Maple + Syrup

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I tap my fingers against my leg as I wait my turn, this line couldn't possibly be any longer, I've been waiting in it for three hours and I'm not even half way. I feel a hand on my shoulder, and turn around it's Giselle "hey Giselle, where did you come from." I looked around trying to remember seeing her "I just got here a few minutes ago, but the guard said I could come into the line with you." I nod then step out of the of the line to see how long to go, then turn back to Giselle with a huge grin on my face. "What" Giselle says a worried expression printed on her face, " were almost there I'd say about an hour left" then I turn back around.

"Really!" she smiles "I thought this was a three hour line," "it is, it's just that you weren't here for the first three hours." I arch one eyebrow up at her, and she frowns shaking her head.

I feel a buzzing noise coming from my phone, so I pull it out of my pant pocket and turn it on. Just a silly reminder, I click the play button and a man with light blonde hair pops up. "Hello" the man says "my name is Ronald Dicksol, and I'm just going to tell you why you're here." I groan, here we go again. "you're here to go to a camp were we will test your knowledge in many different ways. Then after we do that, were going to change your hair colour and your eye colour to different colours and a different grade, depending on what result you get.

Ones are blonde hair & blue eyes,

Twos are red hair & green eyes,

Threes are red hair and & hazel eyes,

Fours are brown hair & green eyes,

Fives are brown hair & brown eyes,

Sixes are black hair & hazel eyes,

Sevens are black hair & brown eyes.

So remember kids, to try as hard as you can, and you'll have a happy future."

I roll my eyes then step out of the line again, yes there is only about five minutes to go.

I step back in line and wait, my nerves building up.

"Name" barry says as he sits down behind the front desk, Im finally at the front, "Maple Berry" I replied. Barry snorted "Maple Berry" as if it was the worst name in this world. "Just give me the form," Barry hands me a white slip of paper. I walk over to the waiting bay and sit on a blue seat that is right in the corner.

I fill it out in about half a minute, it reads:

Name: Maple Berry

Date of birth: 12/6/1999

Parents names: Kathy Berry & David Berry

Gender: Boy/Girl

Mums grade: 3

Dads grade: 3

Some one sits down next to me, I look over to see who it is. Great it's Toby Bluckwell, "well hi there Maple" I can tell he's pleased to see me. "Hi" mumble glaring down at my form, "didn't expect to see you here this late aren't you really punctual," his voice is an octave higher that usual. "I am punctual and I'm not late I'm on time," I stand up swiftly and hand my form into the front desk, Toby does the same. Barry puts on a fake smile, then snatches the form off me, he does the same for Toby. Barry looks down at something on his desk, then bellows "you both are on sheet one, witch means you both will be camping with someone on sheet two." I clear my throat " what do you mean by camping with?"

"I mean that you'll be sharing a tent with another person on sheet two." There was a long pause, "sheet one is down there." He points to a corridor with dark green walls. I turn on my heal and start walking down the corridor. I stop when a wall meets my face, there is a huge list on the wall and a ladder next to it. The list is in alphabetical order once I'm at the top, I run my finger down the sheet and stop on the name Maple Berry. I look across the page, it reads tent 42. "I got tent 889" I look down at Toby, "I got tent 42."

I walk down a musky dirt track that leads right down the middle of a oval patched with tents. Every tent is a different colour with a different number 1, 2, 3...

I get to tent 42, it's a light shade of orange with black lining. I drop my bags out the front of my tent and sigh, the weight lifting from my shoulders. I feel Toby's breath tingling on the back of my neck, "well have fun I've got to go to my tent." He skips off rather girl like as if he wasn't caring all that luggage. I look back at my tent, it's a three room tent with a rather peculiar look to it. I pick up my bags again and walk in, there is a old silk lounge in the corner with a polished coffee table in front of it. I turn my head to peek into the room to my right, it's a kitchen with a small dinning table infant. I immediately turn into the room on my left, two mattresses lie on the floor. I place my bags on the side of a mattress that reads maple Berry. I hear a low voice out the front of my tent, "Markus this is you're tent right!" That must be my partner, I walk out of the room and see three guys standing there. Two of them are staring at me at me, a smile creeping up there faces. "Sorry about them" the other boy brakes the silence and puts out a hand, "I'm Saul." I shake his hand "I'm Maple," a grin grows on his face. "well Maple this is your partner Markus" he says while nudging the boy next to him who then brakes out of his stare. Markus then grabs his bags and walks into the tent.