CAMP BREAKAWAY

Authoress's Note: Hey everyone! This is my first fanfiction! If you finish reading, please tell me what you think! I really want to improve my writing skills and thought maybe writing this could help. I already have the basic storyline plotted out, but if you have any suggestions that would be great. Sorry that this chapter is so short, but the next is coming soon.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Pokemon at all. Camp Breakaway and the characters of this story are all mine, though.

1. Welcome to Camp

"I can't believe it's already July!" Helena told her best friend, Alexa.

"Well, yeah, and we're even going to the same camp!" Alexa responded with enthusiasm.

"How was your summer before this?" Helena asked, glancing up now and then to see if the bus was arriving or not.

"Pretty okay; I went to Hawaii for a few days, then spent some time in France, traveled to India, and stopped by China."

Helena laughed, "Wow! You must be really tired, then. I'll admit it, the only thing I did was sit around at home and do mostly nothing."

Alexa replied, "Well, I got you lots of souvenirs! I left it in a backpack by your front door this morning."

"Let me guess…even the backpack was a souvenir," Helena said.

"Um…yeah…" Alexa smiled as Helena rolled her eyes.

Finally, the loud rumbling sounds of the camp bus could be heard. It sputtered and coughed as the creaky bus pushed up the hill where the two friends had been waiting. The bus was obviously old. Paint was flaking off and instead of the words Camp Breakaway as it was supposed to show, the words seemed to say Camp Brekwy.

"I suppose that's the bus," Helena said nervously. She and Alexa hefted their quite heavy suitcases and went up the rusty, tarnished silver steps. Every movement on the bus by anything caused a squeak. Helena took a deep breath and sat down on one of the empty seats. Alexa sat down besides her.

"Well this was certainly not what I expected," Alexa muttered under her breath.

"I'm sure Camp Breakaway will be better," Helena tried to reassure her friend, "on the brochure, it showed a fabulous scenic view with rolling hills and cute log cabins."

Camp Breakaway, the camp that Alexa and Helena had signed up for, was partly a Pokemon training camp that taught people how to train Pokemon. You could train a Camp Breakaway Pokemon for them or you could order one from Camp Breakaway, which you would get to take home at the end of the session, which lasted a month. You would also learn about wild Pokemon there and go on nature hikes to enjoy the view and fresh air.

"Did you order one?" Helena eventually asked.

"Yeah, a Seel," Alexa said.

"Oh," said Helena, "I didn't know you could order an element type pokemon! I thought you were only allowed to order normal type which is why I ended up choosing Eevee…"

Now it was Alexa's turn to comfort Helena, "It's okay. Your Eevee will rock the house once you're done training!"

Before Helena could respond, a loud screech filled the air. The bus skidded to a halt. "Whoa!" was heard throughout the bus.

"Camp Breakaway!" announced the bus driver. Helena peered curiously at Camp Breakaway as she got out of the bus and she couldn't believe her eyes. Lush green grass had been transformed to a dry brown color. The forest was still a forest with many trees and greenery, but the cabins! Instead of cabins, twenty things only fit to be called huts sat in a row. In fact that only thing that looked close to modern or classy was a building off to the side that was probably where they kept the Pokemon. Alexa murmured, "I think that they spend more money on the Pokemon than on the people."

Helena turned back, to the annoyance of other kids filing out, and grabbed the bus driver's arm, "Are you sure this is Camp Breakaway?"

"Yes! This is the one and only Camp Breakaway!" the bus driver announced.