Chapter 5
Author's Note: I know it's been awhile. Had a broken laptop for awhile and got grounded for two weeks after that! Hope you like this chapter! TDI Heather is back! :-)
Bridgette awoke in the cool of the night. "Why on Earth was this contest in Winter!" she wondered allowed. Bridgette was not a happy camper, for she had a crush on a certain boy that she thought had no idea that she even existed. She sighed deeply as she heard a noise outside of her door. It was a silent sort of whine. Bridgette looked out to see three of the other campers by a tree. She recognized one of the voices to be Lindsay's. "Oh c'mon...Pleeeeease!" Lindsay whined quietly. "No! That's just...weird." a second voice said. "For Pete's sake, Lindsay! I can't believe you woke us up for that! Just how are we supposed to win the next challenge if we can't even get a good night sleep?" a voice said angrily to Lindsay. Bridgette figured the angry voice to be that of either Heather or Courtney. Just as the thought has slowly waded through her mind, a bright flash came from Lindsay's direction. "Ugh! Lindsay, you are such a klutz!" the angry voice yelled. "What are you doing, trying to blind us?" the other voice came. Well that's why I brought the camera. I want to get pictures...lots of pictures! People call me a professional cartographer in my High School." Lindsay said happily. "You mean a photographer." a voice corrected Lindsay. "Well, Lindsay. Here's a thought. How about if you want a picture of him so bad, you just ask!" the angry voice said with a hint of annoyance in the tone. "Nooooo! They can't be looking at the camera! The pictures have to be natural." Lindsay countered. A sigh or two were heard as Bridgette laughed a little bit.
"What was that?" the angry voice piped up as the camera went off again. "Stop that!" two voices shouted as Lindsay apologized. "I still need the other team, and from our team I need Courtney, you, and you, Izzy, Cody, Eva, and Gwen, and my favorite....Trent!" Lindsay shouted out loud."Be quiet!" the other voices commanded. They talked for awhile more as Lindsay was denied her request for a picture of Trent. The next morning Chris' voice came singing over the intercom. "To the dock campers." "Like fruit?" Chris asked Leshawna. "Uh, it's alright. Why?" Leshawna said as she gave Chris a strange look. "Cause.....you all are going to bob for apples!" Chris smiled. "Oh yeah! I'm so good at that sort of stuff! Let me at them!" Izzy said as she jumped up to Chris. "Whoa there! Hold the phone Izzy, because you are not first! Duncan is!" Chris said as he pulled Duncan to the front. Duncan put his head in and came out with an orange apple in his mouth. "Whoa, hold up! Orange apples?" Leshawna said suspiciously as she eyed the apple. "Not just orange apples, Leshawna. There's a lot of colors. They determine the points the apple is worth. Leshawna went next and came up with a Yellow apple. "Alright! I'm going next!" Heather said as she bobbed her head in. She came up with a silver apple! "Wow! Way to go Heather! Silver is the second rarest color!" Chris congratulated her as she put on a big smile. Noah bobbed next and came up with a bronze apple! "Nice, dude! That's the third rarest." Chris said as he gave Noah a thumbs up. Katie and Sadie went next and both came up with red apples. "Oh, sorry ladies. Reds are the lowest point apples." Chris told them. Gwen was up next. She bobbed in and came up with a yellow apple just like Leshawna. Cody went after Gwen and tried six times and finally came up with a green apple. DJ bobbed, and he too got a green apple. Bridgette came up next and got the golden apple! "Yeah, Bridgette! That's the rarest one!" Chris said. Justin bobbed and got a red apple. Beth did the same as Justin and frowned at her results. Holy went next and came up with a rotten brown apple. She spit it out and grimaced. Courtney and Nick went together. Nick got a purple apple and Courtney got a blue one. "Nice. Those are pretty good." Chris said. Tyler went next and came up with a black apple! Ezekiel and Eva both got pink apples as Harold, Lindsay, and Izzy all got brown apples. Trent went up and got a green apple. Katrina went last and ended up with a red.
