As a new day rose, the sun beamed radiantly up in the sky. Outside in the courtyard, Harmony and Natasha were each wearing nylon fitted jackets with wire-mesh masks, duelling each other in a brutal fencing match. Harmony kicked ass. She knocked Natasha's sword out of her hands pinning her hard against the wall. Natasha groaned in defeat while the other campers applauded and cheered as Harmony led to victory.
"Excellent girls!" Lady DuFour shouted and twirled with joy. She raised Harmony's arm and yelled;
"The winner and undefeated champ, Harmony Turner!" Harmony bowed slowly, the fellow camper cheered.
"Do we have any challengers that believe they can defeat Miss. Turner?" Lady DuFour asked. Melody, Sam and Santana made their way over to the fencing class. Melody eyed her opponent. She pulled on a mask, snapped on a vest and flipped the sword into the air catching it.
"I'll take a whack at it. But I'm not promising she'll make it out alive" Melody stated, swiftly moving her sword through the air, ready and prepared.
"Ready. En Garde!" she yelled and blew in to her whistle signally the start of the match. Harmony salutes briskly with her sword. Melody hesitates then does the same. They stand on guard until Harmony lunges at Melody; Melody parries back and forth and then swiftly attacks. Harmony swinging left, right and centre tries to knock the sword out of Melody's hands. Melody deflects the blade and lunges but misses. Harmony gets the jump upon Melody and comes in low. But Melody sweeps her sword in a full circle pulling them close to each other. They break. Harmony charges towards Melody, but Melody side steps and Harmony runs quickly past her and whips and around, to find Melody lunging towards her. Harmony steps backs slowly, she loses her balance and falls SPLAT! Into a trough filled with mud. The campers break out into hysterical laughter.
"Here, need a hand?" Melody asked. Harmony smirked evilly behind her mask, thankfully Melody couldn't see. Harmony grabbed Melody's hand and yanked back, pulling Melody into the mud as well. Melody screamed in frustration. They both climb out of the trough and angrily throw their masks off their face and onto the ground. Melody wipes the mud from her face as Harmony pulled her dirty vest off.
"Okay, then. Looks like it's a DRAW! Let's shake hands girls!" Lady DuFour shouted clapping her hands in the air. Yet both girls refused to turn around. Lady DuFour stomped her foot on the ground, her red slick heels buried into the ground.
"Girls!" She yelled. Harmony and Melody turn around, their hands extended. They gaze still on the ground, but as their eyes slowly travelled up, they froze as they looked at each other. Melody was speechless. Harmony couldn't believe what she was seeing. 'Was this for real?' she thought. Harmony's hand lingered forward, searching for a mirror. Melody did the same. As they hands met, an electric pulse passed between them. Melody looked at Harmony not knowing what to say. Harmony looked around at their audience. The lunch bell rang. No one moved.
"Why's everyone staring? Go on. Didn't you hear the bell, GO!" Harmony screamed, the class scattered leaving Harmony and her friends and Melody and hers.
"You must be blind considering you don't see it" Melody sighed.
"See what?" Harmony asked, her face looking rather amusing.
"Oh, you idiot! Can't you see the resemblance between us? If you can't then you gonna need glass!" Melody retorted.
Harmony looked closer, "Well, your eyes are much further than mine and one of them is lazy. So that's not good. Your legs are fatter than mine and you bum is much larger and sticks out...Don't worry, just stay away from the buffet table and everything will be fine" Harmony sniggered with a smile. Natasha and Leah laughed.
"Shut up Asshole!" Santana launched herself onto Harmony, Sam and Melody pulled her back.
"Well, the real difference is..."
"You're a sassy bitch and I'm not. Or I know how to fence and you clearly don't? So take your pick" Melody smirked. Harmony angrily stepped forward ready to punch all the oxygen out of her systems. Lady DuFour stepped between the two.
"Okay, this bitch fest has ended. Harmony...Melody..." Lady DuFour looked between the two; she felt her mind go blank.
"I mean Harmony... and Melody. Oh, I don't know JUST get to lunch!" She continued and huffed off towards the canteen. Sam and Santana pulled Melody to the lunch hall, while Natasha and Leah dragged Harmony. Both Melody and Harmony kept sneaking glances at each other. 'Was it a dream? Or was it real?' they both thought.
