"Wahoo!" cried the ecstatic girl. "I made it to the Honorable Chinese camp!" A curly blonde came over and bumped in to the yelling girl. "Yeah, we both did you dork! Now shut up before everyone finds out you're an idiot." The yelling girl smiles at her friend and calms down a bit. They both made their way to the back of the crowd of other campers and began talking excitedly about the up coming summer. The crowd makes its way up a steep hill, as they are all led to an ancient temple. When they make it to the temple, all had gone silent. To be on such holy grounds, was an honor! Or so the pamphlet for this camp had said.
A man in a long flowing robe came up in front of the campers and held his hands up for silence. "We, the masters of this temple, are pleased to welcome the students of..." The yelling girl pushes her glasses up higher on her small snub nose. "He makes us sound as if we're at school." She whispered to her blonde friend. The blonde slumps her shoulders and sticks out her tongue. "Speaking of school..." continued the other girl. "Did you bring the downloads for my MP3?" The Blonde points to her over-sized backpack. "You bet I did. And you better appreciate them; this thing was heavy even before I put my lap top in it!" The other girl pushes her thick straight hair out of her face. "You think you've got it bad?" She motioned to the things she was carrying. "I brought my lap top, which is in one of the bags in my left hand..." The blonde rolled her eyes, knowing she was about to hear a long speech. "The other bag has my silk things, robes, pjs, ceremonial things required from us. The thing in my right hand has swimsuits, hair stuff, and stuff for my teeth, snacks, shampoo and conditioner, enough for the rest of my life time by the way. As you can tell my mother packed a lot of this stuff. But I did pack my entertainment stuff that will last for the rest of the summer." The blonde raises her eyebrow at her friend. "So what's with the hiker's backpack, girl?" The brown head looks at her back. "Oh, just my entire wardrobe of regular clothes, sunscreen, bug away stuff, and not one, but two sleeping bags." The blonde starts laughing at her friend. "Your mom's love is killing you, huh?" She said loudly. A few people in the back of the crowd look back at them and 'shh' them. The two friends blush, and go back to listening to the man with the long robes. After a few minutes, the blonde whispers, "I'm sorry, but your life must suck right now!" The blonde starts laughing again, but is quieter. The brown headed girl humphs but starts to smile with her friend.
"Now to pass through this arch above me." the man said gesturing to a wooden frame three times his size. "You must say the traditional words of 'Let me pass.'" It was at that moment that the brown head got sucked in on a polished symbol in the middle of the arch. Her eyes glazed over and thoughts wondered from her grasp. Suddenly her friend nudged her. "He called your name, you idiot! Go up and pass through the gate thingy!" With another shove the girl was stumbling forward with her bags throwing her off balance. She almost tripped but she shifted her left hand bags and regained her balance. She finally gets to the man and puts her stuff down, just a few feet away from the arch. "What do I have to say?" She asks. The robed man smirks, "As I said earlier, I do not repeat myself for any thing or any one." She glares at the man. Well, she had heard a couple of syllables...maybe that was enough. She takes a deep breath and tries her best to pronounce the words.
"Hayra seid makt yehat!"
She steps forward and lets out her breath. The robed man laughs. "You fool! You weren't even close! You said take me back to the pas..." His voice was cut off as the colors around her melted. She blinked in this puddled world. She felt her body being thrown up ward, she tried to let out a scream but was cut off as she shifted and felt herself falling. She then stopped. Her feet were some how on solid ground and her voice could scream again. And that's what she did, scream. Scream her heart out, while also giving a heart attack to a teenage boy with a boomerang, who had some how gotten in front of her.