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Hey Arnold! Time Warp Chapter 1: Campout Blowout!
It was now officially Spring Break in the city of Hillwood. People were closing up shops early for new sales and bargains to begin swooping through stores along with people who wanted a piece of the action. The gang had gotten out of their fifth grade classes and was now celebrating their vacation away from school at Arnold's house, none of them realizing what was going to happen.
"I'm just getting the last of our equipment from the garage, Grandpa!" The football-headed fifth grader called from behind the boarding house back door.
"Okay, Shortman, Have fun with your little friends!" Phil called back, waving Arnold off.
It was Arnold's idea to have a campout party in his backyard and he invited everyone from his class along. He thought it was a way for them to start off spring vacation without having to be bored. He had a cooler filled of iced Yahoo sodas tucked away under his arm as he made his way to the grassy area where all his friends were.
He noticed out of the corner of his eye Sid, Stinky and Harold playing some Frisbee, accidentally throwing it too hard and knocked Eugene over, but he was okay. Nadine and Rhonda were chilling inside the tent, talking to one another. Gerald was moving the lawn furniture out of the way to make way for the kiddie pool. Lila and Sheena were lying on the grass, looking up at the clouds and giggling. Curly was outside the tent, looking like he was getting ready to surprise Rhonda. Phoebe was sitting in a lawn chair, next to a familiar blonde who was sitting on the ground.
Arnold caught sight of this and couldn't help himself not to stare at Helga. Every time someone mentioned her name, he thought back almost a year ago when she made her "confession" on the rooftop. Arnold thought back long and hard over the next few months from that event and developed small feelings for the blonde girl.
They eventually grew to become better friends, but kept it more secretly from the others to spare the embarrassment. Arnold always knew that deep down Helga had actually liked him even if she never admitted it or meant that she loved him that way.
Arnold, realizing that he was getting way too off track, shook his head clear of his thoughts and raised the cooler above his head. "I've got the Yahoo's, guys!" He yelled.
The kids all stopped whatever they were doing and ran towards Arnold, nearly knocking him over as he handed each of them a soda. Arnold dug through the cold, stinging feeling of the ice and fished him out one also. They all huddled inside the tent to get the snacks that they brought from their houses.
Rhonda mostly brought a ton of food for people, including herself. Stinky brought lemon pudding and a jar of pickles from his house. Harold pulled out a three foot long sandwich that had barely enough room to fit inside the tent.
"Boy, howdy, Harold. That's one heck of a sandwich!" Sid said, eyeing the sandwich over.
Harold drooled over it like a hungry dog. "Yeah, I can't wait to eat it."
"Have fun at the hospital, Pink Boy. No way you can eat all that in one day." Helga challenged him.
"I'll eat whatever I wanna eat, Madame Fortress Mommy!" Harold scowled at her before blinking. "Oh, wait! You know what goes best on a sandwich?" He asked rhetorically, digging in his pocket for packets with black grains inside. "Pepper!" He said, ripping off the seals of all of them at once and creating a cloud of dust.
The more dust that flew around, the more the kids coughed. Arnold tried fanning it out of the tent, but it wouldn't go away.
"Ugh! Harold, you got pepper dust all over my brand new shoes!" Rhonda screamed. "I'm gonna-" She paused, as her face tensed up and so did her nose. She wasn't the only one.
Each one of the kids kept sniffling and scrunching up their noses and leaned back. "Ah, ah, ACHOO!" They all sneezed at the exact same time. A sonic blast was heard and it caught their attention.
"What was that big, scary noise?" Sheena asked frantically, trembling a little.
Arnold shook his head. "I don't know, but at least the pepper dust is gone." He said, wiping the tear away from his eye that was left from the impact of sneezing so hard.
Gerald wiped his nose and saw a white, glowing light from outside the tent.
Phoebe noticed his expression and wondered what was he staring at. "Gerald, what's wrong?" She questioned, linking her vision to what Gerald was looking at and gasped. Other kids began to notice it and climbed out of the tent.
There, floating in front of them was a thin line that seemed to be stretching and expanding, making a horizontal branch across. Whatever it was, it sure was bright, but it caught the attention of someone in an instant. It made a piercing static sound similar to a buzzing noise and looked like it was completely made up of electricity.
"What is it?" Eugene stepped forward, tilting his head to one side.
Sid shrugged at his answer.
Arnold came closer to it, not noticing Helga right behind him, holding his arm protectively. That action seemed to confuse him more than the white line did.
Gerald walked closer also and looked back at Phoebe. "What do you think, Pheebs?" He asked.
Phoebe took off her glasses and rubbed them using the hem of her sweater and put them back on. "I'm certain I don't know. It could be anything."
"I dare you to touch it, Helga." Harold smirked.
Helga turned her head around, shocked. "W-Well, why do I have to touch it? Why can't Princess do it?" She passed Rhonda the buck.
Rhonda held her nose high in the air. "What? And get my hair all frizzy? I don't think so."
"I'm ever so certain none of us should touch it." Lila said, sounding a bit worried.
"Lila's right." Arnold turned his head away from the thing. "We don't know what this thing is and we don't want to risk losing our safety."
"Arnold, look!" Gerald stepped ahead and pointed to a group of three red dots appearing from inside the static line. They were coming together slowly, but on target with each other.
Arnold stepped forward, letting the light shine brightly in his eyes, pulling Helga along, too. He leaned curiously into it.
Helga looked into it also and saw only the three red dots about to collide. "It looks like the dots are gonna crash into each other right-!"
"THERE!" Arnold, Gerald and Helga all accidentally touched the spot where the dots met and the whole line broke, making the ground shake. The line collapsed and grew into a circle and sucked all the kids in one by one, sending them flying through a portal of indefinite meaning.
Arnold, Gerald, Helga, Phoebe, Harold, Sid, Stinky, Eugene, Lila, Sheena, Curly, Rhonda and Nadine all disappeared, leaving nothing behind but the tent and bottles of Yahoo sodas.
This was only the beginning of their adventure. In the meantime, review!