Author's Note: New story! :) For anyone who's readin', THANKS. Please comment if you have the time and lemme know what you think of all this. Maybe it's good, maybe it's bad…. The world may never know! xD And just fyi, this is Pony's POV.

CHAPTER I: Packin' It Up

"Hey guys! I wanna make an announcement." Darry instructed. I slowly unglued my eyes from the television. Soda looked up from his unicorn drawing.

"Yeah, what's goin' on Dare?" Darry was grinning from ear to ear.

"Okay, we're all goin' on a—"

"Cruise!" Soda interrupted excitedly.

"No, we're goin' on a—"

"African safari!" I guessed.

"No, we're goin'—"

"ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD!" Soda yelled.

"NO!" Darry hollered right back. "If you'd let me finish, I was sayin' that we're goin' campin'!" Soda and I leaped up and slapped high fives.

"Yeah!" we all shouted enthusiastically. Soda was busy doing his "happy dance".

"Won't this be FUN Pony?" Soda exclaimed. I nodded quickly.

"Yeah!"

"Let's go round up the gang. Of course, they'll wanna come too." Darry said. We all put on our jackets and headed out. One by one, we gathered all the gang.

"This is gonna be so fun!" Two-bit cheered.

"Yeah, if we don't get viciously mauled by rabid bears." Dally told him. Johnny shuddered at the thought. I myself wasn't too fond of bears.

We all met up at our house while Darry gave us the game plan.

"So, we're campin' a few miles into the woods behind our house. Dally, you'll carry the tent." Dally grunted, but then nodded. "Steve, you half the sleepin' bags, Soda, you get the other half. Pony'll get the bag with the campin' supplies in it. Johnny, you can get the cokes from the fridge and put 'em in a grocery bag. Two-bit, you can grab hot dogs and marshmallows."

"Um, I'm actually a vegetarian. I can't eat hot dogs." Two-bit announced to everyone, laughing. Dally shrugged.

"More for us men." Two-bit's face paled drastically.

"N-n-no! I was j-just kiddin'!" he stammered. We all chortled heartily.

"Wait. What are you gonna carry?" Steve inquired smartly. Darry rolled his eyes.

"What do you think? Pony of course!" And with that, he scooped my up and threw me on his shoulders. "Let's go guys!"