Disclaimer: No, I do not own any of the characters from Lord Of The Flies, they belong to William Golding. And sometimes I wonder how he'd deal with them if they were real. I only own anyone that doesn't belong in LOtF.

Summary: While the boys are on the island, they discover a time machine which takes them to the present. What does it have in store for them? Read on ...

A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys! To Cammie Jensen, yes, perhaps I'll inhert a bit of slash later on. If you really want a slash fic, read ''Dare Risk Temptation?'' btw. To Shadowy Bey-Gurl and Bo Jang, thank you:D :D :D V.nice of you guys. Hey, anyway ...

Chapter Three

Wise Piggy

The boys got to learn about a few others who accompanied them at the foster home. There was Miranda, a stocky, curly-haired little girl about Simon's age, Alicia, a thin, teenage girl with long fair hair, three brothers - David McGraw and his younger twin brothers Timothy and Lou. The cap boy and his friend were Joe and Mitchell. And the dark-haired girl who still had smudges from the the crying sniffed and said her name was Amanda.

'' ... but I don't like it much,'' she grumbled, her charcoal make-up seeming to branch over her pale face. ''It's a stupid name, it doesn't suit me much. My mum was called Ryanna, which is much more interesting. Y'see, my parents work abroad so I can't see 'em often, and my mum's best mate Eileen works here. She's well nice and all, but the kids who roam this place are so bloody damn annoying!'' She kicked the table in frustration and Simon smiled sympathetically.

''I'm sure Eileen would let yeh meet your mum if you really cared so much,'' he said, softly.

''No! She won't! You want to know why?'' Amanda spat. ''It's all ''What about the kids, what about the kids?'' Aaaargh! What about them? All they ever do is seem to complain about their lives and how oh so bored they are, and I'm really getting tired of it!''

Simon sighed, sympathetically. he felt for the poor girl, he really did. The others, however ... with Jack scratching his head, picking a scab then having a nibble at it, Piggy stuffing a white bread roll into his mouth and Ralph flicking his hair out his face, that was a different story.

As Simon was about to put his arm around her, Alicia came in, smiling serenely.

''Oh, hello, there,'' she smiled, in a saccharine, sweet voice. ''I heard there were boys here. Do you need anything?'' She tilted forward towards Ralph, beaming. Ralph looked slightly befuddled, but nodded politely.

''Where are we going to sleep?'' he asked innocently, but Amanda snorted. Alicia twinkled again.

''Well, there are a few spare rooms with free beds, but I'm not sure whether you'll be able to fit in all of them. Perhaps you'll need to share ... '' She turned and walked away, while Amanda leered at her with a mixture of rage and envy.

There was a long silence ...

''I'll be sharing, all right!'' Piggy proclaimed, linking his arm through Ralph's. ''We'll be fine with that.'' He also gave Alicia a distant, envious glare. Amanda caught his eye, and then they grinned secretly together.

''Call me Manda,'' she said crisply, glancing at the small group of boys as they sat around the table. ''I tell everyone to call me that, but it's always Mandy instead,'' she muttered grudgingly, through gritted teeth.

''Mmmm,'' Jack grunted, gazing into Piggy's brown flesh hungrily, wishing to devour it. ''Got anything to eat? Just looking at this meat here is making my stomach rumble.'' As he gave an obvious glance at Piggy across the table, the boys chuckled mercilessly.

Manda raised his eyebrows at Jack - he had a bit of a badass attitude. Okay, he had been nice earlier on ... but that was no excuse to tease someone because of their weight. Although she had never been teased about this, she had remembered looking in the mirror and surges of frustration filling through her, wanting to tear at the fat, rip it off ...

Jack sighed. ''Just a joke.'' His eyes darted from Piggy to Manda and grumbled. ''Got any pig?''

''Bacon all right for you?'' Manda sighed, her eyebrows raised.

Jack didn't really care - if it was pig, then yes! He had been craving pig all day and he wasn't ready to try out new things. Unless it was the sweets in his pants ...

While Manda started to cook the food, Simon smiled shyly. ''She seems nice,'' he whispered to Ralph.

''She'll probably start at us when we act all improper,'' Ralph hissed back. ''She reminds me of my Mother.''

''She reminds me of my granny,'' Jack sniggered. ''She's so shouty!''

Piggy, going a deep shade of beetroot, felt like he needed to retort, ''Hey, maybe you just don't have a decent nan.''

