This is the last chapter. Enjoy.

Disclaimer:

I do not own Camp Lazlo. But I do own the wolves in this story. And the poachers.

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Chapter 14. An Exciting Summer

Slinkman, Starlight, and Nova were trapped. All they could do now was run. They turned around and bolted away from Buckweed. By this time, Buckweed was completely recovered and bolted right after them.

As they ran Nova and Slinkman knocked over boxes and barrels to try and slow him down. That did slow him down a little, and it was just enough for Starlight to spot a staircase that led to a small second floor. They all bolted up the staircase and ran into the first room they saw.

Buckweed was right behind them and ran straight into the room they were in. Nova tried to attack Buckweed's throat, but Buckweed held up his rifle and knocked Nova away. Nova hit a wall and became unconscious. Slinkman jumped on Buckweed's back tried to choke him, but Buckweed just grabbed Slinkman's arm and threw him at the wall, knocking him out as well. Now it was just him and Starlight.

Starlight backed up into a corner. Buckweed approached her and said, "Game over, wolf. What you don't know is that I never lose an animal I want." He was now right in front of her, and Starlight's animal fear started to kick in. Now she spoke to him. "And what I'm guessing you don't know is that when you block an animal from its escape route, the results ain't pretty." Buckweed asked, "What do you mean?" Starlight now crouched down and said, "This."

Starlight jumped on Buckweed and got a hold of his arm. She dug her teeth in as deep as they would go. Buckweed, being knocked over by the weight of the wolf, screamed and thrashed his arm around, trying to get Starlight off. Finally she let go of his arm and sprinted out of the door. As she ran off of Buckweed, one of her back paws scratched his left cheek.

As Starlight ran, she had an idea. If she could get him to fall down the stairs and lose consciousness, she could lock him in the cage. Starlight ran until she got to the stairs, where she paused and looked around her for inspiration. There was nothing there to help her. The only object around her was an open window. That wouldn't be of any use to her, because she wouldn't be able to push Buckweed out of the window.

Starlight heard a grunting noise and saw that Buckweed had gotten up and was now charging towards her. She couldn't do anything but stand there and await her fate. But right as Buckweed got to the stairs, something large and gray flew through the window and hit Buckweed down the stairs. Starlight watched him tumble down the stairs, land on his head at the bottom, and lay still. Starlight knew he wasn't dead, because she could see him breathing. (A/N: Wolves have very good eyesight.)

Starlight turned to see who had saved her from her death. The savior appeared to be a wolf, but looked transparent. The wolf's head turned to her. The moment she saw the face, Starlight could swear she knew the wolf. They stared at each other for a long time, until Starlight finally asked, "Who are you?" The wolf smiled and said, "Think back, my daughter." Starlight gasped as she realized who the wolf was. "Father?" The wolf smiled and nodded his head.

Suddenly, Starlight heard Nova's voice. "Starlight, are you okay?" Starlight turned to see Nova and Slinkman coming towards her. She turned back to where her father had been, but he had vanished. By this time Nova and Slinkman were standing next to her. She finally answered, "Yea, I'm fine." She paused before she said, "C'mon. We should leave." She led them down the stairs to where Buckweed was and said, "Oh, wait. Let me take care of something first." She dragged Buckweed over to the cage, where she shoved him in and had Slinkman lock the door.

Outside, everyone had been worried sick. Starlight and Nova were nearly attacked by the scouts when they returned outside. Everyone wanted to know what happened. Slinkman interrupted the questions by saying, "We'll tell you the story after we call the police."

After the police had put Skipper, Sundar, and Buckweed into custody, Starlight told Slinkman that she was going to stay until the end of the summer. She would leave when the Bean Scouts left, because she was too attached to them to leave them out of the blue. Lazlo couldn't help overhear the conversation. He ran over to Starlight, wide-eyed with a big cheek-to-cheek smile on his face. He knew the end of the summer was two months away.

Nova was unsure, but also knew that he couldn't go back to the pack without Starlight, even though he found her. He would stay, but only on one condition, "I don't have to eat any dog food."

For capturing the poachers, everybody that was there, except Nova and Starlight, got reward money. Nova and Starlight got word from the local DNR that the land that they lived and migrated on was now a National Forest, and it was illegal to hunt, unless you had a special permit approved by the DNR to control animal population, on the land.

Throughout the summer, Nova became friends with every camper in Prickly Pines, which includes the Squirrel Scouts. Ms. Doe even liked Nova and Starlight. Scoutmaster Lumpus didn't care a bit for them, but pretended to like them whenever Ms. Doe talked about them.

Even though the end of the summer seemed far away to the campers, it came quicker than they had hoped. On the dad they had to return to the pack, Lazlo was balling his eyes out. Raj and Clam were crying almost as much as Lazlo was. But most of the campers were trying to hold back their tears. They had all become bonded to her.

When some of the scouts started boarding the bus, Lazlo ran back to Starlight and hugged her tightly around the neck. Starlight whispered to him, "Hey, I'll see you next year." Lazlo stopped hugging her and sniffed, "Yeah, but, sniff, how will you know when we sniff come back? What if you're pack is really sniff far away?"

Slinkman sauntered up behind Lazlo and held something out in his hand. It was a long wooden tube. Slinkman explained what it was. "This is a Wolf Whistle. When you blow in it, it will make a wolf howl noise. We can use this to let you know the campers are back." Starlight then added on, "And in the spring our pack is always here, in this area. We only left this year to follow the big game herds. We'll be back here next spring and summer."

Lazlo smiled and hugged Starlight again. He whispered, "I'll miss you." Starlight had tears in her eyes and said, "I'll miss you too, buddy." She paused and then said, "Oh, hey, you'd better get going. You gotta get home." Lazlo pulled away from her, smiled, and ran to the bus. Slinkman stayed behind for a minute. Starlight smiled at him and said, "Thank you, Slinkman."

Slinkman suddenly hugged Starlight around the neck. He didn't care if he looked like an idiot, hugging Starlight as if he were never going to see her again. He was going to miss her.

Slinkman's hug only lasted a few seconds. He broke away from Starlight and looked at Nova, sitting next to her. He stuck out his hand and said, "Nice meeting you, Nova. See you next year." Nova stared at Slinkman's hand, but then realized he wanted to shake hands. Nova stuck his paw and placed it into Slinkman's. It was only a brief shaking, because Slinkman knew he had to take the campers back home.

With a final wave, Slinkman left for the bus. As the bus pulled away, all of the campers opened their windows and waved back to Starlight and Nova. Starlight had big tears running down her cheeks as she waved back. Even Nova was tearing up a little, seeing all of his new friends leave.

But they only cried until the bus was out of sight. Once Starlight choked back all of her tears Nova said, "We'd better be getting back to the pack." Starlight nodded in agreement and turned towards the forest. She didn't care to say good-bye to Lumpus, because he wasn't around to say 'good-bye' to.

With a final look at Camp Kidney that summer, Starlight ran into the forest, with Nova close behind her; starting their journey home.

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I couldn't think of a better name for this chapter. I will be starting a sequel very soon, and Starlight and Nova will have a surprise for you. Please read and review.