UnCanny

Mother Nature Hates You

"Alright everyone! we're here! its time to get off the bus" The teacher said, directing all the students toward the open door.

Students began to leave the bus one by one, stepping onto the green grass of the campsite.

Arbeya and Shinji soon walked out of the bus and found themselves smacked by the fresh air.

Both boys took a deep breath, taking in all the clean air.

"This is kinda nice" Arbeya said as he looked down at the damp grass below their feet. Some of the grass and dirt seemed to stick to his shoes, butbhe was fine with it.

Turning his head to the right, he saw a sign that read 'Welcome to Bubblegum Fountain Camp grounds'.

Looking in front of them, Arbeya saw the main cabin of the campsite. It was big and rustic, maybe 14 square feet and it gave off a southern charm.

Behind the cabin was thick woods, but just beyond those woods, you could see a bunch of pink bubbles floating high up into the sky. A mountain off in the distance that seemed to have a waterfall of fresh, pink, spring water flowing down it.

Turning his head once more, to the right this time, he saw a large picnic eating area. A large number of brown and green picnic benches set up under a very large awning.

He guessed that that was where they were going to eat their meals.

That's when the door to the main cabin up ahead opened up and a large man walked out. He had a on what looked like a boy scout outfit, wearing large black boots with weird claw designs and a black cap. He had brown hair and red eyes with a large beard growing on his face. A set of wings was seen on his back as his feet were that of birds feet.

Hence the weirdly shaped shoes that Daniel wore.

Walking out of the wooden cabin with a joyous smile and a skip in his step, he approached the students.

"Hello, I'm one of the camp counselors. My names Daniel Park" the man said and nodded at the students.

Everyone seemed to keep quiet as they stared at him.

"This place is called Bubblegum Fountain camp, the reason why it gets that name is because of the lake that rests on the other side of this forest.

"The lake water is spring water but it has a little bit of a kick to it because it's pink. The reason why it's pink I'll get to in a second. The lake has small geisers at the floor of the lake and it makes the water bubble. Creating those natural pink bubbles you see behind the trees, the bubbles float up to the top of the mountain and pop. Falling into a second pool of water at the top of the mountain. The water then flows down the waterfall and forms a river. The water then flows down the river into the lake at the bottom, which then triggers the whole cycle to restart. Over and over again. The lake was given the name Bubblegum lake because of the constant bubbles. And the continuous flow of the water in a cycle is why it was called a fountain. The water being pink is because the geisers at the bottom of the lake emit a pink type of liquid called Belam. It's popularly used in the sports drink Bellamy. That's how it got the name Bubblegum Fountain" Daniel finished explaining and smiled at all of the students.

They all just gave Daniel blank stares in reply.

tough crowd~

He thought as he stared at them and they stared back blankly.

"Okay well, I should let you all set up your tents. There will be no activities today. Just set up your tents, that should get you all done by supper time where we'll have prepared a meal for you all. We'll serve you all meals today, but tomorrow your on your own. You gotta developgood cooking skills or else when you live alone you'll just end up eating unhealthy foods" Daniel said and everyone nodded. Beginning to chat as they left to set up their tents at the designated camping spots.

"Man I really wish I had some milk, but also don't" Arbeya said and Shinji had large anime drop of sweat go down the tanned males face. Shinji watched as Arbeya began to do a cartoony walk, lifting up his legs high and leaning back as he walked.

Everyone got to setting up their tents. Shinji and Arbeya were both sleeping in different tents, but decided to place their tents next to each other. Watching Arbeya set up his tent, a smirk grew on Takamura's lips.

Turning around, he saw Haru standing and talking to a few friends. Walking over to her, he leaned over and began to whisper in her ear.

As he whispered into her ear, a smile grew onto Haru's lush pink lips.

Looking over at Arbeya's tent, she noticed that it was about 1 meter in front of the forest. Shinji's tent was right next to his. A small sign sat behind Arbeya's tent, but his tent was blocking it so she couldn't see what the small wooden sign said.

She watched as Arbeya laughed at Shinji struggling to put his tent together. Before going over to help him.

Takamura pulled his lips away from Haru's ears and his lips stretched back into his douchebag smirk.

Haru smiled at him and he walked away right after.

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Daniel smiled as he stepped out of the main cabin. Taking a deep breath, hus nostrils flared and the feeling of the cold nighttime air entered his system. He began to ring a golden bell in his right hand, yelling "Foods ready! you can come eat now". A few of the students turned to face Daniel while he rung the bell, but didn't move.

