Stitch woke up. Kyle had been right. It was cold that night. Stitch
looked over next to him and saw that Lilo was still asleep. He quietly
unzipped the tent door and sat outside. The air was still cold. This
environment was new to him. There were so many new things that he could see
and smell. Different trees, different birds. Even the rivers sounded
different here. Stitch heard the crackle of Kyle's campfire. He walked
over and sat down next to the fire. It was warm and comforting. Stitch
looked around. Kyle wasn't anywhere to be seen. He didn't seem like the
kind of person who would leave a fire unattended. Then Stitch heard a
splash of water that was different from the rivers normal sound. He walked
over to the edge of the camp site and found himself at the bank of a river.
He looked around. There was Kyle, 50 feet across the river standing looking
into the river. Kyle darted his hand into the water and pulled out a fish.
Stitch "Oooo"ed in curiosity. Kyle looked up, saw Stitch and smiled. Kyle
put the fish in a bucket and began moving towards stitch. Kyle leapt from
rock to rock across the river over to stitch. "Can you swim?" Stitch shook
his head. "That's okay. Let's go cook some breakfast for your family." He
rubbed stitches head and walked back to the campsite.
Lilo woke up to two things. One was Pleakly screaming. He was babbling something about mosquitoes. But the second thing made her totally forget about Pleakly's complaining. It was the smell of something being cooked. Lilo walked out of the tent expecting to see Nani cooking but the smell wasn't coming from her campsite it was coming from Kyle's. "Lilo! Go wake up your family so we can eat. The food is almost ready."
Everyone had woken up and finished their breakfast except Pleakly. He came out of his tent covered in bug bites moaning. "I told you that you would regret eating that banana. Mosquitoes are attracted to the potassium that the bananas put into your bloodstream. Here... put this on the bug bites." Pleakly looked at bottle. It said "afterbite". Pleakly covered his skin with the fluid and gave a sigh of relief. The itching had gone away... And was now replaced with burning! Pleakly ran around in circles screaming. Kyle fell over laughing. "Wah! What was in that!?" Kyle stood up still laughing and brushed the pine needles off of his plaid shirt. "Ammonia. It dries the venom out of the bite but as you now know it burns like heck." Kyle looked at everyone. "So...ya wanna do some hiking today?"
"See Gantu. This isn't so bad.... You get to relax out in the woods, No experiments to catch and best of all no Hamsterviel telling you what to do." 625 sat down and began making sandwiches. "Your right 625! I think this will be the best vacation I've every had." 625 looks up from his whole wheat bread and sees Lilo and Stitch and the whole gang walk past their campsite. "Then I guess now would be a bad time to mention the little girl and abomination that you hate so very much."
"So... Kyle how far is this Hampton Falls anyway?" Lilo asked. Kyle chuckled. "It's Hamilton Falls. It's only eight miles." "Eight miles!" Pleakly screamed. "Yeah only half of it is going up a steep mountain though. Don't worry. There are plenty of rest areas along the way and I'll tell you the history behind each of them." As the hike went on Kyle explained the different fish that lived in the rivers and lakes as well as tell some funny urban legends as they reached each rest stop. One urban legend was bout a train that would cross the river when traveling from New Hampshire to Vermont. One time as the train crossed the river an old man's dentures flew out the window. The whole train stopped and got out just so they could find the dentures. Lilo giggled at the thought of a person without any teeth. Another rest area was in front of three large boulders. Kyle explained that millions of years ago during an ice age the earth's surface was covered with glaciers. The glaciers would carry large rocks underneath them and carve the rivers and valleys and that the three boulders were and example of such rocks. Strangely though every time they came to a rest stop Kyle would look down the path were they had already been.
Finally they came to where, according to Kyle, the trail would become much steeper. "We should stop here and eat. You'll need the energy." Pleakly handed out the last of the trail mix. "So... I wasn't really introduced to any of you except Lilo and her dog." Lilo put down her food and pointed towards Jumba and Pleakly. "This is my uncle Jumba and aunt Pleakly and over there is my sister Nani and her boyfriend David." "Lilo!" Nani smiled at Kyle and chuckled. "So Jumba are you a scientist?" "Yes. How did you know?" Kyle smiled. "Only two people have a pen or pencil in their shirt pockets, scientifically oriented people and dorks. I chose the first one because I didn't want to sound obnoxious. What kind of science do you specialize in?" Jumba looked over at stitch. "Genetics. I'm a genetic engineer." "Cool. I'm studding to be an engineer at my college." Kyle looked down the path again. "Well... If you guys are finished then I guess we can get started on the rest of the hike." Pleakly packed the remaining food up and everyone continued on the trail except for Kyle who still sat on the ground. "Kyle aren't you coming?" Lilo asked. "I'll catch-up I have to...uh... take a leak. Don't worry you won't get lost on the trail." Lilo shrugged her shoulders and walked down the trail. Kyle's eyes slowly scanned his surroundings. He was looking for something. Not a place to "take a leak" as he put it but something that was alive. Stitch walked back down and looked at Kyle. "I think we're being followed." He turned to stitch. "And by "we" I mean "you"."
