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The Parent Trap: Chapter 2 - Let the Pranks Begin
It wasn’t easy for Usagi to come up with a plan to get back at
Rini for the incident at the lake on poker night. But after much
planning, and tracking down what she needed, she set her little
surprise into motion.
Rini woke up one morning like she always does. As soon as she
was dressed, she walked out of her cabin and walked to the restroom
cabin. Shortly after she went in, what could be described as a bright
flash came from every window to the restroom. The whole camp gathered
around the cabin, wondering what happened. They got their answer when
Rini came out.
When she came out, Rini was covered from head to foot in black
dirt smudges that would suggest she was in a pile of coal dust. There
were black marks on her cheeks, her pink and blue shirt and bluejeans.
With her appearance she only had one thing to ask the whole camp, “Who
put the cherry bomb in the toilet?” This got the camp laughing at what
happened, despite protests from the adults that it wasn’t funny.
Rini then turned to the person most likely responsible for the
incident........ Usagi. When she looked at Usagi, she had this
innocent look that said ‘What? I didn’t do that.’ It was this look
that gave Rini the final clue as to who the culprit was and said only
one thing, “You realize of course, Usagi, that this means war.” Usagi
just kept up her look of innocence before Rini went back into the
restroom to wash up and get cleaned.
While she was cleaning up, Rini was trying to come up with a
plan of her own, “Darn that Usagi. This was my favorite shirt. Mom is
going to kill me. What kind of manners did Usagi’s mother teach her
anyway?” After Rini was cleaned, she went to the cafeteria for
breakfast and sat with Mika and Melissa.
Mika asked, “What happened to you Rini?”
“Usagi happened that’s what. She wants a war, she’s got one,”
Rini said.
“Careful, Rini,” Melissa warned, “Don’t get into trouble.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t get caught,” Rini stated. Just then an
idea came to her and asked her friends for help, which took a little
convincing to do I might add.
Late that night, Rini, Melissa and Mika sneaked out of their
cabin to perform a little mischief. Mika said, “I can’t believe you
talked us into this.”
“Me too. This is your fight, not ours,” Melissa said.
“Relax,” Rini said, trying to calm their nerves, “We’re just
going to do the job, then get out. There’s this dance tomorrow, and
the rules say that if your cabin is a mess in the morning, you don’t
go.” With that the trio stepped in Usagi’s cabin and got to work.
The next morning, Usagi was the first in her cabin to awake.
She sat up, stretched....... and saw the cabin in total disarray.
Clothes hung over half open drawers, pictures, and other belongings
littered the floor, and string was hung from every possible spot
possible in the entire room. Usagi had only one thing to say to this,
“RINI!!!!!!!!”
As soon as everyone was awake, the entire cabin set to work at
cleaning the mess that Rini was most likely responsible for, “I’ll bet
she even got her friends to help her too.” Despite their efforts,
inspection came before they could finish and said the cabin couldn’t
go to the dance. Usagi decided to let Rini have her fun for that
night, “But come tomorrow, Rini won’t be so lucky.”
Rini woke up the next morning, but when she went outside like
she always does, ‘splash.’ A bucket of chocolate fell from a bucket
above the door and landed on her head. Rini just stood there, nodding
her head, “Usagi. It can only be Usagi.”
As weeks went by, Rini and Usagi kept playing pranks, one after
the other. The councilors, and fellow campers soon became aware of
little war between the two pink haired look-a-likes. The councilors
gave both the girls stern warnings countless times but they never
listened to what the councilors said and continued their pranks to no
end.
The camp was now a month into its activities. Both Rini and
Usagi have been relentless toward each other, never letting up.
Finally, one night, Usagi decided enough was enough, she was going to
pull the biggest prank she pulled yet. One that she hoped would end
this war once and for all. Now the only problem was, what should she
do?
For days Usagi thought of anything she could. But every time
she got an idea, it just didn’t seem to hold water, “No, too messy.
No, to gross. No, already tried that. No, can’t find the supplies.
Definitely not that, too inhuman.”
Finally, days after thinking and rejecting, Usagi came up with
the ultimate prank This prank was sure to frame Rini, and get her into
serious trouble, and maybe even boot her out of camp. Only problem is,
how to get the keys to the camp jeep.
Usagi discovered the keys were in Marva Stewart’s office, and
getting to them would be tricky. When she got to the Mrs. Stewart’s
office building, she sneaked into the office, staying low to the
ground so she wouldn’t be seen by the secretary.
She got past with no problems, and got into Mrs. Stewart’s
office and began searching for the keys. Luckily Mrs. Stuart was out
somewhere, so finding the keys to the jeep shouldn’t be too much of a
problem. After an hour of searching, Usagi found the keys in a desk
drawer.
