Hello everyone! and welcome to my new story.

i really hope you enjoy this, because believe me, its going to get interesting.

i don't own anything except my two OCs

thanks BlueBB

Have you ever heard the saying 'what can go wrong, will go wrong'? well that saying applies a lot to my life right now. Whenever there's a chance something bad will happen it will happen to me. Luck doesn't seem to like very much at the moment.

Let me tell you about myself and my life.

My name is Crissy. I have strawberry blonde hair which come to just below my shoulders, blue eyes and tanned skin from spending so much time out side.

I live with my cousin Emily who has light brown hair which reaches almost to her waist, brown eyes and fair skin.

Out of the two of us, Emily would be the loudest and most outgoing. She is always expressing her opinions and is extremely stubborn. Apart from that she is a really loyal and caring friend and is fun to be around.

I'm the quieter than she is. I suppose I'm the more serious one out of the two of us, but I still like to have fun, especially when Emily's around. I'm the kind of person to think things through, not rush into things like she does. You could say we are two halves that make a whole.

We both live in a small town about an hours drive from Cairns. The town's name is Shelly cove, which probably come from the fact that the town is right on the sea, with it's own beautiful white sandy beaches. Our property sits right on the edge of town, and has it's own private beach. Our house is an old manor with heaps of extra rooms that are all quite large. The house was passed down to us through the generation and has been in our family for years.

Up until now our lives have been peaceful, but boy was that about to change.

I suppose it all started on a warm night in January. It was a calm night, no clouds in sight, and the moon and stars lighting up the night. We went to bed as usual, tired from our days work. It wasn't until I was just about to get to sleep when it happened.

Suddenly there was a huge flash of light and then the deafening sound of thunder that shook the house. It was so loud that it sounded like a thunder storm right above the house. At first I thought it was a thunder storm, as they happened quite often during the summer here, the only give away was the fact that there wasn't any clouds out side at all.

I jumped out of bed and raced down the corridor to Emily's bedroom, meeting her at the door as she was coming out to see me.

"What the hell was that?!" I asked her in alarm.

"I have no idea but it looked like the flash came from out in our field somewhere. Hey lets go check it out!" she said excitedly.

"Hey wait-" I tried to stop her but she was already running along the hallway and down the stairs to the front door.

I sighed and went after her.

"Hurry up!" she yelled when she reached the door before me. She already had her shoes on when I caught up with her.

"I'm coming, just hang on a minute," I said, pulling on my shoes.

As soon as my shoes were on Emily was racing out the door and across the drive way.

With our house came a huge block of land. We weren't sure how big it was but from what we were told it was at least 80 hectares. Covering most of it was a tropical jungle with a lot of wildlife.

"How far out was the flash?" I asked, catching up with her.

"Not far, I'd say at the forest edge." She told me.

"What?! But that's at least 2km away." I panted, already tired. Running was not my thing. I could horse ride or swim for hours, but running was defiantly not my thing.

"You'll be right, anyway we are almost there." She didn't sound nearly as puffed as I was.

Yeah right, I thought, we're nowhere near it yet. Where was my horse, Victor, when you needed him.

By the time the forest became visible under the pale moon light I was stuffed.

"Come on, just a bit further." Emily urged me on. I don't know where she got all her energy from, but I wash I had some of it.

When we reached the spot we saw what looked like a huge crater in the ground. It had a diameter of about 15metres and was about 1metre deep in the centre. other than that there was nothing else out of the usual.

"Wow look at it, it's huge!" Emily exclaimed, jumping into the hole.

"Wait Em, don't-" but it was too late. With a big snap, an unseen net swept Emily up and left her dangling in mid air under a thick tree branch.

"Aaaarrrggghhh! Get me down now!" Emily screamed at the top of her lungs, while struggling with the net.

But my attention wasn't on her; it was on the forest behind her, on the shadows. I knew that there was only one thing that could have made this trap, and I knew the person was likely still here, watching our every move.

All the muscles in my body were tense, ready for action. All those years of sparing with Emily, it was all coming back.

"What are doing just standing there? Get me down now!" she yelled at me.

"Be quiet and listen," I told her, never taking my eyes off the forest.

"Wha- oh I get it," she said, finally shutting her mouth and realising the situation.

She fell silent and listened to the night. I listened too, waiting for the smallest rustle of a bush, the soft step of a shoe. Everything was so still, as if even the wind and trees slept. No sound disturbed the night, that was until the loud and silence hater Emily decided to take things into her own hands.

"Hey! Whoever you are, show yourself, we know your there!"

I mentally slapped myself, why did she have to be so loud all the time? Just as I was thinking that it didn't work, to my astonishment the silhouette of a man stepped out into the pale moon light, reviling an orange swirly mask that was painfully familiar.

"Hahaha, you got me! Here I am." Said a childish voice that I had heard way too many times.

yay! first chapter done, and second soon on the way.

please review, because it makes me write faster and better.

by the way, i'm still continuing my other story, just thought i'd start writing another one.