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In the small town of Amity Park many children can be found playing on playgrounds with their parents watching over them. Some children were at the local pool or water park called 'Floody Waters' taking a cool dip to beat the summer heat. Yes all children were happy, that is except for one. Sitting alone on a bus bench was a raven haired ten year old with one Icy blue eye visible while the other was covered by a leather eye patch, a scar peaking out from underneath the fabric. If one looked closely at his skin they would notice his veins have a slight green tint to them, almost glowing.

The child gave a despondent sigh. "Fuck my life." He could still remember that for the first time in a few years his parents sat him down, berated him for his 'behavioral problems', and are forcing him to go to some camp in a little town called Sleepy Peak. Once he looked at the brochure for the camp he noticed a tiny bit of font underneath the behavioral camp part.

'and more', was printed with font so tiny you would need a magnifying glass to see it. He gave another sigh, "Anything is better than spending a summer in this shitty town." Despite the fact the town billboard called it 'A Nice Place to Live' it was anything, but for one Daniel James Fenton. He had no friends, everyone in town avoids him like the plague, except his older sister Jazz, and his parents pretty much forgot he existed half the time. He still remembers his last conversation with his parents a month ago at the dinner table.

Fenton Residence, One Month Ago

"Honestly young man what were you thinking?!", berated a woman in a teal jumpsuit with red goggles. "People already call us lunatics, but your giving us a bad name!"

"I didn't do anything. If you would just listen.", the young boy tried to meekly defend himself, to explain what really happened. His mother slammed her hands on the table while glaring at him, silencing Danny.

A rather large man in a bright orange jumpsuit commented. "Your mother has a point. You have caused nothing, but trouble for us. Hopefully you don't drag your sister's good name through the mud with your behavior." The man smiled brightly as if he had a genius idea. "That's why we're sending you far away to behavioral camp! You'll learn to channel that aggressive anger into something more positive. All the while you can't harm anymore innocent kids like that Baxter boy."

"But what about space camp? You promised..."

His mother cut him off. "That was before the incident! Pack your bags and get out! Hopefully by the end of summer you'll have a better outlook on life and see that you were in the wrong."

With tears in his eyes Danny solemnly walked up the stairs to his room, packing clothes and other things like medicine and hygiene equipment for his forced camp experience. As he was packing the last of his stuff a soft knock sounded from the door. "Danny, it's Jazz, can I come in?" Danny walked towards the door and opened it to be greeted by the gentle embrace of his sister. "I'm sorry things turned out like this, but don't worry summer will be over before you know it. In the mean time think of this as an opportunity." At Danny's hurt look she explained. "No Dash, none of our parents crazy inventions, or food that tries to kill us at every meal. I'm sure you'll be safer at camp than here and maybe make some friends."

She planted a soft kiss on Danny's forehead and ruffled his hair a little. "Good luck space cadet Fenton on your mission to a foreign planet." That brought a smile to the ten year old's face, happy that at least someone in his family cared about him.

Back To The Present

As Danny was recalling that memory a bus pulled up. The doors opened to reveal a man with a fluffy gray mustache, a scarred eye, dressed in a red flannel shirt with a brown jacket and a tucker's hat. What really caught Danny's attention was the fact he had a hook hand where his right hand should be. "Bus is here.", the man announced in an aged voice.

Danny hopped on the bus believing that getting on a bus with the manifestation of a horror movie serial killer cliche was better than listening to explosions caused by his parents. Once he got on he noticed two other children his age. The male was taller than him dressed in a yellow turtleneck with red pants. His hair was rather bushy and light brown. The sole female on the bus was dressed in a yellow shirt with red overalls and a cross bandage on her cheek. She had puffy mint hair and pink eyes.

He took his seat across from the joyful looking girl and stared at the pamphlet in hand, curious on what this camp may entitle. The girls questioned while bouncing in her seat. "So what camp are y'all going to? I'm going to adventure camp! The great outdoors, wild animals, and other dangerous flora and fauna. It's gonna be great!" He was a little disturbed by the wild look in her eyes, but she seemed alright if a little chaotic.

"Well I for one am going to science camp. Everything in the world can be rationally explained by it and I hope to pursue it as a career.", stated the boy. He reached his hand out. "I'm Neil by the way." Now Danny was a little confused on how people going to three different camps were on the same bus. Maybe the driver will drop them off separately.

The wild child introduced herself next. "I'm Nikki!" She spat on her hand and shook Neil's, which grossed both boys out a little, but both shook it. Afterwards they used some hand sanitizer to clean the germs off. "Oh what's your name swashbuckler? Have ye come looking for booty?"

Danny found her enthusiasm contagious and responded. "Nay landlubber I came seeking adventure and decided to set sail."

Neil looked at them, a little freaked out by their behavior, but smiled at the funny moment. All three got to talking about what they expected from camp until they heard a voice. "Hello! Welcome to camp....." Before the bus stops and the man screams. 'Did he just run over somebody?!', a concerned Danny thought.

Nikki jumped off the bus taking deep breaths of fresh air as Neil looked around confused. Danny looked to find another kid his age dressed in a blue hoodie with black hair and tanned skin. Standing near the bus, most likely the person they just ran over, was a tall man with red hair dressed in a shirt with a tree on it, a yellow scarf around his neck, and a brown vest and shorts.

The man greeted them with a beaming smile that reeked of optimism. "Hello and welcome to camp Campbell! My name's David, your camp counselor." As he went to shake Nikki's hand she bit him. She shrugged, "Sorry, establishing dominance." This girl is either the weirdest person I've ever met or the coolest.

