Happy Campers Precure Final Chapter: Friends Forever! Always Happy Campers!
"Good morning!" Airi opened her eyes, squinting at the opposite bed. Ena was stretching, and seemed to be the most excited.
"It's already morning?" Airi said, yawning. "It feels like I only just went to bed."
"Well, you guys did get here at around one, so that's probably why." Ena shurgged as she brushed her hair.
"Five more minutes." Hina mumbled, turning around in her sleep.
Ena's eyes widened. "It's the last day of summer, and even you aren't excited?"
Hina immediately sat up, practically jumping out of her bed. "Oh yeah!"
Airi laughed, climbin out of her bed. "Did you forget?"
"I guess...." Hina said, running into the bathroom to change.
Mei sat up, pulling her hair up. "Ena, didn't you ask us what happened last night?"
"Oh yeah, I did." Ena said, nodding. "So, what did happen?"
"It was a lot more complicated then this, but we defeated the evil queen we were fighting against in the first place." Airi said, joining the conversation.
"Correction!" Adelaide said, looking in the mirror to make sure her pig tails were even. "Airi defeated her."
"Geez, you guys." Airi said, blushing with embarrasement.
"Another thing is that..." Mei's expression turned into a melacholy one. "We'll never be able to see Anzu again."
Ena jumped in the air, shouting, "Did she die?!"
"No!" The three girls exclaimed at once.
"She just doesn't have access to Earth anymore." Adelaide exclaimed. "And we don't have access to her world anymore, either."
"Wait, but aren't you from there?" Ena asked Adelaide, who nodded.
"Yeah. I'm moving in with Mei for the school year."
Hina opened the door, dressed in sweatpants and a t-shirt. "Also, you are in charge of explaining where Anzu went." She said, pointing at Ena.
"I don't trust even me to talk about her without ruining the mood." Hina said. "Just say she left early or something."
Adelaide ran to the door, smiling. "Enough with all of the chit-chat, let's enjoy our last day of camp!"
"Yeah!" The girls said in unison, running out of the door.
They stood on the patio for a few seconds, admiring the sunrise.
Airi looked at the the other girls, "Umm, what are we supposed to do?"
"Anzu has a schedule on her phone, right? We could see if it's in the cabin." Mei said, running back inside. Sure enough, her phone was sitting on the bedstand.
Hina grabbed the phone, furiously tapping on it. "Does anyone know what the password is?"
"What's her birthday?" Ena asked. No one answered. "None of you know?!"
"Are there any important dates to her?" Mei asked.
"The first day of camp was the ninth of June, right?" Airi asked. The other girls nodded.
Airi grabbed the phone from Hina, tapping 0-6-0-9 into it. The phone unlocked, and Airi almost dropped it out of joy.
She scrolled down until she reached a calender app. She opened it, scrolling to the date. "We're supposed to clean at our main classes."
Adelaide leaned over Airi's shoulder, reading along. "Then, we come back here and pack, and after that, there's a picnic."
Ena shrugged. "We'd better get to our classes. At this point, we're probably late."
At that moment, the girls frantically sprinted out of the cabin to each of their individual classes.
"Not that late!" Ena yelled through the half-opened door, walking casually out of the cabin.
Adelaide burst into the garden, almost falling after she stopped running.
"Woah." Sumire said as she and Akio but supplies into the shed. "What happened?"
"I'm sorry for being late!" Adelaide exclaimed, gasping for breath. "I didn't know I was supposed to clean up here, but then I found out, so I-"
"It's not that big of a deal." Akio said. "Besides, we don't have that much cleaning up to do."
"Actually." Sumire said, closing the shed. "I think we're done."
"Now, to move onto the fun part." Sumire said, walking towards some empty patches of dirt. "Planning what to do next year!"
Akio tossed her a notebook, and Sumire opened it to a random page. "Does anyone have any ideas?"
Akio and Adelaide stood in place, neither of them saying a word. "Okay, then!"
She threw the notebook back to Akio. "Sleep on it." She said, "Maybe we'll have some ideas then."
"But today's the last day of summer?" Adelaide reminded Sumire.
"Then tell me next year." She said. "I want to make next year's garden even more amazing, even grander!"
"Okay!" Adelaide exclaimed, smiling.
