Can You Keep a Secret?
Solving The Problem
Previous ChapterNext ChapterLemon Zest almost squished the cereal bar when it was handed to her from Sour Sweet.
"That wasn't cool Sour Sweet! Why do you have to be so, mean !" Lemon Zest exclaimed.
"Whatever do you mean Lemon? I would never do something as... Push her in the lake!" Sour Sweet said with fake innocence.
"... Sometimes I wish I could have pushed her in a fire instead...!" She quickly murmured to herself.
“I saw you do it!” Lemon Zest proclaimed.
“You're wrong Sour Sweet!” She stood up out of her seat, from where she sat on one of the picnic tables.
“And You're a horrible person! I will always regret being friends with You!” She lastly added.
Lemon Zest only hoped that those words would stab into Sour Sweet’s heart.
Lemon Zest almost spat at her feet, but her attention was drawn to Gloriosa and Green Heart coming down the four stairs from the Lodge.
“Green Heart!” Lemon Zest exclaimed before running over to her and giving her a small hug.
“Are you alright? I hope you aren't sick!” She tried too feel her hands to check if they were cold.
“Oh dont worry, I took good care of her. She is fine.” Gloriosa told her with a bright smile.
“Now come on everyone! Why don't we do some fun activities? Who wants to rock climb???”
She cheered out, trying to get the campers attention.
They mostly obliged and gathered around the area as to which had the rock climbing equipment, Volleyball nets and other things of the sort.
All of the campers headed over to the different activities and started doing things at their own pace.
Some people went to the rock climbing, which Green Heart did as well.
Lemon Zest followed behind her eagerly. Not really wanting to leave her side at this point.
“Hey Lemon! Did you wanna spot me?”
Green Heart asked as she looked up at the top of the rock climbing wall.
“Sure if you can trust me.”
Lemon Zest rubbed the back of her head as Green Heart quickly put on a harness and attached a rope to the buckle.
Grabbing hold of the abstractedly shaped rocks, and taking a deep breath.
Lemon Zest grabbed the rope and held it tightly as Green Heart began to climb.
“Hey! I want to do this too!”
Sour Sweet suddenly exclaimed out as she watched Green Heart climb slowly.
“She just started! You'll have to wait your turn!” Lemon Zest sneered. She was rather annoyed with Sour Sweet, and just wish she’d go away.
“No way! I’ve wanted to do this my whole life! I'm not waiting any longer!”
Sour Sweet whined before stomping over to Lemon Zest and yanking the rope from her hands.
“Hey! What do you think you're doing!? Stop it!” Lemon Zest exclaimed as she tried to tug the rope back.
All amongst this, Green Heart was struggling to keep her feet and hands steady on the rocks.
“W-Whoah! Hey! Stop its you guys!”
Lemon Zest was too focused on getting the rope back from Sour Sweet to notice her friend struggling.
Sour Sweet only growled before grabbing it from her hands again and letting it go, to ball her fists together.
“I swear, Lemon Zest! I will punch you!!”
“N-No!!” Lemon Zest practically yelled when the rope went flying into the air, all the strength that the two girls put into the rope, gone.
A loud scream could be heard, basically throughout the camp, then a loud thud.
As Green Heart had fallen to her Unfortunate demise.
“SHIT! Green Heart!!”
Lemon Zest rushed over to the front of the rock climbing wall and tried to aid to her friend.
“I-I'm so sorry! I was trying to hold on to the rope! I-I promise! I'm sorry!”
Green Heart groaned in pain as she propped herself up with her arms.
“Th-That.. Was a long fall….” She rubbed her forehead.
Then, soon Dean Cadance and Gloriosa quickly came to the scene.
“Is everything okay?? We heard screaming!”
Cadance proclaimed.
“I-It's okay.. I just, fell…” Green Heart said.
She then tried to stand up, but her right knee gave out. It hurt like a bitch.
“A-Ah.. Dammit..” She yipped in pain.