The man took them around the campgrounds showing them the flagpole, which he saluted twice, along with the mess hall. The quartermaster went off to drink something that I'm pretty sure was poisonous considering the skull and crossbones on it. The kid in the blue hoodie, named Max, tried and failed to escape by hijacking the bus earlier. As we entered the mess hall we came upon a scene of chaos.

A kid in a fishbowl helmet was taped to the ceiling fan while a buff kid with light red hair was turning a crank. A woman was throwing stuff to get the kid to stop while other campers were doing their own thing. The kid in the helmet exclaimed, "Crank faster! I can take the G's!"

The woman in a green shirt with red shorts yelled, " Motherfucker! Space kid get down from there! Nurf you can't crank shit!"

'Somehow they're even less chaotic than my parents. At least nothing's on fire yet.'

David managed to calm the female counselor down, even offering to sing a song to help. She declined saying they needed to welcome the new campers and went to get the laser disk. Danny so far was loving camp or at least some campers. At least he found a fellow space enthusiast to geek out with. As David was explaining the small history of this camp a man descended from the attic.

"I wish Mister Campbell was here to greet you all.", stated David. The man said in a calm voice, "I'm here now."

David was ecstatic to see the gray haired man, who stated he was here the whole time. A noise sounded outside and Danny looked out the window to see a car with men in black suits coming out. Cameron Campbell escorted the children to the campgrounds where various small stages were cluttered together, a half pipe, and a kid painting a dog with a certain armband.

"What the fuck is this?!", screamed Neil in outrage. Danny looked over to see all the outdated science equipment for science camp. Nikki asked, "So it's a camp camp?" Mister Campbell explained about his dream to open the best summer camp imaginable, but America ruined it with the internet and the affordable health care act. "As long as I am here...." He was cut off by the car from earlier arriving with the men shooting bullets at him. He retaliated by using Space kid as a human shield with his helmet somehow deflecting bullets!

After seeing Mister Campbell leave via helicopter and the men giving chase, Max decides on another escape attempt. Danny may have found the campers interesting, but he felt it best to escape what was clearly a crazy fugitives money making scheme. Don't ask Danny how, but Max knitted four dummies of his, Nikki's, Neil's, and Danny's likeness. Danny thought, 'Did he have these prepared after we got off the bus? Max has got mad knitting skills.'

After getting to the bus, running past the quartermaster, they managed to hot wire it with Neil and Danny's expertise. "Oh God we're moving! Max please tell me you know how to drive?" Max said to relax as he spent hours on a racing game called 'Total Demolition Survival' which did not ease Danny's worries. Nikki was bouncing up and down saying she crossed driving a bus off her bucket list right next to finding a ghost, eating various bugs, and befriending a falcon.

After crashing the bus about a mile away from the camp with the police giving David a ticket the kids went back to camp, but not before Max said something to David.

"No, I hope you learned something today David! Before you just had one little bastard to deal with, now you have four!", Max exclaimed as he brought Nikki, Neil, and Danny into a group hug of sorts. All of them are sporting cheeky grins to the camp counselors. David seems overly happy that Max has made three new friends while Gwen is rethinking her life decisions.

Danny turned after hearing David scream, seeing Gwen hit him over the head with his guitar. He received a text message from Jazz asking how he was. He remembered the bus ride, meeting crazy campers, and helping hijack a bus with three crazy kids his age.

He smiled and responded back, 'I think I'm going to have fun here.'

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It was a dark, foggy night for the camps of Lake Lilac, the perfect night for another escape attempt. Danny could be found writing in a journal he kept to record his experience. Right now he was writing about yesterday's adventure.

'So Max killed our last mascot with a boulder, launching the poor hamster onto a nearby land mass. I decided to go with Max and Quatermaster to keep an eye on them. Pretty sure it's best to keep QM in sight at all times. Anyhow, we traveled the forest for a new mascot when QM ripped a hole in some thorny foliage. What I saw was beautiful, slushy green clearing with birds and butterflies. I swear Max looked like he was actually enjoying something for once, eyes filled with child-like wonder. Then QM had to ruin it by killing the supposed squirrel king of the forest with his hook hand, a fight ensured, and I'm pretty sure an eye patch wearing squirrel swore vengeance.', Danny wrote in his journal, sparing a glance at his sleeping tent mate.

'After the beast of the forest carried QM back on his oak wood throne we saw the other campers plus David about to be attacked by a platypus. I'm no biology expert, but I'm pretty sure those things have poisonous ankle barbs, at least the males do, but I'm not risking my health to find out. The creature is now our new mascot after it ate Larry the Hamster, who somehow, survived the boulder, swam back to camp, only to die in a few seconds. May you rest in peace fuzzy buddy.'

Danny decided that the journal was getting a little depressing so he wrote something positive. 'So far the rest of the campers seem great. Nurf, although a bully, seems to get along with Preston, the local theater kid. Nice to know not all bullies are mindless, testosterone fueled, maniacs. he still scares me though, but not as much as QM. Ered, a blonde girl with highlights, seems to be pretty cool. She's chill and just radiates coolness. Nerris and Harrison both seem okay, but I haven't talked to them much. DnD reminds me too much of playing with Foley and Harrison's magic is giving me some strange feelings. My tent mate, Dolph, is rather nice if a little clingy. I don't think he's ever had a friend which is a little saddening. He's a pretty good artist, but all the Nazi stuff is creeping me out a little. Maybe I should ask why he paints that? He's respectful though and even complimented my sketching, even offering tips on how to improve.'

