Chapter 4
The entire class looked at the open field. It was covered in daisies and buttercups but it had plenty of room for all the tents they had to set up. Maria looked across at the field and thought it was quite pretty. "I was hoping that we were going to camp at a less muddy place and one that actually has stuff to do," complained Oliver like he does with everything.
"I agree," agreed Sarah, a girl that Maria dislikes a lot as she makes fun of her with some friends.
"You two stop complaining!" Miss told them and they kept silent after that warning. "Now we should probably collect sticks to make our fire and set up the tents after." There were 10 tents to share between 30 people so they all got into three's to go and collect sticks together and set up the tents together.
Unfortunately, the teacher chose the groups and Maria had to share a tent with Sarah and Jade. Jade was just as bad as Sarah which was going to make the whole camping experience stressful.
The children went to go and explore around in the woods to find sticks and dry plants to go in the fire they were going to make. Whilst Maria was collecting sticks, she had a sudden thought. She could summon the animatronics just to hang around with for ten minutes or so.
She summoned them when she found an area far away from anyone else. "Hi Maria, um where are we?" said Freddy in an uncertain tone.
"Outside in the woods near the place my class are camping," answered Maria and Freddy looked around at the woods in wonder "This is the first time I've ever been outside!" exclaimed Bonnie getting all excited.
"Shhhh, we are close to my class so we have got to be quiet," Maria warned him and he immediately went silent.
"Sorry Maria I'm just so excited about being outside for the first time," apologized Bonnie and Maria giggled quietly. She did not realise that the animatronics act this childish. "Why did you summon us? Is something wrong?" Asked Freddy
"No I just wanted to talk to you guys," Maria replied quietly and watched Foxy fiddle with a small branch attached to a tree.
"Oh I see, well what did you want to talk about?" Freddy mumbled as they heard voices in the distance. Everyone froze until the voices faded away "I don't know," whispered Maria sitting on a large rock and brushed her hands through her hair to make sure there were no plants in it.
"I know, why don't you tell us about what you have done since you have left," suggested Chica.
"I didn't do much today. All I did was talk and take pictures with my friends Anna and Jessica and made them look silly," answered Maria and she looked at the animatronics. They were staring at something so she turned to see Anna and Jessica standing there. "Uh Lass I think we have a bit of company," muttered Foxy. Anna started running off but then Jessica grabbed her.
"Anna just let Maria explain before you go running off to tell anybody," Jessica told Anna making sure she doesn't run off
Anna got out of Jessica's grip and looked at Maria "What the hell is going on! Where did the animatronics come from?" Anna questioned and Maria bit her lip.
"Well um it's hard to explain. The animatronics have magical powers and if I do something bad I get a curse and if I do something good I get a blessing which in my case is a magical power. Well I actually have two which is summoning the animatronics wherever I want whenever I want and mind reading. Please don't tell anyone. Jessica already knew though and she kept the secret really well," explained Maria and Anna just looked at her in a strange way.
"Wait did you say you also have the power of mind reading because if you do then can you read my mind," Anna said and Maria nodded. She looked into Anna's mind. "You are thinking about strawberry laces. Strange thing to think of," Maria stated and Anna just laughed.
"Okay I think I need to send the animatronics back as there is a high risk in someone spotting them," Maria mumbled and the animatronics waved goodbye before Maria sent them back to the pizzeria using her power.
"Okay so why did you tell Jessica and not me?" Anna broke the silence.
"Because you are not very good at keeping secrets," answered Maria and Anna raised her eyebrow.
"Not good at keeping secrets? I'm a pro at it!" Anna joked around and Jessica laughed her head off. Sarah and Jade came to see what all the commotion was about. "Maria you're supposed to be helping us collect twigs, not mess around with your friends," mentioned Jade and Maria sighed.
"Sorry guys, I have to go and help Jade and Sarah collect twigs," Maria said and then followed Jade and Sarah through the bracken. They found an area full of twigs and grabbed as much as possible before walking back to camp to drop them off.
"Okay Maria, Sarah and Jade. Can you please grab the other groups as we have enough sticks now," asked Miss Honey so the girls ran off into the woods to grab the other groups. When all groups returned, they were allowed to set up the tents. After a couple of attempts, Maria's group got their tent up and settled down to have some snacks that their parents packed up in their bags.
Maria had a tuna sandwich with a banana and a yogurt. She sat down next to Anna and Jessica and started to eat.
"So um how was collecting sticks with Sarah and Jade," Jessica asked and Maria shrugged.
"Well we didn't say anything to each other, we just got on with it," replied Maria finishing off the last bit of her Tuna sandwich. The girls finished their snacks and then played i spy.
"I spy with my little eye, something beginning with T," Anna went first and Maria already knew the answer but didn't say anything to let Jessica have a guess. "I've just realised that Maria will know the answer right away so its kinda unfair in some ways, you know, she will get it right every time," pointed out Jessica.
"Oh yes because of her little gift, so Maria what is it?" questioned Anna.
"Um I think it is a Thistle," Answered Maria and looked at Anna to give them the answer.
"It is a Thistle, maybe we should play something else which doesn't include Maria mind reading," Murmured Anna so anyone else, other than Jessica and Maria, could not hear what she said.
"What about we do our secret language and just talk about things. People won't be able to understand us and we can annoy them by speaking it!" suggested Jessica.
"O-nay ay-way," Anna disagreed with Jessica. Maria shook her head and Jessica looked disappointed.
"You just spoke it then so why would you speak it then and then not want to speak it in a conversation," asked Jessica and Anna just shrugged her shoulders. "I did it to annoy you," explained Anna and Maria giggled a little.
Jessica checked her watch and it was 5 o'clock in the afternoon. In the end, they decided just to talk about how their holidays went and what they did. This lasted until 6 o'clock when the sun was beginning to set.
"Okay kids, I am giving each of you a sheet with a list of foods you can have to eat so tick your choice and hand it back into me," Miss said to the class and then handed out sheets to everyone. There were only four choices: Chicken soup, pot noodles, a burger or a hotdog. Maria ticked off the Chicken soup and then handed the sheet to Miss.
"Whilst we wait for our meals to be ready I thought maybe you guys can do what you want as long as you don't get hurt and stay in this area," Miss told them and then they went off. Maria, Jessica and Anna stayed sat where they are.
"So what did you tick off Maria and Jessica?" asked Anna.
"The same as you because I don't fancy having any of the others on the list," Maria replied reading Anna's mind again.
"Well I went for pot noodles and can you tell me what you guys have chosen because I can't read minds like Maria," Jessica said picking leaves out of her hair. "We chose Chicken Soup," replied Anna.
Miss called everyone for dinner and they sat around the campfire which Miss Honey had just lit to eat. Maria's soup was really good and took no time at all to finish. "Maria as you have finished, please can you help me by washing up your bowl next to the toilets where there is this sink made for people to wash up their dishes," asked Miss Honey and Maria obeyed.
She walked up to the toilets and found the sink that people used to clean dishes and started to clean the bowl she had used. Before any more of the class arrived, she strolled back down the hill and into camp.
Once everyone had washed up everything, they sorted out the sleeping bags in each tent as they were going to sleep early. Everyone said goodnight and went inside their group's tent. Maria's sleeping bag was at one end near the entrance whilst Sarah and Jade lay together on the other side.
Maria slowly drifted to sleep.
Sorry I took so long to update! Thx for reading!
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