Welcome to my new story! This can be read as Faya romance or just Faya friendship (which I prefer). There's also some Lucaya in here, but only a bit (they have like, one or two scenes together). Enjoy!

Note: Please excuse any mistakes I make, as I have very little knowledge on moths and camping/nature.

The five teens walked along the dirt path, following their nature guide as they did so. Riley couldn't go with them, due to her sprained ankle, but she still encouraged her friends to go and explore the mountains without her. Right now, they were all paired up in partners; Maya and Farkle, Lucas and Zay, Smackle and Sarah, and etc.

"Do you think Riley's doing okay back at the lodge?" Maya asked Farkle as she watched him flip through the pages of a small nature textbook.

"I'm sure she's fine, Maya," Farkle replied. He had then looked up from his textbook and noticed a moth flying around the two. "Oh, that's an imperial moth! I don't have that one yet!"

"And this is amazing why?" Maya asked, confused.

"Smackle and I collect lepidoptera," the genius answered, "Since we're on a nature trip, we thought it'd be a fun idea to compete and see who can get the most insects. The imperial moth is one of the rarest moths in the world. I have to catch it!"

"Um, Farkle, maybe that's not such a good idea—" The genius, however, ignored Maya's advice and chased after the insect, wanting to add it to his collection. Maya was just about to get back to the group—Farkle was a genius, she figured he could figure the way back himself—when she heard a scream and jumped, startled.

"Maya!" The blonde turned her head, only to see the green eyed brunette staring at her, worriedly, "Maya, what was that? What happened?!" He had then took a look around before asking the question Maya feared. "Where's Farkle?"

"I, um, I…" Maya bit her lip, nervously. "I-I don't know," She stated, "He saw this moth and since him and Smackle are having some sort of contest to see who can collect the most insects, he wanted it for his collection. He went after it, but when I was going to join you guys, I…I heard a scream and I have no clue what happened." By now, Maya could now feel her eyes getting watery, but she blinked them back and then turned back to Lucas.

"Okay, well, maybe we can tell our nature guide what's going on and—"

"No! Lucas, we can't do that!"

"Why not?! It's the right thing to do, Maya! We have to get help! We can't go out there ourselves! We don't have any materials or gear and the nature guides will be able to help him better than we can!"

"I thought cared about us, Huckleberry."

"I do, Maya! I'm only stopping you because I care about you! I don't want you to go out there and get hurt. It's a huge risk, one that I'm not going to let you take!"

"I don't need to be protected, Ranger Rick!"

"Yeah, but—" Lucas took a deep breath and sighed, "Maya, I'm sorry, but please listen to me, okay? We'll go get some park rangers, some employees, somebody! I know you're worried about Farkle and I know you want to help him, Maya—I do too!—but I don't want you to go out there alone. Please, let's just wait for somebody to come, okay? It's the right thing to do."

"No, it's not! The right thing to do will be going to look for him! Farkle could be hurt right now—or worse! I'm not going to take that chance, Lucas! I don't care whether it's a huge risk or not, I have to go find him!" Maya had then turned on her heels and left. She waited for Lucas to stop her, to say something to keep her there, but he never did. She kept on going, her chestnut combat boots digging into the rocky trail, until she finally came across a cliff.

'Oh my gosh' The blonde thought as she glanced around the area. There were many trees, rocks, logs, bushes and plants. Over to the left she could see a shed—maybe a storage of some kind?—and a clearing. To the right she saw what looked like a campsite, and smelled a strong scent of burning wood, meaning it had been used recently. That was good. That meant that if any people were still there, she could ask to borrow their supplies.

"Farkle?!" She yelled as she explored the small area for her friend. After a few minutes, she stopped and looked at the edge of the cliff. Was it possible…..?

No. No, it wasn't possible, but she couldn't give up. Slowly, while making sure not to lose her balance she glanced below the cliff and gasped.

Farkle was lying there…unconscious.

Suddenly, her mind went blank and she didn't know what to do. Remembering the scent of burnt wood from earlier, she ran into the campsite and saw a few fire logs lying in the middle of the field. There was no fire and nobody else there, so that was good. But that was also very, very terrible, because that meant there was nobody to help them and that Maya was entirely on her own.

