As I took a long and warm shower, completely cleaning the slight smell of dung, I washed my hair. Once I was cleansed all over, I wrapped my hair into two buns, ignoring the fact that they were faintly damp at the roots. I changed into an extra long-sleeved, navy jumper and put on some dark jeans and black trainers. Once I finished with that, I used some cream and cleaned up my belongings before walking out of the bathroom and to the girls' dorm. When I entered the room, I noticed Brooklynn was the only other person there. She was staring at her phone screen, her thumb swiping against it as she scroll with a down-heartened expression.

Did someone send her something rude? Well, I didn't want to start prying into her business, so I got my sketchbook, pencil case and wireless headphones, going to sit in one of the couches. I let my headphones play some calming music as I sketched out Toro, Darius and the enclosure. After a while, I finished all three sketches and smiled proudly at the results. They had turned out much better than all of my other sketches! I fawned over my art until I felt someone tapping my shoulder. Brooklynn. I looked up at her expectantly, taking off my headphones and hanging them around my neck. I waited for her to start speaking.

"Look, I know I gave off a bad impression with the recording thing and I'm sorry about that, but is it ok if we maybe, start over?" She asked, smiling hopefully. I grinned. "Of course, we can!" I said, standing up and smiling warmly. I gave Brooklynn my hand and she took it. We shook hands and her expression brightened. I cleared my throat and began to speak. "I'm Kiara and I'm thirteen years old! It's a pleasure to meet you!" I said, a grin starting to form on Brooklynn's face. "I'm Brooklynn and I'm fourteen years old! I also love to make videos for my vlog. What do you like?" She replied, going to sit down on the couch.

I sat down beside her. "I like to listen to music and sketch things," I told her, looking over at my sketchbook. "Hey, want to see my vlog?" She asked, her eyes sparkling as she awaited my obvious answer. "Yes!" She whipped out her phone and opened her page, showing it to me. I looked at it and whispered, "Woah." Sammy and Yasmina really weren't kidding when they said Brooklynn was famous. She had 25 thousand followers and almost 300 videos! "Here, this was one of my favourite videos to record," Brooklynn said, pressing onto one of her videos titled, Unboxing Kathmandu: Hacks for when you lock yourself out of your hotel room.

A cleverly made into started the video and it soon showed Brooklynn outside a beautiful looking hotel in Nepal, making finger guns at the camera. We watched in silence, Brooklynn's recorded voice filling our ears until the video ended. "What did you think?" Brooklynn asked excitedly, the sparkle in her eyes brightening. "I loved it! I can't believe you actually went to Nepal!" I replied before asking, "Do you travel a lot for your videos?" "First off, thank you! And second, I travel all the time. Once camp is over, I'll be back to travelling and my first stop will be England! I remember going there once to record a video with the Queen but that didn't go too well..."

What did she just say? The Queen of England was in her video!? She must be joking- I was about to ask her about that but the Sammy entered the room. "Darius is about to tell us a horror story!" She burst out, taking our hands and pulling us off the couch. "Come one!" She exclaimed, dragging us outside on the balcony. "All right, we are coming!" Brooklynn laughed lightly. We burst out the doors and went to sit beside Kenji, Ben, letting Darius have the bench to himself. I was surprised to see Ben here as I thought he was afraid of most things, including horror stories in the evening.

Yasmina was standing by the balcony edge, alone, with a book in her hand. I wanted to ask her to come and sit with us but I got the feeling she wanted to be alone. "Is everyone ready?" Darius asked us with a small smirk plastered on his face. We all nodded apart from Be who clung onto Kenji's arm, shaking his head violently. Kenji glared at him silently. Our faces were illuminated only by the light of the fire, darkness creeping around us. Darius threw on his hood and the story began... "We thought it'd be fun," He started, his voice spooky, causing me to shiver.

"We thought we'd be safe but, we didn't realise the horror waiting for us on the island... Claws, teeth, screaming... so much screaming." I edged closer to Brooklynn, shaking in suspense. "How much screaming?" ben nervously asked, his grip on Kenji's arm visibly tightening. "Shh! He's getting to the good part!" Kenji hissed, trying to shake Ben off his arm and failing. "The Trex stalked closer," Darius continued. He opened his arms, his gesture accompanying his story. "Her jaws opened wide!..."A sudden bright flash blinded us and we realised it was from Brooklynn's phone. She smiled sheepishly at the annoyed and confused looks she received.

"For the vlog," She explained. "Keep telling your little story." She held out her phone and began to record Darius who rolled his eyes and pulled his hood back on. "Oh here we go," Kenji whispered in anticipation. "The TRex stalk-" "Dang!" Brooklynn interjected, staring at her phone screen. Kenji groaned and covered his face, bursting to the brim with aggravation towards Brooklynn. "Out of space, wait, I'm sorry, hold on. I just don't want to delete my selfie on Everest, you know?" She said, showing her selfie to Sammy and me. We oohed in delight at her brilliant feat but soon turned our attention back to Darius who was staring at Brooklynn with his eyes narrowed.

"Maybe I should start over," He muttered, Ben, shooting his head in his direction. "No!" He cried out, fearfully. "In fact, you can just stop!" "Dude, chill. He's not even telling the story right now. And how is your grip this strong!" Kenji exclaimed, making another attempt to pull his arm out of Ben's grip. He couldn't. Darius sighed and continued his story. "So, the Trex stalked-" "Shouldn't we call Yasmina over? I bet she'd love this story, Sammy interrupted, glancing at a silent Yaz. Darius groaned loudly and fell back against the bench. He stared at the black sky, scowling. "Maybe she wants to be by herself?" I suggested to Sammy who stared at me with an odd look.

"I don't understand," She stated. "You know how sometimes people want to be, left alone?" Kenji asked, sending a frightened Ben a dirty look. After a few moments of silence, Sammy burst out laughing. "Kenji, you're hilarious! I think she is just shy and doesn't know how to make camp friends." Thunder then crashed and I yelped at the rudeness. Rain began to fall heavily, drenching us with cold water. "Maybe we should go inside?" Sammy suggested, covering her hair with her arms. We all shot off the benches, covering our hair. Ben, who had already run to the doors shouted, "Way ahead of you!"

We all rushed to the door and as we went inside, Brooklyn muttered, "Well that was a waste of time." What is she talking about? I stopped by the door and looked back at Darius who was still lying in the rain. If he stays out here any longer, he might catch a cold or get ill. "Thanks, Brooklynn," I heard him sarcastically mutter, covering his face with his hands. I felt bad for him. He tried to tell us a story and couldn't even finish it because he kept on being interrupted. I walked over to him and asked softly, "Darius? Are you ok?" He looked at me and sat up. "Yeah. I'm fine," He said quietly, gradually walking towards the door.

I sighed and dropped onto the bench as he entered the common room, I dropped onto the bench and let out a long sigh. I wish I could charm everyone the way Dave and Sammy could. It would make, making friends, much easier as well as cheering up people when they are sad. I listened to the rain pattering rhythmically on the wooden planks of the balcony, breathing in the fresh air. Suddenly Ben's shrill voice startled me, making me jump up in shock. "Kiara, come inside! I don't want to get sick because of you!" A small smile found its way to my face and I walked back inside the common room.