"For the rest of the day, your teams will be able to compete and attempt to steal each other's apples! Oh! I wouldn't eat them to protect them. See, they've been spray painted with a highly waterproof, but highly toxic paint, so no eating! Here's how the point values go: Gold is 20, Silver is 17, Bronze is 11, Black is 9, Purple is 8, Blue is 7, Orange is 6, each Yellow is worth 5, each Pink is worth 4, each Green is worth 3, each Brown is worth 2, and finally, each Red is worth 1." Chris explained. The campers split up and ran to their cabins. "Ok, we need to protect Heather's apple at all costs since it's worth the most." Courtney said. "I have an idea! They'll be expecting us to go for the golden apple, so let's go for the bronze or the black one first and catch them off guard!" Nick exclaimed. "They might do the same thing, so me and you need to protect our apples too." Courtney said to Nick. "Beth! You're perfect for this job! They'd never expect you to come over and be a thief! You just leave your apple here and sneak over there, and then you can swipe an apple from them!" Courtney said excitedly. Beth nodded excitedly as she threw her apple to Cody and ran out of the door. As she neared the other cabin, she was stopped by Duncan. He searched her for an apple and decided to let her pass since she didn't have one. "Did you see that? He felt her up like he was making and patting a snowman! We need a guard." Nick said as he closed the blinds to the window. "I'll do it!" Eva said coldly as she stepped out of the cabin and went towards the entrance. Beth snuck into the cabin and began to chat with Katrina. The lights were dim and Beth couldn't see the apple colors. She swiped Katrina's apple and quickly ran back to her cabin.
Beth excitedly threw the apple to the Courtney and smiled proudly. "Oh, yes Beth! Strut around like a proud peacock cause you definitely deserve it. Not! Beth, you grabbed a red apple! That's only worth one point!" Courtney snapped. "I couldn't see, it was dark." Beth complained. "Well good going! Now we're still behind. Leave this to me." Heather said as she put her silver apple under her pillow. She went over to the other team's cabin and found Duncan. He was half way asleep on the ground. "Hey, Duncan! Look, I made my team mad by misplacing my apple, we can't find it anywhere! SO, they kicked me out tonight. I'm too scared to go out and be out here by myself. Can I stay with you?" Heather lied. "EH, sure. I'm not going to sleep." Duncan said as he sat up. "That's what you think." Heather said under her breath as she laid down next to Duncan. "It's so nice under this tree she said happily. "It really is, I guess." Duncan said uncaring. Heather spotted Duncan's apple in his pocket. "How am I going to get it out of his pocket?" she wondered. "Hey, Duncan. What color apple did you get again, the black?" Heather asked, purposely messing up the color. "Nah, mine is orange." Duncan said without even looking. Heather glared and then thought of another plan.
"You little sneak! I bet you stole my apple when I wasn't looking! I see that bulge in your pocket, it's my apple isn't it!" Heather shouted. "I never stole your apple! See." Duncan said as he showed Heather his orange apple and put it back in his pocket. "Good, now that I'm sure he has the orange one, I'll come up with a plan to snatch it." Heather thought. "Sucks that you lost your silver apple. You know if your team loses because of that, they'll probably vote you off." Duncan said. "Oh, I know! It's terrible." Heather said sadly. "Sorry tuts. I'm not giving you mine." Duncan said quickly. "Thanks a lot." Heather said as she turned away from him and pretended to fall asleep. When she heard him snoring, she turned around slowly to make sure it wasn't a trick. "If I try to steal it and he wakes up, he'll just push me away and run off." Heather thought. Heather saw Lindsay waving spastically from the cabin window. Heather waved back and then got an idea. She motioned for Lindsay to sneak out. Lindsay did so, and tiptoed over to Heather. "Lindsay, I need your earmuffs, your scarf, and a apple-sized rock." Heather commanded. Lindsay skipped away and came back with what Heather had asked for. She then ran back to the cabin because she was cold.
