Chapter 15: Revelation
At the end of the tunnel was a large cart full of rocks. Patcha, Kronk, Long John Silver, Scroop, Sulley, and Kenai tried to push it out of the way of an entrance, since they were some of the more stronger members of the group, but they were having trouble doing so.
"It won't budge! What's in this thing that's making it so heavy?" Sulley asked.
Peter walked over and had them step away from the cart. He then held Erebus in front of him and brought it down on the cart, severing it in two. He, Lil, Scroop, and Bean then pushed the two cart pieces to the side, and the group moved on. They entered a small cavern, Tommy in the front so he could use his camera, which was pointed forward. Before them were three skeletons, dressed in outfits very similar to what Stu, Charlotte, and Howard had been wearing. Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Dil screamed, while the others in the group remained calm. Deeper into the cavern was Stu, Howard, Charlotte, and Tucker, the four playing cards on an old table. Stu and Howard ran over to the group after noticing them and hugged their children.
"Well, it's about time." Charlotte said.
She and Tucker ran over to the group.
"We thought you went missing!" Dil said.
"Nothing that eventful. Just fell through a mineshaft." Stu explained.
"So, why were you guys playing cards instead of trying to get out?" Sitka asked.
"We were trying to get out, until we got trapped behind that cart. It's a miracle you were able to get it out of the way!" Stu replied.
Bean watched the exchange from the entrance to the cavern. His eyes once again glowed red and he smiled.
"More importantly, how did you find us?" Tucker asked.
"Chuckie." Randall replied.
"And a little help from this." Chuckie said. He handed Stu the journal and explained "After reading the journal, I suspected the same thing that happened to the missing settlers happened to you. Except for the getting snowed-in and freezing to death in the middle of a poker game part.".
"May I see-eth it?" Howard asked.
Stu nodded and handed his friend the journal. But as he did, a black-and-white photograph of the missing settlers slipped out. Dil picked it up and gasped in shock.
"No way!" Dil whispered.
Bean smiled wider and then backed out of the chamber, his eyes turning white.
"What's wrong, Dil?" Tak asked.
"It's a picture of the Everwood settlers." Dil replied.
Peter walked over and took the photo.
"And what's so bad about it?" Peter asked.
"Back row, third guy from the left. It's Bean." Dil replied.
The group crowded around to look at the photo.
"Bean's a ghost?" Nigel asked in shock.
Danny scowled.
"I knew it!" Danny muttered.
Tucker looked around nervously.
"Wait! Wasn't he here with us?" Tucker asked.
The group looked up at the entrance to the cavern, but Bean was no longer there.
"He's gone!" Lil said.
Peter smiled lightly.
"Don't you guys get it? Now that the mystery of Camp Everwood is solved, the spirits of the pioneers can finally rest in peace." Peter said.
Howard laughed.
"Good! Now let's get out of here!" Howard said.
Denahi nodded.
"Follow me. I marked drawings of wolves on the walls, so we can follow them back to the surface." Denahi said.
About twenty minutes later, the group was back on the surface, heading back to Camp Everwood. Charlotte was dragging along at the back of the group, so Zim was trying to speed her along by "providing moral support".
"Insolent human! Pick up the pace, or we'll miss the whole show!" Zim ordered.
"Tough toenails. Literally. I refused to wear those hideous pioneer boots, and now I'm paying for it." Charlotte said.
She lifted her skirt up, showing that she was wearing high heels, rather then pioneer boots like she had supposed to have been wearing. Meanwhile, Tommy was talking to Peter and Dil at the front of the group.
"Now that everyone is safe, I've got to say, my horror movie is genius. I've got real life skeletons on tape, and a ghost." Tommy said excitedly. He then frowned and asked "Oh, wait, do ghosts show up on video?".
"Seriously, how many people can say their best friend is a ghost?" Dil asked, while holding up the photograph of the pioneers.
"Well, I know all of us can, considering there's a half-ghost with us, and many other ghosts in his world in The World Of Nickelodeon." Peter replied.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a horse neighing. The horse and wagon that had shown up the previous night charged down the trail and passed the group, which was all tense after seeing the horse and wagon. Suddenly, Ellie ran past them because she was running after the horse and wagon, while holding a log.
"Get back here, you good for nothing horse!" Ellie yelled angrily.
The group sighed in relief, since the horse and wagon didn't turn out to be a sign that Camp Everwood was still haunted.
"Oh, I don't know, Ellie. I think that horse just might be good for something." Charlotte said.