Hey, not sure what to call myself here cause I don't know if real names are allowed so I will go with Charlie. I've done a few fanfictions over the years but I have mostly been a reader. I took a step back from reading them swell recently due to a lot of stuff going on but I wanted to get back to writing. I had previously been working on a series called "Brotherhood Of The Mountain" which was a Rugrats All Grown Up fan fiction that I started...a long...long...long time ago. It is pretty awful and I would recommend no one reading it or any of my others, I wrote them when I was a lot younger and had absolutely no idea how to either spell (Which I am only slightly better at now...not making any promises) or punctuate. I am also only slightly better at that now. I am also writing on a MacBook and I am not used to its keyboard yet. So...umm...sorry about. My previous stories have always been rather extreme departures from the Rugrats All Grown Up formula but I wanted to tell a proper story that could kinda fit into the series (Kinda) smoothly. I am also very busy with school so the updating of this story will be a bit random but I am sure we will work out a bit of a schedule. This is mostly just a chance to have some fun but also test my writing skills a bit. I hope you enjoy.

To give you some age ideas -

Tommy - 16

Chuckie - 17

Dil - 15

Phil - 16

Lil - 16

Kimi - 16

This story, for the most part, will be child-friendly, apart from some occasional dark themes and or serious moments I will try and keep it true to the show, but they are older and so I image the show to also be directed at an older audience. Here we go!

Around The Campfire

By a random fan who probably should find something better to do!

Chapter 1: Bro, Are We There Yet?

"Never gonna give you up! Never gonna let you down!"

Phil's voice spilled out of the open school bus windows into the deep and mostly quiet forest, well, quiet till the bus passed by. The increasingly audible complaints from the fellow passengers did little to hinder Phil's excessive need to recite the lyrics of every song on his phone at a glass-shattering pitch. Squirrels darted for safety as his voice echoed from tree to tree.

The bus flew down the dirt tracks, sending clouds of dust in every direction. Despite the huge amounts of passing dust clouds all the windows were open, in hope of catching a breeze to relieve the passengers of the outrageous heat.

"PHIL! SHUT IT!" Lil yelled over her brother, trying and failing to snatch away the phone. He danced from side to side of his seat, avoiding Lil's and Kimi's hands. Nearly everyone else had come to accept the obnoxious sound by now, apart from Lil and Kimi, who's constant snatches at the phone and yells of protest were doing nothing but spurring him on to try and be even louder. Tommy had been sitting with Chuckie for most of the ride, but now that Phil's antics were getting rather tiresome and the heat was doing little to help with everyone's mood he decided to move further away from the noise. Chuckie was immersed in the latest issue of "Armadillo Dave". Tommy moved a few seats down from the racket to sit next to his brother Dil near the front. He was rocking back and forth in his seat, staring intently from his book to the window.

"There's no way I'm gonna see big foot with that guy making all that noise, he's gonna scare him off!" Dil said with a sunken expression.

His book was titled "The Man In The Forest - by S.D Buckle" the subtitle below read "The field guide for the Bigfoot enthusiast"

"Dil it's no big d, you'll get plenty of time to look for him at camp"

"Oh don't talk to me about that camp"

"You loved camp Everwood the last time we came here"

"Yeah but that was before they started selling out and letting tourists flood through this place, before you know it, WHOOSH! Bigfoot will have left. Gone and found somewhere else to live, and I'll never get a chance to see him again"

"Have you seen this place man? It deserted. No tourists come here. There all over on the other side of the forest, at camp...um."

"Camp Woodstock"

"That's it! You don't have anything to worry about, and despite my best attempts to explain to you bigfoot is fake..."

"He's real, I'm gonna prove it, I've got a camera and everything this time, all I need to do is..."

Tommy realized he had said the wrong thing, Dil spent the next 10 minutes explaining every part of his plan, his backup plan and his backup, backup plan. Tommy zoned out of his brother's long explanation of how he would lour bigfoot to a preferable location. Tommy took to fiddling with his camera, resentment for it flooded his system. He hadn't been able to make a single film over the summer, now his family, friends and a bunch of nobodies were all trapped in an old, crusty camp. He had missed his opportunity. The script had fallen through and he had lost his extra cast. Just shows you can't trust anyone except your friends to stick with you. They had stood by his film and given him hours of their time. And they had nothing to show for it. Tommy gave his camera a gentle squeeze. He had contemplated trying to shoot some stuff at the campsite but now that it wasn't haunted anymore, it was just a dump. All the excitement had faded. It was just a damp, old campsite, run by a mad playwright.

"You look down" Chuckie came and sat down on the seat across from Tommy, rolling up his comic and stuffing it into his pocket. Dil hadn't noticed Tommy and zoned out till now.

"You weren't listening? Did I just explain dark matter for no reason at all?" He jumped onto his seat "Please! Anyone! Did anyone hear me explain dark matter? I need to know someone heard my genius!"

"Hey" Phil came and sat down on the seat behind Tommy, Kimi appeared to have confiscated his headphones.