Danny smiled remembering the three friends he made on his first day along with the counselors. 'David seems a little too optimistic, but he seems to go out of his way to make sure everybody has fun. Gwen's a bit of a downer, but she keeps us grounded to reality. Neil prides himself on his scientific knowledge,, hopefully he doesn't go the mad scientist route my parents are already too much for the world. Nikki is wild, spending most of her time doing the craziest stuff. I heard her scream that she wants a viking funeral, which honestly sounds really lovely. Maybe if I die a viking's funeral I'll get a cool ghost ship in the afterlife.', Danny smirked remembering finding Nikki eating ants while David talked about foraging in the forest. Man that girl is funny. 'Max, the little devil, is always trying to escape. I go with him because I feel that every attempt leads to a new adventure. He said he had a man on the inside that could help us leave this camp. Pretty sure we're being set up, but whatever. It's not my funeral.'

Danny softly closed his book so as not to wake Dolph, let the tent, and walked to the pier. Max began, "Alright the last attempt crashed and burned, but this time we will succeed." A figure stepped out of the fog. He was roughly the same height as Max with a bulkier frame, dressed in a beige garment with a red sash and an eye patch.

Nikki, the chaotic funny child, exclaimed, "Are we going to pirate island?! Will there be buried treasure, corrupt nobles, and buildings to burn?!"

The person responded, both frightened and bluntly, "No." Danny patted Nikki on the back and stated they would burn something tomorrow which cheered her up. The boy helping them called Snake said he was a former woods scout, but abandoned them for reasons. Danny found this a little odd since he usually heard great things about wood scouts back home, even buying their popcorn. Caramel corn is sweet and delicious.

As they climbed aboard the boat Neil noticed that Danny was glowing slightly. Max quirked an eyebrow in curiosity while Nikki nearly rocked the boat. Danny answered, "Sorry I'm ectocontaminated. Can't exactly turn it off." Everyone tilted their head, wondering how he got contaminated. Danny signed and said, "My mom had the brilliant idea of working with radioactive chemicals while she was pregnant with me."

Nikki and Neil sent him saddening looks, Snake looked disturbed, and Max bluntly stated "That's fucked up." Max knew his parents rarely cared about him, but even his parents would never do something like that. Just how fucked up is Danny's life? Max noticed that Snake was rowing them somewhere else. He turned just as Snake threw Nikki overboard. "No girls allowed!"

Neil and Danny dived in the frigid waters to save their friend as Snake stabbed Max on the neck with the candy cane. "I made a promise to show everyone the glory of the wood scouts."

THE NEXT MORNING

Danny groggily woke up seeing Nikki in front of him with....was that Neil? Neil had red cheeks and seaweed on his head, giving him a more feminine appearance. Neil and Danny asked where they were and Nikki responded, "Where happiness goes to die."

"Like O.M.G is that Niiiikkki?", asked a voice. Danny turned to find a trio of girls with pink, blonde, and blue hair. Nikki nervously greeted them which confused Danny a bit. Nikki was awesome, what did she have to be nervous about? Nikki revealed that she used to be a flower scout. Danny heard about them and how Jazz and Manson would complain about their outdated stereotypes about men and women. Nikki introduced them as Nancy and Danielle.

'This is gonna be a long day isn't it?', thought Danny in annoyance. Danny was proven right as throughout the day they did stereotypical girl activities that could be found over three decades in the past. Danny honestly loved how Nikki did those activities like when they were embroidering a pillow Nikki's was of her killing a bear which Danny thought was cool. The others were disgusted while Danny had to get his fingers wrapped from poking them too much. 'Man Dad would love it here.', thought Danny. He knew since his dad took up knitting and various other activities involving needle and thread.

After a few more activities Neil was given a badge that doubles as a internet hotspot. That's when Nikki came in with a falcon on her arm she named Timothy. Neil was impressed while the other girls were disgusted by the wild animal in their building calling it gross and unladylike. The bird then decided to cough up a partially digested mouse which Nikki called a snack.

"What's the problem?", Danny asked as he entered with two animals following him. Walking beside him was a white wolf pup with Icy blue eyes, tail wagging in excitement. On Danny's arm was a beautiful falcon, but unlike anything they've seen before. The falcon had black feathers that brightened up to light blue the lower they were, bits of white littered the body like stars in the sky.

Nikki stared in amazement. "Oh what are their names?"

"The falcon is a female so I'm naming her Selene after the Greek goddess of the moon. The wolf is a male so I named him Hati after the wolf in Norse mythology that chases the moon.", replied Danny.

The trio of girls were once again disgusted calling nature unnecessary for 'real' camping. They then revealed that all that disgusting crud is why they ran Nikki out of flower scouts in the first place. Eating bugs, making friends with wild animals, and being plain gross. Nikki was disheartened to hear all this again, but two people in particular were furious.

Hati growled at the girls in warning, feeling Danny's fury. "That's enough! All day you've been judging my friend just for being herself when there's nothing wrong with her! It's the 21st century, women can be anything they want. My mother is a genius scientist with a black belt in karate while my sister is a straight A student with a promising future into any college of her choice. Heck I know a male that loves to perform ballet. The point is women can be anything they can be smart, incredibly strong as a bodybuilder, or even run for president if they so choose!" At this point the trio was backed into a corner as Danny berated them with the wolf pup curling around Nikki's legs as protection should the girls try anything. "Nikki is the most adventurous, wonderful girl I have ever met! Sure she's a little chaotic, but at least she's not some lousy 80's stereotype with an annoying voice! You want to be an actual person then be honest with yourselves and grow up!"

