Camp Buddy belongs to BLit Games & Mikkokun. OCs & fanfic belongs to me.
Chapter 1: Losing Stargaze & Leaving Camp BUddy (Alternative Ending)
When everyone had woken up to get some breakfast, Scoutmaster Yoshinori was outside with the horses as he noticed that Stargaze wasn't feeling well. He rubbed & petted her as Stargaze rarely moved an eye to look at him. Yoshinori didn't know what to do. He looked up when he saw the other scouts coming out of their cabins to head to the mess hall. Yoshinori stood up, covering up Stargaze so Simon wouldn't see her laying down.
"Good Morning scouts. I hope all is well." Scoutmaster Yoshi said to them as he had a fake smile on his face.
Everyone raised their eyebrows as they thought he's being weird today. Simon tried to look over as he saw one of the horses laying down. He cleared his throat.
"Scoutmaster Yoshi, why is one of the horses laying down?" Simon asked as he tried to see which horse it was.
"Erm, she's just scratching herself. Yeah! No worries Mr. Maxwell, I got it all under control." Scoutmaster Yoshi said as he smiled again.
Everyone raised their eyebrows as they shrugged it off.
"Look, we're going to eat some breakfast now. So come and talk to us when you're not being so sus or something." Hiro said as he rubbed his head.
Yoshi waved at them as he waited for them to leave and he sighed and kneeled down to check on Stargaze. He rubbed her some more as Stargaze looked extremely sick. Aiden walked up to him as he shook his head.
"You know, you deadass suck at lying. What's going on with Stargaze?" Aiden asked his friend as he kneeled.
"I don't know. But she looks extremely sick and weak. I couldn't have Mr. Maxwell see her or else he'll cry tears of a waterfall." Yoshinori said as he sighed.
"Alright. I'll call a vet to see what they can do to help us." Aiden said as he ran to the office.
Yoshinori stayed by Stargaze as he kept rubbing and petting her. He tried to give her some water but she refused as she looked away. Yoshinori sighed as he didn't realize that Simon was right behind him.
"Scoutmaster Yoshi." Simon said softly. Which startled Yoshi.
Yoshinori jumped up as he held onto his chest and panted. "M-Mr. Waxwell. I thought you were eating breakfast with your friends?"
Simon sighed, he kneeled and touched Stargaze's pulse. He noticed that she had 'dead eyes' as Simon gasped. "S-Scoutmaster Yoshi, what's going on with Stargaze?"
"I….I…..I don't know…..I'm trying to figure it out." Yoshinori said as he gulped.
Simon looked around her stall to find anything that wasn't supposed to be in her stall. Yoshinori stood there very quietly as he saw his friend Aiden coming out of the office. He stopped as he saw Simon by the horses.
The ambulance was on their way as Simon looked up and gasped. He looked down at Stargaze and saw that she had already passed away. Everyone else was still eating in the mess hall. Nobody knows what was going on as they were all so busy eating & laughing at each other's jokes. Simon was missing out in action as he stood there very frozen as he saw the ambulance pulling up. Simon couldn't move or speak as he saw the vet walk out of the vehicle.
"Is this 'Camp Buddy' with the horses?" They asked.
"Yes. I believe one of our horses is sick. We're not too sure what's going on with her." Yoshinori explained it to them.
The vet kneeled to touch Stargaze but she wasn't breathing any more. The vet gasped as they shook their head. "I'm so sorry."
Simon broke down crying. It began to rain really hard as everyone else in the mess hall looked outside as they gasped.
"We should probably head back to our cabins real fast, you guys." Taiga told them as he stood up.
Everyone else agreed as they threw away their plates and cups and covered their heads with their hands and they all ran to their cabins. Taiga was the only one who noticed that there was an ambulance by the horses. He stopped as he tried looking for his boyfriend, Simon. He walked up to Yoshinori & Aiden.
"Where's Simon?" Taiga asked them.
"Simon…Simon is in the forest somewhere." Yoshinori told him.
It rained even harder & louder as it thundered.
"W-What?" Taiga said but he was being pulled by his friend, Keitaro as they ran to the cabin.
Simon was indeed in the forest. Crying his eyes out as he had just lost his best friend. Simon spent all morning, afternoon, and evening there till it had stopped raining. Hours later, he had passed out on the grass. Scoutmaster Yoshi walked up to him as he sighed. He shook him as Simon groaned.
"S-Stargaze…..?" Simon said as he was still exhausted from all that crying.
"Mr. Maxwell, can you please come with me?" Yoshinori asked him as he held out his hand.
Simon sat up as he rubbed his eyes and sniffled. "I'm sorry I ran off like that. I'm just so heartbroken…"
Yoshinori stayed quiet as he helped him up and they both walked back to camp. Yuri walked up to them as she gave Simon a towel to dry himself off. Simon looked at her as he softly smiled at her and took the towel to dry his hair. He then saw his friends by the horse's stall. Taiga gasped seeing him. Simon shyly waved at him as Yoshinori walked Simon to him.
