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Camping

Cast Of Characters:

Sharon Daniels

Diana Bates

Brooklyn Mance

Madi Smith

Wes Wells

Paul Charles

John Isaac ----- DEAD

Xander Lopez

Ian Harmon

Mrs. Helen Bartleby

Erin Reihnheart

Aaron Cox

Kristy Dane

Danny Bates

Marissa Lee

Kaine Sanderson

Jake Williams

Figg Newton

Collen Knight

Melissa Stone

Chapter 2- Smash

Everyone looked around at each other curiously, as if they were expecting the killer to just come forward.

"You heard Brooklyn; one of us here murdered John, and we are going to do whatever we can to find out who. Stay with your roommates at almost all times. Meeting dismissed," said a very shaken up Kaine.

Everyone nodded and all of us went separate directions. Melissa and I went and sat over by our tent.

"Well, Melissa, it's time to make a suspects list."

"I couldn't agree more."

"Well, we can eliminate you and I, and John, because he's dead. Otherwise, everyone else is a suspect."

"That's true, very true."

Then, Mrs. Bartleby stepped into the middle of camp and all eyes were on her.

"Alright, class, even though John is dead, dinner will go on as scheduled. Who would like to help me pitch a fire?"

Several of the guys, Collen, Jake & Figg, volunteered to start it. She nodded and they came up.

"I'm going to go get a nutri-grain bar from my bag… I'm starved," said Kaine in the most dramatic manor possible.

Kaine went into her tent and came out with fruit smeared all over her face. Melissa and I couldn't help laughing.

By now, the fire was huge and we all took a hot dog off the makeshift log bench and found some sharp sticks. I sat between Ian and Melissa.

"These hotdogs are HUGE! They must be on steroids or something! Or maybe viagra," said Ian, to which we all laughed. It almost felt as if one of our classmates wasn't decapitated mere minutes ago.

And then out of nowhere, someone yelled.

"It was Aaron!" Accused Figg.

"No it wasn't! I'm innocent!"

"Yeah right!"

Then fingers were being pointed all around and everyone was accused.

"ORDER!" Screeched Kaine, and it seemed as if time stopped.

Everyone looked around and eventually all eyes landed on none other than Kaine Sanderson herself.

"It makes sense… John was her ex…" said Marissa.

"What! No… Hell no! I didn't kill John," Kaine spat angrily.

"Really? Then prove it," said a vicious Aaron, who was one of John's closest friends.

"Prove that she did it! Right now, the only one that isn't a suspect is John himself! It could be any of us. No evidence is against anyone right now," I said. Kaine stared at me in gratitude, while worked up Sharon, Marissa and Aaron all stared daggers.

"That does it! Class, this has been a long day, and now I think it's time we go to bed," suggested Mrs. Bartleby.

We all nodded in agreement, and headed off to our tents. When I got into my pajama's, I sat down in a circle with Diana and Melissa.

"I'm scared as hell- I don't want to sleep. And I don't think I WILL fall asleep…" Diana declared nervously. She was obviously very shaken up.

I could here the chatter and gossip coming from the adjacent tents- I could clearly hear the scheming Sharon declare I had killed John- and then I heard her tent mate Madi agree!

At this point I was fuming and declared to my tent mates that I was going to sleep. They agreed, and soon enough we were dead out.

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The next morning, we all woke up at about 10 when Mrs. Bartleby shouted. We all headed out into the center of camp.

"Good morning all. Today we have several things to do- we will go on a hike around the forest together doing tree rubbings, and will do another team competition to see who gets tonight's extra helping of beans and chicken."

We all nodded and got geared up for the hike. Mrs. B distributed paper and a pastel to each of us and we lined up in pairs ready to go.

"Alright everyone, remember, never spend more than 5 minutes away from the group. We will be back at camp by about noon."

"This should be interesting," Melissa declared.

All I could do was nod.

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By now we had been out of the camp for about an hour- it was 11. I had a great rubbing in red pastel- Melissa, well, let's just say she wasn't the artsy type.

"I am deep in the woods, tired as hell, getting eaten alive by mosquito's, and there's a killer on the loose- I really don't feel like drawing right now!" exclaimed Melissa. I laughed, but I knew how she was feeling and I felt the same way.

We looked around to see about half of our class- it was then that Diana joined up with us.

"I am having soooo much fun out here! I just love art!"

Melissa and I just looked at Diana and laughed.

"What? What'd I say?"

"Oh, nothing," Melissa and I said simultaneously.

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Sharon walked away from Kaine and the rest of the group- she could see a tree with amazing bark. Sharon was a natural artist.

This tree is gorgeous, she thought, as she arrived at the tree. She was invisible to the rest of them- this forest was thick.

Sharon walked up and pressed her paper to the bark of the elm tree- and began to rub with her purple pastel.

"Wow… This is great!" Sharon exclaimed to herself.

Sharon heard a rustling of leaves behind her, but thought nothing of it.

Another rustling sound occurred and Sharon looked around now, growing curious. Probably nothing, she thought.

Suddenly, a tree came crashing down and Sharon screamed "Holy shit!"

Smash, the tree hits her, and suddenly Sharon is no more.

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"Not again!" Diana screeched. The group ran to the sound of the screams.

"NO! Not Sharon! Why Sharon! Why! NO!" Madi screeches; she is on the surge of a breakdown.

I can't help but stare at the shattered and broken body of Sharon Daniels.

"Try not to panic! No one ever go off alone; you could be the killer's next target. The bus won't be here for 6 days, and until then, we have to survive."

We all looked around at each other, knowing with a sinking feeling that we were in the presence of a killer.