Mei opened the door to the art building to everyone staring at her. "Sorry!" She said, running to her art spot. "I forgot we had to clean up."
"It's fine." One of the campers said. "Our camp councelor isn't even here, so why does it matter?"
Mei raised her eyebrow as she picked up all of her projects hanging on the wall. "Who was supposed to be here?"
The camper looked at the paper at one of the desks. "April Laverne,"
Mei smiled, "Oh, she had to leave early."
Mei scanned the things she had grabbed, making sure she didn't miss anything.
She ran to the door, opening it.
"Bye!" She said, before slamming it behind her.
She breathed a sigh of relief as the door shut. "Hey."
"Ah!" Mei yelled, almost dropping her artwork. Adelaide was standing next to her, grinning. "Adelaide!"
"Sorry." She apologized. "Anyways, can I see your artwork?"
"Maybe." Mei said. Adelaide reached for an artwork in response, but Mei tightened her grip.
"Later!" She said, pulling the artwork away from Adelaide's reach. "Maybe you can see it later!"
"Okay!" Adelaide replied. "We have to clean up the cabin now, anyways."
Just as she said that, they reached the cabin. Adelaide opened the door for Mei, who dumped her pile of art on the floor.
Hina and Ena, who were sitting on Anzu's bed, immediately lunged for the art. Mei pulled the pile away from them. "No! I'll show it to you guys later."
"Sorry to break it to you, but we don't have a later." Ena said.
"I can video chat." Mei pointed out.
Hina scrolled through her phone."None of us have your number."
"Let's exchange them, then." Mei said, grabbing her phone. The three girls huddled together, Adelaide watching over Mei's shoulder.
Airi suddely burst through the door, looking at the towering pile of assorted paintings, then the huddled girls. "What did I just walk into?"
"We're exchanging numbers!" Hina exclaimed, waving her phone in the air.
Airi dropped her bag, pulling out her phone. "Without me?"
She made room for herself in the circle, looking at the other girls' phones. "Done!" She exclaimed after a minute.
"I think we all are." Hina said, looking around her.
"Aren't we supposed to be packing?" Adelaide asked as the girls put their phones away.
Mei looked at the time, grimacing. "Yes, I believe so."
Adelaide grabbed her sleeping bag, along with the dress Anzu had given her. "Done! Where should I put my stuff?"
"We'll squeeze it into my bag." Mei said. Adelaide nodded, stuffing it into Mei's suitcase.
Mei took the sleeping bag out, tossing it towards the door. "Doesn't that belong to Ms. Hyuta?"
"Oh, yeah." Adelaide said. She ran towards the door, grabbing the sleeping bag. "I'll go return it!"
"Go ahead!" Airi said, waving to Adelaide as she closed the door.
"Hina, how did you bring your plants to camp?" Airi asked as she packed her things.
Ena spoke up, "Then what did you do, buy them?"
"I burrowed them from the other buildings. I'm sure they didn't even notice they were gone."
"Hina!" Mei yelled. "Go bring them back!"
"Yes, right now!" Airi said.
"Fine." Hina said, dragging her feet as she walked towards the door.
She left the door open as she walked on the patio. "I can bring them back next year, right?"
"Sure." Airi said. "You're taking the blame if someone realizes, though."
"Yes, ma'am!" She said, slamming the door.
Adelaide opened the door to an almost empty cabin. "Wow, this place looks kind of sad."
"It does, right?" Mei agreed as she pulled her suitcase to the door. "Now, to wait for Hina."
As if waiting for the right moment, Hina barged in. "I have an idea!" She said, pulling out a knife.
The other girls ran to the back of the cabin. "Drop it!" Mei warned.
"No." Hina plopped on the ground, bringing the knife to the floor. “I’m going to carve something.”
Mei sighed out of relief, but still sprinted towards her.
"I think everyone would rather have the artist do it." She said, grabbing the knife. "What were you planning on putting?"
Hina shrugged. "Our initials, I guess?"
Mei nodded, drawing a big heart. "Everyone, put your initials in the heart.”
"Okay!" The others replied, each carving their initials.
"You know, we'll probably be in different cabins next year." Mei said, admiring the initials.
"I think you can put in requests." Hina said. "We can also beg for this cabin next year!"
"I call bringing the rug to cover this!" Airi said.
