Blood Moon Chapter 1
The week was at an end. It was Friday and they were in their last class of the day. They had three days off the next week and Troy was having a camping trip for the five days. He had invited Chad, Jason, Zeke, Taylor, Kelsi , and of course Gabriella. Taylor was not sure if she wanted to go, but Chad convinced her.
It was twenty minutes until class was dismissed, so Troy sat in the back row talking about what they were going to do that night.
"So your parents aren't coming on this trip are they?" asked Chad.
"No! Its just going to be all of us." said Troy excited that he will be away from his parents for the long weekend..
"How far in the woods is it?" asked Taylor nervous.
"Its pretty far in there, but don't worry, we all have our cell phones and my parents will come get us if something goes wrong." said Troy. Taylor said nothing but still seemed nervous.
"I love camping." said Gabriella. "It will be lots of fun. Don't worry Taylor"
"Your all going camping?" asked Sharpay faking interest.
"Yes!" Troy said simply.
"Why wasn't I invited?" she asked pretending to be upset.
"I really didn't think camping was your thing." said Troy.
"So if I wanted to go, I could?" she asked.
"I guess!" he said.
"Sharpay! You hate camping." said Ryan quietly.
"That is why you are coming with me." she said.
"So are you coming?" asked Chad, not really wanting to know the answer.
"Yes! We will both come." she said happily.
The day had finally ended and they were on their way to Troys house. Troys mom had packed all of their stuff and was waiting at the door. It was obvious that most of them were not happy that Sharpay had invited herself along.
"I see you have brought a couple more friends." said Troy's mother as they all approached the house.
"Yeah, Sharpay and Ryan decided to go." said Troy.
"Alright, the truck is all packed and your father will be driving all of you up there. Make sure you all have your phones and be careful." she said.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Bolton, we'll all be fine." said Gabriella.
"Alright well you better get going." she said rushing them into the car.
The trip didn't take long, and they all chatted about past camping experiences, and what they wanted to do when they got there. Soon they were outside of the woods waving goodbye to Troy's dad.
"So where exactly is this camping spot, Troy?" Sharpay asked.
"It's a couple miles in the woods, it's near a creek so we all can go swimming." said Troy as they began to walk in the woods.
"Fabulous!" said Sharpay speeding up beside him.
"So have you ever been camping Sharpay?" Gabriella asked.
"Yes, I love camping." Sharpay lied.
"You know the country club doesn't count." said Chad.
"Of course, I do." said Sharpay. "Daddy takes us all the time."
"No, he doesn't." Ryan whispered to his sister.
"They don't know that." she answered.
They all continued to walk until they got to a small clearing in the middle of the woods. The sound of running water could be heard nearby, and birds were chirping all around them.
"This is it." said Troy throwing his pack on the ground.
"Wow, its so beautiful." said Gabriella.
"Yeah, mom and dad used to take me here all the time when I was a kid." said Troy. "We better set up camp, then I'll show you whats nearby."
They all got out their packs and began to set up their tents. Sharpay opened hers and took out her tent, but just looked at it.
"Something wrong princess?" Chad asked.
"No, I'm fine." said Sharpay smiling then looking back at the tent. Ryan had already started putting his up. She walked over and whispered. "How do you put this thing up?"
He walked over and began to set it up. Within minutes her tent was up and stable.
"Where did you learn to do that?" she asked surprised.
"I went camping every summer since I was seven." said Ryan.
"Really?" she said as if she had never heard of this before. He just rolled his eyes and finished putting up his own tent. Soon everyone had their tents up and Troy had started building a fire.
"Alright, come on I'll show you were everything is." said Troy. They all stopped what they were doing and followed Troy into the woods.
"Are you sure you know where your going?" Sharpay asked.
"Yes, Ive been here many times, I know it like the back of my hand." said Troy. "The creek is just up here. They walked into another clearing where their was a creek running through the forest. There were flowers in bloom all around and a waterfall.
"Up here we found an abandoned cottage." said Troy pointing above where the creek was running.
"Really?" said Chad. "Why is it abandoned?"
"I don't know!" said Troy. "Mom and Dad, said they never knew who had lived there, its just always been here."
"It seems kind of creepy that way." said Kelsi looking more closely at the trees. They seemed to give off a misty appearance.
"Yeah, we never really go up that way much." said Troy.
"So, who's ready to eat?" Zeke asked. "I'm starving."
Authors Note: First Chapter, some fun stuff is gonna happen in the next chapter. The cottage will play a part in this story. Please review and continue to read when I get the next chapter up. It should turn out to be pretty interesting.