Here's my fanfic, "Knew All Along." Remember, I don't own Camp Lazlo or any of the characters except Harriet.
Chapter 1: New Summer... and a New Counselor?
It was the first day of summer camp for Camp Kidney. The weather was nice and sunny: the same kind of weather the camp had for the first day of camp for the past few years. Lazlo thought it was great; Edward thought it was just a coincidence. Slinkman pulled the bus near the camp's gate, and said with a happy voice, "All right, scouts! After you get off the bus, you can form a line so you can find out what your cabins are." Slinkman had said it rather loud, so he woke Lumpus up out of his "nap".
"Slinkman! You always do that every year! Can't you learn how to be quieter?" Lumpus yelled harshly.
"But, sir, you know it's not good to yell in front of the scouts-" Slinkman tried to say but got cut off by Edward talking.
"Does it matter? Can you move now? I want to get off this bus and get this over with!"
"Oh... umm.. sorry, Edward," Slinkman said in a quieter tone, then got off after Edward.
Camp Kidney looked exactly the same as it did before. The same cabins, the same Mess Hall, the same Leaky Lake... which didn't really matter much to Lazlo, Clam or Raj at all. The 3 were staring at some birds when Slinkman called out, "Okay everyone! I've got some exciting things to tell you!" Hearing that, the trio ran towards the others. Just what was so exciting to Slinkman? they thought.
"First off, welcome back to camp, scouts! It's great to have you here," Slinkman started saying, and then asigned everyone their cabins. The cabins were exactly the same as last year, so it wasn't much of a surprise. Although it seemed like that was all Slinkman had to say, he then said rather suddenly, "Oh yeah! There's one more thing I have to tell you. You see, we have a new counselor here to help us out with things."
"A new counselor? That's so cool! I bet he'll be able to teach us some really cool stuff!" Lazlo said excitedly.
"Keep your pants on, monkey boy. A new counselor means more work. Lumpus probably just hired him because no one else would want to help here," Edward taunted. Lazlo just smiled it off as nothing and turned around.
"When is the new counselor coming?" Raj asked Slinkman.
"I'm not exactly sure! It should be pretty soon, though. You all look a little tired, so why don't you go take a rest in your cabins for a while? I'll let you know when the counselor comes," Slinkman answered. All the scouts scurried to their cabins, leaving just Lumpus and Slinkman alone.
"Should I have told them, sir?" Slinkman inquired.
"Told them what?" Lumpus asked.
"That the new counselor is a girl. You think they'll take it the wrong way?" Slinkman said, a little worried.
"Nah! They'll find out soon enough. It's not our problem that we couldn't find anyone else for the job," Lumpus answered. Then, pausing for a bit, he then asked, "Are you sure she's coming?"
"Of course she's coming! She would never back off on her first day," Slinkman said reassuringly.
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"I can't wait to see the new counselor!" Lazlo said back in Jelly Cabin to his two best friends, Raj and Clam.
"I hope the counselor doesn't work us really hard or make us do a lot of chores," Raj said in a scared tone.
"Hard labor!" Clam said in agreement.
"Nonsense! Slinkman said himself that the counselor would help us at Camp Kidney. Scoutmaster Lumpus would never hire a person who wouldn't help," Lazlo said, in an attempt to get them to stop worrying.
"But Scoutmaster Lumpus would probably not care if the counselor was mean or not," Raj said pessimistically.
"Then we can talk to him about it. I have a feeling that having a counselor will be a great thing for Camp Kidney," Lazlo said. Around then, Lazlo heard a knock on their door. Lazlo ran to open it.
"Who is it?" Lazlo called out. Nothing.
"Doorbell ding-dong?" Clam asked.
"I guess so, Clam," Lazlo sighed. He started walking back to Raj and Clam, but he heard the knock again. Lazlo opened the door, but still nothing.
"Okay, this is starting to get weird!" Lazlo yelled with annoyance.
"M-maybe the counselor is trying to scare us?" Raj asked, frightened beyond belief now.
"But Slinkman was going to tell us when the counselor came. I'm sure it's just the wind," Lazlo said.
"But how can wind make a door knock itself?" Raj asked. They stopped to think, but Clam went towards the window and then suddenly ran out the door.
"What's with Clam?" Raj asked. Just then, they heard a gasping noise outside Jelly Cabin that sounded quite a lot like Edward's. Clam came running back in the cabin, carrying Edward in with him.
"Caught ding-dong!" Clam said happily.
"Let go of me, Clam! You just couldn't resist busting me, could you? Huh?" Edward yelled frantically. Obeying Edward, Clam dropped him on the floor right there.
"I didn't mean there! You could have at least done it outside!" Edward said, fairly annoyed by now, but ran out anyway.
"I-I knew it was Edward! Of course I did!" Raj said, trying to hide his fear that was now gone. They then heard another knock. This time though, when Lazlo opened it, Slinkman was there.
"Is the counselor here?" Lazlo asked hurriedly.
"No, but I want you and the other scouts to stay outside for now, in case she- I-I mean, the counselor comes!" Slinkman said, trying to hide his mistake. Thankfully, none of the three had heard it, so they got out of Jelly Cabin and went by some of the other scouts.
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The scouts had then got organized into a game of kickball. Slinkman stood near them, a little worried about the counselor. Just then, they all stopped and heard something that sounded like heavy panting. The mysterious figure then came closer, and they were able to tell it was a person.
"I'm so sorry I'm late! I hope I didn't miss anything important," the person said. For a guy, the person definetely had a very high voice. The person also smelled of some kind of exotic perfume. When they looked up at who the person was, they were shocked to see who it was.