*THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HARDY BOYS OR NANCY DREW MYSTERIES*

I have made this with my best friend and it all started one day when I said 'Amanda, I want to hijack a tree...' All the characters in this are real people and I will not use last names for privacy reasons. (Except for one witch I will not use his first name.)

*P.S. I have never hijacked a tree!


It all starts with one idea that flourishes with every step. That gets bigger and bigger until it backfires on you that is where it all starts.


Chapter 1 Rachel's perspective

Rachel could feel the dirt in her nails even though she scrubbed so hard her hands turned pink and pruned. She could hear the dirt at the bottom of her bag crumble with every step she took. She had done it this morning and wondered if she could get away with it. She hoped that since her bag that was fuller than usual it was not conspicuous. Will Katie notice? She wondered as Katie got on the bus. Katie never noticed and Rachel soon forgot all about it.

She got off the bus and slowly scanned the front of the school. No buses. No students. No teachers. Why is no one here? She thought franticly as she tried in vain to find any sign of life. Oh no! She screamed in her mind, I'm late! She rushed up to her classroom nearly running over Brandy in the process. She did not notice for she was to determine to get to her locker and getting to advocacy on time.

"Why is your bag so big?" Brandy said scaring Rachel half to death. One because she had not known that brandy had followed her and seconded is because she had almost forgot!

"It's not big!" She replied curtly almost rudely, "You must be mistaking."

"Don't have to be so mean!" Brandy said pouting and than ran to catch up with her other friends.

Rachel glanced over her shoulder and pulled out it and shoved it in her extra locker. She quickly ran to her advocacy and sat down by Amanda. Mrs. Preble the advocacy teacher glanced at her as she continued her lecture about laptops and such.

"Psssst! Amanda!" She whispered

"Be quiet!" She whispered back

"Guess what! I hijacked a tree!" Rachel said excitedly

"What!" Amanda screamed at Rachel with a horrified expression on her face.

"Could you lower your voice, and I will explain it again." She said and all of the kids groaned as she started all over on her lecture. The rest of advocacy and UA was quiet. No talking between Rachel and Amanda. Finally Rachel gave up and started talking to Amanda.

"Are you mad at me?" Rachel asked quietly.

"Of coarse I am mad at you!"Amanda replied looking sternly at her.

"Oh, why?"

Amanda turned away for a second and when she turned back she had screwed up her face. (You know when someone is trying not to laugh but can't hold it.)

"Because you did not invite me!" Amanda said smiling and laughing. But they did not know someone had heard them someone close to them. Amanda and Rachel walked arm and arm down the hall getting ready for recess, not to notice as he slipped into the shadows