Nixie had thought that Camp Green Lake couldn't get any worse. That all changed when she started digging.

The shovel that Nixie was supposed to use was barely four inches shorter than her, and it was heavy. That was probably due to the fact that she had almost no upper body strength, but that didn't change the fact that the entire situation was awful.

Within two minutes, Nixie was able to determine that she would be dead before her hole was a foot deep. She mimicked Effie by finding a crack to put the blade of the shovel in, but she still wasn't having much luck.

The day progressed slowly, until finally it was time for lunch. Nixie's hole was waist deep, and her hands were covered in blood. She was the last to have her lunch handed to her, since her spot was at the end of the line, just behind Effie. She took a seat beside her hole, and drifted between her thoughts as she ate. It tool her a while to realize that a darkly toned hand was being waved in front of her face.

"Is anyone in there?" X-Ray asked, and Nixie jumped. After trying to clear away her thoughts, she looked up at the leader of D-Tent, and at Zigzag, who was standing beside him.

"I think she finally heard you," Zigzag said, smiling at Nixie.

"Sorry," she said quickly, "I kinda got lost in my thoughts."

"You do that a lot?" Zigzag asked, and Nixie nodded.

"Well, I was just saying that you're doing a lot better than most of the other newbies ever did," X-Ray stated, watching Nixie carefully.

Nixie, however, found this hard to believe. The effort that she had put into her hole had exhausted her, and she had yet to meet a guy that was weaker than her.

"You don't talk much, do you?" Zigzag asked Nixie suddenly. "You're more of a thinker than a talker." Once again, Nixie stared up at him and nodded. The question had been rather random, and it had taken her by surprise.

"Well, I hope Dreamer here doesn't turn out to be another Zero," X-Ray said, turning to leave, "Come on Zig, let's go." Both boys left and Nixie started digging again.

It wasn't until she had dug another foot or so more that she realized what X-Ray had called her. Out of all the possible nicknames she could have been given, at least Dreamer suited her well.

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Effie looked from her blood and dirt covered hands to her friend, who seemed to be in as much agony as herself. Effie grimaced as she picked her shovel back up and scooped up another shovel full of earth and dumped it onto her ever-growing pile. It had started to hurt too much to dig steadily, so she once again dropped her shovel. She looked out from her hole at the other diggers just in time to see Zero get out, spit in his hole, and walk towards camp. She watched his form grow smaller and smaller as he got farther away. Finally, she forced herself to pick up her shovel again. She estimated that she had about a foot to go in all directions.

As her hole slowly grew larger, she watched as mostly all of the guys got out, spat in their hole, and walked back to take their showers. She laid her shovel against the wall of her hole for the millionth time. This time however, she was pleased to find that they were finally the same height. She tried laying her shovel on the bottom, but it still didn't quite fit. She groaned as she started carving away the edge of her hole.

She heard someone else get out of their hole and glanced up to see Caveman spit in his hole. Before leaving though, he turned to wave at the girls. Effie waved back, but Nixie hadn't noticed the gesture. After a few more minutes of digging, she was able to lay her shovel down in her hole in every direction. And after a few poor attempts to get out of the hole she had dug, she was able to mimic the guys and spit in her hole. She barely had any saliva left in her mouth, but after gulping the last drop of her water, she was able to manage it.

She was glad to see Nixie climbing out of her hole as well. She would've felt awkward walking back to camp and leaving her best friend to toil in the sun. After Nixie had spat in her hole, they both walked back to camp in silence.

They got to the showers right as Caveman was getting out. He smiled at them and walked into the wreck room. Effie returned the smile and then watched as her friend laughed silently. She stuck out her tongue on mock anger and then took her turn in the shower.

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