The boys were prostrating themselves before Dani and Jack, their daily worship of the king and the goddess
''Today I am very upset and I miss my sister very much'' Dani said to Jack while they ate grapes and enjoyed the sight of the boys worshipping
''Babe I am very sorry I know it hurts and you miss her'' Jack said and hugged Dani
''Some days I hate Ralph so much'' she continued ''After all, he could have stopped them from taking the raft out but he did not, instead he went with them the fool''
''Yes Ralph was not using his brain that day''
''Well, I wish I could punish Ralph! But maybe I'll punish a few of these boys instead!''
Jack watched with surprise as the feisty and mean Dani jumped down from her throne and started to walk over the backs of the boys, they all began to cry in pain
''SHUT UP BOYS'' She demanded ''WHEN YOUR GODDESS STEPS ON YOU YOU MUST REMAIN SILENT AND NOT SCREAM, YOU LITTLE ANTS!''
She ordered Jason to get on all fours
''Now I will ride on your back and you will be a donkey escorting me around!'' she declared ''let's see how strong you really are now Jase''
Dani sat on Jason's back and he crawled around on all fours
''You're a very slow donkey!'' she taunted ''need to speed up a bit!''
Jack, ever the devil. could not resist joining in to torment the boys and jumped down from the throne and started to pee over the boys while they were face down
''I really needed to empty my bladder'' he said ''I think using some of you as urinals is a good idea!''
Later on Roger, Henry, Jason and some of the others were alone in the forest
''Dani is becoming an absolute bitch'' Roger said ''I like worshipping Jack but I don't like worshipping her. I always wanted to worship only Jack and never a girl''
''Same here'' Henry said
''Well I don't know what has happened to Dani now'' Jason said ''she wasn't like this before Jenny died. I know she is upset about losing her sister but to change like this is too much''
''Well I don't like her'' Roger said ''I like the king but not her''
The other boys agreed
''Maybe she needs teaching a lesson the same way Maurice and his mates did?'' a boy called Stephen suggested
''Yeah maybe she does'' Roger said with a grin ''It's simply a matter of deciding how to do it''
It was almost dark when Dani set off for her evening jog around the island, she liked to jog and keep fit
Sometimes Jack went with her but tonight he was busy with discipline. 3 boys, all littluns, had misbehaved and, as a result, punishment was being given to them. All three boys were going to be thrashed and would spend 3 hours kneeling on twigs. It was painful for their knees. They would also go without dinner
''Think yourselves lucky the punishment pit is full right now or else you'd all be down there now'' Jack told the three boys ''You understand?''
''YES SIR SORRY SIR'' the three small boys said
''I am going to start being a lot tougher on you littluns'' Jack told them sternly ''We've been here long enough now and you're starting to get a bit older, there are no excuses for being bad little boys anymore. You have had long enough to improve, so from now on I'll help you improve by punishing you harder. You get it?''
YOU ARE READING
JACK THE KING (Lord of the Flies reimagined)
General FictionThe Lord of the Flies is a very famous novel by William Golding, first published in 1954. Since then it has been studied by millions of school pupils, including myself. In this story I will write a reimagining of the story, using most of the same ch...