Neil was honestly about to speak up as well, but Danny's outburst seemed to cover everything. Nikki looked pleased with Danny defending her, pink dusting on her cheeks. "Danny's right. Let's get the fuck out of here!", stated Neil. They left, but not before revealing that they were boys. The blue haired girl with brown skin, Erin, looked down thinking over what Danny said. 'Be true to myself.', she thought. Tabii on the other hand looked smitten with Neil, good luck buddy. The pink haired girl look disgusted at Tabii and ordered Erin to hurry up for their scheduled make up activity.

Danny and Selene were flaying through the air as the wolf pup was carried in Danny's arms. Danny turned towards the wood scouts camp to go free Max. He found Max tangled up in rope over a field with a sign that called it a 'God forsaken Hellhole!'. Max sighed in annoyance, "Maybe I don't hate camp. Maybe I hate everything."

"Hey Max.", Danny greeted. Max looked up to see Danny carrying a wolf pup in the talons of a falcon. Max asked what the fuck he missed and Danny responded, "I'll tell you back at camp."

Selene grabbed Max by the back of his hoodie and both eventually made it back to camp where Nikki and Neil were waiting for them. They were about to venture to the mess hall before a voice caught their attention. "Ahem.", they turned to find David with Gwen right next to him. "Well campers care to explain where you've been all morning?"

Yep, they had some explaining to do.

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Gwen was pinching the bridge of her nose and slowly exhaling. She opened her eyes to look at the four campers that, unsuccessfully, tried to escape. Neil looked apologetic. Nikki was gazing at the freaking falcon roosting on her arm as she was squawking at it. Danny, for some fucked up reason, also had a falcon roosting on his arm and a wolf pup on his lap. Gwen didn't know whether to be smitten at the adorable pup or mystified by the falcon that looked like the night sky.

"Ah fuck!", shouted a voice. She then turned to find David giving Max second aid, not first aid, because Campbell was a cheapskate beyond compare. Max had gotten kidnapped by the Wood Scouts, repeatedly punched in the face, and then forced to run an obstacle course with barbed wire. Safe to say Max was covered in scratches, rope burns, and bruises.

"So let me see if I get this straight." Everyone turned towards her. "You little shits thought it would be a good idea to trust a stranger and hopped on his boat on a dark foggy night. Said incident led to one of you nearly getting kidnapped and getting injured. while you three," She pointed towards Neil, Danny, and Nikki. "found yourselves at the Flower Scouts camp, befriended three wild animals, and stood up for women everywhere because of the Flower Scout's outdated and sexist viewpoints on how women should act."

"Yep."

"Absolutely."

"Pretty much."

"Fuck that camp!"

David spoke up, "Now, now everyone. The Flower Scouts and the Wood Scouts are our neighbors. we should treat them with respect, kindness, and lo--"

Max interrupted, "David for fucks sake! I was stabbed, beaten, and forced through an obstacle course that belongs in a military base rather than a rundown summer camp! They literally confessed that they are kidnapping people as their recruitment method!" Max then pulled David's scarf, forcing him to make eye contact. "They're insane, abusive, pieces of shit that belong in prison!"

Gwen chimed in, "No argument here."

David sighed, thinking over Max's point, "Look you kids had an eventful day. Why don't you just relax? No camp activities, just you doing whatever. Except another escape attempt or burning the camp down."

"Aw so no arson.", Nikki pouted as she pulled out a match and gasoline from somewhere. Gwen quickly confiscated them and ushered the kids out. She turned to David and stated, "I'm calling the police about those Wood Scouts."

"So the police can sternly lecture them about proper recruitment practices and how kidnapping is wrong."

Gwen just chose not to answer him and made her way to the phone. What do you know the police are coming for a reason other than their campers causing trouble, Quartermasters nightly activities, or Campbell's ocean of incriminating evidence.

A FEW HOURS LATER

The other campers could be found wandering around camp doing their own things with their day off from usual camp activities. Dolf and Danny, were painting and sketching respectively, pictures of Selene and Hati. Danny couldn't help, but notice how Dolf was painting a certain symbol like he did with most of his works.

Danny decided to bite the bullet, "Hey Dolf. I hope you don't mind me asking, but what's with the Nazi stuff found in your paintings."

"Oh zhat. I was raised on a German army base by a group of Nazis. Thiz iz how I was taught to paint und appreciate ze arts."

"Do you have any idea what the Nazis did?", Dolf shook his head no at Danny's question. Apparently his school hadn't gotten around to teaching that until a few years later when the students were twelve years old.

Danny took a breath and decided that Dolf needed to learn the truth. As Danny explained the history Dolf's face turned from sadness to outright horror. These were the people that raised him! That taught him while his father was away on missions and his mother was recovering in the hospital! Oh, no wonder his classmates kept giving him a wide berth as he wandered the halls.

Dolf slumped onto the ground, tears in his eyes. "Am-am I a bad person?"

"Dolf you aren't a bad person. You just were raised a certain way and it's impacted your life in various ways. I can tell from your expression you didn't know and you were never outright aggressive or belittled people of certain lifestyles." Danny placed a hand on Dolf's shoulder. "You're one of the first people I can happily call an acquaintance in over a year. You're friendly, an amazing painter, and have quite the upbeat attitude. Besides you're not hurting anyone with the way you act or draw just be careful because certain people may take offense."

"Thunk you Danny."

The two hugged for a bit and continued with their arts, a friendship beginning to Bloom. A few hours later Danny and Nikki were giving tours of the camp to Selene, Timothy, and Hati. Hati kept sniffing the ground, probably looking for good places to pee. They avoided the platypus for obvious reasons, either to keep the animals safe or just general fear or the feral creature. It was when they went to the mess hall that Selene acted strangely.

