Chapter 1
The twins stepped out of the taxi. New York was a whole lot different then their usual New Jersey life. Tera's blue eyes stared at Aunt Alice. She stood in front of the zoo in her uniform. Waiting for her and her sister, Brenna .
"You ready for this?" She asked Tera.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Tera replied. They walked up to their Aunt and gave her a big hug. Their red hair combined made them stand out in the summer weather.
"Hey girls. Are you ready for a super day?" Alice asked.
"Auntie Alice, we're sixteen." Brenna said.
"I know, but I remember when you were 6 years old. You loved the cute little penguins." Alice commented.
"And we still do. Now let's go." Tera said. Alice led her nieces into the zoo. It was sworming with tourists. Alice lead them into an employees only room.
"Sweet." Brenna said.
"So, you guys wanna help me run my rounds?" Alice asked.
"Is the sky blue?" Tera asked. The girls laughed. The next thing the twins knew they were walking around the zoo with buckets of food. Brenna had fruits in hers. She was headed to the lemur habitat. Tera had a bucket of fish for the penguins.
"Meet me back at the otter habitat." Alice said as she lead a tour group to the kangaroo exhibit. The twins rolled their eyes.
"Aunts, what are ya gonna do?" Brenna asked. The twins laughed as they headed to their assigned exhibits.
Tera POV
I trudged towards the penguin exhibit. God I loved those little flightless birds. I threw a couple fish in their bowl and watched them munch it happily. I pulled out my mini water bottle from my pocket and took a sip.
"Yum tuna!" Cried one of the penguins. I had a total spit take. After a few minutes of coughing I stared at the penguins.
"What the-" I asked.
"Kowalski, status report." Said one of the penguins. I stared at them.
"Skipper, I believe the human heard us." The one called Kowalski said.
"Heard........." I started I ran like crazy back to the otter exhibit.
Brenna POV
There were three lemurs sitting in their little habitat. The smallest was super cute. As I threw in some fruit I heard the tallest whisper:
"Maurice, the human girl has brought us the fruit. Make me my smoothie." It said. I stared at it.
"What kind?" The one called Maurice asked.
"Less talking more smoothie making!" The tallest cried.
"I'm going crazy...." I mumbled to myself. I dropped everything and ran towards the otter habitat.
Normal
The twins were freaked out. That's not something that happens everyday. They were so nervous that they collided into each other.
"OW! What happened? You heard them too!" They shouted at the same time.
"So, we are not crazy?" Brenna asked.
"Yes, we've established that. But WHY?" Tera asked.
"Wait, don't you remember that story mom used to tell us?" Brenna asked.
"The one about the cat in the hat? Oh god what was that called?" Tera asked.
"No! The one about how our ancestors had the power to talk to animals. And how it's been passed on to us." Brenna said.
"And on our sixteenth birthday, we can fully hear them." Tera said. Realization hit them.
"It was true!" They yelled in unison.
"What are we going to do?" Brenna asked.
"I'll tell ya what we're gonna do. We're gonna ask the experts." Tera said.
"What experts?" Brenna asked.
"The animals." Tera said. That's when Alice arrived at the otter habitat.
"Hey girls. You finished early." Alice said.
"Yeah....we did." The twins said at the same time. They looked at each other. Their Blue and hazel eyes met and shared a thought.
"Let's do this."