That night three mysterious figures crept in the darkness towards the cabin homed to 7 girls, whom of home was Melody Swan. The cabin door squeaked open, Harmony, Sasha and Leah crept inside slowly tiptoeing across the floorboards, being careful to not make a sound. Leah poured a jar of honey into a pair of trainers. Sasha sprayed a can of whip cream and shaving cream onto the pillow case. A ball of yarn was wounded around bedposts. Oil was poured across the floors of the room. Harmony painted mud all over their face. They revenge was complete.
Melody POV
The sun rose early that morning, I woke up with a yawn, I rubbed my eyes, they felt...sticky. I rushed to the mirror and let out a loud scream. The girls awoke the cabin was covered with mazes of never-ending yarn. As the girls get out of bed, they slide in the oil and get stuck in the gooey honey, falling and landing with a loud 'OOF' onto the floor.
"!" I yelled waking up my fellow cabin mates.
"What! Is the cabin on fire!" Santana shouted groggily.
"MY FLAWLESS FACE IS COVERED IN MUD!" the other girls screamed in terror.
"That girl, Is the most idiotic, vile, malicious, ugly wrench that has ever step foot in this ENTIRE GALAXY!" Melody screamed trying to clean her face of the disgusting smelly mud that covered her face.
No POV
Outside the cabin, Leah, Natasha and Harmony sat peeking through the dusty cabin windows, thrilled with excitement at their achievement. They giggled.
"Are we bad or what!" Harmony high fived the girls. A low cough came from behind them, they stood frozen, and slowly revolving their heads, there stood was the horrible Griselda, tapping her foot, her clipboard in hand. She lowered her glasses to eye the girls suspiciously.
"Griselda!" The girls shout in unison. Harmony rushes to the cabin door before Griselda.
"No! Don't want to go in there!" she panicked. Griselda arched her eyebrows and cross her arms.
"I need to get in there Miss. Turner for a surprise inspection. No move!" she said, trying to push harmony away to get through the door. Melody heard voices outside and watches from the window.
"One of the girls let rip last night, it still sticks! Might even need to be decontaminated!"
"Oh, well I've smelt far worse!" Griselda grabbed hold of the doorknob, as the door slightly opened the door pulled on a line of string; it was attached to a bucket full of honey. If Griselda opened the door, the honey would tip right over her head. Melody's eyes shot open in realisation noticing the bucket and then back to Harmony and Griselda.
"No, really, let go of that door. I insist. Its toxic madness in there" Harmony pointed out, she stood in front of the cabin door, blocking Griselda's access.
"Actually Griselda, its smells as fresh as a daisy. No toxic smells in here. Unless this arrogant fool, Miss Harmony turner knows something we don't know" Harmony death glared Melody.
Griselda pushed harmony out of the way, and swung open the door. The opening of the door tipped the sticky substance of honey from the trail. The honey falls directly onto Griselda, drenching her head-to-toe. Griselda screams, she slugs her way further into the cabin, she slips on the oil and tumbles down to the ground, sliding along the wooden floors, crashing head firsts into the wall. Griselda growled. She picks herself off the floor; here eye twitched with horror, her gaze was focused on Harmony. Melody couldn't contain her laughter. She laughed.
"TURNER! SWAN! FRONT AND CENTRE!" The girls slowly hurried to Griselda. Both girls stood side by side.
"That was the most DESPICABLE, REVOLTING display of tomfoolery I have ever seen. If I wasn't under direct orders I would have killed your mercilessly. For this IDIOTIC stunt that you pulled and you Miss Swan for not containing your laughter. You will be punished. You're sisters you should be setting a good example!" she yelled.
"We're not sisters!" Melody replied.
"You're sending us home?" Harmony asked. Griselda bit her lip and shook her head.
"Say goodbye to your summer girls. You'll both be spending the rest of your summer in the ISOLATION CABIN!" She yelled. The girls lowered their hands in shame.
Griselda leads the two girls up a winding path, away from their cabins and up a hill. Harmony staggered behind pulling her luggage while Harmony balanced her duffel bag on her shoulder. The two girls struggled to catch their breath. Griselda led the girls into an isolate cabin homed with two bunks and two trunks.
"We've got six weeks left at camp; the two of you spend every single one of them together in this cabin. No outdoor activities, the only time you're allowed outside is under my order. You are to eat together, bunk together and spend every moment together" she ordered. She left the girls alone in the isolated cabin.