"As long as we all agree on the rug." Ena said.
Adelaide looked through the window, gasping. "Mei, what time is it?"
Mei checked her phone. "It's twelve-thirty."
"I think the picnic’s almost over."
She opened the door as the others sprinted through it.
"Why are we late to everything today?!" Mei asked.
"I don't know!" Ena said.
Airi pulled out a blanket from the bag, letting it go. It flew into Hina's face. "Set up our area! I'll get food!"
She sprinted towards the large table of food as Hina sat on the blanket.
"Seriously, we still have some time." Hina said.
Airi put the multiple plates of food on the blanket, almost tripping. "Just pick and choose what you guys want."
"Okay." Mei said, picking up a sandwich.
"So, what is everyone's plan for the school year?" Ena asked as she ate a carrot stick.
"What is my plan, Mei?" Adelaide asked, quickly turning towards her.
Mei thought for a second, "Um, I think you're going to the same school as I do."
"Yes!" Adelaide exclaimed.
"I only think Airi and I live an hour away from each other, so I was thinking we could go on picnics every weekend." Hina said.
"Not every weekend. I still have to study." Airi pointed out.
"Studying is boring, though!"
"What are your grades?" Mei asked.
Airi spoke first. "Mostly in the nineties."
HIna shrugged. "seventies and the occasional eighty."
"My point proven!" Airi said.
Hina rolled her eyes, "Well, let's at least meet every other week."
"We should all video chat once a week." Mei said. "Considering Adelaide, Ena, and I live farther away."
"How about on saturdays!" Adelaide suggested.
Everyone nodded. "Well, that's settled!" Hina said.
"Everyone!" Ms. Hyuta was now standing in the front of all of the blankets, megaphone in hand.
Once the chatting had died down, she continued. "In a few minutes, many of your parents will be arriving. Please make sure you have all of your luggage. Once you leave, there's no coming back until next year."
Just as Ms. Hyuta was walking away from the front, she turned towards the girls again. "Oh, one other thing. People riding the bus, we will leave in twenty minutes."
As soon as Ms. Hyuta left, Mei jumped up. "I forgot my luggage!"
She sprinted towards the cabin, the others following closely behind. Mei turned around, "You don't have to follow me!"
"But, we want to!" Hina said. Mei smiled, tripping on the front steps of the cabin.
"I'm okay!" She assured the girls, running inside the cabin. She quickly came out with her suitcase. "Let's go!"
They ran back to the blanket, Mei dragging the suitcase behind her.
She looked out towards the parking lot, frowning. "I think my mom is here."
She turned towards the girls. "I guess it's time to say goodbye."
Airi stood up. "You're acting like we aren't going to follow you to the car."
"Yeah, who else will help you explain Adelaide?" Hina said as they started walking towards the car.
Mei's mom got out of the car, waving at Mei. Mei waved back. "Hello, mom!"
"Hi, Mei!" Mei's mom said.
"Um, I have something I want to ask." Mei said. Adelaide walked up to Mei, smiling at Mei's mom. "Can Adelaide..."
Adelaide gave a quick wave. "Can she live with us? She doesn't really have a family, and came to camp in the middle of summer..."
"My parents, um, kicked me out." Adelaide said.
"She's really nice!" Ena said.
"Yeah, and smart!" Hina added, looking at Mei's mom with pleading eyes.
Mei's mom took a step back, trying to comprehend everything thrown at her. "I'm sure your father wouldn't mind. I've always wanted another child, anyways."
"Thank you!" Mei exclaimed, hugging her mom.
"Yeah, thank you very much." Adelaide said.
Mei's mom opened the trunk, putting the luggage in. She opened the car door to the back, where Adelaide and Mei decided to sit.
"Bye!" Mei and Adelaide said in unison, rolling down the window as the car started moving.
"See you sometime!" Hina said, waving at them until the car was out of sight.
Ena looked quickly at another car in the parking lot, sighing. "It looks like my parents are here too."
Airi and Hina tackled Ena in a hug. "I'll miss you two, shananagins incuded."
"We'll miss you, too." Airi said. Ena backed up from the hug, running to the car.
"Bye!" Hina said as Ena got in the car. Ena waved as the car backed out of the parking lot.
As she watched the car leave, Airi sighed. "Looks like it's just us, now."
