Camp Spike Everfree

by Phantom-Dragon

Camp Everfree

The bus ride was long, bumpy, and packed with eager campers who are looking forward to a long summer vacation of fun, excitement, and memories of good times at a camp called Camp Everfree. The campers couldn't help but sing a song, with the bus driver singing along.

The Legend of Everfree

Will you be lost by time or be part of history?
Will your story be told or remain a mystery?
Will they sing your song, telling all that you have done?
Time to make your choice, only you can be the one

Oh, oh, oh-oh-whoa
As you join in the Legend of Everfree! (Hey!)
Oh, oh, oh-oh-whoa
As you join in the Legend of Everfree! (Hey! Hey! Hey!)

Will you do something great with the time that you have here?
Will you make your mark? Will you conquer what you fear?
And when you go back home, everybody there will see
You were part of the Legend of Everfree!

Oh, oh, oh-oh-whoa
As you join in the Legend of Everfree! (Hey!)
Oh, oh, oh-oh-whoa
As you join in the Legend of Everfree! (Hey!)

Will you find your greatest glory?
Will you be a falling star?
Here to learn what nature teaches
Here to learn more who you are

Will you be lost by time or be part of history?
Will your story be told or remain a mystery?
And when you go back home, everybody there will see
You were part of the Legend of Everfree!

Oh, oh, oh-oh-whoa
As you join in the Legend of Everfree! (Hey!)
Oh, oh, oh-oh-whoa
As you join in the Legend of Everfree!
Hey!

Sitting in the back of the bus, snoring for almost the entire trip is the hero of the story. A young boy, roughly at the age of 13, has emerald green hair, with some blazing spiky lighter shade of green side burns flaring past his ears. For attires, he wears a purple t-shirt with a picture of a dragon on the front, brown cargo pants, and light gray tennis shoes, with white socks.

Another bump from the road sent the bus jerking upward, which was enough to snap the boy awake.

"Huh?! Oh... Are we there yet?" The boy asked drowsily, when he felt a vibration in his pocket, which he reached in and pulled out a phone. "Oh! A text from Twilight!" With a tap of his finger, Spike opens up the text to see it reads:

"Hey Spike! How are you? Let me know when you get there."

"Don't forget to send some pictures. Miss you already."

– Twilight ;)

Spike smiled at the text as he proceeded to reply:

"Hey Twilight. I'm almost there."

"I hope this camp is everything you and your friends said it would be."

"Hope to make some new friends and fun memories there."

"Text you soon."

– Spike.

After awhile of texting, the bus came to a stop, and Spike looked up to see that he and his fellow campers have finally arrived at their destination. Standing outside is a large sign that reads:

Camp Everfree

Turning to his left, Spike picked up his backpack to join his fellow campers leaving the bus.

“Hey…is this your first time to Camp Everfree?” A voice talked to Spike.

“Yeah?” Spike answered, looking around, searching for the owner of the voice. “Who said that?”

“I did,” Spike turned to see a girl, standing in front of him.

In appearance, the girl has long, scruffy moderate aquamarine green hair, freckles that framed her wide, shy grayish tangelo eyes. Her attires consists of a dirt brown sweater with tan stripes, gray pants, and tennis shoes.

“Don’t worry, it’s a great summer camp,” The girl reassured. “And the camp counselors, Timber Spruce and Gloriosa Daisy are amazing people. You’ll like ‘em.”

“If you say so…” Spike replied to the girl. “By the way, what’s your name?”

But before the girl could answer, Spike was shoved from behind by a couple of campers, eager for the in a clearing, surrounded by tents that have already been set up, a campfire, a large pole with sirens in the center, a dock, and a large building, with a sign that reads: "Mess Hall."

Spike and his fellow campers have arrived in Camp Everfree.

---

After getting off the bus, there was a gathering in a large clearing, where an announcement was to be made.

"Hi, everyone!"

