Here's chapter 2!
I didn't realize that crossovers don't get a lot of recognition like regular stories usually do on here. Still, I hope this story will touch your hearts. :)
Now, as you may have guessed, these chapters are taking place during the episodes/challenges with Stacy in it. This one is during "Twinning Isn't Everything" when Amy is voted off. And a couple things might be changed in some of these chapters.
I also want to thank SailorMarble14 for helping me with this chapter. Thanks hon'!
The next chapter will mainly focus on Stoner and the others worrying about Stacy and another part will be the truth or shock challenge.
Until next time, Enjoy!
I only own Stacy along with Gina, Matt, and Hank who you'll see more in a couple chapters.
Chapter 2: Bonding
The next morning, Stacy was waking up hoping that yesterdays events were nothing but bad dreams. However, upon discovering her rock bed and the four sleeping teens around her proved that it was no dream and she was truly alone.
"Oh..." she said quietly, "I miss dad..."
As she sat up, Stacy immediately noticed that an orange jacket was draped around her shoulders. She recognized it as the same jacket that the boy, Shawn, wore yesterday. Being very quiet Stacy took the jacket in her arms, tiptoed out of the cave, and stepped into the morning light.
"Ah!" she said as she shuts her eyes for a minute, "It's bright!"
After rubbing her eyes, Stacy tried to find the tree that Shawn was in but she didn't know which one it is and there were so many trees on the island. A few minutes of searching and Stacy was ready to call it quits when she heard a voice from above.
"Hey!" called Shawn, "Good morning!"
Stacy looked around and then looked up to see Shawn waving from a tree branch.
"What are you doing up there?" she called from below.
"I sleep up here." Shawn answered as he climbed down, "Zombies can't get me from way up in a tree."
"Zombies?" the young girl looked at him in confusion.
"You know, zombies?" Shawn tried to explain with a questioned look, "Undead beings? Eats your brains? Rises from the grave?"
Stacy, slowly, shook her head leaving Shawn a little confused on how a kid in today's modern world has no knowledge of the undead. "I take it you never heard of them?" he sighed and asked.
"Not really." she answered.
"Well, I'll explain it to you sometime." Shawn shrugged.
Then Stacy handed him his jacket back, "Here. Thanks for letting me use this. It was a little chilly last night."
"Hey, no problem." he smiled and puts his jacket back on, "Couldn't just let you catch a cold. You hungry?"
"Uh-uh." Stacy nodded.
"Come on then." Shawn took her hand, "Let's go find us some breakfast."
The little girl allowed him to lead her to some bushes and trees where there were ripe berries and juicy apples ready to eat. As Shawn picked some berries for his bag, Stacy saw a big green apple on a very low branch of a tree and reached out to grab it. Shawn noticed this and grabbed her hand before she could touch the apple.
"No, no, no, no!" Shawn warned her, "I wouldn't touch that if I were you. That apple is poisonous."
"It is?" Stacy asked in shock.
"Yep." Shawn nodded and lets go, "That's the Manchineel fruit. It would've made your hand blister and your throat swell up like a balloon."
"Whoa!" Stacy took a step back from the tree, "Thanks for the warning!"
"Anytime." Shawn smiled and led her to a different tree, "Here's some nice, regular apples over here."
Stacy could feel her stomach growling upon seeing the delicious fruit. Unfortunately, she was too short for the high branch which had the apple hanging from it. Suddenly, she felt herself being lifted up by two hands and sat on the older boys shoulders, "Alley-oop!" he said, "Now you can reach!"
Stacy was a little surprised at first but then smiled because she could finally reach the apples, "Thanks." she said softly as she picked some apples.
As soon as Shawn sets her back down, Samey and Jasmine from Team Maskwak came over to them. Stacy backs away a little but relaxed when Shawn placed a hand on her shoulder, "It's okay." he said softly.
Stacy smiled as Jasmine greeted them, "Hey Shawn! Hi Stacy."
"H-Hi." she responded quietly.
"Hello Stacy." Samey greeted, "You wanna take a walk with me?"
She looked at Shawn who gave her an "It'll be okay" look and went with Samey while Shawn and Jasmine talked. The two girls walked over to a log and both sat down.
"So, nice day isn't it?" Samey asked first.
"Yep." Stacy nodded as she placed her hands in her lap, "So what's it like on your team, Samey?"
Samey frowned a bit before she spoke again, "Oh. It's...fine." she sighed sadly.
Even though she's only nine years old, Stacy knew right away about what's wrong. "Is your sister giving you a hard time?" she asked.
