Author's Note
This is sort of really different from the book. Reviews would be greatly
appreciated. Happens way before the book though.
Keoko looked out the window of the bus silently. The land was barren and desolate. There seemed to holes dotted all over the landscape. That made her somewhat curious. Her dark olive eyes scanned the area quickly. A sign told her that they would soon be approaching Camp Greenlake. She couldn't see a lake.
"Yo there's some new person coming here," said X-Ray, looking out at the bus that was headed towards the main camp area. Everyone's heads turned and saw it.
"Wonder who it is this time, wonder what they did." mumbled Zigzag. Zero stared silently at the bus. His hole was finished, so he spit in it and walked away towards camp.
Upon reaching it, he saw the bus park and a guard pull down its only occupant. What he saw made his eyes expand. It was a girl. She was really small and really thin. She looked sort of Asian, but he eyes were olive green. Her hair was black and straight and reached her shoulders. The guard pulled her into Mr. Sir's office.
When the bus came to a halt, Keoko snapped back to reality. A guard pulled her out of her seat and out of the bus. She looked around slightly and noticed that there was indeed no lake. It was just another lie. The fat guard led her into an air-conditioned place. The air felt too cold for her. She was more accustomed to warm environments.
"My name is Mr. Sir," said a voice. Keoko whipped her head around and saw a nasty looking man speaking to her. "This ain't no girl scout camp, so you better get used to being worked hard. You will dig one a hole a day, five feet deep and five feet wide. Here's your uniform. Give me your bag," he ordered. Keoko reluctantly handed him her bag. He looked through it and found a journal that was filled with Japanese writing and books in Japanese. There was a small ornamental fan and a stone with elegant gold characters on it. There were also several books filled with complicated- looking music. "Japanese, huh?" he asked, more as a rhetorical question. "Whatever." He handed back her bag and turned around. "Get changed." Keoko complied. When she was changed, he turned back around and called someone.
"Hello, my name is Mr. Pendanski, I believe in giving every person a second chance," he said cheerfully. Keoko raised her eyebrow slightly. "Come on, girl, lets put you in your new home, group D," he said smiling. Keoko nodded once and bowed while following him. Both Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski were a little surprised at this. The Japanese were so formal.
When Keoko looked upon her new home, the shabby cabin, she laughed inwardly. This was what was supposed to make her a good person? It would just turn her into an even harder cynic. She entered and saw several forms lying on the bed in a lazy, exhausted matter. All of them were male. This must have been an all male camp.
"Okay everybody, we've got a new camper today, so let's make her welcome!" All the form sat up and the mention of 'her'. A girl? Group D's occupants looked at the newcomer. She was small and, in an elegant way, gorgeous.
Zero looked up and saw the girl he'd seen before. She was really short!
"Okay, what's your name?" asked Magnet, walking up to her. She looked at him with her piercing olive eyes, unusual for Asian people.
"Kaneyama Keoko," she replied. Everyone looked at her in expressions that read 'huh?' She sighed inwardly. This would be a long punishment. "My name is Keoko. My last name is Kaneyama," she said slowly and quietly, with a bit of an accent to her voice.
"You Chinese or something?" asked X-Ray. Keoko's eyes grew somewhat angry. She was not Chinese! She was Japanese! These boys couldn't even realize that. Chinese names were so different.
"I am Japanese!" she said firmly and quietly.
"Well, looks like you can better acquainted from here," said Mr. Pendanski. He left Keoko and the boys. She looked around warily at each one of them.
"So, what's in the bag?" asked X-Ray. He snatched her bag out of her grip and looked at its contents. Zero saw her eyes narrow slightly. He knew from somewhere that Japanese people weren't as open as Americans were. X- Ray noticed her journal and brought it out. He opened it and gasped. "Whoa, this is all in like Chinese or something!" Keoko made a sound of annoyance. Why does everyone think she is Chinese? "Just joking, I know its Japanese, don't get bent," said X-Ray, hitting her arm playfully. She stood her ground. "You play piano or something?" he asked as he looked at her music books. She nodded reluctantly. "We got a piano in the Wreck Room, but it's really bad sounding. It needs a tuning or something, 'cause all the keys sound terrible." Keoko's eyes brightened suddenly. She knew how to tune pianos; her father had been a piano tuner. The rest of the boys decided to but in, since they didn't think it was fair that X-Ray get the girl all to himself.
