Pet School: The Biggest and The Boldest

Chapter 17: Mysterious Knocking

Mishka's POV
After lunch we were told to go back to our cabins to unpack what we need to and that. We also have to pick a cabin leader. The teachers suggest we do anonymous votes. Being on the top bunk is cool. I like top bunk, I had it last year as well. Except last year I shared a bunk with Paisley. Now I'm sharing one with Nala. In my cabin it's me, Maggie, Millie, Nala, Nancy, Nova, Paisley, Pearl and Poppy. That's 9 in total! Most girl cabins have like 10. Poppy's the only one who's not sharing a bunk, would you believe it or not. Nancy and Nova are having 'troubles' coming to terms with sharing a bunk together. Nancy wants to be with Millie or Pearl and Nova wants to be with Maggie. Everyone else is trying their hardest not to get involved. While Nancy and Nova are bickering, Nala whispers to me. "I'm relieved to be sharing with you and not one of them." I can relate to Nala in a way. We both don't have any of our friends in the cabin. Paisley and I are sort of friends? But not like close or best friends. Paisley and Poppy are also a bit upset they didn't get their best friends either. Poppy wish she got Riley because she wasn't able to get Leonardo. Paisley was hoping for Akira, Coco, Izzy or Katerina or all of them. I wish I got Artemis, Blueberry or Cindy. Arthur's a boy so I know I wouldn't be able to get him no matter what. We casted our votes though, on our little slips of paper. I voted for Millie. I did someone random. We went back after wrote it down and went back to the dining hall and handed it to the teachers. They read out all the cabin captains. "Cabin 1. Akira. Cabin 2. Arthur. Cabin 3. Cindy. Cabin 4. Duke. Cabin 5 Frankie. Cabin 6. Mike. Cabin 7. Maggie." I stop listening up to cabin 7, my cabin. Maggie seems like a good cabin captain. I'm glad I didn't get it, I'm not a big fan of leadership roles. Paisley looked uncomfortable. "You good there?" Nova asked her doing a raising eyebrow expression. "Oh yeah... I just was hoping for cabin captain, I was frankly surprised to not get it." Paisley said. "Well it's not that big, you're house captain. That's something." Pearl said. To Paisley, it seemed big. "Don't worry you guys, Paisley's just upset she didn't get what she wanted like she always does." Emerald said to us. "Oh shut up Emerald, trying to cause drama." Poppy snapped at her. Everyone's had enough of Emerald to be honest. Emerald snorted.  "This camp will have points, at the end we will see the winner, you earn a certain amount of points in the activities you participate in." Miss Princess is our teacher for our cabin. She led us to our first activity. "Alright everyone! Today we will be doing a ninja warrior course!" Miss Princess tried to sound enthusiastic. Miss Princess had long service leave last term and term 4 last year so we haven't seen her a lot lately. Miss Princess had a big smile on her face - a goofy one at that. Trying to be relevant again. Maggie coughed, she didn't meant to except the timing was seemingly perfect. "Trying too hard, aren't I?" Miss Princess realized and asked us. "Not to be rude, Miss, but you really are." Millie said. Millie's one of those dogs who avoid's everyone's bad sides. Miss Princess sighed, she agreed with Millie though. I sort of wish someone from another school was in our cabin, it'd be cool, interesting and a new experience! Only dogs and cats I know  pretty well from another school is Daisy, Freckles, Jojo and Harry. Two from Little Red and two from St. Creeks. Daisy and Jojo would be fun cabin mates. "Miss Princess, I'm not sure I can do the ninja warrior course." I told her. "And why is that, Mishka?" I hinted at my wheels. "Oh yes, of course! You can do the running part." Running part? Do we all do separate bits or something? Last year camp there was an obstacle course, not a ninja warrior one. That one I sprained my leg. That was pretty bad. We got positioned at different parts. There were various parts. And boom we had already started! All of my teammates were going really fast. I was last and with the easiest job, just running. There was climbing, dodging, etc! It was so cool! "Get ready Mishka!" Nala called to me as Nancy started getting closer to her. Nancy finished her bit and Nala started. She had to jump on some logs to get to me. She had done it in a flash and next thing I knew, I was running! Running towards that little red flag. "Go Mishka! Woooo!" They all cheered. I made it! I grabbed the flag and lifted it high in the air. They all clapped for me. We had a group hug. "We did that soooo well!" Nancy said. "I honestly can't believe it!" Nova said. "I knew we had it in us!" Paisley said. "Miss Princess, what's our time?" Pearl asked her. "1 minute and 28 seconds." "That's not bad is it?" Maggie asked. "I guess not, just have to wait and see what other teams score." We had a quick snack break. We each had a granola bar. The options was oat and honey or peanut butter and dark chocolate. I got oat and honey. Tasted kind of sweet. We sat together on the grass as we ate. "Mmm peanut butter dark chocolate is good!" Pearl randomly said. "Oat and honey's good as well." Maggie added. "Oat and honey? No offense to anyone who got it but that sounds disgusting." Millie suddenly said. She quickly covered her mouth. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. That sounded so rude!" She said. No one really cared, but Millie did. "I have to have oat and honey because I can't have peanut butter." Nova sighed. "Oh why's that?" I asked Nova. "I'm allergic. Can't have anything peanut." "Same with me! Except it's coconut, not peanuts. I can't even use coconut products!" Paisley said to Nova. Nova nodded. "But I can eat peanut butter allllll day long!" Nala rubbed in Nova's face. Nova glared at Nala. "Shut up Nala, you're not funny." Nancy chimed in. "Thanks Nancy." Nova mumbled. "You can shut up too. I'm not doing it for you. Nova." Nala and Nova both rolled their eyes at Nancy. Couldn't they have been separated? 3 sisters who do not like each other in one cabin?! Miss Princess was tapping away on her phone, too busy to even notice. "Miss Princess?" Pearl asked her. "Yes, Phoebe?" Pearl looked puzzled, so did we all. Who was 'Phoebe'?! "Miss, it's Pearl. Not Phoebe...." Miss Princess realized and sighed. "Sorry Pearl, I was not focusing, what's the question?" "What now?" She asked. "Free time I guess. Vote for going back to your cabin or staying out here." Majority won for going back to our cabin. I wanted to stay outside but everyone else thought otherwise."I want to make it clear that I dibs shower first tonight!" Millie announced to everyone. "Seconds!" I quickly said. Everyone else quickly followed. "Aww man I'm last!" Maggie sighed. "You'll get it tomorrow night, how about  that?" Nala told her. Maggie smiled at her. Poppy looked confused. "You guys take showers?" Pearl asked us. "Mhm. Us dogs do. It's just a thing we do on camp." Nancy says. Mainly because the teachers say so. "What is the guesses for dinner?" Nova asked us. "Who knows?" Paisley said. She climbed up to her bed and flopped on it and sighed. She seemed tired. Knock knock. "What was that?" Pearl asked. Knock knock, the sound came about again. "Anyone th-there?" Poppy asked nervously. Maggie checked the front door. No one was there. "Maybe around the back?" Millie suggested. Nala went out to check. "Hey!" We heard her shout with big footsteps running away. She came back inside. "What happened?" Nancy asked her, "just some boys putting on a prank." Nala said.