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I do not own any of the characters from Les Miserables, and I don't own Les Miserables.

"Okay, Selina, truth or dare?" Terisa asked me, twirling a strand of silky golden hair. She glances over at Irina, who gives a sly nod. Terisa elegantly places her head in her hands and stares at me. Oh no. If I know Terisa (and unfortunately I do) she is going to give me, like, the hardest truth EVER. Specifically, a specific truth on a specific guy. WAY too specific. I am NOT going to spill my guts on Jackson just because of some stupid truth! I had no other choice.

"DARE!" I say. "No one's been brave enough to try one yet. Bring it on!"

"Are you sure, Selina? Answering a truth might be a lot easier," said Terisa slyly.

"Or maybe not!" giggled Irina. Okay, whatever embarrassing truth they were planning to throw at me, I wanted no part of.

"I'm sure," I confirmed. "Give me your hardest!" Crud, sometimes I wish my brain thought faster than my big fat mouth. I was relieved at first, until I heard Terisa's dare.

"Okay, Selina, I dare you to sneak over to the next campsite, steal a bag of their marshmallows, and come back! Then we can eat them!" For a few moments, I just stood there like an idiot, my mouth hanging open. Oh. My. God.

"I-I dunno guys," I stuttered. "What - what if I get caught or something?"

"Hey," shrugged Terisa. "You said 'give me your hardest.' Your fault, not mine." Crud, what had I gotten into? I'm going to KILL Terisa for this!

"Fine!" I spat. "But you and Irina have to go with me."

"We'll stay here," Alyssa volunteered. "If you guys aren't back in 30 minutes, Katie and I'll go get help."

"We'll get the girls in the next tent over," piped up Katie. "I think I have a first aid kit if you sprain your ankle or something." I was starting to get a really bad feeling about this. However, I had the feeling my girlfriends weren't going to let me out of this. I went into auto-drive and said,

"Okay, let's get going Terisa, Irina-hey, what are you doing?" Irina was staring at herself in the makeup mirror she had brought, making herself look like a dog.

"Irina, what the heck are you doing?"

"Well, if we get caught, would the police really think that a cute little puppy stole marshmallows?"

"Maybe," Terisa muttered.

"Of course not!" corrected Irina. "But I'll come visit you in detention!" Okay, NOW I was starting to get a bit of a bad feeling about this. But my friends were obviously set on doing this, so I remained silent. I attempted to swallow my fear as I climbed out of the tent with Irina and Terisa and into the night.

It was much darker than I thought dark could be. My feet were covered with blackness, and it was almost impossible to find any path, let alone, the right one. Terisa held the flashlight over a path I had never noticed before.

"We go this way," Terisa concluded. We trudged along the pathway, which was becoming extremely overgrown. Then, without any sort of warning, the flashlight went out. We all screamed.

"How could this happen?" wailed Terisa. "I charged the batteries right before the camping trip!"

"Teresa?" I heard Irina ask.

"Yeah?"

"Was there a cave on the way to the next campsite?"

"Heck, no, why?"

"Because we're in one now." We all screamed again and ran forward, really fast, like, sonic couldn't catch up to us. A few seconds after we left the cave, I heard another scream, followed by a thud. Terisa had fallen, and was staring glassy - eyed into the bushes.

"Terisa, what the?" I asked. She could only point. I looked to where she was pointing. So did Irina. Oh. My. God. I finally knew what she was staring at. My stomach contracted with fear. Beyond the bushes stood a shadowy figure.

Stay tuned for chapter two!