Heather moved quietly over to Duncan and tested him to see if he was awake. She then put the earmuffs over his ears so that he wouldn't hear her moving around. Heather was originally going to blindfold Duncan with the scarf, but changed her plan. "This tree is kind of thin. It'll work out great!" Heather thought. She took Duncan's hands in hers and slowly put them behind him. She then crossed them behind the tree and wound the scarf around his wrists and made a tight knot. "Ha! Now, even if he wakes up, he won't be able to get the apple back in time." Heather laughed quietly to herself as she slowly took Duncan's apple out of his pocket and quickly slid the rock back in his pocket. She took the apple victoriously and went back to her cabin. "Nice! I think now we're ahead." Cody said happily. Unknown to him, Noah was sitting just outside the cabin, waiting for a chance to steal Heather's apple. Lindsay, Heather, Cody, Harold, Justin, and Beth had fallen asleep. Nick and Courtney were playing cards at the table while Trent stood beside them practicing a new song on his guitar. Izzy had decided to join Eva in standing guard. Gwen, however, was by herself on the shore. She sat quietly, sometimes holding her apple up and brushing the sand off of it. Noah figured Gwen would be the best target since she was alone and not alert. Every time Gwen held up her apple, it glimmered a bit in the moonlight. Noah decided to sneak up behind Gwen and snatch her apple the next time she held it up. Meanwhile, Lindsay had caught DJ outside of their cabin. "Shh! Don't yell, ok? I'll leave." DJ promised, not wanting to cause any trouble. "Ok, but one thing first! Can you trade me your pretty apple for my ugly brown one?" Lindsay asked with a rather puzzled look on her face. "How much is a brown one worth?" DJ asked. "I don't care! It's icky. Please trade me!" Lindsay begged. "Alright. I guess it's ok." DJ said as he made the trade and ran off. "Heh heh. If I'm right, I think the browns are worth a point more than the greens." DJ thought. Too bad for him, he was mixed up.
Noah had made his thievery and was running away at full speed form an angry Gwen. He escaped into the bushes and Gwen realized that she would have to steal an apple from someone else to make up for losing her yellow one. She snuck up to the window of the other team's cabin. Little did she know that Heather was on the other side. Gwen saw Heather's shoes nearing her and decided to hide under the cabin. Leshawna held her apple closely and kept constant watch over the camp since Duncan hadn't come back. She saw Heather moving around and got up. "Who's over there sneakin' around?" Leshawna asked. "Bridgette." Heather tried to disguise her voice. Leshawna fell for it and went away. Unfortunately for Heather, Gwen also had fallen for it. "Oh yes! Bridgette had the gold apple. If I can steal it from her, it'll more than make up for the one I lost." Gwen thought. Heather climbed up on the side of the cabin and started to get on the roof. "I'll get on the other side, surprise her, and steal her golden apple." Gwen thought as she too, started to climb up the cabin. Heather peered down into the cabin and spotted her prize. She took out a pocket knife from her pocket and started to cut the mesh. She took the rope she had and tied it to the little chimney so that she could lower herself down and get back out. Gwen popped out of nowhere and made Heather gasp. "What are doing?" Heather whispered. "Oh, sorry. I thought you were Bridgette!" Gwen said back. "Well, now that you're here, help me with this." Heather commanded.
"What do I do?" Gwen asked. "Just hold the rope, and when I give it a tug, pull me back up. Now, let me down slowly so I don't wake anyone up." Heather said as Gwen started to lower her down into the cabin. Heather looked around for the golden apple, but had no luck. She spotted Katie and Sadie's red apples on a nearby table. She then turned and spotted the apple she had seen through the roof. Ezekiel's pink apple was sitting on top of the bookshelf. Heather swung herself over and picked it up. She then got Gwen to lower a bit more. She snuck over to the table and stole Katie's apple,but tripped over a suitcase and woke up Katie and Sadie. Heather tugged the rope as Gwen started to bring her back up. Sadie grabbed hold of the red apple that Heather was holding and started to tug on it to try and get it back for Katie. Heather threw the pink apple up through the roof, where Gwen caught it and stuffed it in her pocket. "Give it!" Heather shouted as she tried to get Sadie to trip over something. "Put Katie's apple down!" Sadie yelled. Gwen pulled as hard as she could and the apple slipped threw both Heather and Sadie's hands and went flying into Katrina's head. Heather was hoisted back up by Gwen and they ran off with the pink apple before anyone showed up to take it back.
