Me: Chapter four. I know, it's been really boring so far. Sorry, it's a bad habit of mine…I also apologize for updating…so…very…late. Well, at least you know I'm not dead. Thank you for all the nice reviews, though.

Theresas: OMG! WE WERE ATTCKED BY THAT CHERRY!

Stripy: You mean the guy in the cherry costume? That's Jack. (snicker)

Theresas: YAY! DISCLAIMER: Akina-chan DOES NOT own Lord of the Flies, or any of its characters. She does, however, own Akina, Luke, Carmine, Stripy, US, Tiffany, Alford, Eliva, Khridu, and all these other people we don't remember the names to…..

Me: In case anyone actually does read these things, yes, I did do a lot of name changing. Unfortunately, I cannot change the names of those already in the story :P

CHAPTER FOUR

New Faces, Old Nightmares

"Hey! You two, GET OVER HERE!" The trance was broken and Takeo yet again took Ralph's hand and led him towards the crowd of chattering kids waiting for someone to speak. Ralph was relieved to know Jack wasn't there, but he saw Roger resting in the shade. He couldn't tell if he was awake or still unconscious. Takeo pulled him to the ground next to Samneric. Both boys smiled at him.

They'd become a lot leaner since Ralph last saw them, but their faces still held the childish expressions it did when they were younger. Ralph had grown stronger, and taller, no doubt, but his hair hadn't changed much nor had his face. His nails had grown back after he'd chewed them down till they were nothing. He'd return to innocence and he was afraid he was going to loose it again. He was afraid everyone would, like they did before…but they were older, maybe things would be different this time…maybe…

"Hey, may I sit there?" Ralph heard a voice ask. He turned his head to see the African American boy from the plane standing behind him. He was pointing to the empty spot next to Ralph. Ralph blinked for a moment before smiling and nodding.

"Sure." He accepted. The African American boy smiled and sat down next to him.

"Oh, by the way, my name is Khridu." Ralph lifted an eyebrow.

"Khridu?" He repeated. The African American now known as Khridu chuckled.

"You may know me as someone a lot of people don't like." Ralph shook his head.

"No, sorry, never heard of you." Khridu smiled.

"That's a first, what's your name?"

"Ralph. Do you know what's going on here?" Khridu looked around.

"I heard them say something about choosing a leader and what not once everyone has gathered." Ralph winced. A leader… "Oh, I'm sorry…does that bother you?" Ralph laughed uneasily.

"Nah, just brings back memories…" Ralph trailed off. Takeo stared at him long and hard; though Ralph didn't seem to take notice, nor did Khridu.

"BOO!" Ralph suddenly heard someone—or some people shout. Khridu almost fell over, but started laughing. Ralph nearly shrieked, but caught himself. He whirled around to see who the culprit was. Two girls were standing there grinning from ear to ear. The one thing that was the most obvious about the two was that they looked exactly alike. They were twins.

"HEYHEY!" One of them shouted as if she was miles away.

"Sorry if we scared ya, HA!" The other one also shouted

"Hey! Theresas!" Khridu beamed. He seemingly knew who the loud girls were. Their reactions led to the girls grinning so wide it seemed they'd get stuck that way. Both girls had short—almost boy short—blonde hair and mischievous blue eyes. They were rather short for their age and they didn't look much older than 10. One of them popped into Ralph's face.

"Didyaknow there's only, like, 8 girls here?"

"Let's find out!" The other one said, "There are you, me, Tiffany, Eliva, Sammy, and Akina. That's—."

"Six girls," Came a quiet voice. Khridu sat up blinking and the girl twins turned around to grin at the girl who had answered them.

"Eliva!" Eliva smiled gently. Ralph examined her, she wasn't that tall either, and she was more skin and bones than muscle. Speaking of her skin, it was almost white; it looked like she'd never been out in her life. She had long, straight, brown hair that reached past her hips and nervous brown eyes. He couldn't help but notice she was wearing the uniform's sweatshirt and her hands were clasped so tightly together that her pale hands were turning even whiter than they were—which Ralph hadn't thought was possible.

"Say 'hullo', Eliva," The Theresas said, although it seemed more like an urged push. Eliva smiled gently and waved.