Everyone all looked up to see a young teenage girl, approximately the age of 16, standing on a platform, holding a microphone. In appearance, the girl has light green eyes, framed by large eyelashes and freckles, long hair that reached pass her waist in two shades of moderate raspberry. For attires, she wears a wreathe of white flowers over her head, yellow flowing summer shirt, white short jeans, and brown shoes.

Standing next to her is a tall boy, with a cleft chin, green hair, and graysih green eyes. For attires, he wears a red t-shirt with the camp logo on the front, green cargo pants, grayish green socks, and brown hiking shoes.

"Welcome to Camp Everfree! I'm Gloriosa Daisy, your camp director!" The girl introduced herself. "Think of me as your friendly camp and nature guide. And this is my brother, Timber Spruce!"

"Think of me as that awesome guy... who should always be invited to fun things," The boy, identified to be Timber Spruce commented.

"So that's Twilight's boyfriend?" Spike asked to himself.

"We aim to please," Gloriosa Daisy smiled. "So before we hand out our tent assignments, we'd like to hear from all of you. You're free to do whatever you like here."

"Uh, except hike near the rock quarry. That's off-limits," Timber Spruce reminded.

"Y-Yes, but otherwise, your options are wide open. So what activities will make this the very best summer camp of your lives ever?"

"Any chance we can do some archery?" A random camper asked.

"Like Robin Hood? Of course!" Gloriosa Daisy chirped.

"Can we go rock climbing?" Another camper asked.

"Rock climbing it is!"

"Canoeing?"

"Done!"

"Tetherball?"

"S'mores?"

"Early morning nature walks!"

"Arts and crafts!"

"All of those sound fantastic!" Gloriosa Daisy smiled. "I can tell this is going to be an exciting Summer Camp of your lives!"

"What about the camp gift?" Another camper asked.

"The camp gift! Of course!" Gloriosa Daisy facepalmed herself. "I almost forgot about that one."

Clearing her throat, Gloriosa went on to give a lecture about the said camp gift.

"Every year, campers work together to create something useful. A gift for future campers. Working toward this common goal is key to forming the strong bonds that will last well beyond your time here at camp! This gazebo was a gift from last year's group. Oh, oh, oh, and the totem pole and the sundial were also made by campers!"

"Wasn't it Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna's gift?" Spike asked.

"How do you know?" A random camper asked.

"My sister Twilight told me, after her principals told her."

"You all seem like a-a really amazing group," Gloriosa continued. "So I'm certain you'll come up with something inspiring to leave behind."

With that, the campers all let out a cheer in agreement.

"Speaking of leaving things behind," Timber spoke up. "Now's the time when we give out tent assignments so you can leave your heavy bags behind."

"Uh, girls will be getting their assignments from Timber," Gloriosa announced. "Guys, you're with me."

With that, the campers all lined up to get their assigned tents from both Gloriosa and Timber. Spike walked up to Gloriosa Daisy, when the camp director smiled.

"Hey, you wouldn't happen to be Twilight's little brother, are you?" Gloriosa asked.

"H-How do you know?" Spike asked.

"Oh, last year, when Twilight was here, she would go on and on about you, and how much she misses you," Gloriosa smiled as she added. "And now, I can see why. You're even cuter than in the photos on her phone!" Spike couldn't help but blush a shade of pink. "Well, I hope you enjoy your stay here at Camp Everfree, Spike. And remember, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask me about it."

Gloriosa said, with a bat of her eyelashes, further brightening Spike's blush.

"S-S-S-Sure," Spike smiled sheepishly, with his knees buckling and giving away, as he gingerly took a card from the camp director.

---

After his first meeting with Gloriosa Daisy, Spike walked away to find the tent he's been assigned to.

“Hmmm, from what this card says,” Spike reads. “I’m in tent amethyst.”

“Guess you and I are roommates then,” A low, introvert voice spoke up, startling Spike to turn around and comes face-to-face with the girl from the bus.