Duncan finally woke up and noticed that he was tied up to the tree. He looked down at his pocket and saw that the bulge was still there. He figured that Heather had tied him up so that her team could steal the other's apples without too much of a fight. Meanwhile, in the Snake's cabin, Tyler had challenged Trent to an arm wrestling match, the winner would get the other's apple. Cody eyed both Trent and Tyler and began to scream. Courtney gave him an annoyed look and shook her head. Heather an Gwen had heard the scream and decided to run back to their cabin to protect the silver apple which was still under Heather's pillow. Courtney stalled in the count down, hoping that she could come up with a plan to help Trent. "Ha! You think you can beat me? I admit that you're pretty strong, but I'm all muscle." Tyler said as he showed off. Courtney gave him a dirty look and finally let their math begin. Both of them stayed at a stalemate for a bit, as Cody watched in agony and let out another scream. "Shut up, Cody!" Courtney, Nick, and Beth all said in unison. Lindsay giggled and smiled widely. "Wow! Even though this might make us lose an apple, this is just so hot. They're both so muscular. I mean...go Trent!" Lindsay said. "Yeah, we're both strong, but I'm stronger." Tyler gloated as he gave Lindsay a wink. "Yeah, well...maybe you'd already have won by now, but I guess it's hard to concentrate when you have muscles instead of brains." Courtney said as she crossed her arms. "Oh, that's cold. But whatever. I'm still going to win. I'm just toying with you." he said to Trent as he smiled. Nick began to whisper something into Lindsay's ear. "Won't that help Tyler?" she asked. "No, it'll distract him, and maybe Trent will get a chance to win." Nick told her.
Lindsay put on the cutest face she could and walked up beside Tyler. "Hey, Tyler. I know you're not on my team, but I think you're cute! You're soooo muscular. Just look at your arms! I bet you'll win." Lindsay said cutely as she put her hand on Tyler's bicep and looked longingly into his eyes. "Aren't you distracted yet? You're supposed to mess up when I do this...I think." Lindsay said as she got a confused on her face. Nick slapped his forehead and shook his head slowly. "Not cool! Using my crush to distract me! You're going down for that!" Tyler said to Trent. "I didn't so anything!" Trent said. "Well, I don't care. You're just going down, ok?" Tyler smiled. Just at that moment, Heather and Gwen burst through the door and showed everyone the pink apple that they had stolen. Courtney jumped excitedly and picked up her blue apple. "What's the matter, Tyler? Sad that we got one of your team's apples?" Courtney flashed a smile in his direction. Noah had hidden the apple that he had stolen from Gwen and had returned for another. He peeked in the window and spotted Courtney's apple on her bed. He snuck up under the cabin and felt for loose floorboards. He found one and stuck his hand up onto the floor. Lindsay happened to be walking by and stepped on his hand with her heels. Noah jerked his hand back under the floorboard and tried to shake off the pain.