She took one look at the painting of Cameron Campbell and dived right at it, talons poised to attack. Danny and Nikki were a little surprised as DAvid, who was eating dinner, saw what was happening and trying to stop it.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Hair it's got my hair!", screamed David. Usually he would play this off as love tapping or the animal just getting to know him, but he was a little concerned. Selene had been pleasant the entire day, but the second she saw that picture she went ballistic. Before long the picture was torn to shreds and defecated on by Selene.

She looked smug and flew back to perch on Danny's out stretched arm, bits of David's hair still stuck under her talons.

"Danny I think it's best those animals stay somewhere in the forest. Preferably away from any pictures of mister Campbell.", David said, hair disheveled after being attacked. Danny couldn't argue with him and found a nearby place for them to stay. Timothy and Selene searched for materials to build their nest while Hati curled up on the floor of Danny and Dolf's tent.

So far another perfectly normal day at Camp Campbell.

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Danny, Nikki, Max, a few other campers, and the counselors were sitting round the campfire telling scary stories while roasting marshmallows. The last few days were weird considering they had a small uprising where the kids took control of the camp. Max and Nikki nearly had a fight to the death, Gwen was distracted by trashy television while being tied to the flagpole with David, and Harrison shot fire from his hands! FIRE! FROM HIS HANDS!

Danny was honestly starting to believe that Harrison may possess actual magic. Maybe that was the strange feeling he kept getting around him. Thankfully the fire was put out when Mister Campbell crashed his car into the flagpole. He then went into the mess hall opened a safe, and took money out from it. Danny got a glimpse of what was inside and he had several questions. Various jewels, folders labeled either 'incriminating evidence' or 'Not for the IRS', a literal bottle labeled 'Elixer of life', and gold bars with the symbol of Nazi's on them.

Danny didn't know which to find more disturbing. The fact that this man probably commits tax fraud on a regular basis, has stolen from various people in points in history, or that he discovered the secret to immortality?! As Mister Campbell was making his way back to his car Seline swooped down from the sky and started clawing at his face. Danny wasn't going to lie and wished he had some popcorn. Mister Campbell left after the brief scuffle with the bird, something about becoming the prime minister of Thailand. Those poor people under that man's leadership.

David was telling a story from his childhood about being chased by a ghost, which was just his dog covered in a white bed sheet. Everyone just sent him deadpanned looks for that lame story. Space kid went soon after, but was interrupted by a squirrel popping out from his shirt. Everyone, but Max and Danny screamed at that scene. Neil turned towards them both and asked, "Aren't you both scared?"

"Saw him stuff it in his costume earlier.", replied Max. Danny just shrugged, he's seen something truly terrifying that left him scarred for life. Ever since then he hasn't been able to so much as look at fudge the same way ever again. Neil pointed out a spooky ghost ship, but it was just people from the pirate camp taking a night time sail. They heard shallow breathing from the foliage behind them, rustling as a wild animal of some kind was approaching their campsite.

"What in blue balls blazes is going on here?!", screamed the Quartermaster as he waved his hook hand around, scaring the campers except Danny and Max. David answered that they were telling ghost stories. "So no dead campers?", questioned the Quartermaster. David said there were no dead campers. The Quartermaster replied, "Damn."

Everyone stared wide eyed at that remark. Was he expecting someone to die? Sure the camp is a little run down, the camp founder doesn't care for their safety, and the various health and safety violations found around the place. How the heck are none of them at least seriously maimed at this point?

"Tonight is the night of the full moon so y'all should get inside now. Oh and stay away from Spooky Island.", warned the Quartermaster. Thunder roared and lightning crackled at the mention of Spooky Island. Danny checked and didn't see a single cloud in the sky. 'Where did that even come from?'

Quartermaster then went on to say that demons crawled out from the depths of hell, wandering the island for young children to devour, monsters prowled the island on full moons, and aliens kidnapped people to implant probes into your tender----.

Dave interrupted, "Okay how about we all head to bed?"

"Anus. I was gonna say Anus."

After putting out the fire so they wouldn't start a forest fire, thank you Smokey The Bear, everyone except a certain quartet left for their beds. They took a canoe and paddled to Spooky Island, mainly to prove that Max can in fact get scared. Once they made it to the Island something strange happened, a blue wisp exited out of Danny's mouth. 'Odd it's not that cold out.', Danny thought. Must have been his imagination.

Danny turned to find Nikki playing a small electrical device to create spooky music for their adventure. max broke it shortly after, clearly annoyed by the music. Nikki whined in anger, "Do you know how hard it is to find a pocket theremin?"

Danny reached into his pocket and gave her his own theremin. Yes he kept a spooky instrument, mainly because his parents wouldn't let him play any other instrument. Something about luring ghost with the electromagnetic waves the device produces. Nikki smiled in joy and they both occasionally played a few notes to Max's growing annoyance. Once again a blue wisp flew out of Danny's mouth just as a kid appeared.

The kid they ran into was dressed in yellow shorts and a yellow shirt with purple sides, and Velcro tennis shoes. He had dull blue eyes and blonde hair. Although he appeared around their age he kept using eighties slang like radical, gnarly, or even tubular. 'And to think their terrible fashion is what that decade is mainly known for.', thought a sarcastic Danny.

After walking for a bit they stumbled upon a mansion that was falling apart. The mailbox revealed that it used to be Campbell's old summer home, most likely abandoned to avoid paying taxes or so the government wouldn't be able to track him down. when they entered Nikki and Neil were both spooked by two stuffed bears that were found right at the entrance. They found a library, which was surprising, I didn't even think Mister Campbell knew how to read or maybe he kept them for other reasons. Their new friend, Jasper, messed with the statue and Neil ended up in some secret passage.