"Babe, are you okay?" Taiga whispered to him.
"Yes. What's going on?" Simon whispered back to him.
Sir Goro then cleared his throat. "As you all may know, one of the horses erm, what was the name again?"
"Stargaze, daddy, Stargaze." Yuri whispered to him as she sighed looking at the scouts' faces.
"Right. Stargaze had passed away. She may have ate something that wasn't good for her. And we were told by the vet that having these horses here wasn't a very good idea. So we are going to return them back to their owner." Goro said as he sighed.
Simon gasped as he teared up again. His eyes were filled with tears as he just let them fall. Taiga rubbed his back as he hugged him. Whispering into his ear, "I'm so sorry." Simon hugged him back. Not caring if the scouts see them.
"S-Sir, before they go, can I maybe take pictures of them?" Keitaro asked Goro.
"You guys have five minutes to say 'goodbye' to the horses. After that, I need everybody to go back to their cabins, and pack. Y'all are heading home early." Goro said.
"What? But Sir Goro, why?! Summer isn't even over yet!" Natsumi said as he was frustrated.
"One of the horses died! We're apparently too clueless to have some kind of farm animal here at camp. Now go pack up. Don't make me repeat myself." Goro said as he walked off.
Keitaro took about ten photos as he sighed. Everyone waved at the horses as the horses looked at them with sad faces as they got inside the bin. Simon looked at them as he walked up to them.
"I hope to see you guys again soon. Hopefully." Simon said as he sniffled.
"Hey lil buddy, I have the address to the farmer so you can visit them after camp is over. Want me to give it to you?" Aiden asked Simon.
"Of course. I would like that. Thank you." Simon told Aiden as he smiled a bit and then they headed back to their cabins to pack.
Simon was really silent around his lover, Taiga who was still packing as he sighed. Simon looked away from him.
"Do you have any social media babe? I wanna chat with you when we get home…" Simon asked his lover.
"Huh? Oh yeah I do. Here let me give you my information on your-" Before Taiga could continue, a knock was heard.
"Boys? Can I come in? I have your phones to give back to you." Yuri said to them as Taiga walked up to the door and opened it.
"Here you go buddies. I'm so sorry about this. I tried convincing my dad cab y'all stay a little longer but he still won't change his mind. I swear he is so stubborn sometimes. I wonder how my mom handled him." Yuri said as he sighed.
Taiga & Simon stood there very silently as they looked at each other & back at Yuri as they waited for someone to say something.
"Oh I'm sorry buddies. I uhhh….- Anyways, here you go. See you in ten minutes." Yuri said as she walked out of their cabin and closed their door.
"Well that was awkward. Anyways, wanna exchange numbers and social media, babe?" Taiga asked his lover.
Simon nodded as he smiled a bit as they both did so. Moments later they both walked out of their cabins as they saw their friends outside putting their bags in a big white van as Natsumi had cried that his eyes were so red. Taiga sighed as he walked up to him. Simon followed as he noticed that Yochi wasn't with them. He walked up to Keitaro & Hiro.
"Where's Yoichi?" Simon asked his friends.
"He's still in the cabin. He doesn't wanna say 'goodbye' to us. It's too soon for him." Hiro said as he sighed.
Simon nodded. "I understand. It's still Summer. We shouldn't have to leave so early. But it is what it is…." Simon said.
When Natsumi got done putting everyone's bags in the van he sighed. "Alright everybody let's get in so we can go home….." Natsumi said very sadly.
Simon felt so much sadness from everybody as he waved at Yuri & Aiden. They waved back at him as they both got into the truck to return the horses. Simon gasped as he watched them go and teared up again. He sat by his lover, Taiga as Simon sat by the window as he looked outside. He held onto Taiga's hand as Taiga sighed. Everybody was really sad as Camp Buddy ended so early.
No one said a word to anyone. It was all so quiet. There was no music playing as Yoshinori drove everybody home. Natsumi helped them with their bags and repeated. When Yoshinori drove Simon home, Natsumi woke him up.
"Hey pal, we're here at your house." Natsumi told him as he shook him to wake up.
"Huh? Oh thanks Natsumi. I'm sorry…." Simon said as he got up.
"Don't be. None of this is your fault. Let's get you home." Natsumi said to him as they both walked out of the van and Natsumi grabbed Simon's bags and handed them to him.
"You got it?" Natsumi asked him.
"Yes. Thank you. I'll talk to you online." Simon said as he smiled sadly at him.
Natsumi waved at him as he watched Simon walk inside his home. Yoshinori & Natsumi drove off. Simon closed the door as he sighed.
Avery looked at him as she gasped and walked up to him. "Simon, why are you home so early? Did camp end?" Avery asked her little brother.
Simon looked at her. "I need to be alone." He said softly as he walked upstairs to his room. Avery understood even though she wants to know why Camp Buddy ended so early. She ended up calling her mom.
Simon charged his phone as he laid in bed and began to cry on his pillow. He screamed so loud that it shook his sister. She was on facetime with her mom.
