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The Parent Trap - Chapter 1: First Day of Camp

8 years later

	The camp supervisors have been working like crazy all morning 
at Camp Waldon for Girls.  The buses were now arriving and everything 
was ready.  The kids were expected to stay for most of the summer, and 
the kids were shouting for joy as they ran off the buses.  The head 
camp supervisors were now giving cabin assignments, while others were 
unloading the buses.

	One particular camper individual was looking for her duffel bag, 
which she found under a pile of other bags, “Ok, found my duffel bag.  
Question is, how do I get it out?”  This little girl was 8 years old, 
with big red eyes, and had her hair up in a weird style.  It looked 
like short pigtails attached to cone shaped buns.  She went to grab 
the strap and pulled as hard as she could, “Come on.”

	“Need any help,” asked another girl.

	“Ya, I can’t get my duffel bag out.  It’s the pink one, right 
there,” The pink haired child said as her new friend went and pulled 
also.  A third girl came along, and together all three got the duffel 
out by giving it a big heve, “Thanks!”

	The first girl that came to help said, “Hi, my name is 
Melissa.”

	The two shook hands as the pink haired girl said, “Hi, my name 
is Rini.”

	The second girl that came to Rini’s rescue introduced herself 
also, “My name is Mika.”  To their good fortune, all three were 
assigned the same cabin.  Once they all had their bags, they started 
walking to their cabin to settle in their bags.  

	Just as they got off the road, a black Ford Mustang pulled up, 
and Rini wondered, “Who’s in that?”  Melissa and Mika had no idea, so 
the three just ignored it and continued to their cabin.

	The Mustang came to a stop, and two people stepped out from the
front seats.  One was a young man with sandy blond hair. He was about 
average height, and had blue eyes.  The second person was Rini’s age.  
What’s more interesting is she also had big red eyes, and pink hair.  
The difference between Rini and this new girl was her pink hair was let
down to past her shoulders.  The young man spoke, “Well, here we are, 
Chibi-Usa.  Camp Waldon for girls.”

	Usagi looked around in fascination, “This place looks great, 
Uncle Andrew.  I think it’s rather picturesque.  Don’t you think?”  
Despite the fact the Usagi was her real name, for some reason she 
didn’t know, her dad and Uncle, though he wasn’t really her uncle, 
always called her Chibi-Usa.  Every time she tried to ask, they’d 
totally avoid the question and change the topic.

	Andrew had been with Usagi ever since the day her father 
brought her home from the states, when she was just a baby, and he had 
the pleasure of meeting Usagi’s mother on one occasion before the 
divorce was final, and his best friend flew back to Japan with full 
custody of Usagi.  Andrew often wondered why the two divorced in the 
first place, cause they looked like the perfect couple in his opinion, 
and they had two great twin daughters.  So far, Usagi doesn’t even 
know she has a sister, and her father cut off all contact with her 
mother years ago right after the divorce.  Now Usagi had just turned 8,
and her father surprised her with a chance to go to summer camp, which 
delighted the child to no end.  

	Andrew decided to answer Usagi’s question before she started 
waving her hand in his face, “Ya, I think it looks pretty good.  Ok, 
do you have everything you need?”  Usagi went through her stuff, as she
took it out of the trunk, and told her Uncle she had everything.  With 
a final hug, Andrew wished her the best of fun and said, “Now remember,
if you change your mind, and want me to pick you up after camp, you 
give me a call, ok?”  Usagi nodded at Andrew, and gave him a hug, 
before he got back in the Mustang, and she waved good bye to her uncle 
as he drove off back to the airport.

	Most of the afternoon was uneventful, except for a short time 
during lunch when Marva Stewart, one of the head camp supervisors, 
thought she saw one girl on one side of her in line, but was actually 
on the other side, .