“Oh, hi,” Spike greeted. “You kinda snuck up on me there.”

“I’ve been standing next to you since we arrived here,” The girl muttered.

“Oh…” Spike blushed a shade of red. “Well, it’s nice to meet you. Name’s Spike.”

“I’m Wallflower Blush,” The girl introduced herself. “We were talking to each other on the bus ride here. I was sitting in front of you the whole time?”

“Oh! Uh,” Again, Spike was blushing a shade of embarrassing red, at how awkward this conversation was getting. “What I meant was…it was nice meeting you then.”

But Wallflower was far from pleased. In fact, the deadpan expression on her face was enough to say she is livid. Wanting to get out of the awkward moment, Spike composed himself.

"Anyway...so...you've been to Camp Everfree before?" He asked.

"Just once," Wallflower confirmed. "First time was last year."

"Hey! My sister and her friends came here last year!" Spike smiled. "Any chance you know, Twilight?"

"As in Twilight Sparkle?" Wallflower asked. "Yeah, I know her. And her friends. They're practically the first friends I've ever made and that's why I came back, to make some new friends."

"Kinda like what I'm here for," Spike smirked. "I mean, I've got lots of guys to pal around with back home, but Twilight, mom, and dad all insisted that I go to summer camp to make new friends. So...I guess we're all on the same boat, huh? Or... the same tent in this case."

"Yeah, sure," Wallflower chuckled as both she and Spike walked to their camp together.

Little did either of them know, this is the start of a beautiful friendship and an exciting summer camp.

Comments

[Dramamaster829]

Hopefully Spike will avoid the same little fiasco Twilight and her friends went through during their camp trip. Unless this is meant to be some form of reboot that instead has Spike in the leading role. Almost an awkward first impression between Spike and Wallflower, but hopefully the tension sets itself at ease. Nice to see a human identity for Spike, sometimes I wonder why they couldn't give him a human form in the first place.

[Phantom-Dragon]

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A lot of us have asked that question many times.

[Wildcard25]

Good opening, and it looks like Spike made his first friend with Wallflower. Nice they're roommates at camp. Didn't know they were doing co-ed. But that's good for Spike. But I can't wait to see if that'll lead to some awkward moments between them.

[Yaakov Lubin]

This seems interesting.

[nightshroud96]

Curious on if the incident that happened in the 4th movie would happen here?

[showart]

I get happy that he human and not a dog

[MechaTomX]

Wow, i was hopping for a story of Human Spike in Everfree Forest, good luck.

Question, the CMCs will appear?

[DanvilleBengal]

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My opinion is that there's two possible reasons of that:
1) Equestria Girls has always been about GIRLS--and even though our society has been progressing between genders and roles, its still a polarized point to make Spike a male protagonist in a predominantly female dominated 'verse. Just my opinion though.

2) is a little related to 1) because of the role, and can be because of species too. Spike is a dragon, not a pony. So far there are EQ counterparts of a lot of characters from MLP, but they are all ponies there. Spike became a dog in Sunset Shimmer's world, and there isn't another non-pony that has a EQ girls human counterparts, not even changelings that by canon can change into anything suitable for whatever universe they are in. A significant missed opportunity there, since there are canon unusual pairings (YonaBar, GallStream, even SpAbby). Again its just my opinion.

[DanvilleBengal]

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I also am relieved Spike is human in this. I have nothing against Spike the Dog but its seem more fitting Spike is an actual human little brother to Twilight. It just work better in my opinion.

[Wildcard25]

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there isn't another non-pony that has a EQ girls human counterparts

Well the Diamond Dog trio have human counterparts. Albeit their human counterparts look more disturbing compared to everyone else.

[DanvilleBengal]

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True, but with their exceptions I don't see any creature less wit a EQ counterpart unless they are equine...Still, nice catch Wildcard. I overlooked them.