Author's Name: PiperMerlyn

Title of Story: A Midwinter's Nightmare

Type of Story: Casefile

Rating of Story: PG

Characters in Story: F, J, Fe, L, G plus OC--from Moonspell and Borrowing Trouble

Plot Blurb: The band Sorcerer takes a quick trip to do a concert, with Frank and Joe along to be roadies but on the way home to get back to Bayport in time for Christmas, the plane crashes...

Splash Page: Frank felt scared all of a sudden. "It's too dangerous," he told Adrian but his eyes were locked on his little brother.

Joe just looked back at him, not saying anything. He'd said what he wanted--and with his bruised ribs, he really didn't feel up to arguing.

"Damn it," said Frank, suddenly angry--at the storm, the fact that he'd banged his knee good enough to injure it. "Damn it."

"We'll be fine. I'm sure someone was tracking the plane and saw it go down. We probably won't have to go far to get help." Joe hoped he sounded more confident than he felt. He started for the door and for a moment felt panic. What if he couldn't get it open?

Adrian joined him at the door and they pushed it open. A cold blast of air rushed into the plane. Someone tossed coats toward Joe and Adrian and they shrugged into them. Adrian took one of the flashlights, leaving the rest for the ones staying behind.

Joe turned to see Frank staring at him, an odd look in his brown eyes. Joe nodded to everyone but looked directly at his brother. "We'll be back. I promise."

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.