"So, what did you do?" asked Zigzag, Zero perked up. He was curious as well.
"None of your business," she replied. All the boys laughed at her.
"Oh, we got a feisty one here, boys," yelled Magnet. Keoko narrowed her eyes and her body tensed, as if she were going into combat stance. "I ain't gonna fight you, pretty girl," he said. Keoko did not relax.
"Yo, we have to think of a name for her," said Armpit. Keoko turned to him. What was wrong with her name? She then noticed someone in the corner of the room. She turned her head and stared at him in the eye. She silently searched his eyes, and deemed him the quiet and most befriend able one in this pack. He was quiet at least, and quiet people weren't as disrespectable. "I got and idea! How about Olive? Her eyes are like green olives," he said. All the boys hooted in agreement. Keoko shook her head in her mind. Olive? She was a food now? In truth, she hated olives. They were too bitter. How ironic.
That night, Keoko stared at the ceiling of the cabin in deep though. She had written in her journal already, and there was nothing else she could do. She fell asleep restlessly and prepared herself for the inevitable nightmares she was bound to have. She always had them.
Five in the morning came quickly, and Keoko was already awake. She dressed and prepared herself for the hard day's work. The other boys woke up after she was finished getting ready, and they looked at her in shock.
"Aren't you tired?" asked Magnet groggily. Keoko shook her head. They all just stared at her in jealousy. It was her first day, and she just HAD to be an early-riser. They had all wanted to see what she looked like all sleep tussled. It would have been an interesting sight to see such a strict person all messed up. Zero glanced at her every now and then as they walked out to get their shovels. He had already developed a slight crush, him and every other boy in Group D.
Author's Note:
Hope you liked this. Please review, and I will be happy to write another chapter!
elf
Keoko looked out the window of the bus silently. The land was barren and desolate. There seemed to holes dotted all over the landscape. That made her somewhat curious. Her dark olive eyes scanned the area quickly. A sign told her that they would soon be approaching Camp Greenlake. She couldn't see a lake.
"Yo there's some new person coming here," said X-Ray, looking out at the bus that was headed towards the main camp area. Everyone's heads turned and saw it.
"Wonder who it is this time, wonder what they did." mumbled Zigzag. Zero stared silently at the bus. His hole was finished, so he spit in it and walked away towards camp.
Upon reaching it, he saw the bus park and a guard pull down its only occupant. What he saw made his eyes expand. It was a girl. She was really small and really thin. She looked sort of Asian, but he eyes were olive green. Her hair was black and straight and reached her shoulders. The guard pulled her into Mr. Sir's office.
When the bus came to a halt, Keoko snapped back to reality. A guard pulled her out of her seat and out of the bus. She looked around slightly and noticed that there was indeed no lake. It was just another lie. The fat guard led her into an air-conditioned place. The air felt too cold for her. She was more accustomed to warm environments.
"My name is Mr. Sir," said a voice. Keoko whipped her head around and saw a nasty looking man speaking to her. "This ain't no girl scout camp, so you better get used to being worked hard. You will dig one a hole a day, five feet deep and five feet wide. Here's your uniform. Give me your bag," he ordered. Keoko reluctantly handed him her bag. He looked through it and found a journal that was filled with Japanese writing and books in Japanese. There was a small ornamental fan and a stone with elegant gold characters on it. There were also several books filled with complicated- looking music. "Japanese, huh?" he asked, more as a rhetorical question. "Whatever." He handed back her bag and turned around. "Get changed." Keoko complied. When she was changed, he turned back around and called someone.
"Hello, my name is Mr. Pendanski, I believe in giving every person a second chance," he said cheerfully. Keoko raised her eyebrow slightly. "Come on, girl, lets put you in your new home, group D," he said smiling. Keoko nodded once and bowed while following him. Both Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski were a little surprised at this. The Japanese were so formal.
