Author's Name:          Mellon       

Title of Story:             The First Noel

Type of Story:            AU/Y

Rating of Story:          PG15

Characters in Story: F, J, Fe, L, G, OC’s

Warnings:                   The standards – mild language; violence

Plot Blurb:                   A couple of days after Christmas when a stranger shows up at the door to see Fenton, he makes a startling claim that might just cost the young family both their sons!

Splash Page:              The two little boys crept back into their room…

“Well that was a complete waste of time,” Frank grouched, slumping down on the bed. It had been incredibly difficult to be quiet for the long time his grandfather and the stranger had stood in their stalemate. The boy had actually breathed a big sigh of relief when he heard everyone else finally get home. He had newfound respect for his younger brother, though – Frank knew Joe was a fidgeter, yet somehow the blond child seemed to have no trouble holding his position, being quiet and not moving for almost an hour!

“Yeah,” Joe agreed, lying down on the bed on his back, next to Frank, “we learned one thing though.”

The dark-haired boy looked at him and Joe continued, “It’s something to do with me.”

Special Notes:            This Story is a prequel to Sweet William. The boys are five and six and Joe has only been living with the Hardys for a few weeks. I have borrowed Fenton’s parents from my own Phoenix series.

The Hardy Boys belong to Simon and Schuster and the Stratemeyer Foundation. The Hardy Boys Fan Fiction authors of the Hardy Detective Agency have just borrowed them for an adventure or two. The authors promise to put the boys back when they are done with them. The authors do claim copyright to the original characters in this story. Please do not borrow original characters without express permission of the authors.