“You broke your knee?!” Lemon Zest exclaimed.
Then giving Sour Sweet the death stare, almost as worse as Fluttershy’s.
“You!”
Lemon Zest balled her fist and quickly bolted towards her, “I'm going to break your nose!!”
Before Lemon Zest had the chance to touch her, Gloriosa stepped in between them, putting her arms out.
“Hey now, let's not cause any kind of rucus. Let's just get Green Heart to the lodge and get her knee wrapped up.” She said in a more calm voice.
But deep down, her blood was boiling, more than it ever has.
Her hands were so close to Sour Sweet, she wanted to grab her by the chest skin, and rip her Heart out, if she even had one.
Lemon Zest shook off the urge to punch her, and decided to help her friend instead. Being a crutch to help her up and bring her up the stairs, back into the lodge, again.
Gloriosa put a chair out to use to rest her leg on, and Lemon Zest sat her down on the couch.
And another chair, for Gloriosa to sit on to examine her knee.
She had her first aid kit, and was fully prepared.
“I don't need an X-ray machine to see that that, is out of place..” She sighed as she opened up the med kit and took out a polo wrap.
“Now dont worry.. I promise I’m fully trained to do this..” Gloriosa added calmly.
Lemon Zest sighed, covering her face with her hands, she then began to sob.
“I'm so sorry Greeny.. It was just, Sour Sweet.. She tried to take the rope a-and-”
“It's okay Lemon Zest, I know it wasn't your fault.. I would never blame you for something like this.. I saw what happened.” Green Heart reassured, the most calm she could be.
In reality, her knee hurt terribly.
She was trying to hold back her tears as Gloriosa had been wrapping gently.
“I-I'm gonna.. Go talk to Dean Cadance about what happened.. With your knee, and the lake..” Lemon Zest told her before running off.
One Lemon Zest was gone, Gloriosa let out a deep sigh.
“I've just about had it..” She grumbled.
“I'm sorry Gloriosa! I'm not trying to get myself in trouble! I'm really not!!” Green Heart shook her head.
Gloriosa let out a small chuckle and sat up when she was done wrapping the broken knee.
“Oh no silly.. I wasn't talking about you~”
She rested two fingers under Green Heart's chin to raise up her droopy face.
“I could never be annoyed with You..”
Her more frustrated expression formed to rested one.
Her brows rested on top of her eyes and her smile was warm as a camp fire.
Green Heart blushed as they locked eyes again.
“Thank you.. It feels better already..”
Gloriosa kept her smile as she rested a hand on Green Heart’s shoulder, rubbing it a bit for comfort.
Their eyes still locked, the two leaned in a bit more to each other, the same feeling dragging them in as earlier.
“G-Gloriosa..” Green Heart whispered before the two locked lips again, this time it being more passionate than before.
Green Heart’s arms moved on their own as they wrapped around Gloriosa's waist, pulling her more in.
She couldn't help but let out a small groan of pleasure.
The kiss took away any pain that might have came from her knee.
Gloriosa pulled back and smirked.
“Alrighty there, someone is a bit eager..” She stood up straight and smirked, crossing her arms and tapping her foot in a playful manner.
Green Heart looked to the side and giggled.
“S-Sorry.. It was just, a little good this time around…” She bit her lip and stuck a piece of hair behind her ear.
Gloriosa only smiled before turning around and walking over to a closet door that was right beside the couch.
She opened it up and snatched up a pair of crutches.
“Now, unless you don't want to walk, you're gonna have to carry these around.”
She walked back over to Green Heart and put them beside her.
Green Heart sighed at the sight of those crutches, but smiled at Gloriosa.
“I think I can live with them for now.” She giggled before moving her legs down off the chair and standing up with crutches.
Gloriosa stood by her side as Green Heart tried to walk with them.
“Are you going to be okay with with them?..” She asked.
“I'll be fine, I promise.” Green Heart nodded before giving Gloriosa a quick peck on the cheek.