"Hullo," Ralph had to admit she had an extremely sweet voice. It sounded like a music box. Quickly after, she bowed her head and walked off. Khridu flashed a grin in her direction, turning his attention back to Ralph.

"That was Eliva…she's always nervous around people, so don't be offended," Ralph nodded at the younger boy's explanation. At that moment, he caught a glimpse of Akina, who was leaning on a tree in the distance. She looked up and blinked, noticing him and the others. Of course it had to be when he was staring right at her…

"HEY AKINA-KEY!" The Theresa's screamed waving their hands franticly at the blonde. Obviously, they'd seen her, too.

"They're half sisters," Khridu explained, "The Theresas and Akina, that's why they look alike," Ralph looked at his new friend surprised and then glanced from Akina to the Theresas. He supposed they did look a bit alike. Akina shifted her weight from the tree and walked over to them.

"Hey," She said. If petals could make noise as they landed on the ground Ralph was sure her voice would be what they sounded like. She turned to him, "Oh, I never got your name." Ralph swallowed before speaking up; suddenly, it felt like there was a knot in his stomach.

"R-Ralph," Akina smiled and Ralph felt his insides become jello.

"Well, nice to meet you, Ralph."

"Wow…" Theresa number one, as she liked to call herself, said in a suspicious sounding voice, "You're acting awfully friendly, Akina."

"Yeah…" Theresa number two butt in, also very disbelieving, "It's very strange of you to be like that…" Akina glared at them.

"How about I choke you?" Khridu laughed nervously trying to calm the tension between the three girls.

"Come on you guys! Let's not fight!"

"Geez, will y'all shut up? I'm tryna sleep here," Came an annoyed, older boy's voice. Ralph and the others turned their heads to see a young looking guy under one of the only tress in the area which provided some good shade. He was sprawled out on his back and yawning. He had tired, hazel eyes and a reddish-brown hair color that stuck out every which way. He looked a lot older than everyone else and wasn't wearing the outfit everyone else was wearing. Takeo, Khridu, Roger, Tiffany, and himself were all wearing it, so why wasn't he? Ralph realized Akina and the Theresas also weren't wearing the school uniform. Instead, the young man's clothes were baggy and ripped.

"SHUT YER TRAP, ALFORD!" The Theresas snapped glaring bullets at the man. Their words startled Ralph, and to prove it, he jumped a little. Alford simply yawned in response.

"Akina…" Khridu whined, "Your sisters hate a lot of people…" Akina sighed.

"I know."

"Yeah! We hate you, too, Khridu! Go take a hike!" Khridu cringed and hid behind Akina who made a face at the twins. Alford sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Oh, that you Theresas? I didn't know you little monsters came here…" He said in a joking, sarcastic kind of way. The Theresas spun in their heels ready to kill him.

"WHAT WAS THAT!" Ralph watched the three begin an argument with one another. This was definitely different from the first time he'd landed. Sure, there was arguing…but there hadn't been any girls. Ralph wondered if girls being here would make it any better—or worse. To top it off, Jack and Roger were here, too, although Ralph hadn't seen Jack yet. He wondered if Jack was still a menace or if being off that island for two years had made him innocent again. Somehow he highly doubted it. He felt Takeo squeeze his hand lightly. Ralph turned to him confused and the blonde haired boy eyed Jack.

At the moment, Ralph wanted to become a puddle of water and be sucked up by the thirsty soil beneath them. Ralph looked down and tried to avoid staring, but he couldn't help but look up again to see what the redhead was doing. Jack looked almost the same; he was still much taller than most of the kids, his bulging light blue eyes darted around—hesitantly—which confused Ralph. His red hair was a bit longer than it used to be, and it curled near the ends.

Jack was still covered with freckles and the boy was wearing his military shorts along with the long-sleeved, grey shirt. What surprised Ralph was that he wasn't wearing that tog the choir children wore. He noted there was no one here wearing a tog and wondered if the choir had split up.

Ralph had to admit Jack was still as ugly as he'd been before. He probably wouldn't be as ugly as Ralph thought he was if he wasn't sneering. Ralph was relieved the old choir boy wasn't sneering at him but at a handsome, green eyed boy, who just rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out when Jack turned his back.

