"I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!" Amelia suddenly exclaimed in the middle of the night. She flipped the switch by her bed, filling the Isolation Cabin with light She shot up out of bed and began pacing as she thought her idea through.

Annabelle shielded her eyes. She squinted, trying to adjust her eyes to the sudden brightness. She blinked and looked at her sister.

That night, the sheet that divided the cabin into separate sides had been taken down.

"What's your idea?" Annabelle asked groggily.

"So, you've always wanted to meet dad...and I've always wanted to meet mom, right?" Amelia said.

"Where are you going with this?" Annabelle questioned warily.

Amelia stopped pacing and looked at her twin sister with an excited grin.

"What if we switched places? I'll go to New York when camp ends, and you'll go to L.A.!" she said. She was so excited that she was bouncing in place.

Annabelle hopped out of bed and walked over to Amelia. She put her hands on Amelia's shoulders and stopped the girl's bouncing. She looked at her very seriously.

"Amelia, that would never work! This isn't The Parent Trap! We can't just switch places like that!" she told her sister.

"Oh, come on! We're identical twins...at a performing arts camp...and one of our specialties is acting. How could this notwork!? We can definitely pull this off!" Amelia replied. She got on her knees and looked up at Annabelle. "Please! I can't let this opportunity slip out of my hands. I gotta meet mom. And I know you're dying to meet dad.." she begged. She gave her Annabelle her best puppy dog eyes.

Annabelle sighed. She pointed out that they were at slightly different levels of dance and tumbling. Amelia told her that they'd attend each other's classes to get up to par with one another's skills. Annabelle pointed out the fact that she had a slight New York accent. Amelia did a dead-on impression of her twin sister. Annabelle stated that they had completely different acting styles. Amelia said that they'd be each other's acting coaches. It seemed as if Amelia had a solution to each and every problem that Annabelle brought up.

"Okay, I'm in. I'll switch places with you," Annabelle finally agreed.

Amelia let out a squeal of joy, and the twins hugged each other tightly. They decided to continue talking about their plan in the morning, then they went back to bed. As she crawled back into bed, Amelia turned off the lights. Annabelle snuggled back into her bed, wrapping her sheets around her.

"Hey, Amelia?" Annabelle said softly as her eyes started to drift closed.

"Yeah?" Amelia responded.

"You have Advanced Ballet Class first thing tomorrow morning," Annabelle told her sister with a small yawn.

Then, the two twins were out like a light.


The next morning, Annabelle was surprised to see Amelia awake before her. Amelia, who was already showered and dressed, sat on her bed, quietly journaling. She wore Annabelle's black leotard and pink tights, and she had her long raven-colored hair pulled back in a tight ballet bun.

"I didn't expect to see you up this early," Annabelle told her twin sister.

"Yes, but people would expect to see you up this early," Amelia replied.

"Ah, good thinking! By the way, that leotard looks great on us!" Annabelle said. She paused for a second. "Well, I guess this means I should go back to bed..." she commented, climbing back into her bed. She rolled over and went back to sleep.


Breakfast was almost over when Annabelle woke up again. She quickly threw on Amelia's ringer tee uniform shirt and a pair of athletic shorts and rapidly dashed to the dining/mess hall. She found Amelia eating a balanced breakfast that consisted of scrambled eggs, bacon, and half of a grapefruit. Annabelle grabbed a a piece of toast, a miniature box of Fruit Hoops, and a glass of orange juice, before heading to the Isolation Table.

Along with being stuck in the Isolation Cabin for the rest of camp, Annabelle and Amelia had to eat every meal together at the Isolation Table.

"Fruit Hoops and toast? Now that's a breakfast that I approve of!" Amelia remarked, as Annabelle plopped her tray down.

"I figured that this is what you'd eat," Annabelle responded, taking a bite of toast. She peeked at the binder Amelia had been reading from and asked what it was. Amelia answered that she had found her twin's Matilda script while she was looking for her leotard and was studying it for when she went back to New York. Annabelle asked if there were any scripts that she should study. Amelia pulled a Shields: L.A. script out of Annabelle's dance bag. She slid it across the table to her sister and told her that she would be playing the mayor's daughter, who gets taken hostage in a two-episode arch. The girls studied their scripts as they finished breakfast.


After breakfast was over, Amelia headed over to Advanced Ballet Class, masquerading as Annabelle. Meanwhile, Annabelle went back to the Isolation Cabin to change for Amelia's first day of Camp Delta.

Camp Hippodrome shared their property with a horse stable. The stable taught people how to ride, and they trained equines to do stunts and tricks for movies and television shows. They also offered an add-on package for Camp Hippodrome campers, allowing them to split their time between the two camps. Amelia had signed up for two weeks of the Western riding camp. Back home, she two Quarter Horses, Scout and Dude. Annabelle had signed up for two weeks of the English riding camp. In New York, she had two ponies who were boarded at a nearby equestrian center. The two girls decided to switch places at riding camp, so they could get used to the other's different style of horseback riding.

Annabelle tugged on a pair of Amelia's skinny jeans, then pulled on her sister's cowgirl boots over the jeans. She dug through Amelia's messy duffel bag and found a cowgirl hat. She grabbed the hat and headed towards the barn.


