//------------------------------// // Chapter Two // Story: It's Just Camp // by TwistedRealitySpace //------------------------------// "This just fucking sucks." Lightning Dust turned around, as soon as she heard a male's voice talking. She was currently in line, to get on the bus to Camp Dynamics, and was desperate for anyone to hang out with, and not seem like the lonely loser of the group. However, keeping her cool, she boarded the bus after a cyan mare with a rainbow-colored tail and mane. "I know, right?" A voice replied, with a drop of sarcasm. The pegasus sat down near the back, and pretended to be focused on the back of the seat in front of her, when she spotted someone approaching her, from the corner of her eye. Lightning Dust pretended not to notice, and kept staring at the back of the seat. But pretty soon, the bus lurched forward, and she found herself curious as to who had decided to sit next to her. She turned, to see a tan olive-green pegasus sitting next to her. She had a black tail and mane, with strips of gray, and a compass cutie mark. Lightning Dust paused. "Hey." Lightning Dust said, casually after a few seconds. The other pegasus nodded, coolly. "Hi. I'm Daring Do." She answered. "Lightning Dust." She answered, in a laid-back manor. She wanted to come off as cool and smug. As if she didn't have a care in the world. "Cool name. So, what did you do to get yourself into this hellhole?" Daring Do asked, glancing at Lightning Dust. Lightning Dust snickered. "I swear to Celestia, my parents hate me. I did literally nothing." She said, drawling out the last word for effect. To her delight, Daring Do laughed. "Same. My parents want me to move out of their house, at age seventeen. Which is like, in one fucking year" She answered, with a curt roll of her magenta eyes. "No way. Well, when my parents do kick me out of the house, I'm gonna go become a Wonderbolt. Y'know, fly with the elites." Lightning Dust stated, with a confident smile. "Hey, me too! I'm the best flyer around here!" The cyan pegasus that Lightning Dust had seen earlier piped up, from the seat in front of her. She turned to face them, regardless of the bus driver yelling at her, to sit properly. "Ha! That honor goes to me." Lightning Dust shot back, smugly. "But we'll confirm that when we get to Camp Dynamics. Race?" "Oh, it's on! I never back down from a challenge!" The cyan pegasus answered, matching Lightning Dust's confidence. "I'm Rainbow Dash, by the way." "I'm Lightning Dust. That's Daring Do." Lightning Dust replied, nodding to the tan olive-green pegasus, who nodded in reply. "Awesome. Where are you guys from?" Rainbow Dash asked, curiously. "I'm from Fillydelphia." Daring Do answered, brushing her dark mane from her face. Lightning Dust's eyes lit up. "No way. Don't you guys have dragons over there?" She asked, with a wide grin. "You guys have dragons over there?" Rainbow Dash echoed, her fuchsia eyes widening, like Lightning Dust's grin. "Oh yeah. When I grow up, I'm totally gonna write a book about all that shit." Daring Do nodded, brushing some imaginary dust off her shoulder. "I'll keep an eye out for that." Lightning Dust replied, slouching down in the bus seat. "So, do you guys have friends back at home? Just asking." "I do! My best friend, Trixie is super cool. Not cooler than me, though. She can do awesome magic tricks." Rainbow Dash said, brightly. "Night Glider and Coco Pommel too. They're all awesome." Daring Do smiled. "Ah, friends. Well, I have tons of friends. But I'd have to say that my closest friend is Lyra Heartstrings. She's a unicorn, and bakes awesome cupcakes, just saying." She said, glancing out the window. "Cool, cool. So, are we gonna stick together during Camp, or what?" Lightning Dust asked, in a subliminal way of asking them to be her friends for Camp. "Totally!" Rainbow Dash confirmed, nodding eagerly. Daring Do shrugged good-naturedly. "For sure." Lightning Dust felt a burst of excitement shoot through her, and she smiled. "What cabin are you guys signing up for?" She asked, quickly. "The Fire Cabin. Seriously, I love how these guys don't name the cabins after stupid things. Last year, I went to a camp and got put in the 'dog cabin'. Like, was that supposed to make me feel better about myself?" Daring Do ranted, adding a shrug at the end for effect. Lightning Dust laughed. "I know, right? There's four cabins here. The Fire Cabin, Blizzard Cabin, Earth Cabin, and Rain Cabin." She reported, with a smirk. "Totally much cooler than Cabins named after animals." Rainbow Dash scoffed. "I'm signing up for the Fire cabin too. I heard the Cabins are decorated according to their name. How awesome would it be to sleep, with flames painted all around you?" "Hell yeah!" Lightning Dust answered, eagerly. She was very pumped up, about getting to camp, despise her past thoughts. Things were definitely looking up. ~~~ "Welcome to Camp Dynamics! Please step forward if you hear your name being called!" The instructor, Fluffy Clouds instructed. Fluffy Clouds was a tall, lanky male pegasus with a dark blue coat, and a white, wild mane. He had green eyes. "I have a question!" A stallion pegasus announced, loudly. Fluffy Clouds turned to him. "Yes?" He paused. "Oh, I forgot." He said. Three or four other stallion pegasi burst out laughing. The stallion who had spoken had a pale blue coat, and dark navy blue mane. Lightning Dust didn't find it that funny, but still snickered since Rainbow Dash had laughed too. Fluffy Clouds shot him a stern look, and turned back to face the crowd. "Alright. Let's start: Blossom Forth?" She called out. A pale female pegasus, with freckles and a pink mare with strips of lime green, stepped out. She nodded to Fluffy Clouds shyly. "Clear Skies?" Fluffy Cloud called out, after Blossom Forth stepped forward. Pegasus after pegasus, Lightning Dust grew bored. Even Rainbow Dash and Daring Do's names had been called out. She was afraid that maybe her mother had forgotten to register her! But finally, the last name was called: "Lightning Dust?" The pegasus bounced forward, and stood with Daring Do and Rainbow Dash. A sign-up sheet for the cabins was passed out, and the three of them submitted their names for the Fire Cabin. "Don't forget! The Fire and Rain Cabin is for mares only! Earth and Blizzard is for stallions!" Fluffy Cloud announced, loudly. Collective groans escaped from the crowd, as well as comments like: "Now I have to choose another one!" Lightning Dust laughed. "Sucks for them. So, what do you guys think we're gonna do after we get to our Cabins?" She asked, her golden eyes lightning up. "Probably play some dumb 'get to know each other' game." Daring Do answered, with a scoff. "Camps always make us do that... Not cool!" Rainbow Dash chimed in, rolling her eyes. "Right? Don't they know that no one cares?" Lightning Dust snorted. The three mares waited half an hour or so, until they were lead by their cabin counselor to the Fire Cabin. To Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash's amazement and surprise, their counselor was Stormy Flare, a retired Wonderbolt. "This is awesome!" Rainbow Dash squealed, as soon as they got their bunk beds. Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash had paired up, while Daring Do had gone with Clear Skies, a mare she knew from Fillydelphia. "I know!" Lightning Dust answered, hanging down from her top bunk. "We're so lucky!" Rainbow Dash answered, joyfully. I agree, Rainbow Dash Lightning Dust thought, happily. I agree.