"Are you alright, Ralph?" Takeo asked snapping Ralph back into reality and he turned his gaze away from Jack. He nodded slowly staring at Takeo's emotionless eyes. He wondered what went on in that boy's mind. Did he even have to think? Takeo reminded him so much of Piggy and Simon. He was innocent, had the temperate outline, and never looked cruel, but he was also smart and seemed reasonable. Ralph felt his chest surge with pain. He hoped Takeo wouldn't be turned into a monster—or killed—like Simon and Piggy, hopefully he wasn't entirely like Simon and Piggy, because then the boy's fate was already sealed in stone.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Sit the hell down and shut up!" Ralph looked up upon hearing an angered voice. Standing on top of a rock was a new face Ralph had never seen before. The boy was a little shorter than Jack, but taller than most of the kids. He had a nice build and looked like he could knock your eyes out if he wanted to. He had a mess of dark, dark—almost black—brown hair, and he wore what every other kid was wearing, but what caught Ralph off guard was the look in his eyes. He had brown eyes that seemed to be glazed over with ice as he stared down at all the babbling children. Ralph couldn't decide if the ice was hatred or just firmness, but the children were still talking, obviously not taking the kid seriously. The boy's face became red as he grew enraged.

"I said: SHUT THE HELL UP AND SIT DOWN!" Everyone became silent and obliged sitting down and shutting their mouths. For a child to say a word like that was unheard of, but this boy had done so. To top it off, he'd done it casually, too. The boy on the large rock let out a long sigh before continuing, "Alright, everyone. The pilot—right now—is really sick so we'll have to work together till he gets better," Ralph was astonished that the pilot had survived. Maybe things would be different. Maybe…but work together? That might be the end of everything. Something about the boy standing on the rock made him uneasy.

"What about tents?"

"What are we gonna do?" The boy rolled his eyes at the suddenly outburst from the littuns.

"Will you shut up and let me talk, idiots?" They shut up real quick and the brunette carried on, "The girls will be on one side of this line," He jumped down and walked towards a tree opposite the rock, dragging his foot. When he was done he pointed towards the left of it, "This side. Guys will sleep on the other side. We'll have to make tents," Some people groaned, others just made faces, "Two per tent."

"What about the littuns?" Another kid asked.

"They can have three. Why? Are you a baby?" Some kids laughed as the kid flushed red. Ralph couldn't help, but feel bad for the boy as he lowered himself away from view, "That's what we'll do today, then tomorrow we can come back here and discuss rules. If I find you not working, you're getting hanged by your feet. Why? Because you shouldn't be slacking off! Now GET TO WORK!" Everyone obliged, even the biguns. Khridu shrugged as he stood up and stretched. Ralph walked over to him glancing around nervously.

"Who was that kid?" Khridu looked at him confused for a minute before chuckling.

"The guy who was just barking orders?" When he received a nod from the blonde he continued, "That's Hunter, he's not the friendliest person, but he's not half bad," Ralph made a face. Even his name sounded horrible. But he wasn't half bad; at least that's what Khridu said. Jack hadn't been half bad, either. Ralph had originally liked Jack, but when he…Ralph let his thoughts trail off, not wanting to think about it. He saw Khridu run over to Alford, not wanting to be stuck with someone he didn't like. Ralph sighed and glanced around for Takeo, but saw him no where.

Ralph felt his breath hitch. Now it looked like he didn't have anyone to share a tent with. Roger or Jack or anyone could come over and…yet again, Ralph's thoughts trailed off, but it wasn't because he wanted them to…it was because when he looked up Jack was standing right in front of him.

Me: XD CLIFFHANGER! Has Jack changed? Is he worse? Is he the same? One way to find out! And, wow, there were a lot of new characters thrown into the story in this chapter. And that's not even all of them XD. Review!

Recap (of new characters):
Takeo: A quiet boy who knows a lot, but speaks little.
Khridu: A cheerful, outgoing kid who speaks his mind and doesn't seem to like Jack.
Hunter: Although he's said not to be half-bad, he gives off bad vibes.
Akina: She's mysterious and doesn't appear very friendly with too many people.
The Theresas: These happy, little balls of energy have a bit of a mean streak.
Eliva: Withdrawn and nervous, Eliva seems very smart and trustworthy.
Tiffany: Abnormally perky; she, too, gives off an odd feeling of uneasiness.
Alford: Lazy by nature, this intelligent but sarcastic guy would rather sleep than eat.