A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT! I'm sorry for the late update. I've been busy. My sister was in town and now my Grandma is moving down the street from me so that's been crazy. Anyway, here is the most recent chapter please enjoy and leave a review:

The next morning breakfast was as quiet as it had ever been in the History of Camp Rock. Everyone was scared, nobody knew what was going to happen to the Camp.

"Troy, what's going to happen if the Camp gets shut down?" Gabriella asked.

"We go home." Caitlyn answered sadly.

"I don't have a home, what's going to happen to me?" Gabriella whispered.

"You come back with me. We go back to the original plan of you staying with me or Taylor for the summer. NO worries, ok. You're safe either way."

Gabriella nodded but was still scared.

Mitchie was scared too, but she couldn't let them give up. "You guys, it's going to be ok. Brown is a smart guy he will figure something out."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Mitchie." Brown said as he walked into the room.

Mitchie smiled and nodded.

"Looks like I don't need to get everyone's attention." He inhaled and exhaled a deep breath. "The good news is, and this really warms my heart, we lost very few campers yesterday."

Everyone cheered.

"However, we did lose quite a few of our remaining staff, but not to worry. I've spoken to some good friends and they have happily agreed to come and assist me so we can stay up and running. So for today all the classes have been canceled and will resume tomorrow."

Everyone cheered and were able to finish their breakfast.

After breakfast everyone sat down by the lake. Mitchie had her guitar and softly strummed a tune as everyone talked and laughed.

When there was a moment of silence Caitlyn spoke up. "So, Gabriella what was with that nightmare you had last night? I mean I get it Axel is a freaky dude, but why would he come all the way across the lake just to get you?"

Gabriella looked to the ground plucking some shreds of grass. "I want Troy to tell you."

"Are you sure, Baby?"

Gabriella nodded.

Troy rubbed her back and looked to her friends. "Axel is Gabriella's father. Her parents split up because he was verbally and physically abusive to them." Troy said giving a little detail as possible.

"Yet he is allowed to own a camp full of children?" the boy Gabriella just recently met, Nate said.

"We never reported him. We just left." Gabriella answered softly.

"Wow, smart." Nate said sarcastically. "So what about Dana? He is abusive to her as well?"

"Dana?" Gabriella asked.

"Your sister."

Gabriella's head shot up in shock. "I'm sorry, what did you just say?"

"Yesterday I met this girl, Dana. Her father is Axel turner."

Gabriella paled and suddenly felt sick.

"I thought you'd know her. She is around your age so you must have been born around the same time."

"In other words, my father had another wife and child aside from just my mother and I. Wow, I can't believe I'm actually surprised."

Gabriella got up and ran as tears streamed down her cheeks.

She made it to the cabin and sat down on her bed. She took out her cell phone and dialed her mother. She wasn't surprised when the machine picked up. "Mom call me, it's important." She hung up and sent a text message. "Mom call me ASAP!"

Seconds later, Troy came running in. "Baby, you ok?" he asked.

"I want to go home." Gabriella cried. "I'm not safe here and I want to go home!"

Troy pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. He kissed her head. "You are safe. Brie. Right here in my arms you're safe. I will not let anyone hurt you. Axel isn't going to touch you."

Gabrierlla clung to him as tight as she could without hurting him. "Why isn't my mom answering her phone? You would think she would always answer her phone when her daughter calls."

"Maybe she's busy and in a meeting. She will call you back when she can." Troy said.

They both knew it was an excuse, but Gabriella couldn't handle the truth right now.

"What if Axel is abusing this Dana girl too? It's all my fault."

"No." Troy said sternly. He pulled her away to look her in the eyes. "Gabriella Montez it is not your fault. You and your mother had no idea there was another family involved. If you had you would have told them. But even then, Gabriella, Axel is in control of his own actions. What he does now and what he did in the past is not your fault."

Gabriella just cried and nodded. She believed him, but she was still upset and scared. Troy pulled her back into his arms.

Mitchie walked in a few minutes later. "She ok?"

Troy shook his head. "Do you know this Dana girl?"

"No. But I trust Nate and if he says she's a nice girl believe him."

"Do you think they should meet?"

Mitchie shrugged. "That's up to you. They are technically half sisters."

Troy sighed.

"Look, you didn't hear this from me. He's trying to hide it, but I can see it. Nate really likes Dana. It can't hurt to give her a chance."

"I guess it can't hurt. Besides, we should warn him about his abusive past." Troy sighed. "What do you think, Babe? Should we go meet this girl?"

"Only if you come with me." Gabriella mumbled.

"I'm not leaving your side." Troy kissed her head and looked to Mitchie. He wouldn't admit it, but he was worried too. So far this Camp experience was turning out to be a total nightmare.

Once Gabriella was calmed down, they rejoined the others.

"Nate, Gabriella and I would love to meet Dana. The next time you go see her, would you mind if we came along?"

"No, of course not. That would be great!"

"I don't know if great is the word I'd use. More like torture." Gaburiella muttered to herself.

Troy chuckled quietly.

