The next morning Peter and Sophie were waiting for the cliffhangers.
Breakfast was over, but the cliffhangers had gone to get their gear for the
hike.
"I wonder if we'll be able to get Natalie to open up today?" Sophie asked.
"We can only hope," was all Peter could say before the group of tired teenagers was in front of them. "All guys let's roll!" Peter said as he clapped his hands together.
"Myself and several others in this group are not of the male gender." Shelby stated with no emotion.
"Okay, let's roll PEOPLE!" he emphasized the last word.
"Better," Shelby grumbled.
The two-hour hike up to the campsite was fairly quite. The silence was only broken, for a few cracks about Peter and a few are we there yets?
"Meet me by the fire pit in twenty minutes. I will then tell you what your assignments are," Peter announced to the group.
The cliffhangers scattered some to just chill, others to use the natural outhouse. Natalie just sat on a tree stump with her head resting on her hand. Sophie decided this would be aq perfect time to have a little chat with Natalie.
"How did you sleep last night?" Sophie asked brightly.
"Fine."
"I know the first night can be pretty rough." Sophie went on.
"Mmmm," Does this lady ever shut up Natalie thought to her self.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?"
"Not really," Natalie mumbled still not moving.
"Well if there is Peter and I are always here to listen."
"I'll keep that in mind," Natalie said.
With her last sentence Sophie could here some sort of accent. It didn't really sound Russian though. She pondered this for a few minutes until Peter began to speak.
"This time your assignment will be more of a quest. You will be in pairs except for Natalie's group, they'll have three. We are here for three days and each group has three quests. You will only get one quest a day. But if you finish early, the rest of the day is yours. Any questions? Here are the groups Juliette and Ezra, Scott and Daisy, and Shelby, Auggie, and Natalie. Here are each of your groups quests," he said as he handed each group a slip of paper.
Shelby read the paper she had been handed to Auggie and Natalie. "Make a color map of the campsite with using anything man made. How are we supposed to do that?" she asked.
"Figure it out" was all Peter said before he walked away from the cliffhangers.
"All right lets start gathering berries and sticks," Shelby told the other two.
"Um Shelby, there is an easier way to do this." Natalie added with a little hesitation.
"Okay, NEWBIE how do you think we should draw this map?" Shelby barked back.
"With anything laying around, you know leaves, pine cones, flowers."
"Add how do we get that crap to stick to the… what the frick are we supposed to use for paper?"
"Sap and birch bark, not regular bark, it's way two hard to get off in a large chunk. Believe me I have done stupid woods quests and what not hundreds of times."
"Shelby, I say we do it Natalie's way." Auggie giving his first opinion of the whole mess.
"Whatever," Shelby replied.
As much as Shelby hated to admit it, Natalie knew exactly what to do. She knew where to find everything. She was even the one to clime a tree to get the sap. The map was completed before lunch, but while the other two groups complained about how hard a time they were having, no one said a word. After lunch Auggie, Shelby, and and Natalie just sat there.
"I hate to bother you three, but shouldn't you be going back to work?" Peter asked.
"We're done."
"Really, let me see."
Auggie handed the map over.
"Wow, you guys this is great." Peter told them with a huge smile. "But how did you get everything to stay in place?" he asked.
"Easy, sap it was Natalie's idea, actually the whole thing was Natalie's idea." Shelby answered with great enthusiasm. She was actually proud out of what they had accomplished.
"Yeah, Natalie knows all about the woods. I think we have a real nature freak on our hands," Auggie added.
"Well, Natalie maybe I'll have to have you help me on a few quests. I'm kind of stuck." Peter said. "Enjoy the rest of your day, just don't leave the campsite by yourself, and tell Sophie or I if you're leaving." He walked of to the tent where he and Shelby were spending their day.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, "Shelby grumbled.
Auggie immediately went to take a nap under a large oak tree. Shelby and Natalie just sat for while.
"Do you want to go for a walk or something?" Shelby finally asked Natalie.
"Sure, not like there is anything else to do," she smiled as she said this.
"Well, let's go tell Peter, so he won't freak out when he finds us gone."
They walked over to the tent that Peter had entered.
"Natalie and I are goin' a walk. Okay"
"Do you have a watch?" Sophie asked.
"Do you have one Natalie?" Shelby turned to ask.
"Yupp."
"Be back by five, and don't cross any rivers." Peter warned.
"We will and we won't," Shelby said while saluting Peter.
"Have fun," Sophie added.
Shelby and Natalie headed into the woods. They walked for awhile, until they heard water.
"A river," Natalie pipped up. "Let's go check it out."
Natalie and Shelby sat on large rock near the river.
"So, why are you here?" Shelby asked.
"I don't know how to be a good girl," Natalie joked.
"Me neither," Shelby said.
At that both girls burst into laughter. Natalie lost her balance and fell on to the ground. As she did she yelled something not under stood by Shelby.
"Are you okay?" Shelby asked.
"I'm fine," Natalie answered as she pushed herself up from the ground.
"What did you say when you fell? It sounded like a different language."
"It was Russian," Natalie said as she sat back down on the rock.
Shelby and Natalie talked and talked until Shelby noticed it was getting dark.
"Oh crap. Natalie, what time is it?"
"6:10."
"We are sooooo dead," Shelby said as both girls sprinted in the direction they had come from. They ran and ran.
"Um, Natalie it didn't take this long to get to the river."
"And we are running."
"Do you remember this place?"
"No, not really."
Will Natalie and Shelby be lost in the woods?? What ii everyone else up to?? Find out in the next edition of "What's the deal with Natalie?" Muhaha, muhaha, muhaha.
