I could easily spin you yet another tale of adventure, drama and romance, as I have many times before, but instead, I have come up with this. Britney, Bush and a flock of penguins was an� ambitious story of� chaos, basically. A pop superstar, a grammatically challenged president, a flock of strange penguins and a group of over-excited teenagers played directly into my hands, and their lives wove beautifully together. Now, two years later, I�ve brought them together again. This time, however, Our heroes will be put in a new situation. And you�ll just have to read to find out what.
Katherine Lynn Hill,
Jan 29 ,2005
�She�s really quite odd, that one.� I said thoughtfully, bringing another handful of popcorn to my lips as Britney spun about on the ground, dancing sexily to techno music only she could hear.
�No kidding.� Allison said from behind me, and I could almost hear her eyes rolling. �Hey Katie, where�d you get the popcorn?�
�Huh. You know what? I don�t really know.� I frowned at the bowl in question, then shrugged. �Want some?�
Allison shrugged as well. �Sure.� She took a handful as a loud shriek echoed in the background. We both turned from the rapidly dancing pop-star as Brooke fell from the sky, landing with a dull thud. Well, not so much the sky as the tree she had just swung into. The rope swing swung lazily back to the hill as both Allison and I winced.
Camp Ajawah was generally a peaceful place, it�s trees swaying in the wind, the waves washing up foam and the occasional fish� It truly puts my mind at ease.
I was not at ease though, as we rushed to Brooke�s side and she sat up, wincing slightly. Brooke always managed to hurt herself one way or another, but it never made it easier when it happened. And that was a long way to fall�
When we reached her, Natalie was already helping Brooke to her feet. Kelsey was hurrying forward from the opposite direction, and we met up at my fallen cousin.
�My butt cheeks hurt.� Brooke stated bluntly, unnecessarily, in my opinion.
�That tends to happen when you fall from trees. Tall trees.� Kelsey said, Sarcastic Kelsey-ness in it�s place.
�Geranimo!� The small group looked up and immediately hurled themselves to the ground again. We all heard Brooke�s rib crack. Louise swung over us, cackling manically. I flipped over and glared up at her as she swung back over. Brooke was making some peculiar noises, an odd combination of laughter and whimpering.
�Lou-ise!� Allison snapped. Literally. She actually snapped her hand back and forth; girlfriend style.
Louise swung to the nearest tree, hopped onto a higher branch, and preformed some rather impressive gymnastics in order to reach the ground.
�Sorry.� She certainly didn�t appear sorry. I Groaned and smacked my head against the leafy ground a few times.
Brooke choked out a few muffled whiperlaughs. �Ow�.�
A loud, somewhat girly scream echoed through the woods. We all ignored it. These woods were strange.
The scream came again, closer this time. It was accompanied with an odd squeaking�
Kelsey looked up thoughtfully, frowning at thin air. �Did you hear that?�
�Yeah�� Natalie pulled herself from the ground, brushing leaves and dirt off her torso. �Sounded like a squeaking��
Jen chose that moment to stagger into the clearing, burlap sack in one hand, and let out a another girly scream.
Brooke let out a yelp. Followed by a laugh� then a whimper.
Jen swung the sack around her, as if fending off some invisible enemy. The sack squeaked and squirmed a bit.
�It�s COMING!� She shrieked, swinging her sack about once again. �DOOM! DOOOOM!�
We were all silent, staring in awe, and a little fear, at the panicked girl before us. Perhaps our silence was a blessing, because we then heard the snapping of twigs and something moving toward us through the forest.
�Jen�� I ventured timidly.
The mad, cycloptic Grundum stormed into the clearing. We all ran around and screamed like the girls we should be. Except for Brooke and I, who were still on the ground. We just squirmed around a bit. Brooke whimpered. Strangely enough, the Grundum was screaming like a little girl as well�
�Get it off! Get it off!� Another scream. Allison, who had stopped her girlish tirade, walked curiously up to the writhing monster. She simply pulled the sheet off his head, revealing a very timid looking president.
�George!� Allison yelled accusingly, hands making their way to her hips.
�Bloody git!� Jen screamed, and she leaped forward, hitting the republican repetitively over the heard with her squeaking sack. Louise and Natalie rushed forward and pulled the shrieking teenager off the squealing president.
�For god�s sake, Jen! What on earth do you have in that bag?�
�Nutin�� She said guiltily, kicking at the dirt on the ground.
�Jen�� I said warningly.
She hung her head and let the ragged looking raccoon out of the bag.
I just smacked my head down a few more times.