A few hours later, Nate, Gabriella, and Troy got in a canoe and headed to the other side.

"How deep is this water?" Gabriella asked.

"I'm not sure, I don't think too deep. Why?" Nate asked. "Thinking of abandoning ship?" he teased.

"Thinking about it." Gabriella mumbled.

Troy chuckled softly and kissed her hand as he helped Nate paddle.

They arrived on the other side and got out.

"Dana is meeting us right here. She wanted us close to the water in case we needed to make a run for it. Her father doesn't want her talking to us." Nate explained.

"Perfect. I am not seeing him or speaking to him ever again." Gabriella said.

"Hi Nate!"

Everyone saw a girl walking over to them. She had long brown hair and brown eyes.

"Hey, Dana." Nate greeted. "I hope you don't mind, I brought some friends. They wanted to meet you."

"Oh… uh… sure?" It was more of a question than a statement.

"This is Troy Bolton, Captain of the East High Wildcats. This is his girlfriend Gabriella Montez."

Dana's sweet smile turned hard as she glared after hearing Gabriella's name. "So your Gabriella Montez?"

"Let me guess Axel told you?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah. I don't care what science says you are no sister of mine. Axel is my father not yours."

"Good, keep him. I don't want him!" Gabriella bit back.

"Brie." Troy said gently. He took her hand, giving it a squeeze. "Remember why we are here."

Gabriella sighed. "Dana did Axel tell you why my mother and I left him?"

"Of course. He said your mother cheated on him and broke his heart."

Gabriella scoffed and laughed as she crossed her arm over her chest. "Oh my mom is cheater? Your mom is the one who went after a man who was married and already had a kid."

"Hey, stop it, both of you!" Nate said.

Gabriella inhaled and exhaled a deep breath getting control of her anger. "Look, Dana, I don't want to fight with you. If you hate me fine, but I came here to tell you and warn you, Axel has a past history of physical and mental abuse. That's the real reason my mom and I left him."

Dana laughed and shook her head. "Child abuse? Really? He says things you don't agree with and you calm child abuse?"

"Fine, don't believe me. But at least I warned you." Gabriella turned around and got back in the canoe.

"Wow, Drama queen much." Dana laughed.

"We should get back." Troy said.

"I want to hang out with Dana some more." Nate said.

"Fine, we will send one of your brothers with the canoe back to get you."

Troy got in the canoe and paddled away.

"Such losers. I can see why my father left them."

"Dana, that's not very nice."

"It's true. I never said it was nice."

Nate just sighed, wondering if he had made a mistake in staying longer with this girl.

Out on the water Gabriella was silent. She didn't speak a word. That meeting had gone worse than expected. She didn't care what her mother wanted. When they got back, she was calling Lucille and Jack and having them come get her. There was no way she was staying here where her father and evil step sister were only a canoe ride away!

She couldn't help but wonder if her mother knew about this and if that is why she had sent Gabriella here in the first place? To help her reunite with her father? Gabriella shuddered at the thought. Her mother would never do that to her…. would she?

As they made it back to the other side Gabriella ran to her cabin.

When she was close enough she stopped as she heard people singing.

"Now I've found who I am there's way to hold it in, no more hiding who I want to be, this is me…"

"You're the voice I hear inside my head the reason that I'm singing, I need to find you, I gotta find you…"

It sounded like Mitchie and her boyfriend who she just met Shane Gray.

"Wow they sound amazing." Gabriella whispered.

"They do." Troy agreed as he came up behind her. "He's got a great voice."

"Wildcat Superstar is, jealous?" she teased.

"No, I've never been self-conscience about my voice. I didn't even know I had one until someone…" he poked her in the side and she giggled. "…forced me into doing the High School call backs."

Gabriella giggled and shook her head. "What your showerhead never told you?"

"Haha, very funny." He teased. "I had really never sang until that night at the ski longe."

Gabriella smiled as she got this far away look in her eyes. "Yeah."

"Do you remember the song we sang?"

"Of course."

"This could be the start of something new, it feels so right to be here with you, oh and now I'm looking in your eyes I feel in my heart the start of something new." Troy sang softly.

Gabriella just smiled and nodded.

"It is a duet."

"I know. I don't want to sing."

"Then I guess I'll just have to sing until you change your mind." He smirked. "Na, na, na, na, na you are the music in me. You know the words once upon a time, make you listen, there's a reason. When you dream there's a chance you'll find a little laughter or happy ever after…"

Gabriella looked up at him and smiled she sang with him. "Your harmony to the melody is echoing inside my head, a single voice above the noise and like a common thread ooo you're pulling me."

He stopped singing hoping she'd take the lead and she did.

"When I hear my favorite song I know that we belong."

"You are the music in me it's living inside all of us

"and it's brought us here because you are the music in me."

She stopped signing and Troy sighed. "What's wrong?"

"I miss Kelsi, I miss our home. This isn't home Troy."

"I know, Babe. But it's ok. We're safe here." He hugged her close just hoping and praying she would some how start feeling at home here. But how?

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