interrupted.

Congratulaions! Kids you all passed!

She opened her eyes and saw that the others were all staring at them, smiling.

Hey what’s going on here? What do you mean we all passed? Passed what? Tommy frowned.

Okay the testings are over, you all can come out now, Mr. Spooks cried.
Their mouths dropped open as they watched their parents and friends all come out from behind the trees.

Now I know that I am really in the twilight zone, Sammy cried out.

Would someone please explain what’s going on already? Daisy cried out.

Oh honey! I just knew that you’d pass, Daisy’s mother smiled before giving her a big hug.

Umm, pass what? Daisy mumbled.

Well kids, you see this isn’t a real camp it’s a training camp, Mr. Spooks began.

What? Why didn’t anyone ever tell us? Sammy interrupted.

Cause if any of your parents did, or any of our staff, that would be breaking the rules and this whole test would be a complete failure. And we would have then had to think of another way of testing you kids, Mr. Spooks started to explain.

So you all were on it? Sammy asked.

Yes, I’m afraid so. we wanted to make sure that you kids would be ready. When you and your parents soon go on the space shuttle and travel to a very scary planet.

A scary planet? Daisy asked.

Yes, one called earth. our research has shown so far that this place is both exciting and dangerous, Freddy started to explain.

And before he could finish Tommy cut him off. Dude it sounds like it, but I’m sure it’ll never be as weird as the week we just spent at Camp freakmare!

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