Assassin

Emma and Ashley exchanged a surprised look, as they looked at the hill more carefully. It was a gentle slope but it went on for so long, that Emma couldn't see the top.

"C'mon then, lets go." Mr Hague instructed enthusiastically. The young penguins stared at the hill uncertainly before following the adults up.

"How long will this take?" Rochelle asked, looking bored.

"A few hours maybe." Miss Chambers replied. Emma's jaw dropped and she sighed unhappily. First she had to get up early, now she'd be walking for ages.

I wish I could just go sleep right here. She thought wistfully. She heard a...

Emma walked over excitedly, and sat down by the fire. The little orange flames danced around the pile of sticks, and made a little crackling noise. Miss Chambers handed a small bag of marshmallows and a stick to everyone, whilst Mr Hague and Dom gave everyone hot chocolates. Emma sipped hers slowly and looked around her. Ashley and Rochelle were just climbing down from a tree, and they bounded over to the others eagerly.

"This is gonna be great!" Ashley exclaimed, his big green eyes full of enthusiasm.

"Yup." Emma replied, sticking one of her marshmallows on the stick and holding it near the...

Emma crawled out of bed at 6:30am. It was quite dark outside still, and Emma noticed the sun peeking over the horizon. She sighed and trudged downstairs, looking, and feeling like a zombie. She hated mornings, they seemed so pointless. She poured some cereal out and sat down, watching Tv, while she ate. Emma had added lots of sugar, hoping she could wake herself up a bit. She went back upstairs, and sorted her bed out, before grabbing her camping stuff, and heading downstairs. She stared at the clock which now said 7am. She had 15 minutes before she need to go. She heard a noise upstairs, and...