	Later that afternoon, in an area of the camp reserved for 
sports, a fencing game was going on.  The two competitors were doing 
good till one got through the other’s guard and jabbed with her sword. 
The referee announced, “Alright we have a winner, and still undefeated.
Ms. Rini Usagi Tsukino from Napa California.”  Every one was 
congratulating her as she took off her head mask.  The Referee asked, 
“Ok, do we have any new challengers?  Anybody?  Oh, come on now people,
don’t be damsels in distress.”

	Someone from behind Rini said, “I’ll take a whack at it.”

	“Alright we have ourselves a challenger,” the ref said as she 
continued, “Ok, suit up.”  Usagi got into fencing gear and was given 
her sword.

	Rini put her head mask back on, and turned to face her 
opponent, who also had her head mask on by now.  The Referee said, 
“Fencers ready?  And Go!!!!”

	The Two fencers began parrying, blocking and dodging each 
others’ attempts to win.  Rini had Usagi on the run.  She managed to 
get Usagi to back past the fencing area but they kept on dueling.  
Soon Rini had Usagi against a hay stack, but Usagi just stood there 
and started blocking all of Rini’s attempts to get in and win.  While 
she was blocking attacks she took the time to yawn a little to make it 
seem like just standing their was boring her.  Finally, Rini managed 
to unarm Usagi and almost got her, but Usagi, instead, climbed on top 
of the hay stack and caught her falling sword that Rini sent into the 
air, and did an airial somersault right over Rini.

	Rini was quite impressed, “Nice catch!”

	Usagi took the complement, “Thank you.”  The two fencers were 
now at the steps to the lunch cabin and this time it was Rini who was 
doing the backing up in an effort to not get stabbed by the harmless 
fencing sword.  Rini was now backed up into one of the rails of the 
lunch cabin’s patio railing.  This gave Usagi the advantage and went 
for the kill, “Jade!”  Unfortunately, Usagi jabbed Rini a little too 
hard, for she fell over the rail and into a water troff.  Usagi was 
definitely sorry she did, and she reached over the rail to grab Rini’s 
hand to help her out, “Here, let me help you.”

	Rini, however had another idea, as soon as she had Usagi’s 
hand, she pulled her hand hard as she said, “No, let me help you.”  
With that, Usagi fell over the railing and into the water troff, 
landing right next to Rini.

	Usagi was not happy, “What did you do that for?”

	“ME? Your the one that pushed me in here,” Rini said.

	Before Usagi could even attempt to apologize, the Referee came 
up to the two as they got out of the troff, with a whole crowd clapping
for the good game, “Well I think we have ourselves a new Champion. 
Ms. Usagi Chiba from Tokyo, Japan.”  By the time Rini and Usagi were 
out of the troff,  and they took off their head masks, and were now 
facing away from each other.  The Referee knew there was now bad blood 
between these two, and decided to try to fix this, but not before she 
noticed how alike they were, “ Ok, girls, come on.  Turn 
around and shake hands.  Come on.”

	Usagi reluctantly turned around........ and stared right into a
mirror.  That was her first thought just before she went into shock.  


	Rini was having the exact same thoughts when she stared at 
Usagi.    The two numbly shook hands and got an electric 
shock when they did.   To the two of them, it felt like touching their 
own skin on someone else’s body.  Rini was the first to notice the 
crowd looking at them, knowing full well why they were.  Finally, the 
thought returned to her that she didn’t like this girl and decided to 
break the tension in the air, “Why is everybody starring at us?”

	Usagi was still in a stupor, for she had completely forgotten 
the troff incident, “Don’t you see it?”

	“See what.” Rini asked, getting ready to send her lines.

	“The resemblance between us,” Usagi stated, matter of faculty.

	Rini looked unconvinced, “Turn to one side.”  Usagi did as 
told so Rini could get a good look, “Ok, now the other.”  As Usagi did 
as complied Rini said, “Hm!  Well, your eyes are a bit closer together 
then mine.”  Usagi was shocked just before she began remembering the 
water troff incident, making Rini a mortal enemy as she continued, 
“Your nose is a little crooked.  Oh, and those teeth.  Well, those 
things can be fixed.”