"Oh!" Hina said, turning around and running.
"Hina!" Airi said, following her. "What are you doing?"
"I forgot my luggage!" Hina said, pulling the cabin door open.
"We were just here ten minutes ago!" Airi yelled.
"I know!" Hina said, throwing her bag out of the cabin.
Airi caught it, almost falling. "We're going to be late."
Hina ran out of the cabin with her second bag, grabbing the other bag out of Airi's hand.
"Not if we hurry!" Hina said, running towards the bus, which was starting to load people.
Airi reered off to the side, scooping up the picnic blanket, along with her bag. She caught up, sprinting towards the bus.
They barely got to the door, stopping ther driver. "Wait! We're coming too!" Hina said. The driver opened the doors again, and the girls walked towards the very back of the bus.
Airi plopped into her seat, Hina sitting next to her. "This is exactly like when we met!"
Airi nodded. "Yeah." She looked out the window, silent for a few seconds.
"This is also where I met her."
"Yep. I was here to get my bag, and she insisted that she hide in my suitcase. Then chaos happened."
Hina laughed. "Chaos is an understatement."
Hina opened one of her bags, pulling out a notebook. She flipped to the page she had doodled her dream cabin in, sighing. "I never did find that asparagus fern."
Airi shrugged, "You found every other plant within a fifty mile radius of you, though."
The girls talked for what seemed like a few minutes, reminescing about the summer. As the bus stopped, Hina gasped.
She looked at her phone. "It's been an hour?!"
She looked outside at the sidewalk the bus had stopped at. "This is my stop." Hina said.
She hugged Airi, smiling. "Bye!"
"Bye." Airi said as Hina walked towards the front of the bus.
"Thank you for changing my life."
Hina froze up, sweat on her forehead. "I-?"
The bus driver started tapping his foot on the ground, and Hina ran off the bus.
As the bus started up again, Airi sat down. She looked out the window to Hina, who was typing something on her phone.
Airi's phone buzzed, so she picked it up. Hina had sent a text to her.
She opened the message, her phone buzzing even more. As she scrolled up, past the many hearts and smiles she had been sent, she got to the first actual message.
As Airi's phone continued buzzing, Airi opened the keyboard.
Airi: Stop with the emojis, my phone feels like it's going to buzz itself out of my hands.
Airi then put her phone back in her bag, daydreaming the rest of the ride. As she started recognizing the landscape, she sighed.
She grabbed her bag and moved to the edge of her seat, the bus slowing to a stop.
Airi stood up, walking to the front of the bus. She looked at the now empty seat that Hina and her had sat in, before leaving the bus.
She ran to where her parents' driveway was, and dropped her suitcase. She hugged them tightly, "I missed you."
"We missed you, too." Her dad said. "Now, how was your summer?"
"I think this is it." Hina said, checking her phone to make sure. She fidgeted with the hair that had sneaked out of her bun, before opening the door.
The flower shop was small, but plants of various colors were hanging everywhere. A girl with long blue hair was working behind the counter, writing something down on a piece of paper.
The girl smiled at Hina. "Welcome to Flowery Bouquet-"
She abruptly dropped the paper she was holding, running around the counter. "Hina!"
"Nice to see you, Adelaide." Hina said as the two hugged.
Hina looked around at the shop, marveling at the beauty. "This place is really cool."
"Thank you." Adelaide said. She quickly turned to the stairway at the back of the shop, ducking under the employees only sign.
"Mei, honey!" She yelled up the stairs. After waiting a few seconds, she huffed in dissapointment. Right before running up the stairs, she looked at Hina.
"You can come up if you want." She said.
As Adelaide ran to find Mei, Hina admired the apartment. She sat on a small, leather couch, that was plopped on a small rug. To the left of her was a hallway that led to the kitchen, and the door to what she assumed was the bedroom. On the right was a door that was slightly open.
"What?" Mei asked from the room.
Something fell in the room, and Hina could here Mei stand up. "Oh!"
The door flew open, and Mei came out. Her hair was short, just barely going to her shoulders. She had on a light blue sweater, but it was covered by a paint-covered smock. Even so, paint had gotten on her pants and on her sweater.
"Sorry." Mei said to Hina. She turned towards Adelaide. "My girlfriend just happened to not remind!"
