The challenge begins

Whitney was stirred back to consciousness by the chill. Frowning in annoyance, she scrambled around lazily for the duvet, but instead brushed her bare shoulder and back. That was odd; she'd been wearing pajamas when she went to bed.

Sitting up, Whitney looked around, confused...and quickly hugged her knees to her chest with a gasp.

Everything had gone!

While she'd been sleeping, someone had stripped the bed, and removed her pajamas! No wonder she was cold!

When she's calmed down from the initial fright, Whitney unfolded, and placed her bare feet on the cool floor. Hugging herself and shivering, Whitney padded over to her still-unpacked suitcase...but instead saw only empty floor.

"No, no, no!"

The naked girl frantically searched through all the cupboards and drawers, but her prankster has done a thorough job.

Trying to remain calm, Whitney tiptoed over to the door and peered out.

"Hello?" she called. "Come on guys, this isn't funny, it's freezing!"

"Whitney!"

The black girl looked across the hall to see Mckenna hissing her name, bright red in the face and looking as embarrassed as Whitney felt.

"They hit you to?" the blonde girl asked. "Hey, you pricks! Give us our stuff back!"

"It's not us," Jennifer's voice sounded from downstairs.

Taking care to avoid looking at each other, Mckenna and Whitney tiptoed downstairs, aware of how **** they were even with their arms wrapped around their torsos.

"Close your eyes!" Mckenna commanded, nervously.

"Just as long as you don't look at us!"

Confused, the girls saw that Jennifer and Rachel were curled up in arm chairs wearing only their birthday suits.

"In the kitchen."

Quickly averting their gaze, the two younger woman padded into the kitchen, gasping as the chilly air assaulted their bare skin.

On the counter was a letter:

"Dear Jennifer, Rachel, Whitney and Mckenna,

We hope that you're enjoying the house. You are welcome to stay here as long as you like, weekly food parcels will be delivered if you choose an extended stay.

If you would like to wear anything, you simply have to visit the nearest town, a five mile walk. Once you've completed a unique challenge, your possessions will be returned to you.

However, you can only retrieve your own belongings: don't get any bright ideas about taking one for the team! You also cannot borrow someone else's clothes.

Any cheating, and all of you will be thrown out and abandoned naked, regardless of if you've completed your challenge or not.

Good luck!"

Mckenna put down the letter and glanced at Whitney, who'd been reading it over the blonde girl's shoulder.

They looked outside at the falling snow, and shared a look.

They would surely freeze to **** trying to walk through that in their birthday suits! And if by some miracle they survived, what humiliating act would they have to perform for a bunch of strangers?

With no blankets to use, the girls curled up close to the fire. If they were hoping for reassurance from the older girl, it was not forthcoming: Jennifer looked just as frightened as the rest of them.

"So...I guess we live here now, then?" Rachel joked, and soon all four of them were laughing in despair.

If their only choice was to leave the house naked, they would never leave again.