"Let's get this over and done with!" Harmony grunted slamming the door open and throwing her luggage on her bunk. Melody silently followed behind. Melody got dressed in a floral nightgown and black and white cow slippers. Harmony changed into red checked nightgown, covered with the occasional stain or two or ketchup sauce. Every now and then they sneak glances at each other. Melody reached into her rucksack pulling out the file containing information of her 'could be' fathers. She opened it, inside was a picture of her mother, it wasn't a complete picture it had been ripped down the middle. She smiled. Her mother looked so happy and so loving. A sudden gust of wind blows through the doors, sending the files flying through the air. Melody rushes to salvage them as Harmony runs to the door, bolting it shut. Harmony picks up the photo of Musa and hands it to Melody who smiles.
"Thanks"
"I didn't ruin it; it was already like it before!" Harmony preached throwing her hands up in innocence. Melody chuckled.
"It was already like that before" Harmony sighed.
"Who was that in the picture?" she asked pointing to picture of Musa.
"It's my mom" Harmony looked closer. She had to admit that the woman was very beautiful.
"She's amazing; she's had a hard life. We do everything together" Melody retold. Harmony rubs her arms; she felt goose bumps on her arms. It felt strange talking to someone who was telling her about her mom when she didn't have one. Harmony shrugged her thoughts to the back of her mind and crosses to her trunk and takes out a bag of Peanuts and stuffs a load her mouth.
"Want one?" she offered the half filled packet of peanuts.
"Sure, at home I eat them all the time. I especially love them as toppings on vanilla ice cream" Melody said grabbing a handful of peanuts. Harmony stared at Melody in shock, she stopped, surprised.
"That's weird. So do I" she laughed.
"Really, you're kidding? Everyone I practically know finds it totally disgusting and daren't even watch me at it" Melody giggled smacking her knee with her hand. The girls began to feel guilty for enjoying each other's presence.
"What's your mum like? I mean is she the kind of mom that would abuse your child or is she the kind, loving mother that would kiss you booboo better. I hate that!" Harmony asked, these questions wondered throughout her mind.
"My mum is the most amazing person in the world. My mom and dad divorced so I live with my Mum, granddad and my annoying creep of a brother. She can be a little mad and has a temper but she's great"
Harmony's face felt saddened. "What about you? What's your mum like?" Harmony sighed.
"I don't have a mother, I've mean I had one once, but apparently after my mother and father divorced she died" Tears threatened to leak through her eyes.
"How old are you?" Melody asked.
"I'll be seven on September 12th" Harmony answered with half a mouth full of peanuts. Melody chocked on the peanuts that she had crammed in her mouth.
"So will I" Melody replied after she calmed herself down after chocking.
"What one minute! What's your mother's name?" Harmony asked.
"Musa..."
"Musa, my mother's name was Musa!" Harmony cut Melody off, her eyes widened in shock.
"What's your father's name?" Harmony eagerly asked.
"Mum said that his name was...Riven something?"
"Riven! My dad's name is Riven!" Harmony squealed, jumping up and down.
"I don't get it" Melody was so confused. Harmony whacked her on the back of her head.
"Look, Melody. You only have a mother...You've never seen your father. I've never seen my Mother. Your mother has the same exact name as my mum, and your father has the same name as my dad. I have one old picture of my dad but it's ripped" Harmony rushed over to her trunk, rummaging for the picture of her father. She ran back to Melody, hiding the picture from being seen. Melody held her picture of her mother close to her chest. They slowly show each other the photos, both having been ripped down the middle. When placed near each other they fitted perfectly together, forming one complete photo. Musa and Riven sit closely together, seated at a table scented with candles. Behind them were their friends, all of them were smiling cheerfully. Riven gazed into Musa's eyes lovingly, his hands were wrapped around Musa, pulling her towards him, their lips parted. They looked as if they were about to kiss and the photographer caught them at a bad time. Ho-boe, their grandfather could be seen in the background, a glass full of wine in his hand. Tears sprung out of both their eyes.
"Dad" Melody muttered as she covered her mouth with her hands.
"Mom" Harmony whispered biting her nails. The girls stare at the photo for what seemed like hours.
"Does that mean we're sisters?" Melody asked while wiping her tears with the sleeve of her nightgown. Harmony nodded.
