Hey it's me! This is actually the first contest I've ever entered because my writing isn't really that good. So if something seems cringey, don't pay too much attention to it.
"Come on, kids!" Fiske Cahill called "We're going to be late if we don't hurry!"
"Why are we even doing this?" Dan whined "I hate each and every one of them equally! No way would I share a camp with them!"
"Because, it's a way to bond with them so you all can stop trying to kill each other. Now, where's Nellie?"
A yell of "Oh yeah!" answered his question. Nellie had hopped off of the stairs three at a time "Summer camp, now that's what I'm talking about!"
You see, Fiske Cahill had rented out the biggest cabin in a summer camp for the kids of the five Cahill branches, hoping to get them closer together. After the Clue hunt that took up the entire summer the year before, he figured it would be a nice way to relax and have fun. But he knows his relatives and the trouble they are capable of.
"We aren't going to last a day." Fiske muttered
"What was that, Uncle Fiske?" Amy asked
"Nothing, dear. Just help Dan get his stuff in the car. And take whatever "ninja" weapons he has hidden in his bag out."
"Okay. Ow!" Dan had hit Amy in the back of her head with a staff
"You like my new staff? Pretty cool, right? Makes me look so awesome!"
"Give me that, you dweeb!" Amy swiped her hands at her brother in an attempt to snatch the staff out of Dan's hand.
"Nice try Dorkius Sisterus." Dan laughed and ran off "Look at me! I'm a ninja!"
"Get back here!" Amy chased him
"There goes our easy exit." Fiske sighed
"Hey at least you got someone who's used to them." Nellie said before whistling loudly, getting the attention of the younger Cahills. "Stop fighting, you two. We're going to be late and Sinead is the only one who is following instructions."
"Wait, Sinead is coming with?" Dan asked
"Yes. I told you, I rented out the biggest rooms in the campsite for all the children of the four branches." Fiske said
Nellie put a hand on his shoulder "It'll get easier, trust me."
"All right kids! In the car! Dan, leave the staff, Amy only bring five books we're only going to be there for a week."
"But Uncle Fiske that's not fair!" Amy and Dan said in unison
"Yes it is, you can read the books that they have there and Dan can... I don't exactly know I never wanted to be a ninja when I was a kid." Fiske finished and Dan gasped in horror
"You've never wanted to be a ninja?!"
"No, I haven't. Car, now. Or else neither of you can bring anything with unless its necessary."
Amy and Dan both ran off to the car. Sinead sat in the middle, Amy sat to her right and Dan sat to her left. Fiske drove and Nellie sat in the passenger seat before turning the volume up on her iPod. Surprisingly not to the ear deafening level she usually had it at.
"Just tell me when you want to take a break and switch, Fiske." she said
"It's only an hour, Nellie. I'll be fine. Just relax for now because when we get there our nightmare begins."
"I'll take you up on that offer." Nellie leaned back in her seat and fell asleep.
The hour long drive was easy, Dan and Sinead talked about ninja the whole time while Amy read one of her books. Fiske had a feeling that they were going to be the last ones there but he didn't care because he knew what all of the Cahill children were capable of. Even that Lucian that he had only recently met.
Driving past the beach part of the camp, Fiske found the main road and headed to the cabins where he was sure the other kids were. Sure enough he saw the Holts, Kabras, Starlings and Jonah Wizard. Oh boy.
"We're here!" Nellie yelled at the kids, making them jump
"Nellie could you not be so loud? I'm trying to read!" Amy asked
"Yeah and Sinead and I were talking about cool weapons that ninja used!" Dan said
"Well, you two, I always loved camping! So I'm calling this a vacation!"
"Never would have guessed you liked camping." Amy said
"Oh yeah! I went camping with my cousins at least twice each summer. They never tried killing me so I don't know what that's like."
"I can tell you how much fun it is." Dan said "None."
"I kinda figured you would say that since I was with you for the entire Clue hunt."
"And that's another thing, kids. There will be other people there so don't mention a word of that." Fiske said
"I still haven't forgotten it." Amy said as she opened the door to get out of the car.
"Easy for you to say when you don't have a photographic memory." Dan and Sinead followed her out of the car and they went to get their things from the trunk.
"Amy, do you want me to help you?" Ian asked and Amy yelped after she heard him "Sorry. I probably should've told you I was here." Amy closed the trunk and went to the cabin after Fiske, Nellie and Sinead had gotten their things.
"I think that's a no, Cobra." Dan said with a laugh before dodging Ian's foot as the Lucian tried to trip him. "I call top bunk!"
"I see you all made it here without a problem." Fiske said to the rest of the group after Amy and Dan went to put their things away.
"Everyone got here on time, Mr. C." Jonah said and Fiske cringed
"I... that's good. Please don't call me Mr. C ever again."
"You got it, C-dawg." Fiske groaned
"I'm going to go see what Amy and Dan are up to..." Fiske picked up his suitcase and opened the door to the cabin.
"What did I say this time?" Jonah asked and the remaining Cahills and Nellie shook their heads
"It's going to be a long week for Fiske." Sinead muttered to Nellie
"It sure is. The poor guy is going to regret this decision so much."
After a few hours of catch up with their other family members, Amy and Dan were now sitting at a campfire with their cousins, uncle and former au pair. They had been trying to tell each other scary stories and roast marshmallows.
"So what are we going to do now?" Dan asked Fiske as he watched his uncle finish another marshmallow.
"Get ready for bed." Fiske said
"Aww but that's not fun." Hamilton complained
"Yeah I had a great story I was going to tell!" Sinead said
"You can tell it tomorrow night, Sinead. Right now you all need to get ready for bed. It's almost midnight and I've let you kids stay up long enough."
"But Uncle Fiske!" Nellie whined
"You're not a kid, Nellie."
"Oh right. Let's go, kids. Bedtime!" After ten minutes of whining, threats to call parents (by Fiske and Nellie) and protests, the cousins all got up to get ready.
"I call top bunk again!" Madison, Dan and Natalie exclaimed before getting up
"Just get to bed. Or else you all wont get to stay up as late as you all did tonight."
"We're going!" they all said "Good night Uncle Fiske, good night Nellie!"
"Oh that's right. Hey, Fiske!" Nellie called from the door "Guess what?"
"What?" Fiske rolled his eyes
"I call top bunk." She grinned before Fiske snorted
"You can have it."
"Aww come on! Live a little!"
"It's not worth fighting over."
"Whatever." Nellie opened the door and let it close behind her
Tomorrow is either going to be better or worse than today. Fiske thought as he chuckled and followed Nellie
The cabin was filled with several "good nights" followed by a singsong goodnight from Jonah and a "shut up and go to sleep" from Fiske.