The secret room was a laboratory filled with various crimes against nature. There was a heinous blob that use to be a common rat, various organs and mutated creatures placed in jars, and folders explaining how these abominations came to be, pretty sure one of them used to be a previous camp counselor. Danny voices what everyone was thinking, "We need to burn this place down."

Nikki celebrated, "Yay, Arson!" She reached for her match and gasoline only to come up empty handed. Oh right, Gwen confiscated them a few days ago. How is she gonna burn something down now?

Max insisted that they leave, to which Nikki kept singing as she descended a corridor of stone stairs. "Max is scared. Max is scared. Max is scared."

Everyone followed her, wanting to avoid her getting injured. This camp didn't even have any first aid kits. Instead they had something called second aid which was another Campbell money saver. Once they reached the bottom they found a torture room with fresh blood on some of the devices! Why does Mister Campbell have this in his summer home?!

Nikki squeaked in fright, "I don't want to be here anymore."

Danny gulped, "Okay so Mister Campbell is an unregistered psychopath that should be locked away for everyone's safety. Now we really need to burn this place down, suck up the ashes, and spread them across the corners of the Earth, preferably in a volcano!"

They all heard a groan coming from a set of wooden double doors, which Jasper confirmed was the strange noise that happens every full moon without fail. Jasper warned them to turn back because what was beyond the door was truly terrifying. Max wasn't deterred in the slightest and flung the doors open. What they saw scarred them for life.

It was a sparkly sex dungeon with people wearing either bondage, leather, or furry costumes. What scared the children the most though was the figure standing behind a table, buck naked, and one hand replaced with a large dildo. It was the Quartermaster, a box of condoms the only thing hiding his shame from those young eyes. Max screamed and promptly fainted as did everyone else.

A FEW MINUTES LATER

The traumatized children were on a motor boat with the Quartermaster, this time wearing pants, making their way back to camp. Max was officially beyond scared, he was outright traumatized. Nikki and Neil were barely registering anything after witnessing that scene. As for Danny he wasn't mentally at camp. He was back on that horrific night two years ago.

TWO YEARS AGO

A younger Danny was wandering down the hall of his house. Earlier that night he had a nightmare and like most children sought the comfort of his parents. When he opened the door he was met with a horrific sight. He heard his father mutter, "Yes Mads right there. God you have the hand work of an angel."

After Maddie was done helping Jack relieve himself she spread her legs apart to reveal fudge smeared on them. Jack happily dived in, spattering fudge everywhere including a young wide eyed Danny's open mouth. Safe to say Danny never looked at fudge or his parents the same ever again.

BACK TO THE PRESENT

Danny just aimlessly wandered back into his tent and stared blankly at the ceiling. Sleep would never come for him tonight, haunted by the events he witnessed. He was officially terrified of the Quartermaster beyond all belief.

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It was a peaceful, slightly cloudy, afternoon. David had some activities planned as per usual something about fire safety and political debate. This most likely won't end well. Danny could be found in his tent, once again, writing in his journal regarding what transpired the last few days.

'Well journal it's me again, writing about the crazy shit that happens at this camp! Where do I begin? First off David had this course of outdoor activities set up for us which honestly looked rather enjoyable. Too bad Mister optimistic forgot to check the weather! Dude counseling 101 check the weather before you set up activities so your campers don't riot. You figured he would learn after we tied him to the flagpole last time.', Danny gave a small smirk. David was trying his best and he truly wanted everyone to have fun at camp, maybe a little too much. Anyhow David assigned Dolph as counselor for the day, leading everyone in rainy day activities such as board games, various card games, and even pictionary. Things were a little tense with the crimson robed weirdos watching our every move and Science Neil disappearing part way through the activities. Turns out he was in the attic writing in his journal, mainly due to embarrassment. Dolph had some paper stuck to his upper lip which gave him a certain appearance, but in the end Dolph was awarded Counsoler of the Year rather than David.

Danny tapped his pencil on the page pondering if he should write what else happened because call him crazy, but he's pretty sure Nikki somehow spoke to him telepathically. Can she also read his mind at any time or was that a one time thing? One thing's for sure, Danny is never telling his parents about that.

Danny started to recount his most recent adventure with his friends. 'Harrison ended writing a play revolving around Romeo and Juliet, but Romeo was a cyborg and Juliet was brought back by dark magic. A little confusing, but I feel that Nikki really got into her part. Hopefully this play didn't have any kissing scenes because the thought of Nikki kissing someone makes me angry and my guts twist up. Max stole David's phone getting the federal government involved and almost arresting David on the spot. A woman from town named Bonquisha, who I think David went on a date with after. Good for David.', Danny smiled at the little humorous moments and thought that Harrison would get along with his local high school teacher that swears in book titles. Danny scowled at what he wrote next. 'The flower scouts crashed the play because the blonde haired one has a crush on Neil. Any other day I could overlook that if they hadn't TIED NIKKI UP AND LEFT HER HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS ABOVE! WHAT IF SHE FELL AND GOT SERIOUSLY HURT?! MAYBE EVEN DIED?! Thank god for Gwen and Quartermaster getting her down before she had to drink her own pee.'

Danny gained a whimsical smile and blush on his face, sketching a heart at the end of his next sentence. 'Nikki's one of my best friends here at camp. She's special and I don't think camp would be the same without her charming personality.'

Danny got up and left his tent, ready to see how David's latest activity ends as either a somewhat success or a failure. It can't end that badly can it?

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HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE!

