The Secret of Shadow Cay

CrystalChapter 1

"Whoa, the place is HUGE!!!" I shouted, staring up at the honestly humungous cruise ship sitting in front of me.

"Crystal, you don't have to yell, I can hear you just fine." My twin, Cristina, told me, annoyed.

"I want other people to hear me too," I explained. I looked around me. Yes, there were about 40 other eyes that stared back. Well, that's embarrassing.

"Yeah, you got their attention, Crystal," Cristina said sarcastically.

Maybe I should explain. My name is Crystal Phsycic. I know, don't tell me, dumb name. My twin, identical twin, mind you, is Cristina Phsycic. And when I say identical, I mean you can't tell us apart. At all. I have half-straight, half-wavy jet-black hair that flows down to my elbows. So does Cristina. I have blue eyes that change to hazel in the summer. So does Cristina. I'm 17 years old. Come on people! TWINS! I have a tiny crystal heart around my neck. Cristina doesn't have that, so that's how people tell us apart. And anyways, we don't want people to tell us apart. That wouldn't be good. I'll explain later.

Anyways, we were invited about two weeks ago on a mystery cruise, along with 20 other detectives. Yes we're detectives, if you haven't figured it out yet. Amateur, but still detectives. So of course we said yes(I said yes, Cristina needed a little convincing). So, here we are, with our identical blue backpacks(It drives me crazy!), staring up at this huge ship, at 5:00 pm, getting ready to board. Wow.

I didn't recognize any of the other detectives, but they weren't exactly what I thought they were. I mean, some of them were younger then I was! Not that I'm complaining or anything. Kids can be pretty smart. Take it from a girl who's been solving mysteries since she was five.

"Okay, passengers," an extremely cheesy voice said over the intercom. "Time to get on board!" Cristina rolled her eyes as we shuffled over to the ramp.

"It's not like we're kids," she muttered. I grinned. I was the oldest, by 32 seconds, but my sister can be pretty smart. I know, it's scary.

Okay, I'll leave off here, and Cristina can tell you about the other 20 detectives.