Samey looked at her in surprise because she never interacted with her or her sister since yesterday, "How did you know about that?"
"When I first met you all, I noticed that your twin sister was being mean to you." Stacy pointed out, "Is she always like that to you?"
Samey only sighed as she looked down, "You have no idea. This has been going on for as long as I can remember. Amy always steals my ideas, she is better than I am, and worse of all, she is loved by everyone." she placed a hand on her head and sighed again, "Mom and dad don't do anything except tell us to get along and fix it ourselves. I even thought that going on the cheerleading squad would help us get closer, but instead it only made things worse."
Stacy frowned sadly after Samey finished explaining her situation. She never had any brothers or sisters in her life nor did she ever fight with her friends about anything. Still, Stacy couldn't help but feel bad for the kind cheerleader and wished there was something she could do to cheer her new friend up.
"You shouldn't let her order you around all the time. Sister or not, she should at least respect you in some way." Stacy started to say, "It's not fair of Amy to take advantage of you all the time and push you around like that."
Samey only nodded as the nine year old girl continued, "If you let her continue this awful treatment, the only thing it will do is eat your self-esteem away and that's never a good thing. I should know..." Stacy looked away briefly, "But, I know one thing you have that Amy doesn't and never will."
"What's that?" Samey asked as she raised her eyebrow.
"True friendship." Stacy gave a comforting smile, "Me, Jasmine, and Shawn all care about you. The only reason everyone sticks by Amy is because of her lies and deceptions. She thinks that she's popular and pretty, but she will never understand true friendship and companionship. Sooner or later, everyone will know who Amy really is and she won't have anyone sticking by her anymore."
Samey felt better from Stacys words of confidence and gave her a warm hug to show her gratitude, "Thank you, Stacy." she said softly, "I feel so much better."
"You're welcome." Stacy answered.
The two stopped hugging just as Shawn and Jasmine walked towards them.
"Ready to head back, kid?" Shawn asked while holding the bag of fruit.
"Yep." the child nodded and waved to her friends as they walked away, "Bye girls! Good luck!"
"Bye sweetheart!" Jasmine waved back, "And thank you!"
"Bye!" Samey waved too, "See you later!"
Stacy took the boys hand and they headed to the cave while the two girls went back to their own team. Once they got to the cave, Sugar tackled Shawn for the food and Ella tried to sing to her team before being sent away to sing for the opposite team. Stacy sat down with the others as they ate their breakfast.
"Mmmm!" she said happily as she munched on an apple, "Delicious!"
"I know right?" Sky agreed, "Nice job getting the fruit, Shawn!"
Shawn nodded as he ate some berries. Stacy was about grab a pear when Sugar snagged it.
"Here! Let me shine it up for you, darlin'!" Sugar spits on the pear and rubs it on her shirt before handing it to Stacy, "Here ya go, honey!"
"That's disgusting!" Dave scolded Sugar, "What are you trying to do, give her your germs and bacteria?!"
Stacy felt slightly disgusted and scooted away a bit, "Uh...thanks. But, I'm full now."
"Oh. Okay!" Sugar shrugged before eating the pear.
Stacy sighed in relief as Dave patted her on the shoulder, "Don't you worry, sweetie. I won't let her poison you with her germy ways."
"Thank you." Stacy whispered to him.
"Attention campers!" Chris yelled from the intercom, "It's challenge time! All butts to meeting area in five!"
"Well, we better get going." Sky stood up and looked at the child, "You wanna come with us?"
"Sure." Stacy nodded before they left the cave.
As the teams were walking to the area together, Stacy noticed that Samey was walking by herself and looked pretty sad. Judging from her expression, Stacy guess that Samey tried to defend herself but failed. She slipped away from the group to talk to the younger twin.
"How'd it go?" she whispered.
"Not good." Samey sighed sadly, "Except for Jasmine, everyone is still siding with Amy."
"Don't worry." Stacy reassured her, "I have a feeling Amy will receive some bad karma soon enough."
"Yeah." Samey agreed before giving a small smirk, "And it'll bite her in the butt like a mad dog."
The two girls shared a giggle before they reached the meeting area with their teams. Stacy rejoined Team Maskwak as Samey went back to Team Kinosewak as Chris stood in front of everyone.
"Good morning contestants and Stacy." he narrowed his eyes at the child.
Stacy cringed before Chris explained the rules. Basically, the teams have to throw balloons at each other but each balloon contains something unpleasant like spiders, itching powder, bees, slime, and a lot more. Once the challenge started, each person had ten seconds to grab some balloons and run into the forest leaving Stacy, Chris, and Chef alone in the meeting area.