THE NEXT DAY

After the fiasco that was David's activity the campers were told that David was taking the day off. David? Taking the day off? Away from camp?! Okay did Danny's parents somehow suck the camp into an alternate universe like dad did with the houses that one time. Max was convinced David may have finally snapped, about to show what lies behind the pearly white smile and happy facade. So, naturally, our quartet decided to follow him by stowing away in his car. Max wanted to use this as an excuse to get away from camp and be near civilization again. Only one thing made the car ride unbearably terrible. David decided to listen to the farmer's almanac instead of music or the weather like an everyday person.

After a few hours which to them felt like years David finally reached town. They were expecting a bustling city filled with towering skyscrapers housing companies, asphalt streets with exhaust fumes wafting in the air, maybe even a few shady drug dealers and dangerous hobos threatening them with switch blades and smelly broken bottles. Instead they found a rustic town that literally outlawed fun over forty years ago. What kind of maniac makes it illegal to have fun?!

Max went to trail David while Neil went to a nearby electronics store, leaving Danny and Nikki by themselves. Danny didn't know when, but Nikki had braided her hair and gotten a white hat with a pink ribbon. Danny wasn't going to lie, Nikki looked cute, but he noticed her skin looked paler than usual. How is her skin pale? Nikki spends more time outdoors than anyone at camp. He's pretty sure that if David and Gwen allowed it she would sleep outside, cuddling with various woodland critters from bouncy bunnies to hairy bears.

Danny asked, concerned, for Nikki's well being, "Hey Nikki are you doing okay?"

Nikki's face was slightly flushed as sweating poured down her face. She responded after a few seconds. "What? Oh just fine darlin---I mean Danny."

Nikki coughed a few times at the end of her sentence and Danny's concern grew. He placed his hand on her forehead and learned that she was burning up. Danny knew she had shade thanks to the hat so maybe she's just dehydrated. He walked her over to a nearby store and bought some water bottles for her. Nikki didn't even seem to register the water bottle in her hand. She was just staring blankly into space.

Now Danny was really concerned. Nikki never stood still for this long, always doing something wacky to make everyone laugh. Like that time she stuck peas near her nose and gave a few fake sneezes, spraying them over Gwen in the process. All Gwen could say was "It snot my problem."

A few minutes later Danny dragged Nikki to the store. Max came out with a terrified look on his face, saying David might be planning to kill him. Max saw David pull a knife out of a gourd sitting on a pedestal with Max's hoodie on it for some reason. Nikki coughed a bit more, barely able to stand on her own two feet now and--WAS THAT BLOOD?!

Max looked in alarm at Nikki's health. "Is-is she okay?" Nikki was one of the few campers Max, although he would never admit it, he genuinely cared about. Maybe even calling her his friend. Danny turned and Max was met with a furious glare.

Danny yelled, "NO SHE'S NOT ALRIGHT! EVER SINCE WE CAME TO THIS STUPID HICK TOWN SHE'S BEEN SICK, COUGHING UP BLOOD, AND RUNNING A HIGH FEVER! SHE COULD BE DYING!"

Max pitifully stated, "I'm sure she's not dying."

Nikki stated after a few more bloody coughs, "Grandma is that you?"

Danny glared harsher at Max. Before Danny could verbally or physically rip max a new one David showed up with Niel by his side. David had his arms crossed, "Everyone in my car now."

The thing that scared them was that David didn't sound like his old cheery self. He sounded cold like a disappointed parent about to have a 'talk' with his kids. They piled into the back of David's car, hopefully to a hospital to help Nikki. To our growing horror David, after berating Max a bit, just kept driving deeper into the forest. Once he stopped he ordered everyone to get out.

Everyone left to find that David's idea of getting away from camping is to go camping. To Danny's relief Nikki seemed to magically regain her color and health after rolling around in nature. Danny wrapped Nikki in a tight hug and silently whispered, "I thought I was going to lose you." Nikki returned the hug and promised she wasn't going anywhere.

David drove them back to camp shortly after they spent the afternoon making s'mores and telling a few stories. Danny and David both made a note regarding Nikki's health while in town. It was almost like Nikki needed nature to survive. Danny was just glad he wasn't losing such an important person in his life.

TO BE CONTINUED

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Danny woke up this morning like every other morning since coming to Camp Campbell. He woke up, got dressed, and poured a test tube of ectoplasm in his morning coffee. The young child had two reasons for doing this, adding an acidic kick to the sacred nectar of the gods and to keep his heart pumping. Oh boy wasn't that a scare when his heart nearly stopped until his parents gave him a bottle of baby formula mixed with the glowing green substance.

Danny sighed seeing as he was the only one in the family with that problem. Thankfully he just needed a test tube every week and Jazz packed him plenty to last the summer. He had to be careful that nobody else drank it, seeing as it tasted like battery acid and could potentially kill any other person! His parents and sister could eat only a little bit since the house had ectoplasm clinging to their walls.

No seriously there's ectoplasm clinging to their walls. Danny's pretty sure he heard the rats in the walls planning a revolution against his dad unless he keeps stashing fudge inside the house.

Anyhow, after sitting through the comedy routine of a camper that Danny couldn't be bothered to remember or ever seen until today it was time for the local bully's camp activity. Danny honestly didn't have a problem with Nurf. Sure he was a bully, but he was inclusive and somewhat thoughtful of who and how he bullied somebody. He never made fun of Danny's eyepatch, made insensitive comments about other religions, or picked on you based on ethnicity.

Nurf is honestly a smarter, somewhat kinder version of Dash. At least he never tried to steal his lunch money or his lunch. Apparently Nurf was signed up for the same thing Danny was, behavioral correction camp.

After patching Dave's hand up because Nurf stabbed him with a pocket knife he carried around they decided to figure out why Nurf does what he does. Dave comment on how to handle the matter only served to unnerve Danny and make Max roll on the floor in laughter. Dave stated with a serious straight face, "I'm going in Hard."

