Clary was standing on a large lawn with the other leaders. The bonfire was burning away in a sandbox about 10 metres away from her. "Ok leaders, welcome back to camp! It's lovely to see so many of you back for another year! My name is Maryse and this is Robert, we're in charge of Alicante Holiday Camp!" said a woman gesturing to the man next to her. "Hey Maryse!" called Will waving madly. Maryse smiled and the group laughed. "Hello Will, nice to see you" said Maryse. "This is the bonfire. This is the camp opening so make it a good one guys!" said Robert. The leaders cheered. "Ok guys! Duties are on the notice board!" said Maryse.
The leaders rushed to the board. Clary hunted the board for her name. CLARY FRAY, GAMES. She smiled. Games was fine, she could do games. She scanned the list of names to see who she was with. JACE HERONDALE, GAMES. Kaelie was not going to be happy about that. She stepped away from the board and joined Cecily at the side.
"What are you taking?" asked Cecily. "Games with Jace" said Clary. Cecily smiled. "Thank goodness! I hoped Jace and Kaelie weren't going to be together!" she said. "What about you?" asked Clary. "Parachute Games with Gabriel Lightwood" replied Cecily with a shrug. Kids started to pour out onto the lawn with their group leaders, talking excitedly. Jace appeared beside Clary. "I think we're doing games together" he said. Clary nodded. "The stuff is over there. Are you coming?" he said pointing to one corner of the lawn. "Sure" said Clary "Bye Cecily. Enjoy yourself!" Cecily grinned. "You too!" called Cecily as Clary and Jace walked away.
Clary inspected the equipment they had been given; a pile of tennis rackets, tennis balls, footballs, marker cones and some coloured bibs. "What games do we do?" asked Clary. "Obviously we'll need different games for the younger ones and the older ones" she added. Jace nodded. "I say we tire them out" he said "They need to go to sleep tonight" Clary raised an eyebrow. "People actually sleep on the first night of summer camp?" she asked. Jace laughed. "Well no..." he said. Clary laughed.
After 5 minutes of discussion, they eventually decided on tag for the younger ones and dodgeball for the older ones. The marked out an area to play in and set out the equipment. "So what actually happens at the bonfire?" said Clary.
"I forgot that you're new here. The bonfire is basically an evening of activities. There are games, that's us and the parachute games." said Jace gesturing to Cecily and Gabriel who were spreading out a large multi-coloured parachute. "There are activities to get to know the other people in your group." he continued pointing to where Will and Sophie were sitting. "There is a section where you find out all about camp" he said pointing to Jem and Tessa. "And there is an activity section." he said pointing to Magnus and Kaelie who were laying out pens and worksheets. Clary caught Magnus's eye and mouthed 'sorry' as he rolled his eyes and gestured to Kaelie. "Then after the groups have been to all the stations, we all sit round the bonfire and toast marshmallows" he said pointing to Maia and Jordan who were pushing marshmallows onto skewers.
"I'm sorry you're not with Kaelie" said Clary apologetically. Jace smiled. "It's fine honestly, I could do with a break" he admitted. "Are you two going through a difficult patch?" asked Clary. Jace laughed. "She just says all this stuff about everyone. I wouldn't mind, it's just she talks rubbish about Cecily all the time. Cecily is my cousin, I love her." said Jace.
"Do Will and Cecily not get on? I don't mean to be rude..." asked Clary. "Will loves Cecily more than anything but Will isn't very good at showing his emotions. Cecily and I had to lock him in a room with Tessa last year, just to get him to ask her out. It worked, but it was a bit of a hassle!" said Jace shaking his head. Clary laughed. "If anyone ever so much as laid a finger on Cecily, Will would kill them!" said Jace. Clary smiled. "What about boyfriends?" she asked. "Especially boyfriends" said Jace.
Maryse and Robert appeared and everyone fell silent. "Welcome to Alicante Holiday Camp! Your home for the next 8 weeks!" said Maryse. The camp leaders cheered. "This is our opening night bonfire. As you know, this morning when you arrived you were put into groups. Tonight will give you a chance to get to know the other people in your group better." said Robert. "There are only two rules tonight." said Maryse "One. Pay attention to the leaders at all times. Two. Have fun!" said Robert. This was met with cheers from leaders and campers alike. "On you go!" shouted Maryse as the campers ran to find their group leaders.
"Prepare for probably the most hectic night of your life" said Jace. "Scared?" asked Clary with a smile. "Terrified" replied Jace.
A few hours later Clary flopped onto the ground next to Cecily exhausted. "You ok there?" said Cecily laughing. Jace laughed and sat down with them. "I learned this lesson last year" said Jace "I'll grab some drinks. You want one Cecy?" said Jace as Cecily nodded. Jace walked away to where Jordan was handing out cups of juice.
Clary had never realised playing games with small children would tire her out so much. "How was parachute games?" asked Clary. "It was games and we played them with a parachute" said Cecily with a shrug. "What about Gabriel?" asked Clary. "He was fine. We talked a bit but nothing special." replied Cecily.
Jace sat back down with 3 cups of juice and passed one to Cecily and one to Clary. Clary sighed with relief and took sip. "Thanks" she said quietly. The campers and leaders had by this point made a large circle around the bonfire and people were toasting marshmallows. Jace, Clary and Cecily shuffled forward and joined the circle. The campers and leaders were chatting quietly.
Clary could see Kaelie on the other side of the campfire, glaring at Jace. "Kaelie is shooting you daggers" Clary whispered to Jace. Jace rolled his eyes. "I guessed that. She does that. A lot." he said with a sigh. "If looks could kill, you would be dead" said Clary. Jace shook his head. "If looks could kill, I would be dead with a massive axe stuck in my chest" he clarified. Clary laughed.
As the sun began to set behind them, the campers were sent back to their rooms. "I had better go talk to Kaelie" said Jace with a sigh and got up. "Come on Clary. I'll show the grounds quickly." said Cecily getting up and pulling Clary with her.
"That building has the art rooms and the cookery rooms." said Cecily pointing to a block to the left of the main building "And that one has all the sports halls." she continued pointing to a block to their right. "Down here are tennis courts" she said gesturing at the bottom of the lawn. "The climbing tower" she said pointing past the tennis courts where Clary could see a tall tower. "The shooting range" she said pointing to a flat lawn with large coloured targets. "And the lake is behind that." said Cecily pointing past the lawn. Clary nodded.
"We should probably head up to the room. Everyone else is gone." said Cecily quickly. Clary nodded. They walked back up the lawn towards the main building and then up the staircase to their floor. As they walked up the corridor, two voices could be heard shouting.
"Kaelie! I can't help who I'm paired with!" shouted Jace. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean you have to talk to Cecily!" shouted Kaelie. "She is my cousin!" shouted Jace exasperated.
Cecily pulled Clary into the room. "Ignore them" said Cecily frustrated. Clary nodded. She guessed this was probably for Cecily's own good. Clary had no doubt that if Cecily had the chance Kaelie would be in hospital with a large piece of Cecily's mind and a broken nose.
"Night" called Cecily as she disappeared into her own room. Clary changed into her pyjamas and tried to get to sleep. It was the first proper day of camp tomorrow. Which meant her first time doing arts and crafts with Magnus. And hadn't Cecily said something about a glitter obsession. Oh no!
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