Amelia was warming up at the barre when the Advanced Ballet instructor, Helen, entered the dance studio. She greeted her teacher and continued warming up.

Once the other students arrived and warmed up, Helen started the class. She had everyone change into their pointe shoes. She taught everyone a short ballet routine and let them practice it.

Amelia went to a corner to work on the routine. She pliéd and did one pirouette en pointe. She pliéd again, then started doing battements en pointe, gracefully swinging her leg in the air. She did a grande jeté, then she did four fouetté turns en pointe. She landed her turns and did a brisé, changing from fifth position to second position in the air. She did chaînés turns en demi-pointe, then finished the routine with an arabesque.

Helen came over to watch Amelia, who she thought was Annabelle, do the routine and give corrections. Her only correction for Amelia was to remember to turn out her legs, which was the same correction that she kept giving to Annabelle.

"Excellent, Annabelle! Just remember to turn those legs out like I keep telling you," Helen told the girl. She had Amelia do the routine again, this time with the correction her gave her.

Amelia did the routine again, turning out her legs and received high praise from Helen.

"Wow, I guess I'm better at ballet than I thought..." Amelia mumbled to herself.


When Annabelle got to the barn, she was greeted by a camp counselor named Jenny. Jenny directed the small girl towards the barn office, so she could find out which horse she had been assigned to.

Annabelle was told by the barn manager that her assigned horse was Harley. She thanked the woman and quickly scurried off to her horse's stall.

As Annabelle walked up to Harley's stall, a massive grey Thoroughbred swung his head over the Dutch door and stuck his head over the opened top door. He nickered at Annabelle. She greeted the horse with a gentle pat on the nose. She picked up Harley's grooming kit and placed it on the stall door. The container that held he grooming supplies was separated into four compartments with spaces in between each compartment, allowing it to rest on a stall door.

Annabelle slipped into the stall and got to work. Up close, Harley looked even bigger. He was at least seventeen hands tall. Since a hand was four inches, Harley was about sixty-eight inches tall at the withers. The top of Annabelle's head reached the horse's shoulder. The tiny forty-five inch tall girl was dwarfed even further by the giant horse. Annabelle wondered how she was going to lift a heavy saddle onto Harley's back.

Once Annabelle had finished grooming Harley, she left his stall and locked it. She walked down to the barn office and asked for help with tacking up her horse. Jenny followed the tiny girl back to Harley's stall.

Jenny grabbed the thick saddle pad off of the saddle peg that was outside of Harley's stall. She entered the stall and gently placed it on the horse's back, at his withers. She then placed the heavy Western saddle on top of the saddle pad and tightened the cinch. Annabelle paid close attention to everything that Jenny did. She assumed that next time, she'd be expected to tack up her horse alone.

Annabelle thanked Jenny for her help, then slipped the hackamore bridle onto Harley's head herself. Then, Jenny told her where to go, and she led her horse to the large outdoor riding arena. She had Jenny give her a leg-up, so she could mount her horse. Once she was situated, Jenny helped the tiny girl adjust her stirrups, before leaving to help another rider.

After everyone was situated, the riding instructor had everyone warm up their horses. The riders began walking in a circle around the ring. Annabelle looked around at the other riders and wondered how she happened to be assigned to the tallest horse in the group. She had to keep reminding herself to relax her seat and go with the flow. She also had to get used to riding with longer stirrups. When the instructor asked everyone to start trotting, Annabelle found herself posting along to the beat of Harley's trot. She earned herself a few strange looks from her fellow riders, and she quickly stopped before the instructor noticed.

During her riding lesson, Annabelle and the group worked on transitioning from one gait to another.

By the end of the lesson, Annabelle had grown better accustomed to the Western style of riding, and she no longer felt like she was reaching for her stirrups.


After dinner, the campers were free for the rest of the night. They could hang out in the cabins, practice routines in the dance studios, use the music rooms, and hang out almost anywhere on Camp Hippodrome's property until curfew, which was at 8:30 PM for Amelia and Annabelle's division. The girls chose to hang out in their cabin.

Amelia was sketching out diagrams of her new house when Annabelle entered the cabin with her hair wrapped up in a towel.

"Showering at night? Wow, you're becoming more like me by the minute!" Amelia said to Annabelle.

Annabelle peeked over Amelia's shoulder and asked what she was drawing. Amelia told her twin that she was making her a map of her new house in Los Angeles, inspiring Annabelle to start drawing a diagram of her own house for Amelia. The two girls sat side-by-side, drawing peacefully.

Once they were both finished with their house maps, they presented them to each other. Amelia had never actually been to her new mansion, so she based her presentation on what the home listing said. Annabelle, who had lived in her New York brownstone for as long as she could remember, based her presentation on her memory.

After their presentations, Annabelle and Amelia hung up their diagrams next to their beds. Then, they discussed the important people in their life. Amelia told Annabelle about her manny, Samuel, and Annabelle told Amelia about her French au pair, Cecelia. They talked about their pets. Amelia had a Rottweiler named Bruiser. Annabelle had two guinea pigs named Alice and Timothy. They told each other about their schedules and habits and important things to know about their parents.

While the twins talked, they drew diagrams, wrote lists, and made charts of all the things they needed to remember. They hung those up too. Soon, the walls of the Isolation Cabin were covered in drawings, diagrams, lists, and charts.


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