"That's it. This has gone on long enough." Nick said as he picked up a suitcase and threw it into Tyler's face. Tyler fell over and his black apple rolled over towards Lindsay. Lindsay ran away from it, thinking it was poisoned. Cody picked it up and was tackled to the ground by Tyler. Heather spotted it and kicked it under bed and pretended as if she hadn't seen it. "Well, looks like that apple is gone. I'll just take Cody's apple!" Tyler said as he stole it an ran off. "Hey! You big jerk! Come back!" Cody yelled, but Tyler was too far away. Heather reached under her bed, picked up the black apple and hid it under her pillow while no one was paying attention. Bridgette peered out from the top of her tree and spotted Heather. Heather was now hiding her silver apple in her makeup bag, and Bridgette aimed to steal it. As soon as Heather left, Bridgette snuck her hand threw the window and got the silver apple! Meanwhile, Heather had found the gold apple in Bridgette's medicine bag and had started back for her cabin. When Heather returned,she realized that her silver apple was missing and decided to sneak back over to reclaim it. Bridgette, who had just realized that her golden apple was missing, was now heading to Heather's cabin to get the golden apple back! She peered in the window and saw no sign of the apple. She turned around to run, but bumped right into Heather. The silver apple fell out of Bridgette's pocket and the gold fell out of Heather's pocket. Heather saw her chance and snatched up her silver apple, not realizing that she had lost the gold one. Bridgette did the same. She did not realize that she had lost the silver apple, but she took her golden one happily. "Campers! Report to the dock immediately!" Chris' voice shouted. Every camper made a mad dash for the dock. On the way, Tyler tackled Trent and stole his apple. Eva, who had had no action, mauled Leshawna and stole her yellow apple. Sneaky Noah managed to swipe Lindsay's apple out of her purse as Heather got Gwen's apple back by stealing it out of Noah's backpack. The campers reached the dock as they presented their apples to Chris. "Ok, Snakes! Let's see how you did. Nick and Courtney presented their apples which they had never lost. Trent had nothing. Gwen and Cody also had nothing. Beth presented two red apples and Justin presented his red. Harold and Izzy presented their browns as a surprised Lindsay realized that she had nothing. Eva presented her pink and the yellow she had taken from Leshawna. Finally, Heather presented her silver apple, the pink apple she had stolen from Ezekiel, the orange apple that she stole from Duncan, the yellow apple that she had reclaimed from Noah, and the black apple she had hidden from Tyler. "Whoa, Heather! Nice swiping!" Chris laughed as he added up the points. "Frogs?" Chris said. Katie and Sadie both presented their red apples as they giggled. Duncan and Leshawna had nothing. Katrina too had nothing. Bridgette had her golden apple. Tyler had two green apples which he had stolen from Trent and Cody. Poor Ezekiel had nothing. Noah had his bronze apple as well as a green apple he swiped from Lindsay. DJ had a brown apple. "Snakes have 72 points! Frogs have 46 points! Frogs, I'll be seeing you at the campfire tonight. Snakes, enjoy a free gourmet dinner prepared by your's truly!" Chris smiled.
"Yeah! We won! Way to go Heather, you rock!" Nick said. "Wow! You were really good, Heather." Courtney smiled. "You rule, Heather! I have to say, teaming up and taking the apples was pretty fun." Gwen said. Heather was quite happy that everyone was impressed with her. Meanwhile, at the campfire ceremony, the Frogs were arguing. "Look, Heather tricked me and ended up tying me up to a tree! It isn't my fault!" Duncan said. "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Looks like mean, sneaky, Heather got a lot of his. We gotta watch out for that girl." Leshawna piped up. "Ahem!" Chris stood tapping his foot. "Oh, you can go on,I was just talkin'." Leshawna said. "Alright, Katie and Sadie! You are safe. Bridgette, you are also safe. Leshawna and Noah, you two are safe as well. Ezekiel and DJ, you two are safe too! "Duncan and Tyler...the vote was actually tied for the two of you, so we are choosing a member of the Snakes to decide your fate!" Chris laughed evilly as Trent came up. "Oh, no!" Tyler said out loud. "Oh no is right! Cause I choose...............................................DJ!" Trent shouted as he pointed to DJ. "Huh!? I can't be eliminated!" DJ squealed. "Yeah, well I have a loophole. Chris said that I get to choose who gets the boot, so I choose you, DJ!" Trent said. "Whoa! I really didn't see that kind of thing coming from Trent! Well, my word is my word." Chris shrugged as Trent walked off. "That was perfect! Excellent, Trent! Now that their strongest player is out of here, it'll just make it easier for us!" Nick said as he and Courtney appeared from behind a tree and walked with Trent back to the camp. "Sorry, dude. You're out of here." Chris said as DJ is seen riding away on the boat of losers.
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