"TWINS!" they laughed and embraced each other. Melody's eyes were filled with tears; soon the tears began to streak down her cheeks. They both pulled apart, gazing in to each other's violet eyes, smiling in happiness. They both have never felt so happy.
In the Dinner Hall
Melody and Harmony sat at their Isolation Table, isolated from everyone else.
"You know what I don't get, my dad had the actually nerve to claim that my mother was dead. It makes my so SICK!" Harmony slammed her fists down on the table.
"My mum said we are better off without him, I knew that she was hiding something that night when she was explaining to us; I saw it in her eyes!".
"I knew same here!"
"But mother said it was unexpected, what do you think happened?" Harmony stopped mid-way of chewing her pepperoni pizza.
"I don't know I know my dad has a really bad temper, but he's not all bad" Harmony reasoned.
"Tell me about Musa, what's she like?"
"She's a famous singer" Harmony's jaw dropped.
"Shit!"
"Yeah, she has the most amazing voice that I've ever heard and I listen to a lot of music" Melody ripped a slice of pizza and shoved it down her mouth. She gracefully chewed trying to keep her mouth closed.
"You know, neither one of them have got married again, although my Dad's dating, but I'm sure if he saw Musa again, that'll change his mind" Harmony began forming a plan inside her mind.
"I agree, secretly in their hearts, they must still be in love with each other"
"My dad and love, YUCK! Those are two combinations that'll never mix. I don't want to even consider the thought!" Harmony felt sick to the bone. Melody rolled her eyes.
"Why do you think that haven't seen each other...What I mean is how come I'm finding out that I have a sister NOW! Why not before?" Melody simply asked.
"Well, my dad is...well is a moody git!" Harmony leaned in.
"My mom can be unbelievably stubborn...all the time..." Melody finished her meal.
Late at night in the Isolation Cabin
The room is dark, the wind howls as the moon rises. Melody is quieting sleeping, Harmony lies in her bed tossing and turning, sweat dripping down her face. Suddenly she bolts straight up in bed.
"I AM A GENIUS!" she shouts, stirring Melody from her slumber. She yawns and sits up.
"What now!" Melody mumbles under her breathe. Harmony death glares her.
"I have the perfect plan that will teach both of those idiots that they should not mess with Harmony Turner and Melody Swan!" Melody gets out of bed, stands firmly in front of Harmony, arms crossed and eyebrow quirked.
"What?"
"Tell me your ingenious plan that I had to wake up in the MIDDLE of the night to hear" Melody breathed.
"I was dreaming or...some sort of vision that I was with Mum. I know this must idea might sound crazy but I'm dying to meet her. So what I'm think is...Oh lord, this is so brilliant, it's scary." Melody looked confused; she grabbed a drink from her trunk and opened it.
"What is it?"
"I think we should switch places. When camp's over, I leave as you and go back to Melody and you leave as me and go back to Eraklion" Melody spat her drink out, wetting Harmony in the process. She threw her an apologetic look before with her spit off her chin.
"No way, we cannot pull this off!"
"God, that's a load of crap I'm hearing. Listen we are twins aren't we, we look exactly the same" Melody huffed.
"Well that's what the word twins mean, but were not the same on the inside. We are twins from different countries, we have different tastes, different vocabularies...different everything!" Melody explained.
"So, I'll teach you to be me and you teach me to be you, please!" Harmony begged as she got down on both her knees and clung onto Melody's legs. Melody thought about the idea of switching.
'I suppose switching could be a good idea, I mean we'll both see mom and dad. But what if they find out it isn't who they think it us. Or what if...no they'll never do that. Oh, but I really want to meet Dad, find out what happened all those years ago even if it is for a little while. I have to admit I like have a twin sister. Better than an annoying brother. Maybe I can have some fun with this...' shethought. She looked into Harmony's pleading eyes and nodded. They jumped up and down for joy and quickly went to bed.
'Operation switch-a-roo begins tomorrow!'
Harmony and Melody sit alone on the docks, looking through a stack of photos; the golden sun begins to sink. Harmony shows a picture.
"This is Cynthia, my dad's girlfriend, she's a slut, a bitch and she hates kids. She hates me the most so beware" Melody rolls her eyes and hands her a photo.
"This is River, my annoying little rodent!"
"He's cute" Harmony said smiling. Melody felt like gagging herself.
"He'll kick you, hurt you and do anything to you. Make sure he doesn't come into my...your room and if he does beat the living tar out of him!" Harmony nodded and handed her a photo.