No sooner did she find them, did she hear Mrs. Stuart outside
the office. Usagi wasted no time, and opened a window to the outside,
and slipped out. However she forgot about the thorny bush right
outside and yelped in pain when she landed on her butt. As soon as
she got out, she ran for the recreation area as fast as she could.
Step one of Usagi’s preparations was finished. Now for step
two, getting a piece of clothing that clearly had Rini written all
over it. That wasn’t difficult at all. She just waited till the
cabin was totally empty and sneaked in. After a little searching, she
found a name tag with Rini’s name on it. Usagi grabbed it and got out
of there before she was seen. After getting to her cabin, Usagi took
the tag and tore at it a little to make it look like it was ripped off
of something. Now she just had to figure out how to copy Rini’s hair
style. Usagi often wondered where Rini got the style from. Usagi
knew it belonged to her mother, who Usagi never met. Usagi brushed
the idea aside and got to work.
It took Usagi days to figure out the style. Usagi was getting
worried cause Mrs. Stuart must have noticed by now the keys to the
jeep were missing. The hair style wasn’t as perfect as Rini’s, but it
was close enough for the job. As soon as she was ready, Usagi set off
for the jeep, name tag in hand, and made sure Rini was where Usagi last
saw her, before getting into the driver seat.
Rini has been worried for days now. Usagi hadn’t pulled any
pranks on her in a while, and that was a scary thought,
No sooner did Rini think this that a beep beep was heard. Rini turned
to see a jeep heading in her general direction. And who should be in
the driver seat but Usagi.
Usagi’s original plan was to set the jeep near Usagi, put the
name tag where it would be seen, and hide. However, as soon as Usagi
started the engine, she lost control and it started speeding toward
Rini. Usagi hated the girl, but even she didn’t deserve to get hit.
Rini got out of the way, and the jeep kept racing along toward
the lake. As soon as the jeep sped by, Rini took off in a mad dash to
get into the jeep. When Rini saw Usagi’s face, she knew that Usagi
couldn’t stop the jeep, and decided to rescue her. How Rini got to
the jeep, she’ll never know, but she got on, pushed Usagi aside, and
tried to reach the brake. The jeep at this point just drove onto the
pier, and Rini and Usagi decided to jump off the jeep. They got off
and landed in the water just as the jeep drove off and landed in the
water itself before it sank to the bottom.
Rini and Usagi swam to the pier and climbed out. As soon as
they did, they were surrounded by fellow campers, and they all asked
if they were alright. After Rini and Usagi said they were fine, they
turned to look at Mrs. Stewart, who was M - A - D!!!
Both pink haired children were now in front of the entire camp
administration staff. To say the camp was not happy would be an
understatement. Both girls were in trouble for causing chaos and
damage to portions of the camp, and disrupting the activities of other
campers.
Mrs. Stewart was the first to speak after reading all the
reports, “You two are the most irresponsible kids I’ve ever had in
this camp since I joined the staff here. And driving a jeep? That is
the worst kind of trouble you can get into here. Normally I’d call
you parents and have them come pick you up.”
Both girls cringed, and secretly scowled at the other. Both
knew they were in hot water, while Usagi was thinking,
Mrs. Stewart continued, “However, chances are you two would
end up here next summer, and we could be having this little war all
over again. So, I have decided on another suitable punishment for the
two of you. For the rest of the summer, the two of you will be
sleeping together, and eating together, in the isolation cabin.”
Rini and Usagi were shocked, and outraged, “WHAT!?!?”
“No butts,” Mrs. Stewart stated, “Both of you go back to your
cabins and pack your bags. I want you both in that cabin by supper
time. Is that understood? This will either teach you two to get
along, or make the rest of your camping trip miserable. How it turns
out will be up to you two.” The Two girls reluctantly agreed and were
dismissed to go pack.
The walk to the cabin was humiliating to say the least. Not
only were they escorted by the camp administration, but the entire
camp followed. Rini got sympathetic looks from Mika and Melissa. As
soon as they reached the cabin, Mrs. Stewart stopped the line and said,
into a loud speaker, “All right, the rest of you back to your
activities.” The camp dispersed, and went back the activity areas.
Mrs. Stewart looked and Rini and Usagi sternly, “Alright you two, into
the cabin.” Rini and Usagi walked up the stairs, and stepped inside.
As soon as they were in, they got settled and began unpacking.
The rest of that day was, to put it lightly, a nightmare for
the two. They either sulked in their beds, or scowled at each other.
Usagi was now reading a good book she brought with her and was getting
to the good part when the light went out. She looked at Rini, who’s
hand was on the light switch at her end of the cabin. Usagi reached
the switch on her side and turned it back on, but Rini turned it right
back off. This continued for about 5 minutes before Rini gave up, and
thought as she was trying to go to sleep,
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