Thanks for all of you who reviewed…I love you (everyone looks at me weird) never mind. In one of my reviews, I'm not giving any names; they said that they like cats a bit more. The thing is so don't I. The dog idea just came to my head first.

Disclaimer: I don't own JN.

Chapter 3: Retro-hill

(Not the real name of the hill, it just rhymed, you know?)

Jimmy made his way to his backyard. He was about to call out for Goddard, when two things came into his mind: 1.) His mom would hear him and shoo him out of the yard and 2.) He had a nose. When he found him, Goddard was backing away slightly. "Goddard, it's only me," he reassured his robotic friend.

Goddard went up to him and wagged his tail. But not before sniffing him to make sure it was the real Jimmy.

"Good boy. Now, can you call Carl's, Sheen's, Cindy's, and Libby's parents, by using that voice chip I installed into you, and tell them we're going camping? You can just tell my parents that." Jimmy asked.

Goddard barked in reply. "Ok. Thanks, boy!" Jimmy yelled as he headed off to find his friends.

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He finally met up with them. He gave them a tail wag as a sign to indicate that they could go. He then ran back to the lab. He found his shrink ray. He carried it in his mouth and walked around the lab until he came to a couple of things he and his friends could use. He dropped the invention and fired it at the different objects. Once he shrunk them, he put them in a bag and carried it out to his friends for the long journey.

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"Alright, Libby, lead the way, please," Jimmy said to the black dog once he caught up with his friends.

Libby got in the front of the gang. She led the way, but they had to travel fast so nobody would see them. They finally got to the woods and went through it cautiously as not to step on anything sharp and brake their paw pads.

Soon, they got to this large meadow with a crystal clear pond in the middle of it.

"Well, this is it," Libby said.

"This is it?" Jimmy asked "I thought you said it was a hill."

"There's a funny story about that," Libby started "When my cousin used to come up here, he only wanted him and his friends to know about it. So they called this place "The Hill" because if either one of them said this out loud, then people automatically thought it was an actual hill. But, it wasn't long until they noticed something very ironic…there was a hill out behind here," Libby said and took a breath.

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It was getting late. The kids became restless. "What do we do now?" Cindy asked.

"I'm hungry!" Carl complained.

"I brought some food with me," Jimmy announced. He then dumped the stuff from the bag and took out his shrink ray to make the stuff big again. As they all ate, it started getting cold. They also realized it was dark.

"What time is it?" Libby asked.

Jimmy took a glance at his watch. "It's 9:00."

They sat for a while. Cindy broke the short, yet frigid, silence. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm going out to find some fire wood."

Carl was going to watch their "area", so to speak, but he was afraid to. Cindy decided that she would stay and watch it. Then, she thought of a cruel prank. She quietly walked over to the small pond where Jimmy was. Then, she snuck up behind him. All he was doing was drinking some water. Suddenly, Cindy let out a large bark. Jimmy jumped, slipped, and tumbled into the water. (A/N: if it was cold out just imagine how cold the water is!) Cindy started laughing. Jimmy got out of the water and was drenched (as if you couldn't figure that out all ready.)

"What was that for!" Jimmy shouted.

"I just did it for fun," Cindy said, guiltily.

"Yeah, fun for you."

"So you got a little wet, big deal."

"A little? Cindy, this is more than just a little."

"Well, it's obviously not that bad because I have no regrets."

"THAT'S IT! I've had enough of this!" And with that, Jimmy purposely shook himself off so hard that Cindy pretty much got soaked to the bone. She didn't care she shook herself off too. Then, she headed back up the hill.

Jimmy went the way he was beginning to go, until he "went swimming." 'Man, Cindy is my worst so-called friend ever,' Jimmy thought to himself. 'I should've just let Carl say what I thought about her that one day because I would've said that it was a lie. Then, I would be telling the truth. Come to think of it I really would be. There was no rainy day when Vortex was on vacation! Carl was messing with my mind! Why I ought to…wait that's genius is Carl somehow getting smarter? Boy, and all this time I thought…' his thoughts were interrupted by a loud scream (howl, yelp) in the distance.

He ran back toward "camp". Before he got there though he met up with Libby, Carl, and Sheen who had heard the noise too.

"What was that?" Libby asked.

"I don't know, but it came from the spot that Cindy was supposed to guard," Jimmy replied.

"Don't worry, Libs, I'll protect you!" Sheen said, guarding Libby with his (guard hairs I think they're called…whatever…) guard hairs standing on end.

"Really, like I said before, a while back, get a life Sheen," Libby said and nudged him out of the way.

"Come on, guys, let's go see who or what was screaming," Jimmy encouraged them. They got a little bit closer.

"Oh, I'm scared!" Carl shrieked.

"Shhh, quiet, Carl, let me…" Jimmy whispered, but was interrupted by a grunt.

"Please tell me that was one of you guys," Jimmy pleaded.

"Ok then, Jimmy, it was me," Carl said. Everyone looked at him.

"Well you asked if it was one of us," Carl replied, innocently.

"Let's just keep going guys," Jimmy urged.

"But we can't see anything," Libby complained.

"I have a flashlight," Jimmy said, turning it on. "Is that better for you?" They all nodded their heads yes. Jimmy nodded his as to say "ok". They slowly crept up the hill.

"Cindy, Cindy!" Jimmy whispered, but got aggravated by the Chinook's cold shoulder. "Hey, Vortex, are you there or what!" he yelled. He, once again, got no answer from the blonde dog. But, he did get another response: a loud moan.

He turned on his flashlight. After that, he shone it on the where they were. He turned it in every direction. Then, suddenly, the saddest thing they had seen (that night at least) was shown.

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There's Ch. 3. There are a few things I want to say though. In Ch. 1, I forgot to tell you that their fur color is the same as their original hair color. Also in Ch. 1, remember when Sheen said, "You mean, to the bathroom? Speaking of which…" or something like that, he did eventually go, if you're wondering. Oh, also, I did know what Cindy's dog's name is, but I just wanted to know how to spell it. I might have more to say, but I can't remember it.

R&R and I know this seemed like forever to get updated, but my school started last week (on the 25th of August to be exact.) What a small world we live in.