Stacy thought about competing with her team but there were no balloons left, so she had no choice but to ask Chris anyway.
"Uh, Chris? Sir?" she asked in a shy voice.
"Ugh. What is it?" Chris groaned in annoyance.
"I know there are no balloons left but...can I still go help Shawns team? Please?" Stacy asked nicely.
"Alright." Chris sighed, "You can join the team. You should be doing something anyway."
"Thank you, sir." she said as she went to catch up with Shawn, "Wait for me!"
She caught up with Shawn and while he was happy to have a little partner with him, he also felt worried that she might get caught.
"Stay close to me, okay?" he whispered.
Stacy nodded as they crept into the forest and tried to stay silent. Half an hour passed, but they didn't have any luck yet and Shawn was running out of balloons. However, Stacy had an idea which could be of great use to them both.
"I have an idea!" Stacy said as she motioned Shawn to kneel down.
"What is it?" he asked as he crouched down.
Stacy whispered something in his ear and when she was done his smile grew, "That is brilliant!"
"Shhh!" she shushed the teen.
"Sorry!" Shawn covered his mouth, "Still, that sounds awesome!"
With the help of his little friend, Shawn made a big slingshot and placed his two balloons in the center of the sling. Stacy was up in a tree keeping an eye out for targets when she saw Scarlett and Max at a close distance. She had to keep quiet but told Shawn about the targets and when he should strike.
"A little more." Stacy directed, "Just a bit more...perfect! Fire!"
Shawn fired the balloons, which hit Scarlett and Max on impact. They heard Max screaming something and then sneezed like crazy.
"Awesome shot!" Dave congratulated as Shawn helped Stacy get down, "Way to go, you guys!"
"Don't thank me, man." Shawn shook his head and placed a hand on the childs shoulder, "Stacy's the one who thought of the whole thing."
"Awesome!" Dave smiled at her, "By the way, someone burst Skys balloons while she was holding them."
"Huh." Shawn scratched his chin, "Smart trick."
"My guess would be Max and Scarlett." Stacy added.
"I guess." the zombie-obsessed teen shrugged.
As the boys talked, Stacy could hear a couple of female voices in a distance. She could recognize one of them as Samey and another voice sounded mean and vicious. Stacy guessed that the two were arguing again and felt that she had to make it stop somehow.
"Hey Shawn?" Stacy asked while tugging Shawns arm, "Do you mind if I went to say "Hi" to Samey real quick?"
"Okay." Shawn nodded reluctantly, "But, just be careful okay?"
"I will!" she said as she took off.
Being careful not to get caught by anyone, Stacy moved herself between the trees and the bushes to stay hidden. She found the twins but had to stay back because those two were at each others throats again.
"You are the dumbest sister I have ever had the displeasure of coming in contact with!" Amy yelled at Samey, "When you "stuck up for yourself", you just made a complete idiot out of yourself just like when you messed up cheerleading practice last year!"
"But Amy-" Samey tried to protest.
"Shut up!" the older twin snapped, "If you mess up this challenge, I am going to make your life a living heck! Do you hear me?!"
Stacy could only watch in sadness as Amy continued to berate Samey, who was on the verge of tears from all the emotional abuse she was getting. Having had enough of her friend getting tormented, Stacy marched right over to the twins and tapped Amy on arm.
"What the?" Amy turned around and looked down at the child, "You again?! What do you want?"
"I want you to stop torturing Samey right now!" she yelled.
"What?!" the twins said.
"You can't talk to your sister that way!" Stacy snapped at Amy, "It's one thing for siblings to bicker but you are just downright cruel! What is the matter with you?!"
"Excuse me?!" Amy said in anger, "Why would you stick up for my dweeby sister anyway?! I'm better than she is!"
"No you're not!" Stacy exclaimed, "The only thing you're good at is being ugly and selfish!"
Amy gasped as Samey smiled and told Stacy "thank you" through lip-syncing. Amy shook her head and glared daggers at the small child.
"You better shut your stupid mouth or so help me I will turn you over my knee and spank you until you bawl like a little baby!" Amy threatened in fury.
The threat made Stacy cringe and step back in fear, then Samey stepped in front of her and held her arm out.
"Hey, you leave her alone!" Samey defended, "She's just sticking up for me! In fact, I wish I had Stacy here as a sister instead of you!"
