Hey, this is my first fanfic ever, and I really hope you like it. I'm not usually a long prose writer, but I've had the idea for this story in my head for a while, and I just really wanted to get it out. I've been working on this for a little over a month, and I just decided to start posting it. The story is completely written, so it won't be abandoned, I'm just not quite done editing it. But the first few chapters are done.

Anyways, like I said, this is my first fic, so no flaming, but constructive criticism is definitely appreciated. I hope you enjoy it!

P.S. Since I'm new to uploading, please excuse any mistakes I might make. c=

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PREFACE

They were close. Closer than most twins. Anyone who had spent more than a few minutes in the company of Frank and Joe Hardy could see the unusually strong bond the brothers had. Many of their friends envied the closeness of the brothers and how well they looked out for each other.

The two young men, a year apart, did almost everything together whether it came to sports, school, vacations, or, their favorite past-time ever since they were old enough to be taught by their father, detective work.

They had solved numerous cases on their own, already making a name for themselves, as young as they were. They even planned to open up a private investigation agency someday with their father, Fenton Hardy, a former police officer and now a world-renowned private investigator. The Hardy brothers couldn't wait to go to graduate from college and then later receive their PI licenses together and join their father in his practice professionally.

But all their hopes were shattered the day that Joe Hardy was killed during a normal case by the very people they had been trying to stop. The day Frank also died.