Lilo woke up to two things. One was Pleakly screaming. He was babbling something about mosquitoes. But the second thing made her totally forget about Pleakly's complaining. It was the smell of something being cooked. Lilo walked out of the tent expecting to see Nani cooking but the smell wasn't coming from her campsite it was coming from Kyle's. "Lilo! Go wake up your family so we can eat. The food is almost ready."
Everyone had woken up and finished their breakfast except Pleakly. He came out of his tent covered in bug bites moaning. "I told you that you would regret eating that banana. Mosquitoes are attracted to the potassium that the bananas put into your bloodstream. Here... put this on the bug bites." Pleakly looked at bottle. It said "afterbite". Pleakly covered his skin with the fluid and gave a sigh of relief. The itching had gone away... And was now replaced with burning! Pleakly ran around in circles screaming. Kyle fell over laughing. "Wah! What was in that!?" Kyle stood up still laughing and brushed the pine needles off of his plaid shirt. "Ammonia. It dries the venom out of the bite but as you now know it burns like heck." Kyle looked at everyone. "So...ya wanna do some hiking today?"
"See Gantu. This isn't so bad.... You get to relax out in the woods, No experiments to catch and best of all no Hamsterviel telling you what to do." 625 sat down and began making sandwiches. "Your right 625! I think this will be the best vacation I've every had." 625 looks up from his whole wheat bread and sees Lilo and Stitch and the whole gang walk past their campsite. "Then I guess now would be a bad time to mention the little girl and abomination that you hate so very much."
"So... Kyle how far is this Hampton Falls anyway?" Lilo asked. Kyle chuckled. "It's Hamilton Falls. It's only eight miles." "Eight miles!" Pleakly screamed. "Yeah only half of it is going up a steep mountain though. Don't worry. There are plenty of rest areas along the way and I'll tell you the history behind each of them." As the hike went on Kyle explained the different fish that lived in the rivers and lakes as well as tell some funny urban legends as they reached each rest stop. One urban legend was bout a train that would cross the river when traveling from New Hampshire to Vermont. One time as the train crossed the river an old man's dentures flew out the window. The whole train stopped and got out just so they could find the dentures. Lilo giggled at the thought of a person without any teeth. Another rest area was in front of three large boulders. Kyle explained that millions of years ago during an ice age the earth's surface was covered with glaciers. The glaciers would carry large rocks underneath them and carve the rivers and valleys and that the three boulders were and example of such rocks. Strangely though every time they came to a rest stop Kyle would look down the path were they had already been.
Finally they came to where, according to Kyle, the trail would become much steeper. "We should stop here and eat. You'll need the energy." Pleakly handed out the last of the trail mix. "So... I wasn't really introduced to any of you except Lilo and her dog." Lilo put down her food and pointed towards Jumba and Pleakly. "This is my uncle Jumba and aunt Pleakly and over there is my sister Nani and her boyfriend David." "Lilo!" Nani smiled at Kyle and chuckled. "So Jumba are you a scientist?" "Yes. How did you know?" Kyle smiled. "Only two people have a pen or pencil in their shirt pockets, scientifically oriented people and dorks. I chose the first one because I didn't want to sound obnoxious. What kind of science do you specialize in?" Jumba looked over at stitch. "Genetics. I'm a genetic engineer." "Cool. I'm studding to be an engineer at my college." Kyle looked down the path again. "Well... If you guys are finished then I guess we can get started on the rest of the hike." Pleakly packed the remaining food up and everyone continued on the trail except for Kyle who still sat on the ground. "Kyle aren't you coming?" Lilo asked. "I'll catch-up I have to...uh... take a leak. Don't worry you won't get lost on the trail." Lilo shrugged her shoulders and walked down the trail. Kyle's eyes slowly scanned his surroundings. He was looking for something. Not a place to "take a leak" as he put it but something that was alive. Stitch walked back down and looked at Kyle. "I think we're being followed." He turned to stitch. "And by "we" I mean "you"."