The teachers showing up and beginning to direct everyone to the eating area from before.

Arbeya sat on the soft green grass, his orange eyes staring blankly at the moon. His gaze was distant and his body was still.

He sat with his legs pulled in toward his chest, his arms hooked around his legs and holding each other for support. His mind wandering as he thought about his siblings. Tré was steadily making a name for himself in the Inc business, he had no clue what his younger brother was doing. Or how his older sister was, if his younger sister had gotten into that dance academy that she wanted to get into. Or how his mother was doing with all of them being scattered and away from her. Tré and him were in Japan, Last he heard Lulu was still in America but not in Cali. Which was where his mother was currently staying. His younger sister was off on some dancing camp, but she was bound to come back soon. The camp only lasted 2 months and she left a month ago. His younger brother was still in Cali with his mother, atleast he hoped he was. Tyrne was always the adventurous type, he could never sit still. He couldn't stand the idea of his mother being alone though, after their fathers death his mother seemed to go through a phase of complete isolation.

She never seemed to talk, or move around much. She ate but not a lot, it was because they were all there to take her mind off of it that she got through. But with all of them scattered, he wondered if she was doing alright.

"So you just gonna sit there or are you gonna come eat?" he heard a soft voice come from behind him and he sighed. "What do you want?" he asked and turned his head a little to the side, just enough to see the person standing behind him. His orange eyes looked back to see Haru standing behind him, her arms crossed under her bosom and a soft smiling playing on her lips.

His eyes drifted upward, looking Haru in the eyes as she smiled down at him.

What's with this girl~

He thought and looked up at the moon again. "Do they have any milk at the eating area?" he asked and a bewildered look crossed Haru's face.

"I-I don't really know" she said and Arbeya's head sunk. Hanging downwards in defeat. "Damn it, I need milk. Though maybe it's a good thing that they don't have any milk" He said and Haru looked even more confused.

"Whatever, let's go eat" he said and stood up. Wiping the grass and damp soil from the back of his pants.

He turned to look at Haru. The brown eye girl just smiled at him in return.

Arbeya began to walk toward the eating area with Haru, the two not saying a word as they walked. Looking at Arbeya, Haru quickly realized that he probably wasn't gonna say anything.

"Hey after eating, you wanna go on a walk to help digest" she said and Arbeya's eyes drifted lazily to look at her.

"Why?" He asked. "Because walking helps speed up the food moving from the stomach to the small intestine. Thus also reducing chances of--" "No I mean why walk with me? you've never wanted to do that before. We've never even hung out before" Arbeya cut her off. Studying Haru's face intently, to see if she was going to lie to him or not.

"Well I'm trying to hang out now" She said and smiled at him coyly. Arbeya studied her face attentively, searching for the lie in her words.

But there was none.

"Alright, let's go then. I gotta find some milk" he said and she looked at him weirdly once more.

Making it to the eating area, the two both got plates and got food. Sitting down at the same picnic bench as Shinji, Haru following suit.

Shinji looked up and almost choked on his food at seeing Haru walking over to sit with them.

Almost everyone else noticed the weird situation, but decided not to comment. Instead, getting back to their meal.

"Hey Haru *cough* how you doing? *couch cough*" Shinji began to beat on his chest from choking.

Grabbing his glass of water and drinking drinking the whole glass. Haru and Arbeya watched Shinji drink down the whole cup with slightly concerned and confused looks.

"Why exactly is she sitting with us?" Shinji asked as he leaned over the table toward Arbeya.

"I can hear you" Haru said and Shinji nodded in her direction, before looking back at Arbeya.

"Idk bro and honestly Idc(I don't care)" He said and Shinji rolled his eyes. Leaning back, he began to eat his food once more.

Occasionally glancing at Haru as she ate her small plate of food.

Looking over at Arbeya, he almost couldn't see the boy over his large plate of food.

Looking at the twos plates, it was night and day in terms of food.

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Arbeya was walking out of the eating area and toward his tent to get some sleep. He had eaten more food than anybody at camp and he was beat. The food taking it's toll on his body, he could feel himself getting sleepy. Everyone else had finished their food and was either conversing with other people or heading to bed.

"Hey wait!" a yell came and he turned to face the blonde girl running toward him.

His orange eyes seemed to fill with boredom as he looked at her approaching him.