When Keoko looked upon her new home, the shabby cabin, she laughed inwardly. This was what was supposed to make her a good person? It would just turn her into an even harder cynic. She entered and saw several forms lying on the bed in a lazy, exhausted matter. All of them were male. This must have been an all male camp.
"Okay everybody, we've got a new camper today, so let's make her welcome!" All the form sat up and the mention of 'her'. A girl? Group D's occupants looked at the newcomer. She was small and, in an elegant way, gorgeous.
Zero looked up and saw the girl he'd seen before. She was really short!
"Okay, what's your name?" asked Magnet, walking up to her. She looked at him with her piercing olive eyes, unusual for Asian people.
"Kaneyama Keoko," she replied. Everyone looked at her in expressions that read 'huh?' She sighed inwardly. This would be a long punishment. "My name is Keoko. My last name is Kaneyama," she said slowly and quietly, with a bit of an accent to her voice.
"You Chinese or something?" asked X-Ray. Keoko's eyes grew somewhat angry. She was not Chinese! She was Japanese! These boys couldn't even realize that. Chinese names were so different.
"I am Japanese!" she said firmly and quietly.
"Well, looks like you can better acquainted from here," said Mr. Pendanski. He left Keoko and the boys. She looked around warily at each one of them.
"So, what's in the bag?" asked X-Ray. He snatched her bag out of her grip and looked at its contents. Zero saw her eyes narrow slightly. He knew from somewhere that Japanese people weren't as open as Americans were. X- Ray noticed her journal and brought it out. He opened it and gasped. "Whoa, this is all in like Chinese or something!" Keoko made a sound of annoyance. Why does everyone think she is Chinese? "Just joking, I know its Japanese, don't get bent," said X-Ray, hitting her arm playfully. She stood her ground. "You play piano or something?" he asked as he looked at her music books. She nodded reluctantly. "We got a piano in the Wreck Room, but it's really bad sounding. It needs a tuning or something, 'cause all the keys sound terrible." Keoko's eyes brightened suddenly. She knew how to tune pianos; her father had been a piano tuner. The rest of the boys decided to but in, since they didn't think it was fair that X-Ray get the girl all to himself.
"So, what did you do?" asked Zigzag, Zero perked up. He was curious as well.
"None of your business," she replied. All the boys laughed at her.
"Oh, we got a feisty one here, boys," yelled Magnet. Keoko narrowed her eyes and her body tensed, as if she were going into combat stance. "I ain't gonna fight you, pretty girl," he said. Keoko did not relax.
"Yo, we have to think of a name for her," said Armpit. Keoko turned to him. What was wrong with her name? She then noticed someone in the corner of the room. She turned her head and stared at him in the eye. She silently searched his eyes, and deemed him the quiet and most befriend able one in this pack. He was quiet at least, and quiet people weren't as disrespectable. "I got and idea! How about Olive? Her eyes are like green olives," he said. All the boys hooted in agreement. Keoko shook her head in her mind. Olive? She was a food now? In truth, she hated olives. They were too bitter. How ironic.
That night, Keoko stared at the ceiling of the cabin in deep though. She had written in her journal already, and there was nothing else she could do. She fell asleep restlessly and prepared herself for the inevitable nightmares she was bound to have. She always had them.
Five in the morning came quickly, and Keoko was already awake. She dressed and prepared herself for the hard day's work. The other boys woke up after she was finished getting ready, and they looked at her in shock.
"Aren't you tired?" asked Magnet groggily. Keoko shook her head. They all just stared at her in jealousy. It was her first day, and she just HAD to be an early-riser. They had all wanted to see what she looked like all sleep tussled. It would have been an interesting sight to see such a strict person all messed up. Zero glanced at her every now and then as they walked out to get their shovels. He had already developed a slight crush, him and every other boy in Group D.
Author's Note:
Hope you liked this. Please review, and I will be happy to write another chapter!
elf