The invasion happened unexpectantly, we woke up and found that several hundred thousand enemy troops had invaded our small country as to why we never knew. Our own troops had been stretched to limit for the few years fighting in other countries supposedly in the name of peace under the United Nations and NATO.
The civilian population went about their business as usual and were usually left alone, there was a resistance movement but they didn’t do much at first not having weapons, but as time went on the got hold of guns and explosives.

I was 13 years old at the time and had tried to take part with them but due to my small size wasn't much use except as a runner, taking messages around the town, that sort of thing. There were only a few of us messengers and being kids weren't suspected at first, until Joe got caught and then all the boys were stopped at check points and searched, they didn't use the girls although there were grown women in the resistance.

One by one the messengers were caught until I was the only one left, an important message had to be delivered to another nearby town and it was causing a problem figuring out out a way to get it there. I think it was Ann that came up with the idea, I was to dress as a girl and travel with her as her daughter, at first I didn’t want to do it but the talked me into it when they told me that lives were at risk if the message didn't get delivered in the two days.

The following day I arrived at Ann's home without being seen and she made sure I bathed, after which she restyled my hair, we then waited for Joe the local leader to turn up.
He arrived about thirty minutes later than agreed due to having to avoid a couple of patrols, Joe was a wanted man with a price on his head and the enemy would like nothing better to get their hands on him.

Usually messages were written down and hidden in a ball or something but not this time, the story was I was attending an appointment at the hospital and the message was written on my back and covered with a gauze pad. We traveled on the local bus and were seen by a doctor who made a note of the message before cleaning off my skin, mission accomplished we returned home.

I was an orphan and lived were I could these days and ate were I could, we didn’t have an orphanage in our town and the people I had been living with had been arrested for some reason, I knew they weren't resistance members they were in their 60`s and not too nimble on their feet. I was known around our small town and liked well enough but these days everyone had their own problems to be worried about me,well that was fine by me it allowed me to get to know some of the guards well enough and sometimes they told me some very interesting things that I would pass on to Joe and the rest, after all who would suspect me I only looked about 8 yrs old.

After the delivery of the message to the hospital I heard that several people that had been arrested had been rescued and were now safe, it had cost the lives of two of the resistance cell but apparently the victims were scientists and had been working on some project.

Because the message got through with little or no risk, Joe and Ann asked me to do it again and feeling brave agreed and before I knew it I was in a dress a lot. That was when it was suggested I should live as girl full time but in another town living as the daughter of the local resistance leader, being pretty naive I agreed, I hadn't realized I would be going back to school and a school for girls at that.

I was moved and a new Identity created, I was what they called a mule, delivering messages and small items that could be hidden about me to wherever I was told and it went alright for about two years until I got caught. Up till then girls weren't searched but a new area commander had arrived and now everyone was searched, I was delivering a small package about the size of a matchbox inside a doll when I was stopped and searched, one of the guards ripped the head off the doll and found the package inside, and straight away I was arrested.

I was taken to the headquarters of the garrison and put in a cell, a while later two female guards came in and subjected me to a strip a search, they laughed when they saw I was boy in disguise but the laughter soon ended when the security police took over, it wasn’t long before I told them who I really was but I didn’t tell them any names not that it would matter, a close watch had been kept on me so my capture was sure to have seen and the cell would disappear and other would take its place. After they had finished with me they cleaned me up and gave me a drink which knocked me out, I was tried and convict of aiding the enemy in my absence

They hadn’t shot anyone as far as I knew but to be honest I didn’t care anymore,I was too sore to care after the beating they had given me and had several broken bones.

I woke up in hospital strapped to the bed, I suppose to ensure I couldn’t escape, I couldn’t see much of anything even my head was fastened to the bed. The security officer that had beaten me entered and laughed when he saw me,

"So you thought being disguised as a little girl would help you with your crimes?" he sneered

"Well it worked for two years, didn’t it" I replied

"How many lives have I saved by playing a girl, what other information did I pass on that you people didn’t know about,. I may be just a kid but I’m loyal to my country so kill me if you want" I calmly replied

Where did all that come from I wondered, yes I did what I could to help my country and now I’ve been caught, oh well everything ends sooner or later.

"No we're not going to kill you, instead you will help our servicemen, but I don’t think like you’ll doing it" he laughing replied

"Not a chance " I said

"Oh but you will, you see while you've unconscious we didn’t just fix your broken bones, No we made a few changes, would you like to see?" he asked

Without waiting for a reply he pressed a switch and the bed tilted so I could see myself in the mirror that was standing near the bottom of bed

"You see you now have the body of a girl and soon you will be moved to one of the camp brothels where you will be used as a whore, and the thing is with you not being at risk of pregnancy or having periods you’ll be available seven days a week to entertain our troops" He left laughing