A bus from the Reginald Dwight Academy was arriving at a campground with a rocket for a logo. "Here we are, soldiers-" declared Principal Cherry, "-Rocket Man Campgrounds. This is where we have our weekend camp trips once every three months, just so we can teach you kids how important helping the environment is."

One by one, a bunch of students barged out of the bus, including Candy, Kiki, and Daniel. "One at a time," Principal Cherry stated as she got out a clipboard. "Now we must go over the rules before we all start our camping trip. 1. We stick with our buddies, 2. No electronics, and 3. Nobody wanders off without our permission."

"And if anyone gets lost," Aunt Davina suggested, "hold still and sing 'Rocket Man'."

"Got it!" everyone shouted.

"Wait, wait, wait," Alice said. "We don't get our phones back, ever?"

"Not until the following Sunday," answered Aunt Regina. "They're tight and secure in our confiscation safe."

"Is that where they confiscate phones until they served detention?" asked Alice.

"That's right," Aunt Regina replied. "Now let's start putting up our tents."

One by one, everyone placed up their tents. As they were putting up their tents, Daniel and Kiki noticed that Bennie and Ronnie weren't there. "How come Ronnie and Bennie couldn't join us for the trip?" asked Kiki.

"Ronnie is sleeping over with Nikita as they handle a large shipment of German caramel candy," explained Candy. "And Bennie and the Jets are joining Mr. Otto for a music festival in Morgantown."

Alice was annoyed by Candy getting all the attention, so she decided to play a little trick on her. "Kinji, Gauer," she said, "wanna go to the river to examine fish?"

"Good idea," Daniel replied. "We need to make sure they aren't poisonous."

As Kiki and Daniel went off to the river to examine fish, Alice hatched out her devious scheme. "Listen," she said quietly. "RDA has a little tradition we do every year, the hunt for Bigfoot. It's where the newbies go into the woods and don't come back until they find Bigfoot."

"Really?" Candy replied. "It would be nice to see an actual Bigfoot for once. Not like that Patterson–Gimlin film in 1967."

Candy wandered off into the woods, which made Alice delighted.

All day long, Candy started looking for signs of Bigfoot. At one point she thought she had him, but it was really a little squirrel.

XxoxX

Later, it was getting dark out, Candy started getting scared and lost. "Rocket girl burning out his fuse up here alone," Candy said. "This is just like being in outer space."

Everything started turning into deep outer space, she started wearing an outfit similar to the rebels from "Star Wars." "A long time ago," Candy said to herself, "in a galaxy far, far away." Everywhere she looked, the stars started going out. "It's lonely out in space," she said. "What a timeless flight."

With a look at the moon, Candy saw that she was back in reality. "Okay, Candy," she said to herself. "Just remember what Aunt Regina taught you. She packed my bags last night pre-ride, zero hours nine AM."

Candy got out a flashlight from her backpack and looked around for a sign of help. All around, she could see numerous owls, squirrels, bats, and skunks around the place. "Hey, you little aliens," she said. "Care to help me find my way to get act to my friends from the Reginald Dwight Academy?"

"Who?" asked the owls.

"Many people may know him as Elton John," explained Candy. "He once helped our school. He started out as a pianist in the jazz band Bluesology. During the '60s, he toured with some American singers like Patti LaBelle and the Isley Brothers. Eventually, he met his writing partner, Bernie Taupin, and renamed himself Elton John after his two bandmates: Elton Dean and Long John Baldry."

Up in the sky, she saw a vision of the man himself. Star Elton suddenly changed into a rocket and blew off. "That's right," Candy replied. "Hold still and sing 'Rocket Man'."

XxoxX

Back at the campfire, everyone was starting to worry about Candy, except for Alice. She was too busy roasting her marshmallow to care about Candy's safety. "Let's do song night without her," Alice replied. "Candy's no good of a singer anyway."

"Cadet Levy," growled Principal Cherry, "don't be rude."

"Well to me," Alice said, "Candy is a rotten cavity when it comes to being in the wild. She's lost in the clouds is what she is."

Before anyone could panic, Kiki and Daniel started hearing Candy singing "Rocket Man." "Guys," shouted Kiki, "that's Candy!"

"Just like how we taught her," Aunt Davina recalled. "You got this, Regina."

Aunt Regina barged through the woods to find Candy. "There you are, Cadet Candy" she said. "I had a feeling Cadet Levy tricked you. I've been to her family's china shop and they both get paralyzed by her unruly behavior."

"She told me that the new kids can't go back to camp until they find Bigfoot," Candy explained.

Aunt Regina couldn't believe her ears. "We don't have a Bigfoot hunt," she said as she stops to realize something. "Wait a sec. Cadet Levy's so getting a weeks worth of detention for tricking you."

XxoxX

Back at camp, Principal Cherry and Candy stomped up to Alice angrily. "Cadet Levy," growled Principal Cherry, "you know better than to bamboozle the students, just like how you bamboozled Cadet Gauer last year for doing your dirty work while pretending to be sick."

"Come on," replied Alice. "It was all a joke."

"Aunt Regina said that you'll be getting a weeks worth of detention for tricking me," growled Candy.

"Teacher's pet," muttered Alice.

"Maybe we shouldn't do the weekend camping trips anymore," Vice Principal Cherry said. "Little Sugar seemed a little traumatized after she wandered off into the woods."

"You're right," Principal Cherry answered. "We're going home in the morning."

Everyone but Alice cheered. "Now I won't have to worry about Amaya making a mess in my room again!" Daniel exclaimed.

"And I get see my big brother Tyson perform in his new dance troupe at his college," Kiki smiled.

XxoxX

At the Cherry residence on Saturday evening, Kiki and Daniel arrived to see if Candy was alright. Aunt Davina let them in. "So," Kiki said, "how's Candy doing?"

"I think it's gonna be a long, long time," Aunt Davina said, "till touchdown brings her round again to find, but she is doing fine. She's just sleeping most of the time since the whole Bigfoot charade."

Daniel was confused about what Aunt Davina meant. "I think she means it might take Candy a while to get over the whole incident," suggested Kiki.

In her room, they found Candy talking in her sleep. "And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then," she said in her sleep.

Kiki and Daniel decided to wake her up with a little mini-percussion power. Kiki got out a tambourine while Daniel got out a cowbell. They banged so loud, Candy woke up from her long slumber. "Hey, guys" Candy replied. "I miss the earth so much and I miss the light. I dreamt I was a space cowgirl trying a new kite."

On her bookcase, Daniel couldn't help but notice that she had 6 dream journals. He began to read it and saw that some of the dreams were based on the imaginations they had with her. He asked, "You've been keeping a record of your imaginations?"

"I have," Candy explained. "Aunt Davina always knew I had a gift for imagination, so she gave me my first one for my fifth birthday. In fact, she got me a dream journal every year since that day."

"Rocket girl burning out hher fuse up here and not alone," asked Kiki.

"I'm not the girl they think I am at home," Candy said. "I'm Candice Cornelia Cherry."

"That's our girl," Kiki said.

The End