Grand anomaly: New beginnings

Chapter 1- the anomaly

Daniel and Alpine walked to the gathering area at a sluggish pace, wanting to take his time to enjoy the view around him. Noticing the number of kids, teens and adults overwhelmed Daniel, alpine gave a small comfort to all of this, bringing a small smile to the boy as he listened to the guide and camp counselor's speech.

The counselor was fairly tanned and well-kept physique and stature despite his age and his assistant was no different what set them apart aside from hats and the assistant has a much more moderate stature compared to the counselor himself. "Hello, campers I'm your camp counselor, you may call me chad" the counselor introduced, despite his looks, he sounded quite approachable "This is my assistant and great friend Derrick" he gestured to the (wo)man beside him "Now before we begin with the actual camping, I want you all to group up into teams of four, from there we'll discuss rules, schedule and locations we are allowed to go to" he announced, watching with delight as kids and teens grouped up with their friends, while the adults both staff of the camp and school alike stayed to the side, mingling while everyone grouped up.

Daniel watched as many formed groups and at a quick rate as well, giving him no time to find one he sighed in mild defeat knowing full well of his luck with making friends. "Hey!" He heard a voice, looking over he saw a group of three people, all of which were trying to gain his attention. While walking over to them another person ran to the group, now realizing that they were, gesturing to them instead of him but not all was lost.

Noticing a small group of people Daniel ran to them with glee, knowing full well this could be his team and possibly first-ever friends. "Alright." The counselor clapped his hands together, seeing everyone grouped up and in a good transition too "Now I believe it's time to talk about the rules, locations, and schedule" he announced before letting his assistant take care of the topic.

Daniel didn't listen to what was being said, being well aware of the topic ahead of time and one of his group mates was similar in that regard. The dark-skinned girl wore a blue headscarf, a blue hooded sweater, blue jeans, and sneakers with a backpack full of supplies, much more than a normal person needed but looking over at her friend made some sense. The redhead gal wore an olive green turtleneck sweater with a black long skirt and sneakers, much to his surprise the girl had a normal amount of luggage but how she packed was as if it was all in a hurry. 

The two talked while the rules were being said, giving Daniel the idea that they could be close friends, he stared at the two for a while as the announcement went on but something touching his shoulder broke his trance, looking at the person who did it.

The person looked a little older compared to the rest of the group, his clothes were earthen in tone and color, and his goggles blocked his eyes much like his clothes blocked any sun from shining onto his skin "Hi, I'm Nicolas'' his voice sounded hoarse despite his best attempts but regardless Daniel kept his cheerful tone "I'm Daniel it's nice meeting you Nicolas'' he shook his hand, hoping he and Nicolas could be good friends" is this your first time here?" He asked and not a second sooner Daniel gave a firm nod, confirming Nicolas's question before seeing Alpine next to him, not wanting to question why he has one with his he noticed Daniel giving him a look of curiosity "What's with him all the clothes?" He asked, he wondered why someone would wear so many clothes to the point of not exposing a single hair let alone skin but it would soon be answered with a blunt and simple world "protection" this made Daniel more curious -protection from what?- he wondered thoughtfully before his train of thought ended with a sigh from Nicolas. He knew he had some explaining to do, especially seeing Daniel who screamed curiosity incarnate but whether or not he would be offended by it he wouldn't know.

"My skin feels like it's burning when I'm exposed to sunlight, my sight is hyper-sensitive to light, much so my hearing" he explained giving a look of sympathy from Daniel "sorry I asked" he felt a small pang of guilt from asking, imagining how painful life could be with that but Nicolas reassured him despite his face being covered he could tell he was smiling "It's fine, just glad there's someone who cares" this brought a small grin to Daniel. "Excuse me?" The two looked at the two girls, both of which looked rather happy to see them as the girl in the hijab introduced "hi, I'm Selene and this is w-" she was cut off by her friend who gave a wild smirk "I'm Willa, glad to be part of the team!" She beamed with excitement only for a small cough did Willa quiet down making Daniel, Alpine, and Nicolas look at each other with bewilderment if they could see Nicolas's face that is.