Caldera 2

Something woke up her. Olive was poking her belly with her elbow. Caldera yelled in pain and Olive hushed her. Caldera wake up, rubbed her eyes, stretching her arms in the air. Then, she stared outside the window. Nothing could be more preciously as what as she had saw.

       Before long the cleared ground ended, the forest crowded in close. Tall trees were everywhere, greener as her eyes, and the sunset was falling down, like her own blond- gold yellow hairs. It’s beautiful and there were moments when Caldera felt freed of some heaviness released from her old, narrowed life and launched into something new. An adventure!

       The adventures will start soon, Caldera knew it.

       “Here we go,” Olive said and picked up her knapsack and hang it on her shoulder.

      “Are we here?” Caldera asked.

       “Yes, we are, sweetie. Come, let’s go!” Olive said to her.

       Caldera knew that already. She felt the bus stopped moving and the folks started making noises. They were really in the forest.

Olive seems to be reading her mind, said,”we’re going up the hills. The camp site is….there, over there. See the flag? That’s it,” she pointed out of the window towards a tall hill beyond the woods.

       Caldera followed her finger and said,”Looks too far for us,”

Olive shrugged. Well, it’s really too far.

       “How long have I sleep?” Caldera wanted to know.

       “Umm….about an hour after I wake up,” Olive said with another shrugged.

       “That must be so long,” Caldera grinned.

They picked up their stuffs, and their things they brought for the camp. Caldera hangs her little knapsack around her shoulder.

       “Ready to go?” Olive asked.

       “Ready!!”

When all of them were outside of the bus, another bus arrived followed by the third one. Each bus carried more than 20 people including 20 students and some supervisors. All of them, gathered around and looking so sleepy. Caldera saw all the tired faces around her, more nor less like zombies. Must be a long journey, Caldera thought.

       “All right guys!” a hoarse voice came. “Make 12 lines, starting from my right,” Mr. Parker, the chief supervisor among all supervisors was ordering the students. “And hurry up, the day is getting dark,” he said again and all the supervisors were helping the students to get the orders.

      Caldera sat in the same line as Olive. Her bags were so cumbrous, only her knapsack was lighter. Ryan, Caldera saw, was sitting in the two lines beside them, with Owen and the three other boys who have the similar face; same body shapes but different clothes. Their hairs were dark-brown, their eyes were slightly grey and they were five foots tall, taller as Ryan and Owen. Jade Brown, was the oldest, Caldera knew him by his long hair, wore a blue jacket and he seems to be taller than his brothers. Behind him was Jack, the second, who was looking so tired and his grey jacket was unbutton to reveal his completely hairless chest and the third one should be the youngest and the cutest among the three of them, James. They were cute-triplets. All of them look so tanned, except for Owen. He was childish.

        The supervisors divided the students into twelve groups. Mr. Parker, the chief of all the supervisors, ordered them to stay in their group based on his commands. All the students had to obey him, or they will suffer the whole camp, based on what he taught them.

       Caldera was in the eighth group while Olive was in the second group, with Ryan. Caldera felt so terrific especially when Owen was in the same group as hers. Caldera dislikes Owen, easy to tell.