The two were woken by snickers all around them and it took a moment for them to figure out that it was because their hats had come off during the night, revealing their matching light blond hair. Christine's reached the bottom of her ribs while Anna's reached her shoulders and she had a fringe. Despite knowing what it was, Christine still managed an angry

"What?!" and a growl. They boys left with strange looks on their faces leaving Ralph standing there alone.

"When did you get your bags?"

"Uh…" Anna looked to Christine to answer. Christine shrugged.

"Try not to go off alone at night. And we're assigning roles now. What can you two do?"

"We could watch the younger kids." He nodded

"We've already made a fire on the mountain while you were sleeping. The hunters are going to keep it going then if any ships come by. We'll put leaves on it to make smoke as a signal." He tried to get them up to speed on what they'd missed but truthfully, they didn't really care. They nodded as he listed everything they'd 'accomplished' then he left. They pulled their hair back into their hats.

"Is it just me or does he talk way too much?" Anna asked. Christine shook her head. They dragged themselves to standing position.

"also, you can watch the kids since you said it. I could barely Put up with my own little sister let alone ten little boys."

"Oh, please! You little sister's adorable!" Anna glared at Christine who just laughed.

"C'mon. Let's go for a walk or something. My legs are dead." Anna was about to answer when the sound of Ralph's conch filled their ears. They went with the flow and followed everyone towards Ralph and Piggy.

"Alright, I'd just like to lay down a few rules. The first is, if someone had something to say, they put up their hand. Then I'll give him the conch and he can speak. Got it?" Everyone gave a nod. "Next, everyone has to chip in and do their job well. Hunters, you go hunt at the end of this meeting. Andrew, Chris. You guys are looking after the little'uns, right?" They nodded "Everyone else has to help build the shelters." Everyone nodded again. "Alright, anybody want to say anything?" A little boy put up his hand and cradled the conch against his chest but when he remained silent, Christine went forward and leaned down. He whispered what he wanted to say in her ear then she said it out loud.

"He wants to know what you're going to do about the snake thing." She spoke uncertainly. "He said he saw it in the forest. Calls it a beastie. When the rain stopped, it turned into one of those rope things in the trees." She glanced around at the boys around her as they whispered to one another.

"But there isn't a beast." Ralph asserted himself, made himself heard as he took the conch. Jack raised his hand and took the conch.

"Ralph's right of course, but if there was a beast, we would hunt and kill it!" This resulted in a cheer. Christine rolled her eyes as she made her way back to Anna.

The rest of that day consisted of discussions between Anna and Christine, usually about how hot it was and how they wished to wear shorts. However, they understood that this would show their feminine legs, giving them away. So they sat sweating, eating the berries and fruit the little'uns brought to them. This became a game for the children, seeing who could find the most delicious fruit, it was a silly game but neither cousin complained, just continued to eat the sweet fruits and laugh when the children got into a fight then break it up and sit down.

By the time it was dark, Anna and Christine had all the little'uns in the only completed shelter and asleep and had gone to sit with the older boys for a while then when they'd all fallen asleep, Anna nudged Christine.

"Think we could go look for somewhere private to take a bath?" Christine thought for a moment then nodded, grabbing her toiletries bag and a clean shirt (another of her brother's), Anna did the same and they set off.

Not too far from the beach was a stream which led to a pond which led to another stream that appeared to go all the way to the water at the beach. The water was clear enough that they could see straight to the bottom where tiny silver fish darted around.

"Here good enough for you, your highness?" Christine asked with a chuckle, removing her shoes and socks and as she managed to get her trousers off, Anna pushed her into the water. Christine eventually jumped up from the water, her soaked hat somewhere at the bottom forgotten.

"You will pay for that." She said with a fake angry expression before grabbing Anna's ankle and dragging her in. Anna's shocked expression turned to one of amusement as she splashed her older cousin in the face with the warm water. Christine kicked her leg up making a splash as big as possible. This became an all-out splashing war, resulting in more water in their eyes than was comfortable. Eventually they calmed down enough that they took turns scrubbing each other's hair with a tiny amount of shampoo and conditioner then got out. Anna was wringing out her hair until something caught her eye.

"Hey! You! Come here!" Both girls watched as Simon, a quiet boy stepped timidly out of the bushes.

"I'm sorry for spying. I just wanted to know where you were going. I'm sorry I followed you." Anna looked at Christine before Christine spoke up.

"We'll forgive you if you promise not to tell anyone we're girls. Deal?" He nodded his head frantically. He turned around to let the girls get dried off and clothed before the three of them walked back towards the camp to sleep.


The next morning was pretty much the same, their hat's had come off only this time only Ralph stood over them, they tucked their hair into their hats and looked up at Ralph. He wasn't laughing, he was simply peering at them. He began speaking before they could wake up properly.

"I heard you two and Simon up last night. Something about a bath then when you came back, something about a secret. Well? Out with it? What is this big secret?" He was furious and a few boys came over to watch them squirm under Ralph's angry glare.