	Usagi was outraged.  She had accidentally pushed Rini into the 
troff, and she tried to apologize, but Rini didn’t give her the chance.
Now Rini was insulting her and she wasn’t taking this lightly.  She was
about to return fire when one of Usagi’s friend showed her fists, 
“Want me to deck her for ya?”

	Rini still had a smug look on her face as she said, “Wait I’m 
not done yet.  You want to know the real difference between us?”

	Usagi had enough by this point, “ Let me see.  I know how to fence and you don’t, or I have class 
and you don’t.  Take your pick.”

	As usual, when Rini gets baited, she goes for it, “Why 
I.......”

	The ref. jumped in before it got any worse, “Ok, it’s time 
break up this little feast here.  Usagi........ I mean Rini.  Rini, I 
mean Usagi, I mean.........WOW!!!!”  The ref was having a hard time 
getting her head straight, as she was trying to keep two people apart 
who looked so alike, it’s weird.  Eventually, she got the two to split 
and do other activities, with out going at each other.

	Later that night, Usagi was racking up the doe.  She was 
playing poker and managed to beat everyone in every game.  At first 
they suspected her of cheating, but after searching all her pockets, 
they found that she wasn’t.

	After about an hour of playing, all her competitors decided to 
quit so Usagi asked, “So, are there any more takers?”

	Just then the door opened and closed just before a familiar 
voice said, “I’ll take a whack at it.”  The group parted to let Rini 
through, who was wearing blue jeans, a coat and dark sunglasses that, 
in Usagi’s opinion, didn’t suit her.  Rini sat down, took off her 
sunglasses and looked Usagi in the eye, “Seven card stud.  Two’s are 
wild.”

	Usagi looked right back at Rini, into her eyes, “Your on.”  
With that, Usagi shuffled the cards and dealed herself and Rini, 7 
cards.  The two played several rounds, and Usagi, so far was winning 
every hand.

	Finally, in their last round, Rini made an unusual bet, “Tell 
you what, I’ll make you a deal.  Loser has to jump into the lake after 
the game.”

	Usagi got this wicked grin on her face, “Excellent.”

	Rini added, “Butt naked.”

	“Even more excellent,” Usagi said with even a bigger grin on 
her face as she laid her hand down, “Start unzipping Tsukino.  A 
straight, in diamonds.”

	Rini looked impressed, “Good Chiba.”  Her impressed look 
turned into a grin, “But, just not good enough.”  Usagi began to 
panick as Rini showed her hand, “In your honor, a Royal Flush.”  
Usagi rolled her eyes back and fainted.

	Usagi came to some time later, only to have to go through with 
the bet Rini made, and she foolishly accepted.  Now she was standing
on the pier and ready to jump in.  She turned around one last time, and
saw Rini give her a Mock solute.  Usagi returned it before turning 
back around and jumped in.  As soon as she was in, everyone in Rini’s 
cabin took Usagi’s close and ran off.

	Usagi was not a happy camper when she got out of the water and 
found her clothes all gone.  She looked in the general direction of 
Rini’s cabin and said, “Ok, if that’s the way they want it?  Then let 
the games begin.”  Usagi began to come up with a few ways to get her 
‘evil’ twin back for this, but first she had to contend to one small 
problem.......... finding the darkest way back to her cabin, so she 
won’t get embarrassed or teased, or worse.  Despite a very well lit up 
camp ground, Usagi managed to get back into her cabin without anyone 
finding out she had no clothes on, before she got dressed and went to 
bed, and began forming her first plan of action.

Uh, oh, Rini is in trouble.  What kind of hideous pranks does Usagi 
have up her sleeve?  Does Rini have anymore plans to humiliate Usagi? 
Find out in ch. 2 - Let the Pranks Begin.  Send all comments to 
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