'Okay, Maya, think. No people, no materials. You're on your own…Where can you find a rope, or a grappling hook of some sort? Come on, Maya, think!' After wracking her brain for a while, Maya finally remembered and took off running in the other direction, towards the shed, where she threw the door open and started digging through all of the shelves and boxes.

'Come on, come on…I need something! Anything!' Within a few minutes, Maya pulled out a grappling hook and a rope. She had also managed to find a small backpack filled with water bottles and a solar powered phone. It wasn't really all that much, but Maya knew it was all she had, so she stuffed the grappling hook and road into her bag and took off running.

Fifteen minutes later, Maya arrived back to her previous spot and glanced back down at the cliff again. It was a fairly deep drop, but Farkle was lying on one of the rocky edges, so luckily it wasn't too far down. She looked back at the grappling hook and though still nervous, she attached the other rope to it and with her backpack on, Maya had slowly lowered herself down over the edge.

On her way down, she took multiple deep breaths and kept her eyes on the rocky edge to keep herself from looking down at the giant drop below. Finally, after what felt like forever, Maya felt her feet touch the ground and she let go of the rope.

She immediately knelt down beside Farkle and scanned him quickly for any injuries. There was a huge cut on his wrist, which seemed to be fractured and as Maya ran her hand through his hair, she could feel something sticky on her fingertips. Carefully, she removed her hand and caught a glance of a dark crimson red liquid on her nails. 'Uh oh. That's not good.'

Maya had then quickly—but securely—tied herself to the rope and, while doing the best she could to keep her grip tight, grabbed Farkle and tried to keep him upright as she climbed up and got them off the cliff edge.

Exhausted, the blonde lied down on the rocky edge and took a few minutes to glance up at the sunny, pale blue sky. Clouds surrounded it and for once, she felt like everything would be okay. She felt like nothing was wrong with the world, like the stupid love triangle she was in would be resolved and no friendships would be broken. For once, she felt like everything would be alright.

This only lasted for a moment though, as Maya had snapped back to reality to focus on her friend. She opened her bag and started to dig through the things she packed. Water bottles, very few bandages and a solar powered phone. She didn't know how clean or old the water bottles were and she—though she absolutely hated to admit it—didn't know any of her friends' numbers by heart. She didn't use her phone that often, but when she did, she never bothered to look at the actual numbers.

Realizing that it was now getting a bit late and the nature tour ended a long time ago, Maya stood up and—quickly but gently—managed to get Farkle to stand upright. To make sure he didn't suddenly fall over or collapse, the blonde girl wrapped her hand around his waist and draped his right arm across her shoulder, while the other hung limply at his side.

It took about ten to fifteen minutes to find her way out, but when she did, the blonde was somewhat surprised to see Lucas waiting for her back at the entrance of the trail. "Lucas?!" She asked, confused.

The brunette smiled at seeing his friend but his smile had then disappeared after seeing the unconscious figure she dragged with her. "Oh my gosh!" He shouted, "Maya, what happened? You were in there for over an hour! I was just about to come looking for you!"

"He fell off a cliff," Maya replied as she shifted in her spot, "And he's hurt, Lucas. We have to get him to the infirmary, or at the very least, back to the lodge."

Lucas nodded silently and hung Farkle's other arm around his shoulder to help balance him. "What do we tell Smackle?" He asked, worried for how the other genius would react.

"He fell off a tree?" She suggested.

"Smackle's a genius, Maya. She'd know Farkle wouldn't get these injuries from falling off a tree."

"Then what do we tell her? The truth?" The blonde asked.

"There's really no use in lying." The green eyed brunette replied.

"Fine," Maya had then sighed and then the three of them had started heading back to the lodge.

Farkle opened his eyes and groaned as he squinted at the bright light, trying to ignore the headache he currently had. His vision was swimming and as he tried to prop himself in a sitting position, pain raced through his arm, making him yelp and fall back on to the bed.

"Oh, good, Farkle, you're awake." The young genius lifted his head and saw that Mr. Matthews sat a few feet away from him. "Are you okay? What happened out there?" Cory already knew what happened, of course, but wanted to hear it from the genius himself and see if he was okay.

"Hmm?"

"Do you remember anything from before you blacked out?" Cory asked again, this time a little more worried.