Gloriosa blushed a bit as she watched Green Heart walk off with the crutches helping her.
“Now, I guess i've gotta do what I can to take care of this little bug..” She sneered to herself before wandering off in the lodge..
-- A Couple Hours Later --
The students of Crystal Prep had been doing activities all day so far, such had trail hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, soccer, Volleyball, but Unfortunately Green Heart had to sit out and only watch. This also made Gloriosa angry, seeing her crippled.
Though, after Lemon Zest had explained everything that went on, and the explanation was all towards Sour Sweet..
Sour Sweet’s punishment was now to aid Green Heart with anything she needed and to follow her everywhere she needed to go alone.
There wasn't any chance at her not leaving Green Heart's side.
“H-Heh uhm, I need to go to the washroom, can you come with me?.. Please..?” Green Heart sighed before standing up with the crutches, struggling a bit as she was stuck sitting for awhile.
Sour Sweet only sighed in annoyance as she followed Green Heart’s slow pace.
The closest, and basically only bathroom was the outhouse behind the rock climbing wall, that was right along the line of thick bushes into the woods.
Green Heart opened the door to the outhouse slowly, struggling to get in with the crutches.
“Make it quick!!” Sour Sweet said with frustration before pushing Green Heart roughly into the outhouse and slamming the door.
“Ngh! Sour Sweet! Why did you do that?!”
Green Heart practically cried out. She had obviously fallen, and it hurt.
She had a hard time getting up.
“That hurt!” Her voice was muffled.
“I don't care..”
Sour Sweet sneered as she stood beside the outhouse.
But only did Sour Sweet think no one would see what happened.
There, sat Gloriosa on her knees in the bushes, one of the most annoyed look on her face she could ever have.
She shuffled around a bit as she rested on her knees.
Holding a large dart gun, with just one dart.
She propped the end on her shoulder and looked through the scope to get the perfect picture of Sour Sweet.
One eye closed, her finger on the trigger, totally invisible to anyone outside the bushes.
One breath intake before, “Boom..”
She took the shot, the dark spitting out of the gun, as it then pierced the side of Sour Sweet’s neck.
“Ouch! What the?! Did I just get stung by a fucking wasp?!” She exclaimed to herself.
Immediately, she began to feel dizzy. Her legs started to tremble, and she could no longer keep her balance.
In that time, Sour Sweet took a few steps back, then collapsed into the thick bushes and was then fully asleep.
A faint laugh could be heard.
“I've got you now.. Bitch..”
Gloriosa murmured as she grabbed the past out Sour Sweet by the underarms and began to drag her.
A few minutes later, she had reached one of the normal hiking trails.
She lifted Sour Sweet up and put her on her shoulder and quickly made her way down the hiking trail, straight back to her “den”, as Gloriosa called it.
She squeezed through those same rocks and carefully made her way down the stairs, putting her culprit down on the floor, in front of a large wooden board that had leather straps attached to it.
Gloriosa waisted no time attaching Sour Sweet’s arms to the straps near the top, and took a long piece of rope that was beside the wooden board and tied her ankles together.
“I've been sitting in the sidelines for awhile now..
I think it's time for me to have some fun now…” Gloriosa laughed as she stood and walked over to the large trolley and sat down, beginning to play with some of her tools that were spread out perfect along the trolley.
These were more than just tools though, knives of different sizes, even a large saw.
A faint groan could be heard from behind Gloriosa.
The dart wasn't meant to keep people asleep for hours anyway.
She knew exactly who it was.
“Aww.. Awake already?.. I didn't even get a chance to sharpen my toys!....”
Author's Note
Ha! Yes! Finally we're getting to the good stuff! I think it's about time, and I know that's what you people really want here, X3
Well, at least now I've finally got this chapter out. I've been eager to write it.
And it's a lot longer than all the chapters so far! I'm rather proud of myself! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
And comments/feedback is greatly appreciated! ![]()
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