Danny had never been more embarrassed to know this man in his entire life. Gwen, thankfully, stopped him from continuing to say that phrase, especially around children. The four walked out to find Nurf fishing on the dock, using Space Kid as bait. Thankfully Space Kid could breathe in that helmet so there's no way of him drowning.

Dave was about to comfort Nurf into talking about his feelings by placing a comforting hand on his shoulder until Danny stopped him. Danny just beside Nurf and left his personal space untouched as a way to respect his boundaries, but to show that he was here to support him if needed. "Nurf I gotta ask, why are you like this?"

"Well it all started a few years ago when I chewed a pop tart into the shape of a gun. The administrative staff didn't like that and so I was sentenced to two weeks of detention. After that everyone chose to avoid the 'dangerous troublemaker' heading down a dark, vile path. Some people tried to intimidate me, I fought back in self defense, and before long it became a defense mechanism to shield myself from the cruel, judgmental monster of society. This rough exterior is how I keep my soft, fragile soul from harm."

"So like a turtle?", commented Danny. Nurf nodded in confirmation since he genuinely liked turtles, maybe he gets a pet turtle as a therapy pet to teach him responsibility. "You're definitely leagues better than my bully back home. He's the whole reason I'm stuck at this camp in the first place."

This caught Nurf and everybody's attention. They always silently wondered how Danny got sent here since he seemed like a pretty chill and friendly guy. He played a few games of DnD with Nerris, helping her with her story telling and inviting Nikki to play with them in her wizard tower. Painted with Dolf as they would critic each other's art pieces. Even skateboarding with Erid, the cool headed sports girl to which she officially dubbed him her awesome brother.

"Similar to you, Nurf it happened two years ago......."

CASPER ELEMENTARY, TWO YEARS AGO

Eight year old Daniel James Fenton walked playing with his two best friends in town Samantha 'Sam' Manson and Tucker Foley. They were currently playing a game of 'I spy' while exploring the playground, occasionally resting their little legs. It was while they were resting at a nearby tree that the local bully and annoyance appeared, Dash Baxter.

Danny doesn't know what he did to get on Dash's radar, but he's been bullied by him ever since they were five years old. From being mocked, beaten, and having sand shoved down his clothes Dash had done it all. Most of Dash's reason for the bullying seemed to be from his failing grades and using Danny as a form of misplaced aggression and insecurity.

Okay, Danny really should stop listening when Jazz reads those psychology books. Anyhow Dash approached them with something hidden behind his back. Knowing him for years it was either a rock, or some nasty bug. As fate would have it though it was something that would change Danny's life forever.

"Hey Fenturd guess what I got?", asked the insecure bully.

"You finally found your brain? I surprised you didn't need a microscope to help with your search.", said Danny. Was it rude and sarcastic? Yes. Did it make his friends laugh? Also yes.

Dash's face was flushed red with anger as he pulled out a metal knife and swung it through the air. Danny received a small cut on his eye as pain and blood registered in his mind. Sam and Tucker fled to find help from a teacher as Danny got into a defensive stance his mother taught him. Say what you will, but Maddie Fenton wanted her children to defend themselves against would-be attackers if they were ever in danger.

After grabbing Dash's arm and twisting it, making him drop the knife, Danny kicked it away. With Dash pinned a teacher came by to ask what had happened, but sadly this wasn't one of the good teachers in their school. This teacher was corrupt and favored the kids with rich and powerful parents, whose Dash's mother was both.

Danny's fate that day was sealed.

CAMP CAMPBELL, PRESENT DAY

"......After that I was sentenced to a year of Juvenile hall while Dash got away with everything! Never mind he was the one that blinded me in one eye! That he had a dangerous weapon at school! His mother is head of the PTA, holding power over certain teachers that she uses to keep her spoiled son out of trouble!", shouted an enraged Danny.

All the campers wore expressions of shocked horror, including Nurf. Dave felt his heart shatter inside him while Gwen had tears leaking down her cheeks. Max, for once, was speechless since what he heard was possibly the most fucked up thing he ever heard! yes Max knew he was a bastard and acted the way he did since his parents didn't care, but at least Dave and Gwen would never let him get away with something like that, even scolding him like responsible parents would when their child rightfully misbehaves.

Nikki rushed forward and wrapped Danny in a hug, silently weeping what her friend had gone through.

Danny appreciated Nikki's attempt at comfort and gently petted her head. Danny continued his story. "After getting out nothing was ever the same. Tucker, my best friend and the brother I always wanted, started to avoid me like the plague like he was scared of me. Sam didn't speak to me until about a month later to inform me she was being pulled from school by her parents since I was a bad influence. My parents and the entire town treat me like a criminal waiting to snap and harm somebody! The one thing that thankfully didn't change was my sister. She looked out for me, protected me, and even offered to listen to whatever problems I've been facing."

Danny turned towards Nurf with a lesson. "She told me that people can say whatever they want about me, but never let it control me. The town sees me as a troublemaker when in reality I'm a victim of a cruel system controlled by greed. They can call me every name in the book, but I will NEVER let that change me into the monster they think I am. Next time you want to bully somebody think about the pain you're inflicting onto others and imagine how they feel."

Danny walked away, but not before punching Nurf on the arm. The pain registered, but Nurf didn't cry out in pain, still shocked by what happened to Danny. Everyone dispersed to think about what troubles they've faced in life and how they wished it didn't bother them.

Nurf stared blankly as he sat on the dock vowing to start on a new, better path. It would all start by reflecting on how his actions were hurting others, how he made his victims feel.

Space Kid finally emerged from the lake and asked, "What did I miss?"

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