"I did remind you, right before you painted."
"Oh," Mei quickly said, before turning back to Hina.
She sat next to her on the couch, smiling. Adelaide sat on a chair that was adgacent to the couch.
"So, how has the camp been going?" She asked Hina, who perked up.
"Pretty well. I stil can't understand how Ms. Hyuta was able to handle an overnight camp, though. I feel like a majority of my camp kids wouldn't go the night without someone breaking their leg."
"I think you're the most suitable for it, though. You were the best counselor out of the four of us." Mei said.
"Even though everyone in my cabin got in trouble at some point?" Hina laughed.
Hina excitedly looked at Mei. "Anyways, when are you guys getting marr-"
Mei jumped out of the couch, practically pushing Adelaide into the hallway. "Adelaide, can you get some snacks?"
Adelaide tried not to laugh, looking at Hina. "Sure?"
Mei turned back around to Hina, marching up to her and putting her hands on Hina's shoulder. "Look, I am going to engage to her, eventually." She said in a hushed voice.
Hina raised one of her eyebrows. "You guys have been dating since, like, the start of high school."
"The second year of high school." Mei corrected. "Also, I'm waiting until Airi and can come. It would feel wrong not to do it with the four of us."
Hina nodded, "That makes sense." She looked baxk at the hallway to the kitchen. "That being said, I'm pretty sure Adelaide knows you want to propose."
"Yeah, I know that. I'm just pretending that I don't know that she knows."
"Guys?" Adelaide asked from behind the two. Mei jumped onto the couch, casually looking up at Adelaide.
Adelaide put a bowl on the table. "I brought chips."
"Thank you." Hina said, grabbing one. "Wait, can I see your art gallery?"
Mei nodded. "Oh yeah! I forgot you haven't seen it yet."
She opened a door to the right, and Hina walked in. It was a small room, with a bright blue tarp on the ground. Unfinished and finished painting covered the walls, along with a small shelf that had piles of buisness cards on them. A canvas was sitting in the middle of the room, still wet with paint. It was of an overgrown field, with rain pouring down onto it.
"I still haven't done the sky, but it's almost done." Mei said.
"It looks beautiful!" Hina said. "What is it based on?"
Adelaide opened her phone, showing Hina a picture of an identical field. "Airi sent us this. She's competing somewhere in Europe right now."
"I heard she's doing well in the tournament." Hina said. "I wish I could watch all of the games, but I don't have the willpower to stay up late to watch some of them."
"I still can't believe she's playing internationally." Mei said. "I still remember when she was struggling to win games at camp."
"I miss camp." Adelaide said. "Even the whole 'saving the world' thing."
"I know, right? Sometimes I can't believe I'm feeling nostalgic for that one time I almost died." Hina said, laughing.
Mei looked at the painting, sighing. "Even so, those were fun times."
A girl with white hair walked through the castle's hallway, clasping something in her hands.
She rolled her eyes at a man with blue hair, who was leaning against the wall. "Julian!" This place isn't going to clean itself!"
Julian picked up a rag, scrubbing the windows. "Sofia, I miss those times when you were on my side."
"You mean, never?" Sofia said, walking past him.
She turned into the throne room, where Anzu was standing nervously. She held a put-together gem in one hand, and a bag in the other.
Sofia ran up to her, placing a gem fragment in her hand. "Here!"
Anzu fumbled with the gem, placing the piece in the right spot. The gem emitted a glow, beofre returnin to normal.
Queen Juniper watched from her throne, nodding at Anzu. "Are you ready?"
"Of course." Anzu said, holding the gem to her heart.
The queen smiled. "Make sure to be back for dinner."
Sofia laughed. "Bring Airi if you want!"
"I'll make sure to be back on time." She said as the gem grew brighter. She closed her eyes in anticipation, and dissapeared from the throne room.
Airi put her tennis racket in her suitcase, looking around the hotel room to make sure everything was packed. She wiped the sweat off of her forehead, still exhausted from the match she had won earlier.
She looked at her watch. "One more hour until I have to leave." She was about to turn on the tv before a light flashed behind her.
A familiar girl stood there, with stunning pink hair that faded into blue, stood behind her.
Airi stood frozen, in shock. "Anzu?"
Anzu smiled. "Hey, Airi."