"This is Growler; he's our husky and the most vicious dog I've ever met. Once he tried to bite my foot off because I didn't put his ear drops in. Another time when I saw sneaking over to my mate's house he pounced on me and I was too afraid to move. I stayed like that all night. Dad woke up the next morning and he was having a right old laughing fit!" Melody laughed, while Harmony glared at her menacingly. Melody handed her the final photo.
"This is grandpa, we call him grandfather, grand-pa, granddad. But he is known as Ho-boe" Harmony let loose a little giggle.
"Ho-boe as in a hobo on the streets...that's hilarious!" she laughed.
"I wouldn't laugh considering that he's your grandfather and he's very ill" Melody snapped causing Harmony to stop and stare at her bewildered. She regretted what she had said before.
"I didn't know, sorry" Harmony apologised sincerely.
Late that night in the Isolation Bunk
"I'm not doing this!" Melody shouted stomping her foot onto the wooden floorboards. Harmony opens a draw and pulls out a long thin needle and goes to the fridge and picks up and lemon.
"Come on, it'll be fun!" Harmony lied.
"There is no way on this god forsaken planet that I'm getting my nose pierced!" Melody buried herself under the covers of her bed, tears of fright threatening to spill from her eyes. Her knees began quivering and her fists grabbed who of the mattress tighter. Melody always had a fear of needles. Harmony rolled her eyes.
Harmony held the sewing needle over a lighted flamed that flickered in the darkness. She calmly walks over to Melody who she had managed to get out from under the covers, who is now lying on her bed, a petrified look on her face. She held a pack of ice cubes on her nose. Then suddenly Harmony felt nervous, melody saw the look on her sister's face.
"Y-Y-you sure you know what you're doing?" Melody stuttered.
"I've done this a thousand times. Just close your eyes, it'll be all over before you know it. Nose ring ready?" She lied. She'd never done this to anyone; to be honest she was probably more afraid than Melody was. Melody held up the nose ring as her reply.
"One, two three!" she signalled. Melody shut her eyes as tightly as she could, quickly pulling the ice pack away as Harmony jabbed the needle in Melody's nose. Melody loud of a deafening scream of pain, she screamed at the top of her lungs. Harmony passed out due to the deafening screams. Melody saw Harmony passed out on the floor; she poured some water into a jug from the little kitchen in the cabin. She poured the water over Harmony's face, who immediately awoke with contact of water, her face now drenched. She sat up and growled ready to pounce at Melody who was laughing uncontrollably.
"Don't you EVER do that AGAIN!" Harmony hissed. Melody grinned and nodded.
The last day of camp
Six long weeks of camp had finally passed. At the entrance to the camp, fellow campers cried and hugged each other saying their 'Goodbyes' as they loaded onto the buses and into the cars that their parents picked them up in.
Melody who is now Harmony wore a yellow striped crop top, blue jeans and brown scuffed hiking boots and a green baseball cap. Harmony who is now Melody wore a white crop top with red roses on, red plaid skirt with black tights and red dolly shoes.
"I look like a Barbie doll" Harmony grunted.
"You look lovely, unlike me, honestly where do you get your clothes from? I look terrible!" Melody replied twirling around in circles picking at the clothes she wore.
"Hey, I live with my dad, he's no fashion Diva!"
"Aunt Stella helps pick my clothes!"
'Typical!'
"Okay do you remember the plan? You're going to find out how Mom and Dad met and all that lovey junk..."
"And you're going to find out how they broke up..." Melody continued interrupting Harmony.
"MELODY SWAN! FRONT AND CENTER!" Griselda yelled into the bullhorn.
"That's you. Here's your bus pass, it will take you to the airport where you'll get a plane to Melody airport where Grand-pa will pick you up" Melody explained handing Harmony her bus pass and passport.
"MELODY SWAN!" Griselda barked again. Melody and Harmony hugged. Harmony runs off and get's on the bus, she is seated and waves a final wave before the bus takes off to the airport. Melody smiles. After the bus driver drives away, a black Limo pulls up into the lodge.
"HARMONY TURNER!" Griselda yells. Melody walks to the Limo driver carrying her luggage. The limo driver opens the doors and Melody slides in. Inside while she is waiting for the Driver to put her luggage in the boot, she crosses her fingers.
"Good Luck" She whispers. The driver is seated and leaves.
