"The Green team!"
Cheers and shouts erupt all around you. Green-clad campers surge up to their feet, shrieking and hugging and high-fiving each other.
"We won! We won! We won!" Maddie and Ava jump up and down, bouncing in rhythm with each gleeful shout.
Casey dashes around the field, tears of joy streaking her green face paint. "We did it! Go team! You're the best! All of you!" You haven't seen her this happy since Kingsport won the big football game against Charlestown your senior year.
Apparently crime does pay; you cheated your way to winning the Cedarcrest Cup. And nobody seems to have been able to tell. Not even Pearl.
"Hey." Pearl's voice breaks through the clamor of celebration, and you turn to see her giving you a rare smile. "Good job." You might not be the best of friends, but you were good enough teammates to win Colorwars.
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