"Welcome everyone to another summer of fun at Silver Pines. A few new rules this year, first timers will have to have a counselor or other camper with them at all times unless you are in the cabin or in eye sight. Second, only counselors can ride drive the boat, after last years little fiasco involving balloons with pudding and the closing ceremony." Giggles could be heard from the kids who had witnessed the famed, "Tapioca in the hole!" incident.
Tonya replaced Sawyer at the podium. "After this opening ceremony, we will have a bonfire and under the stars camp out as is camp tradition. Counselors come with me." She lead them to the clearing where the bonfire would be held. "What I need you guys to do is split into groups. One needs to gather fire wood, the other needs to roll the logs up from the lake and find more logs, and the third is responsible fore the hot dogs and s'mores stuff."
"Stacy and Dawn can do food, Bret, Sean, and Adam can move the logs, and Christy and I can get the firewood." The other counselors agreed and separated. Christy and David headed into the wood and started gathering firewood. "Hang on a second Christy, I have a surprise for you." "Okay, what do you need me to do?" "Just close your eyes and take my hand." She willingly obliged, feeling his warm fingers close around hers. Walking down an all to familiar path, David headed for the surprise.
"Okay, you can open your eyes." In front of her in the setting sun, stood the old cabin that had once been Dark Hearts lair. "Why are we here?" He grinned at her, "Two reasons, one this is where the most important event of my life happened, it's where I got the powers...that brought me to you." Christy swallowed hard, blushing. "And what's reason 2?" He moved till he was mere centimeters from her face, more importantly her lips, "It's the most private place in the entire camp."
Christy closed her eyes as David's lips connected with hers. This was the moment she'd always dreamed of. His lips were warm and slightly moist, and they felt perfect against her own. Moving his hand to cradle the back of her neck, she placed her hands on his shoulders. He pulled away due to oxygen loss. "I've wanted to do that since I first met you. I hope that's okay?" She pulled him right back.
While their eyes were closed, they failed to notice the red smoke leaking from inside the cabin. It however locked right on to David, waiting for it's chance to envelope him. The girl would first have to get out of the way.
Voices calling their names caused Christy and David to separate. "We should go meet them before they see us here. They might be unnerved being around here again." She moved out of the circle of his arms, "you go let them know we're okay, I'll get the fire wood we were supposed to collect." She nodded and gave him a quick peck on the cheek before heading down the trail. At last! The cloud beelined for David, flowing into his eyes, nose, and mouth.
All he could see was red as a burning sensation filled his throat. He'd felt this feeling once before, when the evil magic had turned him into Dark Heart. Yes David, I'm back. And I'm here to stay so get used to it. Turning to look at the window of the cabin, he saw his eyes were once again red. "We'll have to do something about this, the others cannot know yet. Especially not Christy." Blinking a few times, he watched them fade to their human color. Grinning and chortling a small evil laugh, he headed down the path after Christy. But unbenounced to him, someone was soon going to receive word from a source that likes nothing more then pestering Dark Heart.