"Again Haru, what do you want from me?" he asked and Haru huffed after stopping in front of him. Her hands on her hips and a slightly annoyed look on her face as she stared into Arbeya's orange orbs.

"Why do you keep asking that? I just wanna hang out with you" she said and he raised a brow at her reply. "What?" she asked. "Well it's just that I'm going to sleep in my tent" He said and pointed to the bright green tent near the edge of the forest.

"What? why are you playing so hard to get?" she asked and his brows furrowed.

"What do you mean?" he asked and Haru's eyes widened.

"N-Nothing, let's just go on our walk" she said and Arbeya shook his head.

"Nah, your acting weird. I'm going over to my tent to sleep" he said and stuffed his hands into his pockets and began his walk toward his tent.

Haru stared at his back with an agitated expression before walking off in her own direction.

Seeing Takamura and his goons hanging out by their tents, she walked over to him. Leaning over and whispering in his ear, Takamura's expression changed from happy to a sinister one.

Turning his head to see Arbeya unzipping his tent and entering it, then seeing Shinji doing the same.

It was time to put their plan into action. The teachers and counselors were all heading to bed as well as most of the students.

Takamura nodded to his goons and they immediately understood.

Arbeya lay in his tent, tucked into his red sleeping bag and sleeping comfortably. His camping torch next to him, as well as his backpack.

Some rustling then came from outside of the tent as 4 figures crept up on it.

The four figures giggled and laughed as they bent down to pick up the tent. Trying to silence their laughter, some covered their mouths.

Arbeya felt the shifting of his weight as the tent got picked up. His eyes fluttered open and he felt himself being transported somewhere.

The four figures moved the tent into the forest and kept going. Passing by a sign that read 'KEEP OUT! WILD ANIMALS IN FOREST!" And had an illustration of a horned bear.

Arbeya began to crawl out of his sleeping bag and reach for the zipper for his tent. But just then, the four figures began to pick up speed. Beginning to laugh as loudly as they wanted, since they were away from camp and nobody would hear.

The sudden speed increase knocked Arbeya over and caused him to roll backwards in the tent.

Regaining his bearings, he moved forward once more, he reaching for the zipper and beginning to pull it open. By the time he did, he found himself face to face with a rushing stream of pink water.

"Throw him in!" He heard a familiar voice. Him and his tent were then hurled into the rushing stream of water.

Becoming completely drenched and beginning to be swept up stream.

He could still hear the laughter of the four figures from under the water. Pushing his way to the top, for air, he burst out and took a deep breath. Looking up at the riverbank and seeing Takamura and his goons laughing at him.

Arbeya's eyes sharpened into a glare and a vein began to bulge on his forehead.

Takamura and his goons watched Arbeya get swept away with smug looks. One of them even flipping him off.

They began to make their way back to camp while Arbeya tried to swim against the current. His arms and legs splashing around in the water, clawing at it to move forward.

But to no avail. The current was just too strong and he ended up tumbling inside the water.

The water finally began to calm as it entered a lake. The boy ended up getting dragged to the bottom of the lake from the current. Feeling water enter his system as he sucked in some of it through his nose and mouth.

He began to cough and waste his oxygen.

A bubble began to rise up inside the lake and envelope him inside it.

The bubble carrying him up and out of the water, before popping from the add weight of Arbeya's body.

The poor boy came crashing down onto the white stones at the edge of the lake. Puking out large amounts of pink water as he did and beginning to cough profusely.

He rolled over onto his back and continued to cough. Taking in deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out.

His clothes were completely soaked and his tent was missing. As well as his backpack and torch.

His ears then perked up at the sound of rustling behind him. His orange eyes opening to look back at whatever was lurking back there. His eyes landed on a second set of wild eyes coming from within the dark forest. The eyes began to move forward toward him at a slow pace. A set of large canines coming into the soft moonlight first, then a pair of sharp horns. the rest of the head making its appearance after.

The head then shifted upward 7 feet into the air. A large claw being placed onto the tree next to it as the beast moved forward into the light. He noticed the beasts white fur and beaming red eyes.

With his vision blurred and his breathing ragged, Arbeya rose to his feet and glared darkly at the beast. Standing with a wide leg stance, his fists balled up at his sides and his shirt and pants now dyed slightly pink from the lake water.

"I'm really not in the mood" he said and the beast roared at him. Flaunting off its vicious teeth and claws as the bear stared down at Arbeya.

"Damn it I really wish I had some milk"