''Aww, sucks to yer nan!'' the boys all catcalled at Piggy. He then decided it was a good idea to keep his mouth shut.

The rest of the day, went on quite quickly for the boys. While they spoke to Manda - who, although wasn't as stunningly exotic as Alicia appeared, was quite interesting and had a good sense of humour. She was into lots of bands they hadn't heard of, apparently known as ''rock'' ("I kinda listen to feminist bitching, most of the time, but when I'm at least ten percent happy I'll listen to it") and seemed interesting with the way she had done her face, which made her look a bit like an Egyptian.

Finally, it was time for ... bed. And judging by Jack's attitude, you should have guessed how that had went ...

''Nooo!'' Jack shrieked in pain, as Manda pulled a pyjama top over him, struggling as he writhed. ''You cannot do this to me! We don't wear this uniform! We don't! WE DON'T!''

''Shut up,'' Piggy snapped. And for once, everyone agreed with him.

The boys headed for the spare bedrooms, and had to make the most of it. The beds were very squat and tiny. A rather disgruntled Jack had to share with Ralph, much to his disappointment. Simon had to sleep with Roger, and although he had known him for a long period of time, was still slightly intimidated by his anti-social behaviour ...

Of course, though, Sam had to sleep with Eric and Bill and Maurice and such. But the only objection that was making Jack's blood boil was Piggy! Sleeping on his own? And why? ''I can't! It's my asthma!'' Sucks to his asthma! He was a hunter! Jack should have a single bed, and not sleep with Ralph!

Plus, Ralph was snoring ...

Jack had to kick Ralph. Hard. Seriously, he couldn't even think without that eruptive tune that was gurgling out his mouth! And Ralph thought he was the best, eh? Because he was Chief? Well, his midnight vocal chords sure weren't! Oh Gosh, how he couldn't get to sleep. Oh, how he couldn't.

So he kicked him. Why not? He could fight back - he wasn't a silly baby, like Piggy. Plus, he probably hardly noticed. In fact, too damned right he didn't. He continued on snoring.

That's it! Jack thought to

Ah. The first day of school. Of course, the boys weren't looking forward to this, as they hadn't been merry and bright in their old schools - gosh, the teachers were strict and the children were annoying! The boys were usually rowdy and shouty, and the girls quiet and polite, standing in their own little corners while the boys took up half the space. Strangely enough, it wasn't that way in Besley Boarding School from primary to secondary classes ...

The girls were much, much louder than before! Instead of wearing stockings, knee-length skirts and long-sleeved shirts, most of them had their buttons undone down to their chest (for some, even lower), wore tiny white shirts, black thigh-length socks and skirts down to their rump. And as for the boys ... instead of waistcoats, stockings and boots, most of them wore baggy trousers, shirts unbuttoned to their chests and messy ties. And they swore! So much!

''That's dirty!'' Piggy said aloud, when a boy shouted, ''fuck off!'' at two tittering girls. Simon blushed heavily and looked as if he was about to pass out, however.

''Haha! Dirty!'' the boy sneered at Piggy. He then put his index finger and his tumb into two circles and shaded them over his eyes. ''Hoot hoot! Hoot hoot!''

The girls giggled even more. Piggy went a dark shade of beetroot ... then, incredibly, came up with, ''At least an owl has brains, unlike you!''

The boy glared at him, then smirked. He said, his voice dripping with sarcasm, ''Oh yeah, you're soo smart!'' He laughed by himself and headed off, but the girls shook their heads at him in disapproval.

''That was pretty funny,'' the younger one tittered, looking up at Piggy in amusement.

''Umm, well, funny's not really my ... umm, thing.'' Piggy attempted to sound casual but

failed.

However, she still smiled up at him. ''No, it's okay. I suppose everyone finds it hard to fit in, don't they?''

Piggy shrugged. ''I suppose it's kind of hard for me, because of the group I'm around ... ''

The older girl shook her head. ''Hey, don't worry. Everyone's a little confused around here. Come and join me and Emma and we'll introduce ya to the lads ... ''

Piggy, in a state of surprise, headed off with the two girls, and Ralph gazed directly at Jack. ''What the hell just happened there?''

''I think they've got it in for him,'' Jack snickered. ''Heh heh! They like him! Piggy's a looker!'' he laughed.

Ironically too, as they seen Piggy standing in the middle of a crowd of attractive teenage females.