"Honey, what's going on with Simon? I won't be off till another hour." Cynthia asked Avery.
"I'll try and ask him mom, but I have never seen him so upset. I hope everything was okay at camp." Avery told her mom.
"I'll try and call him okay?" Cynthia said as she hung up.
Simon then heard his phone go off. He looked at it as he walked up to & saw that his mom was calling him on facetime. Simon hurriedly dried his tears as he blew his nose and answered his mom.
"H-Hi Mommy. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you that I came home early from Camp Buddy." Simon told her as he tried to hide his sadness.
"Baby, what happened? Did something happen to you at that camp? Cynthia said to him.
"What? No. Mommy please listen to me-" Simon got interrupted again by his mom.
"Did they say something rude to you? What were they teaching y'all there?" Cynthia asked him in a panic.
"Mommy. I'm fine. But I really don't wanna talk about it right now. When I'm ready I'll tell you." Simon said as he sniffled.
Cynthia gasped, "Baby boy, I'm going home right now. I hate seeing you upset. In fact, it's been so long I've seen you this upset since your dad left us." Cynthia said to him.
Simon sighed. He wasn't ready to tell his family why Camp Buddy ended so early and that one of the horses had died. He saw that his mom had hung up as Simon sat on his bed and teared up again. Looking at the pictures of him & Stargaze.
Then he received a message from his close friend, Jalin.
"Hey pal, I heard that Camp Buddy had ended so early. What happened?" Jalin asked him.
"One of the horses died. I'm still upset that I can't even talk to my own family about it." Simon told them.
Jalin gasped, "Simon I am so sorry. Which horse was it?" Jalin asked.
"Stargaze. The one I rode. We became good friends after." Simon replied back to them.
"I'm so sorry. I remember her. How'd she died?" Jalin asked him.
"I don't know to be honest. I ran away when the vet arrived so I didn't get all of the details." Simon sent the message.
"I'm so sorry Simon. I never had any pets but this must've been very hard for you." Jalin told him.
"What sucks is that she died right in front of me. Her eyes slowly closed and she just stopped breathing." Simon sent the text as he cried again. He dropped his phone as he fell to the floor and held onto his knees.
His mom opened his door as she gasped and hugged her son. "Baby. Baby it's okay. Mommy's here. I'm here." Cynthia said as she stroked Simon's long jet black hair.
Simon cried some more. Not realizing that Jalin, Taiga, & Kieran had messaged him. Simon hugged his mom as he couldn't get any words out. Hours had passed, Simon had passed out on his bed. His mom stayed by his side as she was holding his hand and woke up. The sun was down and it was 7 PM.
Cynthia had woken up as she yawned. She kissed her son's head one last time as she got off his bed and walked downstairs to check on her daughters. Simon turned to his side as he woke up. He still had some tears in his eyes as he grabbed his phone. He saw that he was added to a group chat made by Hiro. Simon wiped his tears as he replied back to his friends.
"Hey guys. Sorry I didn't reply back to y'all. I'm still crying." Simon said to them.
Red Hot Tiger: "Babe, did you tell your mom what happened?"
Simon noticed that everyone had a nickname as he changed his name to 'Curious Swan'.
Curious Swan: "No…..I don't know what to say to them anyways…."
Helper Frog: "How about you show her the pictures of the horses….."
Curious Swan: "I'll do that then. Thanks."
Simon walked downstairs to where his mom was. She was sitting at the kitchen table as she looked up.
"Dinner's ready, baby." Cynthia told him as she smiled.
"Thanks mommy. Umm, can we talk?" Simon said as he grabbed his dinner.
"What's the matter honey?" Cynthia asked her son.
Simon sat across from her and sighed. "Mommy, the reason why Camp Buddy ended so early was because we had 4 new horses there for our activities. One of them unexpectedly passed away…." Simon told her.
Cynthia gasped as she stood up. "Simon…"
"I named her 'Stargaze' and we've become friends since I rode her. She unexpectedly passed away in front of me just today. Then we were told to pack our shit and go home." Simon explained as he sighed.
"Honey, I am so sorry. I had no idea. I thought they may have said something nasty or rude to you." Cynthia said to him as she hugged him.
"Mommy, my friends are not like that. None of them. My boyfriend is really nice too." Simon told his mom as he smiled.
"You have a boyfriend, honey?!" Cynthia said to him happily.
"Yeah. His name is Taiga. I got his social media and phone number so maybe I can bring him over?" Simon said to his mom.
"Of course dear! I would love to meet him. But remember honey, this too shall pass. Everything is going to be okay." Cynthia said as she kissed her son's cheek.
Simon smiled at his mom. "Thanks mommy."
After dinner, Simon took a shower, unpacked his clothes from camp and put them in the laundry as he headed to bed. He hopes that he'll feel better in the morning.
So yeah this is more like a 'Bad Ending' for Simon like Keitaro had in each route if we get the answers wrong. 😅
I hope y'all buddies enjoyed this alternative 'ending' fanfic 😉
