Disclaimer- I don't own High School Musical. Never have, most likely never will.
Taylor was at the newly created fire pit trying to get the fire started with the lighter she had found earlier. But the wood was wet and so was her kindling, so she wasn't making much progress. "I think there was some kind of brochure in the plane," she thought and she headed to the plane. She looked around and the first paper item she found was one of Sharpay's celebrity gossip magazines. "She'll never notice," she said to herself, ripping out a couple pages. She walked back to the fire pit and got the fire started right away. "Better go check on the guys," she thought.
At the tent site, or at least what was supposed to be the tent site, Chad, Jason, and Zeke were all gathered around the not-yet-up tent which looked more like a pile of tarps and plastic poles. "This goes here," Chad said. "No, that won't work," argued Zeke, "It belongs here." Just as this was happening Taylor walked over, "I leave you guys with a simple task and in a half hour you're not even near finishing! Where are the instructions?" Chad, Zeke, and Jason looked at each other and then at Taylor. "Um, Chad kinda threw the directions over there somewhere," Jason said, pointing down the beach. Taylor followed his finger and looked down the beach. She squinted her eyes and saw something fluttering in the wind. It stopped when it hit a rock near the ocean. She started running towards it, she didn't want it to go and farther. When she reached the rock she picked up the piece of paper right before the wing slowed down. She walked back and when she got there she said, "They didn't make instructions for no reason, so USE THEM! I can help if you need it. She read the first step aloud and began searching through the pile for the right piece. The guys stood there for a moment and then began to help.
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Troy and Gabriella were walking through the jungle searching for a source of fresh water. Troy slapped a mosquito that landed on him. "Mosquitoes grow in water," Gabriella informed him, "There gotta be water somewhere nearby." Troy felt the ground. "Yeah, the ground is wet, too," he added, "C'mon, let's go this way." He started walking again. Gabriella followed.
About 20 minutes later, Gabriella heard something. "What's that?" she asked. "I don't know I hear it too." Troy said. They began to follow the mysterious noise. As they got closer, it got easier to hear. "It almost sounds like a trickling noise." He said to Gabriella. They looked at each and as if they had read each others minds they started running towards the trickling noise.
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The group – excluding Troy and Gabriella – was sitting around the fire Taylor had built. She had also successfully got the tents up with the guys. Kelsi and Ryan had helped, too. "Has anyone seen Troy and Gabriella?" she asked. "No, actually, I haven't. The last time I saw them they were dropping of the food they had gathered." Kelsi said. "Who cares where they are!" Sharpay said, "It's not like they could get lost or something!" Everything seemed to get quieter. "Right?"
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2 hours earlier
As Troy and Gabriella ran through jungle, a thought crossed Gabriella's mind, "How are we supposed to know how to get back?" This completely left her mind when she and Troy stopped running. There was a beautiful river flowing right in front of them. It was a little cloudy but hey, it was water! Troy looked up, "We better get back, it's getting dark. We can bring water back tomorrow." He started walking. "Wait, I thought the way back was that way." Gabriella said pointing in a different direction. "I'm pretty sure it was this way." Troy said. Nodding in agreement, Gabriella started walking towards Troy.
After about 10 minutes of walking Troy stopped, "None of this looks familiar, maybe you were right." Gabriella looked around, "Let's go this way." They started walking again. They spent 2 hours doing the same routine until it was to dark to walk. "Troy, I think we should stop, for good this time it's getting way to dark and were lost." Troy looked at her. From the little bit of her face he could see he saw fear. "C'mon, let's go over there by that tree," he said putting his arm around her, "I think we're staying the night."
A/N- Sorry for not updating faster. I've been really busy between basketball, and Halloween and school. I most likely won't update this week because I'm going on vacation and I don't think I'll have internet access. But if my mom brings her laptop, I'll start writing when I get free time. As always, review!!!