"I wonder if we'll be able to get Natalie to open up today?" Sophie asked.
"We can only hope," was all Peter could say before the group of tired teenagers was in front of them. "All guys let's roll!" Peter said as he clapped his hands together.
"Myself and several others in this group are not of the male gender." Shelby stated with no emotion.
"Okay, let's roll PEOPLE!" he emphasized the last word.
"Better," Shelby grumbled.
The two-hour hike up to the campsite was fairly quite. The silence was only broken, for a few cracks about Peter and a few are we there yets?
"Meet me by the fire pit in twenty minutes. I will then tell you what your assignments are," Peter announced to the group.
The cliffhangers scattered some to just chill, others to use the natural outhouse. Natalie just sat on a tree stump with her head resting on her hand. Sophie decided this would be aq perfect time to have a little chat with Natalie.
"How did you sleep last night?" Sophie asked brightly.
"Fine."
"I know the first night can be pretty rough." Sophie went on.
"Mmmm," Does this lady ever shut up Natalie thought to her self.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?"
"Not really," Natalie mumbled still not moving.
"Well if there is Peter and I are always here to listen."
"I'll keep that in mind," Natalie said.
With her last sentence Sophie could here some sort of accent. It didn't really sound Russian though. She pondered this for a few minutes until Peter began to speak.
"This time your assignment will be more of a quest. You will be in pairs except for Natalie's group, they'll have three. We are here for three days and each group has three quests. You will only get one quest a day. But if you finish early, the rest of the day is yours. Any questions? Here are the groups Juliette and Ezra, Scott and Daisy, and Shelby, Auggie, and Natalie. Here are each of your groups quests," he said as he handed each group a slip of paper.
Shelby read the paper she had been handed to Auggie and Natalie. "Make a color map of the campsite with using anything man made. How are we supposed to do that?" she asked.
"Figure it out" was all Peter said before he walked away from the cliffhangers.
"All right lets start gathering berries and sticks," Shelby told the other two.
"Um Shelby, there is an easier way to do this." Natalie added with a little hesitation.
"Okay, NEWBIE how do you think we should draw this map?" Shelby barked back.
"With anything laying around, you know leaves, pine cones, flowers."
"Add how do we get that crap to stick to the… what the frick are we supposed to use for paper?"
"Sap and birch bark, not regular bark, it's way two hard to get off in a large chunk. Believe me I have done stupid woods quests and what not hundreds of times."
"Shelby, I say we do it Natalie's way." Auggie giving his first opinion of the whole mess.
"Whatever," Shelby replied.
As much as Shelby hated to admit it, Natalie knew exactly what to do. She knew where to find everything. She was even the one to clime a tree to get the sap. The map was completed before lunch, but while the other two groups complained about how hard a time they were having, no one said a word. After lunch Auggie, Shelby, and and Natalie just sat there.
"I hate to bother you three, but shouldn't you be going back to work?" Peter asked.
"We're done."
"Really, let me see."
Auggie handed the map over.
"Wow, you guys this is great." Peter told them with a huge smile. "But how did you get everything to stay in place?" he asked.
"Easy, sap it was Natalie's idea, actually the whole thing was Natalie's idea." Shelby answered with great enthusiasm. She was actually proud out of what they had accomplished.
"Yeah, Natalie knows all about the woods. I think we have a real nature freak on our hands," Auggie added.
"Well, Natalie maybe I'll have to have you help me on a few quests. I'm kind of stuck." Peter said. "Enjoy the rest of your day, just don't leave the campsite by yourself, and tell Sophie or I if you're leaving." He walked of to the tent where he and Shelby were spending their day.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, "Shelby grumbled.
Auggie immediately went to take a nap under a large oak tree. Shelby and Natalie just sat for while.
"Do you want to go for a walk or something?" Shelby finally asked Natalie.
"Sure, not like there is anything else to do," she smiled as she said this.
"Well, let's go tell Peter, so he won't freak out when he finds us gone."
They walked over to the tent that Peter had entered.
"Natalie and I are goin' a walk. Okay"
"Do you have a watch?" Sophie asked.
"Do you have one Natalie?" Shelby turned to ask.
"Yupp."
"Be back by five, and don't cross any rivers." Peter warned.
"We will and we won't," Shelby said while saluting Peter.
"Have fun," Sophie added.
Shelby and Natalie headed into the woods. They walked for awhile, until they heard water.
"A river," Natalie pipped up. "Let's go check it out."
Natalie and Shelby sat on large rock near the river.
"So, why are you here?" Shelby asked.
"I don't know how to be a good girl," Natalie joked.
"Me neither," Shelby said.
At that both girls burst into laughter. Natalie lost her balance and fell on to the ground. As she did she yelled something not under stood by Shelby.
"Are you okay?" Shelby asked.
"I'm fine," Natalie answered as she pushed herself up from the ground.
"What did you say when you fell? It sounded like a different language."
"It was Russian," Natalie said as she sat back down on the rock.
Shelby and Natalie talked and talked until Shelby noticed it was getting dark.
"Oh crap. Natalie, what time is it?"
"6:10."
"We are sooooo dead," Shelby said as both girls sprinted in the direction they had come from. They ran and ran.
"Um, Natalie it didn't take this long to get to the river."
"And we are running."
"Do you remember this place?"
"No, not really."
Will Natalie and Shelby be lost in the woods?? What ii everyone else up to?? Find out in the next edition of "What's the deal with Natalie?" Muhaha, muhaha, muhaha.