"I'm fine, just frustrated, you know," Tommy said, still staring at his camera

"Sorry about your film man, but we can do it next holidays." Chuckie tried to lighten the mood

"Yeah, I mean. You know, the world probably wasn't ready for vampires in space anyway" Phil tried to hold back his laughter.

"It's not that, it's just. You all helped me out so much with it, and we came out with nothing" Tommy looked up, with a look like he was pleading them to tell him otherwise. But they stayed quiet.

"Hey it's not such a big deal, it was just a chance for us all to spend time together" Kimi and Lil walked up the lane between the seats to them. Phil looked up, hopeful they would give him back his headphones, but from the way Lil was glaring at him it was obvious he wasn't getting them back anytime soon.

"Yeah, and hey, you can like...whats it called? To film yourself?" Chuckie questioned.

"Vlog" Dil murmured, now with his face squished against the window.

"I'm not gonna vlog myself, but...I don't know. Maybe I will film a bit of the camp" Tommy said, with a burst of positivity flowing through him he switched on his camera.

The wheels of the bus skidded and made an awful hissing sound.

"Alright, everybody! Welcome back to CAMP EVERWOOD!" Betty exclaimed, jumping from her seat with a grin from ear to ear.

"Come on everybody!" Didi and Stu headed out of the bus, followed by Kira, Charlotte and Howard. Tommy grabbed his backpack, flicked out the screen of his camera and pushed the record button. The heat was like running into a brick wall, knocking the air from all of their lungs. One by one. Sweat instantly covering them. Gone was the chill in the air from their last visit. It was hot. Dil walked out of the bus then instantly turned around to walk back in but was blocked by Phil.

"Please! NO! Let me go back! I can't live like this!" He yelled

"You suffer with the rest of us!" Phil shouted back.

"You kids place nice, come on! We can grab the luggage when it cools off!" Better called from around the bus.

Everyone walked...well...it was more of a run into the camp.

"We need to get inside, like now!" Kimi said through gritted teeth.

"Hopefully we don't have to listen to...oh no" Tommy skidded to a stop

"Welcome to camp Everwood! I'm Chas, camp supervisor, musical director, and playwright, Ellie here runs the bait, tackle and donut shop! Its so wonderful to have you all back, my fans have been clambering for another show like the one we all did together, so lets knock their socks off!" Chas sounded extremely excited, he was standing on the porch of a wood cabin, similar to the ones they would be staying in except for the large sign that read "Head Office" and the large map of the camp to the right of the door, tracing every walk, bathroom and campsite in the area. Underneath the map was a pile of smaller maps that were handed out. Next to Chas stood Ellie, still clutching a wooden log like she had on their first visit. She looked even more manic and insane than before. Her eyes darted from camper to camper.

"When is this guy gonna shut up, I'm dying out here" Phil muttered to Tommy. The sun was beating down on them, in the open campsite, they were all clustered there was no shade cast by the trees they could gather.

"My fans have been begging for another show like we did all them years ago, so let's knock their socks off! Tomorrow is a freeway so ya'll can get settled in, Wednesday we gonna get stuck into things! If you're looking for any activities, Ellie will be handing out pamphlets in the donut shop, you can find details about swimming holes, rock climbing, and hiking. Also, we gonna have ourselves a fun time tomorrow night, can't say too much but look forward to it, alright. BYE Y'ALL!" He waved goodbye as the crowd of people took their maps and headed towards their designated cabins, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Dil were sharing one again, in cabin 2 -1. Kimi and Lil had one to themselves till Angelica and Suzi arrived the next day. They were in cabin 2-2 The parents had their own cabins a few campsites away, and due to the...lack...of interest in camp Everwood the campsite they were staying in (Campsite 2B, with cabins 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 & 2-4) was empty except for them, a few of the other cabins in 3C and 5D had people in them swell but the campgrounds were mostly empty.

"I told you man, Its gonna work! I'm gonna hook up these 4 webcams to my laptop and position them on all 4 sides of the cabin, so from my bed, I can watch out for bigfoot! And with the press of a button, I can record him in all his big-footed glory!" Dil whipped out a webcam from his bag, swinging it around his head by the cord, Lil ducked to avoid being hit by it.

"Dil come on, I don't want your cameras all over the campsite" Lil groaned, the prospect of being in constant view of Dil's prying eyes was not an appealing one.

"Can we just get inside before I keel over!" Kimi roared as she sped ahead of them when the cabins came into view.

Tommy adjusted his camera lens as the others ran off ahead of him.

"Come on Tommy!" Chuckie called from up ahead

"Be there in a second" he called back.

He had been caught off guard by something appearing, out of the blue on his camera, it must have been a beard, or just a lens flare from the sun. But he swore...he had seen something. He considered for a moment big foot, and how happy it would make Dil if he had captured Big foot on tape already. He checked the recording, nothing. Not a flash of light, or anything. He started walking again, a thought crossed his mind, just for a split second before common sense buried it deep in his mind, but that thought was enough to send shivers down his spine. "What if there was something in the woods? Something watching...me"