sry for the bad summary! i suck at them!

first ever Secret Saturdays fanfic! plz be nice and R&R.

I do not own SS or its characters except my own. (FYI i also make up my own cryptids)

Prologue

11 yr old Zak Saturday was lounging in his room listening to a playlist on his new MP3 when he heard a knock at his door; sitting up he saw his mom, Drew Saturday walk in with an envelope for him.

"What is it," he asked taking off his headphones.

"There's a school in the USA that wanted to try a pen-pal system," she said handing him the letter, "you have to use a pen name, and make sure you write them back so they know the letter got to you ok?"

After his mom left, he tore open the letter and it read as follows:

Dear pen-pal,

It's nice to meet you! Well, I guess metaphorically (ha ha!), but anyway…

I'm not allowed to give my real name, but I will tell you that I am a girl! I am 11yrs old and live with my mom in Marley, NE! I go to Swanson School for the Elite and really like learning about science, art, math, mythology, astronomy and lots more! However, I really love reading about creatures called Cryptids! The actually history behind them is really fascinating and I swear I saw what I think is called Zilicks!

Not much else goes on in my boring life. Some other facts about me are:

I love singing, dancing, reading, swimming, gaming and a whole bunch of other stuff!

So what do you like to do? Where do you live and what's your family like?

Hope to hear from you soon!

Your pen pal,

Fairy girl

P.S. I'm trying to find a picture of a lava monster for a project; know where I can find one?

Zak was stunned at just how much he had in common with this girl! well…except for the artsy stuff, but still…it felt cool to know that there was someone outside his 'circle' of people he knew who held an uncontainable and varied interest in so many things. Hoping off his bed, he strode over to his desk, grabbed a pen and paper and began to write back.

One week later:

Michelle Sables was tending to a horse that was staying at the animal recovery center she volunteered at after school. She loved animals more than anything, besides her ever loving mother, and wanted to save every animal she could. Dr. Alonzo, the town's vet and head of the recovery/ rescue center was like a father to her since hers died when she was a little girl. He taught her how to tend to sick or severely injured animals, but when she was the only one on the clock, he took her to a secret room that held injured cryptids and taught her how to care for them as well! She had to swear not to tell anyone, because the town's folk didn't fully trust any outsiders who despised the creatures and were often hunted!

Michelle came home one day after her shift and found her mother waiting for her.

"Sorry I'm late mom," she said placing her shoes and bag by the door.

"Its fine sweetheart," her mother said as she hugged her daughter. A lot of people said that she looked like her mom: same pale skin and golden blonde hair, but she had her dad's eyes which were a silvery blue and changed either light or dark depending on her mood.

"Something came in the mail for you today form the school!"

Her mom handed her a letter sized envelope with her name on it.

She thanked her mom and went into her room; she had variety of things in her room ranging from jewelry to books to mounds of pictures and sketches. Her walls were a light blue with posters of dragons, wolves, tigers and of course, cryptids! She sat on her bed and started opening the letter when she felt a sudden presence; she looked around and then looked under her bed.

"Zuzu, what are you doing under there," she laughed at the little creature hiding between a small stack of books and a pair a shoes. Zuzu was her very own cryptid pet; she was like a cross between a wolf pup and a saber tooth cub and known as a Claw-bane! She had metallic blue fur and bright green eyes.

Zuzu came out and jumped up into Michelle's lap as she continued to open the letter. She began to read the first few lines and suddenly screamed in delight. This action scared poor Zuzu, who jumped and ran out of the room.

"Michelle is everything alright," her mom came in carrying a frightened Claw-bane.

"Mom look, my pen pal wrote back," the peppy eleven said squealed practically bouncing on her bed.

"That's wonderful sweetie," her mom said happily, "read it quick and then wash up for dinner okay?"

Michelle nodded quickly and went back to reading the letter.

Dear Fairy girl,

It's nice to meet you too! Metaphorically as you said! Anyway, I'm also 11 and I am a boy! I live with my mom and dad in an awesome house near a beach in a jungle on an island near South America.

I was surprised by what you wrote in your letter because I also love cryptids! Actually, it's what my family studies; my parents are scientists and we've been all over the world studying and protecting them! I'm an only child, but I live with three cryptids: Fisk, Komodo and Zon! They're the closest things I have to siblings.

Your school sounds pretty cool; I'm home schooled so I only know people who work with my parents.

It's really great to 'meet' someone new and I hope we can be good friends! Hope to hear from you soon!

Your pen pal,

Cryptid boy

P.S. I slipped in my email address, so look me up sometime! And I also sent you the pic of a lava monster I fought personally! Hope it helps with your project!