Stacy looked up at Samey in surprise Amy shook her fists in anger, "Augh! Whatever!" she walked off.
The two relaxed as the angry twin left, "Thanks." Stacy said.
"I should be the one thanking you." Samey rubbed the child's hair, "After all, you stood up for me. No one has ever done that before."
"No problem." Stacy said, "A friend should always have someone to back them up."
"Still, thank you." she smiled at Stacy.
"Anytime." Stacy smiled back as she turned to leave, "Well, I better get back to the other team."
"Okay." Samey waved to her, "Bye!"
Stacy left to find Shawn again and because he had no balloons left, they had to hide from the other team. However, due to Amys interfering again, Team Maskwak won the challenge and dinner from a take-out barbecue place. Whenever a team wins the challenge, they would win food from different take-out places and the losing team would send someone home through the Cannon of Shame.
Before the elimination ceremony, Team Maskwak was about finished eating their dinner and Stacy was happy to have some decent food on her second day on the island.
"Here." Dave handed her a burger, "We saved the last one for you."
"Thanks." Stacy said as she ate, "That's really nice of you."
"No problem, darlin!" Sugar said, "After all, a little gals gotta have some food in her gut."
Even though Stacy was glad that her team won, she was still afraid for what might happened to Samey because her team lost. Soon enough, it was time for the ceremony and Stacy watched from a distance, hoping that Samey would be alright.
"And the sister going home is..." Chris paused for a moment, "Samey!"
"Oh no!" Stacy gasped in horror.
But then, she saw Amys face swell up and Samey just looking at her with a smile across her lips.
"Sorry Samey." Samey lied, "Looks like you've lost again!"
"Alright Samey." Chris led Amy to the cannon, "Time to go!"
Stacy was a little confused at first but then she realized what just happened, "Oh I get it now!" she said to herself, "Samey let Amy eat that Manchineel fruit and since she can't speak, people think Amy is Samey! Of course!"
After Amy was fired out of the cannon and Samey was left alone, Stacy approached her with a comforting smile on her face.
"Looks like she won't be bothering you anymore now that your big sister is gone." she said.
Samey felt a little worried until Stacy took her hand and squeezed it. "Don't worry, Amy." Stacy smiled softly and winked, "You're secret is safe with me."
"Thank you." Samey smiled gratefully, "I owe you one."
The two girls hugged before they went to their separate teams. Stacy went up to Shawn right before he was about to climb his tree.
"Hey!" she called out.
"Hey!" Shawn turned around and saw the girl coming towards him, "Some day, huh?"
"Yeah." Stacy nodded, "I'm glad you guys won."
"Thanks." he smiled at her, "I'm glad too and I'm real proud of you for sticking up to Amy. That was cool."
"How did you know that?" she asked with a confused expression.
"Jasmine told me." he answered, "Like I said, that was pretty cool of you to do that."
"T-Thank you." The child blushed at the comment, "Well, I should be getting back to the cave."
"Allow me to take you there myself." Shawn turned around and crouched down, "Hop on." Stacy climbed on his back and wrapped her arms around his neck as he stood up.
Just like yesterday, she had that warm and safe feeling whenever she was with Shawn kind of like when she was with her father. He smiled as Stacy nuzzled against his neck while he was taking her back to the cave.
"Okay." Shawn knelt down after arriving at the cave, "Down you go."
"Thanks again." Stacy said as she hopped off his back, "You didn't have to do that."
"It's no problem." he said, "See you tomorrow?"
"Sure." Stacy gave him one last hug for the night, "Good night, Shawn."
"Good night, kiddo." Shawn hugged back, "Have a good nights rest."
"You too." she said before heading inside. The two parted their separate ways and turned in for the night.
Everyone else was already asleep when Stacy entered but she decided to stay up for a bit and start some sketches in her notebook. Her first one was of the crescent moon and the shining stars just outside of the cave.
"Beautiful..." she said as softly as she could.
Once she was done sketching the sky, she started some new pages and this time, it was of Shawn and everyone else she met on the island. She made sure to get every detail just right and took a couple notes right next to them that explains their personalities. But, the one she was focused on the most was on Shawn who cared for her the most.
"He's so nice." Stacy smiled as she drew, "I hope he won't get eliminated soon. It's only my second day here and already he has done so much for me."
Once she finished getting the faces sketched, Stacy puts away her notebook in her bag, said her prayers for her friends and family, and laid down on her rock. She fell asleep, happy that Samey can compete for another day and Shawn would be there to protect her as long as she was stuck on the island.
To Be Continued...