"Um," The genius wracked his brain, trying to think back to earlier, "I tried to catch a moth and I might've fell and hit my head. I can't really recall anything after that." Farkle had then glanced at his injured arm and wondered what had happened during the time he was unconscious.

Cory seemed to pick up on this, as he began speaking again. "You injured your wrist trying to catch that moth. It's fractured and it's probably best you don't do any difficult or hard work for a while so you don't injure it more."

"I fractured it trying to catch a moth?" Farkle questioned, confused, "How can somebody do that?"

"I wondered the exact same thing" Cory replied, "But, according to Maya and Lucas, you fell off a cliff and also earned a concussion in the process. You're very lucky that Maya saved your life and found you, otherwise—"

"I know, Mr. Matthews. Thank you."

Cory stood up and headed to the infirmary door. "I don't think it's me you should be thanking, Farkle. Maya and your friends have been extremely worried about you, especially with being unconscious and all." Cory had then paused once before leaving. "Get better soon." He had then turned on his heels and left the room.

"…and that's how Maya saved my life," Farkle finished explaining. Currently, he and his friends sat in the lobby of the lodge, recalling and chatting about the events of that day. Lucas and Maya sat nearby on the fireplace bench and Zay and Riley were on the couch opposite of him. "...which all leads up to now."

"Wait, Maya, how'd you know what to do?" Lucas asked, curiously, as he glanced at the girl.

"Yeah, I've actually been wondering that myself too," the genius agreed.

"Girl guides," the blonde answered simply, "Took them until the beginning of grade seven. I thought it'd be pretty useless, but after three years, who knew it'd pay off?"

"I didn't think you were the one for girl guides," the green eyed brunette stated.

"When I was younger—before I met you, Riley—Mom always had to work. We didn't have a lot of money at the time and even though I was about five years old, I knew that. While she was at work, I was put in girl guides and sometimes spent the entire day there, going on field trips and such."

"What about the grappling hook?" Riley asked, "You learned to use those in girl guides?"

"Well, no" Maya admitted, "We went rock climbing one time and since I'd never been, I researched some videos. I found some professional climbers rock climbing with grappling hooks and memorized how to use them. Never would've guessed it would come in handy."

"Impressive," Lucas commented.

"And cool" Zay added.

The female brunette had then glanced at the clock and sighed. "Guys, it's getting late," Riley stated, "We'd better get to bed."

"Agreed." The other teens chorused. The four of them started to go upstairs, but Maya paused as she saw the blue eyed genius wasn't following them. "You coming, Farkle?" The blonde called out.

"Huh? Oh yeah," Farkle had then stood up from his spot on the couch and noticed that their friends were all gone by now. "But Maya?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks…for, you know, saving my life" He explained, "You really didn't have to do that, you know."

"Well, I couldn't just leave you there unconscious," Maya replied as she flashed a smile, "But, seriously though, that's what friends are for. Don't mention it."

"Thanks though," He said one more time as he followed her up the stairs, "It was really nice of you."

"It's no problem, Farkle. After all, you would've done the same for me" the blonde stated. After a moment or two, she yawned. "It's getting late now, so I'm gonna go to bed. See you tomorrow." Maya had then, without an answer, turned on her heels and headed for the hotel room she shared with Riley.

"Night." Farkle had then, did the same as Maya, and the two teens went their separate ways.

Well, this is probably the longest one shot I've ever written. XD And written all in one day! Yipee!

So, the Ski Lodge episode premiered a few nights ago and…it was awesome! Probably the best episode ever. I loved the parallels between the newest episode and the old BMW episode. Same lodge, same falling off the bus, same love triangle! I loved it!

But do you wanna know my favourite part?

When Farkle said Maya saved his life.

Aaaahhh!

Usually I'm not a big Faya fan, but I have to admit, I loved that moment! I wanted to read a story about it so badly, I got tired of waiting for one to be written, so I finally wrote it myself! And it all turned out pretty good, don't you think?

Please tell me if anything or anyone is OOC though. I hope I got Lucas' character right because I had to edit the first conversation between him and Maya multiple times in order to make him not very mean (that's why I added in the lines about him caring for his friends and wanting to protect Maya).

And please, let me know what you think in the reviews! Constructive criticism is always appreciated! I've also been thinking…should I continue this and make it a one shot collection? (If so, requests and/or prompts are appreciated, but I also have a few ideas)

~Star