I have done it! Here's the first chapter of book 3!

"You ready for this trip?"

"You know it!"

Five kids walked together, wearing raincoats and rubber boots. Kyra jumping excitedly into a puddle, splashing William

"Hey!" William complained.

"You're going to get wet anyways," Sam laughed, being the only one with a backpack.

"I'm going to miss you," Jason said to Sam. "I wish you could come with us."

"I'm a year older than you," Sam sighed. "I also have a big test today, I can't miss it."

"We know, and we understand," Brock added. "We'll just have less fun without you. That's all."

They walked into the high school, still taking away.

"Kyra!" a voice called.

"Hey Teana!" Kyra ran and hugged her friend.

"You ready for the trip?" Teana asked, eager.

"You know it!" Kyra smiled.

They laughed as William, Brock and Jason joined them. Sam walked towards his class as they were joined by all the other kids taking gym.

"So, explain how your going again?" Teana asked Kyra. "You're not taking gym this semester."

"Yeah," Kyra smiled. "I somehow got onto the list. They're taking half the grade nine's now and half in the spring."

"Cool," Jason smiled.

"That's only because there are four classes worth of grade nine's," William added. "By the way, is Sage coming?"

"He should be, I don't know where he is though," Teana replied, looking through the crowd for her brother.

"Alright everyone!" a teacher shouted. "The bus is parked outside. Since there is about forty of you, I need ten groups of four."

"I already have a group, so don't worry about me," Teana said. "I should go and find them. Talk to you later."

"Alright, see you," Kyra said.

"So, are we a group then?" Brock asked.

"I guess," William replied, grinning.

"Ok, once you have your groups, come and see me so I can write them down," the teacher called.

A group a kids went over to him as he wrote down names.

"Ok, and are you guys a group?" he asked them.

"Yeah," William smiled.

"Names?" he asked.

"William Garmadon."

"Kyra Smith."

"Jason Walker."
"Brock Brookstone."

"Great, go get on the bus," the teacher said.

They walked out the door and climbed onto the first bus. Kyra smiled at the teacher waiting for them.

"Kyra, good to see you coming," she said.

"It's good to see you again, Mrs Lenn," Kyra replied.

"Climb on guys," Mrs Lenn said.

They got on and ran for the back seats. Jason and Brock sat on the left together while Kyra and William sat across from them on the right. The bus filled up, as well as the second one and they pulled out onto the road.

"Who's excited for this!" Mrs Lenn cheered.

Everyone shouted. "I am!"

They pulled into a parking lot, a small building sat in front of a forest.

"Ok, listen up!" Mrs Lenn said. "We'll go inside and get settled. After our instructor explains everything to us, we'll be able to go and explore the forest with an activity."

"This is going to be awesome!" Brock cheered, high-fiving Jason.

They all climbed off the bus and walked into the building. William noticed the other bus hadn't come with them.

"Where's the other bus?" William asked.

"They're going to the other location first," Mrs Lenn explained. "They'll meet us at the lunch area and then they'll come here while we go there."

They walked into the building.
"Welcome!" a man smiled.

"Mr. Flint," Mrs Lenn said.

"It's nice to see you again," he smiled. "Come, I'll explain things to you and we'll start the first activity."
The group followed him into a classroom type room. They sat on chairs as maps were handed out.

"Alright," he said. "Our first activity will involve exploring the forest. Your teacher put you into groups before you came here, so you'll be in those groups. There are five places marked on your maps. Each location will have something needed for survival. It could be food, water, materials for shelter or hunting supplies. There are two food stations. You need to follow them in order, understand." Everyone nodded. "Alright, grab a walkie talkie on your way out. If you get lost, just call for help and stay on the trails, please."

"Are there any question?" Mrs Lenn asked.

"Where do we go when we're done?" William asked.

"There is a red circle marked on your map, that's our return point for the next activity," Mr. Flint replied. "All Right, away you go and have fun."
Almost all the group sprinted out of the room, leaving Kyra, William, Jason and Brock alone in the classroom. They walked out and looked at them map before going into the forest.

"Ok, there should be another entrance over there," Brock pointed at another more hidden entrance.

"Nice job," Jason replied.

"And it's closer going that way to get to our first point, let's go!" William cheered, running off with them.

Kyra ran after them, "Guys, can we walk, it's not really a race."

"She's right," William said.

"Fine," Brock moaned.

"So, how do you think the other teams are doing?" Kyra asked, wanting to keep a conversation going.

"They're probably already lost," Jason laughed.

"Hey, I see it!" William pointed ahead of them.

"Nice eye, Will," Jason smiled.

They ran to the station and found berries.

"Food station," Kyra said. "Grab the raspberries."

William picked up the basket of raspberries and Brock looked at the map.

"Ok, if we keep going straight, there will be a fork in the path," Brock said. "We can follow it right and reach our next point."

The group kept walking through the forest, laughing and talking. When they were done and on their way to the meeting point, Kyra started falling behind. The others were talking and laughing as Kyra fell further back. Then a hand covered her mouth and pulled her hands together.

"Calm down," Mr Flint to her. "It's for the next activity. Come with me."

Kyra nodded and followed him back into the forest, away from the others. She became nervous as they walked deeper.

"What's the next activity?" Kyra asked him.

"With Mrs Lenn's help, we've taken one person from each team and placed them somewhere else in the forest," Mr. Flint explained. "We have some other staff members with them, Mrs Lenn will meet the teams at the meeting point and explain the next activity. It will be finding and rescuing their teammate."

"What!" Kyra cried.

"It's Ok, I'm going to be with you and helping them to you," Mr. Flint said. "Now, I need you to play along, make it look like you're actually caught."

"Ok, how?" Kyra asked.

"I'm going to tie you up," he said. "And have you sit here at the base of this tree."
"Ok," she said, unsure of this.

He grabbed the rope and tied her arms and legs together and she sat, leaning against the tree.

"You Ok?" Mr Flint asked.

"Yeah," Kyra replied, scared. "It's just, I've never liked being tied or chained up."

"I never thought any of you would have done this before," Mr. Flint commented.

"It's a long story," Kyra sighed. "My friends and I have been through a lot. Trust me."

They laughed together. Kyra just hoped he was right and it was for the next activity.

Don't worry, I will just have some of their normal lives at the beginning before things actually start to happen and the villain is introduced. I want the characters to be more detailed before we get into this next part.

Question: How do you think Kyra feels right now?

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