I am standing in front of the cookhouse. Esmeralda comes up.
"Hey, I was out exploring last night." She starts. She puts her hand up to her mouth. "I may have been out past curfew.". I giggle. "So, anyway I found something. Wanna see?". I nod. "Okay, meet me at the nature trailhead at break.". I nod.
I am at a dirt path. Esmeralda comes up.
"Hi! So, okay, we go on the nature trail and go further." She tells me. I nod.
We walk on the trail. We see some pinecones. We go further. We see some daisies. We go further. We see some purple pansies. We go further. We see some pink petunias. We go further. We see some milkweed. We go further. We see a raccoon. It chatters at us. We giggle. We reached the end of the trail and the beginning of a broadwalk.
"Okay, from here it's about a mile up the mountain.". I nod. We walk up the broadwalk. We arrive at a cabin.
"Wow! I didn't know this was up here!" I exclaim.
"They don't advertise this… This may be off-limits. I'm not sure. Wanna to go in?". I nod.
We go inside. The inside is wooden. There is a cast iron fireplace in the middle, up against the wall. There is a circular, white lid with sticks of charcoal on it. Lucy, Sally, Susie, Lilly, Louisa, Francis, Betty, and Penelope are written on the wall. They're white buckets of paint and wide, wooden paint brushes with black brussels in the corner. European people with brown hair and blue eyes wearing yellow tee-shirts and brown shorts leave the cabin. I visualize.
"Is this abandoned?".
"Maybe. Oh look, there are names on the wall. This might not be off-limits after all. Wanna write our names on the wall?". I nod. I grab some charcoal and write my name on the wall. Esmeralda does the same.
"Wanna paint a mural?". I nod. A white unicorn with a rainbow horn, mane, and tail appears in my head. I grab a brush. I dip my brush in the white paint and paint the body of a horse. I dip my brush in the red and paint a part of the mane, horn, and tail. I dip my brush in the orange and paint a part of the mane, horn, and tail. I dip my brush in the yellow and paint a part of the mane, horn, and tail. I dip my brush in the green and paint a part of the mane, horn, and tail. I dip my brush in the blue and paint a part of the mane, horn, and tail. I dip my brush in the purple and paint a part of the mane, horn, and tail. I dip my brush in the black. I paint a face.
Esmeralda dips her paint in the brown. She paints a goat. She dips her brush in the white. She paints ovals. She dips her brush in the black. She paints dots. We smile at each other.
We hear thunder.
"Shoot! Camp staff is going to kill us!". We leave.