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And here we have the last chapter. Thanks for all your comments, I really appreciate it!

Siblings: Amanda, Xavier and Fred.

Bear!

Amanda Johnson hated camping.

There was no electricity, no cell service and no air-conditioning. She was forced to spend a week sleeping in a flimsy tent that offered little guard against howling winds and torrential rainstorms. But every summer it was tradition to travel to a camping site and experience nature with her family.

This year it was just her brothers and her father. Her mother claimed she wasn't feeling well and stayed home. Amanda suspected that this was just one of her mother's tricks to get out of camping, as she was prone to do every couple of years.

"So not fair," she grumbled to herself, bundling herself up in her sleeping bag. It was a particularly cold day, with a strong breeze and cloudy skies. She took refuge in her tent, which she got to herself. Despite wearing a pair of dark purple jeans and a white hoodie, she still shivered and hoped the extra padding of her sleeping bag would help warm her. "If Mom gets to skip out, so should I. I have rights!"

A sharp gust of wind rattled the tent, as if to mock her. Shaking her head, Amanda wondered how many days of torture she would have to endure. Her cell died a few days ago, so she couldn't even check her calendar app.

Her stomach growled and the redhead sighed. Reluctantly leaving the shelter of her tent, she stepped out into their grassy site to get some food. She immediately noticed her brothers walking towards the forest, speaking idly with each other.

"What are you doing?" she called suspiciously.

Xavier glanced over his shoulder. "Nothing."

Amanda huffed in irritation as they continued their way into the forest. "Of course. You guys never do anything."

Shoulders slouched, she went over to the tree that held their food. She unwound the rope and lowered the cloth bag that bulged with snacks and ready-made no-cook meals. She dug through the contents before locating a package of beef jerky. She tore open the plastic and stuffed a few strips into her mouth. A bird flew down and landed a few feet away, chirping hopefully. Amanda glared down at the blue creature.

"Mine," she snapped, accidently spewing out a few pieces of jerky. "Go away!"

The bird chirped indigently and flew off. She watched it go and swallowed her food. "Alright. I'm snapping at cute woodland birds. I'm probably close to going insane. Oh, look at that. I'm talking to myself. That's not a good sign."

…I need to get out of this place. I need social interaction. I need people to talk to other than my emotionally-challenged brothers.

Sticking the beef jerky under her arm, she used the other to heft the bag back up into the air. She tied a tight knot to keep the bag secure and shuffled back towards her tent, munching on jerky in the hopes of soothing her rumbling stomach.

"Aaaggghhh!"

All thoughts of food left her mind as her brothers' screams echoed across the landscape. Dropping the jerky, she took off running, heart pumping with fear at what she might find once she reached the location where their screams were coming from.

Let them be okay, don't let it be anything serious.

She burst off the well-worn path and into a clearing. She immediately stumbled to a stop when she caught sight of a large brown bear, standing about a hundred feet away from Xavier and Fred, who were frozen with fear.

Trembling, Amanda tried to calm down. She heard that animals could smell fear, though she wasn't sure if that was the case with bears, but she wasn't going to risk it. Taking a few quick, deep breaths, she steeled her nerves as best she could. Slowly, she moved around the bear, giving it as wide a berth as she could. The bear was snorting at her brothers, its low growl rumbling in the open space.

I did not sign up to get eaten by a bear today.

Swallowing thickly, she sidled up to her brothers. "Mands," whimpered Xavier, immediately grabbing onto her hoodie. "What do we do?"

"Sshh," she soothed, eyes not leaving the woodland creature. It pawed at the ground, glaring right at them. "Okay. Rule number one. No running from a bear."

"What's rule number two?" squeaked Fred, eyes wide with terror.

"Uh…uh." Amanda frantically thought back to a wilderness documentary she had seen a few weeks ago. "Climb this tree."

"But can't bears climb trees?"

"Yes. So whatever you do, don't stop climbing," she ordered, heart stuttering in her chest when the bear lunged at them. But it stopped a short distance away, growling fiercely. "Do it slowly."

Xavier and Fred started to carefully climb the trunk of the tree they were cowering against. The skin on their bare hands and knees were scraped by the bark, but the two ignored the pain as they continued their cautious ascent.

The bear gave a roar and charged just as Amanda started to climb herself. Heart leaping in her throat, she got a burst of speed and propelled herself up a few more feet, just out of reach of the bear's claws. "That is not Winnie the Pooh," she panted, keeping her attention upwards.

The three Johnson siblings continued to climb the tree. Not able to help himself, Fred kept glancing down to see how far or how close the bear was to his sister. But the brown beast had gone back to the ground, and was now staring up at them.

"It's not chasing us," he whisper-called to Amanda.

The redhead peeked below and she let out a sigh of relief. She swung herself over and took refuge on a branch. "Okay. We're gonna hang out here until it goes away."

"You're amazing," said Xavier in awe.

Surprised, Amanda glanced at her blonde brother. "I didn't do anything."

"Sure you did," piped up Fred. "You came to our rescue. You didn't even flinch when you saw the bear!"

"Believe me, I was freaking out on the inside," she said feelingly. "If I didn't hate camping before, I definitely do now. What were you guys doing in here anyway?"

"Nothing," said Xavier before he could stop himself. At the irritated expression his sister sent him, he quickly added, "Just going for a walk."

"What do you know, you actually did something." Amanda crossed her arms. "Too bad it ended with us having to escape an angry grizzly. I think I'd rather you do nothing for the rest of this stupid trip."

Xavier peered through the leaves. The bear was still there, sniffing at the trunk of the tree. Figuring that they would be there for a bit, he decided to ask the question that had been burning within him for the past couple of years. One that he hadn't bothered to ask for worry that it would set his high-strung sister off and only make matters worse.

"You know, most older brothers and sisters are happy when their siblings don't do anything," voiced Xavier. "How come it just makes you angry with us?"

"Because, Mom is always pressing me to go out and do things. But she doesn't say a thing to you two." Amanda frowned. "I'm neurotic, energetic and eccentric, and everyone keeps telling me that I need to calm down. I'm sick of it. I can't be like you two, just laid-back and not giving a care about the world."

"So you get mad at us for doing nothing because you can't do what we can do?" asked Fred in bewilderment.

"Well, it sounds stupid when you say it out loud," grumbled Amanda.

"It's not stupid," assured Xavier. "We get it. Sometimes we get jealous of you."

"Seriously?"

"Uh-huh. You have a lot of friends and you can talk to anyone. We can't really do that."

"Huh," mused Amanda, a slight smile on her lips. "Never considered that before."

"Hey!" Fred exclaimed, pointing downwards. "The bear is gone!"

"I'll check it out." Amanda made her descent, sweeping her eyes around the area as she did so. But there was no sign of the bear, and when she hit the ground she motioned for her brothers to follow her.

"Dad is not going to believe this," said Xavier, dropping to the ground with his brother right behind him.

"If I'm lucky, he'll take us to a resort in Florida near the beaches next year," she said hopefully. "Come on. Let's get out of here."

Xavier and Fred extended their arms and Amanda linked up with them. Together they departed the woods, wondering if the rest of their trip would be boring after this exciting experience.

Until next time,

AnimationNut out.

Peace!