Disclaimer: Not Louis Sachar. If I were I wouldn't be wasting my time writing stories on fanfiction.net.
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Chapter 18 Treasure
Misty walked back to D-Tent She felt terrible. She lay down on her cot and cried into her pillow.
"You okay, Spitfire?" Asked Twitch.
"No." She sobbed.
"Want to tell me about it?"
"I guess." Misty said. She explained the whole thing to Twitch and he smiled.
"Is that all? I can fix it. I'll go talk to Squid."
"Thanks, Twitch. I mean, Brian."
"You can call me Twitch." He replied walking out.
Misty smiled. She hoped that Squid would forgive her. Then she looked out at the mountains. The sun was setting.
"Zero." She sighed, remembering that he hadn't come back yet.
Before she knew it she was asleep.
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"Misty, wake up."
Slowly Misty opened her eyes. It was morning. Twitch was shaking her.
"Damn! What happened?" Misty asked shocked. Around Twitch's' left eye was a big bruise.
"Squid punched me. But he said he's thinking about forgiving you."
"You poor thing." Misty said wiping some dirt off Twitch's face.
Misty pulled her suit and shoes on and walked out with Twitch.
"Does it hurt too bad?" She asked.
"It's okay, Spitfire. As long as you and Squid get back together I'm happy."
Misty filled her canteen with water and pulled her bandana out of her pocket. She wetted it and put in on Twitch's eye.
"Thanks, Spitfire."
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After Misty was done digging she went back to D-Tent and sat on her cot. She pulled out her journal and flipped to a random page. It was a week before she was sent to camp.
Today Eric beat me extra hard. I hate him. I just wish I could get away from here. Found out mom is pregnant today. I'm thinking about running away. Maybe I'll go to Hotwire's house. She'll understand. But all she talks about is Paperclip. I wish I had a boyfriend like Paperclip. He really cares about Hotwire. No one cares about me. Except maybe Lure, but I'm probably just another piece of ass to him. No one knows what it's like to live my life.
She almost cried as she read that. She realized she would have to go back eventually. She turned a few more pages and a piece of paper fell into her lap. It was old and tattered. She unfolded it and saw a bunch of instructions and what appeared to be a map written in scratchy sapphire writing.
"THIS IS IT!" She yelled. "The map."
It was the map to Kate Barlow's treasure. The only thing Misty didn't know was that the Warden was outside listening to her.
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After Misty had securely hidden the map she got a shower.
"I'm going out there tomorrow morning. Before anyone is up." She said happily.
When she left the shower the Warden stopped her.
"Spitfire, come with me."
Misty followed her to her cabin.
"Sit down, Spitfire. Or do you prefer Misty?"
"Spitfire's fine, um, Warden."
"Call me Lou."
"Um, okay."
"You haven't had your hair fixed for quite awhile have you?"
"Not since I came here."
"Let me fix your hair. I can do you makeup too. You'll look much better."
"Oh, I uh . . ."
Before Misty could say anything else the Warden started blow-drying Misty's hair. Then she straitened it, put on her makeup, and sprayed her with perfume. By the time she was done Misty looked at herself in the mirror. She hadn't looked that good in a very long time. He blonde hair that fell halfway down her back was perfectly strait, her blue eyes were surrounded in black eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara, her usually colorless lips were a shade of dark red that looked very good on her, her naturally perfect skin looked even better than usual, and the Warden had even painted her fingernails black.
"See how pretty you look?"
"Wow, thank you, uh, Lou."
"No problem. Now, have you found that map yet?"
"Shit." Misty mumbled. She knew that there was a catch. She remembered finding it and thought quickly.
"No ma'am. I'm afraid I haven't. But if I do I promise I'll let you know." The smile that was on the Warden's face was soon gone.
"Are you sure?" The Warden asked, her eyes searching Misty's face for a sign of falsehood.
"Yes'm."
"Okay, well, I'll see you later."
Misty knew that the Warden knew she had the map.
She went to the tent and grabbed the map. She stuffed it in her pocket incase the Warden came looking for it.
Then she went to the Rec Room and lay down on the old couch. She quickly drifted off to sleep.
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"Misty." Said a faint voice.
She opened her eyes. "Alan." She was surprised he was talking to her. The Rec Room was now half full of guys.
"Wow, you look beautiful."
"Uh, thanks." She blushed.
"What happened?"
"The Warden did it."
"She did?" Squid seemed puzzled. "Why?"
"Dunno." Misty lied.
"Misty, I'm sorry. I should've listened to your side of the story. It was Hayden's fault."
"No, you were right. I could have stopped him. But I didn't."
"Twitch told me that Hayden said he held you down so you couldn't move."
"Well . . . He did."
"I love you, Misty."
"I love you, too, Alan. I'm sorry."
"We have to stop fighting like this."
"Yeah." Misty said hugging him.
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"G'night everyone." Said Mr. Pendanski leaving the tent.
After Misty knew everyone was asleep she left the tent swiftly and walked out onto the barren wasteland. She pulled the map from her pocket and went to the Library where the shovels were kept. She pried the door open and grabbed a shovel.
Misty ran out to the place the map said to go and found an already dug hole there. She jumped into it and began to make it deeper.
"Is this the hole?" Asked a soft whispery voice from outside the hole.
Misty looked out.
"ZERO!" She shouted. Misty jumped from the hole and hugged Zero. "I thought you were dead."
"What are you doing here?" Asked Caveman.
"I found the map Kate Barlow left me."
"Lets dig then." Said Zero. "I have to get another shovel."
Zero ran back to camp. A few minutes later he returned with another shovel.
"I'm hungry." Said Misty.
"Here." Said Zero handing her two onions.
"Where did you get these?" She asked taking a bite. "Hey this is good."
"Long story." Replied Zero.
"Make it wider." Said Caveman.
After she finished her onions, Misty jammed her shovel into the side of the hole and a bunch of dirt fell away to reveal a brown square. Misty soon realized it was a box.
"I found it." She whispered.
"Where?" Asked Zero.
Misty pulled it out with a leather strap she found on the side.
"This is really it." Misty's voice was shaky with excitement.
"Well hello there, Misty. I see you found Zero, Caveman, and my treasure."
Misty looked up to see the Warden, Mr. Pendanski, and Mr. Sir.
"Didn't find the map my ass. Why didn't you just tell me to make it easier on you Misty?" Asked the Warden.
"Oh shit!" Misty screamed. There were yellow spotted crawling all over her, Zero, and Caveman and they looked hungry.
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Uh-oh, Misty's gonna die.
Misty: I am not. It's just a book.
Monkey: You're just a character.
Misty: You can't kill me.
Monkey: Sure I can, but I won't. If you die there can't be a sequel.