"Nothing." Christine answered, looking down at the sand.

"Oh, please! You can't honestly expect me to believe that! I asked Simon first! He said he wouldn't tell me, now I'll ask once more. What. Is. It?" Christine grabbed her little cousin's arm as she stood up, then pulled her back down.

"It's our secret, Ralph, I'm sure you have things you're not telling us. If we want you to know, we'll tell you. Simon only knows because ...he figured it out on his own" Christine blushed as her little cousin opened her not-so-little mouth. Ralph was silent so Jack chose this moment to have his say.

"Hey! You chose Ralph for chief and promised to do what he says! Now He's telling you to tell us this secret you have!"

"We're not telling and that's that." Christine piped up.

"I'm calling an assembly." Ralph sighed in frustration as he went to stand at the platform. Anna looked at Christine.

"Think we should tell them?"

"Let's play by ear. Maybe..." Anna nodded, happy with this answer and they both stood and walked to Ralph.

"Ok, there's some conflict, including this morning. My theory is that if we settle the source of each little conflict, things'll be alright." Anna nudged Christine as if to say 'here we go again.' "Today, it was because Andrew and Chris are keeping a secret, now, no matter what the secret is, I'd like you to tell us. I can promise we won't make fun of you." Christine took the conch.

"Look, we don't want to tell you the secret, it's not because we don't want to be made fun of, it's because...well...if you knew, you'd understand. So, perhaps we'll tell you and perhaps not, but either way, bugging us to tell you won't work. It'll make us less likely to tell you in fact." She handed the conch back to Ralph.

"But you keeping this secret is causing arguments. I must-" He was cut off by Christine grabbing her little cousin by the shoulder looking quite ill. She was pale and she wobbled slightly. The choir, having seen this before with Simon, made a move to catch her but were too late as she fainted. Anna knew what was wrong, Christine was overheated, she was always like this when it was too hot. Christine hit the sand but didn't stay there for long as Anna and half the choir moved her into the shade.

"He's probably too warm. Try taking off the jacket, shirt and tie. The shoes and socks as well." Ralph suggested innocently. Anna sprung into action.

"No! No! He wouldn't like to wake up with his clothing missing. He's funny like that. I'd leave him."

"Well, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't like to be left like that too long either, so he'll just have to deal with it." Jack pushed past Anna and knelt at Christine's side then removed the hat and unbuttoned the jacket. His eyes widened slightly, a bandage around 'Chris's' chest was visible. Jack undid the tie then began unbuttoning the shirt. A pale chest appeared as more boys became more interested, then a thick white bandage then a slim waist. As he parted the shirt, fully aware of the secret, Christine's eyes snapped open and fixed on Jack.

"Alright, I suppose I understand why keeping things secret were so important." Ralph spoke up. Christine's eyes shifted to her bare front then clasped her shirt firmly over herself and glared at every boy around her until her gaze came to Anna who was squirming.

"If you wanna tell them your secret, go ahead." Anna nodded and removed her hat, making things perfectly obvious.

"So...you're both girls?" Ralph asked, Anna and Christine nodded. "And I assume that your are not called Andrew and Chris?" The girls looked at each other then at Ralph and shook their heads.

"I'm Christine and this is Anna." Ralph looked at Piggy, telling him to remember the names. Anna sat by Christine and looked at her.

"If I hadn't of fainted..." Christine began.

"It's not your fault. And anyway, this way we don't need to wear these stupid uniforms constantly!" Christine giggled at her cousin. Anna looked at her trousers then grabbed them and tore them halfway up her thigh and removed her jacket.

"Much better!" she said as she removed her tie then socks. Christine smiled at her cousin then debated with herself where to tear her trousers at before giving up and removing them altogether along with her shoes and socks. The shirt was about the same length on her as Anna's shorts were on her. She faced the trees as she loosened the bandage she used to hide her...well...you know. She sighed at the relief of not being so tightly bound then buttoned up her shirt, leaving two at the top unbuttoned. Anna, being younger, decided she could go without the bandage and simply wore a vest top under her shirt.

"Sure that's sensible?" Anna questioned, gesturing to Christine's bare legs. Christine looked at her own legs then at Anna.

"Not really but we've only brought boy's clothes and I don't feel like wearing trousers."

"You could have torn your trousers to make shorts!"

"Nah." Giggles Christine. "That would be too sensible!" Anna shook her head smiling. As they sit, Christine brings up things they could do to make themselves more girly looking 'just because'. They ended up painting their toenails and each other's nails. Christine had brought a little bag of items with her, nailpolish, perfume, a little makeup and a hairbrush. They brushed each other's hair, earning a few spectators who got a delightful glare from one or both of the girls.

"Seriously wishing I hadn't fainted now..." Christine said while glaring at a boy whos name she didn't know. Anna giggled from her spot infront of her big cousin then groaned in pain when Christine hit her over the head with the brush.

"You did that on purpose!"

"Yes I did, now keep still." Anna groaned and allowed Christine to continue brushing her hair.